The Singapore Free Press, 13 January 1949
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Title Section19 1949-01-13 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA o. 17.370. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article, Illustration421 1949-01-13 1 NEW NANKING PEACE MOVE •FTJTRJT Optimism m the capital NANKING, Thursday. /COMMUNIST armies, having crushed the trapped Hsuchow garrison, yesterday began their march south to a point 100 miles from Nanking, as reliable sources m the capital reported that preparations for a definite Nationalist peace move were nearing completion. ItA.P. - 421 words
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Article177 1949-01-13 1 INDONESIAN DISPUTE J NEW YORK. Wednesday. BEN the Security Council meets again on Fridai to consider the Indonesian dispute, the United t »tr> China and Norway are expected to present a solution asking for the return to power ol Government under President bckarM as it existedReuter - 177 words
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Article150 1949-01-13 1 Free Press Correspondent MELBOURNE, Thursday. p*E Melbourne agents for the Dutch liner Nieuw Holland and the freighters Tjipondok, Tjipodas and Maetsuycker, whose owners have cancelled all cargo loadings for Indonesia, said yesterday that the Nieuw Holland would sail direct to Singapore and Malayan por>6150 words
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Article44 1949-01-13 1 -AMONG three Chinese ar- rested yesterday under the Emergency Regulations was one from Segamat wanted m connection with a murder committed several months ago. The two otherillegal immigrants— are suspected Communists. Five more Chinese were detained for unlawful society activities.44 words
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Article41 1949-01-13 1 The Police yesterday found a Japanese bomb m the compound of the new police substation built m Lim Chu Kans. Recently a weeding party found a large quantity of rusted ammunition m lallang near the same sub-station.41 words
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Article27 1949-01-13 1 The Ford Motor Company, which built 850,855 Ford cars and trucks last year, expects to build 1,005, R and trucks this year A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article22 1949-01-13 1 Siam has joined the "United Nations Educational, Scientific I and Cultural Organization 'U:4ESCO>. It was announced m Paris yesterday.22 words
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Article112 1949-01-13 1 GUERILLAS ATTACK JOGJA BATAVIA. Thursday. THE Dutch yesterday an- nounced a damaging guerrilla attack on Jogjakarta, the Republic's fallen capital but 6a!d that the raiders pa:d heavily m casualties. Indonesian guer i 1 1 a a plunged Jogjakarta nto darknes« by destroying a transformer station m a raid »n Monday112 words
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Article, Illustration417 1949-01-13 1 MORE RICE CA USED RED OUTBREAK' —Lord Maiicroft Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. "IT was rice which started the present trouble In Malaya," said Lord Mancroft, m an address to the Royal Empire Society yesterday. The acute shorta^t* of rice was having an enormous effect on the tar East,417 words
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Article147 1949-01-13 1 Rebels in Burma raid 2 islands ka^uuon, Wednesday. THE Burmese Government announced tonight that "heavy casulties wne Inflicted on insurgents who made two attempts yesterday to seize Ramree Island, on the west coast of Burma, about 60 miles south-east of Akyab. The island was used as an Allied land andA.P. - 147 words
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Article110 1949-01-13 1 LONDON. Thurs. FIELD Marshal Viscount Montgomery, chairman of the Western European Alliance's military committee, left by air for Germany yesterday. The office of the Alliance's Secretary-General m London refused to answer inquires about the nature of the mission or what parts of Germany he will visit.A.P. - 110 words
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Article23 1949-01-13 1 At least 3.000 people were rendered homeless when a flre gutted 600 sheds In the northern district of Shanghai yesterday.- ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article106 1949-01-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THREE people were killed m a total of 15 accidents re- ported yesterday. Two were aged men, Tan Xhee, (66) and Kee Up Wee (63). The third was a wo- I man, Tiew Lian (40). Tan was knocked down by f106 words
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Article39 1949-01-13 1 THE anti-gambling branch of the C.I.D. has arrested 34 Chinese In raids on several houses. One house was visited twice during the Hay and on both occasions the police found more than ten people gambling.39 words
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Article22 1949-01-13 1 Dr. Albert Einstein, worldrenowned physicist and mathematician, will leave th< Jewish Hospital m Brooklyr today following his abdominal operation. U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Article60 1949-01-13 1 MALAYA'S Thomas Cup badminton team playing their first match m England last night, easily beat Wimbledon Club, taking all six games without conceding a single set. The Malayans greatly impressed all critics and showed that the cold and changed playing conditions are not bothering them m60 words
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Article170 1949-01-13 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. A SWEDE, Henrik Mannerfrid, wtio came to the United States from Goteborg In 1941 on a three-week visit and was forced to stay, now has an export-import business which had a turnover .ist year of $25,000,000. Yesterday he was made a P'oalU.P. - 170 words
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80 1949-01-13 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. PANDIT Nehru and Liaquat All Khan, Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, have sent messages to the Acting United States Secretary of State, Mr. Robert Lovett, reaffirming their desire for a solution of the Kashmir dispute, the State Department announced yesterday. The twoA.P. - 80 words
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264 1949-01-13 1 TENSION OVER PALESTINE Cabinet backs firm policy LONDON, Thursday. A FTER a four-hour special meeting yesterday, the full Cabinet is understood to have given complete support for the Arm policy toward Palestine taken by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. He is expected to address the House of Commons onA.P. - 264 words
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Article38 1949-01-13 1 Influenza is spreading In Europe and has reached epidemic proportions m Holland, according to the World Health Organization. It is said to be a mild form and that there Is no cause for alarm. U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Article52 1949-01-13 1 I^HE Cairo newspaper El Assas reports that oilmen I working near Suez nave struck a well capable of pro- ducing 5.000 tons of oil dally. The report said engineers m Anglo-Egyptian oilfields had cabled their head office that the new well promised the biggest m theU.P. - 52 words
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Article669 1949-01-13 2 A Mai ay an Bookshelf TT is not easy to get a clear picture of the legends and the reft* gious beliefs of the Negritos of Malaya. Although a primitive people, the Negritos have an extraordinarily complicated collection of legends and stories, with a very large and669 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-01-13 2 Tratourk K>t mr* I 8 f«i«« OOct 1 G*& -SO CPA2V ABOUT BOOKS R EJkD« THEM IM TWE SUMMER VWEN iCWZXA OUT I <25 words
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Article821 1949-01-13 2 ANE of the best of last year's "best sellers" is "Father," the biography of Dr. G. G. Coulton known to generations of Cambridge men, 3ritish and foreign as G.G.C. Written by his daughter, Sarah Campion, and published by Michael Joseph, it is what the author describes as821 words
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Article114 1949-01-13 2 Free Admission, by Ilka Chase. (W. H. Allen 10s. Bd.) The author of "Past Imperfect" gives us a new volume of effervescent indiscretions. Intelligible Heraldry, by C. and A. Lynch -Robinson. (Macdonald, 18s.) The stately mysteries of heraldry explained m a lucid and enthusiastic manner, with many entertaining114 words
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Article, Illustration239 1949-01-13 2 YESTERDAY'S deal, with it; long diamond suit and m side eniry, is more than a litth reminiscent of this one playec by Mrs. Ruth Horn m a Woman*! Pair Championship a few year: ago. In the deal described yester day. declarer was fortunate enough to find a diamond239 words
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Article, Illustration502 1949-01-13 2 /S there a Mrs. Kin- sey? m demands the plump, prosperouslobking but evidently much worried heroine of a cartoon m the New Yorker, as she Razes across their apartment at her embarrassed husband. The book on her knee is, of course, the "Kinsey Report," or,502 words
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Miscellaneous579 1949-01-13 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a deep nature and one that is not easy to understand. Your mind is keen, your emotions near the surface You will fly off the handle over some unimportant upset when a real crisis appears to have little effect upon your calm. Life579 words
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Miscellaneous440 1949-01-13 2 Star: 10 Sweet and owing: 10.30 Light Mus;c. 1 TOMORROW MALAY PROGRAMMES: 12 00 Programme Summary; 12.05 In- 1 terludi-. 12.45 News In Malay; 7 00 Programme Summary 7 05 1 Interlude; 7.15 Halaman Kebu-;! dayaan: 7. 30 Popular Request; 1 8. 15 News In Malay; 8 30 As I440 words
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Miscellaneous283 1949-01-13 2 IOMOKROW 4.00 Mueic for Teatlme with Louis Levy and orchestra: 4.30 Australian News; 4.40 Services Concert Hall; 5.15 Forces Request Programme; 6.00 Song Recital Contralto— Marian Anderson; 6 15 Master Pianist A recital by Monti Roswitha], 6.30 World News; 6.45 Say it with Music; 7.00 .Music "or Millions: 7.30 Background283 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-01-13 3 IPJIim Onwi of India. Sri C. Rajagopalachari, %g the fotndation stone of the memorial to be erectuhere Mahatma Gandh's /a.t? remains ■jubl'.c devot^or. at the Victoria Park, Benares.32 words
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Article, Illustration198 1949-01-13 3 I 'l IE three Western Military Governments In Germany realising that no field of German pro- >nal knowledge suffered more severely during th e is ::me than did medicine, are today helping to catch up on new medical advances made m other parts of theReuter - 198 words
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Article60 1949-01-13 3 ft trattan Prime Minis- announced the V -i Royal C t up at the rvV Edward Ward. M rt and Ex•r Jes. to invrstig> nst his r. 1 1- during the II Smith GarIr. C MP S for quitted with latins to .eases Mr, WardsReuter - 60 words
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Article81 1949-01-13 3 24,000 Jap cycles for U.S. Jr -ESE bicycles soon will be competing for the Ur States cycle market i at- American British' •B vakian manufa< mk New York firm has placed an rder lo r 24.000 Japan- -s for distribution to >he United States. Unti\ BO^- nerlcan manufacturers h«N hadA.P. - 81 words
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Article398 1949-01-13 3 EGYPTIAN ANGER OVER ARMY DEFEATS Govt forced to give the facts POPULAR unrest threatens m Egypt because the Egyptian army has suffered defeats m the Palestine war. Arab and British diplomatic sources agreed that King Farouk was trying to fend off this anger m naming Hadi Pasha a s PremierU.P. - 398 words
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161 1949-01-13 3 ■THE International Labour 1 Organization, which is seeking a formula for spreading the worlds manpower where it can do the most good, will come to grips with the problem m Geneva today when its permanent migration committee goes into session. The governing body ofA.P. - 161 words
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Article195 1949-01-13 3 II S. Congress has promis air force proposal to I the country. Air Force Secretary W. Stuart Symington said m his first annual report that the lack of a radar set-up was a big loop hole m the nation s defences. An adequate systemU.P. - 195 words
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Article54 1949-01-13 3 DAMELA FISHER. 28-year-old West End actress, htt been left 20,000 In the will of her aunt, Miss Winifred Fisher, of Somerset, who died last September leaving *."208.Miss Fisher was married at St. Pauls Coven. Garden fiveweeks ago to Dr Edward Bax'.er. She has appeared m twoReuter - 54 words
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Article31 1949-01-13 3 iriNO GEORGE has agreed that the late of Empire Youth Sunday shall ty» fixed permanently as the Sunday after Ascension Day 'vhich falls this year on Ma> 29.- ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article115 1949-01-13 3 SHOUTS of We Wan' Mosley" the pre-war British Union of Fascists leader— and a barrage of interuptions Rreeted the Prime Minister Mr. C.R. Attlee when he made his first speech m the East London suburb of West Walthamstow which he will conte?: at the i pReuter - 115 words
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Article58 1949-01-13 3 UNITED States Defence Secretary. Jame fi Forrestal. has asked Congress for authority to send American military missions to all parts of the world wherever they may serve the global interest of of the United States. Senators learned of Mr. Foirestal's projtol ywUrday as the SenateReuter - 58 words
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Article53 1949-01-13 3 I. Odufuwa. editor of the African Echo, was found not guilty of publishing seditious matter m his paper. Mr. Smart Ebbi. assistant editor, was found guilty and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Articles called for an army of liberation and urged the peoples of Nigeria to rise against53 words
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Article, Illustration224 1949-01-13 3 THE Russian "dream car" is 1 the Moskvich. The current, issue of the USSR Information Bulletin says this "comfortable four seater sedan seems to be the favourite car of the Soviet Public at the moment." It is the product of the Moscow low-powered automobile plant.A.P. - 224 words
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Article274 1949-01-13 3 HOLLAND needs at least 70.000 new houses a year for the next ten years to eliminate the present shortage caused by the destruction of 92.000 houses' during the war and to keep pace with her increasing population. Of the 70.000 new houses required some 40.000 aReuter - 274 words
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Article253 1949-01-13 3 A HOME Office inquiry is to be held to find why a master sacked from an approved school m Hampshire, because of his bad influence on the boys, immediately got a job at another Home Ottice school near Warwick where, reminiscent of Fagin m253 words
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Article95 1949-01-13 3 r PHE University of Chicago atomic bomb scientist, Dr. Harold C. Urey. says, that peace can be ensured only by establishing the death penalty for individuals guilty of inciting or waging an aggressive war Dr. Urey said, "If we can distinguish between individuals uhoU.P. - 95 words
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Article72 1949-01-13 3 UOVIE actor Robert Mit- chum, convicted of violating the narcotics regulations has gone back to work at a RKO movie set to play the part of a hero policeman m his forthcoming film. Mitchum and his two codefendants pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge ofU.P. - 72 words
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Article43 1949-01-13 3 THE stage is set m Rangoon for cabinet -level talks tc start on Feb. 2 between India and Burma on the compensation payable to Indian landowners under Dh« Land Nationalisation Ac. passed by the Burmese Par liament last October.43 words
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Article320 1949-01-13 3 FREE ELECTIONS PLEA T»HE sprawling new state of East Indonesia is work--1 ing solidly with its Dutch creators. But its Indonesian leaders frankly are sympathetic toward the conquered Indonesian Republic. They feel, however, that they must make the best of the situation until theyA.P. - 320 words
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Article60 1949-01-13 3 DRITISH Transport execu- tive chiefs, after a threehour talk m London have decided to refer th<- worker*' claim for time and half pay on Saturday after- noons to the Labour M nist. r. I Mr. Issacs. They have asked him to appoint an independent arbitrationReuter - 60 words
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161 1949-01-13 3 Jap soldiers 'go native, are native" MORE than 9,000 former Japanese servicemen have made their homes m the mountains of Formosa rather than return to Japan. They have married nauve women, organised their own colony and support themselves by farming and huniing. This report was recently brought to Japan byReuter - 161 words
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Article46 1949-01-13 3 k 21 -MAN mission irom tl: organisation lor European Economic Co-operation ru>> arriving m Washington to aid the United gtau i romie Co-opora;ion Admini.siraaon m preuaiine EicU ad figures for the con v gro&iional drbaie on th» socond veai of ihe Marshall Plan. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Advertisement35 1949-01-13 3 OUTSIDE Wy^S*ty HOUSE PAINT H""jfr> IN ALL COLOURS X^^-Tr-.^^ MADE IN U.S.A. SOLE IMPORTERS HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (MALAYA) LTD. SINGAPORE^KUALA LUMPUR. PENANG LATEST POST-WAR SERIAL Starring ROD CAMERON C^Jg£g&£, WHOLE SERIAL! <~v»£ co^^t.oncd Saturday M'nite35 words
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597 1949-01-13 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Jan. 13. 1949. Whitehall Advice or Direction? IN his new year message, broadcast this week, the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, gave an Interesting definition of the respective roles of the Colonial Office and the territories m the march towards597 words
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Article, Illustration1034 1949-01-13 4 MONTAGUE TAYLOR - A FLAG CAUSES CONSTERNATION MONTAGUE TAYLOR By J N ports all over the world sailors are looking with increasing interest at a colourful flat? which flutters on many ships sailing the seven seas. It is a flag with two blue and red stars, the national emblem of the Central American1,034 words
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Article548 1949-01-13 4 PIERRE JEANNERAT - PIERRE JEANNERAT BY A FIERCE storm is about to break m the art world as the result of allegations that the income from the largest monetary bequest ever made for the purchase of British paintings and sculpture for the nation has been frittered away.548 words
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Article854 1949-01-13 4 A NYONE who questions what the anti-horn blowing ordinance is all about is hereby referred to Dr. Edward Podolsky, adviser to the Noise Abatement Council of New York, who quotes with £usto figures to show that m Manhattan last year the police warned or summoned over854 words
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303 1949-01-13 4 ROCKET ships, tired oy liquid hydrogen, could travel to the moon if a ship existed that could make the trip. U the latest word on Inter-planet travel from Dr. H. L. Johnston. Ohio State University's rocket expert. He is a chemistry professor Dr.303 words
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Article714 1949-01-13 4 JACK SMYTH BERLIN - JACK SMYTH BERLIN. By AS the Anglo-Ame-rican airlift, now over six months old, goes on into 1949, the predominant thought m Berlin is How much longer will it go on?" Since it began on June 26. 1948, when a handful of aircraft began to bring m714 words
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Advertisement8 1949-01-13 4 BP.de Sit va Ltd. (mco*o9»MTtD ernom.i SMCAPOXi PBMM68 words
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Advertisement24 1949-01-13 4 FAITH 1 That which is crookei cannot be made straight: and that which is wantI ing cannot be nu.nhercd. j j Eccleslagtea. 1, 15.24 words
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Advertisement96 1949-01-13 4 r new issues it *k*lt 9fit f TT r-.— TIIE AM)liK\\> M>lil^ ■> WF JUST COUL^NT SAY GQOD -F LULLABY OP BROADWAY 4835 THE BRIDE AND GROOM POLKA DON'T BLAME ME BING CROSBY 4100 1 DREAM OF JEANNE WITH THE I IGHt BROWN HAIR THE ROSE OF TRALEE 3 r96 words
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Article, Illustration460 1949-01-13 5 TRADE WITH JAPAN FAVOURED Free Presa Staff Reporter WHILE Singapore Municipal Commissioners on Tuesday expressed strong disapproval of buying Japanese goods, representative businessmen of all communities m the Colony told the Free Press yesterday that there were mutual benefits of the resumption of trade between Malaya and Japan. Both the460 words
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Article141 1949-01-13 5 are being taken by v I four Chinese seai unions m Singapore to federate > follows a suggestion ge Reed, Repreoi the International Transport Workers' n. v ho toured Smut year, to assist :nen m the Colony iptove their welfare Reed i" due to arrive la141 words
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Article, Illustration137 1949-01-13 5 JUVENILE COURT ADVISERS FIGHT WOMEN and 10 men haw- oten appoin*ed to :nel of Advisers to the Court v are: V.V.nen— Mrs. Goh Kok Kee. Mrs. Urn Bok Kee, Itn M. Harvey. X M R. Menon. Mrs. J. R Mutuah. Mrs. E. I J. Stott and Mrs. E Keng. Rev.137 words
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Article93 1949-01-13 5 ■•THE S.ngapore Traffic War- dew Scheme a system of spotting traffic offenders members of the publ.c has proved a failure and has been abandoned. This was announced yester- < by a member of the Traitic Wardens* Committee. X G Burne. who said that the practical results93 words
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Article229 1949-01-13 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent A REPRESENTATIVE of the Singapore Chinese Schools' Association, on behalf of all Chinese schools, has asked the Director of Education to relax the official limitation on the enrolment of pupils m any one class to a maximum of 40. The request has229 words
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Article99 1949-01-13 5 $3,000,000 FOR JOHORE SCHOOLS JOHORE is to spend over $3,000,000 on education m the State this year and nearly $4,000,000 on health and medical services. A total sum oi $23,275,246 has been set aside for running the State administration and services, and of that, $3,158,160 has been approved for expenditure99 words
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Article111 1949-01-13 5 THE disabled 7.196-ton U.S Maritime Commission ireighter Amelia Earhart, now lying m the Singapore Outer Roads. Ls being offered for sale. Tenders are now being accepted by American President Lines. The ship, carrying 8,000 tons of bauxite to Mobile, Alabama, ran aground on a coral reef111 words
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Article43 1949-01-13 5 The Rev. B. de Luze *nd his wife will meet local youth leaders at an Informal gathering at Singapore V.M.C.A. tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr. de Luze i> youth represent a Mve f the World Council of Christian Churches.43 words
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144 1949-01-13 5 Movement of goods FEDERATION LIFTS CONTROL KUALA LUMPUR, Thurg. I*HE control on the movement of certain goods from the Federation to Singapore has been lifted from to-day. The full list, 'which Includes certain foodstuffs, will be published m the Government Gazette. A Customs Department official m Kuala Lumpur stated that144 words
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Article40 1949-01-13 5 The award of the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry to the following members of I the Malayan Police Force has been announced: Special, Constable Mohamed bin Mat, Special Constable Krishna Bahadur and Lance Corporal Ramli bin Haji Ibrahim.40 words
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Article39 1949-01-13 5 A 66-year old Chinese. Tan i Chee, died In the General Hos-. pital two hours after a wheel[i I barrow he was pushing was m collision with a motor van at 11.40 a.m. yesterday m Havelock Road.39 words
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Article28 1949-01-13 5 A Chinese sustained severe burns m a fire caused by spirit m a shop-house m North Bridge Road eary yesterday morning. No property damage was reported.28 words
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Article201 1949-01-13 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent 4 COMMUNITY hall will be built m the Malay Settlement this year. Inche Abdullah bin Masood, Honorary Secretary of the Bed ok Rural District Committee, said m an interview. "We hope that through the community hall, closer co-operation between the Committee and201 words
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Article71 1949-01-13 5 Lim Kin Hai, a 20-year-old youth, was sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Taylor at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. He was found guilty of armed robbery of cash and articles worth $5,000. Lim, m the company of three others entered a house71 words
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Article46 1949-01-13 5 The second annual general meeing of the Kiwi Members League will be held at the People's Education Association Headquarters m Handy Roa<t on Sunday at 1.15 p.m. Prizes will also be distributed to the successful competitors m the recem hndminton and table-tennis tournamnets. i46 words
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Article263 1949-01-13 5 MUNICIPAL VOTING Free Press Staff Reporter 'THE electoral rolls for the Singapore Municipal A election will be published probably next week and nomination day will be about the middle of March, Mrs. G. Hawkins, Supervisor of Municipal Elections, told the Free Press yesterday. She said263 words
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200 1949-01-13 5 Chinese told: 'quit bandit areas' IPOH, Wed rHE Chinese ConsulGeneral for the Federation of Malaya, Mr. Li Chin, said today that, through the Chineselanguage newspapers, he had urged the Chinese squatter population to leave the bandit-infested areas. He wanted them to resettle m other areas of the Federation. This, he200 words
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Article75 1949-01-13 5 Ihc following are piou-m bearers of xhe Singapo V'll A. c «oc ation. Pre-idtiit Mr. be mm J Beni*; Vu^-P:-C. B. Arriola; Hon. S Mr. G. R G*«-jnr: Asst Ho" Seer- tary Mis T. Or ejra. Hor TY«L'ur«-r MY F Vi'laniK'v*: Chairman of Music. Mr A L;i75 words
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Advertisement73 1949-01-13 5 SOUTH WINDS HOTEL Tanjoni; Balai (offi:'>i Miles Jurong) lommodation Available spacious Modern Rooms. All unvenienres Among Beautiful. Natural Surroundiais. BATHING. FISHING, BADMINTON, TABLEHWIS, etc. MRQM TO SOITH WINDS ORCHESTRA. SAT— SUN. special TIFFIN CURRY-open to Non Residents Reduced Rates To H.M. FORCES. fcial amenities for wedding Rfreption and Banquets For73 words
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Advertisement195 1949-01-13 5 DO YOU KEEP FIT IN AEPTEX Over 60 years ago Aertex was invented &Jtf^* and during that time experience has taught the makers how suitably to ra| adapt the cellular principle. *"f y The air contained m the countless cells gM f^m^if which comprise the weave surround the f fjf195 words
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Article727 1949-01-13 6 Hotel fraud allegations THE former assistant manager of Raffles Hotel, 46-year-old Sarkies Martyrose Arathoon, yesterday made a plea of guilty m the closing stages of a preliminary inquiry into allegations of fraud against him. Arathoon, who was alleged to have converted to his own use sums totalling727 words
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Article, Illustration102 1949-01-13 6 FLYING HOTEL The Pan-American Clipper 'America,' a Boeing Stratocruiser, which will fly non-stop from New York to London m 12 hours when it starts service m a few weeks, is aptly described as a 'flying hotel' With two flight decks, double beds and a bar, it will provide luxurious transportationReuter - 102 words
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121 1949-01-13 6 SOUGHT AID FOR 'HILL PEOPLE': JAIL From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Tues. A 19-YEAR-OLD Englishspeaking youth, Jou Chin Tsal. who tried to collect $1,000 from a trader to help "the people m the hills." has be*n sent to two years' jail for attempted extortion. Thp complainant told the Sessions Court121 words
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Article456 1949-01-13 6 WOMAN AMONG BANDITS SHOT DEAD Four Chinese murdered Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday MEN of the King's Own York»hin Infantry and Coldstream Guards a> well a the Police were m action yestercla>. killi n< eight bandits four m Kedah, three m IVrak and one m Johore. A woman456 words
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Article41 1949-01-13 6 SINGAPORE police yesterday O arrested two Chinese m connection with a hold-up In Upper Aljunied Road on Dec 22 A Chinese woman reported that a Chinese took $160 off her at the point of a knife41 words
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Article36 1949-01-13 6 A gang or construction labourers digging at the site of the new Municipal quarters m Lorong Larat (off Syed Ahvi Road) yesterday morning uncovered a skeleton. I about two feet down. Police are investiuaiing.36 words
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Article535 1949-01-13 6 LONDON, Thursday. THE London Stock nange remains politically conscious and trading yesterday was very small and insufficient to test price levels, say s Reuters financial correspondent. The upward trend In tin shares continued while rubbers declined. Fears of tax on royalties received by the British South535 words
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Article110 1949-01-13 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN Wed (\VER 39.000 supplementary w meals were Riven to 1,750 Malay schoolchildren m ihe T*™? 11 area of Negri SembjUn during the three-month period last year that 'he school feeding scheme «-a« carried out. x* T "J^l? cost the State Medical110 words
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Article190 1949-01-13 6 MR C. C. Tan (Municipal South-Wesu will ask the following questions m the Singapore Legislative Council next month: Is it not correct that under the Singapore Police pay code, European inspectors and chid inspectors promot on to the rank of asaistan; superintendent o! police are190 words
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Advertisement136 1949-01-13 6 NOW SHOWING 11-1.45. 4 00 6 30 9.13 p.m. I 9 1 r /^fl mM m 1 3 Stmmtimf WHU fLaeupu BORISI(ARLOFF JULIE LONDON WARD BONO £*§?Z: RICHARD LONG ,*mSm IWHITHEID (ONMOR MARSHALL Ai)WU[iiSA[lM[li?iA?lQMl \\\\i%\ ltoe RmM of Comfort TODAY 11 am.. 1 IS, 4.1*. (.41 and IIM p m.136 words
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Advertisement110 1949-01-13 6 APPOINTMIATs The f0 k ■sent appou. m rf nounced l*a nifii.r to art D i>. tary <Recon«trurf Rotv^on. Carft HjCfc A»L«tant FinarHia plare of Mr M C MjC.B Mr W And* or. adK or of Bou*t«»8d A- < a member of :h* Ii tion Commit' »j n Mr. W H110 words
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Miscellaneous163 1949-01-13 6 M3ndr2l(6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya ■■■■■HflflHHH \SyDOtNLY~7HE LAA7H OP£NS I I SHRIEK UIttAAAY ™3B IOV.IGOSH.' CAN I SOMETHING um»-™™J lAS HE DISAPPEARS-- J^ -IT--REALLY-- J SINISTER/ J^Nt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Presi m Malaya WELL, \Ys NICE OF YOU\ 1/ ONE MOMENT— /jrv/^I'VE SEEN You163 words
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Article, Illustration47 1949-01-13 7 pictL ILe Rena r d of France taking an overhead shot m the :al of the Thomas Cup badminton plaj/ed ct Ilford. Essex, on Jan. 5. Partnered Le Renard lost both doubles matches. y 9 0 to aualitv for the 2one final, against Denmark- A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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457 1949-01-13 7 Open Door' policy blamed for poor Standard of soccer M/ flpK pre-war standard of soccer m Singapore was 1 [much higher than at the present time and I thtel- tins m due to the open door' policy of the SlAa^ore Amateur Football Association," said Mr. Stan Kwanf Tow. retiring vice-president457 words
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Article396 1949-01-13 7 Not a single set conceded THE Malayan Thomas Cup badminton team, playing their first important fixture m England, last night beat a strong Wimbledon Club side by six matches to zero at Wimbledon, London. Although the Wimbledon side were reinforced by several English internationals,396 words
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Article, Illustration146 1949-01-13 7 yHK Austrian heavyweight, Joe Weidin. protege of Jack Dempsey, lost by a split decision over ten rounds to Freddie Beshore In Los Angles on Tuesday night Weidin used a mechanical style with which he couid not nail the bobbing, weaving Beshore. He repeatedly used leftA.P. - 146 words
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Article55 1949-01-13 7 TABLE TENNIS i THE following have been selected 1 to represent the Municipal 1 Treasurer's Dept. m a fr.endly tabie-t«nn:* ma^ch a^aiost the i Municipal Cngin«ex.ng Dept. to be played at 26. Tyrwhi't Rd, at!] 11 a.m. on Saturday Leow Young 'Capt). Loe Meng Kong. Lim Soo Ouair Koh Chmp55 words
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Article92 1949-01-13 7 Full results of the Malaya 1 v. Wimbledon Club badminton match (Malayan names first) were: Law Teik Hock beat H. J. Wingfield 15-4, 15-8. Yeoh Te* Chye and Chan Kon Leong beat D. C. Hume and X J. Nichols 15-4, 15-8. Wong Peng Soon beat N. Radford 15-0. 15-4.92 words
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Article118 1949-01-13 7 A HEAVY programme of Australian tennis tours is mapped out for the first half of this year. In addition to a possible Davis Cup challenge the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia has also planned to send a team to tour South Africa. The NSW. Tennis Association is118 words
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Article22 1949-01-13 7 §T Mary's Hospital beat Middle sex Ho6pl*al by 19 point* to n 1 m a Rugby Union match yesterday Router.22 words
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Article376 1949-01-13 7 r.^pite of the sodden ground and a shower of rair. taring the sair.e. tmenty-two momen hockey emhuaifttt- played a keeny ioughtcut game on the ra :ar.g ves>crday. ilis match wn between the S.CC. Women and the Changi Udia Hockey Club which ended :n *tn for376 words
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Article, Illustration578 1949-01-13 7 T^HE clash between Derby County and Arsenal 1 is undoubtedly the outstanding match of the fourth round English Football Association Cup ties being played on January 29, but the David and Goliath struggle between Yeovil Town, the remaining non-league club, and Sunderland, First Division "giants", will claimReuter - 578 words
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Article585 1949-01-13 7 CRUSADER - CRUSADER MALA VAN R UGB V TOPICS By npHE Royal Air Force Combined XV are at the head of the table m the Singapore Rugby Union pentangular tournament, which is now approaching its final stages. They have five points from three matches and have so585 words
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Article55 1949-01-13 7 T»HE TEAM to represent the Boustead Sports Club against the Robinson Bport« club In a game of soccer at Farm Pfcrk to* morrow at 5.15 p.m. will be chOMn from: Chiang Ha Sun. S. A. Bake-. MaJimood, Pasko*, David. Rn 1 O~niales, Scot*; Noor'- 1 Tan C' m55 words
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Article65 1949-01-13 7 MAKING his first appearance m Australia at the Manly Oval last night, the Panama Negro. Lloyd La Beach, won the 100-yard international challenge race m 9.8 seconds. The New South Wales sprinter. Ted Strickland, was second m 9.9 seconds. The Australian record is 9.6 seconds.65 words
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Article125 1949-01-13 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed JN A thrilling match between the S*nyum Badminton Party and Ayer Molek Badminton Party, held at the former's court m Johore Bahru. the Senyim bear Ayer Molek five-four. The fuli results are: SINGLES. Aba* Wahub beat Aris Awa.'.g 15-4, 3-0, Sahaxian Chile beat125 words
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Article105 1949-01-13 7 JEJI Goldstein will meet Tiger Joglnder In the ma.n event of the Great World wrestling promotion on Saturday. Both are experienced fighters and Goldstein, who v strong and scientific will find that the Indian U ready and willing to fight throughout at top speed, no matter how hard105 words
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254 1949-01-13 7 U.K. soccer fixtures for Saturday UK. League soccer fixture* for Saturday are: r.A. err sr« bound elpi w* K011..n W. v Mod Villa H adder* field T. Wu>-rn > Park H. Leicester C. v Birmingham C Liverpool Nottingham For, FIRST DIVISION Araenaj v »bemHd I Blackpool M»Dchfii*r C r CkarltoaReuter - 254 words
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104 1949-01-13 7 vyTTH the object of breeding stayers, Mr H. Mackr-amara, of Wyndham Park stud. \Vtrribe«, Victoria, hu imported Vo E:. gland. Voluntary arr.ved m Victoria. recently. He is a bay horst by FoxhunTer from Gliding, and has won thirteen races. Voluntary get* his preat !*«yin^A.A.P.; Reuter - 104 words
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Advertisement160 1949-01-13 7 lindiin film* present IT i "V w HOBBRT r-f^^f DOXAT fjfk TT BOY CEOtIC HAPDWICfcI •ASH ftAOFOBO KATHLEEN HARBISON FtANCM t. SULUVAN H MARGARET LEIGHTON CAPITOL vf*y soon/ I Quick Relief fren RViBW CHEST SORENESS Pf\ V^^^O Bronchial Colds ■J^^^^i^w^ H ore cncst *hou-s the presence of danger- 1% II160 words
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Miscellaneous38 1949-01-13 7 Todays Sport RUGBY: St.R.C r S.H.B R.F.C. R*«burn Park. 5 15 p.m HOCKEY. GS.C. trial, S R.C.. 5.15 p.m Shell S.C. Nee Soon. Faxrer 5 15 p.m. M.-etin* of Sinfapore Olympic and Sports Council. T MCA. |j| pin.38 words
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Article, Illustration482 1949-01-13 8 Chiang envoy makes appeal NEW YORK, Thursday. URGING a world-wide anti-Communist front and appealing for international assistance m halting the civil war m China, the Nanking Ambassador to the United States, Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, m a speech accepting the 1949 Alexander HamiltonU.P.; A.P. - 482 words
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Article292 1949-01-13 8 WASHINGTON, Thursday. pOLITICAL disturbances which have restricted transportation kept 300,000 tons of Burma rice off the world markets m 1948, according to a report by the U.S. Agricultural Department. The report adds that Siam is expected to be the primary export source m 1949.Reuter - 292 words
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Article49 1949-01-13 8 ASSOMULL On 12th January m ppnang to Kamla "wife of Iff D T. Assoinuli' A daughter M. P. KUMAR AN of Meth la Scores. Segama: to My thin, wif* of Mr. M. P Kumaran on Bth January. 1949 at Bung>ar Hosp;'al. Kuala Lumour a son. Both are well.49 words
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Article22 1949-01-13 8 THE ENGAGEMENT took place on 9.1.49 between Cne Hanaffi bin Ahmad of Kampong Ctan-ek and Che Hab:bah bintl Jaafar of Geylang22 words
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Article55 1949-01-13 8 SADD— HERIOT On Januarys' at Broadwavr Church. Worthing. Ronald Majnard. son of H. H. Sadd of 20 Glencairn Drive. W. 5. and the late Mrs. Sadd. to Felicity Irene, younger daughter of Guy Herlot of Teluk JUison, Malaya and Tudor Lodge, Jugg'g Lane. Kingston near Lewes. Sussex knd the55 words
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Article164 1949-01-13 8 MORE SUICIDES NOW THAN 1942 LONDON, Thursday. LATEST figures show that fewer Britons are taking their own lives than before the war, but there has been a 23 per cent increase m suicidal deaths since 1942, when Britain's fortune was at lowest ebb. A Government statistical abstract published here disclosesReuter - 164 words
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Article33 1949-01-13 8 EIGHT Japanese salvage technicians have left for Shanghai to^start work on n salvage project at the invitation of the Chinese Government. It was reported I m Tokyo yesterday.33 words
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277 1949-01-13 8 LONDON, Thursday. T*HE President of the World Federation of Trade 1 Unions, Sir Arthur Deakin. said yesterday he would not give his source of information for a statement he made that a Communist plan to disrupt British industry was due to be put intoReuter - 277 words
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Article37 1949-01-13 8 Francois De Wendel, French politician and industrialist, died yesterday, aged 75. He was a prewar Senator and one of the owners of the huge steel industry m Eastern France that b*ars hi« name.- A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article79 1949-01-13 8 ROME, Thursday. \EGOS AMISANO, 28. was yesterday sentenced at Noyara to nine months m jail for a mistake he made when he became intoxicated late one night. He had entered a neighbour's house and crawled into the bed, where the wife of the neighbour was sleeping. TheU.P. - 79 words
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Article113 1949-01-13 8 A SPfcClAl Market corrttpoD dent cim thf prices of rubbei (Id rents per lb 1 11 u*ia< follow* Barer* Seller? No. 1 RS S Spot loose ..37 37', I* Ob m hales lar No. 1 R.S.S. 37 37 No. 2 R.S.S. 35 35*4 No. 3 R.S.S. 34 2113 words
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Article23 1949-01-13 8 Britain's gold and dollar reserves increased by £20 000 000 during the last quarter. It I was announced yesterday.23 words
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145 1949-01-13 8 BUCK HILL FALLS (Penna.), i Thursday. CAVING that recent scienti- flc studies had proven the belief that inter-racial marriages breed the worst characteristics of both races to be entirely false, the president of the United Council of ChwcftJrfmen, Mrs. Harper Sibley, of New York, isA.P. - 145 words
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Article648 1949-01-13 8 IMONTOR, Ltd., and two of its directors were found guilty yesterday m the First Court on two further charges relating to infringements of the Finance Regulations. The convictions were: Montor, Ltd., for paying $4,750 (U.S.) to the Parker Pen Company of Janesville, Wisconsin, and $100648 words
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Article110 1949-01-13 8 WASHIN j WORLD fTT na\. been co^ ably reli. thn c Departm* i Iture re; the slow? been m ti. "the 1949 as a whol, be* las large- mThe rep the Far t provenu: duction has a further lacilities dUtribuMo: surplus to Diet poo), "Crop!- Far E&jterr c< tA.P. - 110 words
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Article62 1949-01-13 8 FREMANTLE VISCOUNT Huflfr man of M here yesterday hU tion had more ti. British applicar. cars In Br tain he adc per cm. of cars pr allowed to be sold I market and by feg holders wer« satisfied whether other c:.' than 10 per car nan. Lord Nuffleld ar:Reuter - 62 words
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Article55 1949-01-13 8 SOTTISGHAM I 'THREE girl, laboratory said yesterdci seen the c' golden-haired ing what appe knife, m a Public Health One girl ttc into the gutni (formerly a feed the an there was abt and the at". cold Then the n ed First iht hand throucl open door, ai beforeReuter - 55 words
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Article121 1949-01-13 8 CHICAGO, Thursday. 1 LOCAL brother and sister. Odvar and Lorraine Nielsen, said yesterday that a Danish woman newspaper publisher, Miss Holly Berling. whom they had never met had left them US$lOO,OOO because of her childhood romance with their uncle. They said a Danish law flrm hasA.P. - 121 words
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Advertisement135 1949-01-13 8 ACCOMMODATION WANTED QUIET European. Couple, require bungalow or flat permanen* or temporary. Urgent Tel. 5091. Ex. 291. ACCOMMODATION' VACANT EUROPEAN BACHELOR offers share large modern double room t The Anchorage 32A Naaeiai Rd Tel. 752S or 83d88 CAHOBTA/NAHOriginalQdhner calculating mach'u AT A COST LOW ENOUGH TO GET A MACHINE FOR135 words
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Advertisement69 1949-01-13 8 NOTICE VOLUNTEER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY. SMALL ARMS COURSE. CATEGORY fWT Will the undermentioned members of Category "B" Volunteer Special Constabulary, please report to the Police Training School, Thompson Road on Monday 17th January 1949 as soon after 9 p.m. as possible. No. 207r 987; 1107; 1108; 1109; 1110; nil; 1112; 1113;69 words
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Advertisement26 1949-01-13 8 THIS EVENING AT BAFFLES HOXEI IN THE NEW LOUNGE THE COCKTAIL HOUB from 7 to 8 p.m. INFORMAL DANCE from 8.45 p.m. FRANK PICKFOBD HIS ORCHESTfi'26 words
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Miscellaneous15 1949-01-13 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 8.56 a jm; 11.05 pm. I Friday: 9.45 a.m; 11 45 p.m.15 words
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