The Singapore Free Press, 20 January 1949
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Title Section18 1949-01-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.376. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration478 1949-01-20 1 Envoy taking terms to Reds NANKING, Thursday. TLOSELY following President Chiang Kaishek's cease-fire call, Nationalist troops are rapidly pulling back south of the Yangtse River as the Government hurriedly completed preparations for evacuation to the south, which is expected to begin tomorrow. The Government isReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 478 words
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68 1949-01-20 1 i rT Reporter ipQOLIi ITID parcels t to any rid without hose im- a Walker. ler, Import Department. Mgpore. toe :e previn the weight I d parcels war-devastated counhave been there is now ■vhere such par--nt. provided in acceptable to :!es here -ons. 'he68 words
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Article102 1949-01-20 1 STUDENTS STORM HOSPITAL CALCUTTA. Wed. CIGHT persons were killed and another 40 injured, when police opened fire yesterday on students who were attacking a hospital m an attempt to recover the bodies of four students killed m Tuesday's riots When the students stormed the hospital they were told that theA.P.; Reuter - 102 words
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Article25 1949-01-20 1 GEW CRASH REPORT SOON I 'he inquiry -■w air ora^h at idon In July j2JSL? (1 ard Oent High J^"J5"« for Malaya. to be ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article66 1949-01-20 1 THE Minister of Civil Aviation, Lord Pakenham announced In the House of Lords yesterday that British South American Airways had suspended the Tudor IV airliner from its service. Lord Pakenham said that the loss of the Tudor liner Star Ariel, missing since Monday night onReuter - 66 words
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261 1949-01-20 1 LONDON, Thursday. 4 FTEK several peers had supported the Dutch "police action" in Indonesia, the Tnder-Secretarj or Foreign Affairs, Lord Henderson, told the Housi >f Lords yesterday that the "Government great!} leplore the fact that the Dutch Government felt it lecessary to resort once261 words
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Article19 1949-01-20 1 Two Singapore Chinese suspected of being members of unlawful societies were arrested under a banishment warrant yesterday.19 words
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Article99 1949-01-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter CK)UR Chinese, one armed with a revolver, pirated 1 a junk anchored in the Kallang Basin last night and made off with 60 bags of copra. They approached the junk I in a saittpan at 8.30 p.m. and locked the chinchew and99 words
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Article35 1949-01-20 1 THE 17-room chateau m which the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have been living at Cannes (French Riviera* ha- been put up for sale. The Duke* lease exDlres lo February.- ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article22 1949-01-20 1 President Truman has accepted the resignation of Mr. Emmet O'Neal of Kentucky, as Ambassador to the Philippines, effective from tooay.22 words
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Article197 1949-01-20 1 CITY VOTE: INDIANS DOMINANT Free Press Staff Reporter THE electoral rolls of 8,686 voters for the Singapore Municipal election, to be held m April this year, show that qualified Indians and Malays m certain parts of he town icgiattrieQ almost en bloc, with Indians predominating m some districts. Only sprinkling197 words
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Article25 1949-01-20 1 Three Chinese, including a woman, suspected of being former members of the Mala- yan Communist Party, were I arrested under the criaU laws.25 words
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Article164 1949-01-20 1 LONDON. Wed. 'PHE Secretary of State for A the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, told the House of Commons today that the allocation to Japan of 50.000 tons of rice from Sh«. n would not reduce supplies t '\ya Mr. Walter Fletrh c hud askodReuter - 164 words
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Article, Illustration52 1949-01-20 1 picture. More than 500 sQuatters in the Hylam Kang area of south Johore were yesterday evicted from their home? by police and miltary. It was the first operation of its kind in Johore. Most of those removed were women like the two seen above receiving food from Social Welfare officers.—Free Press - 52 words
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Article89 1949-01-20 1 j Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. LORD MANCROFT. a Conservative peer who recently spent six weeks in Malaya, will ask in the House lof Lords next Tuesday whether the Government are j aware of any proposals for the secession of Penang and Province Wellesley89 words
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Article385 1949-01-20 1 /M osK. links have existed, at least since the Japanese occupation, between Communist groups in Malaya. Indonesia, Burma and China, the Dutch delegate to the Security Council, Dr. Jan Van Koyen, told the Council this week, in a speech the text of which was385 words
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Article77 1949-01-20 1 'THE Dutch Prime NJnister, A Dr. Willem Drees, is scheduled to leave Batavia today on his return jonrney to Holland. He will leave by air, but the route by which he will fly has not been disclosed. Dr. Drees expected to make a political statement uponU.P. - 77 words
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Article29 1949-01-20 1 A total of 1,010 people were reened In four security '•.eck-ups in C>i igi, Paya f ebar and Rad^i Mr*~ dlsiricts. ye.~'?rday. There werej no arrests. I29 words
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Article297 1949-01-20 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent KIALA LIMPIR, Thursday. TWELVE out of thirteen people were shot dead by 1 bandits yesterday afternoon in an ambush along: the Bentong Road in Pahang, when they were returning from registration work in the village of Lanchang. A police spokesman in297 words
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Article85 1949-01-20 1 I*HE Singapore Fire Brigade yesterday answered six flre calls In five hours. About 4.45 p.m. the roofs of two attap house at Kampong Soopoo caught flre but the blaze was extinguished by fireman before much damage was done. The brigade took nearly three hours to put85 words
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Article120 1949-01-20 1 Free tress Staff K.v'f.^t TANJOMi PIN ANC.. *ed. The name of a >nu«i» rt lawyer alleged to tiav« received sS;.">.n«»(» Irum principals, as yet undisclosed, for the purchase ol armslater amended to "good*" —featured in evidence given by Carl ton A riire when his trial on gunrunning charges120 words
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Article, Illustration609 1949-01-20 2 PETER QUENNELL - PETER QUENNELL Reviews new Books J in U.K. j WHAT makes a writer write is a problem that, year after year, has engaged the attention, and usually baffled the inqui s i t i veness, of many curious readers. How much writing do we owe to the609 words
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Article, Illustration336 1949-01-20 2 Y*'ESl opened the heart five Dummy ducked and East li the nine, forcing South's Declarer faced qute a otm to find the tricks which w uld produce his somewhat am- contract. He knew that uummy's king-ten of hearts would produce a second pper provded he gue&sed the i-.tuatioc336 words
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Article, Illustration23 1949-01-20 2 TwtaMft a«fuurw u a p»u* oe*« j ■IT I<£nY WHAT YOU DO THAT I PONT JJKEIT'4 WHAT YOU PON'T POf V23 words
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Article714 1949-01-20 2 THE Australian writer A Alan Marshall, author of the successful "These Are My People", has brought out his new book under the imprint of F. W. Cheshire of Melbourne. It is called "Ourselves Writ Strange", and tells of several journeys Marshall made across Arnhem Land and714 words
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Article129 1949-01-20 2 Adolphe and The Red Note -Book, by Benjamin Constant. (The Novel Library. Hamish Hamilton 65.) An admirable addition to an extremely well planned and pleasantly inexpensive series. If you enjoy unconventional autobiograhy, you will appreciate "The Red Note-Book," which describes Constant's youth and upbringing and his adventurous visit129 words
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Article, Illustration596 1949-01-20 2 EPIC VOYAGE cJ /pfE trouble with History is that there is too much of it. Towards the end of the Preface to "1066 and All That" we are assured that "History is now at an end... this book may therefore be taken as final"; but it still596 words
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Article169 1949-01-20 3 ML LTIMILLION WILL MYSTERY h Botana rould walk the few steps from I Cirosvenor Square, London, he worthy of his mettle. This is Missing Multi-Million Dollar Will. In one of those typical British town mansions des recall Edwardian splendour, A xander an elderly eccentric who itraggfy hair under a laceU.P. - 169 words
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Article14 1949-01-20 3 •V: French io -V-vsnington French I :S inter-Allied n: the Far East14 words
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Article283 1949-01-20 3 CHINESE CIVIL WAR MAY SPLIT U.N. One more vote for Russia? T»HE division of China into a Red China and a Nationalist China has become one of the Inited Nations biggest problems. The crisis will be reached i when the Communists proclaim a government and the United Nations is facedU.P. - 283 words
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Article55 1949-01-20 3 TARLY hopes that the British anti-malarial drug Paludrine. produced m 1945. would solve the problems of the treatment of malaria wece too optimistic, states the British Medical Journal. Radical cvtl were obtained m New Guinea, but the re- suits In India and Africa were not so satisfactory,Reuter - 55 words
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Article89 1949-01-20 3 i RUSSIAN scientist. Prof. 1 D. M. Rossiiski, claims to have found a medicine to combat fatigue. It is called lemonnik and comes from a sjnall tree m the Orient that gives off a lemon sine'l. The Professor says experiments carried out under his observation show lemonnikA.P. - 89 words
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Article41 1949-01-20 3 Australia will grant naturalisation to ex-Polish soldiers and airmen who have lived lor a year in the dominion and for four of the past eight years in the British Commonwealth, or are serving with British commanders. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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126 1949-01-20 3 MacA Board to scan Jap investments TENERAL MacArthur has u named seven headquarters officials to scan; all agreements or proposals for foreign investments and business in Japan, and has enumerated principles under which they will operate. I Three-fold purpose of the bodrd la to assist in and xperd Japanese economicA.P. - 126 words
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Article32 1949-01-20 3 Mr. Whitney Straight, chief executive officer of British Overseas Airways Corporation says new secret "Bristol 175" airliners may be fitted with gas turbine engines for the trans-Atlantic run.- ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article, Illustration12 1949-01-20 3 Burmese independence */f«r attending the tUbrmtkm* at the Burmese V n London.12 words
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Article110 1949-01-20 3 n.kDAR is being used to trap speeding motorists. The American Public Works nation says the traditional police chase after a speeder soon may be a thing of the past. Already in Columbus, police catch speedtr^ by radar ±peed meters. Tico police cars are equipped icithU.P. - 110 words
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Article65 1949-01-20 3 JAPANESE who wore given back their flag on Jan. 1 by Gen. MarArthur may obtain the emblem soon through ration channels. Government reportedly is trying to obtain some 200.000 i yards of cloth to make flags to meet tho increasing public demand f or the banner. TheA.P. - 65 words
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Article54 1949-01-20 3 BOAC is to discontinue Its flights between Baltimore and Bermuda on Monday owing to sharp decline in traffic since 1946. The company, which began operations in 1945, said it carried a passenger load of 13,000 in 1946, 5,910 in 1947, and 4,500 in 1948 on theU.P. - 54 words
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Article, Illustration175 1949-01-20 3 PRINCESS Aly Khan came down the stairs into the darkened hall of her town "house off Grosvenorplace. "I hope I won't fall," she said, with a ghost of a laugh, and turned on the lights. The Princess, formerly Mrs Loel Guinness smiled wanly. She had oovlously175 words
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223 1949-01-20 3 DUSSIA is stepping up her campaign to bring the KV Eastern European nations completely under her sway, it is reported in Washington. This accelerated drive to "Sovietize" satellite countries is attributed by U.S. experts to possible Red fears that other nations behind the "ironA.P.; U.P. - 223 words
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Article241 1949-01-20 3 A "MAGNETIC fluid clutch," i\ smoother than any now used in cars, an atomic developed extra precision standard of length measurement and an "Atomic clock" are three far-reaching inventions produced by the US. Bureau of Standards The Bureau claims that the "magnetic fluid clutch" will provide241 words
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Article120 1949-01-20 3 k REPORT published in Moscow's Pravda criticised Korea for slowness in Collecting rue but. the Russian paper had its figures wrong Pravda said the South Korean Government collect- ed only 800 tons of rice— half •as much as needed. Actually, the Government's goal is 1.125.000A.P. - 120 words
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Article45 1949-01-20 3 Soviet sector police in Berlin has seized two tons of tobacco, 3.500.000 cigarettes. 10 tons of metal, bottles of brandy and other goods which they alleged three Yugoslavs planned to smuggle into the Soviet zone, the Soviet-licensed German news agency reported. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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234 1949-01-20 3 THE Chinese (iovernment says it has at last killed Russian-trained Liu Po-cheng, one-eyed Communist commander in Central China whose skilled generalship heaped disaster on Nationalist armies. If so, the Communist armies have lost one of their most able tacticians at a time when they urgentlyA.P. - 234 words
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Article, Illustration396 1949-01-20 3 A FTER more than 50 years of discussion and rx negotiation, the prospects of Chicago and cities even deeper in the United States' hinterland becoming ports of call for ocean liners have brightened considerably. Twenty and 30 thousand ton vessels may penetrate 200 orReuter - 396 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-01-20 3 C in. ens oj trankiurt, Germany, are intrigued bv the r new traffic lights irhhh are operated by electricity- but the policeman has to turn the "stop" or the "go" to the traffic.33 words
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105 1949-01-20 3 THE famous Hohenz- i silver collection brought to the United States by 14 lana National Guards 1 7 > In. ntry Regiment na> b i sent back to Germany. The army had iui d pi~viously that the oaUrctkm could not b.- considered v. I r105 words
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Article52 1949-01-20 3 •j HE National Council of American Importers has urged US. participation in the proposed international trade organization. The controversial Havai.j International Trade Organization's charter, which is expected to be submitted to the U.S Coneress this session, was approved by the Council of Importers after severe! months'A.P. - 52 words
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Advertisement133 1949-01-20 3 ■w WfC- >SaikL. l v^FS^K J^M H I I b^bW LONDON and g^p^^^S' BIRMINGHAM BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR ,k a. hvery year, from over 100 countries uade //S" bRL} buyers gather at the British Industries Fair. yS?ttX3 The Chamber of Commerce in Birmingham, and manufacturers from every part of Britain, join133 words
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620 1949-01-20 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 20, 1949. The City Needs More Boys' Clubs 'THE young and vigorous Singapore boys' club movement will be carried a stage further in its development next Wednesday at a meeting which will be asked to approve the constitution lor a federation of those valuable620 words
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Article, Illustration562 1949-01-20 4 JAMES MARLOW - JAMES MARLOW By JUST what kind of man is Premier Joseph Stalin, and what does he really think and want? Is he a kindly, pipesmoking, good old Joe? Or is he the cold and crafty brain behind everything Soviet Russia does? Stalin has talked to outsidersA.P. - 562 words
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Article, Illustration1011 1949-01-20 4 By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE THREE and a half 1 years after the first atom bomb it la safe to say that it causes no more than seven kinds of death and injury. Five of the deathdealers are in the flash and the first few1,011 words
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Article, Illustration179 1949-01-20 4 ONE home in every six in U.K. is childless, according to *a Government "census" of nearly 6,000 British" households. Investigators of the Social Survey Unit visited 5,997 homes In April 1947, and found that 16 per cent, of them comprised only the husband and wife. Families179 words
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Article73 1949-01-20 4 Producing- 30,000,000- volt X-rays from no greater power than that of an ordinary radio battery, is the Atomic Research Establishment's neirly produced Synchrotron, Britain > newest weapon in the war against deep-seated cancer The new machine accelerates elections until they are travelling at about 720.000.000 m.p.h., and in- creases their73 words
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Article826 1949-01-20 4 Politico - Politico by THE desire to keep the secret of the atom bomb, one of Russia's least publicised inventions, is no doubt the reason for the further instructions given to Soviet scientists to eschew the delights of regarding their works in foreign print. The Soviet Trade Union Central826 words
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Article42 1949-01-20 4 The first broadcast performance In South East Asia of a recent work, the Metamorphosen, by one of the greatest living composers. 85-year old Mr Richard Strauss, will be heard at 10.30 p.m. on the Blue Network of Radio Malaya, tonight42 words
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181 1949-01-20 4 Japanese Children Sold Into Slavery j :t: tin Of Ulj ese child slavery eral M. Quart- j JS Instruct guvernnu SCAP a cent several arre> ed c Labour Mill bceu:. which. a< officials another social Drobl< 5t...:.. whose D;-.. support Urn common t: since beforfact amor/ classes i? tuccenU ciReuter - 181 words
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Article64 1949-01-20 4 ANEW into l> of the la f North i Electric B. Is the -r- Ern>chty Tunnel -G n The m& will b<> th< 1.310 fee! l< i high to ir.i. loch froir. tl rs Bn; Errochty T water to ti. will hav< t connect ir- I edu An und64 words
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Advertisement21 1949-01-20 4 FAITH W<»e be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Jerr- 23 1.21 words
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Advertisement45 1949-01-20 4 4 *«4«4««^«^««4«««' AUTOMATIC RECORD PLAYERS Fitted with Garrard "Mixed" Automat model RC6S with Speed Regulator Plays R* 1 of 12 or MIXED in any order Thn available: PORTABLE MODEL. TABLE DE LUXE. CONSOLE DE IV Delivery from Stockf.M.A. LTI., 61 63, High St., Sing"" tofi^l45 words
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Article311 1949-01-20 5 CHINATOWN SECTOR HAS 4 VOTERS Municipal Voting: Chinese Outnumbered Indians, Malays predominate Free Press Staff Reporter TN Tanjong Pagar Road (Keppel polling dis--1 trict), a part of Chinatown, only four Chinese have registered as voters for the forthcoming Municipal elections, the rest being chiefly Indians. Chinatown is not exclusively a311 words
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Article, Illustration254 1949-01-20 5 OINGAfORE and Federation Police yesterday dieted more than 500 Chinese squatters in the ■yfaUi Kan^ area in South Johore. The Police i close co-operation with the military. the first operation of its kind in second in Malaya since the present rd. ons \.mately theFree Press - 254 words
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Article84 1949-01-20 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. 'TERRORISTS, making their x first attack in Selangor for some time, this morning ambushed a five-man police foot patrol six miles from Kuala Lumpur. Three of the police died later In hospital, the other two escaped with slight wounds. The84 words
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Article96 1949-01-20 5 TNSPITE the fact that approximately 20 per cent. of East Sumatra's rubber stocks were destroyed* as a result of the scorched earth policy of the Indonesians, trade between Sumatra and Singapore is recovering and is expected to surpass the previous volume soon, says an official Dutch source.96 words
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Article111 1949-01-20 5 FOOTPRINTS left in the r mud by retreating robbers led to their arrest in a rpatter of minutes. Three Chinese had robbed the occupant^ of a house In Ah Hood Road on Jan 9 soon alter a heavy downpour. Police who were called followed footprints all111 words
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Article19 1949-01-20 5 Dr. H. T. Wee, has been elected a member of the Board of Licensing Justices.19 words
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Article162 1949-01-20 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent TENANTS of 11 'over-aged' houses in Upper Chin Chew Street in Chinatown, due to be demolished shortly, have been asked by the Government to quit the land occupied under the temporary occupation licences within seven days «J^ h «*S g*^ affected,162 words
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Article78 1949-01-20 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. KUALA LUMPUR'S Municipal Budget for 1949, finally passed today, showed surplus of $76,000 with revenue at $3,592,864 and expenditure at $3,516,593 The President (Mr. H. T. W Oswell) reported that che Budget, as proposed to che State Council, had been78 words
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Article306 1949-01-20 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. •PHREE Chinese bandits, a Chinese woman believed to he assisting them, and four Chinese suspected of supplying medicine and food to the bandits were arrested by the security forces in Perak yesterday. The three bandits and the woman were detained306 words
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Article57 1949-01-20 5 The Ramakrishna Mission will celebrate the 87th anniversary of the birth of Swaml Vivekananda, the founder of the Mission, tomorrow at 9, Norrls Road, from 10 a.m. At noon there will be special prayers, followed by feeding of the poor. Mr. S. D. Kalelkar and Swami Sonananda w>ill57 words
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Article21 1949-01-20 5 The Buddhist Union will "old its annual general meeting at 85- A. Marine Parade. on Sunday at 11 a.m.21 words
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Article, Illustration79 1949-01-20 5 picture. When security forces evicted 500 Chinese squatters from Hylam Kang village m South Johore yesterday, 900 troops and Police from the Federation and Singapore took part. Hylam Kang is described by the Chief Police officer, Johore, as "a notorious ban' dit hide-out and an area that has caused constantFree Press - 79 words
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99 1949-01-20 5 Free Press Bangkok Correspondent r intercept possible illicit cargoes of arms and seize illegal imports of luxury commodities banned under new trade regulations, police in future will take part in searches of all ships arriving in Bangkok, according to instructions issued by the Deputy99 words
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Article17 1949-01-20 5 Mr G. R. Llvett. Deputy Comm-*6ioner of Police, has been appointed Chief Police Officer. Singapore17 words
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Article182 1949-01-20 5 Terrorist camp guard to hang Free Press Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, wed. YONG CHOR, was sentenced to death of the Assizes today for possessing unlicensed ammunition. He refused to plead on the charge, though he admitted that he had ammunition In his possession when arrested on Dec 23 in the182 words
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Article75 1949-01-20 5 JOHORE BAHARU Wed.— Leow Siew Kwang, senter.o d to five years rigorous imprisonment at the Assizes yesterday for consorting with three others who were in posse--of unlict Med firearms. >aid he thought the sentence was too severe. But he said he did not wish to appeal75 words
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Advertisement185 1949-01-20 5 It's here! THE ONLY HOME PERM USED BY OVER 20,000,000 AMERICAN WOMEN -j£j^~ J^^I jf M 50,000,000 Tonl Kit* I if¥f%^ sold in the u SA Easy as rolling your hair up in curlers Now you can give yourself the Toni waves any kind of hair thai loveliest perm youVe185 words
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Article153 1949-01-20 6 Income tax deduction for glamour /^LAMOUR is to be taxfree for 600 Singapore cabaret girls. Their association has secured from the Comptroller of In'come Tax relief for its members up to 15 per cent of their total earning if that does not exceed $125 a month. The president of the153 words
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Article598 1949-01-20 6 [London Stock Exchange I LONDON, Thursday. THE new account started with quiet firmness in most sections of the London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Price movements wer e generally rather small with features few and far between. STOCK IN LULLS Jan. 18. Jan. 19.598 words
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Article, Illustration183 1949-01-20 6 Fre% Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed BY THEIR escapades, the four accused have put the name of the Scots Guards In the mud," said the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court Prosecuting Officer. Mr. R. J. P. Rycroft. when he asked for a deterrent sentence on four men ofFree Press - 183 words
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Article73 1949-01-20 6 THE new regulation restricting the movement of all persons entering the Federation. by requiring them to hold entry permits, will apply equally in the Colony as from Feb. 1, it was announced yesterday. These regulations do not, however, affect people already resident in the Colony or the73 words
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Article381 1949-01-20 6 RECORD TRADE WITH INDONESIA Official figures for last year Free Press Staff Reporter IMPORTS from Indonesia into Singapore last year were an all-time record, being valued about $370,000,000, compared with $222,000,000 in 1947 and $159,000,000 in 1939. Exports from the Colony to Indonesia was also an all-time record, being worth381 words
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Article128 1949-01-20 6 Free Press Malay Correspondent MAXAY teachers throughout Kedah have been asked by their Association to offer "special prayers so that their just demands for a revision of their wage scale, which have been submitted to the Government long ago," would be fulfilled, reports the Itusan Melayu. In128 words
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Article166 1949-01-20 6 I*HE Sultans of Selangor and Perak and the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan were present at a luncheon party in honour of Mr. L. D. Gammans, M.P., held at the residence of the Bttltaa of Johore, in Tyersall. Singapore, yesterday. The Sultan of Johore, who was166 words
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Article95 1949-01-20 6 fHE Municipal Arch it ret and Building Surveyor, Mr. Hugh Hawson. said yesterday that ih*» hovife ir. Upper Chin .Chrw S T:-t. which collapsea on Dec 29. killing two people, was no concern of the Municipality. Mr. Hawson said that he visited the scene soon af'cr95 words
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Article18 1949-01-20 6 Ov>r 65.000 people have registered in Kuala Lumpur for security cards. The popuaion i abjut *****.18 words
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145 1949-01-20 6 Free Press m.,;] Correspondent IPOH ACQUIT IN Nunn of breach of tru> President of the Sessions Court Mi Smith, said toda\ had decided to fi the benefit ol the d Former m a I'aiping bra awavs,. Nunn was Wltfa Urn Knooii Aik ol nal145 words
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Article81 1949-01-20 6 The Km- M.mb*-!> Singapore ha.« rlactai n nig (omnii:t<-t if ma:. at President Mi K h presidents Miss K. •nd Mr Char 1 He*; i sec. Mr Khor 3ar Ki'r, central sec Mi Tan Fmj H treasum M- Edd».> Itreas.. Mr Th<>< Kw^o H Auditor M: *r81 words
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Article58 1949-01-20 6 OPIUM CHABCB: $10,000 BAIL Bail of $10,000 was a:to a Chinese. Lou Sik H aued 36 of Narnss: ttra t.he Second District Con: terdav w!rn he Dl^adp suiltv to a <-ba'gf> of h^^ b*»en m jjoss^ssion or I of opium and five opium m his house on Jan 18 The58 words
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211 1949-01-20 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. PHF. Joint Tribunal appointed in August last to 1 consider claims from members of the Volunteer and other local forces, who were prevented from obtaining gainful employment during the occupation period because they were "marked men", will211 words
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Article82 1949-01-20 6 A CHINESE. Tang Peng Yew, pleaded not guilty yesterday in the First Distr.ct Court to a charge ot having corruptly given to Major Samuel James Gregory i R.A.O.C. an inducement for showing favour in relation to his principal affairs by sellI Ing him a car valued at82 words
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Article66 1949-01-20 6 A decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months, was granted to Mrs. A. Joan Watson, of Singapore, against her husband, Mr. Thomas Watson, by the acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Gordon Smith* in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The Judge told Mr F R Massey, counsel66 words
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Advertisement152 1949-01-20 6 NOW SHOWING 11—1.4.") 4.00. 6.30 9.15 p.m. i Jk/wLjH I London Films present ROBEHT MMPXATi* IHt v BOV with CEDRIC HARDWICKI BASIL RADFORD KATHLEEN HARRISON FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN mi MARGARET LEICHTON Directed by Anthony AtquiiH from ih* play by Termc* Rattigan P' tiu.i'J by Arnttolr 4t (Jrunwold {T) CIO ll£>P*152 words
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Article, Illustration550 1949-01-20 7 GOOD TIMES RETURNED IN GALLOPS Perm i ta Dormez again fastest Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. DERMITA Dormez, Gameborough, Gold Caste, Ouranos, Penso and Indian Heather returned the best times on a fast track this morning when most of the horses running on Saturday were given their windfng-upFree Press - 550 words
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Article80 1949-01-20 7 pOMMISSAR, 1948 winner, heads the list of 82 entries for the 1949 running of the Lincolnshire Handicap first big flat race of the season on March 15. Three-year-olds are barred for the first time m the history of the famous race. It was a move byA.P. - 80 words
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Article14 1949-01-20 7 ted as be past to se- :rown 1 Mramer. Dtt- ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article24 1949-01-20 7 i Clul > nts itwc t .:> to I iterdaj -cored by Ls out, :y foi t 1 ovei I from i24 words
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Article22 1949-01-20 7 r.:ght. r.t«Bt and Da^s an<! ■taf W» c Aus- s pro ouia] sh ftghttr, met's Svar&r a. up-ar-22 words
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Article95 1949-01-20 7 fe, bln d sa re «*t« SL V f s strong ans In lh »mbined !t4tl h H Ai ru «^er shi T lt the v n 'he The Services team was an- j nounced yesterday as follows: W Cdr. Richmond (RA. P.); 2 Lt. Graystone (Army)95 words
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Article381 1949-01-20 7 CRUSADER - CRUSADER By 4 RE the Malayan Governments over-taxing sport? This is a question which sports executives and fans %)tten ask nowadays. The consensus of opinion is that the Government tax on sport should be cut down. The Government last year collected the sum of $1,679,227381 words
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Article23 1949-01-20 7 NEE SOON Garrison Rugby Football Club drew three-all with the RAF. (Changl) In a game of rugger played at Changl yesurday.23 words
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Article72 1949-01-20 7 LLOYD La Seach last night equalled the Australian record of 10.6 seconds for the 100 metres at the Sydney sports ground. He showed more convincing form than at Hurstville m the previous race, m which he defeated over 100 yards m slow time the Jamaican sprinter. HerbA.P. - 72 words
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Article80 1949-01-20 7 r THE Mansfield Sports Club held a picnic over the week-end at Haw Par Island where land and sea sports were he'd. Results were: Land Sports: Individual champion, iur.d-r 30 yrs) Szahali b.n Hassan; runner-up: Yee Hong Phoy. individual champion, (30 yrs and over) Lee Hock80 words
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Article107 1949-01-20 7 SWEDISH amateur soccer centre-forward Ounnar Nordahl, who led the rest of Europe attack against Great Britain in the 1947 match in Glasgow, has turned professional. He has signed a 26-month professional contract to play for the Italian club, Milan AC. The terms of the contract wereReuter - 107 words
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Article75 1949-01-20 7 TAIPING. Wed. T<RE all-Maiayan Railway hockey team to tour Singapore or Penang dur rig the Chinese New Year holidays has bMB selected as follows' M"har Singh fG«mas); Sharif (Taipir.R), Lazaroo (Gemas); Ah Choo iSentub. A. N. Shepherdson (Kuala Lumpur >, John Cha. <SentuP; C Leembrugfjen (Kual.i Lumpur)75 words
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Article38 1949-01-20 7 Scotland's Rugby Union announced yesterday that its team to play Wales at Murreyfield, Edinburgh, on Feb. 5 will be IIM same as that which beat France by e'ght points to nil .a Pails last Saurday.- A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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314 1949-01-20 7 I^ZZARD Charles, the Negro boxer from Atlanta, Georgia, is the only fighter good enough to meet Jo e Louis for the world heavyweight crown, according to Tom Heeney, contender for the title 20 years ago. Back in the years between 1920 and 1930, Heeney wasReuter - 314 words
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Article59 1949-01-20 7 The team to represent the Singapore Indians against the G.H.Q Signals, at a friendly game of soccer to be played at Farrer Park tomorrow, will be selected from: Sithambaram, S. Veloo, S. Muthiah. S. R S. Naldu, Murugeiu. r Nadarajah, Mahalingam, S Chandra, M. Chandra, A. Punnujamy, Faram,59 words
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Article77 1949-01-20 7 JULES RIMER, president of the International Football Federation, said yesterday that he would favour the admission of Germany to the Federation as soon as a German National Football Association began to function. Only the lack of a fullyqualified association m Germany prevents Germany from resuming internationalA.P. - 77 words
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Article296 1949-01-20 7 ORGANISATION on State lines is absolutely essential now if Johore is to take its rightful place in Malayan and international c port," aaja Mr. S. P. H. Day, provisional chairman of the Johore Sports Council, now In process of formation, in a statement MN on296 words
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Article, Illustration400 1949-01-20 7 r^NGLAND'S national badminton team lost seven-nil to Sweden's young players In a friendly match at Malmoe on Tuesday night. The Englishmen had bad luck especially Marsland, who played three matches, in all of which he was defeated in the third set. Noel Radford, England'sA.P.; Reuter - 400 words
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Article72 1949-01-20 7 pRINCE Bhupinder, the wellknown Indian wrestler, ha^ returned to Singapore for another series of flghs. He has been successful in his tours of America. Australia and New Zealand. During his tast vis t here he drew with King Kong. He weighs 20. st., but is VCff72 words
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Article67 1949-01-20 7 PATTON said on Monday he is quitting the travk. The 24 -year-old Urmersi y of Southern California sprinter, who ran 100 yards In 8.3 sec. last year for a new American and unofficial world record, sa.d he intends to work instead o. compete during his finalA.P. - 67 words
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Article145 1949-01-20 7 SELETAR HOCKEY DRAWN Free Press Correspondent JUrfURt BAIIRU, Thur^. SIX goals were shared at Seletar yesterday, when the Indo-Ceyionese of Johora Bahru met Seroke. a Y* ival Base team, at hockey. Soon after the bully off Darshan Singh, accepting a pass from the left, sent a swift shot to beat145 words
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Article95 1949-01-20 7 pREDDIE Mills U not mis ng 4 single opportunity m hit quest to add Bruce Woodcock'! British heavyweight title to h4l own world light-heavy weight crown .n their June 2 bout at White city stadium. Mills planned to travel to South Africa to watch Woodcock fighl JohnnyU.P. - 95 words
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Article66 1949-01-20 7 THE EUROPEAN XI defeated tie Jolli.'ads by four goali \o -href in a football iratch pla> d at Farrer Pa^k yesterday. Scorers tar th~ unnem v. Murphy <2> Hagin and Milton Dollah (2» and Sappf B9Td i r th" Jo'.li'idv The Shell Co. 'Wnr,: beat Shell Aviat on66 words
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Article49 1949-01-20 7 I|^MBERS of the Seran--»i goon Association are vniinded to turn up ior > practices at the Seran^"" i English School g.ouna «i Saturdays and Sundays Teams Gds-.i matches with th? Ass Uon are requested to contact Mr. Chua 800 I Ua, 188-A. Dpps 1 R-,ad or phc.e 2191.49 words
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Advertisement160 1949-01-20 7 "NAMCO" PRESSURE COOKER The Miracle Cook a! cove* mai'm; »amo /A ff rr—f W U SAffTV HOC I J^* •00V uat a *JV* V. Saves l tme. Improves Quality. Cooks beans in three minutes, Poultry in twenty minutes. Available from John Little Co. Ltd., Singapore thong: Trading Company Singapore Robinson160 words
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Miscellaneous51 1949-01-20 7 Today's Sport HOCKEY: G S C "A" v. Naftl Base Lad es— SRC; SC.C Women "A I in i/ rts» S.C.C, bCft.C v Shell S.C —Fairer Pa-.k; B.O.D.C.A v. G.HQ. Signal. Reft. St. George's Road. S R.C. v. I. A.— S.RC. SOCCER: C.A. v. Naval Stores J.il.in Hi^ir -I d51 words
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Article332 1949-01-20 8 Inauguration of President WASHINGTON, Thursday. TENS of thousands of sightseers have flooded into Washington from all parts of the country to take part in the mammoth four-day celebrations marking President Truman's inauguration today for his four-year term of office. Mr. Truman will deliver one ofReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 332 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-01-20 8 picture. Two month -old David Rhodes Bath wa^ christened at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday by Father Bonamy. Here he is seen with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vivian C. Bath, after the ceremony.— Free PressFree Press - 38 words
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203 1949-01-20 8 Tanker hits cutter: 1 0 die in fire NEW YORK. Thurs •TEN U.S. Coast Guardsmen M were kilted when the Coast Guard ice-breaker, Eastwind, wa« rammed by a large oil tanker and swept by flre off the fog-enshrouded New Jersey coast yesterday. Two rescue ships sped to New York. 100A.P.; U.P. - 203 words
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Article74 1949-01-20 8 WASHINGTON Thurs. PRESIDENT Truman yesterday recommended the Tenth Commandment lor particular study m the nations capital. It says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife nor /ii s manservant nor his maidservant nor his ox nor anything that isU.P. - 74 words
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220 1949-01-20 8 Free Press Staff Reporter THE 10,000 ton Isbrandtsen Line freighter, Flying Arrow, whose crew of 23 went on strike and walked off on Monday in protest against the reinstatement of an engineer officer, sailed for New York via Bombay last night after the officer hadA.P. - 220 words
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Article106 1949-01-20 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent fives tlit price* of rubbei (Id cents per Ib.) at 11 m toda< a* follow*: Savers Seller* Na. 1 R S S Spot loose 36?m 37 F.o.b. in bales Feb. No. 1 R.S.S. MX 37 No. 2 R.S.S. 35 35', No. 3 R.S.S. 34106 words
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Article49 1949-01-20 8 DR. Ernst Heinkel. German aircraft designer, was cleared by the denazification appeal court yesterday of bein? a "Nazi follower." A lower court had placed it) in that category last \pril and fined him €50. His irge estate is to be returned h i Reuter day.Reuter - 49 words
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Article361 1949-01-20 8 RHODES, Thursday. OEPORTS that a peace agreement has been signed 1V between Israel and the Lebanon were being circulated here last night as the Egyptian-Jewish peace negotiations entered a critical stage, with Egypt baulking at signing away virtually the entire oil-rich Negev Desert in SouthernA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 361 words
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Article73 1949-01-20 8 RIO DE JANEIRO, Thursday. fHARLES PONZI, 71, whose financial swindles robbed some 40,000 Americans of over U. 5.515,000,000. 515, 000, 000 a generation ago, has died here m a hospital charity ward. He was semi-paraly-zed and partly blind. In his prosperous days he carried asA.P. - 73 words
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Article36 1949-01-20 8 Greek political leaders agreed last night on a nveparty coalition under M. Themistocles Sophoulds, 88--year-old Liberal leader, thus ending the crisis m which King Paul called for a government of national salvation." ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article129 1949-01-20 8 KARENS SET FIRE TO 500 HOUSES RANGOON, Thursday. I(ARENS set 500 houses ablaze In a small town 40 miles south of Moulmein, an official Burmese communique said last night. It added that tribesmen also burned three villages in the Maubln district of the Irrawaddy delta where several hundred people hadA.P.; Reuter - 129 words
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Article107 1949-01-20 8 'The very model of a noble NEW YORK, Thursday. THE Marquess of Blandford is featured in this week's Life magazine with a full page of colour photographs. The 22-year-old, six-foot-tall, second cousin to Winston Churchill is shown in fulldress uniform of the Life Guards. Discussing rumours linking the names ofA.P. - 107 words
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Article36 1949-01-20 8 The new Secretary-General for French India, M. Charles Comonilly, has been named interim Governor for French India. He Is expected to take up his post m Pondicherrv at the end of this week.- ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article83 1949-01-20 8 LONDON, Thursday. J?OR selling ducks at near- ly double the Govern-ment-controlled price, Allen Benjamin Lucas Tice, a Bournemouth poultry dealer was fined a total of £4,000 and sentenced to one year's imprisonment yesterday. Justice Oliver said at Dorset Assizes that, if the fine could be paidReuter - 83 words
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Article48 1949-01-20 8 VTEGOTIATIONS for an air 11 service between India and Australia are continuing, a Civil Aviation Department spokesman said yesterday. The Australian Government has authorised Indian Over seas Airlines to make a survey flight to Australia next month, but has not committed itself, he added. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article176 1949-01-20 8 LONDON, Thursday. THE High Court here yesterduy refused an application by a British soldier who was arrested m Belgium and later detained m the Tower of London for an order dis.harging him from custody. The Ar--n v-ne->:ral. Sir Hjt' ley Shawcross, said the man, iReuter - 176 words
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Article241 1949-01-20 8 NEW DELHI, Thursday. nELEGATES of 19 nations to the Asian Conference which opens here today have received a long memorandum from Indonesian representatives asking that, in the event of "continued defiance by the Dutch of the Security Council," the Council should be asked by theReuter - 241 words
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Article23 1949-01-20 8 TO MARIE HASTIE (nee M i.rman). -wife of Dennis Hastie, a daughter. Dianne Marie, at Franborough Hospital. Kent, on 9ch Jan.. 1949.23 words
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331 1949-01-20 8 Attlee warns nation 'war is possible' LONDON, Thursday •'UfE cannot ignore the possibility of another w|r warned the Prime Minister. Mr tie* Attlee, in a broadcast speech last night, calling recruits for Britain's armed forces. Mr. Attlee's broadcast coincided with a sUu merit in Washington yesterday by the bcUm SecretaryReuter; A.P. - 331 words
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Article49 1949-01-20 8 MISS P. ALAMAYLU. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs V Pakirisamy. was married according to Hindu rites at dawn today to Mr. Y Balasurdram son of the late Dr. R. S Kanoo *t 109-112. Bideford Road There will be a reception a Mr. Pakirlsamys residence to night49 words
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Article62 1949-01-20 8 iLi liohamed M- prominent Isn and associate of Khan, said 'n Bon terday that Princcould marry Rita without divorcing vious wif; According to Ul ture, Macklai I marriage is not a but a contract It Jy m order (or mr divorce and mum wife because accoiU.P. - 62 words
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