The Singapore Free Press, 16 May 1949
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Title Section18 1949-05-16 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA IJ,W SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article339 1949-05-16 1 REDS ARE WITHIN SIGHT OF S 'HAI Govt. retreat to new lines SHANGHAI, Monday. £OMMUNIST armies advanced yesterday to within sight of many of Shanghai's famous landmarks in the wake of what appeared to be a general Nationalist withdrawal from the outer perimeter to the last defence line before theReuter; A.P. - 339 words
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Article89 1949-05-16 1 LONDON. Sun. e last night I a.s a 'brutal -.uid Yard .r: r aboard Bit ry off Saturday of rhan Eisler. One Comradttion has I the United r r as a j ;cist leader, I tng to where appointed a I rslty. zed that </ ofßcireatenReuter - 89 words
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Article23 1949-05-16 1 if nor- "he niles caused but :.ian ;he F rina :he hes tSL -ich men I bee- ed from been re- ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article18 1949-05-16 1 1.-. ruhbrrDirector said y-sterday *he next few f natural. j rubm Ndd xed md U?ht sur- A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article, Illustration28 1949-05-16 1 A piece of superstructure from a Japanese escort vessel being lowered into a dump by a wharfside crane at the Singapore Naval Base (Another picture in Page 5).28 words
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Article22 1949-05-16 1 THE United States Government was asked by Union officials to intervene in the 10--day Ford strike after another A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article75 1949-05-16 1 LONDON, Monday. rE Secretary of State for Air. Mr. Arthur Henderson, said yesterday the Berlin airlift will be maintained for the time being "without any relaxation of effort." Mr. Henderson returned by air after visiting four airlift airports in Germany—Wunsdorf, Oatow, Lub^ck and Schleswig. "Everywhere IA.P. - 75 words
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Article27 1949-05-16 1 Free Press Staff Reporter There were 28 arrests In the Federation during the 24 hours ended last night: five in Selangor and 23 in Perak.27 words
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Article235 1949-05-16 1 Most Britons to stay in city SHAI AIRLIFT TODAY SHANGHAI, Monday. A S the roar of batte steadily approached embattled Shanghai and British and American warships moved further away out of range of the Woosung Fort guns, evacuation of foreigners and Chinese from the city, mainly by ah-, rapidly increased.235 words
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Article120 1949-05-16 1 RANGOON, Sunday. EIGHT gunboats— ordered from Britain long before the Commonwealth aid announcement will arrive In Rangoon sooruand will be used against insurgents in the rice-growing Irrawaddy delta area. Fighting between Government troops and insurgents has broken out In the Chin Hills in westernReuter - 120 words
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Article35 1949-05-16 1 rnROOPS were called out J. yesterday to man Bombay's water pumping stations and purification works paralysed by the strike of conservancy and sanitation service employees which broke out on Friday.35 words
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Article38 1949-05-16 1 Japan will now retain 38 shipbuilding yards with an annual capacity of 800,000 tons as a result of the United States decision last week to end reparations removals, according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo.- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article53 1949-05-16 1 Free Press Reporter A CHINESE taxi driver was robbed of a wrist watch and $12 when a Chinese passenger, pointed "something like a pistol" at him in One Tree Hill, off Grange Road last night. The robber had hired the taxi from Stamford Road, and afu?r the robbery,53 words
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Article94 1949-05-16 1 TEHERAN, Monday. IRANIAN Foreign Minister All Asghar Hekmat alleged yesterday that Russia owed Iran nearly $20,000,000 (US) and was making no effort to pay. Hekmat told a press conference that the Soviet Union has failed to pay $10,000,000 ■TS' customs charges and more than $1,000,000U.P. - 94 words
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Article27 1949-05-16 1 The Austrian Government announced yesterday that the Russians had promised shortly to relax some of their tight controls over shipment of poods insirfp Austria.- A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article36 1949-05-16 1 Two Swedish sailors and three Indians were killed in Calcutta last night when a motor car in which they were travelling fell 30 feet to the bed of a dry rock- ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-05-16 1 picture. Cars on the Bukit Timah Road near Raffles College leave long wakes behind them as they force through the flood caused by yesterday morning's heavy rains. Free PressFree Press - 29 words
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Article61 1949-05-16 1 MOTOR rickshaw built at Birmingham fur export to India and the Far East yesterday completed a test run from John O'Groats (north Scotland) to Land's End (western tip of Cornwall). Its running time for the 888 milts wa s 54 hours. The rickshaw did the journey non-stopReuter - 61 words
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Article52 1949-05-16 1 WEST sector German police yesterday reported that a Turkish citizen, identified as Ahmed Sahmed was beaten and abducted from his apartment in the British sector during the night. The Russians were understood to have issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of desertion from the RussianU.P. - 52 words
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280 1949-05-16 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. \IK Andrei Gromyko and 11 silent aides today by plane for Moscow with 1,522 pounds of baggage and a bountiful supply of champagne and chicken cooked in wine. The 13th passenger aboard the Air France plane was Mr. Israel Herman, ofU.P. - 280 words
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101 1949-05-16 1 MED AN, Monday. THE local Dutch paper Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra has appealed to the Dutch Government to issue a clear statement regarding the protection and future position of Dutchmen in Indonesia. It said the present uncertainty is causing concern and a spirit of defeatismU.P. - 101 words
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Article172 1949-05-16 1 IN consequence of the British Government's new proposals on war damage compensation the Singapore Legislative Council will tomorrow refer the matter back to the Select Committee with a view to recommending a revised comprehensive scheme." The resolution will be moved by the Financial Secretary, Mr. J.172 words
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Article59 1949-05-16 1 LONDON, Monday. SCOTLAND Yard Is taking extra precaution* to guard Whitehall against possible disorders when the House of Commons debate the Ireland bill today. A 24 -hour special watch is being kept on No. 10. Downing Street, and the Home, Colonial and Foreign Offices. This isA.P. - 59 words
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Article22 1949-05-16 1 Prince Nicholas of Yugoslavia arrived in London yesterday Dy air fcom South Africa on a private visit.- A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article31 1949-05-16 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A 23-YEAR-OLD Hekkh-n estate contractor, was shot dead outside his house last night at the 7] mile BukiiTangkah Road, in the Segamat district.31 words
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Article39 1949-05-16 1 THE Iranian Minister ol the Amman legation otticially denied yest<?rday mornlriK the presence o- any disturbances whatsoever in Iraqui areas. An Egyptian newspaper claimed on Saturday that armed revolts were being carried in south Iraqi areas.39 words
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Article93 1949-05-16 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. ]Lf R. Dean Acheson, U.S. ITI Secretary of State, will advise Congress this week that there Is no place in the Atlantic security Pact for either Spain or Western Germany. His views will be set down in a State Department memo* randum93 words
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Article54 1949-05-16 1 BUDAPEST. Monday. HUNGARY'S third general election was held in beautiful spring sunshine yesterday. Polling was almost completed everywhere in the country by early afternoon. Final results are not expected until tomorrow but some villages have already announced results, between 95 and 100 per cent forReuter - 54 words
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Article47 1949-05-16 1 rE first two Chinese girls from Malaya to study nursing in Melbourne under a scheme started by the mea of the Bth Australian Division have completed their course. They are Miss Alice Cheah and Miss Ooi Soh Im. They leave for Malaya tomorrow.47 words
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Article24 1949-05-16 1 Four alleged members of the Malayan Communist Party, three Chinese and one Indian, were arrested under the Emergency Regulations in S'ngap.jre yesterday.24 words
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Article23 1949-05-16 1 A Chinese held up a Malay in Lorong J. TVlok Kurau late on Saturday night and stole $39 from him.23 words
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Article61 1949-05-16 1 SPECIAL Market corrv^ponddent fives the priors of rubber (in cents per Ib > at II a.m today as follows: Burers SUlert. No. I K S S Spot loos* Ss\ 35 l F o.d. in bales Mj S: I ESS. 35% Js'i No. 2 ESS 4 33*h 33 No.61 words
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Advertisement53 1949-05-16 1 TECKYEOW&CO., 1 5, The Arcade, Raffles Place, S'pore. for Class SHOES 15-,,-alior. GEC Recwnjular Cutem Type Water Heater. \J GEC standard range Water Heaters *^a| Lb^^.^' from 1J to 200 gallons. W 1^ W MADE IN ENGLAND P. 9 ADVT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD. OF ENCIANO SINGAPORE KUALA53 words
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Article, Illustration593 1949-05-16 2 BETTY GILL - Siamese sisters enjoy school in Australia BETTY GILL By TWO Siamese sisters, now students in Australia, are finding new friends among their college pals, and are enjoying their introduction into the Australian way of life. They are 24-year-old Valaya and 19-year-old Ratana Boonyaratave], from Bangkok, Siam. Valaya and Ratana flew593 words
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Article136 1949-05-16 2 Drawing up oysters by hundreds ANEW method of harvesting oysters with a giant "vacuum cleaner" rig that sweeps clean the bottom of the sea has been developed by a New Haven oyster grower in co-operation with B. F. Goodrich engineers. The suction equipment not only loads about 1.000 bushels ofU.P. - 136 words
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Article, Illustration373 1949-05-16 2 'T'REMENDOUS swings c-n occur oa lust one sin^'e board in a team-of-four match. When this one was played in this I 's semi-final Vander-bilt Cup match, the winning team of Lee Hazen, Charlie lochridg«' Morrie Elis, Hairy PJshbein and Larry Hir^rh picke-1 up a lot of points. EUs373 words
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Article110 1949-05-16 2 SOME women looking for beauty may And death instead by using: hormone impregn iterl beauty s kin preparation*. Dr. Charles Branch of Chicago, noted authority on cancer, said. Dr. Branch said that while thousands of women migrht us« the cream without 111 effect, they could be cancercausing.A.P. - 110 words
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Article445 1949-05-16 2 ALL famous models aren't curvaceous lovelies carrying hatboxes. There is also the abroad-shouldered type with a brief case. Male models somehow don't attract the publicity that the hatbox set gets. They don't, it seems, even get as much money for their work. Erik BlytheU.P. - 445 words
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Article, Illustration18 1949-05-16 2 Anne Sheridan Rcdw s G th:s lort i dine ttreet in white pfftK U i the point elbov18 words
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Article345 1949-05-16 2 THE meat-eating nepenthes of George H. Pring would be exhibited more often if he could hang a sign on them warning, "Don't feed the Plants." Pring. custodian cf -world's largest collection of repemhes pitcher plains, believes showing them is a risk because they are subject toU.P. - 345 words
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Miscellaneous997 1949-05-16 2 SINGAPORE *n* J*<* Smith 9 30 HMO 9 45 Freddy Martin. 7 M'^ic to Charm BLUE NETWORK) Rep 1 on the Singap-jre Leglsla- 730 Melodies from" British Radio— 484 and #1.1 metres. 2? nc^ meetln 8 b >' obser- a BBC. Transcription, 802 Light Emercenc, news from RL U ?n\n997 words
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Miscellaneous216 1949-05-16 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have everything well under an highly perceptive control. mind. You are very emo- Since your ambitions tional but are able to re vaunting, you never analyse this and keep vsin b satisfied with with second best. You are willing to work hard for what216 words
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Article259 1949-05-16 3 'Still fairly brittle 9 says survey i MTFD Press survey of twelve of the key ■rtstem European nations suggests that the i period of relative economic stability. mic conditions have ceased to worsen. vmtMit has improved. But the overall econo•e P Sn is still fairly brittle.U.P. - 259 words
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Article, Illustration30 1949-05-16 3 BRITAIN EGYPT SIGH PACT The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Mohamed Kbachaba Pasha and the British Ambassador in Egypt, Sir Ronald Campbell signing the Anglo-Egyptian financial agreement in Cairo.30 words
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Article67 1949-05-16 3 Far East needs Jap textiles' R CBEBCH JONES, the I for Colonial Parliament th« policy of i oi Malaya rding Jale Imports was -rade agree- -he sterling I tht Supre'.nder In JaJ July 1?48 to ta -ad been ishln In'Acre not matt r Mr Walter qj rvative) who > LancatlstrlbatonReuter - 67 words
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Article36 1949-05-16 3 NEHRU 'SOLD OUT TO U.K.' of for l the add to it the at of the Malaya. -.a -lainied that 1 the interests in oeoc'.e and the ar.cf soverelgnl -v to thC I American !mn?ria.- ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article17 1949-05-16 3 rter Mr. announced -ntributht United NaChildren's I DOO for United 1 >*" ro Pd>stine rei U.P.U.P. - 17 words
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Article81 1949-05-16 3 THE United States' move to m Japan unlimited peaceful industry was characterized by some members of the Far Eastern Commission recently aj "more serious" to the interests of other Pacific allies than the stoppage of reparation Some FEC members dismissed reparations as "a closed matter." addingA.P. - 81 words
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Article34 1949-05-16 3 The Korean Ministry of National Defence has announced that one of its American-made naval minesweepers has deserted and sailed to a Soviet -supported North Korean port with 39 officers and men aboard.34 words
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Article38 1949-05-16 3 Britain's overall production is going up under pressure of the country's drive towards economic recovery. The Index of industrial production stood at an estimated 130 points for February as compared to 123 in January.- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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213 1949-05-16 3 'Vivisection' trial: 5 Japs to hang TWENTYTHREE Japanese war criminals. Including one woman found guilty of participating in the vivisection of captured American fliers at the Kyushu Imperial University during the war, have had their sentences confirmed by Lt.-Oeneral Walker. Commander of the United States Eighth Army. The Japanese, includingReuter; AAP - 213 words
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Article27 1949-05-16 3 Kabul Radio has announced that King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan was going to America this week to consult an eye specialist. A .P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article213 1949-05-16 3 OWEN Lattimore, author and an expert on Far Eastern affairs, who was once political adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, said in a radio debate in Washington that any further United States aid to Nationalist China would be "poured down the rat-hole." Lattimore, director of theU.P. - 213 words
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Article, Illustration1150 1949-05-16 3 GREGORY BAXTER - MURDER Could not Kill GREGORY BAXTER •a The story 30 far: Robin Foster, an artist, is walking at midnight near Marble Arch, London when he hears a woman's cry of horror. He sees a man dart from a stationary saloon car to a nearby limousine. Robin jumps on the running1,150 words
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228 1949-05-16 3 THE Government of Ceylon and the Press are indignant at an interview given by an Englishwoman to an Australian newspaper alleging that the British had been "given the boot in Ceylon." The woman, grey-haired Mrs. Arthur O. Palliser. whose husband Lieutenant Commander Palliser wasReuter - 228 words
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Article71 1949-05-16 3 Plebiscite for Syria fOLONEL Huzni J Zaim, Syrian Prime Minister, has announced that the new constitution to be published within 10 days will be followed by a plebiscite. The people would vote for a president of the Republic who would then designate a Prime Minister to form a Cabinet, heReuter - 71 words
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315 1949-05-16 3 JUDCE A HUSBAND who discovered after the wedding that his wife had been under treatment for tuberculosis and could not have children safely for three or four years was refused a decree in the London Divorce court. He asked for annulment of his marriage at315 words
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Article, Illustration35 1949-05-16 3 Narry Barton, 47 -year-old glassblower at Bilston, Staffs glass company engaged at his craft. Harry wht has been in the trade since he left school Is beliered to J>e the finest glass blower in Britain.35 words
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Article92 1949-05-16 3 I RICH uranium strike has r» been made near the vilia^e of Kadvantce, Czechoslovakia, a refugee Czech mining engineer said. The mine has been placed under the control DC a Russian engineer assisted by three Russian technical expt rts, the official said. More than 60 armed guardsA.P. - 92 words
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Article59 1949-05-16 3 rE White House announces that the Indian has accepted an Invitation to visit the United States, probably in October. The White House said President Truman first invited Nehru "about a year a?o" but the Prime Minister was not able "to make a visit last year59 words
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Article29 1949-05-16 3 Japan's Industrial Council has called i">i expansion of Japan's authorized fishery grounds towards China and the Philippines aa a mean* of meeting current food deficit*. U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Advertisement25 1949-05-16 3 MADE FROM ENGLISH GROWN FRUIT AND SU6AR 000^ FULL FRUIT STANDARD STRAWBERRY RASPBERRY BLACKCURRANT PLUM WISBECH ORANGE MARMALADE SOLE AGENTS JTnJTaPOP KIIAIA lIJMPUR PfN. N(,25 words
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Article, Illustration621 1949-05-16 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, May 16, 1949. Red, yellow, yellow, <|X)REIGN supporters of r Communism. like the World Federation of Trade Unions and the hand-pick-ed delegates to the bellicose and wordy Peace Congress recently held in Parts, have made great play about the popular basis Of the "uprising" in621 words
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Article, Illustration1410 1949-05-16 4 HALL ROMNEY - Malaya Missed A Chance HALL ROMNEY Letter From London' by T CAME away from the Malayan stand at the British Industries Fair at Earl's Court on the opening day, with a feeling of disappointment, which even reports of royal interest in the Malayan exhibits during the royal tour have aone1,410 words
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Article498 1949-05-16 4 WALTER HAYES - WALTER HAYES Says IN hundreds of schools 1 all over Britain the teachers are deliberately keeping the children in the dark. They have discovered that with a darkened classroom ajid a film projector they can teach the most difficult subjects and make them stick in498 words
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Article622 1949-05-16 4 KENNETH THORBURN - The Vicious Circle Of Treasure KENNETH THORBURN By PARIS: UOARDED gold buried in the gardens and fields of France is believed to amount to over 4,000 tons enough to make the franc the strongest currency on earth. And if it were brought out, the Banque de France would be the622 words
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Article358 1949-05-16 4 By A Speciil Correspondent rpHE proudest i x Capri is full ol row. The spring h*T his Jaunty step Hew£ disconsolately about little white sometimes stopp^ a cup of chocolates cigarette at one o!--open-air caf^s. For two cays CarNatale, a 6ft athlete bdeep brown by •..->358 words
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Article15 1949-05-16 4 Wait on the lord of food courage and shall strengthen heart. Psalms. 27 I*l15 words
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Advertisement88 1949-05-16 4 2nd. Floor. 1 3. Battery Road. Gowns for all occasions AUTOCHARGE The last word in battery preservation Autocharre your battery and prevent sulpbaiisa early disintegration A scientific boon to all users of baiter** Prevents sulphaUon of new batwrie* Cleanses old batteries, even If heavily f with hard sulphate and renders88 words
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Article278 1949-05-16 5 SARAWAK planning committee has been engaged in drawing up a master plan for Kuching town and its environs, which may involve the moving of the port to a point further down the river. Making this announcemen opening of the Coun- Htgri this morning, the278 words
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Article, Illustration36 1949-05-16 5 > n/turr FIFTEEN Japanese warships are being: broken up at Singapore Naval Base. The scrap 20.000 tons of it -will «o to Britain. Picture shows a crane lif* 5 ctntrator switchboard from a Japanese escort Free PressFree Press - 36 words
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129 1949-05-16 5 I dln China and 1 ban on bullion dealings H rig Kong have caused a ■o.arp rise in the price of gold v more Singapore isual are anxious among Chinese li to flock to vi Den for gold articles H the price of129 words
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Article358 1949-05-16 5 S. I. T. seeks new Govt. loan Free Press Staff Reporter APPLICATION for the approval of a further loan of $5,000,000 to the Singapore Improvement Trust for building more houses will be made to the Legislative Council at its meeting tomorrow. In March the Council had358 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-05-16 5 The Women's Group of the Singapore Army Civil Service Union is planning to hold exhibition bazaars and sewing bees to help the ACSU Building Fund.27 words
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Article350 1949-05-16 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THK headquarters of the British Medical Associa- tion has informed the Colonial Office that it desires to open negotiations on a number of questions affecting Colonial medical officers, says the annual report of the Malaya branch of the Association. These questions350 words
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Article, Illustration81 1949-05-16 5 SEGAMAT, Fri.— Found in possession of six packets of chandu near Jementah, 54--year-old Wong Tlan was sentenced to three weeks' simple imprisonment by the Segamat Sessions Court President. picture. CAPT. WAYNE C. Powers and wife, American refugees from China, who have arrived in Singapore from Hone Kong. Capt.Free Press - 81 words
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Article83 1949-05-16 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Over 500 attended the funeral yesterday of Inche Yahaya bin Jaffar, of the Supreme Court staff, who died while on sick leave. The cortege left the residence of his brother. Dato Onn, Mentri Besar, Johore, shortly after 4 p.m. for Internment at the83 words
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Article66 1949-05-16 5 Office-bearers of the Singapore urban Co-operative Union for this year are: Patrons: Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, Mr. W. L. Blythe. President: Mr. F. W. Stephens. Vice-Presidents: Mr. G. Hawkins, Mr. S. H. Peek, Mr. L. C. Goh. Chairman: Mr. P. A. D'Costa. Hon. secretary: Mr. A. W.66 words
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Article121 1949-05-16 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A tea party from 4.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. followed by a dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. will be the highlights of the celebrations to mark the formal opening of the new premises of the Singapore Municipal Services Union at.121 words
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Article241 1949-05-16 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent "l INDUE disparity" between salaries of teachers in Malay schools and those in English schools is criticised by the Singapore Malay Teachers Union. In a memorandum to the Colonial Secretary, the Union says that recommendations of the Joint Salaries Commission are still241 words
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Article124 1949-05-16 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE people of Singapore, particularly those living in the rural areas, are warned against tampering with objects which look like hand grenades, bombs, shells or any other type of ammunition. An official statement says that almost daily the Police are discovering ammunition left124 words
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Article44 1949-05-16 5 Mr. Baird E. Emmons. viceconsul at the United States Consulate-General. Singapore, will leayc for Canberra on June 6 take up an appointment as third secretary to the American Embassy there. His post here will be taken by Mr. Karl" Sommerlatte from Washington.44 words
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Article85 1949-05-16 5 Airmails are expected to hi rive In Singapore today from the U.S. Central and South America, Holland. Slam, the Philippines and the N.E.I. Closing times for posting airmalls today at the G.P.O. are: to Padang and Medan: 1.30 p.m., to Dabs Singkep: 4 p.m. ai:i to Batavla Palembang, Sourabaya,85 words
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Article145 1949-05-16 5 CONTINUING the Progressive Party's fight to alleT vlate the housing problem In Singapore, Mr. A. P. Rajah, leader of the Progressives In the Municipal Commission, j will move a resolution at the next Commissioners' meeting on May 27 to negative a decision permitting the conversion of145 words
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Article, Illustration61 1949-05-16 5 pictures. BRIDES and bridegrooms wait for their turn to sign their marriage certificates at the Chinese mass wedding of 33 couples at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. This was the eighth joint ceremony of its kind in Singapore. Left: Brides signing their certificate* TVi one on theFree Press - 61 words
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Article54 1949-05-16 5 The Municipal ambulance service at the Singapore Fire Brigade attended to more than 190 cases in various parts of the city last month. Of these, 80 were accidents In Singapore streets, including 15 of people falling off moving buses. Fifty-flve fires broke In Singapore In April, of which54 words
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Article224 1949-05-16 5 Sarawak acts to keep out danger SARAWAK proposes to introduce national registration as "a precautionary measure by which we hope to be able to control or check the illegal infiltration into Sarawak of undesirable elements," the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. C. W. Dawson, told the Council Negri this morning.224 words
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Article63 1949-05-16 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. SunReconstruction of and repairs to bridges and bridle paths in Muar district were only partially completed last year. Because of the emergency it was not possible to complete the work in some danger areas, says an official report. The Johore Government63 words
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Advertisement52 1949-05-16 5 Well known in Europe for touch, tone and beautiful 'finish, these Grand Pianos are specially built for tropical use? They are now on exhibition in the showroom of THE SOLE AGENTS I ESTAB 9 MOUTRIE ft CO (MALAYA) LTO/ I 'B7 s JOHN LITTLE SJUIIDINC 6ingapoß« mWfiFRPf*. TKU' 7030 t?/**'/52 words
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Advertisement53 1949-05-16 5 GIVE YOUR CLOTHES THE CARE THEY DESERVE COAT HANGERS FOR LADIES FANCY COVERED COAT HANGERS PRICE $1/- EACH SETS OF 2- IN CELOPHANE CO VERED WITH FANCY ART SILK PRICE $2.50 set FOLDING COAT HANGERS COVERED ART SILK IN PLAIN COLOURS ONLY PRICE 35 cts. each Our Haberdashery Dept. ROBINSONS53 words
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1301 1949-05-16 6 STANLEY RUSSELL - Fanny Walden: one of sport's immortals STANLEY RUSSELL -by- TN THE dying years of the Nineteenth Century a small boy lost his heart to an old lady. She kept a shop in a Northamptonshire village and baked delicious cakes which she put in the window as the children were coming1,301 words
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Article, Illustration5 1949-05-16 6 picture. SxBSSSSIKES S"«« Free PressFree Press - 5 words
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367 1949-05-16 6 VETERAN - VETERAN By IF the plans of the Singapore Badminton Associa--1 tion for the Thomas Cup team v. The Rest match go through, Singapore badminton fans will be treated to one of the finest exhibition of doubles games yet seen in the Colony. It367 words
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Article, Illustration66 1949-05-16 6 picture. Ponder (Steve Brooks) winning the Kentucky Derby from CaSot at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, on May 7 Canot gained his revenge in the Preakness Stakes, run at Pimlico Baltimore, on Saturday. Ponder finishing fifth Capot, the favourite, beat Palestinian who was third in the Kentucky Derby, in a photo-finish,A.P. - 66 words
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354 1949-05-16 6 Today 's hea vies 'softies 'Sharkey SAILOR Tom Sharkey, one of the great heavyweight of his time, yesterday expressed the opinion that Joe Louis could not have earned $250 a night in preliminaries in the "Golden Era" of Jeffries, Fitzsimmons and Corbett. "I wasn't surprised when Louis retired,*' said Sharkey,U.P. - 354 words
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Article71 1949-05-16 6 •pHE I:, en :al Ski Ferier BMP mt-ting in Olo' eitc ro Russia member of its :cur.cil last night. Russia's insistence on mciuhersh;p of the Council and her delepate's denunciatcin of Spain threatened at one point tc oreak up the meeting The Brtttth delegation made ItReuter - 71 words
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Article244 1949-05-16 6 DAVIS CUP TENNIS IjiRANCE and Denmark each won a singl, m tht concluding day of their second-round Kuropeao zone Davis Cup tie in Paris yesterday and so i ranc( survived the tie by four matches to one. They had made certain of success by winning SaturdayReuter; A.P. - 244 words
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Article63 1949-05-16 6 ONE rider. P. L. Phillips. (29), of Uppingham, England, wa* killed and nine other motorcyclists were taken to hospital after crashes In the Northwest 200-mile motor-cycle road race at port Stewart. Northern Ireland, yesterday. Winner of the event was A J Be^t of Belfast on a Norton machine.A.P. - 63 words
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Article47 1949-05-16 6 I rec I*rr*j, Staff JOHORE BAHR V^EiSTERDAYS molU E Johore Bahru District ton tournament I Ham>*h bat Ytng K 15-11. 6-15. 15-11; Har. K. Boon Guan beat Hash: 11-15. 15-10; Roland Tony Um 15-3 IS— v beat Jaflars EH«i 15-3. 15-4 F 15-10 15-1247 words
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Article34 1949-05-16 6 IN a friendly soccer match 1 at V.'uodsv;lle the Vampire* bea'. I Youngsters Combined by Ml to one Svorers for »h*» Vnirpirw R Tan and Tcck 6ot. Felix Monueiro scored Combined.34 words
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Miscellaneous111 1949-05-16 6 Mandrake BxcUuht to the Singapore Free Press in Malava "T I rx-^^^ HE'S GONE.'U THE DIAMONDS AReI I AMAZING.' H£ USBD MASS HYPNOT!SM~\ i)i\r^i v\l t tuat m/k rue iv^iD ffiplfepy W03&& :^SSB. vvi ur ,iu JJZ™ .jJgOOOOT A» 1 M y^ >y \lF^v i* OTHER j^S *< J. *w.°°111 words
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642 1949-05-16 7 Why fund not yet launched THE question of the Singapore Badminton 1 Hall Building Fund has always had the foremost attention of my committee," declares Vlr. Wee Kim Wee, honorary secretary of the Singapore Badminton Association, in a statement to the Free Press today642 words
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Article, Illustration22 1949-05-16 7 picture. Mr. (he? Soon Kens lead> m Your Highness (Little). winner of the Governor's ip at Buklt Tlmah on vtturday. Free PressFree Press - 22 words
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385 1949-05-16 7 TRESPASSER - Two Felicitations romp home at Bukit Timah TRESPASSER By FELICITATION, 1934 winner of the Ascot Gold Cup {'l\ miles), did not sire 1 anything as good as he himself was, but in Your Highness he gave the Malayan Turf a fine stayer and a winner of the coveted Governor's Cup.385 words
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Article119 1949-05-16 7 SUNFLOWER B.P. WIN 5— 2 PLAYING at the Sunflower BP court, the home t- am defeated Oeylang Rangers BP. by five games to two. Results (Sunflower players mentioned first) were: Slnfles: John Chua beat Wee Thlam Bock 13-4; 10-15, 15-7; Chow Khoen Poh lost to Wee Thlam Teck 12-15. 6-15;119 words
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Article21 1949-05-16 7 RA.F. Seletar 2nd XI beat Admiralty School Old Boys 3-1 in a soccef match played at Seletar last evening.21 words
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Article19 1949-05-16 7 DOBBY Locke of Boi*|| Africa yesttrday won Am prize of US$3,OOO In the Ooodftll gdlt tournament.- A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article86 1949-05-16 7 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. SINGAPORE Chinese Football Association Just managed to beat Johore Bahru by the odd goal in five in a friendly soccer game on a water-logged padang in Johore Bahru yesterday. The Chinese scored their first goal in the fifth minute of86 words
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Article187 1949-05-16 7 TKS form shown this s.gion by Ronnie Aspinall, Yorkshire |Mfl bowler, hM raised hopes that i« miy prove the answer to the ?)*ntl:*s search tor pace bovrler real merit. Aspinail claimed eight wickv'^fo: .33 the first match of the New Zealanders' tour, and followed thla byReuter - 187 words
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Article188 1949-05-16 7 A SUGGESTION that an All-Malayan inier comi munity football competition be played for a cup known as the International Cup was made at the Malayan Chinese Football Association's council meeting held In Singapore yesterday. The suggestion* followed the Council's full approval of the Football Association of188 words
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Article35 1949-05-16 7 MRS. Fanny Biankers-Koen, the Dutch Olympic star, arrived In New York by air from Amsterdam yesterday to compete In three track meets In New York and California within the next fortnight.- A.P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article65 1949-05-16 7 T»HE British football club. Burnx ley, and Royal Madrid XI played a goalie** draw before 50.000 fans In Madrid ywtPTday. Burnley dominated the first half, while Madrid were superior after the Interval. A.P. PORTUGAL defeated Walt* in a soccer international match In Lisbon yesterday by thret goals toA.P.; Reuter - 65 words
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Article150 1949-05-16 7 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. FACED with the task of making 69 runs to avoid an innings defeat, Perak yesterday had to thank the torrential rain for stopping their inter-State cricket match with Selangor in Kuala Lumpur after losing two wickets for three runs150 words
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Article203 1949-05-16 7 ENGLAND'S "B" team beat Finland by four goals to nil at soccer in Helsinki yesterday after leading by one goal at half-time. This victory followed the defeat of the England "A" team by Sweden on Friday and some of the players on view yesterday mayReuter - 203 words
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Article23 1949-05-16 7 /GREECE defeated Holland io- J8 U In the opening game of the seven-nation European basketball championship last night at Cairo. A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article16 1949-05-16 7 RUMANIA beat Poland 65-32 in basketball at Bucharest yeswae 24 to 5. A .P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article140 1949-05-16 7 T^HE following lios In the 8:n8~- pore lawn tennis tournament will be played today at 34S p.m. on the Singai>ore Cricket Club courts: Boys junior singles semi-fina.U: Tan Puay Kee v Gordoo Llm, Chin Yoon Pook v Chili Kwong Nam. Open mixed doubles: Mrs. G. T.140 words
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Article, Illustration83 1949-05-16 7 The finishes in the two Cup races at Bukit Timah on Saturday: Upper picture shows Your Highness (Little) beating Longchamps II by three lengths in the Governor's Cup, with King Midas (Spencer) third and Byron (Flannery) fourth. In the lower picture Princess Guinevere (Brosnan) is shown comingFree Press - 83 words
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462 1949-05-16 7 Govt not giving enough aid to Malayan sport By The Sports Editor A QUESTION which often pops up in Malayan sporting circles is whether the local Governments are giving enough support to sport. With the next Olympic Games only three years hence, there is a strong feeling that the authorities462 words
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Advertisement20 1949-05-16 7 Austin Hampshire Saloon Just arrived from ENGLAND and on display NOW at i i i i m f~? i si>nigapork20 words
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Miscellaneous54 1949-05-16 7 Today's Sport LEAGUE SOCCER: Snr. Du., R.E.M.E. v Chinese Casual.*— Jtdan Besar; Jnr. A Gr. 1, BOD. C. A. v Royal Navy -St. Georces' Road. R.A.F. geinbawane v T. T.C. (Nee Soon) Sembawant; S.C.E.A. v Tamil B.A. Geylang; Jnr. B. Gr 11, Aston A. A. t Indonesia T/ —St. Georces'54 words
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Article458 1949-05-16 8 Warning to America WASHINGTON, Monday. DESPITE the Berlin truce, the threat of Russian aggression is not lessened, bluntly said the Director of the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute, Dr. William Maddox, at Bedford (Mass.) yesterday as the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, worked overtimeReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 458 words
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Article139 1949-05-16 8 3 million yen bribe trial TOKIO, Monday. rE fourth group of defendants In the Showa Denko scandal trial yesterday, followed the pattern of previous sessions they admitted paying immense sums of money but denied the payments were bribes. The Showa Denko scandal upset a cabinet. Former Premier Hitoshi Ashlda isA.P. - 139 words
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107 1949-05-16 8 LONDON, Mon. A NET Conservative gain of 1,176 seats, 84» from Labour, was revealed in results so far in last week's borough and urban elections In 1,047 districts in England and Wales, the Conservative Central Office said yesterday. Complete results are expected today.107 words
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Article, Illustration128 1949-05-16 8 rE financial adviser to Gen. Douglas MacArthur Mr. Joseph Dodge, declared In San Francisco that it had been found necessary to stop reparations removals from Japan In order to maintain the country s financial strength. He considered Japan s economy was now stabilised. pictures. BridesFree Press - 128 words
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Article27 1949-05-16 8 Mr. Myron Cowen, new United States Ambassador to the Philippines, left Washington by plane yesterday to take up his post in Manila. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article23 1949-05-16 8 Thirty-three people at the Indianapolis speedway were injured, two seriously, when part of a grandstand mil armed on Saturday.- A. P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article50 1949-05-16 8 UADAME Andree Duprey- ron made a forced landIng in the Minab area, eastern Persia. She was unhurt. Mlnab lies about 20 miles Inland from the Straits of Camua which links the Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea. It is about 45 miles past of Bandar Abbas.- ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article107 1949-05-16 8 rpHE U.S. Defence Department has disclosed that the X military is considering tests pitting the Navy's Banshee Jet fighters against the Air Force's mammoth B-36 bomber, to find out whether the big four-engined bomber carrier is vulnerable at high altitudes to jet attack. U.S.U.P. - 107 words
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264 1949-05-16 8 THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, said over Radio Malaya last night that the Communist terrorists were failing in Malaya because the peoples of the country were opposed to them. The terrorists are still able to do wicked damage to lives and property. But they are in264 words
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Article78 1949-05-16 8 ITALIAN officials have 1 started a probe to determine how a Renaissance Italian painting reached the United States. The painting, one of St. Sebastian attributed to the Tuscan artist, Andrea del Castagno. was recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum in V*w York, according to SfgnarA.P. - 78 words
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Article179 1949-05-16 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. WHILE most U.S. Government officials are often amused at Russia's far-fetched claims of world superiority in almost every important field of science and culture, the Government experts engaged on analysing Russian propaganda see in this campaign an ominous mixture of an all-out nationalismU.P. - 179 words
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Article215 1949-05-16 8 TRIPOLI, (N. Africa), Monday. rpWENTY-SIX Arabs and two police were Injured yesterday in new Arab demonstrations here against the British plan to transfer Tripolitania from British to Italian trusteeship in 1951. Police threw tear gas bombs to disperse some demonstrators. These figures brought total casualtiesReuter - 215 words
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Article148 1949-05-16 8 BERLIN, Mun. GEN. LUCIUS D. CLAY left Germany by air yesterday, completing 26 months as Military Governor and Commander-ln -Chief of the United States forces in Europe. Lieut. -Gen Clarence R. Huebner will take over as acting military governor and C-tn-C tending a new appointmentReuter; A.P. - 148 words
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Article60 1949-05-16 8 UARSHALL Plan aid for Israel was proposed last night by Senator Irving M Ives, during a meeting at Madison Square Garden celebrating the first anniversary of the new state In accordance with the United States policy cf preventing totalitarianism, Israel should be brought within the orbit60 words
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Article212 1949-05-16 8 NEW DELHI :.i on# A MOTION for the rail- flcation of the Common weath Prime M:: ters' declaration London on Indias new link with the Commonwealth tops the ager.da of the Indian Constituent Assembly, which star* final session here tod The Prime Minister p Nehru, willReuter - 212 words
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Article30 1949-05-16 8 Verdict in the war trial of Shizuo Yok former Lieutenant- g< who commanded the Ju; forces in Manila area, Announced tn Manila r Mm 21 A .P.A.P. - 30 words
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Miscellaneous30 1949-05-16 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris P^S^W*^ 1 TO^, tjT IT COSTB V could wO<K ON Iro COm| OUT 0^ n«s I witiouTfiOM* V wwaf wSv V S|^L m MIM 730 words
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Miscellaneous12 1949-05-16 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 12.17 r.m. 1.57 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.34 ».m. 2.48 p.m.12 words
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