The Singapore Free Press, 27 October 1949
1949-10-27
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Title Section20 1949-10-27 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE DC MALAX A 10. w SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 37, 1949. PRICK 10 CENTS20 words
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Article76 1949-10-27 1 d-_. s Staff tiepori" SffK** of Stanf 23 c rppt had a Are scare I g when they saw BLSTOte smoke issuing 5f ISey of a threeI <n the area. .round -«o«r *fc/.n tenants tried lnKfto smother the Are j .chimney Irom its one rang for tht76 words
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94 1949-10-27 1 Frr* I-t-i Staff Reporter 1 1 r ijx rr men who 8 working papers; i the ECAFE j ■cc broke their own n rd this morn- j v d 18 hours at a' up to 430 a.m. today i urgently needed j [or today's94 words
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Article20 1949-10-27 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ?ore police yesterday I "°e alleged secret j .sters, one chapand nine Chinese.20 words
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Article26 1949-10-27 1 HIN J* Press Staff Reporter Singapore Ch.nese ciesV* 0 as a no *m robber ■wetted or. a banishrrant by Singapore p mtenlajr.26 words
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Article15 1949-10-27 1 Jje were injured fben electric train the buffers at \±ms nation.15 words
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Article522 1949-10-27 1 c/.A. has duty despite cuts LONDON, Thursday. »JHE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, told Parliament yesterday that Britain could not afford to give further loans or credits to other countries except m very special cases, but colonial development and investment must be continuedReuter - 522 words
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Article, Illustration191 1949-10-27 1 LONDON, Thursday. "THE General Council of the Trades Union Congress x yesterday gave its approval of the Governments new programme of economy cuts. An official statement said: "The proposed economies, far from representing an insignificant contribution to a solution of the country's immediate difficulties, will, ifReuter - 191 words
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Article28 1949-10-27 1 Combined forces of Burmese and Shan state troops yesterday re-occupled Mongpawn, an important railway town about 25 miles east of the Karen-held stronghold of Taunggyi. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-10-27 1 .fli\ v. v«. firuo.i „.tMi. a„ at last night's dinner for the All-India Soccer Team. On his right is Dr. M. Abraham and on his left are Mrs. Thlvy, Fr. R. Ramasamy, Mr. John Thivy, Mr. N. R Murthy and Mr. C. L. Hatchings.44 words
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Article47 1949-10-27 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A POLICE patrol operating at Bukit Payang opened fire and severely wounded a Chinese, who was identified as a member of the gang which killed Mr. Preeborough. 0.C.P.D., Batu Pahat, In April last. The Chinese later died ln hospital.47 words
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Article24 1949-10-27 1 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was yesterday given a civic reception at the City Hali soon after his arrival at Chicago's Municipal airport.24 words
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Article130 1949-10-27 1 CAIRO, Wednesday. THE Republican Information Minister, Dr. Sjamsoed Din, said here tonight that unless the Dutch handed over authority to the Indonesians m December this year "the Indonesian people will resume their struggle/ Meanwhile, at The Hague, observers said that roundtable negotiations between the DutchReuter - 130 words
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Article28 1949-10-27 1 India. Pakistan and Persia yesterday agreed to combine resources with the desert locust survey m anti-locust operations m the Oman area, an Important outbreak centre. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article76 1949-10-27 1 PARIS. Thurs. rENCH Premier Designate, M. Georges Bldault, MRP (Popular Republican) leader, was yesterday assured of Radical and Socialist support ln his bid to end the country's three weeks' old political crisis. The Radical Party executive decided by Tl votes to 27 to back the formerReuter - 76 words
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Article21 1949-10-27 1 The Federation Police Band will play on the Bukit Zahara padang. Johore Bahru. to- 1 night between 5-6 p.m.21 words
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Article136 1949-10-27 1 rriE British Atomic Scientists' Association yesterday urged Europe's governments to mediate the differences between Russia and the United States. 'The fact that America still has a very considerable lead over Russia m the methods of production of atom bombs and has larger stocks of fissionableA.P. - 136 words
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Article22 1949-10-27 1 The Italian Senate yesterday approved Italy's biggest military defence budget since the pre-war days of Mussolini —over 3,000,000,000 lira.- A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article36 1949-10-27 1 The Egyptian newspaper Al Mlsry reported yesterday that figypt has threatened to withdraw from the Arab League if her proposal for collective Arab teccrity vere rejected by any of the seven member states. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article67 1949-10-27 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. PAN American Airways officials said here yesterday that they may buy the British Jet de Havilland Comet airliner "when they are further developed and ready for production." A spokesman said the company ts vitally interested In the world's first jet airliner,67 words
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Article56 1949-10-27 1 IHIE explosive Philippine political campaign yesterday brought an urgent plea from Manila authorities for 'resident Quirino to prohibit temporarily the carrying of rearms pending the national election. resolution by the Municipal Board asked that the ban be Imposed for the II days preceding and the 16 daysA.P. - 56 words
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Article60 1949-10-27 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. A TOKIO report today quoted Mr. Paul Paddock, former U.S. Consul ln Soviet-occupied Dairen. as saying that Chinese residents m Dairen originally referred to the Russians as "hairy barbarians" but the Reds soon put a halt to that. The Chinese populace nowA.P. - 60 words
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287 1949-10-27 1 NEW YORK. Thursday. VUE twin problems, abolition of atomic weapons and establishment of international control over atomic energy, are no nearer a solution following private talks between Russia and other United Nations member countries. Details of the recent talks participated m by Britain, theReuter - 287 words
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Article179 1949-10-27 1 CROSS Channel services from Dover were suspended yesterday after a violent gale which lashed Britain with torrential rain and drove several ships aground, tore others from their moorings, and flooded coastal areas. At the peak of the storm, the worst October gale m years, wild seasReuter - 179 words
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Article28 1949-10-27 1 Easy tiermuuy's Prime Minister, Otto Grottechl, said yesterday that his Government does not plan to sign a separate peace treaty with the Soviet r/nion. U.P.U.P. - 28 words
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Article186 1949-10-27 1 Bandits lose 870 killed LONDON, Thurs. T»HE Secretary for Colo--1 nies. Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, told Parliament yesterday that bandits and accidents had killed ten Europeans, ten Gurkhas, four security force Malays, six R.A.F. men, 33 police and 106 civilians from July 1 to Oct. 20 m Malaya. In theA.P.; Reuter - 186 words
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Article69 1949-10-27 1 |X>UR-year-old Doug Stebsv bins, and his brother. Roy. I aged three, were crushed to death when an upright piano their mother was moving toppled over m their home m Portland New York. The distraught mother run a quarter of a mile befo- > sheA.P. - 69 words
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Article50 1949-10-27 1 A SPECIAL Market C«rr_.^.ndent gives the prices of rubber (In cents per Ib.) at 11 a.m today aa follow*. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot: loose 44 Vi 44% No. 1 R.S.S. 44. h 4; Ne. S R.S.S. 42H 42-H No. S R.S.S. 4««4 40', Tone of market: Steady, quiet.50 words
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Article649 1949-10-27 2 PETER QUENNELL - Bank Managers A re Human PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books m U.K. (CONVERSATIONS with bank managers are apt to be formidable; but, according to Pamela Hansford Johnson and other good authorities, m private life these Crippsian tyrants are often simple friend ly characters, devoted to their wives and children, demons649 words
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Article166 1949-10-27 2 QUICK LOOKS A Tale of Poor Lovers, by Vasco Pratolint. (Hamish Hamilton. 12. 6d.). A richly detailed, full' flavoured novel about the teeming existence of a shimmy Italian back-street, packed with incident and drama, and extremely well translated. l- ifession of a Rebel, by Jack Clemo. (Chatto and Windus. 10s.166 words
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Article339 1949-10-27 2 THE BROKEN MOON. Dorothy Black. CaaaeU. An adventure Mt m tbe Ruritanlan State of Benera. A fairy story of two sister Princesses and of a Prince who came from a far country to seek a bride. THE BAREFOOT MAILMAN. Theodore Pratt. CaaaeU.. The time is the eighties, and339 words
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Article, Illustration363 1949-10-27 2 ON A DARK NIGHT, by Anthony West, Eyre and Spottiswoode. "THIS first novel describes the experiences of a British lawyer who is engaged m the trial of a German war criminal. The German is found guilty and hanged, but the lawyer is so distressed and overcome363 words
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Article559 1949-10-27 2 Jack Thomas - Jack Thomas By ACQI AINTED WITH THE NIGHT, by Nancy Price. IF you dreamed last night the chances are that it was an all black and white affair without any sense of hearing or touch. That's the way of dreams As a rule it's only when559 words
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Advertisement210 1949-10-27 2 7o f^e Medical Profession. HOMICEBRIN LILLY Homogenised Vitamins A I B 2 C D Simplifies the prophylactic administration of *m water soluble and fat soluble vi.aminv U is specially designed for infants and mm Miscible with milk, water or fruit juices or iSf2 stirred into cereals. J or roa >210 words
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Miscellaneous158 1949-10-27 2 Sclutlon To Crossword N*. s%€> W^ e4\ aVN v"3 i *V f^^^i A r »I V v AW- Ti ZTrmt. jZee* mm 6_. *S -tJ E-_._ 1v *~i Trt'^L I<: v r >0— *> Cy ,*gf'_ Penny is going to he a him star she She discovers she is to158 words
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Miscellaneous188 1949-10-27 2 F.P. Crossword No* 827 Pf PfM i Fl FH F"" 1 F~ wzw zs P^ 30 *IF 33 ~ll 5r35 E W| I 1 1 I I I N mm% L*.Cr.d Al KOSS Mv ual agreements .9); 7 Answer i 4»; 9 Hesitates (f>; ll Dashing fellow (5); 13 Decline188 words
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Article331 1949-10-27 3 Rural trades now booming oritaim'q v w WPS* Thursday. BRITAIN S shortage of dollars has resulted m a bu? drive to revive the traditional country rrafte which were m danger of dying out, writes Rob *l row fecial correspondent. ha,^^ of ""tf indus try. with government sSs3£fvg"J2!! ll gf331 words
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Article, Illustration202 1949-10-27 3 HONG KONG, Thursday. HE Red soldiers now m occupation of Canton are j" t i v Northerners from Manchuria, reports the iJSarv of the Canton V.M.C.A.. Mr. Edward IL hukwood. one of the foreigners who remained Lh'nd m Canton. In a message to HongA.P. - 202 words
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Article31 1949-10-27 3 ma! dissension m Laos. Indo-Chinese Independent state inside the French Union, has ended wtth the submission of the dissident Laotian Government to the legallyestablished Government under Sisavang Vong. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article115 1949-10-27 3 CEYLON PLAN FOR UNIFORM RUBBER THE Ceylon Rubber Re- search Board Director, Or. E. PhillL., hag emphasised the need for Immediate action to ensure the production ol rubber of uniform quality m Ceylon. Other countries had already taken action, and Ceylon should not lag behind, .If her share of theReuter - 115 words
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Article29 1949-10-27 3 An Egyptian Government technical mission has struck rich gold reins on the Red S^a coast "which compare favourably with the gold mines of South Africa."- U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article135 1949-10-27 3 Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese Prime Minister, declared publicly that an unarmed Japan was m the best interest of Japanese security. Reuter -w» V h n th c OU f, h the heart of Cammoch Hill under the Garry Uh£SH Hydro- Electric Board's" Tummelm?le anS ™„^h?H W lyReuter - 135 words
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Article, Illustration151 1949-10-27 3 VfORE than I 5590,000,000 m money orders and p s^mps worth $2,000,000 are sold annually m Far hast Command Post Offices, according to Maj C H Cundiff, Chief of Army Post Offices m the Far East Command Tokio. Major Cundiff said that 77 postU.P. - 151 words
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Article17 1949-10-27 3 car output Britain produced 30 322 motor-cars during August and allocated 20.105 for export.17 words
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Article108 1949-10-27 3 CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S Roman Catholic hierarchy, Prague Archbishop Josef Beran and his assistants, have now announced that they would permit their clergy to take a qualified oath of loyalty to the Communist regime and accept salaries from the State. Reversing earlier opposition to some provisions of the new108 words
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244 1949-10-27 3 LONDON, Thursday. A WOMAN who met a stranger m the street was married to him six weeks later after speaking to him on only about six occasions, a U.K. Divorce Commissioner said. The ComLiissioner, Judge R. A. Willes, said at Derby that tht woman,244 words
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Article, Illustration49 1949-10-27 3 The Begtim Rahimtoola is seen here after drawing the British and Pakistan flags to reveal the new name of the famed former British wartime destroyer. H.M.S. Onslow, which was recently handed over to Pakistan at Devoni >rt. England. The destroyer, renamed Tippt. Saltan, underwent an extensive refit before transfer.49 words
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Article165 1949-10-27 3 Air-raid Warning by wireless NEW VS. INVENTION NEW YORK, Thursday. T<HE U.S. Air Force says that "freat promise" has been shown by an air-raid warning system which flashes its alarm inaudibly over any ordinary radio broadcast. The coded warning could be siipped into a broadcast within seven seconds and onlyU.P. - 165 words
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Article131 1949-10-27 3 THE female of the species is less deadly behind the wheel of a car than the male, says the Southern California Auto Club's Public Safety Department. Its state -wide survey showed that while women represent 30 per cent, of registered California drivers, they are involvedA.P. - 131 words
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Article80 1949-10-27 3 Murder hunt -6 years later INQUIRIES have been reopened into the mystery of a woman's skeleton found m a hollow Wych Elm tree m a bluebell wood at Haglev, near Stourbridge, Worcester In April, 1943. An inquest Jury at the time returned a verdict of -murder by somebody unknown. Later80 words
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Advertisement69 1949-10-27 3 Dutch €ig;.ua ANGLO-AMERICAN CORPORATION LTD. 3. PRINCE STREET. SINGAPORE. PHONE 5171. I VISITfPhe»e% j 3? I J 1 T T^BTL^mT^^M^k 78)5i i I Tl 1 LJiBUUUfcJLJ X 7/73 ORCHAUO SPo*i. for Curios, Novelties and all kinds of Chinese Handmade Fancy Goods etc. -THE IDEAL GIFTS FOR XMASalso a large selection69 words
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Miscellaneous122 1949-10-27 3 _p^____p______________________HH____BM_________^^ SINGAPORE I Hoi >i> i,ull AIT n patients own reRlffr viTuapi. quests; 7 Time Signal. News fi Xi Inn ii- -apore Share Market Report; md 41 metres^ 7 ls communism -ome tJi.r-._K> Qca s rrom Ri* snapshots of living conditions m it 10 a.m H,\)\. a communist state 7.20122 words
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Miscellaneous364 1949-10-27 3 KUALA L'jcAtUX 10.00 a.m. News (also at 1.30. 7 St f1.30>; 12.00-1.00 Mala-. Programme (As Slnßapore); 1.00 -2.00 English Programme (A' Spore); 2.00 Close; c.on Prozramme Summary; 6.02 Mail B;>e: 7.10 TTais is Communism; 730 Famous Jazx and Swing Combinations; 8.00 Porum of the Air: 8.30 Thursday Symphony; t.45 Piann364 words
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Miscellaneous364 1949-10-27 3 Bridge Hands South hud no right to bid tru 1 game. Every good bridge player N«tth«r sid« vuln«rabl*, hat-s to hang oo« trick short of iouta 4«aier. a game contract, and seizes upon NORTH any slight excuse to bid just one AQ J I S more. On thia hand, however,364 words
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Miscellaneous130 1949-10-27 3 WHAT'S ON IM K.L. REX: Kiss In the Dark. PAVILION and ODEON: Take Me Out To The Ball Game. COLISEUM: Two Texas KolghU. CATHAY: 16 Fathoms Deep. MADRAS: Superman. CENTRAL: Mayavathy (Tamil*. EMPIRE: Burn 'Em Up Barnes. PENANG CATHAY: So This Is New York. ODEON: It's Not Cricket. *EX: A130 words
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624 1949-10-27 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Oct. 27, 1949. OFF WITH THE DISGUISE IF EVIDENCE were needed that Mao Tse-tung is determined to follow the thin Red line and has put behind him whatever ideas he may have had about following the lead of Marshal Tito, men the arrival of 200624 words
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Article769 1949-10-27 4 Edward Howe recalls a visit to a 'fantastic frontier 9 'pHE Caucasian mountain range where it is thought the Soviets have perfected their atom bomb is a part of thc world where nature has fashioned a natural security region. The Soviets have done all they can to make769 words
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Article58 1949-10-27 4 MAJOR-GENERAL Sir Hubert Elvin Ranee has been appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Trinidad and Tobago, ln succession to Sir John Shaw He is 51. Sir Hubert was appointed Governor of Burma m 1946. and two years later became chairman of the Standing Closer Association Committee m the West58 words
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Article1264 1949-10-27 4 POLITICO - It Seems To Me. POLITICO By ALTHOUGH the present United Nations circus now going on m Singapore is officially entitled the Economic Conference for Asia and the Far East, the economists are not getting much of a show. All the leading performers are politicians, and they all have a number1,264 words
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Article, Illustration54 1949-10-27 4 The Ptjp^ has a loofc at the Wasp motor :;cavtcr presented to mm by its ac*i y ner. S gnor Piaggo '2nd from ielti The presentation took place at Castel Gandolfo, the Popesiur-mcrreidenc- There are 200,000 of thes* scooter* Hi we m Thejf cost $300 fUS) J an^^ C n54 words
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Article, Illustration347 1949-10-27 4 Richard Norton - Richard Norton I by-^ THE first event tn dent the halo worn so rakishlv h\ British aviation since the jubilant successes of the Farnboroufth air exhibition and lhe Brabazon ili.^ht trials will be the publishing of B O.A C\ accounts. More losses? Yes, In millions?347 words
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Advertisement189 1949-10-27 4 B #^^Ss_ss "™*___r f/ie Chopin Centenary Magnificent "HIS MASTER'S Witt, I Recordings of CHOPIN S Worfa CONCERTO No. I IN P M Alfred Cortot (PI I conducted by Sii Jo n B THE TWENTY FOt'R PR FT I Alfred Cortot (P.,.: I POLONAISE IN A PLAT MAJOP 1 H c-189 words
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Miscellaneous12 1949-10-27 4 There are timet when I can't te* any future in this job!"12 words
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Miscellaneous5 1949-10-27 4 Wa AaaaW^aaaaaaaaaa*** _______r I _____S_____i*35 words
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Article582 1949-10-27 5 GOVT. CALLS IN PRE-WAR LOANS Employees told to pay Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has decided to recover from its officers the balances still outstanding on all advances or loans made to them prior to Feb. 15, 1942, excepting those granted for building private air raid shelters or582 words
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Article77 1949-10-27 5 Italic Consulate for S'pore Staff Reporter tsulate is to ed m Singapore £t he end of this Xt year. Mr. newly-appotot-the Italian Commerce for C nmonwealtti cries Here. i iy. is on his re, Mr. id. tat memjer would stable Ann*. types of! 5« and mi rship the duties ot77 words
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Article, Illustration35 1949-10-27 5 picture JUK and Mrs. Jason Yeo after their wedding at the Commercial School Hall. Singapore. The bride was formerly M,ss Lim Lay Kirn, the niece of Mr. and M?s Mm Keng Lian of Singapore. RafflesRaffles - 35 words
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Article47 1949-10-27 5 pn Staff Reporter D.. Ming, of SingaO.ned a relybury Tuberim, Detroit. USA i. Dr. Too will methods of tuberculosis and the .ng used m .i modern sanaarranged Ideational oi the U.S. State v.Oll leave on king :\r He was sent Chinese to study47 words
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Article79 1949-10-27 5 THE Registrar, Singapore Supreme Court, Mr. w. J Thorogood, reporting on divorces m his 1948 annual report, records a pleasing feature." This was the decline as compared with 1947 m the number of petitions both under the local ordinance and under the Colonial divorce legislation. Mr. Thorogood79 words
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Article, Illustration17 1949-10-27 5 MARINE architect's sketch showing the modern lines o f the new American tourist ships coming to Singapore.17 words
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Article80 1949-10-27 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent [)ISCUSSIONS are being held among Malaya welfare leaders m Kuala Trengganu to introduce modern ronggeng m thc State as a means of providing employment to the increasing number of Malay waitresses 'here, The Utusan Melayu reports. No decision has as yet80 words
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Article41 1949-10-27 5 Surface mails are expected to :irrive ln Singapore today from N. Borneo, Labuan, Brunei. Miri and Siam. Closing time for posting surface mails today af the G.P.O. 1_: to Siam. Cocos Island. Christmas Island and E. and W. Australia noon.41 words
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Article77 1949-10-27 5 J EMBERS of the V.M.C.A. Singapore will hold a dinner for Mr. Roland Lyne, their general secretary, at the main hall of the V.M.C.A. at 8 p.m. on Nov. 4, m commemoration of Mr. Lyne's 25 years' service with the orga- nisatlon m the Colony. All77 words
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Article236 1949-10-27 5 Merchants 'trade m a rk-m in ded Free Press Staff Reporter TRAM mark difficulties caused by the Japanese J occupation have nearly all been settled, and traders m Singapore have become more "trade mark minded," says the Registrar of Trade Marks, Mr. A. H. Harrison, m hi s annual report236 words
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142 1949-10-27 5 18 HOLIDAYS IN SINGAPORE NEXT YEAR Free m T€Sm Staff Reporter CIGHTEEN holidays will be observed m Singapore n»-xt year, it was officially announced yesterday. With the exception of Friday, June 30, and Saturday December 30, which are bank holidays the rest are bank and public holidays. They are: New142 words
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Article19 1949-10-27 5 Flight-Lieutenant J. N. Ho-ward-Williams has been appointed to be an honorary aide-de-camp to the Governor of Singapore.19 words
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Article44 1949-10-27 5 WITH a view to facilitating business and trade ol Indian merchants In SouthEast Asia, the Government of India has extended the jurisdiction of Sardar Jogindra Singh, the Indian Trade Commissioner m Singapore, to Hong Kong, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei.44 words
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Article512 1949-10-27 5 FROM the point ol viewj of the producers of "Joan of Arc", which j opens at the Capitol to- j day. lt is a pity that the Maid of Lorraine was, ever canonised. There are many fine things m this ambitious production but lt512 words
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Article, Illustration74 1949-10-27 5 Free Press picture M^'. k* OSS** P residen ot the Singapore Rotary IfJ Club, shaking hands with Penghulu Sibat at the 52{?3f JS nc, c n a the Adelphi Hotel yesterday. On the eft of the picture is Penghulu Jin^got and on the right ;!_J V ff hu,U Ju^ hFree Press - 74 words
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242 1949-10-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter HTHE belief that Singapore is a centre of much I tourist attraction m Asia ha s encouraged the American President Lines to build three large new I cruising liners each capable of carrying 228 round-the-world passengers— which will call here regularly242 words
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Article111 1949-10-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. AT a preliminary meeting at n the residence of Hnji Anwar bin Haji Malik, it was decided to establish a fund to enable Malay boys and girls to obtain higher education. Haji Anwar bin Haji Malik, Inche Zainalabidin bin Ahmad,111 words
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Advertisement82 1949-10-27 5 Ladies for your Leisure Hours SWIM SUITS rby "Mor/ey" m Wool and Lastex. Available m a Wide range of colours and designs. Size: 36" Bust only. PRICE $29.50 Rubber BATHING CAPS I a m assorted colours sizes: Medium Large [Mlia^SUO to $1.95 cadi ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE offer a most82 words
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Article243 1949-10-27 6 FEDERAL GOVT. TO STUDY LOTTERIES Committee will hear views Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ♦JHE Federation Government will set up a committee to study the proposal for public lotteries before introducing legislation. If it favours the introduction of legislation, the committee will hear the views of all those243 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-10-27 6 picture Sanjiva, the All-India goalkeeper, gathers the ball during a Slno-Malay attack m yesterday's soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Aw Boon Seong. the Sino-Malays' centre-forward, looks on. while Gurubaksh Sin eh has rushed back to assist Free PressFree Press - 39 words
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174 1949-10-27 6 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federal Legislative Council may not now be able to consider legislation setting up machinery for the War Damage Compensation scheme at its meeting next month as planned, because the scheme is not yet completed. Nothing has174 words
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Article45 1949-10-27 6 '"THE New York Stock Exchange finished strongly again terday after a sesvon that brought mrre new peaks for 1949. In a late spurt, bringing gains ranging to U.S. $2 th*» best features were aircraft*, chemicals, minings and oils. The close was firm. ReuterReuter - 45 words
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225 1949-10-27 6 SEGAMAT, Wednesday. DLEADING guilty to a charge of criminal breach 1 of trust involving more than $53,000, a 42-year-old English -speaking Hokkien who gave his name as Khoo Kee Choo was yesterday sentenced to two years' gaol by Inche Abdul Hamid m the Segamat225 words
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Article32 1949-10-27 6 THE London pepper market open- ed quietly yesterday with Malabar valued around 1,1055. although business was practically nil. Slngao^-e asks 17s. Bd. for white and 12s. Jp. for black.- U.P.U.P. - 32 words
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Article562 1949-10-27 6 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE tpecial arrangement with the Financial lit y, €A Unleaa otherwise marked share, are of J£l denomination. rhe quotations are dealers middle prl*m LONDON, Thursday. pOR the second successive day, British Government securities slumped m the London Stock Exchange yesterday, reaching new low records.562 words
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570 1949-10-27 6 rarao ba loonm ,v thin JE!^*** fore half-time **3 Slno-Ma.a.,5 rami* Perfect a^ff***. *nplay re,i tt J*>*i r dealt *ita aU TS* 1 aracteristic da&h P Harlth uaa rou After don7mI^t P^ ■Ita the 49- h «ed outward to ui' wnU cor: -it Mays tariff570 words
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Article33 1949-10-27 6 bt.. pore ■hip i brsiiclM Men Jects a: j ture and lr.jr plans j centre ai a It To mark the Slnp-ipor-hi'" 5 p.m. Mr W X opening Chua I33 words
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Advertisement157 1949-10-27 6 I NOW SHOWING I 11 a.m; 1.45; 4.15; 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. _/j£-«^!^. W mP* aarwra mmmmm K_ DI-IC MAKCH^I f CHRISTOPHER 1 COLUMBUS 1 <ou»u- T_CNNK-0-0« .-o«(> ao_ mmmmrmm FLORENciPiLOftIOGf FRANCIS L SULLIVAN LINDEN TRAVERS KATHLEEN RYAN DEREK BOND toiiinoM auvttci Jr*» a mmmmmmmmmms tj Aaj >_A *iT__R\^ Eagle-Lion157 words
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Advertisement100 1949-10-27 6 Owing to film's length please come earl; fcfr 5 SHOWS: NOTE REVISED TIMES jC^%J c l i m a x i n oMm^m iw^V'^H^^^ \jF«» t Z?sn>ZZi**^. B x^^__fl__l_ Iffl V BmTH E^O tt Jr _^__t%» i^___r^^ P___u iw»»»« l.'U a HfvmMl! ___*J_f k~ i^Rfc\____^^___ lWWwV/^ __Ti coio* tv t.cmmcoi^100 words
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Miscellaneous82 1949-10-27 6 Mandrake Exclusive to th<> Singapore Free Press m Malaya PROF. VANCE,THAT MUST BEAN f^Y 1 1 THE REDUCTION RAY* WHO BROK^OOT SrMK^ CVT Of 4 NggQLf ■UUSKN- -WITH MIRRORS/ (V h THEY'RE ALMOST LAST Jj- i___________________P» MiaiV^HH^H THOSE^O^EC_AN'Tj_^J^^) U 1 GERM-SlZt/ MONTH- HT^^^ -.i_-_-V__i -L^___^__________L_J H^ Jp JANE Exclusive to82 words
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Miscellaneous79 1949-10-27 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR DO R N today, besides plans; while others are havinf the tremendous Planning, you act; by the 1 time others hare awakenenerfy of your sifn, you ed and are ready to act. V t, ft w t nd€ 5 fy to the job has been done of79 words
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Article339 1949-10-27 7 JIMMY, SCARLET TIGER II FASTEST This mornings K.L. gallops Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. JIMMY (Harper) and Scarlet Tiger II (EUery) did the best workout when they clocked 39 2/5 for three furlongs at this morning's final gallops m preparation for Saturday's races. Both were striding out nicely339 words
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Article, Illustration193 1949-10-27 7 rOI RTKKN players, three of them from Singapore, I* h ive been picked and from them the final eleven 41 be chosen to represent All-Malayan Indians gainst the All- India soccer tourists at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunda> Hie 14 players are: K. G. Suppiah, T.Free Press - 193 words
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Article99 1949-10-27 7 SINGAPORE Cricket Club Ofirst rusby XV against South Johore R. F. C. on the Padang on Saturday at 5 p.m. will be: McVicar: Homer, Lawley, Pennell, Roper; Rees, Taylor; Maxey, Pughe, Fox, Read, Roualle, Newton, Chalmbers. Tucker. Referee: RSM Courtree. L. C. Carrel, the99 words
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Article189 1949-10-27 7 "TWO Australian punters have made headlines with spectacular wins ln recent weeks. They are H.W. Dedman. a 30--year-old duplicating service proprietor of Melbourne, who began with a winning wager of £A8 to £A2 at Flemington < victoria) and finished the day winning £A20.200 and Sydney iron-moulder, Robert189 words
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Article74 1949-10-27 7 OAFFLES Institution's sixth an nual swimming carnival, which will be held tomorrow at 2.15 p.m. at the Chinese Swimming Club pool, will consist of 20 events. They include a 200 metre;^ (4 x 50) free-style inter-school invitation relay, In which St. Andrews. St. Joseph's. Choon Ouan English74 words
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Article111 1949-10-27 7 JOEY Maxim, the American light-heavyweight champion, has challenged Ezzard Charles, the NBA. heavyweight title-holder, to a return bout. "I'll cut him to ribbons," said Maxim, who lost to Charles on points after a 15-round contest last winter, at Cincinnati on Tuesday after beating Joe Kahut111 words
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Article59 1949-10-27 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thursday. JOHORE BAHRU Malays will meet Kota Tinggi at hockey on the English College ground ln a friendly match today. The J. B. Malay team will be selected from: Syed Mahmood, Mohd. Kesnawi, Sulaiman Yassim. Salehudln, Taib Haji Andak. Sallm Rahman. Syed Hashim, Rahman Mohd.,59 words
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Article34 1949-10-27 7 The hockey match between the Police Sports Club and O.H.Q. Tanglin which wa* to have been played at Thomson Road yesterday was called off. as the Service team did not turn up.34 words
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Article73 1949-10-27 7 S'PORE HORSE HAS BEATEN STEROPE A SINGAPORE racehorse has beaten Sterope. who yesterday completed a double m the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket. It Is Big Surprise, a new Importation ln Trainer "Ollie" Davies* stable. Carrying 6.8. Big Surprise, a 10 to one chance, won the Falmouth Handicap Stakes (£585) over73 words
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Article40 1949-10-27 7 DAVE Freeman, six times winner of the U.S. title, wa s rated yesterday the No. 1 badminton player by the U.S. Badminton Association. Martin Mendez was ranked No. 2 and Joseph Alston No. 3. Reuter A.P. U.P.Reuter; A.P.; U.P. - 40 words
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Article35 1949-10-27 7 SIDNEY Smith (Doncaster) beat George Chenler. the Canadian champion, ln their heat ln the News of the World snooker tournament ln London yesterday. The score was 27 frames to 10. I Reuter.35 words
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Article330 1949-10-27 7 Ortiz outpoints Jackie Paterson Vf ANI" EL Ortiz, the world bantamweight champion, outpointed Jackie Paterson, former world flyweight champion, m a ten-round open-air light at Hampden Park, Glasgow, last night. Both weighed inside the stipulated 8 st. 12 lb. limit for the fight, which had been postponed from last Wednesday.Reuter - 330 words
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Article60 1949-10-27 7 SOCCEfcI R.A.F. Changi v. Paya Lebar Bus S.C. (S.A.F.A. Cup-tie), Jalan Besar; lionBahru Rangers v. Malayan Airways (friendly l. Farrer Park. RCC.GKR: C Diversity 'A* v. St. Andrew's School, College ground; Raffles Inst. Ist and 2nd teams v. English College, J. Bahru. HOCKEY: S.C.C. v. S.R.C, padang; Khalsa60 words
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Article484 1949-10-27 7 BIGGEST surprise of the I Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket yesterday was the complete failure of the favourite. Hyperbole. with whom Mr. James Rank, the owner of Strathspey, had hoped to bring off the Autumn double. Hyperbole appeared to be m difficulties soon after the half-way stage andReuter; A.P. - 484 words
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Article300 1949-10-27 7 LIVERPOOL FACE STIFF TA SK LIVERPOOL, the only unbeaten team m the Football League, are faced with a stiff hurdle on Saturday, when they play the newly-promoted Londoners, Fulham, m a First Division game. They are chasing Arsenal's 1947 record of playing the first 17 games without defeat, but theyReuter - 300 words
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Article39 1949-10-27 7 A Football Association XI beat R.A.F. by two goals to >r.e at lham yesterday. At Aldershot Aston Villa trounced the Army 7-3. Linfleld beat Portadown 3-2 m the final of the Irish Gold Cup.— Reuter A.P.Reuter; A.P. - 39 words
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Article29 1949-10-27 7 A MEETING of the Singapore Table Tennis Association will be hel^ today at 5.15 ivm. at the: Chinese V.M.C.A. Delegates Qf affiliated clubs are asked to attend.29 words
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Article65 1949-10-27 7 THE Perak Turf Club December Meeting (Dec. 3, 7 and 10. will cat-r for Classes 3 and horses. Distances and stakes are: Class 3: lst. run. sf. str. or B '/if 2nd. run, 6f. or 9f.; lst. div. $1,700; other divs. $1,500. Class 4: lst. run.65 words
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202 1949-10-27 7 IN a game that was far too one-sided to be of i much interest. Singapore Cricket Club women trounced Naval Base Ladies' Hockey Club by 11 goals to nil on the Padang yesterday. From the start Naval Base women were on the defensive and202 words
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Article159 1949-10-27 7 "\I7ITH a few exceptions, the rugby match on the Padang yesterday, ln which the S.C.C. "A" beat the Singapore All Blues by eight points to nil. was a very disappointing affair. The forwards lacked cohesion and the handling and passing between the threes was very ooor.159 words
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Advertisement83 1949-10-27 7 CRUCIFIXES MADONNAS ar... other statues I W&c IX .TV »OP PROMOTING CN*ttri*N OiOWLIDGI "ABD ROAO. SINCAPORI iECHLAB LTD. PRESTCOLD MMGiRATORS [HSKCT OUR DISPLAY AT MALAYAN MOTORS WWWOM ORCHARD RD H p TEPMS ARRANGED 'HONE 7295 WR >TE OR CALL FOR i^TFATtD CATALOGUE ■*Jce»fH s\7^A ;es~ the famous ™*tbomes BACBAGBi nam«M-83 words
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Advertisement318 1949-10-27 7 I LIFEGUARD f 1 MILK i raise your child 5 >*J 2 I fc I <&§_ m^r **%L fi! .7: 35/36 Medeiros Building Spore V* JS LIFEGUARD MILK CO., a, ld. Telephone: ***** S g MH*iH__--____B___H____B____BHHHHB^^ HEALTH STRENGTH ANNOUNCEMENT Members fold and new) of the SELANGOR HEA T TH <k318 words
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Miscellaneous13 1949-10-27 7 JEST A MINUTE! By GEOFFREY EVA.SS "Parn It Thau W tuiam Talla asain!"13 words
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Obituary77 1949-10-27 8 O'BREE. On 24 October at BMH Klnrara to Capt. and Mrs. C. P. O'Bree, a son. Michael Peter. TARRY. On Oct. 21st at British Military Hospital Singapore to Diana wife Sub. Cdr. O. M. Tarry a son. Isle of Wight London papers please copy. MAHESANS— At Kandang Kerbau Hospital77 words
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Article20 1949-10-27 8 BRAR. On 15th October 1949 ln India Mr. H. S. Brar formerly of Hlndusthan Co-Operatlve .insurance Society Kuala Lumpur.20 words
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Article, Illustration415 1949-10-27 8 NO U.K. RECOGNITION OF RED CHINA KMT appeal to India LONDON, Thursday. AS an unofficial Chinese Communist trade mission arrived m Hong Kong yesterday, diplomatic observers here said that it would be months rather than weeks before any decision is announced by Britain on the question of recognition of theReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 415 words
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Article158 1949-10-27 8 'B.B.C. is infested with Reds' CRAIGA VON LONDON, Thurs. yiSCOUNT Craigavon said yesterday that he would ask for a Government commission of inquiry to investigate his charge that Communists infest the British Broadcasting Corporation. Lord Craigavon, who is president of a BBC listeners association which has no connection with theA.P. - 158 words
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Article50 1949-10-27 8 LONDON. Thurs. THE Foreign Secretary, Mr. 1 Ernest Bevin told Parliament yesterday that a decision to withdraw British troops from Greece had not been taken. "It will come before the cabinet at an early date and the whole thing will be cone into," he said. ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article58 1949-10-27 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs US. Agriculture Depart ment officials said yesterday that lt is quite probable that rigid marketing quotas will bp proposed for the 1950 United States nc crop. Quotas would be designed to prevent accumulation of unmarketable surpluses Th«s year's record crop and declining exportA.P. - 58 words
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Article31 1949-10-27 8 South African Airways has uiscovered a safe way to transport radio-uctive substances m the wlnp tips of IU Skymaster planes. where harmful rays cannot reaen passengers or crew. A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article239 1949-10-27 8 Tito to Russia: 'We shall f ight' BELGRADE, Thursday MARSHAL TITO appealed yesterday for Italo- Y H? oslav co-operation and went on to declare 4 We shall fight— and we shall fight enduringly" to prevent Yugoslavia's subjugation by Russia R.,«JJ? c u s sayi a y fader's fiery speech cameA.P.; U.P. - 239 words
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Article45 1949-10-27 8 Those profane newsmen NEW FORK. Thurs. THE late Miss Rachel McDowell, religious news editor of the New York Times, left the New York Newspaper Guild VS. $3.§0« to distribute literature arainst profanity among newspaper employees. It was disclosed when her will was filed yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article39 1949-10-27 8 FE Japanese Ministry of Finance yesterday named Japan's number one tax evader as the Mitsubishi Chemical Industry Company part of the former Mitsubishi industrial empire. The Government ordered the company to pay 1.000 000 000 yen ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article68 1949-10-27 8 Japs told to trade fairly THE United Btates Trade 1 Advisory Mission to Japan yesterday recommended turning over to the Japanese the entire conduct of their foreign trade with the exception of United States financed imports. A Mission spokesman, however, warned that any return to unfair practices price cutting andReuter - 68 words
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Article25 1949-10-27 8 The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will visit Kenya next year to confer on Nairobi, the capital of the Colony the status of city. U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article46 1949-10-27 8 SANTA MONICA. (Cal.) Thur GRAYCE SHIFFLET obtained ber divorce yesterday from airline pilot David ShifNet because, she said, his sense of humour was too much for her. He would say moo every time she fed their hahv. she explained. U.P.U.P. - 46 words
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Article142 1949-10-27 8 cmoßTrv k. LONDON, Thursday. after being told that he was golns: totally blind, the Hon'ble Peter Beatty 39 son of the famed admiral, plunged to his death toon he^'rdT™ Beatty. who was born with a serious eye affliction, had spent thousands for operations bothA.P. - 142 words
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Article31 1949-10-27 8 1 The U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson said yesterday that Czechoslovakia* espionage charges against six American employees of thr American Embassy m Prague were "obviously trumped up"31 words
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Article34 1949-10-27 8 A BRITISH tyre firm has developed a non-skid tvr. A with steel coil springs m place of the usual trl/d The springs are embedded m the tyre during the A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article29 1949-10-27 8 DR. V. Svgoboda, attache for cultural affairs at the Czech legation ln Vienna has fled to the West, reliable sources m Vienna reported yesterday. A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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142 1949-10-27 8 _ohinf« ~> HO G KONG Th "ralay. CSS Tf ?°?l reachlnr the Colony from i C ton i* 51 ni h »W that elf ht people, includSv. thr X c Communists, were killed and scores of others badly Injured when the Communists attemptedReuter; U.P. - 142 words
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Article77 1949-10-27 8 RANGOON, Thurs DURMA'S first general elec- tions under her new constitution are expected to be held next March, it was officially learned here yesterday The elections, originally scheduled to take place befor. July 4 1949. were postponed owing to the fighting with Communist, Karen andReuter - 77 words
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Article32 1949-10-27 8 Five people were killed and three injured when a military transport plane crashed Into a wooded hill 25 miles north of Tucuman m Ar_«-nM»_«_ yesterday. A.P. A.P. photoA.P. - 32 words
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Advertisement279 1949-10-27 8 Our Representative on tho lst ttoor Singapore Cold ttmrngm, Orchard Koad. will receive edvertisement* between 9 o ca and 1 p m daily. CLASSIFIED ADS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MR. MRS. SHELTON MORAIS thank all relatives friends and well wishers for messages, valuable presents, assistance and kind attendance on their wedding on 22.279 words
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Advertisement187 1949-10-27 8 Healthy p eop keep their ife_wnwn &m fj and Wealthy *mm Imm Imm HAC LEANS TOOTH PASTE THE SINGAPORE MUSIC CIRCU THE STRAITS TIMES m ronjunction with Radio Malaya Present SINGAPORE MUSIC FESTIVAL BATAVIA RADIO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR WON BAARSPUI and JACQUES GENTY (M-m) Sunday nov. 6. CALA CONCERT Philharmonic187 words
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Miscellaneous40 1949-10-27 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 2.25 a.m; 127 p.m. Tomorrow; 3 29aji_; 2.12 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris I *****mm^emmm** 9^^^^ 1 M __51 »*K W «_>MU T f^-W v^_____, 1 Ol \sj A kJTT _H w^^j _f 1 1 ■^^l^'^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^40 words
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