The Singapore Free Press, 20 August 1948
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Title Section18 1948-08-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I;.* SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1948. PRir. IM (IMS18 words
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Article, Illustration260 1948-08-20 1 Emergency in West sectors BERLIN, Thursday. DERLIX'S police "war" o.»red into action toU night as a state of emergency was declared following a clash between Soviet-controlled German police and Western sector police. Western sector police were rushed to the scene when Soviet-controlled police fired intoReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 260 words
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Article223 1948-08-20 1 LONDON, Thursday. I^HE independent weekly. Time and Tide, comments that orders to the Guards to go to Malaya are proof that the government is now fully awake to the seriousness of the situation." and added: "The result of too great a faith in Asia's capacity forReuter - 223 words
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Article74 1948-08-20 1 BRIGADIER Malcolm David Erskine. 44-year-old officer of the Scots Guards, has been appointed to command the Second Guards Brigade due to leave Britain for Malaya later this month, the War Office announced last light. Bri*. Kr^knie served as Brigade Major during the Dunkirk campaign and later commanded theReuter - 74 words
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Article77 1948-08-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter LOCAL bankers are taking precautions against large transfers of money to Australia following the raising of the iland pound to parity with sterling. The Free Press was told this morning that the precaurr/ere a matter for individual banks. The manager of77 words
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Article255 1948-08-20 1 THE Russians have already agreed to lift the Berlin blockade and the Western powers have consented to the acceptance of the Soviet mark as the currency for the whole of Berlin, according to ch sources, which forecast a satisfactory ending to the Moscow talks. These reports255 words
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Article83 1948-08-20 1 MELBOURNE. Thurs. I^HE Sydney Morning Herald's Canberra correspondent says that the Aus tralian Government has made special arrangements to deal quickly with any request from the British Government to send Australian arms and equipment to Malaya. Aircraft Is available and ready to carry the83 words
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Article50 1948-08-20 1 Two officers and seven privates were killed and three privates wounded when a big coastal artillery gun burst In I the outer defences of Stockholm yesterday, the Swedish I Army announced. The explosion occurred during practice shooting near Nynaeshamn, southern part of the Stockholm archipelago. A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article28 1948-08-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter British soldier, Armourer Sjt. -Major A. F. Broughton. died last right after a motor cycle crash on the Kota Tinggi Road.28 words
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Article62 1948-08-20 1 THE Singapore Traffic Police are anxious to Identify a 50-year-old Chinese woman who was the victim of a street accident in Keppel Road, near Gate 3 of the 5.H.8., at 2.3C p.m. yesterday. She is believed to have been crossing the road in the direction of the railway62 words
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Article37 1948-08-20 1 A TAXI crashed over a ban! after passing the overhead railway bridge on th( Kota Tinggi Road last night The Bcyanese driver was un hurt and seven childrer passengers escaped with sllgn injuries.37 words
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Article124 1948-08-20 1 SYDNEY, Thursday. JF Australia wanted to hold or extend its markets in Malaya, more attention would have to be paid to methods of grading and vacking, said Mr. a. lt. ftrickland, Chief Horticulturist of South Australia, on I his return from Singapore. Mr. Strickland icas sentReuter - 124 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-08-20 1 This is a photograph of a picture and accompanying note sent to the New York Times by Mikhail Samarin, a Russian schoolteacher sought by the House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee. The Soviet Ambassador in the United States has demanded that Samarin be released to Soviet authorities Jl&tt asu w63 words
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Article134 1948-08-20 1 RICE PROMISE BY BANGKOK MA YOR Free Press Staff Reporter SIAMESE rice exports will increase every year from now on becatise a greater supply of machinery for cultivation was becoming available and tighter measures were being taken against smuggling, the Lord Mayor of Bangkok, Mr. Prapat Wattanasan, who is on134 words
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Article40 1948-08-20 1 When a Chinese was stabbed by a compatriot ln Shaik Mardasah Lane. Singapore, yesterday, his wife rushed out of the house, stopped a passing Radio patrol car and had the assailant arrested. Both victim and assailant are Hakkas.40 words
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Article211 1948-08-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A EUROPEAN planter, Mr. J. L. Boden, was shot and killed by bandits this morning in an estate battle in the Layang Layang area of Central Johore He was killed while driving to the aid of the managei of an adjoining estate.211 words
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Article60 1948-08-20 1 BANGKOK. Friday. JJOUR boatloads of Japanese arms and ammunition salvaged from the Gulf of Siam were seized by the Siamese Navy and police on Wednesday at the coastal village of Paknam, 20 miles south of Bangkok. Forty Chinese and Siamese divers who salvaged the arms60 words
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Article21 1948-08-20 1 Greta Garbo yesterday slgnj ed a contract for a new picture. The title and subject J are not known.21 words
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Article154 1948-08-20 1 Burmese Navy shells rebels RANGOON. 1 BURMESE N tat day Bb -Fed roth river banks in 1 area, 25 miles north--of Rangoon, inflicting "heavy casualties" on the rebels, who had been holding out for nine d Burmese planes lain and machine-gunned the .rom a low altitu e cutting down insurgentsReuter; A.P. - 154 words
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Article34 1948-08-20 1 EMERGENCY: NO ARRESTS M iff Kep. JJEPORTING the Emerg. C v ef. Mr. F that two Cl. ed by the police One was a mem'r secret loclety and I I was picked up < charge.34 words
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Article62 1948-08-20 1 THE United Nations F.eononiie and I mm.! decided yesterday to set up the first intermit* agency in history charged with the control of flo*>ds m Asia and the Far East. Discussion of possible United Nat: ,:i a-ainst the eenturies-old problem of floods in th,- Orient le,:62 words
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Article17 1948-08-20 1 A rebate of ten poundpers j. al incon.> viduals is the SiOn in budget.17 words
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Advertisement106 1948-08-20 1 y mmmm it* _f THE BEfTfMCXED BAR '"IiIMJI-j EXCELLENT CUISINE yjAfW IV UAH SERVICE mtiif 79 BRAS BASAH ROAP SPSSSKj You must see the new r«L__2-l 1948 REFRIGERATORS 8 CUBIC FEET $700.00 UPWARDS Here is the greatest line of refrigerators General Electric has ever offered. Infinitely roomier inside than ever106 words
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Article507 1948-08-20 2 THE HAIR LINE BATTLE By A Woman Correspondent WITH cue Battle of the Hem Line nearly over, a fresh one has started. This time, the Battle of the Hair Line. It seems that all hair stylists have to do these days Is to find new ideas, some fantastic, and hope507 words
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Article584 1948-08-20 2 BARBARA ROE - THE SAME THE WHOLE WORLD OVER BARBARA ROE By A.P. Women's Editor. lIOUSEWIVES are all alike. Whether it's an English farm, a Paris apartment or a Shanghai bungalow, the ladies with the shopping bag fall into a surprising uniformity of actions, words and woes Details dilTer, the pattern is d.584 words
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Article, Illustration289 1948-08-20 2 Joya Begg - Joya Begg WHEN Francoise, a leading mannequin, was seen recently in the Balmain suit Phipps has sketched here. Paris m papers speculated whether it was the coming fashion. They noted its shorter, tighter skirt, its long jacket. They have been proved right. Though Paris designers still289 words
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Article153 1948-08-20 2 Sausage ways Wh joxn < I4RU. POR}-: e know, has an affinity with apple sauce, which is the r« so ma: t sausage dishes containing apple. Add cabbage and you the perfect combination. Try it in this form. Sausage, cabbage and apple casserole Mould a pound of sausage153 words
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Article, Illustration291 1948-08-20 2 \Y'HEN the bidding via* <. North couldn't control his i up to mix freshsidled around bch nd i and t'Ok a lo A quick analysii hoj*ed two and a .osinj: with a -ig to ba' Sou h's only to reduce time to two. oward the b,.r. en taking291 words
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Article174 1948-08-20 2 EDWIN SHANKE - EDWIN SHANKE By A.P. Corresi ondent. A WISP oi i* trying to I quartered, Berlin to^ot' Governii ruins and 3.250.000 suffering Germanas Berlin, over the Allies are quar ling, would be a fisted he-man's job place in the world For the last 14 m 61-year-old Lou er.174 words
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Advertisement41 1948-08-20 2 KONERAY PLEATED SKIRT s\ P The Most Cwnpctio jff in Toxcn PRINTED CELANESE CELSKUNG 36" The Silkiest Thins! Ever 52.50 r MM PLAIN SATIN I 10" i d e 2.90 per yard oni? PL UN CELANESL Only P^S^jA^L OF RAFFLES Pl«£^41 words
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Miscellaneous133 1948-08-20 2 LUCKY STAR DOK.N tod.i> ><>u have a u many-sid^d nature and are interested in all kinds of things and people! \ou have considerable energy, and its happust expi'ssion will probably be in the fields of diumi and literature, particular^ poetry. Having a defp love of natuie and it_, beau'* you133 words
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Miscellaneous543 1948-08-20 2 SINGAPORE S.E.A.C. From 12.09 noon to iOO p m vU, st%t broadcasting from 485 metres in the medium wave to*--»bo; Cr.lon on the follow band snd 120 megae-elc. to n J 0 w xt b ndi: 8 m m the 41 ouire band 84 »"<> metres from 0.00 pm to543 words
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Article, Illustration17 1948-08-20 3 Cra Gang. It was the med in singing birthday to yo..17 words
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223 1948-08-20 3 U.S. AID TO CHINA BEING 'MISINTERPRETED' Nanking Government blamed for 'inertia' T S. Relief and Reconstruction programmes in China "are being retarded by Chinese inertia and the Nanking Government's seeming determination to misinterpret United States objectives in these efforts", according to a high-ranking American relief Official. Th e official, ''whoA.P. - 223 words
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172 1948-08-20 3 A LOMMUNIST divisional snan. who escaped from a Dro^T^ tal ?ed_ nr e m* I f d Walked hund reas of miles to Tientsin n savs en th er to^ Na tionafi,ts ISiv fnli wh 2 le Communist army in Manchuria is equipp'V'nHi JaU.P. - 172 words
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247 1948-08-20 3 AN appeal has been made to the American people, to stop "the restoration of Japanese economic power and consequent military power." The plea came from the "Anti-Promotion of Japanese Industrial Revival Association" founded recently in Hong Kong to oppose the Industrial rehabilitation of Japan.A.P. - 247 words
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Article103 1948-08-20 3 Ttt_ American-licensed news--1 paper Neue Zeitung reported recently that the Russians had burled some 7.000 persons in mass graves the Soviet-operated former Nazi concentration camp of Sachsenhausen, outside Berlin. In a carefully-detailed article. accompanied by a map, the newspaper said 1,500 persons were buried in aU.P. - 103 words
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Article, Illustration213 1948-08-20 3 THE new French government of M. Marie has thrown caution and most price controls to the winds, and is out to combat inflation _by an all-out l production drive. The broad outline of the economic programme envlsaaged bv M. Andre Marie and cial wizard M.213 words
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Article102 1948-08-20 3 RIDDLE OF DEAD SISTERS A POST-MORTEM recently on 41-year-old Renee Dawes, one of two spins Ur sisters who died within five days of each other, failed to solve the mystery of her death. Last week, a post-mortem on the other sister, 46-year-old Eva Dawes, also failed. It is understood that102 words
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Article48 1948-08-20 3 THE Governor of he Falkland Islands. Sir Geoffrey Clifford, is returning to the islands this w.?3*; with orooosals for constitutional reforms worked ou during his four weeks' stay in London. The plan envisages ampler electoral rights and larger re--**otation on the Leglsla- ■wcntlfe Councils r«__d_*_-48 words
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133 1948-08-20 3 Aust. savings bank accounts doubled SAVINGS bank deposits for the whole of Australia nearly doubled in the fiveyear period ending June 30. 1948. The total increase amounted to £323.323.000. or 90.3 per cent. Figures Issued recently show that in June, 1948, savings bank deposits increased by £12,183.000 over the previousReuter - 133 words
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Article82 1948-08-20 3 THE United States Govern--1 ment will raise no objections to Britain attempting to increase her present tobacco supplies from sterling areas, it was learned authoritatively In Washington. Under article nine of the post-war Anglo American financial agreement, Britain is forbidden to discriminate against American producers and Industries82 words
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Article82 1948-08-20 3 THE 22 countries who signed 1 the general agreement on trade and tarirTs in Geneva last October failed to reach a decision on whether to alter the agreement to bring it into line with the Havana Charter drawn up six months later. Main differences jetween the generalReuter; U.P. - 82 words
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162 1948-08-20 3 A PUZZLE for British medical experts is young Miss Small, of Beeston (Leeds), the flrst baby girl to be born in her family for 150 years. Doctors cannot explain why she has broken the record which has keor the Smalls saying frequently 'or five162 words
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Article, Illustration196 1948-08-20 3 A CHINESE report from Nanking savs that the Foreign Minstry has protested to the Australian Government about the latter s extension of Australian immigration restrictions to New Guinea which is at present under Australian trusteeship. The protest was filed following complaints about the new restrictionsReuter - 196 words
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Article108 1948-08-20 3 Bishops locks 750 out of church PARISHIONERS in Hargrav* I 1 and Huxley. Cheshii* were 'locked out" of their iwi> churches last we k Warden J. T. Latham had made a tour of the 750 villagers to sav services weald be eff. 'Bish,. the onlv exDlanoti* The parishes' vicar the108 words
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Article36 1948-08-20 3 The Shah of Pcr^.a today becomes the first sovereign ever to be received by the Pope at his summer paiace at < Castelgandolfo. In keeping with tradition gif u are to be exchanged. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Advertisement30 1948-08-20 3 n -Wi\. TEE |***l Homings' begin *ith l.illette kftuise BLADES are manu- =sißS -a -»'««Hc_ly o^lh *0E nai 3-facet MplM ff '^Gillette BLADE '-ggW •fe Gillette Blades cents for 1030 words
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Advertisement34 1948-08-20 3 1 WHEN YOU HAVi r JJP* DESIGN, CUT, \V\ Q GOOD MATERIAL, >_\ SPECIAL OFFER IMfN C^ IN PRICES. FROM \W/ C $10 to $120 (JWU. WELL THAT MAKES DRESS SENSE SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG34 words
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Miscellaneous7 1948-08-20 3 TARZASM Modern message? By Edgar Rice Burroughs7 words
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311 1948-08-20 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Aug. 20, 1948. Insurrection in Burma THE backbone of the attempted Communist coup in Burma haa been broken, according to pro-Govern-r at despatches from Ranrest of the tl iry would seem to hint that the rebels have more than a kick or two 1 Perhaps311 words
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Article153 1948-08-20 4 rpHE Chinese Government's JL plan for currency reform comes as a surprise despite months of prediction that mehow a new dollar would have to be coined. The problem was how to back it. and the brave as- ranee that an answer has been found is not altogether153 words
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Article954 1948-08-20 4 PETER HOWARD - Bowler hat or eggs and bacon PETER HOWARD by ALL over the world there is a migration from the country to the city. In the past 25 years more than 300,000 men in Britain alone havo .uitted the clay and the clods for the hard concrete pathways of the city.954 words
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Article652 1948-08-20 4 ALEXANDER R. GEORGE - ALEXANDER R. GEORGE By A.P. Correspondent THK candidacy of 1 Henry A Wallace fa the fifth a^izi able bid by a third parly for the Presidency of the United States .since the Civil War. But since 1860 the Pioizy has always gone to a member of either652 words
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Article487 1948-08-20 4 IN the wild bush country of Northern Nigeria the tribesmen tell some strange, brave tales of Buture Shanu ("The White Man of the Cattle"), who, naked, save for a biush hat and a pair of ridingboots, explores the old trade routes from the north to the487 words
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Article, Illustration585 1948-08-20 4 People in Singapore make news AFFICIALLY titled Representative of the .Indonesian Republican Government in Singapore fa curly headed, Dr. R. OETOYO, who held a successful :>arty this week to celebrate the third anniversary of the Republic. It is said that 5,000 Indonesians in Singapore attended this party at which Dr.585 words
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Article24 1948-08-20 4 < ursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. Deuteronomy 17 18.24 words
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Article12 1948-08-20 4 TOM WHITNE - Uniform in Moscow TOM WHITNE B_ VP o«2i I I I I12 words
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Advertisement70 1948-08-20 4 S ll FRESH MILK •apply Tla. d«-ai<*4 *w a mma.mai mm tm owd production h.ii not ve* reached pt* Wo aro -i»-kU to merest* oot I Of distributors until further not c Me** with YOUH distributor H limited tm***'" Milk kottUt too. »re pre roe* kit and return them promptl.70 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-08-20 5 T Raffles 1 is been n :93S and •i the istry He arch the A. C. a Ph.D.18 words
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416 1948-08-20 5 Progressives name man for by-election WITH Xomi»It?on r Day S ft ff eP K orter Rural West onW J he b y- ele ««on in the Progressive Party has beaten i?l, tnight *"**> *»»e tions to the field\ v namin "m* rZ 011 1 associaas its candidate for thT_-.? Cheong416 words
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Article138 1948-08-20 5 DEATH APPEALS FAIL Free Pr. v> stilT Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs rHE Criminal Court of Appeal today dismissed two appeals against sentences Of death for the unlawful possession of firearms. The appellants were Mohamed All bin Rami:, a 22--year-old member of the R.A.F. Regiment, stationed at Sembawang, Singapore., and Lui138 words
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Article39 1948-08-20 5 The local chairman of the I Eastern Freigh- Conference tat Singapore* writes to say that the acion taken in the United Btal r&m the alleged monopoly of certain shipping lines "has no bearing whatsoever on this Conference."39 words
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Article, Illustration140 1948-08-20 5 THE Chairman of the Singapore Stage Club, Mr. Philip F. Kmsey. plans bigger and better productions. The Club committee has done away with the oolicy of producing an average of a play a month. It will now produce *_ne in two months, giving oleir time for140 words
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Article321 1948-08-20 5 •yHE Singapore Labour Advisory Committee has recommended to the Government that wage changes, conditions of employment and retrenchment of staff (as distinct from dismissals of individuals on reasonable grounds) be frozen for the period of the present emergency. The proposal was made during a mtr321 words
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Article81 1948-08-20 5 A REMINDER is issued that a,ll currency notes issued by and bear.ng the name of the Government of (he Straits Settlements, and all currency notes bearing dates prior to July 1, 1941 issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya will cease to be legal81 words
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Article85 1948-08-20 5 'THE Kiwi Members' League is holding show ln aid of League's Fund at the Roxy Theatre on Aug. 29 a: 11 a.m. This show 1« the first of the campaign to raise funds so that a clubhouse could Oe built. However. realising that the financial85 words
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Article24 1948-08-20 5 TAK UAPA TIN The two dredges of Takuapa Valley Tin produced a total of 428 piruls rt re during the first half of August.24 words
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Article, Illustration502 1948-08-20 5 To cater for the over-aged Free Press Staff Reporter piE Director of Education, Mr. J. B Neilson, is planning the opening of more afternoon schools in January next year as a means of accommodating over-age children who have so far been unable to getFree Press - 502 words
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Article102 1948-08-20 5 SIAMESE coast guards hare arrested a number of Chinese divers found salvaging Japanese weapons dumped into the sea by the Allies after the last ivar. Motor launches and sailin 7 boats used by the diving gangs and large quantities lof arms and ammunition salvaged from102 words
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Article117 1948-08-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE mass radiography equipment, to be installed at the new SATA. Clinic m Tanjong Pagar. will be displayed in a Singapore shopwindow for some days before i the opening of the Clinic. Mr. C. L. Edwards, chairman of Council of the jS.AT.A., said117 words
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Article112 1948-08-20 5 TWO Australian girls have written to the Free Press for pen friends ln Malaya They are: Miss Daphne Levy, 104 Brighton Boulevarde, North Bondi, New South Wales Australia; Miss Marlon Simpson, 22 Cook's Avenue, Canterbury New South Wales, Australia. They write: "We would prefer the112 words
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Article104 1948-08-20 5 STARTING from 6.45 tomorrow morning, 300 Singapore policemen will march from the C.I.D. building in Robinson Read to j Gate No. 2 of the Singapore, HarI bour Board. Headed by the Police Band, this I march will be in the nature of "Showing the flag,'*104 words
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Article189 1948-08-20 5 OETIRED Singapore teachers should be employee at worth-while salaries to teach cne: children who have not vet b* c n admitted to schools recommends the sub-committee of the ProgrcParty in its report on how to tackle the problem of educating over-age children. As a temporary189 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-08-20 6 The air 'war' Women oyice wor help to build the airfield in the French zone which will enable the air lift to con- during the winter a "rush' American job.35 words
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Article86 1948-08-20 6 U.N. decide against disarmament i UNITED Na:: ins Comn j\ sion has decided U r slashing not be put Into effect ur. The vote ln the 11-r. nai *ris of the Ign Minister, M the arms of all nations. The ballot was nine to two. i and the S ng.A.P. - 86 words
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Article92 1948-08-20 6 DEFENCE testimony in the trial of Private William Manls on a charge of murder of a military chaplain, the Rev. John A Ryan, opened v i hama after a nineofficer court martial had rea defence plea for a verdict of not guilty on Brounds8 rounds of92 words
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Article, Illustration391 1948-08-20 6 HK QUIT STERLING AREA FORECAST Sequel to 'drastic restrictions 9 T__E possibility that Hong Kong might quit the sterling area as a result of drastic restrictions bj London and the Colony's trade with hard and semihard currency areas, was envisaged by the authoritative Far Eastern Review, which often speaks foi391 words
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Article97 1948-08-20 6 BRITAIN could hold the rest of the world to ransom if she had her rights "as she should have." over radar, penicillin, jet planes, and others of her wartime inventions, said the Untish Board of Trade President. Mr. Harold Wilson. •But. quite rightly, we pooled those97 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-08-20 6 Tobacco •war' The Allies have brought 19 000,000 cigarettes to BerThe Russians have flooded the market too— to tern marks to pay ■heir propaganda.24 words
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Article, Illustration21 1948-08-20 6 Clothing 'war' De*. of Br -one dress for ec.rh Berlin woman counter plans to boost the First sales attracted eager buyers.21 words
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119 1948-08-20 6 Fifty German nurses due in England FIFTY picked German girl, are due to arri'. Britain this week to train as nurses. Next month 100 Austrian girts will arrive for training. The German girls will have a thre -week course at wvn Bay ir. English and the "British Way of Life"119 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-08-20 6 Mean men of Berlin provide for the "cold war" that goes on ev- ,r v winter. Some go 15 miles to fetch wood from the outskirts of the citv It the RMMskM blockade continues into the winter thr wood fuel will be than ever48 words
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Article223 1948-08-20 6 500,000 Russians in Exile -REPORT Ii is believed in Washington that hundreds of thousands of Russians have gone into voluntary exile like the three Soviet teachers in New York one of whom is now fighting desperately for her 1»!< following her leap from the third floor of the Soviet consulate.U.P. - 223 words
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97 1948-08-20 6 Former Red spy gives U.S. radio talk 1 ELIZABETH Bentley. conned wartime CommuI Ld Washington J not been promised immunity by the Government for her revelations about Communist spy rings In the United Stat "I have been promised nothing." she declared. Slu In a radiu 1 Rossi** or five times"U.P. - 97 words
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Article64 1948-08-20 6 111 Indian Army communique has admitted the loss of Skardu. control point of the 16.000-foot Burjl Pass and key to the northen approaches of Srinagar, capimlr. The fort fell on August 14 and the communique said that it was "presumed" that 200 soldiers of the Kashmir64 words
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Article56 1948-08-20 6 TPHE new Russian AmbassaA d-r to Israeli. Mr. P was cheered by a Tel Aviv crowd as nted his credentials to the Premier. Mr. David Ben Gu: Mr. Yerkshov is the first dip.voy accredited to the Israeli Government. the Israeli Government that "my ernment welcomes young56 words
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Article58 1948-08-20 6 THE Royal Observatory mo\e I from Greenwich to Hi. :iceaux Sussex. not take place for a loi yet but. meanwhile, designs 1 for Britain's b —a 100-inch instru: which is to be a memorial to Sir Isaac Newton are being considered by experts. After the design accepted it58 words
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Article81 1948-08-20 6 Tl 4 MAJOR crisis in the Soutl parties is undent ,'j* of the introduction of th bill to repeal Indians ri^ht Union Parliament and the al Sm.; Labour Party ha. the bill. Thi.general election country's solid su, which it came t this was on a minor:Reuter - 81 words
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Miscellaneous108 1948-08-20 6 JANE Exclusive fo ///<> Singapore Free Pre** in Malaya "...THE POLICE ARE WATCHING 1 L^WE, GEORGIE?-^ K'M GLAD TO *VTO -Tp*AT_N/vERY WELL.-IF GOINgN THE BOAT TRAINS AND PORTS, I TOLD YOU I'D /HAVE BEEN OF WHAT WE J OFF ON A UAUNT WiTH BUT IF THEY DONY PICK UP HAD108 words
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Article, Illustration391 1948-08-20 7 GLAMORGAN BEAT SURREY BY INNS 50-year-old Clay takes 10 for 66 mf yyELSH fervour broke out in a storm of cheering and crowds mobbed the plavers when Glamorgan triumphed over Surrey at Cardiff yesterday and strengthened their English County championship prospects. It was Glamorgan's 12th win of the season, aReuter - 391 words
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Article136 1948-08-20 7 CRUSADER - CRUSADER By It.HTS of the historic fight between Bris Freddie Mills and American Gus Lesnevich, brought back to Britain the lightI crown of the world for the first time isirYthan 40 years, are recorded in an Eagle-Lion rill be released for general screening at theatre on136 words
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185 1948-08-20 7 Kota Raja 5; Police u. 4 HEVVY and wet ball, a slippery ground and Bulat's splendid goalkeeping prevented a two fieure score when the Kota Raja team met the Police vesterdav in a second division league match at Thomson Road. The five goals that185 words
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Article161 1948-08-20 7 t WONDFRFI L round of 6G in a rainstorm enabled Reg Home, the British Ryder (up international, to share first place with Allan Dailey, the Scottish professional, in the N.'ws Chronicle professional golf tournament which ended on the Hollingbury Park Course, Brighton, yesterf 1 I 1Reuter; A.P. - 161 words
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Article68 1948-08-20 7 CUSTOMS WIN 3 -1 TOMS beat *he Malay Football Asasociation by taree goaU *o one In the thin! division S A f ma 'eh played at (hi ?e's Road ground yesterday. z scored two goals ar. Kee one for *he Customs. Indian and Pakiatan athletes, who competed in the OlympicReuter - 68 words
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Article247 1948-08-20 7 Australians lead in Davis Cup ADRIAN Quist, the Australian champion, sent his team off to a good start with a straight set victory over Czechoslovakia's Vladimir Cernik ln the inter-zone finals of the Davis Cup tournament which began in Brookllne, Massachusetts, yesterday. He won 6—2, 13—11, 6—o. In the secondA.P.; Reuter - 247 words
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Article61 1948-08-20 7 IJF.NRY Cotton sails to- morrow for New York on the liner. Mauretania. to cash in on his victory in the 1943 British open golf championship "My plans are not definite," said Cotton, "but a tour of matches against some of the leading American players isA.P. - 61 words
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Article40 1948-08-20 7 THE Singapore India! a walk-over from Ihj Malays n their .scheduled S.A.F.A. first n soccer fix* ure at Jalan B* <-ar vestt-rday. as the latter were unable to raise a team. A friendly match was played instead40 words
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187 1948-08-20 7 Olympic Games were "driest" on record THE 1948 Olympic Games in Britain will probably go down in history as one of the "driest" on record. Everybody connected with catering arrangements at Wembley, has been amazed at the abstemious habits of the 900.000 people, who went there to see the athletics,187 words
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Article, Illustration81 1948-08-20 7 Steve Reeves. "Mr. America of 1947 (left), who was voted the "world's most beautiful athlete" in a contest held at Cannes on Tuesday. Right is Joe Elliott, "Mr. Britain of 1947." Here are the measurements of these two athletes. Elliott is 5 ft. 7 in., weighs 161 lbs.,81 words
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545 1948-08-20 7 Denis Compton the Sportsman of 1 947 Compiled By CRUSADER rjENIS COMPTON, England's great cricketer and U all-rounder, has been elected the "Sportsman of the Year 1947" by readers of the London weekly sports publication, The Sporting Record. Compton was presented with the trophy at a function held at theReuter - 545 words
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Article130 1948-08-20 7 pLAYING ur.. tions, the Ist. Malay f were unforunaie tc by the odd goal ,n seven Catholic Young Mens Ass<x when 'hey met in a S.A I third division soccer match ed at Geyiang Stadum The lighter C.Y.M.A forwards made better use of the r opportunities. They130 words
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Article212 1948-08-20 7 AUTUMN (GOLD MF Mill ING 1948. S,T.RI>AY 11TH WEDNESOW 15TH. SAT! RDAY 18TH Ul I'M 2 ND A vXTIFDW sFPTFMBF.R 194*. ENTRIES nX>SE IST SF^ BER. 1948 LADY GUEST MFM3ERS No Lady G >~d RESERVED ENCLOSURE A ReI closure for a maximum of 200 Member* will be212 words
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Article128 1948-08-20 7 THE second favourite for the Doncaster St. Leger. the Gaekwar of Barodas My Babu W-j surprisingly beaten in the Trial Stakes at Goodwood yesterday. With odds of seven to two laid on him. My Babu was easily defeated by Marcel Boussac's Ascot Gold VaseReuter - 128 words
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Advertisement318 1948-08-20 7 PROMOTER R.D. SINGH PRESENTS A SUPER WORLD CLASS WRESTLING PROGRAMME AT ENORMOUS EXPENSE FOR HIS THOUSANDS OF PATRONS AT U*U AL PRICES!! LARGEST STADIUM UAD D V lAI AD| h ACCOMMOD \1 K>N FOR IN THE EAST. l! fl A1 Y WW UKLU 12.000 PEOPLF. DOORS OPEN AT 6 P.M.318 words
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Miscellaneous155 1948-08-20 7 F.P. Crossword No. 467 rppp i) I M H 6 1 H r ovr- tt I—vm1 vm 7 M k rh r~Sir 12 |T~ j^22 23 3 <>r 33 m-m-m. CC^— B— _J2- pp li s \t Ban I 9, Di* nclined «6« «j» es^ l4>. 16. Tiny l3>. 17.155 words
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Article385 1948-08-20 8 Change-over in currency NANKING. Thursday. THE National Government tonight promulgated an unprecedented series of measures designed to save the nation's economy from collapse introducing first of all a managed gold standard currency called "gold yuan" backed by a 100 per cent, reserve and convertible toReuter - 385 words
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Article90 1948-08-20 8 PALERMO (Italy), Thursday. A SEAPLANE instead of a stork was credited with the successful birth, to a 19-year-old mother, of a male child weighing 17 lb., 10 oz. and 24.7 inches tall. A seaplane answered an emergency call to the tiny island of Ustica, and flewU.P. - 90 words
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Article139 1948-08-20 8 PRINCESS RUMOUR DENIED LONDON, Thursday. BUCKINGHAM Palace sources today denied published reports that the Marquess of Blandford would propose to Princess Margaret on Saturday, her 18th birthday. These sources said: "We know nothing about it. It is totally untrue, and, as far as we know, the Marquess is just oneU.P. - 139 words
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152 1948-08-20 8 'Time ripe for Gentral Africa Dominion' BROKEN HILL, N. Rhodesia, Thursday. THE head of a recent Northern Rhodesia delegation to London on constitutional matters, Mr. Roy Welensky. clay: "Al a result of talks with the Secrefor the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, I am convinced that the stage has arr:Reuter - 152 words
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Article316 1948-08-20 8 Free Press Staff Correspond ent LONDON, Thursday. I\ESCRIBING the competition of the Texas smelter as "unfair and inequitable, and a danger to the future existence of the Malayan smelters," Mr. Ernest Pearce, chairman of Consolidated Tin Smelters (Eastern Smelting Company), whose annual meeting was held316 words
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Article65 1948-08-20 8 TW EN T Y-THKEE p< rf drowned when trying to escape from a cobra which ot Into their boat ln the Cauvery Hivcr. says a from Trichinopoly. The report says that when the cobra bearded a p country-boat. the panicstricki -'ngers and crew d toA.P. - 65 words
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145 1948-08-20 8 NEW DELHI. Thursday. AUTHORITATIVE quarters In New Delhi say that Nizam's decision to take the India-Hyderabad dispute to the United Nations Is "invalid" because the issue is purely "domestic" and because, under their one-year standstill agreement, the Nizam cannot claim any locus sta.idReuter; A.P. - 145 words
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Article119 1948-08-20 8 MDriberg. the M.P. Fleet Street Dl pap» »d today in a :mony to the Press Com- -:vertising p sure constat:.! ly Influenced the contents Of L >rd Btawrbrook's Daily Expr Mr Drlberg. who Instigated the Royal Commission on the pr* rs on ks pap* r were119 words
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Article73 1948-08-20 8 50.000 AT M ASS FOR 'THE BABE' tiuui o.uuo people crowda\ ed St. Patricks Cathedral ln New York yesterday the Requiem Mass for Babe Ruth. Americas "king of baseball." who died on Monday night. Outside. 50.000 waited under grey skies. Cardinal Spellman presided at the mass. The Governor of NewReuter - 73 words
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Article40 1948-08-20 8 Mr. Winston Churchill plans to leave within the next clay or two for a private visit to Aix-tn-Provence. France as the guest of Life and the New York Times. He will continue work on Mis war memoirs. A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article40 1948-08-20 8 The Eire corvette Macha will leave Cork on Sunday on the first stage of a trip to southern France to take back the body of William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet, who died near Mentone in 1939 A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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237 1948-08-20 8 Indonesia papers still held by Dutch BATAVIA, Thurs. THE Indonesians have not yet received the Security Committee documents confiscated by the Dutch police after a shooting incident at the Republican "National Home" on Monday night, it is learned here. It was reported earlier today that the Dutch authorities had orderedA.P.; Reuter - 237 words
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Article22 1948-08-20 8 TWO young Czechoslovakia^ who stowed away a Czech Airlines plane have been fission tn s'.. England for six monl A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article118 1948-08-20 8 GBS WHY WORLD HEADS FOR WAR LONDON, Thursday. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, in a letter to The Times today, says that the world is heading for war because of the present cojifusioji of tongues." "Until we clear up our poli- tical nomenclature, our poli- I tical oratory and journalism can comeU.P. - 118 words
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Article403 1948-08-20 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Thursday. ALTHOUGH it was generally quiet on the London Stock Exchange today, there was better feeling in the markets as a whole, says Reuters financial correspondent. Rubbers were lower and Tins un- changed to higher. The start of dealings in Imperial Chemical403 words
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Article138 1948-08-20 8 Y SPfcC lAL Market correspond* give* the price* of rabbet 11 ajn. today as follows: per lb oer Ib Buyer* Soller* Cts. CU No 1 BSS Soot loose 43 48 'n No i tt 6 b rot in bales Sept. 43** 43"„ No. 2 R.S.S. fob in bales138 words
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Article, Illustration215 1948-08-20 8 Flare-up danger in Palestine BERNADOTTE WARNS U.N.O. NEH YORK. Thursdu TWIi. United Nations Securit> Council was called to a special session tonight to consider a cable from the Palestine mediator, Count Bernadotte. declaring the situation in Jerusalem was "getting out of hanj." Count Bernadotte's cable asked the Council to takeReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 215 words
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Article27 1948-08-20 8 BERLIN pOLICE raider Oei nea' _one. Ju the chilci: Tht the;. to chairs were to t ered as human sac Fourte< A.P. U.P.A.P.; U.P. - 27 words
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10 1948-08-20 8 Australia not to restore parity •-HA.*fl_ Bi I m___a ReuterReuter - 10 words
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