The Singapore Free Press, 26 August 1948
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Title Section17 1948-08-26 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA PRli't HI th.M!> SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1948.17 words
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Article284 1948-08-26 1 Marine, air troops may be sent. War Office 'can say nothing LONDON, Wednssday. DOYAL Marine commandos and airborne troops are likely to be sent to Malaya to join the campaign against Communist terrorists, according to a report m the Evening News. Efforts to confirm this officially were unsuccessful. The Admiralty284 words
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Article216 1948-08-26 1 'Why no arms for us'— Dutch THE HAGUE, Wednesday. VETHERLANDS officials are angry and astonished that the I'nited States should send arms to combat Communist terrorism m Malaya but refused to give similar aid to the Dutch m Indonesia. They maintain that there is no essential differe between the disorders216 words
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99 1948-08-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ITEHICLES were halted at road blocks and passengers subjected to search early this morning when further Singapore Police exercises were carried out. Road blocks and barriers were placed many junctions and across some of the islands bridges. Yesterday, eight Chinese99 words
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Article31 1948-08-26 1 Buildings In central Florence were shaken and a number of windows broken down when a large bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the neo-Fascist Italian Socialist Party.— Reuter.31 words
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Article128 1948-08-26 1 NANKING, Thursday. THE Chinese Foreign Office has strongly protested to Siam over the arrest of Chinese nationals m Siam. Through the Siamese Charge D'AfTaires m Nanking, the Chinese have demandod th^ Immediate release of the arrested Chinese. The protest also demanded that police prevent a recurrenceU.P. - 128 words
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Article, Illustration86 1948-08-26 1 TRAFFIC HELD UP IN CITY Fre e Press Staff Reporter TRAFFIC along High Str and North Bridge R< was disrupted this morning because of a collision between trolley bus and a motor car, at the junction of the stn There were no casualt 1 but obstruction was caused by iFree Press - 86 words
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Article148 1948-08-26 1 Arm s penalty "nothing new" JOIIORE BAiIRU, Thurs. THE death penalty for the possession of firearms was nothing new, said Mr. McCall. Federal Counsel, m the Johore Bahru Court yesterday, when a school teacher, Tan Ah Seng, aged 28, was 1 charged with illegal posses- sion of a .38 revolver148 words
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Article18 1948-08-26 1 An earthquake which rocked northern Argentina yesterday killed three people m the city of Salta.18 words
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Article47 1948-08-26 1 THE Burma Government. 1 gazette last night published the rules which will govern the country's first elections as an independent nation. Voting will be m April next year. Buddhist monks and other clergymen are barred from voting or standing as candidates ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article38 1948-08-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Bandits who tried to dynamite the railway eight miles north of Bahau station, Negri Srmbilan, m Tuesday blew up a single rail. It was replaced without any hold up of traffic.38 words
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Article60 1948-08-26 1 Fre e Press Staff Reporter FE police news blackout has still not been lifted m Selangor. The order by the Commissioner of Police Mr. W N Gray, restricting information to the press had not yet been rescinded by eleven o'clock this morning, conference yesterday, Mr.60 words
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Article23 1948-08-26 1 Ire* Press Staff Reporter From 20 to 30 bandits who attacked the managers bungalow on 4amiltog Estatinear Nilai. were driven off23 words
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Article92 1948-08-26 1 RUBBER POSITION 'IS SOUND' LONDON, Wednesday. THE statistical position of rubber remains sound, the Financial Times said m a,n editorial today. Commenting on figures issued by the Rubber Study Group, the Financial Times said that consumption and production records for the first half of 1948 "provide little justification for theA.P. - 92 words
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Article76 1948-08-26 1 Fre« Press Staff Reporter I CHINESE cyclist COllid with a motor cyclist ridden m Lavenckr Street at 8 a.m. today and was taken tc the General Hospital with serious injuries. The motor, cyclist escaped with minor injuries. Yesterday m Colder Quay, a motor cycle driven by76 words
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Article73 1948-08-26 1 AMERICAN officials ackncw- ledsed yesterday that a German killed by Russianzone police inside the U.S. zone was employed as an intelligence agent. He was hit when he was at least 100 yards inside the American sector. The U.S. Military Government said he had been sent intoA.P. - 73 words
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Article135 1948-08-26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter iBOUT fifty Chinese, heavi- /i/ armed with automatic weapons and rifles, dressed m black shirts and shorts and wearing black masks on their faces, last night attacked Amber Estate at the 13th viile, Senai, m Johore. The estate's medical dres- ser, an135 words
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Article235 1948-08-26 1 LONDON, Wednesday. A LTHOLGH no date has yet been fixed for a resumption of East-West talks m Moscow, diplomatic sources m London said that Marshal Stalin had proposed a four power conference of financial experts to work out an agreement on the control of Berlin's currency.235 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-08-26 1 Mr. a^J Mrs. J. Tseng cnung Lin after their weaaing at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Tank Road, this morning. Both are school teachers, the groom at St. Joseph's Institution and the bride at Outram School. The bride uas formerly Miss Eileen Tan Wee Lan.46 words
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Article204 1948-08-26 1 Burmese rice exports fall (PLOSURE of the BurI mese port of Bassein due to insurgent attacks has resulted m a fall of 45,000 tons m the exp of rice to Asian territories. The Burmese Government, however, has told the In national Emergency V Council's rice sub-comm: m Singapore that rice204 words
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Article41 1948-08-26 1 106 MURDERS IN FEDERATION POLICE figures show that 51 f people were murdered m .he Federation m June, igainst 18 m May. 13 m April md seven m March. This figure^ncludes terrorst victims. The six months total of murders is 106.41 words
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Article35 1948-08-26 1 Under new emergency regulations gazetted m the Federation, the aur have power to seize any or other food which, bed of its quantity or 1 I may fall into -able 1 hands.35 words
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Article597 1948-08-26 2 MANY many yeais ago Abdul Kutok, who was chief of all the Saints, jnari ied Siti Ajam, m a part of Arabia known as San. After some time they had a son, Akmal Hakim a studious youth, but noted for his uglir At a very early597 words
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Article53 1948-08-26 2 S.E .A.C. KAIJIO BMs M tmiadcasting fron Colombo: Ceylon ao the follow ing wave bands: S to II 30 a m 19 84 metre* and 19 38 metres 11 SO It am 19 84 metres li noon S p m IS 80 metres 19 8' metre* and 19 38 metres53 words
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Article335 1948-08-26 2 UtADEKS of Bernard Newmans previous travel books and commentaries on Europe's political jig-saw will not be surprised that he has now switched his observing eye and analytical mind to the Far >t. '-war aspirations of countries which have a! n by racial and (c call335 words
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Article, Illustration311 1948-08-26 2 WE ied his single 1 und South the ace to damn heart jack, but Eas I and returned a diamond wh<ch rufled. West led his last trump and declarer won. At this S<mth could count only 1.. trick* unless he could ruff a spade :n dummy, so he311 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-08-26 2 "My husband used to drink whisky a lot ton, but he's taking something tluit stopped him—gin^'18 words
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Article199 1948-08-26 2 Attic and Area. by France.sea Marton. iHamish Hamilton, 10s. 6d > Echoes of Victorian London come rumbling down the kitchen stairs: glimpses of the past are caught be'i the area railings. ty of historical colour, without much literary idwork. The Plantayeruts, by John J, 18$). A pattern of199 words
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Article, Illustration383 1948-08-26 2 Here's a perfect story-teller I PETEIT| QUENNELL I i/jf. I pOR sheer concen- trated entertain-ment-value a quality that depends m the last resort on natural power of story-telling no recent novel that has come my way can compare with a book first published during the year 1885: Bel-Ami by Guy383 words
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Miscellaneous466 1948-08-26 2 SINGAPORE Maku. m lf mf from lIJI BO o D to p r ffi° -Jr- 5 ,o.»,dn, Ih lit 84 «83 metre, ib. medium MusicTi! M tend .mi 7 20 rra rfrle» 1U IHIKSUAX J^slTr,;",; S Australia iron) JJD pro tt II H pat Vpin- nw 'TW i i nm466 words
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Miscellaneous104 1948-08-26 2 LUCKY STAR DOK.N today >ou Iku» ft| exact and careful niitid when It <om<*s to any joh you are undertaking, and you will mike a fine ex.tmple for othrrs to folio v. In your personal lift. hov\e\er, \ou are much too inclined toward the emotional and often do what you104 words
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Miscellaneous10 1948-08-26 2 |AuL RfcVCCIC, PCTUHE? aISC t_^arc? «CXv boat' qn m,5 HigTt?g,c_aipr...10 words
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Article, Illustration12 1948-08-26 3 JULIANA, BERNHARD IN BRITAIN Irlands. smok hard, i m the Command Cen-12 words
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Article539 1948-08-26 3 ALARMING' DROP IN US EXPORTS Car manufacturers 'disturbed TNrRp PC NEW YORK, Wednesday. j^itr.AMLS m the price of motor cars, announced recently by all the major manufacturers m the country, have been followed by the more disturbing news that the export of American cars and lorries has dwindled to an539 words
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159 1948-08-26 3 all wore gloves or socks on their hands. Then there was a shout from Divisional Detective-In-specter Robert: 4 -We are officers of the Flying Squad. Stay where you are". The raiders rushed for the door and the hidden police ran to cut them off.159 words
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Article104 1948-08-26 3 DREMIER STALIN Mtft week 1 sacked two ministers and abolished their ministries, according to official Soviet sources m London. The ministers were P.F LomaJco of the non-ferrous y a:d T B Mitrokhin of the chemical industry under the Mr tjr IrcHi and Ste^l. nouncement. experts affair^U.P. - 104 words
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Article264 1948-08-26 3 'THE little Sussex hamlet of Climping consisting of a cluster of cottages, one pub and a general store was rocked by an explosion last week when a man blew himself up for love of the publican's widowed sister-in-law. The explosion which was heard three miles264 words
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193 1948-08-26 3 THE London Daily Mirror, he second largest daily newspaper m Great Britain, has started an intensive editorial campaign, calling upon Britain to scrap her present foreign policy and seek a "new approach to the whole German problem by the four powers." The193 words
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Article79 1948-08-26 3 THE Rome IfizUstTf of In--1 terior revealed thai the mmnnlrt leader Togliatti joys greater secuxity than any other Italian d- puty or senator. He has a hand-picked police and private bodyguard to escort him. Rome police .sued four permits to carry arms to persons trusted by79 words
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Article, Illustration15 1948-08-26 3 Li> ms of imi* tLA.OA M full battle order, wins a swimming championship at Aldershot.15 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-08-26 3 Lord Astor helps the U.S. Olympic swimmer, Brenda Helter, to try on a helmet from an antique suit of armour. The U.S. Olympic team were the guests at Cleveden House of Lord and Lady Astor.40 words
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223 1948-08-26 3 BANGKOK, A SIAMESE Government communique, issued here refutes Chinese press allegations that Siam is following an anti-Chinese poliry. The communique cites two particular allegations made by the Chinese Language press m Bangkok the Siamese handling of the Chinese schools dispute and the arrest of large223 words
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319 1948-08-26 3 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. A MERICAN plane builders are showing a growing: interest m Cninese aviation and are anxious to help China improve her air ser\ivcs, the m cretary of the Central Air Transport Corporation. Mr. Harvey Toy declared on his return here from a tour319 words
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60 1948-08-26 3 500,000 pupils to change their schools WHEN the autumn begins next month half a million boy s and girls m n will change their Most oi them will oe eleven j will go for first secondary schools. Aw U De 20 new sererml thousand huts which naput up for older60 words
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Article75 1948-08-26 3 U.N. SQUABBLE OVER WIVES IN repl> to a reso ution oy tha 1 U.N. Economic and vSoeial Council at Oen*\» con-: ing den of a freedom to leg country with n. r band. Mr Payh <v delegate said In pom* states m the ing neerov nns ol m from two75 words
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Article49 1948-08-26 3 SLEEPING sicfcnefi* rfefceo 1230 throughout Japan ana may cause the virtual suspenof horse racinn until < a To*cn r More hordes have afflicted m area* where the sic km s.« is most pr D tinp that it te 'transmitted Thr f^»nof horses i& about 50 v49 words
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Advertisement70 1948-08-26 3 TO ALL RALEIGH CYCLE j PURCHASERS When you pi^chase a RAUICh CYCLE you can check the frame number site with vs This frame number #^L can be found on the Seat W%sf tube below the saddle. Thij procedure »s recommended ffni RAIEICH^ to protect you and all ■.i-uji. i »iinT70 words
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Miscellaneous34 1948-08-26 3 TARTAN An eerie Warning? fiy Edgar Rice Burroughs 4*4' *^\Ji'hjC "^X fV/^JI I AS IF TO PERIOD WOLF'S STATEMENT, SHSILL r r^^v^-J^ jU tfC J/ \*ll tijfl I IAU&MTER SHATTEREC? THE TUNNEL'S BLACK I34 words
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188 1948-08-26 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Aug. 26. 1948. The Siamese Border T > ie ment by the Government that and pouct' i be F :J&S tno fi n their operaainst Commu' ncndiy one winch more d had it been er. the doubt i hat ten ha- "*mg their way he188 words
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Article166 1948-08-26 4 Le the Russian-American I which began with the Kosenkina affair and is ending with, the closing of consulates, will hardly contribute towards the better understanding winch th Western Powers are seeking with Russia, it is equally unlikely to influence Moscow against compromise it any has been intended. The166 words
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Article, Illustration682 1948-08-26 4 C. R. BRUSINI - C. R. BRUSINI By A.P. Correspondent A PROPOSAL to make A Trieste the ''barter centre" between East and West has been put forward by Trieste businessmen. They plan new commercial organization to collect all available data on productive and commercial plans of me Danubian and BalkanMirror - 682 words
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857 1948-08-26 4 What they ll tell them at home about Britain Six European guests of U.K. talk of their impressions to JOHN HALL THROUGH the Olympic Games "window n thousands ;>f foreign visitors Look their first look at Britain and the British people. Among the keenest observers, admirers, and cities are the857 words
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Article26 1948-08-26 4 Judge nu\ Lord: for I have walked m my integrity: I have trusted also m the Lord: therefore I shall not slide. r l>6 i.26 words
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Article649 1948-08-26 4 SIGRID ARNE - WORKERS GET MORE SAY SIGRID ARNE By A.l' Correspondent WASHINGTON. WORKERS around the world appear to have made big advan rs since the war's end m getting some say al>nut their working conditions. Reports have just been collected by the U.S. labour department from embassies abroad and from the many649 words
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Article353 1948-08-26 4 POLITICO - IT SEEMS To ME... POLITICO by MOT the least diAcult of the problems the Government faces m fight r Communist terror that of the squatters. The disappearance from some squatter settlements of many of the men is evidence that squatters are furnishing their full share of recruits. That the squatters353 words
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Article321 1948-08-26 5 DR. PURCELL REPLIES TO THE REDS aided by working class Free PMM sta^ Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. LrE "Makiyll people and no ctionai >intfnient let alone a national moveTJclaro Dr. Victor Purcefl, making an I Irritative reply m the correspondence I* of The Times to a recent321 words
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Article79 1948-08-26 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, WedrE Commissioner of Police Mr. W. N. Gray) announced today that he was rescinding his order that the police should no longer give information to the Press. "It was never my intention to impose any restrictions apart from those affecting79 words
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Article60 1948-08-26 5 J^ PENANG girl. Mic>s Theresa Woo. will ihortlj b" proceeding to the United States to rudy journalism at the Bast Los AnCollege. California. Miss Woo is at presenc m H r.^ r Kong, and will leave for th.« United States from there. She will be the60 words
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336 1948-08-26 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 MOVE to change the Municipal laws so that certain powers vested m the Municipal President ivill be transferred to the Municipal Commissioners ts both will be initiated by Mr. D. Robertson at the Commissioners' meeting tomorrow. In a resolution which336 words
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Article48 1948-08-26 5 THE first Chinese Consul to Ipoh. Mr. Ibrahim T. Y. Ma. a Muslim, arrived m Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong aboard the Hai Hsla. With him was his wife and three-year-old son. His jurisdiction will extend through the States of Perak. Kelantan and Trent??anu.48 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-08-26 5 Ong Soon Hong, 29-year-old cashier m the K.LM. office with the skull of two babi rusas (half-deer, halfboar) which his father, a coconut estate owner m the Celebes, gave him when he visited him recently. He has advertised them for sale at $300 each. Hunters with the help of dogs63 words
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Article83 1948-08-26 5 The Colonial Secretary, (Mr. P.A.B. McKerron>, will visit tae village committees m Singapore next month The programme of his visivs is as follows: Sept. 1 Serarrgoon Village Committee, 5.30 I p.m.; Sept. 8 Bedok Village Committee, 5.00 p.m.; sept. 8 changi Village Commit cc, 6.0083 words
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Article174 1948-08-26 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent /CHINESE traders m Singapore are seeking: permission from the Government for re-export-ation of potatoes, onions and other perishable foodstuffs from Australia to N.E.1., Hong Kong Indo-China and the Philippine Islands. In a petition to the Government, the Chinese Importers' and Exporters' Association174 words
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Article66 1948-08-26 5 THE Singapore Association has invited as many members as possible to answer Ihe call of the Chief Police Officer to join the Volunteer Special Constabulary. The Association has been advised by the Stiff Officer of the Constabulary that the nuestion of compensation, m i-ase of bodily66 words
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341 1948-08-26 5 Free Tress atan Keporter MALAY and Chinese students will be awarded from six to ten scholarships for higher studies m India under an Indian Ministry of Education plan just announced. Six other scholarships are to be given to Indian students m this country under the341 words
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Article86 1948-08-26 5 THE Municipal Commissioners will clear hawkers out of five temporary markets fn Singapore as soon as they can. The markets are Erna Market m China Street, Ramah Street Market. Waterloo Street Market, Ailwal Street Market and Hindoo Road Market. "We are giving them still more time to86 words
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Article163 1948-08-26 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A PLEA Is made by patients] of the T.B. ward at Tan Tock Seng hospital, that there should be no black-outs on Thursday evenings, so that they can tune m to Radio Malaya's "Calling all hospitals" programme. Mr. Billy Loh. one163 words
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Article91 1948-08-26 5 JAN DI THOK, a Netherlands Indies Chinese, aged 40. was charged yesterday with the murder of Mr. J. N. Becker of Watts and Co.. who was shot dead m his office In Robinscn Road on Tuesday afternoon. The charge vus r ad to Tan m the presence91 words
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Article, Illustration86 1948-08-26 5 Dato Manalo Mindalano, (left), leader of a party of Filipino Muslims who have called at Singapore on their way to Mecca, is seen with Senator Thomas Cabilt who is on his icay to represent the Philippines Republic at the UNO meeting m Paris. Former Minister of National Defence m the86 words
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Article24 1948-08-26 5 The half yearly general meeting of the Singapore Urban Co-om.ra.tive Union Ltd. will be held m the Municipal Building on Sept. 1.24 words
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Article84 1948-08-26 5 WILL OPPOSE INCREASE IN TAXATION "THE Pro-- anX nounced yesterday that t would oppose any a tempt by the Singap rnment o impose or increase taxation cigarettes, tobacco, maic bicycles, motor cycletea and such other md. taxation as imposed rt eentlj m the Federation Referring to blackouts m the Colony,84 words
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186 1948-08-26 6 JUNK MAN KILLED FOR HIS "RICHES" -£3 65-year-old pawnbroker jeweller r 18 years, was murdered m his p in Ponders End. Midc for £3 from his till. Th> man who killed him bed he would f.ncl In the ding} and valuable antiques which he imagines haired man had col.c nee186 words
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45 1948-08-26 6 rpO3ACCO Workers Union yes are svga scheme which. If! B ird of n, u*ou".d put -ie ,'ar«'ttes In maie a type of ciX i blen, ana uld c but nt from the idy the pr p.ised Ls accepi- re-45 words
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Article, Illustration286 1948-08-26 6 COLOUR PROGRAMMES COMING SOON UK gives OK to television m dustry LONDON, Thursday. BRITAIN has advised other countries to "pin their faith" to the British system of television and has hinted that programmes m colour will soon be coming. A statement of Government policy, issued by the General Post Office,Reuter - 286 words
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179 1948-08-26 6 China deserves high Unesco priority MANIL..-V ITIO DR. Kuo Yu-shou. special adviser on Asia and the Par Bast to the United Na- Edu .1. Scierv and Cultural Organisation. rvnee last Ina and > count: eh suffered greatly during the war ved the bJ rity for UNESCO assist Dr. Kuo. whoU.P. - 179 words
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Article, Illustration100 1948-08-26 6 CIXTY courier pigeons, trained to carry urgent police messages will soon link communications ben all police stations m Ceylon and the Colombo Central Headquarters. Test flights have proved satisfactory and carrier services from Colombo to Man« nar, Mullativu and BatticaIca will be started shortly. This willU.P. - 100 words
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Article70 1948-08-26 6 A COMMITTEE of ft mists, summoned to a the Government of India on measures to combat Inflation, is understood to have recommended immediate re-imp tion of controls on all nee r>? curtailment of Government expenditure and ter taxation proposals to :he higher Income groups mReuter - 70 words
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Article60 1948-08-26 6 SMUGGLERS' 500 —BOAT FLEET \TE\v Netberlaodi Minister 11 In Manila. Dr DStra \o his first press co: ferer. recently, &aid some 500 small baits were engaged m smuggling, bi-tween Phllipptnef and the nfi (iescntyrd it o polllgnlflc.incc" a poor man's business." The illicit traders are bringing m American cigan textiles60 words
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Article40 1948-08-26 6 TWENTY-EIGHT Hukbu*ahap p> and 24 wounded m a twohour clash with Philippine constabulary units m Pam:a province, 60 mnes north of Manila. The Huk capcd. Communist pamphlets and firearms were found m headquarters. A. P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article28 1948-08-26 6 Nearly 100 guests on Tv t tended a Chinese dinn on the tccasloa c' Johnson and Johnson ng The Borneo Co. as sents m Singapore,28 words
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Article300 1948-08-26 6 4 PLEA for the inclusion of Roman Caihulics m the World Council of Churches was made at the Council's Plenary session by Prof George Florovsky of Paris. The Pope had banned Catholic participation. Prof. Florovsky told the Council that no real Chri* .ion could be effected300 words
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Article107 1948-08-26 6 CH»K months, aays the Hey. Kirhaxti rook^hank, of Here Fern rs, I>evon. he has been "baptism; babies m mud and tadpulr The rector is looking for a barrel. He wants to fill it urh thi repulsive liquid* thai, he says. passes for drinking water at bYre Ferrers107 words
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Article26 1948-08-26 6 Argentina has rejected an informal proyosTi by the -1 States calUnp for consideration of a plan to p entire Antarctic area under -ational administration.26 words
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Article, Illustration28 1948-08-26 6 Shah of Persia, m goldbraidt'd unifi>rm, has an 'iner chat with the President. £r. ;fcf> and a Federal i^iUor at a The Shah un a W to Eurwp4,28 words
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Miscellaneous67 1948-08-26 6 JAWE Bxelunii* to Singapore Free Pres* m Malaya MADE SPECIALLY FOR COALS TO V POURS J WOW'T S««li H N W AN YW AV -WE 1 L ME FROM SOME NFW NEWCASTLE A \»^UK5f/ V WON IT SHOW W SEE IF IT GOES OFF L ATOMIC MATFKIAI' y\ EH JANE67 words
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415 1948-08-26 7 GOLD STREAM FASTEST ONI K.L. TRACK binal gallops for Saturday rwßFrnv c ss Racin Correspondent QKEGON Smiling Through, Gold Stream, Sir wh*« i! and Princ e Eugene showed up well wnen horses running on Saturday, first day of the l£?i?* T IV t CI 2 h A «^t-September meeting! mtrningf415 words
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Article81 1948-08-26 7 l Itv M>- \t.J.lir»l»r.»u«h I l \-t..a VIIU I j** '-.am*? 1 »fleld I Sp I Si I B I r I il I r I frfcM I*** p|%M .N Ml TJOKN K Lr ion e. 1 i l t I I I s. ..-t t KTHERNReuter - 81 words
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Article65 1948-08-26 7 $60,000 For Badminton Court A S w l0 er ««J "adminSSVE.^ Iyear>s1 year>s Mum- will be the first public »neplan is approved Pr^ss yesterday. The building Mhk h wi| J> 01 permanent construet'o;i. «iii besingle- s to reyed It will be suffirientlv high to allow for lobs. AccommodaUon uill be65 words
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Article46 1948-08-26 7 G. bCHULTE, of Holland, won the professional pursuit title at jb< world cycling championship* m Amsterdam yesterday beating the holder F. Coppi. of Paly, m the final by two metres. SchuLVs time was ill minutes 24.9 seconds and Coppis six minutes 25.4 seconds. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article151 1948-08-26 7 FALKENBERG NOT IN U.S. CUP TEAM IjVDUR American Davis Cup veterans have been chosen to play against Australia m the challenge round at Forest Hills. New York, from Sept. 4 to Sept. 6. The Cup Selection Committee chose to. bet on these veterans to turn back the Australians: Tom Schroeder,A.P. - 151 words
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Article489 1948-08-26 7 at the Jalan Besar stadium yesterday r,™^' llectin two Points, the Club have not improved their position m the league table which i< second-last, but their victory proved beyond doubi that they were the better team yesterday The Athletes, fifth m the rent League, beat them489 words
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Article389 1948-08-26 7 THERE is no doubt that the tranfer question is big news m football and, while many clubs are prepared to let it go on with prices rocketing until the record fee is broken regularly, one man has made a statement which may well play Its parts389 words
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Article, Illustration143 1948-08-26 7 F. G. Mann, this year's Middlesex captain, who has been chosen to skipper the M.C.C. team visiting South Africa this winter. He captained Eton m 1936 and was top-scorer for Cambridge University m 1939. He served ivith the Scots Guards during World War Two, and gained a143 words
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Article362 1948-08-26 7 J)ON Bradman marked his last appearance at Lord s cricket ground yesterday with one of the best centuries of his wonderful career thfl The Australian captain, leading his side against the Gentlemen of England, was cheered all his wav to the wicket by 15,000A.P.; Reuter - 362 words
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Article518 1948-08-26 7 ATHLETIC NOTES By MALCOLM ISHER •TALKING point of the Singapore representative x athletic team championships held at R.A.F. Seletar last week, was the strong competition put up by Singapore A.A.A. Although beaten into second place by the Royal Air Force, their performers greatly impressed the518 words
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Article348 1948-08-26 7 Outschoorn just misses 100 I AUDlfc Outschoorn, former Singapore cricketer, had bad luck yesterday to miss, by one run hit second century m English County cricket Playing against Essex, Outschoorn made 99 out or Worcester's total of 306, towards which E Coo Der scored 107. While the Welsh national flagReuter - 348 words
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Article102 1948-08-26 7 T K: Drak« second favour the St Stakes run over the St. Leger distance d 'hree c,uar at Salisbury tnere »-a« nothn? par- impresabout tbf manner of his surr at 9-4 on and ridd. n by Gordon Richards ho won by one ajid a halfReuter - 102 words
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Article46 1948-08-26 7 THE S C C v ution a' ground on Saturday at 2 pjfl L Webb Jone« <Cap" > g P Darke R g Whittington Hyslop, p f HTbapf/ R G Thomas A H Robsor P M Barnep. R. c Low J D>y 1 Mclr.:46 words
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Article85 1948-08-26 7 ]\|R. M. J bHrii has prented a crick.-: bat to bo given to the highest scorer on the Indian side n the tv.o-day Gandhi Memorial Cup match to be played between the Singapore Cricket Club and the Ind a:: on the padang thia Weekend. A bat for theU.P. - 85 words
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Advertisement117 1948-08-26 7 Prl^o fO» iOUR RELAXATION, COME TO:THE TAVERN intern Residential Hotel) (Op*n To Non -Resident: TO THE BOTANICAL GARDF N ural Cool Breeze) I I \l RIOI'SI R RNISHED ROOMS. \>- IKM (IRS MEAIS At \ll Hours l"p To 10.30 p.m. !911 SPECIAL CURRY TIFFIN EVERY SUNDAY ki <>per.itrd f>v American117 words
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Miscellaneous249 1948-08-26 7 F. 9. Crossword No. 472 M I 7 8 S I 9 "p ~15 ieT if 7 >iVBMa 21 22 "^25 IT 11n| i... 11 It 29 IT 52 T^ II I I (LIES ACROSS to 2> ,9 Ba o ked UP (3) 7 FlUing (4) 9 An er >3r249 words
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Article19 1948-08-26 8 TOOOOOD— To Eileen (nee Bab«n wife of J. T. Toogood at fcatu Oajah on 20th August 1948 sod.19 words
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517 1948-08-26 8 'I JUMPED TO ESCAPE -Mrs. KOSENKINA Teacher tells moving story NEW YORK, Wednesday. MRS. OKSANA Kosenklna, 42-year-old Russian teacher, told reporters today she jumped from a third floor window of the Russian Consulate because she wanted to escape "and not to kill myself," when she spoke to the press forReuter; A.P. - 517 words
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130 1948-08-26 8 THE United Nations' mediator In Palestine, Count Bernadotte. last night ordered the Israeli Government to end all immigration of men of military age before Sepaccording to reliable I ill s In Tel A. It is belie-.' Tel Aviv rnment will reject I order as "against130 words
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Article52 1948-08-26 8 THE French National A bl> day adopted, by 245 votes to 193, a proposal tj postpone the departmental flections due m October. The Socialists and of the Popular Republican Party, the two pillars of the nment, voted for the postponement. Thr Qaullistl and Right-WinKers against, while theReuter - 52 words
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Article42 1948-08-26 8 ARRESTED during an antiterrorist operation at Taikong m Semenyih, 21 miles from Kuala Lumpur on July 25 this year, a young Chinese. Khoon Koi Sung, was yesterday sen ten red to death at the SclanKor Assizes for rying a rifle.42 words
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172 1948-08-26 8 C 'wealth to be asked on Europe plan LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN is to consult the Commonwealth Prime Ministers about the proposal that she should take the lead m forming a European Assembly. Letters on the subject between the Conservative Opposition leader. Mr. Wii ston Churchill, and the Prime Minister, Mr.Reuter - 172 words
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Article80 1948-08-26 8 LONDON. Wednesday. [TNITED STATES and Canadian observer! attended a meeting m London of the chiefs-of-staff of the five Western Urlon Powers yesterday. it is learned. They were the same observers who regally ike tart m the work of the military committee of the Western Union perrranentReuter - 80 words
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Article26 1948-08-26 8 The Greek General Staff estimates that 7.000 Communist guerillas have escaped In the Grammos area. They said that 5.000 crossed into Albania. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article471 1948-08-26 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. I)KICE changes showed quiet firmness m the 1 London Stock Exchange today, says Reuters financial correspondent. Rubbers were unchanged to higher and Tins Irregular to higher. Th- main topic of ronversa- 1 rr~ Uon was the closing by the Russians of471 words
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Article25 1948-08-26 8 The Uniteu States may stay away from the InterAmerican Conference on Foreign Colonies to be held at Havana, on 3eptemb?r A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article137 1948-08-26 8 BATAVIA, Wednesday. PERSONS In the permanent service of the Indonesian Republic are no longer to be allowed to reside m Batavia, the Dutch-sponsored Indonesian Provisional Federal Government announced tonight. Many recent events have given rise to this decision, the announcement said. The events were not specified. TheReuter - 137 words
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Article72 1948-08-26 8 JAPAN now has women wrestlers again, Sumo wrestling by women having just been revived for the first time m 15 years near Nagasaki. The women Sumo contestants are all amateurs ranging from the age of IS to 50, including several modern girls with fine permanent waves. TheyA.P. - 72 words
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Article109 1948-08-26 8 AUCKLAND, (N.Z.), Wednesday. pOUR persons were killed and 17 injured today m a tornado which, m two minutes, practically wrecked Frankton junction, 86 miles south of Auckland. Accompanied by thunder, lightning and torrential rain, the tornado cut a path several hundred yards through the township, whichA.P. - 109 words
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Article36 1948-08-26 8 Six Britiin Vampire jet fighter** have landed at Stornoway on th; ir way home from a Koodwjll mission to the United States and Canada. They were tha first lets to cross the Atlantic. U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article183 1948-08-26 8 TOKIO. Wednesday. ABOUT 30.000 Japanese are still fighting m Chinasome for the Chinese Communists and other for the Nanking Government, ac- cording to Japanese reports. Disregarding the Imperial surrender order, some have i Joined the ranks of the Chinese armies Individually and donned Chinese uni-Reuter; A.P. - 183 words
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Article117 1948-08-26 8 U.WibURQ. Wednesday THE British war crim s war 1 t Hamburg today sentenced to death by hangSS Maj «r Oskar Hans, who shot six men of the Royal Navy during the war on e who had to blow up the battleship Tirpltz and anotherReuter - 117 words
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Article134 1948-08-26 8 SPECIAL Market cor. csoond. n gives the price* of rubber «i 11 am today as CoUows: P« Ib ocr ib Buyer* Seder* Ot« CU No I X S M Sdoi loo«e 41% UH No I KS 8 mr In bales Sept... 42', 42S No. 2 K.S.s fob In134 words
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Article84 1948-08-26 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. THE U S. Navy will retire the 45,000-ton battle, ship lowa from active *ervice with the Pacific fleet on Sept. 1 m order to concentrate on an anti-sub-marine training programme. The Russians are known to possess more submarines that the combined Hestern Powers. Putting84 words
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Article249 1948-08-26 8 NEW YORK. Wednesday niSCLOSURE that the I'nited Nations K^hm Commission is "having some diilicultii taining a "cease-fire" agreement between Inch Pakistan coincided today with a Karachi report of bombing attack yesterday by the Indian Air For* on Gilgit, m Kashmir. The Karachi report says Indian aircra:249 words
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41 1948-08-26 8 M oney reform may wipe out Red war chest JHE new currency reform m [*****J. they have been financing thiS military and political war/,, -.>£* The Reds may find re Nationalist currency worth:. the Government block: m for the new *old yuan41 words
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Article21 1948-08-26 8 Marsh- I ed the third Soviet central goi This follows n aiming at moreof manpow down o? penses U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Advertisement201 1948-08-26 8 HGAJJKJAHGJ ENGAGKMENT The engagement is announced between Thomas A. Roper, only •on of Mr. Mrs. W. H. Roper of Folkestone, England, and Dorothy Margaret Still, youngest daughter of Mr. ft Mrs F. M. of Seremban. Malaya. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Mr Si Mrs. Alfred Wljayaand family thank friends and relatives who sent wreaths,201 words
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Advertisement73 1948-08-26 8 THE TIME THE PUCE Tonight from 7pm to 8 p.*. m the Popular \< RAFFLES HOTEL "THE COCKTAIL HOUR" with FRANK PM X and from 9pm U INTOKMAI DAM IN THE PALM COURT PATRICK FORBES f **A PI JIH HOISEHOLI) I! I] Ilj \PPLIA> Introducing the NEW $10. w CHELSEA73 words
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Miscellaneous8 1948-08-26 8 SPOREHIGHTIDES Today: t. 17 p.m. Friday: 8.48 pm.8 words
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