The Singapore Free Press, 21 September 1948
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Title Section25 1948-09-21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA sfdsfdsf SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1948. L a I n t I'RKr Ml <r A Is25 words
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Article255 1948-09-21 1 Wresh Dutch action likely BATAVIA, Tuesday. Stk Republican (iovernment struggled to! quell the fufini revolt m East Java led 1 m,, m a -trained Indonesian, >hiso, it was nnounml at The Hague that tht acting Lieut-Wmor-lieneral of the N.K.I. Dr. H.J. van look, willReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 255 words
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26 1948-09-21 1 DIRECT FROM MOSCOW, SAYS MR. STIKKER II ft I I I f I I B P P at ted at a of I elei ppines A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article246 1948-09-21 1 Free Press Stall Reporter JOHOKF BAHsUJ, Tuesday. FIFTY armed men shot dead a Chinese kepala and burned down factory buildings of Tan Swee Heng rubber estate, m Segamat district. The Indian manager and his family fled from their bungalow »n the bandits set it on fire.246 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-09-21 1 .4 French civilian uith blood streaming down I v after a clash between Pari^ and ttriki < m protest against the d hu the Government of 1,700 aviation worker^ oj part of new "Q\ ly" cuts m national erpendit38 words
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Article147 1948-09-21 1 Running order scratchings QRDER of running and acratch- 'omorrow s Stnfapor^ j Irarts see: Rue 1: CL 3— Div. 4— S f r S»ar. Furioao. I Rasa 8: CI 2— nit. i— f afield Otil. Rarr 3: (I 8 W%% 8— I.— rtv. Truflne Trete* Race 4: CI I— DW.147 words
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Article63 1948-09-21 1 First U.S. jet bomber crashes LOS ANGELES Monday. THE U.S. Air Force's first all-iet bomber a B-45 exploded m mid- air today and crashed near Alpaugh <( fornia'. with a roar heard 10 miles a 'a. Two bodies w >vered from the v. which was •wn over an area ofReuter - 63 words
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Article84 1948-09-21 1 THE GENTLE RAIN FROM HEAVEN THE Chief Prosecutor of the I Soviet Military AaminisI tration m Berlin last night 1 called for a revision of the .sentences of 25 yeara m a labour canio pass?d last week on five Germans af'ei antiCommunist disturbances m the city. R kaon for theReuter - 84 words
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Article115 1948-09-21 1 P. C. HELD UP AND ROBBED Free Press Staff Reporter. AN Indian held up a plain clothes police constable, who was off duty, at the 14th mile Sembawang Road last night and robbed him of $2.90 cents. The Indian was arrested shortly after. The constable was walking along Sembawang Road115 words
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Article122 1948-09-21 1 RESISTED ROBBERS, STABBED I ree Press Staff Reporter. Ane&e who resisted two robbers, one armed with a pistol and the other with a knife, was stabbed m the chest and robbed of a total of $460 m cash and valuable m K>JBJt Bugis oft Kallaiu ll night. victim arrived irom122 words
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Article87 1948-09-21 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. FIVE persons have been detained following a security raid, by a combined force of uniformed police and C.I.D. detectives, on a kampong In Coronation Road at daybreak today. The raiding party screened 71 persons Those detained included a Javanese and four Chinese87 words
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Article72 1948-09-21 1 Eree Press Staff Reporter. ATHREE-week bride and a teacher at St. Patrick's School, Mrs. Martyn Harcourt, died last night at her home m Goodwin Road. Katong, after two or three days illness. Mrs. Martyn was the former Mrs. Sybil Sorensen whose husband died during World War 11.72 words
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Article30 1948-09-21 1 I ree Press Staff Reporter. five Chinese were arrested by the C.I.D. yesterday under the Emergency Regulations. Three others were arrested for being members of illegal secret societies.30 words
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Article121 1948-09-21 1 PHIL hanna, file American Who made hanging a nee, has died. Hanna credited his interest m the gallows to a hanging fie saw as a young man. He resolved to make hangings quick and p Working on hit home /arm. young Hanna designed a steel trap121 words
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Article227 1948-09-21 1 PARIS. Monday. r rilE Foreign Ministers of the three Western powers, A now m Paris for the I.N. General Assembly, have recalled their envoys from Moscow for urgent con-, sulfations on the next stage of the German crisis negotiations. Mr. Bevin, Mr. Marshall and Mr. SchumanReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 227 words
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Article103 1948-09-21 1 LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN may have to ship back to Asia the 52.600 lb. of rice received from Burma which was intended to give Britons their first ration of rice since before the war the Food Minister. Mr. John Stiachey. told the House of Commons tonight.Reuter - 103 words
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Article63 1948-09-21 1 T.N.T. FOUND IN BOAT YARD THE C.I.D. revealed this j morning that 816 lb. of i explosives were seized from a I boat yard m Clyde Terrace on Sept. 16. The explosives, according to police, were intend- Ed for illegal fishing. Police who raided the boat 1 yard discovered one63 words
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Article35 1948-09-21 1 The Hong Kong Government I yesterday took another s'cp In financial co-operation with 'China by banning blackmarketing In gold Yuan (drafts, telegraphic transfers of gold Yuan or other bills of exchange. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-09-21 1 On Thursday and Friday this week, at the Victoria Memorial Hall, 200 pupils of the Good Shepherd Convent School will present a variety concert m aid of the Convent building fund. This picture ihows the item "Freshmen" led by a cap and gowned professor" Jimmy Henry.46 words
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Article30 1948-09-21 1 Pakistan*! application for rmmbershifi m the Inn-n ational Bank for reconstruction and pment and the In 4 ernatk> looetarj Fund v ,11 be voted m Washington next week.30 words
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Article92 1948-09-21 1 MARGATE M >nd, WITNESSES at an ing here today told hou, the flip of a coin led to the death of Mrs. Gertrude Andrew* and her son. Brent, aged three. Mrs. Andrews tossed the coin to decide whether would take her two childrenA.P. - 92 words
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Article46 1948-09-21 1 CHINESE boy selling baskets m Buffalo Road yesterday was held up by three Indian boys and robbed of $4.60. The eldest robber, ag^d 16 held the 12,-year-old victim by his neck while his companions ac/d 14 and 12, took the money.46 words
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Article305 1948-09-21 1 Arms ring: 2 more held Free Pre ;T Reporter TWO more arr< Englishman and a Eurasian— were made by the Singapore police yesterday m connection with the gun-running organisation which has been operating between the Philippines. Singapore and Indonesia. This brings the total of arrests to 10. More arc petted,305 words
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Article364 1948-09-21 2 SIMON BOURGIN - Luring Hungary s children SIMON BOURGIN By U U N G A R Y'S "Pioneer Republic," where teenage children will learn Communism and railroading, %ot under recently when the first model-sized train moved dow n the tracks of the Republic'^ toy railway. Built by the Communist government a^ a reported364 words
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Article361 1948-09-21 2 THE UNSINKABLE BOAT 4 LIFEBOAT that is uncapsizable and unsi.ikable is the* claim In London of its inventor. Harold A. Gaskin. wing his complete conin the boat. Gaskin and three fellow enthusiasts soon will sail the 32-foot Falmouth. Cornwall, a he 3.000-mile stretch of the Atlantic Ocean to New York.361 words
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Article106 1948-09-21 2 WICK KELTEN has been 11 making trees— the Hollywood type— for 20 years. Most of Kelten's trees are constructed by fastening branches to a real tree trunk or. more often, by attaching them to a plaster cast of one. But they did not last long.106 words
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Article528 1948-09-21 2 JOHN MARKET - JOHN MARKET By WASHINGTON. WHEN you call at the W Smithsonian institution you don't ask, "What's new?", you ask, "Wheat's the newest old thing you have around." You'd be surprised. For instance, you learn that somebody has spent a lot of time counting fish heads and comesU.P. - 528 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-09-21 2 photo Baby May, 21-year-old youngster at Fleishhacker Zoo. San Francisco, became loo yr< while reaching for peanuts and tumbled into the moat surrounding the elephant pen. May, icho is seen getting lots of sympathy from the older heads but very little help. was unhurt- A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article344 1948-09-21 2 -peiud his top heart and the ten forced East** king East cashed the ace and led a low one Declarer ruffed with an honour to shut Wttt out; drew the trumps and was able to ruff hs three losing diamonds In dummy, and also to discard a club,344 words
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Article262 1948-09-21 2 HAROLD HEFFERNAN - SHE MADE GOOD HAROLD HEFFERNAN Hv PRANTBD that a boy or girl josBfllirfl the talent, looks and determination essential for em oin, the young hopeful still has h than (-no chance m 100 of scaling the lad'ler. That's the long s percentage aye r a reached by six veteran talent262 words
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Advertisement118 1948-09-21 2 DO YOU KNOW THE GRILLROOM Is OPEN J EVERY DAY FOR LUNCH AT -j RAFFLES HOTELI and that THE COCKTAIL HOUI J ironi 7 to S pm with rSm FRANK I'It'KFOKD A I IMI WO IN THE M KH\(,r |s |hi MiPllAl H KFNDI /\(H s (if jhi SMARI also118 words
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Miscellaneous83 1948-09-21 2 gdgdgdg SINGAPORE From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m 485 metres In the medium wave band and 7.20 megacycles In the 41 metre band. From 6 00 p.m. to 1 45 p.m.: from 9 SO p.m to 11.00 p.m.: 485 metres In the medium wave band and 4.825 megacycles In the83 words
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Miscellaneous294 1948-09-21 2 MODKST MAMIE** I iV'rt I r.'c OflW* t jw.r /o my date tonight, lw'> the athletic type!" o saxophone. 2 Cl->se down. 8.15 p.m. News summary and announcements; 8.20 Mus.c by the Radio Orchestra; 9 Talk of the Town; 930 News; 9.45 Song Time with Annie ShTton; 10 Listeners Post;294 words
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Miscellaneous267 1948-09-21 2 caJ Comedy; !0.45 Famous Tenors: H Finst b; 11 News; 11 "5 Au-n-la day by day; 11.30 Canberra report; 11.45 Close dow»l. RADIO SBaVC broadcasting from (ulombu; eylon on the following wave bands: 8 to 11.30 a.m. 19 84 metres and 19 38 metres. 11 30-12 a m 19 84267 words
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Miscellaneous249 1948-09-21 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, personal li- you are an omniverous berty Is perhaps tbe reader. You have a talent thing dearest to your for the written word, and heart. You cannot endure If this is cultivated, vou restraint of any kind and, could make your mark in unless you249 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-09-21 3 The Windsors see Churchills on holiday Mr. Winston Churchill, complete with cigar and Vsign. with Mrs. Churchill and the Duke of Windsor at Cap D'Antibes, frpnce. The Duke and Duchess en tamed the Churchills icho are on holiday.38 words
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Article685 1948-09-21 3 'FLYING WING' IS NEW JET MARVEL Britain out to 'lead the world 9 LONDON, Monday. 4 SPATE of gooa news from the British aircraft industry has done much to lift the air-minded public here from the despondency into which it was placed last July by the catastrophic failure of theReuter - 685 words
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Article62 1948-09-21 3 Rh hashish and opium valued led Egyptian frontier guards. .Kingly intense war on drug he sandy wastes, to capture known as the "Sultan of the I r. v.r I mere I IMG cam I place I(tf t— lanpt but I ■of U* "Ha Ij__ NpavA.P. - 62 words
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Article25 1948-09-21 3 The Ch Oem LegU'.at.vt? Yuan m a MCfUI sesson discussed th« B units- border problem, civil war failures and pay rfl servant*.25 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-09-21 3 Th» United States Air Force's largest bomber, the Consolidated Vultre B-36. seen during a recent demonstration flight. The B-36 has a wingspan of 230 feet and will carry 10.000 rounds of bombs, 10,000 miles.34 words
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Article184 1948-09-21 3 BE A UTY QUEEN JUDGES PANICKED ROME. Saturday. EN beauty contest judges m Rome have declared that the job had become hazardous. They met at I to pick the provinces loveliest to compete for the Miss Italy title and at 3 a.m. barricaded m a hostel kitchen, they named theirU.P. - 184 words
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Article87 1948-09-21 3 ANE of the last pages m the l Hit 's flying bombs is being written with the domolition of 38 factories m the French OccuDation Zone of Germany. Among these factories are several made clockwork mech>r the V-l and V-2 es. There have been DroteGermans mReuter - 87 words
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Article146 1948-09-21 3 LONDON. Saturday. \f OST of Europe's harvest is m and it is the biggest A since before the war. f In almost every country reporting m an Associated Press survey agricultural experts said yields of grains and vegetables were heavy enough probably, to permit relaxationA.P. - 146 words
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Article100 1948-09-21 3 MIAMI. Tuesday. A CARIBBEAN hurricane -day threatened to the 9.000- ton British Uer Lochmonar sideways on to the beaoh of Little Cayman Island, where she grounded on a reef yesterday w;th 73 people on board. A radio message from the captain stated: "Consider passengers andReuter - 100 words
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Article121 1948-09-21 3 r*ARY DAVIS is to ask the United Nations m Paris to make him the first '\itiof the world The 26-year-otd ex bomber pilot renounced his American citizenship on May 25 and the French Goi\ iment ordered hun to leave its territory On Sunday morning, ever,A.P. - 121 words
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Article233 1948-09-21 3 HONG KONG, Monday. VTORLD-WIDE distribution of Chinese-made EngTf lish-language films is planned by a Hong Kong film studio. Through these pictures Hong Kong producers hope to give the world the inside story of ancient and modern Chinese life. Produced by Yung Hwa Motion Picture CompanyA.P. - 233 words
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Article35 1948-09-21 3 Sentence by a magi> of 120 hour In a children's playground on two New Plymouth boys for dalLsm has been upset by a union decree that the hoys must join union get the rate for35 words
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203 1948-09-21 3 U.K. output now greater than in 1938 LONDON. Monday. DRITAIX'S industrial production was 20 per cent greater m the first six months of 1948 than m th© first half of 1938, the Board of Trade President. Mr, Harold Wilson, told the House of Commons. To meet Government targets production stillA.P. - 203 words
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62 1948-09-21 3 H.K. bill on radio-active minerals A BILL to control piosecuting for mining and xport of radio-active minerals has been introduced m the Hong Kons Legislative C cil and will ihortlv b Explaining the I Attorney General. N!r J. B. Griffin, said the merely a forma, all British color., formity withU.P. - 62 words
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Article14 1948-09-21 3 I Trade m have caJ ~> hour general arrike on Prid vice*, and tht- hig:.14 words
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Advertisement203 1948-09-21 3 __P KLM T ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES i NEW "CONSTELLATION" SERVICE TO SHANGHAI VIA BANGKOK) FROM SEPTEMBER 30T1I. 1948. DEP. SINGAPORE THURSDAYS 10.45 a.m. ARR SHANGHAI FRIDAYS 245 P.M. DEP. SHANGHAI SUNDAYS 6.50 A.M. ARR. SINGAPORE MONDAYS 11.10 AM PASSAGE FARES: SINGLE $60.1.00: RETURN $1,089.50 AIR CARGO $4.20 PER KG. EVERY203 words
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Miscellaneous6 1948-09-21 3 TARZAN Showdown By Edgar Rice Burroughs6 words
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606 1948-09-21 4 The Singapore Free Press Tuesday, September 21, 1948. Red Neighbours THE .mernlcine struggle which has broken out m East Java may be the Republics death knell. The fighting has not been serious, says an Antara despatch, but the situation confused", and that perhaps is almost the mildp issiblp description of606 words
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Article1191 1948-09-21 4 Don Iddon's Diary DRITAIN under Socialism is now being given close American scrutiny. The Marshall Plan is largely on trial m the United Kingdom, as we are the biggest recipients and the Western European Union (America's favourite political tot) cannot grow to manhood without our leadership and support. So the1,191 words
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Article33 1948-09-21 4 Thou hypocrite, first «.i>t out the beam out of thine own eye: and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. St. Matthew 7, 5.33 words
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Article854 1948-09-21 4 DOUGLASS M. ALLEN, Jr - DOUGLASS M. ALLEN, Jr. By CALCUITA. THE atmosphere of this largest of Indian cities is an at- mosphere of delirium tremens, of a nightmare of lunacy. If you arrive by flying boat you sense it first when you see dozens of barges plunging down the Hooghli854 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-09-21 4 mm Tth^ira\ p ot Qaid-l-Azam Motiamed Ali Jinnah. GovStanding among the mourner s att^ grave of^jaw and ernor-Genera/ o/ Fafcw.an. are f U 0 performed the burial ceremony Mr JtnShabbir Ahmad Usmani centre, tendea k wn o» <y September, aged 71 nah, nrstC^vernor'Ge^ Karachi city of his birth and A.P.A.P. - 51 words
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Article949 1948-09-21 4 RONALD PRESTON - RONALD PRESTON i 1 s By Reuter Correspondent BELGRADE. SECRET letters between Soviet and Yugoslav Communist chiefs published here recently reveal uncompromising Soviet hostility to Marshal Tito m the Cominform dispute origins of which go back to May 1945. The correspondence which preceded the Cominform's949 words
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Article34 1948-09-21 4 W" B «n*3 urag7i__l ■T r t_ hu--fir: u j o 1: n h k D t l_ ie RusSausl ?r et -1* c l- id a lv as <■ id witl r _]J34 words
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Advertisement4 1948-09-21 4 |U.S.deSILVA r MANUFACTURING JEWELLER4 words
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Advertisement30 1948-09-21 4 fi Wtl\**o^'' a M^F¥*itw E I —A |A S wfl Ma*/ _^^^4H a re<.i mellow-rich snd Now it's right here Storage Depot* end $2.00 om brfc* < /ca Gems gtrn iflfl*30 words
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Article138 1948-09-21 5 i jaI r r. Oct II If It i _f> [riWn Rr.< II \l. _F Radio Tfct junior group a open to au ■oth boys and girl*) ol Standard vm and Senior Cambridge Only the four beat easays from each school will be accep'ed and these should138 words
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Article391 1948-09-21 5 14,000 will get questionnaires Free Press Staff Reporter TX) Singapore rural residents, 14,000 questionnaires, printed m English, Chinese, Indian and Malay, will be distributed soon by Village Committees, seeking information to enable them to assess the educational needs of the outlying districts. Sponsored by the391 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-09-21 5 Mrs. Valeric Archer, widow of Australian dredge master, William Archer, who was murdered on Sept. 15. by terrorists m Malaya. Mrs. Archer left Malaya with her two children only a month ago. They are living m East Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne. The two children are Robert, aged 54 years,55 words
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Article70 1948-09-21 5 THE Postmaster- General announces that, m addition to the air mail service recently announced, unregistered letters, printed and commercial papers, samples and small packets up to the normal limits of weight and postcards may also now be sent by surface mall, via Great Britain, to certain70 words
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Article48 1948-09-21 5 rUR young Chinese have been awarded Bronze Medallions by the Royal Life Saving Society. They are Wong Yip Chong. Yoon Kirn Chuan, Koh Nelson and Goh Ewe Beng Tong. The medallists were examined by the RL.S.S.'s examiner, Mr. G. Crelghton. at the Chinese Swimming Club48 words
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Article38 1948-09-21 5 CHU RCH BAZAAR Borneo basketry. Burmese lar quer work and Indian bra_ware will be among the things on sale at the annual bazaar of the Singapore Wesley Methodist Church on Friday. Oct. 1. in ad of church funds.38 words
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Article249 1948-09-21 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. THE re-trial of Tan Keng Hong opened yesterday 1 before Mr. Justice Spencer Wilkinson on a charge of carrying arms at Niyor. The Federal Counsel Mi McCall. said that the accused was 17 years of age and had been living at Kluang249 words
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Article79 1948-09-21 5 GOVT. SELLING 46 MOTOR-CARS Free Press Staff Reporter. FORTY-S I X Governmentowned cars, all bearing former S.N. registrations, are being sold by the Custodian of Property by public tender m two lots. The majority of them are m running condition, and range m makes from Fords, Austins and Chevrolet^ to79 words
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Article65 1948-09-21 5 SO far few people have collected their petrol coupons for the next quarter, although they hav e been ready at the Petrel Rationing Office for nearly two weeks A rush is expected during the last few days of the month. Vehicle registration card* r,- be sent by65 words
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Article415 1948-09-21 5 A LEADING Aircraftman was asked by the RAF Special Investigation Branch, where he got the money from to buy personal goods found among his 1 kit. it was stated m the Ninth Police Court, yesterday. The L.A.C. (Michael Emmanuel Perez) is facing with four other Europeans—415 words
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Article123 1948-09-21 5 WALKED TO GALLOWSSINGING Free Press Correspondent. JOHOKF BAHKI, Mon. THREE men were hanged m Johore Bahru jail this morning and the execution of three others was deferred as they have been called upon to give evidence m an Assize trial. One of the men hanged this morning was Tan Ah123 words
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Article68 1948-09-21 5 The Free Press regrets IH statement, recently attributed to the Director of CivU Aviation Air Vice -Marshal Storrar, made reference to Tengah a was m :act made m reference to Kallang airport. The stateme:. Of Tengah airfield, which has been mentioned as an alternative si'< All Marshal Storrar68 words
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Article124 1948-09-21 5 J PREMIER is to given of a .special film at the Capitol Theatre, Singapore, m aid of the United Nations Appeal for Children, m which everyone m the Colony is asked to donate one day's pay. A tentative date for the premier has been fixed for124 words
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Article34 1948-09-21 5 Mr. C. F. Mummery, Chief Dental Officer, Federation of Malaya has been elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons In recognition of his services to the dental profession m Malaya.34 words
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Article26 1948-09-21 5 The half-yearly meeting of Singapore Co-operative Stores Society, Ltd.. will be held at 331, North Bridge Road on Sept. 25 at 3 p.m.26 words
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177 1948-09-21 5 Jobs found for four out of every 10 Free Press Chinese Correspondent ITP to the end of August, 107,897 persons— 99,Bl3 *J males and 8,084 females had registered with the Labour Exchange of the Labour Office for employment. Of this number, a total of 47.889 obtained employment about 40 per177 words
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Article29 1948-09-21 5 Free Press Correspond "nt. JOHORE BAHRL Man Fi\e pupils of the Tom Ibrahim Girls' School. Batu 1 have recently joined th Hospital Johore Bahru. as Probationer nurses.29 words
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Article87 1948-09-21 5 'Postage d ue' payments ALL sums due on unpaid or insufficiently paid letters or other postal articles are shown by means of postage due labels affixed to the articles or. m Singapoie by the impression on the articles of a machine stamp indicating the amount due. The public is requested87 words
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Article180 1948-09-21 5 TWO Chinese, charged yesterday m the second Po- < lice Court with bookmaking at Bukit Timah. were allowed ball of $3,000 each. One— Ho Im Heng— pleaded j guilty, but after the facts were read out by the prosecution. he claimed trial, saying he did180 words
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Advertisement84 1948-09-21 5 B^__^9 _H BSL fHH Rffß^^sss^^s^^^ v^B IbsssK^ *75sbW^b\v JBH (V vaa/ Hln^J ■■■<■ a-> __Hr V No more frenzied searching for that olustre switch when you use a "TOUCHLITE stretch tht» sleepiest of arms out of bed and touch the base of the lamp anywhere it lights, instantly another touch84 words
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314 1948-09-21 6 IF SOVIET TROOPS PULL OUT OF KOREA- Possible conseauences on China war SHANGHAI, Monday. FOREIGN observers wonder if Radio Moscow's announcement of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Korea will result m more open operations between Chinese and Korean Communists. Northern Koreans who are now assisting the Chinese Reds mUP - 314 words
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Article26 1948-09-21 6 pay increased —resign TWO members of the Siamese Parliament have resigned In prote- >t Parliament endorsing the Government's suggestion of a 1.000-ticals Lnci mbblymen's monthly salary.26 words
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Article, Illustration14 1948-09-21 6 Santa Monica, California, for which 31 girls competed. Ifi B a m petition m14 words
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Article99 1948-09-21 6 ONLY ii of the men who served m the Army [during the war have applied [or th< lerviee met: It's the same with the R.A.F. Rut m the Navy eighty per j rent have applied, says the Admiralty. The War Office do notkrow how many soldiers99 words
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Article150 1948-09-21 6 BRITAIN HAD FLY--BOMB IN 1929 FLYING-BOMBS were tested secretly by Britain m Iraq as long ago as 1929, it has been disclosed. Nearly a dozen, of a type known a. the larynx, were •shot" over the desert by a team of engineers and Some of them flew more than 100150 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-09-21 6 Franz Neumann, head of the German Social Democratic Party. addressing anti-Connnunist Berliner* from tfir steps of the former Reichstag building. He declared. "There is no difference between Na:i dictatorship and Communism."31 words
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Article101 1948-09-21 6 Drive against 'witch'd octors MORI than 100 Basutos are now m jail at Maseru. Basutoland. awaiting trial on charges of ritual murd Police have just comoie'ed the biggest drive In the country's history agains* the power of the witch men. it announced. Tlie climax will come at the end of101 words
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Article81 1948-09-21 6 SIR Clive Baillieu, Chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Co.. Ltd.. told reporters who interviewed him when he arrived m Columbo on board Strathaird, that there would always be a place m the worla i for natural as well as synthetic rubber. Natural rubber would never lose81 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-09-21 6 Protestor Piccard, the famous scientist, wearing a hinged second lens to his spectacles, explains details of the bat hy. scape a 40-ton steel ball m which he if to descend n explored depths of the ocean m the Gulf of Guinea. East Indies.43 words
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Article38 1948-09-21 6 AiucAN postwar the Philippines has r< ed over $U billion and by the end of 1951 will have exceeded $2,150 million, the America a Charge d'Affairs, Mr. T. H. Locket t. told Manila Roiarians.38 words
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Article210 1948-09-21 6 THE Rural Dean of Rirken- head. Canon G. P. Smith referring to the action of the Rev. A. E. Lockley. 41, vicar of St. Peter's. Birkenhead m throwing Dennies from the collection plate into the gutter, said "it was too delicate" a situation for his comment.210 words
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Article, Illustration15 1948-09-21 6 I Isruel police uho are reported to be round ino up Stern Gang members fol-15 words
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Article277 1948-09-21 6 RtD-BEARDED all-in-wrest-ler man-mountain Beu Benny of Manchester took on the South East Region of British Railways at Rochester police court recently He won on points but lost the prize money. The man-mountain was summoned lor travelling without paving his fare. ROl ND ONE: Mr G A V277 words
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297 1948-09-21 6 OIK magistrates on the Bei. were asked by Mr. John Fi themselves m the position of a lath* from America to And that his 20 was expecting a child by a young man I to look after her. 'I suggest that you and I and297 words
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Article27 1948-09-21 6 5,000,000 ARE ILLITERATE J i fifth i have write. But th persons. j people o! I vernme: dona than larg< through* tended b and lat old- Rt27 words
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Advertisement134 1948-09-21 6 "Would You If You Had The Chance To l.ivr Your Life Over Again?" Iff The i Funniest Picture In Yea-s! MIUM PHONE 6903 OPEKS TODAY FOUR S ~3 2 4.15 6.30 9.30 p.m. fl (9 wM wmwF tbT(^^-?\ is? ROGER LIVESEY wa? ■■3j; ».th HAY WALSH g_ _k_P*> DAVID HUTCEHSON134 words
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Advertisement103 1948-09-21 6 NINO MARTINI Famous lniernat.©osl Golden Voiced Tenor Will Sins His n»j I Heart In A Neu Sparkling Musical Corned* TODAY k§ faeMght MhHou Jfl H^jy^ 1.4 *i and "30 pm ALHAM BR A j g~ s~ s sV r— /vW0 LYMPI A°^ 4 Earie WtHE GLORY OTrJ ski \A SPORT103 words
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Miscellaneous104 1948-09-21 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /(MOW COME AND HAVE A A /^BECAUSE IT WAS AtN /oh, SO YOU WERE^V THIS IS MY MOTdRIKkT^ LITTLE DRINK.' ~I INSIST.'-/ f THE FETE.' RIPPING /AT THE F§TE,Too!- J RlG.'— I'VE COME To LEAD V'ONT SAY "WHERE HAVE GOWN YOU104 words
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Article1396 1948-09-21 7 CALL BOY - CALL BOY Four maiden wins expected By I ORD Ivan, who scored a most impressive victory over the six furlongs on Saturday, should be able to win again at Bukit Timah tomorrow, fourth day of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting. Lord Ivan has1,396 words
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Article30 1948-09-21 7 NINE RECS LOST 9-1 pn i 5_ E|_ taws* and m/ti i^* mat 30*1bepff ■a I Hi hut E* ■la ■pat mm Et Sis tnw Ms* r I- '..y the30 words
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Article405 1948-09-21 7 I Class 3. Div 4 Abt. 6 Furs. 000 Silver SUr 900 200 Campanile 8.12 000 Iron Duke 8.12 000 Blemish 809 243 Fair Week 8.09 010 Laurie 8.09 332 Sir Keith 8.07 000 Bright Rocl.et 8.07 j 100 Golden News 8.05 J OCO Golden Slipper 8.05 --0405 words
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Article137 1948-09-21 7 JACK MILBURN, the young Newcastle United centreforward, was the discovery m the parade of potential internationals of the English Football League, who easily defeated the Irish League by five goals to one at Ansleld. Liverpool, yesterday In the first representative match of the season. Milburn obtained137 words
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Article28 1948-09-21 7 YESTERDAY'S English Football I /ague results were: Second Division Blackburn Rovers 4. Luton Towrr 1 Third Division: (southern): Bris ol Rovers 2. Mill wall o.— ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-09-21 7 Badger {J. Donnelly) acknowledges the cheers of the crowd after winning the first race at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Badger was a hot favourite,24 words
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Article374 1948-09-21 7 Good times in today's trials BY CALL BOY. QOOD times were recorded m ths morning's trials at Buklt Timah. The going was very good. a time of the morning was returned by Fly lite (Talt* and Penso i Turner) who galloped threfurlongs m 36J see., wh .l* Some Branl Turner374 words
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253 1948-09-21 7 SINGAPORE BADMINTON TIES FOR WEEKEND The following ties m the Singapore badminton championships Rill be played off at tha Clerical Union Hall. Rangoon Road, ove: the week-end SATURDAY, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. Inter-School: Raffles Institution "A" v Anglo-Chinese School. Tournament committee In charge —wee Kirn Wee. 2.15 p.m. Women's253 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-09-21 7 The start of the third race at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Game Boy. third from the right, was the winner, while Fine Feathers was second, Kakama third and Carolina fourth.32 words
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587 1948-09-21 7 Sports letter rpHE letter by "John Sam Lam Sam" m the sports A column of your issue of Sept. 17 appears to me to have as its manifest design the injuring of the harmonious relations existing between military units and civilian clubs by a misrepresentation of587 words
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Article134 1948-09-21 7 THE Danish team to meet 1 England m the international soccer match at Copenhagen on Sunday was chosen last night as follows: Eigil Nielsen, Poul Petersen, Viggo Jensen Axe] Pilmark, Dion Oewold, Ivan Jensen, Johannes Plogger, Carl Hansen Carl Praest. Joha Hansen and Holger Seebaeh. The team,Reuter - 134 words
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Article107 1948-09-21 7 RIDICULOUS.' said pro- moter Jack Solomons yesterday of Ray Rob:nson's challenge to fight Freddie Mills for the world light heavyweight championship. 'It is absurd for Robinson, who is not even a middlewdght. to thh:k about a fight with the world light-heavy-weight champion." said SoloI shallA.P. - 107 words
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Article285 1948-09-21 7 Poor entry for party badminton iBy l onrlcratt JN spue oi UM .act that there are more than 30 parties affiliated to the Singapor Baalou Associat.on this ye_i the inter-party tournament, lor the tirst time since the war. has drawn only eight en OMnpeUUoo is lim. led only i sen285 words
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Article119 1948-09-21 7 By MALCOLM I'SHER NAVY and RAF soccer selectors have each made one change m their sides for an inter-Services Cup match at Naval Base today. The Navy have named Woodgate m place of Smyth. while Bain bridge displaces Sharpe at centre half for th* RAF. There119 words
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Article25 1948-09-21 7 THE Australian Rugby team touring E B le Vue RangIn a V game Bradturd Northern beat Hudd. rsfield 19 12 ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article38 1948-09-21 7 YESTERDAYS U.K. Rugb> C 6: D vonport Services 6. Aberavon 6; N^a'h 10, British Police 3: Northern 10. Edinburgh Wanderers 9; Ox! Playmouth Albion 9; Penzr I N n 8. F slyn Park 6.—i ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Miscellaneous141 1948-09-21 7 p-"*. Crossword No. 493 iipyp. if i K) t > t"*"^ tt— fc r^r* M r~rr* U~_~ J t-iii ii V f """""rTE "xT" xT 7~— _______U- > ""^^^-----------JL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ill 1 ii 10. Math (3'. 11. Object <3>. 1-, 11 B I 18.141 words
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Article391 1948-09-21 8 CRITICAL STAGE IN PALESTINE UNO urged to 'order peace 9 PARIS, Monday. RENEWED Jewish attacks m Jerusalem, m one of which 120 Jews were billed; a widening rift among the Arab states, with the publication of a peace proposal made by the Palestine mediator, Count Bernadotte, just before his assassination391 words
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Article29 1948-09-21 8 MR MRS ALEC Gan Scow Lit thank all relatives and friends for their valuable presents and' kind attendance on the occasion heir marriage on the 11th. Sent 194829 words
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Article54 1948-09-21 8 MRS JOSEPHINE de 3o wife of J. M de Soma •d away suddenly oa The funeral of Mr. Liew Wens will take place ta-d Sept.. 1948 The cortege cave 40 Bukit Baiting Road j.m. -.bU Harcourt. nee Sorend.ed last night at 75 Good man Rd. Funeral at Bidadarl this54 words
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Article31 1948-09-21 8 BRINK-WITHINGTON 18th Bjt 1948. at the Church of S Christopher. Johore Bahru, j Andersen Brink to J •i younger daughter of Mr. W. L. Withington of o. Bukit Timah. Singapore.31 words
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Article72 1948-09-21 8 The engagement took place liJ-j-48 between Mr Koh Khti: i eldest son of Madam Goh lim Kee and he late Mr Koh Seng and Miss Lim C'< B-ng. second daughter of the late h Mrs. Lim Swee TAN-LOW -The it took place on 18 9 48. between "nn Eng72 words
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Article35 1948-09-21 8 EAMES HUGHES —On Sept 14 1948. to Ada and Tom Earner .vs —a son. WISEMAN. -A- X X Ho^plUi. on Sept. 19th. 1948. to Bobby. wife of G. G. E. Wiseman—a son. George Robert.35 words
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Article175 1948-09-21 8 U.K. SOON TO TAKE UP WAR CLAIMS LONDON. Monday. THE British Government has been considering the cases j of United Kingdom and British subjects who suffered I losses m the occupied British and ex-British territories m i the Far East and who have returned to Britain and intend to remainReuter - 175 words
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Article49 1948-09-21 8 THE U.S. favours regional defence unions m V. Europe and Scandinavia but disapproved of the creation of a similar military grouping by Mediterranean countries. State Department spokesman said yesterday m Washington. He disclosed that,, rec< Turkey sounded A the possibility of- a Mcd: ranean union A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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121 1948-09-21 8 RANGOON. Tuesday. BURMESE insurgents yesterday attacked the Burma Oil Company's refinery works at Syriam, Rangoon, but were repulsed by Government forces after an eisht-hour battle m which more than 100 rebels were killed and lo caDtured. Government troops also recaptured the delta townA.P. - 121 words
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Article263 1948-09-21 8 Hyderabadis to decide future NEW DELHI. Monday. T*HE Indian Home Minister. Mr. Yallabhai Patel. said today that the future government of Hyderabad "will be decided by the will of the people. Our first concern is the establishment of law and order." A similar statement was made m the Security CouncilReuter; A.P. - 263 words
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Article99 1948-09-21 8 S. Africa of fer to India PARIS. Tuesday. SOUTH Africa's delegate to UNO Mr. Eric Louw. said terday that he hoped to uss with the Indian Prime ister. Pandit Nehru, his I country's quarrel with India r the status of Indian naS tionals. The dispute between the two Dominions overA.P. - 99 words
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Article245 1948-09-21 8 LONDON. Monday. DOSSIBLE errors m the -accuracy or setting of instruments leading to mistakes m estimated heights were mentioned by a Ministry of Civil Aviation representative, Mr. J. Hewson, when a public enquiry was opened today into the collision of two planes and the lossReuter - 245 words
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Article32 1948-09-21 8 A three-power protest to Albania for harbouring Greek rebels has bsee made m t tie name of 'h** United Britain and France by the French Mlnlstei n Albania A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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108 1948-09-21 8 11HE Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Christopher Mayhew, yesterday declined to try to get mitigation of the sentence of five years' rigorous imprisonment* passed in Burma on Capt. David Vivian. ex-Indian Army officer for gun smuggling. He told the Commons "I am not convincedReuter - 108 words
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Article51 1948-09-21 8 EGYPT is detaining British cargoes for Palestine, said 1 the Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office. Mr. Christopher Mayhew. m the ComI mons yesterday. Cargoes were "considerable and protests had been made to the Egyptian Government as it was considered a "flagrant breach of the Suez Canal51 words
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Article78 1948-09-21 8 aaRS Eleanor Lt, en route tor Paris, told reporters at Southampton that the United Nations Organisation was established to maintain peace ra* make it. People expected from UNO things it WM set up to do. •One must realize that for centuries men have turnedU.P. - 78 words
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Article43 1948-09-21 8 THE United States announced yesterday ihat American occupation would remain m X ntil the Nations General had considered Korea's future. The Btata Departmen America had no intention just now of matching Russia's announced intention to order her troops out forthwith.43 words
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443 1948-09-21 8 London Stock Exchange TINS, RUBBERS DECLINE LONDON. Monday. 'PHI feature of the otherwise dull London stock markets today was the brightness m aircraft and motor shares, these were subject to investment buying, and sharp rises were recorded, says Reuter* financial correspondent. Tins and Rubbers declined. Other sections of the Industrial443 words
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Article329 1948-09-21 8 riHOUTS of 'We'll sue" ahswered with a booming ir gel Otti," have brought Hong Kong's own 'cold war' si to the brickbat stage The contesting three powers are Government, landlords and tenants of Hong Kong's hotels and boarding houses. Mr. p. j F. Hartley,A.P. - 329 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-09-21 8 pnoio Youths of Venice, members of the Catholic Action, proride a strange contrast as they arrive m St. Peter's Square m Rome, wearing costumes of 16th Century Venice and mounted on motor scooters. They were among some halt million Catholic youths and other* uho crowded the Square to hear anA.P. - 55 words
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Article105 1948-09-21 8 IKCIAI Market correspondent gl\es the prices of rabbet (In Mall per lb .l at 11 am today a* followBuyers. Sellers No. 1 R S.S Spot loose 44 H lob. m bales Oct. No. 1 K > > 44's 44% Nf. RS.S. 42S No. 3 RS.S. 4«' H Tone105 words
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Article241 1948-09-21 8 LONDON. Mond«> PHE battle between the Government and the House of Lords over the latter's power to delay legislation which it opposes was resumed m the House of Commons today, when the Parliament Bill was read a second time. The Deputy Prime Minister. Mr.241 words
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Miscellaneous10 1948-09-21 8 IIH.I1 TIDES Todav: 13 15 p.m. Wed II 38 p.m.10 words
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