The Singapore Free Press, 12 January 1949
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Title Section18 1949-01-12 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA i.zm SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration426 1949-01-12 1 U.S. GETS TOUGH WITH THE DUTCH 'Fix early date for elections' NEW YORK, Tuesday •USING the toughest language the United States has ever used to a country outside the Soviet bloc, the American delegate to the Security Council, Dr. Philip Jessup, yesterday charged the Dutch with deliberately flouting the UnitedReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 426 words
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Article33 1949-01-12 1 GOERILLAS ACTIVE DUTCH AREAS Hi IMC weD an the bM Mftt R j|K Asian reg|. nge froo A eon. -eek eeor. In y polices ;p -i dam symf :omm den arresfc- UNKNOWN U.P.Reuter; U.P. - 33 words
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Article17 1949-01-12 1 DEFFENCE CHIEF NOT RETIRE Mi i: c Trw. .at he expe S. Secretar Tl. tlHt ire. A.P.A.P. - 17 words
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Article, Illustration202 1949-01-12 1 Digging for 'treasure' called off Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER more than five weeks of digging for "treasure" at the corner of North Bridge Road and Stamford Road, Municipal labourers working on the operation were told this morning to "pack up and cover the holes up" by a Municipal official.Free Press - 202 words
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Article86 1949-01-12 1 WAR CRIMINAL SUICIDES Former s s. Maj. Lindner banged himself on Sunday at FallingbostH. German Internment camp) near Celie. alter bein^ told by British camp authorities that he would be extradited to Poland lor trial as a war criminal. This is the fifth suicide within the last three months inReuter - 86 words
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Article25 1949-01-12 1 An Indian Government ban, effective immediately, on the export of lightweight hides and skins was announced In New Delhi yestt relay. A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article158 1949-01-12 1 Free Press Staflf Reporter pORTS m Sumatra, previously held by the Republicans and now m Dutch hands, are open to barter ships, said a spokesman of the Economic Affairs Secretariat, who named the ports as Rengat, Pekan Bahru, Diambi, Bengkalis, Bagan si-Api Api, Telok Betong,158 words
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Article52 1949-01-12 1 Double Tax Relief Agreements BRITAIN had conclude, agreements granting relief from double taxation with the Federation of Malaya and with Singapore, the Department of Inland Revenue announced in London yesterday. Arrangements, which were published as schedules to draft Orders in Council follow the same pattern as agreements with «th*»r colonies,Reuter - 52 words
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Article16 1949-01-12 1 Fin yesterday destroyed the main Royal Canadian Air Force building- at Goosebay Airport.16 words
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201 1949-01-12 1 'PIIE British (iovernmen eifort" must be made Foreign Oilice spokesman warned against further Ji of the truce and reserved of action over the shootii R.A.F planes. The British Government. :t stated, considered it uriesirabie that tttnistiations due to open on the bland oi Rhodt-s today201 words
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Article76 1949-01-12 1 $25,000 on 5 dead bandits Free Prey» <_ orr«'*pond«ut kl Al A UMPI K. Wed. J. dollars were found i» notes, on the bodies of fiv»* Ckteese bandit** .shot (It \ul m Ked.ih v*«sterda>. They were killed after one-and-a-half hour battle with a patrol of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light76 words
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128 1949-01-12 1 RANGOON. Wed. I I<H£ Government -***** rolled Inland Waterways Board yesterday suspended operations 111 the Burmese delta as a result ot repeated attacks on its steamers carrying passen--1 -^ers and freight to trte hintrrland. The Board controls thtcountry's internal waterways system, almost the soleA.P.; Reuter - 128 words
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Article41 1949-01-12 1 A SUSPECTED member of ihe Malayan Communist Party, and an alleged robber, both Chinese, were the 1 only emergency arrests made I by Singapore police yester- ,day. The C.I.D. yesterday arrested eight Chinese alleged secret society members.41 words
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Article24 1949-01-12 1 Nine passengers and four of the crew were killed yesterday When a.Lodestar Airliner crashed In Pplotas. soiithprn Rio Grande A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article61 1949-01-12 1 KING'S TITLE MORE CHANGES I A CABINET meeting will toJ\ day consider legislation for changes m the King's titles made necessary by Ire- land's Independence Act, reliable quarters m London report. The cabinet will hear a report on Mr. Bevins recent talks with Northern Ireland* Premier. The last change m61 words
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Article129 1949-01-12 1 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. The U.S. Air Force yesterday announced a $300,000,000 switch m its aircraft-buying programme to bring rhore B--36 and B-50 >• bomber* into operation with fhe niifi-*rn im del» v The revision was ordered. m conformity with President Truman's military budget for the 1950U.P. - 129 words
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Article270 1949-01-12 1 NANKING, Wednesday. \S the Control Yuan the Nationalist Uovern- ment's highest supervisory body yesterday unanimously decided to appeal for an immediate cease-fire to end the civil war, it was reliably reported that President Chiang Kai-shek had re-allirmed liis readiness to resign. These moves came soonReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 270 words
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Article44 1949-01-12 1 ALLEGED HOLD-UP MEN ARRESTED Singaporf; police v arrest* i I m i Cl la v connection \w;n i hold up m D|>per Aljunied Road Da Dec 22. A Chinese won; an ha«; ponod that Chim Sl6O off hrr ai 'he point <l t knife.44 words
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Article242 1949-01-12 1 ALL-MALA YA CHINESE ASSN. PLAN Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 4 MEETING is expected to be called m Kuala I Lumpur next month to form a Malayan Chinese Association on a Federation-wide basis. The main objects of the Association will be to promote and maintain inter-racial harmony m242 words
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Article51 1949-01-12 1 A EUROPEAN police officer was killed m a car crash j near Segamat yesterday afterInoon The funeral will take place at Bidadarl cemetery m Singapore at 5 p.m. today. The name of the officer will be released after the next of 1 kin lias been51 words
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Article18 1949-01-12 1 A New York publisher. Nelson Doubleday. 59 years old. di^d yesterday after a long illness U.P.U.P. - 18 words
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Article30 1949-01-12 1 The United Nations International Children s Em-, I ergency Fund will send 100.-' 1 000 blankets to Greece for 200.000 child refugees m the north. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article40 1949-01-12 1 Dr. V. X Wellington Koo. Chinese Ambassador to the United States, was presents d with tru- 1949 Atexinder II: milton Medal by Columbia University Alumi.i '^radiist*.^ 1 m New York last nivilit for "distinguished serv: ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Advertisement175 1949-01-12 1 ID CAPITAL (<■ M I X Z P I X EllAl KASHMIR ARPETS C HUGS |si >t bf i k 11*%^ r »iru7 prices STAMFORD ROAD. nIN(. \PORE fOMUMJ'I g^k v b*\eran« for health, »ircng(hlSj %/Ft iZ B\ .d italits and as a night ap rl *t 1 1 ><•175 words
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Advertisement92 1949-01-12 1 i» .f fit Essen tials for the well-groomed man J^ HIS I EXCELLENCY A^ TOILET }r\^ preparations LON DON At last, with the introduction of His Excellency Toilet Preparations, men are offered a complete range of products which ensure comfortable shaving and healthy, well-groomed hair. The following "His Excellency" preparations92 words
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Article, Illustration538 1949-01-12 2 A FAMILY "break up" m which the principals are well known tilm stars has taken place recently without scandalising either their film colleagues or the newspaper readers who gloat over the details of such "misadventures." Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison are the film stars involved538 words
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Article196 1949-01-12 2 piu y, 'or v. an dominated by EuUM, ha** been takf-n ov.t v Americans to point leads the w >rid m that fieid MOM Mr George Sidmy believes. 'Good photography is probably the most popular ar* {>rm we have today, so far H a. .ae public participation! IsA.P. - 196 words
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Article100 1949-01-12 2 ANNA May Wong, making: her first picture m six years ("Impact"), says she got tired of being a villainess and otherwise presenting her native people, the Chinese, m an uncomplimentary light. Her current portrayal is sympathetic, and she says she'll make more movies if she is offeredA.P. - 100 words
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Article, Illustration257 1949-01-12 2 Prisoners Cheered Escapee JN the dark and gloomy Sante Prison m Paris, along the sombre grey walls, pockmarked by German bullets that killed French patriots, a slim man dashed around the corner to the next boulevard toward freedom. Prisoners crowded behind the barred windows applauded and yelled with glee asA.P. - 257 words
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Article, Illustration284 1949-01-12 2 'j' His is a hand from a ruot, bridge game. East was tryi:>e dec df what to do If the four :.otrump bid were passed aroum; to him, as he fully expected ii would be. Imagine his surprisr when Nnr h bid seven nolrump' Fast doubled, as he284 words
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Article338 1949-01-12 2 At The Local Cinemas By OUR FILM REPORTER "TAP Roots" opens at 1 the Capitol tomorrow. The film stars Susan Hayward and Van Heflin, with Boris Karloff playing the part of an Indian again. (Remember Fort Apache). Van Heflin plays the part of tough newspaperman who falls In338 words
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Article70 1949-01-12 2 nOR the first time, a US. f Cabinet, member will appear m a Hollywood movie. The U.S. Attorney General Mr Tom Clark, and the head of the Immigration Service, Mr Watson B. Miller, recently made a prologue ior the Documentary Film, "Illegal Entry." Universal InternationalA.P. - 70 words
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Article437 1949-01-12 2 HAROLD HEFFERNAN - No Glamour For Crusoe HAROLD HEFFERNAN By REI'UiiTS coming OUI ot H<jM regarding the prcxluction of "Robinson Crusoe' carried the sug£ tion aiarni ing and bewilderta the book's reader*— that the classic bero of de-iwted-island adventure r— o h«, imbued with sex and glamour. There were talcs to the efiect437 words
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Article86 1949-01-12 2 An Uknown Beats Bing And Sinatra DILLY BekMM, ihe S4- w year-old Negro ringer who ha« beaten Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra m every end-of-1948 popularity poll drove down Broadway 'o a basement night club labelled "Royal Rons' Metropolitan Opera House." As usual, he had to fight his way through86 words
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Advertisement72 1949-01-12 2 r It, 'l v»»m.... r A. aOk Z 7 mil* ci Call to-day for 5 FERGUSSON'S FLANNEL 36 wide... 12 charming misery patter n SOUTH WINDS HOTEL Tanjon* Balai (offn\ Miles Jurong) \< ommodation Available spacious Modern Room I "iiveniences Among Beautiful. Natural surround Kfvv^ 1 ***** I<ISHIN < BADMINTON.72 words
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Miscellaneous461 1949-01-12 2 ■Ssfitf M <>. *S. Avjfc lR $&Off mm fetjCTßl? MBjff ft££ *9 V JmW m mm J^HBl SINGAPORE IHS mnres; 41 tnetrrt '12 p.m. <o 2): 61 metres (S pna U 7.45 and 9.30 p.m. to 11 TODAY ENGLISH PROGRAMME 1 Dance Music; 1.30 News; 145 M.irching and Waltzing 6461 words
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Miscellaneous498 1949-01-12 2 I 10.45 Pu.uo Recital <>r boio IOStfUI menta'ist. TOMORROW MALAY PROGRAMMES: 12. 00 Pr-rramme Summary; 12.05 Inj teriudf. 12.45 New* m Malay; 7 00 Programme Summary; 7.05 R<>l glous Hour; 7.30 Qhazal EnI 'atnment by "Rahman Kenchana Wati"; 8.15 R««l m Malay; I ,8.30 Interlude < BFEBS (Singapore) i (Inclading498 words
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Miscellaneous296 1949-01-12 2 Box, 7.X i ■<. >,jnio frea^ur ng noted Australian and overseas artists. Written and arranged by! Philip Jact-on; 7.50 Famous Overtures; A 12 Melody on <he Move A programme of recent rvleas*-s; 8.30 News; 8.40 News' Summary from United Nations! Drganisation at Lake Success; 3.45 Mm and Their Music; 9.00>296 words
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Miscellaneous223 1949-01-12 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a natural timidity which may stand seriously In your way unless you conquer it early m life. You are sensitive and hence sympathetic to the trials and tribulations of others you want to help, but you are too inclined to fear initiating something223 words
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106 1949-01-12 3 A DUTCHMAN CONDEMNS POLICE ACTION X DITCH > -raalist who has has renewed >f his Gov■r he Indonem 1 Reoub H J. Sch tl un a tour Hf t on behalf 0 md weekly B .d and h I think It for m- td to rritl- I ran. b accordingA.P. - 106 words
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Article19 1949-01-12 3 T* I Conservancy the 5 polluted with £*c >• from 01 xpeiiJ?< at Harwell :on ta k A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article26 1949-01-12 3 Syed Abdulla Brelvl. 57--tr-old editor of the nationalist Bombay Chronicle and \-president of the All-India Newspaper Editors' Conference, has diei In Bombay. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article284 1949-01-12 3 i BRAINS trust with experts from the Government, the Trade Unions and Industry is to be formed to help recapture Sweden's dwindling prosperity. The Prime Minister, Mr. Tage Erlander. announcing this decision m the Swedish Parliament, stated that, taking advantage of the Marshall Aid nowReuter - 284 words
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Article, Illustration301 1949-01-12 3 HUGE AIRLINERS FOR B.O.A.C. 'Stratos' by end of year AMERICA'S new airliner, the huge double-decked Boeing Stratocruiser, will this year be flying from New York to London m 114 hours. It will start a revolutionary new phase m luxury air travel. Billed* as the most luxurious airliner ever built, theU.P. - 301 words
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Article, Illustration200 1949-01-12 3 INTERNATIONAL smuggler* of gold and currency who have been reaping easy profits with transfers through Greece are avoiding a Cus- Toms official at Athens airport with a reputation for detecting smuggling m any form. He is Dimitrios Kapsalis who smashed an international ring which had takenA.P. - 200 words
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Article39 1949-01-12 3 G^n Dwighj; Eisenhower, former U.S. Army leader who is now president of Columbia University, has he had "no comment" to make to the rumour that he had been mentioned as potential administrator of !he Kashmir plebiscite- U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article133 1949-01-12 3 RESIDENTS Of two of the most h» avily war-dam-ag^d cities m th»' world Hiroshima and Berlin agree there should be no HMK wars. Berliners recently replied to Hiroshima Mayor*! peace n -p>sa«4P written on Aug. ti. 1948. on the third anniversary of dropping of the fiiitA.P. - 133 words
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Article115 1949-01-12 3 A KILLER by mistake has been sent to jail for life —for adultery. A Manilan named Vivencio Colespera broke into the home of Sotero Cantong. husband of Guillerman de Jos Rei/es. with ichom he was said to have had intimate relations. He killed Cantonq s sitterReuter - 115 words
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140 1949-01-12 3 OIR Patrick Abercrombie, the British town planning expert, who visited Singapore recently, is due m Ceylon this month to complete the new Regional planning scheme of Colombo. His visit focuses attention on Ceylon's housing problem. At present Government aerepts direct responsibility for he constructionU.P. - 140 words
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Article68 1949-01-12 3 OF THE world's total of 5,000.000 lepers India has a million: 250.000 are eapabl? of spreading the disease. In a frantic effort to combat the disease, the Government oi Iqjlia recently lormcd a special committee to consider the leper problem thoroughly and to find ways68 words
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Article49 1949-01-12 3 SOVIET PLAN FOR ORPHANS THE British-licensed news--1 paper In Berlin, 'Telegraf". has charged Russia With the mass deportation of German orphans. The '•Telegraf". a Socialist paper, said that German children were being removed from East German orphanages by Ruiila and sent to the Soviet Union for Communist indoctrination— U.P.49 words
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Article195 1949-01-12 3 tl/ASHINGTON Airline au- thonties de.M'ribe as potentially the most important de- velopment m recent civil aviation history the proposed merger of Pan-American Airways <P.A.A.» and American Overseas Airlines 'A.O.A. >. if the Civil Aeronautics > Board approve it will mean ;hat a single American Compahy isReuter - 195 words
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Article, Illustration335 1949-01-12 3 RITA- ALY AFFAIR 'AN INSULT' TWO of Britain's most widely circulated Sunday newspapers attacked the friendship of Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan m scathing terms, unprecedented m British journalism. Under the headline 'This affair is an insult to all decent minded women" The People, circulation 5,000,000, said: "This isU.P. - 335 words
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Article88 1949-01-12 3 INDO-CHINA OPIUM CHECK OPIUM smoking will become more difficult for IndoChinese this year. A recent government decree bans the sale or use of the narcotic except by confirmed addicts, who must furnish exhaustive details to the police before! being authorised their daily ration of one gram. Since 1946 opium hadReuter - 88 words
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Article231 1949-01-12 3 DAM Goldwyn, the film producer, is accused by film actress Teresa Wright, who had a leading role m "The Best Years of our Lives," of being twofaced "a perfect angel" socially and a screaming, abusive person m the studios, "who treats everybody like the dirtU.P. - 231 words
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Article71 1949-01-12 3 THERE are at least 3.000.000 j cases of tuberculosis m India. and nearly 500.000 prove fatal every year. The estimate is given by Dr. H. K. Roy, president of the Tuberculosis Relief Asso- ciation here. He warned that j with the progress of indus- t realization theU.P. - 71 words
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Article145 1949-01-12 3 Australian bid for cooler houses THREE years' research by ttM Australian Commonwealth Experimental Building Station at Ryd* «N»* South Wales' underlies an Australia-wide adoption <»f new housing standards, m,- eluding the 8-ft. reiliitf. 1 compared with the former 10-ft. to 12-ft Since the s'a'ion was tablished m 1944. more thaiReuter - 145 words
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Article47 1949-01-12 3 NTSEBO NKHAHLE Lebona. daughter of the paramount chief of Basutoland Regent Chief tainess Manisebo Seeiso* appeared m the High Court yesterday charged Mrtth the murder of her uncle. Malebanye Letsona. In December, 1946 The indictment alleges that she poisoned his porridge with sheepdip.- ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Advertisement26 1949-01-12 3 THIS EVENING AT RAFFLES HOTEL IN THE NEW LOUNGE THE COCKTAIL HOUR from 7 to 8 p.m. INFORMAL DANCE from 8.45 p.m. FRANK PICKFORD HIS ORCHESTRA26 words
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Advertisement121 1949-01-12 3 i ill, 1 I J>A*TE POPI'LAR J RECORDS j j QUIEN NO LTORA NO MAMA— Samb* EL TRUCO DE PERNAMBUCO—^amb* i Edmundo R»>> His Band FB ***** J I WHISPERING GRASS > MAYBE > The Ink Spot* DB 5011« J THE BEST THINGS IN LITE ARE FREE I J WHERE121 words
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591 1949-01-12 4 The Singapore Free press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12, 1949. Stopping Aid to the Bandits 'I*HE decision of the Federal 1 Government to take further and more vigorous action against squatter mimg known to be assisting the alien Communist terroristi was overdue and the Emergency Regulation gazc?*ted on Monday, which provides for591 words
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Article, Illustration1089 1949-01-12 4 DOUGLASS M. ALLEN - DOUGLASS M. ALLEN By THE ancient walled A city, site of the world's holiest shrines, is a prison of idle despair and hate, wearing a mask of bustling normalcy. It is the worst kind of prison because it imposes no physical restraint. ~t- inmates1,089 words
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Article438 1949-01-12 4 pROM the near r millionaire who spends about £60 a day on a 15-day cruise, to the New York typist who Jumps on a week-end train for a bit of ski-ing m nearby mountains. Americans are launching themselves on their biggest winter-holiday season ever this year. As the438 words
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Article257 1949-01-12 4 ANEW system of television is being used m Britain for the purpose of preventing road accidents. This is the first time television has been used anywhere m the world for educating people about traffic dangers. It was tried out m Cambridge last month with apparatus developed by257 words
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Article, Illustration805 1949-01-12 4 CHARLES CROOT - CHARLES CROOT By A NEW drug for curing alcoholism, which works on the principle of giving a patient a violent hangover after only one drink, has been developed and niarketed by two Danish doctors. The two doctors, Hens Hald and Erik Jacobsen, stumbled805 words
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Article731 1949-01-12 4 The Free Press Wednesday, Januaty 12 By FRED MAJDALANY with acknowledgments to Jamer Thurber, Danny Kaye. and Sam Goldwyn TT had been a terrible year. It had been a terrible Christmas. It was a terrible party. Mitty the Critic followed his wife through the smoke731 words
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Advertisement19 1949-01-12 4 6ROSLEY SHELVAOOR 579 <7e. ft.) Model Price SOS Urn lt% cuh. LEE FLETCHER 102/104. Orchard Road, Phone 3338 Singapore19 words
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Advertisement28 1949-01-12 4 FAITH I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to I graven images. Isaiah, 42. 8.28 words
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Advertisement31 1949-01-12 4 —SALE STILL OH—"" NEW YEARS BARGAINS Beautiful Shades '0 a ><* FANCY JEWELLERY brRTaV s^tr DUcount si CiENTS' SIITING HEAVY REDUCTIONS Buy Now a* DOULATRAM'S I^-50, High Street Singapore. Ph.»!. Tti 197Q31 words
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Article, Illustration437 1949-01-12 5 Early start is the aim Free Press Staff Reporter VT houses, built on modest lines, will be for sale to Singapore clerks if a plan to alleviate further the housing shortage, now being consiutrcd by the Singapore Rotary Club, materia■Nfc Already a sub-committee has been437 words
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Article80 1949-01-12 5 I r :--n st.ifl Correspondent ALA LIMPVR. Tues. Ai ORMER ilitf of the Third Selangor I nent of the Matey 1 Anti-Japane>e I a H.tkku named Yen S" »t s.ms, was shot dead i t:n mine at Siiiigei dm-in? today's operait K.i 'an?. > i ompanion80 words
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126 1949-01-12 5 Girls' home inmates 'more disciplined' Fl Line and underUnf on the part \4 itron. Miss Alice Lee. > a marked cnange m 'he I tin 38 occupants i Pasir Panjang Girls' ays the Social Welfare t -.nts reoort. :ls are busy and I longer restless i rical. the reDort accounts126 words
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Article71 1949-01-12 5 pit cruiser Suss.x is at pre- sent at the Naval Base tn rou:e to the United Kir.gI nm Hong Kong, having I relieved by H.M.S. Beltsr In the Eastern Fleet. I: *as on board the Sussex hat. the orelimlnaries of the laDanese surrender were carded71 words
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Article55 1949-01-12 5 A preliminary meeting s being held next week of the sub-committee of the Singa pore U.N.A.C. Sub-committee set up to make recommendations on the allocation of the proportion of locally-collect-ed U.N.A.C. funds which will be retained m Singapore. Those who wish to submit applications for consideration should55 words
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Article35 1949-01-12 5 A 25-year-old Chinese was badly burnt last night while working In a rasuurant m North Bridge Road, Singapore. He was mixing spirit and shellac for redecorating the restaurant when the spirit caught fire.35 words
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Article323 1949-01-12 5 IMPRISONMENT and whipping were prescribed for two young Seaforth Highlanders by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Privates James John Quinn (18) and Robert Howland (20), the two Highlanders, were found guilty of having attempted to rob a taxi-driver, Lee Kong Eng, on May323 words
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Article86 1949-01-12 5 A GUARDSMEN REMANDED KB \LA LUMP 'JR. Tues. r. (j H. Whltton m the Sesons Court today granted an ppllcaiion tor \he remand m ■v y lor another week of ur men of the 2nd. Soots Birds. The four. A Smith. J Marx LauchUn and A. O. i are alleged86 words
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Article, Illustration216 1949-01-12 5 'rHE $20,000 Muslim orphan- age which is being built m Penang with public donations is expected to be completed this month. The building of the orphanage has been held up tor some time by the lack of funds and its completion was only possible through216 words
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Article87 1949-01-12 5 IPOH, Tues. AN appeal for blood donors has been issued to the staff of all Government departments and leading commercial houses In Prrak by the Ipoh District Medical Officer (Dr. McOwan). Heads of Government departments and firms have been asked to send In lists of those87 words
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Article54 1949-01-12 5 PENANG, Tues.— A Municipal labourer, Arumugam, today told the Assizes that tie saw a tindal attack another labourer ?nd his wife with a crowbar. Korangl, is charged with murdering Kalianl. The Federal Counsel (Mr. C. Wylie>, is prosecuting ana Mr. E. Iynacs is for the defence. The case54 words
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Article, Illustration188 1949-01-12 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Deputy Secretary of Social Welfare Depart ment, Mr. T. Eames Hughes, who returned from England by the Canton yesterday, brought back plans and suggestions for social welfare improvements. While m London, Mr. Eames Hughes had discussions with the Colonial Office.188 words
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153 1949-01-12 5 Pasir Panjang district scholarship A scholarship will be awarded to enable a child m the Pasir Panjang rural district to progress through a Government or Government-aided school m Singapore from Standard II to the School Certificate Standard inclusive. This is made possible through the generosity of Mr. Tan Chwce Boon.153 words
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Article27 1949-01-12 5 A Malay boy found a rusty and unserviceable .45 Colt revolver In a scrap dump at the junction of Bendemeer Road and Lavender Street yesterday.27 words
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Article73 1949-01-12 5 The French ConsulGeneral m Singapore, M. Andre Guibaut, has been made a Commander of the Order of the Brilliant Star of China for services rendered to the cause of FrancoChinese friendship when he I was cultural attache at the French Embassy m Nanking. The presentation was73 words
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Article125 1949-01-12 5 r I*HE Dutch Consul General m Singapore Mr. A. M. L. Winkelman, has written a letter to ihe Singapore Secretary for Economic Affairs, on the sinking of the Kian Peng. He says: "You will be aware that 100 vessels and nearly 1,500 men were m125 words
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Article81 1949-01-12 5 PENANG, Tues. THE school year opened yesterday with some 1,850 new pupils entering Government and aided English Schools m Penang and Province Wellesley an increase of about 45 per cent, on new enrolments last year. Many children who did not apply m time were advised to81 words
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Article60 1949-01-12 5 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues— The Collector of Land Revenues, Kuala Kangsar, recently told non-Malay squatters on Malay Reserves that their occupation licences would not be renewed this year. He also told them that they must quit the Reserves by March 31, but that he was willing to help60 words
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Article43 1949-01-12 5 A Chinese import and export merchant. Chew Slah Bock, was fined $1,000 yesterday when he appeared before the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, for being found m possession of 287 katties of ganja, estimated to be valued at $25,000.43 words
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Article38 1949-01-12 5 Mr. S. D. Kalelkar, Information Officer of the Government of India m Malaya, accompanied by Mrs. Kalelkar and children, arrived m Singapore, yesterday m the Canton and has resumed duties la the Information Office.38 words
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229 1949-01-12 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TRADE UNION representatives nominated fo the Federal Legislative Council have called a meeting of trade union delegates from all over the Federation to discuss problems affecting trade unions, the labour movement and general social questions. The229 words
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Article193 1949-01-12 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent A MEETING of Malay businessmen throughout Johore with a view to form a Malay Chambers of Commerce m the State and eventually throughout Malaya has been called by the Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato X>nn bin Ja'afar, m Muar on Jan.193 words
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Article102 1949-01-12 5 ACiiinese New Year dance m aid of the Singai>oie An ti -Tuberculosis Association's funds will be held m Harrower Hall m the Mcd: .A College on Jan. 22 at 8.3 up m. The dance is being orsani?--1 ed by a commit' ee heade102 words
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Advertisement20 1949-01-12 5 1 THOSE BREAKFAST FAVOURITES "MAY FAIR" HAMS AND BACON are m Fresh supply at itzpatricks foodsupplie;; ELEPHONE ORDER DEPT. 528120 words
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Advertisement145 1949-01-12 5 U^, FASHION #1 $TYUN(i Mm FOR THE YOUNGER EYE Im\ Special Poinis #JIJ I I Generous 3" Hem. I Attractive Modern DARU J\A^l3jL/"TL Superb Finish In«ide. RESISTS CREASING A TOOTAL PRODUCT Ciuwint Darts which shape the waist. TOOTAL REGD. ft FROCKS for CHILDREN FROM $15.50 sTnlgXpore kuaTX ruMPI/R pTn*Ans \yPjff145 words
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Miscellaneous22 1949-01-12 5 RURAL BOARD The next monthly meeting of th- Singapore Rural Board .11 be held on Jan 20. 1949, fcer at, 10 a.m.22 words
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Article255 1949-01-12 6 Free Pres s Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tues. 1 TEN R.A.F. aircraft A launched an attack on j bandit camps m the foot hills five miles east of Tapah m Perak today. The attack was begun of six Bcauftghters and finished off by Tour Spitfires, who strafed255 words
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Article63 1949-01-12 6 N.Y. RUBBER REPORT VEW YORK crude rubber siar* dard futures closed one po nt lo»vr yes-^rday Sales totalled nine contracts. Offers were March 19.25 etnti >US> bid. Crude rubber No. 1 ItttuTM .-lue+d fl\c points to seven points lower. Sales *otalled 55 contracts. Offers wer*« March 19.53 bid: !May 19.30;A.P. - 63 words
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Article36 1949-01-12 6 Mr. John Eber. a Bingaj p<ire, lawyer and Mrs. Eoer, -j returned "to Singapore this I morning by the Blue Funnel ship Charon, after a nine months' hnlid;iy m Australia and New Zealand.36 words
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Article, Illustration64 1949-01-12 6 A record number of donors gave their blood at the Singapore General Hospital yesterday morning. The volunteers were 25 medical students, who started their i clinical year last week. Picture shows some of the student donors. The demand for blood is great, and the supply of plasma isFree Press - 64 words
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Article523 1949-01-12 6 LONDON. Wednesday. ■THE Palestine situation remains the dominating influence on the London Stock Exchange, with trading small and price changes showing slight irregularity, say s Reuters financial correspondent. Although a more hopeful view of Palestine was taken by market dealers, uncertainty remained and prices moved within523 words
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579 1949-01-12 6 COMMISSIONERS DECIEDE TO BUY BRITISH Special meeting debates policy THE Municipal Commissioners at a special meeting yesterday called to decide between buying British or Japanese cement, voted by a majority of ten to four m favour of buying British. A warning that a policy of buying British exclusively would place579 words
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Article18 1949-01-12 6 He considered the additional sum of $16,000 needed to buy British rement a comparative "drop m the backet."18 words
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Article208 1949-01-12 6 \LEXANDER Milne. Chong Kee Chin and Suleiman bin Abdul Ra'of were charged before Mr. Justice Brown m the Singapore Assizes yesterday with unlawful possession of two sten-guns on Aug. 7 last year. Mr A. D. Farrell. Deputy P uolic Prosecutor, said a party of police208 words
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Article146 1949-01-12 6 WARNING BY SARAWAK EXTREMISTS AN extremist organisation, claiming support from 40.000 Malays and Dyaks and known as the United Sara- wak National Association, has been formed In Sarawak, said an official statement by Inche H. J Mahomed Berawl (secretary of the Sarawak Malay Union) m Singapore yesterday. The movement strongly146 words
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Article63 1949-01-12 6 STUDENTS BACK FROM CEYLON MR. Peter Lnn, president of the Singapore Students' Christian Movement has been elected liaison secreary of the newly-formed SouthEast Asia Regional Students' Christian Movement. The Regional Movement was provisionally formed at the Asian Leaders" Training Conference held m Kandy. Ceylon, recently Mr. Pet^r Liin led a63 words
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Article113 1949-01-12 6 'DON'T PAY BANDITS' APPEAL KLALA U/MP4 R f ARESOLLJi(;N i liv Mfetl I E>taU" Owners' A < slop pay mO!:^ 1 tO bo! ed ftt a wei.nl Association In a ciicu;. ttoe Council 02 refers to tn«tak^n b pay:. I money' or I of funds In of arv object v113 words
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Article487 1949-01-12 6 WHEN Raffles Hotel accounts uere audited m October last year, it was tfmwvfci *h" I the sum of $88,520.73 had been misappropriated. it was alleged at a preliminary inquir.v m th; Singapore Seventh Police Court ye>terda>. j In the dock stood a 46-year-old Armen Sarkies Martyrose487 words
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Advertisement91 1949-01-12 6 STARTS TODAY! U 1.45 t .00— 6.30 9.15 v»4^^^^EJ E^. e^i Directed i* GEORGE MARSHALL S:;wnDid< by Amo LeMay AJrjit coal D alogue By LtonH W.ggam Prjouced by Waiter danger Pi.tures. l'»c, AGtOPGf MAR^HAII Prod ictton A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL KUASC The Hou«i» Of Comfort LAST DAY JO. 4i am 1.30;91 words
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Advertisement102 1949-01-12 6 14 kJ phone: baoa TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY V.tr-fhante of Time, £5J Of Screening i 3 Shows— 7 15 Ufc wa 9.3© p.m. 2§th Century Fox Present* "THf RAZOR S IDd Tyrone Power Gene Tlern»-> Anne Baxter NEXT CHANCE Ida l.upino Provr* She Is A (ireat Artist T •DALUPINO JB^JJI102 words
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Miscellaneous206 1949-01-12 6 MSlidrdkß Exclusive /f> Sin»<ii>on> Inr Pros* m Malaya SS^SfIRUHHHHBi I Past fields where chained I |Th£ sheet-swrouceo //ct/msJ I the pens CESiRor i^T. WSC^fB^Wl SL 4^S 10/ L 8V TORCHLIGHT-- MANDRAKE AND LOTHAR AMON6\ THEY ARE STAR TLEO YOURSELVES \HeRDED BY THE SCREAMm NIGHTA ■^■HMHHfVMMM THEM, ARE DR\VLHINWPENSjmM TO HEAR206 words
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Article, Illustration886 1949-01-12 7 VALBERG OUITTING HIGH JUMP lure. To concentrate* on hurdles By PETER HILL CINGAPORE'S only representative m the 19 J 8 Olympics m London, lanky fireman Lloyd Valberg, hopes to compete m the 1952 Games vs a 120-yard high hurdler and m the hop, step and jump. He thinks he hasFree Press - 886 words
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Article85 1949-01-12 7 HOCKEY: S.t t. Wo.nn, v. hangl Ladies H t S.C.C. S.R.C. "A" t. S'porr Colt*. SRC; Khalsa Assn. x 223 8.0.D. BOD. groand. RUGBY: R.A.F. Srletar ;J R.A.F. hinjji Seletar; Nee Soon R.F.C. v. Spore Arty. Rrft. Blakan MaU; R.A.F. Chanfl v. G.H.Q. FARELF— ChanfI; GH.Q. Sif. Reft.85 words
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Article60 1949-01-12 7 VILUEMAIN TO HAVE REST nOBKK.I VIL.UEMAIN the French middleweight who was defeated last week by Steve Bellol5«, left New York by air yesterday for Paris on the way to a rest m the Riviera. He will then begin training for his match r New York at the end of MarrhA.P. - 60 words
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Article72 1949-01-12 7 A DEVON schoolmaster, Norman Borrett, yesterday won the amateur squash racket* championship for the third year m succession boating Brian Ph 11D6 of London 9—lo, 9 4. 9—2.- rpiiE New jersey Am*ieur a letic Union announced on Monday that the request to suspend Herb McKenley had been sA.P. - 72 words
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Article498 1949-01-12 7 MALAYANS IN U.K. SPORT From Free Press London Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. I'ITH some 200 students to choose from some of them players who have taken part m representaie sanies m Malaya the Malayan Students' Union looking forward to a successful sports season m i M year498 words
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63 1949-01-12 7 the Br. I a lev I hen mm <>nd tr.ese «fl S '.i lead of the w t^ a ot o a-ly been be compaff v.: co«t T I '^ood to ha» r he Wlir i ben he tcx* thr wht be traiReuter - 63 words
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Article42 1949-01-12 7 pi RKE b t. the VI and bl| place IB Singapore* hoe Jol^. I att > tht Padang will be Don (.imy. chaT.ie ttm Mai. 3 mbUan T. be: If H H Barth cmi P Penne?att DoraiHod Bl42 words
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Article14 1949-01-12 7 111 cluD >■■' re Svimnr.ni? be li«tribiited Sunday by Mrlum wife of lent14 words
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Article154 1949-01-12 7 JOHORE C.C. XI SAVE GAME Free Press Correspondent Johore Bahru. Tues. rHE Indo-Ceylonese were deprived of victory m the last tninu'e of play when they met the Johore C. C. M hockey yesterday on the latter's ground. The result was a two- all draw. Adopting aggressive tactics from the start.154 words
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Article222 1949-01-12 7 lr> R SATAKOPAN MdITA. Tues. Py i \akam rountries h:t^r MH i«» c^i together m >- r*. K.i Repre- sen »1 India Pakistan rviim. Burma and Mai !•>, m a tonfetr htre. a<rr:»d thib > riunnf: 1? P.ikisian to \isit C9f\- >vith th^- po^sibilit) •f IA.P. - 222 words
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Article387 1949-01-12 7 PHE M.C.C. and Eastern Province drew their three- day cricket match, which ended m Port Elizabeth yesterday with the final Scoreboard showing the M.C.C. 450 for nine declared and 353 for three. Eastern Province 397. The home side coniinut-d their Qrat innings yesterday morning and387 words
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Article65 1949-01-12 7 THE followmg F.A. Cup fourthround ties wer<» omitted from he report of the draw pubHshcd j e°>terday Aston Villa cr Bolton v. Cardifi City; Gateshead v West Bromwich Albion, Luton Tow.) v Walsall: Grinu>by Town v. Hull City; Nottj Forest, or Liverpool v. Not it County; Manchester65 words
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Article254 1949-01-12 7 EADING goal scorers (up to Ld Jan. 4) m the English F. A. Cud and League competitions are: LEAGUE— DIVISION I 19— Moir (Bolton). 18— Bowyrr (Stoke). 14— Steele (Stoke), Pye (Wolves). 13— BenU y (CheL'ea). Milburn (Newcastle). 12— Rooke (Arsenal). Vaughan j Charltcn), Mitten254 words
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495 1949-01-12 7 MALAYAN TURF TOPICS By TRESPASSER rR\INER R. N Hobbs, following the lead set by Major A. M. Heddle of Singapore, has installed an air-conditioned stall m the Kuala Lumpur stables for a horse belonging to one of his patrons. The horse, I hear is Renoir,495 words
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Article, Illustration273 1949-01-12 7 picture. Free Press Special Correspondent SAN DIEGO (California), Tuesday. THE captain of the United States' Thomas Cup badminton team expects stifTest competition m the international play-offs. Dr. Dave Freeman took time off duties at the San Diego County Hospital to discuss his team'sAP - 273 words
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Article140 1949-01-12 7 FKLDUIE Mills, world and British li&ht-taeavy-weight champion, may defend his world title before he meets Bruce Woodcock. British heavyweight champion, on June 2 next. Previously it had been understood that Mills's contract with promoter Jack Solomons stipulated he should not fight before the Woodcock bout. ButReuter - 140 words
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Article114 1949-01-12 7 SIR George Thomas, d^nor of the cup for international badminton, met thf Malayan badminton team yesterday. He visited them at the Cleveland Hotel, Wimbledon, London, wh«Tf the team it ilaylng Sir George said thai would not be \bie to see Lbl Malayans play against ibledon today,A.P.; Reuter - 114 words
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Article54 1949-01-12 7 MANILA- Tuesday— Tin) Ktanrai. Sia:n's open golf champ* three other Siamese players and the noted Australian professtor*al Norman von N:da. are among the foreigners competing ir» the r** East open golf championship to be held from January 21 to 23 at the Wack Wack Golf andU.P. - 54 words
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Advertisement22 1949-01-12 7 .;*Sf /dunloim r 9^ 4b BBT it m J^H^?^^LjyaEu% V^Bi M al^k S. DUNLOP THE DUNLOP RUBBER CQ. LTO. i —^p^— L>l.-22 words
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Article, Illustration395 1949-01-12 8 RED URGES EAST-WEST CONCILIATION Move inspired by Stalin? PARIS, Wednesday. POLITICAL quarters here believe that Marshal Josef Stalin has asked Western European Communist parties to prepare the way for tolerance and understanding between the East and West. This belief found some confirmation yesterday In the speech at the opening ofReuter; U.P. - 395 words
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Article55 1949-01-12 8 'THE worlds biggest postwar A liner, the 34.183-ton Caroti a. complftfd her maiden >y:tgf when she steamed into N m Tort harbour from Engluid :n br.lliant sunshine ■•rday. Her average sp^ed was 21.53 ki ta over the trip of six days. 14 hours and 33 minutesReuter - 55 words
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355 1949-01-12 8 Reds see victory by middle of 1 949 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. T ICTORV-FI.ISHED Chinese Communist troops are singing victory songs as Ked military successes appear to race ahead of the timetable set by their leader. Mao Tse-tung. who announced on Oct. 10 last jreai that "we shall win completely m nineA.P. - 355 words
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Article21 1949-01-12 8 I Air Ministry annv)!!!"!*.^^! y^s'.erday that November RAF pasand troop-carrying f: flow 2.069.000 miles .nil casu i. v Renter.21 words
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Article96 1949-01-12 8 LONDON. Wednesday. PRESIDENT TRU M A N nosed out Mr. Winston Churchill for "194i'i Man of the Year" m a poll conducted by the Daily Express. Mr, Truman garnered an impressive 25 per cent, of the total votes cast to beat Mr. Churchill. Mr.U.P. - 96 words
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Article219 1949-01-12 8 VATICAN CITY. Wednesday. THE Pope prayed for God's blessing on "The King, the Royal House, His Majesty's Government and the entire British people" yesterday when he received the visiting Parliamentary delegation, which is led by the Speaker of the House of Commons. Col. Douglas Clifton-Brown.Reuter - 219 words
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Article, Illustration268 1949-01-12 8 Jail for 40 seamenwho quit ship I LONDON, Wednesday. FORTY Indian seamen were sentenced m a London court to four weeks' Im- prisonment yesterday on a charge of combining together to disobey a lawful I command given by the ship's chief officer. After serving I their sentences, they will be268 words
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Article51 1949-01-12 8 Reuter I*HE player to reinforce the West Indies cricket, team ia India has been chosen but his name will not be disclosed until later today. It is believed m cricket circles m Kingston, Jamaica, that the player is George Muriie, Jamaica's h*«» arm. slow bowler.-Reuter - 51 words
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256 1949-01-12 8 LONDON. Tuesday. THE Rev. Austin Lee, of Hounslow, Middlesex, has appealed to the King and Queen by telegram to stop tomorrow's hanging of Margaret Allen. 42-year-old murderess who dresses like a man. A'len, who claimed to have changed her s^x through an»operation, battered toReuter - 256 words
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Article149 1949-01-12 8 GENEVA, Wednesday. THE Executive Committee of the International Refugee Organisation will meet here on Jan. 25 to consider the "urgent" problem of finding homes m other countries for 13,000 European refugees stranded m Shanghai m the face of the advancing Chinese Communist armies, it is149 words
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Article, Illustration433 1949-01-12 8 pictures. Free Press Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LI MPIR. Wednesday. IN the first police move to implement the new Emergency Regulations which were gazetted yesterday, more than 500 men, women and children, occupants of a squatter area south of Kajang were removed from their homes today.Free Press - 433 words
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95 1949-01-12 8 New H.K, control of aliens is planned HONC. KG THE {Mm 1 A shortly to ii bill into the Council to < Immigration Kong Und^r gulatir n s Chin. classed as alien not required i passports or tion documem entry. The prop will clafl person who duce a Mftiftcal otherReuter - 95 words
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Article95 1949-01-12 8 SPtt'lAL Market dent five* tb* prim of n (km rent* per Ib.) I fnllo»t: lli»f>* No 1 RS S spoi Imh f- ob m fcafea Jan >•. 1 R> Ma t r s v No S R v s lon* of niarkr' Qmr ■OKI \POKF CBAMI H OMMfKI95 words
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Advertisement128 1949-01-12 8 Burma m Oa T;h Jaooary. m j. t^ Na:alie (Wiffl of G. X > a daughter I IN: To AJ.ce wife of Pr'er >;an. on Tth Jan 1949. SHKLLARD To Angela, wife of Patricjt Sa.liar.l a: P»nang Hoipral on January a dangbi rCKSONAL < ci X G Wlata a- d128 words
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Miscellaneous15 1949-01-12 8 HIGH TIDES oday: M 05a. m; 10 i(> p.tu ihurs.: 8.56a.m; 11. 05 p. m15 words
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