The Singapore Free Press, 4 August 1949
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Title Section17 1949-08-04 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE MALAYA I _SINGAPQBE, THIRSDAY, AIWST 4, 1949. PRICE 10 CENI17 words
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Article, Illustration232 1949-08-04 1 But the truce is armed asiy •i i, v broadcast from Joaiak-irt-i la«i mght, the President of the S c Dr Soekamo, ordered the guerilla anSS to observe" JSttSSr** affeemenl hl lo hold theif D&h^KM ZmZZr nation and the The President thanked the Republican armedA.P.; Reuter - 232 words
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Article52 1949-08-04 1 SIR Frank Stockdale, who had served for 40 years In the Colonial Service and had seen duty m every British colony except the Falkland Is- 1 lands, was found dead 'n his bed m London yesterday. He was deputy chairman of the Colonial Development corporation, and wasA.P. - 52 words
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Article, Illustration18 1949-08-04 1 Lord Derby's horse, Alycidon. ridden by D. Smith, winning the Goodwood Cup from Ridin? Mill at Goodwood Races.18 words
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129 1949-08-04 1 JOHANNESBURG, Thursday fjEAVILY armed police guarded Maseru Jail m 11 Basutol&nd yesterday when seven Basutos including the second and fourth leading chiefs m order of seniority m the whole tribe, were executed for ritual murder. The special guards were the result 01 anA.P. - 129 words
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Article35 1949-08-04 1 Singapore police have arrested a Sikh who is alleged to have caused the death of another Sikh by hitting him on the head with a pole during a quarrel last week.35 words
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Article31 1949-08-04 1 Fifty- three people were arrested m Johore under the Emergency Regulations m the four days from July 27 to 31. They were two Malays, four Indians and 47 Chinese31 words
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Article121 1949-08-04 1 JERSEY, Thursday. AS a result of the German occupation of this Channel island during the war, there Is a queue of 400 islanders waiting to get divorces. An "action committee" has been formed to campaign for the speedy Introduction of a divorce law on theReuter - 121 words
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Article71 1949-08-04 1 MR. Keith C. Roy arrlvad In New York by air yesterday on his way from London to Washington to resume negotiations, with World Bank officials on India's application for a development loan. Mr. Roy, India's chief negotiator, declined In an interview at the airport, to discloseReuter - 71 words
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Article36 1949-08-04 1 Miss Millicent Theresa Gordon, who would have been 105 on August 25. has died at Hampton Court Palace, Lonj don. where she had lived for more than a century. A.P.A.P. - 36 words
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Article44 1949-08-04 1 •f CHIEFS (I TALKS U.S. joint on Atlantic anis- G^-n Omar ■i~7- Adm D< 'H'v. S Vsndi miliLS I krmanv Soznmlttee h&\e r"■ t u e Adn;- >>. million am JgeUly reJH»e it wlni Comthat pre ■J* Oreece. l irv supplies L Pact U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Article, Illustration17 1949-08-04 1 Queen Elizabeth, who is 49 today. She will leave lor Balmoral Castle (Scotland) tomorrow with the King.17 words
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Article166 1949-08-04 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE United States Senate approved again today the bill allocating $3,628,380,000 m Marshall Plan aid to countries belonging to the organisation for the year 1949-50. It also voted for a budget of $1,074,000,000 for the final quarter of 1948-49, thus restoring the $74,000,000Reuter - 166 words
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98 1949-08-04 1 SYDNEY, Thursday. THE fuel Minister. Mr William P. Ashley, told striking New South Wal^s miners yesterday that the Australian Government was considering using troops tn underground pits as well as opencast mines, where they smarted work on Tuesday. Troops moved into the openca^ workings98 words
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Article68 1949-08-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A POLICE jungle squad kill- ed two armed bandits at Kampong Lubok Tawah m the Temerloh area of Perak yesterday and arrested a woman who accompanied the men. In the early hours of yesterday morning, a screening operation was carried out In68 words
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215 1949-08-04 1 VATICAN CITY, Wed. nriHE Vatican newspaper, j Osservatore Romano, said I yesterday that the legislation of birth control m Japan! played Into Communist hands and meant that they would outnumber anti-Communists by 1963 Osservatore Romano said TS^^^^^oS^ !^e Communists alone op-TvV'-Pri \the measure This215 words
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Article166 1949-08-04 1 ANCHISES MEN SAY: KOBE, Wednesday. THK Nationalist blockade of Shanghai was "100 per cent, effective" an*! life was beboming increasingly difficult, said members of the crew of the Anchises badly damaged by Nationalist bomSuig off Shanghai which was towed into Kobe today. No mail was allowed m,166 words
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256 1949-08-04 1 Dumeresque says 'I was not asked' COMMERCIAL RADIO PLAN Director of Broadcasting. Mr. J. Dumeresqur\ said "I was not consulted 4 when asked ih»s morning whether the Federal Legislative C'ouiu il committee had sought his views on the rnainmondation that the Rediffusion Company be askod to take over Malayan broadcasting.256 words
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Article58 1949-08-04 1 ....AND THEN THEREWERE 11 VTEVDOKIA Troflmovna X Kostyrkina. already a mother of seven, recently gave birth to quadruplets m a railway hospital m Chita, eastern Siberia. The mother and four infant girls were reported doing well under the care of a specially assigned doctor and nurse. Mr. Kostyrkina is aU.P. - 58 words
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Article33 1949-08-04 1 Free Press Staff Reporter At two o'clock this morning, the south-bound mail 1 from Kuala Lumpur stoned by unseen Denoni rout miles north of Sedennk South Johore. Five wir were smashed.33 words
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Article58 1949-08-04 1 J^ SPtCIAL Market rorrr^wnd ent gives the price* of ruht*r (m cents per Ib.) at II a.m ind.jy as follow*: Buyers Sellers No I It S.S. Spot: loose 33 IT, h o b In bales Au« N». 1 E.B.S. 33 33', Nf» 2 B.S.S. 31', 31 a U«.58 words
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Article38 1949-08-04 1 Last night, bandits fired on a special constable at a defence post near the railway siding on Johore Labis Estate. Segamat. The constable re- turned the fire. There were no casualties and no damage.38 words
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Advertisement51 1949-08-04 1 I 1, ides' plus/ Spore Cold Storage gives something extra. We sell frozen, chilled, n tins, but we give ng extra too. We certainty of good of cleanliness, j and more efficient I delveries and benefits of modern methods with all refinements. I tour marketing at L| > STORAGE 1^51 words
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Advertisement17 1949-08-04 1 PKOTOGR4PHS r j'lr ALL OCCASION ir.iioor or out door try NEW REX PHOTO RDMO 1, KaMUs i>orr17 words
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Article, Illustration1346 1949-08-04 2 ERNESTA BARLOW - ERNESTA BARLOW By TK H KHAN: 'pilK Persian government said "open sesame" and the i^rear vault m Ihe bank here unlocked to show 1!) visitors from America the state ti "isure. VV<- flle^ into the steel r un. At what we saw there,1,346 words
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438 1949-08-04 2 MALCOLM JOHNSON - Underworld's 'king-pin takes a trip MALCOLM JOHNSON By It/lEVER Lansky, New ifl York underworld big shot, now m Italy, probably win be joined there soon by one or more of his associates, it was learned today. Questioned before sailing. Lansky admitted he might visit Charles Lucky t Luciano, who is438 words
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Article, Illustration315 1949-08-04 2 PASTS contribution to tflc bidding is notable, lor it was only because East remained quiet that North-South per into trouble. East's strength In the suits the opponents were bidding made silence his wisest course Then, when they reached three hearts East correctly ded'icel that hi.* partner would be315 words
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Article220 1949-08-04 2 Australians Murder English 'yHE King's English, A says Sidney J. Baker, is all washed up. The language, he says, will one day be replaced by American-English. Baker is an Australian lecturer and Journalist who has made a study of Australian speech. The King's English, he told the Arts Council ofA.P. - 220 words
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Article155 1949-08-04 2 PETER QUENNELL - Fun In Every Paragraph PETER QUENNELL Reviews ntm books m IK. lOVB m a Climate, bj N Mitford, is one ol most genuinely lighthearted books puli lished during Ihe 12 months; and H alone m this son of beaming sk and overclou headlines should v enough to recomm< it. From155 words
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Miscellaneous103 1949-08-04 2 F.P. Crossword No. 757 ll' 8 2 II 3 li4p |6 giO II I Sl2 m 21 22 Z3 IP 1 HH §z m f 3E_~ZZZI 'MM I 1 I II w fe CLUES A< KOSB tig eagerly (■)>■ 1 Benae (4); 9 R^ret (3>, lo Duregai ia Forward (4);103 words
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Miscellaneous599 1949-08-04 2 SINGAPORE 6 20 C»yt All Hospitals vUh (BLUE NETWORK. StoSVS-.'TS 1 iLnTS 484 and 41.7 metres. Pakistan Newsletter 7.1;> sing^Emergency news from K.L. Pore share Market Report 7 20 at 10 a.m. Hawaiian Melodies 7.30 Eddie TODAY South Trio Ted Health drches10 News from Kuala Lumpur Jj* 8 t Forum599 words
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Article415 1949-08-04 3 mat of civil war, anarchy By A Special Correspondent AFTER two weeks m Indonesia, covering more than 1,000 miles by air and seeing everything md everybody, I have come to some definite! (uulusions. It is useless to hold a post mortem and tr> to assessNANA - 415 words
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Article147 1949-08-04 3 Edmund Nicholh, 29, of Ware, Hertfordlirf, began ;i letter to his wife pleading with 4 return to him. was read at a double inquest at th the scrawled words: "I have Id not live without her. I loved md In hunt- after 1 dead147 words
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Article87 1949-08-04 3 THE Rev Michio Kozaki, Moderator of the Church >1 Chrllt m Japan, said m ..n'Aton that he believed it "extremely likely that the Japanese imperial family will embrace Christianity, especially the Empress.," Rev. Kozaki was the only Japanese to attend sessions of the Central Committee ofA.P. - 87 words
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Article84 1949-08-04 3 mHIRTY- YEAR-OLD Eric 1 Burton's shop, built for him by eight old soldier comrades had an official opening at Brampton, Huntingdonshire. Burton lost a leg m Normandy. The eight ex-Ser-vicemen, all members of the British Legion, gave their spare time to build a general stores84 words
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Article91 1949-08-04 3 FIVE hundred pounds damages were awarded at Bristol Divorce Court to William GibMngs, a mir^r, of Chilcompton, granted a decree on the grounds of his wife's misconduct with Walter Doherty, insurance agent. Gibbin^s had suffered "the pain of gossip" m the village, said Judg'^ Kirkhouse91 words
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Article14 1949-08-04 3 GARAGE IN TWO STATES IR m the j wrage Souththat the ided Igfct V.14 words
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Article134 1949-08-04 3 Terraline may oust Nylon 4 new synthetic product which might compete m popularity with Nylon was nentioned recently by Sir Charles Goodevek, British scientist. He told a joint meeting of the Engineering Institute of Canada and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy at Ottawa, that a young university manA.P. - 134 words
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Article90 1949-08-04 3 HE 'NETTED' 200 BATS MR. William Common 37--year-old engineer became suspicious when he noticed dozens of bats flying around his house m Shepper-tou-on-Thames every evenins at dusk. He sent an urgent message to the local municipal council Officials investigated, found a colony of hundreds of bats, not m the roofReuter - 90 words
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Article172 1949-08-04 3 £21,000 JEWELS SMUGGLED MAGISTRATE Sir Lawrence if Dunne decided at Bowstreet that the C21.0U0 worth of jewels brought to London m 1939 by Milan jeweller K.i/so Colombo were liable to condemnation ana forfeiture by the Customs and Excise. Mr. Paull, for Colombo, said that m 1939 he thought his stock172 words
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Article, Illustration46 1949-08-04 3 Millionairess Barbara Hut ton on holiday m Venice. She is recovering; from recent op erations. A U.S. court aye her the custody of her son, Lance, to assist her recovery despite the opposition of the boy's father, Count Reventlow. Here is Miss Hutton with Lance's tutor.46 words
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Article49 1949-08-04 3 OVER 1,000 Australian soldiers and airmen have been digging coal m bitter weather m strikebound New South Wales opencast mines. The first trainloads of fuel produced vi "Operation Ex- cavation," which went into I full swing at seven mines at midnight, are on their way tc •Sydney.— ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article101 1949-08-04 3 'THE island of Brecqhou m the English Channel/ has been put up for sale at a price of £20,000. It lies a little to the west of the main Channel Island of Sark, has two houses, two cottages and I a hostel. There is disusedReuter - 101 words
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Article98 1949-08-04 3 ALL visitors had gone ashore, the gangplank was up. relatives waved and blew Essei and France's refitted liner lie De France was ready to leave Le Havre for New york Then an ancient Paris taxi drove up with 60-year-old Mrs. Macstear of Brooklyn, lean- i ing98 words
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Article25 1949-08-04 3 Gen Mac Arthur's' headquarters has announced that technicians would m future be permitted to leave Japan for employment In I foreign countries.- ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article307 1949-08-04 3 AFTER hearing 43 witnesses, Cambridge magistrates j committed for trial Gerald Raby Vane. .23-year-old undergraduate and younger, son of Lord Barnard, of Raby Castle. Co.. Durham, on threo charges of manslaughter and one of dangerous driving. He pleaded not guilty and reserved his dofrnce. Ball307 words
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Article249 1949-08-04 3 "Quiet" man shot 3— is jailed FORMER Battery Sergeant-Major George Norman Collman, 46, who shot and wounded two women and a man on Brighton front, was at Lewes Assizes jailed for five years. Collman, who served m Burma, was described by a Brighton detective -inspector as "normally a sober, hard-working,249 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-08-04 3 This Mgiit-seeing electric train m the Bavarian Alps is built on the gold fish bowl principle. It carries 72 passengers and its speed 70 m.p.h.25 words
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Article65 1949-08-04 3 FORGOTTEN FACTOR— LOVE THE edi f or of the Vatican magazine Fides, Slgnor Igino Giordni, and a German Communist Party member rpoke from the same platform In Caux-r,ur-Montreux, Switzerland a f the World Assemr lj for mora! rearmament. 1 "Moral rearmament is the key to the solution of the problems65 words
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Article195 1949-08-04 3 4 LARMING reports of the continued disappearance of young girls In Western Germany has led police to investigate the possibility that a white slave ring is m operation. > The chaos resulting from the splitting of the city into East and West sections makes Berlin an195 words
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331 1949-08-04 3 G.P.O. makes £3, 000, 000 from pools BIGGEST prizewinner m Britain's football pooh is the Post Oflice, which makes a clear profli ol £3,000,000 a ytar out of postal order poundage. Sir Raymond Birchall. dapper Director-u of the Post Oiru-e, uas all m favour of the punter when he told331 words
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Article125 1949-08-04 3 Dentist 'a public menace' ANOTTINCiHAM dent was allowed U have extracted 26 teeth from I 30-year-old male Health B vie? patient, and to charged him M ~> 6d When Nottirißham Com and City Ikalth Bxecul Council were told thll I chairman, Mr. H C. M Carlton, said: "There is question125 words
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Article82 1949-08-04 3 IAPANESi^ Christian pastor, Sake Akaiwa, has reconsidered his decision to enter the Communist Party and has agree*" not to do so. The announcement was made by [tUthorities of the United Churches of Chris* m Japan. Accordlrp- to the announcement Akaiwa, who caused an outcry In82 words
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Article106 1949-08-04 3 Navy sacks 1 ,200 in Malta ABOUT 1,200 civilians. D of them Malt cians, working m the Bn'.i I naval dockyard at Ma have been told that. of the difficult financial ill tion m the United Kingdoi they would be sacked v.; the* next year. The statement was m Admiral106 words
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Article30 1949-08-04 3 NEW air servers linl Canada and Britain Hongkong are to be ostab ed under an air agreement between Br and Canada initialled In 1 1 don.- ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article65 1949-08-04 3 A FARMER m Russian-occupird Saxony faced iri.tl t\ before the provincial court recently, charged with failure to deliver the obligatory quota of his berr> rop In defence, he claimed Russian soldiers had tramplfjl down his beds and plucked the fruit. He was sriiW-m d l.» ninp month* mA.P. - 65 words
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Advertisement21 1949-08-04 3 THE GUARANTEE ffl'sWi OF EXCEUEMCE \> 9s^/$$ M HOLLAND PURE DUTCH MAGARINE HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. mm LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PEN ANC21 words
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617 1949-08-04 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUG. 4, 1949. THREE TRAYS OF FOOD IN the Public Health Mv- seuin of the College of Medicine, Singapore, is a very Interesting little exhibit. It shows side by side cimen daily diets for Malays. Chinese and Indians m Singapore and Malaya. It is to617 words
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955 1949-08-04 4 Excommunication is meant as a cure VATICAN CITY: ONE of the most sweeping pronouncements of excommunication m the Catholic Church's 2.000 years of history has set millions of Catholics throughout the world examiningtheir consciences. Catholics today are face to face with the full realisation that no compromise is any longer955 words
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Article, Illustration785 1949-08-04 4 MICHAEL KING - MICHAEL KING By tyHEN the Germans flattened large areas of London by bombing during the war, they provided the Roman and Mediaeval London Excavation Council with opportunities to explore devastated land which had been covered for centuries by the city's huddled building. The Council's archaeologists, supported by785 words
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Article695 1949-08-04 4 POLITICO - POLITICO by rpHE Federal LegislaA ture has a warm regard for the homely phrase, and yesterday there was rich indulgement. Tails were wagging dogs, cake was both had and eaten, and the goose killed that lays the golden egg. But t b, Federation baulks at any695 words
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Advertisement14 1949-08-04 4 ore* 3 a of a \!t #S C£wn/*ys L^/ uT <g^*— t9-2IHfGH ST., $'POXS.14 words
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Advertisement24 1949-08-04 4 WIS MASTERS VOK±_ KjCO^ DD. 6043 H 9763 2R61 B C. 1395 C 3594 C\ 1414 ESTAB wot uiniNG 167 5 JOHN UTUtj f.24 words
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Miscellaneous158 1949-08-04 4 GILES draws his audience OPEN to the public recently an if /J Exhibition of Humorous Art m London. Giles v jfe I paid a visit. His task had a touch of Vfiawft**)^) novelty. For instead of his normal pencil- f|vl!u^^^~ I reporting on some subject for the amusemeht p^rt /4?158 words
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Article294 1949-08-04 5 COLONY SHOW FOR UN. MEN Industries of Malnvn Free Press Staff Reporter A in c n h^ tiO r tO St Malaya and Singapore Sfprl, gateS Wh Will attend the E.C.A.F.E. KiJ q f °P c ln the Victoria Memorial Sni Se Ptember is being planned by the H?nn P294 words
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Article61 1949-08-04 5 Surface mails are expected to arrive m Singapore today from* China. Japan Siam and the U.K. closing times for posting surface mails at the G.P.O ore: to: Hongkong, Japan, Chin.i except Hoi How), the U.S. Canada, tht Philippines and Scu.h Africa: noon, and to the U.K., N. Ireland, Europe,61 words
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Article, Illustration56 1949-08-04 5 ISCHE Osman iaha of Province Wellesley, who is the first Malay to have qualified as an air pilot m a foreign country. The Saudi Arabian Government has sent him to Britain for further training. Inche Osman, after two years' training at Taif. was selected by the Saudi Arabian Government for56 words
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Article46 1949-08-04 5 COUNCIL SCHOLARS DO WELL v who CounngaDore •hey ions oi bin at tas been at Mr G. T. M dical been r of His nolcgy. Bab now cc at ftO- relay ker, Repreirned to Sunday oent lie U •mprises of MaDiunel. and year— h Cuunr—each rea.46 words
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Article67 1949-08-04 5 LA LUMPUR. Wed. special turned j vesterd:iy r spedeserter from tate was arrested laid an ambush is m the Men- Pahang and armed Maine of the surwas recognised nstable of Sungel pas warned charges another two Malay killed m the a area -creened an area of is67 words
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Article24 1949-08-04 5 It cost $40,160 last year to maintain the Maiayan Information Agency m London, it was stated m the Federal Leeislative Council yesterday.24 words
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Article39 1949-08-04 5 Certificates for the Cambridge School Certificates December, 1948 Examination have arrived from 'ambridge and are ready for distribution. Successful school candid < should apply at their respective schools and private candidates at the Department of Education, Fullerton Building.39 words
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Article27 1949-08-04 5 Lawrence Jansz, whc was admitted Into the General Hospital on Tuesday night after a motor-cycle accident m Upper Serangoon Road, died yesterday without recovering consciousness.27 words
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Article, Illustration47 1949-08-04 5 picture. ACONCJ&RT of Chinese guikanj: music uu.s p»< -x-tiit-d by the Chenh Hua Amateur Musical Association at the British Council Hall on Tuesday night. It was sponsored by the Singapore Music Circle. Picture shows Mrs. P. A. B. McKerron inspecting the musical instru- ments.— E. C. LewE. C. Lew - 47 words
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Article208 1949-08-04 5 !Frce Press Staff Reporter E than 60 boys and girls, children of Malayans mg m the Inited Kingdom, have flown to Pore m the past week for their school summer ame on a special 8.0.A.C. service. London to Singapore and return is the fare208 words
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Article196 1949-08-04 5 Free Press Staff Reporter VUITH a £50,000 grant offered by the British Gov- ernment, the Pan -Malayan Broadcasting Advisory Committee recommends the setting up of 1,000 community listening centres m the Federation of Malaya and Singapore. The Director of Broadcasting, Mr. John Dumeresque, told the Free196 words
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Article204 1949-08-04 5 Al the cinema I THINK you will like "The Passionate Friends'' (Pavilion. Thursday) because the people m it are so real and because the acting is superb. Ann Todd is the heroins, Trevor Howard the man she is m love with and Claude Rains is her husband.Y.J.S. - 204 words
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Article364 1949-08-04 5 MEANING TWISTED -LAYCOCK MR. John Laycock yesterday replied to the Federation Select Committee on the subject of an excess profits test m considering war damage compensation. The Federation Committee had unanimously disagreed with a rider signed by six Singapore unofficials and *n observation signed by Mr Laycock contained m the364 words
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Article345 1949-08-04 5 SMC HOUSING LOANS Free Press Staff Reporter pXPATRIATE officers of the Singapore Municipality will not be eligible for loans to enable them to build or buy dwelling houses m the Colony. This principle has been adopted by the Municipal Commissioners who have agreed, on the345 words
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Article137 1949-08-04 5 A TRIBUTE to those who j volunteered to .spread English education amontf the people of Singapore durinp their spare time was paid by Mr N. I. Low, Supervisor of j Private Schools. Singapore, at a dinner party Riven by the Aiiglo-Malav Evening School The Anglo-Mala/ Evening School137 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-08-04 5 picture. rtYtlE Malay Teachers' Association of Malaya held their annual general meeting at the Banda Hilir English s chool, Malacca on July 30 when Dato Onn J>in Jaafar addressed the gathering:. Picture shows the meeting m session.- P.R.P.R. - 38 words
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Article172 1949-08-04 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday EDUCATIONAL, moral and Industrial training are m b^ il rodu 4 c 4 ed m the |)risons m Malaya, said Mr. O V. Garratt, Commissioner of Prisons when i he addressed a Rotary lun< neon meeting here toda>. The object, he said,172 words
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Article47 1949-08-04 5 PAKISTANIS TO CELEBRATE Pakistanis m Singapore will celebrate Pakistan Day on Aug. 14 Arrangements for a mass meeting have eon made by the Overseas Pakistan League. The meeting, will take place at Jalan Besar Stadium. Officers and ratings of the Pakistani Navy frigate. Zulfiqar, will take part.47 words
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193 1949-08-04 5 Jap cloth: million more yds. arrive Fre« Press Chines* Corresponilrn Over 1.0u0.000 yards of Japan* texi lei iust arrived m Singai) I the Fukien and th» v chus. This is the fourth RhlDii imported against the M Van QoTernn import Quo La of 25.000' issued early th and is by193 words
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Article73 1949-08-04 5 C. W. CLUB PLAN DANCE The Cable ana Win Club will hold a d;r St. Andrew's School i Woodsviiie tomorrow i 830 p.m. to 1 am to co))r-<*t funds to furnish I acquired club houci I Park. Music will bo Sambodians D; vocalist PftHghl (><>;: Tickets available it thl and73 words
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Advertisement29 1949-08-04 5 Ham s hantaung SILK 'N TWENTY BRILLIANT SHADES TO CHOOSE FROM 42" WIDTH US SEND HOME A P *RCEL FOR YOU A S\av^V\ Ctr. l *ci Singapore WTEifPHONf 521429 words
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Advertisement129 1949-08-04 5 j CHILDREN'S j STORY BOOKS I 1 i jf These h&cks 4£**t!nsffi make delightful iff r J^^^M for B °v s > 2 60 'ml The Cha for Girls 2.60 /Hj£''4 I c ea Hoo L 2.50 f Mff I drl, 2.50 i The "Monster Book te' for Boys 2.95129 words
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Article494 1949-08-04 6 Gilt-edgeds are idle LONDON, Thursday. RECENT sellers of British Government stocks took a rest yesterday and the gilt-edged section of the London Stocn Exchange, although fractionally easier throughout the list, was idle for the greater par x of the session, says Reuter's financial correspondent Most other markets also spent a494 words
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Article205 1949-08-04 6 JYJR. Gerald Hawkins, Secretary fur Defence Singapore, said last night that Siftglp would have a Volunteer Air Force shorth. Speaking tp members of the V.M C.A., MiHawkins warned that the dangers to this count n would come not only from the enemy outsid also internally205 words
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Article43 1949-08-04 6 THE Federation Government 1 is to pay $20,087 for 89 duplicating machines which have "disappeared." The machines were bought by the B.M.A. m India for use by the Civil Affairs Department, Malaya, after the liberation, but cannot now b« traced.43 words
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Article39 1949-08-04 6 To celebrate the second anniversary of the fasir Panning Rural District Rural Committee, a tea-party will be held at the tlwa Chiow Chinese Boys' School. Bakau Lane Pasir Panjang Road, on Saturday. Aug 6 at 430 Dm39 words
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Article116 1949-08-04 6 SHIPS m port alongside the Smpapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (god owns m brackets > were Main Wharf: Slrdtiana (33-34^. Elp-'nor (36-37). Amstcldijk (38--39 >, Fukien 40-41 Salawati (42--43 > West Wharf: Orduna (1-1), Tjikampek (4-5), Blankvann (6--7), Riouw (8-9), Somelsd.'jk (9--10) Kamuning (11-12). AntUochus (13-14 i. Astyanax116 words
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442 1949-08-04 6 UNOFFICIALS VOTE FOR RUBBER DELEGATE Federal Council proposal Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federal Legislative Council today passed by a large majority a motion, introduced by Sir Sydney Palmer, urging that Malaya should have separate representation at all meetings of the International Rubber Study Group. Thirteen unofficials442 words
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Article, Illustration45 1949-08-04 6 picture. THE President of the King Fdward VII College of Medicine Alumni Association, Dr. I. S. Abraham, speaking at the annual tiinner held at the Hotel Majestic Kuala Lumpur, last Sunday On the left are Dr. (Miss) Soo Kirn Lan and Sir Henry Gurney. P.R.P.R. - 45 words
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Article134 1949-08-04 6 rr\HE Government of North I JL Borneo plans to establish a i commercial college m Jesselton. possibly m 1951 01 1952. and has asked business firms m North Borneo what sup- i port, financial or otherwise. It may expect to receive from them. The committee of134 words
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Article24 1949-08-04 6 French sailor nnporp yesterday camp fi tho 4.35*0- ton Fleet R. Ship Jules Verne which \ay from Toiilon t<< l-'rench q lndo-Chlna24 words
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Article, Illustration50 1949-08-04 6 picture PRINCESS Vibhavadi Rangsit, Governor Qfcril of India Sri Rajagopalachari, and Prince Pi> I li < photographed m New Delhi The Prince and Print son and daughter-in-law of Siam's recent. Prince sit, were m Delhi on a short visit as State faestl M the A. P. IndianA.P. - 50 words
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Advertisement130 1949-08-04 6 CAPITOL Phone HS$ STARTS TODAY I 11-1.45, i.uo, »).:jo !).3O p.m. DESTINY WAITS UP. WHEN THEY KEEP THAT RENDEZVOUS AT ROAdJWVSB! W r*L vfll H^ jj£. JmL WILDE Bfttfffli CELESTE B9JMB HOLM rtT^^i RICHARD W»SlB WIDMARK y% .1 Century-Fox ricture ALHAMBRA Air-(Onditioned Tel. 6909 LAST DAY 11) 1". MS 9.30130 words
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Miscellaneous241 1949-08-04 6 SwldliCSrSK B Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya "I I MY— L -i I IT WAS -MANDRAKE I I YES,THlS IS THE CWIEF/ WHAT? I I I'M TELLING YOU. CHIEF- TWO i DIAMOND UL. THE MAGlClAN/ IMPOSSIBLE/ n/ HUNDR&O PEOPLE SAW HIM H DEfi&,OiSGUl£cO ASMAHDRAKE. --TIARA-- jsr >-\y241 words
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44 1949-08-04 7 Ezzard Charles is 'superb' -but angry cYORK, Boxing ium, and "superb the pre--180 t he he enwin sucJune 22 irbed by him an -.^s ranging Ighie commission V rk Boxing to re- Lesneit. of his Charles bson and s each riur- Ith Al U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Article482 1949-08-04 7 CHAMPIONSHIP BID BY SURREY Perks breaks a record THE weather was a .mUT', Thutsday 1 yesterday for i« *i le klnd er to cricket which made a start tT* Class Matches by rain at one ttae^L'ther llUerfered Wlth who score^exlctTa douhf day Went t0 S d Brown Kent this season'Reuter - 482 words
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Article, Illustration41 1949-08-04 7 Ong (hew Bee caught m an unusual pos c crossed-leggcd during the final of the men's doubles m the V.M.C.A. tennis championships. He and Lim He e Chin beat 1. A. Alsagoff and H. Kamis 3 6, 6 2. 6 o.41 words
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Article35 1949-08-04 7 Walker Cup men 'the best ever' Iker Cup d In the the Laddie best Erier." able, he said, the selection of c with ball Ye be- 'he ten host I Cup matcnes iuKUSt U.P. IU.P. - 35 words
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Article386 1949-08-04 7 BIRMINGHAM, Wednesday 4 BRILLIANT not out century by Martin Donnelly enabled the New Zealanders to score 302 for nine wickets yesterday o n the first day of their match against Warwickshire. Donnelly, who is usually an aggressive batsman, played a restrained innings which was called forReuter - 386 words
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Article114 1949-08-04 7 LORD Astor, whose horse High Stakes was mistakenly declared a short head winner of the Bentinck States at Goodwood last week although the photo finish camera showed that the French horse Hornet 111 was ahead at the winning post, has offered to divide the prlzemoney with Hornet'sReuter - 114 words
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Article53 1949-08-04 7 The Rover;? Sports Club team to meet the S.C.C. on the Padang tomorrow will be: Ong Eng Hoe. Johan, Sabapathy. W. A. Morton. I. J. Vass. Jorri Hon. Lian Sin, P. Peters. Khamid. Boon Leong, Yin Kce. Vijiaretnam, Yew, Heng. Leng Hoo. Kwan Leong, Teow Keng,53 words
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Article67 1949-08-04 7 HAZARE, the Indian Test all-rounder who leaves rtaxtpnstall m the Lancashire League at the end of the season, will play for Royton m the central Lancashire League m the 1950/51 season. Hazare at present heads the Lancashire League batting averages. He will be succeeded atReuter - 67 words
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Article41 1949-08-04 7 A Japanese punter yesterday got 277,770 yen (1,266) on a 100-yen ticket at the Tozuka track near Yokohama yesterday. The winning ticket was a Japanese style parley m i which the punier picks first —i<l second to finish.41 words
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Article530 1949-08-04 7 BADMINTON RESULTS FIXTURES TZAIONCi Presbyterian youth Fellowshiu beat Geylang Methodist You'h Fellowship m a friendly return badminton match by five games to two last weekend. ulta were (K.P.Y.F. players 1 inned first I Singles: Lee Seng Toll beat Ong Keng Wee 15-1 9-15 15-13; Dennis Oh beat Chew Kam Chong530 words
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Article159 1949-08-04 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. ALRICK MAN, non-play-ing captain of the defending American Davis Cup team, said today that Ted Schroeder, the Wimbledon champion, would definitely be available for the challenge round against either Australia or Italy on August 26, 27 and 28. In a letter Schroeder said159 words
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Article67 1949-08-04 7 PRINCE Bernard of the Netherlands, on his first visit to the Dublin horse show, made a winning debut on Wednesday m the jumping arena. He divided first and second prizes valued at £80 with Irish horsewoman, Miss Mary McDowell. The Prince, who was cheered by a crowd ofA.P. - 67 words
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Article, Illustration62 1949-08-04 7 Neck and neck m the 120 yards hurdles race at St. Andrews* School sports. The winner was R. Neubronner (extreme right) who is seen (right) m a fine action picture clearing five feet to win the high jump. The outstanding athlete of the meeting was 17-year-old V. Krishna Murthy who62 words
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Article347 1949-08-04 7 l IMMV Newell, the Navy middleweight, will provide 0 strong opposition to Bobby Njoo m their scheduled ten-round bout at the Happy World Stadium tomorrow night. Newell has now got over his knockout defeat at the hands of Som Pong and is determined to347 words
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Article371 1949-08-04 7 rpilE Eurasians played a determined game yesterday x to hold the Combined R.A.F. XI to a one-all draw, when they met m the community league match at Jalan Besar Stadium. The R.A.F. team with three changes m their side Currie. Oilier and Thomas being absent played371 words
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563 1949-08-04 7 VETERAN - By VETERAN OIGGEST of the se\ wral upsets m the eigth .Malayan 13 badminton championship tournament field id Kuala Lumpur during the August Bank holidays u.»s the defeat m straight sets of Ooi Teik Hock by Wong Peng Soon. Very few m this563 words
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Article29 1949-08-04 7 "DERNARD I>x;usen. the New Orleans welterweight, punched hi.s way to an easy t#-n--round unanimous decision over Al Guidn of Npu- Vnrlr at Now r^i-i^., r,. A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Advertisement14 1949-08-04 7 mi mm, mOH EXTENDED M MORE DAY! SM 9.30 p.m. «M TOMORROW! auysonl jjjtt14 words
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Advertisement37 1949-08-04 7 Rod Cameron 4 h^ Swings into action AT MNITE SATURDAY *S W m Republic's p?^ DESERT AGENT' Jtf' 15 C .'lmps. Shown Complete tB CAPITOL FOOD PARCELr VQP /or Britain Jl dei '"r^BHQBB»s r fart VQ9 53737 words
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Article47 1949-08-04 8 COOKE: To Doiotliy. %ife ol P H. Cookf\ a 7 lb: daughter, II 8.15 p.m. on 2nd August, at Lang Korhau Hosp., S'pore INGIEBY M.rKENZIE: On S at RA.F. Ho-;pitAl. t,M. Sintcapore, to Eileen Billie), '.vife of Major R. [ngleby MacKrnzie. The Ser.forth [lich'.anders. a daughter.47 words
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Article346 1949-08-04 8 Asian anti-Red pact talks HONG KONG, Thursday. GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek left his Formosa headquarters at Taipeh yesterday by air for Korea to confer with the President of South Korea, Dr. Syngman Rhee, on the proposed Chiang-Quirino Pacific Pact and Korea's participation m mutual action toReuter; A.P. - 346 words
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Article, Illustration40 1949-08-04 8 photograph. The Scouts' race at the St. Andrew's School sports held at Woodsville yesterday. Competitors had to carry a man on a stretcher lashed between two bicycles. The American Eagle patrol (above) won with Walter Raleigh patrol second. Free PressFree Press - 40 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-08-04 8 Wtueen Juliana of the Netherlands, with Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, watching the riding at the International Horse Show at the White City. London, m which Prince Bernhard is competing. He tied for first place m one event yesterday.39 words
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Article85 1949-08-04 8 2nd carrier for Far East Fleet MALTA, Thursday. HM.S. TRIUMPH, a 13.550- ton aircraft carrier, left Valetta Harbour this morning for the Far East, where she will Join the Far Eastern Fleet m Hong Kong. Two weeks ago, another carrier, the 13,190-ton Ocean, passed through the Mediterranean on her way85 words
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136 1949-08-04 8 Jap ex-Po Ws end 'silence strike' TOKYO, Wed. SOME 2,000 Japanese repat- riates this afternoon end- ed their "silence" strike ciboard the ship which brought them back from Siberia. Ex-P.O.W.s aboard the Meiyu Maru m Maizuru harbour finally agreed to fill out forms required by repatriation officials and were permittedA.P. - 136 words
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223 1949-08-04 8 DEATH-BED DRAMA PRAGUE, Thursday. THE official Prague radio announced yesterday 1 night that the State Court here has sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to eight years m prison for high treason for refusing to administer the last sacrament to a sick woman because sheA.P. - 223 words
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Article228 1949-08-04 8 NANKING, Thurs.l HM.S. AMETHYST was hit at least once h\ •artillery fire a s she ran the gauntlet of Chinese Communist guns along: the Yan^tse, nfticial Bn sources said m Nanking last night. There were no casualties, but parts of tbc ship were flooded. AmethystReuter - 228 words
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Article86 1949-08-04 8 WASHINOTON. Thurs. UNEMPLOYMENT m the U United States has risrn above 4.000,000 for the first time since January, 1942. the Census Bureau reported today. But the number employed also Increased to 59.720.000 m July, the highest figure of the year. Explanation for the simultaneous Increase mReuter - 86 words
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Article41 1949-08-04 8 l Hitler's former personal pilot Johann Baptlss Bauer is a prisoner-of-war In Rus- sla, It was revealed yesterday at hU de-Naziflcatlon trial, i held m his absence Bauer was pronounced a minor off- ender by the Tilbunal.- U.P.U.P. - 41 words
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Article53 1949-08-04 8 THE Berlin airlift set a new tonnage record during the last month of full-scale operation, U.S. Air Force officials announced m Berlin yesterday. The combined airlift force delivered 253,000 tons of coal, food and other supplies to Berlin In July. The previous record was 250,818 tons.U.P. - 53 words
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Article79 1949-08-04 8 LONDON, Thursday. THE .statute of the Council of Europe, which meets for the first time m Strasbourg next week, came into force yesterday. Three countries Italy, Luxembourg and Norway had by last night deposited their ratifications at the Foreign Office, bringing the *otal of ratifications receivedReuter - 79 words
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Article99 1949-08-04 8 THE flavour of chicken has been isolated, and the ultimate substance is a powdery stuff obtained by the chemical treatment of chicken broth, Dr. K. J. Bouthilet of the University of California told The Institute of Food Technologists m San Francisco. The Finely-strained broth is distilled andA.P. - 99 words
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Article43 1949-08-04 8 Troops of the 18 Field Battery, Royal Artillery, the 1/2 Gurkhas, and Singapore Royal Artillery, cordoned off the Tangkah area of Johore yesterday, and at 5 o'clock this morning, the Muar and Tangkah junele squ^d* mo"--cd In to search the area.43 words
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Article96 1949-08-04 8 MEXICO, CITY, Wed ALMOST all of the 72 prisoners who escaped from the Morelia city jail last night surrendered today after police had besieged them all night on a small hill outside the city. Six convicts and one policeman were killed m the escapeA.P. - 96 words
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Article90 1949-08-04 8 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. FORMER police chief, C. H. Horrall. has surren- i dered m the Superior Court j on a perjury indictment as police investigated an early morning explosion which j rocked Mickey Cohen's for- tress-like suburban home while the gambler was In j bed.U.P. - 90 words
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Article129 1949-08-04 8 CHICAGO, Thursday. P3UR Philadelphia doctors report that cancer may be caused by certain types of rimless spectacles that focuj light on the face. This light, they add, can be blocked effectively by applying a lacquer, known as "rim black," to tho edge of spectacles Twelve casesAP - 129 words
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Article23 1949-08-04 8 Anglo-Iraqi talks on the reopening of the KirkukHaifa oil pipeline are expected to beein m London to- morrow.- A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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67 1949-08-04 8 Armed squads seek Aga Khan car bandits £334,000 JEWEL R 0B!lt ROADBLOCKS maiiiu mJ b 3 squads weie set up m the distrir the Aga Khan's villa nr.ir lint- to catch four bandits who wealthy \ga Khau and his I yesterday and robbed them lur1 u r 150,000.000 franrs (U54.000)67 words
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Article53 1949-08-04 8 BERLIS. T) f'ORN -FLOWFR h hair, a fad started by a young girl m to the latest feminine fad A newspaper U the new colour ns means a blue n times appears m natural black-blue han. but a bright blue so far reserved to the sea and theA.P. - 53 words
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Article19 1949-08-04 8 Egypt Is considering ask for Marshall aid. the I Minister Hussein Sirrv sha. said In C19 words
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Article60 1949-08-04 8 TOKYO. 1 GEN. Douglas MacAr.hur day announced the dissolution of the board of six Am^rlCXD business financial experts who m the past year ad' him on the task of breal up the Japanese flnar and industrial car* Officials of Gen. M Arthur's headquarters said that the basicA.P. - 60 words
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Miscellaneous38 1949-08-04 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris flnriSSS-' SSJJt iK^^N/TWING AND THEY ALL W W A VVAY%A7\L {■wl; PWVEB^ 1 I 1^« II [.^KSCX THOUGWr/ DON'T AS)C QUESTIONS.' I SULLv NEVER SHOW WWB?B TC^f R?OA. L<^^B^KV__ 111' tt tI I38 words
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Miscellaneous14 1949-08-04 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 7 .0? am; 6 1 Tomorrow 8 52 am Lit p14 words
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