The Singapore Free Press, 9 July 1949
1949-07-09
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Title Section18 1949-07-09 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA V PKirfi 10 IKMS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1949.18 words
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Article, Illustration317 1949-07-09 1 Princess Margaret takes the salute at the march past of 6.000 Girl Guides at a rally m Hyland's Park. ChMmsford, Essex. Response to London plea Free Press Staff Reporter ANNOUNCEMENT of a complete stoppage of purchases from the American dollar area is expected to be made317 words
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Article37 1949-07-09 1 There is no slump -Snyder v. 1 j m T n Snv--1 sit a reon d his bris, the led :d--10 raw sterling u.s. iiiv i;il ford ellor I .tring i th m! i- -ome I" P37 words
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Article27 1949-07-09 1 110,000 flee lava flow IMA CRUZ. houses ha by volcano lir crat- nan .ted a s living •ions ben Uie 50 had adnd of a ards the27 words
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Article15 1949-07-09 1 I plane Balboa and 'he sea neai v least one rie wreck-15 words
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169 1949-07-09 1 LONDON, Saturday. GOVERNMENT sources said here last night* that the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' conference starting m London next Wednesday probably draft a plan for a new Commonwealth trade structure. Long-range plans lor the stable marketing of dollar-earning commodities such as tin, rubber,169 words
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Article22 1949-07-09 1 Pakistan and India have accepted the invitation of the UN Commission for Kashmir to attend a military conference at Karachi.22 words
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Article33 1949-07-09 1 Burmese Government roops killed nine Communists and wounded 40 m a twotiour attack on a Communist band near Indaw, a railway town 100 miles east of the Assam border. Reuter.33 words
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Article193 1949-07-09 1 'Ultimatum bySydney miners SYDNEY, Saturday. AUSTRALIAN Miners' Union president, Mr. Idris Williams declared last night that there would be no settlement of the fortnight-old strike of 23 000 pitmen unless men imprisoned for contempt of' court were freed and fines imposed were waived. M^anwnlle there was a demonstration outside tv,*193 words
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Article93 1949-07-09 1 CAIRO, Saturday. THE Ceylon Government j has protested to the Egyptian authorities against I the holding m Port Said of j the British ship Glenorchy bound for Genoa from Cey- j lon with a large rubber car '°The hold-up, now In its fourth day. is93 words
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Article22 1949-07-09 1 BANDIT KILLED Free Press Staff Reporter A patrol of the 1/10 Gurkhas killed a bandit m tho Labis area of Johore yesterday.22 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-07-09 1 The anguish of supreme effort shows on the faces of the»e runners as they almost dead-heat m the three-legged race at the Serangoon English School sports yesterday.27 words
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Article282 1949-07-09 1 WORLD DEFENCE ALLIANCE WASHINGTON, Saturday. A GROUP of Senators is sponsoring a plan to transform the North Atlantic defence pact into a worldwide alliance, including Asian member states of the United Nations. This announcement coincided with publication of testimony, given m the Senate by Defence282 words
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Article37 1949-07-09 1 Most of America's coal mines were shut down yesterday as nearly 400,000 miners obeyed John L. Lewis' command to work only three days a week while he negotiates a nev conUac t U P37 words
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Article91 1949-07-09 1 CATERHAM, Surrey, Sat. PRINCESS ELIZABETH praised young Guardsmen righting m Malaya when, as colonel of the Grenadier Guards, she inspected a company of recruits yesterdayIt was not for nothing that the Grenadiers had won their high reputation for discipline, devotion and courage. "I know the recruits91 words
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Article163 1949-07-09 1 LONDON, Sat. THE Appellate Court will rule soon on whether or not a woman can have a baby a year after her husband ;eft her without having been unfaithful to him. 11..-1— The rase concern* Charles Jones' appeal against decision by Commissioner Blanco White" that163 words
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Article100 1949-07-09 1 HAMBURG, Saturday. ALL German goods traffic to Berlin by way of the interzonal control point near Luebeck was suspended last night by order of the Soviet authorities. German lorry traffic was also suspended at other interzonal control points, but irafflc at H^lmsted, British frontier100 words
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Article231 1949-07-09 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. THE I nited States Government has ordered a vigorous protest to "appropriate high Communist authorities,* 1 over the arrest of the I.S. Vice-consul m Shanghai, Mr. William M Olive. He was arrested on a charge of violating tratnc rules and has been held231 words
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Article44 1949-07-09 1 A British Foreign Office spokesman said yesterday that visits to Britain of several Arab leaders at a time i when British envoys m the Middle East were holding a conference m London, were purely coincidental as far as he knew. Reuter.44 words
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Article117 1949-07-09 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. THE House Un-American Activities Committee his invited baseball star Jackie Robinson and other prominent Negroes to testify next week with the object of giving the lie to statements of the Negro singer Paul Robeson. casting doubt on the loyalty of American Negroes. Negroes117 words
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Article, Illustration144 1949-07-09 1 Emergency warning, but SIR Join M former editor of the I don Evening Standard left an estate of £f). t >9.835. An tnd\istrialist, hv w.v.s also former editor of tin James Gaz»:tt»' and Editor-ln-I Chief of th< 1 Hirmlnßham i Gazette and the Birmingham Herald. WITH144 words
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Article233 1949-07-09 1 More dockers walk out LONDON, Bat IN spite of the Government's decision to advise the King to proclaim a state of emergency on Monday, more London dockers struck last night, bringing the total of strikers up to over 10,000— two-fifths of the total labour force of the port. Meanwhile. 1.000233 words
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Article51 1949-07-09 1 1• <• P: < vs Mall K. portrr TWO Tamil labourers Rengam yesterday found hiddi-n the crround three .1 1 hand Trenad.s mqa a 38 revolver. 3^ J ba> i n i j gun magazines. pistol, four Colt tub 401 rounds of .303 ammunition and son rounds51 words
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Article258 1949-07-09 2 TTZIE, the 80-year-old she elephant of the Rio zoo, is dead. She had been ill for some time, and once she was so weak she fell down and could not get up again. Because she could only understand English, m a country where everybody speaks Portuguese,258 words
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Article29 1949-07-09 2 How does a sailor kno^ there are mountains m th« moon? Because he has been too sea (see). What word is always pro noimced wrong? Wrong.29 words
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Article439 1949-07-09 2 was thirsty, but to punish him for his rudeness the last time they had met, Radin kept him waiting before ne gave him a coconut. Then Amat kept it to his mouth until he had drained it. "That reminds me," said Radin, "of the time Mouse-deer drank439 words
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Article162 1949-07-09 2 T*IK main thing U member m playing j defensive strokes is that bat should be kept straight The forward de stroke is played fo a good length m 3Uta g the stroke the leit foo; is moved c aIJ Wlth the to.- p.int ing m162 words
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Article415 1949-07-09 2 Tiger again by UNCLE GEORGE Mouse-deer. And until Mouse-deer knew he was free he swaggered through the forest drinking m the flattery of the monkeys and parrots and such-llke people of small account. "What did you do to Tiger?" asked the monkeys, winking at one another. "I kicked him m415 words
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Article, Illustration54 1949-07-09 2 Adventures of Penny Koni the crowd who were watching, tried to catch Koni when he reached the street. But Koni d«d not mean to be caught ytt and he dodged between their hands and feet Off he went to an even more exciting adventure ma you will when you *et54 words
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578 1949-07-09 2 LEARN TO SWIM—4 A better breast-stroke J{O\V far docs your breast stroke carry you? A length of the bath or only a width? If you are dissatisfied with the short distance you swim, either your breathing is at fault or you are making some mistake that prevents you from breathing578 words
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Miscellaneous86 1949-07-09 2 JUNIOR CROSSWOnn CLUES ACROSS.- 1, Sur- name of a famous radio F f |J r* Bf- B m war. 11, One of the choir- Hi Bf^ U >west male voice. 2, water :'lant. 3 The first woman. SOLUTION ilnpte 6 °5, Kmd^fTremblfnr utjf t**' T Z T uouy V poplar.86 words
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Article, Illustration1786 1949-07-09 3 M ARSH ALLW AR NED U.S. OF JAP WAR PLANS I£j*fv \%f.?i^o&M v i '*"-'¥s■s:'"';. nNK of the most important documents of the prePearl Hnrtxnir period is culled the "Joint Hoard Estimate of United States Overall Production Requirements/ This was a purely military estimate of the situation, requested by the1,786 words
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Article, Illustration612 1949-07-09 3 U.S. ENVOY TO KREMLIN IS'DISCREET ADMIRAL Alan G. Kirk, who recently took over his new duties as the American Ambassador to Russia, is a veteran of nearly 40 years of combined naval and diplomatic service. His new post is not the first important diplomatic assignment which he has held since612 words
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Advertisement106 1949-07-09 3 EXTENSION slietf Wood Cabinet. <*■ j E MORRIS CO. Ltd. .I Batten Boao.S pore. theng Moh Electric Company. S-^ElectricCo^ m lA H SAKG DRY CLEANING CQ id, Tears t i ol1 by Certified Holder of g i »noun Diplo COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL ipon 137 9-1 1 am famous Prices Mod106 words
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Advertisement18 1949-07-09 3 The Greatest Grip DUNLOP I) AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR TYRES THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. (MALAYA) LTD.. SINGAPORE.' KUAIA .uf.^UR, PENANa18 words
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The Sigapore Free Press SATURDAY. July 9, 1949
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Article469 1949-07-09 4 Sivh.^6 nave been going up on the New York market 1 i the middle of June, •i yesterday Mr. Harry Truman confided that he i< Is "bullish." So :.s Mr. ,i :wi Snyder, Secretary of S. Treasury, now m I i on for sterling-dollar Iks with469 words
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Article127 1949-07-09 4 PROGRESS m trade union administration is recorded m the report of the Trade Unions Registry. Bu^ it is uphill work. Very fewunions m the Federation have learnt to keep proper accounts books, states the report. They are trying however, and help and advice la their s for127 words
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Article, Illustration1389 1949-07-09 4 India Prepares For Her First Election BOMBAY: INDIA is fas! preparing for her first general election under adult franchise. An electorate of 170,000.000— the largest electoral unit m the world— will go to the polls m the winter of 1950/51 to choose its representatives m the central and provincial legislatures.1,389 words
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Article517 1949-07-09 4 J^jANY a Singapore rubber worker, thinking things out for himself, began to believe last week that some of them must go to the wall. "Let u s quit", said the 54 workers of the Nam Aik milling factory Geylang— and quit they did, after about517 words
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Article, Illustration769 1949-07-09 4 SEAGHAN MAYNES - U.S. Experiments With Rubber Roads SEAGHAN MAYNES By TESTS with rubberised roads, now being conducted m the United States, may determine whether Britain and Holland will gain million-dol-lar contracts from America. Experimental strips of highway, surfaced with natural rubber powder mixed with bitumen, have been laid m the states of769 words
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Advertisement40 1949-07-09 4 ENGLAND'S QUADS 1935-STNEQTS 1948 -BRISTOL 1948 -EDMONTON __J j Cow Gate, the -3 premier baby food, ha I A^' the fact thit England's thr. QfiS Have all been fed ot "COW GATE? 1 X FOOD oP ROY .Wnu.- JACKSON COJ]^'40 words
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Article, Illustration366 1949-07-09 1 KENNETH TAN - NE W GLASS FOR OLD IN PENANG KENNETH TAN by Upper left A woman\ oolisher works at the revoLvng sand-strewn steel wheel m ivhich the rough edges of he (jlassirar e are smoothed fut. Below— A worker sn-ps 1 lamp of ichite-hot glass his tongs into a mould. Abort- the366 words
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Article325 1949-07-09 1 MARIAN WELLS - This war is silent but deadly MARIAN WELLS by s .KYI bui deadly i feeing rural diilv a few c kingdreaded a n o am of tl On pped to make slopes and and pray effective for last year only 54 cases of malaria were reported m Singapore's rural areas.325 words
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Article, Illustration1066 1949-07-09 1 NAN HALL - NAN HALL by MANY Malays and Indonesians m the United States are prospering and have their own cars, their own homes and have m arried American worn c n, Im a m Pamoedjo told me recently. Pamoedjo, a Javanese and naturalised American has been m1,066 words
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Article526 1949-07-09 1 Slump for pavement dentists by KENNY KA YE DAVEMENT dentists arc reeling the pinch. F c w e r people are now willing to t;ikc them up on their claim thai thej can take out an aching tooth m less time than it takes to sneeze. Surveying their dwindling c1526 words
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Advertisement8 1949-07-09 1 •m the Singapore Cold iill hteh-class 'i c-8 words
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Advertisement6 1949-07-09 1 1 y EXCELSIOR LIMITED. >iv< Vl'olfl.6 words
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Article, Illustration19 1949-07-09 2 Betty Grable as she appears m the film When My Baby Sfniles At Me" (Capitol). See below.19 words
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Article, Illustration1131 1949-07-09 2 Tyrone Power Is Held Up For Camels 720° /AT Tiffi SUN QUARZAZATE (French Morocco). BRITAIN has sent 120 men with lights, carmeras, sound equipment, and studio props nearly 2,000 miles to make costume film m colour. The journey: London to Casablanca, to Marrakesh over the Atlas Mountains, and into the1,131 words
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Article139 1949-07-09 2 THEY say the name of Marie Louise Faverau would have shone big m the bright lights of stardom. Beauty and youth and brains were on her side. Already leading roles m Shakespeare, Racine, and Corneille had come her way. "Brilliant," said one of the139 words
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Article390 1949-07-09 2 By GENE HANDSAKEK IjWER hear how Mickey Mouse was borne? Walt Disney told it the other day, m greater detail than I've seen or heard before, and the story seems pertinent just now. For Walt was preparing to leave for England to make his first all-people390 words
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84 1949-07-09 2 Betty Grable's Legs Are Her Fortune BETTY GRABLE, o*net of a pair of the shapeliest less m Hollywood, w:is the highest-paid woman m the United States m 1947. earning .V\ooo. This is the third year at the top for Miss Grable, who started her show career at 25s a week.84 words
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Article, Illustration22 1949-07-09 2 Fredric March did NOT discover America— Fredric March did NOT dit. cover America Fredric March did NOT discover America22 words
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Article395 1949-07-09 2 [EAN RENOIR the noted movie director of Oriental-Internation-al films, says the probable language difficulties of marketing American films m India are not as serious as they seem on the surface. It had been pointed out that India has so many languages and dialects that; it395 words
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578 1949-07-09 2 Malayan Planter Makes Good In Films JJARLY days m Hollywood of Mr, Day i d MaodonakL after he had given up rubber planting m Malaya m favour of films, have been recalled m connection with the London premiere of Gainsborough's "Christopher Columbus." Way back m the late twenties, when Cecil578 words
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Advertisement290 1949-07-09 2 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint ajßKp^lg^*' 7 ■rrinf MARItYN MAXWIII. m-C-M MOUTWOOO— Som« wom«n rt«i«k thoy don't nood to w»o rgug*, and it trwo ♦hat lotm fow actually don't, twt mo** women ihouH wto thu b«owty oid if Mt«y would b« at attrojetivo at tK«y p»eitibly con bo. Tho only ono« who290 words
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Advertisement97 1949-07-09 2 tal Virgins' Garden Italian holiday a of tl l F. A I n-ult M. EZEKIEL 8c SONS i> i\\ ii ii n OPTK m r: m io> IS, BATTEBI Ko\i>— tXSi K)K AI'I'OIMMI I IMOM "^ATTENTION TANCLIN gfSfOgjj," iflOP \i v.n I si I In| 1 THE SINGAPORE DISPENSARY OKI97 words
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Article425 1949-07-09 3 DENIS COMPTON - DENIS COMPTON By I I Wooller, I' asmaki; I .icket at Some 9 ith H H I I I H I I H I hat .n for the H iem. S ye prom n I bf clone I I seems to indicale that there aren't so many425 words
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Article, Illustration99 1949-07-09 3 AUSTRALIA'S famous bowler, W. J. O'Reilly m his book "Cricket Conquest' says England's greatest need is a fast bowler. Until England can find fast bowlers with whom to retaliate the Australians will rely on an occasional fast bumper to intimidate some of the England star batsmen. O'Reily99 words
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Article, Illustration646 1949-07-09 3 C. C. D. BRAMMALL - Australian yearling' s in demand C. C. D. BRAMMALL SATURDAY MAGAZINE By SYDNEY'S annual sales of bloodstock yearlings, climax of Australia's yearling sales season, have broken another record. The turnover of 304,570 guineas 24,265 guineas more than last year's record represents $2,169,285 m Straits currency. The Sydney sales are the646 words
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Article, Illustration433 1949-07-09 3 SPORTING Chit- Chat BOBBY NJOO WriiL£ boxing is m lull swing up-country there appears to be a stalemate m the game m Singapore following the Newell-Som Pong scrap. At that time there was quite a lot of talk about Flashy Sebastian coming from Manila to fight Som Pong It now433 words
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Article, Illustration523 1949-07-09 3 The Cup Davis story THE scene wu the centre court at the Longwood Lawn Tennis Club, Boston, on August 8. 1900. A young American and Britain's leading player of the date faced each other across the net. The Briton fought hard, but could not match tne American who ran out523 words
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Article, Illustration467 1949-07-09 3 N.W.D. YARDLEY - N.W.D. YARDLEY By rpHERE are occasions when you may think a great deal of unnecessary commotion is raised about the effect the roller has on the wicket. The sort of comment you may hear during a Test match is: "Should England have the467 words
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Advertisement39 1949-07-09 3 I «MEMB« KELLERS /or P& RECONDITIONED PIANOS Quality Pianos by I EAVESTAFF JBBB^ KALLMANN Hfe^ MOU TRIE BECHSTEIN Available from Stock '^ek Piteci from I LEADING PIANO HOCBI B at Bis^vifl^sWi ikJ C<COf '"9 fo any Dtstination WON* 465339 words
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Advertisement145 1949-07-09 3 j_^ W f ht ben ton* quality \et MOOF m tichieied m home rjjio Bush radio Bu^h Bi-focal tone is equal to having two receivers one fooussed specially for high qualify reception of nearby stations the other tor clear reception of distant ones It's all done by a new selt-adiusting145 words
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Advertisement63 1949-07-09 4 >^ yg"^t =s^ f >»•'■■'' y^. X I* |J% Lrl I -fcL J 1' i *~yC VBM ZL__ytr~-^ to am mmi I C W 1 1 Ml H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Wt mm"' I"'' -r m j^-^^ji^ *B IBM BH Hi tltt IM Hi M63 words
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Article, Illustration261 1949-07-09 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 N artist whose etchings hang m almost every maharajah's palace m India has arrived on a isit to Singapore m the middle of a five-year world tour. He is Mr. Frederick Halpern, who has exhibited at the Royal Academy and the261 words
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Article26 1949-07-09 5 Th<? next monthly meeting of the Singapore Rural Board wih be held on Thursday In the Council Chamber, Colonial Secretary's Office at 10 a.m.26 words
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Article78 1949-07-09 5 LORD Listowel, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, presented the King's Police Medal to Lieut-Colonel John Douglas Dalley, former Director of the Malayan Security Services, m London yesterday. Lieut.-Col. Dalley was Commander of Dalforce m Singapore during the Malayan campaign. Lord Listowel also presented the Colonial Police78 words
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Article, Illustration442 1949-07-09 5 Retrospective to January thf cc P Css Staff X«L Singapore Government has approved the new pay code for Municipal employees on the basic scales recommended by the Municipal Kevision Committee. The new scheme, which gives a rate of pay to """'"Pa' em Ployees which442 words
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Article177 1949-07-09 5 TXPORT of pepper to Siam v may now be approved only on production of documents showing that exports are for consumption m Siam, and not for re-export purposes, the Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters Association has been officially informed. Letters of credit must be177 words
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Article96 1949-07-09 5 HEADS of various Government departments m Singapore will speak on their respective spheres of work m the machinery of the Colony Government m a new series of public lectures organised by the V.M.C.A. The first lecture of the series, which begins on July 13 at 8 p.m.96 words
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Article286 1949-07-09 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ACK of a driver and a garage to house their van is hampering: the Singapore Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals from rounding up the Colony's stray animals. The problem of strays has become so bad that some people286 words
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Article157 1949-07-09 5 Colony air day will be best ever CINGA^OKh Will I Air Day on A which officials will lar ixc i d anyl I tne naiuru seen before In the Far East A lull ptogramxn has been planned Which will include participation by airline operating compai the Koyai An Force, the157 words
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Article, Illustration165 1949-07-09 5 Suffolk Regt. ceremony A memorial ceremony will be held at Kranji Military Icemetsry next Thursday at 6.30 p.m., when the Ist Battalion, »he Suffolk Regiment, :now m Singapore, will pay 'tribute to their comrades who I fought and died here during Uhe War. In 1942, the Regiment then largely composed165 words
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Article230 1949-07-09 5 Free Press Staff Reporter inpHE Malayan nation will have a sound future only A if both the peoples of the East and West join hands m building it, said Mr. A. K. Isaac, m a talk to the East- West Society on Thursday night. If230 words
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Advertisement95 1949-07-09 5 Vs a dream I I So very Correct llarrllu C<Mta and u-luin, art* ii n(leui a h I Miiarl. I Styles are m the trend of i Leading Fashion which v> il l enable you to "look your Smartest anywhere. Harella Coats are priced from $115.00 Costumes are priced from95 words
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Article, Illustration422 1949-07-09 6 How PMFTU spen t funds Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. SUBSCRIPTIONS and money collected for their benevolent funds by the Communist Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions went to swell the funds of the bandits when officers of the PMFTU and its 11 State federations422 words
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Article38 1949-07-09 6 JOHORE. BAHRU. Fri. Arrested m Alor Star, Abdul Kadir bin Abdul Rahim, was produced yesterday m the Magistrate's Court* when he was formally charged with theft of $205 and a wrist watch. manded for further investigation.38 words
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Article24 1949-07-09 6 A tender for $13,360 nas been accepted for the rehabilitation of the playing field at the Singapore Civil Service Association. Tessensohn Rd.24 words
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Article, Illustration181 1949-07-09 6 LONDON, Sat. DEMAND for rubber and tin shares resulted m many useful gains m these issues m the London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Reuters financial correspondent. The prospect of re-entry of the United States Into the commodity market as a buyer stimulated interest and181 words
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Article116 1949-07-09 6 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour BoaTd wharves yesterday god owns Is brackets) were: Main Whaxf: Stauvac Djirak (31-32), Mount Davis (33-34), Katong (36-37), TJlpanas (38-39>, Bidor (.40-41), Nieuw Holland (.42--43). West Wb*rf; Plo.ii* (1-2). Ban Ho Wan <3». Tesjelberg (4-5). Planclus (6-7), E*ang 111), Roepat (15-16).116 words
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Article277 1949-07-09 6 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE :ig (2 -> 1 6 Linggl (2-) 2 +/IH Rubber Trust 16 3 Sedenak. 9 Uld Sua Betong 28 9 tins Ampat 3 3 Ay. Hitam <5 -> 23 9 Hongkong <5 11. 6 Ipoh (15- 23 9 Kamunting (5 -> 9 9 London Ord. (5 3277 words
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144 1949-07-09 6 Third wicke stand paves way to victory Cffl th the i ftaj Id lew than th, llpm «?2 beaten bi Northai third-wicket itand Brookes a?ul I In 2\ hours Jakeman, v. partner, put feet. He kill I Brookes. In r- fourth r In thi remalm <i hours for h Frank144 words
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Article77 1949-07-09 6 w WALL STREET idled to an h regular clo^e yesterday. The approach of the week-en break indue d caution and oi^ra tors were inclined to a^ait i*v€ 1 lopments m business, labour i well as President Truman 5 foctt cam ing economic report Th re uas77 words
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Advertisement309 1949-07-09 6 T,r Your RENDEZVOUS after the RACES f^* 4M2 |iJtA SINGAPORE WILL BE I fi rOrt I 1 IAfA T I H CnOnTPt i n 145.4.00.6 ALL SMILES I VJICUi W% W■l VI VtfVIUVIIC^ U# fj L-i.45-4.00 *Mj I TONIGHT/ SPECIAL EXTENSION TILL 1 A.M. MLJI. "lfp^\ 6 jT I A1309 words
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Article, Illustration377 1949-07-09 7 Heavy going at Bt. Timah today Free Press Racing Correspondent LJAPPY TRAVELLER, Clynor and Fortune's Favourite all mudlarks are strongly fancied by their stable connections for the Singapore Cup, the big race at Bukit Timah today, third and final day of the Singapore Turf377 words
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Article159 1949-07-09 7 TEMPASW EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER i^ T i£2lSi£ ££2Z^ ELEGANT ART aIcOT VALE ai Plam-id Epte Oriental Ascot Vale Oriental *Ym H^ifS nH*£sF* WAY »AMILLIIS RAMILLIES 11X08 £5^ "i 8 0 FLASHED BLACKPOOL ,15 JS!S? rllfl? 4 Blackpool Flashed P*"** ll P""^ Airmail Coral Sea159 words
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Article, Illustration47 1949-07-09 7 ited atna !r ct\c- j Are the Of m- with le rare d a th a I I and I I I I INBOARD I I iN\>. I 1 4 b Itins I 30 I 41 I ■°M H JO n S I I"" beats Valley47 words
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Article135 1949-07-09 7 Allworth, says 'Trespasser 1 CAN Allworth stay the gruelling distance a mile and a quarter of the Singapore Cup race at Bukit Timah this afternoon? If he can, he will have a good chance of winning as ihe is peak form. His best effort over the mile and quarter was135 words
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Article48 1949-07-09 7 AH. KARDAR, Oxford Uni- versity and Indian Test all-rounder, will play for the Gentlemen against the Play- eis m the annual match at Lord's on Wednesday. He takes the place of WilI fred Wooller, the Glamorgan captain, who had to withdraw from the Gentlemen* Reuto48 words
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Article17 1949-07-09 7 AN international soccer match between Finland and Norway ended m a oneall draw yesterday.17 words
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343 1949-07-09 7 Locke and Bradshaw tie: play off today BOBBY LOCKE of South Africa and Harry Bradshaw of Eire tied for the British open golf championship at Sandwich yesterday, when they had identical scores for 36 holes and so equalled the championship record low aggregate of 283. lliey will replay over 36Reuter - 343 words
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Article61 1949-07-09 7 ITALY gained a 2-0 lead by winning the first two singles yesterday when their European Zone Davis Cup semi-final tie against Yugoslavia opened m Rome. Gianni Cucelli beat Drage Mitic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-5, and V. Canapele beat Joseph Pallada 6-4. 6-4. Today Cucelli partners61 words
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Article43 1949-07-09 7 CIX>SE of play scores m the two-day cricket match betweea Eton and Harrow which began at Lords yesterday v/ere: Harrow 128 (J-ffreys. right-arm fast, four for seven) and 41 lor three; Eton 176 (Marlar, slower pin, six for 60). Reuter.43 words
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Article22 1949-07-09 7 THE Chinese Swimming Club is holding a dance for members and their families tonight froir. nine o'clock to 1 a.m.22 words
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Article43 1949-07-09 7 OELOW Is the card for the races at Bukit Timah today, the l?»st day of the Singapore Turf Club July Meeting. The Double Tote will be on races five and eight, and the Big Sweep will be drawn on race seven.43 words
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81 1949-07-09 7 000 Honey Comb Woods 9.00 "Morven Stable" Fox 130 Ascot Vale Lansdoffn 8.13 "B'ckhampton Stables" Spencer 000 Elegant Art McPhexsoc 8.12 "Playmate Stable" Martin 000 Diamond Epic Healey 8.08 "Shaw stable" Davles 004 Oriental Charted 8.05 "Mr. M. Curtis" Mr.81 words
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507 1949-07-09 7 302 Golden Slipper Flarnery 9.00 "Neil Kongsi" Wads worth 200 The Magic Lamp Healey 8.10 "Mr. Aladdm" Davles I 110 Lovely Bore Charles 8.08 Mr. L. P. Knight Hobbs 341 Ramilliea Laycock 8.06 Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe Manning 1 000 Azad507 words
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241 1949-07-09 7 120 Biar Harper 9.00 "Orchard Rd. Stable" Davies j 300 First Fancy Ellery 312 "Mr. Moneycome" /ong 000 Assail Plannery 8.11 Mr. Llm Chunn O r ok Sullivan 000 Spear Mirth Charles 8.05 Mr H. C. Reilly Hcbbs 002 Good241 words
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Article127 1949-07-09 7 ARMY A THLETIC MEET NEXT SATURDAY rHE Singapore District (Army) athletic cham- pionships will be held on the garrison sports ground at Nee Soot on Saturday, July 16. Team and individual representation will come from every unit m Singapore, and from Singapore District troops serving m Johore. The entries this127 words
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Advertisement349 1949-07-09 7 BOOKKEEPING Burroughs bookkeeping jSkBSKSnVX&A bSBHvB machines post ledgers K*^ and statements. r: F'l^bß, Provide neat, accurate, >. legible records that are i^^T always up-to-date. Pre- |ff| H^m ference for hlgh-efflci-ency Burroughs book- keeping machines is indicated by their wide use m financial, commercial, and industrial concerns throughout the world. Sole349 words
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Article424 1949-07-09 8 CANTON NAVY WARNS POWERS Action again* warships HONG KONG, Saturday. PHE Chinese Nationalist Navy will "take L effective action" against any foreign warship rvinff to enter Chinese territorial waters m the "hSai area, the C.-in-C. of the Nationalist Vavv Adm. Kwei Yinß-chin*, has announced Aim Kwei issueu this warning m424 words
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Article182 1949-07-09 8 HONG KONG, Sat. /CHINESE piece goods manu- V> facturers here fear that Japanese piece goods will drive Chinese products "completely out of the South Sea markets." including Malaya m the next two months. They say the recent dumping have cut their prices by 23 p r182 words
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167 1949-07-09 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Satur. TOKYO ROSE," who insisted as fete as 1947 that she was a U.S. citizen. s defending herself at her treason trial by pleading that she is not a U.S. citizen, and hence could not be guilty of treason. She167 words
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Article63 1949-07-09 8 ANTON Saadeh, President of j the outlawed Syrian Natlonal Party, was executed by a firing squad yesterday, after j being sentenced by a secret i court martial. Saadeh was arrested when > Syrian and Lebanon troops m- i tensified their drive to stamp out guerrillas of63 words
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Article107 1949-07-09 8 NEW YORK, Sat. THE jury m the trial of Alger Hiss on two charges of perjury on Friday night for the second time m 24 hours said it could not agree on a verdict and once again the Judge sent it back to try107 words
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Article155 1949-07-09 8 SAIGON, Fri. VIETNAM (pro-Govern-ment) guerilla troops are now m control of some two-thirds of the Quang Nsai area m Annam, according to the Vietnamese newspaper Than Nien. The newspaper said that throe weeks ago troops under the command of former students of the Trail155 words
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179 1949-07-09 8 GOLD STRIKE CANARD TOLD AT INQUIRY JOHANNESBURG. Sat. HOW a false report of a fabulously rich gold strike on Farm bankbarrheid, adJoining Erdeel. m the OranetFree State came tr> be issued was told by a journalist yesterday at an official inquiry here. Mr Harold Rob* r; son. member of che179 words
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Article24 1949-07-09 8 Mr. Sarat Chandra Bose, founder of the Indian Socialist Republican Party, will leavr Geneva for London to see a heart specialist.24 words
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Article19 1949-07-09 8 Nine typTioon deaths and damaae estimated at $230,000 are reported from the Philippine island of Cebu.19 words
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Article78 1949-07-09 8 BETWEEN 70 and 75 per cent, of urban Indians are infected with tuberculosis, according to Dr. Svend K. Svendsen. Danish leader of a team of Scandinavian doctors touring India to encouraer anti-tuberculosis vacC "ir "svendsen said that the 14-year-olds were infected most. So far, about78 words
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Article, Illustration236 1949-07-09 8 BATAVIA, Saturday. DR. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, head of the Republican Emergency Government, which has been hiding out m Sumatra, will return to Jogjakarta 'within a few days" and is expected to arrive m Batavia tomorrow, Republican sources said here yesterday. It is thought that Dr. Sjafruddin236 words
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Article74 1949-07-09 8 CANTOS, Sat. THE Nationalist Prime Minister, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan. gave Dr. Sun Fo, son of Dr. Sun Vat-sen, a wordless rebuke for not observing austerity. The old Marshal moved into the Government House formerly occupied by Dr. Sun Fo, found rich aid luxurious furnishings, cu'ios and priceless74 words
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Article62 1949-07-09 8 JERUSALEM. Sat. I FIRING broke out yester- day for the first time m months across the yarrow noman's land m Jerusalem One Israel soldier was kill- cd. It is not known whether the Arabs suffered any casualties. The Syrian-Israeli arm .stice agreement is to be signed next62 words
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Article175 1949-07-09 8 JOHANNESBURG, Saturday. liHE Dutch Reformed Church Congress here yesterday called on the Government of South Africa to ask Britain to withhold recognition of Seretse Khama as the paramount chief of the Bamangwato tribe m Bechuanaland. A Congress resolution said Soretse's marriage to Ruth Williams.175 words
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Article25 1949-07-09 8 Britain is to buy nearly 1.000,000 tons of coarse grainy from Russia. Russia, will also supply a large quantity of wheat.— A P.25 words
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Advertisement11 1949-07-09 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 10.58 a.m; 9.48 p.m. Tomorrow: Il.-I9a.nn; 10.35 p.m.11 words
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