The Singapore Free Press, 22 September 1948
1948-09-22
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Title Section25 1948-09-22 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA m i: :T i-=*= SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1948. 1 i i PKU > 111 I n25 words
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Article329 1948-09-22 1 r-fatta says We fight' I BATAVIA. Wednesday. inrmer Socialist Premier, Dr. iharifuddiM, "us today reported to have Minister of the new "Communist B |i_. w in under the Presidency of \eteran who returned from nth. niton Sourabaya <|iioted .trolled Madiun Radio arifuddin had gone toReuter; A.P. - 329 words
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Article253 1948-09-22 1 LONDON, Tuesday. IN his first "come-back" 1 fight, Bruce Woodcock, |Bri t i s h heavyweight champion, tonight knoked out Lee Oma, his American opponent, m the fourth round of the 8 -round bout at the rringay Arena. Oma, who appeared badly hurt byA.P. - 253 words
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Article, Illustration41 1948-09-22 1 picture candidate tor the U.S. Presidency. Mr Deicey. and Mrs. Dewey, register f K r the November elections at the Central Board of Registration in New Yorh %ew York Governor will be on a campaign tout ■gular registration per: i AP.AP - 41 words
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Article12 1948-09-22 1 Ernest Prefefc ist B f m, the A.P.A.P. - 12 words
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Article168 1948-09-22 1 Arms ring: one more arrest Free Pres* Staff Reporter SNOTIIKK Englishman believed to be connected with gun-running organisation operating between the Philippines. Singapore and Indonesia was arrested by the Singapore (II). yesterday. Police" are continuing their Investigations and hope to make more arrests shortly. It is expected that when the168 words
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Article86 1948-09-22 1 Free Pre** Staff Reporter. ACHANGI cyclist named l.cc See. who wa-s knocked down by a hit and run motorist, was admitted to the Genera] Hospital last night with a fractured shoulder and arm. Investigations are proceeding. At 4 p.m. yesterday, a driven by an unlic^nced Chiiriver86 words
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Article56 1948-09-22 1 Free Pr s S Staff Reporter Three men tWO Chinese and an Indian were ar: ed yesterday by the Si. ;>ore (/ID under the Em* rijency R >ns. Tin- emerge ncy ar- :.s i:t) to this morning 298. Li addition three Ci> ed yesterday for56 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-09-22 1 Bruce Woodcock has made a successful start on the come-back trail and icill now probably defend his European title against Olle Tandsberg of Sweden.24 words
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Article70 1948-09-22 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. BANGKOK. Wednesday. THE Siamese Foreign Office has refused "to provide the details demanded by the Chinese Government about the recent widespread arresu for alleged secret society activities of Chinese m SJam. The Siamese Government has Informed Chinese diplomatic o.Ticials In Bangkok70 words
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Article33 1948-09-22 1 Two American oil compa:; have b''fii arrested m Hungary en charges of indn lh»-y ar.- i having incr-asfd production for i.s. and th n n-duc after the libera; i n33 words
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Article25 1948-09-22 1 Delay hi calling the fire b ;t**d m almost total destruction ot I by flrp at Stlaf Road, •pore, early this mornin:.25 words
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Article84 1948-09-22 1 RANGOON. Tuesday. UNITED STATES Embassy officials here said today that they are inquiring into the arrest of an American pilot. Frank Criefware. The officials said Criefware wa s arrested last night at the Chinese owned Geens Hotel, where he was living. Police said he wasA.P. - 84 words
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Article48 1948-09-22 1 British exports dropped £15.100.000 m August, the traditional holiday month The Board of Trade estimates that the August volume of 1:130,000.000. allowing for price rises, was 133 per cent of the 1938 figure. The nations target fh VMr 14n npr cent. A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article78 1948-09-22 1 THE Hon? Kong Government 1 faces a budget deficit of $18,500,000 (about Straits $9,250,000' the Acting Be ary of Finance, Mr. A. G. Clarke, has warned unofficial members of the Legislative Council. Speaking m defence of the recently-proposed stamp tax legislation, he said an matedA.P. - 78 words
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Article16 1948-09-22 1 Ceylon ami Prance have agreed to exchange- diplomatic repre seutHt'ves of ministerial status.16 words
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Article57 1948-09-22 1 V N unidentified London bus conductor kissed all women passengers as they stepped off m the heart of East London at noon yesterday. Some of the women struggled. Others just called the police. The conductor was hustled off to hospital. A London Transport official later explain:A.P. - 57 words
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Article105 1948-09-22 1 BURMA 'S 'JOAN OF ARC' DEFEATED RANGOON, Tuesday. DURMESE rebels led by the "woman warrior on a white horse*' were defeated after heavy fighting near Toungoo and fled, leaving 87 dead, an official communique said today. Rebels also launched attacks on Hmawdi. 30 miles north of Rangoon. Reinforcements had toA.P.; Reuter - 105 words
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Article286 1948-09-22 1 LONDON, Tuesday. AT the resumed inquiry today into the collision of two airliners over Nortnolt Airport. London, m which 39 people were killed, including Sir Edward Gent, then High Commissioner for the Federation, there was criticism regarding the experience of the crest of theA.P. - 286 words
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Article57 1948-09-22 1 RECORD E UROPEAN STEEL OUTPUT Steel production throughout Europe has increased by 27 per cent, this year over 1941 the E iropean Economic Commission annouii' By the new year is expected to reach 45.000,000 metric tons. 3.500.000 tons higher than sjeel experts thought possible. Nearly every steel producing country hasReuter - 57 words
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Article38 1948-09-22 1 After a two months' stay m India and Pakistan, the United Nations Kashmir Commission loft New Delhi yesterday by air lor Geneva to submit an interim report of their findings to the Security Council.— A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article26 1948-09-22 1 Mrs. Lous<- Carnegie, widow ot Andrew Carnegie Scottish-born philanthropist and steel maker, left a net estate of $*****104 an estate tax appraisal disclosed today26 words
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Article35 1948-09-22 1 Colonel Chang Ya-ming. who was assigned to track down blackmarket operators at the start of the Chinese Government's reform programme, was executed m Shanghai yesterday after com ction on black market charges.35 words
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271 1948-09-22 1 MALAY A'S RICE IMPORTS: FEARS IN COMMONS Free Press Staff Reporter 'THE disturbances m Burma have caused a "great reduction" m rice exports from that country, and difficulty is being experienced m finding sutiicient rice to meet the requirements of Malaya and other countries m Asia, said the British Food271 words
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Article111 1948-09-22 1 MANILA. Wednesday. THE murder of President Quirino's wife and three children during the rape of Manila is one of 58 charges drafted today against Lieut-enant-General Shizuo Yokoyama, Japanese commander m Manila m February 1945. He will be the first Japanese H to be tried by PhilippinesA.P. - 111 words
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Article31 1948-09-22 1 Early to-day. a Chi motor-cyclist sras ir. a collision witn a taxi m Aiet near the R ad. The n cycnsL. suffering muitip: juries .Ken to era! Hospital.31 words
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Article21 1948-09-22 1 Japan«-s^ rompla ans haw fixed on and d thti: fishing considered by the United I a I Department. Rev21 words
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Advertisement154 1948-09-22 1 "0r lo Relieve Pain Effectively Uhout upsetting the stomach The Double Action Tablet stands 15 class by itself of erally acceptable. "yen to those E22?"**!. are m*Z2m m it with sensitive digestions, wlth*'B» ito^i^f °ut the tendency to upset the P" I**1 *~1Hil) C a m i°y In stomach. Each154 words
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Advertisement91 1948-09-22 1 H^ r to* =^/a_^ **<Xfzi Ccnauu- Connoisseur i Ml m SHERRIES Per DRY FLY. Pale Amber m colour; possesses the bouquet of a true Fmo 9.00 DRY CLUB. An exceedingly pleasant wine, on the dry side, which will be appreciated either as an aperitif or at dinner. 9.00 OLD MORENO91 words
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Article792 1948-09-22 2 BY OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER A N old association m Singapore nearly 2U years ago was renewed when James Grant Anderson recently joined the cast of "The History of Polly m the role of Mr, Boomer. The film version of Wells's novel is John Mills's first792 words
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Article204 1948-09-22 2 OOLLYWOOD.— Fred Mac Murray is reading the script of "Portrait of an American Communist" and he is mighty interested m starring m this expose of Communist activities If Fred decides to make the movie, he'll do it this December. her to a long-term contract a a204 words
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Article65 1948-09-22 2 Sir Cedric Hardwlcke Is refusing a bushel of Hollywood dollars, and. instead, will work for one month— for peanuts— at the Old Vie Theatre m London. He'll do a series of Shaw plays. Virginia Grey, the girl Clark Gable can't forget. Is doing fine with her movie career. In "Mexican65 words
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Article, Illustration53 1948-09-22 2 FLOWER GAKIiEN FRCK X worn by Susan Shaw In her new film for Gainsborough "It's Not Cricket— designed In frothy layers of tulle, limegreen, emerald and deep skimmer green, the Bertha decollete stiffened to reveal a little flower garden of primulas and narcissus. A filagree gold necklace and bracelet finish53 words
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Article119 1948-09-22 2 'Cregar is great' Barrymore JOHN BARRYMORE thinks that Laird Cregar i a the greatest actor to come out of Hollywood m the last ten years. 'I may jest about love." said Barrymore. "and the the absurdities ot life, but acting Is a sacred subject to me and I say this119 words
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Article394 1948-09-22 2 I i Ui_U£ is another bidding situation that is materially altered f after a pass. If South had been the dealer and opened with one heart. North's correct bd is three I hearts This is forcing to game and. although North has the minimum holding for the bid.394 words
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Article243 1948-09-22 2 ELIZABETH LEE - ELIZABETH LEE By TONIGHT, over Radio Malaya at 8.20, we shall begin the first f.f two revision lessons on the four Standard Dances we have Cuvered m this series. The subject for discussion will be the problem of guiding your partner. So far. I have, very necessarily,243 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-09-22 2 M argot Grahaine as Juanne Dane, the ultracared, over -pampered film star, who selfishly refuses to join m and help ease the n m "The Broken Journey.' showing at the PaiHlion tomorrow.32 words
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Advertisement23 1948-09-22 2 ARE YOU A BIRD WATCHER? IF SO WATCH OUR COUNTERS FOR THE FINEST POULTRY IN MALAYA. CHICKENS FOWLS TURKEYS n feel's) ORCHARD ROAD23 words
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Advertisement52 1948-09-22 2 NEW SHIPMENT OF S LIGHTWEIGHT >£* JU TROPICAL G.-»- 1 TWEED zgt A/./:/*' hm£ (/l^Vk'''V^ In Seven shades {Z^ c *l v, Only $125.00 for' balancedW t a 2-piece suit! t alloring-ff% H Troi-sers Only $40.00! p Attention ;.||y Housewives ilji/f 40% 3? •iy fntrustiffq Your %<£ J /oundry problems52 words
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Miscellaneous25 1948-09-22 2 dfgdfdfdf SINGAPORE From 12 00 noon to Z 00 p.m 483 metre* m the medium wart band and 720 megacycle* In the 41 metre band25 words
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Miscellaneous411 1948-09-22 2 MODEST MAIDENS Tr»4«a_st R«f mama u s r»i««t os\c% Mi fit 1 Y^"- I 1 /-Is TS v_ V"Edgflt S </ /*/ii distributor, he distributes a l>im of /us mind every place he goes!'' roru h 00 p t.i pj t v p.m.. from 930 p.m to 1 1 00411 words
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Miscellaneous284 1948-09-22 2 »5 to meit«» 1 1 si >• TOO 1 1 4 p.m. Music t>r I.atime: 4.30 Australian News. 4 .40 Music of the Americas; t.40 Services Concert Hall; 5 Presenting DmaJi Shore; 5.15 Australian Sporting Diary; 5. 30 Forces favourites; 5 30 Baritones of renown; 6 Violm Concerto by William284 words
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Miscellaneous200 1948-09-22 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORK on this last dav of down to earth" before you 99 the outgoing sign Vir- can hope to become any f o. you will begin to inherit kind of a commercial or some of the tendencies of business success, the incoming sign. Libra. Impulsive and quickVour200 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-09-22 3 Soviet Jeep angers berlin anti-Reds na a- After j anti-Commun-wi had Reichstag. Incidents resulted in death of pro-Germans. mi windscreen is <>pected by British diers >n.26 words
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12 1948-09-22 3 P.C. plyed at courting— wife didn't object I ttd LssW *HMI _p12 words
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Article7 1948-09-22 3 ATTLEE AGAINST ANTI-RED PROBE if I > r7 words
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58 1948-09-22 3 Floods of migrants Pour into Canada I I A* A. Wednesday, curing into Canada m a of the boom years of the *****. Britons and Europeans iftermath of this r und country make up the l settlers. In the i: of the ye?r, the immigration department ved into da compar58 words
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Article52 1948-09-22 3 Under broadened immigration policy, the delude ind- pendent !armers, close relatives of Canadian residents and farmI other types of workers m by the labour deLent tn addi^on to bu^ieople and others comr own. nates •jour. worker rical peri order. is wai th 1 1 the immisra' 5 OnndReuter - 52 words
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Article239 1948-09-22 3 CHINESE REDS CLOSE ON RICH PRIZE Shantung capitals brave siege TPSINAN, Shantung capital, a rich prize which the! A Reds have been assaulting for over a year, is still holding out although the attackers are ten times as strong as the encircled garrison. The city, whose population has been swelled239 words
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Article78 1948-09-22 3 XtfHEX Ma Shih-li feU in love with Miss Chang Yung-shiu she paid no attention. When he wrote her a letter in blood, she .gnored him. When he threatened to kill her, she ignored him. When he climbed through her bedroom window, she threw him out. When he climbedA.P. - 78 words
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Article56 1948-09-22 3 |(ENNETH Mich iikill, I -ar-old shepherd, of Whitebndge Inverness -shire. it Inverness aenterced en years* penal servitude attempted murder. was a' -md. David Sm oi t over face ot E Hill on Loch Killin. with the g him to tx.es by successful, v S rred56 words
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Article23 1948-09-22 3 Dr. Werner Best. Naz^ Germany* plenipotentiary In Denmark from 1942 to 1945. was sentenced to death by a Danish court.23 words
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199 1948-09-22 3 f ORD CLARENDON, the Lord Chamberlain, has J refused to license the play a Pin to See <* Peepshow," based on people Involved In the ThompsonBywaters murder case. A brother of Percy Thompson, the murdered man. has objected. Mr P- tea, the produce: iven the ne199 words
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Article126 1948-09-22 3 A NEW political party, the a\ Union of South Schleswig Electors, has been formed following the departure of tin Danish Foreign Minister M. Gustav Raamussen, from Hamburg after talks with Mr William Astbury. I Governor of Schleswig Holsteln. It has needed three years f unremittingReuter - 126 words
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Article68 1948-09-22 3 ITALIANS TRY NAZI GENERAL pERMAN ex-Gn.ral Otto Wagener, military ot Rhodes Horn Sept- j ember 1944 to May 1945 accomplices, went on i trial before an Italian mili- ourt m Rome on war crimes charges. All ire charged with the execution of Italiaia hostages and violence against prisoners ir. r,68 words
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Article, Illustration60 1948-09-22 3 U.S.-U. K. disagree ['hired States i. lUllf d WO ot repa: I from Western Germany but Br> programme, Mr. Christopher Mi.Ftarilf under Secretary Pi n A close-up picture of the j King and Queen m the Royal coach on the wav to the I. >/ Parliament. The King opened the60 words
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Article50 1948-09-22 3 LIE DEMANDS U. N. GUARD I^HE United Nations 8 nerai Mr. Trygve '••mand urgent formI Nations such a nation of Count Bernadotte, and t«> maintain order m disturbed areas. He will call for a constabu- from 1.000 to 5.000 men. backed by 'the full authority of the United Nations."- A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article235 1948-09-22 3 BIOLOGY— THE COMMUNIST WAY SOVIET scientists have agreed to make their views on heredity and environment conform with those of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Tiie committee, which had Dreviously reoroved Srvict composers and dramatist "bourgeois" leanings, has nowturned its attention to the held of science. The Soviet.A.P. - 235 words
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Article184 1948-09-22 3 ()CCI PATION officials recently have given increasw ing attention to conditions m Japanese textile mills. Although some companies have converted to model factories many of the more remote mills operate on a virtual slave labour basis. A recent delegation from Australia was appalled at conditionsReuter; AAP - 184 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-09-22 3 Oozie Hamilton Osborne is unofficial "King of the Flagpole sitters." He claimed the title after sitting on a 200-ft. pole from July 16 to September 13.26 words
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249 1948-09-22 3 BRITISH TROOPS DESERT TO ARABS, JEWS RHODES (Dodecanese). Wednesday. rtOZENS of British soldiers and police who deserted from the Security Forces m Palestine to join Arab j and Jewish forces have become so homesick that many of them are giving themselves up at British Legations to be returned to England.Reuter - 249 words
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Article46 1948-09-22 3 A professor of Canterbury University (Christ :hurch. N.Z.) read how the Auckland ferret laid 600 feet o: intricate electric wiring. So he harnessed a mosquito to a tiny filament he cou d not thread through a small glass tube. The mosquito got through.46 words
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207 1948-09-22 3 "No danger of trouble in Sinkiang" SHANGHAI THERE was no immediate danger of trouble on Sinkiang province saici lan Morrison, special correspondent In South Ea«n Asia for the London Times, he spoke at the RAF Club In Shanghai on Friday. He add--d that The situation was. nevertheless, "tricky and delicate."Reuter - 207 words
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Article44 1948-09-22 3 Vs -communist boss. ro Togliatti resumed control of his party yesterday at an Executive Council to plan a purge of Rreak members. He has re*overed from the four bullet rounds inflicted by a law uudent who tried to kill him. U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Article62 1948-09-22 3 Britain feeling a food 'pinch' BRITAIN Mr. John Stl that Bri* aI n I dollars, w bay a bushel of American wheat <>r corn this y. ar. Bri'ain stopped American grain m A when ;t was decided to plug the $48.--000.000 a month drs n I scarce d He admitted62 words
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Advertisement114 1948-09-22 3 f|l UeacM }j VV^ B AND HIS XJ;(jP J > FOR DRUMS RHAPSODY FOR REEDS F 20J6 I COME OUT. COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE SHINE ON HARVEST MOON I I LOVE AN OLD FASHIONED SON SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT I GOTTA GET ME SOMEBODY TO LOVE HARRIETT 1 F114 words
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Miscellaneous46 1948-09-22 3 TARZAN Reprieve £y Edgar Rice Burroughs r"\A/WM PX\A' V"^ I A** 6 O 0 NOT COKE SEEWN6 _ft*T~ I •SPEAK, THEN, STRANGER,' J~ 7\/\ \l\ €^i TROUBLE, SUTEN.' TARZAN BM SUTEN 6ROWLEO. **»#t« ffV V V V 4tt\ EXCIAiMED "BUT WE Wlti. I 'WHAT SEEK YE46 words
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747 1948-09-22 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22, 1948. The stalemate in Moscow JHE silence which has shrouded the conversaKremlin will be broken today when Mr. Bevin makes his promised itement m Parliament. I unlikely to be a cheerful statement. When Mr. all left Washington Par.s he spoke m unusually grave747 words
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Article563 1948-09-22 4 COL. ALLEN J. GREER - COL. ALLEN J. GREER By a leading U.S. military analyst DECENT Russian efforts to force withdrawal of American, British and French forces from Berlin have brought the "cold war n m Europe to its most acute stage and created the belief that armed conflict might563 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-09-22 4 Sop Reed, pretty 8.0.A.C. air hostt her airliner because her hobby is making animals Same of her products have been sold for eh and if her young passengers seem tearful. Joy's toys soon make them happy. Mirror pwtw38 words
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Article584 1948-09-22 4 DOUGLASS M. ALLEN. Jr - DOUGLASS M. ALLEN. Jr. by > I I BANGKOK. ClAM is one of the few countries left in the world where opium smoking is le^al but the palmy days of the pipe with impunity now are numbered, at least in theory. Under a recently enacted "de-intoxication"584 words
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Article, Illustration39 1948-09-22 4 picture The Kina and Queen m the Royal Box at Doncaster. which they to hatch the St leger^rclassicof the season, which was won by the >Mn mean-owned Black Tar quin. The King and Queen are with racecourse officials.- ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article, Illustration49 1948-09-22 4 Dancer Vickie Evans, deft) md actress Lila Leeds m court at Los Angeles (California), awaiting a hearing of narcotics charges against them. They were arrested recently, with actor Robert Mit chum, after a police raid m Hollywood. They are alleged to have been smoking marijuana cigar t it es.49 words
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Article608 1948-09-22 4 THOMAS ALDEGUER - THOMAS ALDEGUER BY SHANGHAI. THE calling of a top- level militar> r conference and early completion of the reorganisation of the Ministry of National Defence are among measures planned by the Chinese Government as preparations go forward to meet nev Chinese Communist onslaughts during the coming autumnA.P. - 608 words
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Article37 1948-09-22 4 Iliive not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before j suines. lest they trample I them under their feet, and j turn again and rend you. I S. Matthew 7. 6.37 words
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Article357 1948-09-22 4 By FREDERICK SANDS ZURICH. SWISS secret polio are to probe alleged Communist activities of former diplomats of satellite states who now live m Switzerland as private citizens, according to a reliable source close to the Federal Government. The authorities, it was vealed. have proof that certain diplomats357 words
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Article27 1948-09-22 4 I ("lISI j iSj m* .t BM 1 %t 9 -~m R_ l Oft 1 L_i Chia moirf VI A BSSSSSSSs! hl» 11 J cr > J27 words
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Advertisement11 1948-09-22 4 CARPETS OF JfagkdUia'ini A WiJe Range Now on Display at i11 words
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Advertisement48 1948-09-22 4 TRANSPORT STORAGE 111 CMS HOM.HOM. B\NK lll\MBI» SINGAPORE International Freight Forwan* 1 FURNITURE PERSONAL EFFECTS I BAGGAGE j REMOVED STORED M® J SHIPPED 1 DOOR TO DOOR WORLD *I ,E SERVICE I .Atents For The Pritu ding Ml Om r,l Cables IRANSTOR f t pi Telephone X* 657748 words
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Article33 1948-09-22 5 INCOME TAX RELIEF LONDON Tuesday. ir\ to D(.lenfollowin* tbl e to income m tnthr >d to „i from ac- svble t to t in it of v to be tcsttrrf I P fn33 words
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Article320 1948-09-22 5 fo assist the Police Krtt Pi-tw Staff Reporter L n p i the registration of Traffic F nd of volunteers who will assist Traffic Police m bringing high- to book. I approval of Singapore's Traffic Its will send m written reports of see on the road.320 words
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Article, Illustration52 1948-09-22 5 u/ifcn j imfjr KSSturi OJ one of the three new ships which American President Lines i s building for its round-the-world service, which includes a call at Singapore. The ships will be m service m 1950. In addition to 228 passengers, they will carry 522.000 cubic feet52 words
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Article53 1948-09-22 5 C ENCE of two rigorous lmj it strokes or tiie rattan, with two years' police supervision after his release was parsed on a Chinese. Goh Seng Huat. of Bukit Timah yesterday, when he d guilty to having extorted $7 20 from Kam Seng Fee a coffe53 words
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Article303 1948-09-22 5 Malaya's problems IT is m small groups of men, such as the village 1 committees and local neighbourhood associations, that real democratic life is found, says Mr. F. Thomas, a member of the newly-formed Labour Party, and a Singapore schoolmaster, writing m the latest issue303 words
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Article241 1948-09-22 5 THE desire of Far Eastern students for British education was illustrated once more with the arrival last week of 36 new students from Malaya and Hong Kong. They d at Tilbury last.Thursday on C?nton and were met at St Pancras. London, by members of the Colonial241 words
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Article96 1948-09-22 5 AT a meeting yesterday evening. Singapore trade I union leaders agreed that .5 per cent, of the money raised during the forthcoming United Nations Appeal for Children ttn the Colony should be sent •overseas. It was agreed to co-opt another six trade union members96 words
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Article59 1948-09-22 5 ALL Malay school boys and girls, who wish to enter English schools m Johore In January 1949. will sit for an examination on Oct. 29. The subjects of examination will be Arithmetic, Dictation and Transcription m Rumi, and also simple English because all those eligible for admission59 words
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Article39 1948-09-22 5 Debate- on religion A debate on the subject, "That religion has retarded the progress of mankind." will be held on Sunday, at 10 a.m. at 331. North Bridge Road, Singapore, under the chalrmnnship of Dr. J. K. M. Tan.39 words
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Article37 1948-09-22 5 A house warming party was given by Mr. Tan Kirn Van and Mr. Chua Liang Chuan of the firm of "Tan and Chua" m Onan Road on Saturday. A ronggene party was also m attendance.37 words
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Article, Illustration345 1948-09-22 5 ROBERT Ryan has been added to the cast of "Operation Malaya," a film based on the smuggling: of rubber from Malaya, during the early stages of World War 11. Marie Oberon and Robert Mitchum were previously announced as the stars m th I film, but whethtA.P. - 345 words
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Article455 1948-09-22 5 From Press Staff Reporter THE Executive Council of the Singapore Union of A Postal and Telecommunications Workers has written to Mr. J. V. Cowgill, chairman of the Joint Salaries Commission, submitting that the minimum salary required for Telecoms employees should be a starting pay of455 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-09-22 5 picture. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron (sitting at head of table facing camera), is listening to an address of welcome during his recent visit to the Sembawang Village Committee P.R.P.R. - 33 words
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Article73 1948-09-22 5 A TOTAL of 89,046 piculs. equivalent to 5,300 long tons, of tinore concentrates was produced m the Federation of Malaya In August Perak headed the list by producing 57.883 piculs or 3.445 long tons. Selangor came second with 24.179 piculs equivalent to 1.439 long "ons. Negri73 words
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Article226 1948-09-22 5 RE-TRIAL DEATH SENTENCE Free Press Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. AT the conclusion of his retrial. Teng Keng Honß was today sentenced to death on a charge of carrying arms In his defence. Teng said that, on Sept. 24. he was living with his mother i.t Kluang That morning she sent226 words
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Article33 1948-09-22 5 S ULTAN'S GIFT M and pupils of the Temenggong Ibrahim Giri> School. Batu Pahat, have re-><-d a gi:t of 144 library books from .he personal library of the Sultan and Sultanah of Johore.33 words
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Article258 1948-09-22 5 plan is turned down Compensation Free Press Staff Reporter. OV a large majority, a public meeting called by the Singapore Associai tion last night, voted against the War Damage I Compensation Scheme I The meeting was opened by the Presid' nt of the A tion (Mr. H. D Mundell,. who258 words
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Article202 1948-09-22 6 'WORLD IS OVERCROWDED WARNING Wo virtue m large families 9 WASHINGTON. SCIENTISTS here have issued a warning that the human race is increasing beyond the capacity of the world to sustain it. Dr. G. Brook Chisholm, head of the World Orga- nisation of the United Nations and former Canadian jReuter - 202 words
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Article, Illustration19 1948-09-22 6 The Pope bless r* 250.0 i Catholic girls gathered m v. Peter's Square, R he is born* 1 I19 words
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Article, Illustration27 1948-09-22 6 Wing bride is Miss Maureen Gardner, Olympic hurdler, and sprinter, and the groom. Major Geoffrey athletic coach to the Amateur Athletic As\atiom, after their wedding at Oxford.27 words
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306 1948-09-22 6 SYDNEY. Tuesday. AUSTRALIA is engaged on a programme- of Antarctic research, but few people have a clear idea of \v: -tually being done or why it is beins; done. The following explanation comes from the tea- eh expedition. OrouD-CaDt. fetuart Campbell: the spirit >>rReuter - 306 words
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Article29 1948-09-22 6 \merican actren Simms. 24 year-old o. f "Anna a." play the v mar- Rlchai the local land >. The place r>y cand! night. N iras U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-09-22 6 Petty Officer. barking commands to shrinking recruits m lavy H' d ba letting chili rom int uk t i i20 words
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152 1948-09-22 6 BRITISH submarines lost under the sea and unable to rise won't stay lost much longer. The British Admiralty it will not be caught again with disasters like that of the submarine Thetis, which, off Birkenhead In 1939 with the loss of 99 lives. TheA.P. - 152 words
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Article72 1948-09-22 6 THE British Government (d States proposals lor international admii ot An! t' Tit w under d;. Mr. Ch Under-St lor Fori m a written Parliamentary reply The proposals' "aimed at the promotion of scu investigation and research :n Ai.tarfira and an agreed Internal ma] ol theReuter - 72 words
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Article90 1948-09-22 6 KUOMINTANG Propaganda; Ister Huang Shao-ku bed th" ment's austerity campaign "the most important revr ry social movement d i mainly to eradit ii inequalities and push :are aii the nunlsts. M Huang said, its nlc t! .>>4niflcance I i even moral rearm :t] inequalities caused90 words
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Article205 1948-09-22 6 Girl joked with him about murder A GIRL out for a Sunday afternoon walk with exGuardsman. Peter Griffiths. 22. the da> June Ann Devaney, 3. was killed asked him Jokingly: 'Where were you on the night of the murder?*' GrifntlLs, a labourer, of Biriey-streei. Blackburn, ap- Blackburn eh the child's205 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-09-22 6 jrd Crippt adting the Trad* at MaraaU jare a u amino on the rise of wages throughow country.18 words
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Advertisement73 1948-09-22 6 CAPITOL Phone 3159 Starts TODAY! 11 2 4.15 6.30 9.15 W;.. AQ. H Famous T-:usand Times^^ M:re Thrilling Color By mJ I Hsl REX Phone I"}' one day ofviy TODAY us 610 -91. B*""Sfc 'sf Lss_sr K/S /A/ COLOR "lAST FRONTIER UPRISING MOM 70MOSROW FOTI 1 RAVE ABOl'l *u.:;oi -i.lo'.v:73 words
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Advertisement76 1948-09-22 6 lx phone bqo3, LAST FOUR SHOWS 2 4.15 ti.3o '>.30 p.m. ft I»«TMJ«R»N* V PRIIIMtI ROGER 1^ sfi l_l LIVESEY TOMORROW stn»M- Tense. Drama Based On The Famous DAKOTA Crash. Which Held The Attention Of The World. W^j?**^" > »«'HU« UNI XIIINTI Wt^B% PHYLLIS CALVERT HARCOT ORAHAMI JAMES DONALD FRANCIS76 words
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Advertisement119 1948-09-22 6 v- xiv ~s OLYMPIAD THE GLORY OF H(\ SPOR7 lion Y\\ Distribution. <^ "X 9TH LAST DAY! 11 am 1.30 pm. 4.00. Telephone 34tS p-pfMiri up I <>r Real WHAT STARK SECRET LIES BEHIND THE WEB?.. AM win \k» no\u WOMI Ml I.W. TO JtKCil univcisa. ,«u ixTjaf I FIND119 words
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Miscellaneous127 1948-09-22 6 JAN-t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya IAH YES.'-I'M ONE OF THE N J/bY GAD, YES.'-ThEße's\ I /hA HA.'— HARRyN /T rtcu A /^TTTZTs PIONEERS OF MOTORING.'—/ NOT MUCH I DONT KNOW) TATE ISN'T IN IT UU2>H I JANfc! J THEY CALLED ME s= ABOUT THE INFERNAL r127 words
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Article424 1948-09-22 7 TRAFFORD AND DEAR GOOD BETS Going will be easy today By CALL BOY A LTHOUGH form has been revealed, prospects are very open m most fields at Bukit Timah today, fourth day of the Singapore Turf Club's Cup meeting. A steady drizzle for 45 minutes at the racecourse has taken424 words
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Article40 1948-09-22 7 Von Nida starts 5th bid today overseas Briii the pening The cond by A rid*' S man md. leri- .v BUS- of Cup playbut Ifth. Donck r of the ent was PGA to is t 64. 1 by I- A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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129 1948-09-22 7 By EPSOM JEEP SAFEST bets at Bukit Timah today are Fox's well-fancied Cabaret and Stymie. Stymie mast b e regarded a good thing m the first race. He has definitely improved after his fourth to Brooking. Fair Week and Chita are stable fancies. Sky129 words
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Article368 1948-09-22 7 MALCOLM I SHER - Navy make good in second half MALCOLM I SHER By ;»OCCER fans will tell you that the most fascinating thing about the game is the glorious uncertainty f match results. That opinion was proved at the ■'aval Base, Singapore, last night when the Royal iavy beat the R.A.F. four-two in368 words
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Article148 1948-09-22 7 JEAN Stock of France defeated Randolph Turpin. classy English middleweight, m five rounds of an eight- round fight yesterday m the same programme m which Bruce Wccdcock knocked out Lee Oma Turpm if tired after taking a severe beating m the fifth. Turpin was down148 words
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Article90 1948-09-22 7 MISS Louise Brough (Beverly Hills, California) and Tom Brown (San Francisco) won the national mixed doubles m the United States lawn tennis championship at Forest Hills, defeating Mrs. Margaret Osborne Dv Pont and Billy Talbert 6 4. 6-4, on Monday, Mrs. Dv Pont and90 words
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Article254 1948-09-22 7 INTERNATIONAL lawn ten- nis supremacy runs m cycles, judging from a glance at the Davis Cup challenge round results. America, France, Britain, and Australia (or Australasia, as it was m the early days) have all had their "golden spells." The advent of Fred Perry and254 words
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Article564 1948-09-22 7 C.A 7; Timers S.A 2. TWO linesmen left the field m a first division x S.A.F.A. League game played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday when Tigers Sports Association completed their league fixtures to lose to the Chinese Athletes seven-two. The Tigers are runners-up to the Rovers564 words
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Article43 1948-09-22 7 AT Cardiff. Glamorgan, the County Cricket champions drew their match with an England XI. Glamorgan 320 and 118 for 8 declared (Pollard 3 for 33). England XI 248 for seven declared and 182 for 6 (Len Hutton 67' ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Advertisement76 1948-09-22 7 AT THE RACES AHEAD ALL THE WAY TUBORG BEER AND HENNESSY'S BRANDY ON SALE AT THE BAR |_w«_j«____l!!!y rORIQ'Q CllirA _> to «olvt the M SHIEST i*****-*- o» tyre •smtfuct«en set by ißliOsf i V K> ,n l d ro eoft, t on U^K AND •"countered by buse» ar* *ucVj.76 words
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Miscellaneous68 1948-09-22 7 TODAY'S RUGGER AT SELETAR J^ A.F. Seletar, reputed to be one of the strongest rugger sides this season, meet Nee Soon RFC. who have won the r first three matches this season, at Seletar today, kick-off at 5.15 j p.m. JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday The knockout soccer compctit on for the68 words
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Miscellaneous1542 1948-09-22 7 iii!__r *y i i-p lt,u^|**^t-m^>in *T CALL BOY EPSOM JEEP TRESPASSES POINTER MOST FAV °L* E 1> SELECTION 1 ?Ti MIE o, STYMIE FAIR WEEK LAURIE 00 p-m. J£" en S,, PP* r w Stymie Stymie STYMIE Chlta Kerry's Lack GoWen SUpper **<* K 7 SKY MASTER SKY MASTER SKY1,542 words
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Article422 1948-09-22 8 ASSEMBLY OPENS IN FEAR OF WAR Marshall is grim, silent PARIS, Tuesday. THE American, British and Russian delegates sat side by side at the opening of the third General Assembly of the United Nations today, and quietly ignored each other. The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, 1 wasReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 422 words
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144 1948-09-22 8 '300 million will fight the West' LONDON, Tuesday. THE Red Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, has accepted a renewed invitation to go to the United States, where he will issue a warning that if war comes there will be 300.000.000 people ranged against the West— and It will beU.P. - 144 words
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Article16 1948-09-22 8 AH Indian bank notes wUI c*as» to b* leijai tender Pakistan after S-p^mber 30, report* A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article280 1948-09-22 8 I PAKIS, Tuesday. 4 KEQI IKT by th© UA Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, that Arabs and Jews and the General Assembly accept the final conclusions of the late Count Bernadotte\ Palestine report was rejected tonight by the Syrian delegate. Faris Bey El Khoury. HeReuter - 280 words
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Article77 1948-09-22 8 SYDNEY. Wednesday. AQANTAS Cons tel la bound for Singapore, had to turn back 20 minutes after leaving Sydney last night because one of the engine* failed. Before landing, the plane had to head out over the He and dump four-fifths ti petrol. Th:.-, is tlu- aecoild77 words
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Article198 1948-09-22 8 PEIPING, Tuesday. 4 REPORT appearing m today's Ta Kung Pao China's best known independent daily quoted rtfugeei from the Manchurian city of Changchun as saying men and women were dying daily m the streets from starvation. The retuKees complained that the Dromised air drooping ofReuter; A.P. - 198 words
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155 1948-09-22 8 MANILA. Tuesday. T UIS TARUC. Communist leader of the rebellious Hukbalahap Peasant Army has escaped a trap which was snapped on his swamp hideout, the Manila Times said today The Times quoted a Constabulary source as saying that when soldiers reached the hide-out onA.P. - 155 words
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137 1948-09-22 8 'Iron Pants' is new US bomber chief in Europe WASHINGTON Wad. JHE promotion of Lt. I Curtis* Lemay to be chief of the United States St: qic Air Force, lr; to Gen. George K»nney. la :i as a "go-slow warning 1 to Russia. The tough, taciturn. 41--year-old airman Is wellU.P. - 137 words
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Article79 1948-09-22 8 Didn't think they'd sink so low THE Czech Government has 1 asked Franc to extradite Dr Jan Papanek. Czechoslovakia's former United Nations representative, accused of embezzling $125,000 from offl- cial and Red Cross funds. Dr. Papanek who uncon--fdlv moved about the hall of the United Nations In ParLs yesterday toldReuter - 79 words
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Article66 1948-09-22 8 OEVERAL people were injured !n 'd.sorders In the centre of Brussels last night when CommunsLs tried to stage a demonstration-—ban-ned by the authorities against the American film 'The Iron Curtain*' b*: shown m the city. Borne 500 police with batons diawn laced about 1.000 demonstrators whoReuter - 66 words
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Article, Illustration125 1948-09-22 8 CHANOHAI la indulging Ong t tfce biggest spending aprcea, buying up the big- d'.amor.ds, costliest wrist watches greenest jade anal the nrttiest girls. All retail stores are thronged with customers all day long;, and anythlrg that Ls exp naive finds a readier market than their inexpensiveU.P. - 125 words
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599 1948-09-22 8 London Stock Exchange PRICES MOVE DOWNWARD LONDON. Tuesaav INTERNATIONAL politic, continued to be the do--1 ruinating factor m the London Stock Exchange today, says Reuter's financial correspondent. The trading volume was again small, with prices generally moving to slightly lower levels. Rubbers were down and Tins irregular to lower. iobaceoe.599 words
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Article331 1948-09-22 8 U.S. prepares for all-out war ASHINGTON. Tuesdux 'T'HE United States joint Chiefs of Staff have handed to the Munitions Board a comprehensive plan for industrial mobilisation m America m the event of an all-out emergency, the Department of Defen« has disclosed. It outlines the needs of all the armed servicesA.P. - 331 words
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91 1948-09-22 8 United States is buying less rubber Free Press Staff orre>j> on< j ent Jf LnN, N lift* I !r| ALTHOrr.H for the first month, _fi I the total shipments of rubber m, I 43,000 tons more than m the same period k I^l the United States has take f in_:91 words
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Advertisement283 1948-09-22 8 B,m iis» a tjina "^M~»|^ 9mmmAmJßmmmmm\mßmmmßWmm Mr ft Mrs. J rongen P PC. BIRTHS CLARKE.— At D Cotta's Clinic sept. 20th to Aida wife of Andrew Clarke a daughter, l Anne. LLOYD —At Kandang Kerbau Hos-pUsl, on the 19th September; )eslys. wife of W. Lloyd, of Sungei Pendas Estate. Johore,283 words
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Miscellaneous8 1948-09-22 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 11.88 p.m. Thurs.! 1.88 p.m.8 words
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