The Singapore Free Press, 13 October 1949
1949-10-13
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Title Section21 1949-10-13 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.603 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1949. PKU E 10 r\ I s21 words
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Article, Illustration357 1949-10-13 1 HALT PROFITEERING CALL TO GOVT. 'Big rises m food prices Free Press Staff Reporter QUESTIONS about rising prices and what steps the Government is taking: to check profiteering tendencies are asked by Mr. Thio Chan Bee (Nominated) for reply at the next Legislative Council meeting on VVednesday. Mr. Thio suggestsFree Press - 357 words
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Article27 1949-10-13 1 BURMA AT ECAFE ECAFE and tbu r [ndui- > .v- Tun I pster press this 11 try will preR 3 I L r t t I L I27 words
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Article301 1949-10-13 1 NOT WORTH ORDERING' Free Press Staff Reporter pKICES of American tinned foodstuffs, which before devaluation were imported through Hong Kong, were now so high that it was not worth ryinf to import them, a spokesman for Getz Bros., the Singapore American import firm, told301 words
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Article67 1949-10-13 1 ATHENS, Thurs. rREEK rebels, who now numU ber not more than 1,800. ..re being killed, captured or are surrendering at the rate a day and their extermination will be achieved shortly, the Greek General Staff claimed. They are scattered through- Greece m bands of 20Reuter - 67 words
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Article22 1949-10-13 1 Factories and private firms m Osaka area dismissed more than 20.000 workers m the first nine months of this year.22 words
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Article124 1949-10-13 1 ECONOMY INQUIRIES NOW ON Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A NUMBER of committees which, m the words oi the Financial Secretary. Mr. W. D. GocLsall. will effect "intelligent retrenchment by Inquiry/ are now sitting. In fact, the committees investigating the working of the Social and BroadcastIng departments have124 words
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Article47 1949-10-13 1 Pak. nurses to train in U.K. SrXTEEN Pakistani women have arrived In London m a specially chartered aircraft from Karachi for training m general and specialised nursing at British hospitals Another 20 women nursing trainees are expected to arrive In U.K. towards the end of December. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article22 1949-10-13 1 Austria's new government, following last Sunday's elections, is expected to be set up he end of next week Reiror.22 words
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Article43 1949-10-13 1 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday dismissed a petition brought on behalf of Nathuram Godse (sentenced to death for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi > for special leave to appeal from the Judgment of the High Court of Simla ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article122 1949-10-13 1 THE HAGUE, Thursday. /CHAIRMEN and vice-chairman of the three delegations to the round-table conference on the future of Indonesia reached agreement on a number of point*? at an emergency meeting here yesterday. An official communique here said the meeting was called "to discuss measures to bring122 words
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Article14 1949-10-13 1 Johore emergency arrests for the week ended yesterday totalled 80, all Chinese.14 words
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Article57 1949-10-13 1 NORWEGIAN Communists suffered an overwhelming defeat m the general elections, losing all but one of the 11 Parliamentary .seats they had held since 1945. Virtually complete returns yesterday showed that Premier Elnar Gerhardsen's ruling Labour Party v.as returned to office with a gain of 10A.P. - 57 words
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Article71 1949-10-13 1 IT is now believed m London that the Ministry of Supply's new tin buying price will not be announced today, but is still expectable •before the week-end." One mining; company said today that it is still "completely m the dark" about what is likely to happenReuter - 71 words
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Article18 1949-10-13 1 All Italy was without newspapers again yesterday as printers continued their 48--hour stoppage for more pay.18 words
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219 1949-10-13 1 Britain's trade has grown, says Cripps LONDON, Thursday. VS the Board of Trade announced a further reduction m Britain's dollar-sterling gap, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, said yesterday that, since devaluation of the pound, there had -been substantial signs of a change for the better m ordersReuter - 219 words
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Article61 1949-10-13 1 Sir Hartley Shawcross told the United Nations Political Committee yesterday that there can be no world peace based on the principle that only Russia may walk on the highway while others are crowded In the gutter. He urged Russian's Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Vlshinsky, "toA.P. - 61 words
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Article30 1949-10-13 1 The Chief of the Chinese Nationalist Government's Highway Bureau, Shen Che, is to ask the Communications Ministry for money to repair the Burma Road (YunnanBurma highway). ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article77 1949-10-13 1 PARIS, Thurs. M JULES MOCH. 56-year- old French Socialist, yesterday asked the National Assembly to nominate him Prime Minister m succession to the Radical Premier. M. Henri Queuille. who resigned last Thursday. In protest against his nomination, the Paris region of the Communist-dominated General Confederation77 words
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Article125 1949-10-13 1 Free Press Staff Reporter HAADYAI, (Siam). Thursday. \f ALAYAN Communists can find sanctuary on the A Siamese side of the border provided they leave their arms behind and cause no trouble. The President of the Southern Siam Security Council, Gen. Mom Luang Chuang Seniwongse, tofd a125 words
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Article26 1949-10-13 1 President Truman yesterday signed legislation providing the first general pay raise m 40 years for all members of the armed forces. U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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353 1949-10-13 1 S.E. Asia rice allocation body mooted Free Press Staff Reporter fPHE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald, will co i meeting of representatives tn■' -ntr 1 '""«s, m the near future, the formation of an organisation m South-East Asia to continue "'location r rle« on a mutual basis next year Th^353 words
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Article61 1949-10-13 1 SPECIAL Market Correspond rnt Klves the prices of rubbet (m rents per Ib.) at 11 man toda> as follow v. Buyers Sellers No. 1 R SS Spot: loose 44t/ t 44 H I .n.h m hales Oct. No. 1 R SS. 44*4 44 No. 2 R.S S. 42*661 words
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Article30 1949-10-13 1 Six thousand four hundn-d and forty- four foreigners visited Japan m the first nir..» months of this year, th i Japanese Travel Bureau an nounced yesterday. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Advertisement81 1949-10-13 1 jjJjfcßAFTtr 5E 4BIS r CURIO* L nor** sf^ M I; What flavour Wljat texture WH7 CW££s£ KRAFT CHEESE IN 12 OZ TINS Knft*« p, texture makes it quick shred, to toast or melt for Whichever way you eat it m salad, as Welsh Rarebit, m a St^e c vouMI en81 words
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Advertisement54 1949-10-13 1 PHOTOGRAPHS tor 'ALL OCCASH//VSIndoor or outdoor htry NEW REX PHOTO STUDIO NO. 1. RAFFLES PLACE STORE Picture of a Veteran o/«/ hand at cigarette making —one of ihe many whose skill, long experience and judgement ensures thai the fine quality of a Player 'g never vcries~-4nd that Player's Pieose. WADE54 words
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Article, Illustration599 1949-10-13 2 A MALAYAN BANDIT'S BOMB FULFILLED IN the jungle of Malaya one Sunday a bandit threw a grenade. It fell among three Scots Guards and wrote another name into the story of The "se of Fyvie Castle. For there lay dead young: Lieutenant John Alexander Forbes-Leith,E.V.T. - 599 words
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Article167 1949-10-13 2 The Last Attachment, by Iris Origo. (John Murray and Jonathan Cap* 1 25s. >. The story of Byron's last lore affair— his attachment to Teresa Guiccioli, the seiitimental and rather foolish but loyal and warm-hearted young Italian married 100--vian who came nearer than an v of her predecessors167 words
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Article, Illustration563 1949-10-13 2 Knight of the Road Has Gone yOUR old-world Bo- hemian tramp, carefree, kind, and listless, the subject of many a waiter's pen, has walked into the sunset for the last time. His modern counterpart disdains to march from place to place. He has no billycan, no pack, no reserves, and563 words
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Article263 1949-10-13 2 NOBODY EVER MET THIS PAIR PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books m U.K. i 'SJHE was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze," I read of Kit Moresby, the heroine of "the Sheltering Sky." Applying the same descriptive method to the book itself, I would suggest that it is263 words
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Article561 1949-10-13 2 FOR US THE LIVING. Ilaakon Chevalier. Seeker Warburg, Three people, over the years, are tried for the murder of Steve Callahan. Out of the drama and repercussions of the murder and the trials grows a steadily widening and moving account of the social struggles that marked the USA.561 words
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155 1949-10-13 2 'Queen Ruth gets the cold shoulder WHITE women ff traders' wives m Palapye Road and Serowe, tribal capital of Bechuanaland are giving London typist Ruth Khama the cold shoulder. Ruth and Scrctse are entirely dependent on the local missionary, Mrs. Tom Shaw, a storekeeper, her son, and Mr. and Mrs.155 words
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Advertisement54 1949-10-13 2 > .< 'X OF li \L TFKIOLOGY by Dg Ar Mackie r.o socitry rop promoting CHRISTIAN KNOWLtDGI 7: R CHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE FINEST COOKING FAT FOR ALL FRYING A COOKING PURPOSES CALVE-DELFT HOLLAND TRADING CO. HOLLAND tTD. ALHAMBRA Air-Conditioned: Tel. 6909 NOW SHOWING I J 30. 3.3U, 6.30 9.30 p.m.54 words
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Advertisement113 1949-10-13 2 1 J-lie <~>Htlle aul tltc I<M# Strong white even teeth, sturdy limbs, firm flesh and sound bones together With the happiness of abounding health these are some of the gifts bestowed by this famous food. For there is everything your baby neetf m a tin of COW GATE rich concentrated113 words
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Miscellaneous621 1949-10-13 2 1 2 i^ Ml 4 [5 *p YOUR LUCKY STAR f^^MEpZZxZ BORN today, you an- select >our birthday stir ii^^H^ri I rlffo I I na.urally a leader of uni read the correspond V&tyi'Xl f>o BtV^-fe^ othtrs. But you have the ing paragraph. Let your iHi vMA W%ffi&+> eapacit) for such621 words
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Article, Illustration637 1949-10-13 3 VATICAN TO BATTLE RED TIDE Papal alarm over schools OTFP n LONDON, Thursday. gILF by step the Communists are driving the churches out of the school systems of Eastern Europe. The Roman Catholic Church, which had the biggest stake, is fighting a grim rear guard action. But the Vatican isA.P. - 637 words
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Article, Illustration126 1949-10-13 3 Film strips, picture booklets and posters are also used. These, It is said, would improve the technical knowledge of any people, thus helping to improve the world standard of living. ion methods used by the E.C.A. m being studied by the U.S. House of Foreign AffairsA.P. - 126 words
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Article, Illustration78 1949-10-13 3 A.P. The World Monetary Fund has provided $3,000,000 m U.S. currency for Yugoslavia—the first credit It has tfven that country. ASDFASDFASD ASDFASDF Practical mn m a picturesque setting as girU of the Sea Ranger* p»,sn the old training ship 'Fondroyant' m a whaler at Portsmouth. The firls,A.P. - 78 words
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162 1949-10-13 3 First full story of the redcaps' THE Redcaps Corps of Royal Military Policeare soon to publish their history. It will show that the military police is probably the oldest police force m the world. The history, which has taken more than three years to prepare, shows how the Corps developed162 words
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Article59 1949-10-13 3 FRESH arrests m Prague are reported to be on a larger scale than ever before Police vans have again called mainly at the residences of surviving members of the middle class, reinforcing the theory that the arrests are aimed at nnally disintegrating the group, regarded by theReuter - 59 words
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Article373 1949-10-13 3 Bridge detectives will find today's crime story a little out of the ordinary. More then rm crim?. took place, and there wa more than one criminal. West opened his singleton club. East winning with the queen. East returned a i>pade. and Wes' took hi* queen and ace of373 words
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Article227 1949-10-13 3 Tr»HFi»Kiu i MANILA, Thursday. f Ht Philippines remains one of the few happy and prosperous places In the world today" The Republic's Secretary of Finance, Pio Pedro, said so m a nation-wide broadcast. The present administration is taking the safe and sane course to strengthenReuter - 227 words
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220 1949-10-13 3 LONDON, Thursday. T<HE immediate abolition of National Registration and identity cards, and the derationing of soap and cooking fats, have been suggested to the Government by a group of senior Food Ministry officials. They were asked to advise how the Prime Minister's instruction220 words
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Article27 1949-10-13 3 Bandits entered the compartment of a speeding express train, chloroformed two Italian businessmen and made off with 2,500,000 llres, the police reported yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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342 1949-10-13 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. A UNITED States Navy weapons expert told the U.S. Congress that Russia probably has guided missiles able to find and knock down bombers above 40,000 feet. Capt. J. H. Sides said that German secrets fell into Russian hands after the war and itA.P. - 342 words
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Article49 1949-10-13 3 THE Czechoslovak Govern--1 ment has fixed Nov. las the date for taking over control of all churches. The date is Included m a draft bill, setting out ihe Government's plans, the text of which was distributed to members of the European Assembly. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article28 1949-10-13 3 All death sentences delivered by Greek Military courts will m future be reviewed by the State Council of Pardons under a new Government "clemency ordinance."28 words
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Article87 1949-10-13 3 IN a period of less than two years burglars broke m L. C. Barnett's automobile agency m Kansas L'.Sj\.. and: Robbed the cash register, made off with six tyres; disappeared with a new battery, broke open his safe, took all the money and drove away mU.P. - 87 words
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Article70 1949-10-13 3 DR. Lambertus Palar. Indonesian representative at Lake Success believed the Dutch and Indonesians would tlnd solutions to the problems facing The Hague round-table conference without United Nations intervention He said he expected thr 'x;nie rence to end "wl r h f'.-.nurah'« results" within the two-mont;i timeReuter - 70 words
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Article19 1949-10-13 3 The International S igar Council will meet m London m a secret two-day ffmtinn starting on Oct. 18. A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Advertisement24 1949-10-13 3 ,s A. •v^Jjjr Jnlnilini Anglo-American corporation itd 3. PRINCE STREET. SINGAPORE. PHONE 5171 AIiSTEI BEER lAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (MAUYA) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG24 words
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Miscellaneous369 1949-10-13 3 SINGAPORE r«<xket Report; 5.00 Ivor Moreton "'•lt NKTWORR) 'i' v Kaye—at two planoe; 6.15 I 417 metres MW-Week Talk' fBBC); 5.30 p^pncj new-, from X 1 Symphony Concert; 6.15 'Balance latlrtam Europe 1 (BBC). 6.30 News m Cantonese (BBC); 6.45 Indonesian v,, a i» N>ws Proßramme; 7.15 News ir. Kuata369 words
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Miscellaneous129 1949-10-13 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. PAVILION: Night In New Orleans. ODEON: Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore: REX: For The Love of Mary. COLISEUM: Candy Songster (Mandarin > MADRAS: Forgotten Woman (Mandarin). CATHAY: Ahblnmanyu (Tamil). CENTRAL: Joker (Hindustani). EMPIRE: Malal Mangai (Tamil) CPOH RUBY: H. M. Pulham Esq. SUN: Federal Operator 99.129 words
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622 1949-10-13 4 The singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Oct. 13. 1949. VISIT WITH MEANING MUCH more depends on Pandit Nehru's goodwill visii to the United States than meets the eye. India is the keystone to Asia: on her future attitude towards the West and towards Communism depends the peace of the world. Already622 words
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Article, Illustration942 1949-10-13 4 FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN - FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLM AN BY NEW YORK: ¥N T his war against atheistic Communism, Pope Pius XII has neither military armies' nor armaments, for his is a spiritual crusade; his armaments are the weapons of wisdom, justice and truth: his armies are942 words
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Article, Illustration1216 1949-10-13 4 POLITICO - POLITICO by I MUST be rather stupid. I always thought a white line drawn down the middle of a road was to warn drivers not to leave their own side for fear of colliding with curs coming m the other direction. I know certain Singapore drivers1,216 words
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Article594 1949-10-13 4 S 'pore Pries 'Far Too High' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TH E suggestion puf forward by Mrs. Robert Eu regarding the formation of a housewives' association is a most excellent and timely one. The respect Mrs. Eii luis gained during her comparatively short public career makes her the ideal "founder"594 words
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Advertisement13 1949-10-13 4 Expuisile B.P.deSILVAL T INCORPORATED IN CEYLON) MANUFACTUR/M JEWELLERS OVt* 75 YEARS OF REPUTATION13 words
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Advertisement115 1949-10-13 4 To JOfc LOSS HiS OR(H: |M 4k HIS MASTER'S VOICE" iOGETh. k walta I MY BEA T T7FTJL SAHIE ttARAIfi I f TELL ICE, MARIANNE- Tango AMONG MY SOUVENIRS F.T. LOVE SOMEBODY— F T r. SOUVENIR DE PARIS— SIow h 1 ANYIIITNO I DREAM IS POSSIBI I F THE CUCKOO115 words
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Article616 1949-10-13 5 PROBATION SYSTEM POP COURTS S 'pore service to be widened THP BM Pre fs Staff Reporter I lit- probation system m Singapore, applicable now only to juveniles, may be introduced into the police courts for the benefit also of offenders of all ages considered suitable for it. Prnh««« n q616 words
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Article222 1949-10-13 5 HELP FOR 4,000 FAMILIES Free Press Staff Reporter A TOTAL of 1,882 Singapore families received financial assistance amounting for $17,177 from the Social Welfare Department's Public Assistance Section last month. Included were 16 destitute families who were paid $271 by way of relief for having had to vacate land at222 words
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Article56 1949-10-13 5 ONE hundred and fifty monkeys will board a X.L.M. "Flying Freighter at Singapore's Tengah airfield on Oct. 18 when the plane leaves for Amsterdam. M Bangkok, the plane will take on more monkeys, scores of pythons, four baby elephants, four black panthers and one tiger. The animals are56 words
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Article, Illustration22 1949-10-13 5 JVPwhn I"''1 11 111 R^ hman and Mr. Frans van Lunteren Singapore, Mr. A. M. L. Winkelman.- Free PressFree Press - 22 words
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Article209 1949-10-13 5 i fcsriONb on the need for providing more open i?? 0 1 Sn sapore will be tabled by Mr N A Mallal (Municipal South-West) at the Legislative Council meeting next Wednesday legislative Mr Mallal will ask if Government is aware m l\ll f cr «o*<ling m209 words
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Article90 1949-10-13 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Wed An inquiry was held today with the snooting outside the perimeter of the metal box factory at Scudal. on the night of Aug. 13. of «akaroo Rajblr. a watchman employed by the Lee Pineapple Factory. Evidence showed that90 words
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Article45 1949-10-13 5 SENTENCED FOR BREACH OF TRUST Haji Amln bin Abdul Hamid, 40-year-old detective sergeant m the C.1.D., who was charged with criminal breach of trust of $1,279. was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorouS imprisonment by Mr. D. A. Fyfe, the Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate.45 words
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Article45 1949-10-13 5 Dn- Singapore Co-opera-ktic Stores Society Ltd. will hoki its half-yearly meeting at l** premises m North Bridge Road on Saturday, at l p.m Members who wisli to oe piuvidecl with free transport to a'tetiri the meeting should vii\,i up the r v.re'nry or45 words
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Article, Illustration302 1949-10-13 5 FDASDFASDF Fret Press Staff Reporter to prevent allegations of favouritism m location of houses to Singapore senior officers, a sub-committee of three senior should replace the present Housing Officer Iding allocations. Mr. Sandy G. Pillay (Profressive— City Ward), has proposed m committee. f was informed that theFree Press - 302 words
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Article144 1949-10-13 5 Classes for handicapped children fr.t Pros Staff Reporter SPECIAL class for physiA licapped child- end school linary way has been I m Singapore. m at the 1 and the sericher were placed -posal of the General tal Almoner by the Education Department last m r.th. The children are suffering fr144 words
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Article62 1949-10-13 5 The following Food Con--1 trol Department appolntj ments were announced yesterday: Mr. M. Kristek to act as Deputy Food Controller; Mr. M. G. Eber to act as Assistant Food Controller In place of Mr. E. C. E Edlin; Mr. T. van der Gaast to be Food Controller, m62 words
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Article, Illustration235 1949-10-13 5 Fii students of the University of Malaya's Faculty of Medicine are the most obliging the medical authorities have had for a long time. Confronted with a possible delay of a week m the commencement of their anatomy studies because of insuflicient classroom accommodation, the students wereFree Press - 235 words
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556 1949-10-13 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MR. Lim Yew Hock (Nominated), who has just left the Progressive Party and joined the Labour Party, will move m the Singapore Legislative Council next Wednesday what amounts to a vote of censure on the Government for the delay m meeting the556 words
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Article70 1949-10-13 5 RUBBER exhibits prepared by the British Rubber Development Board are now on display at the Singapore Progress Exhibition at F -v World Park. The exhibits consist of wall panels, rubber road blocks, kerb units for traffic islard, kerb units for swimming baths, rubber flooring, latexcement70 words
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Article20 1949-10-13 5 TAIPING. Wed.—Vythilingam war fined $20 for driving a three-ton lorry without the corrtt licence by the Taiping Magistrate.20 words
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Advertisement45 1949-10-13 5 NEW LOOK <jk COCKTAIL WEAR TMM .tRGUSON SILKS LINGERIE SILK FOR ladies underwear children's frocks *«»l«ll ItflfPHONf 5J14 Bs confident that you are dressed at all times by n S your clothes tailored by Ra a b I*J. RAAB, I Rodney House °^> Singapore. Tel. 8386ti45 words
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Advertisement52 1949-10-13 5 The SHOE for Children X -'A l^^mi M |p OIIUOI INCLUDING I The Joyance M THE 1 A Sandal for com- 1 p£f RONELL^ I fort and coolness I /\MMAND^ 1 Sizes: 7to 51 I R y|||ABOUT 1 PRICES FROM I £TCm ETC, I $6.75 to $11.50 L^l—^ ROBINSONS RAFFLES52 words
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Miscellaneous45 1949-10-13 5 Surface mails are expected to arrive m Singapore today from Australia, Siam, N. Borenc, Labuan, Brunei and Miri. Closing times for posting surface malls at the G.P.O. today are: to Pontianak and the Philippines: noon, and to S. India, n, India and Pakistan: 6 p.m.45 words
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Article229 1949-10-13 6 INTERFERENCE, SAYS RUSSIAN Objection to travel report Free Press Staff Reporter THE Chief Russian delegate to the ECAFE Committee on Industry and Trade, Mr. S. S. Nemtchina, proposed at the opening session m Singapore yesterday that any report from the Ad Hoc Sub-Committee on Travel should be removed entirely from229 words
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137 1949-10-13 6 EGYPT HELD UP MALAYA'S ROAD REPAIRS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpHE Federation's road resL toration programme was held up last year because the Egyptian Government put •'difficulties" m the way of bitumen exporters who had contracted to supply the material to Malaya. Only successful efforts to obtain supplies from the Persian137 words
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Article, Illustration107 1949-10-13 6 VICr Admiral Russell S. Berkey, of the U.S. Navy arrived m Singapore on board the heavy cruiser U.S.S. St. Paul today on an informal courtesy visit. He was until re^entK commander of Naval Forces, Far East, stationed m Toklo. He took over command of the 7th107 words
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244 1949-10-13 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. SELANGOR alone spends at least $20,000,000 a year on lotteries and totes, Mr. K. K. Bonjamin told the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club today. Mr. Benjamin, a Municipal Commissioner who Is a veteran exponent of lotteries, said the figure was the result244 words
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Article63 1949-10-13 6 Ceiling prices of jute goods as nxed by the Government of India, are:' Hessian of 40 Inches. 10 ounces. Rs. 55 for 100 yards; sacking Rs. 1,550 per ton. These are the prices at which mills will sell these goods. Exporter* will be allowed to charge up to63 words
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Article35 1949-10-13 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. For sharing half a bottle of samsu on which duty not been paid. Weng Choh and Chan Hen, rubber tappers of Senai. were today fined $10 each by the magistrate.35 words
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Article248 1949-10-13 6 Story of 'marry me' threat Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A YOUNG woman, Wong Fong Yin, alleged In the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court today that she had been threatened with her life by her co"sin if she d*d not marry him. The cousin, an educated Chinese named248 words
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Article151 1949-10-13 6 MR. R. P. Bingham, Singapore acting Commissioner for Labour, has resumed his post as chief of the Labour Department, after his I return from seven months' leave. In consequence, there has been a reshuffling of duties among the major officers of the department. Mr. O. W.151 words
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Article146 1949-10-13 6 TELUK ANSON. Wed. TW() Indians, Daliah and Kuruvello, were convicted and fined $25 each or three weeks' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of rescuing an arrested person who was m the lawful oustnctv of the police. According to the prosecution there was a commotion at the labourers'146 words
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Article70 1949-10-13 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Mohideen bin Kunjl Ahmad, convicted a month ago at Batu Pahat for not being m possession of an Identity card, had still not obtained one when he was asked yesterday by a police officer to produce it. Charged m the Police Court70 words
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Article27 1949-10-13 6 MUAR, Wed. Four men and a woman found gambling m public were each lined $10 or a week's gaol. Two dollars k se?v<i was confiscated27 words
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Article21 1949-10-13 6 Fines totalling about $150 for Infringements of regulations were Imposed on 30 cyclists m the Fifth Police court yesterday.21 words
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Article441 1949-10-13 6 Heavy slump mi n gilt-edgeds London Stock Exchange! LONDON, Thursday BRITISH Government securities on the Ln'w Stock Exchange slumped yesterday to the i levels since the devaluation, some of them lowest for several years. On paper their m i? ir value has fallen by about £300,000,000 this most of the441 words
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Article22 1949-10-13 6 JOHORF. BAHR Muslim bin X Tablr, I were toci:-. police court wit! possession of Both case was month for22 words
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Advertisement118 1949-10-13 6 PMOMI NJ^Z LAST 'DAY 11-1 15, 4.00, 6.30 9 JO p.m. IGrrat Wall presents BLOOD WILLTELL' <tarrin& PAI KWONG FI 1 S MALAYAN FILM UNITS NEWSFLASH "UNIVEBSITY OF MAI-AY A" FOUNDATION DAY CEREMONY" TOMORROW '^ff^^%e»--w. S J^^^^m SPRING m ***** LANE' HFP3ERTWILCOX Gnna NEAGLE ThuAcud WILDING sat. m'nite!~ m. STARTS118 words
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Advertisement112 1949-10-13 6 TODAY SHOWS 11 a.m., 1.45 4.00, 6.?0 UO THE TRUTH THAT NOBODY DARED TO TELL! m UMRCOVtR fHHH This is the REAL STORY |j the fact-by-fact inside KOf) I of how Federal agents crackcU I down on America's most j notorious criminals! I Based on the revelations I of Frank112 words
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Miscellaneous229 1949-10-13 6 SINGAPORE SHIPPING SHIPS m port alongside nach (29-30. the Singapore Harbour Today's Wharf Arrival*: Board -.wharves yesterday flidor (14), Bruas (33-34), (godowns m brackets* were: Rengam (23), Mantln (7), Main Wharf- Talaneakar Merkur (15-16>, Star Betel.▼lain nnan. iaiaiiKaK.ar iAA\ Rplanrila (A 1\ c^-^4 Tiinnn»« < **ft **Q > guese i229 words
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Article, Illustration481 1949-10-13 7 PRIM MONEY FOR MOTORISTS SUGGESTED Oliver Bertram gives views M £as hig futur e m motor racing and it i W °i? ld r*l1 tly facili^te the growth of the popularity of this sport, if prize money was offered. Such a move would attract larger entries and better cars, saidA.P. - 481 words
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Article310 1949-10-13 7 Free Press Sports Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. iVEB Holeh School, the best of the Johore Bahru oup «»i Malay schools, succeeded m retaining \lxiul Rahman shield for inter-school drill Malay schools m South he winners of the shield last year ses of the competition, schools310 words
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Article43 1949-10-13 7 1 ..be •.oda>\ Foe 1 ichusetU". :n-up n -back attempt. d 15 iau- lor Commts- me ques- tbe Sate 'he law as v meant it Louis". M passed 25 from said, U :.i ure did before U.P.U.P. - 43 words
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Article12 1949-10-13 7 ftgue Cumberland 22 eh»; rd Northern 8 C irmi-flnali A.P.A.P. - 12 words
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Article29 1949-10-13 7 51 -year-old rench tennis ve'eran decoverod courts >.d to work hard b 'o b* a Cl fiord En.-jsh In-ernat'onal. -2. 6-2 to get into ihe Kterdav A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article35 1949-10-13 7 F. P. Racing Correspondent RAIN fell practically ♦hroughout last night m Penan* and only the third and sand tracks were open this morning A few horses turned out for pace work.35 words
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Article53 1949-10-13 7 rE Australian Test all-rounder, Keith Miller, has been appointed captain of the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team for the 1949-50 Australian cricket season New South Wales will meet Queensland In the first Sheffield Shield match of the season at Brisbane on Oct. 28. ReuterReuter A.A.P. - 53 words
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Article104 1949-10-13 7 AT an emergency meeting of the S.A.F.A. council yesterday, the following matches have been arranged for 4 he Indian touring team: Oct. 26 Sino-Malays. Oct. 30 Malay-Indians. Nov. 1 Combined Services, Nov. 3 Combined S.C.C., SRC and 1. A.; Nov. 5 S.A.F.A. Civilians Nov. 8104 words
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Article23 1949-10-13 7 inner, and joe ampion S'akes, <** mile and two rket today, are: C Elliott); ImBeary): KraBarn s K i- 8 Pambidlan ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article30 1949-10-13 7 RANGERS beat Clyde 2-1 after extra time In the Glasgow Cup .soccer final replay yesterday. In an Irish Gold Cup semi-final Portadown beat Gl^navon 2-1 Reuter, A. P.30 words
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Article36 1949-10-13 7 GHQ FARELF WIN 11- NIL Q.H.Q. FARELP scored a elevennil victory over the Singapore A.si.-.ns m a rugger match played at Tanglin yesterday. Scorers were, Saxby (try), Anderson (one try and a go*l kicked by Bnd<?er>36 words
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Article554 1949-10-13 7 OESI'LTS m brief of the races run at Penang yesterday are as follows: BIG SWEEP THE draw on the Hig Sweep on Race 8, total pool $240,910, resulted: 1 No. *****3 ($62,636). 2 No. *****7 ($31,318). 3 No. *****5 (|lMs*>. Starters ($5,219 each): Nos.554 words
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Article285 1949-10-13 7 photo. R.? Navy went down h y four goals to two to the Malays m yesterday's Community league game at the stadium and m spite of the slippery ground conditions, the game was thrilling and m stages fast. Malays deserved their victory. They showed better285 words
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Article100 1949-10-13 7 DON LATHAM. 20-year-old Yorkshire amateur lightweight boxer, outpointed Gene Raymond. Indian amateur champion and Olympic star, In their threeround bout m Bombay last n'ght before a record crowd of 10.000. Latham received little pu'|>hm^nt from the 28-year-old r ndian "hampion. He was too clever and100 words
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Article633 1949-10-13 7 r^Nfc HUNDRED and fortj hor. c es, among them several who will be making their debut m Malaya, have been entered for the three-day race meeting of the Selangor Turf Club beginnme: Oct. m t >•• Cl*M 2 md Cla?s 5 ho 1 Class Two633 words
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438 1949-10-13 7 J. Rank has good chance of scoring dou ble \f K. Joseph Rank, brother of the film magnate, J. Arthur Rank, who owns Strathspey, winner of yesterday's Cesarewitch, stands a wonderful chance of bringing off a notable double as his horse Hyperbole was a warm favourite for the Cambridgeshire evenReuter - 438 words
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Article56 1949-10-13 8 ON THE 10TH., To* Mem vrlta of Lt. CoU Xi W. BAdlef R.AO.C, a son. at BiM.H. TO ANN A*ND KEN dockings at Kuala Lumpur on Oct. Bth a sturdy son. Peter Kennetfi. RICE. To Patricia (nee Heriot), wife of Anthony Peter Rire, Malayan Police, on 11th October at56 words
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Article89 1949-10-13 8 THE ENGAGEMENT Is announced between Valentine Blake of Whitland Abbey, Carmarthenshire and Elizabeth Gillies of W:\lcott. Norfolk. KHOO-WOO. The engagement is announced between Mr. Richard Klroo Hock Ho, eldest son of Mr. Mrs (Khoo> Wee Boon Chwee and Miss Lily Woo Poh Kwai daughter of Madam Wong Kwii Mvi89 words
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Article73 1949-10-13 8 MR. <fc MRS. J. P. LOBO, Nee Soon, wish to thank all friends and relatives, who attended the funeral of their daughter Doris on 9th October '49 and also those who sent wreaths and messages of condolence. MR. HO SIEW WAI and brothers thank all relatives, associations, and friends73 words
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Article, Illustration491 1949-10-13 8 TOTTERING KMT REGIME SPLITS UP Reds on Canton HONG KONG, Thursday. yyiTH large Communist forces now only 30 to 35 miles from Canton and guerillas already operating on the outskirts of the tottering Nationalist capital, shooting and arson by Red fifth columnists are reported m the suburbs. Panic is growingReutr A.P. U.P. - 491 words
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190 1949-10-13 8 LONDON, Thursday. I>1 T SSIAN scientists have perfected lobectomy and, given time, it will supply a vast population of intelligent robots willing to follow any totalitarian leader to death for a cause which they will never question. This warning is sounded by theUP - 190 words
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Article18 1949-10-13 8 Field-Marshal Sir William Slim. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived In Karachi yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article22 1949-10-13 8 The Norwegian Parliamentary Peace Committee has awarded the Nobol Peace Prize for 1949 to Lord Boyd Orr. of Britain.22 words
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Article223 1949-10-13 8 LONDON, Thurs. THE setting up of a Communist Government m China will confront almost all the territories represented at the Far East conference to be held m Singapore next month, directly or indirectly, with problems of increasing urgency. This is the view of diplomaticU.P. A.P. Reuter - 223 words
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Article64 1949-10-13 8 SEOUL, Thurs. THIS U anti-supersti-tion week m Seoul, Korea. City authorities supported by the National Education Ministry and provincial governments are carrying out a campaign to remove several hundred roving fortune-tellers from the streets of Seoul, to educate the public against them. These soothsayers are also64 words
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Article139 1949-10-13 8 TOKIO. Thurs. LADY BUTTERFIELD. 66--year-old American widow of Sir Frederick BMtertteld. whose family founded the Far East shipping firm of Butterrield and Swire, is travelling I round the world to push her plan for an international friendship flag. She revealed here yesterday i that139 words
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Article104 1949-10-13 8 GENEVA, Thurs. I\R. Mohumed el Khasher^i, v Saudi Arabian Inspector General of Healih m Mecca asked the Worid Health Organisation to take steps to see '-hat pilgrims to Mecca are not hindered by quarantine regulations of Middle East states. Dr. Kha.shergi said that some pilgrims104 words
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Article28 1949-10-13 8 The industrial recovery of Western Germany "has virtually come to a standstill." the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe reported m Geneva yesterday.-- A .P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article107 1949-10-13 8 D'SSEX IIIO^ £H_ U by an American Jew to ban "Oliver Twist' and "The Merchant of Venice" from New York City public schools on grounds that the Dickens novel and the Shakespeare play engender "hatred of Jews" and are anti-religious. New York Supreme Court Justice JAP - 107 words
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Article94 1949-10-13 8 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. the 21-natlon lub-commlt- tee set up by the United Nations Political Committee has unanimously agreed on the principle of granting immediate independence to the former Italian colony of Libya. But It WU unable to agree on the length of time that should elapseReuter - 94 words
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Article153 1949-10-13 8 LONDON, Thursday I^OCTORS from India, the United States and Sweden pleaded for proper recognition of the work of the "family doctor." at the World Medical Association conference here. Dr. S. C. Sen. ol India, said"The tendency to look clown on the general practitioner Is widespread.Reuter - 153 words
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Article60 1949-10-13 8 TOKIO police have arrested 1.8!8 teen-agers m a 20-day drive against juvenile delinquents. The crimes traced to minors during this period included one murder, eijjht robberies, six rapes, 30»i cases of assault and blackmail and 3.123 cases f petty theft and u.iinMnu: Of the total, 953 ca>es60 words
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Article167 1949-10-13 8 GENEVA, Thursday. DAKISTAN yesterday urged the World Health Organisation to supply under-developed countries m Asia and elsewhere with the insecticide DDT at cheap rate s to fight malaria and also to set up factories for its manufacture m those regions "Otherwise,- Mr. Halibullah Bahar,Reuter - 167 words
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Article18 1949-10-13 8 A mass hunger strike of political prisoners m India Is reported m the Moscow press18 words
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Miscellaneous66 1949-10-13 8 THRILLERS Qttmi ?-:.ort Stories of Detection Mystery «fc Horror by D. L. Sayer— s 3.10 Murder In the Family by J.xme^ Ponald 3 00 Spotlight by Patricia Wentworth 5.10 Cause for Alarm by Eric a ie r 3 GO C se of the Oold Digger's Purse sio The Evil Messenger66 words
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Miscellaneous30 1949-10-13 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 2.09 a.m; 1.29 pjn. Tomorrow: g.58 a m; 2 pjß THE SAINT by Leslie Charteric r^- r=r ~!r^/^ s ypppgßLY td Ypua wiscti \oiana a powwo?/ 2^30 words
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