The Singapore Free Press, 20 May 1949
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Title Section17 1949-05-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAT 20, 1949. Pttir* ID (EMs17 words
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Article278 1949-05-20 1 S'hai position worsens SHANGHAI, Friday. RATIONALISTS troops yesterday abandoned the elaborate defence works they had built m Shanghai's south-western suburb's and moved further back into the city, where they set to work throwing up barbed-wire and sandbag strongpoints m the streets Their rtiovement into the city and other ominous278 words
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Article46 1949-05-20 1 f, I t^^l reia> -.v -v natter Mr, evt] and X :i the X i ease." X BS Arthur B Re- la to i^» CtOVI ng its ■V UK ■r 3 X SB an X 'he X R B i Labour Reuter A. P. U.P.Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 46 words
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Article27 1949-05-20 1 Senate passes M 'alien bill rhas .-^ed the ".za bill admission r. unless his i rants Filipinos married exempted. louslv s white M to the oproval U.P.U.P. - 27 words
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Article11 1949-05-20 1 I— alleged arrested of one Singaporel Chinese EC of11 words
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Article, Illustration319 1949-05-20 1 MRS. B. H. OON TELLS U.K.— Malaya will not turn Communist LONDON, Friday. \|KS. B. H. mov Federal Legislative Councillor, *^iid m London yesterday that, whatever happened m China, Malaya could never become Communist while English-educated Chinese remained m the country. Of the adult Chinese population," Mrs. Oon said, "aboutReuter - 319 words
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Article72 1949-05-20 1 BAT A VIA. Fri DUTCH authorities say Indonesian guerilla activity has increased since the Dutch Republican provisional cease-fire agreement was reached and 184 Indonesians were killed weeklong fighting. The Dutch Also claim that documents seized from Indonesians showed that they and the Communists had linked forcesU.P. - 72 words
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Article53 1949-05-20 1 INDIA took the lead m the United Nations Narcotics Commission yesterday In sponsoring the idea of restricting world production of opium to medical and scientific use. The Commission waa discussing a proposal to hold a conference of opium-produc-ing countries to arrive at a general convention onReuter - 53 words
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Article47 1949-05-20 1 ALL trade between Syria and the Lebanon was closed down last night, a Syrian Government spokesman announced. The cessation of trade was ordered because of Lebanese insistence upon detaining a Syrian captain accused of the murder of a pro-Zionist spy. the spokesman said. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article44 1949-05-20 1 A young Chinese snatched $6 and an identity card wrapped up m a handkerchief from a Chinese woman walking Ui Rochore Road yesterday. The youth tore up the card, threw away the handkerchief and ran off with the mwey.44 words
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Article159 1949-05-20 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. I>ANDITS killed two British soldiers and a Malay police corporal and seriously wounded four other soldiers m an ambush m the Kuala Selangor district at midday yesterday. The combined military and police party was starting on an operation159 words
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Article22 1949-05-20 1 There are only 176 publications m Bangkok these days, compared to a peak of 260 after November 1947. A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article81 1949-05-20 1 CAPTAIN'S ASHES SCATTERED Free Press Staff Reporter THE ashes of the late Capt A. S. Donaldson were buried at sea during the voya&»' of thp Burns Philp ship. Bi .side, which arrived m Singapore yesterday from Australia. Capt. Donaldson, who died m Sydney last -month, was captain of the Marella81 words
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Article44 1949-05-20 1 A N agreement lias been A reached between the Italian Rice Organisation and the British Food Ministry under which .35,000 tons of polished rice will be exported from Milan to Far Eastern sterling areas, it was reported In London yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article26 1949-05-20 1 Some 400 employees of the Philippines Air Lines maintenance department ended the one-day strike this morning. They returned to work at once.- A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-05-20 1 British troops bonnd /or Hong Kong ?o aboard the troopship Empire Halladale" at Liverpool. The* included officers and men of the Royal f.eicestershire Raiment, the H.Q., of the 27th Infantry Brigade and ancillary troops who are to reinforce the Hon* Kong sirrison.42 words
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Article54 1949-05-20 1 A YOUNG German wife is seeking a divorce because her jealous husband forced her to cover her pretty less with bandages. According to a Cologne paper she said she had worn the bandages for years— ever since she won a prise m a beauty contest atA.P. - 54 words
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Article39 1949-05-20 1 SCOTLAND Yard took special measures yesterday to safeguard Sir Basil irook, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, who is visiting London. "It was tboDgbt o^st to take some safeguards m the circumstances," said a spokesman.- A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article60 1949-05-20 1 Tito order to Hungary BUDAPEST. FrL YUGOSLAVIA has ordered Hungarian planes which fly non-atop between Budapest and the Albanian capital. Tirana, to lar.d at Belgrade it is revealed. Passengers were requested to present transit visas. The Hungarian government has protested emphatically against "these violations o! international regulations." The protest saidA.P. - 60 words
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Article30 1949-05-20 1 The South African Nationalist (Government) Party has gained another seat from General Smuts' United Party by a majority of 16 votes ir a by-election at Versen<gln?. Transvaal. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article181 1949-05-20 1 RANGOON, Thursday. ipHE Burma Government and the authorities of Yunnan, the Chinese province on the Sino-Burma frontier, J^ave agreed on joint measures to maintain order m the frontier region, Government sources said here tonight. They added that adequate precautionary measures had already been taken by theReuter - 181 words
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Article73 1949-05-20 1 EIGHT prominent Communists of the Nalgonda district. Hyderabad. were sentenced to death yesterday by a special tribunal. They had been on trial from April 10. The first Communists to be sentenced to death m India, they were chargedd with violence and robbery m Nalgonda beforeA.P. - 73 words
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Article42 1949-05-20 1 PREEK Government forces U have lost over 31,800 officers and men since the beginning of 1949, a "Free Greek radio broadcast said yesterday. Heaviest losses were In April when 6,000 officers and men were killed, the radio said42 words
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Article167 1949-05-20 1 'BACK REDS TAN KAH KEE HONG KONG. Friday. ViR. Tail Kah Kee, yesterday ur?ed his countrymen m Fukien Province, South China., to make peace immediately with the advancing Communists. His "Save Fukien" message, issued m Hong Kong, was followed by an appeal from Hong: Kong's Fukien Association to countrymen insideReuter - 167 words
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Article188 1949-05-20 1 Free Press SUIT Correspondent LONDON, Fri. HHHE reported Dutch J Cabinet approval of a proposal allowing Dutch exporters to retain ten per cent, of the U.S. dollars accruing from sales to the dollar area is rej garded here as a threat to jthe interests of188 words
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Article36 1949-05-20 1 A Chinese, described as a secret soci*rv headman, extortioner and known robber' and a:io;h'j". aile^-d to be a member of ilv Malayan Communist Party wer«> arresuni In Singapore under :h»* Emei ponoy RegulaUoiir. yesterday36 words
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Article41 1949-05-20 1 EX-PRESIDENT PSRDONED The Finnish -President, Risto Ryti, Number One among Finland's war responsibles was pardoned yesterday by the Resident, Juho Paasikivi. Ryti waa Finnish president during the second world war. He was sentenced to ten years hard labour m 1945. A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article34 1949-05-20 1 TWO large underground stores of weapon* and ammunition belonging to the outlawed Moslem Brotherhood were discovered yesterday, vhen Alexandria p^lie* ra'd f -d th*» harbour area and 1 Atxwkir airfield district.34 words
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Article31 1949-05-20 1 In the 24 hours ended Lv: night there were 17 arrests In the Federation, flre In Perak. four m Pahang, one m Malar 1 ca nnd seven m Selanyor.31 words
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Advertisement75 1949-05-20 1 MGHT RADIO CO. f lUSM'IHIWrt.J!^ urn tizatmvitcj Ind igestion SrSg^oyvAlocot'ytonniiqaiythftqDii »*Odtm "2?*<* to ten tho ejfml amount of aold Lr^ IV uL SSr^F th« eaoat of tbUnMn awooowort. M p^ It lm tt aootbocua tTornaor aao wira k» I Sm£ E223F m m ft*M^"tli VUoooi; ao« onur t* diwtjye troobtoWt75 words
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Advertisement40 1949-05-20 1 for the best food 6 Win* fit Town Visit THE SINGAPORE RESTAURANT A tf*fi 79 BRAS BASAH «OaD R*««rvations: Phone 4068 B^ I Mml 3 jßfci. 3§iP :^B Br*S R' 1 1 fine iobacro «w"A'..4 and vie cork-tip B^j&pJ3S^>m.V6moow. englanm40 words
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Article, Illustration747 1949-05-20 2 INGRID ETTER - INGRID ETTER By TOPSY, the sloeeyed Mongolian maid, brought m the tea-tray and smilingly made signs to warn us against spoiling the table's polished surface. Topsy, serving tea sedately m a London flat, might well be the most economic (as well as the most warmly747 words
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Article146 1949-05-20 2 'Slender Look' For Men AFTER the New Look for women comes the Tapering Look for men. The new president of the Federation of Clothing Designers arid Production Managers, Mr. H. O. Tayler, gave the new style a send-off at their meeting m London recently. He wore a double-breasted grey suit146 words
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Article, Illustration277 1949-05-20 2 North-South vulnerable. South dealer derable personal charm IN one of the early knockout matches of thus year's Vanckrbilt team-of-four championship, both teams arrived at small slam m spade Both Souths chose three clubs as their rebid, and the only difference was that at one table North jumped to277 words
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Article400 1949-05-20 2 Something about a tartan WE may be seeing a great deal of tartan around the town soon. When I was m Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago J went to see Mr. William Anderson, who makes tartans, and along with a lot of Scottish lore he assured me you don't400 words
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Article, Illustration4 1949-05-20 2 SKETCHES BY FRANCIS MARSHALLFRANCIS MARSHALL - 4 words
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Article84 1949-05-20 2 WHEN the Special Commissioner at Derby Divorce Court, Judge Willes, was told that the parties to an action had agreed on £225 damages, he said: "It looks rather like the sale of a wife/ He granted a decree nisi to Clemence Davys, of Ce-dar-avenue,84 words
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Diary Of A Singapore Doctor
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Article688 1949-05-20 2 TUES: At the Swimming Club last Sunday morning I met Miss B. With her dazzling swim costume, sun-tanned skin and good figure she looked the picture of health. She dived neatly into the pool and then, spotting me, she swam the intervening distance between vs less than 30 years.688 words
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Advertisement246 1949-05-20 2 Wh3t mother \PmCy should know^ES/^^'y/ v \^rt If Baby seems persistently three invaluable complementary hungry and dissatisfied on the cereals wheat, oats and rye; normal breast or bottle feeds, together with blood forming and yet you are confident that ironand bone-building minerals, the feeds are adequate for age plus vitamin246 words
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Advertisement35 1949-05-20 2 Specialists m hot oil treatment dyeing, face massage, shampoo and set permanent waving. Manicure and Personal attention and satisfaction guaranteed. Also gentleman's department NEW CAPITOL HAIR DRESSERS CAPITOL BUILDING. 165, North Bridge Road, Telephone *****.35 words
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Advertisement67 1949-05-20 2 2nd. Floor. m 13. Battery Road. i Exquisite Afternoon I Gowns Suitable foi I Weddings r ~4jb& I Bows are Making the h led by MANHATTAN BOWS— TIES PYRAMID HANDKERCHIEFS AVtr Designs ill||jHbil|T[| 1 1 fit! DIAMOND RINGS! J Beautiful Diamond Rings For Your Eng»T^ Prict frta $100.00 ipwardi KWONG67 words
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Miscellaneous175 1949-05-20 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, your love of literature and the arts is outstanding. It is likely that you will have very definite talents m the written word yourself and should make sure that your life work is m some way connected with writing, publishing or, at least, with the175 words
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Miscellaneous120 1949-05-20 2 be more successful if you led rather than followed others. You are tenacious by nature and once you have begun a project you will carry it through to the end. Your emotional nature is strong and you must guard against letting it control you. F.P. Crossword No. 693 Wt W£120 words
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Article135 1949-05-20 3 Two-year ban on Rector f ,-year-old i^tor inshlre was Pjg Dv a consistory D :o be susy clerical dutier*? Discipline Act. 1392. Pgr of a case at the K?&' was bound over for I -nines to be f -i persons as I r "widower"— ln hli trf parish S. Stephens.135 words
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Article250 1949-05-20 3 4N Old Bailey Jury, after hearing evidence about deals m paper stolen from the British Council, expressed their concern at "the lack of control of public money." They urged that the British Council should take •proper accountancy steps" to avoid future losses of public property. r250 words
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Article, Illustration69 1949-05-20 3 Women demonstrators spread across the street hi Ludgate Hill, London and interrupted the troops takinf part m the Army Flag March to commemorate YE Day. The women opened their eoata to reveal posters reading "No more war", "Oar kids want peace* and "Homes not arms." They were finally removed struggling69 words
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Article49 1949-05-20 3 j F. Invented I tfve more I r i. avy id snow. I a srrooth L toa The :;e uN*ad I r. 1 aooni- IB m »he i on the I i :fs k > gO I ll tMey for- non of he a*:e is A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article52 1949-05-20 3 CROP 'WHITE AUSTRALIA' ..iy q-oU p.c was m recept- ator-General t Church. i B.anchard. M phrase and we must A -it. hp '3 aid ihat the P^Dple admitted 40 from "A bucese. Burmese and Fiil•ecesslty fcr i? .mmigation. bethemselves." said "But :e it by prejudice 4 are foolish ifc" heReuter - 52 words
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Article33 1949-05-20 3 DMMONSBLOW TO TUNNEL 0 >vemment i led aga'rut giv- t 3 parliamentary 1 Jtion sl?n- \l?* Mktaf for a' '.an- j MStN n 1 that an J France i m European r project.-33 words
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Article26 1949-05-20 3 United States and Australian military guards will be withdrawn from the Imperial Palace m Tokyo where they guarded Emperor Hirobfo after Japan's surrender. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article1253 1949-05-20 3 GREGORY BAXTER - MURDER Could not Kill GREGORY BAXTER -ca The itory so far—Sherwood Dexter, US businessmen, is shot dead irhile drivin» with his daughter Lawetze Dexter, near Marble Arch, London at midnight. RoNn Foster, an artist, see* the killer run from Dcx'er's saloon to a nearby limousine bid is thrown off the1,253 words
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Article169 1949-05-20 3 BRITAIN'S SUNDAYS 'TOO DRAB' SOME efforts must r e made to relieve the drabncss of the average Sundays .n Britain, Mr. James Amos, President of the Scottish section of the Institute of Transport, said recently. "I do not for a moment suggest that we should initate the continental Sunday, butA.P. - 169 words
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Article79 1949-05-20 3 A MAN approached a woman waiting for a tram m Adelaide, sard he had won £3,600 at the races, and asked her if she would accept 104. At this moment her tram came along and she honied aboard. She related the incident to another woman passenger, who said a79 words
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Article233 1949-05-20 3 TRAPPED SHANGHAI IS GOING GAY' Cabarets are booming FkESPITE indications that the grimly- resist ing 17 300,000 strong Shanghai garrison will keep on fighting life m the trapped city is surprisingly normal with amusement places booming. Utilities are functioning normally. Offices, schools and factories are carrying on, and restaurants andU.P - 233 words
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Article82 1949-05-20 3 AN aeroplane wll t>* the rln^srooro of 20 I iv«»ron«>? As part of a plan to being ;hcir educa-ioii "no to date" they will fly to Mancnester. Therp they will ms>t* a fcrir of the airport Said -an orftrinl of *he LfrrrpooJ eduction dPDarfment rprenft?: "Thpr»»82 words
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Article144 1949-05-20 3 Nehru on G. B. S., Churchill pANDIT NEHRU, at a pres.s conference, at Vem Delhi referred to his visits tr Mr. George Bernard Shaw. Mr. Winston Churchill, and Dr. Malan, South African Premier. Of his meeting with Bernard Shaw. Ifehru remarked: "I had a very friendly and pleasant conversation withA.P. - 144 words
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Article106 1949-05-20 3 ROYAL Air Pore* plane* now being built have their seats with the backs towards the engines Passengers In future will sit facing die tail. Thii is the result of tests by RAF scientists, usxni; a rocket Dropelled vehicle and a robot man, to make air *ravriReuter - 106 words
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Article61 1949-05-20 3 AFRESH wave of terrorism In Saigon, linked by the French authorities with the birthday of Ho Chi Minh President of the Vietminh Indc -Chinese autonomists causrd damage and somf casualties. Two ftres In Salmon's river harbour destroyed a number of houses. Two Frenchmen were slightly Injured61 words
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Article97 1949-05-20 3 I ...II l "LI B >in-rr Artoar Johnson cant auuke up Ut> tl mm f_7 h h of iw*n& Judj an* OciJe Turner he »e*es mast. N> hr has -rvornr enlaced to both rthß r mad w h Jad y- fa »ew Fork, bat she fell97 words
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Advertisement28 1949-05-20 3 GENE jj@£\ KRUPA I 1 HIS ORCHESTRA SSSSSS3BI > De T b«« SWLNOS IT > ROLL TM B»1J DB SSI6 HOP SKIP AND JUMP JUMP DBISM 2 OQChaRQ ROAO. SINGAPOftf.28 words
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Advertisement110 1949-05-20 3 "SAMCO" SAFES FIRE AND BURGLAR RESISTING Buiw tat war mi ***** wtrt tnppNti to tk* 6»rt SmRPSS B Chtte LtcU pi meed ta tic lmi at Out ssfes AVAILABLE FROM STOCK IX THE FOLLOWING SIZES OVERALL MEASURE IXSIDE MEASURE FKICC 20 x 16 x I.V 9 z 9' x I110 words
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Miscellaneous389 1949-05-20 3 oiumonDt :iamme. 7«15 Newo fci liencli bIXiVjAr^»KJb CBBCk 7.30 Englkli News |RI hi? ucTWHRK 1 Cctmnexitary; Farm .inj Factory^ 484 and 41.7 raetrw. (BBC). 8.00 Siamese: Pro»nainme Emerfency news rrom b.1,. nrwi. i.15 Slamew (BBC>. at It a.m. 8 30 News (Engliah— BBC>. 8.45 TOPAT Dutch (BBC». 9.00 itunyu (BBC).389 words
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Miscellaneous105 1949-05-20 3 T T H£ business of electing" £/ie patronage com- (i mittee of the Worshipful t t Company of Axegrinders rests with the outgoing" 11 committee. And this year,* (as usual) the outgoing (l co7rt7ntt^e€ Aad jw fn re-electing itself." j J?acA o/ #3 #z;e members*, > proposed one of the105 words
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603 1949-05-20 4 The Singapore Free Press Friday, May 20, 1949. FOOD FOR THOUGHT MUCH attention h rightly being given _'ust now to the urgent need for providing Singapore with a library service m keeping with its importance as a cultural focus of Southeast Asia and with the rising standard of education In603 words
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937 1949-05-20 4 RAY FALK - NationalismRears Its Head In Japan RAY FALK By THE resurrection of Japan's ultranationalist movement is under way. It is operating underground, and it is hard for the Japanese government and for the American counter-in-telligence corps to keep track of them. More than 500 of these fascistic organizations are spread around937 words
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Article28 1949-05-20 4 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto' salvation to every one that believeth. Remans 1. 16.28 words
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Article292 1949-05-20 4 COLOMBO: NUMBER of inquiries have been made as to whether the local Ceylon trade is prepared to supply copra to Malaya. Malaya last imported copra from Ceylon m 1931. The internal disturbances m Malaya and Indonesia have recently affected the Malayan coconut oil industry, andU.P. - 292 words
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Article, Illustration702 1949-05-20 4 People Make News pHOM butterfly hunting m your own backyard to hunting wasps m somebody else's country is going quite ;i long way. Forty-eight year-old Hawaiian-born NOEL KRAI SS nas found the latter more interesting, especially when it's for science. Moreover, it has been his702 words
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Article557 1949-05-20 4 JAMES D. WHITE - Cold War Warms Up In Korea JAMES D. WHITE By PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee of the southern half of Korea is yelling for American help to fight the Communists. They keep crossing the 38th Parallel from the Soviet-sponsored half of Korea. He wants more American arms to beat them off. HeA.P. - 557 words
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Article112 1949-05-20 4 DELEGATE South *U Force fiu :~jzm protested a^ 4 blacktracKe: badges, stripes a:.: :M m the no::. duties. The coni< ask the Police Co" Mrg ß to limit their v&M ceremonial A countr "The black" to my distrl. t li si*.J which ttrnka iua 4A.P. - 112 words
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Advertisement11 1949-05-20 4 KjHlj UU? RINGS*/ P. H. HENDRY 78, North Bridge Rd., Spore11 words
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Advertisement9 1949-05-20 4 ■y i ■.•.■.-.■w.-Ms"iwZ:-" fll SINGAPORE i if /*A I'M9 words
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Article418 1949-05-20 5 J. BAHRU OVERCROWDING APPALLING Thousands m unfit houses Free Press Special Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. 'JHE "appalling overcrowding" m Johore Bahru is a more urgent problem than either the building of a university or the opening of T.B. clinics, a Johore Government official told the Free Press today. "Because accommodation418 words
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Article, Illustration270 1949-05-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MX. Gordon van Hien, well-known Singapore amateur musician, wants to form a 60-man sxmphony orchestra m the Colony. He is looking /or instrumentalists, professional or amateur. Mr van Hien conducted the Dutch Choir m Singapore before the war, the Sime Road Internee270 words
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Article21 1949-05-20 5 The American ConsulateGeneral. Singapore, will be closed on Monday. May 30. m honour of Memorial Day, an American holiday21 words
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Article, Illustration210 1949-05-20 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent ITNIFORM and lower cargo handling rates would make for trade development and prosperity of Singapore, said the president of the Singapore Chinese Importers and Exporters Association, Mr. Kwek Suan Loh, yesterday when commenting on the offer of 300 Singapore stevedoresF.P. - 210 words
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Article55 1949-05-20 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. THE Royal Johore Interna- tional Club will give an "au revoir" party on May 25 for the Sultan of Johorp and the Sultanah, who are both leaving for EuroDe on May 29 Another farewell party for the Sultan will be fdven by the55 words
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Article158 1949-05-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A NUMBER of Singapore people who prefer to remain anonymous are sponsoring the building of a tuberculosis treatment clinic at Cantonment Road, to be built of prefabricated timber, the clinic will be ready m five to six weeks. It will158 words
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Article25 1949-05-20 5 Mr. P. J. Johnson and Mr. D. Robertson have been appointed members of the Board of Trustees constituted under the Singapore Improvement Ordinance.25 words
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Article, Illustration49 1949-05-20 5 MR. and Mrs. A. R. Nielsen after their wedding m Singapore. On the extreme left is Mr. Erik Nielsen (bestman) and on the extreme right Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hansen. The bridesmaid is Miss Eva Michelsen. Mrs. Nielsen was formerly Miss Inge Karin Olsen of Copenhagen.49 words
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Article42 1949-05-20 5 Applications for pilgrim passes by resident© of Singapore must be submitted one month before the date of departure. All applicants must produce their identity cards to the issuing officer. No pilgrlm passes will be iisued to aliens resident m Singapore.42 words
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Article373 1949-05-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IJUNDREDS of school children of different nation- alities m Singapore will be busy drawing m the next few weeks m preparation for the annual Inter-School Art Exhibition, which will be held m the British Council Hall. Stamford Road, from Aug. 3373 words
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Article77 1949-05-20 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent UMNO officials from Johore Bahru last Monday visited the Pakistan warship Shamsir at the Singapore Naval Base. Datok Awang bin Omar, Chief of the Religious Department of the Government of Johore In his speech to officers and men of the Shamsir,77 words
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347 1949-05-20 5 Birth control debate: public invited Free Press Staff Reporter AT their birth control debate on May 27, Singapore Municipal Commissioners would welcome the attendance of those interested m the subject. This applies particularly to those women who are organising a family planning association m the Colony. Instructions will be given347 words
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Article52 1949-05-20 5 AQWTAS Sky master arrived m Singapore yesterday from London, carrying what is believed to be a record cargo load for a passenger aircraft— 9,034 Jbs., or over four tons. Some of the cargo was bound for Singapore and the remainder for Australia, where the aircraft is bound52 words
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Article148 1949-05-20 5 ASSISTANCE for adult UteA racy classes, and more facilities for additional clasi ses, form the two main recommendations of the SubCommittee of the Singapore Education Committee to the Education Department. If the recommendation! were approved by Government, the Education Department would include financial provisions m the budget148 words
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Advertisement91 1949-05-20 5 Exquisite Evening Dinner GOWNS ■i^- < i!i1 i i i i! Jin 821. BRAS BASAH ROAD Hear Raffles Hotel THE ORIGINAL GIN SUNG 1 A delictous drink when diluted w/th bottled Lemonade I pimmsN?|cup r HE BOTTLE IS GRADUATED. EACH DIVISION 1 15 SUFFICIENT TOiMAKE ONE PINT BY THE ADDITION91 words
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Advertisement67 1949-05-20 5 The Charm of draperies can be achieved by using TO OTA L Latest Printed FURNISHING FABRICS SATIN JcHINTZh §P« Attractive and En- Pw^Flli [1$ I chanting Designs m E^./JMLi j iJ! L Colours which are |i|[j I \{M i: a pleasure to the Eye £'^11 j| 48" wide |Kf|p lsf67 words
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Miscellaneous101 1949-05-20 5 Airmails are expected to urme m Singapore today from: the U.K., Aden, Africa. Arabia, Canada, Europe, India, li4in, Iraq. Palestine, Pakistan. Burma, China, Hon^ Ro;i£, Macao, Jap*n, the Philippines and the N.E.I. Closing times for po c tin\j airmails at the 0.P.0. today are: to Australia. New Zea'and, Ceylcn. Burma,101 words
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Article1021 1949-05-20 6 Demand on U.K. 'impertinent 9 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. fHE Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. S. Foster Sutton, today termed "the height of impertinence" a demand by Mr. Tan Siew Sin (Unofficial) that Britain should pay the full costs of the Emergency. Mr.1,021 words
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Article86 1949-05-20 6 SID FIELDS gives an outstanding performance !n Cardboard Cavalier which opens today at the Cathay His antics as Britain's lead ing comedian make, the fllni a scream frcm start to finish The dialogue is witty Co-starring with Fields \n one of Britain's leading actresses. Margaret Lock wood,86 words
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Article243 1949-05-20 6 Free Press Staff Reporter EIGHTY Singapore babies will be weighed. measured and medically examined for the silver cups and shields which the Chinese T.M.C.A. will be awarding the winners of their first baby show. Sixty-flvc parents, most of them Chinese, have already enrolled243 words
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Article95 1949-05-20 6 THREE eight-storey modern tenements vail be erected by the Singapore Improvement Trust on the Diece of land bounded dv Upper Pickering Street, South Bridge Road. Upper Koltkien Street, and New Bridge Road. The old shop houses, originally built there, are being demolished to make wav95 words
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Article108 1949-05-20 6 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE number of transit pasX sengers reaching Singapore from Australia last month by Qantas-BOAC aircraft was 308— the highest ever for the Colony. In addition, 130 passengers from Australia disembarked here. During April, ?44 passengers joined Qantas-BOAC aircraft m Singapore which were west-bound-108 words
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Article37 1949-05-20 6 The following Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Commissions have be.n approved by the Governor of Singapore: Mr. R. A. Murray (lieutenant), Mr. S. R. L. W. B?U (lieutenant*. Haji Jamil bin Haji Dzafir sub -lieutenant >37 words
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Article109 1949-05-20 6 SHIPS m port aloa^sile the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (jfodowns tn bracket*) were: Main Wharf: Priesland (31-32>, Athel Queen (33-34) Dr LyKe* (36-37 >. Trewellard <3d-39t. Dondin Nara«amo (40-41 Bolssevain (42-43). We*4 Wharf: Stauu;i- lalar.ga-' kar (1-2). Benavon (4-5). Talabot i <8-9>. Ajfamemnon (11) Arteror i <13-14>.109 words
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Article, Illustration55 1949-05-20 6 picture. AT a dinner held *t the Majestic Hotel on Tuesday nif bt after a friendly coif match between film distributors and exhiblton m Singapore are (from left) Mrwrs. Tan Kwanf Chen*, SJL Wong, F. Clxrue, Run Ron Shaw, Charlie Lim. Tommy Farrel, Low Kee Choc and R.Free Press - 55 words
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130 1949-05-20 6 Free Pre** Stall Importer SEREMBAX, Thursday. VEGKI Sembiian police offer a reward of $10,000 1 for the capture, dead or alive, of Choo Ah Kong alias Kwoiift Choo Kon*, described as a leading bandit m the State. He is slated to be 30130 words
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Article511 1949-05-20 6 LONDON, Friday ALTHOUGH the latest Berlin incident bro^ about some hesitancy m London's stock market yesterday the general undertone remained fa says Renter's financial correspondent. The j orfi z bond market, however, was dull, particularly JL German issues which suffered some small losses. Rubber and tin511 words
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Article84 1949-05-20 6 Free Pro* SUfl portn Oj Empire D. M special iaei-c-Earl of Gowne, j the Empire Day will be read to the schools m 6 The Governor Gimso.i. and Director of BducaU \i r i W. Frisby. will Singapore schoo. tion with the eel b The Oovernj.84 words
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Article82 1949-05-20 6 THE merit of thi* i clues. If we caii thi members of the eaocv ACI E. and ttv fifth one B we have th* f > icMvaf I scheme Member Prop-: D m 1 A Nju p and t I and B or lan if p E82 words
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Miscellaneous131 1949-05-20 6 M^nnr3k6 Exclusive to f/»f Singapftre Free Press m Malaya s Agg'gSig|HHg^jai isas«i i&afewßi TMltf-YO* BKOTHER? M-iASOUTMIM. Wt 6BtW UP r— JtJ YOU AS Mai MAL IT IT MANOR AKE. KAMA, p- lttWßKNEWrotlr— 1 L -ini-T 1 TOOeTHtBTH VI A CHIIO, CHItBHOOOn lf^% Wt\. M ]/9| HAD A BROTHM^ iT//l[ aL7gMfT^'L.W^131 words
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Article403 1949-05-20 7 BADMINTON HALL PLANS TAKE SHAPE Fund to open on May 30 the inaugural meeting of the Singapore Badminton Hall Committee held yesterday at the Cathay Building it was decided that the Fund should be publicly launched on May 30, at the official reception to be given to the Malayan Thomas403 words
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Article411 1949-05-20 7 11 X KETS tumbled fast on rain-affected pitches m Mime of the county championship matches yesterday. Batsmen troubled most by the opposing attacks were those of Leicestershire, dismissed for 70 b> Middlesex, and Yorkshire out for 83 against somerset. Taking 18 Leicestershire wickets yesterday MiddlesexReuter - 411 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-05-20 7 picture. Keriner. who retired m hi> men's >ingles quarterfin j I against Low Kee Pow m ihr S.L.T.A. champion>r^tfrday. The score ihen 6 4. 3 l m Kee p.»*»\ faTOur.- Free PressFree Press - 32 words
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Article37 1949-05-20 7 'pOMMY Yarosz. who lecently beat the Aui'raliau Dave Sands m London, scored a unanimous points decision over Chuck Hunter of Cleveland on Wednesday. The fight, over ten rounds, look place m Pittsburgh. U.P.U.P. - 37 words
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Article23 1949-05-20 7 MANCHESTER City, the English First Division soccer team, were beater* 2 l by a combined Danish team m Copenhagen yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article, Illustration492 1949-05-20 7 THERE were two surprise results m the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association matches on the S.C.C. courts yesterday. In the men's singles C. T. Holoway, veteran Australian, beat A. G. B. Pakir, the Malay hard-court champion, m two sets. Holloway's greater experience enabled him to winFree Press - 492 words
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Article166 1949-05-20 7 BARNES Park who was third m the 2,000 Guineas, was backed to win a fortune at la&t night's Victoria Club callover on the Epsom Derby. His price was slashed from 20-1 to 100-7. Best backed among the others were the French colt, Val Drake, who wasReuter - 166 words
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Article38 1949-05-20 7 F. Ampou, of the Philippines, won his second-round match lrr the men s singles of the French lawn tennis championships which were continued m Paris yesterday. He beat A. Weiss (Isreal) 6—l, 6—4. 6—2 ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article37 1949-05-20 7 SIAM will send a 15 man football squad to com pete June 5 and 6 agnnst In Indo-Chinese team at Sat gon. A return matcn Is secduled for June 16 and 17 Iw Bangkok A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article130 1949-05-20 7 HALIBURTON WINS GOLF THIRTY -three-year-old Scottish 1 international. Tom Haliburton, who was chief assistant fo Henry Cotton before the var. won the £525 first prize m the Daily Mail £2,500 golf tournament on the Glasgow Golf Club course yesterday with an aggregate of 271 for 72 holes. Haliburton 1$ professionalReuter - 130 words
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360 1949-05-20 7 TWO New Zealand batsmen, vice-captain Mervyn Wallace and 24-year-old John Reid, came within a few runs of hitting a double century each against Cambridge University yesterday. They helped put the tourists 334 ahead at tea, when the New Zealanders declared their first innings closedReuter - 360 words
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Article369 1949-05-20 7 Tigers 6; S.B.C 1 IF they maintain the form they showed yesterday, when they registered a 6—l victory over Singapore Recreation Club, Tigers may worry Chines* Athletic In the latter'g bid for S.A.F.A." Senior Leaguo honours this season. Tigers, who hold the Rovers to a two-all369 words
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Article1639 1949-05-20 7 Sunny Valley Lusan Maid best FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW Free Press Racing Correspondent OUNNY VALLEY and Lusan Maid are the two best form selections for the opening day's races of the Penang Turf Club May Meeting to be held tomorrow. Sunny Valley scored his maiden win at Kuala Lumpur recently1,639 words
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Article26 1949-05-20 7 JJ.A.F. CHAN)! ixht RL\iL I—o1 0 m a 3en;or League fixture at Ch<.ni.'i sesJeiri.sy. Thomas scored the winning /oal m the second h*»'f26 words
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Advertisement170 1949-05-20 7 AN ADDED ADVANTAGE VIDOR MAINS RADIO OWNERS when POWER FAILS VIDOR RADIO OWNERS ■l can still operate > sets by means of a f\. VIDOR VIBRATOR J\\ POWER SUPPLY UNIT yiAf/Ll suitable for VIDOR RAD| O models CN 363. CN 367 and other makes. Sole U-ents for Spore Malaya Distrtbators170 words
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Miscellaneous44 1949-05-20 7 Today's Sport MALA I* A tLP-TIE: Singapore v. Johore J. Besar. LEAGUE SOCCER: Jnr. A. Grp. 1, T. A T. 0. v. P. Bukum Gey Unf Jnr. B. Grp. 1, Hurricane* t. Shell— (Y.M.A. grad., St dforgf s Kd TENNIS: 3.L.T.A. champion ships— S.C.C.44 words
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Article46 1949-05-20 8 BiLLETT: To O!ga Amand.i. wife of Major E. A. Billett. E;v«;t Surrey Regt.. on ..lay 19 at BMU Alexandra, a sister for Michael. WALLACE: At Penang Hosoital on May 18. to Mr. and M r s R. J. Wallace of Lauderdale Estate. Taiplng— a son46 words
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Article, Illustration479 1949-05-20 8 S'HAI BRITONS TO GET LAST CHANCE Evacuee ships for Woosung HONG KONG, Friday. AS several small ocean-going vessels, loaded with refugees, slipped out of the Whangpoo River yesterday during the lull m the fighting and 240 more evacuees arrived m Hong Kong by air and m the destroyer H.M.S. Constance,Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 479 words
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Article127 1949-05-20 8 EISLER CASE EN HOUSE LONDON Th ui'.s TUiE Home Secretary Mi. 1 Chuter fcde. said lii t**e ilouse of Commons toda> that he would not permit the extradition jerhart Etslei rj the United States if he dtcides that Eisler is a political refugee. Mr. Ede said, however tha*. he couldU.P. - 127 words
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169 1949-05-20 8 HONG KONG, Fri. /CAPTAIN Robert Cavenagh V of the U.S. destroyer Thomason gave orders to man battle stations on Tuesday night when a star shell flred from an unidentified battery on the Pootung side near Woosung hovered for several minutes over the U.S.U.P. - 169 words
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Article28 1949-05-20 8 Russia yesterday opposed the admission of the Kingdom of Nepal to the United Nations, when the Security Council's membership committee met to consider Nepal's application.- ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article103 1949-05-20 8 A SUGGESTION for the holding of a Malayan Olympic meet embracing all branches of sport has been accepted it was revealed m the report of the chairman of the Beard of Control (Games) presented to the annual general meeting of the Singapore Olympic and Sports103 words
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Article70 1949-05-20 8 OVERCROWDING of erta m classes m Siamese schools has led to the practice of some of the institutions asking "tea money" from stndents desiring education To stop this practice, the Education Ministry has ordered all Government and private schools to publish the number of seats available. MeasuresA.P. - 70 words
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241 1949-05-20 8 NEW YOKK. Friday. AT the resumed debate on Hyderabad m the I'nited Nations Security Council yesterday, Pakistan charged that India's military action m Hyderabad was entirely unjustified, that it was a breach of international peace and threatened the maintenance of peace, and that it isReuter - 241 words
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Article52 1949-05-20 8 NEW DELHI, Friday. J?REE INDIA S Coat-of- Arms will carry the Inscription Satyam Eva Jayathe Truth Alone Triumphs. The inscription trill be m Sanskrit This will replace the Royal motto m French "Dieu et mon Droit" God and My Right used by the former British Admivistration mReuter - 52 words
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Article98 1949-05-20 8 THE uiiiiiLil Ktttan of tLc Coinmunist-doininated AU India Trade Union Congress 4AITUC> due to be held In Bombay on Monday »as yes terday banned by t».e K^l 1 Commissioner. Amrit Shah. lafcanl mcretary of the AITUC. saio that the ban was "fantastic' and that the CongressA.P. - 98 words
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Article209 1949-05-20 8 4 c o LONDON. Friday. AS a British Foreign Office spokesman yesterday denied as "quite absurd" an accusation by Generalissimo Franco that Britain had failed to keep her wartime promises to Spain, tens of thousands of demonstrators m Madrid were shouting 'death to England" andA.P. - 209 words
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Article49 1949-05-20 8 HAMBURG, Friday. REFUGEES illegally crossing the HungarianAustrian border always take a eat m a bag and, if pursued by police dogs, they let the cat out of the bag The dogt chase the cmt, while the border jumper (jets safely away A. P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article23 1949-05-20 8 The House of Commons will adjourn jt Jon» l Whitsun recess and r .<-»w» v 1 >p on June 21. U.P.U.P. - 23 words
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Article165 1949-05-20 8 SEOUL, PrL KOREAN republican officials said yesterday that Russia has agreed to arm nine diTisions m North Korea and supply the Red -controlled regime there with 220 aircraft and 20 petrol boats. I The charge was madf In i Joint statement prepared O? Foreign Minister BenA.P. - 165 words
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Article99 1949-05-20 8 LONDON, *n AN attempt to persuade Britain to initial* h review of Japanese war irtal sentences, particular!.' that ex-Forefgn Minister Manwru Shigemit?u. Abo had been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, failed m the House of Lords b.*t ni^bi. Lord Jow:t*. tfc3 Lord Chancellor, said heReuter - 99 words
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Article40 1949-05-20 8 AN exhibition m Tel Aviv devoted to the Soviet I Army has been reported In Red Star. Moscow paper. A Tass message said the exhibition which lasted about five weefcs attracted about 10.000 persons. A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article35 1949-05-20 8 TRIPOLI v.as normal again I yesterday after 10 days unrest over the question m the United Nations of trusteeship for Trtpolitania. Forty-five people were injured m the demonstrations, it wa.s officially staled. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Miscellaneous14 1949-05-20 8 uh;h tides 1 oday 3 V* ajn 6 p.m. Tomorrow: I ll.im. 7 p.m.14 words