The Singapore Free Press, 17 September 1948
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Title Section18 1948-09-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA GFHFGHFGHGFHFGH SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1948. PRIC* 10 t'KMS18 words
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Article, Illustration144 1948-09-17 1 Kallang ma y be major airport r\ut officials are silent Free Press Staff Reporter p the unexpected difficulties en--0 .wintered at hangi, the Kallang airfield may </> international aiiport. In 1^ don the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the E- Ministry are now considering final t ethnical rq m rx»thFree Press - 144 words
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Article312 1948-09-17 1 GENERAL RITCHIE GREETS HUSSARS Free Press Staff Reporter WELCOMING more than 800 officers and men of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars In Singapore this morning, the Comman-der-in-Chief, FAREIF, Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie, told them that they had been brought to Malaya to support the civil government in its fight against312 words
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Article172 1948-09-17 1 Figh ting fla res in Surakarta BATAYIA, Thursday. U'KiHTING between Communists and pro-Ciovern- nu'iit elements flared again last night in Surakarta. second city of the Indonesian Republic. There were clashes in several parts of the town. The Indonesian n?ws agency. Antara, reported that the skirmishing began outside the headquarter^ >'172 words
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Article36 1948-09-17 1 Dr A. J. Stals Siuth African Minister of Social Welfar-. told the Assembly yesterday lie was iwepared to ivcomin-'iid to the Government that payment of fam'lv allowances to Indians should be discontinued. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article135 1948-09-17 1 BIRTHDAY PRAYERS IN JOHORE Free Press Staff Reporter. lOHORE BAHRU is beflagged tl today in honour of the 75'h birthday of the Sultan of Johore. Major-General Sir Ibrahim. Armed police are guarding all approaches to tfae Istana Besar, focal point elebrations. The only morning eve: programme of eelebra the Thanksgiving135 words
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Article64 1948-09-17 1 TEL AVIV. Friday. HEAVY fighting between Arabs and Jews broke out last night in Jerusalem. A radio message from th«* Holy City said: "Both sides art- using all they have It 's war again." Hostilities brgan early in the evening when both Arabs and Jews opened64 words
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Article147 1948-09-17 1 Running order scratchings QRDER of running and scratchin^ for tomorrows races a' B 'kit, Timah are; Race I: 01 3 D 3 fi f—Barionp. KulngiMiv Rare I: CLIDIII Raheen Race 3: Cl 3 D 2. 9 t -Colorado. Cold^tiPain. Race 4: Cl. 3 D 1 6 t —Bright Houae. Rice147 words
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Article, Illustration91 1948-09-17 1 rE Nizam of Hyderabad told Kins George VI in a special cable on Monday that when India attacked his territory Indian planes had been "heavily bombing several places since this morning." it was revealed today. The table said: "I am ffrieved to have to report to91 words
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Article72 1948-09-17 1 CREW SAVED IN SHIP DRAMA THIRTY-EIGHT members ot the crew of thp abandoned British cargo ship Leicester wi re rescued by two ships in a hurricat e which <^d the North Atlantic yesterday. Four were lost. The American rescue ship Cecil N. Bern r ported saving 20 members of theA.P. - 72 words
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Article126 1948-09-17 1 RANGOON, Thursday. DAIL traffic between Rangoon and Mandalay has been restored, three days after insurgents destroyed a section of the line south of Toungoo— and Governnjent troops have captured a large number of saboteurs in the Toungoo district. The situation in Toungoo is quiet, said anReuter; A.P. - 126 words
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Article192 1948-09-17 1 POONA, Thursday. AFTER a further 15-mile advance today, Indian troops have pushed to within 63 miles of their main objective in Hyderabad the strategic military centre of Secunderabad. Information reaching the Indian Southern Command Headquarters today indicated there has been a stiffening of opposition with HyderabadReuter; A.P. - 192 words
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Article131 1948-09-17 1 U.K. WANTS SIAM TO BE STROM BANGKOK. Friday. A "'strung, stable and in-dcpendi-iu Siam is today as previously, a major in British foreign policy," the British Ambassador, Mr G Harington Thompson, baid rday. Mr Ihomp^n who hac ju^rt returned here Horn Londa... adced that tne Siamese Premier had expressed /actionReuter - 131 words
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Article75 1948-09-17 1 RETURNING home from the Happy World at about 11 o'clock last night, a Chinese woman employee of Radio Malaya was robbed by two male* Chinese near Victoria Bridge. The victim, with her sister. was going to Mayo Street In a trisha when she was stopped75 words
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Article46 1948-09-17 1 THE Central Fire Brigade answered seven fire calls yesterday, including one at the British Military Hospital at Alexandra Road. There was a small explosion at an ice making plant in Sibu Road about 6.30 p.m. but only slight damage was reported.46 words
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Article71 1948-09-17 1 When three or four consecutive deaths occur among the "sampan families" In Hong Kong, the custom is to kill the next child born to appease fate and prevent more deatjis. > But yesterday the Hong Kong coroner returned a verdict of murder when this grim customA.P. - 71 words
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190 1948-09-17 1 INVASION IS 'CRUEL,' SAYS HYDERABAD PARIS, Thursday. |r FHE United Nations Security Council, after voting eight to nil to take up the Hyderabad-India dispute, today heard the Hyderabad representative accuse India of "cruel invasion/' The representative, Nawab Moir Nawab Jung, appealed to the Council to stop the fighting without delay.190 words
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Article39 1948-09-17 1 NINF: Chinese were urn in Singapore by the C.I.D. yesterday Of these six were members of secret societies and three were held under the Emergency Regulations. The total of emergency detainees this morning .was 298.39 words
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98 1948-09-17 1 A UNESE Win d the pn iell Company at the 14th mile Woodlands Road, a protec ■>hot and wounded ia^t night by a Special c A polio .d the Free Pre&s this m urn ing the man apparently nad stolen an empty dru he98 words
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Article20 1948-09-17 1 The :ght that I citizens w 11 in uture !>• as immigra!. fame ba.s..s a »h Commc: i ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Advertisement83 1948-09-17 1 yUSH^ o r^sif^RALIIO gUSH Bi fcnilfeni/ S/ m fi for -VlmaJtol* *^n ert^nda to u oican jJi d b t/ully jwwt oranire flavour It ia ti^^^n'r^Ti^^!? I^"** food PiWrod from the K ***n.h »corporatln« th« rwulu of up-to-dat* ISSSS? °saer5 aer «»^«»*ry food factors. B^^talT^rTiL!?^ 1 1 8^ 01 Increasing83 words
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Advertisement27 1948-09-17 1 i M te e !',":L"}Ei'irh. ito GarrarD RADIOGRAM UNIT W/U COMRTAM RAO/O WTO A RAD/OGRAM TO G/Vf YOU MUS/C WHFN£V£R YOU WANT/T. Full Particulars from sole agent27 words
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Article, Illustration429 1948-09-17 2 FLORENCE MILLS - 'Silhouette' ousts 'New Look' FLORENCE MILLS By A GRADUAL revolution has taken place in the Paris fashion world the 41 Xew Look has been ou>ted in favour of the slim-lined silhouette. The change has not been violent or unexpected. It started with the Spring fashion collections and has been gaining429 words
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Article278 1948-09-17 2 Under the brim MADAME Le Monnier iTI pleats a brim up and over the brow and down the right side to cover one ear completely. A swirl of black filing appears from under the brim, covers the face from nose to chin and ties high over278 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-09-17 2 Seen in London was this pale blue moire gown with a new hobble skirt, a flared peplum and tulle fichu, with roses22 words
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Article, Illustration68 1948-09-17 2 There is a flashback to Edwardian styles in this hair-do. The hair i s parted on the right side, and the top set into deep waves. Both sides and back are placed in even rows of pin curls— all directed tcwards the face When combing out. the top wave if68 words
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Article197 1948-09-17 2 SANDWICHES FOR YOUR PICNICS THERE is practically noth- ing in the food line that cannot be made into a sandwich filling. The main Quirernent is a mincing machine. Any scraps of meat or bacon ends put through the machine and mixed with a little butter, salt and pepper helps to197 words
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Article, Illustration315 1948-09-17 2 U^HAT >hould North didV V. player*, with strength in ttM ur.b.d suit, and a pretty gooa hand including five clubs to Ui»viiiren. would jump to two nciiunip. They would reason th*^ a bid o.' three club* might re In a losing n\e club contra, b cause South might315 words
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Article133 1948-09-17 2 Waistlines are high e If AKING its bow in lT London is a new and individual line which is likely to be highly popular. It is what may be < the New Empire silh< wit: her waist line. There are several points in its lavour. It uses a moderate amount133 words
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Miscellaneous247 1948-09-17 2 mmK m t ™*i&A**iMA&mM SINGAPORE From 12 00 noon to t 00 p ra 485 mftr«|#i the medium wave band and 7 20 megacycles in the 41 metre band From 6 00 p m. to 1 45 p m from 930 p.m. to 11.00 p m 485 metres in the247 words
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Miscellaneous267 1948-09-17 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, your mind is D active and soaks up knowledge like a sponge. You have a wide range of interests and an excellent memory, which would serre you well in a career as researcher, writer or analyst. liiliipiSi 1 4 p.m. Music for Teat m 430267 words
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Miscellaneous106 1948-09-17 2 You enjoy nothing more than to place fact against fact, and line up a good argument. Then, take another set of facts and answer it. This peculiar talent of yours makes you a difficult person to confound. Your business ability is excellent and. If you look In that direction, the106 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-09-17 3 S Princess argaret's tch visit drat I PQf Cm AM* ••.j.'.V. I ABU to I raw ■ti trim o Snuggling penalties PENALTIES for smuggling ng the Kowloon-Can-on railway, which has greaty increased, will be made nuch more severe by an )rdinance now before the Le- nslative Council U.P.U.P. - 48 words
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Article20 1948-09-17 3 WHITEHALL IN EVERY MAIN ST. I asaias I J* oe gra- new 55 the 32: tio n of 25 d20 words
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Article214 1948-09-17 3 NEW LAW TO CURB JAP BIRTH-RATE Certain abortions legalised TOKYO, Friday. FHfc eugenics law, which may form the pattern for similar legislation in Western countries, and which makes abortion legal in specified circumstances, has come into effect in Japan without causing even a ripple. f U ics auth orities believeReuter - 214 words
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Article116 1948-09-17 3 1400 YEAR-OLD RELICS FOUND d MINE detectors which a f* i w years ngo were warning Allied troops of the presence 01 German mines, are being used to unearth Saxon relics ol 1400 years ago. Archaeologists working on Blewburton Hill, near Blewburv. on the Berkshire Downs, have discovered a pagan116 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-09-17 3 Bales of chicken feathers. ton s of spoiled wheat and wood pulp are showered on oil flowing wild from Atlantic No. 3 well of Canada's newest and largest oilfield in Alberta.31 words
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Article172 1948-09-17 3 FHK IS. Navy Ls to spend 51. 500.000 on research in a bid to find a defence against high-speed submarines which have been a source of concern since the Germans late in the war demonstrated how effective they could be. r The Russian fleetA.P. - 172 words
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Article, Illustration67 1948-09-17 3 Mr. W. E SpeUCer, chairman >• the bread judges, at a Londm competition for bak?rs sniffs at a loaf which, he described as "muck— not fit for dog bread." Mr. Spencer, who is chief baker production officer for the Ministry of Food, said the man who made the loaf "should67 words
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Article89 1948-09-17 3 MR Gordon Fillery, chairman of the Sou'h African Mercury Airways, last week announced the intention of his comoanv to defv the n?w British Government regulation designed to end unauthorised flights to Britain by private airlines. Less than two hours after the Ministry of Civil Aviation89 words
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Article99 1948-09-17 3 ALMOST everyone in Rawtenstall < Lanes knew Maggie— the strange, slight little woman who always dressed in men's clothes and who has now, as Margaret Allen, 42, of Bacup Road, Rawtenstall been charged with the murder of Nancy Ellen Chadwick, 70, "the woman who loved money."99 words
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Article, Illustration42 1948-09-17 3 Tile Prime Minister. Mr. C R. Attlee. wearing carpet slippers, arrives at No. 10 Downing -street for a meeting of the Cabinet. The Premier left hospital where he is being treated for an early duodenal ulcer and for eczema of the foot.42 words
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Article234 1948-09-17 3 Apiece of Siam s frontier territory is drifting into Burma, thanks to a herd of Siamese wild elephants. It happened like this: The River Mae Sai is the boundary between Burma and Northern Siam. In the river there is a fertile 'sland named Koh Charng.A.P. - 234 words
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Article97 1948-09-17 3 MR. Clyde Matthews, head of a large New York fashion model agency, considers Bri- tish girls better suited than Americans for the new trend in fashion modelling. Matthews is sending a team to Britain to search for "out- standing English beauties to go toA.P. - 97 words
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Article43 1948-09-17 3 FLAGS OUT FOR GOOD 'QUADS' VILLAGERS of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire recently 1 lined flag-bedecked streets In hundreds to welcome home the Good quadruplets Bridjet, Elizabeth, Frances and Jennifer. They were born in a Bristol hospital 13 weeks ago. to Mrs. Charles Good.— A. P.A.P. - 43 words
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400 1948-09-17 3 Patients fed on 'crushed emeralds' HYDERABAD CITY, Wednesday. A SPOONFUL of crushed pearls and powdered gold is fed twice a day to every patient at Hyderabad s Lnam Hospital— where an ancient and mysterious cult of medicine still flourishes. No "modern" druc* are prescribed at I nani— no penicillin, noU.P. - 400 words
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Article160 1948-09-17 3 NAGGING of children is one of the an forgivable sins committed by parents. Nuffield Professor of < hild Health at the I'niversitv of Durham. hngland. ProfeffMT James S pence, told leading Melbourne. Victoria, doi and child specialists Professor Spence said it was almost a biolo. necessity for aReuter; AAP - 160 words
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Advertisement16 1948-09-17 3 Mornings' begin I "ithGiilette... W eau^ Alette male I Gillette Blades Moloccq. Kyoto »uf '.-,7-, G.-MJ16 words
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Advertisement84 1948-09-17 3 j)iscnmitiafi4i jA to net pnqertips Sill 'C Firstly f** r because she uses V JENNIFER GRAHAM beauty preparations V Secondly, because there t\ \V is a s P ecia^ er in V P rice and variety, and M\ Thirdly because she Wf knows she will get full satisfaction on 384 words
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Miscellaneous7 1948-09-17 3 TARZAN Eerie approach By Edgar Rice Burroughs7 words
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The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Sept. 17. 1948.
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Article571 1948-09-17 4 IN the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary on Wednesday had the unusual duty of replying to Opposition attacks on the administration of Malaya. It was as a result of the prominence which he gave to the Communist menace In Asia in the course of his statement571 words
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Article, Illustration1924 1948-09-17 4 SINGAPORE this week lost a valuable citizen when Mr. A. M. HANDY sailed for Ceylon after thirty years in tho Colony. One of the leaders of the Ceylonese community and a prominent member of the Church of England, Mr. Handy, who was accompanied by his wife1,924 words
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Article516 1948-09-17 4 FOLLOWING the Mon--1 mouth Rebellion of 1685 when the Dragoons had been found to be very useful for reconnaissance and picquet work, several regiments of Dragoons were raised, one of which is now known as the 4th Hussars. By commission dated 17th July. 1685, th516 words
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Article70 1948-09-17 4 THE British Air Minister, Mr. 1 Arthur Henderson, said yesterday that the R.A.F would seek 64,000 new reservists in the recruiting lriv P ;)en on October 1. He spoke at a meetin» iwhich Service chiefs discuss the campaign with chairman of Territorial and Auxiliary forces association.70 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-09-17 4 t>u> organising committee o) tne tint Inaian tnri ft L Cet i> leld reccntl y Jalan Besur Stadium, (left m o r P V™^'' Mr. P Sunpiah (secretary) Mr M. Ponnusamy (chairman). Mr S. R. p. Naidu and Mr G. M. K. Saba:.43 words
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Article169 1948-09-17 4 What People Say AMAZED I AM a businessman, hard hit by the war and i years following, and the proposed Jilting of the Moratorium by the Debtor -C: ditor Bill will leave me In financial straits. I therefore welcomed the proposal that the Indian Government might give financial assistance And169 words
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Article24 1948-09-17 4 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more nopr of a fool than of him. Proverbs 29, 20.24 words
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Article24 1948-09-17 4 Eighth Moon festiva J as tt*^l Eg} oit J theniocntotbej an( -egaitS planet win be J FTdJ Pil by b nc and i 124 words
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Advertisement37 1948-09-17 4 fare Da< 4 f prepared in Singapore a^ TIL— ***** A Lll *jJ TEL— S429 5420 NCA RAFFLES Hoff NOTICE I HE BALLROOM WILI EXCLUSIVELY T O N I G i FOR 1 SINGAPORE \SSOCIAI! N 937 words
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Article68 1948-09-17 5 Coupons in 30 seconds Stall Reporter I sic petrol 'he last \ear is sfactorily Rationing Middle Road. em is a ment on j July. r porter who n receiv- I seco > vehicle he couna few enmd handed •oupons. ks are on -;;e coupe: who stayed noticed that t I68 words
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Article22 1948-09-17 5 A meetine of Trade Union representatives is being called for 5.13 pm. next Tuesday at the Municipal Council Chamber22 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-09-17 5 An artist's impression of the proposed $5,000,000 fivestoreyed flats, a school and association premises in Orchard Road, near the Grange Road juction. for the Teocheic ancestral association of Ngee Ann Kongsi. The site is the 64-acre, disused Teocheic cemetery belonging to the Kongsi.45 words
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Article428 1948-09-17 5 'Kongsi debates development Free Press Staff Reporter HRAFT plans have been prepared for a U $5,000,000 scheme for five blocks of fivestoreyed flats, association premises and a school to be constructed on the fringe uf the Teochew community's 64-acre disused cemetery in Orchard Road. The428 words
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Article134 1948-09-17 5 $150,000 SPENT ON COLLEGE THE Singapore College ol Medicine, which w ew students next month, has been authorised to sp» nd nearly $150 000 to buy new equipment a. d for rehab tion. Of thif sum. a total of over $27,000 for the purchase «ii 185 micrc^ ..nd Six r.134 words
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Article571 1948-09-17 5 rjAI'GHTER of Sir Mirza Ismail, former Prime Minister of Hyderabad, a Singapore woman, Mrs. G. H. Namazie, told the Free Press that never before in Hyderabad's history had there been an attempt to overthrow the rule of the Nizam. Hyderabad, independent princely state with a mainly571 words
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Article205 1948-09-17 5 Chinese YMCA drive for members THE second membership and finances campaign launched by the Chinese YM.CJi. in Singapore begins today. It aims at recruiting 10,000 members and raise $100,000 within a month. The Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. has consented to lead the campa gn personally by accepting the jx»t of205 words
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Article113 1948-09-17 5 TPHE recent competition, in -i which the Municipal Commissioners of Kuala Lumpur offered a prize of $100 for an accepted design for a Municipal <i >al. aroused considerable interest and many entries were received. Although many of these entries were of a very high standard, the113 words
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Article50 1948-09-17 5 C-in-C VISITS PAH AIM ON Tuesday. Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie. C-in-C. FARELF. landed at Benta airstrip in "^riang to Inspect troops In the di: trlct axd meet plant* rs. He had lunch with the Mentri Be ar at Kuala Lipis and attended K-ktail party given by the Britn th evening.50 words
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Article131 1948-09-17 5 BISHOP Edwin F Lee. for 20 years Methodist Missionary Bishop of Malaya and the Philippines, died at Rochester. Minnesota. on Tuesdav Bishop L»«, mho loft this country on retirement n February had j bfen ill since June and died in hospital. B shop Lee was born131 words
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Article63 1948-09-17 5 JJYDER bn Akoar. a clerk employed in the R*gistra- of Vehicle*' Office, was sentenced yesterday to six months' rigorous imprisonment by the Second Di«trict Judge (Mr. J. L. McFall). Hyder was found guilty of having accepted two bribes of 50 cents each on June 21. He gave63 words
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Article43 1948-09-17 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. WONG HENO. 38-year-old Cantonese weeder, was sentenced to death at the Assizes today for having an old Japanese hand-grenade He was the second man in Jbhore to be sentenced to death under the Emergency Regulations.43 words
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Article308 1948-09-17 5 FREE HAIR -DO- WITH BEER WITH this free hair-do offer. the beer must be taken externally— not internally. The offer has been made by the Elite Salon in the Tavern Hotel. Tanglin Road The enterprising young Dutch hairdresser. "Ethne," would i i like to try out for herself a (cabled308 words
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122 1948-09-17 5 THE BIGGEST POST-WAR LIGHTING JOB DY the end of the year one of the biggest post-war lighting jobs in the country— the modern fluorescent light installations in MacDonald House, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's new branch in Orchard Road, will have been completed. Fluorescent lights will be used on122 words
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Article48 1948-09-17 5 The Singapore Association ij holding a public meeting at th< Singapore Chamber of Commerce Fullerton Building next Tuesdaj at 5.15 pjn. 'o consider th< memorandum on the War Damage Claims Compensation and as U what action should be taken. The meeting is open to he public48 words
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Advertisement62 1948-09-17 5 SWIM for HEALTH pr one of our Jm comfortable *r^ SWIM SHORTS "Bukta" AH Wool SHORTS In appealing Fashionable Colours of \a\\, Royal and Maroon Prices from $5/95 to $6/75 "Gantner" All Wool Elastic SHORTS In Colours of Royal, Yellow and Maroon Price $12/50 each They are cut for Swimming62 words
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Article251 1948-09-17 6 THE American-owned China Weekly Review in an editorial said the result of China's new economic reform has been "not too encouraging." "None of the various rules which were supposed to supplement the currency regulations has been actually forthcoming, and among financiers and businessmen the reaction has beenA.P. - 251 words
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Article203 1948-09-17 6 WILFRED PICKLESS Hav^ a Go. the north-country radio show that became a national hit, was the 8.8.C.s most popular programme last year, when the number of licence-holders rose by over 400,000 to 11,179,676. Have a Go, which returns to the air In October with203 words
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Article, Illustration39 1948-09-17 6 a 'nautical enthusiasts rubbed their eyes at Farnu <jh when they saw the twisted lines of the Bristol vr, one of the exhibits at a show of £2,000 000 rth of British aircraft. Potential buyers from 40 countries attended.39 words
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Article303 1948-09-17 6 TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS CALL TO CHINA Chiang's 'austerity plan 9 to beat Reds NANKING, Thursday. rjENERAL Chiang Kai-shek has laid before hi people in a radio address an austerity programmi which, if it becomes law, would turn China into oni of the most regimented nations in the world. How much303 words
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Article, Illustration41 1948-09-17 6 mic coiiaose.— A.P WttHmgton, 16. or Manchester, he tour tit!?*. At nine the was the "loveliest baby m Manrhester" and on a recent visit to a North Wales holiday camp was voted Holiday Venus Holiday Princ> and G tlden Voiced Girl.A.P. - 41 words
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Article140 1948-09-17 6 Wanted— a flying typist A SECRETARY who can write shorthand at speed, and type at speed, is wanted in Somerset— if she can also fly a plane at a speed of 80-90 miles an hour Two ex-Waafs hare so far applied for the job at £6- £7 a week. But140 words
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Article269 1948-09-17 6 rnxiv GENEVA, Thursday pHE special 16-nation United Nations Committee on non-self^overnin^ territories today ended a two-day session with the rejection of four Russi-in proposals to increase United Nations supervision of the world's 70 colonies. The committee derided that the proposals were not within its competence. TheReuter - 269 words
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Article110 1948-09-17 6 Salzberg's "dream university" NEARLY 100 students from 17 European nations and the United States are attending a 'dream university" at the beautiful Leopoldskron Castle near Salzburg (Austria*. The "Salzburg Seminar In American Studies," as it is called is sponsored by the Harvard University student council. It stresses; informality and friendship.A.P. - 110 words
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Article47 1948-09-17 6 MORE than 100 police and 30 workers were injured in four hours of street fighting in Paris recently when 90.000 factory workers struck. Crowds gathered with banners declaring 'Down With the Marshall Plan". "We Want Bread", and "We Want Democratic Government." A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article143 1948-09-17 6 U T HEN her sweetheart married another w f? Annie Royie, then 24. of Whitefleld (Lancashire) remained single. i Twenty-eight years later the other woman died. Ann girlhood sweetheart courted her again, and they were mar- Tied. Back from their honeymoAnnte found that arrange- ments143 words
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Article39 1948-09-17 6 In London d-icuss.ons have bee.i on the question of formal ■i lions between Russia and Br:ta:n or a new trade agreement The meet ng constituted a dvBo 'e step forward in the preparation I -I'd talks U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article64 1948-09-17 6 UONG KONG-MADE rubber 11 shoes are still being dumped on the Philippines market in violation of law and to prejudice local rubber shoe manufacturers, it is reported. The police last week caught a truck leaving the south harbour with a cargo of men's rubber shoes whichU.P. - 64 words
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Article22 1948-09-17 6 The pilot of an American P-8 Shooting star jet plan? was killed kin Germany «t-n h» fighter rxliploded in midair.22 words
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Miscellaneous68 1948-09-17 6 JANE fiM/iwno /o Singapore Free Press in Malaya T*"te P^O > Y^l/'FSS U^ tr w"^ SE ll /fefn S TT 1/ S «'-T«ERe's THAT SOUTh"S THRASH OUT OUR T BEEN ONE OF YOUR Morf ESE U AMEKICAW BUYER N W^ E hV^TXc'^Va^^Sr^*^ O-O P A^II%Y S -J V^r S A68 words
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2634 1948-09-17 7 CALL BOY - GOLD MEDALLIST TO WIN LIBERATION CUP CALL BOY Ecliptic best in Gold Cup trial B> A IK. leap Hock Hoes champion, Gold Medallist, is my choice for the Liberation Cup, main event for class one sprinters over six furlongs at the current Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup meeting, at Bukit2,634 words
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47 1948-09-17 7 "oma will be too much for Woodcock" t,H>H ;iin offc o t u>«i» l> lhJ ii,n S f»t „10. .k. i i as mm denying I- l w ith a 1 r above >ok his His iaulih.m r ta ca aneni i'. Wl!l iNI H eran- V47 words
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Article23 1948-09-17 7 fC ned a r. )f 72 K i Swanm .ft i 301 and rh 50). 37,23 words
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Article14 1948-09-17 7 S.C.R. C. HOCKEY D :ay for Rer:- Green rlay in their H pxt to14 words
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Article12 1948-09-17 7 S. C.C. RUGGER f.cket Club playing this maon are requested urr Tue«-12 words
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284 1948-09-17 7 J^ MOVE to rrutert Very young j British amateur boxers s to be made at the annual meeting of the Amateur Boxing Aisocia- I tion n London en Sept. 25. The Council of the Association is to propose that the junior class float284 words
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Article57 1948-09-17 7 QOLD Medallist and Colbay did the only work c* any note at Bukit Timah this morning. Gold Medallist did a stronß spurt down Ihe striaight. while Colbay galloped from the thrd furlong The Colombo sjrldine is in top form. Other horses exercised this t morning were confined to57 words
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Article, Illustration30 1948-09-17 7 acariet Ticjer II (Brosnan) returns to scale ajter winning the second race at Hukit Timah on Wednesday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting.30 words
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170 1948-09-17 7 MRS. Margaret Osborne Dupont. American Wightman Cup player, entered the semifinals of the women's ingles in the United States lawn tennis championships which continued yesterday at Forest Hills New York, when she beat Miss Beverley Baker of California by 1-6, 6-2. 0~0. Miss Louise Brough,170 words
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Article91 1948-09-17 7 gINGAPORE Recreation Club cricket teams for the weekend are Versus SCC "A" on the SCC padang at 2 pm. tomorrow: j iderson (Capt>, j. Anchajit, f Chopard. J. D" Almeida. J. Dudos M. Galiitan. S. Hope. R. MUne R. Perry, j. R'jss, R. Srully Jur. G. Woodford. Versus91 words
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Article77 1948-09-17 7 > 'pHE following have been invit ed to play cricket for the Non Bonders Cricket club versus th< r Singapore Rocnaton Club 012 th< 1 S.R.C. Padang at 11 a.m or Sunday T. Leijssius iCapiain>. H. B Noon, Evan Wong. J. E. Jean* A. Baicer. A. R. Bromley-77 words
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Article294 1948-09-17 7 SPORTS LETTEK New rule is needed to call extraordinary g* meeting and issue a directive that civilian clubs would first call on civilian players. A new rule is urgently needed. "JOHN SAM LAM SAM". r HEAR that a number ef civilian players employed by certain Military units are being "requisitioned"294 words
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Article46 1948-09-17 7 FOLLOWING are yesterday s IK. football League results: HIM IMVI (brlsra 1 < harltoo A I lIIIRI' li I-'(i\ viu mi Lrytoa (> -v.an>.-4 T 1 tttmgm 1 Re ad mi; < N-rihjmpli.il I W alkali bmMMI lil. NrMW iMIKTHIKM Carlisle I 1 RocMalr I Rruin46 words
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Article42 1948-09-17 7 r J folio*- tig ii U.K. R>. .Irs: Ru(b> I«a- Round !nJ ■mx\> urs 0. Hudc 6 1 C maty mtnatfdi Rugby League I ancashire Cmp: >Hond Round Ist i: 10 V. 15. Rugby Inion. Srcud 3 Glou- VT.42 words
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Advertisement257 1948-09-17 7 MNITE REX TOMORROW DANCING, LOVING, SINGING.... ALL IN A GREAT BIG WAY! ys|lrang in aßig Way PRtStMED BY M.G.M. IN A BIG WAV t GREAT WORLD ARENA U TOMORROW MIGHT at 9 P.M. 1 WRESTLING A SENSATIONAL TOP LINER g versus KING KoN6<^t t y CHAMPION OF EUROPE ~^^Mfit Jr257 words
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Miscellaneous188 1948-09-17 7 -F.P. Crossword No. 490 f :Ip|4| [5 |6 ~~"T^ n —w— Tm WL. _J__ m in*" ]~22 23^ I* t7 JQ ja| MB h-m «^B*^ B^^i^**iii CLUKI ACM j?#i PacU 9. Grownups C) 11. 34 Advice (4). 16. Short sle«p »3'. K- \,t Disflfure (3). 22, Graceful «7». ■< hwvi188 words
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Article135 1948-09-17 8 TEL AVIV. Thursday. ISRAELI leaders declared today that the Dresent Holy Land truce is "unsatisfac- tory," its enforcement "futile" and its immediate future in hazard of a renewed Arab full-scale attack. The Foreign Minister. Mi*. 1 Moshe Shertok. referring to 1 the twp monthsA.P. - 135 words
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Article37 1948-09-17 8 Rumania ha s ordered four of the U.S. Legation staff" to leave the country for taking photographs in a "forbidden zone." The U.S. has agreed to do so. but denies the charge.37 words
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Article548 1948-09-17 8 30 witnesses in theft inquiry 'PIIIRTY witnesses are to give evidence at the 1 inquiry into tentative charges concerning R.A.F. lorries, diesel engines and generators, and the hearing might take a month instead of 10 days as had been anticipated. This was stated in the Ninth Police Court yesterday. One548 words
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Article43 1948-09-17 8 ONF ol the three Jt-ru.s;ilt>m district court judges try two Britons accused of spying against Israel dini rdai after collapsing during the morning Thf> judß» i was 42-year-old Dr Gad Stulz Th«^ trial adjourned until Monday after hit collapse.43 words
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Article498 1948-09-17 8 CUT BIG IN UK TRADE DEFICIT 'Still a long road ahead 9 LONDON, Thursday. ORITAIN'S trading deficit has been reduced by 45 per cent., an annual rate of £280,000,000 compared with £630,000,000 last year. Acknowledging the reduced deficit as "a fine overall achievement," Sir Stafford nevertheless warned Parliament today thatReuter; A.P. - 498 words
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Article162 1948-09-17 8 rnnio, lllllisuay. i^OME 300.000 Paris region metal workers today joined the spreading French strike epidemic against high prices, as the Government prepared for debate, tomorrow, on a plan to stabilise the franc and replenish the States emptying coffers. The Distal mmi downed tools in a162 words
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Article110 1948-09-17 8 A SPECIAL Markrt correspondent fives the price* of rubbet (In cfrk'.H pet Ib I at 11 am today a< follows: Buvers Sellers No 1 R.SS Spot loose 44 44', F.o.b. in bales Oct. No. 1 R.S.S. 14 14 No. I R.S.S. 42', 42'.. No. 3 R.S.S. 40 10*,"110 words
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171 1948-09-17 8 TOKIO, Thursday. COVIET officials ip Tokio •J have pledged full support to the labour offensive against the Cabinet order banning strikes and collective bargain- ing by Government emJ ployees, the Communist Party organ Akahata (Red Flag) said today. j It declared the political171 words
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Article125 1948-09-17 8 CAPETOWN Friday TEN. SMUTS, leader of the "South Africa Opposition called yesterday for iartjescale immigration into the Union to strengthen its position in a world in which there were "danger signals." Speaking less than 24 hour* after Mr. Bcvin had said thai Communist-inspired trouble might125 words
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Article24 1948-09-17 8 W ar Criminal 111 One of Japan's major u •nmmal suspect*, Tochio Shiaton. former Japanese AmMatador to Italy la critically mm tuberculosis A. P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article191 1948-09-17 8 BERLIN, Thursc'liy. A LAST-MINUTE rejection oi an inflamatory article making terroristic' threats against Berlin's non-Com-munists and allegedly written by Soviet propaganda chief, i Col. I. Tulpanov, was reliably j reported to have caused the i withdrawal of this morning's issue of Taeglische Rundschau trom circulation.A.P.; Reuter - 191 words
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Article396 1948-09-17 8 London Stock Exchange m££ w t^TT\ir a declinp surr«u,,di,, g ,he poliH^fl T ,ul ook "a "s'T/"," I OnaneUl correspondent ull<mK »n Keuiers n generally tendency prevailed throughout n sections although soiling on a small scale Tim md Rubbers were lower. British Government securities were firm. Among396 words
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Article, Illustration29 1948-09-17 8 The U.S. Secretary of State Mr. George C. Marshall < above), who conferred in Washington yesterday ivith President Truman, for the second time this week, on the Berlin crisis.— Reuter.29 words
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Article160 1948-09-17 8 THE three Western envoys in M, )s < Thu '4* x representations" to the Soviet I Mr. V. Molotov, when the> saw f^* 11 according to an authoritative souni k r This source said that the Tf awaiting a call from Mr. M, fresh East-West discussions160 words
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Article242 1948-09-17 8 n AMI I NOTION, Thursda> f THE I'.S, State Department said tonight (hat the x Communists in South-East Asia have started a "drive for power" by pretending to champion the cause of local Nationalists. The Department made this charge today tn a discussion of events242 words
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Advertisement551 1948-09-17 8 BIRTHS DOWNIE. To Lillian wife o D L. Downie of Ampar Tenani Estate. Bangi at KK on 15 9 48--a son. MORGAN— At Randan? Kerbai Hospital on September 14th. 194J to Anne, wife of Newton H Morgan—a son. Joseph Carter HUDSON— To Mar.iorie— wife oi C. E. (Tim> Hudson at551 words
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Advertisement11 1948-09-17 8 The Original jft& Horror Show IS COMING BACK TO THE ALHAMBRA11 words
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Miscellaneous8 1948-09-17 8 HIGH TIDES w- 11.14 a.m. 10. j# pm8 words
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