The Singapore Free Press, 30 September 1948
1948-09-30
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Title Section18 1948-09-30 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA FF SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration118 1948-09-30 1 I'lotigress to lisctiss plan IrDNGTON, Wednesday. iak disclosed today they m]j for Congress when it year a plan for military •>pean military alliance. lactations, the in detail by the en ted to Congress traditional u State of the ;ch a programme is s here118 words
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Article317 1948-09-30 1 West maintains liberty of action PARIS. Wednesday. 'THE three Western powers asked the United 1 Nations Security Council today to consider Berlin crisis on the grounds that ruthless action threatens world peace. The Council xpected to take up the issue on Monday. The Western powers have reserved to s fullA.P.; Reuter - 317 words
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124 1948-09-30 1 Medical college September Exam results RULTS of the first p: unlnatic King Edward VII Col--24 Medical Passed m Che- Physics and Biology: lei Chan, Ranjit \Lss Tan Cheng Passed m Chemistry and Physics: Teh Khoon Cheo. iiif Yuen Wah, Si. Dharmal Lai Lung Ying. J. T Ponnampalam, and Miss O124 words
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Article109 1948-09-30 1 JERUSALEM. WedWILLIAM C I one of -ns accused >nage, was freed by the Jerusalem District Court this afternoon. The Israeli court's judgment on the other accused, Mr. Frederick William Sy ter both men are officials of the Jerusalem Electricity Corporation will be announced on Oct.Reuter - 109 words
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Article122 1948-09-30 1 JAPS MAY GET RICE FROM SIAM THE Siamese Government has offered Japa^i 160 000 tons Ot i ice, and General MacArthur will back Japan's application to the I.E.F.C. for permission to take it, from Tokio this ing. The application will also ;e Department backPermission would i rice for Malaya, Ceylon122 words
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Article274 1948-09-30 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FOl X terrorists were killed yesterday and a terrorist, two soldiers and two policemen were wounded m three separate incidents m Johore. One of the men killed was the terrorist leader m the Bekok area. He was killed with two ofU.P. - 274 words
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Article227 1948-09-30 1 RUSSIAN SEAMEN CAN BE SO KIND Free Press Reporter DOCK labourers working the Soviet freighter Sukhona, now loading B.ftOO tons of rubber at S.Kfl. godown 23, are being treated with great friendliness by the Russian crew. For the past two weeks the wharfside workers have been liberally issued with American227 words
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Article25 1948-09-30 1 Britain's production of piece goods for export set a cord In the July to S» ber quarter at 279 000,000 yards.— A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article193 1948-09-30 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A PROMINENT Singapore doctor said this morning that Singapore hospital authorities had very little chance of getting married nurses to help staff the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Because ol acute staff shortages the hospital last week had to close about 70 beds193 words
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Article35 1948-09-30 1 King Feisal of Iraq and his Regent, Emir Abdullah, arrived m Amman la3t night on a visit to King Abdullah. The boy king is on his way to school m England.— A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article67 1948-09-30 1 C.I.D. GAMBLING SWOOP: 34 HELD rRTY Chinese were detained by the Singapore C.I.D. iyesterday; four under the Emergency Regulations bringing the total to 308— two for being members of illegal secret societies and the remainder, including two women, on gambling cnar^es The alleged tumblers were detained after a series of67 words
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Article46 1948-09-30 1 Gurney is flying out tomorrow TTIIE n< w High Commissioner f 1 for the Federation of Malaya, Sir Henry Gurney. v ho will fly to Kuala Lumpur were guests of the ilaj ent m L >nd<M a rook' I party last night at j Malaya Huuse.46 words
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Article30 1948-09-30 1 The China National Avlan Corporation U>day announced that weekly flights to Singapore will start early In October with stops at Bangkok DC-4 planes will be used A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article28 1948-09-30 1 THE Petrol Policy Committee will meet this afternoon to dLscuss the present petrol position m the Colony. A statement will be issued I after the meeting.28 words
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Article208 1948-09-30 1 TELGONDOLFO, Wed. I T\OPE PIUS last night told 1 500 delegates to the International Congress of the Association for the Protection of Young Women that the modern girl needs greater protection than her predecessor "because of her illusion of being hardened to the wU*» 'heU.P. - 208 words
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Article, Illustration156 1948-09-30 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. THE United States has dropped heT proposal that Britain should pay m strategic raw materials, including Malayan tin and rubber, her dollar position prevents her from keeping up with Interest payments on Marshall Plan loans. Britain had strongly jected to thisReuter - 156 words
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Article80 1948-09-30 1 Jogja claims more success BATAVIA, Thurs. THE Republican Army A today claimed successes m confused fighting m Madiun Province and said that Republican troops were advancing on Madiun city from the east. Ear. c hold- three p A I. claimed that th' 1 MoscowI trained rebel leader, M and otherReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 80 words
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Article48 1948-09-30 1 v by a fin- nsored b> brigade iit. Thi: hjspTh( held c upper uoor of a granary on a state i3rm to laise mo. ey for th n rebuilding of Warsaw ht fire. Delay In I the Iron d ws incre.: U.P.U.P. - 48 words
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Advertisement10 1948-09-30 1 £53 r :i«ioi BPJhJj I IIBmLESf B^li"'-^ 31, RAFFLES PLACE.10 words
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Advertisement43 1948-09-30 1 SeaMtw S/ic, FOR C»O |Ct '^*S^ rE bouquet of old bandy. the bite of ripe slilton. Afc the fragrance of a Church- fjP/ff "man r He good things of Itfe to f those who place merit first. p y MADE »N ENGLAND u|jfj^43 words
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Article, Illustration666 1948-09-30 2 PETER QUENNELL - PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m U.K. THIS week's reading has plunged me deep into the study of personal relationships the relationship of a sensitive husband to an incurably neurotic and fanatically jeolous wife; of a sympathetic wife to :rong-willed, selfish husband who (rather unfortunately from666 words
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Article52 1948-09-30 2 iEDlTH by J'edith a ed, bOi. his biographer but is to rehearse the great man's praises in a mild colli undertone. A book that will please Merc I his cri: HE! D THERE by W i Somerset Maugham, 'Heine- mann, 8s. 6d.> /y doi be pari Of th:52 words
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Article329 1948-09-30 2 'PHE following new books will be added to Raffles Library, Singapore within the next few days: Chinese Art (Leigh Ashton and B. Gray). Llstcnuig tc the Orchestra (Kitty Barne\ An Introduction to the Criminal Law m Australia (J.V. Barry and others*, A Musical P (.Eric Blom), The329 words
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Article160 1948-09-30 2 THE DARK WHEEL, by Philip Mac Donald and A. Buyd Correll, is a splendid suspense thriller. Philip Mac Donald is, of course, no novice craftsman at spinning a detective yarn and many will readily recall The Rasp and The Nursemaid Disappeared, but In. n with A. Boyd160 words
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Article, Illustration244 1948-09-30 2 I double East-West bidd.ng. In the opponents, helped to push U what d '.;b! ul 10 the i.eh would i madi But South was too iy tied to conventional 1 opened the spade ac* 'hen. hoping that East might kx void, h-c shifted to a club 1 play244 words
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Article159 1948-09-30 2 THE EAST'S BIGGEST BOOKSHOP BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ON Friday, Oct. 8, the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, will open Singapore's second annual Book Fair. i Book Exhibition was neld > n t Memorial Hall which was 1 by no less than 5.000 people. The major difference beu last159 words
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Article218 1948-09-30 2 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT |U[R. Clodd lived for many years m Malaya, and was for a time an Unofficial member of the federal Council. He was also, it seems, a great admirer of Captain Francis Light, whom he considers has never had the appreciation of historians of218 words
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Miscellaneous206 1948-09-30 2 HJDGMDGM SINGAPORE Frosi 12 00 noon to 2.00 p m 485 metres m the medium band and 7 20 megacycles m Ihe 11 metre band. J From 600 p m to 1 IS p m n 930 p m to 11 00 p 185 nifiicj m rhe m*-d urn v*206 words
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Miscellaneous297 1948-09-30 2 1682 metre* II 81 megicvi 10.00 pm. to 11 30 p.m Vlßl 25 40 metres 11.81 m< g<o TODAY am. Austral. an Records by 11 3J 4 44U A :arand 51 530 Forces fa". 530 Famll ar mv The S. t, 7 Vai Band Box; 7 3 Austral an and297 words
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Miscellaneous40 1948-09-30 2 News; 8 40 UNO 845 Ht s from tralian econ :c for mlllloi. In 10 Australian u< 10 10 Au^'ralian economic 10 25 Bong; 10 30 Ev musci; n Australian ne. 1 1 .30 E a 11 45 Clofce down.40 words
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Miscellaneous178 1948-09-30 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have the mind of an intellc who deals in cold 1 combined with nature which is so idealistu as to be sublimely imprai t This combination makes it difficult for you to ach the contemporary su< < 'i should be yot i cMtte of178 words
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Article292 1948-09-30 3 CHINESE RED PROPAGANDA OFFENSIVE ffong Kong is South East Asia H.Q. NANKING, Wednesday. rVHE Chinese Communists have built up a highly A efficient world-wide intelligence and propaganda machine to supplement their present attempt to overthrow Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist regime. They are also employing this machine among the Asiatic racesU.P. - 292 words
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84 1948-09-30 3 100 bodies in garden of mental home THE Japanese police have 1 dug up the bones of 36 more bodies m the grounds of the mer.tal hospital m Osaka suburbs, bringing the total discovered to 100 After the first discovery a fortnight ago. the 53 year old manager of ToyonakaU.P. - 84 words
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Article13 1948-09-30 3 T i ions all goods one i>~: as all 5 A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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16 1948-09-30 3 '60,000 Japs aid Chinese Reds' report I I I I I I I I a A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article122 1948-09-30 3 ELEVEN babies believed to be dead at birth have red to life by rockIng them In front of a fire. says a medical report. The man who did it, Dr. Noel Forsyth. cf Malton. Yorkshire, died last year. A fellow- physician. Dr. F. C. Ev122 words
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178 1948-09-30 3 U'ATER divining was just mumbo-jumbo, said a scientist at the British Association meeting m tons Royal Pavilion and that started it. one of the men who find water with hazel twigs— was m the audience. New Zealand scientist rick Ongley described exnts with 75Reuter - 178 words
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Article38 1948-09-30 3 rE Prime Minister of Siam, Phibun Songkram, has promised to investigate an incident m which the Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior is alleged to have kicked a 27-year old school official m the face.38 words
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Article, Illustration63 1948-09-30 3 last picture taken of Count Bernadotte a few hours before he was shot dead near Jerusalem by gunmen believed to be members of the Stern Gang. He is seen i idier Lash of the Arab quarter. ing. Bel American attach the and a :d Nations obS' car63 words
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196 1948-09-30 3 WILL CHURCHILL GO? Tory demand for new leader 11 HEN the Conservative Party hold their annual conference on October 7 they will have to decide on a leader and a programme. There is a big fraction of the Party, which believes that Conservatives should prepare now to oring up youngA.P. - 196 words
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Article111 1948-09-30 3 lOHN S. Chapin, a scientist J accused of conspiring to give a Soviet agent information about the atomic bomb, has denied the charge. A similar denial came from Marcia Sand, another accused. Her former husband Clarence F. Hiskey, a third accused, was absent throughout the dayU.P. - 111 words
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149 1948-09-30 3 A BACHELOR curate who took lodgings for a fort- 1 night m the home of a Liver- pool woman was so pleased with her cooking that he stayed with her ior fifty years until his death this IT. It is now v'^aled that149 words
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Article, Illustration96 1948-09-30 3 BRITISH t history .1 be made In a fort- by p^rn of Prime Minister Clement Attlee. tele, cameras will be Installed In the cabinet room at 10 DownIng Street, for the meeting of nmonwealth Prime Ministers. The CommandeT-in-Chief, The Nore. Admiral Sir Harold Burrough96 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-09-30 3 The Nizam of Hydcrcb,. f. l Edro<> a match for Major-Ge N Che dian Army, the new Military Governor of20 words
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Article98 1948-09-30 3 A MUNICIPAL court m Burlington (Vermont) recently heard how a miscalculation saved the life of a would-be suicide. The State Attorney. Lawrence H. Deshaw. said a former policeman tried to take his life, but used a shell too small for the bore of his rifle.A.P. - 98 words
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Advertisement15 1948-09-30 3 Vim j» Br \V j W jJgjgfHl (RADING CC. ii*UYA ITP b^Swi1 KUALA LUMPUR PENANG15 words
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Advertisement94 1948-09-30 3 GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LI (Incorporated m Great Brtta have pleasure m announcing tho appointment of Messrs BARLOW CO., LTS. •a their Cm«i Agents for Seiangor 6c Perak mm from Ist October, 1945. Branch Offices Lee Rubber Building, High St.. Kuala Lunpur 14, Market Street, Ipob. Far Eastern94 words
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Miscellaneous19 1948-09-30 3 TARZAN Accepting the Challenge/ Z-JJ^r ftfe« Burroughs 3RCAT FAHGS BJt?if O /tißfHi **0H D«U, TM6 BRUTE HAS SEi\* >A19 words
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318 1948-09-30 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Sept. 30, 1948. The hospital scandal IT Dii tor $80 1 plan i five year pr gr.i n :he addition o: ral Hospital m. as $50 m tt visualised the 4.000 hospital for a pop 1 a raising 1 •ommu: ne I be be* an318 words
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Article, Illustration713 1948-09-30 4 SEASHAN MAYNES - SEASHAN MAYNES By Reuters' Correspondent RHODES, Dodecanese. INTERNATIONAL relief organisations m Palestine and the Middle East are working against time to provide adequate food, shelter and medical supplies for 360,000 Arab refugees before the middle of October, when winter sets m. Many hundreds of tents, mostly713 words
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Article113 1948-09-30 4 THE waters of Lapland's Iwalo River are today i observers of a modern gold ru*>h alor.g the Finnish river's birch-hedgt»d banius. there earlier this summer of two i gold placers. However, a dispatch from Haparanda to Stockholm's Sevenska Dagblade*. that the n€w "Klondike yielding nuggets far113 words
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Article460 1948-09-30 4 NEW YORK. uhCRET British processes for making toe super-alloy castings required m recordsmashing jet propulsion warplane engines have been acquired by the Lebanon Steel Foundry of Lebanon, Philadelphia, and will be made liable immediately for use m the production of vital turbojet components needed m theReuter - 460 words
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Article277 1948-09-30 4 They Found Eldorado AVETERA plorer bride are .need that th found El Doraci tabu- Walter Raleigh three centuries ago. It is the Guiana m South America, says Hassoldt Davis, 41-; old explorer and wrii Davis and his bride returned from a s< month hrough French colony to visit h^ friend,Reuter - 277 words
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Article499 1948-09-30 4 THOMAS R. HENRY - THOMAS R. HENRY By DREDIGESTED cow blood injected m the veins after operations is providing surgical patients with the most -en tial element of diet. The method was derived m part from studies by Army medical officers of the results of starvation on prisoners m the499 words
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Article23 1948-09-30 4 The God of 1 the Rock of Israel me. He that ruleth men must be Just, rulin the fear of God. i:23 words
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Advertisement55 1948-09-30 4 NEW ARRIVAL! BRITISH WOOLLEN SUIT* For Ladies 8k FOREI6N CUTTER BEST FITTI* m HOONDAMAU Indian Silk H 68, North Bridge Road. Sm>..> "^nyro With trained Stai the World, Cook's are Handle your air-tra\ THey are agents for all r y*. THOS. COOK SOM (C° H Jf AMD OVERSEAS tTD--39. Robinson55 words
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Article20 1948-09-30 5 How you can help the Govt. l( n I Irr^Fre-Stan Reporter I Vppli a lon .res! ley Press :ned H|20 words
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Article, Illustration10 1948-09-30 5 rld's miiny •en. for 'ions g funds to pro"■g and10 words
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Article18 1948-09-30 5 GOVT. SEEKING $9 MILLION 1 ue oi 59 m:. togettrrge Banks A bie to quote -xpirathree months from18 words
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Article147 1948-09-30 5 CO UNCIL MEETING >f the Singapore j Council will be 10 a.m. say that the wardens are to be sent out "on patrol as police spies." The wardens are expectod to repprt on cases of negligent or dangerous driving only when they happen to be eye-witnesses. It has been suggested147 words
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Article59 1948-09-30 5 For the period Monday Oct. 4 to Saturday Oct. 16 issues of r:ce for the ration will be of Egyptian wholegrain, Saigon wholegrain or Rangoon wholegrain. The Egyptian rice should be very thoroughly washed before ccoking to remove the lime preservative which it contains. During the59 words
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Article26 1948-09-30 5 A 20.000 square Teet lallang fire m Lyndhurst Road, Geylang, shortly after dark last night was put out by engines from Geylang Fire Station.26 words
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Article253 1948-09-30 5 4 COTK-SE for religious students, Sunday school teachers and preachers will open at No. 7 Mount Sophia. pore, on Oct. 4. The course, which has been arranged by the Executive Committee of Trinity College, is designed principally for regular students, although a number of lectures will253 words
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Article, Illustration119 1948-09-30 5 $500,000 FOR PREFABS, SHOPS FLATS Trust starts building Free Pn ff Uepon AS a first step m the establishment «»i ;t bi| gapore Improvement Trust honsinf m Kampong Silat, off Kampon^ Bahru Ro;»d. construction is proceeding of a «c comprising: Seven blocks oi quarters; Three blocks of 21 i OneFree Press - 119 words
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Article140 1948-09-30 5 Drive for aid to children EFFORTS to raise funds under Lady Gimson's Appeal for the Handicapped Children of Singapore and the United Nations Appeal for Children began yesterday. A garden fete m L/cvernment House grounds on October 9 has been arranged to raise funds for Lady Gimpon's Appeal. A committee140 words
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Article59 1948-09-30 5 The Now Moon day which falls on Saturday will be celebrated at the Sinhala Buddhist Temple 263, Outram Road, Singapore, by Mr. D. J. A. Kumanayake, m memory of his late sister of Singapore. 5.00 p.m. Pahan Puja, 6.15 p.m. Chanting of Parittas. 7.00 p.m. Buddha Puja.59 words
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Article140 1948-09-30 5 JAIL, RATTAN FOR $3 EXTORTION FOR extorting three dollars from a woman m Ylo Chu Kang Road, on Sept. 1 and attempting to extort $50" from her husband, two young Chinese were yesterdaj to prison and ordered to receive the rotan, by the First District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks*.140 words
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Article98 1948-09-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE firs: Asian to draw a 1 European-scale salary for the post of Second Assistant Sec: Singapore Muni pality, is Mr. Chan Bak Hoe whose promotion has been approved by the Municipal Commissioners. Mr. Chan has had 23 years' service with98 words
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Article382 1948-09-30 5 4T Jalan Salok Tangkak Village yesterday, the President of a Chinese Association was followed out of a toffee-shop by two Chinese who fired two shots at him. He was wounded m the neck but not seriously. The bandits were armed with revolvers. They escaped. In382 words
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Article25 1948-09-30 5 SEGAMAT, Wed FouI.N.A. uniforms, three V Estate Indian labour fined $50, with the i a month's gaol, m th< mat Court25 words
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Article205 1948-09-30 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rRTY-FIVE queen bees, housed m a wooden U ment each with its own compartments, recleft Italy to fly to Australia. They have arrived m Singapore, but when the procedure of inspecting papers and documents began, it was discovered that i the bees205 words
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Article69 1948-09-30 5 THE traffic wardens scheme is open to Asians and x is not confined to Europeans, it is authoritatively stated. So far, only 15 per cent, of the registered wardens are Asians, and Mr. K. G. Burne, sponsor of the scheme, says the recruitment committee will69 words
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Advertisement73 1948-09-30 5 ANNOUNCEMENT CARPETS CHINESE AND INDIAN Just Arrived m HUGE SELECTIONS SPECIAL OFFER FOR WO WEEKS ONLY OCT. Ist to 14th HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A NEW SHIPMENT OF PEKING GLASS, PEWTER AND COPPER WARE, ETC. *U TO BE SOLD AT VERY LOW PRICES COME EARLY and °0"T LOSE THIS OPPORTUNITY THE73 words
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Advertisement44 1948-09-30 5 The DUDLEY 6 POSITION ADJUSTABLE CHAIR AND SETTEE CONSTRUCTION, ALL JOiNIS |^H| WELDED AND BRAZE 3. %BR m^ ADJUSTABLE TO SUIT OCCUPANT SEATED. POCKETED PULLMAN <J^m SPRING CUSHION. dfj PRICES EASY CHAIRS SETTEES $195/- ea. $295/- ea. ROBINSONS (ROBINSON CO.. LTD.) RAFFLES PLACE SPORE44 words
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Article, Illustration399 1948-09-30 6 Padi growing by machines Free Press Staff Reporter THE agricultural adviser to the Conimissioner1 General, Dr. H. W. Jack, told the Free Press terday he helieved Malaya would make ''more headway" this season with mechanised rice production. When new fields are opened up for mechani-callv-producedFree Press - 399 words
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Article39 1948-09-30 6 PENAN C l of Dr. Ong but the a .s not ording to a sepolice I of 55.000 offerfor the ar- .ed thai at the tv lead detective W n Hock fter Dr Oner's39 words
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Article54 1948-09-30 6 FOR TRIAL AT ASSIZES A thir -old Ah Kee. was committed for trial at the next Assizes by the Singapore Seventh Police Court, Magistrate 'Mr. R. J. C. Wait>, yesterday on arms charges. He is alleged to have had four .45 ers, one .22 automatic pistol. 143 rounds rferent calibre54 words
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Article237 1948-09-30 6 THE Pasir Panjan* Rural District Committee has submitted a plan to the Government for a Volunteer Self-Protection Corps. The scheme is under consideration. At a tea party m honour of the Colonial Secretary Mr P. A. B. McKerron, the committees chairman,' Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha said237 words
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Article69 1948-09-30 6 THE award of the B Empire Medal, civil divtn. to Chiu Kwai Sang. 4 villager m new territories. Hons Kom In extreme bandits has been announced The citation sa; vhile house m which hiding, Kv. (i rifle. The bandits fired and killed ble but theReuter - 69 words
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Article, Illustration28 1948-09-30 6 Inchc Mariam Wok, a member of the Pasir Panjang District Committee. With Miss Zaharah (see col. I), she is one of the committee's women members.— Free Press picture.28 words
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Article354 1948-09-30 6 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. TUX new account m the London Stock Exchange opened with quiet firmness m most sections, but trading remained small, says Reuters financial correspondent. Rubbers were unchanged to lower while Tins advanced. British Government stocks B widely I 'Bth higher the day,354 words
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Article114 1948-09-30 6 Provost Captain jailed for fraud CAPT Andrew Rex C the Middh ment, a Pro-. D without hard labour, and tiiered from the Army by the Court Martial which tr: him at Fort Canning for fraudulently misapplying public property In his care. He was convicted on two charges, one involving the114 words
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Article136 1948-09-30 6 THE Siamese Government has agreed to make concessions to Chinese schools at the insistence of the Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Tsich Pao-Sao. They will be allowed to teach the Chinese language for ten hours a week m each of the four years of a ChineseA.P. - 136 words
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138 1948-09-30 6 Girl jailed for 'consorting with bandits' Free Press Correspondent NOEI PATANI. Wed. TOR "consorting with banr d;ts," an attrar m her te«ns. Tan C I Moy. was to-day si d to three years' simple imprison--1 ment. Police found Taxi wounded after a gun battle with a 110 armed bandits at138 words
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Article33 1948-09-30 6 rhousand rubfc left Singapore oy Qantas this reek for Apia m San rubb -"as *cd. companies are ds. The companies arcan land ay* T: seed Sr... havt .nd Afri33 words
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Article71 1948-09-30 6 IPOH. day. JAAFAR bin Zainal was sen- tcnced today to three i years' Imprisonment by Mr. j Justice Storr at the Assizes i for breaking into the house of an aped Haji and robbing i j him of 350 sovereigns, Jev. lery and Indian currency71 words
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Article56 1948-09-30 6 TO SURVEY NEW GUINEA AREA A Dutch topography surveyor, Mr. N. H Postema. arrived m Singapore yester by K. L M. C :ion irom Amsterdam way to Dutch Now Guinea. Mr. Postema ;s to survey for the Sheli Oil Company. For 18 months immed: after the re-occr. of Singapore. Mr56 words
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Article23 1948-09-30 6 More than 800 Chinese have left Hong K< :ind Nauru Islanri> to work for the Brit.sh Phosphate Comnu A. P.A.P. - 23 words
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Advertisement94 1948-09-30 6 '^^L 1' oh, yo</« Pi aching S PICTURES prttMit "THAT CB MAD Yy rVIK. JONES" OPEN YOl X DOOKS, FOI its yoi h LAUGH DOCTOR DISPENiiN- GIGGI REX To Day IN ATTENDANt i AD JERGENSAMBER A Won she ruled: FOREVER AMBER... The Motion Pi never n BESI SELLEH rooAr PI94 words
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Miscellaneous69 1948-09-30 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /GOOD HEAVEAJSf-MAMDRAOORA^ /QUICK-RUN UP ANol I AH.'- SENOK HANDRAGORA^I/noW WHAT SHALL I p MUSTN'T SEE YOU IN THIS J CHANGE-- INTO \WE CAN RESUME J/f ON Thl ST. ME f R TZ>COSTUMEHOW! Va«YTMIIIC'-|'LL KEEP) OUR CHAT AFTER Js\ WHY I'VE NEVER69 words
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786 1948-09-30 7 HOCKEY ASSN. LEAD SHOULD BE FOLLOWED Coaching needed m all games By Crusader HHE Singapore Hockey Association has taken the L first steps in a coaching scheme for schoolboys hich, if followed by other sports controlling bodies -ji Singapore, will be the best thing that has happened to sport in786 words
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Article58 1948-09-30 7 OLD age is a long time catching up with these two sportsmen. A. J. Dicks. 80-year-old, has entered for a cycling race at Herne HUI, declaring it was his swan song. Ji nmy Aldous. 67, who was on the British Olympic diving team m 1908. entered forA.P. - 58 words
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100 1948-09-30 7 Playing field to be opened tomorrow THE playing field at Bras Basah Road for the use of the pupils of St. Joseph's Inand St. Anthony's School, will be officially t 45 p.m. tomorrow General Officer Commanding, Singapore, MajorGeneral Dermott Dunlop. This will be followed by a soccer match between the100 words
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Article, Illustration424 1948-09-30 7 One-way traffic at the stadium SAVED! IT was all one-way trallic at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when the Amicable Athletic Association met the Police m a S.A.F.A. Cup competition game. The Amicables, who won five-nil, kept moving the ball towards the Police goal almost continuously and would have had a424 words
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Article36 1948-09-30 7 YESTERDAYS U.K. FootUU League results are: Inter-League match played at Ibrox Park, Glasgow) S League 5, Eire League 1 Third Division (Sou-. Bournemouth 1 Aldershot 0; Watford i M:llwall I.— Reuter.36 words
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Article62 1948-09-30 7 T^HE Australian Rugby L lour.vii beat Leigh 24-12 yesterday. Other Rugby League results were: Lancashire Cup 2nd. round: Salford 5, Wlgan 18. League match: Bramley 11, field Trinity 11. Ri.Kby Union: Bristol 9, Cliftcn rnwall 6, Police Union 3, 6. Northampton 10, Plymouth Alb. on 12Reuter - 62 words
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26 1948-09-30 7 T probable runners and JoeClub Stakes, to ay number seven X ksmead. X 0 E Bntt; Cadlr. E. C ReuterReuter - 26 words
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400 1948-09-30 7 Free Press Sports Correspondent OELANGOR is accepting the Malayan Rugby Inion decision to cancel the H.M.S. Malaya competition with good grace, but with a firm resolve to have as many inter-State games as possible. On the All Bt the to support all g for400 words
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201 1948-09-30 7 MALCOLM USHER - MALCOLM USHER By R.A.F. have made three hanget m the team for the return inter-Services soccer cup match against the Royal Navy 'at Seletar this evening. Sturgess and Bainbridge displace Goodman and Sharpe as right-half and cent re -half respectively, while Daly comos m201 words
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Article212 1948-09-30 7 HORNETS HAD NO STING THE Khalsa Assn. found no sting m the Singapore Hornets, whom they held to a one-all draw and actually should have beaten at St. George's Road yesterda Hornets, one of the sir est hockey teams m Singap were a struggling side all the way through, and212 words
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Article128 1948-09-30 7 Martini and Briany best on track Free Press Racing Reporter FEW horses Wre out to make time on the Penang track this morning on v and sticky going. The b work-out was a thr ong spurt down the ba by Martini and Briany Martini was always going the better of128 words
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Miscellaneous29 1948-09-30 7 P. Cfosswo?d No* 500 13 I 14 I 15 "5" I l~^ 2 ITT lz I 23 2 4 18 H I I 11.,. 8 Tramp 2a f 729 words
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Article287 1948-09-30 8 Heavy rebel losses claimed RANGOON, Wednesday. BURMESE Government troops were today hitting hard at insurgent guerrilla bands from the hills of Mandalay, m Central Burma, to the swampy plains of the Irrawaddy Delta, m the south. A Government communique said heavy casualties had been inflicted287 words
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Article117 1948-09-30 8 CLEVELAND, Wednesday. IT is reported today that a I/JS. Army rocket plane has been flown by four different pilots at speeds ranging from 850 m.p.h. to "over 1,000 miles per hour.'* That such speed had been attained was first hinted at a few days agoU.P. - 117 words
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Article18 1948-09-30 8 BROMLEY -DAVENPORT on September 1948. at Randan* jital. to Elizabeth, i of A R. Bromley-Da yen: hter.18 words
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Article37 1948-09-30 8 The marriage took plac« on 25th September. 1948. between Mr Lim Chwee Utn youngest the late Mr. A Mrs Lira Chenjr Sun and Miss Wee Kirn daughter of Mr. 3eow Ch*ee and the late v Chwee37 words
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Article15 1948-09-30 8 :.LER. At Stamford. Conn 28th September, Dr. Edoua President of the ■•:p of Companlea15 words
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141 1948-09-30 8 NEW YORK, Wednesday. A LEAGUE of Small Nations," to make their voice and opinion heard throughout the world, waa advocated by Mrs. Pearl Buck, writer on Far Eastern affairs, at a meeting today celebrating the third anniversary of the Vietnam Republic. "I doA.P. - 141 words
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Article53 1948-09-30 8 BUILDING started yesterday on the first batch of 72 "middle-class" houses planned by the London County Council at Cray, Essex. The nouses have four bedrooms hot-water systems, heated towel rails and garages. They are to be let to "professional and managerial classes" for £130 to £150 a year53 words
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Article32 1948-09-30 8 The Unit«d Btates has renewed its demands that Russia return forthwith three icebreakere. 28 frigates and a number of small naval vessels, supplied to her under lend-lease.- ReuterReuter - 32 words
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204 1948-09-30 8 NANKING, Wednesday /\BSERVERS here today view ex-Premier Chang Chun's broadcast as a harbinger of a new Chinese policy of assuming the initiative m a solution of the Japanese peace problem and for establishing Far Eastern economic co-operation. Although Gen. Chang Chun now holds no officialU.P. - 204 words
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Article23 1948-09-30 8 Hold-up men with sub-machine guns and m polic uniforms mad" off yesterday with a 27.773.000--franc payroll from ft Paris office.23 words
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Article278 1948-09-30 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. ni'SSIA "will not intentionally force us to war now over Berlin but some incident could easily precipitate it at any time", said Mr. Walter Judd, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, here today. Mr. Judd continued: "IfReuter - 278 words
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Article31 1948-09-30 8 FIVE hundred Greek guerrillas, including 100 mounted men. were reported yesterday to have attacked Larlssa. main town m Thessaly province, arrested civilians, looted and blown up shops.31 words
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Article85 1948-09-30 8 k BOMBAY businessman X n C. Mahinciro. who has ■ht $8.000 000 (U worth of textile machinery a*.d accessories from New York American machines can produce substantially more than British m straight ih.e production, such sheets, shirting, and the like. But if you want to produceU.P. - 85 words
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Article117 1948-09-30 8 SFLL'IAL Market correspondent gives th« prices of robber (m cents per lb.) at 11 a.m. today as follows: Tone of market: Quiet. SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Robber Association's noon prices yesterday were, m cents per Ib. Bayers Sellers No. 1 S.S S Spot.117 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-09-30 8 Handcuffed together, Frederick Sylvester (left) of Midlothian Scotland and William Hawkins of Leicester, England, arrive at the District Court. Jerusalem, to face trial for spying against the Israeli forces. Their trial was resumed after one of the judges had died.40 words
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Article30 1948-09-30 8 J^EW YORK crude rubber futurts were quiet yesterday there being no sales. Offers were: Spot No. l ribbed smoked sheets 22 3 4 cents (US.) per lb. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article44 1948-09-30 8 QN the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, buying interest faded irr late dealings but the market held well around the day's best levels. The market closed flrm. The Dow Jones Averages were: ics 66.80; Industrials 179.04; Rails 58.55; Utilities 34.36.— Reuter A.P.Reuter; A.P. - 44 words
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Article105 1948-09-30 8 WASHINGTON, Wed. THE United States Justice Department accused the House of Representatives UnAmerican Activities Commltitee today of "political gymnastics' 'and said it would not "institute prosecutions to Justify publicity seekers". The Committee demanded m Its preliminary report on atomic espionage Investigations the Immediate prosecution of105 words
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Article69 1948-09-30 8 MR. :e Taylor, 52-year-old British businessman, was arrested by Buenos Aires political security police last night after the alles. overy of a case of arms and 1,000 rounds of ammunition In his office. Reports linked the arrest with the alleged plot to assassinate President Juan PeronReuter - 69 words
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Article68 1948-09-30 8 PARIS, Wednesday. AFTER two weeks of attempts at compromise, the special United Nations Committee on Colonies today adopted against Soviet opposition, a report cot.taining proposals which would strictly limit the United Nations' role m tne world's 70 colonial territories. Britain aid Belgium had refusedReuter - 68 words
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Article308 1948-09-30 8 CAPETOWN, Wednesday. THE South African Premier, Dr. Daniel Malan, declared today that existing legis- lation m the Union for the representation of Indians was "dangerous." It would lead, he said, to the representation of Indians by Indians m Parliament and gradually there would be complete equalityReuter - 308 words
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Article224 1948-09-30 8 PO WERS BLAMED FOR ASIA'S REDS NEW YORK, Wednesday. IT seems that the Reds m Asia are being aided by the failure of the Western Powers to support Asians who are firm believers m democracy and strong opponents of Communism, says the Herald-Tribune. This applies, the paper says m anU.P. - 224 words
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283 1948-09-30 8 'ONLY A MATTER OF DAYS' Palestine war fears revived PARIS, Wednesday. DESPITE the urgency of the Palestine issue, the United Nations Political Committee, after a two-and-a-half-hour debate today, decided to place third on its agenda the Bernadotte plan for a final settlement of the Holy Land problem. This means thatReuter - 283 words
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Article42 1948-09-30 8 There will be a threecornered fight m the Stirling and Falkirk by-election nominations which were announced yesterday as follows: Malcolm MacPhefson, (Lab), William Dudley Henry Forbes (Con.), and Robert Curran (Scottish Nationalist i Polling day is Oct. 7. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article50 1948-09-30 8 SPEED-UP IN U.S. ARMs PRODUCTION WASHlMjjfi- y, d T»HE U.S.sls,tH million a f n 1 for 1949 is be* inning I^J of new funs, tanks. anS a from factories m the I'nlted *< Stepped-up productior M-l semi-automatic rifh v for 213 new bombers and flj of a new 70-ton superU.P. - 50 words
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Article32 1948-09-30 8 Yugoslavia has told the Albanii*r Micisier In Bei^rsde that because of Albania's anv.-Yug >.sla the Yugoslav Oovcrnmenr longer represent Albania In those which do not hare d relation* w:th A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article46 1948-09-30 8 IV zeny (ter kidnapping m 1 ment camp j«**»terday after t I 4 is believed Radel ha<s gone t« Skor 7tn\ ono I urope," c awaiting trial. Ear fd > a flyine instr' I Brazilian police said I. (iPrman report that he was ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Miscellaneous7 1948-09-30 8 HIGH Tin T«4ay: IJIMN t.Mp.m. Friday: U.Mmi;7 words
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