The Singapore Free Press, 5 February 1949
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Title Section18 1949-02-05 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA i;.jw. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1949. PRICE 16 CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration658 1949-02-05 1 10 YEARS ASKED FOR HIRE 4 newspaperman wi Fakhrr Rai The i was .ittjfked by a ,d and Ut-r t^ken to 4 p,ul UliWHb i"Ju rfd I Reutfr (^ffrnm^nt tommunij,^ > h..rtl> After the ,>tin< th it the sht»t> >r Uifhtlj ,r?d the Nhih m the lip t li H"658 words
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103 1949-02-05 1 Karen rebels driven from Rangoon area RANGOON, Saturday. Bel Hl> mbined (iovernment land, water m wMtmsht at Insein. 10 mile s north of i main body of Karen insurgents are rey wmwH Hlawga, 30 miles north thf capital success coincided with an m Parliament yesterday by the W Tin. that103 words
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Article99 1949-02-05 1 LONDON. Sat. BEAVER meat was on sale for general consumption m London ycsterda> as an off-ration deliOMJ to add to the present lOd. worth of fresh and corned meat. One restaurant had an encyclopedia ready so that doubting customers could read foi themselves that the beaver isA.P. - 99 words
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Article184 1949-02-05 1 BERLIN. Saturday. ALL goods traffic to the Soviet occupied zone of Germany across Bizonia from the Western countries will be halted from midnight tomorrow, says an announcement from the U.S. and British military governments here. This ban, which excludes only passenger vehicles carrying personal luggageReuter; UP - 184 words
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Article33 1949-02-05 1 RAF. Dakota,, began an airlift yesterday to relieve 8.000 famine-stricken Araoa m Hadhramaut. Sacks of grain will be dropped from planes baaed at Rlyan. 325 miles east of Aden. ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article161 1949-02-05 1 LONDON, Friday. THE Colonial Office announced today that Britain soon will begin financial talks "covering the widest range" with the Governments of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore. An authoritative source said although at the moment no definite proposals are under study for meeting theA.P. - 161 words
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Article31 1949-02-05 1 A N Australian Government spokesman said yesterday that the Government would deport Mrs. O'Keefe to Indonesia or any otner country or Pacific Island which would accept her. UPUP - 31 words
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81 1949-02-05 1 NANKING. Fri. > T ATIONALIST troops toI day re-occupied the Yangtze River port of Nantung, 60 miles north-west of Shanghai. as Communist nr**«»ure on Nanking was temporarily lifted, according to pro -Government reports. Chinese Press dispatches said the Communist forces > had withdrawn fromUP - 81 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-02-05 1 picture. Ceylonese troops at Wood- lands camp yesterday enjoyed a special lunch provided by the Army to celebrate the first anniversary of Ceylon's attainment of Dominion status. Civilian celebration of the occasion included special prayers at the Sree Senpaga Vinayagar Temple. -Free PressFree Press - 43 words
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Article134 1949-02-05 1 IyfORE than 300 people— according to reliVI able estimates-have died m Batavia ilone as a result of a smallpox epidemic vhich is still extending, according to the ,>utch news agency. Aneta Deaths so far have been limited to Batavia's poorer districts, when* 80,006 Chinese aboutU.P.; Reuter - 134 words
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Article183 1949-02-05 1 BUDAPEST, Saturday. ImE Roman Catholic Primate of Hungary, Cardinal Mindszenty, who is on trial for treason, yesterday declared that he wanted to repay the Hungarian Government m full for the damage he had caused through the illegal sale of dollars which he had received from183 words
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Article30 1949-02-05 1 Thirteen people were i arrested by the C.I.D. I yesterday. Three were sus--1 pected members of unlawful i societies, and the ten others were found gambling.30 words
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Article29 1949-02-05 1 Mr. Devadas Gandhi son of the late Mahatma Gandhi and managing editor of Hindustan Times, New Delhi, was yesterday appointed Indian director on the board of Reuters.29 words
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277 1949-02-05 1 'CUT PRICES' FOOD FIRM THREA TEN ED Free Press Stalf Keporter A LEADING Singapore provision store which recently made considerable reductions m its retail prices has been threatened by representatives of certain market interests. The merchants have been told that it might be "wise" tc stop their "cut the prices"277 words
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Article262 1949-02-05 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. MOSCOW'S latest move m the Communist "peace offensive" came today from a Russian-controlled Berlin newspaper, which laid down seven essential conditions for a settlement of East-West problems. These contained a series of demands for concessions by the Western powers, which I.S. officials described asReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 262 words
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Article32 1949-02-05 1 Free Press Staff Reporter JN a security check m Nee Soon Village yesterday, the police screened 310 people. One man. who had no identity card, was arrested.32 words
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Article25 1949-02-05 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese, suspected to be a member of the Malayan Communist Party. was detained under the Emergency Regulations yesterday.25 words
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Article87 1949-02-05 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AIR Marshal Sir Leslie Hollinghurst. Inspector-Gen-eral of the Royal Air Force, left Tengah this morning for Negombo. Ceyloi.. on the urst stage of his return journey to England. Sir Leslie, who arrived m Singapore on Jan 27 on an inspection tour87 words
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Article124 1949-02-05 1 Free Pits* Correspondent IN Klimu yesterday two CMBne and an Indian abducted a I%JTK and his >on from a bouse m JaKn Yap Paw I ater the dead body of ihe mm was found m a streim and nearby was his son seriously wounded. He had h*e» stabbed124 words
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Advertisement25 1949-02-05 1 HGHFGH For over Mf a century A^gfX J^^ IMPORTED 1 have maintained FROM ONDON neir reputation as cigarettes m AROATH TO-ACCC I co. iro ionoon25 words
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Advertisement33 1949-02-05 1 M. FUNTER ft S. GRINBERG Diamonds Jew c 1 1 cry Telephone 7923. 67, STAMFORD RD. (En Court Bldg Spore. > >iV W if*! mEm >'V| Pg|g|^-jyg V//// fAMOUS IQJtS&tQIO #£M£oy) v a ii—ii33 words
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Article146 1949-02-05 2 HORN today, you have real inspiration and a love of the arts, combined uith a latent practicability which needs plenty of developing to be thoroughly effective. You are definitely a dreamer and envision great things m the future. Fortunately. however, you seem able to make your dreams146 words
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Article, Illustration730 1949-02-05 2 OUR FILM REPORTER - OUR FILM REPORTER BY TO most people m 1 Singa p o r c accustomed to a climate which sticks rigidly between 70 and 90 degrees year m and year out, 4> Scott of the Antarctic will be an eye-opener. They will see ice which they get730 words
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Article, Illustration749 1949-02-05 2 JACQUES POUTEAU - JACQUES POUTEAU B> THE time when we A look forward to the New Tear with hopeful expectancy is also the time to take stock of the old. Now that the seasonal lull which follows Christ- mas has descended upon London's theatreland, let us glance back749 words
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Article103 1949-02-05 2 NORTH |XII VQ7 0 X Q WEST EAST AQ43 A J V X 10 8 0 10 OJH 7 f. 9 SOUTH 10 9 <s? 5Q963 10 TPHERfc. ARE no trumps. South leads. North and South are to win five of the seven tricks against any defence. South103 words
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Miscellaneous653 1949-02-05 2 cturHDnor News 845 Evening star 10 s- I OliNUnrunL Serenade rOMORKOH 185 mctre«i 41 metre* (U p o 10.55 to 12 Schools' Broaccast to 2)1 61 metre* (6 p.m. U 12 Programme Summary. -4< .nrl m "50 n m ti. II) Mal y mUSl bF R^' Uan X AUSTRALIA 7.45653 words
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Article292 1949-02-05 3 AUSTRALIA NOT AWAKE TO FE. TRADE 'Packing is bad ....too house proud AUSTRALIAN exporters are "not fully awake" to the big possibilities of the Far Eastern market, according to Mr. W. Hope Gibson, an Australian businessman, who has arrived m Hong Kong. Mr. Gibson who has an interest m AustralianU.P. - 292 words
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Article30 1949-02-05 3 ..y adapt m sens* and turLord pi v Ex-Sec-re- that aeceot--the to a jhed to •.>ure nforce 'heir an X be ifori doubt xistence; ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article79 1949-02-05 3 RISING prod'H'tion costs coupled with railing prices for finished British and Continental steel may end production by Eire I big steel *vorks at Cork. Mr. C. Fitzpatrick. General Manager of Irish Steel Holdings, has said. He was replying at a si; ting \of the Cork Labour79 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-02-05 3 tft\ of On:o State University, tmimet sQUipment which, he said, hydrogen that could take a space <0 000 rn.p.h. With him are Marvin I meet of the University project, j 7m row. rocket expert.34 words
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Article, Illustration51 1949-02-05 3 Mrs. Georgette Brucks, 21--year-old expectant mother, whose sterilisation was ordered by a Los Angeles judge. Mrs. Brucks was given a suspended sentence of one to 10 years m prison lor the manslaughter of her baby son. She was also ordered to surrender for adoption her 20-month-old son and her expected51 words
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Article56 1949-02-05 3 Milkman Erik Gunnar Seaburg of Chicago is flying to Denmark to collect part of the $600,000 left him by an aunt he has never met. The Danish government will not allow Seaberg to take the entire $600,000 out of the country, the interest of about $20,000 a yearU.P. - 56 words
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Article324 1949-02-05 3 pROSPECTS of a Western German recovery now appear encouraging, according to General Lucius D. Clay, the American Military Governor. In a recent report to Washington, however, he added a warning, that although the currency reform had provided an enormous stimulus to production. £i^at problems, such as theReuter - 324 words
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Article54 1949-02-05 3 NEW YORK. Fnday. 11 BEN Professor Daniel T OConneU chei feed Ctts Collec* Mi graph yesterday, his heat leaptd The graph showed the biggest earthquake m >ry Closer inspection revealed that a spider had found its inside the delicate mechanism. When the spid- er wai removed,U.P. - 54 words
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Article64 1949-02-05 3 4N Indian Government committee has recommended that Indian manufacture of radio sets be increased and that 50,000 cheap sets and L'o,ooo expensive sets be built m India this year. Production should be expanded to 150,000 sets by 1951 and sets with landed cost of Rs. 200A.P. - 64 words
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Article24 1949-02-05 3 The Defence Minister. Mr. A V Alexander, reported that Britain paid £620.000 last year to maintain her military mission In Greece.24 words
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Article236 1949-02-05 3 Vatican fears Polish 'purge UHILK Catholic Bishops m Poland are known to be doing everything possible to avoid being forced into open conflict with the Polish Government, reports reaching Vatican circles from Warsaw have arousec 1 rears that a new wave of persecution is imminent m that country. Bneeches arReuter - 236 words
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Article33 1949-02-05 3 MR WILLARD THORP, assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, has bep-n appointed to plan the groundwork for President Truman's programme of technical aid to the world*! under-developed ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article42 1949-02-05 3 Anew shipping company sponsored by the Indian Government the Indian Ocean and Eastern Navigation Company. Limited, is to be registered m the next few rial's for trade between India. Australia China. Japan the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article25 1949-02-05 3 United States Secretary 01 Labour, Mr. Maui ice Tobin, yesterday recommended that communists be barred from holding trade union posts.- ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article25 1949-02-05 3 The United States surpassed China for the first time last year as a soya bean producer, it ww reported A. P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article155 1949-02-05 3 rriHE Scottish National I Library m Edinburgh is trying to till a "shameful gap m its collection To Scotsmen all over the world, history's finest poet was Robert Burns, yet the brary does not possess a ropy of the first book oi his )oems. The KilmarnockReuter - 155 words
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Article26 1949-02-05 3 The Government of Madras has decided to spend 100.00--0.000 rupees on 25,000 ponds In the province to irrigate four million acres of land.-- A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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202 1949-02-05 3 ITALIANS, fearful of losing their colonies they have a prestige' rather than economic value— are willing to adopt a "big brother" attitude to them should the other powers agreed to return them. The Republican party newspaper "Voce Republicana which la usually well informed202 words
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Article, Illustration293 1949-02-05 3 nPHE "cold war" is depressing Rudolf Hess and six other Ex-Nazi chiefs m their Berlin prison. They fear that the breakdown of four-power Allied control m Germany may mean there will never again be an Allied body competent to review their cases. Like most prisonersReuter - 293 words
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Article, Illustration76 1949-02-05 3 the H.dIK. ton British "Streamliner, the Premdente Per on. at her launi-h--ivq Iron Borrow-in-CITWN shipyards and 'top>, on artist's impression of what she will look lik? when her superstructure f§ finished The President c Per on" has been built tor the Argentine Merchant Fleet and will be used lor the76 words
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Article42 1949-02-05 3 Mr Eliezer Kaplan Israeli Finance Minister, on a isit to the United States is exped-ed to nrve arrangements for the pureha-e of $J00,000,000 worth ol gcocK 10 Amerira m 1949 wi'h Limited Siat-\> Export Import Bank credits.— ReuterReuter - 42 words
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161 1949-02-05 3 Church leaders back Dutch 'police action' A group of church leaders has declared ihe receui Dutch conquest ot Ut-i »nesia v.at "th.- only reiuwnaM- ten the Dutch ti >verument could have taken under ihe DfMHtt circumstances". The statement was inadt* by executive memlt r.- of the Int rnational Coati-n 4A.P. - 161 words
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Article78 1949-02-05 3 ONE hundred and nfty tahil.i of gold weie found dobsealed around the waist of a man leaving a ship In tht outer Roads ol Sing&por* Harbour on Jan. 25. It MM alleged m the Second Singapore District Court today. Lav Tack Wo, a saloon boy on the78 words
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Advertisement27 1949-02-05 3 CREST A DELICIOUS CONFECTION A NOURISHING FOOD I j 4*»° "*»MJHC r^^^B a/'iJ^^ I CAEsr is Bfsr I Cy#»» SOLE agen ts K *tELSIOR LTD. HIGH STREEi27 words
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Advertisement110 1949-02-05 3 /I i i i THE AUSTIN A 70 THE AUSTIN A 90 'HAMPSHIRE' SALOON 'ATLANTIC CONVERTIBLE Arriving Shortly Two more new Austins power -operated head and windows. A7O is a handsome saloon with Both cars have independent front a 67 b.h.p overhead-valve en- suspension, and their steeringgine, designed to give110 words
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248 1949-02-05 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Feb 5, 1949. BONE-HEADS FEY. men m puolic oiTice have ever discharged their responsibilities m such bungling fashion as Mr. Calwell. the man to whom Australia entrusts the execution of its w^ite" Immigration policy. Seldom has a Government, whose declared policy b to seek the248 words
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Article184 1949-02-05 4 THE natives of Darfur. m darkest Central Africa, hold the belief, according to Sir James Fra^er, that women have no souls; and It was with momentary horror that the thought struck us that the Singapore Government, m appointing two women to assist the Film Censor, had been184 words
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Article122 1949-02-05 4 WHERE has been mucn J 'should be or should not be' moralising, both m Britain and ;n the colonies, on the topic of flogging, or whipping, or the rotan call !t what you will. But It is Impossible to believe that anyone has ever advo-cated-at least m122 words
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976 1949-02-05 4 ALEXANDER CLIFFORD ROME - By ALEXANDER CLIFFORD ROME. IF you peer into the dim candle-lit magnificence of the Roman churches, amid the shadowed swirl of baroque statuary and the glint or gilt and silver, you can often see these days a big white poster boldly headed "Christ or Marx?976 words
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Article689 1949-02-05 4 TREVOR WILLIAMS - By TREVOR WILLIAMS TT is sometimes said rather bitterly that with careful medical treatment one can be cured of cold m weeks whereas if nature is left to take its course it disappears m seven days. Unhappily thi s is virtually true and until recently689 words
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Article, Illustration71 1949-02-05 4 FAITH A feast is made for laiißhtor. and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. Ecclesiastes, 10. 19. In the same way as his tmatter relative thr tomes- tic t*nt, V^lsnn, the d:>n ZOU L.; 1(1, S fas iMiM-i and *&ULe+ dawn i^r I peaceful shut-eye" —but tie would71 words
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Article, Illustration82 1949-02-05 4 The river wall on the south, bank of the Thames from County Hall to Waterloo Bridge, is part of the South Bank scheme which is due to be completed m time tor the Festival of Britain m 1951 The scheme involves the erection of a concert hall which has been82 words
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Article, Illustration983 1949-02-05 4 PEOPLE MAKE NEWS THAIRMAN of the Pa sir Tanjang rural district committee, Mr. H. .1. C. KULASINGHA, has been seen m a new role m recent weeks that of a Volunteer Special Constable. He and 80 other residents m the Pasir PanJang district have Joined up983 words
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Article68 1949-02-05 4 HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE - Science Corner HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE. around This tray i_abo\ i cai s sitv -it SDer futui on t• ■ton Da...U.S N Fred L Collet: f- ir; mR sh stud-. Tlu are oth rvao c" for Just a V tftUM it i:.. :S of I creel. :-f I I a hun68 words
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