The Singapore Free Press, 6 September 1949
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Title Section20 1949-09-06 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TITESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1949. FHM X 10 I hMS20 words
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Article302 1949-09-06 1 UK breaking blockade? HONG KONG, Tuesday. gRITISH warships are reported to be escorting: British merchant vessels through the Chinese Nationalist Government's blockade of North China ports. An Australian journalist, Michael Keon, who has just arrived here from CommunistDontrolled Peiping, said here yesterday that, m oneU.P.; Reuter; A.P. - 302 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-09-06 1 Joik?y i ran* t tannery presents Mrs. Tommy Thomson and Mr. Geoffrey Allen with the Spot Dance winning prizes at last night's charity bail organised by the Malayan jockeys at the Victoria Hall.33 words
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Article102 1949-09-06 1 BRITAIN TO GIVR AID TO MALTA I LONDON. Tues. reed m prinMalta, Dr. Maltese Premier after his final he 24-day Malta with Mr Arthur the British try. I )ifice view Is tl c i\y will have Xt c ol Malta's econott uid I am flying b i co consult theReuter - 102 words
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Article35 1949-09-06 1 |r*»y, an RAF. Spit■i «<>mmunieation n Singapore to •<<>rth was reported "where m the irt-a. >rih was carried out the day and far nifbl with Dakotas, l rlandt and Havards. h is continuing.35 words
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102 1949-09-06 1 Greek rebels blow up Turkish train ISTANBUL, Monday. pREEK rebels last night VI mined and derailed a Turkish passenger train crossin? the strip of Gre?k territory between Pythion m T.irace. and Adrianpole. Turk3y, badly injuring 20 passengers. The train, travelling north from Istanbul, was violently shaken by two explosions fromReuter; A.P. - 102 words
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Article206 1949-09-06 1 Very welcome denial THE Singapore Free Press is glad to publish a 1 denial from the Commissioner-Generals office of the story emanating from Tokyo that Japanese immigrants are to be settled In North Borneo. In a leading article last Friday, the Free Press gave extracts from a circumstantial and detailed206 words
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Article98 1949-09-06 1 NFW YORK. Tues. Capt. Bill Odom, aged 30, American round-the world flyer, was killed yesterday wnen his plane crashed, at over 400 mlles-an-hour, into a house at Berea, Ohio, during the United States national air races The house burst into flames and Mrs. Jeanne Laird, aged 24,98 words
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Article40 1949-09-06 1 ANOTHJui batch of 1,500 r\ Portuguese troops passed through Singapore m the trooper Colonial this morning bound for Macao. A fortnight ago. the Portuguese troopship Nyassa called at Singapore with 1.500 Portuguese troops also bound for Macao.40 words
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Article106 1949-09-06 1 BKI-l on s used to **t P*ople Dr A. L. Armstrong, m a report to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, states that cannibalism seems to have 01 th Neolithic period-l,oo< to 3.000 IS C. He basrd his findings on a group of bonrsA.P. - 106 words
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Article20 1949-09-06 1 SYDNEY, Mon. A DOCTOR here has received an elaborate appointment book, inscribed: "With the compliments of funeral directors." Reuter-AAPReuter-AAP - 20 words
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Article47 1949-09-06 1 HIROHITO'S SISTER-IN-LAW FOR U.S. Emperor Hirohito's sister m law has left Yokohama aboard the American liner President Cleveland, to tour Hawaii and the United State She Is Mrs. Tomoko Otani who was accompanied by he husband. Abbot Koyo Otan< head of Hlgashl Honganjl— powerful Buddhist sect U.P.U.P. - 47 words
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Article199 1949-09-06 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. TAN Chin Tuan (Chinese Chamber of Com/VnJ?!n rC f2ii su Pf?° rted *y M r- A. McLellan (Nominated), will move certain still-unrevealed amendments to the motion on war damage compensation scheme which will be introduced by the Financial Secretary, Mr.199 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-09-06 1 wfth a ro^nr?,?! H y Va^ de^ Beck deJi ht the audience concert at the S^VjC Hall last night m aid of the Girls' Home Building Fund.27 words
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Article128 1949-09-06 1 APPEAL TO TRUMAN ON NEGROES NEW YORK, Tues. THE Civil Rights Congress, 1 sponsors of left-wing Taul Robeson s concert m Fcplcskill, New York, yesterday told President Truman that Federal intervention vas needed m the State to pro- J teel lives and propor'.y of cKizens— especially Nefioe*. The Cong, ess128 words
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Article25 1949-09-06 1 The national police yesterday began strengthening forces all over South Korea to meet Increased guerilla activity from the North Korean Communist Government U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article14 1949-09-06 1 P»ilce opuaf:ig tf. Panarea ycaicrd^y morning noitally **ounatd i Chinese bar.dit.14 words
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Article101 1949-09-06 1 LONDON, Tues. A PROSECUTOR at the Japanese War Crimes trials was named yesterday to defend a pretty British army girl accused of killing her soldier husband m Klagenfurt, Austria. Mr. Christmas Humphreys, Britain's Buddhist assistant prosecutor at the Tokyo trials, will lead the defence of PrivateA.P. - 101 words
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Article143 1949-09-06 1 BATAYIA, Tuesday. A DEVASTATING fire which completely destroyed a rubber warehouse m Bandjermasin, South rS«?^Sr over thc week end dld damage estimated at 5,000,000 guilders (Straits $6,000,000 on the official rate of exchange). News of the outbreak, which is believed to be the result of143 words
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Article76 1949-09-06 1 tree Press SUIT Reporter 4 LL posts for locaj people m the forthcoming international conferences at Victoria Memorial Hall ate filled, the organising secretary, Major J. Gauntlett, told the Free Press today. Between 50 and 60 men and women have been engaged as stenographers. telephonists, usherettes,76 words
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Article38 1949-09-06 1 The British Ministry of food, blaming a fall m dairy production, announced yesterday that the milk ration would be cut next Sunday from three pints to two and p half pint per person weekly A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article399 1949-09-06 1 SECOND CHANCE FOR BANDITS Free Press Staff Reporter SHORTLY after dawn this morning, R.A.F. planes based In both the Federation and Singapore took off on a mission which has no precedent m Mala>a —to drop 250,000 pamphlets which m Tamil, Chinese and Malay tell of the terms on which the399 words
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Article75 1949-09-06 1 BRITAIN has produced her first jet night fighter plane, and also a singleseateT tighter with an engine 66 per cent, more powerful than the famous Vampire, it was announced last night by the De Havllland Aircraft Company. The nigtit tighter, the D.H. 113, is a two-seaterReuter - 75 words
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147 1949-09-06 1 LONDON, lues. THE chairman of the British Labour Party and Minister of National Insurance, Mr. James Griffiths, said yesterday at Bridiington, Yorkshire. that the British general election next year was going to be a "tough fight. "Our veiy success has rained all ourReuter - 147 words
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Article55 1949-09-06 1 SPtCIAL Markrt ronr>p..n Jeot tfves tbc prirr* ot ruhber (to cents per Ib.i at am today s follows: Buyers Sellers No I I S Spot: loose 37 Vi 37' Fob in Dales Sept No. 1 R.S.S. nU 37', No. 2 R.S.S. t$% 3.V H No. 3 R.S.S. 32«i55 words
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Advertisement23 1949-09-06 1 fhe Cleaning ounts evince riorKy of PARIS .VCUANING CO. Bt R f W* I SHOP THE c-w FIUPATIItt POOD SUPPLIES iKLEPHONE ORDER DEPT..528123 words
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Advertisement48 1949-09-06 1 __R____________________l____________-'-_^^^9Ph i M Vnt/En D^L IJ PARAIUX SYNTHETIC ENAMEL 'S^SiC PARAL.N ENAMEL PAINT OH^r ->3 STRUCTURAI STEEL PAINTS j^g FERROL ANTI-CORROSIVE nmmmHMu* p* lN t alum.n.um p».nt SOLD BY CID RESISTING PAINT! Sealu're MARIN£ MmTB INTERIO ONI.T PAIMTB WAUTONE DISTEMPER SOLE AGENTS: MANUFACTURERS: PAR MALAYAN PAINT WORKS Uft48 words
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Article623 1949-09-06 2 A "BACK to the Twenties" fight is raging m Paris as the winter dress collection shows, get well under way. Skirts are shorter, the silhouette is straight and the hair is cropped to produce the sultry, "vampire' effect of those hectic years. Skirts are so cut623 words
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Article, Illustration272 1949-09-06 2 MAGICIAN Paula iTI Baird, 31-year-old Hastings mother, has become world champion as a sleight-of-hand expert at the Magicians' Grand Prix at Amsterdam. Last March she performed before Britain's critical Magic Circle at the Park Lane Hotel. She confessed before her performance she was 'scared to death,272 words
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Article, Illustration236 1949-09-06 2 MARY BAXTER - MARY BAXTER By j went to a large cocktail party a few nights ago and once again noticed the deplorable habit of 'evening dress' for cocktails. The unfashionable fad seems to be peculiar to Singapore and I, for one, would like to see it abolished. Cocktails and236 words
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Article203 1949-09-06 2 UNUSUAL combinations of i usual ingredients can give new zest to many dishes. Here are a few which can be recommended: Caper sauce with boiled or steamed white flsh. Fresh, sweet apple rings fried with sausages. Cooked beetroot slices fried with bacon. Chutney with grilled or fried203 words
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Article61 1949-09-06 2 OLIVIA de Havilland has won her tight to save her expected first child, say the doctors After X-rays and hospital examination they said the baby will be born m about 30 days. Miss Havilland. wite of writer Marcus Good'icVi. has I been confined to bed forU.P. - 61 words
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Article371 1949-09-06 2 (CONTRASTING sugV/ gestions from Germany and France are offered to British housewives by correspondents Brian Connell and Hugo Charteris: Bavarian Dumplings REQUIRED (for four people): 8 slices of bread, 1 egg (or reconstituted), 1 cup milk. i. 2 lb. liver, 1 onion, 1 tablespoon cookins371 words
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Advertisement56 1949-09-06 2 rtie tnanuiiiui J Choose an individual length from a Selection of Fabulous French fabrics from Paris Miss Vicky has pleasure m announce ing the new American Hair-cut for the first time m Singapore Price $5.00. JHs§s=§Hl=S=SS MICHELLE 13, Battery Road PhtMM 3339 JNOW AVAILABLE FASHIONABLE ELGIN AMERICAN COMPACTS "THE PERFECT56 words
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Advertisement214 1949-09-06 2 Those who are 'Au-Fait' DO SAY its L 3 iruumt I for your loveliest frocks G.H Bldgs 18 L Battery Road Singapore Phone 7997 SI rMIuW Portable WARDROBE garments Ava rb!e Haberdashery Dept. n colours of or Light Brown First Floor Prices $29.95 $36.50 ROBINSON: RAFFLES F>LACE SPORE LYSrirr RADLWCE214 words
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Miscellaneous362 1949-09-06 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you are very positive and set about certain things, bat all too often can be influenced against your better judgment. Usually, this is done m the interests of harmonious living, for above all else you dislike strife, disorder and any kind of forceful coercion. Independent362 words
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Miscellaneous42 1949-09-06 2 POCKET CAHTOON by OSBER7 LANCASTER ____l .ift A>- It 'lUeiese ma c/icrt Mituay LittlehaniDton wants us to or -a it- lor Her something u-nibly severe but lust <i tteuu-wtenu bit defiant mat %'ie can wear in Vie eveninaf during the coming crisis42 words
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Article344 1949-09-06 3 Defence scheme American defence plans call tor immediate United States armed intervention if any large enemy force should attack Canada. That was part of the official reaction to critical press reports on Exercise Eagle, Canada's biggest peacetime land-air manoeuvres, recently held along the first344 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-09-06 3 w !,m* lnwd-urt s >w«i M Kukhnri. a Pakistan student It London University, at a tt Pakistan Hi?h Commisresktence at Lowndes Square, Number (3737) on fan-shaped headgesf h possibly a laundry tajf-32 words
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164 1949-09-06 3 E IE-OLD boy is electrifying the bull-rings n r Spain M the season reaches its peak. Miguel Baez, known as El Litri who up middle of August fought 64 fights despite that this is his first year in the ring. .tighter of the r.ners' class,164 words
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Article128 1949-09-06 3 Another War of the Roses is being fought; and it isn't between the Houses of Cork and Lancaster, but a bloodless war between the rose-growers of Britain, France and the U.S. It is a war for dollars, francs and pounds with victory going: to those {rowers128 words
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Article, Illustration56 1949-09-06 3 This is a 1 >1 > picture of one of the Rotor planes developed by Mr. Jonathan E. ('aid well (at left), the remains of whose planes have been found near Glen Burnie, Maryland, U.S.A. A.U.S. air force official has tailed his plane the prototype of the fly ing saucer,56 words
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Article135 1949-09-06 3 DR. J. Eddy Asirvatham, Indian faculty member ol Boston University, is quoted) by the Manila Times as saying that there was a "conspl- cuous lack of enthusiasm among Indians about the Southeast Asia Union m spite of assurances that it is not an ti -Communist." The135 words
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Article65 1949-09-06 3 r MHE American House of Representatives recently struck out from a housing bill an amendment making it unlawful to segregate white and coloured people. The House passed a measure providing about $3,750.--000.000 m mortgage insurance to help people with modest incomes build homes. The billReuter - 65 words
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176 1949-09-06 3 WILLIAM Courtenay, of the London Daily Graphic, says that Emperor Hirohito of Japan is m favour of a world alliance to check the spread of Communism. Mr. Courtenay arrived at Manila last week on a Philippine Air Lines plane from Tokyo by way of HongReuter - 176 words
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Article57 1949-09-06 3 The Chinese Communists have increased foreign exchange rates. Communist currency now is 2,350 yen U.S.$l. an increase of 100 points. Other new exchange rates are: 6,400 Jen Mln Piao (Communist currency) to £1 sterling, up 400 points, 400 to HK$l.OO, up 25 points, and 2,200A.P. - 57 words
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251 1949-09-06 3 Anti-Red decree a 'guiding light' pEPORTS reaching the Vatican show that the ex-communicaiTon decree against the Communists has been greeted generally with relief by the Catholic hierarchy and faithful as a guiding light m the present dark days of the Church's history. Even m circles outside the Church the decisionReuter - 251 words
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Article118 1949-09-06 3 NO matter how tough the going may be, Carlos P. Remulo, it seems can always acquit himself with flying colours. The dean of Philippine diplomats one day found himself all alone m his room at the swanky Gov-ernment-owned Manila Hotel He was deeply engrossed with some118 words
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Article45 1949-09-06 3 New Zealand aero cluos recently approved a Government scheme for using 100 former R.NZ.A.F. flying Instructors to train aero club members as part of a plan to build up an Air Force active reserve and eventually a Territorial Air Force. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article266 1949-09-06 3 ABOUT 25,000 Displaced Persons are leaving Germany each month for countries of the Western world for an existence free from fear and pressure, according to a United States Military Government spokesman. Thus a sociological problem is being solved which has caused the United Nations grave266 words
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Article66 1949-09-06 3 MAINBRACE CHOCS. The Bishop of Hereford, Dr. T. Longworth. looked a hit worried when he heard the order Splice the main-brace given to fiftyfive boys of the Russel Cates Nautical school, England But he lost the worri-d look when, instead ol t'-e traditional tot of rum. the boys were Riven66 words
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Article64 1949-09-06 3 DASTOR Martin Niemoller, who was imprisoned oy Hitler for preaching opposition to the Nazi regime, left New York recently for San Francisco en route to Sydney for a series of lectures In Australia. New Zealand and Tasmania. Pastor Niemoller Is President of the Evangelical Church in Hessen-64 words
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Article38 1949-09-06 3 Roberto Rosscllini. Kalian director of Insrici Bergman's latest film, said m Rome recently that he hopes to marry the Swedish star v.hta and il she geU a divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstorm of Los Angeles. A.P.38 words
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Article, Illustration314 1949-09-06 3 vyXST opened the queen of hearts, and South won with the ace. He could count m top cards one spade, two hearts, two diamonds, and three clubs. There was a play for the n_nth trick In practically every suit. For example, declarer might try for his extra trick,314 words
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Advertisement57 1949-09-06 3 SOtt^H America or /^Z^J^abQvV^Qcreoia-,,» t WORLD SERVICES JT-t-M BTHE 48,000 wile fo* in^u.wies (*lco *ao»T »?r iohd 1 routes of XL M the i «««^vat.oh^ a^iy to hrn looKMt orrtc. World's Oldest Airlnc kpm euiwo*»9. i4i« i .ron) speed pssiciifcrt aiw* J P><O E J M S4J cities of five57 words
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Miscellaneous263 1949-09-06 3 hmb, [SINGAPORE 1 •HLI t Nr IWOKk) 184 and 41 7 metres. < lenrj neu*. from R.L. 1 at 10 am TODAY TOMORROW n from Kuala Lumnmmri m Malay; n by American bf The Radio Tilrr.e Sitjnal I 45 LMnce music Joe 6 Programme E )2 Lfc teners' Choice— j263 words
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Miscellaneous272 1949-09-06 3 Day by Day; 10.30 Music to e_u_- o ,«v. ac. m»,,ci/- r t«; Charm; 10 45 Canberra Report thi tLn (repeat,; 11 News Bulletin; ILIS F^ k»£ Erf^lJZ ISr ConVpo«pr of the We k-Beriicz; J. 30 New^ m Cantonese (BBC) n?n To'ir- -Aii_iilti_ r*.« k,t 6* 5 Indonesian: News ProWkv»272 words
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Miscellaneous170 1949-09-06 3 Solution To Crossword No. 784 F.P. Crossword No. 785 r pp h 3 n* i i 5 p i 7 1 i r Q UK IILIIIIEUIIIII Wpf' —ww Li t A| BOM 4 Likenesses (6); 8 Feign (7); 10 Young animal i3>; 11 Beard (3); 12 Communication (6); 15 Mental170 words
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608 1949-09-06 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Sept. 6, 1949. CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD Tiii: flrsi, thing to remember 1 abotn the Federation Government's invitation to terroristi to surrender thomselves and their arms is tnat it is not an amnesty no: a pardon. There wi). be no softening of the rigo*ur of608 words
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Article, Illustration1202 1949-09-06 4 NEW YORK: JX this dream I had Hie other night America owed Britain the money. Everything was m reverse and m detail. It was America who had beggared herself fighting the war from the first shot to the last. It was America who had stood alone under1,202 words
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Article, Illustration598 1949-09-06 4 MILTON SHULMAN - MILTON SHULMAN By piEU) MARSHAL Fritz Erich von Manstein, born at Lewi n ski 61 years ago, was one of Hitler's ablest generals. It was his plan which led to the armoured thrust through the Ardennes m 11)40 and which brought about the col lapse of598 words
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Article730 1949-09-06 4 H.J. Sargint - H.J. Sargint By THE important American-British-Canadian Economic Conference opens at Washington today. It is attended by Mr. John W. Snyder, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Sir Stafford Cripps, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Douglas Abbott, Canadian Minister of Finance. Mr. Bevin, BritishN.A.N.A. - 730 words
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Article, Illustration19 1949-09-06 4 8.0.A.C. stewardess Vida Barker making friends with Bauccha a playful young tiger who recently travelled to London from India.19 words
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Article397 1949-09-06 4 JAMES CAMERON VALLETTA - Toomany Maltese babies JAMES CAMERON VALLETTA By AM bee mm a 1 pretty suh. porter on Malta rWr j have been here often seen the island m \l£ i self slowly from a eh ly tangle of destS among the debris m to a surface Illusion o prosperity tod I397 words
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Advertisement14 1949-09-06 4 W£tf£7.7C GIFTS In SILVER OR E.P.N.S L S de SUVA Jewellers IG6, ORCHARD RD.14 words
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Advertisement80 1949-09-06 4 If you are arranging refreshments foi a Club c Society Tea, or for any other big meeting us quote you a special rate for small cakes and buns. All the varieties illustrated are made to order, and if you wish, we will include of the buns, doughnuts, eclairs etc. mentioned80 words
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Miscellaneous32 1949-09-06 4 j RIFLE RANcT I 'I- Jl^ There'* something /?_hi/ about that cove every day he comes and wtat all "iV prizes, then he uupe* his /tnaerprxnts off the gun tonion Express Service32 words
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Article407 1949-09-06 5 SUNK SHIP: S'PORE GOVT. ACTS Dutch queried on payment Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has asked the British Consul-General in Batavia to find out definitely whether or not the Government of Indonesia will compensate the owner of the Singapore vessel, Kian Peng, which was machine-gunned and sunk by407 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-09-06 5 pictures. ill (top) and Mrs. Ruth Hegeli, who will help at the Poppy Day Children's Garden Party on Oct. 15, at 26 Cuscaden Road. OrientOrient - 25 words
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Article, Illustration65 1949-09-06 5 picture. i h >iv iv 15. n presenting s bouquet to Lady Gftaft- son, who presented the prizes at an exhibition and prize -giving held at the Keppel Road Social Welfare Centre yesterday. Lady Gin son said she was very impressed with the work of the children at the centre,Free Press - 65 words
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Article105 1949-09-06 5 INTERNED ARTIST FOUND A WAY Free Press Staff Reporter SELF-TAUGHT amateur artist, Mr. C. Jackson, exlibited m Singapore yester>oks of sketches done he was interned at nd Sime Road. meeting of the IntereJ Fortnightly Club In idlo m Lady Hill Road. :kson gave a short talk his pictures. ;i demonstration105 words
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Article335 1949-09-06 5 Free Press Staff Reporter VI ORE residential premises— the majority of them iTJ bungalows are being built m all parts of Singapore's rural areas than any other type of building, according to latest official figures of plans approved. During the three months May to July335 words
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Article85 1949-09-06 5 THE Food and Agricultural Organisation's Far Eastcm Regional Office yesterday announce the addition of ancth?r member to its staff with the arrival m Bangkok of Dr. G L. Kesteven, Regional Fisheries RepresentaL:ve, from Singapore. Dr Kesteven has been with FAO since August, 1947, and since thi.85 words
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Article156 1949-09-06 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUft. Mon. rAI-KWEI. alias "The Big Devil," one of Negri Sembilan's B'g Five bandit leaders whu was wounded by a police patrol m the Lav area on Aug. 23 and subsequently died In hospital, had boistod h<» wnitld M taka156 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-09-06 5 picture. 'pitAINER PA VIES, jockeys, guests and "horses" photographed at Raffles Hotel last W'Se £%Jlt2&ftnS£ S he d S St S P r Free PressFree Press - 25 words
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Article174 1949-09-06 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A NEW scheme is being prepared for the Malay Administrative Service and a promotions board will sit soon to consider claims of Malay administrative officers for promotion to the Malayan Civil Service, it was officially stated today. The174 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-09-06 5 picture. MISSES WONG AH CHUN and TAY Btftf HI AN. laugh triumphant)? as they lead the field home m a three-legged race at the Keppel Harbour Welfare Centre sports meet held yesterday Free PressFree Press - 34 words
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Article154 1949-09-06 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent T<HE number of Chinese leaving Malaya for China m the last two months has dropped greatly compared with figures for the first half of this year, according to Singapore travel agents. They attributed this trend to the rapid drive of154 words
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Article226 1949-09-06 5 THE Little Theatre Player.have gone to Spain foi the setting of their latest play and by their presentation of the classic "A Hundred Years Old' 1 have further enhanced their reputation. This is the type ol play m which nothing happens." The dramatist captures and maintains the226 words
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Article26 1949-09-06 5 Thi monthly meeting of the HuraJ Bourd will be held on Thursday. Sept. 15 m the Council Chamber, Colonial •Scc-otary'3 Office, at 10 a.m.26 words
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Article138 1949-09-06 5 Singapore rice talks tomorrow DR. F. C. C. Benham. Economic Adviser to the Com-missioner-General, will meet Singapore Chinese rice rneri chants tomorrow for iniwrmal discussions which are expected to relate to the background of the rice trade as it existed before the war m Malaya. WUn the announcement that international138 words
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Article87 1949-09-06 5 AJ JMBLE sale organised by the Dorcas Society of the Sevejt) Day Advent' *t Church ii' aid of welfare wcrfc -will <akr place at the Malayan Semiiiary Upper Ser.'.nRuo- Foa J or Thursday, ftt 3 om Cl« thirt; shoes, swlm-sultl ana thinp,r foi the home will87 words
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Advertisement48 1949-09-06 5 SWIM SUITS IN MOST ATTRACTIVE COLOURS AND STYLES MODELS BY JANTZEN. MORLEY AND MAID MARIAN ONE PIECE WITH SKIRT AND TWO PIECES > /dB/Jiknmmmmmmm J MBmmW, wWmW&^m U XAffUi PUCI' TEL.4 649 JmHHHmHHHnHHV Evening Dinner Fascinating Models WWiiMmiuls G2-1, Bras Basah RoaJ Near Raffles hioie" CHROMIC .JT^ PIATINC <£p*48 words
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Advertisement55 1949-09-06 5 REMIWDERJ .We wish to remind \<mi that our MILLINEin DEPT. I keeps a constant stock of STRAW HATS FELT HATS from 812.5 C BRIDAL VEILS from $14.00 HAT VEILS from 52.5 C ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS from $1.50 BRIDAL HEADDRESSES ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE JEWELLERY WATCHES SILVERWARE S.P.H. de SILVA 45, HIGH55 words
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Miscellaneous41 1949-09-06 5 MAILS Surface mails are expected to arrive m Singapore today from Java, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Sibu. Closing times lor posting surface mails at the G.P.O. today are: to the U.S.. Canada and Indo-China: noon; and to Siam: 6 p.m.41 words
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Article3113 1949-09-06 6 KENTUCKY DERBY TO WIN AGAIN Form guide for tomorrow Free Press Racing Correspondent I^ENTUCKY Derby, Tempest and Gaucho, three m first run winners, are meeting m the six -furlong handicap for Class 3, Div. 1 sprinters at Bukit Timah tomorrow, the fourth day of the Singapore Turf Club Autumn (Gold3,113 words
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Article, Illustration45 1949-09-06 6 picture. Lloyd Valberg, Singapore's Olympic athlete, clears the fourth hurdle m the 120 yards high hurdles event at the Malaya A.A.A. meet at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. He set up a new record of 15.5 sees. the most spectacular performance at the championships Free PressFree Press - 45 words
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Article494 1949-09-06 6 [London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday A LTHOUGH there was little incentive to trade, the of business that passed m the London Stock Exchange yesterday gave most sections firmness, says Reuters financial correspondent, were irregularly higher and rubbers were unchatu to higher. j British Government stocks received494 words
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Article125 1949-09-06 6 SHIPS in port alongside Singapore Harbour B> wharves yesterday (godowi ln brackets) were. Main Wharf: Drente (11) Mil doro (33-34 >. Asphallon (31 Kota Nfea (40-41 1. ■feunrac T.v langakar (42-43). West Wharf: Nieuvs (4-5). Gorgon (6-7). Pandua I 9). Sirufa <10>. Darv 1 14 I Senggarang (15).125 words
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Miscellaneous124 1949-09-06 6 ifUViil I lfFf X L NT ft p«rt 0T H TU^ 0 I. A l I l^n ALV A BLAMEO Mt II 1 REME H i I NOTHiNG TO WORRY AaOUT.II fel Isagsg JiiH^^^ lagiaii fe^S^ JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Next dog... h\ /^m runnihc,124 words
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Article288 1949-09-06 7 GOLD CUP HORSES IN TRYOUTS Ecliptic most impressive Free Press Racing: Correspondent ECLIPTIC, probable Gold Cup favourite, went out for a useful one-mile gallop with Clynor (Lawler) and Allworth (Charles) at Bukit Timah this morning. With Woods astride, the Felstead gelding was fighting to go and won the trial easily288 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-09-06 7 picture. Bill Sid well (Australia) falls during his match against Pancho Gonzatas (U.S.) m the Davis Cup challenge round at Forest Hills. Gonzales lost the point when he touched the net. Gonzales won 6-1. 6-3, 6-4. A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article95 1949-09-06 7 pOLLOWING are results of yesterday's English Soccer League fixtures: FIRST DIVISION A>ton V. 1 Portsmouth 0 Blackpool 0 Newcastle 0 Bolton 0 Derby 0 Burnley Stoke i SECOND DIVISION Cardiff C. 2 Hull 0 Sheffield 0 Leeds 1 Tottenham 1 Sheffield Wed. 0 West Ham 1 Southampton95 words
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Article110 1949-09-06 7 CUPERIOR m all depart- ments. Malays beat Indians two-nil m a Singapore Community League soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Malays might have piled up a double-figure score had 'heir nn'shing not been erratic. Their defence was too strong for the Indians who, however, were110 words
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Article268 1949-09-06 7 DICHAKD Gonzales retained his men's singles title XV by beating Ted Schroeder, American hold3r of the Wimbledon title, by 16—18, 2 6, 6—l, 6—2, 6 4 m the final of the United States lawn tennis championships at Forest Hills yesterday. The first set of the men's final268 words
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Article242 1949-09-06 7 rilt New Zealand cricket touring team were well on the road to victory at the end of the second day's play against the South of England side at Hastings yesterday. The New Zealanders scored 367 m their first innings and then dismissed South of EnglandReuter - 242 words
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Article255 1949-09-06 7 NEW ZEALAND— Ui Inns. Sutcliffe b Bailey 10 Scott Ibw Bal'ey 12 Rabone b Bailey 78 Hadlee c Edrirh b Bailey 114 Donnelly c van Ryneveld b MaUett 48 Smith c Valentine b MaUett 22 Reid c Allen b Edrich 54 Mooney run out 4 Buitt lbw Compton 11255 words
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Article53 1949-09-06 7 oingapore Cricket dub and Singapore Recreation Club meet at soccer today for the Conrad Clarke Shield. The kick-off will be nt 5 p.m. The game will be payed at the S.R.C. end ->f 'he Pn dang. At the conclusion of rhe match Mrs. Clarke will give53 words
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Article52 1949-09-06 7 ROCKY ORAZIANO yesterday issued a challenge to Freddie Mills. British lightheavyweight champion. Graziano will meet Charlie Fusari m a middleweight bout on Sept. 14. "After I beat Fusari I'll take on anybody." Rocky said. "I want Mills. I can come m at 162 or 16352 words
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Article587 1949-09-06 7 (Cunlinued from page six.) at i'cnang August Meeting second by 1 length to Lusan Maid over 5..1. with 8.3 m 4th div. 100 Chita 8.11: Did not accept first day over 6f with 8.4 m 3rd. div. Finished m rear over 6t at Penung August Meeting587 words
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Article110 1949-09-06 7 'J'HE Singapore Chinese XI against R.A.F. Combined In the second round of the S-AJ.A. Intercommunity League at Jalan Besar stadium today will be chosen from the following: Chu Chee Seng. Kwok Sic* Tong. Patrick Yee. Swee Lim Swang tcapt>, Lim Chweo Leng. Foo Hee Jonjj,110 words
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Article32 1949-09-06 7 S.C.C. women will hold their final hockey practice on the Padang tomorrow at 5.15 p.m before their first match a<tain?t the Changt W.A.A.F's at the S.C.C. on the following Wednesday.32 words
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Article31 1949-09-06 7 The Chinese Swimming; Club will be holding a race dance on Saturday at 9 pm. for members and their families only. Thp Sambodians Orchestra will be In attendance.31 words
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Article179 1949-09-06 7 HAMPSHIRE secured their sixth win In the last county championship match of the season at Southampton yesterday when they beat Sussex by an innings and 31 runs. Hampshire finished 16th m the county table, with 84 points, and Sussex 14th, with 96 points. During Sussex's secondReuter - 179 words
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Article, Illustration21 1949-09-06 7 Tan Chin Wan (Penan?), winner of the long jump event at the Malayan A.A.A. championships held m Kuala Lumpur last week-end.21 words
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Article35 1949-09-06 7 YESTERDAY S Rugby League I results were: Castleford 18. Workingtcn T. 7; Halifax 11. Leigh 8; Hull Kingston R. 27. Oldham 9. Llanelly beat Paigton 6 5 m a Rupby Union match. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article31 1949-09-06 7 JACK HARPER of Australia yesterday won men's singles title of the international tennis championships of Turkey. He beat Gottfried Von Cramm. 6 -4, 3—6, 4—6, 9—7; 6—2. A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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346 1949-09-06 7 From VERNON MORGAN /CRICKET fans, with no winter tour by an English team to which to look forward, are already turning their attention to next season, especially m regard to the interesting question as to who will be the next English captain. More and346 words
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297 1949-09-06 7 DOYAL Forest will not run m the St. Leger, the last classic race of the season, at Doncaster next Saturday. The colt was exercised at Beckhampton yesterday and was later found to be suffering from a slightly strained tendon. Noel Murless, the BeckhamptonReuter - 297 words
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Article58 1949-09-06 7 UONG Kong Bank Sports 11 Club and Indonesians, winners of the S.AF.A. Junior League Group B first and second sections respectively, play of! at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow. Mr. John Ferguson will referee rhe game. The winners will meet the BOD. XI, the Junior Group58 words
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Article241 1949-09-06 7 rE Royal Singapore Golf Club's September Medal (stroke) and qualifying round Captain's Prize were played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted In a win for G. S. TayloT m A" division with a net score of 71, In a tie between R M. Young241 words
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Article25 1949-09-06 7 lE. SHAMS (Egypt), holder of the Olympic title, wo the lightweight class m the world weight lifting championships at The Higue last night.25 words
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Advertisement211 1949-09-06 7 The 5* 4 rr*A *adio tings on COLUMBIA RECORDS LE7 THE REST OP THE WORLD GO BY I DONT WANT TO LOVE YOU DB ***** I WISH I DIDN'T LOVE YOU SO STELLA BY STARLIGHT DB ***** DO YOU LOVE ME AS IP I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ON MY MIND211 words
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Article92 1949-09-06 8 MCCALL: On September 5 m Penang to Marye, wife of R. W. L. McCall. Buttenvorth —a son. CRAIU -On Sept. 4th. at XX. Ho-pltal to Josephine, wife of Mr. L. Craiu a daughter, Madelyn. Both well. TO JAN A, wife of Kenneth Mount at Youngberg Memorial Hospital, on Sunday92 words
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Article22 1949-09-06 8 SKELCHY—Seauerah. On September 6th. 1924, at St. John's Church, K"ala Lumpur, Benedict Aloysius Sketchy, to Nancy Barbara Sequerah. Deo Gratias.22 words
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Article21 1949-09-06 8 GRIEVE WILLIAM S—Loving fatrer of Niel. Jean and Molly, at his home, Bellevue Hill. Sydney. Australia, on August sixteenth. 19<9.21 words
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Article34 1949-09-06 8 Mit Mrs. S. R. KNIGHT thank all friends and relatives for their good wishes and valuable prewnti sent, and help rendered on the occasion of their weddinp a? fvf'Hcca on 19th August, 194934 words
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Article465 1949-09-06 8 Tito remains confident LONDON, Tuesday. WARNING in the European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg yesterday that Yugoslavia might call for "urgent action" soon coincided with a statement in London by a British Communist M.P. that Marshal Tito had told him at the week-end that he foresees noReuter; A.P. - 465 words
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Article83 1949-09-06 8 STOCKHOLM, Tues. DR. Ram Manohar Lohia. Indian Socialist leader, attending the World Federal Government Congress here, said he was "amazed at the amount of arming that is going on all over Europe." and that, unless some great effort were made, "there will be an explosion." In consequence,Reuter - 83 words
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Article61 1949-09-06 8 THE wife of 27-year-old Yv>uo Kobayashi did not like him walking around Tokyo as a sandwich man and so she left him His revenge was to advertise in his signboards for another wife. He rot ei^ht apQ'fcations. He now gives his wife P^til t»»e end nf OctoberA.P. - 61 words
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Article, Illustration59 1949-09-06 8 photo. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps (left), and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Re vin, seen on the deck of the liner Mauretania at Southamp ton before sailing for the United States for the three-power financial talks, which open in Washington tomorrow. They are taking with themA.P. - 59 words
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Article50 1949-09-06 8 BIRMINGHAM, Tues. JN the interests of science to prove that fasting and drinking water will cure anything -Percy Copier is trying to remain m a little house at the top of a 30-foot pole until he has slimmed 100 pounds off his 340 pounds weight.— A.P.50 words
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Article144 1949-09-06 8 73 Germans convicted by trickery MUNICH, Tuesday. |JK)UR Americans who helpr ed convict 73 Nazi Storm iroopers of the Malmedy Massacre, admitted yesterday that they used mock trials and tried to "scare" confessions out of suspects. But they denied brutality. They were testifying be .'ore a three-man sub-committee of theA.P. - 144 words
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Article72 1949-09-06 8 FORDEAUX, Tues. ANEW forest Are destroyed 12,500 acres of woodland m South-western France before it was brought under control last nieht by 3,000 troops and Are -fighters. Fire-fighters and engines are being kept in the area to deal with anv new flare-up. The fire occurred 80A.P.; U.P. - 72 words
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Article182 1949-09-06 8 FRANKFURT, Tuesday. A UNITED STATES military patrol and Czech border police exchanged more than 600 shots near Hof, just inside the American border, m a down clash o n Sunday, aDA military government spokesman said yesterday. After a three-hour flght, the Czechs fled back acrossA.P. - 182 words
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Article79 1949-09-06 8 THOUSANDS of Spanish and Jordanian flags fluttered from the buildings of the Spanish port of La Corunna yesterday on the occasion oi the visit of King Abdullah of Hashemite Jordan. Guns boomed a royal salute when he stepped ashore to start an 11 -day visit theA.P.; U.P. - 79 words
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Article147 1949-09-06 8 DOVER, Tuesday. pORTY-YEAR-OLD Fahmy Attalla of Egypt was X hauled unconscious from the English Channel as threatening storms caused four more swimmers to postpone their attempts yesterday. Attalla failed by less than 500 yards in attaining the goal after swimming for 22 hours He wasA.P.; U.P. - 147 words
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Article74 1949-09-06 8 FDIAN Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, had a fivehour talk with the Deputy Primp Minister. Sardar Vallabhhhai Patel, m Bombay yesterday Prime Minuter of Kashmir, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, was also present. The conference was believed to have been held m the lisht of recent appeals from President74 words
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Article104 1949-09-06 8 TEL AVIV, Tues. SRAELI authorities have be- gun an investigation to determine whether the Government's future seat could be established in the modern section of Jerusalem. A Finance Ministry spokesman has Informed the municipal authorities ir. the Holy City that the Israeli Cabinet committee wouldU.P.; Reuter - 104 words
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Article54 1949-09-06 8 BALTIMORE. Tues. AN animal has been captured here that is like a cat from head to centre and like a rabbit from centre to the tail. It stands like a cat with a sagging rear end. But it sits and hops like a rabbit. It also growls andA.P. - 54 words
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Article274 1949-09-06 8 STRASBOURG. Tues. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL told his War Cabinet in 1942 that "it would be a measureless disaster if Russian barbarism overran European independence and culture." This was disclosed here yesterday by Mr. Harold MacMillan, Conservative M.P. who told the Council of Europe that Mr. ChurchillU.P.; Reuter - 274 words
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190 1949-09-06 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. TWO Republican foreign policy leaders, Mr. Arthur Vandenberg and Mr. John Foster Dulles, are seeking a China compromise that will clear the way for early action on the Administration's foreign arms programme. The dispute between the Slate Department and the bipartisanU.P. - 190 words
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Article50 1949-09-06 8 T NEMETH, Hungarian holder of the Olympic 5L le V_ set U P a new throwine the hammer world record at Katowill Poland yesterday with 195* ft. 5% ins. This beat his own u.pvious vorld record of 193 ft 74 ns. set up at Tata last year ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Miscellaneous20 1949-09-06 8 I THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris CANT LEAVC WE 7YOU AWD YOU« LET The UNOOOLY DO O;R A^A^fsT a^O SMHBs^20 words
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Miscellaneous12 1949-09-06 8 hh;h runs oday: 11.11 aja; 10.3»p.m Aotaoorrow: 11 z~ ajn; 11.09 p.m.12 words
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