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Title Section18 1949-05-17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAX 17, 1949. PRICE It CKMS18 words
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Article398 1949-05-17 1 S'hai cut off from south HONG KONG, Tuesday. f HE crew of the last Pan-American Airways plane to leave Shanghai said on arriving m Hong Kong late last night that they saw thousands of Communist troops crossing the Whangpoo River two miles away from Lunghwa International Airport and only398 words
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Article, Illustration55 1949-05-17 1 Mr. Fred Best puts the finishing touches to a baton a replica dT the one carried by Mr. Churchill's famous ancestor, the Duke of Marlborough which will be presented to Mr. Churchill when he is made a freeman of the Royal Borough of Kensington. Inside the baton will be the55 words
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Article53 1949-05-17 1 X B. ment |^^m' Sunday ij: Ddent, prepared IBd X ratJ hi to X reply L.iyS n Sunday B ap m i ..id an of wh.i f ■ri B ;ha: B tliat Ftodaim■r m SlneaR is no on." Bh was I him as •as no: j|lH *id tribute fl53 words
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Article40 1949-05-17 1 X S :T Reporter X Jubir j**» LegisMMX morning. b rnment v nsidertng Of dKtfea ra to the M^- said **•< d "No" s*» iskSLEJ* LuSk n °f members 22i -n order Jl^H^ T.inees of 21 M ;t and a40 words
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Article14 1949-05-17 1 arrests m? k ":'••■■its In 2» -4 hours I- seven In *^y Svlangor.14 words
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Article132 1949-05-17 1 RANGOON, Tuesday. 4 BURMESE officer from Akyab has crossed over A the Barma-Pakistan border "to call upon insurgents m the Pakistan village of Zilla to surrender/* a Government spokesman announced here last night. He explained that the Pakistan Government had agreed to any measures the132 words
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136 1949-05-17 1 U.S. Red faces extradition trial in U.K. LONDON. Tuesday. THE Bow Street magistrate decided yesterday that Gerhard Eisler, 52-year-old German Communist fugitive from the United States, should face extradition proceedings m London on May 24. Bail was refused. Eisler was arrested aboard the Polish ship Batory by the Southampton policeReuter - 136 words
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Article154 1949-05-17 1 U.K. FIRM OVER IRISH PARTITION LONDON, Tuesday. MR. J. Chuter Ede, the Home Secretary, last night cited posters shown m Dublin "Arm now to take the north" as confirming the British Government's view that Northern Ireland should not be asked to leave the United Kingdom without the consent of itsReuter - 154 words
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Article56 1949-05-17 1 BRITAIN'S first air pilgrimage to the graves of British war dead m Italy began yesterday with the night of 24 relatives to Rome. More than 600 young fathers, mothers and widows of war dead will visit graves at Minturno Anzlo cemetery. More than 42,000 BritishA.P. - 56 words
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Article49 1949-05-17 1 r£ Finance Committee of the Singapore Legislative Council at its meeting today had before it a recommendation that the monthly salary of the Superintending Assessor of the Singapore Office of the War Damage Claims Commission Increased from $1,250 to $2,000 plus cost of living allowances.49 words
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Article31 1949-05-17 1 rE Singapore C.I.D. yesterday arrested a Chinese for allegedly promoting "chap-ji-ki" gambling, and another for permitting his house In Paya Lebar Road to be used as a gaming house.31 words
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Article105 1949-05-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Chinese towkays who were kidnapped by bandits m Johore some days ago turned up at Kluang yesterday. They said they had escaped from their abductors during bandit confusion* caused by Gurkhas operating m Kluang area on Saturday. The two men said105 words
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Article77 1949-05-17 1 LONDON. Tuesday. AN announcement that Britons will soon be able to buy about tvfo pence worth of fresh meat each week m their tiny ration brought cheers from the House of Commons yesterday. The Podd Minister. Mr. John Strachey, said the total ration would not be77 words
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Article58 1949-05-17 1 qiHE President of the Security Council, Mr. Jean ChauX vel of France, has called a meeting of the Council for tomorrow evening. The Secretariat announces: "The only item on the agenda will be the Hyderabad question, following: the letter addressed by Sir Moh.immed Zafrullah Khan, Foreign MinisterReuter - 58 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-05-17 1 Nationalist soldiers wait outside a bi£ Shanghai hotel before taking; over some of the hotel's rooms for billets. Soon afterwards, they threw up barricades m the street outside m preparation for possible street fighting.34 words
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Article69 1949-05-17 1 Accident victims doing well Free Press Staff Reporter nnHE two occupants of tire X engine, Its driver, Private Brickwood, and a passenger, Mohamed Shariff, who were admitted to the British Military Hospital, Singapore, yesterday are reported to be progressing satisfactorily. The fire engine was on a test run when it69 words
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Article30 1949-05-17 1 Plans for a Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Wing In the University of California library have been announced by the Berkeley chapter of the Hindustan Students Association of America. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article169 1949-05-17 1 BATAVIA, Tuesday. rill United Nations Commission for Indonesia yesterday reported satisfactory progress by the Commissions' two joint Dutch and Republican subcommittees which are to investigate means of implementing the recent Dutch-Republican agreement. The sub-committee on the reinstatement of the Republican Government at Jogjakarta has completed itsReuter - 169 words
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Article77 1949-05-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER the oppressive heat of yesterday when 87 degrees were recorded by the Kallang weather experts, Singaporeans had to cover up with blankets early this morning when the temperature dropped to 75 degrees during a torrential shower. Weather experts said this morning77 words
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Article219 1949-05-17 1 Govt, replies on Indies trade Free Press Staff Reporter r pHERE has been no formal agreement between the A Inited Kingdom and the Netherlands regarding trade between Indonesia and Singapore, the Singapore Government said today m the Legislative Council m a written reply to Mr. A. McLellan (Singapore Chamber of219 words
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Article47 1949-05-17 1 Police, Gurkhas engage bandits Free Press Staff Reporter 4 PATROL of police and aA 1. 10 Gurkhas contacted and engaged 30 armed bandits m the Buklt Glntang Yong Peng. In the Kluang area of Johore yesterday. Two Gurkhas BO R. were slightly wounded m the enI Gjagement.47 words
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Article17 1949-05-17 1 Israel has Joined the International Labour Organisation (ILO) it ii announced m O«fleva.- A.P.A.P. - 17 words
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Article118 1949-05-17 1 French troops for China border SAIGON, Tues. t^RENCH troops may r undertake the main task of fighting against the Vietminh (IndoChinese autonomy) forces m the Tonkin-China frontier area, well-in-formed sources said here today. These sources predicted ihat this was one of the "important changes" m military policy likely to result118 words
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Article77 1949-05-17 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ATANJONG Pinang Chinese seaman alleged this morning that he was held up by three Malays on bicycles m a backlune m Jalan Besar late last night, and robbed of more than $1,000. The robbers allegedly took $970 which the seaman had77 words
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Article57 1949-05-17 1 SPKIAL Market corr«iponddrnt r<vcs the prices «f rubber (m cents per Ib) it 11 a.ra today as follows Bayerh Sellers. No. 1 X S S Spot loose iJ .<s*. l on. m bales May. Nl. t 1.1.1, 35 35\ 2 I.SS 33 s. 33% No. 3 R S57 words
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Advertisement38 1949-05-17 1 t//:e Cleaning a t counts .ace riiv ot PARIS LEANING (0. 31 Spora ART THE DAY WBLL iOLDEN CIRCLE k M ~v "~f J vL^aß a *V M^^^^m STRALIAN PINEAPPLE JUICE PATRICKS FOOD SUPPLIES -PHONE ORDER DKPI. s**l38 words
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Article630 1949-05-17 2 What a yarn it is! The Story Qf The English Silk Stocking...And... By VICTOR SIMS "THEY are soft and beautiful," said the Queen, "but they are too frail to wear.'* The Queen looked, the court looked, and the ladies-in-waiting stood on tip-toe to get a better view. Lying on the630 words
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Article, Illustration371 1949-05-17 2 J± BIG swing m favour of the Schenken team m this years Vand^rbilt team-of-four championship was created when both the North and South members of the opposing team overbid on the same hand. Freak hands, as all experts know, are extremely dangerous. Yet it is desirable to open371 words
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Article, Illustration288 1949-05-17 2 EDNA McKENNA - EDNA McKENNA By yyROUGHT iron and tubular furniture gxpress the recent trend towards gracefulness m the home. With its clean lines, rhythm and lack of fuss, it bridges the gap between house and garden— in keeping with the modern fetish for fresh air. Delightful for breakfast or288 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-05-17 2 Fans couturier Jacques Fath presented at his new mid-season collection this beach suit consisting of a slack suit m a light tortoiseshell colour, a vari-col. oured Indian scarf and a hat of woven osier.34 words
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312 1949-05-17 2 Ski-pants Flatter Women's Figures SKI pants, the most flattering form of trouser wear for women, have been adapted for resort and beach wear this summer by French designer Marcel Rochas. He makes them look like ordinary long drainpipe shaped pants pulled m neatly to fit the ankle with an inchA.P. - 312 words
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Advertisement213 1949-05-17 2 "oay Charming Dorville 91 Cottons frocks Reasonably priced. NEW VITAMIN CREAM An* entirely new type of cream.. formulated to smooth, soothe and make silken every type of skin. Highly emollient. Highly sympathetic to turface lines, tender skin, thin faces mature complexions COLE AOKNT* FOR SINGAPORE. MAYNARD CO., LTD. 11, Battery213 words
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Advertisement168 1949-05-17 2 EVENING DINK I GOWNS Latest M«m|.U 82-1, BRAS BASAH ROAD r Raj 1 jaege! UNDERWEAR j warmth with I elegance I pure wool >Is VESTS I OPERA TOPS SIZE: MED. ONLY j PRICE $5/95 -r^l PANTEES \<| TO MATCH J SIZE: MED. ONLY i PRICE $6/25 PURE WOOL BRIE? I168 words
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Miscellaneous143 1949-05-17 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, >ou have a keen and inventive mind. You know how to get along with people and are a good executive. But you also have a sharp sense of duty and you expect others to toe the lines as you do. A born leader, you are143 words
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Article86 1949-05-17 3 I who, under Tojo, were ordered to ba&ies, and were forbidden to read .iitrol, are now thoroughly "birth conscious". •gest newspapers give a wide coverage discussions with prominent persons i of Mrs. Ghizue Kato, the "Margaret who was Jailed for her views on g r he war. m^m r.ecesmU.P. - 86 words
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Article22 1949-05-17 3 India and Egypt will grant each other •most favoured r.jr.ion" treatment under a one-year trade agreement ned m New Delhi.22 words
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Article84 1949-05-17 3 IN the greatest international exodus of modern times" 171,202 Jews have been taken to Israel since the proclamation of the state of May 14 last year, the Joint Distribution Committee, major United States agency aiding distressed Jewry, announced. The Committee said it had moved JewishReuter - 84 words
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Article70 1949-05-17 3 HENRY A. Wallace has urged Denver people to "revolt against the North Atlantic Pact. At a peace rally he said "I must warn you that like all revolts it will cost something. It will bring unemployment at first to some people. It will result m the70 words
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Article20 1949-05-17 3 Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, newly-appointed Indian Ambassador to the United States, presented her credentials to President Truman.20 words
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Article1075 1949-05-17 3 GREGORY BAXTER - MURDER Could not kill GREGORY BAXTER eg tf B Mm ht hears m He i of the m I id rv the m arm m :> an X Tiped m a M i dead. ynsckmt, is B .4 n automam 'he floor. Mm that the 9 v f z'-her and1,075 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-05-17 3 Princess Irene. aged 9, daughter of Queen Juliana of Holland picking up a balloon from one of the many floral bouquets m front of Soestdiik P^'i^e. near Amsterdam. Thousands of balloons were released by schoolchildren to start festivities to mark the Queen's 40th birthday.44 words
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328 1949-05-17 3 AFRICA MAY BE WORLD CATTLE CENTRE Anti-tsetse drug sequel T HE Britis h discovery of the drug "antrycide" which gives cattle immunity from the dread tsetse fly may lead to increased cattle production m Africa and have important repercussions on the international beef trade. a enn T isin new druReuter - 328 words
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Article, Illustration16 1949-05-17 3 Princess Elizabeth leaving the London Stock Exchange after a surprise visit with the Duke of Edinburgh16 words
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Article55 1949-05-17 3 fyLD AGE pensioners should be given one hot vieal a day by councils, free if necessary, says a resolution to be put before the Socialist Medical Association m London. Priority housing schemes for hospitals' staffs, with self-contained flats to replace nurses' homes, are being asked55 words
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Article41 1949-05-17 3 ESTABLISHMENT of a joint wd:r production committee within the Australian Defence Department has been announced by Defence Minister, Mr. John Dcuman. Mr. Dcdman said the committee would co-ordinate strategic plans with the production requirements of Australia. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article37 1949-05-17 3 THE Albanian Interior Minister and three others prominently connected with his ministry which controls the Albanian security police are being secretly tried m Tirana for "nationalistic pro-Tito" tendencies, according to a Yugoslav newspaper. A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article30 1949-05-17 3 The Nuvy has commissioned the S5O million heavy cruiser Salem, which is said to have a tiring rate four times faster than any U.S. wartime cruisers. U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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Article220 1949-05-17 3 U mberto meets his wife ITALY'S royal romance ap- pears to be blooming again. After widespread reports of growing coldness and even an impending divorce, former King Umber to and his wife Marie Jose, had a three -day reunion at Sitges, lovely Meliterranean seaside resort. The meeting had been plannedA.P. - 220 words
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Article38 1949-05-17 3 The showering of millions of peace leaflets over Russia by balloons released from Western Europe has been suggested m Washington by Senator Ralp Flanders as a mean* x>f "getting friendship messages'* to the Russian peopl A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article60 1949-05-17 3 U.S. Air Force authorities, worried about meeting future attacks by enemy Super-bombers of the B-36 type, called aviation industry officials to a conference m Washington recently to plan new fighter and radar defences. High-ranking officers said the conference would go into the whole field of air defenceU.P. - 60 words
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Article15 1949-05-17 3 Britain is seeking to resume imports of Russian cotton after a two-year shut-off.15 words
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Advertisement169 1949-05-17 3 X !^^b PROFESSOR LEO SPARKLES ■II 1 1 i^^—^y^ w^ 65 YOU ill 11l I I \\l)-r^ to su^ mit> rh/mes or doggerel commencing with any V I I M j I t>C letter of fhe al P h^bet associated with F. N. Drinks. \l\ I l\\ ou cjn e169 words
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Miscellaneous370 1949-05-17 3 SINGAPORE Metres 44 l L ln/ N iV- W0 K> *5 p.m. English: Programme i ana v metres. Summary; News Head^nes; Share Mm from K.L. Market Report; 5.00 Paul Temple at 10 A.m. and Steve (4); 5.30 'Ail the Latest'; 5.45 The University Prol.^li Lumpur gramme Agriculture 6.10 :ure 2.370 words
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626 1949-05-17 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, May 17, 1949. MAKING OUR FLESH CREEP DERHAPS we are all living too close to the emergency and to the rising tide of Commun sm m northern Asia properly to appreciate what is going on. At any rate another flying visitor, this time a special626 words
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Article, Illustration1356 1949-05-17 4 [)EAR BOB,— These letters to you each year from. England have come to be expected. I write this one m pride and excitement. The British recovery miracle you have read about m American newspapers has not been exaggerated. It is here. It is happening. The1,356 words
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Article353 1949-05-17 4 TAIPEH, Taiwan: TN a speech here the other day General Chen Cheng, the Governor of Taiwan, called on patriotic Chinese to unite their efforts m the war against the Communists so that the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the country could be undertaken; He expressed himself asReuter - 353 words
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Article, Illustration14 1949-05-17 4 •*O.K. Qo ahead and marry Danny Kaye. and see how you tike walking horn*14 words
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609 1949-05-17 4 JOHN PHILLIMORE - This place may soon feed the world JOHN PHILLIMORE By VKGHO labourers are singing deepthroated chanties to themselves as corrugated iron sheeting is hauled over yet another block of outbuildings of the West Indian Sugar Company's factpry at Frame m Jamaica Few people have even heard of this little West609 words
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Article495 1949-05-17 4 GORDON YOUNG - GORDON YO UNG STOCKHOLM: I>EHIN© the Iron Cur**tain the velvet gloves, as you may have noticed, are being well and truly buttoned up. Moscow has even started a drive for more soft words on the home front. The papers are running a campaign for more civility495 words
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Advertisement13 1949-05-17 4 WEDDING GIFTS In Silver or E.P.N.S. U. S. deSilva Jewellers 106 ORCHARD ROAD.13 words
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Advertisement45 1949-05-17 4 ENJOY YOl I OWN PARH LET- A A DO T.HE CATIKI^ We can provide crockery, cutlery g l -silver, set the table and provide the bo< All our food is prepared m •quipped kitchens under Eu op<' supervision. SINGAPORE J COLD STORAfI CO., l 145 words
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Article115 1949-05-17 5 A LINING a new standard .inese ftlm produ»> Our Husband." starring and Soon Chlngppeal not only to >.? but to others as well. .v directed is the tilni q to follow the r. II one's knowledge rtn is lacking. ll .:res used will. I :.:ons mT.H. - 115 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-05-17 5 picture. In Singapore to meet the -Queen of Siam she arrives from mrupf tomorrow, are the Ni.tnif>e Foreign Minister, I'rintf Pridi Debyabongs and the Chief Aideit. < imp General to the present King of Siam, Hujor-Gea. Luang Sura .irons. They arrived yesri |.i> and are staying at mment House.48 words
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Article42 1949-05-17 5 rhe r.cAd of the Netnrlands (Wai la Indonesia. Mr. address the East- :h; International Asaoc ;ation, and the Art Club, at the British >rd Road, on 6jo pm. of the Ea&t-Thur-ciay has b en of this function.42 words
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Article32 1949-05-17 5 Three more Tamil schools are to be established m Singapore by the Tamil Education Society. The schools will be sited at Maxwell Road. Yio Chu Kang Road and Serangoon Road.32 words
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Article94 1949-05-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. UNTIL recently, the five Government airfields m the Federation were manned entirely by Asians, it was stated m the annual report for 1943 of the Federation Department of Civil Aviation. Two European senior air traffic control officers had now been94 words
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Article55 1949-05-17 5 C.-G. LEAVES FOR U.K. TALKS rE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, left by air for England yesterday. He is paying one of his periodic visits to London for consultations with the Foreign Office, Colonial Office and other Government Departments on affairs m SouthEast Asia. He expects to return to Singapore55 words
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Article482 1949-05-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ENTERTAINMENT tax to be added to admission MJ prices on a percentage basis is proposed by the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association of Singapore and the Federation. This suggestion is made m a petition to the Singapore Government for a reduction m the rates482 words
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Article670 1949-05-17 5 Association for Singapore Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE is to have a family planning association on the lines of the British organisation to advise people on how to plan their families. This was the outcome of a discussion on "Sex and Family Life" at the670 words
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Article, Illustration54 1949-05-17 5 AFTER a crash between an Army fire engine and a private car at the fifth milestone, Holland Road, Singapore, yesterday both vehicles overturned into a monsoon drain before righting themselves. Picture shows the fire engine with the car m the background. The four occupants of the two vehicles escaped with54 words
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Article136 1949-05-17 5 REPORT ON PRISONS BEFORE GOVT. Free Press Staff Reporter THE Prison Inquiry Commission, appointed oy the Singapore Government to report on prison conditions m the Colony, has completed ttl findings and its report will be submitted to Government. This statement is made by the Finance Committee m a report tabled136 words
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Article97 1949-05-17 5 THE Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship win hold a camp fire on Friday at 7.30 p.m., m the playground of the Anglo-Chinese Middle School. Coleman Street. Items wil be j;iven by members from the nine Methoclist Youth Fellowships m Singapore and the Singapore Christian Youth Council97 words
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Article32 1949-05-17 5 For causing hurt to' Ms, nephew during a family quarrel Goh Koon Kirn, 38. of Ah Hood Road was fined $30 m the Third Police Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty.32 words
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Article183 1949-05-17 5 |F Sarawak can surmount the obstacles to rice production, it should not be many years before the country will be Independent alike of imported rice and of rice produced by "our present wasteful methods," the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. O. W. Dawson, said at183 words
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Article41 1949-05-17 5 The Singapore Tamil Eduation SQCiety will discuss on Saturday a proposal for estab- lishing a $7,500 endowment [or a scholarship m the University of Malaya for Tamil students The meeting will ;be held at the Ramakrishna j Mission Hall.41 words
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Article34 1949-05-17 5 R. C. WINS PRIZE PENANG. Mon.— The Resident Commissioner. Mr. A. V. Aston, won first prize for his collection of salad vegetables at the Penang Gardening So- ciety's flower show which endled yesterday evening.34 words
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151 1949-05-17 5 THE need for more Army married quarters m Singapore and the Federation was stressed last night by the Earl of Selkirk, who has just returned to the Colony after a month's tour of Malayan rub- ber estates. He said that except ior children of151 words
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Article48 1949-05-17 5 A youth, Cheng Choy, -vho with four others broke into a house m Grange Road and stole a Hudson motor car and $3,000 In cash and othei articles, was sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday on a charge of robbery.48 words
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Article326 1949-05-17 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rl cut away a wreck m Singapore waters which is classed as "dangerous to navigation, 1 the Government has to spend a further $80,000, making the total bill for the work 5130,000. The reason for the additional expenditure is I explained326 words
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171 1949-05-17 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent A STRONG appeal to Singapore Chinese to take part m the forthcoming registration of voters beginning on June 1 was made by Mr. Ng Aik Huan, a committef member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting of171 words
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Article77 1949-05-17 5 JOHOHE BAHRU, Mon. Five clerks from the Johore postal department have been transferred to posts outside the State They are Inche Ismail bin Baki. Inche Osman bin Mohamed Yusoff, Mr. H Massang Inche Hashan bin Sulong and Inche Aziz bin Abdul Kadir who have been transferred to77 words
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Advertisement207 1949-05-17 5 j WIRE RECORDER EASY TO OPERATE EVEN A CHILD CAN MAKE PERFECT RECORDINGS UIHU.NE RECORDING VXIT9 NOW AVAILABLE .;ace th§ telephone Recording unit under your telephone, thl RCA Wire Recorder and record the two-way n. It plays back to you the whole two-way conv:on perfectly and clearly. There Is no207 words
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Advertisement40 1949-05-17 5 New Charm m Wool PURE WOOL TWINSETS BY COLOURS OF: GREY, DUSTY PINK, RUST, TURQUOISE, BEIGE AND EMERALD SIZES: 34 to 40 BUST $37/- SET ALSO JUST RiCtHIO L JUMPERS *J II MMIMM 532/50 533|50 W ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACF SPORE40 words
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Miscellaneous105 1949-05-17 5 Air mails are due to arrive m Singapore today from the U.K., Aden, North Rut West and South Africa, Ara'jU, CimaOa. Europe, India. Iran. Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine Australia t;nd New Zeabnd, Qeylon, Burma and PalemU ng Latest times f^r po«t:n<T airmails at the G.P.O. are: for the L" X Aden,105 words
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Article258 1949-05-17 6 GOOD PROGRESS IN CIVIL AVIATION Despite severe restrictions Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. [N spite of "severe restrictions" imposed by the general financial situation, there was rontinued progress and development m civil iviation m the Federation last year. The annual report for 1948 of the Federation Department of258 words
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Article, Illustration77 1949-05-17 6 picture. MOKE than 1W Singapore Indian newsvendors give a farewell party on Sunday to Mr. P. Ayyakannu, cret irv of the Singapore News Vendors Association, who is rPtornine to India on leave. Mr. Ayyakanna. m second friSi the r Jht m this picture. Mr. A. M. VenkidasaUm. thTsPcnUo is onFree Press - 77 words
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Article202 1949-05-17 6 THE Singapore Government has a scheme under which all Government employees will be X-rayed roi :überculosis. A start has been made wv.h the Education Department. When examination of that department is completed, all other Government departments will be examined m i rotation for tuberculosis. School202 words
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Article20 1949-05-17 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Inche Abdullah Yassin has resigned the secretaryship of the Muslim Missionary Society, Selangor branch, because of Illness.20 words
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Article94 1949-05-17 6 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns ir. brackets) mere: Mate Wharf: Frtesland (31-32). Katang <Ss>, Hoegh Bilvercr»t (W-W>, Gorgon (40-41). We* Wharf: Glenroy (1-2). Sloterdijk (4-5). Korea (€-7). Rajula (11-12). Kiptrci Dock: SUveroalc (19-20), Merttmati (21-22). Kedoe (23-24). Fernhill (25-26). Wairnta i2T-28» East94 words
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Article112 1949-05-17 6 A SINGAPORE car owner, James Magness, yesterday, m the Singapore High Court claimed $3,420 from the Government as hire for his Austin motor car which the Brittsh Military Administration requisitioned m 1945. Mr. Magness said the car was taken over and used by the B.MA.112 words
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127 1949-05-17 6 Free Press Staff Reporter IPOH, Monday. REASONS siven by members applying for loans were m most cases fictitious, a member said at the Post and Telegraph Co-operative Society, Perak branch, annual meeting yesterday. The member, Mr. V. Rajaratnam, said the loans, m his opinion, were127 words
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Article162 1949-05-17 6 Free Press Staff Reporter MR Justice Cox Evans m the Singapore Supreme Court allowed three claims brought by Singapore banks, amounting to about $120,000, against the Malayan Chunguan Sinyeck Company, Ltd., agents for the China Merchants Navigation Om fn his judgment, the judge said that162 words
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Article139 1949-05-17 6 JHE Director of the South Seas Office of the Kuomintang. Mi Tan Kok Chor. told the Free Press yesterday he was awaiting instructions from the National Government ir Canton on the Singapore Government's decision to call on the Kuomintan* Party to register under the Societies Ordinance139 words
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Article145 1949-05-17 6 fIIHE Singapore police nave A recovered "a large quantity" of gold necklaces, bangles and watches, which are believed to have been stolen from small children during the lasc few inon.hs by a thief. Yesterday, tb* C.I.D. chief, Mr. E. V. Fowler, said the police were anxious to145 words
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Article514 1949-05-17 6 1 London Stock Exchange] LONDON, Tuesda iXHXOWING the announcement by Vickers of t r iff per cent bonus issue to the ordinary stockholders—the largest of Its kind since the repeal of bonus issues doty the price of this issue jumped Is. 3d. to 355. 6d.514 words
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Article170 1949-05-17 6 WITH the abandonment oi the Changl airport > sion scheme, land r.ow available for the cteat a permanent camp />e at Changi Tor the Scouts, said Mr. Sar. o. Pillay. at yestercV general meeting c: I pore Boy Scouts A.Mr. Pillay. who Scout Commission- 1170 words
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Article50 1949-05-17 6 IMPROVED bidding far selected 1 industrials mad utilities featured the New York Stock Exchange yesterday afternoon and brought irregularly higher tendencies mainly ranging to r>r> f point or so. Although profit' taking reduced most extreme gains, the market finished very steady at or around the day's best. Renter.50 words
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Article135 1949-05-17 6 KUALA LUMPUR. M BEFORE Mr. Justice Wil D at the Sela As>izes today a middleChinese, Yong Choy charged with carrying a revolver at Kampcng Of Man tin, on Feb. 18 last The pros^rutlon a. that Yonf was se^n ing a firearm when a par police raide135 words
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Article93 1949-05-17 6 Floods hit padi crops SEREMBAN, Mor. rRBQUBMT flooding In t Kuala Pilah district Negri Sembllan has tor- rupted "changkoling- on I number of padi sawahs arc damaged a number of 11--•'•l 1 nurserlea, according to a report bj the State Afi ture OCQcer, Dr. W H Ie However, cultiratlon padi93 words
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Advertisement65 1949-05-17 6 "Have You Seen TH* m HIGGETT FAMIM here come Ir7AVILinK TEE BtBBETTS SJ** ■*r■ U P I "I^rT^T S LAST FOUR SHOWS Z, 4.15, €Jt 4 93« P 70AI0AA0W— "Another British FUm Of Altocrtl I nusual Merit" (DAn V M%n T r"?TLii!r*^ MtOf IS AlftiOl fM Q Z MINE OWN65 words
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Miscellaneous173 1949-05-17 6 m3ndrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Vl ,1 I S.SPlW^Aift" UI l i l AIR "l I TAKING MIUIONS IN OJAMOMOS 1 |/VF/VfVFfl Sff W MA/Vofl4Kf SO > _U_l ll'; l 'M 'I MAOE A GUN APPEAR FROM NO- WITH MtM. 9 MANDRAKE, HE IOOKH) AGITATED bifOki'173 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-05-17 7 picture X >iv Nam makes <t tu.k hand stroke m his junior singles semiinal a«ainst Chin Toon fook m the Singapore ta»n tenni* championships :-riiv The match was unfinished. Free PressFree Press - 34 words
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Article116 1949-05-17 7 FE Singapore Mu.. pal Sei Un^oc table tenr.o team bear Sime Darby Sporta Club by four games M oat m a match played at th« Union premises lan Saturday. Result (Uncoil player* nam«» mentioned Int): L«ow Cher Young beat Soh Kirn Ke< 3 o. George H Foong beat116 words
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Article169 1949-05-17 7 npHE price of Royal Forest Gordon Kichards' mount, x was cut from 9 2 to 7—2 when the card on the Derby was called over at the Victoria Club, London, last nifht. The prices of the leading candidates hardened. The best backetl horse was ItReuter - 169 words
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Article526 1949-05-17 7 RAIN MARS COUNTY CRICKET Derby trounce Somerset RAIN yesterday affected first-cUOi cricket tor the first time this season. There was no play m the match between Cambridge University and Lancashire, no play before lunch m Glamorgan's game against Warwickshire, and other county games were interrupted. Derbyshire grained a ten-wicket winReuter - 526 words
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Article111 1949-05-17 7 Nff« 7-eataixi Ist Inns. 430 I>*lcpst«rshire Ist Inns. Berry c R a bone b Cave 30 Lester Ibw Cowie 0 Prentice r Rabone b Care 5 Tornpkin b Cowie >3 Jackson Ibw Cowie 14 Watson Ibw Cowie 9 Symington c Rabone b Cave 7 Evans b Cowie 1 WalshReuter - 111 words
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Article249 1949-05-17 7 THE New Zealand fast-medium bowlers, Cowie 1 and Cave, aided by indecisive batting yesterday dismissed Leicestershire m three hours and a quarter at Leicester, where the county followed on 311 runs behind. By close of play Leicestershire were 123 m their second innings, Lester and249 words
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Article135 1949-05-17 7 RESULTS of yesterdays tits m the 6ii3?apore Lawn Tennis Association champion ship*, at the SCC poorti wen BoyV Junior 3in«ie< -tmi-hnai: Gordon Lim b*a; "a": Pitt] K^ 7-5. 6-8. 6-1. Open Mixed !><a. >- Ma&sey and I.;. /Haguti recctvet a walkover ti'xn. N.rs G. T. Edwards ar.d din.135 words
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Article56 1949-05-17 7 'THE record for the cne-m;le open t mat M 'he AngioChinese School athletic meet uw broken cm Sa'.uniny. Balasubrama:»M'v.. the WkttMi returned the tun* of 5 mfcl 8 3 sec, which clipped off 11.7 sec. off the old rerr-1 5 m:n. 2fi set56 words
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Article37 1949-05-17 7 FORMER boxer J J, iJack) Hughes tlAurei to have set the best cnr.m world skipping record when he did 2 '.300 turns of the rope n 3 hr. 3 mm 48 s-ec. a* Melbourne.- ReuterReuter - 37 words
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345 1949-05-17 7 Rovers Sports Club 4; Europeans 0. EUROPEANS did not make a good impression m the trial game against Rovers Sports Club on the Padang yesterday, losing four nil to a better balanced and more thrustful side. However, it was not the first trial345 words
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Article205 1949-05-17 7 FIELDING a better balanced team, the R.E.M.E. jained a 4-2 win over the Chuiese Casual yesterday m a First Division S.A.FA League fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium. The CasuaL were unlucky to be without the service? M Chee Seng, their goalkeeper. Had Chee Seng been available,205 words
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Article, Illustration54 1949-05-17 7 picture. Jockey Epn Smith, who expects another good season this year. Last season he rode 112 winners. His best year, however, was 1939 when he won the 2.006 Guineas the Derby and the Eclipse Stakes on Lord Roseberry's Blue Peter. As a youngster he rode Flamenco to victory m theReuter - 54 words
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Article149 1949-05-17 7 pZECKOSLOVAKIA gained a V* detune lead of three wins v.- ?«.:o ever Britain by winning the doubles yesterday m their European 7or.f- neond-round Davis Cup i oe Jaradßl Dr bay and Vladimir [Oenift beat Tcny Mottram and JGectfrey Paish 6—3. 6 —3. 6 —l. C*echc*k>vak:aReuter - 149 words
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Article55 1949-05-17 7 WITH the services of several Colony players. BO. DC. A. were too good fo- Foyal Na\T "B m their Junior A. Group 1 League fixture a: St. Georges R-oad yesterday. 8.0.D. Civilians won s—l. Their goals came from I. M. Arrgullia <3). Ramlan and Chye Hee MacM55 words
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Article42 1949-05-17 7 CELANGOR gained an eight- wicket victory over Pahang In an inter-State cricket fixture at Raub on Sunday. Scores: Paliang 98 and 119 :L. R. Short 43. Cressall flve for 37 >: Selangor 198 anci 21 *cr two 'Shephardson 15 not out").42 words
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Article164 1949-05-17 7 OIGNALMAN Leslie Moore, a 19 training gallops r.t the K«ala Lumpur Mmm m M. ipar, -urn^ Moore, who is the post corporal m the Malaya District Siguals Regiment, usually rides five morn-. ings s week. He dees no' receive any gratuity for riding. He gets164 words
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279 1949-05-17 7 Youths take up swimming: record in 1 948 AN all-time aquatic record for Singapore was created m the past year by the large number »f boys and girls under 17 who took up swimming This was revealed by Mr. G. H. Kiat, the retiring president of the Singapore Amateur Swimming279 words
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Article146 1949-05-17 7 MAC SCOTT hat Deen sent *M D from class 1 to cias- 2. according to the latest list of S.R.A. ie-classiflcations issued today. The list is: Trasfers: from cV*&f> 1 to class 2 Mac Scott; from class 2 to class I— Fortunes Favourite, Constance, All worth, AstiveL146 words
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Article66 1949-05-17 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue.o^y DENANO «ere helo to two-all draw oy th? Combined Services m their Malaya Cup soccer match here list evenin?. The Services over ian Penang m the last ten m^iuies. but did everything out scor;. Mahroum, *as a flr.e rppc: for Penang scoring both66 words
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Article70 1949-05-17 7 MR. Matthew Wright, who for 50 ycjtrs uas professional cricket coach at Eton Pub'.ic School, c d ye.-terday at the see of 90 King George VI *:.e D. douceur, t:.- I D cf Ker.' and Mr. Ar.Tr.ony E<i»n were among the tKianf ht uukht to batReuter - 70 words
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Advertisement161 1949-05-17 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT-THE COCKTAIL HOUR from 7 to Bp.m. INFORMAL DANCE from 8.45 p.m. CABARET ATTRACTION VIRGINIA CLAY LEE SULLIVAN The Queens of Boloney FRANK PICKFORD HIS ORCHESTRA onyo**bs*de When you want something fo z^KSr back up your trauung, to givt f l\l you extra stamina choose M^ Jfr*r\ BOVTIIL161 words
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Miscellaneous45 1949-05-17 7 Today's Sport LfcACiCE SOCCER: Snr. Di\ £A. t. B.A.F. Selftar— 1 Besar; Jnr. A. Grp. 1, C.V.M.A. (P.M.) v Cosmos i r- v la n g TENNIS: SL f A tie*S.C.C. FRIENDLY SOCCER: DnU-b dub v. FirrsJai.d— Padans Victoria Srhool Past v Pre^rnt *< hool ground45 words
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Miscellaneous34 1949-05-17 7 Today's badminton T'HE Useful B P. am the Rex x B P. Jl play a fr:cnoly match of fl\6 men's singles and i»o men's douNes at the Clerical Un:on Hall loci^y p.t 7 p.m34 words
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Article17 1949-05-17 8 DONALD: On May 13th, at Banff. Scotland to Joan, wife of J. A. Donald. a daughter.17 words
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Article28 1949-05-17 8 CHEW-TAN: The engagement was announced between P-ter. fourth son of the late Mr. Mrs. Chew Cheng Bow, and Margaret, only daughter of Mr. Mrs. Tan Hock Chiang.28 words
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Article339 1949-05-17 8 'May fall to Reds soon' CANTON, Tuesday. COMMUNIST spearheads, driving through Fukien and Kiangsi Provinces ahead of the Red forces moving southward from Hankow along the Hankow-Canton railroad, have reached within 300 miles of Canton, and evacuation of this temporary Nationalist capital has begun. The evacuationReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 339 words
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Article88 1949-05-17 8 CANBERRA. Tuesday. A USTRALIA'S Defence J\ Minister, Mr. John Dedman, said yesterday the new Joint War Production Committee within the Australian Defence Department would be responsible for the broad policy In "gearing Australian industry to meet supply demands by Britain and America m the event ofReuter - 88 words
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Article20 1949-05-17 8 India was leading buyer of Japanese goods during the first quarter of 1949, purchasing 26.4 percent of Japanese shipments. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article193 1949-05-17 8 LONDON, Tuesday. IN an ail-out effort to conquer London's religious apathy, the Church of England yesterday launched a two-week campaign, sending out a band of 150 clergymen and lay missionaries on a crusade amid the streaming traffic and hurrying millions of Londoners and at the sameReuter - 193 words
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Article81 1949-05-17 8 BUENOS AIRES. Tuesday. A MEETING arranged last night between Sir John Balfour, British Ambassador, and Dr. Juan Bramuglia. Argentine Foreign Minister, was postponed at the last minute A final decision on whether Argentina would continue to send meat to Britain had be"n expected at the meeting. ItReuter - 81 words
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Article33 1949-05-17 8 DR. Syngman Rhee. President of the Southern Korean Republic, yesterday called for a Pacific defence pact similar to the North Atlantic Pact to resist the menace of Communist powers." ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article181 1949-05-17 8 BERLIN, Tuesday. OVER 50 per cent of the voters m Russian-occupied Eastern Germany and Berlin have repudiated Communist rule m the two- day elections which ended last night, according to the Western Berlin* press. Press reports said 35 per cent, of the people voted "no"U.P.; A.P. - 181 words
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112 1949-05-17 8 'Chinese Reds wiping out religion' SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. /CHINESE Communists "do Vj not kill missionaries any more" but prevent their work by taxing mission buildings and grain until there is neither churcn nor food, according to the Rev. Joseph Fontana, who was until recently head of Catholic welfare work mA.P. - 112 words
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Article26 1949-05-17 8 The United States has ro turned to the Philippines 29 temporary bases and retained 14 others for two to three years. A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article100 1949-05-17 8 MR. Izzy Herman, a jeweller from Ohio, arrived m Paris yesterday on a special plane with Mr. Andrei Gromyko and 11 other Russians but said he learned no Russian diplomatic secrets during the flight from New York. He said he understood Russian but added: "All I overheardU.P. - 100 words
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Article29 1949-05-17 8 Mr. T. V. Soong, brother-in-law of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and former Prime Minister of China, left Hong Kong by air for Paris yesterday "for health reasons.' A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article20 1949-05-17 8 The first barge to reach western Berlin since the lifting of the 'blockade arrived early yesterday afternoon.20 words
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Article, Illustration89 1949-05-17 8 THE International Socialist Conference m Baarne, Holland, unanimously decided yesterday to expel the Italian Socialist Party after it learned that pro-Red. Signor Pietro Nenni had gained control of the Party. Reuter Artists queued all night to secure hanging space for their pictures m the Victoria EmbankmentReuter - 89 words
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Article18 1949-05-17 8 Police broke up a demonstration by some 5.000 striking employees of the Paris Stock Exchange yesterday.18 words
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Article94 1949-05-17 8 FIFTY -TWO thousand striking Lancashire miners went back to work yesterday, ending a twoweek strike that cost Britain 50.000 tons of vitally needed coal each day. The strike began on May 7, over the miners' demand for free or cheap coal for their own use. SuchA.P. - 94 words
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Article148 1949-05-17 8 'TREA T JAPANESE WITH RESPECT' TOKYO, Tuesday. AMERICAN occupation forces In Japan are b«ing A told that they should., treat the Japanese "with respect and not as though they belonged to an 1 inferior race or group." A booklet prepared by General Mac Arthur's headquarters tells soldiers that "a conqueringU.P. - 148 words
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Article300 1949-05-17 8 U.K. UNMASKS POLAND NEW YORK, Tuesday. WHILE Russian satellite Poland was making charges m the United Nations General Assembly that the United States had concluded a secret alliance with Franco and was building up Spain as a war base, Poland had m the meantime concluded300 words
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157 1949-05-17 8 BEVIN SAYS 'NO' TOTake over Formosa proposal LONDON, Tues fTHE Foreign Secretary Mr. Ernest Bevin, ye^ terday declined a suggf tion m the House of C mons that he should r consider the posnon o Formosa under the Cairo agreement so that surplus population and Industries of HoriK Koe mightReuter - 157 words
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Miscellaneous112 1949-05-17 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 12.S4ajn; 2.48 pan. Tomorrow: 1.34 »jn: 3.4Spjn. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris PBPW i*la op TX *iil!r^!l* T> v I*° r wD BOt T>4€ ll <Tau v» UCKr w J cmia«« than TH«r. #0 wmin tHi luv ito io KJ^lk. MARA ?u\s^* I<AUT Ut WMI. 1 ABTIfTI112 words
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