The Singapore Free Press, 4 January 1949
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Title Section19 1949-01-04 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 17.362. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article, Illustration393 1949-01-04 1 U.K. WAR WARNING TO ISRAEL Anxiety over Middle East LONDON, Tuesday. DRITAIN has given warning that she may be- come actively involved m the Palestine war if Israel aggression continues, authoritative sources told United Press. The United States has also warned Israel that if aggression does not stop U.S. diplomaticReuter - 393 words
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Article254 1949-01-04 1 'Peace faction blames Chiang NANKING. Tuesday. I>i:.\t£ talk sweeping all China like wildfire, was focussed last nifht on a speech by a former AmD.iN>ador to Moscow. Mr. Shao Li-tze, who criticised President t hiangs New Year message as "more a call for Communis surrender than for peace." A consistent advocateReuter; A.P.; UP - 254 words
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Article87 1949-01-04 1 ASHINGTON, Tuesday. THF authorisation of Marshall aid funds for China yesterday included 513.140,--000 for rice and rice flour polishlngs and meal to be procured m Siam and Burma. E.C A. said the Chinese Government had ask*d the U S Department of Agriculture to act asReuter - 87 words
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Article54 1949-01-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Qantas Constellation, which had the cowling of its No. 4 engine damaged by a bird flying into it over India, arrived m Singapore this morning and took off again for Sydney with 36 passengers. The Qantas authorities m Singapore reported no54 words
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Article25 1949-01-04 1 The new Central Bank of the Philippines was formally Inaugurated yesterday at its temporary offices ln the Philippine VaHnnal Hank building.- ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article129 1949-01-04 1 U.S. damage claims in Malaya WASHINGTON, Mon. THE State Department announced today that it has been informed that claims for war damage to American property m Singapore and the Federation of Malaya were being accepted for registration by the Malayan War Damage Claims Commlsion. It points out that it nasU.P. - 129 words
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Article72 1949-01-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 'PHE Dutch Ambassador io Great Britain, Jonkheer Michels van Verduynen. arrived m Singapore this morning en route to Batavia to study all aspects of the Indonesian question. The Ambassador travelled by BOAC- Qantas Constellation from London owing to the ban by India,72 words
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Article48 1949-01-04 1 THE King, who is suffering from an arterial condition affecting circulation m his legs and feet, has made ■'uninterrupted progress,'* a Buckingham Palace bulletin announced last night. It added that blood circulation was improving slowly, and that the King's health m general was "entirely satisfactory." ReuterReuter - 48 words
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99 1949-01-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AN emergency operation was performed at the General Hospital last night ln a bid to save the life of Panapan. an Indian cook of the R.A.F. Seletar. who was allegedly hit on the head with a changkol by99 words
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Article161 1949-01-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter 111 IH the exception of 1,000 cases, no more Ame- rican cigarettes will be allowed into Malaya* an Import and Export Department official told the Free Press this morning. The 1.000 cases are a portion of a lot that was161 words
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Article94 1949-01-04 1 LONDON, Tuesday. II ILLIAM HEDDLE, mßi- shop" since 1901 of a religious sect known as "Peculiar People," who died at home m Southend lasl July at the age of 101, left £300,000 m his will, published yesterday. Married twice, Heddle had 13 children. Son of crofters living94 words
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Article176 1949-01-04 1 PARIS. Monday. I*HE French National Assembly approved the controversial 1949 budget today though, officially, the date was still Dec. 31. 1948. The Assembly's protracted sittings came to an end this morning with the adoption of the budget bill's schedules, with minor p.mendments imposed by th.-Reuter - 176 words
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Article, Illustration61 1949-01-04 1 picture. Ine en Mary, which is expected to leave Southampton for New York todiy on completion of repo- s t damage sustained :t>h-i she grounded off Cherbourg on Saturday is here seen m foreground on her last visit m New York on Dec. 22.A.P. - 61 words
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Article199 1949-01-04 1 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. A LTHOUGH Dutch sources have expressed doubts that the Asian Conference on Indonesia called by the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, would be successful there are already indications that it has received the general approval of Asian nations. China, Turkey. Syria andReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 199 words
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Article63 1949-01-04 1 A BRIDEGROOM, his bride and eleven guests going to the wedding feast were killed when their bus fell through a wooden bridge near Shanghai yesterday. When they reached the old bridge the driver suggested the part* get out while he made tne crossing alone. TheyA.P. - 63 words
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Article50 1949-01-04 1 Mr. Ivor Thomas, at present Independent M.P. for Kelghley (Yorks), who left the Labour Party because he disagreed with the nationalisa.tlon of steel, has joined the Conservative Party. He has become a member of the South Kensington Conservative. Association. He was formerly Under-Secret*"' <+ State for the ColoniesReuter - 50 words
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Article33 1949-01-04 1 Singapore police yesterday arrested three Chinese under the Emergency Regulationa. One ig alleged to be a member of the Malayan ComiM P"»rty. another a .v member, And the tii.rd a gangster.33 words
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Article287 1949-01-04 1 600 DUTCH KILLED, SAY GUERILLAS BATAVIA, Tuesday. INDONESIAN guerillas m Java are increasing their attacks on Dutch-held towns and estates, and Mi Dutch convoys, according to the "underground" Republican radio which is heard m Batavia. The radio claimed that more than 600 Dutch soldiers had already been killed. The DutchA.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 287 words
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Article106 1949-01-04 1 s:E.\ATOR Margaret Chase Smith (Maine Republican) yesterday called upon Queen Juliana of Holland to comply with the United Nations cease-fire order m the Dutch-Indonesian conflict, adding that if Holland failed to comply the U.S. should cut off Marshall aid to the Netherlands. "In my first statementA.P. - 106 words
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Article40 1949-01-04 1 The U.S. Coast Guard reported on Sunday night that the steamship Adellen. 9.800--ton British tanker was m distress 60 miles north of Cartagena i Colombia l and that the U.S. steamship Mornaorov w? s standing by. U.P.U.P. - 40 words
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Advertisement18 1949-01-04 1 r^ 'iiafcmfl? BHH§-HB-BP-B-a OPEN AN ACCOUNT TO-DAY and get FOOD SERVICE from FITZPATRICKS FOOD SUPPLIES 60-66. ORCHARD ROAD18 words
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Advertisement6 1949-01-04 1 The Que°n Mary Repaired— Page 8.6 words
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Advertisement95 1949-01-04 1 SEASONS. BEST BARGAINS m JEWELLERY. SILVERWARE R.P. 600DS. LANKA JEWELLERS.. tl Battery Slßcaport Lflri class who will demand and get the best. nHt\ llmw/i n F- n gland, r Stance, De Luxe Virginia )rN§^ cigarettes have been enjoyed for over fifty years -sMr by jusi_such people Dukes and Duchesses, I'll.95 words
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Article, Illustration771 1949-01-04 2 YOU will find them > just like any ordinary little girls/ but Miss Violet-Synge, m her own words, did not believe it. But now, eleven years later. Miss Synge not only is convinced. She has written a book to prove that Princess Elizabeth and Princess MargaretA.P. - 771 words
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Article, Illustration19 1949-01-04 2 1 KNOW HE'S NOT MY IPEAL, BUT I NEVER COUIP STANP MY MAIPEN NAME 1 1.1* 119 words
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Article, Illustration227 1949-01-04 2 rTHE Marriage Guid- ance Councils of Britain, which for years have been scraping I along on half-guinea j subscriptions and gifts from benefactors, have j been told that a Home Office committee has I recommended they be granted £8,000, and the i cost of training "marri- j227 words
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Article, Illustration455 1949-01-04 2 By Our Woman Fashion Expert GWEN STEEMAN, this week's most interesting woman, is here and gone. I met her for a few hours when she stepped off a Constellation aircraft m which she is making a world tour. Gwen is combining two jobs: that of free-lance455 words
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Advertisement61 1949-01-04 2 BLOTCHY^! Ea*-Sv SKINI T\v^ marred by spots. m^ m mm*m—f ugly rjshes and 1 W pimples I* tiuickly ►::1 cleared hv Cuiicura Oint-[-'■l ment It cleanses pores ol |fh__ all imparities and assures lfft-1 skin health Always keep R|J~a a tin of Cuiicura Ointment E__"j*__ n h«<use Co«>d tor prfrrffa61 words
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Advertisement163 1949-01-04 2 The Singapore Society Photographer— Peter Robinson— at Lloyd Studios 255, Orchard Road Telephone 4424 for appointment New Year Resolution Come to NORTH BRIDGE RD. Which is more economical. SHOP AT:J.T. CHANRAI 60/62 North Bridge Rd Singapore It is Here You Save More Money! GET the latest selection m the widest163 words
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Miscellaneous281 1949-01-04 2 BFGHFGH SINGAPORE 485 metres; 41 metres (12 p m 2); 61 metres (6 p.m. to 7.45 and 930 p m to 11). TUESDAY Engii^h Programme: 1 Lunchtlme music by the Radio Orchestra; 1.30 News: 1.45 Light Instrumental Prcgramme: 6 Programme Summary; 6.02 L veners' Post; 7 News Shares; 7.10 In:erlude;281 words
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Miscellaneous460 1949-01-04 2 N«wa Sc Piot amiiu 1 15 Eng(l.sh: New>; Cumnut:taiy: A talk; English Lesson (BBC: 7.45 I Siamese: Programme News; 8.15 Siamese (BBC-; 8.30 (English) Nevs (BBC); 8 45 Dutch BBO; 9 Kuoyu (BBC); 9.30 Burmese <BBC>; 9.45 English: ftmwn Rubber Prices; 10 Wo- men's Magaz ne < BBC 10.30 Radio460 words
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Miscellaneous458 1949-01-04 2 Orchestra; 9 15 Australian S; .ng Diary repeaed), 9.30 Music for Millions: 9.45 Background to Australia; 10.00 Australian News; 10.10 Brass Bands; 10.15 Sporting Diary; 10.25 Light Ens.-mb'.e: 10.30 Master Pian.st; 10.45 Dano Bands; 11.00 News; 11.15 Background to Australia RADIO CEYLON (S.E.A.C.) 19 84 metres. TUESDAY 4.55 Station Opening458 words
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Miscellaneous323 1949-01-04 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have tremendous talent and can reach eat heights of accomplishment, provided you make good use of all your gifts. There is a great deal of difference m the degree of success which can be yours, depending on the amount of real effort you put323 words
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Miscellaneous240 1949-01-04 2 F.F. Crossword No. 578 r~i iri nn pn iri i 6 i ZIZIZIZIZIZI 7 8 ~T 9 10 M 12 _iiizi~i" _M^Ut 2 1_ Z _-i_l__lZlE ?4 25 26 27 I§ZB 29 P WjjCj. 30M 3! S5 33 CLUES ACROSS .1, Understood (12). 7, Take up (5). 9. Complain 6>.240 words
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Article, Illustration71 1949-01-04 3 The I.S. Je-lKfeiJ /or War. Mr. Kenneth Royall yright\ is here seen on a surprise the Greek fighting area. He 13 talking to a captured wounded Greek rebel. Iff Royall were the 'J.s Deputy Chief of Staff. General J. Lawton Collins, and the Chief of the71 words
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Article, Illustration333 1949-01-04 3 'West is too mechanised,' say Tibetans •IIUCH too mechanised" was the verdict on the west of Mr. Shakabpa. Tibetan Finance Secretary, who is leading the first-ever Tibetan trade mission to Britain. During their stay Mr. Shakabpa and his countrymen visited British institutions, theatres, farms, churches, factories and shops. These representativesReuter - 333 words
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Article85 1949-01-04 3 A TRANSPORT plane, loadd with Yale University on Sunday and exploded on the l<-e-cov->red Boeing Field, killll least 14 of the 30 peraboard. Fift-^en survived ra_h ar.d person was unaccounted for. Twenty-seven Yale students had chartered the DC-3 back to school a::-r their Christmas holidaysA.P. - 85 words
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Article66 1949-01-04 3 p CESS Elizabeth's "own r .p". the 34.000-ton Cun- ar liner Caronla. .Hampton yesterday r maiden voyage to New -.t to be built r Brrair. he war was tamed and launched by the .i. August. 1947." She theatre for 300. lounges Idng rooms panelled tingsReuter - 66 words
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Article84 1949-01-04 3 ANOTHER sep towards making Africa the world's bikes' larder ls marked by publication of a Colonial Office report on East Africa's water resources. The water report co\ers Bechuanaland, Northern Rhodesia. Nyasaland. Tanganyka. Kenya and Uganda. Ir la the resuil of a 10-month survey by Professor FrankReuter - 84 words
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Article84 1949-01-04 3 FIVE hundred convicts remain on Devil's Island, the penal settlement 27 miles from Cayenne, which Is being closed. A transport has landed 147 of the convicts from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia at Algiers. Another 353 are being taken to France. Devil's Island was one of severalReuter - 84 words
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Article, Illustration68 1949-01-04 3 British screen star, Jean Simmons, is invested with the Ins 'jnia of 'Commander of the Texa s Air Force" at the U.S. Air Force base at Warrington. Lancashire. Jean, who was making a tour of the Superfort base, is the fourth iromin to be invested ivith the unofficial order and68 words
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Article31 1949-01-04 3 Officials m Jacksonville Florida I took another look yesterday to make sure their 1948 records were correct. The figures were the same: marri- ages 1,343; divorces 1.345.— U.P.U.P. - 31 words
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Article186 1949-01-04 3 PHILIPPINE immigration official*, have a "black of persons suspected of b-.ng Chinese Communists, umch contains 150 names Under PI Immigration a communist may be reported. But he has to be toyed a communist, which most cases ls difficult. The 'black listers" are andc-r constant watch. PhilippineU.P. - 186 words
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Article232 1949-01-04 3 BRITAIN'S 'TIGHT-ROPE' DIPLOMACY Loyalties may Clash m 1949 BRITAIN walked a diplomatic tight rope m 1948 and looks like doing so m 1949. Conflicting loyalties continue to pull her three ways—she has obligations to the Commonwealth, to Western Europe and to the United States which may conflict m "the comingA.P. - 232 words
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Article84 1949-01-04 3 I'HE London area had its first snow storm of the winter on Sunday night after a week-end of severe weather. The Lake District, m the north-west, had its heaviest _now yesterday with a fall of six Inches m some places. Winter sports were In fullReuter - 84 words
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Article82 1949-01-04 3 A VARIETY of white rice that is being served m the ration m the Katugampola district of Ceylon ls to be withdrawn from distribution by the Ministry of Food m view of the numerous complaints made against it. Many who consumed it, it appears, suffered from ail-U.P. - 82 words
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Article258 1949-01-04 3 THE marriage market is falling sharply m Berlin, A but even so the city's bachelors are becoming a vanishing race. And when all the single men finally succumb to the lure of rare lodgings and furniture, it will still leave a host of female BerlinersU.P. - 258 words
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263 1949-01-04 3 I^HE chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Rubber Company, Mr. E. B. Skinner, told shareholders at the 42nd annual meeting m London that a programme was m hand for the replanting of areas of rubber felled during the Japanese occupation, with the exception of areas underA.P. - 263 words
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Article26 1949-01-04 3 C ARLOADINGS DROP The Association of American Railroads reports that carloadings for 1948 totalled *****.902, a drop of more than 3 per cent over 1947.— A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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368 1949-01-04 3 CEYLON TO BE 'PLA Y GROUND OF S.E. ASIA' fEYLON is out to sell itself as "the playground of South East Asia/ The idea is to boost annual tourist revenues m three years from the present six million rupees to 60 million rupees (nearly $19 million). The programme calls forA.P. - 368 words
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Article193 1949-01-04 3 EXTRAORDINARY precautions have been taken to make Blair House a safe temporary home for President Truman while the White House is being repaired. The White House is a Hod. m itself surrounded by acres of rolling lawn and a high iron fence But th<- "temporary WhiteU.P. - 193 words
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Advertisement212 1949-01-04 3 f r^^S^j 1 I—^mmW*l^mmm^at*1 —^mmW*l^mmm^at* J**ili__Jiffl i^^ V HIW "CONST ILLATION SCHVICI TO SHANGHAI (VIA BANGKOK) DtP SINGAPORE THURSDAYS 10.45 A.M ARR SHANGHAI FRIDAYS 181 PM DEP. SHANGHAI SUNDAYS KM A.M ARR SINGAPORE MONDAYS II 10 IM PASSAGE FARES: SINGLE $6-15.00; RETURN $1,089.50 AIR CARGO $420 PER KG. EVERY THURSDAY212 words
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593 1949-01-04 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Jan. 4 1948. The City's Search For Revenue 'I'HE problems of finance, which now confront thej Municipal Commission are of some urgency and the Commissioners have rightly decided that the revenue aspects demand fresh examination by a special committee as soon as possible. This committee,593 words
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Article, Illustration785 1949-01-04 4 Hall Romney - Singapore Takes The Lead Hall Romney LONDON LETTER By SINGAPORE, always to the fore among colonial territories before the war m Its support for worthy causes, can m this more straitened post-war period congratulate itself on taking the leading position m the colonial effort on behaif of the United Nations'785 words
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Article462 1949-01-04 4 THE British Horological Institute, one of the oldest societies of its kind m the world, recently celebrated its 90th birthday oy holding an exhibition of clocks and watches m London. Though clockmaking is jne of the oldest of engineering industries, and m Brita.n there462 words
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Article, Illustration36 1949-01-04 4 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thins, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Eccelesiastes, 12, 14. Rulings are drilled on torpedo tubes at Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria,36 words
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Article452 1949-01-04 4 THOMAS R. HENRY - A New Artery For The Heart THOMAS R. HENRY By i SURGICAL oper- ation has been devised which provides the human heart with an extra artery. Dr. CLAUDE S. BECK of Western Reserve University, has developed the so-called "revascularization" procedure to the point that it can be applied with some452 words
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Article638 1949-01-04 4 Australia 's New Navy BY JOHN LOUGH-LIN LX)REMOST m Austra- lia's current defence programme is a nveyear naval expansion plan to provide a strong compact striking force of 26 ships with a reserve of 80 vessels. The new Royal Australian Navy is designed to operate independently as a carrier task638 words
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Article331 1949-01-04 4 By RENME TAYI r. H OPLIT-second I 0 pictures of a c taken Dy an Ar^radiologist, may medical science i thod of preventing of mankinds mos 1 blesome lung disea* The pictures ana -neory behina them for the first time the bable cause of or r. asis,AP - 331 words
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Advertisement22 1949-01-04 4 ETERNITY RINGS WEDDING RINGS ENGAGEMENT RINGS God I CIGARETTE CASES Silver FLAPJACKS, Etc. U.S.DE SILVA Manufacturing Jeweller 106 ORCHARD ROAD Tel. 246622 words
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Advertisement9 1949-01-04 4 FIRST POST -WAR SHIPMENT OF SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE mW~\m\m\\+*A-\mk*m\tm^\immTmmma\9 words
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Article169 1949-01-04 5 Singapore gift to Commons Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE, m com--3 mon with other British Colonies. wiU make a gift to the new building being elected for the House of C-mimons m London, .he form this sift should has been under con..n by members of the .ye Council. Two est169 words
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Article25 1949-01-04 5 Hrn Singapore Branch of the Royal Engineers Old Com- -aries* Association will hold a i carnival ball at the Victor. n Jan 1525 words
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Article202 1949-01-04 5 FINED $15 0 FOR 'NEGLIGENT SHOT' AB:- Idler, Private S the First District Judge Mr E. P v to the charge Kalep enlisted c *.th a revolver on N'ov 10 1943. ar he R-AJS.C R.A.S.C M court purely NAVAL AWARDS rd Ctolon. Officer Ma A rded a C B the202 words
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Article414 1949-01-04 5 33 donors m one day Free Press Staff Reporter THE Blood Transfusion Service— with its blood bank nearly exhausted by the heavy demands of the week-end— had a record day yesterday. Yesterday morning, 15 people, including the Director of Medical Services, offered their blood and414 words
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Article, Illustration91 1949-01-04 5 THE Ij. iiiution of No. 95 Squadron of he R.A.F. I Regiment I Malaya* has now been ant-roved and recruiting teams will shortly be visiting a number of towns and villages throughout he Federation and Singapore. Posters are being displayed at. local Polic, Headquarters giving details as91 words
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Article37 1949-01-04 5 A fine of $300 was imposed on Choo Choon Hong by the Singapore Fourth Police Court I Magistrate (Mr. F. B. Oehlers) for storing carbide m a dangerous manner at 206 1 Beach Road.37 words
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196 1949-01-04 5 Civil court matter: two acquitted ROBERT Lee. managing proprietor of Pacific Traders, and another Chinese. Loh Kirn Poh. who were charged m the Second Police Court on two counts of cheating, were acquitted yesterday without their defence being called. They were alleged to nave dishonestly induced two North Bridge Road196 words
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Article68 1949-01-04 5 4 ;ii-YEAR-OLD employee a\ of Singapore Traction Co. H. R. Maxwell was fined $40 yesterday by the Fourth Police Court Magistrate (Mr. M. H. MacDougal) for attempted criminal trespass into a house m East Coast Road on Dec. 26. The house was occupied by Mr Mar68 words
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Article232 1949-01-04 5 AN appeal to Free Pre,s readers for helD is made by Mr. Hugh Cameron of Bungalow 310 Western Deoot. Nival Base. Seletar. Singapore. Mr. Cameron "alter t ars of extensive and iiiutless inquiries." is asking for information about his cousin. Mi.ss Jessie Cameron. Mr. Cameron writes:232 words
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Article, Illustration128 1949-01-04 5 Seven of the 10 Special Constables, who volunteered to donate to the Singapore Blood Bank yesterday, are photographed while they were watching a Blood Transfusion Service worker taking a specimen of Mr. A. Evans' blood for testing and grouping. Mr. Evans has already made three donations toFree Press - 128 words
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Article672 1949-01-04 5 A SIGGESTION that out of the Department of Chinese studies m the future University of Malaya, there should evolve a Chinese art gallery, is made by Mr. Lee Siow Mong, Chinese scholar and Singapore's Registrar of Business Names, m the latest issue of the Co-operator,672 words
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366 1949-01-04 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JtfORE than 50 per cent, of the voters who registered for the Singapore Municipal election did so on forms given to them by two of Singapore's political parties, according to the claims of the Progressive Party and the Singapore Regional j366 words
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Article112 1949-01-04 5 1 8,000 get Service ribbons ABOUT 90 per cent of Singapore s 1.500 volunteers and 98 per cent of its 17,000 Passive Defence workers making a total of 18,000 people have claimed their war ribbons, according to a spokesman of the SVC headquarters. They number among them Europeans. Chin* ft112 words
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Article32 1949-01-04 5 TWO CHARGED WITH MURDEER A Sikh. Mulkeet Singh, and a Bengal Hindu. Bansr Chowdrl. appeared before the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate on a charge of having murdered a I Darbara Singh.32 words
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Advertisement141 1949-01-04 5 ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD NOTICE TO PASSENGERS THEIR FRIENDS WnilM RUYS" wl<h to bring to the I all p. as well as Mend, of passenger-, the w regulations issued by H.M. Customs. In conr.ec- .of liquor, cigarettes, etc on board i e<- els \KRI\ \L Ol F ■*>. All E ro141 words
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Advertisement35 1949-01-04 5 Coopers Y-FRONT JOCKEY UNDERWEAR SHORTS Sizes 30 44 Waist PRICE $3.00 EACH VESTS Sizes Small Medium, Large and X Large PRICE $3.00 EACH mmk mw \^Vh__^t I H m\\ _^_?_a ■.-\__l^H _^-^_t i xj^___ Ww35 words
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Article775 1949-01-04 6 Ignored 'Halt, Chinese ran and were shot THE Malay word for Halt' was ignored by the escaping Chinese, and soldiers gave chase i continuing to call on them to halt and, as they j failed to do so, the troops opened fire, according to to a775 words
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Article55 1949-01-04 6 AMBUL ANCE DRILLS BEGIN JAN 10 Drill for all women members of die Nuisiiu Di\Lv.on_ of the St i John Ambulance BrifMle and those wishing to Join, will start on Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. at the RafTl^a Girls* School Queen Street. Sl.i_.ipore. B is hoped that as many as55 words
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Article, Illustration138 1949-01-04 6 A military observer reports that one of the neatest and most attractively laid-out tented camps m S ngapore Is Calcutta camp occupied by No. 1 Company Ceylon Corps of Military Police m Ayer Raja Road. The Company, commanded by Lt.-Col. R.S.L.ti Pobson, is engaged m police and guardP.R. - 138 words
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Article296 1949-01-04 6 SO drop in Colony crime A FIFTY per cent drop m crime m the Colony m 1948 is reported by the Police. The Singapore C.I.D. Chief, Mr. E. V. Fowler, yesterday attributed this halving of crime to four chief reasons the emergency regulations, the use of deportation powers, the war296 words
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Article129 1949-01-04 6 MR. Douglas Nlcol Livingstone of the Federation Police Force has been awarded the King's Police Medal for distinguished service. This addition to the New Year's Honours was announced m Singapore last night. Mr. Livingstone has been responsible for the collection and collation of intelligence m the129 words
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Article23 1949-01-04 6 The Singapore Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. jp. R. Livett, has been appointed to be a J. P. lor the Colony.23 words
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165 1949-01-04 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THREE European assist ants of Ladang Geddes Estate m Bahau In Negri Sembilan yesterday fought three armed C! ese bandits, killed and wounded anoi I who escaped with third. The dead man had v carbine, three magazi:, and 60 rounds of165 words
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Advertisement113 1949-01-04 6 LAST SHOWINGS TO-DAY 1.43 p.m. 4 6.30 913 p.m. CAPITOL TOMORROW The l ACADEMY AWARD for BEST PICTURE _^&0f THE YEAR' /s__2!^l^_M_i_H_r >4Sr oaaammk GREGORY PECK DOROTHY McGUIRE JOHN GARFIELD Alha'MbrA MOW SHOWING lAS: 4 13: Ml and 939 YOU'LL HOWL HAPPILY AT ITS f ERFECT FOOUSHNESS OPENING SOON! Tim113 words
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Advertisement678 1949-01-04 6 ML_^o r* r*T *w^ i MARTS EASIER IN IDLENESS LONDON, Tu^dav THE London stock markets showed few pric" 1 changes yesterday although the tendency general ly was slightly easier m idleness, says Reuter's financial correspondent. The present account wi!l end today and. until the new period ai trading begins tomorrow,678 words
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Miscellaneous234 1949-01-04 6 Mdntlrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Eree Press m Malaya ft?\\! "1 V^ATwlsHN£m\ ,1 I HELLO.KING LOTHAR. 1 1 HELLO.] I MELLO.I \riiLLOf Hmm- I BU H ULr-4W HOME-j J HELLO. ky L —^p KING H HOME NOT SO BAD, POOR LOTHAR". LJ THIS HOMECOMING h-^rW""" KING^ L V lO^_ V234 words
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Article16 1949-01-04 7 1 the Br M litary at Geylmi-g lay. Soorei a .tnd M.ih<nd Banks 3.M.H.16 words
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Article740 1949-01-04 7 Assurance by SA.F.A. chief l"CHAMATEURISM" m local soccer, one of the major issues raised by Mr. P. F. de Souza k at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association held recently, is receiving tfie urgent attention of this organisa- WL tion. i^^k Mr W.740 words
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Article, Illustration55 1949-01-04 7 picture. Mr. D. Sturrock, Malayan Deputy Agent m London, ana Noel Radford, the English m ternationai badminton player, were among those who m et the Malayan Thomas Cup team on their arrival at St. Pancras Station, London, on Dec. 27. From left to right: Wong Peng Soon, Teoh Seng Khoon,A.P. - 55 words
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Article, Illustration210 1949-01-04 7 unprecedei nd long It ttandrurm I md Gal- <i.cad the the Fa v. as the sparkling form of Aikman. the Falkirk centreforwurd. who claimed six of his side's seven goals. Dunne, the Clyde defender. carried off on a stretcher when injured against Hibernian al Shawfield ParkFree Press - 210 words
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Article225 1949-01-04 7 THE sec. Ist XV against tne Royal Artillery, Malaya, at rugger tomorrow a: 5.15 p.m. on the SC.C. Padang w,ll be: G. MacKlntosh. F. T. Homer. c. c. Baunden;, a. b. w. Petri, i;. I. A. Roper, W. A. Rodick; U. S. Taylor; R. J. ftfcxcy225 words
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Article66 1949-01-04 7 THE Hospital Youngsters' firs, and second football teams met the Changi Indians at Changi over the week-end. The first team drew one-all. G. Nadarajah scored for the Youngsters and Vivian Roberts for the Indians. The Youngsters won their second team fixture oy two goals to one. Thambi scored66 words
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296 1949-01-04 7 [\KOPPED when 86, Kverton Weekes, 24-year-old West Indies all-ruunder, went on to establish a new world record yesterday by scoring his fifth consecutive Test century. He achieved this feat on the fourth day of the third Test against India at Calcutta, beating the previousReuter - 296 words
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Article34 1949-01-04 7 HOCKEY: S.C.C. v. C.SfS.C.C.; S.CR.C v. Naval Base Police S.CR.C; Victoria School v. Kha Isa School ground; S'goon Asm. v B.O.D.C.A.— St. George's Rd. SOCCER: Spi fires v. Sim. Darby Geylarg Stadium34 words
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Article205 1949-01-04 7 A DISPUTE developed on Sunday concerning the legality of a second period touchdown scored by full-back Art Murakowski of the Northwestern who gained a 20-14 Rose Bowl victory o'.er California on Saturday. Citing photogfraphs published on Sunday. California players and fans claimed that Murakowski had fumbled the ballU.P. - 205 words
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524 1949-01-04 7 1948 SPORT REVIEWED By THE SPORTS EDITOR PROFESSIONAL boxing m Singapore took a severe beating m 1948. For various reasons it failed to regain the flourishing state it enjoyed shortly after the liberation and before the Pacific War. Shortage of first-class talent was the main524 words
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Article36 1949-01-04 7 Australian Test batsman Sid Barnes has announced recently that he w.U not be available lor the Australian XI that is to visit South Africa m the 1949-50 season. Reuter A. A .P.Reuter; A.A.P. - 36 words
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415 1949-01-04 7 SOITH Africa had scored 223 for two wickets m reply to England's first innings total of 308 when play ended on the second day of the third Test match m Capetown yesterday. After disposing of England"s last wicket yesterday morning for 14 runs, South Africa,415 words
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207 1949-01-04 7 From LEE SIEW YEE, Free Press Special Correspondent LONDON, Monday. A LTHOUGH short of practice, Won* Pen* Soon, No. 1 star of the Malayan Thomas Cup team, outplayed Noel Radford m a Wimbledon Badminton Club practice tonight. Peng Soon won 15 4, 15 6,207 words
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Article174 1949-01-04 7 Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG, Monday. NINE cups have been promised to the Penang Amateur Athletic Association by local firms and publicspirited persons to replace -he previous cups lost during the war. This is stated m the Association's report for 1948. The P.A.A.A. has been174 words
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Article56 1949-01-04 7 PENANG. Tuesday. A S permission has not been J\ granted by the S.R.A.. the Penang Turf Club has abandoned the proposed Skye meeting for Jan 15. Sales of the unlimited sweep will continue and the sweep will be drawn on the first race of the Selangor56 words
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Article117 1949-01-04 7 CANDY M LAGAN 30-yeai-old Soott,--h bank clerk, yesterday mmtmrn the holder o the Blue R<band of British pro:esslonal running when he won the 130 yards hand. cap final off 94 yards at Powderhall. Edinburgh. He won £150 and a gold medal plus his meagre winningsReuter - 117 words
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Advertisement247 1949-01-04 7 Scoreboard wr-^T INDIES— Iu inns: _o_ INDIA— In inns.: 272 WEST INDIES— .nd Inns A. Rae run out 34 C. Caurew b Banerjee 9 W. Ferguson Ibw b Mankad 6 E. Weekes c A b Ghulam Ahmad 191 J. Goddard c Banrrjee b Amarnath 9 C. Walcott c .Amarnath b247 words
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Advertisement118 1949-01-04 7 HAS BATTLE SCENES YOU'LL NEVER FORGET! /C>%k >». _^W-BEB|^-"* kmmW^ >^mmm^^ m^m\ mm mT m mmm^'^ m "^V V > "^./--V^^^m-p \V Urmmmm^T \VVSp A yj^ I %m^~ it is a fact that the average huiopean male grows approximately 25,000 hairs on his face. To obtain a satisfactory shave, each118 words
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404 1949-01-04 8 TRUMAN'S FIRST WIN IN NEW DEAL FIGHT Democrat rebels join opposition WASHINGTON. Tuesday. tyiTHIN a few hours of America's new Democratic fT Congress opening its first session yesterday. President Truman's supporters had cleared one obstacle which threatened to block his Liberal "new deal legislation. Defeating a Republican-Southern Democrat coalition, theReuter; U.P. - 404 words
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Article, Illustration45 1949-01-04 8 photo S.ynor Luigi Einaudi, first regularly elected President of the Italian Republic, 1$ here seen be\ng received by Pope Pius XII m the throne room of the Apostolic Palace m the Vatican City. The President had just presented the Pope with a framed cruoifix. A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article261 1949-01-04 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. I|P to midnight on Dec. 31, the bandits m the 1 Federation had lost 409 men killed, and 268 captured, of whom 62 were wounded a total of 677. Police, military and civilian casualties were 482 killed and 404261 words
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Article393 1949-01-04 8 LONDON, Tuesday. WORLD WAR II was fought again m the book columns of Britain's press yesterday with the publication m Britain of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's war memoirs. The official reception of the supreme Allied commander's "Crusade m Europe" was warm and friendly. Even the DailyU.P. - 393 words
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Article20 1949-01-04 8 A light earthquake was registered at Medan m East Sumatra early on Sunday morning. No damage ha* he#»n reported.- U.P.U.P. - 20 words
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147 1949-01-04 8 Life sentences for Kempeitai commanders TOKYO. Tuesday. J^HREE former generals, In- eluding the head of Japan's wartime Kempeitai. were among five Japanese sentenced to life imprisonment here yesterday for their part ln the killing of 50 capJ tured American fliers. Ten other Japanese. Including two generaLs. were given prison termsReuter - 147 words
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Article28 1949-01-04 8 ilium i_> .flung uy au rviumlc Energy Commission under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, it was announced m Allahabad yesterday. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article78 1949-01-04 8 TOKYO, Tuesday. /'EN. Douglas Mac Arthur J worked at his office only 364 days during 1941, but he started off the new year with indications that he ivill do better m 1949. Headquarters officials admitted that their boss skipped one day behind his deskU.P. - 78 words
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Article184 1949-01-04 8 RANGOON, Tuesday. THE Prime Minister of Burma, Thakin Nu, told the nation on Burma's first independence anniversary yesterday that the past year had been "marred b> senseless insurrection that seared Burma's soul." He urged tho Burmese to trj "to preserve and strengther our national unity" andReuter - 184 words
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Article27 1949-01-04 8 Bargain hunters at New Year sales yesterday besieged London shops. Dresses were offered for as low as 5- and hats at 2 Reui r.27 words
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Article172 1949-01-04 8 SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday. RELAY gangs of sweating workmen worked feverishly throughout last night m the damaged Queen Mary to repair the sprung rivets around which water was entering, while divers m icy water rushed to completion repairs on buckled plates on the starboard stern of the172 words
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Article96 1949-01-04 8 ROCHESTER, Tuesday. fHIEF snemies of religious freedom yesterday were assessed as Communism, Islam, Judaism and Rome, m that order, by Dr. Christopher Chavasse, Anglican Bishop of Rochester. "The position is grave for, as Lambeth (conference of Anglican bishops) averred, 'without religious freedom all other freedomsReuter - 96 words
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Article119 1949-01-04 8 LONDON, Tuesday. J MAN climbed the statue of Eros, Picadilly Circus' god of love m the heart bf London's West End, yesterday k afternoon and plucked hap- pily at the string of the bow I while thousands of Londonem watched, traffic was choked and 20 policemenReuter - 119 words
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81 1949-01-04 8 WASHINGTON. Monday. SENATOR Tom Connally, incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today promised priority to new recovery and military aid for Western Europe. He said the most imiportant task directly ahead is the continuation for anj other 15 monthj of the EuropeanU.P. - 81 words
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Article111 1949-01-04 8 SPECIAL Mai- Ut corre»p__» dent fITM the prices «f rubt-ti (la rmti pm Ik.) «t II to<i»> M follfrwi: SINGAPORE (B.MBrH OP COMMERCE Tha Slniapora Clumber of I onmen* Robber Association i noon price, yesterday were. In cent* per lb.: Buyers Seller* No. 1 R.S.B Spot. l«o»e ..IT111 words
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Article125 1949-01-04 8 A SINGAPORE Motor Club i\ sprint event will be held at Lim Chu Kang Road on Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. The start of the race will be a few hundred yards after turning right from Chua Chu Kang Road (past the main gates of TengahU.P. - 125 words
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Article229 1949-01-04 8 COULD WORK IN 90 DAYS WASHINGTON, Tuesda\ rpHE United States' synthetic rubber industry good condition, the Congress has been told, anc m an emergency the plants "packed m mothball. could be operating m 90 days. Moreover, one plant is using a new "cole cess which,AP - 229 words
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136 1949-01-04 8 VATICAN CITY, Tuesday. A HUNGARIAN Government offer to negotiate a settlement with the Vatican "independently of the personal case of the Primate" —Cardinal Mindszenty. who has been arrested— ka^- been rejected by the Holy See The telegram from Budapest said 'the Hungarian GovernmentU.P. - 136 words
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Article58 1949-01-04 8 AUSTRALIAN -bui it vampire jet aircraft are expected to replace Royal AustAir Force Mustangs Irom next March, it wa> .ied ko Melbourne \esterda> The actual speed of th p Australian Vampire la not yet known, but it is expected to out-perform the British model by reasonReuter - 58 words
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Article71 1949-01-04 8 THE Unit* a States 6 to reconsider its den.«. it had no authority c International Military bunal which convicted Japanese war lord* ol v. crimes last month The plea for reconsid* tion was fi.-M with the r OB Dec. 22. about an hoi. fore word v sevenReuter - 71 words
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Article21 1949-01-04 8 The Brr. h Oovernn increased new print 25 percent resulting creased > papers three times a wider circulation A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Miscellaneous12 1949-01-04 8 iiii.h rim > Today 2.15 am; 1.2."> ptv Wednesday 2.45 am.; 205 p.n12 words
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