The Singapore Free Press, 17 January 1949
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Title Section18 1949-01-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.373 Singapore, monday; January 17, 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration416 1949-01-17 1 Peace nearer m N. China NANKING, Monday. QKNERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek, speaking yesterday at a military ceremony which is now widely believed to have been his farewell appearance/* called on Nationalist forces to stand as one man and to wipe out all past humiliations.** President Chiang whoReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 416 words
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Article140 1949-01-17 1 W estern Union plan for colonies LONDON. Monday. THi utegration of the overseas territories of the f Western Union nations will be discussed «Ai the foreign ministers of the five countries Brit France, Holland. Belgium and Luxemburg mtt i London on Jan. 25. according to reliable soar It was reportedU.P. - 140 words
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Article38 1949-01-17 1 lflL I una Menon. In- OUm Hi^n Commissioner la Lordon yesterday told 40 Indfer. searr>n viio have been Ttiiig -..id are apytaitr a four weeks' ptoor .'.cc. that the n4tii Government would total their appeal.38 words
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Article56 1949-01-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police arrested 22 Chinese for alleged activities m connection with secret societies m a number of raids during the week-end. Six were arrested m a raid on a house m Smith Street, and another three m a house m56 words
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Article74 1949-01-17 1 'WHOLE OF FREE WORLD SHOCKED' NKV CASTLE UPON-TYNE. Monday. I^HE Deputy Prime Minister. Mr. Herbert Morrison, said last night that the arrest of Cardinal Mmdszenty m Hungard signified a Communist campaign to wipe out "every vestige of freedom m the countries under their control Speaking at a Labour rally heie,U.P. - 74 words
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Article49 1949-01-17 1 SIR Gwilym Rowlands, most prominent working man m Britains Conservative Party' died yesterday at Penygraid. Rhondda Valley. South Wales, aged 70 He went lo work. In the coal-min^s when he was 16 and m 1921 he became chairman of the General Council of the Conservative Party.-49 words
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87 1949-01-17 1 2,339 screened in week-end security check Free Press Staff Reporter IN one of the biggest serle* of security checks, Singapore mobile patrols at the week-end screened a total of 2,339 people m six different places m the city and rural areas. In the course of the checks, police stopped 44587 words
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Article197 1949-01-17 1 Western Union Defence THE HAGUE, Sunday. THE dispersion of Dutch armed forces for "police action" m Indonesia is believed to have seriously affected Holland's ability to contribute to joint Western European defence. Nearly all available Dutch forces are reported to be m Indonesia. This problemReuter - 197 words
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Article68 1949-01-17 1 BANGKOK, Monday. < \\l will seek to balance its 1949 budget by Increases m indirect taxes, cuts m allowances to government officials and by slashing In half the staffs of the two major rice bureaus Preliminary budget estimates showed a deficit of 1,600,000.000 ticals 'about $80,000,000; betweenA.P. - 68 words
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Article34 1949-01-17 1 The U.S. State Department ha» announced the transfer from Shanghai to Singapore as Consul of Mr. A. Bland Calder. Mr. John Freeman Stone has been assigned to Bangkok from Washington. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article37 1949-01-17 1 THE Soviet news agency Tass 1 reported yesterday that Russia's outstanding: parachute jumper Captain Aleksei Bystrov, had claimed a new kind of record when he balled out of a plane flylnß at 464 m.p.h. U.P.U.P. - 37 words
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202 1949-01-17 1 WASHINGTON. Sunday. THE U.S. Navy is asking for more billions of dollars to build rocket ships, robot planes and submarine fleets which it believes will dominate the next war at sea. The Navy Secretary, Mr. John L. Sullivan says m his annual report to the202 words
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Article332 1949-01-17 1 BATAVIA, Monday. REPUDIATING official Dutch assurances that the IV five Republican leaders being detained on Banka have been accorded "complete liberty" on the island, the United Nations Good Offices Committee yesterday said that the five men are being kept under close guard m aReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 332 words
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Article75 1949-01-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than 600 katls of pork I from recently-imported Australian pigs was sold out within a few hours at the Orchard Road market yes-f terday. Aobut 400 katis will be on sale today. Australian pork iis expected to be on sale at75 words
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Article34 1949-01-17 1 THE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission has appointed Dr. Lawrence Hafited, one of the country's top nuclear experts to direct an Intensified mulii-milllon dollar programme to harnesc the atom* vast force* U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article400 1949-01-17 1 DURBAN, Monday. TPHE bloody race riots between Africans and Indians A which have swept Durban since last Thursday seemed to be subsiding m the city yesterday as armed troops and police gained control of the situation, but were spreading like an ugly rash to neighbouring townsReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 400 words
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Article, Illustration62 1949-01-17 1 picture Trie L.S. V:ce President, Mr. Albert Barkley (left), confers with a Republican Senator, Mr. Arthur Vandenberg (fight). In the centre is a neiccomer to th§ Senate, Mr. Robert Kerr t Democrat k Mr. Barkley trill preside over the Senate tumorroio when it votes on the appointment of Mr. DeanA.P. - 62 words
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Article48 1949-01-17 1 BRITAIN'S small soap ration will be Increased by onesixth after Jan. 30 because of Improved supplies of fats and oils from Africa. Each consumer Is now rationed to 18 ounces of toilet soap or 24 ounces of hard soap every eight week*. A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article156 1949-01-17 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. WESTERN Europe is on tftM road to recovery according to Mr. Nathaniel Knowles. Chief of the EC. A. division of statistics. Output from bUbpi and factories m Marshall Plan countries has increased farm crop yields ar^ better and cement, steel and electric power156 words
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Article93 1949-01-17 1 FRANKFURT Monday SIXTEEN thousand US combat troop^ strucic westward against an imaginary "aggressor" yesterday m a sweeping winter manoeuvre to "teach them what learned :n the Battle of rh^ Bulge." The crack First Infantry Division, operating as part < r a simulated full army corps, spedU.P. - 93 words
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Advertisement64 1949-01-17 1 RUE GEMS OF THE ORIENT I. S. de Silva nun D 6 ORCHARD ROAD —You can't huy AERTEX cheaper elsewhere! The Celebrated AERTEX ■>ORTSHIRTS Only $8.50 9 ach Assorted shades, all sizes. ■UEFS VESTS $4.90 *ach V/ SOCKS Asfcool khaki white stockings $2.90 p. pair.! Mpnol half-hose $1.90 per pair.!64 words
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Advertisement33 1949-01-17 1 Ommmj WG.CwKITCHtN |j rm THE PREBBEO STEEL COOKER WITH THE 4 2L OR OP WHY* f wr^T^di ffl OVEN ooon ADVT OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD, Of ENGLAND StMOATOU ILMhLA UUMTU^ FKNAN633 words
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Article, Illustration725 1949-01-17 2 Hall Romney - MALAYANS IN UK Hall Romney LONDON| I LETTER I I By MALAYAN students m the United Kingdom, greatly disappointed at earlier news that the Federa- tion Government had refused to finance the scheme for a Malayan students' centre m London, have been delighted to learn with the New Year that725 words
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Article268 1949-01-17 2 BOB THOMAS - IF THEY DON'T BEHAVE BOB THOMAS By IyHAT happens when a film star misbehaves m public? This question was directed at Dore Schary, production boss at MGM, most starladen of the studios. "The star Is brought to the studio ajid talked to," Schary answered. "He is told to straighten himselfA.P. - 268 words
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Article421 1949-01-17 2 of the p.ayers m ths deft] probably would be ranked en almost everybody's list of the top 10 or 12 players m America. The fourth wa s Charles Btttsler, Baltimore retail s'.ore executive, who is also a fine player, although not qu to m the cla*s of the421 words
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Article, Illustration821 1949-01-17 2 RALPH IZZARD - Woman, wrestler design her own clothes RALPH IZZARD By A RECENT evening found us trundling m a cab towards Turner's Arena. The entertainment offered was: Mildred Bu r ke, "undefeated women's feminine wrestling champ of the world versus Elvira Snodgrass, "the Smoky Mountain wildcat from Tennessee." We do not approve821 words
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Advertisement191 1949-01-17 2 XAVIER 5 CUGAr and /i/s WALDORF ASTORIA ORCHESTRA on His Masters Voice Records LA CUMPARSITA AUTO CONGA NUEVA CONGA ConeRUMBA RUMBEROO. Rumbß TONIGHT P fidia B FRENESI Rurrba SALUD DINLRO V AMOR \V NOCHE DF RON'DA W VISIT PANAMA Rumba ONE. TWO THREF KICK Conga SIBONEY. Rumba I WANT MY191 words
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Miscellaneous912 1949-01-17 2 CT'Xir'liPOßF 1 Lunch-tune mv.-.v- u> UK r c.UJ bf tlie rostral. o Ma i.n ..l^Urtr^Au Radio Orchestra; 1.30 News; 1.45 Anden n; 9.00 Pacific Mail Bag; 185 metres; 41 metres (12 p.m. Li^ht Instrumen al Music; 6 Pro- I 9.20 Music of the Theatre; 9-30 to 111 61 metres (6912 words
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Miscellaneous227 1949-01-17 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have tre- mendous influence over people and hence you must use due caution m exerting it. Fortunately, f9tu ideals are high and you have a deep compassion for those who are less fortunate than yourself. You are not one to conceal the truth, no227 words
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330 1949-01-17 3 NEHRU CONFERENCE MAY FORM NEW BLOC Historic or catastrophic? TWENTY nations have been invited by Pandit Nehru to the conference on Indonesia, scheduled to begin m New Delhi on Thursday. The purpose, according ta Nehru, is "to demonstrate the sympathy of Asian countries towards Indonesia m a practical, creative way."A.P. - 330 words
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Article39 1949-01-17 3 I'HE United States cruisers' Albany, Providence and six destroyers, have arrived at Gibraltar. By Saturday when the U.S. Mediterranean fleet will be reviewed about 30 U.S. warships are expected to have i assembled. U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article237 1949-01-17 3 ■»R ANCE arid Britain are growing closer and closer H to each other m a wide range of fields— political, m itary, economic and cultural, reports the British E in Paris m a survey of Anglo-France co- <* made just before the French Foreign M lister,A.P. - 237 words
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186 1949-01-17 3 ptiE Medical World, organ of the British Medical practitioners' Union, says the Union, "far from ruling out strike action, considers it a practical possibility during the coming year, if its demands were not fulfilled." Such an action on the part vt the medical profession, theReuter - 186 words
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Article65 1949-01-17 3 4 BLIND man can now cross a road safely when instructed by talking traffic signals. British ministry of Transport official* and police demonstrated recently m Hayes, Kent A man's voice satd: "Before crossing look right, look left, look right again. Thank you." The speaking signal does notReuter - 65 words
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213 1949-01-17 3 Y EARLY 6.000 White Russians and 1,000 former Soviet citizens who renounced their citizenship, are trying desperately to get out of China before the Chinese Communist armies overrun Shanghai. The International Refugee Organization is helping them and is Riving priority to former Soviet citizensU.P.; Reuter - 213 words
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Article79 1949-01-17 3 I*HE Bikini atomic bomb ex- plosion left the flsh life m that area "going on essentially as if nothing had happened.' reports the curator of flibei of the U.S. National Museum. Dr. Leonard P. Schultz. He add'xi. 'There may have i been profound genetic effectsA.P. - 79 words
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Article148 1949-01-17 3 IS the deadline lor ac- eeptanee of registrations oi candidates m the coining Japanese general elections to be held on Jan. 23— closed political observes predicted the quietest and most disappointing election since Japan's surrender. The most disturbing factor, is the rapidly growing influence of theReuter - 148 words
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Article26 1949-01-17 3 Three persons were killed and 16 Injured by an explosion aboard the Brazilian tanker Itamarati. anchored m Guanabara Bay. Rio d<> Janiero.- U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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Article, Illustration24 1949-01-17 3 India's Prime addre?sr s a mats Hyderabadi* ;nd*tand of the trie Fat eh Maidan n -rabod C'ty during his 'he Deccan24 words
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Article, Illustration24 1949-01-17 3 Ths Governor -General of Pakistan. Alha? Khwaja Nazi mud a m. taking th« salute at PN.G. Parade, Sukkur, during hu recent tour of SLnd24 words
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Article120 1949-01-17 3 WORLD WHEAT AGREEMENT UNLIKELY ■I'HE Ol M Mr x: -M being m Washi: beuinninst 6 considered much less han last ItV !5» 'Sosed five-year m raa negotiated ■p -:iT iund of hlßh irdty. with none 1 these two 1 undergo much c next five years. .situation has a I theReuter - 120 words
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Article17 1949-01-17 3 be barred from Australian indei tti new •< ensure preferf an and BritL" ris. ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article74 1949-01-17 3 JriTION is back m the 5 lion fore- b even r with a to the according recession. 'he necessary 2^ )ro rt-turning evervthine he war is nov> d supply and :io longer have th° ■•t In the market Aa nc wider seleo"Or mallty. i carriedA.P. - 74 words
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Article142 1949-01-17 3 JAP GLOVES UNDERCUT U.S. PRODUCT AMERICAN wool glove and' a\ mitten manufacturers say Japanese Imports are becoming a threat to their industry. Japanese-made wool-nit gloves already have started big sales m the U.S., they say, at prices far below the American cost. Mr. Fames H. Casey, Jr., Executive Secretary ofA.P. - 142 words
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Article72 1949-01-17 3 A WOMAN who renounced human society and lived alone with her rats for 34 yean was found dead m her homo In Liverpool last week by the police who had to force their way m. She was Miss Sarah Dallas. aged 60. It Is believed sheReuter - 72 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-01-17 3 FROM SEAWEED: This pale pink nightdress f* made from a suver lightweight wool yarn using as n base or "carrier thread." a substance called calcium alqinate derived from seaneed. It icas on view at 2 London exhibition given by the International Wool Secretariat.43 words
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Article64 1949-01-17 3 APPLICATION for a writ of habeas corpus by James Martyn who complained that, though he had never been a member of the Forces, he had been sentenced by court martial was dismissed In the Kings Bench Division. A writ to quash the court martial proceedings wasReuter - 64 words
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Article63 1949-01-17 3 INDIAN mills purchased 3.500.000 bales of jute from Pakistan during the first 11 months of 1948. This was 70 per cent of the annual quota of Pakistan during that period. As a result of the partition of India, almost all the raw jute is produced m63 words
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Article175 1949-01-17 3 SHAREHOLDERS m the De Bernales group of Australian goldmining companies have been officially told that they have lost all or most >it their money. In the boom IB 1935 these seven companies had a market value ot more than £9.000.000. Now Britain's official receiver has notifiedReuter - 175 words
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Article263 1949-01-17 3 COUTH Africa's Prime Minister, Dr. Malan, will make the provincial elections on March 9 a vote of confidence m his colour policy and if these elections go against him he may go to the country for a fresh mandate. On the other hand if his policyReuter - 263 words
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Article99 1949-01-17 3 DARALYSED from the waist down since she was aged 11. Mrs. Patricia Williams, aged 20, of Adelaide, has given birth to a healthy baby. The birth was Caesarean and three doctors were m attendance. Mrs. Williams has used a wheel chair for eight years, butReuter - 99 words
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Article119 1949-01-17 3 THE Lower House ol the Convocation of Canterbury has proposed that wine used at Holy Communion m the Church of England should be "pure fermented juice of the grape good and vnotesome." The motion was passed by 82 votes to 44 "Christ instituted the sacrament withA.P. - 119 words
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Article17 1949-01-17 3 Trade talks between Ceylon and Czechoslovkia will open m Ixmdon shortly, it was learned m London. ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Advertisement132 1949-01-17 3 QUALITY CARPETS AXMINSTER 9* x lO'z' $135 9' x 12* $163 WILTON 9* x 10 i' 8285 9 x 12' 8325 MIRZAPUR Available m pleasing colours beige, light and dark green rust, cream and off-white. rx 6' $48 8' x 10' $215 4* x T $75 9' x 10f/ 2132 words
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607 1949-01-17 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Jan. 17, 1949. The Malayan Chinese Assn. rE movement to create a Malayan Chinese association embracing all Chinese .born m this country and those who are permanently resident here, is one of great importance and its progress will be watched with interest and sympathy by607 words
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Article884 1949-01-17 4 MURIEL PENN - A NEW KIND OF RELIGION MURIEL PENN By THRISTENDOM, an all embracing Christianity which may include the best elements of Islam, Buddhism and the Byzantine worlds, is destined to be the civilisation of the future, according: to Professor Arnold Toynbee, the well-known British historian. Such a Christianity, Professor Toynbee says884 words
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Article, Illustration91 1949-01-17 4 Too young for school homeicork, Billy Stephens, 6. weight 50 lbs., of Leyton, Essex, ha s a novel hobby. Wearing tights and boxing shoes, he lift s iron bar* weighing 115 lbs. and exercises with a 12k lb dumbbell m each hand. With the help of a rope round his91 words
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Article348 1949-01-17 4 SAFE back at their Arctic bases, all 12 of the American airmen who crashed on Greenland's icy mountains have passed a medical examination with flying colours. Yet the seven who first came to grief spent 19 days on a blizzard -swept icecap 8,000 ft. up348 words
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Article419 1949-01-17 4 COURTENAY EDWARDS - COURTENAY EDWARDS By A IR travellers may before long find themselves rocket-pro-pelled from airport runways like the 12 U.S. airmen rescued from the Greenland ice-cap by this form of assisted take-off. The ski-equipped Dakota which landed on the Arctic ice to take off the marooned Americans419 words
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Article217 1949-01-17 4 OIXTY-FOUR- YEAR-OLD George de Grey. eighth baron Walsingham. of Thetford. Norfolk, is the retired Colonel of the Royal Norfolk Regiment and has definite views about beating. Never make a wager, is his mot o now and he .oueht to know, for the last wager :ie217 words
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Article925 1949-01-17 4 FRANK OWEN - Faith, hope and leadership FRANK OWEN by IN the magnificent British film "Scott of the Antarctic" there comes a moment when the little band of explorers surmount the crest of the mighty Ice Barrier which until then has defeated every effort ot men to reach the South Pole. Before Scott925 words
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Article434 1949-01-17 4 R. J. MARTIN - NEW YEAR MONEY R. J. MARTIN By T»HE Royal Mint has x been busy f or son* time with the rhan^ for this c which are because "Ind I no loneer part King's titlTo remove six leti the coins is a big j Or bronze coins and < r low434 words
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Advertisement12 1949-01-17 4 For PROMPTS EFFICIENT +t w if ♦J Ttit APCADf PMOMt 4451 SIXGAPORE12 words
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Advertisement33 1949-01-17 4 FAITH Be re therefore read* atoo: for the Son of Man cometh at an hour whf ye think not St. Luk 13, Battery Road, 2nd Floor--swarf Cocktail And Evening Gowns S TBL «97Q33 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-01-17 5 picture. I:i Swte Lan. uho ■d to Mr Teng >ng. m Singapore's mass wedding held deration at the W HA Cabaret yes'»a'<ing a speech on rWgs. Thirty- 'ti S^ngaand the Federation The Prc^i- CMmcm ChamMr Yong officiated. Pree FreeFree Press - 39 words
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Article32 1949-01-17 5 n N >RCEM3*TTS -f 150 A cond 4 Bri rived ill i pship Dune;. I ooni I M Grenadier "ds. Second arrived Oo'uber. last n m action i the32 words
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Article639 1949-01-17 5 Association fells Commissioners 'Keep them out of city limits 9 Free Press Staff Reporter A RECOMMENDATION that the Singapore Traffic Police should allow learner-drivers to drive motor vehicles outside town limits only has been made by the Singapore Hire Car Association to a special committee639 words
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Article, Illustration53 1949-01-17 5 picture. a tojd.i of the co..:?u i appreciation for his 50 oad years' service. Mr. Tan Hen 9 Siang was presented with a gild watch and chain at a function held at the G. Cafe last Friday. Mr. Stogden, on behnii nf P ft n T*n,idon, is seen making theMobile Poto - 53 words
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Article315 1949-01-17 5 N announcement by FAKKLF, H.0.,.1a>i night A said that m a campaign against theft and looting, the Army are fingerprinting certain categories of employees. Thefts and looting m its depots and installations have cost the Army several hundreds of thousands of dollars during the past315 words
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Article145 1949-01-17 5 SQUATTERS 'ARE NOT COMMUNISTS' PENANG. Sun. MOST Chinese squatters In Malaya were not Communists or terrorists, but very simple people said the Consul-General for the Federation. Mr. LI Chin, at a tea party given by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Mr. LI. who ls here on hLs first official145 words
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Article34 1949-01-17 5 BENTONG. Saturday A iormer Chinese school teacher. Chang Yam Hong (24) who Jumped out of a window lr the Spring Studio m Peng Street. Bentong. nn Thursday has died m hospital.34 words
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Article86 1949-01-17 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent. ENGLISH night classes, whtoh have been conducted satisfactorily for r .he past two years at the Telok Kurau. Tanglin Tlnggi and Tanglin Besar Malay schools, have now received the approval and help of the Government. The classes are being run according to86 words
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Article206 1949-01-17 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent TEAR that deportations of i squatters from the Fede- ration, which are being carried out under an amendment to the Emergency Regulations, may result m injustice to innocent people, is expressed m an editorial m j the Singapore Malay daily, I206 words
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Article, Illustration74 1949-01-17 5 LEARNING USEFUL TRADE picture. iiA> ii the ij, .b. idy and cartful coaching, these Salvation Army's Home boys have proved their deftness With the sewing machine. It did not take them long cither. Most of them hare only been m the home for .1 year, and it f* gratifying toFree Press - 74 words
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Article84 1949-01-17 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. NY Nov. 30, 798,443 acres of *> wet padi had been planted m the Federation against a total of 857.437 acres of wet padi to be planted during the 1948-1949 season. This was disclosed m statistics published by84 words
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Article94 1949-01-17 5 f |*HE Bishop of S.ngapore, x the Right Rev. J. L. Wilson, yesterday conducted service^ m Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. In the morning at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, he ordained two deacons the first post-war Anglican I Church ordinations m the Colony. A large congregation attended94 words
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362 1949-01-17 5 Gurkhas chase bandits in North Kedah KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. riKKHAS are on the track of the bandit force who killed 12 Gurkhas and police, and wounded five others m North Kedah last Thursday. A Gurkha patrol m the area discovered a temporary bandit camp of 10 lean-to shelters which showed362 words
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118 1949-01-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter f rHE Social Welfare Depart- ment. m an attempt to get more boys' clubs started m Singapore, has suggested to the Hong Kong University Alumni Association and to the St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association that each should sponser its118 words
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Advertisement13 1949-01-17 5 m Prices from $17.50 per suit. PLAIN COLOURS STRIPES POBINSONS( RAFFLES PLACF SINGAPORE13 words
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Article, Illustration2278 1949-01-17 6 A £14,000 star is beaten by his own fame 1 tm LIFTING THE LID OFF BIG-MONEY FOOTBALL by Q^^j^ FAMOI'S former manager and director of the Arsenal Football Club, who has known all the leading: personalities of British soccer during the past quarter of a century. TN my 40 years2,278 words
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Miscellaneous174 1949-01-17 6 MdndrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I A W LED BEfORB AH OMINOUS] I ON YOUR KNEES, SLAVES. YOU APE I I AT LAST, WE'RE I NOT SUAE Mfl 7^V^^^^^m 1 COVERED DAIS-- TOSEE AND HEAR-FORTHEPIRST GOING TO SEE* WAMT TOM The new victims are driveh ANO174 words
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953 1949-01-17 7 TRESPASSER - CLOSE FINISHES LIKELY AT K.L. RACES TRESPASSER Many problems for punters By THE 1949 Malayan racing season opens at Kuala Lumpur next Saturday with a card which is one of the most open for an upcountry meeting. The eight events should provide a number of very close finishes, and if953 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-01-17 7 picture. Footbaii Cluo d )icn to yester- m Besar The C.A.. who met the Navy, Veng and Hon y C A. scorers. t.C. goal came t :and- the C.A r.ghtpassed tht ball f .:.'-.-c e per.— Free PressFree Press - 38 words
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Article15 1949-01-17 7 Mn, Monday. rd a .-.iha RegiM only goal centered star*. acute15 words
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Article23 1949-01-17 7 defeated Police at I or.c at and Gopal scored for the 1 Yusoff All oals i ed In the ftrst half.23 words
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244 1949-01-17 7 I \l ES and Scotland opened the international Ku?b> I nion season on Saturday with fine tea W iles defeated England by nni c points to hr»-e m Cardiff while m Paris Scotland sprang a sc by biMting the points to nil. Y. theReuter - 244 words
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Article112 1949-01-17 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. MORE outstation strings arrived here during the week-end and were taken out this morning for slow worK on the track, which remained firm. Teddy Duwson and Ken JelTers were back on the saddle today. T> d Harper exercised Daniels' charges,112 words
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Article197 1949-01-17 7 IJY.ND gained suipi-t wctory over France m Paris by a goal ar.d a try to nil n their match at the Colombes Stad u:n. Scotland led by a try &t tho interval France, favoured by mai.y to carry of! the international honours this 6eason, had theReuter - 197 words
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Article, Illustration72 1949-01-17 7 Polite Cup contestants picture. bjine of the competitors m the Police Challenge Cup golf competition held at the Island Club yesterday. Seated, from left to right: F. Jones, G H. Brown and E E Keen. Standing from left to right: M. C. V. Martia Dr L, E. C. Dav.s. OngFree Press - 72 words
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Article428 1949-01-17 7 Freeman gets a shock By CRL'SADER T^EVINDER Mohan, India's No. 1 player, gave a shock to Dr. David Freeman, the American badminton champion, when they clashed m a match advertised as being for the "world's singles title" at Los Angeles on Saturday night. Undefeated since 1939, Freeman had m ten428 words
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Article69 1949-01-17 7 DETAILED result of Saturday's badminton mat< h between the L'nited States and India were: SINGLES: Freeman beat Mohan 17—14, 15—3; Martin Mendez beat George Lewis 15—1?. 15—12: Dick Mitchell beat Henry Ferreira 15 —7, 15—7. DOIBLES: Freeman and Wynn Rogers beat Mohan and Lewis 15 —9. 15 —7; BarneyReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 69 words
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1031 1949-01-17 7 FIRSI Ui VISION P W D L t -x Portsmouth 26 14 8 4 47 23 36 Newcastle 26 13 8 5 48 34 34 Dertag 25 13 9 4- 'S2 d A Line he.- ii U2B 12 8 5 ftl LCharltcn 26 11 101,031 words
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Article89 1949-01-17 7 Ex-cripple defeats McKenley ED CARft, a New -cuth Wales medical student, who was unable to walk five years ago, defeated the world record holder. Herb McKenley of Jamaica, m the 440-yard event at the Australian athletic championships on Saturday. Suffering from a spinal and hip disease, Carr was unable toU.P. - 89 words
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Article161 1949-01-17 7 (PALLS of the international match at Cardiff on Saturday affected a number of club side*, who tcok the opportunity to give some of their promising "A" team payers experience m the senior XV. Newport provided four players for Wales, but the deputies proved so successful thatReuter - 161 words
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235 1949-01-17 7 •'PIIE need for junior players practising almost daily m order to improve was stressed by Mr. Koh Teck Ec, president of the Marigold Badminton Party, Singapore, at their 14th. anniversary celebrations at Hwa Chiao Boys' School, Pasir Panjang Road, on Saturday. "We are not lacking235 words
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383 1949-01-17 7 A rrangements for world soccer tourney I^NGLAND, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will form a pool for the 1950 World Soccer Cup competition, from which two teams will qualify frr the 16-nation final rounds to be played m Brazl. This was announced m Geneva yesterday by -the organising committee ofReuter - 383 words
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Article60 1949-01-17 7 Free Pres> Coi levp^ndtnt Johore Baliru. Mut •T"HE Esigli^h College won uit-ir return nu?-y match a?---221 Whic'e Coy on ttk Plangie ground on Satu:a;i\ by eighi poil t> I goal a I to nil. Aris opened th scoring with a fine try after eluding a! defender?.60 words
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Miscellaneous47 1949-01-17 7 Todays Sport HOCKtV: F I X <Maav) Ret l v BO Dt A Smba*r»ng; S.K.C *nd v. C I.C. ?nd S R.C Khal-a Am. x. ObM« Wiirles St Gerp.V Road; GH Q. Sig Rirt v. Ihsi v Kegi Tanglin; G S C hookey pract ce S.R C.47 words
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Article19 1949-01-17 8 MR and Mrs. F S ,Wood and 'her two children returned from I»ave yesterday on the mv. "A2aD»»nor19 words
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726 1949-01-17 8 Pledge by Mr. Mac Donald Free Press Staff Reporter i PfcEDGK that the Government "shall support with all our hearts any movement seeking to associate the Malays. Malayan Chinese and other communities who owe undivided loyalty unswerving allegiance to Malaya m a brotherhood of726 words
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Article, Illustration63 1949-01-17 8 picture. At the seventh Singapore mass wedding since the liberation, at the Great World cabaret yesterday. Mr. Yong Yit Lin, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who officiated, is seen viaking his speech at the conclusion of the ceremony. Thirty-nine couples from Singapore and the Federation were married.Free Press - 63 words
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Article47 1949-01-17 8 THE ENGAGEMENT is anbetween Cttpta n Dennis Dughty Blt-a^iile of Tebong L Tampirt. N.S son of E J. B.easda c Mrs. Bleaidale >f Billerieav. E-ss*x. and Patrick •win daughter of Lt-Colonel C J. Baird. 0.8.E.. and Mrs Ba rd. cf Port Dictecn and Cast!e Donington Leicestershire.47 words
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Article44 1949-01-17 8 THE MARRIAGE took place at 5- Andrews Cathedral. Singapore, on 15th January. 1949. between Thomas Alexander Roper, only MB f Mr Mrs W H. Roper of f r>ik&:cne. and Dorothy Margaret Srill. younger, daughter of Mr. Mrs. P. M Still of Seremban Malaya.44 words
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Article39 1949-01-17 8 LIANG On Jan 14. .^udd?nly. Lan Scan Liang o; Liang Bros. Co. Chuha Stre t. Singapore, aged 43. al cortege l»aves 75. Choon Guan Street. Sunday 16th. at 10 am. lor TeocUe* cemetery. 1- miles. Bukit Timah Road.39 words
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Article29 1949-01-17 8 A BOMB exploded inside the home of a Cuban exminister at Havana on Saturday night. A little girl sleeping In a room above miraculously escaped injury.- U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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334 1949-01-17 8 Free Press Staff Reporter f VO carry out Britain's policy of creating conditions which make possible a higher standard of life for the people of Malaya. British administration and private enterprise have rehabilitated the rubber and tin industries to such a great extent334 words
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Article21 1949-01-17 8 Ex Queen Amelia of Portugal, who is 83, is gravely ill at her Versailles manor, Le Chesnay.- ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article193 1949-01-17 8 MALA YA TO GET $43 MILLION OVER the next few years, Singapore and the Federation are to receive $43,000,000 from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund, the Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, said m a broadcast from Radio Malaya last night. "The money is to be spent. he said,193 words
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74 1949-01-17 8 Pearl River reopened after 109 years REPRESENTATIVES of IV Great Britain and the United States participated yesterday m ceremonies m Canton marking the re-open-ing of the Pearl river after 109 years. During the opium war of 1840 the Chinese sank 12 rock-laden junks m the river to prevent British warshipsU.P. - 74 words
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Article24 1949-01-17 8 Many Government soldiers are among the shoppers at Peiping's open air market these days. They are buying i civilian clothes. A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article83 1949-01-17 8 RANGOON, Monday. ABOUT 150 Karens have n been killed by military police m a clash at Thanaichaung. 40 miles north or Rangoon, The Nation, reported yesterday. There were police casualties Commenting editorially the paper declared; "The shooting war between the Karens and Burmans may developReuter - 83 words
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Article165 1949-01-17 8 LONDON. Monday. KING FAROUK of Egypt may flee soon to his extensive estate m Rhodesia because of growing political unrest m Egypt as the result of 'Egypt's catastrophic defeat" by Israeli forces, says the Sunday Express. The newspaper says King Farouk has ordered his private165 words
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226 1949-01-17 8 NEW YORK, Monday. DR. EDOUARD TOBOREKY, Secretary to the late Dr. Benes, the former President of Czechoslovakia, said, m New York that, m one of his last messages, Dr. Benes stated that "all Communists are, liars, especially the Russian ones." Dr. Toboreky. whoA.P. - 226 words
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Article336 1949-01-17 8 Powers to meet soon in S'pore? ANTI-RED FRONT IN ASIA LONDON, Monday. rpilE reported move by Britain to form a common 1 front of Powers, including the United States and Siam, interested m combating the spread of Communism m South-East Asia may result m a conference, possibly m Singapore, accordingReuter - 336 words
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Article68 1949-01-17 8 ATHEN. Monday. AFTER the King of Greece had issued what was regarded as an ultimatum to "form a united government of a national salvation" wlth.in 24 hours, Greek political leaden have agreed to form a coalition government. The King, who had threatened to find "another solution" ifReuter - 68 words
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Article57 1949-01-17 8 4 SPECIAL Market cornvpon deat fflv«« tht prices of rabbet (m cent* per Ib.) at 11 am mxU> ■b follows: Buyers Seller* No i R s s Spot loom 37S 3?H Fob. In bale* Jan. No. 1 R.S.SL SH« 37H N*. t R.S .B. 25*, 36 No. 357 words
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Article20 1949-01-17 8 Jack Buchanan, British actor-producer and Miss Susan Bassett, of New York, were married yesterday at Salisbury, Connecticut.20 words
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232 1949-01-17 8 WASHINGTON. Sunday. CLARIFICATION of the nature of the present Communist advance m China 'is destined to come shortly, when we shall know to what degree the Marxian core of leadership of the present Red movement has been diluted In the powerful solvents of ChineseReuter - 232 words
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Article77 1949-01-17 8 a VAST ring of Soviet iV agents is smuggling millions of dollars worth of goods from Western (iermany, the No. 1 target of Russia's economic war on Eastern Europe, Allied sources m Frankfurt disclosed yesterday. Goods are sent through Switzerland to Russia or Communist-dominated EasternU.P. - 77 words
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Article154 1949-01-17 8 CANNES, Mon. I*HE French Government yesterday formally asked ex-Emperor Bao Dai to return to his throne m Indo-Chlna. The proposal was made by M. Leon Pignon. French High Commissioner m Indo-China. who visited Bao Dai at Cannes. A communique, issued by a member of BaoA.P. - 154 words
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Article106 1949-01-17 8 CHICAGO, Monday A BOYCOTT of future Rita J Hayworth films by the 5,000,000 American members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs has been recommended by Mrs. R. Chesser, chairman of the Federation's motion picture division. Mrs. Chesser is now awaiting approval of her recommendationReuter - 106 words
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349 1949-01-17 8 Move for all Arab states to take part PEACE TALKS PROGRftt RHODES. \h tU(ldy THE statement yesterday by th<- uitj ng t n Nations, Palestine mediator. Dr. R*|| Ru| expressing confidence that the Kg\ptu n truce talks m Rhodes would succeed, last night by an announcement that agrr.-rnent been reachedReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 349 words
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122 1949-01-17 8 TEL A\ DILLBOARDS Ma* ligM v every avail;-, t;. wall spa< r >.:. I haiangued m 10 :..j languages yes;e: prepared to I her first rontti sembly m 2 00<> More thai. I .^1 m Tel Aviv time& each thkv nd .1 theU.P. - 122 words
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Article31 1949-01-17 8 4 MEETING o: section oi th< Chinese Reeremt i ub r-l be held at the Thursday at 5 elect office -beart;* coming season A tr.err.sfll Interested are attend. I31 words
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Advertisement127 1949-01-17 8 CLASSIFIED ADVERTS VEHICLE FOR SALE 1947 MG 2-Seater. Insured S-pv wuiianu— 7A. Swett:nham Fuad Phone 8006S or ***** during business hours. NOTICE VOLUNTEER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY. SMALL ARMS COURSE. CATEGORY "B" Will the undermentioned mem- bers of Category "B" Volunteer Spt-rial Cons abulary. pleas* report to the Police Training School. Thompson127 words
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Miscellaneous9 1949-01-17 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 11.59 a.m. Tuesday: 1.30a.m; 12.45 p.m.9 words
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