The Singapore Free Press, 23 August 1949
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Title Section18 1949-08-23 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ,i:.»»- SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article201 1949-08-23 1 80,000 MINERS OUT OF WORK Pit winders defy union M LONDON, Tuesday. QVER 80,000 coal miners were idle m Lancashire and Yorkshire yesterday because of a strike by several hundred pit winders— the men who operate the cages m which miners go underground. Officials of the National Coal Board, whichReuter - 201 words
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Article56 1949-08-23 1 Ch inese protest to Calwell SYDNEY, Tues. Woo, Chinese Con-il-GeneraJ here, said that he had prothe Australian ra 1 1 n Department detention m gaol 11 Chinese seamen who ag deportation 1 Wartime Refugees Act. aid the Immlgralties had told him would have to gaol until the el Taiping *sails56 words
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Article41 1949-08-23 1 »l Press staff Reporter o a question by McLellan m the Slnga■BLegislative' Council this IT^ Guvernment said wi' tax assessments ild be issued m the •alf of this year and J In the second half of i 141 words
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Article90 1949-08-23 1 WAR DAMAGE C'SATION DEBATE SOON Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE observations of the A Secretary for the Colonies on the War Damage Compensation scheme will be debated at an extraordinary meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council to be held at an early date. At the Council meeting this morning, the90 words
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Article84 1949-08-23 1 BRITISH Foreign Secretary Mr. Ernest Bevin, called on King Abdullah of Jordan at his London hotel yesterday and talked with him for an hour and a half. Afterwards Mr. Bevin said their discussion had been "very pleasant, very cordial and very good." King Abdullah's PrimeReuter - 84 words
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Article, Illustration313 1949-08-23 1 [»f m>v baj off the road the intersection of i Napier Roads been built by Muni< ipality for Singapt Traction Company ;x rating on the route. It is to nisei to wait here pantngen instead of i itbei >»de of the road tone tmurds town.Reuter; A.P. - 313 words
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Article95 1949-08-23 1 'NO TALK ON DEVALUING THE POUND' PARIS, Tues. THE American President of the World Bank, Mr. Eugene Black, said here yesterday, that devaluation of sterling was not on the agenda of the Bank governors' meeting m Washington next month. Mr. Black, who confers with British Government officials m London today,95 words
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Article31 1949-08-23 1 Fiftythree Greeks out of 112 on trial were sentenced to death by a Fiorina Military court yesterday on charges of sabotage and spying for the guerillas. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article74 1949-08-23 1 THE Admiralty, announced yesterday that tne 1,490--ton sloop, Amethyst, which made a dramatic escape from the Yangtse river on July 30, was expected to reach Plymouth on Nov. 1. She will sail from Hong Kong on Sept. 9. On board will be f .he crewReuter - 74 words
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Article43 1949-08-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter The eight Chinese arrested yesterday included an alleged member of the Malayan Communist Party (arrested under the emergency regulations), an alleged secret society gangster, five alleged gamblers and an alleged promoter of a chap-ji-ki lottery.43 words
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Article138 1949-08-23 1 U.K. EXPORTS TO AREAS RISE LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN achieved a slight increase m her exports to the United States and Canada m July, the Board of Trade announces. Exports to the T nited States are put provisionally at £3,800,000, compared with the June figure of £3,000,000. The figure for Canada138 words
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Article49 1949-08-23 1 Police Communists have begun to remove crucifixes from churches, farms and factories, a Vatican source says. At Lodz, Communists are alleged to have entered the chapel of St. Barbara and destroyed pictures and statues. Similar acts of vandalism are said to have occurred at Grodec. A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article48 1949-08-23 1 Singapore police have arrested a Chinese, who is alleged to have held up a lone woman m the kitchen of a house m Broaderick Road a few days ago, and forced j her at the point; of a knife .to part with $150 worth of iewellery.48 words
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Article69 1949-08-23 1 FRANKFURT. Mon. IJiUROPEAN Recovery Administrator, Mr. Paul Hoffman, j told Germans today that they ought to start planting "victory gardens" with "less flowers and more food." Asked by a German reporter about the plant dismantling, Mr. Hoffman snapped: "Bury it." He added that Germans ought toU.P. - 69 words
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184 1949-08-23 1 THE HAGUE, Monday. T'HE Fox contract between the Indonesian Republic A and American business interests, which has been denounced as monopolistic by both the United States and the Dutch, was defended here today by a Republican spokesman. He argued that the function ofReuter - 184 words
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Article, Illustration225 1949-08-23 1 LONDON, Tuesday. A THREAT by seven Maltese Cabinet Ministers, m A eluding the Prime Minister, Dr. Paul Boffa, to ask Britain to get out of Valetta and let the United States take over was withdrawn late last night by Dr. Boffa after the Colonial Secretary, Mr. CreechA.P. - 225 words
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Article119 1949-08-23 1 Free Press Staff Reporter "pHREE Malayans, Dr. Ho 1 Seng Ong, the Rev. T. R. Doraisamy and Mrs. Tan Ai Eng, returned to Singapore this morning m the Corfu after taking degrees at American Universities. Dr. Ho who is a master at the Anglo-Chinese School m119 words
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Article19 1949-08-23 1 The condition of Richard Strauss, famous 85-year-old German compos* r who has a heart ailment, has Improved.19 words
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Article55 1949-08-23 1 V IPBCIAL Market correspond ent gives the prices of rubbei (m rents per lb.) at 11 a.m. toda> as follows: Buyers Sellers No I X S.S. Spot: F.o.b. m l).ile* Sept No. 1 R.S S. 35* 3f> 4 No. 2 R S.S. 33 34 No. 3 R.S.I. 30\55 words
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Article183 1949-08-23 1 Forest fires sweep 3 countries NEW YORK, Tues. DEATH roll m the threeday blaze raging m the tinder-dry forest of Gironde, France, was last night given as 230. Meanwhile, hundreds of flre-flghters battle flames m national forest^ areas of six Western states of the United States and m Quebec. AtReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 183 words
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Article53 1949-08-23 1 U. S. BOMBERS FOR BRITAIN THE U.S. Is sending B-50 stratobombers to Britain. An unspecl/led number I B-50's from the U.S. Eighth A:r Force Mt for Sounthorp»\ England yesterday on day training mission. The mass movement <«f the bombers will give Eumpfirst good look at the p version of theA.P. - 53 words
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Article28 1949-08-23 1 The United States r guard ship Casco yesterday plunged through heavy to help the trawler Magellan which was reported In dai of sinking off Nova Scoti28 words
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Advertisement30 1949-08-23 1 (ble urycleaninc CLASS SERVICI... PARIS .jVUtANING tO. Thone ***** K :abiishetl 1921 PR E S H AUSTRALIAN LOBSTER TAILS DELICIOUS AND ECONOMICAL fITZPATRICK'S [OOD SUPPLIES El -EPHONE ORDER DEPT. 528130 words
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Advertisement22 1949-08-23 1 ■nV[rJ ao BATTCRY ROAD HRMOURCDRT 1937 ONE /^PLICATION IN TSkYEARS flfcifo 1949 PERMANENI y^z J^ OISTRtIUTOIC: SIM E OARBV -X AC I22 words
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Article, Illustration257 1949-08-23 2 THOMAS R. HENRY - THOMAS R. HENRY By MAKING of baby foods has become a major American industry m the past 30 years. In the next few decades, an Industry of equal importance may be engaged m turning out food especially adapted for old tie. A fellowship hasFRANCIS MARSHALL - 257 words
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Article386 1949-08-23 2 IRIS ASHLEY - IRIS ASHLEY By PARIS: IS there anything m the id or Id more feminine than the elegant frivolity of the Paris hat? Theie hats are not by any meanj purely capricious ideas of th c designers. They are intended to complement the new season's fashions. Almost386 words
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Article, Illustration156 1949-08-23 2 Advent u res of penny Kont Kont, Ih* nil monkey wfto nas found mmulf m T»ylar»4 6>on i waat to b« turned into a toy. »o he ««««p«it «j last as h« c«Uitd front the factory w*«r« fh« toys wart l«.ng made H« •ranted to get »>jck tnto th« r««|156 words
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Article157 1949-08-23 2 ORTNCESS Elizabeth has so far made no plans for joining the Duke of Edinburgh when he goes to Malta, but some of her friends think It likely that she will go for a short time m January next year It will be the beginning of157 words
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Article333 1949-08-23 2 VARY YOUR MENU HERE are some recipes used by German house- i wives to lend a little variety to your daily menu. KONIGSBERG DUMPLINGS Required: ¥jb. each beef and fat pork, 3oz fresh breadcrumbs, 1 or 2 eggs (or reconstituted), 1 tablespoon each flour and sugar, loz. marga- rine, 2333 words
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Article350 1949-08-23 2 Pen painting is feacK B> KDNA McKfcWA. WHEN the curate callff ed on grandmama she was generally to be found with her head modestly bent over a colourful design on cushions and covers. Witli a special pen and oil paint* she produced roses and violets, lilies350 words
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Advertisement152 1949-08-23 2 TROUSSEAUX FOR THE BRIDE within the business girl's budget. I REVLONS JL j£<y: ->',>■ Up! Up: lilt ;>. v. lucite plume on the M: I? B y\ tie symbolizes its infinite If; iim perfection Revlon's new &i miracle Lastron .nail js enamel dri^s m split >. ■•'<•' yT lipstick Nail152 words
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Advertisement103 1949-08-23 2 Drastic reductions on aiiT" "i to make room for new gf^ 3 Doucet G.H. 81,l S s ISI. lan. I'lionttoDtT 5 F/W£ COATS m Exclusive Fabrics /or 7/ rAaar S Prices from $140ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE "Such a grand 'ot^^K II AVOIR!" l kJ|^[ NESCAFE < r^. Make No Mistake-103 words
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Miscellaneous5 1949-08-23 2 POCKET CARTOON b> OSBERT LANCASTER5 words
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Miscellaneous146 1949-08-23 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you are rery ambitious to succeed m life and will work hare* to secure what you want. Yor enjoy power and since these days money often means power, you intend to have it so that you can do exactly what you wish with your life.146 words
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Miscellaneous182 1949-08-23 2 F.F. Crossword No. 775 1 IW IPI 3 P4 4 I M 6 I 7 I 1 111 ~T E ZilSZliiz 30 31 SX 54 w P y HP 1 I I 1 I ?:m 4 Heavenly body (6); 8 Learned l7>: 10 QU'»« r*-l tl); 11 Pn-.s. for payment182 words
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307 1949-08-23 3 U.S.S.R. CAHHES IN ON SILLY SEASON' Alleges plans by West Powers a cut-throat strugglTrnowpr 10 c I mentators ssSSSSgsss Tv, Soviet statements as anything but attempts to worsen relations between the Western powers o n the ev e of \li c nancia l discussions m Washington, and perhaps also toReuter - 307 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-08-23 3 lh»- Burmoe Minister, who is iicus yf late. It holds three portfolios m ;Q f Barmesc dovernment itr.iirs, Law, and H-alth. He recently visited L,mdf)n for talks with the g, ri ,h Government on natters left out of ,v Bnrnipv Treaty of 1947."43 words
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Article61 1949-08-23 3 i Koreans who when a train broke a tunnel south of Thursday has risen I nistry of Transnnounccd. No linal available for the have now desenglne pumpke back into the lengera scramf doors and winhere was only ranee between I tunnel wall f dyingReuter - 61 words
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Article51 1949-08-23 3 o el i Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, says there is something wrong with the <'Otw^ ed H c tlonal system. Otherwise,' he told army cadets, "we should not be Retting 2.000 chaos m the army a year who can't sien their names."A.P. - 51 words
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198 1949-08-23 3 PRESIDENT Quirino's 111--advised and uncalled-for cm nt m the us h ad jeopardised bipartisan supPort for an Atlantic pact, the Philippine opposition party— Nationalista— leader, Sr. Claro Recto, says. n r Recto clted Quirino's persistence m referring to his original Pacific Union, instead of198 words
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Article25 1949-08-23 3 The Hungarian Parliament has unanimously passed the new constitution which prorlS?"!?!H^ n aayr y "a people's republic of workers and working peasants.' ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article, Illustration305 1949-08-23 3 Israeli 'cop' is like U.K. 'Bobby' I Valued at \;:>0,000, this !>B-inch mirror for use m the Isaac Newton telescope at the new Royal Observatory at Hurstmonceux, Sussex, arrived m London recently from N-^w York. A gift of the trustees of the McGregor Fund, Michigan University, the mirror will formU.P. - 305 words
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Article67 1949-08-23 3 ADMIRAL Sir Philip Vlan will succeed Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor as Com-mander-in-Chief of Britain's Home Fleet In January, 1950. Admiral Vian rescued 300 British seamen from the German prison ship. Altmark, during the war when, as a captain, he commanded the destroyer Cossack. Later heReuter - 67 words
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Article64 1949-08-23 3 BURMESE Government troops have recaptured Kinu. important road and rail Junction about 70 miles north-west of Mandalay. West of Rangoon, Government troops supported by Navy gunboats reoccupied insurgent positions along the west bank of the Irrawaddy. According to unofficial reports, heavy fighting is raging m the outerReuter - 64 words
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Article32 1949-08-23 3 Paliel m Georgia (U.S.A.) have charged Hugh D. Gravitt. 29, a taxi-driver whose cab knocked down and killed Miss Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone with the Wind" with murder. U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Article107 1949-08-23 3 A DUTCH firm has got the contract to cut a sevenmile long by-pass canal to Improve the passage of shipping through the Suez Canal. A combine of French contractors will co-operate with the Dutch firm, the Amsterdam Ballast Company, m the work which Is to costReuter - 107 words
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Article, Illustration242 1949-08-23 3 AN American and an Italian will attempt to fly the North Atlantic m a small two-seater tourist plane to raise funds for the boys' town of Turin. They are Mr. John Brondello, an Italian-born American citizen and Lieut. Giovanni (Nanni) Sguazzi, of Turin. They willA.P. - 242 words
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Article70 1949-08-23 3 THE second full assembly of the World Federation for Mental Health which opened m Geneva on Monday, will include a secret study group on M the psychology of politicians." Over 200 specialists from 22 countries will attend the weeklong assembly, which will be presided over byReuter - 70 words
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Article89 1949-08-23 3 Agreement in Berlin THE four Allied commandants of Berlin, reached agreement for the first time on one of the points under discussion m their present series of talks aimed at "normalising life m Berlin." The Soviet commandant, Mai Gen. Kotikov. agreed m principle to a British proposal that, each halfReuter - 89 words
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Article83 1949-08-23 3 TWENTY-FOUR people have died of suffocation and others are seriously ill, following the stalling of a train m a mile-long tunnel near Chukyong, about 100 miles south-east of Seoul, Korea. The hold-up occurred when a coupling of the six-couch passenger train came loose. When the driverReuter - 83 words
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Article21 1949-08-23 3 Oaston Eysken's week-old Catholic-Liberal Government m Belgium won a 2-1 vote of confidence m the Chamber of Deputies. ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article, Illustration270 1949-08-23 3 West opened a low heart, East put up the queen, and South won with the ace. Declarer c?xw that he might have to lose a heart a diamond and two clubs and therefore, planned to set up dummy's diamonds to reduce the loss. At the second trick South270 words
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Article, Illustration204 1949-08-23 3 Wedding on world 's edge poi'LA. the londlesl island m Britain, which lies off the Sheilands, has had its first wedding for 25 years. Mary McMillan, who went to the island from Glasgow three years ago, fell In love with its quiet charm and stayed there. William John Humphrey a204 words
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Article95 1949-08-23 3 1 BLIND man cannot be rL blamed for getting d r unk after being promised help m an operation that might restore his sight. So ruled Municipal Judge Pern/ B. Jackson. John Terry. 44. tapped his white cane to a stop before the benchAP - 95 words
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Article119 1949-08-23 3 ONE of Hitler's top generals, Erich von Manstein, stands trial at Hamburg today as a war criminal— his defence paid for by the charity of his conquerors. H e will be the 938 th. and last. German to face a British military court on war crimes119 words
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Article, Illustration78 1949-08-23 3 The body of an American army privat c who attempted to escape confinement m quarters was recovered from a canal m Kyoto, ancient of Japan, four days after h» been reported missing.— Reuter Seven-year-old Sven-Arne Bourg, of Motkholm. NurUen is already Kettin X himself known as the localReuter - 78 words
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Article43 1949-08-23 3 AkJilow Habte Wold< I opian F( reign I entertain r i iun«-*i by British f r McNi reportedly, discusscci ure of ti. which La to come Km I U.N. General Assemb American <>r denied rumoura th i < imlc C Administral ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Advertisement125 1949-08-23 3 7^J^ft\ COLUMBIA i L-^-^~ f London Fhilharmonic Orch. cond by Ernest Ansermet Dx ***** 0!S BALLET MUSIC FROM* CINDERELLA (Prokofl^ Royal Opera House Drch. cond. by Warwick Bmithwalte DX 83^ CONCERTO IN A MX*** Op. 54 (Schum Dlnu L;pattl (Pianoforte* A The PUlharmonia Orch. cond. by Herbert Von Karajan. LX125 words
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Miscellaneous441 1949-08-23 3 I ■*> 1 I 1 W mwm\\ jAPOHt Rubber Prices; 10. Radio News Reel (BBC). 10.15 'Time for 1 rVVOKK) Music' (8); 10.45 'Generally and 11.7 metres. Speaking' (BBC); 11.00 'Cabaret'; •••ws trom K..L. H.15 'Report from Britain' (BBC) a; luam 1130 News News Analysis roDAl (BBC); 11.45 'Music for441 words
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588 1949-08-23 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. Aug. 23, 1949. WALKING IN BUNKERS CURrXY the United Malays b National Organisation, the Malayan Chinese Association the trade unions, the .Singapore Labour Party and the Progressive Party, even if the Sultans and the two Governments ieel above the strife, will nave something to say588 words
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Article, Illustration1211 1949-08-23 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK: J^O one has told me yet to keep my fingers out of the till. I have not been asked to move along when standing outside the United States Treasury. The White House is still wide open to anyone with a Press card and the silver1,211 words
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Article, Illustration875 1949-08-23 4 Walter Farr - Strasburg brings out all the flags Walter Farr -By— J'HE flags of Britain and nine other European countries went up m the l>ombscarred streets of Strasburg. In the gaunt central hall of the university close by the Rhine they were putting up Gobelins tapestries 'to help with the acoustics/ The875 words
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19 1949-08-23 4 PETER DRAKE - The Gulf Stream Is 'Acting Queer' PETER DRAKE l*> M>l*nin; mite ,v A! I Ills til N i a19 words
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Advertisement14 1949-08-23 4 W£Ol>li*(i GIFTS In SILVER OR E.P.N.S. U. S. de SILVA Jewellers 106, ORCHARD RP.14 words
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Advertisement47 1949-08-23 4 Th.s It •CtUi cak. m IN Itoi madt by our Ca i It can b« made •pong, or a tru I Cl wh.tt or coloured and ask for tht mcnt to give you Haw >o« r I! DATE AND R 2//; fiM SINGAPORE A C COLD STOBAgf47 words
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Article, Illustration515 1949-08-23 5 14,000 FAMILIES IN SIT. QUEUE Food Control Bill report Building pace is not fast enough Free Press Staff Reporter FOURTEEN thousand families, comprising about 70,000 people, are still on the waiting list for Singapore Improvement Trust houses and flats and at the present rate of building by the Trust itFree Press - 515 words
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Article339 1949-08-23 5 Free Press Staff Reporter tHK proposed Food Control Bill m Singapore i "cannot achieve its purpose of effectively con:olling and rationing foodstuffs, unless legal powers •list at the same time for effectively controlling m iximum price of whatever foodstuffs are >t under the operation339 words
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Article157 1949-08-23 5 DESPITE prevailing high costs, no fewer than 3,946 new buildings are under constriction m the Municipal are? o! Singapore. The two biggest private buildiru undertakings m the Colony t c present are the new China Bank premises m Battery Roaa and the Asia Insurance "skyscraper" m Finlayson157 words
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129 1949-08-23 5 Big wrestler wants to be 'usherette' Free Press Staff Reporter BEFORE advertising for usherettes for the ECAFE conference m Sinapore next month. Major J. Ciiuntlett, organising secretary for the United Nations here, asked a well-known cinema manager whether the word "usherette" was understood by Malayans. "Of course," replied the cinema129 words
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Article162 1949-08-23 5 F. P. Chinese Correspondent MORE than 100 Chinese cake and pastry makers m Singapore will benefit by the release of 300 torus of pulot rice by the Government shortly. Each licensed cake maker is entitles to apply for the purchasr of not more than 20 plculs162 words
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Article104 1949-08-23 5 Free Press Staff Reporter RADIO Malaya's popular programme, Talentlme, is to be extended to the Federation shortly. Mr. Kingsley Morrando, compere at the local series, will be setting up centres m Kuala Lumpur and Penang to give upcountry stars a chance to show tiieir mettle. Accompanying Mr.104 words
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Article112 1949-08-23 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r fWO hundred and fifty new stalls are being constructed at the Happy World amusement park to provide accommodation for the trade exhibition to be held from Oct. 1 to Oct. 23. One hundred stalls will be inside the covered stadium,112 words
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Article57 1949-08-23 5 Surface mails are expected to reach Singapore today from: Java. China. Japnri. the U.K.., JJ. ire land Eire. Europe, Egypt, N. and W Africa, West Indies Ceylon an ciosmg' times for posting surface mails at the G.P.O. today are. to Australia, Hongkong and S. China: noon and U> Stom.57 words
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Article60 1949-08-23 5 MALAY peasants In Province Wellesley have formed a union of their own called Perikatan Penanam Padi Sfberang Prai, the Utusan Me lay v reports. Fifty -nine representatives from 11 mukims met at Butterwortr. last Saturday to ronsider thf rules, which had been anr.ei.de d by the60 words
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Article, Illustration52 1949-08-23 5 The oinmissioner-Gener.il, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, climbs into the cockpit of the French Norocrin aircraft m which he we* Joy flying at Kalian*: airport yesterday afternoon.. Mr. Mac Donald also went up In the Siamese Airways "Bonanza," which returns to Saigon today. Both these aircraft were on show on Singapore52 words
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Article159 1949-08-23 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Central Board of Pine- i apple Packers, Malaya, will arrange facilities for parcels of the tinned fruit to be sent to the United Kingdom as Christmas gifts. This special service will be provided at the stall which the Board will put159 words
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Article, Illustration290 1949-08-23 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rtNE of the problems of Singapore's two children's creches at Jalan Klapa, (corner with Victoria Street) and New Market Street, is getting the public to know that these institutions exist and have been established to look after their infants,Free Press - 290 words
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467 1949-08-23 5 Special bank, post office at Town Hall COMINC ECAFE TALK: Free Press Staff Reporter A LL facilities, including a post office and a bank, will be provided for the convenience of delegates, officials and members of the Press at the forthcoming meeting of the ECAFE (Economic Commission for Asia and467 words
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Advertisement36 1949-08-23 5 FOR THE WOMAN OF TASTE <¥> BABY SHARKSKIN In 8 Delightful Shades 42 inches wide. ALSO CHECK TAFFETA evening skirts. 36 inches wide f cocxrA/i EVENING GOWNS Latest Colle€tion ML B m Bawih iload Near KattJ*^ Hotel36 words
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Advertisement35 1949-08-23 5 HATS Modelled Ro bare Straw Hats from the famous House of Robare. These lovely hats are ideal for the Singapore Races. Available m various colours, also m White. Prices from $17.50 ftOBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE S'POHE35 words
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Miscellaneous29 1949-08-23 5 Recital Today There are still 200 free seats available to the public for the pianoforte recital by Miss Mary Richardson at the Raffles Institution Hall tonight at 8.13 p.m.29 words
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Article270 1949-08-23 6 Exploration m Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. ALTHOUGH there has not been any active mining for bauxite during 1948, states an official report, exploration work has been conducted with favourable results, and it is anticipated that m the not too distant future mining270 words
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Article197 1949-08-23 6 FOR the first time m Singapore, the youth of the Colony will assemble on Sept. 24 m a gigantic rally organised by the Singapore Youth Council to "show the people of Singapore the size and excellence of its youth organisations." The President of the Council.197 words
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Article22 1949-08-23 6 The Chief Secretary of the Federation, Sir Alec Newboult, will speak over Radio Malaya on "The Legislative Council" on Friday.22 words
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Article102 1949-08-23 6 CHIPS In port all ttM Bin-. gapore Harbour Beard vhartH yesterday (godowm m bl were Main Wharf: Agapenor (31-32) Rajula Benxnacdhul (36--37), Tranquebar (38-39-. Tycieu? i4O-41). West Wharf Ruys (l-2>. Ban Hona Eiong 13-4), Hewaanf <j> Calchas (6-7) i Steel Vendor vB-3> Gienroy (11), City of Liverpool U3-14102 words
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Article, Illustration684 1949-08-23 6 picture. Free Press Staff Reporter. KIALA LUMPUR, Monday. BY 54 votes to 12, with seven abstensions, the Federal Legislative Council today rejected the majority report on the Dealings m Land Bill which sought to give sellers the option to repurchase land sold during theFree Press - 684 words
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Article103 1949-08-23 6 SCHOOLBOYS on boil from England were im< a party of 15 who were shown round the re me. base workshops at Alexandra terday. Among thorn wore T> Dun. i a of IfaJ-Gen. D. Dunlop. G.O.C. Singapore rict, and Colin MrKorron son of Mr. P A. B103 words
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Article272 1949-08-23 6 Free Press StalY Reporter Xl ALA LIMIHK, Mond.i>. THE expected debate on the report on the \N-n Damage Compensation scheme submitted by the Joint Select Committees of Singapore and the H deration m July did not come off m the Federal I4gl* lature Council today.272 words
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Article89 1949-08-23 6 MORE than 3.500 I from Malaya have ftlre left Singapore and Per m throe ships to ;ake part m this year's pUfrimaft to Mecca. The last vessel from Ma. the Autolycus. Left with 34 Muslims from Sin pore and 517 Muslims f Penang. Taking advantage89 words
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Article39 1949-08-23 6 A thief walked into the Singapore C.I D Headquarters yesterday and stole a bicycle dynamo. The dynamo was taken from a bicycle belonging to a detective which WM parked inside the comoound of the C.ID Headquarters39 words
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Article315 1949-08-23 6 rpHE London slock markets rrsn m tr A quietly yesterday and. m end of the present account. the u sections was exceedingly modest ment securities were quii-th Irrc'i Iw and tins advanced. am! ril^Wrs BT<* h IM, Bn A bright spot was provided by news of the315 words
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Advertisement135 1949-08-23 6 CAPITOL TODAY ONLY! jl-l IS I.M. S-S* 9-30 P"i. DO NOT MISS IT THIS TIME! Assonitpd British Pictures' Prom Th* Book By FBANI IS BKFTT YOUNG <t.»rrins: MICHAEL DENISON--1)1 U I. (-'tW- RONALD HOWARD >TAITS TQMOBPOW c \>Vl TODAY FOUR SHOWS 10 M a.m., 2, 5.30 9 p.m. WwniF. SFRIAL!135 words
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Advertisement19 1949-08-23 6 CAPITOL COMU-r, .OC ABBorr I PHONE 6903. Pnsitu LAST FOUR SHOWS 12-4.15-' N Ulka mi -DEAR B UIH with19 words
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Article, Illustration502 1949-08-23 7 OREGON, ECLIPTIC IN FINE GALLOPS This morning's B. Timah try outs ABECOnS/ES»S*""' Correspond.,,!. Ecliptic (Woods) French S USt^ <L a wler) and Cljnor 1 rnnn?° nnelly) Wei>e trotted round once before breaking from the mile post They ac? their pace at the nalr mile. Ecliptic, running wide out °n theFree Press - 502 words
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Article, Illustration421 1949-08-23 7 NZ struggle for 1 st inns advantage THE gates were closed at Liverpool yesterday, when an estimated crowd of 10 000 saw a keen struggle for 'the first innings advantage by New Zealand m their match against Lancashire. Conditions were so perfect that when Sutcliffe and Scott hit 104 forReuter - 421 words
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Article66 1949-08-23 7 TTHE Blue Rovers Sports Club will 1 meet the Malayan Airways In a friendly game of soccer on Saturday. Augfuat 27 on the Farrer Park ground. The following Blue Rivers' players are requested to turnfup. Edward Pohan, Amad, Ohaxmerette. A. Lee, Bs LahJ, Kid Wee, Rogers L«e,66 words
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Article49 1949-08-23 7 "D^NDOLH Turpin of England beat Jean Wanes of France m a middleweight boxing match at Belle Vue Manchester, last night. Wanes had to retire at the end of the third round of th« eichtrownd bout after two hard rights had ck»ed his left eye. A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article67 1949-08-23 7 YESTERDAYS English league soreer result* weremSS*! I)IVISI <>* Blackpool 1. Middlesbrough 1: stoke City 0. Liverpool 0. SECOND DIVISION: Black-H-A J ll e 5°- Sheffield V. Ho^ur 4. Plymouth Arryle 1 West Ham V. 3 Leeds V 1 S J HIKD DIVISION. Southern SecUon: Bristol R. 2,67 words
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Article53 1949-08-23 7 TT was announced m Karat**\ yesterday that the international lawn-tennis championship of Asia will D°e? m 2^ nCe ln Calcutta °n The invitation to compete sent to 47 nations including Britain, the United States France, Belgium, Canada! Egypt ana China ha« already been accepted by the Philippines AmateurReuter - 53 words
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Article317 1949-08-23 7 WEIGHTS for all •ight race* at Bukit Ttmah on Saturday, the first day at the Singapore Turf dob's Gold Cup meeting, ar« given below: Cl. 1, Div. I—6f1 6f A 5 yds. Kinder Gold 9.05 Bright Eyos 9.04 Croydon 8.13 Longchamps II 8.07 Madamri 8.05 Lcoda 8.04317 words
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Article492 1949-08-23 7 pLA\IXG far below their usual standard, the R.A.F. Combined beat the Europeans m the Community League soccer match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday by two goals to nil. +v ™°"S h the Airmen took to the field favourites they had more than anReuter - 492 words
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Article158 1949-08-23 7 IN the quar^ex-finaU of the men's open singles m the Tanglin Club tennis tournament yesterday, D. C. Pay beat W. J. Kerner 4-8. 6-0, 7-5. In toe merfs open doubles quart^r-flneLs. the Drooglecver brothers, R.F. ar.j W. H., were defeated by Ruinsey and Walters 6-2. 8-1.158 words
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292 1949-08-23 7 npHE annual Singapore Representatives athletic x team championships between the teams of the Army, Navy, Royal Air Force, Singapore Police and the Singapore civilians A.A.A. will be held on H.M.S. Terror sports ground, Naval Base, on Saturday, August, 27. This athletic meet is organised292 words
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Article92 1949-08-23 7 Tlie All Malayan gras^- track and 100- mile massed -start road cycling cdampionship.s will be held m Kuila Lumpur on Sept. 10 li and 12. The grass track championsnip events are half-mile, one mile and two miles. There will also b« a ten-mile grass track non-rhim-pion'-hip event92 words
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Article, Illustration467 1949-08-23 7 WITH the knowledge that If they are to remain at 11 the head of the County cricket championship table until the end of the season they cannot afford to drop any points, Middlesex fought strenuoush against Surrey on a pitch taking spin at Lords. The467 words
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Article227 1949-08-23 7 Football's Year Book Diary Out JHE Bug? Jab Football A elation Is a firm b« spreading the gospel of thpular game of soccer not only by sending abr>;ui Qrsl English teams to iho* the tnglishman play 'he game but m producing ,r ture for tans to read about It. WithReuter - 227 words
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Article108 1949-08-23 7 Florence B.P beat Bai»apah UP. m a friendly badmliilon n,ntch by five game*, to three on Suntiaj at the former's court Results (.Florence BP. players mentioned first): Single*: Soah Peng Hock beat Murom bin Hall] 15-8. 15-6; Ng Keng Chlnrrg beat Ail Ismail 15-12. 15-10: Kor. Buck Chye108 words
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Article48 1949-08-23 7 LOB ANOELES, Men- Japans six-man swimming team ha* ended Us triumphant week m the United Btate« with a lan-* ell party given by the local I colony. The swimmers, who dominated the National Amateur AthlrMr Union meeting here, were lei today by air for Honolulu.48 words
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Advertisement60 1949-08-23 7 fn7rs TODAY p.m. J|A^fL S URCHINQ W THE NIGHT Ky with ■Tt VIOLENCE! I 13-LionI 3 -Lion NITE~ PI irv MHO NEW! LHAMBRA rODAY l"> and 9.30 p.m. ffIfpOLAND WINTERS Kharub L CMAN ><»rted by kxr chance H*<MQ4ia» r^iigs^H| |^pi^^ POOOO o©O ■*i &lALS I .V»P^ >•« SIGNAL THE 1060 words
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Advertisement56 1949-08-23 7 Under a new arrangement the weekly iisuea of the Straits Budget can be sent by Air Mail tc any addreis Ir the United Klnudnm at «r Irv-lu^iv^ '«t# pf ♦o» «i» «won»h» It v9u vvam thu buO^ei vv^ile on leave o» to make an Air -subscription an behalf o« your56 words
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Article55 1949-08-23 8 ANDEKSON: On the 18th August to Kathleen, wife of John M. Anderson, a son. All three well. CONCEICAO To Irene, wife Of Mr. C.V. Conceicao, at Surlineham Nursing Home on 20.8.49 son, Colin John. HIGGIN. To Anne-Marie (Loulou* wife of Norland W. Hlgftin a i Kandang Kerbau Hospital on55 words
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Article175 1949-08-23 8 MADAM Chua Boh Tan, age 78 ri nd mother of Lee Theow Hoe pinnod away on 20th lnst. at No. fl n Pasir Panjang Rd. Funeral on Wednesday noon 24th lnst. at Bukit Brown Cemetery. Mrs QUEK TECK SENG, aged 72 years, (nee Tan Yeow Cheng), at 21. Idris175 words
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Article27 1949-08-23 8 CHELTONIAN SOCIETY ot M-.laya: Annual O.C. Dinner 9th Sept.. Raffles Hotel. Will all O.C.s vino can attend please advise R. A. C. Wills. Straits Times. Spore.27 words
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Article342 1949-08-23 8 Push to Canton slows down HONG KONG. Tuesday. AS Communist forces m Kansu, despite severe **> mauling by Muslim-led Nationalist defenders of Lanchow, approached close to the Tibetan frontier, and Red armies m Fukien progressed m their drive to take the mainland opposite Gen. Chiang Kaishek'sReuter; AP - 342 words
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Article165 1949-08-23 8 JAP REDS GOING INTO HIDING? TOKYO, Tues. A HIGH official of Gen. Mac Arthur's headquarters, who preferred not to be named, said yesterday that he believed the Japanese Communist Party was preparing to go underground. He gave two reasons: The increasing tendency by the Japanese Conservative Government—with tacit Occupation approvalU.P.; Reuter - 165 words
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285 1949-08-23 8 EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY ROW STRASBOURG. Tuesday. THE Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Mr. Hugh Dalton, protested to the European Assembly yesterday about the slow progress it has made so far when, after a week-end break, the Assembly met for only 20 minutes yesterday morningReuter; A.P. - 285 words
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Article31 1949-08-23 8 Boris Temkov. press attache at the Bulgarian Embassy m London, is sought by Greece as a war criminal, the Greek Ministry of Jus- ice announced 1 yesterday. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article48 1949-08-23 8 i^EYLON will be able to draw v^ twice as much as last year from her sterling balances under the renewed sterling balance agreement with Britain published m London yesterday. The agreement will enable Ceylon to draw £7,000.000 instead of £3,500,000 over 12 months. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article34 1949-08-23 8 Chinese Communists m Manchuria have erected a cenotaph m memory cf Soviet soldiers who fell m the battle against the Japanese towards the end of World War 11, Peiping Radio reported. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article27 1949-08-23 8 A Chinese junk carrying rice for Hong Kong was pirated near Deep Bay within territorial waters on Saturday night, according to a Hong Kong report.27 words
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Article80 1949-08-23 8 BEIRUT. Tues. 4 GROUP of drug addicts smoking haskish m a cafe on wheels were given away by a gust of wind. Lebanese police, raiding illegal gambling houses m the outskirts of Beirut were struck by a strange smell carried by the breeze. WalkingA.P. - 80 words
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Article185 1949-08-23 8 LONDON. Tuesday. rrHE British Customs Office said yesterday that x smugglers using food parcels as a cloak have sent more than 10,000 pairs of nylon stockings from New York to Britain, -but this racket has been broken." The Customs Office said that the nylons, which fetchA.P. - 185 words
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Article52 1949-08-23 8 Dick Schemer. 21 -year-old Dutch swimmer, slipped Into the water at Cap Qris Nez France, at 6.35 p.m. last night and began his attemp; to swim the English Chanrel The goal Is Dover, 21 miles away. He set out despite predictions that the sea miirht becomeU.P. - 52 words
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Article81 1949-08-23 8 F^ORMER London typist Ruth Khama was acclaimed as "a goddess" yesterday by the women of the Bamangwato tribe, of which her husband Seretse is ChiefApparent. Members of the tribe went to the house where Ruth and her husband are living m Palapye to welcome them. Ruth,Reuter - 81 words
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Article69 1949-08-23 8 BERLIN. Tues. 4 YOU NO German girl refugee from the Soviet zone has succeeded m piercing the Iron Curtain and is making money from it. In the British zone resort of Travemuende, on the Baltic, she set up a German army artillery range fljidcr. For a69 words
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118 1949-08-23 8 Reds strike' plan fails in Finland HELSINKI. Tuas. /COMMUNIST plans for a V' general nation-wide strike collapsed yesterday when two large unions called off the scheduled waik-outs and workers m struck industries imcd back to their jobs by the thousands. The Executive Committee of the Union of Leather, Shoe andA.P.; U.P. - 118 words
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Article37 1949-08-23 8 Prince Aly Khan has assured the Supreme Council of nis father's Ismalll Supreme Council that any children !born to him and Rita Hayworth will be brought up as 'Muslims. U.P.U.P. - 37 words
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Article, Illustration378 1949-08-23 8 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Moscow newspaper Pravda, organ of the Russian Communist Party, yesterday published a demand for the execution of Marshal Tito m a three-column article signed by the Secretary of the Albanian Communist Party, Bedri Spachiu, as the Tito Government, brushing aside Moscow threatsReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 378 words
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Article33 1949-08-23 8 The Protocol Director of the Polish Foreign Office. Mr A Gubrinovlcz. has resigned and has formally requ< asylum m the United Si the U.S. State Department m Washington reported yesterday. U.P.U.P. - 33 words
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Article159 1949-08-23 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. jIfEDICAL quacks have struck it rich lately by iTI peddling 'magic cures" with fancy names borrowed from the vocabulary of atomic energy. Official* Of the US. Food and Drug Administration said yesterday* that the Agency has seized articles labelled radioactive bath salt.s. U-235 drinkingU.P. - 159 words
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Miscellaneous40 1949-08-23 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris i fpU —^V oLDaJtA^Kaz^a: \laXS^£^sS^ A l" /7 WAS UKEADREA*. BUT I I ANDTWAT^ OJLY4 SM^L 1 *"^DONt THI>MeV V^BP B& f?^ L St^ gZ7^^77g^gQV^/ WWfiV W£ VENT ASHORE WE KNEW IUECAVE. JUST \jWSUK SEEMS40 words
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Miscellaneous10 1949-08-23 8 HIGH TIDES Today: U.lOa.m; 10 06 p.m. Tomorrow: 4.25 p.m.10 words
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