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Title Section20 1949-08-24 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 1T. 560. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Article, Illustration440 1949-08-24 1 opeed it up call to Dutch THE HAGUE, Wednesday. T HL Indonesian Republican Premier, Dr. Mohammed Hatta, told the opening meeting the round-table conference yesterday: "Before 1950 arrives, Indonesia must be independent and the Republic of United Indonesia established and vested with complete and440 words
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91 1949-08-24 1 SYDNEY, Wed. THE validity of the Com- monwealth Government's ime Refugees Removal under which 11 Chinese --amen were arrested and Held for deportation here over the weekend, is to be rhallenged m High Court, the Chinese Seamen's Union enounced yesterday. Five more arrests of91 words
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Article88 1949-08-24 1 HONG KONG, Wed. THE Nationalist Central News Agency claimed last night that Nationalist aircraft sank two large river steamers— the Tean and the Minshing m operations over the Yangtse between Yeyang and Hankow yesterday. Three other vessels were seriously damaged by bombs, the agencyReuter; A.P. - 88 words
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Article45 1949-08-24 1 OLIVER TODD, 22, a student at Cambridge University, has reached Australia as a deck boy m the Italian ship Napoil after travelling across France, Italy, Iran and Ceylon. He plans to continue his round-the-^/orld trip through North America. A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article72 1949-08-24 1 The Royal Canadian Air Force announced last night that there were no survivors among the 21 passengers m an R.C.A.F. flying boat which crashed 250 miles north-east of Winnipeg. A land party from one of the search planes reached the burned-out wreck today. The flying boatReuter - 72 words
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Article128 1949-08-24 1 Ammo ship blast kills 500 CANTON, Wednesday. AN ammunition ship exploded m Takao harbour, m south-western Formosa, yesterday, killing about 500 and injuring hundreds more, the official Chinese Central News Agency said today. The agency said ammunition was being unloaded from the Chinese steamer Chungli. There was a single hugeA.P. - 128 words
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Article62 1949-08-24 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BANDITS attacked a police station m the Mentakab area of Pahang at about 6.30 p.m. yesterday. Military arrived at 8 p.m. and the bandits withdrew, leaving four dead men. Police < asualtles were one special constable wounded and one police constable missing. A62 words
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Article182 1949-08-24 1 NEW BANK TO AID INDIES RECO VERY THE HAGUE, Tuesday. THE first combined step towards the economic recovery of Indonesia was announced today m Batavia as the round-table conference opened here. The Netherlands-Indonesian Company for Financing the Recovery of Indonesia Ltd. has been approved by both Dutch and Republicans. It182 words
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Article125 1949-08-24 1 SINGAPORE FIRE CALL RECORD Free Press Staff Reporter THE Chief of the Singapore Fire Brigade. Mr. J. G. Shaw, told the Free Press this morning that with four more months to go before the year was out, it looked as if 1949 would see an all-time record number of fire125 words
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Article41 1949-08-24 1 Nuri £s SaM Pasha, Iraqi Premier, returning from a fortnight's holiday m Britain. broke h\? journey m Alexandria yesterday for talks with ihe Egyptian Premier, Hussein Sirry Pasha, on recognition ov Egypt of the new Syrian regime. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article105 1949-08-24 1 THE American seaman' on board the oil tanker Pecos to whose rescue the R.A.F. sent a Sui.dcrland with a surgeon yesterday, is now out of danger. He was successfully operated on for appendicitis on board *nip at 8 o'clock last night. The surgeon, Flying Officer M.105 words
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261 1949-08-24 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. T<HE Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, last x night appealed for guarantors for the $11,500 required to promote a series of concerts m Singapore featuring Miss Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, the famous operatic soprano, and the Batavia Philharmonic Orchestra. Speaking261 words
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Article209 1949-08-24 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. TiHE combined Senate Committee on Foreign KeA lations and Armed Services yesterday approved U.S. $239,000,000 for arms aid for Greece. Turkey, Iran, Korea and the Philippines. The Committees delayed until later this week a decision as to how much military assistance shallReuter - 209 words
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Article, Illustration21 1949-08-24 1 Shanghai workmen clear up the damage done to a cemetery m one of the frequent Nationalist nuisance bombings of the city.21 words
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Article61 1949-08-24 1 A 28- YEAR-OLD Singapore Chinese married woman was found dead with a penknife m her chest early yesterday morning In a housr m Dorset Road. Her nine-year-old daughter woke up to flnd her missing from bed and found her lying against the bedroom cupboard. The shrieks of61 words
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Article51 1949-08-24 1 Finland's giant trade union federation split wide open last night over the Communist refusal to stop their unofficial strikes. While the inter-union fight raged, observers said they feared the Communists would extend their strikes to the metal Industry, which would endanger Finland's war reparations to Soviet51 words
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Article34 1949-08-24 1 Sir Harry Lauder, seriously ill with blood clots on the brain and from anaemia, was said by doctors attending him at Strathaven (Scotland) to be In a very serious condition. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article71 1949-08-24 1 $1 million already on big sweeps 'ree Press Stall Reporter. THE Singapore Turf Clubs Gold Cup D ing which starts on Saturday is likWy to create a new record m sweep figures. Up to ye more than $1,000,000 h.id been invesBlnet the tweept nine da; won over $100,000 b received71 words
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Article78 1949-08-24 1 FIRE STILL RAGES IN U.S., FRANCE CHICAGO, V. I^OREST r 40 mli< v swirled torna>l< n\>\ 35.000 acres of An; ca's richest v lands yesto? gered 2.000 men flam Meanw. m forestry official* reported woodland llrrs and tJ: it men over 18 wore b- scripted as fire 'i-htcrs Rain cloudsReuter; U.P. - 78 words
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Article47 1949-08-24 1 Ml I\l »l .i kil (In rent* prr Ih il II tm a» follow No 1 X S S Spot: loosf I" o 1» m hairs si pi No. 1 X s K4 t 1.1.1, U No. 3 R v I Tonr rf mul.-l Sl<47 words
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Article, Illustration988 1949-08-24 2 Chapman Pincher column TOOK my two-year-old daughter for v holiday picnic on a lonely Hampshire heath and stumbled on plans of two of the Government's most secret defence research projects. No, they were not hidden under a stone. It was easier than that. While the baby picked bellheather I chanced988 words
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Article, Illustration145 1949-08-24 2 Adventures of Penny Koni Whin Koni. tht rtAl monkty who wit a pmonif m Toytand arrivod al the tdgt of th» pictur* v hith was whin tht r al world began, ht hai a shock. Toy soldiers v 3ft guarding tht onl. way he could escape and tlvet wsrt naiiir<145 words
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Article233 1949-08-24 2 JOHANNESBURG: A REMARKABLE craze take molasses as a cure for rheumatism has been sweeping the world for months past. Yet nobody knows the origin of the idea and no medical authority can be found In support of it. In South Africa Dr. Nathan Finn, of Johannesburg,233 words
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Article, Illustration214 1949-08-24 2 CHIPPY - THE tray part of the table is 20ins. by 15ins., and baa 3 4in. wooden edge 3ms. deep all round, with handles cut out of the two shorter end piec i of edging. The carrying surface Is screwed and glued lin. from the bottom of the edges214 words
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Article, Illustration620 1949-08-24 2 WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS Cure for Pimples {have been suffering from pimples for the last three years. I know this is quite common amongst youths, (my age is 18 >, but the pimples seem to find an unusually tertile ground on my body. They are very large and blochy and620 words
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Advertisement77 1949-08-24 2 MAYNARD CO. LTD. CHEMISTS I 1 1 Battery Rd. SINGAPORE j Phone P O.Box 6115 794 AG£.MI6 FOR PARKE DAVIS CO. ELIZABETH ARDEN BFOOK S APPLIANCES. MALAYAN PEWTER LACTAGOL, FELSOL etc. Sole Makers of »h« famous Dr. McKenne't Dusting Powder, Fuller's Earth, Ringworm Paint fir Ointment, Indigestion Mixture Cough Mixture77 words
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Advertisement90 1949-08-24 2 I c^miL ant tlu v Strong white even teeth firm flesh and sound bones with the happiness of aboun health these are some of ti* bestowed by this famous fee there is everything your baby m a tin of COW GATE The rich concentrated nourisl world's finest milk b here90 words
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Miscellaneous9 1949-08-24 2 .tRUttMjjOT rttiaooo 4^ i1 1 »tct or I I9 words
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Article, Illustration375 1949-08-24 3 g^o D^i /5 worried rVKMI'EROR Kao Dai's six-week old Vietnam ruKJn j E r er war-stricken Indo-China is alrea™ fiS™* SEw"* is difficulties threaten the Government U»« Jw en^ ls Indo-China shouid be an indepeTd^nt s^wYthYn Two Vietnamians appointed to junior ministerial posts nave already resigned. BusinessReuter - 375 words
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Article180 1949-08-24 3 4 I RONT PAGE article, headlined Economic Union nited States and Britain, which appeared m N w Ifork's Wall Street Journal, said: si artling idea is being discussed privately win* group of key Department officials as vay out' m Britain's at 1 dollar180 words
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Article88 1949-08-24 3 Burmese rebels lose three towns BURMESE Government troops have captured the town of Nyaungu, m the Central Burmese district of Myingyan, from Communist in* surgents, the Army radio reports. Sixty insurgents were killed m mopping-up operations, the radio added. In the Irrawaddy delta district of Bassein, west of Rangoon, pro-GovernmentReuter - 88 words
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Article339 1949-08-24 3 "Tough time' m London street A CROWD of 1,200 'went completely mad," the Clerkenwell magistrate was told, when they saw Joan Mills, a 25-year-old 8.8.C. typist, brought out of her home m Wynford-road, King's Cross London. Joan was m the dock, charged with inflicting grievous339 words
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Article100 1949-08-24 3 HANDSOME German journalist, 28-year-old Hans Herbert Gaebel, who is touring the United States, has concluded that New York is the worst city m the world for romance as the women there have no tijne "for even a mild flirtation It is almost impossible even toA.P. - 100 words
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Article28 1949-08-24 3 The working committee of the all-Jammu and Kashmir Muslim conference yesterday suspended its General Secretary, Agha Shaukat AH, and ordered an enquiry into his conduct. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article, Illustration208 1949-08-24 3 lilG increase m "guessing competitions" m which People are invited to give "estimates'* such as the lileage run by a motor-car on a certain amount of f/fol, has drawn the watchful eye of the South Department of Justice. L^tnough no positive steps IW nReuter - 208 words
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Article183 1949-08-24 3 VjyUEN a new policeman goes to Collie, a thriving coal-mining town 120 mile, south of Perth (Australia), he learns one thing: Never arrest a man for betting. The Collie policeman learns to close his eyes to what he sees m the main street ofA.P. - 183 words
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Article27 1949-08-24 3 America's public debt is rising as the Government continues to overspend its Income. The debt now exceeds U.S. $255,000,000,000, the highest figure since February, 1948.—27 words
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Article66 1949-08-24 3 THE U.S. deputy Chief of Staff. Lieut-General Albert Wedemeyer has told the U.S. House Appropriations Committee that the U.S. had "a few" agents Inside Russia and intelligence reports, although not very good, were inprovlng. The US Committee voted $11,500,000 (U.S.) for the Voice of AmericaU.P. - 66 words
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Article87 1949-08-24 3 fYUTSIZE chairs are being made for two of Canada's largest men who take th°ir seats m Parliament for the first time when the House of Commons meets on September 15. They are John Garland. 35st. 101 b.. new member for a Northern Ontario *onstitu- ency,87 words
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Article, Illustration58 1949-08-24 3 Norma Mac Donald, aged 10, gasping for air as ambulance attendants comfort her whil e an inhalator squad rushed to the rescue of her and 100 other bathers overcome m a Los Angeles, California, swi mming pool. A clogged chlorine gas line, used for purifying the water, had suddenly gushed58 words
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Article79 1949-08-24 3 THE U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Aeheson. has nuw warned the Western Germans against abusing the freedoms pt rmitted them by the western occupation powers. Mr Acheson m Washington hailed the results of Sunn West -Germany elections as a "victory for moderation and common sense but.A.P. - 79 words
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Article24 1949-08-24 3 Thirteen criminally insane prisoner* including two con virted murderers sawed their uray mt i the G<-»> In Bt mental hospital (U.S.A.).24 words
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Article, Illustration244 1949-08-24 3 West opened the jack of clubs, and that suit was continued until South ruffed the third round with a high tramp. On the third club West discarded the duece of diamonds. South next drew three rounds of trumps and knocked out the ace of hearts. West returned a244 words
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Article, Illustration355 1949-08-24 3 A FAMOUS conductor regards Australian concert audiences as "unique". Australians of all ages, classes and occupations have become so music-minded m the last ten years that orchestral concerts here are said to be attracting more support m proportion to population than is London. Before going to BritainReuter - 355 words
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Article145 1949-08-24 3 'BUY MORE FRUIT' PLEA BY ISRAEL A CRISIS la brewing In Israe 's citrus industry— the industry of the "golden apple of th** Hesperides." The planters want to sell more of their iruit to Britain this coming winter season. That means sending a delegation to negotiate with London's Ministry of145 words
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Article95 1949-08-24 3 BRITISH air and sea units are engaged with United States forces m joint manoeuvres off Honshu, main island of Japan, Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announces. Three British and one Australian destroyer and a number of planes from the Roya) Air Force and Royal Australian Air ForceReuter - 95 words
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Article153 1949-08-24 3 BRITAIN'S biggest union is accused of paying fines for its members who commit road offences. It is also alleßed that the union has formed its own "shadow court of justice.' At this "shadow court" the executive council of the Transport and General Workers' Union holds153 words
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Article46 1949-08-24 3 The prosecution has do- manclcd a sentence of thro~ years' Imprisonment and a fine on Mis*- Louise Yin. exKo.ean Minister of Com-Jiie.re-Industry, who has bte£ on trial m Seoul for tlipas two months on charges ;f -nisappiopriatlon of funds, orlberv and craft. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article177 1949-08-24 3 Mh.N tel head MM heels for hi/H r\«d Vance, of New Yor«. shr really throws them One reason thrv lind th s attractive hl<« I irresistible is th.it she teaches iu-iitsu md it'do. Miss Vinre is on«» of th« f« w lady instructors m thes«» bone-hf>ndin«A.P. - 177 words
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Article30 1949-08-24 3 The D M.-ut of merer the Commu China Trnric Bin ring all i" for before \hi fall of tionalists but which vet rocrivo(J by rlustrial fact U.P.U.P. - 30 words
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Advertisement52 1949-08-24 3 Sole Distributers: Borneo dunuira Trading Co i Wai w I Ltd. Rumiii^ Machtnr li»pt SINGAPOKI I«A llMfUl l_ I 'v-/ a. I two. h<^j MO if MO|^_^> IT TRACE MARK I fc I" I^l REMEMBEK HO HO BISCUIT \S ALWAYS AT THE TOP Office; 31, 33&35, CNIN SWEE ROAD, SINGAPORE52 words
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Article, Illustration570 1949-08-24 4 NAN HALL - 20.000,000 BOTTLES EVERY YEAR LEE TUCK SOON I SINGAPORE WDUSIRIES-2 4 BOLT 20.000.000 bottle A of beer and it<Mit annually roll off Malayan Breweries' production lines to be distributed to the thirsty In Singapore. Malaya. Bangkok British North Borneo, islands of the Dutch Archipelago, Ceylon, India, and Mauritius. c:\ery day570 words
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Article, Illustration276 1949-08-24 5 Grim position of Nationalists AM [INGTON planners, studying the China s.tuation as they form a new policy towards hina, find that the refugee National Governmint at Canton, written off by the U S Statp Department White Paper, is breaking up as oredittod Its fragments may keepA.P. - 276 words
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Article147 1949-08-24 5 OFFICER LOSES "ARMY" TVVENTY-TWO out of 25 A.T.C. cadets from Seaham. Co. Durham, walked out of their annual camp at v-isby, Lincolnshire, RAF station. They did this because two A their number had been told that they would have to go *.ome because they were half t>n hour late returning147 words
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Article167 1949-08-24 5 A j?jHJ IS f H w f ar bl de has stepped forward to Brit^S «n? a i U e m the verbal between British and lowa over whose women are sloppy dressers. Mrs. R. D. Baldwin, smart-ly-dressed brunette, who lived m Sheffield, England, before sheU.P. - 167 words
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Article53 1949-08-24 5 The Shanghai office of the American President Lines said yesterday the liner General Gordon had been granted sare conduct into Shanghai by the blockading Nationalist Government. The vessel is scheduled to pick up upwards of 1.000 foreigners for evacuation. Most of the group are Americans53 words
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Article, Illustration130 1949-08-24 5 THE State Department spokesman, Mr. Lincoln White, said it is his department's belief that Japan should be permitted international relationships of a limited character. He said that not only will the Japanese thus acquire direct experience and knowledge of democratic practices but, also, that the vestigesU.P. - 130 words
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Article17 1949-08-24 5 Moscow Radio row claims that American interests are trying to negotiate for Iranian uranium. A.P.A.P. - 17 words
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Article235 1949-08-24 5 Christian 'Varsity for Japs TPHE Rev. Dr. Ralph E. x Diffendorfer, U.S. director of overseas missionary work for the Methodist Church, has disclosed plans for a new international Christian University near Tokyo. Dr. Diffendorfer, who returned to America recently after three months m Japan where he helped to establish the235 words
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101 1949-08-24 5 TWO HUNDRED Huks -Filipino rebels were killed or wounded m rwo days when Constabulary troops, aided by Igorot warriors, assaulted and destroyed a major dissident centre m Aritao m the mountainous country along th c border between Nueva Eeija and Nueva Vizcaya provinces.U.P. - 101 words
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Article, Illustration208 1949-08-24 5 f ANCASHIRE'S cotton industry i s reported to be m a state of jitters, following the closing down of two mills at Bolton because of lack of orders. A rather bleak wind swept over Lancashire when Sir Raymond Streat, chairman of the Cotton Board, m208 words
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Article46 1949-08-24 5 The Economic Co-operation Administration (E.C.A.) announces approval of the expenditure of about 22 Vi million dollars for industrial, agricultural development m Austria. The EC. A. said the money will come from funds deposited by Austria to match American foreign grants. A.PA.P. - 46 words
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Article24 1949-08-24 5 Somali leaders at Mogadishu, m former Italian Somaliland, have issued a declaration opposing any kind of Italian rule m the future. U.P.U.P. - 24 words
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Article81 1949-08-24 5 A DECISION to set up an Indian council to promote cultural co-operation between India and other Asian countries was taken by an informal conference called at New Delhi by the Education Minister, Mr. Maulana Abul KaJam Azad. The conference was attended by the ambassadors ,of China,Reuter - 81 words
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Article396 1949-08-24 5 Hunting the customer in America SALESMEN m the United States are beating the bushes for customers again. They are using some new sticks, but the old tricks. For instance, wives of highly-placed public officials pour tea m department stores part of a nation-wide drive to sell a brand of silverware.396 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-08-24 5 lh« Russian delegation on arrival at Karachi airport, Pakistan, for trade talks with Pakistan Government. The leader, Mr. Ivan Andreevich Bremin, Is fourth from right25 words
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Article102 1949-08-24 5 MR. PAUL A. PORTER. UJS member of the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission, may recommend that the Palestine conciliation talks here be wound up and the whole Palestine problem turned over to the United Nations General Assembly, wellinformed sources said yesterday. A meeting between Mr PorterReuter - 102 words
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Article43 1949-08-24 5 Over 100,000 people welcomed Mr. M. S. GoJwalkar, chief of the Rashltriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (R. 8.5.), militant Hindu organisation, i Delhi railway station yesterday. Mr. Oolwalkar Is on I country -wide tour to reorganise the R S 8 ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article112 1949-08-24 5 TWO 'FORCES FOR PEACE GEN. Carl Spratz, retired US Air Force Chief, says that the atomic bomb aiui j the B-36 bomber, which was j destined to deliver the bomb. "are the greatest forces fur peace m the world." He said that m terms of past wars Russia could subdueA.P. - 112 words
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Article116 1949-08-24 5 PRESIDENT Truman loday pleaded $1,450,000.0(0 to arm U.S. Allies against Russian aggression as part of the price of pear* He declared that ptaot With freedom and justice cannot be bought cheaply as hf spearheaded the Administration Senate drive (o restore a US $580,405,000 CttlA.P. - 116 words
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Article53 1949-08-24 5 THE movement into and oui < 1 the Wr\st* m Japan p<»rt dt Shimonosekl has been hlbited following r. Saturday m which thi ans were killed. rirr police turvelllanc boinK maintained i whll«- the the round up of X ed m I N itlon«*l m ToReuter - 53 words
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Advertisement130 1949-08-24 5 Hear— FRANK SINATRA on Columbia Records. ALL OR NOTHINO AT AI I CIRIBIRIBIN DB 2)43 JINOLE BELLS ADESTE FIDELFS dc 43 1 THE COFFEE SCNO THE STARS WILL REMEMBER DB A FEI ,A WITH AN UMBRP:T.LA IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I DANCE WITH YOU DB WHILE THE ANOELUS WA£ RINOINO130 words
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Miscellaneous425 1949-08-24 5 af_i^aav_tt .BBC). 8.30 News (English-BBC) SINGAPOHi. 8.45 Dutch (BBC). 9. Kuoyu fMlSlSi *iirrwt\t*U\ (BBC). 930 Burmese (BBC). 9 45 fULUE NETWUK__.> English: News Rubber Prices; 184 and 41.7 metre* 10 Ra^o News Reel (BBC); 10 15 1 ni.Tsencj news from f_J_. -Band Call' (2); 10.45 'Generally at 10 sum. Speaking*425 words
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325 1949-08-24 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24. 1949. DEATH FROM BEHIND WELCOME action by Singapore Traffic Police is cutting down the Colony's accident rate. At least there has been a halt m the list of fatal accidents on open roads, so that It seems the thrusters are taking heed of325 words
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Article280 1949-08-24 6 MOSCOW must be smiling at some of the things now being written m British and American newspapers Some of the less ipon&ible m both countries see-m 10 be under the impression that the ruder they rnn he about the other the better will be the280 words
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Article561 1949-08-24 6 F. G. PRINCE WHITE - F. G. PRINCE WHITE -By I MONTE CARLO: |F you "broke the bank at Monte Carlo" today nobody Kcrc would dream of making a song about The fact is that it's "broken" so often nowadays that the feat no longer evokes much excitement. At the561 words
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Article, Illustration649 1949-08-24 6 RICHARD HUGHES - FORMOSA IS CRAMMED WITH TROOPS RICHARD HUGHES By TOKYO: THE future of Formosa, Nationalist China's last uneasy fortress, is engaging the anxious attention of General Mac Arthur and his slender military Occupation Force m Japan. Chiang Kai-shek's private offer of the beautiful rocky island to the United States for use649 words
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Article548 1949-08-24 6 RHONA CHURCHILL - 4 HOBBY that was A "all the rage" m China more than 1,500 years ago is today claiming the spare time and cash of tens of thousands of neople m the British Isles. They call themselves "aquarists" which is rather a harsh-sounding equivalent of the548 words
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Article, Illustration22 1949-08-24 6 Peter Shaw, Irish-born actor, leaves St. Columbus Church House, Chelsza with his br ide, Angela Lansbury, British film star, after their wedding.22 words
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Article, Illustration476 1949-08-24 6 PRESTO - A great chance may be los PRESTO MUSIC It* SINGAPOkt WHETHER or not Singapore is to hear Elisa b c t h Schwartzkopf and the Batavia Philharmonic Orchestra m October depends on whether, guarantors can be found for $11,000 within the next 48 hours. After last nights appeal by the476 words
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Article, Illustration606 1949-08-24 6 "Die Fledermaus" overture (Johann Strauvs). The Philharmonic Orchestra conductvd by Joref Krips. THIS should satisfy ill who find Strauss's music :.rres«tible and who doesn't? Too ofien Strauss is inadequately played and familiarity m these circumstances may breed contempt but we ha\e had some very fine Strau I606 words
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Advertisement19 1949-08-24 6 GEORG JENSEN SILVER A Sotable Same m the History of SILVERWARE m H. SENA, LTD. BANGKOK, PENANG AND SINGAPORE19 words
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Advertisement39 1949-08-24 6 ft W' m VjJK' Zff^i V LEMON HA^l COCKTAIL LO One-third LEMON HART. ,-thrd Orange or Le-non Squat* |v- c. one-th-d CM n0« w.ne. Ice tot FOR COOKINC luaspoon LEMON HART .n all rec oudd.nßS. etc AGENTS: fifr CALDBECKS39 words
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Article, Illustration260 1949-08-24 7 View of Chinese Chamber chief VAlinATinv e ss Staff VALIDATION «f land deals during the Japanese occupation and the right of crcd* tors to ask for re-valuation of payments hv a wh i hi? out m the Debt r will hit property owners who were forced to mortgage theirFree Press - 260 words
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Article127 1949-08-24 7 ONE of the biggest ocean liners to be built m France since the war. the 19.000-ton Messageries Maritimes ship La Marseillaise, arrives m Singapore on Sept. 3 on her maiden voyage to the Far East. The construction of the vessel was begun m 1939, but was127 words
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Article89 1949-08-24 7 ATTENDANCE CENTRE ARRANGEMENTS are being made with the youth welfare, food and finance sections of the Social Welfare Department for the establishment of an attendance centre at the Prince Edward Road Boys' Club. As an experiment, the centre will be run jointly by the club's leader and the probation section.89 words
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Article60 1949-08-24 7 For driving off with a bundle of cloth left behind by a fare, a taxi-driver. Lim Kee Eng, aged 23. of Jalan Besar. was yesterday fln^d $50 m the second Police Court Lim's fare. Eng Thuang Chean. took down the numbor of the taxi. This led to Lim's60 words
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Article113 1949-08-24 7 A MEMORIAL and a mass grave m memory of the Chinese who were massacred by the Japanese during their occupation of Singapore will be established m the Ang Mo Kio district at Thomson Road near the 6th milestone. The site was chosen by the Appeal Committee113 words
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Article207 1949-08-24 7 Free Press Staff Reporter IM)YS' Town, the home for orphans and destitute boys which the Order of St. Gabriel is building at the 9* mile, Bukit Timah Road, is estimated to cost more than $1,000,000. Work on clearing the site has already begun The fund207 words
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Article141 1949-08-24 7 dps ami Ind us of the ed when tiipa bend no longer ys Grad. Of the mem- colleges me recalls belie ye that d be drawn than the are sound this school of of the argu- high honours me pa^t schoI Oxford and •hey enter;m school." ntinues: "There surprising141 words
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Article23 1949-08-24 7 MUAR. Tues— Charged before the Muar Magistrate with bathing at a public stand Pipe. Eng Yu was fined «3. picture.23 words
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230 1949-08-24 7 A ROrTiw Chinese Correspondent A r h?i/J?H f mSP T Ct f work *«S conditions of child and female labour employed by factories and Chinese newspapers is being conducted by Labour Department officials. y A round of night visits was made last week to factories and230 words
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Article44 1949-08-24 7 Surface mails are expected L'> re today from Chint. Hongkong, Japan and Australia. Closing times for posting surface mails at the G.P.O. today are: to Siam, S. Africa, N. Borneo. T*buan. Brunei, Miri. E. India and Pakistan: noon, and to Kuinprhow: 6 p.m.44 words
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Article81 1949-08-24 7 THE United States Consul--1 Gei era 1 m Batavia, Mr. Charles A Livengood. has arrived m Singapore with his wif^ on hiL w.iy back to Washington Mr Livengooc, who has been U.S Consi;l-General m Batavia for the past two years, wit be .caving for Hong Kong81 words
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Article44 1949-08-24 7 As H. M. Aircraft Carrier Triumph approaches Singapore tomorrow morning a flight of Naval Aircraft consisting of six Seaflres and six Fireflies will take off from her deck and make a formation flight over the town before landing at RAF. Station Sembawang.44 words
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Article46 1949-08-24 7 The Governor has approved trie promotion of Lieut. V. P. Couphlai Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He tw also approved a Commission as Lieutenant, Malayan Royal Ntval Volunteer Reserve to B R. Lowick.46 words
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Article26 1949-08-24 7 Singapore Kerala Samajam will celebrate Onam. the biggest festival of Malayalees, on Sept. 4 at New World. The programme will start at 3.30 p.m.26 words
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Article41 1949-08-24 7 Mr H. M. Danker, Councils Clerk and acting assistant to the Principal Assistant Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, has been appointed to periorm the duties of an Assistant Secretary m the Colonial Secretariat, m addition to his own duties.41 words
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Article25 1949-08-24 7 Mr. A. H. Robson, M.C.S., has been appointed Assist- ant Financial Secretary. Singapore, and Mr. M. C Compton, M.C.S. acting Principal Assistant Financial Assistant.25 words
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Article188 1949-08-24 7 Fret* Press Staff Reporter TWO four-inch long seahorses from Singapore, shipped to Englanc; under the first impOii liceiv'e granted since the vai arrived m London recently foi the Colonial ExhiUtlon. They were sent by Mr. Charles Schiller, a tropica 1 fith engineer for rhr p^st 25188 words
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Article, Illustration339 1949-08-24 7 Free Press Staff Reporter T<HREE hundred and twenty-five teachers from all parts of the country except Trengganu and Kedah have been attending the ten-day vacation course at Raffles College which closes today with a tea party at 5 p.m. This, the first course of its339 words
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Article23 1949-08-24 7 PARIT BUNTAB, Tues lor carrying passengers m hij private Awang bin Kassbn wa i fined $25 In the Parit Buntar Court.23 words
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Article121 1949-08-24 7 THE two latest additions to the Far Eastern Fleet m South-East Asian waters H.M.S. St. Brides Bay and H.M.S. Cardigan Bay, arrived at Singapore Naval Base fmm Ma;ta on Manday Both are frigates, of the type which took over convoy escort duties from corvettes during the latter121 words
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Article145 1949-08-24 7 ryHb. ;ipp >:m unent ot three L new Justlcet oi th< i iur Negri Senibil.m are included m today's birthday honours list of the Yang di P< r Besar He ll 54. Thr new j.p.s are Dr. Chung Ah Khoon, Mr Maurice Nunis and Mr. H.145 words
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Article34 1949-08-24 7 INHERE were si /en ra scrub typhus two ol vi typhus, and on < l p pori d m the Pedt the week endin LS Tlic polio a V..LS m Jon34 words
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Advertisement83 1949-08-24 7 For D EVENING DRESSES SHADED NYLON fn Exquisite Pastel Shades. Sviwitfi Ctr. E5p L*t& SINGAPORE WTEIE PHONE 5214 WAIT? You can get it by the EASIEST WAY! NOW! family f* jgfc *n,o, o ,5^ Kadio /Mi pay on iy J2C per month. '^MERCIAL TRADERS House ot Hire-Purchase 1 Bulletin* Chulia83 words
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Advertisement48 1949-08-24 7 DIAMOND ALUMINIOMWAKE MODERNISE iQUR KITCHEN THE MACHINED BASE ENSURES ECONOMY IN HEAT. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENA N r, JEWELLERY W A T P hI q SILVERWARE S.P.H. de ajOLV\ 45, HIGH STREEi SINGAPORE IPOH LU -jR Attention motorists. We eu supply 7»u from BAN LEE SENG Trlephon,. H748 words
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Article, Illustration545 1949-08-24 8 WELFARE DEPT. HEARS HOME DISPUTES picture. 50 cases dealt every month arise over the custody of <:hildren. r "One woman will say she is the mother of a child and merely asked the other woman to look after the child for a specified sum per month, and the other womanYons Heng Studio - 545 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-08-24 8 rpOOAY Is the 54th birth--1 day of the Yang diPertuan of Negri Semhilan and is a public holiday m the State. In celebration of his birthday the Yang diPertuan Besar has made a gift of $1,750 to the I'niversity of Malaya Endowment Appeal Fund.48 words
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Article253 1949-08-24 8 A VITAL role which the Malayan University will fill is mentioned by Grad monthly bullet! c' the Stamford Club, In iU latest issue. ,'hi- rnouthniecp of local graduates of colleges and university > says: -a unl\ersity has many oiLi things to do besides *lv nu253 words
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Article28 1949-08-24 8 The 630- ton French Navy Bloop, La Gracieuse. arrived m Singapore on Monday from Sa gon on a two-day visit. She has called here for bunkers28 words
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Article428 1949-08-24 8 Public Service Commission MR. C. C. Tan (Municipal South-west), objecting to certain features of the Bill to establish a Public Service Commission m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday, said that the Commission should have powers to control promotions m the public service and municipal commissioners should be428 words
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Article48 1949-08-24 8 \f ANY operators m the New York Stock Exchange yesterday showed reluctance to do business. As a result business was slack and a gradual decline m prices persisted throughout the MHfIOT. Losses ranging to U.S. $2 on some shares accompanied occasional disappointing company news. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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547 1949-08-24 8 14 days' notice when moratorium ends Free Press Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT proposes to give 14 days' notice to the public before lifting the moratorium so that those affected would not be unduly prejudiced, said the Attorney-General. Mr. E. J. Davies, at yesterday's meeting of the Sir^apore Legislative Council. It was547 words
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Article201 1949-08-24 8 Gilt-edgeds up in dull mart London Stocl^Sß^ OI'SINESS m the lone. extremely small >• ?f of the prose.a iccounl n < t|l( correspondent. Some merits were madr but r deal. tlf British Govemmi i ti*s wen slight i>- improvements b ed mainly to tec I men! of posltloi and tins201 words
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Advertisement126 1949-08-24 8 CAPITOL SAT AT MNITE qJ>« h?.SSOUR STUDIOS ABBdi-r UPSteuo W HOT I*s^,*, f*# Ate 1 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint S'omnq GALE STORM. Allied Artittt HOLIYWOOO— Ey« mak*<up may mix •ibly b« u«»d for offic* hour app*aran<ai if an ir »ig«nt degrt* of ditcrotion it wwd ml amount applied Ey« mako-ua •hould126 words
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Advertisement83 1949-08-24 8 The Motor Vc hclri (Com/ Notice of Application for a Vrmi lay.v for i I cribrd In th <c tar busi: 1. rf V. DEFINITELY LAST THREE sS SAVIL3©|!2 vs 1 1 Jair conditionfdH PHONE 6903 GERMANY'S FIRST POST-WAR IN AGFA "THE GIRL OF MYjREW, PLEASE NOIRIH h:AIREH^S RESERVED FOR83 words
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Miscellaneous255 1949-08-24 8 m3f!(Sr2K6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Ma lava X// I* YOUMUSTI'IMPLOHES OtREK. \*AnO If I'M CAUGHT, WHAT JAIL CAN I I 55ax, OEREK. I'LL TRY POrfT E rr-ni L *NOMATT£RHOWim,I CAN'T, HOLD ME fAS LOHG AS I LIVE .I'LL HYPNOTIC SUGGfcSfiON. 1 I'LL F CAN YOU TAKE MY255 words
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Article, Illustration488 1949-08-24 9 these days of falling sales and competition, Hiean business--Iwe faced more r k'lorc with Mem of stream* their organ isii'l reducing costs with•rting to large oils, and disloca Lii plants. "slump" is strong an r the state of U.S. torecent rendon newsa United States j cline can488 words
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2007 1949-08-24 9 BEVERLEY NICHOLS - These Ha a* irttfßS OF CX apICA is the country m treat sorder social She has nto the thrown on it of anworld, of false pie are It minds. You can of them, you can But while proud see p those tion2,007 words
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Article, Illustration572 1949-08-24 9 Rodney Campbell - Rodney Campbell by THE descendants of the war-painted braves who hurled their tomahawks and tired their naming arrows across the stockades into Fort Pitt and who scalped settlers and hunted buffalo with carefree, gay feathered abandon, are now living peacefully down on the farm or by572 words
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Advertisement91 1949-08-24 9 AIR CONDITIONED /ly i^ CATHAY RESTAURANT M \JU FOR GOOD FOOD. WINE MUSIC j (V business luncheons VJ^ BOOK OF 12 TICKETS FOR *2S/ ENTITLES Mj fill 9 YOU TO 12 FULL TABLE D HOTE S COURSE JW 12-S0 LUNCHEONS ,\M TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD. INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT PORWARDI 173, CECIL STREET,91 words
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Article, Illustration439 1949-08-24 10 GEORGE CHANDLER - F.A. AID FOR ATHLETICS MAY BE OPPOSED GEORGE CHANDLER By Players' Union to study situa tion THE recent policy of the English Football Association utilizing soccer players to raise funds for athletics threatens to develop into a controversy with the Players' Union. At the end of the playing season last439 words
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Article114 1949-08-24 10 Longchamp* B P boat the F\tTßlow B.P. by four games to three m a game of badminton played at the former's court. Following are the result.; (L<ngcbampa players mentlou^d flnt): Khoo Th.^m Wbatt i< "c Cheng Kooa 16-17; 14-15. Khoo 17-18; 12 15; Wee Ban Hrn lost U>114 words
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Article56 1949-08-24 10 The first hockey practice lor sc.r.c. members this season will bi held ;>t HoOfe Lim Green tomorrow starting at 5.15 p.m. All those wishing to play hockey are invited to turn up for practice on Puesdays and Thursd.\\>. The convenor is Mr. Lav Hock Chye of MacLaino. WftteOn56 words
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Article46 1949-08-24 10 'Y'iVE following will represent the Army against X.A F. Combined mi n the community I M match to b<» played at Jnilnn Bi ar toda^. Service; Butler, I> film, \\T»it^horn (Cfcpt.), Huds n Ktnnedy. Todd. InglU. HDvson a:.d Iretond. Resents BarneMr\ or WUliama46 words
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Article38 1949-08-24 10 The Kut.iii^ saJ*i h Itwrti club first and lecond teams bwl Commercial Hish Bchoa| first and second teams at football at Loroug X ground on Sunday, the first Warn winning Btx- h*w nn reeonii fhree-tno.38 words
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Article122 1949-08-24 10 The Dunlop Sports Club met the Malacca Municipal Sports Club (2nd Team) at badminton over the weekend and won six Raines out ot the seven played. Scorers are as follows (Dunlop players mentioned first) Ec Hock Song beat C. Ra]«»thurai 13-13 <5-3>, 15-5: Lim Joo Svtee122 words
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Article86 1949-08-24 10 The results were »Grre :l r b P. p i test): ,lr>: HeOfl B Chua Pob Kbooa 15-7 l»-U Hu;U Kcnu bMLI lim Ah Huan 15-5 15-9; RCCff Kuans to Kh Ah Biih 4-15 IJ-15; LOQ Qwk Chuan lost to N Kec 7-15 7-15: li beat Pang86 words
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Article23 1949-08-24 10 U.P H^HE friendly NCM Mttcft) between Amicabli I ■OCtattOß and C.V.M.A scheduled •o have been pla>t-d BOD C.A. ground i .tiled off.U.P. - 23 words
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Article294 1949-08-24 10 U.K. league soccer fixtures FOI LOWnta are foOtOaU fixtures lor Saturday and Monday next: SATUKDAI ENGLISH LEAGUE F ir*t I>i\i>«on: Aston V. v Fulhmm, Burnley v Boit.m w Charlton v Manchester C Che'. Derby. Everton Liverpool, Huddersfield v Middlesbrough, Manter i v West Bromwtch Portsmouth v Blackpool. su>ke v Birmingham.Reuter - 294 words
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Article27 1949-08-24 10 Singapore District. (Armyi will be holding their annual (Rugby) general meeting on Friday. August, 26 at 10 a.m. at the Army H.Q. Fort Canning.27 words
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Article390 1949-08-24 10 BRIGHTON HOVE MAKE BIG PLANS I By A Special Correspondent BRIGHTON and Hove Albion Football Club, for so long threatening promotion but never achieving it, expect their best-ever season this coming winter. To this end a new stand has been built on the (ioldstone ground and the enclosure has been390 words
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Article66 1949-08-24 10 THE oral British cycle (earn ever to ride m Po- j land started off on Monday afternoon In Poland's classical cycle race "Tour de Pologne." Britain s eight-man team Is competing with a record number of foreign riders. crowd of 8.00 saw 20.000 »na released asA.P. - 66 words
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Article, Illustration125 1949-08-24 10 In friendly soccer matoh I .it fairer park >estt>rd;\v Rocklltea r«.w one-all with BUnc i D.i r by Sporis Club. Qeorge da Silva scared for the Rocklites and Sallehudin netted r Simc Darby. SPEEDWAY RACING: Although Australia were without Vie Dofgmn and Ron J ohnson, their star riders,125 words
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Article33 1949-08-24 10 SPECTATORS will be admitted to (be Naval Base without speicsl Demits via Woodlands Gate, Bukit Tim ah Road, or via Canberra Gate, Thomson Road, for Saturday's Singapore representative athletic meeting.33 words
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Article439 1949-08-24 10 'CYCLE SPEEDWAY' IS A NEW SPORT A NEW spcrt which has its scene on an old bomb-site In England's cities and town Is finding increasing popularity among the thousands of teen-agers. The sport is called cycle speedway. With many playing fields still being used for producing food for t :e439 words
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Article88 1949-08-24 10 Al Weill's plans for Madison Sq. AL WEIIJL. Square Gar(i« he hMB t made matches yet at least Just as he took o&v< managers went OD •'tiled It summer tnd too late f shows. But A'. practice by arr ;ien fin the G>ird«iT to wort he vfl] I j no88 words
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Advertisement127 1949-08-24 10 CAPITOL I'll one MVI STARTS TODAY 11-1. 45-4.00-6.30-4.30 co their s* defiance jfl Mm H and flr^^nbl f their '■JU J^^^B 1 if new i-V w^m i| peak s» I v tor A\ 1 J the MM 9 KttttS VIRGiNIAMAYO WALSH I LAST 3 SHOWS 10.30 a.m. 2 5.30 p.m.127 words
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Advertisement130 1949-08-24 10 it 'IT- <+' jf f Bmbßl B x /^B B^a\ A^NBB^bV^l^^bT |fl B^BHB^^BBHV Bat I ■^lHßfiicf Hbb 5v B W^*riH B^l with Che AUSTIN S-ton Tru XTRA MM When you ouy an Ail** *et a becter-buiii H Df( Aiuun.pnng.Qg combine, .up- Jl H^ pl C ncs. with .heer .trcngth co130 words
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559 1949-08-24 11 S.C.F.A. PRACTICE SURREY WIN IN EXCITING FINISH M'sex bid for title checked gained a splendid victory by y seasons Surrey who received a check m tL» X.!J S Over Ml <*<"««ei championship thelr bld for the county an l^^^^^tl^ u^ m Middlesex-played 25, points 180, possible points 192 remaining matchReuter - 559 words
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Article, Illustration61 1949-08-24 11 SiTCCHSSFLL: Candidates who won the Royal Life Saving Award of Merit at the Chinese Swimming Club last week. Back row (Left ip right): Hoay Teik Choo Ho Wee Song, Tan Chong Chake. Wong Yip Chong. Lionel Chce. Tan Yon* Tian. Lan Huat Monff. Front row (left to right): Leong Yee61 words
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Article133 1949-08-24 11 irpRATNERS van Breukelen's an d Hobbs" horses were ti™ Ol \l? c track for the fi rst ur»e this morning. They were all confined to trot tine cx rc v!!* e on the thir <* track Hobbs" Gold Cup nope Allworth is In fine fettle. He133 words
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Article47 1949-08-24 11 The following were elected office bearers for the S.C.C. Rugby Section for this year: Captain. Gordon Taylor; vicecaptain, J.F.M. Roualle; hon. secretary, P. Guest; convernor, J.F.M. Roualle. The first fixture of the >cason will be played on Sept. 24 between the Newcomers and the Rest.47 words
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Article471 1949-08-24 11 2nd 3rd day weights WEIGHTS for all seven races on Wednesday, Aug. 31, and four races on Saturday, Sept. 3, the second and third days of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting;. are given below. SECOND DAY Ci. 2, Dlv. I— 7f less 17 yd. Jack's Darling 9.00 Race471 words
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Article, Illustration23 1949-08-24 11 HATER-BABY: Robin Leigh Whitford. seven months, of Lo S Angeles, does a backstroke while her instructor. Mrs. C Scarborough looks on A. P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article74 1949-08-24 11 U.K. Rugby soccer rusults YESTERDAYS English .occer I "apue results were: DIVISION ONE: Aston Villa 1. Derby County 1; Burnley 2, Sunrierland 2. DIVISION THREE: (SOITH) Southend ltd. 1, Port Vale 0 DIVISION THREE: (NORTH) Oldham Ath. 2. Rotherham 2. Tran.nere Rovers 2, Barrow 1. GLASGOW CUP. (Ist Round): ClydeReuter - 74 words
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275 1949-08-24 11 r v Sl g^P° re Hockey Association have big plans th/^kim yCSt f Fday S mcetin of the Association h o y f sendln an all-Malayan hockey team to the Olympic Games at Helsinki m 1952 were discussed and the Association is out275 words
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Article135 1949-08-24 11 f EYLONESE, Cinderella 1 team of the S.A.F.A. inter-Community league, j yesterday lost their seventh consecutive game when beaten by Eurasians by five-one. In the 10th minute Van Huizen made a solo run up to score the opening goal, which was shortly later followed by135 words
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Article127 1949-08-24 11 RESULTS of ties In the Tanglin tennis tournament ni* v^ yesterday are as follows P JJ"? 4 #uW Major and -rS' w beat Lt.-Col &na Mrs. Rumsey «-3, 9-7 Men's open doubles: W A Kerner and J. H Kulper beat E. Strickland and Nathan 6?3 6-0 Mens127 words
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Article134 1949-08-24 11 IN a friendly table tennis match playped between the Tamil Brotherhood Association and C.V.M.A. Portugese Mission) at the former*! clubhouse la<=t night, the T.B.A. last by six games r o one Results, (T.B.A. players ;»re mentioned first). I Sinrles: Sardool lost »o William i HendrofT134 words
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Article39 1949-08-24 11 g.C.C. meet Kota Raja In a Senior LeaKue soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium today. In Junior B, Oroup A, Pulau Brani, who are unable to ral*e a team, have awarded a walkover to the Indonesians. photo.39 words
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Article79 1949-08-24 11 THE Duke of Edinburgh is to lead an England cricket XI against Hampshire County at Bournemouth on September 19. The Duke's team will inclu<te G-O. Allen, England; and Middlesex; S. C. Griffith, England and Sussex; R. w wi^i Roblns Entfand and Middlesex; p. r. Brown,A.P. - 79 words
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165 1949-08-24 11 rVHE Singapore Motor Club will be introducing another new motoring event on Wednesday* September 7, wt\tn they hold the "Advertisement h, 1 Rally M The forthcoming rally will be similar to the recently held photographic rally" except for the fact that the clues165 words
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386 1949-08-24 11 gET to score 153 runs m 75 minutes at Liverpool i v lr es 4 terda y» *o beat Lancashire, the New Zealand cricketers accomplished the feat with seven minutes to spare and won by nine wickets r,^H The eclaration byReuter - 386 words
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Article398 1949-08-24 11 SSC junior swimming gala on Sat. JN order to meft the growuiK demand for competitor among the Singapore Swin Club's young iwtHUMfS, nnd to provide entertainment sport for the larß»> numbtr ol school children here from EmkHi d the committee has ■framed u» hold a junior swimming «aln .n the398 words
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Article91 1949-08-24 11 T H k T SJL of Singapore, bea Burma Civilians by ylsVr^ l ne m Rangoon Pla^T^un^y SS by the odd goal m three mS"^??? 117 the T l^" dominated the game with fast, tricky play and led by two ffoals at halftlme. Their scorers wereA.P. - 91 words
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Article17 1949-08-24 11 T^ong Bahru Rangers will meet Owen Youngster, at »occ«r on Saturday at Parrer Park.17 words
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Article33 1949-08-24 11 T.i I Au «f lls t Cmp ttion r: island club Ladles Secwon by Mrs B I Bro and Miss c. Ln» tied foi Piace with scores of 101 -3f.33 words
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Advertisement131 1949-08-24 11 TfITSTODAY! U W* THE NIGHT ay with ■T;, violence* to* I HZ* Epd Thru' Eagle-lita Lr. Af M N/f£ I i r y AWD r/£W/ HAMBRA MUwned Tpl. 690<» psi day! }"> fc 9.30 p.m. Monogram's [IOLDEN EYE [PLUS! WARD BOUND' *OMO R ROW PIEDiA BRITANNICA bwl«d e e To131 words
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Advertisement45 1949-08-24 11 QAlffiV Wehav eawell,t.cke.i ijUW cellar and can sup >i v ■W V°u with all the RHTAIIDAMT p °P ular brandi of Xt J I AUK AN I whisky, gin and H,.r 24.00 tt you *ant* it> e Budgei on Itava or Phoni 547} <?fre#f Kw45 words
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Article49 1949-08-24 12 POEV TO EMILY, wife of Allied Poey, Batu Pahat. a son. Alfred Charles at Kandang Kprbau Hospital. Singapore on 20tr August 1949. Both well. \NKER at Kandang Kerbau H^cital Singapore on 23rd August to Joan wife of W. H. Anker a daughter Susan Annette. Federation tinners please copy.49 words
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Article44 1949-08-24 12 THE ENGACxEMENT is announced at Kuala Lumpur, between Keith, eldest son of the lntp Mr. W. J. Young and Mrs. G C Young of Audenshaw. Lanouhire »rui Kay, only daughter Oi *Ye late Mr. W. Marsh and Mrs. V. MaiV.i of Penarth, ins)urp.44 words
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Article19 1949-08-24 12 i EVE- On 7th Aueust m B'inbtv Alison Anne aged 22 months, only child of Eleanor Hd-rv Grieve.19 words
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Article, Illustration384 1949-08-24 12 GEN. CHIANG BIG OFFENSIVE Opposes Canton peace move HONG KONG, Wednesday. PENERALIS^IMO Chiang Kai-shek, who unexpectedly arrived bj*air m Canton yesterday, presided at a conference of top Nationalist military leaders last night to discuss launching oi an all-out counter-offensive as the main Communist armies stand poised to invade Kwangtung. Another384 words
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Article14 1949-08-24 12 The Czech Government yesterday ratified trade agreements with the Soviet Union. ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article149 1949-08-24 12 THE HAGUE, Wed. ADVANCE figures issued by the secretariat for the International Tin Study Group at The Hague show the world's total production of tin m June as 15.600 long tons tinj concentrates) and 14.000 long, tons of tin metal. World exports m June were 9,600 longA.P. - 149 words
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241 1949-08-24 12 Will resist invasion, says military chief BURMA WATCHING CHINA KARACHI, Wednesday. VyiTH Chinese Communist forces steadily approaching Yunnan Province, which borders on Burma, the Burmese deputy Premier and Comman-der-in-Chief, Gen. Nc Win, who is on a visit to Pakistan, announced that his Government is keeping vigilant watch on military developmentsA.P. - 241 words
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Article43 1949-08-24 12 The Municipal Council of: Kempsey, Australia, has barr- ed nearly all aborigines m the area from using the town's swimming pool. Only aboriginal children attending Kempsey high school may use the pool. About 400 are affected by the ban.- A. P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article63 1949-08-24 12 THE Tamil Brotherhood Association will be staging the first Indian Talen- I time show at their club-« house m Farrer Park on Saturday at 6.15 p.m. The programme com- j prises ten items, including j two to be given by Larry Fenton and his Tincan Toledoes63 words
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Article50 1949-08-24 12 AMERICAN warships will visit Spain next month for the first time since Generalissimo Franco took pvmer a decade ago. In Washington a State Department official said the visit is the Navy's idea and does I not represent any change m America's chilly attitude toward Franco.- A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article178 1949-08-24 12 LONDON. Wed. MR. Egerton Sykes, 54-year-old London explorer, yesterday called off his plan to climb Mount Arrarat m search of Noah's Ark this year. Mr. Sykes said he had received the verbal permission of the Turkish Embassy to make the trip but that it presently wasU.P. - 178 words
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Article52 1949-08-24 12 MR. TOM O'BRIEN, Socialist M.P., last night told a political rally at Finchley. a London suburb, that Britain would rather risk Communism than "be kicked around by unlettered, pot-bellied money magnates of the United States." Mr. O'Brien, 49, is general secretary of the National Association of TheatricalU.P. - 52 words
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Article186 1949-08-24 12 BATAVIA, Wednesday THE Dutch administration last night lifted its ban on the flying of the Indonesian Republican red and white nag m Batavia M to give tangible proof of the Government's joy at the opening of the roundtable conference at The Hague. This flagReuter - 186 words
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Article112 1949-08-24 12 PAKISTAN WARNED BY INDIA NEW DELHI. Wed. INDIA has formally protested to Pakistan against "continued violations" of the in-ter-Dominlon agmwent on evacuee property. An official spokesman said yesterday India is com meed thai Pakistan intends to acquire the property of all non-Muslim nationals, thereby forcing 500.000 Hindus and Sikhs InReuter; A.P. - 112 words
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Article67 1949-08-24 12 NEW YORK. Wed. THE New York HeraldTribune yesterday called upon the Western democracies to "declare themsebes the champions of self-government m Asia." The newspaper said that the desire of Asians to IfllH themselves "could be used as a weapon against Communism." It added, To the presentReuter - 67 words
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95 1949-08-24 12 Denied trial by British court-martial HAMBURG, Wed. FORMER German FieldT Marshal Erich von Mansiein failed yesterday m a bid to have himself tried by 1 court of British field-mar-shals. When he Appeared before a military tribunal I Hambui headed* by a Lieutenant-Col-onel, his counsel claimed that Von Mansn m was,A.P. - 95 words
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Article19 1949-08-24 12 AN sch< I lish Channel rAv.z. Dunn itudent four h s.- A.P. Reuter A.P.A.P.; Reuter - 19 words
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Article20 1949-08-24 12 jlki a THK dump discovered month imdei Jerusalem's r> c between the I I. i Adasd A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article29 1949-08-24 12 Dr. N B. Khare. former ngress Prime Minister of the Central Provinces. 1 Joined the Hindu Mahftttbha Party because, he said, "ttl Ideology appeals to me."29 words
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Article33 1949-08-24 12 Ifotra Shearer star of the Sadlers Wclll ballet and the film Red Shoes, is ill with anaemia and doctors have arlvised a complete I three or four \vr- A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article136 1949-08-24 12 'MAKING ASIAN STUDENTS RED LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. rr\HE Bishop of Liverpool, Dr. Clifford A. Martin, said yesterday that Negro and Oriental students arriving m England are being met at the* docks by Communist welcomers and. as a result, many of them are "well on the way to becoming Communist missionaries" whenA.P. - 136 words
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Article189 1949-08-24 12 BATAVIA. Wednesd; THE Vietminh leader, Ho Chi Minh. njri tlj.i» the area he is leading m rebellion ftfalnsi I ranee can remain "semi-neutral* m the Asian cold irmr He made this statement m reply to quput to him by Andrew Roth, the United States magazine. TheA.P. - 189 words
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Article24 1949-08-24 12 SCAP announced m Tokyo yesterday that it had approved tue lifting of controls on 1.000 mmc commodities on the Japanese market.24 words
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Article51 1949-08-24 12 A SOFTENING 01 A Russia is seen m it threatening Russi.m i hand over all Russian (m, Government and expr< a negotiated iettlera< X !l puted question The latest V that Yugoslavia, kx state, her peo] no conditions wi!. fere m their Intel nal I i51 words
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Miscellaneous97 1949-08-24 12 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris e| j ffl I TWATiS WHAT 1 1VOUGHTTUE I AS YOU OW IMAGINE, BEFOCE WE I I --BECAUSE THE VERY NEXT MORNING THE I UU— 1 9Aip, S4INX SAME TWINS Mff. EVER SET OUT I'D SEEN AStfNG- AI P/RATES *€RE THERE/" <** lrsO YOdD FOUND97 words
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