The Singapore Free Press, 16 September 1949
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Title Section19 1949-09-16 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Kll 17,580. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article, Illustration432 1949-09-16 1 CHINA WARSHIPS SINK 6 CRAFT Tried to run blockade TAIPEH (Formosa), Friday. RATIONALIST Navy officials said here last night that warships intercepted a 140-ton j motor vessels and five fully-laden 50-ton cargo junks which were trying to run the blockade into Shanghai and sank them with great loss of life.432 words
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Article210 1949-09-16 1 RUBBER BOARD SUR PRISE i i Maff Reporter I iA LUMPUR. Fri. Rubber Industry Ar- ,n Board at its jslon yesterday was ral matters not 1 n its terms of reCelt by certain ippers to be more imint than the matter m cuts m check-roll bonui rates. itement was made210 words
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Article23 1949-09-16 1 I A Russian Air Force lieutlanded his training Turkish airport on I asked the Govr protection as a "ugee U.P.U.P. - 23 words
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Article16 1949-09-16 1 (~°-"e carpenter repalr- m Coleman Stiret, erday found a 38 revolver and f ammunition.16 words
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Article16 1949-09-16 1 I who recently Russian frontier i by mistake was Russian fron- A. P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article25 1949-09-16 1 A special constable driving a motor car m Alor Gajah, Malacca, was attack°d and j shot dead by eight bandits yesterday morning.25 words
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Article20 1949-09-16 1 A Singapore Chinese has been arrested under a banishment warrant for alleged i promotion of unlawful gambling20 words
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Article39 1949-09-16 1 Italy's Communist-Inspired labour troubles spread to three new industries— textile cement and building trades but the Premier, Signor AU clde de Gasperi, said the Italian government did not want to use force to solve the strikes. U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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Article45 1949-09-16 1 British Chancellor of the I Exchequer, Sir Staff o r d Cripps, will hold a press conference on Monday at which he will discuss the results of the Washington talks, official quarters m London stated. Reuter I 1 I t 1 i fReuter - 45 words
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Article16 1949-09-16 1 Fifteen new cases of Japanese sleepinu sickness were reported m Tokyo on Wednesday.- ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article191 1949-09-16 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. HPHE Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, said 1 today that the United States will try to end the cold war m the United Nations General Assembly which opens m New York on Tuesday. "The United States delegation will enter into theU.P. - 191 words
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Article61 1949-09-16 1 SAIRO. Thurs. THE Egyptian paper. Al Assas, said today that the Egyptian Government had ordered the confiscation of all Russian goods m custom* and warehouses. The paper said the Government decided on these drastic steps to halt the flood of cheap Russian goods threatening to cripple the country's61 words
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Article89 1949-09-16 1 Inquiry into tribal crisis LONDON, Fri. 1 BRITAIN yesterday named a three-man judicial inquiry!' commission to probe the designation of 27-year-old Seretse Khama as chief of Bechuanland's powerful Bamangwato tribe and report whether he is "a fit and proI per person" to act as chief. Seretse, former Oxford law student,Reuter - 89 words
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Article116 1949-09-16 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE Indian Ambassador, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, called on President Truman at the White House today and delivered her Prime Minister's reply to Mr. Truman's letter urging a settlement of the Kashmir problem. Although she declined to re- veal the contents, it was learned thatU.P. - 116 words
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Article64 1949-09-16 1 AN Indian delegate suggested to the unofficial com monwealth conference at Bigwin Inn Ontario, today that the Commonwealth units should work toward^ Federal Government to administer all thr» British famih of nations as a sort of super state. A conference spokesman told the press aft»r thoReuter - 64 words
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Article91 1949-09-16 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. THE International Monetary Fund's Gold Committee yesterday unanimously agreed !to a United States proposal authorising a study of South I Africa's proposal that 50 per I cent, of the world's new gold j production be sold at premium on the free market. The91 words
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Article91 1949-09-16 1 HYDERABAD, Fri. OVER 1,200,000 primary, members of the Hydera- bad State Congress, chief political organisation m this state will go to trie polls from Sept. 22 to 29 to elect 1,634 delegates to the annual session of the Congress. The elections to the Presl- dentship ofReuter - 91 words
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Article61 1949-09-16 1 Free Press Correspondent THE London Gazette announced this morning that one 0.8. E., four M.B.E.s, two D.F.C.s (to Squadron Leaders, J. H. S. Broughton, A.F.C., and J. H, Johnson), eight B.E.M.s. and 29 Mentions m Despatches had been awarded to airmen for their part m operations m61 words
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Article, Illustration189 1949-09-16 1 3 -nation atom energy talks WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE State Department announced today that the United States, Britain and Canada will start negotiations here on Tuesday for renewing their limited atomic energy partnership. The talks will be conducted by the Combined Policy Committee— the three-nations agency set up during the war189 words
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Article17 1949-09-16 1 A Chinese was shot dead by i two unknown men In Penang on Wednesday night.17 words
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154 1949-09-16 1 JAP COLD FOR SIAM, F.i.C WASHINGTON, Friday. THE U.S. Government over the protests of other ten members of the Far Eastern Commission, last I night authorised Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur to turn over immediately to Siam and French Indo-China U. 5.580,000,000 m Japanese gold for154 words
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Article63 1949-09-16 1 WORKMEN have completed rebuilding Britain's Consulate m Canton which was burned by Chinese rioters m January 1948. Completion of this large building coincides with the reduction m Consular staff and activities as the Chinese Communists approach the city. Despite protracted negotiations the Nationalist Government has declined to63 words
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Article65 1949-09-16 1 SHANGHAI Communist newspapers say that the effects of many Holly- c wood movies are "worse than a opium smoking" and should c be banned. One paper suggests the r establishment of a censor- a ship office to weed out such "moral degraders" as Betty Grable's pictureU.P. - 65 words
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Article69 1949-09-16 1 FURTHER reinforcement* for Hong Kong, comprising officers and men of the 58th Medium Regiment. R.A., and the 27th Anti-Tank Battery, R.A., arrived m Singapore this morning by the trooper Orbita. The troops were welcomed at the wharf by the Chief of Staff FARELF. Major-General J. M.69 words
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Article73 1949-09-16 1 PRINTERS of Chicago's five I biggest newspapers, who have been on strike for 22 months, have agreed to terms ifor settling their dispute. Under a new proposed conj tract, the printers will get $10 ;a week wage increase. The papers did not miss a days publication. In73 words
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Article161 1949-09-16 1 INDONESIAN STATE LAWS THE HAGUE, Fri. THE joint Republican and Federalist committee appointed to draw up the new Indonesian constitution has completed its first draft, it was learned from roundtable conference sources. The oraft is said to consist only ot a list ol articles and161 words
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Article65 1949-09-16 1 Thousands lost their homes m the third big fire m Chungking m a fortnight. The "blaze raged for three hours m the suburbs yesterday. The official Central News Agency described the flre, which destroyed 300 houses and huts, as "the third case of arson."Reuter - 65 words
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Article58 1949-09-16 1 m A SPECIAL Market Correspondent gives th« prices of rubber (m cents per lb.) at 11 a.m. today as follows: Buyers Sellers No. 1 H.S.S. Spot: loose 37' 4 37'j F.o.b. In bales Sept. No. 1 R.SS. 37' 4 37 i No. IRS S. 35N, 35" H No.58 words
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Advertisement193 1949-09-16 1 BRIGHT RADIO C° j"m—__■ii i 1 00 4N IMPORTANT DtVSLOPMBNT I INDIGESTION 4\\ *AIOCOL' is widely prescribed by the medical profession It is generally I J recognised that by the introduction of the Jrek jl principle of Acid Control Alocol marks *W^&m~E-*i2£oh. a definite advance m the treatment of «2BPv*?v193 words
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Advertisement34 1949-09-16 1 For the tost Food Wine m Town Visit THE SINGAPORE RESTAURANT BAR 79, BRAS BASAH ROAD. Reservations; Phone 4088 (fflsh There's always I I Itl E FDR A I TlueH m pints and quarts34 words
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Article645 1949-09-16 2 MARJORIE READ - Mothers, Babies and Amahs MARJORIE READ By WHY do the women of Singapore commit one of the most serious crimes against humanity neglecting their children? I should say that at least hall are guilty of repudiating their- responsibilities, and it is indisputable that a mother who places her child m645 words
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Article136 1949-09-16 2 CIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD June j Hart went from ;o*ia2e < to cotiage at Avebury, Wilt- j shire—^arryuip a cake. Then < the village constable went < up to her He said: "You < arc* breaking the law." June was not asking the j villagers to eat or buy136 words
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Article, Illustration297 1949-09-16 2 BRITISH wome'i art" resisting the short "urchin stylo" haircut— which is sweeping America and rapidly spreading m Paris and Rome --despite its obvious advantages financially. The "urchin ■tyle" I*quires no setting at a I hairdressers' Balon, ana it is possible to cut it at home297 words
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Article, Illustration651 1949-09-16 2 Iris Ashley - Iris Ashley Reporting \IERE is autumn news for you from some of London's leading dress designers. In July I we could only tell you about them; now Francis Marshall has drawn some of the original models for you to see. > Starting on the left: From VICTOR651 words
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Article344 1949-09-16 2 HOUSEHOLD HINTS good ideas on jam making are included m this week's hints. When making jam or preserves pour a few drops of olive nil into (he pan flr«t, and it uill not burn. Put an old bath towel on the rack over the o reserving pan. This will absorb344 words
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Advertisement66 1949-09-16 2 Tft O ft W* t Ji P. H. HENDRY 78 NORTH BRIDGE RD. SPORE PHONE 7421 PERFUMES V MISCHIEF gay, audacious, youthful. y V SEVENTH HEAVEN the perfume that J V^ men love women to wear. JUNE the soul of a thousand flowers. lAVILLI PEHfIMER PICCADILLY LONDON EINGIAND jdeal for66 words
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Advertisement303 1949-09-16 2 1 IMPORTED cote I 4 and If U ACCESSORIES A sore throat may be a warning that a cold\ coming on— beed it! Gargljn« Listeri ittbe Tery first sign of throat irritation IWIW the infection and help pre%ent it t->.Ti spreid. /f*~—m^mfo> i°B- Listerine reaches way back on XVW surface,303 words
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Miscellaneous17 1949-09-16 2 ihc pel monkey, tecls liappy. Penny Nobody Urs Ts hind sirMVh 2u *'2 lhl V° ur you17 words
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Article218 1949-09-16 3 Siam may peg money to US WASHINGTON, Thursday. World Bank has agreed to back an undisclosed proportion of Siamese currency with gold m an effort to stabilise Siam's currency, the Siamese Minister of Finance, Prince Viwat, has disclesed here. It is hoped eventually to peg218 words
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Article125 1949-09-16 3 Greek war not overU.S. general ATHENS, Thurs. b Oreek Government A v officially confirmGreece would atnia m self-defence red her p.gsresGreek territory, I the US. mill- n< Lieut. -Oen. FlfPt. said that, recent successes tommunist gue- at is by no .:ii the north- an Fleet said hrmj had cleared .-ii125 words
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Article31 1949-09-16 3 A 'he world de- show true courLstai (ran New •-arth has piled and issued by and Geodetic chart lias as its control tower at Airport. New31 words
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123 1949-09-16 3 New factory may save UK $10 million THE Imperial Chemical Industries Company's new £175,000.000 factory at Middlesbrough, which started production yesterday, is expected to save Britain £2,500,000 m dollar imports by 1953. Destined to become the worlds biggest chemical plant, production meantime is confined to plastics only. By 1953. it123 words
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Article153 1949-09-16 3 CONFLICT LOOMS IN S. AFRICA (HAILEY. British expert on colonial adminision, who recently returned from Africa has thai political developments m South ica might ultimately lead to an open conflict the white population and African interests. I nnt due m ibstH ition of Pit Id Marshal said. It representM m153 words
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Article57 1949-09-16 3 At R. WU YAU-CHUEN. comifl mlttee member of the defunct Kuomintang Bureau for Hong Kong and Macao. is to be deported under the Colony's emergency measures, it is learned. Mr. Wu was taken into custody by the Hong Kong police on Aug. 21. He was subsequently released on ball,57 words
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Article95 1949-09-16 3 TEN. Rivera, Bolivian Army v Commander, has rejected a note from Gen. Froilen Callejas, the rebel commander, offering terms to end Bolivia's three weeks" old revolution. He called on the rebels to lay down arms now to prevent further loss of blood, m a major battleReuter - 95 words
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Article35 1949-09-16 3 Lesiie Jahn, 41. tennis instructor, was formally charg?d m Los Angeles yesterday on three counts of moral Dffences against his daughter. 16 year old Lou Jahn, nationil girl indoor tennis champi- an. U.P.U.P. - 35 words
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Article125 1949-09-16 3 'THE London County Council are to establish a A fashion centre m London's West End, which, it is hoped, will help Britain take the lead from Paris m creating "New Looks" for women. Everything a woman needs to know about her appearance will be taught atReuter - 125 words
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Article109 1949-09-16 3 DECLARING that Burma need not fear aggression from Yunnan because of firm action by the provincial leaders against the Reds, the Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Tv Yuen-tan, appealed to Burmese troops and rebels to respect the lives and properties of Chinese residents of Burma. Dr. Tv iu;d theA.P. - 109 words
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Article, Illustration92 1949-09-16 3 The British military government has warned the management of the Huels chemical plant m Muenster that If partial dismantling, due to start soon were opposed troops would occupy the works. Reuter The Indian Fakir, Xoga Dixon, who went to Germany from Ceylon before the war and is nowReuter - 92 words
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Article54 1949-09-16 3 DKOFESSOR and Madame Curie-Juliot, French celeb.)tle- m the Aeld of atomic physios, v ill visit India next January i« attend the 37th MMtO o f the Indian Science .''ip.Rress t be held at Poona It WfU lv attended by more than 3.000 scientists from all pnr*.s54 words
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Article33 1949-09-16 3 The lour French Cardinals have warned Catholics supporting Communist Party organisation! that they wew liable to exclusion from the sacraments under the recent Vatican decree declaring: Catholicism and Communism Incompatible. Reuter.33 words
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Article158 1949-09-16 3 THFR LONDON, Thursday. I HfcKK are indications that a reshuffle has occurred, m the membership of the Politburo supreme political executive of the Soviet Union presaging a change from the present anti-Western policy to a softer policy, according to reliable reports received here. Nikolai Voznesensky, memberU.P. - 158 words
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Article, Illustration300 1949-09-16 3 What do you bid? There is no question that you had an excellent double of tw< clubs— but since you made that bid three things have happened— your partner took out the double indicating that he was not fond of it; and despite your previous double of two300 words
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Article275 1949-09-16 3 U.S. POLICY CHANCE WASHINGTON, Thursday. A RADICAL change m United States economic policy is seen m the statement of Mr. Eugene Black, president of the World Bank, made at the Bank and Monetary Fund conference that the days of American tariffs are over and that American policy275 words
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Advertisement55 1949-09-16 3 BETTER MILK FOR BABIES Provides, m a form Baby can easily digest the food elements necessary to satisfy (f *h fnst mowing frame and body. M" Advice on infant feeding wilJ be gtven arge by one of the qualified nurses of U Cr T, J r tele P hone: Singapore,55 words
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Advertisement93 1949-09-16 3 A aooA f \f% WE SPECIALISE ffl IN #M EXCLUSIVE TIES CUT fljPn FROM MACCLESFIELD SILK SQUARES SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG x M During and after an Illness the rich nl^^Qßlji body -building elements In Scott's 4 k so,* l HI Emulsion restore health and strength "^T'":/fl m record time.93 words
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Miscellaneous760 1949-09-16 3 F.P. Crossword No. 794 M 2 P A I 5 W 6 7 W< 8 9 ziinz~i 1? M!L Z > _ZIZS_ES <<■ WA W, m^^^^LM. I._^ ..t. 1 i. L .i I I, m I— JiOSS a Mtgliaent «G>; 6 Foreboding .4. 8 Shut violently 4>; 10 Sailing meeting760 words
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638 1949-09-16 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY Sept. 16. 1949. It's the sensible thing to do DKCAUSE Britain is recalling her ambassador to China, i Sir Ralph Stevenson, there j is no need to jump to the I ronclusion that Mr. Dean Acheson, the United States Secretary of state, has won om638 words
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799 1949-09-16 4 RICHARD HUGHES - Beware of the New 'Allies',the Japs RICHARD HUGHES TOKYO: TRIUMPHANTLY arriving m Japan four years ago General Douglas Mac Arthur declared that the objectives of the Allied occupation were "to destroy a system, to exact a toll* for misdeeds, to create a nation of people who will forever lead a799 words
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Article197 1949-09-16 4 Princess waits for cinema pRINCESS ELIZABETH is still waiting for one of her wedding present* a private cinema promised to her by the film industryThe cinema is to be installed m the wine cellars of her residence, Clarence House. But the Ministry of Works refuses to give a permit for197 words
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Article, Illustration934 1949-09-16 4 ROBERT GEIGER - DICTATORS OF SOUTH AMERICA ROBERT GEIGER By \fOHH than one- balf of Ihe 20 I -a! m MCI if 111 nations haw changed government by revolt since the war. The last previous wave of I-atin Ameri can revolutions came m 1030 and 1931. It was even more severe: The depressionA.P. - 934 words
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Article, Illustration645 1949-09-16 4 Doon Campbell - World 'haves' aid the 'have-nots' Doon Campbell By PARIS (Air Mail): QNE half of the world, already j developed and civilised, will try to lilt the other half out of poverty and ignorance under a vast international aid project to be submitted to the 59 nation I nited Nations General645 words
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Article122 1949-09-16 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Danger Spot I noticed m your Issue of Tuesday that bandit* had been busy again at the 24th mile Johore-Ayer Hitam Road. A friend and I only just escaped being wrecked there by someone rolling a log across the road, but, being a bad judge of122 words
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Advertisement9 1949-09-16 4 WISUS t P. H. HENDRY *>». North Bridge Rd.. Spore9 words
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Advertisement76 1949-09-16 4 BRIDGE AND MAHJCNG DRIVE m aid of ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL of ISLAND GOLF CLUB Off FRIDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER Tickets $2.50 each from Mrs. K. S. Murray 48. Chancery Lane Telephone: ***** a m Remember too I CARDEN FETE, Ist OCTOBER SPACE GIVEN BY: SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Wedding and fB irth76 words
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Article, Illustration636 1949-09-16 5 S.I.T. HOUSES: NEW POINTS SYSTEM Ejected tenants favoured Press Staff Reporter JHh chances of occupying a Singapore Improvement Trust house, flat, shop or other building have been made brighter for certain applicants under a revised points system of allotment. Under this system, account will be taken of the applicant's placeOrient - 636 words
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Article149 1949-09-16 5 Press Chinese Correspondent i.351 pupils m 187 Chinese schools m gaporc have benefitted from Government of >!..">0 each a month to poor schoolchildren beffinniaf of this year, a spokesman of Education Department said m an interview. .twarded to tended by U:e total number of the149 words
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Article, Illustration120 1949-09-16 5 puliirc f PHII Singapore Rutury Club 1 1 s planning a -Movie Ball" m aid Of the University of 1 Malaya Fund. It will be held on Dec. 6 at the Victroia M< mortal Hall. Patrons will be asked to dn-ss as any Din starFree Press - 120 words
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Article40 1949-09-16 5 PENANG. Thurs. C<»K "shouting, singing. and darning" m the middle of Penanjj Road at midnight. Osman bin Mat, a trisha pedaller. was fined m Penang. He said he had been persuaded to sing and dame by friends40 words
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Article249 1949-09-16 5 TWO 8.8.C. men who are going to try to circle the world m eight days by flying on three different airlines, are due to arrive m Singapore on Sept. II from London. They are Mr. Wynford Vaughan Thomas and Mr. Charles de Jaeger, a television cameraman.249 words
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Article162 1949-09-16 5 6 MILLION PEOPLE IN MALAYA Free Press Staff Reporter THE population of Malaya as on June 30 this year was) estimated at 6.034.840, made Up oi 5,0f 1,579 m the Federa- (Sun and 983,261 m Singapore. These figures are given by the Registrar of Malayan Statistics. Mr. E. J. Phillips,162 words
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Article58 1949-09-16 5 AMUSING FILM AT PAVILION No Minor Vices, now showing at the Pavilion, is one long laugh from beginning to end. it tells the story of a doctor (Dana Andrews* who takes a passing interest m a struggling artist i Louis Jourdan), who, In turn, later takes more than a passing58 words
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Article88 1949-09-16 5 liwo Malays sentenced at the Singapore Assizes to six years' rigorous imprisonment and ten strokes of the rotan on a charge of causing hurt In committing robbery had t heir sentences reduced to three years with hard labour at the Court of Criminal yesterday. The whipping sentence88 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-09-16 5 picture. A FORMATION of RAF planes photographed fly in* over Nee Soon Barracks yesterday during a mass fly-past of the R.A.F. m commemoration of the ninth anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The Free Press photographer took this picture from a Dakota. F ree PressFree Press - 48 words
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Article52 1949-09-16 5 SFGAMAT. Thurs— Caught after a chase by Customs ofhceis ac Labis, 60-year-old Yrns Chfnp was produced bo fee the Segamat Circuit Magistrate Inche Abdul Rauf, today charged with possession of 1' 4 gallons of illicit samsu. He pleacrri guilty and was united b.\ii m $150, sentence being deterred52 words
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Article, Illustration161 1949-09-16 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE total tonnage or caigo discharged and loaded m the Singapore roads and Singapore Harbour Board wharves during August amounted to 427.508 tons, according to official statistics. Of this tonnage 338,163 tons were general cargo, 28,848 tons coal and 60,597 tons oil-in-bunker.P.R. - 161 words
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134 1949-09-16 5 NAIL-BITING CHILDREN TO BE STUDIED 1 Free Press Staff Reporter I IN unofficial committee of educational, medical and Social Welfare representatives is seeking details from Singapore schools about the problem of abnormal children. Teachers have also been asked to make recommendations for correcting abnormalities. Abrorn-ai children include those, of sub-normal134 words
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Article85 1949-09-16 5 rORTY-SEVEN boys and r threo n.usters ol the Singapore Victoria School yesterday afternoon visited the Ameihysi tc take photographs, meet the ship's crew and view the damage done *o the yesrel by Communist guns m the Yangtse River. victoria School was the only school m Singapore85 words
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Article47 1949-09-16 5 The British troopship, Empress of Australia, which recrntly took reinforcements to Honfe, Kong, a rived m Siiig&por" yesterday to have hci six boilers cleaned and minor repairs carried out to lvr engines. She will be beithed In the outer roads for tne next five days.47 words
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Article30 1949-09-16 5 A cuiema show was given hi the Hoya) Theatre la.sr, Sunday m aid of the Umar Pu'uvar Tamil School. About. SI.OCO was collected for the school building fund.30 words
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Advertisement44 1949-09-16 5 FURNISHINGS BEVIS CRETONNE MM^ l^^ffi ROCKFAST BROCADE flgfp DAMASK BROCADE HI j« With various designs of I ROCKFAST CURTAIN LACE k '"i <777>k 4 X-/^ t^r^«» I I 1 BVAPPOIMTMFMT H e«IW| MS TO KM TMt KIMC I H coot>t 4 »^^p»» LtwiTf n44 words
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Advertisement101 1949-09-16 5 /x/TRAVELLINC| \*r^s&[;.* D■■l* 6i Going *vJ\"^f^l 0 Here are fcs^ ~^~LJ&L quality rugs ■'^S^^w suitable tor C^^^^^^ Air or Sea Travelling. SPECIAL LIGHT WEIGHT PURE CASHMERE RUGS Price $65.00 ALL WOOL TARTAN RUGS Price $21.00 PURE WOOL RUGS EXTRA LARGE Price $6.0.00 "JAEGER CURE WOOL RUGS Price $55.00 THE MAN'S101 words
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Miscellaneous15 1949-09-16 5 expec^d io from C: Japan Cloeine -urface inai!s m to Sia ••.k; noon and to15 words
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Article527 1949-09-16 6 LONDON, Friday. A FLOOD of rumours, talk and comment on the sterling revaluation riddle kept trading at a low level m the London Stock Exchange yesterday says Reuter's financial correspondent. Prices m most sections, however, were firm. Exceptionally there were small declines m Gilt-edged long-dated527 words
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Article220 1949-09-16 6 DORN today, your tasie Is practically impeccable. Yon know by instinct, almost, what is good or bad; basically oiinj or sham. This ability to evaluate so carefully is an imporiant asset and you must make ful use ol it at all times. Don't permit your emotions to220 words
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Article105 1949-09-16 6 Free Press Staff Reporter AMONG the exhibits at the forthcoming Singapore Progress Exhibition at the Happy World amusement park will be a large-scale model of an alr-condltloned sleeping car of the Malayan Railway. The Exhibition, especially arranged to time with the United Nations conferences m Singapore,105 words
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Article313 1949-09-16 6 WAR DEPT. MAY ACQUIRE LAND 'Defence needs paramount 9 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA, LUMPUR, Thursday. A FEDERATION Judge today ruled that "the Government of this country and its defence are so connected and inseparable that a requirement by the War Department for the better development of defence responsibilities cannot313 words
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Article79 1949-09-16 6 TN the New York Stock Exchange yesterday losses were registered ranging to about MM dollar under further corrective proflt-takirns and nvrvous liquidation. The decline was soon under way. headed by leading steals, rumors, rubbers and oils. The lelUBg was due to the possibility of a nation-wide steel strike79 words
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Article16 1949-09-16 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Dr. N O'Malley has been transferred frc-m lohorc Bahru to Muar.16 words
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Article, Illustration306 1949-09-16 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Kuala Lumpur Municipality has started a new maternity scheme for the unemployed and very poor under which expectant mothers are receiving treatment m their own homes instead of m hospitals. Dr. A. A. Cameron, the Municipal Health Officer, said that306 words
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Article78 1949-09-16 6 THE following are the successful candidates of the Trinity Bar Examination London, held In May 1949 at Kuala Lumpur. Roman Law (Third Class): D. H. Chapman. B. Kaher Singh; Constitution Law and Legal History (Third Class Shamsudin bin Nain Real Property < Third Cl i Singh: Criminal78 words
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Advertisement162 1949-09-16 6 „Ji IP 1 GREAT WALL presents MISS PAI KWONG In "A FORGOTTEN WOMAN" DIALOGUE In MANDARIN With ENGLISH SUB-TITLES Special Matinees at 9 a.m. Tomorrow Sea Hawk Sunday Casbah Tf MORROW at M'HITE! PREHISTORIC MONSTERS OF if;!,, '{A *lU^Pj^Bs 1n YD &t < OLOR *J3 Virginia 'vJ^^^Bl Grey 9 Richard162 words
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Advertisement124 1949-09-16 6 NOT "JUST" FUNNY! BOMBSHELL OF LAUGHS BARRAGE OF YELLS CRESCENDO OF SCREAMS FUSILLADE OF PUN (yeorge, (Joan, COLUMBIA'S 1 with ADELE JERGENS Preceded by Latest British Movietone News BRITAIN'S AIK SHOW. ST. LEGER OF l'l" JL 11-1.45 4.00 6.30 P TOMORROW at MIDNIGH? Raging tnm the pages of The Saturday124 words
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Miscellaneous93 1949-09-16 6 M^nflr3kC Exclusive to the Singapore I n><> Press m Malaya 7^ "H J "~1 I TRUST ME,KID/ I CAN BRING YOU I I THERE <T COMES-- U ILLUL V I SEE.' PULL-SIZEO AGAIW. WELL I fttS^ BACK TOFULLSIZE BYMERELY J GETTING BIGGER DARNED/B WHAT 00 YOU SAY? IT WON'T I93 words
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Article, Illustration317 1949-09-16 7 SARA. RULES TO BE REVISED Adoption ofF.A. laws suggested r £UE Singapore Amateur Football Association will be revising its rules, it was revealed at last night's meeting of the Council. The need for their revision had been mentioned at previous Council meetings and again last night. Mf. P. F. de317 words
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121 1949-09-16 7 Malay* 1 s a.F.a. Interiue fixture at a which ended between Singan'id Malays -lie finest a-on. t holding one of the In the Colony. who played early this expectation as KTVBJ were as strong Black, a ntwgoal, *as equal i k. bower*, Sim.121 words
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Article55 1949-09-16 7 YESTERDAY'S UK Rugby Union results were- Bath 6. International XV 21; Olourester 22 Stroud 0: Swansea 21. Bayonne < France) 5. In the Rugby League Yorkshire Cup First Round (second l«r> Yorkshire Amateur lost to Keighley e— ls Kei*h!*y eliminate^ Yorkshire Amateurs by an agyre^ate of RO noint.vReuter; A.P. - 55 words
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Article64 1949-09-16 7 THE Billiards Association and Control Council yesterday issued a statement on 'he omission of Sidney Smith from the world snooker championship this season. This Billiards Association lin its conditions for the championship 1949-50 reason. 1 it states, "expressly retained its right to refuse any entry and it wasReuter - 64 words
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Article51 1949-09-16 7 DCRE (N E) team Th<- tmoa to wprmiat, d.ere (North East at hockey against the SRC. on the SRC, padang today will be chosen from MaJ. Wllioughby. Ma}. Maries. Capt. Anderson. Capt. Barrett BclKe. Sabin. Swyny. c. Alcantra. ,M.-S\*yny. B Billeewir?. Rattl Khalid. Yeong, Talb. Peter. long Del-Fernandez. Shelden A-51 words
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Article29 1949-09-16 7 Jollilad.s beat Singapore Di.-trirt by two-one m a friendly soccer match at Parrer Park yesterday. Hussein scored twice for the i winner?! and Herbert ornce for Army.29 words
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Article25 1949-09-16 7 SOCCER: Eurasians v. Europeans (Community Leacue). Jalan Besar. HOCKEY: S.C.R.C. t. 0.H.Q.. FARELF, Hon* Urn (ireen. BC.C. "A" y. C.B.C. m A% padanj.25 words
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Article503 1949-09-16 7 Hogan objects to some clubs SCARBOROIGH, Friday. |>E\ Hogan. non-playing captain of the American 13 Ryder Cup team, caused a stir m British golf circles last evening when he objected to clubs of some of the British players who are to meet the Americans m the cup foursomes today. AReuter - 503 words
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121 1949-09-16 7 r T}LE Singapore Amateur Football Association Council, at a meeting l&sr ni^ht. decided, on Mr. P.P. de Souza's suggestion, to donate $5,000 to the University of Malaya Endowment P.md. Mr. De Scuza said that he took Into consideration the state of the Association's finances121 words
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Article29 1949-09-16 7 YESTERDAYS Thud Divi- sion Southern fixtures In the English Soccer League resulted as follows Newport County 1. Torquay United 0; Watford 4, Bournemouth 1 -Renter and A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article28 1949-09-16 7 '"THE Royal Singapore Golf Club A beat the Island Club by 19 l points to ll l^ m a match played at Bukit Timah on Sunday.28 words
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Article40 1949-09-16 7 "DESULTS of the Singapore Gun v Club shoot held at Bukit Timah yesterday are: I. Mr. Sangar; 2. Prof. Ransome; 3. Mr. R. Eu. The competition was decided on five single risers and 10 high skeet. l40 words
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Article130 1949-09-16 7 riK order of play for the foursomes m the Kvder Cap folf matrh between the professionals of Britain and the I'nited State*, which take place today at the Ganton course mar Scarborough, over 36 holes, is: Max Faulkner and Jimmy Adam* (Britain) t E. J. (Dutch) HarrisonReuter - 130 words
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Article298 1949-09-16 7 ARRANGEMENTS for the series of six matches to be played m Singapore by the All-India soccer team were finalised at last night's Council meeting of the S A. FA. held at the SRC. Thirty per cent, of the gross receipts of each match are298 words
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Article166 1949-09-16 7 ORITAIN, represented by the R.A.F., won the shooting event m the Britannia Shield tournament. Military athletes of six nations are participating m the "Olympiad," which commemorates the Battle of Britain. The R.A.F. team on the tricky Bisley ranges won with a total of 535 points.A.P. - 166 words
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Article109 1949-09-16 7 S.C.C. XI v. Khalsa Association on Sunday at 11 a.m. on the Padang will be: S. J. Masters, K. Goifld, J. C. G. Pierce, J. A. Court, C. H. Harris, c. W. Lloyds, Capt. A. E. Sowray, F/Lt. B. Green. S.'Ldr. E. J. S. Pierce J. P. Pearson,109 words
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Article, Illustration447 1949-09-16 7 4 FTER a prolonged discussion the Council of the Singapore Amateur Football Association last night rejected an application by the Malayan Chinese Football Association for a visit by the New Zealand team which is due m Hong Kong shortly. The S.A.F.A. Council agreed, however, toFree Press - 447 words
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Article109 1949-09-16 7 PEORGE Duke, riding a U Norton motor-cycle, flashed round the 226-mile course m 2 hrs. 37 mins. 50 4/5 sees, to win the Manx Grand Prix senior motorcycle race for amateur riders yesterday at Douglas (Isle of Man>. Duke, m the race for machines up toA.P. - 109 words
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Article114 1949-09-16 7 ROCKY Graziano, former wf)rld middleweight champion, scored a technical knockout over Charley Fusari. of New Jersey, m the last round of their ten-round fight at the Polo Grounds, New York, on Wednesday night. Fusari had a bij? lead on points but he made the mistake olReuter - 114 words
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Article150 1949-09-16 7 TtiE r t port of the S.A.KA. Disciplinary Board on incidents which took place In the Malaya Cup Southern section replay between Singapore Civilians and Army-Navy on Aug. 7 was tabled at last night's meeting of the S.A.F.A. Council. A member of the Council expressed the150 words
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Article157 1949-09-16 7 M.C.C.'s REQUEST GRANTED MR. W. H. Jeanes, secretary of the Australian Cricket Board of Control confirmed yesterday that at the request of the M.C.C. the next Australian tour of England would be m 1953 instead of 1952. He also announced that an application by the Indian cricket authorities for anReuter-AAP - 157 words
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Article30 1949-09-16 7 rnHE final of the R. S. G C. matchplay competition was played on Saturday and was WOO by L. Taylor, who beat O O. Cruikshank 4 and 2.30 words
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152 1949-09-16 8 'Soviet Army is still in N. Korea MANILA, Fri. SOVIET troops have not left North Korea, but are merely quartered outside of i Pyongyang, the capital, ac- cording to Mr. Ruflna Luna, the Philippine member of the United Nations' ComrnlttVm on Korea. He made the statement to contradict a radioA.P. - 152 words
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Article, Illustration345 1949-09-16 8 CANTON READY TO TAKE OFFENSIVE Surprise raid on Red base HONG KONG, Friday. WITH strong Communist forces moving from lf Kiangsi into Hunan preparatory to the resumption of the steamroller push to Canton, the Nationalists are said to have completed plans tor big land, air and sea counter-offensives m HunanReuter - 345 words
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Article162 1949-09-16 8 CANTON CENSURE FOR U.S. HONG KONG, Thurs. MEMBERS of the Nationalist I Legislative Yuan m Can- J on today accused the United States State Department of pursuing a "defeatist policy" n China. The official Nationalist i Central News Agency reported them as saying that a sec- i ret agreement reachedReuter - 162 words
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Article36 1949-09-16 8 The Bipartite Control Office, which has administered the Anglo-American Zones of Germany for the past two years, was formally dissolved at the end of its 59th meeting m Frankfurt yesterday.— Reuter A. P.Reuter; A.P. - 36 words
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Article88 1949-09-16 8 WHEN Mr. Robert Schuman. France's Foreign Minister, arrived m New York from England on Wednesday he told reporters it was "premature to discuss the possibility of a Pacific Pact at the moment." "We must have some experience m these matters," he said, "and first discussA.P. - 88 words
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Article67 1949-09-16 8 KAN SUNG-YI'NG, Nanking's well- known "teashop commentator." was arrested by the Communist yesterday for predicting the triumphant return of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek. The charge was "fabrication of rumours calculated to incite social unrest." Kan, who makes his living by reading and analyzing news to illiterate Chinese mU.P. - 67 words
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Article50 1949-09-16 8 Joseph Reimann. 23-year-old son of West Germany's Communist leader. Max Reimann. fled from the Soviet zone and placed himself under the protection of the British Military Government, it was learned yesterday. He was flown from Berlin to the British zone In a R.A.F. plane.- A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article133 1949-09-16 8 BATTLE CREEK (1.5.A.), Friday. pU'ROPE'S further progress towards lasting: econo- mic recovery depended on the steps it took towards economic union, Mr. Paul Hoffman. E. C. A. administrator said here last night. In its own interest Europe must achieve without undue delay "an economic unification whichReuter - 133 words
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Article219 1949-09-16 8 ATHENS, Friday. PENSION m the Balkans has been further aggra- vated by a quarrel between Turkey and Bulgaria and calling up of further forces m Greece, evidently to back up that State's war warning to Albania. The Moscow press yesterday emphasised Russian friendship for Albania. The YugoslavReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 219 words
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Article74 1949-09-16 8 ROME, Fri. AN American airman, David Hoters, ruefully admitted m hospital here that he had stuck out his head too far for once as he had three stitches put into his scalp. Hearing a terrific clatter outside hi 3 hotel, he rushed to theA.P. - 74 words
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Article22 1949-09-16 8 General Mac Arthur's fieadquarters revealed last night that 3,500 Japanese war prisoner* are to be returned from Manchuria Immediately.22 words
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Article100 1949-09-16 8 TOKYO. Friday. SEVENTEEN Japanese fishermen have arrived In Kagoshima after escaping from Formosa where they had been held many weeks for fishing m waters beyond the Mac- j Arthur line. Admitting that they had been fishing out-side permitted waters one of them explained that Chinese ships100 words
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Article211 1949-09-16 8 BONN, Fri. THE newly-elected Ger-| man Chancellor, Dr. I Konred Adenauer, rules out all possibilities of a friendly attitude or 1 understanding between Russia and Germany until the land ceded to Poland is returned and all Germans east of the Iron Curtain are freed fromU.P. - 211 words
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131 1949-09-16 8 OTTAWA, Fri. I. WHEN British delegates at the unofficial Common- wealth Economic Conference at Bigwigg Inn (Ontario) said they were "concerned" at competition from Japanese manufactures, especially textiles, a Ceylon delegate pointed out that Asians need cheap Japanese textiles because they cannot afford expensiveReuter; UP - 131 words
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Article67 1949-09-16 8 I^HE peace talks between L Israel and the four Arab states adjourned m Lausanne yesterday until Oct. 19. when they will be resumed m New I York, the United Nations I Palestine Commission announced m a communique. The talks have been going .on since last April betweenU.P. - 67 words
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Article191 1949-09-16 8 LONDON, Friday. TPHE ski champion of the Women's Royal Army Corps, Margaret Laughlan Williams, pleaded not guilty to the murder of her husband when her trial opened at the Old Bailey m London yesterday. A prosecution exhibit was the dead man's pierced heart m a bottleA.P. - 191 words
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Miscellaneous103 1949-09-16 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 4.18 a.m; 3.25 p.m. Tomorrow 6.27 a.m 4 33 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris 'yS^C^A-- H ES fCNLY O^E A-aVyCJ fl DOST I <SC\\ VN^EkE "1 1 LE" 5 ~\\E T«= Yl f I[jr Mr *^<<\ SPILL IT FAST.' FRIEND OF J TALKED > KNOW. HE103 words
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