The Singapore Free Press, 25 May 1949
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Title Section19 1949-05-25 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA k«. r SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1949. PKKI 10 IKMS19 words
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Article294 1949-05-25 1 Woosung holds on SHANGHAI, Wednesday. AT three o'clock this morning, Communist forces began a peaceful occupation of the old French Concession of Shanghai, adjoining the International Settlement, along the Bund. In the heart of Shanghai, the streets were deserted and police stations flew white flags, while,294 words
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Article63 1949-05-25 1 It's a personal matter ,rre>pondent RNI Wed. rrespony v report :ne ImMr. A. U three Uva Carps Legal >o much s handl- ue as •.^e to H b.irt. la one of ,-retaries rpcntcrii Cal*cH's of for the la anrf Vistra I -ts give i at- ry Mr J T 3-563 words
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Article45 1949-05-25 1 ISHmOTOH, Wed. rce Department 1 that to forasi vear a 0 <X)0 of 5 wai In :hout for aid was r -h;in in ift or non-pay- i >cd near- sent x*h of ttcd Kingovei 1 CO f grants and U.P.U.P. - 45 words
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Article31 1949-05-25 1 Chinese Pre- T V Snor.s. has arrti turn Hong r>an of the assj said that he to Paris to rest and trea*e<j for a rrinnr stnm- A. P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article, Illustration28 1949-05-25 1 picture. Mrs. Pauline Lim, who with another policewoman, Mrs. Alic Seah. and two d«•tectives, spotted last night's Pagoda Street fire and called out the Fire Brigade.— Free PressFree Press - 28 words
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Article54 1949-05-25 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rE Social Welfare Department Is investigating whether any of the people affected by last night's fire at Pagoda Street are in need of relief So far they have not been approached for assistance. The fire destroyed the first and second floors54 words
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Article199 1949-05-25 1 PARIS, Wednesday. THE Western Foreign Ministers yesterday rejected a call by Russia's Mr. Andrei Vyshinsky for a return to Potsdam and four-power control of a united Germany. The Soviet Foreign Minister also demanded a share in control of the Ruhr, core of Germany s heavyReuter - 199 words
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Article32 1949-05-25 1 The new Bishop of Singapore, the Rev Canon Henry Wolfe Balnes. at present Rector of Rugby. Is to be consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral. London, on June 29- ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article37 1949-05-25 1 A GRANT of $180,000 (US) to the Netherlands was included In $464,000 (US) authorised by the Economic Cooperation Administration. The Netherlands grant will finance purchase of metallic ores and concentrates from Japan.— A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article25 1949-05-25 1 Sumatra's biggest volcano, the Merapi, showed signs of activity this morning when a heavy smoke cloud was thrown high into the air ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article23 1949-05-25 1 Princess Margaret left Venice by car for Stresa on her way to Switzerland yesterday after four w***f holiday tn r taly.23 words
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Article180 1949-05-25 1 BERLIN, Tuesday. SOVIET-CONTROLLED railway police, accused by the Western military governors of causing unnecessary bloodshed in Berlin's four-day-old rail strike, moved out quietly tonight when armed reinforcements of West Berlin German police began taking over all stations in their sectors of the city. French militaryReuter - 180 words
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Article27 1949-05-25 1 There were 16 arrests in the Federation in the past 24 hours, eight in Malacca, four tn Pahang. two in S<»langor and two in Penang.27 words
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Article, Illustration51 1949-05-25 1 i picture. Flames leap high from the Pagoda Street shophouse which caught fire last night. Fireman Samian bin Siman rescued a child from the blaze, which destroyed the first and second floors of the shophouse. The picture shows the turntable Udder from which hoses were played on the fire.- FreeFree Press - 51 words
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Article56 1949-05-25 1 A WOMAN lost £50, and sold a caat in Cape Tov. to get a Httle money t > rarry on. Then she r: numbered there was a tear the coat pocket. She went back to the de^l-r raked to see the coat, put hei hand through the56 words
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Article22 1949-05-25 1 Singapore C.I.D yesterday arrested twc Chinese for being alleged secret society members Six Chinese wer arrested In Temple Street for22 words
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169 1949-05-25 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. 'PHL Burma Army radio last night announced tighter precautions along the Chinese-Burmese border because of large-scale Chinese guerilla activity there. Chinese guerillas are approaching Sadon, 30 miles east of Myitkyina, capital of Kachin, the radio said. About 1,000 Chinese Communists were activeReuter - 169 words
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Article90 1949-05-25 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A LORRY belonging to Tangkah Estate, Segamat. was travelling along Tangkah-Muar Road yesterday afternoon when it ran i into an ambush laid by 12 armed Chinese. The lorry was escorted by three special constables. An Indian clerk in the lorry said he saw90 words
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Article20 1949-05-25 1 Police led by a Malay lance corporal captured a Chinese bandit at the Kemasek area of Trrngganu yesterday.20 words
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Article130 1949-05-25 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday. AFTER hearing the Pakistani Foreign Minister, Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, make further charges against "brutal Indian suppression of Muslims in Hyderabad," the Security Council adjourned yesterday without taking any decision on the Hyderabad ques- tion. The Security Council, having heard the case130 words
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Article83 1949-05-25 1 LIMA. Wednesday. A GOVERNMENT communique yesterday said an international dope ring was doing thriving business in Peruvian-manufactured drugs throughout south and central America and the United States. The communique named Joss Maria Steel as head of the organization which has made fortunes out of theU.P. - 83 words
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Article62 1949-05-25 1 rE World Federation of Trade Unions yesterday again accused India of alleged "repeated and flagrant infringements of trade union rights." In a complaint addressed to the United Nations Secre-tary-General, the Communistcontrolled W.F.T.U. charged that "hundreds of trade union leaders are at present in pri- son. Their62 words
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Article287 1949-05-25 1 NEARL Y ALL OF $50m. LOAN GONE Free Press Staff Reporter. THE Singapore Government expects that all but $1,500,000 of the 1946 rehabilitation loan of $50,000,000 will be spent by the end of this year. In oi der to secure as far as possible the completion this year of all287 words
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Article160 1949-05-25 1 RED M.P. ON WAR DAMAGE GRANT LONDON. Wed. MR. Philip Piratln, Communist, M. P., asked in the Commons yesterday why the Government proposed to double the grant to Malaya from £10.000,000 to £20.00.--000 "for war damage." and whether Parliament would first approve it. He wanted to know why "this burdenReuter - 160 words
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Article59 1949-05-25 1 A SPECIAL Market cotmpumlent fiv« tbc prices ol rubber (lo cent* per Ib.) at 11 ».m today as follows: Bayers St Here. B* 1 B S 8 Spot loose Htf 34^ F.o.b. in bales June NO. 1 B.SS. i i 34 a No. I B.SS. U% 324 No.59 words
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Advertisement52 1949-05-25 1 CURIOS I CHESTS s titfOßD ROAD, >re. ROUND THE WORLD IN THIRTY DAYS 33 Round for our van drivers •nts to over 86,000 miles per as they deliver to our custopick of the world's food. Storage operates the finest service in Malaya They door; make sure they VOU WorM of52 words
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Advertisement58 1949-05-25 1 fO* fffO YoYfo Sty SHOES FOR CHI IDM HI for growing feet. There's style, CjAf^^^pA and the friendly feel of quality m%W \^m For Toddlers growing boys and girls. Scientifically manu- Available m Brown, IbV Champagne, e^- ft' ue> and White. S7.ES: 3 to 10 (White) 3 to 8 (Coloured)58 words
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Letters To The Editor
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Letter521 1949-05-25 2 T^HE controversy on 1 birth-control, lam afraid, is becoming acrimonious, the Municipal pjlitician concerned indulging in unparliamentary language, not in the heat of debate, but in a c 'd-blooded interview. 'Vhen an opponent beC3 rips vituperati." it is e? k ar sign *hat fc,s platforn. is rSmky To521 words
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Letter174 1949-05-25 2 QOME of our Legislative? >~ Councillors seem very concerned at th<» ihoughi some of the inone> fcl br- p^.d i.ut as (on pensatlon i M war damage w ll find its oack to England the same ni»etin^ a* i ih^se feais A'ere ven fired they approved :i motion174 words
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Letter318 1949-05-25 2 AT the family planning drive as reported on pas:e 5 last week, statements put .varci by speakers were an insult to public intelligence. Family planning without contraceptives or contraceptive practice has been effective outside Britain and North America amongst all communities time out of memory It is318 words
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Letter401 1949-05-25 2 •'^THE Universities and schools in any country must be intimately related. Universities look to the schools for an adequate number of suitable and welltrained students; schools look to the Universities for an adequate supply of graduates of high quality for their staffs." Thus commenced the introduction by401 words
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Letter126 1949-05-25 2 IN reference to Mr WebbJones's letter ir, the Free Press last week. 1 would lik« to mention that I observed the tree at Kator.s D ark at the time it had oeen cut down, and when 'he trunk and main branched haa been sawn126 words
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Letter255 1949-05-25 2 SO you wish to protest, Mr Mitchell, against the R.C. clergy for using their influence to prevent practical measures being taken for the benefit of human civilisation merely because of some Biblical passage which happens to have been interpreted by them in a manner opposed to such255 words
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Letter, Illustration627 1949-05-25 2 MR. Thio Chan Bees request in the Legislative Council has created a considerable amount •of interest among the Englisheducated people in Singapore. In fact, the matter of branch libraries hag been discussed in some clubs and associations and a number of them are particularly anxious that627 words
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Letter403 1949-05-25 2 TN last wotli's issue of the Free Press, ore cm read only with deep sympathy and understanding, an inquiry made by Mr. L. Webb Jones "Where's our tree?" a question put to him by his children as they realise the loss of the Frangipanny tree, as the writer403 words
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Letter265 1949-05-25 2 ONE night this week I went visiting a friend living out of the town. To my Singapore-tired sens^i the relief was Immense. Soft winds sighing in the old trees: everything smelt differently and that was only six miles out of town. Suddenly a terrific din made us all265 words
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Letter108 1949-05-25 2 MAY I reply to Mr Robertson's letter of May 13 in which he argues that Labour does not understand the Municipal Ordinance? He does not answer the point on which Labour challenged the Progressives: It it fair play for a man elected for eight months to try108 words
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Letter164 1949-05-25 2 An Old Old Story I HEAD in you a few davs there is Romgtol bate on birt.h^SHj the Municipal q£} sioners to v public are mv Manv Chinese R 1 had a debat< r n I trol. I bUtefe „t;- I late Sir O- h was the chair-. debate Manv164 words
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Advertisement81 1949-05-25 2 HOLLYWOOD Peauty Hint mgrij t £k\W* Vl 4jt 4tem~*iP&imf asm Staff Mf FIANCES CIFFCMID, MGM HOLLYWOOD iaMgl of the cimcfitry faibioAjbk sty!*** vt o«es whicb s*ee» up And 4».n hem the tart, aad Wa»« fS ei Imlmi rotated Tb* aft •tB and good if V o«if ear* a<e attractive, but81 words
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Advertisement54 1949-05-25 2 MAYNARD&CO.LTO Phone 6115 P.0.8-c:-CHEMISTS. 11, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. rLLijUL Your enquiries will receive <>ur p*~ Sole Agents for MALAYA, B.BORNEO. Etc AUTOMATIC RADIO GRAMOPH^ Incorporatiig PHILIPS Rtceiver 485* with Magic eye Garrard Automatic Record Chan** MM $750.00 less 10 c8 or on easy terms. KOSTER COMPANY LTD 10, COUYER QUAY54 words
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Miscellaneous25 1949-05-25 2 By CUMKINGM Of SOfMOJ ELOCUTION "At first. Comrade Ministers it is a fearful strain but with practice you unll ultimately pronounce it with perfect ease.25 words
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Article721 1949-05-25 3 GREGORY BAXTER - MURDER Could Not Kill GREGORY BAXTER Ul t dead shile Hi daixzhter -".ear MCtrl' mid' -er. an er run OH £0 (X :j P w caftlamrtttCi t$ f hat :n d*ead imer ect I --t had 1 1 1 arJ to see :j ctrn, it q^es- :::e rr.ly e#x, c721 words
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Article126 1949-05-25 3 FOREIGN Office spokesman has categorically denied that Britain had established any official contact with Chinese Communists. He had been questioned about a statement by Mr. Drew 1 Mr. Pearson had written f .ha: Britain had proposed to the Chinese Communists a d^ral by whichA.P. - 126 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-05-25 3 Ihe Royal Horse ArtiLerj patting the finishing touches to their musical ride one of the features of the annual Royal Tournament at Olympia. The setting for this dress rehearsal was Regent's Park. London.33 words
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446 1949-05-25 3 A BATTLE between the East and West for short- wave radio frequencies, key to the propaganda "war" of 1949 has crippled the first major international attempt at Mexico City to give each nation a fair share of the world's air waves. On a newA.P. - 446 words
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Article, Illustration367 1949-05-25 3 IN recent years experts have tended toward demanding a utUe more Hrengtti w.th *hich to keep the Uddlng ittva in resDorae to partners open.ng bid. Net all of them take this tow account, however In selecting the r*>bidj of the cpener. In this auction. Souihs rebid of two367 words
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Article49 1949-05-25 3 'CONGRESSIONAL investigaKj tion was ordered yesterday into allegations against Mr. David E. Liiienthal of "incredible mismanagement" of America's atom bomb programme. Mr. Liiienthal has been chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission for more than two years, and was appointed only after a bitter Senate battle— ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article181 1949-05-25 3 Faqir of Ipi faced by revolt f THE legendary Pairum besman l^sder of the North- West Fiontier the Faqir of Ipl. 's lying seriously ill In the Our.nakhut <*ve with his :rib*>rnpr in revolt against aim, according to reoorts reaching Pfcsh**ar The Paqir. *nose V-'iizirls-tan tribes lened B-tuh ru> onReuter - 181 words
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Article41 1949-05-25 3 IT mav be tens of years before there will be an Industrial use of atomic power amounting to an appreciable percentage cf total power consumption," sayi Dr. Kenneih Kingd^n, assistant research director of the General Electric Como^nT. Schenectady.- U.P.U.P. - 41 words
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Advertisement118 1949-05-25 3 w^^tSE* > <~>ntde ana lite u^discH STURDY limbs, firm flesh and sound bones together with the happiness of abounding health these are some of the gifts bestowed by th's famous food. For there is everything your baoy needs in a tin of row AND G* r E! ihe rich concentrated118 words
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Miscellaneous552 1949-05-25 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, your emo- tional nature is a very strong and positive one. You mast always keep it under strict control or it is apt to betray you. Never do things on impulse. Think carefullv radio listening FAR EASTERN SERV,CS. BBC LONDON. 'BBC BCO S.ar-.-se Programme »rxi552 words
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Miscellaneous528 1949-05-25 3 j♦♦ ♦WTro is what?* \'OU may recall a recent f j t puzzle about the BJues, Wnttes and Pinks Me i9iuci always tell the t truth; the Whites always I iie. As /or Me Pinks, they I /late notr decided to tell fne fn^n and fo He 1 alternately; a528 words
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Article, Illustration264 1949-05-25 4 King of the animal kingdom IMJP LEFT: Mary and Spike, the MMf utanv find their umbrella makes a useful sunshade— md is good to suck too! The little fellow (left) try in l; to sample an icecream as big as himself is Joey, the Zoo's tiniest264 words
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Article316 1949-05-25 5 C AL WELL ATTACK ON MacA AIDE Gamboa case 'intrigue 9 TPHE Australian Minister of Immigration Mr. Arthur x A. Calwell in an interview given in Sydney said •some prominent Americans in Tokio were .actively engaged in conspiracy to help a Filipino of American citizenship circumvent Australian immigration laws." HeU.P. - 316 words
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Article136 1949-05-25 5 Til-India Hindu Mahasabha, re-entering the Id as an opposition party, has opened ign with a blast against the Government using it of suppressing the civil liberties n workers. rti that in almost all Indian cities, only f the Congress Party, are permitted. In ear and aA.P. - 136 words
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Article142 1949-05-25 5 PROSPECT? of mob violence in Shanghai have Increased with the arrival In Hong Kong of Shanghais labor boss, Tu Yue-hsen, whose 100,000 tough dock workers had been counted upon to maintain order during the changeover from Nationalist control. Tu, aged and ailing but still theU.P. - 142 words
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207 1949-05-25 5 RUSSIA will "suffer grave losses in harvests" as a result of purging the science of genetics. Writes Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian-born professor of zoology at Columbia University. The Soviet ban was a "monstrous error' Dobzhansky is one of six scientists Who criticised the Russian action ofA.P. - 207 words
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Article50 1949-05-25 5 A TURKISH Parliamentary delegation is on a oneweek visit to Britain as guests of the British group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union The Turkish delegation of eight members is led by Huseyin Cahit Yalcin, deputy chairman of the Parliamentary group of the Republican People's Party.- A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article, Illustration92 1949-05-25 5 U nI. uiw Bey Tuher. Transjordan's Deputy Minister of Hurt* has his way the ancient game of Chess will reu»lutionised. He thinks the board should have 80 raakin? it 12 by 12 instead of eight by i«ht and that three more pieces should be included, unk.92 words
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Article54 1949-05-25 5 South Africa cuts imports DRASTIC new re unctions import were an<^d by the Acting Mmis- E^omic Artjics, Dr. £D° nßes in ih<> South A P rliament in tL jre no l*rotta are jo o*» .ssueci for the importa«on of any consumer po< ds 2jss^ they are rpeciallv SP p^ for54 words
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Article29 1949-05-25 5 T :iE Philippines War Crimes Ml] has sentenced S ma Yoko■J* to be shot. During the j*° I" terror under 1 45.000 civiiiana Japanese on U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article78 1949-05-25 5 pERMANY'S new black, vJ red and sold flag floated for the first time above all public buildings in Bonn and other cities in the Western occupation zones. At the conclusion of the proclamation of the birth of the new German Federal Republic in the Bonn assemblyU.P.; Reuter - 78 words
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Article168 1949-05-25 5 WORLD' S STRANGEST BANK I tiinpi dlooq hLn mus u "I the £51 **fimer* of giraffes, humans, kangerooa, 5 ar.d penguins tttirV f of tissue L«h; Grn c °c^oaches and wS? I*™1 ~ta situated in ■ni?^ riX:ck 'New Jersey). tjjLj 004 used, not for out in detective :ng more aboutA.P. - 168 words
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Article, Illustration28 1949-05-25 5 The Household Cavalry provided one of the most colourful features of the Royal Windsor Horse Show with the staging of their famous musical ride in full dress uniform.28 words
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Article113 1949-05-25 5 A 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Bangkok when he tried to interfere In a quarrel between his mother and another woman. The quarrel started when Nang Yuan Fertado of Bush Lane accused Nang Somboon Kuysee, who had formerly lived with ner, of gossipIng. The113 words
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Article75 1949-05-25 5 A SMALL plane which can fly as slow as 27 miles an hour and land on a field the size of a tennis court has been developed by two United States college Instructors, Mr. Otto Koppen, Professor of aeronautical engineering at Masachuseits Institute of Technology,A.P. - 75 words
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Article27 1949-05-25 5 Two wills published in London on the same day showed the principal of a London building firm left £1.302 sterling and a bricklayer left £2.140.- ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article200 1949-05-25 5 'UNQUESTIONABLY one of the factors that kept U independent India a member of the Commonwealth was the recognition by Indian leaders of the existence of a solid liberalism in England." Mr. Price Day, 'Baltimore Sun" writer on Commonwealth affairs. Referring to Uie ratification of the200 words
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Article60 1949-05-25 5 THE U S. House of Representatives Appropriation Committee recently chopped $74,252,250 from the proposed amount of money for relief and rehabilitation in Japan for the year beginning this July. This action reduces the total to $*****2,750. compared with the $495,015,000 asked by the U.S. Army60 words
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Article65 1949-05-25 5 CONSUMPTION of new rub\j ber In April in the United States totalled 84,707 long tons, a decline of about 7.5 per cent, from the previous month's tonnage of 91,549 Natural rubber use declined 9.13 per cent, to 47,937 long tons. Consumption of synthetic amounted toA.P. - 65 words
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Article144 1949-05-25 5 JAPS GET ROMANTIC IN SUMMER pROF. ShihleTitro Asayama, of Kyoto University in Japan, after making a study of 2,500 students, declares that their romantic intt-res* in the opposite sex is more manifest in summer than in spring. He has compared his anaings with those made by the Japanese research studentsA.P. - 144 words
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Article115 1949-05-25 5 nrvilE smuggling of s*i mil--1 lion baht of forged bank notes Into Siam and their partial circulation were confirmed by Pol. Captain Sirichal Kercharngwottgee of the CID. Capt. Sirichal said thd notes had come from Hong Kong. probably b? sea and were imitations of the 100115 words
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Article81 1949-05-25 5 IN Haugsoygd, a district in southern Norway, the health authorities have decided that rat poison should be distributed to all farms in the district. When two experts arrived at one of the" farms, the owner refused to let them lay the poison, saying his four catsA.P. - 81 words
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Article44 1949-05-25 5 WHEN the Siamese hold their June parliamentary elections, candidates will Include three widows of former cabinet ministers who were shot dead during the attempted coup several months ago. If elected they will be the first, women to sit In Siam's Parliament A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-05-25 5 General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who has been ill, is to remain chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff. He is here seen recuperating at Key West, Florida, from a stomach ailment.32 words
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Article26 1949-05-25 5 Italian police again used their firearms when a strike of farmhands neared the end of its sixth day without signs of a solution. A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article20 1949-05-25 5 Two thousand three hundred stateless displaced persons yesterday left Naples for Australia in two refugee ships. A.PA.P. - 20 words
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Article284 1949-05-25 5 NIGHT CLUB SAVED' OOLICE were so lavishly entertained at a London r "bottle party" night club that they got its address wrong and a subsequent court action failed, the Home Secretary Mr. Chuter Ede told the Commons when he explained the proposed extension of drinking284 words
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Article74 1949-05-25 5 THE United States House of Representatives Appropriations Committee recommended a 15 per cent cut In Marshall aid for Europe for the year starting July 1. 1949. By 22 votes to 19. the full committee over-rode a subcommittee recommendation for a cut of less than fiveReuter - 74 words
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Article200 1949-05-25 5 Symptoms hidden by penicillin PENICILLIN given to a man in hospital was stated at a St. Pancras inquest recently to have "hidden" the symptoms of an abscess when he came to be examined by a doctor. As the doctor failed to find any evidence of the illness, the patient, George200 words
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Article84 1949-05-25 5 HTVHE Chinese Consul to Jog--1 Jakarta. Mr. New Shu Chun, has asked the Sultan of Jogjakarta for guarantees for the security of Chinese Inhabitants In the city, says the Chinese newspaper "Sin Po." Guarantees were asked for during the consul's recent visit to the Sultan.Reuter - 84 words
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Article44 1949-05-25 5 Rabbits eat plastic fences A YOUNG Englishman In Sydney thought he had the answer to Australia's rabbit problem rn ljis plnstlc "wire" netting invention. If they get ihrough that I'll eat my tongue,'" he said, but the rabits ate all hid plastic fencing. A.P.A.P. - 44 words
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Advertisement127 1949-05-25 5 !>jg COLUMBIA \Xj ?/K^P} RECORDS WL I* I XAVIER CUGAT NIS ORCHESTRA. CUOATS NUGATS (Film: 'Luxury Liner"* I THE MEXICAN SHUFFLE MC 3351 I SOUTH AMERICA. TAKE IT AWAY!— Rumba I CHIQUITA BANANA— Rumba MC 3334 j CARMEN CAVALLERO RIS ORCHESTRA. I THROUGH A THOUSAND DREAMS J I SONATA DB127 words
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649 1949-05-25 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 25, 1949 PLENTY OF ADVICE f'IIEN our Municipal ComM mttiHmr-1 on Friday debate Mr. Duncan Robertsons motion that they authorise the Lady Medical Officer and qualified staff at Municipal welfare clinics to give, on medical grounds, Irse advice and information on the subject of649 words
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1005 1949-05-25 6 SIT YIN FONG - SIT YIN FONG WEEKLY LABOUR COLUMN by *rHK law in Singapore requires a trade union to elect its office-bearers by secret ballot. What' is a "secret ballot"? This bewildered question conies from 90 per cent of Singapore's unionists. This is just one example of1,005 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-05-25 6 Mr. Neville Duke standing in front of the single-seater, piston engined Fury fighter in which he broke the speed record from London to Karachi. tie flew the distance, nearly 4,000 miles, in 15 hrs. 20 mins. He reached Rome in 2 hrs. 31 mins. and "broke another record.48 words
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Article826 1949-05-25 6 'NEW DEAL' FOR INDIAN WORKERS BOMBAY: NEW deal is being lie Id out for the Indian worker under the aeifis of the national government. Improved working conditions, limited hours of work and higher wages are set forth in a series of labour laws passed by the central and provincial legislaturesReuter - 826 words
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Article811 1949-05-25 6 Mary Birch - WHAT IS BIRTH CONTROL? Mary Birch by WHAT is Birth ff Control? H years ago that same question was being asked in my native Western Canada not only being asked but its pros and cons debaled by every section of the community just as today it is being widely discussed811 words
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Article354 1949-05-25 6 LOUIS HUNTER - LOUIS HUNTER By A PLASTIC foam whicft swells up when baked like a cake to 100 times its original volume has been developed by American scientists for use as a new insulating material. It is said to be the world's lightest solid. Even lighter thanReuter - 354 words
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Advertisement16 1949-05-25 6 ialendograf Safe Vrr.ts: C,:EfI9AHEE KHATEMA CO. 18 Knbinson Road, TUCK CHEONG 4U 43 North Bridge Road.16 words
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Advertisement19 1949-05-25 6 FAITH I Man shal 1 n*t live by bread alone, hut hy every Iword of God. Luke 4, 419 words
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Advertisement35 1949-05-25 6 y c C_ 1 x.> Wmm X v Egg I >> I/ aYAl>M>HitMt«r WV^^ B gB I ftftEWfeK IQ m M.TN* K'ttw \l V I IMDCOOM IUIMMIIM'TIC ■m is^\ Vv >' /UJ I am A r/? ?t^35 words
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Miscellaneous30 1949-05-25 6 ON THE SP#T 'JmU m$ WmW 7 '*>*' «iii J. we'll look a lot of mu<>« if, when we've cut all this stuff down, we ft ml there aren't any rails"30 words
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Article412 1949-05-25 7 RICE RATION CHEATING CHECKED Poster plan is successful Free Press Staff Reporter JHE racket among certain Singapore retailers of issuing inferior quality rice to consumers has been effectively checked, Mr. A. D. ButlerMadden, Deputy Food Controller, told the Free Press yesterday. This was "the result of the Food Control Department's412 words
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Article, Illustration56 1949-05-25 7 picture. THIS roll of barbed wire> was brought into use in Pagoda Street last night when the Police had to deal with an estimated 5.000 onlookers who choked the approaches leading to the scene of the flre. The barbed wire had its effect and the crowdsFree Press - 56 words
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Article, Illustration21 1949-05-25 7 vcbcvmbm,cvmcv,cnv >• i :i i a pu r e M n. P. —ns: the St. lion CadH first ttrnout f»rate Free PressFree Press - 21 words
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Article19 1949-05-25 7 Assistant! Dent ol T V. Ra 3 wfl] ofß- an Inofficer post. effect Mr P retires I19 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-05-25 7 picture. MAJOR -GEN. D. Dunlop, G.O.C. Singapore District, takes the inarch past of the St. Joseph's Institution Cadet Corps at the School's Empire Day celebrations yesterday. FreeFree - 27 words
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Article110 1949-05-25 7 Free Press Staff Reporter, QANTAS-BOAC is increasing its Constellation flights >etween Singapore and the United Kingdom to four a in each direct ion. from June 1. At present, there are level! flights P^r fortnight, and by putting another BOAC Constellation into service. QAN-TAS-BOAC will jointly be110 words
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121 1949-05-25 7 Free Pre>s Staff Reporter ivan woman trade expert will tome to 8 next month on a survey trip of Asia, tsatfta is interested in the promotion of investment in Asian areas. She is Mil 1 red Hughes. vice-president of the Far Ea>t-Arr.er;ca Council of121 words
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Article28 1949-05-25 7 3 SOLDIER BROTHERS TO MEET HERE Stall "Kr- porter V* the S K i O.C 52 dri- Q I n ia r -jopla nal •aa a plane in28 words
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Article19 1949-05-25 7 Tiram tri¥lns Id in art that licence Lnd was Bahru C d sf5 S I m.Dri-19 words
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Article53 1949-05-25 7 TAXIMAN CLEARED ON APPEAL 4 TAXI driver Visvalingam. who had been sentenced to 22 months" rigorous imprisonment and two years' police supervision, on a charge of theft of a motor > car, by the Singapore Fourth District Judge (Mr. H. A. Forrer i was set free on appeal yesterday, by53 words
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Article166 1949-05-25 7 MORE airmen And airwomen of R.A.F. Station, Changi, are wanting to visit plantations, factories and other places of interest on the island than can be accommodated in the parties arranged for this purpose by the station education centre. In a recent tour through a large166 words
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Article154 1949-05-25 7 Free Press Malay Correspondent FHE United Malays National Organisation of 1 Penang has deicded to consider the possibility of helping Malays detained at Pulau Jerejak off Penang, under the Emergency Regulations, Utusan Melayu reports. This followed a suggestion by Inche Sopie bin Ibrahim, an UMNO154 words
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Article73 1949-05-25 7 MALA YAN TRADE In the Free Press yesterday, it was stated that Malaya's overseas trade for the first four months of this year was valued at $1,145.--339.471. imports being $608.--992.716 and exports $536,346.--755. giving an unfavourable balance, for the period, of -72.645.761. These figures are incorrect. The total overseas trade73 words
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Article20 1949-05-25 7 The trooper Devonshire arrived in Singapore yesterday with more than 900 R.A.F and Navy replacements for Hong Kong.20 words
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191 1949-05-25 7 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Federation collected $4,097,413 in excise duty in liquors during 1948, compared with $3,540,563 in 1947, according to the annual report of the Federation Customs and Excise Department for 1948. The duty on maiches, at $81,888, shoved a191 words
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Article138 1949-05-25 7 BEFORE I went to see Anna Neagle and Hugh Williams in Herbert Wilcox's production of "Elizabeth of Ladymead" at the Capitol. I was told that it was rated High Class with a down-the-nose-look. I found it High Class in everything entertainment, acting, technicolour, and idirection.V.J.S. - 138 words
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Article66 1949-05-25 7 The Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association have been received the following new donations: Kwok Singh Musical As^n. M73, T W. G Knowles t4O. Professor J. Strachan of College >i Medicine $50. Tow Mong Public SeliOOl «23. Frank C. Sands $50. Singapore Government Servants Co-cptrativ" j Thrift Loan Soci ty 150,66 words
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Article22 1949-05-25 7 The Chartered Bank \A india. Australia and China is opening a sub-branch at the R.A-F. base at Seletar on Monday.22 words
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Article404 1949-05-25 7 Free Press Staff Reporter OEWER lepers are running away from their camps in Singapore. This is because they have h?ard of the success of a new drug which reduces contagion after one to two years of treatment. This new drug, Di^Phenyl Sulphone. is at404 words
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Article, Illustration173 1949-05-25 7 Free Press Staff Reporter AN American piio:, Mr. Mauri Boy Jackson, who flev his own Tiger Moth from Sydney to Singapore, told the Free Press yesterday that 1 the Royal Siniapore Flying Club may buy his plane. He came here 10 sell tho Tig»-r Mot>-- either173 words
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Advertisement102 1949-05-25 7 SPECIAL CONCERT BY POPULAR REQUEST RAFFLES HOTEL SUNDAY 29th MAY at 9.30 p.m. by RAFFLES CONCERT ORCHESTRA (30 MUSICIANS) with LUANRE SHAW, vocalist By kind permission of Radio Malaya iM-W: COR RYF. Conductor: FRANK PICKFORD. PROGRAMME in the I nJerworld 5. Suite London Again Coates J 6. Songs Selected Sung102 words
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Advertisement25 1949-05-25 7 IbV IA v VbTlSih tAVJ CLOTHES FOR THE FORMAL OCCASION XJutiiigutdked ly Design Craftsmanship ,iNr,APORE kIjaTI lumpur pe^i/^^ /#f ftoon Ci/t--* vrmt§r, on m T1L«97025 words
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Miscellaneous88 1949-05-25 7 are expected to arrive today from Holllar.d. New Zealand. Borreo. -China Siam. China. Hong MiCHo Japan and the N.E. 1 times for posting airla at the. G.P.O. todav are: to the UK.. Ader.. Africa. Arabia, Cir.ada Europe. India. Iran, Iraq, MlBMi PMHttM, the U.S.. ral and South America. China. Hong88 words
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Article514 1949-05-25 8 I London Stock Exchange! LONDON, Wednesday. I T was another day of gloom in the London Stock Exchange yesterday, with prices drifting to lower levels and small sellers finding the market devoid of support, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Fears of labour troubles on British railways514 words
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Article161 1949-05-25 8 NEW YORK, Wed. FAILURE of a better demand to develop despite the strong internal position of the market gave New York Stock Exchange bears some encouragement yesterday. Prices lost further ground with a test of IM9 lows in progress in occasionally expanded activity. Decline There161 words
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Article83 1949-05-25 8 AN application will be made to the Singapore Government for $10,000 with which to build a headquarters building for the Malayan Air Training Corps on a site on Kalian? Airport, agreed to by the Director of Civil Aviation. It is unlikely that the building could be83 words
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Article64 1949-05-25 8 IN the interest of efficiency and freedom of action, the United Mi! iy National Organisation, will employ a full-time secretary-gene-ra! on a salary of $1,000 a month, it has been announced by Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, President of I'M. NO. The present secretary* general of UMNO.,64 words
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Article63 1949-05-25 8 A decree nisi to be made absolute in six weeks, was granted by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice MurrayAynsley, yesterday In the High Court, to Mrs. Henrietta Claire Brown, against her husband, Mr. Merton Holland Brown, mechanical engineer, of Singapore. Mrs. Brown alleged adultery by Mr.63 words
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258 1949-05-25 8 SETTLEMENT FOR SPECIAL CONSTABLES Two acres for each proposed Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A LAND settlement plan for special constables, when demobilised after the emergency, was outlined to the Free Press today by the Assistant Director of Co-operation, Tuan Haji Mohamed Eusoff. He was amplifying the statement258 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-05-25 8 picture DUPILS of the Singapore Nam Hwa Girls School listen i attentively to an Empire Day message delivered by the Acting Colonial Secretary (Mr. D. IL Daniels) at the School in Sophia Road yesterday morning Free PressFree Press - 37 words
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Article111 1949-05-25 8 SET out the answers so that they can be readily compared According to Mr. B. Mr. P. Mr. W. Mr. Blue Blue White Pink Mr. White Pink White Blue Mr. Pink White Blue Pink The Blue must, of course, describe himself as Blue. All three, however, do111 words
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Article265 1949-05-25 8 NEW MUNICIPAL PAY PLAN Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Municipal Secretary, Mr. W. W. Duncan, J- advised Singapore Municipal employees yesterday to invest on houses the "windfall 0 they might get when their revised salary scales are approved by the Government. Mr. Duncan was presiding over265 words
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Article151 1949-05-25 8 Sultan in danger areas Free Pn-s. aff KUALA LI MPuTr rE Bull just tour of th. his State n fluence M been "sir- JjJ At Lftlirhs peasant living in ar gee camt eight Ma!a> former Con thisers anc themselves The your: ing as kaare fm- cording ment is&iu-c cribes them151 words
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Article133 1949-05-25 8 KUALA LUMPUH SHORTAGE and late r.ienni trees are stat 5... have been the ium 8 647-101 decease IB :J* production in last month. The total estates vas 28 4. :;ns a pared with 33.616 March, and Jigs, 16 744 :ns, Cflpi with 18.917 I i :!*.e nm133 words
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Article, Illustration108 1949-05-25 8 Dr. Otoyo. Indonesian Republican Representative In Singapore, left by air yesterday for Indonesia. He has fu ne r> for consultation* with the Republican officials in Banka. He is expected to be away a week. THE Raffles Institution school captain, Mr. Wan Pin Chin, reading the Empire Day108 words
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Advertisement94 1949-05-25 8 BAnt:iES Br tain Best A. fe^^) STARTING. >!;- -i lay BriU-.. made b.itteries are designed to withstand heavy discharges and are built to take the estra load of the ever-increasing range of automobile electrical equipment. Batteries are made of the finest raw materials to give long trouble-free set-rice and uphold94 words
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Advertisement75 1949-05-25 8 p I |jTHAW YOU HAVi fVfK INjO^ jAtV\ choow on« of the Ut«** I lrffi£L!^LW M*»«er's Voice" n.,,u» F^ c ro ye*n Hn Master 'i Vole* W immmftwiiri lrtW provided Brttrr and Brt»<r I r/w Hallmark of Quality Radiogram. V Mode/ 5300 4/C Mams R9K^^fefelMr~SnF^ W >de/ mo^ II tjg75 words
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Miscellaneous199 1949-05-25 8 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Hurbour Board wharves yesterday <godovn» In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Trewellard (31--32), Tawall < 33-34 >, UJcneam (36), Benartny <3rt-30), Takhaven ni (40-41). West Wharf: Borneo »4-5). Steel Age (8-7). Tycdareus (8-9). Glenartney (ID, Bcnwvvig (IJ--14), Antenor < 15-16.. Empire Dock: Scrampore199 words
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Miscellaneous50 1949-05-25 8 20). AsphaLon \23-24>, Taksang (25), Marudu <i<-28). East Wharf: Devonshire (44 Sheers Wharr: Empire HaxnbKv Coal Plant: Union Builder. Today's Whuf \rrivaH. Bcntong (32), Trewellard '29-30). Complegne (1-2), Tegelberg .42--43), Anchlses (lit. Sitsen (21) Today's Wharf Departures: Olenartney (ID. Union B-xJlder (Coal Plant). Tawali (3334). Takhaven in <40-«D, Complegne (1-2).50 words
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Article, Illustration1801 1949-05-25 9 UmNTED FOR MUKDER STORY OF A j .DAY DETECTIVE HUNT FOR A GERM When typhoid strikes, doctors become detectives in a grim battle against inJut ion. JOHN LEE reports on such a life-and-death Strwggk in the Berkshire village of Croze thorne, where the dread diuam has1,801 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-05-25 9 The American team who didche chloromycetin tests in Kuala Lumpur's Institute of Medical Research. From left to right— Major Robert Tra üb, Dr. Theodore Woodward Dr. Joseph Smadel, the team leader, Col. Cornelius Philip a7id Lieut. Herbert Ley.38 words
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1428 1949-05-25 9 BIRCH - Fingerprint Sleuth THE GUNMENTHREW THEIR GUNS AWAY BIRCH by Chief DetectiveInspector Sydney S. Birch was for years second in command of Scotland Yard's Fingerprint Department o£ the YARD A N I) S O M E Charlie Jenkins was called The King of Borstal." He was a sturdy lad with black1,428 words
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Advertisement71 1949-05-25 9 S?A YitW HOTEL v Mt.HTLV TILL MIDNIGHT Except Mondavo I^' •> MORMVf; CQMtUU \NI> TIRRY TIFFIN U. IHNM.K ntlO ON THE LA\'N BY JII.IW FOORMAN'S BAND ADELPHI GKiLUROOM DIN NEK SICK V ICI II n .tit Tt-f. 50«l Saint soau BBMKM rt.KNARI) SHAW ATIHG Wm Ist ?nd. 3rd. 4th sth71 words
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Article447 1949-05-25 10 Best teams not yet in action By CRUSADER fHE two S.A.F.A. Inter-Community League games played last week-end fell far below expectations, the standard of soccer never reaching a high standard. Allowance, however, must be given to the fact that it was the first time, for three447 words
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Article, Illustration222 1949-05-25 10 IF Onr Eng Hoe were a couple of inches taller he would probably be keeping goal for Singapore in the current Malaya Cup competition. He has all the attributes that go to make a firstcLass goalkeeper except height. It is here where Fng Hoe is at a222 words
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Letter195 1949-05-25 10 AFTER witnessing Friday's game (Singapore v. Johore), I was greatly disappointed. The game was not up to the standard expected, oxring to the wrong selection of players. As a mater of fact, three of our forwards seemed to be suffering from beri-beri in the goal area when195 words
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Article65 1949-05-25 10 THE Singapore Table Ten- nis Association championships for this year begin en June 6 at the Ci rat World park. The order of events will be: juvenile singles, intersrhool league, junior inter- club, senior inter-club, junior singles, women's singles, veterans' singles, junior doubles, men's doubles, f65 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-05-25 10 picture. Miss Sturgcs leads in Lovely Bore (Charles), winner of the fourth race at Penan* last Saturday. Lovely Bore is owned by Mr. L. F. Knif ht of Johore Bahru.- Amateur ServiceAmateur Service - 32 words
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276 1949-05-25 10 \|H. Lim Chuan Geok, president of the Singapore t? Badminton Association and the Badminton Association of Malaya, is bringing back from England plans for a modern hall for the game in the Colony. Not only the 5.8.A., but State associations in the Federation, propose to276 words
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Article242 1949-05-25 10 By PHOENIX THE only unbeaten team in the S.A.F.A. Senior League this season, Chinese Athletic, who have five more matches to complete their programme, have a rare chance of emerging champions for the first time since the formation of the club. If nothing goes242 words
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Article, Illustration439 1949-05-25 10 Played for Colony at age of 1 8 MALAYAN SOCCER STARS...NO. 10 By KEN JALLFII IN 1938 when he was only 18 Ha Tee Siang was already a member of Singapore's Malaya Cup team. Today, 11 years later, he is still one of its stars. Youth has never been a439 words
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Article860 1949-05-25 10 Singapore Table NO fewer than 47 teams have be mi onierw Singapore Table Tennis Association/! inter-club league for this year. The\ i nc m Seletar, H. M. Dockyard "A" and B lnd^ elation, Tamil Brotherhood Association u^ College Union, C.Y.M. A., Queen sireet iL and860 words
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Article29 1949-05-25 10 MARCKI Of champ. >t>:.. tfrfrnd Motta of N boOt at Br;^.- >\.c;uffi a* on Juru It mill tx for Cerdan from l\>n' last Seat^mber ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Advertisement89 1949-05-25 10 Phone 4042 STARTS TODAY! FIVE TIMES: U-1.45, 4.00, 6.30 9.30 p.m. "You can't kill every iv^H man I kiss"' CAfHAy 78* F. For Comfort Phone 3400 NOW SHOWING 11 am 1.45. 4.15. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. ■Hi «»F 'A Rom.intii- A JLina Turner Robert Young "SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS BACK SOON S*T.89 words
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Advertisement41 1949-05-25 10 A Our lunched or thfb*» JM\W II W business man RESTAURANT obe> TAViLiniy UST FOUR SHIIIB TOMORROW -WE PRESEIVT WITH PKIIA" 7? BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR WITH IH> BF ACTOR OF THE YEAR nmri iamb rirawi Launnct Olmei /JL a41 words
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Article184 1949-05-25 11 TRESPASS!* IFSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER EA JE!" TKINQ GOLDEN GATB AIR GALE LyTaNDEB L^__i__, ?2_r* Jllf Lytander Golden Gate t___^^ a Airffnle Golden Gats Desert King J___i N l____ rAE BITTEBSWEEY BITTER SWEE BITTER SWEET _*-*i Wlrra mmsmm Sheffield PUto Wlrrm Baffle gBYBAIPEB U LENA184 words
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Article841 1949-05-25 11 4 CCfiPTANCES for today's Penang races are given below. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race 8. There will be no Double Tote. Race 1—2.30: Cl. 4, Div. 6—6 Furs. 000 Geestring Jones 900 Mr». R. A. C. Wills Rodgers Peter Con Eliery 8.12 Mr. Goh «Sr841 words
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Article160 1949-05-25 11 AWI.N over \V*i Hickshlre yesterday enabled Surrey. l*»t year's ranners-up. to move Into second place In the county cricket championship table kiddiesex, who did not have a county fixture, remain at the top with 40 point*— l2 points in front of Surrey, who, however, have a160 words
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Article123 1949-05-25 11 THE British amateur golf championship was continued on the Portxaarr.ock Unia. DubLn. yesterday and as a result of a Jcng day's play six Americans frcm an ctiginal band of 20 remain the challengers rom oversew They include the joint favourites. Frank Stranahan. winner laat year,Reuter - 123 words
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Article80 1949-05-25 11 TNDIA have *on -.he I-crd M:l«er trcphy, one of the avaards m connection" with the Impeiial Challenge Shield rlile footing con.petitions for bovi and girLs. The trophy, presented for the unit from the Empire which gains highest figures trt:h the Government pattern 3M.L.1., 22 rifleReuter - 80 words
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Article102 1949-05-25 11 FAST and clever football was seer a: Geylang Stadium yesterday, when Singapore Chinese Engineering Association beat Kota Raja "B" team by the odd goal In three In a thrill-packed Jurior League match. The Engineers scored th^lr winning goal In the second session alter an even first half. Their102 words
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Article194 1949-05-25 11 DRITISH women golfers yes- terday broke the stranglehold on their golf championship by America. The heroines were Miss Jeanne Bisgood, a young English player who is a barrister and who knocked out Miss Grace Lenczyk, an established favourite, in the third round by 2 and 1,Reuter - 194 words
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Article66 1949-05-25 11 ST. JOSEPH'S Institution Old Boy3 suffered a crushing defeat yesterday, when they met the school in a soccer match. The result was 8-2. the S.J.I, maintaining •heir unbeaten rceoti for the season. Scorers for the school were Justin Morals (3). Vincent Gomez <2), Eng Siang, Rudolph66 words
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Article58 1949-05-25 11 A DINNER organistd by the SB. A. to welcome home the victorious Malayan Thomas Cup team will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday, June 6, it 7 30 p m. Mayflower B.P. members desirous of Joining In are to contact either Mr. Teoh Peng Hooi58 words
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Article44 1949-05-25 11 MANUEL Ortiz, world bantam weight champion, will be offered UJS. $25 000 to defend his crown against EUey Bannett. of Australia. Bennett knocked out Cecil Schoomnaker of New York In the sixth round of a scheduled 12--round fight on Monday nlßht.—44 words
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Article662 1949-05-25 11 niSMISSING Hampshire fur 144 at Taunton yesterday Somerset recorded their first county cricket championship success of the reason Leftarm sDin bow>r H.izell wrecked HamDshire booe* of scorinz the 357 needed by disposing of their thre#> leading batsm?n in 11 balls without conceding a r un HeReuter - 662 words
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Article303 1949-05-25 11 Blank Spec and Companile best Free Press Racing Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. fHERE was no rain in Penang during the past 24 hours, and the going for the second day's races of the Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting here this afternoon has improved considerably. The track, however,303 words
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Article, Illustration322 1949-05-25 11 picture. VfRS. M. Burnett and Miss J. L. Butt qualified for the women's singles final of the Singapore lawn tennis championships at the S.C.C. courts yesterday by beating the favourite, Mrs. M. 1. Greenhill. and Miss S. K. Leslie Smith respectively. Miss Butt's entryFree Press - 322 words
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Article88 1949-05-25 11 ROUGH play marred last evening's S A FA. Senior League fixture between Singaipore Recreation Club and Pulau Brani United. Recs won a scrappy game jby the odd goal in five, all goals coming in the second ,half. Samat opened accounts for tPulau Brani early in the second period.88 words
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256 1949-05-25 11 ONLY 2\ hours' cricket took place at Lord's yesterday and during this period the New Zealanders, for the first time during the tour, found themselves behind on the first innings. The M.C.C. gained a lead of 6h, which they increased by 34 for the256 words
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Article138 1949-05-25 11 M.CC— lst mm.: *7» NEW ZEALAND— Ist Inns. Satcliffe b Bailey 3 Scott Ibw Edrich a Hadlee c Griffith b Bailey 48 Wallace c Bailey b Compton 28 Donnelly c Edrich b Bailey 9 Reid b Bailey Babone b Laker 9? Mooney c Mann b Bailey 102 Burtt o138 words
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Advertisement139 1949-05-25 11 K'L'M ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES. to BANGKOK ana C A N T O M •uUh ttiA&tLqk con*ie>ct±ori to HONGKONG Bi -WEEKLY SERVICE SINGAPORE TO BATAVIA si acLcUZoen to fi^esent s&VLrvoes CANTON every Thursday. $409.00 ret: $736.00 BANGKOK every Tuesday Thursday. $230.00 ret: $414.00 BATAVIA every Wednesday Saturday. $155.00 ret: $279.00 For139 words
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Miscellaneous40 1949-05-25 11 Todays Sport LEAGUE SOCCEB: Snr. Div RS v. Tamil B A J Besar; Jnr A Grp. 1. BODCA f Chinese Enf. A«n St. Georijes Rd AAU t. Spore Airport SC CreyUnf; Chinese Hurricanea t. Jollilads— CYMA grnd St. Georce'a Bd.40 words
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Article19 1949-05-25 12 or.UHiE-BREWER: To Ida, vife of J. Drurie-Brewer, at B-.injsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on 58.5.49. a sister for D3phne.19 words
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Article33 1949-05-25 12 TIIE ENGAGEMENT is annouieed between Mr. Pang Kia Lim, eldest son ol Mr. and Mrs. P.»nf Chlap Song, and Miss Ang Siu Nol, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ang Hlang Kwee.33 words
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Article253 1949-05-25 12 A bdullah 's call to army AMMAN, Wednesday. ITING Abdullah of Transjordan hinted yester--11 day that he planned to use the British-trained crack Arab Legion to promote a united Arab State. He told an "Army Day" parade of the Legion, In the presence of aboutReuter - 253 words
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231 1949-05-25 12 CANTON, Wednesday. THE U.S. Consulate-General In Canton has advised all Americans in non-essential positions to evacuate from Canton immediately with their dependents and portable valuables. All American^ required to «tay here for business or Government reasons have been advised to send their dU.P.; A.P. - 231 words
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Article55 1949-05-25 12 rE New Zealand Premier, Mr. Peter Fraser, failed to gain the endorsement of the Labour Party's annual conference yesterday for compulsory national service. After five hours heated debate, Mr. Fraser himself intervened to move for a national referendum should consideration.' be contemplated. This was carried byA.P. - 55 words
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Article191 1949-05-25 12 'China to pay for damage' SHANGHAI'S FOREIGNERS SHANGHAI. Wed. rE Nationalist Government is planning machinery to register foreign properties destroyed by the Nationalist defenders with a view to eventual payment of compensation, the highest Kuomintang leader here, Mr. Fang Chin, announced yesterday Mr. Fang Chin said that the over-all Commander-in-Chief,Reuter - 191 words
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Article74 1949-05-25 12 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. rE Communist "NorthEast Government" has opened the Manchurian port of Yingkow to domestic and foreign shipping, Peiplng Radio announced last night. Linked by a vast railway network with all parts of Manchuria, Yingkow formerly handled much of Manchuria's import and export trade. TheReuter - 74 words
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Article35 1949-05-25 12 rj\HE French Union AssemJL bly yesterday approved the French Government's bill for the preparation of the referendum to decide whether five towns In French India should remain French or become Indian. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article48 1949-05-25 12 THE British authorities in Frankfurt were reported yesterday to be trying to enlist American aid in arresting Max Reimann, Communist chief of West Germany. Reimann Is wanted in the British zone to finish a three month jail sentence which had been temporarily suspended.- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article13 1949-05-25 12 New deposits of coal have been found south of Madras.13 words
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Article, Illustration47 1949-05-25 12 photo. A view of the Section of the Holland Tunnel, under the Hudson River, damaged when an explosion occurred on a truck carrying chemicals through the tunnel from New Jersey to New York. Sections of the tunnel wall and celling were ripped out by the blast. A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-05-25 12 photA. Two Chinese in Shanghai, convicted of subversive activities and money manipulations, are here seen with their hands tied «P and wearing placards proclaiming their crimes, beln f led through the city before being pjbUcly shot A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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174 1949-05-25 12 CAPETOWN, Wednesday. SOUTH Africans will cease to be described as "British subjects" under a new bill to be presented to Parliament, it is learned here. The South African Nationality Bill, of which notice was given on Monday in the House of Assembly by Dr. T.U.P. - 174 words
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Article39 1949-05-25 12 Gerhard Elsler. Germanborn Communist fugitive from the United States, whose extradition Is sought by Washington, made a second brief appearance at London's Bow Street Court yesterday and was remanded until Friday. Bail was again refused ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article80 1949-05-25 12 BRITAIN wants no unwilling partners in the Commonwealth, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Philip Noe! -Baker, declared in an Empire Day broadcast. Taking: as his subject "The Com mon wealth Today," he said. "Now we recognise that the Commonwealth Is a voluntary association. WeReuter - 80 words
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Article227 1949-05-25 12 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. A SOURCE close to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation said yesterday that detailed recommendations for assisting the underdeveloped areas of the world with agricultural problems have been submitted to United Nations headquarters by the F.A.O. Director-General, Mr. Norris Dodd. This sourceU.P. - 227 words
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Article60 1949-05-25 12 LONDON, Wednesday. "1 HAVE got you covered," 1 growled the Countess. The burglar took one look at thi levelled revolver and left her bedroom at a run. And that, 57 -year -old Lady Rosebery is telling her friends is why a prowler at Mentmore Towers, RoseberyA.P. - 60 words
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Article62 1949-05-25 12 THE French Ministry of Justice said yesterday that a special dispensation to allow Prince Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth to be married at the Prince's Chateau had been refused. The Ministry said that, as a result, the marriage would take place on May 27A.P. - 62 words
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Article31 1949-05-25 12 NEW compromise proposals 11 designed to settle Syrian Israeli diflferences are expected to be sent to the two Governments by Acting United Nations Palestine mediator Dr. Ralph Bunche today31 words
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Article111 1949-05-25 12 LONDON, Wed. MR. Geoffrey Cooper (Labour M.P.) urged In the Commons yesterday that officers and men who had suffered in wartime Japanese prison camps should not be sent to Hong Kong. War Minister Mr. Shinwell replied that from the end of the war until August 1947Reuter - 111 words
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Article200 1949-05-25 12 HOLLYWOOD, Wednesday. OABU, elephant boy of the films, yesterday formally denied charges brought by a British ballet dancer, Brenda Julier, that he is father of her child. "I absolutely deny the charges which Miss Julier makes," he said. "I'm going to fight this thing withReuter - 200 words
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Article75 1949-05-25 12 T HE b m Committee JU bershipiastnurhM to defer ll Nepal's 4^!W bership in 't^J Nations until it Jj more iniormatiorl Nepal's sovereign 1 independence. m By nine i I two abstentions* friM tee adopts the t proposal io send iS the N. P now in New York 3Reuter - 75 words
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Article14 1949-05-25 12 A Japanese rrurJ was sunk retto£| striking a r the Shin, .noseb teJ14 words
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Page 12 Advertisements
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous59 1949-05-25 12 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris 1 j|^ \A£T*k^j&sa»MT*Ktsc** > HC>rr VAutj »m*i im BiMLom I m3SSSbT fvou'w 59 55) I H J I |U >, ni -r- BM^fi/r "^l J_ TIBBBj I^^ •fcMJTrWS,, iWwcK. WWIWJ 1 TIMlj WI>B OUT. X I 1 (n>uow a»r fpy -I lj| to ii- iaoc59 words
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Miscellaneous9 1949-05-25 12 hh;h tides Today: Majr; S.^.m. Tomou iilSim: 9.58 pjn9 words
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