The Singapore Free Press, 31 October 1949
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Title Section19 1949-10-31 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ■sitf 1 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1949. PKM'B I<> -TfcMN19 words
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Article324 1949-10-31 1 Want copra and sago too TAOAXT_T ree Press staff Reporter J a* started Placing large-scale orders lor Malayan produce, chiefly rubber, sago Hour and copra, according to well-informed Chinese traders who expect produce exports to Japan to increase quite considerably soon. these traders said324 words
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Article32 1949-10-31 1 Malayan guard for Slim SUA Reporter William I .mved .lock Te Hong ts with m ngah Qcn. RAF nour m commanded baul. ayan m the •gnals as al?o ranta ol M day*.32 words
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Article21 1949-10-31 1 MANILA. M Tt I ;r*o- .zon. m■- it 'he ;Pital of >*-ng ".;as, tion PreJote j21 words
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Article, Illustration122 1949-10-31 1 Margaret may visit Canada LONDON, Sunday. A HI 'KIM-HAM Palace source said today that n there was a "stron* possibility" that Princess Margaret would visit Canada and the United States next summer. Princess Margaret may first go to Canada m July to attend the official celebrations of the Highland Light122 words
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Article114 1949-10-31 1 U.S. CUTS DOWN ITS NAVY WASHINGTON, Mon. THE United States Navy announced yesterday that 77 ships, including five air-craft-carriers and six cruisers, were being withdrawn from active service as an economy move because of decreased funds. The announcement followed the disclosure that navy and marine corps strength would be reducedReuter - 114 words
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Article13 1949-10-31 1 Canada Is to establish a Consulate ln Manila npv. •^onth. A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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Article48 1949-10-31 1 The United States has turned over approximately U5514,500,000 to the Swiss government— the final oayment for damage and injuries suffered by the Swiss during World War 11. It brought the total paid by the American government for such claims to about U5517,000,000 A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article, Illustration53 1949-10-31 1 Muhamed Said bin Alam, Kampong Guard of Bukit Kepong, Muar, who was one of a trio fought three armed bandits killing one and arresting another named Sambasivab. now m gaol under sentence of death, receives the Iron Medal from the Regent of Johore at Johore Bahru on Saturday. (More pictures53 words
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Article114 1949-10-31 1 CAIRO, Monday. T»HE Arab League Council has set up a committee of experts to draft a security pact among the seven member States of the Arab League. Military and economic experts will assist the committee, which is to begin its work by Nov. 10. The LeagueReuter - 114 words
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Article46 1949-10-31 1 Three villages m western Colombia were reported destroyed and 104 persons killed yesterday m spreading political riots which created an atmosphere of panic m Bogota. The deaths reported yesterday Increased to 338 the number of deaths m the disturbances since Friday.- U.P.U.P. - 46 words
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Article15 1949-10-31 1 An anti-vice squad during the week-end arrested 10 women In Lavender Street.15 words
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Article84 1949-10-31 1 THE "Flying Boom," a new system of refuelling airplanes m flight, has been developed by the Boeing Aircraft Company which has perfected a new method by which petrol is i :mped from a tanker plane to another craft through a telescoping metal pipe. UnderA.P. - 84 words
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Article81 1949-10-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter EARLY-RISINO mems and tuans m the Holland Road area this morning were greeted by long-faced cookboys with the news that the electricity supply had failed. So the bacon and eggs were hurried out to the servants' charcoal buckets and open fires81 words
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Article36 1949-10-31 1 The West Punjab government has given permission to a party of 50 Sikhs from India to visit Nankana Saheb during the birthday celebrations of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion.- A.PA.P - 36 words
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Article84 1949-10-31 1 rHE five chickens of Harry < 'ark. of Bronte Park. Central Tasmania, recently ate poisoned oats, so ho cut the throat of one with a razor blade, and emptied its crop of the poisoned food. Then he stitched up the cut with a darning needle andA.P. - 84 words
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Article39 1949-10-31 1 DETROIT, Sun. GLEN Stewart asked the Detroit Ordinance Court for leniency for a dog that bit him and for the dog's owner. "I suffered no ill effects. but the dog got sick/ he said. U.P.U.P. - 39 words
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246 1949-10-31 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE U.S. Agriculture Department says continued large imports of food for most of the Far East appear to be the "only means of avoiding widespread suffering" there m 1949-1950. The Department reports that world food production for 1949-1950 is expected to beA.P. - 246 words
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Article64 1949-10-31 1 'NO ARMS FOR F.I.C.': DOCKERS MARSEILLES. Mon. THE pro-Communist Marseilles Dockers* Union decided yesterday to cease loading ammunition for the French army ln Indo-China from Nov. 2 onwards, and the rest of Marseilles dockers are expected to take the same decision today. The pro-Communist groups cover 60 per cent, ofReuter - 64 words
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Article61 1949-10-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A LARGE party of bandits held up a bus at the 47th mile Jerantut area of Pahang yesterday afternoon. They removed the passengers from the bus and then set fire to it Soon afterwards the bandits held up four trucks and two61 words
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Article210 1949-10-31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE 2,080 ton Singapore ship, Anhui, which was shelled by Chinese Communist shore batteries for 15 minutes after leaving Amoy on Oct. 15, arrived m Singapore last night for drydocking and repairs. Three Chinese passengers were killed and 25 others injured, including210 words
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Article63 1949-10-31 1 Gen. Ivan Klnov, Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff, and Gen. Boyan Bulgaroanov, Chief of the Army Political Department, have been relieved of their posts under a decree published m Sofia yesterday The decree, issued by the Presudium of the Bulgarian National Assembly, said the twoReuter - 63 words
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Article36 1949-10-31 1 One Japanese was killed and many Japanese and Koreans injured when over 100 Koreans and Japanese stall keepers clashed yesterday m Kuriharago. northern Japan, over the allotment of space m the exchange market.- ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article159 1949-10-31 1 'Keep MCA going' says Cheng Lock Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG, Monday. THE human material m Malaya makes the best material with which to create one country, said Dato Tan Cheng Lock, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, at a dinner last night at the Penang Corner Club held m159 words
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Article91 1949-10-31 1 HONG KONG. Mon. A CHINESE LST (Landing Ship Tanks) is straw i m Pratas Islands, approximately 180 miles south -soar heast of Hong Kong, with about 600 passengers aboard. Th^v are badly m need of water and possible medical a'^cntlon. The British cruiser.. Bell ast. yesterdayReuter - 91 words
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Article41 1949-10-31 1 A British Trades Union Congress spokesman said yesterday that 124 trades union organizations m 55 countries and 19 colonies have been invited to the London confer* ence next month to establish a new anti-Communist tm.l_» union international U.P.U.P. - 41 words
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Advertisement120 1949-10-31 1 BS Wti ALJ J *i i GIFTS i ill $.de silva! S 10 6 ORCHARD ROAD. MM'iiiii.iiiiinmiimmir. m m^^^^ m mmm I V '^^mmWm 'sSbJII^jH il. v o*^*l ■k! WZ <& 4____fr. #_l^-l _0 v«P m m >&^___ v*t^ w "j^, '^^___afa_i >«§£___ Vf^nj o_* IP J^JksS^"*^^ _t__"*S_: o'^___^k-___^SS^-' J120 words
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Advertisement77 1949-10-31 1 Rubber prices A SPECIAL Market *mtt*mmmm&ent gives the prices of rubber (m cents per lb.) at 11 a.m. today as follows: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot: loose 44 Vi 44. F.o.b. m bales Nov. No. 1 R.S.S. 44V* 11 t No. 2 R.S.S. §0% 42 7 M No. 3 R.S.S. 40'j77 words
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Article1403 1949-10-31 2 DOUGLAS WARNER - Shape Of Gadgets To Come DOUGLAS WARNER By Singing crockery, paper saucepans, jet toys, pocket gramophones, these are a few of the things science can contribute to the house of the future according to Professor A.M. Low's latest book._ pHO F E SSOR Bumblebury SmithSmyth- the wizard of science, whistled1,403 words
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Article326 1949-10-31 2 WHY wait until ycur ff old age to retire? Retire at birth, for life, and never bother to work at all! This is the object of a pension scheme to end all pension schemes, propounded m all seriousness by the Mayor of Park Ridge, Illinois, Mr. Alfred326 words
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Article, Illustration589 1949-10-31 2 WHEN a business man writes a business letter it is usually a bad one Believing that, Ivan Arthur Rice Stedeford, tall, shy head of the £37,000,000 Tube Investments group, has dropped a 16-page guide on How To Write a Letter on the desks of his departmental589 words
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Article118 1949-10-31 2 GEORGE Fletcher, 32- year-old mine worker, broke into Auckland Castle, home of the Bishop of Durham, and began switching on lights. He peeped into the room where the bishop, Dr. Alwyn Williams, was asleep with his wife. The bishop, said Fletcher at Durham Quarter Session;., was lying118 words
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Article57 1949-10-31 2 CHIPPENHAM town hall was filled with armers for the showing by Wiltshire Agricultural Executive Committee of two films. But the sound-track if one. dealing with artificial insemination of cattle, and made by the Central Office of Information, was almost unintelligible. Said Mr. G. R. Maundrell ti Chippen.57 words
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Miscellaneous524 1949-10-31 2 200 En hsh Programme (As ve>'— 'Political Leadership SINGAPORE Spore); 2.00 Close; 6.00 St a' ion Devolution' (BBO: 1130 News ,•>. „,„i„ii, Opening; 6.02 Light Music; UM News Analysis I BBO 11.45 Tight (BLt i NETWORK) Dance Music; 7.10 Shore Mir^ot Music. 4X4 anti 41 7 mriri-s Report; 7.30 Music524 words
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Miscellaneous305 1949-10-31 2 ijjjWigl! *i Vj^ "One becomes so tired of those absurd jokes about fat men slipping on banana skins.'' Solution To Oos sword No. 829 [Fp_r^fE^Ejjp_|E [vT p ;E~^ a|lßo PiFIH ppm himH 1 fu H 1 H __-J°l^ uaiff^^ri F.P. Crossword No. 830 1 m pp w i I s305 words
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Miscellaneous86 1949-10-31 2 VC TTT LUCKY STAR JJORN today, you seem to be full of contradictions. You must learn to understand yourself to get along m life and make the best possible use of your talents. You have enthusiasm for things m which you are interested and can completely ignore things you dislike.86 words
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291 1949-10-31 3 Home Office defence plans fl? LONDON, Monday. IF an atom bomb dropped on Britain today few Britons would know how to protect themselves against the devastating effects of the explosion Within a few months, however, the Home Office hopes that several thousands of people throughoutU.P. - 291 words
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Article, Illustration40 1949-10-31 3 radiod him ocer. the' I I io die. In the i<»dine II ra red P ;l,n 1 the t incers dwippeared X "<• feeling Mingei and M i.v The iarj water small .unt v e produce i I atomic energy plant!40 words
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Article44 1949-10-31 3 Ninety-three-years-old Mr. J. A. Tucker, chairman of Bath Magistrates and principal of a Bath legal firm, and lis partner, Mr. Rupert Lewis, :hree years his junior, are .till daily attending their joint offices, continuing an association dating back sixtytwo years.44 words
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Article55 1949-10-31 3 IIANY tidon girls, whose jobs keep them bent W :s throughout the day, are going to s to improve their deportsay, is the answer to figure the poise they lose sitting over i ort iundlng said, :1m I _ing dimDd it :me nclng hire, reasonA.P. - 55 words
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Article47 1949-10-31 3 »ll is m some respects, akin to v", recording to an article headed fi ag .1 Hen" m the weekly bulletin South Wales Department of Agriculture. »ys t he article, 'cannot be inonce established, it cannot be t being content to sit starinu ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article116 1949-10-31 3 DURING the hearing of a case at Shropshire Quarter Sessions it was stated that a Private Cadwallader, of Shrewsbury, volunteered for the Army on Oct. 11. 1928. was discharged on Dec. 8, 1948 and was called up again as conscript on Dec. 9. 1948. A116 words
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Article51 1949-10-31 3 FOURTEEN sake-tasters met m the Osaka Tax Office to grade nnd fix prices on 1.300 different brands of this rice wine and did not swalllow a drop. The tasters gargled their throats with the raw white of egg to keep their taste buds fresh during the testing.51 words
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Article, Illustration89 1949-10-31 3 This has been one of the busiest summers that Malta has known. Thousands of tons of shipping have anchored m Valetta's grand harbour m the past few months and Maltese expect the subsequent tourist trade to boom as a result of the devaluation of the They believe that many travellers89 words
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Article184 1949-10-31 3 Wall Street safeguards smash-up MR. EUGENE Lokey, Vice--111 President of the New York Stock Exchange, who was a "ringside observer" 20 years ago when the stock market collapse headed the nation into depression feels it was the last such soectacle ne will see m his lifetime. He was financial reporter184 words
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Article59 1949-10-31 3 THE U.S. Agriculture Depart- ment estimates world production of sugar beet for 1949 will be 77,800.000 3hort tons, a decrease of 3.100.000 tons from last year. The Department said the United States crop was expected to be 9.882.000 tons compared with 9,422,000 last year. Europe's productionA.P. - 59 words
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Article27 1949-10-31 3 The United Nations Special Political Committee has voted to set up a U.N. guard force to aid peace missions m the field.- A. P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article408 1949-10-31 3 COUTO needed only the dia- mond ace and club king In North* hand (or equivalent values* for the slam to be reasonably safe. On the actual ca.rds. however. declarer was hardpressed to find even a remote possibility of making the slam. It Is to his credit that he408 words
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Article134 1949-10-31 3 TWO professors one English, one Swiss are to speed up a gigantic record of English dialect because they fear that progress m education and radio will soon wipe out local differences m speech. "In a few years* time,' &yrs Professor Harold Orton, of Leeds University, "lt in^y134 words
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Article78 1949-10-31 3 UACTORY workers m the South of England are being urged to take a series of blackboard lessons on efficiency. Many firms m other parts of the country are already taking the Ministry of LabourOs training- within-industry scheme which is aimed at increasing supervisory efficiency from78 words
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Article51 1949-10-31 3 COMMERCIAL interests are pressing India's Government to lift the seven-year-old ban on trade with South Africa. The ban was imposed ln protest against -the treatment of Asians ln South Africa. But commercial men have been complaining that their interests should not be sacrificed for political reasons.A.P. - 51 words
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Article, Illustration58 1949-10-31 3 J^nnlL 7 th rltlsh Armoured Division held a atSSST he V} cto I y C,ub ,oldon th "c was a real a sert rat m attendance as well. Former Royal Tank «egt. Sergeant, G. Taylor, is seen offering a tit bit to me mascot resting on the s. >ulders of58 words
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165 1949-10-31 3 mww LONDON, Monday. r rH*fcßE is such a shortage of new films that a large number of cinemas may have to close. Britain is not making enough to keep a quarter of the picture houses open. rv*» ext year lt ls soing to165 words
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Article34 1949-10-31 3 NATIONALIST government agencies ln Hong Kong have emphatically denied news agency reports from Chungking that they had been ordered to withdraw deposits from banks before the close of business34 words
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Article38 1949-10-31 3 Italian police hava re- ported that they had smashed a flourishing illegal traffic m arms between Italy and Tangier with the arrest of 13 men and the seizure of a lorry load of automatic weapons.- A.P.A.P. - 38 words
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Article212 1949-10-31 3 LONDON, Monday. A RECENT afternoon m Britain was one of the busiest m Katherine Noble's life. She entered 13 hotels and houses m Newquay and stole £550 worth of clothing and jewellery. This busy afternoon was followed by a busier one when she appeared with212 words
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353 1949-10-31 3 Export drive aided by insurance risk AN important item m Britain's export drive is the profit gained on overseas insurance. Last year Britain earned £33 millions from overseas by taking the risks of the rest of the world, £19 millions being estimated as the actual excess of premiums over claims353 words
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Article109 1949-10-31 3 Mr. Takafuml Hishikari, secretary to Japan's Prime Minister, wound up his three weeks American tour with the impression that the American "man-in-the-street" is friendly to the Japanese and that American businessmen are interested m doing business with Japan on a long-range basis. He has talkedU.P. - 109 words
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Miscellaneous125 1949-10-31 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. PAVILION: Frenchman's Greek. REX: Illegal Entry. ODEON: Take Me Out To The Ball Game Some of the Best. MADRAS: Superman. CENTRAL: Asia's New Voic« (Hindustani). COLISEUM: The Wife of Robin Hood. Mandarin*. CATHAY: Dick Tracy. EMPIRE: Shakuntala (Tamils PENANG ODEON: Command Decision. CATHAY: I've Always Loved125 words
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595 1949-10-31 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Oct. 31, 1949. WEIGH THE COST WELL JAPAN'S re-entry into world trace as an unfettered competitor, timed for December 1, is going to cause lot of argument and bad feeling. It could be a blessing to a world whose industrial output, battered by wnr, still595 words
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Article, Illustration28 1949-10-31 4 An attractive outfit for the girl on wheels It was modelled by Jeanne Laffory of Paris, and tOOj ttiou tt ut tlie cyclivq parade m the Jardin D'acclimatatwn.28 words
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442 1949-10-31 4 COME TO MALAYA, MR. CREECH JONES /YTHER than sight- seeing visits to Malaya by members of the British aristocracy, members of the Cabinet and inspection tours by Chiefs of the three Fighting Services, visits by officials of the Colonial Office are few and far between. They are usually fleeting and442 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-10-31 4 at Britain ZnZ U f the 1951 t^ival River TKn^ dq^ rUn on the South Bank °> London* *%va~-2?mfL SS? l r^-J he welter of concrete and P »ng* are the pillars which will support the roof oi the new luxury concert hall.42 words
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Article406 1949-10-31 4 No Unanimity On Pacific Pact Investigations by newspaper correspondents whose views are given below indicate that opinion is divided over the formation of a Pacific Pact on the lines of the Atlantic Pact. In favour generally are Australia and the T.S.; against are France, Thailand and Japan. From ARTHUR MORLEY406 words
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Article144 1949-10-31 4 PARIS: THE ordinary Frenchman rarely thinks about the Pacific much less about a Pacific pact Even the war m Indo-China :.> s nel prefers to forget. A similar viewpoint, although a more thoughtful one. can be found m speakin-. B. Lt mMl'arv and civil. They point out144 words
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Article26 1949-10-31 4 BANGKOK: lUIAILAND will definitely _l not accept any financial or military commitments ln any anti-Communist Pacific union." Expressing this opinion recently, Thailand's Prime26 words
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Article160 1949-10-31 4 NEW YORK: WHEN Mr. Dean Acheson. America's Secretary of State, gave his gloomy report on China, last August, almost all Americans said good-bye to hopes of a Pacific pact. Ever since the war, Americans have believed China to be America's first line of delence m Asia. In160 words
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Article247 1949-10-31 4 riNCE again the Foreign Legion is lost m a self-raised standstorm of mystery. General Montclar, as Inspector-General of the Legion, has flatly turned down my application, as a British reporter, to visit the headquarters of his extraordinary regiment at Sidi-bel-Abbes, In Algeria. In spite of the247 words
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Advertisement23 1949-10-31 4 SILVER MEDALS FOR FOOTBALL, BOXING BADMINTON ETC. From 52.00 to 54.00 S. P. H. de SILVA l> HIGH ST.. SINGAPORE IPOH K. LUMPUR.23 words
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Advertisement39 1949-10-31 4 m~m~m m 1! 2n</. /7oor y!^7 13, Battery Road *f BEOS Beautiful Cocktail <-«<i Evening Gowns fifW Ollf J^mmmW how much more £*^&ffl a Burroughs offers! ■Sa/, DiStrimrael Borneo Sumatra Trading Co. Malaya BUSINKS^ MACHIVKS >»■»' t Singapore Kuala Lumpu'39 words
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Article340 1949-10-31 5 TALKS ON RICE SHARE-OUT TODAY S.E.A. delegates meet m Spore Free Press Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT representatives of British Commonwealth territories m South East Asia and of Indonesia will begin today m Singapore a series of conferences dealing with the general desire for setting up a rice allocation body next year340 words
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Article, Illustration45 1949-10-31 5 pic ture. r|H orOGRAPHfc» M a •ui p.rtv gfren t>> Municipal Coms to I nited Vipn .viiur- ltth( Municipal Coan(h ber. n) the (olonial Mr P. A. B. M.Kerron. talking ta Mr. r smith, i Comnmsioner jn d fhirftain of St. And- **__>_ Society.- Free PressFree Press - 45 words
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Article42 1949-10-31 5 A resolution will come up before the Municipal Commissioners meeting this afternoon for an amendment to the Municipal (Business* By-law. 1931. to provide for voting by ballot ln Municipal meetings as an alternative to voting by show of hands.42 words
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Article, Illustration77 1949-10-31 5 pictures. Jint Kegent of Johore, inspecting the ruard of iL^JTiT n Satu /<; a y Johore Bahru on tKe occasion of the presentation of the Johore birthday honours to members of the Police Force. (Below): The X presenting Senior Inspector Hisham bin Haji Nawlwi with a BarFree Press - 77 words
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Article134 1949-10-31 5 F P Malay Correspondent THE Malay Students Union of Great Britain has decided to hold fortnightly meetings to discuss common problems pertaining to student life m England, important Issues that may arise m Malaya from time to time and events ln other countries connected with134 words
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Article163 1949-10-31 5 I tree Press Staff Reporter (IHE qualifying examination for admission t 0 the •v Entrance Examination (by means of Cambridge School examination) has been i as not being up to the standard of the bare i ior matriculation to a British university. Ra_t.es I its .-.•s this163 words
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Article24 1949-10-31 5 KLUANG. Sun.— Hang Seng aged 19. was fined $10 with the option of three days' rigorous imprisonment for defacing his identity card.24 words
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244 1949-10-31 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 'THE Pakistan Government mission surveying shipbuilding and repair facilities In Singapore has concluded that while ships can be built here the problem is to build them economically. After inspecting the Harbour Board dry docks the mission stated that it would244 words
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Article, Illustration40 1949-10-31 5 picture. f^ROBABI V the mmt popular *tal! at the Internat.nna' fair held on Mturday at I the Stegaporc r.Y.M.A. He ln aid of the H*. ne 5? ti- :nd .Gooi Shepherd Ntms) was the "guess the number stall Free PressFree Press - 40 words
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Article54 1949-10-31 5 The first joint meeting ol the Select Committees of the Legislative Councils of the Federation and Singapore to examine and report on the Rubber Packing and Shipping Control Bill will be held on Nov. 7 ln the Conference Room of the Economic Branch of the Colonial Secretary's54 words
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Article51 1949-10-31 5 The Band of the Seaforth Highlanders will give a programme of music at Raffles Hotel next Sunday at 9 o'clock In aid of the Poppy Day Fund. During the interval Mrs Mary Richardson will play the piano. Tickets are $1 each and are obtainable at Raffles Hotel and51 words
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Article162 1949-10-31 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent \N assurance that the remains of Malay members of the Security Forces killed m action will m future be fully respected m accordance with the Islamic religion was given by Dato Abu Samah, State Secretary of Pahang m the State Council,162 words
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Article286 1949-10-31 5 Free Press Staff Reporter \|ORE of Singapore's residential districts not already lit by electricity are likely to see gas lighting m future, and already ten major roads have been earmarked for permanent gas lighting. These include Chancery Lane, which up to date has 13 of286 words
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Article36 1949-10-31 5 INVESTURE IN BRUNEI i.r Ahmed Tajudin. Sultan Brunei, held an investiture t Brunei last week at which ie presented -riedais to com.nenrere&fJ h Stiver Jubiw 1954-1 MB i .V) recipients nl ill races m the State.36 words
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278 1949-10-31 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ABOUT 2,000 bags of Christmas parcels containing mostly canned meat, fats and dried fruit, are expected to leave Singapore for Britain by the P. and O. "Christmas gift ship" Carthage on Thursday, Post Office and department store officials278 words
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Article45 1949-10-31 5 Surface mails are expected 'o to arrive tcd?y _.-%>,._ R«n, Siam, U.K. Eirr, F.-i pj E?\pt N. and W. itc West Iniies .< 1 Ceylon. Noon is clo-.iny UlbC today tor posting letters and oarcels to Western Australia and i iy to Eastern Austral.:. O *A0»O45 words
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Advertisement106 1949-10-31 5 Presenting The New 1950 Model H. M. V. 7 valve radio for A. C. MAINS (is Haste i nice have now released latest product of their vasl re, search laboratories Wm Purchase \\mkvywmm WmmVm I *BGmm*m\ ana: •-<'</ MODEL 5107 reprodamxi%on Istanding setisitivity Simplicity of operation. Available from all authorised106 words
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Advertisement109 1949-10-31 5 MINTON J lie iVorldd ?)[ojt I Beautiful I Cfima jr _-^_______________l^^^^ Minton Teasets are now available on our top floor, and there is a fine assortment of designs from which to choose. SETS ARE COMPOSED OF 6 CUPS SAUCEPS 6 PLATES 1 BREAD PLATE pm *1 SUGAR BOWL 1 MILK109 words
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Article, Illustration1459 1949-10-31 6 TED BROADRIBB - Promoter and ref. all in one hectic night TED BROADRIBB fgfdgdg by who says I Promoter, match- >> maker, manager, 55 referee and fighter 55 —all m one night. 55 << That sounds like a a tall story, I know, >> but it happened to me m June, << 1928,1,459 words
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94 1949-10-31 6 J ACKING pace behind the scrum tm_i ed forward, Bath fell easy victim? I°?^ on Saturday at Twickenham where F r H^ appearing at flyhalf for the Harle( iuin fC C time gave a splendid display an, had*!!* 5 more than one try. NadA.P. - 94 words
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Article42 1949-10-31 6 REPLAY ALSO ENDS IN DRAW F ere* one-all cond matewere scored -leg. ppay.: ay grade earlier th] resulted m a one-. France and now have to n time o n a neu! decide who si to be plaj de Janeiro n ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article24 1949-10-31 6 A y eye:. Geoffrey Cr^ the star Phis n since I ar. A:. 14 n-: 4 3 rr. p r. A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article11 1949-10-31 6 Sold For $1 00,000 S* ed been b an Amet A.P.A.P. - 11 words
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Advertisement114 1949-10-31 6 DAILY 5 SHOWS! NOTED TIMES COME EARLY 10.30. 115 4. 6.45, 9.30 p.m. OF MlfiHH RATTLES w/r IfßPjftK ___F^^"__K" i: ?\_kzJHnh if^r ___Kv "Ji^ 9 Joan or Arc mmmm INGRID Bergman A VICTOR fLC¥ING WrOOUCTrO* OkOm l» TjCH«MCOtOt c__ir o. rNouuNO, r TODAY 4 SHOWS 10.30-1.45-5-8.30 I jmmk __V~ m114 words
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Miscellaneous174 1949-10-31 6 m3ndrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya SJSjS] I F^S^&^S^Sffi 1 f^^f J A^N.NANia-BLOC^--PEOPLEL_^ IthEYNEEoL LET ME OUT] J NOT UNTILYOU rnni L LSWLfißf^jffilS Vf— f GHTING ON ANEEOLEf WHAT A CASE/ IoUR HELP, V m J A INC Exclusive to f/i<> Singapore Free Press m Malaya f%174 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-10-31 7 picture. FillißK right win, three for y-n-MiliO.-. manages to „;"in I dearin. kick over n, i im l> heid m Saturn's H-M.S Malaya rugby ntlfh m which Comhined Eernces fwit Segri-Malacca [p Jalan Besar -i -i /tin ni Free PressFree Press - 43 words
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Article20 1949-10-31 7 RB the tm li Palala U Ane van mm i ...ou and Prance.. :m) c.- A.P.A.P. - 20 words
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Article12 1949-10-31 7 S.H.B. 's 10th. win S.OORE Harbour B nth at s <a teaife12 words
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Article553 1949-10-31 7 VETERAN - PAN YAP SPRINGS BIG SURPRISE VETERAN Bea ts Hock Leng m straight sets By LOONG Pan Yap (Lucky Strike) sprang the first big surprise m the Singapore men's open singles badminton championship when he beat Cheong Hock Leng (Eclipse) m the quarter-finals m straight sets. Equally matched and equally aggressive553 words
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Article791 1949-10-31 7 IN their quest for a centre-forward to replace injured Jackie Milburn against Ireland on Nov. 16 fcngland's soccer selectors cast a wide net at Saturday's League matches. One of the men being watched was Tommy Lawton who has not plaved for England since he left Chelsea forReuter - 791 words
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Article275 1949-10-31 7 RESULTS of Singapore badminton ties played during the week-end were: SATIBDAY Open Singles: Loong Pan Yap iLucKy Strike i beat Clieong Hock Lmg (Eclipse) 18-14. 15-11. Open Doubles: Ismal; bin Mar.an L Edwards (Shell) w.o Tunku T. A. Jalil Zainul Abldin bin Ahmad (Useful). Veterans' Doubles: Leow Kirn rati275 words
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Article109 1949-10-31 7 THE Commonwealth cricket team added 230 runs to the overnight score of 383 for four before declaring their first innings at 613 for seven wickets on the second day of their match against North Zone at Patlala. By the close of play, North ZoneReuter - 109 words
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Article159 1949-10-31 7 IN SCOTLAND, just under x 40,000 people saw Eaj_t Fife gain victory against Dunfermline m the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park on Saturday. But the meeting of these two Fifeshire clubs did not attract all the Glasgow fans. A bigger crowd was at CelticReuter - 159 words
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Article81 1949-10-31 7 TU following will reJ_ present Combined Services against Singapore Civilians m the H.M.S. Malaya Cup rugby competition on Nov. 5: A. C. Smith (R.A.F); FO Levisseur. S Ldr. Waterkeyn, F O Murray, (all R.A.F.) and A. N. Other. Cpl. Sabin (Army), S.-Lt. Holland (R. N.) Sq81 words
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Article, Illustration1107 1949-10-31 7 Reuter Mr InhT* tk- JW r yan ,ndian captain, introduces of mi?? #Ai Th i lvy ReP^ntative of the Government ,M,?u J h,s IP,E,e?1 P,E,e Shaking hands with Mr. Thivy ,ri^f n Al d m m hJs ri ht fa S Chandra, who scored the team'sReuter; Free Press - 1,107 words
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Article35 1949-10-31 7 A Bay mare named Pagoda won the sixth race at Santa Ana race-track, Manila, yestr.lav to pay U551,231.25 to one m fie parimutuel betting. Only $8 had been Dlared p_.rr...._i win. A.P. picture.A.P. - 35 words
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Article798 1949-10-31 7 By CRUSADER yiiTH tOUri,lg team J v;. 2: All-Malayan Indians 1. WITH ground conditions suitable for their quick f low passing movements, the Indian tourimf soccer team combined beautifully and gave a much better performance than against Sino-Malay S when S^iu m m t i a^798 words
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269 1949-10-31 7 'Desertion,' say U.S. tennis chiefs DEPORTS reaching London from the United States suggest that American lawn tennis executives are far from being amused at the way the leading amateurs turn professional as soon as they have reached the top of Che tree. They reckon they spent about £15.000 last yearReuter - 269 words
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Article42 1949-10-31 7 AUSTRALIA will contest tvtiy event at next year*. Emn..e Games m Auckland according to the secretary ot the Australian Empire Games Federation. Mr. Jim Eve. He said Australia would <»et.o. a minimum of 147 athletes- Reuter AAPReuter; AAP - 42 words
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Article39 1949-10-31 7 "PAYMOND Sommers (France*, I driving a Gordini. yesterday won the Madrid Grand Prix motor iace. Maurice Trial I (Prance, also driving Gordini wat second, with Baron E. de Gratlertj reid (Switzerland*, on a CWtalia, third.- ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Advertisement58 1949-10-31 7 r ONOITiONPn'I \j TODAY FOUR SHOWS 9M p.m I WAT LOVE STORY! I GLORIOUS MUSIC i i T RAVI ATA 'i~-«i;iKii".ui ir C-USEPPE VFKOI TOIO IN INGUSH f ■OMIHG i WITHERS Griffith JONES DAY i 15, 415 I Rank Pr,s,„ ts ,li; MARCH '^ISTOPHER Oil MBl V lr Jm on58 words
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Advertisement48 1949-10-31 7 <Zfomt*n/rzA i" LIFEGUARD MILK CO. LTD. £2* j 35 3B Medeiros Building '-*Xfd '< SINGAPORE *T S Phone: ***** t_3_l__J > m m UNDERWOOD Typewriter Leader of the World yZyj %N SsZ//) > *\/i s*T\ Packing Transport Efficient Labour Expert Supervision Moderate Charges MERCURY SERVICE 52, The Arcade Singapore Phone48 words
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Article290 1949-10-31 8 REDS FOIL SOUTH CHINA 'DUNKIRK' Escape route blocked HONG KONG, Monday. THE Nationalist "Dunkirk" withdrawal from Kwangtung has been largely frustrated with the reported trapping m the Liuchow Peninsula of the bulk of the Canton army, which has already been severely mauled m the flight from Canton. The Hainan StraitReuter; A.P.; U.P. - 290 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-10-31 8 picture. Inche Oyob bin Manas, head of the kampong guard, Muar, is here seen receiving the Sultan Ibrahim Medal from the Regent of Johore on Saturday. He was awarded the medal m the Johore birthday honours. Free PressFree Press - 38 words
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Article137 1949-10-31 8 TAIPEH, Mon. Itf ASS starvation m Red China next year will cause the Communists' downfall m two years, predicts Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's confidant Mr. K. C. Wu. Mr. Wu, former Mayor of Shanghai, predicted that the Reds would control the whole China mainland m six137 words
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112 1949-10-31 8 PARIS, Mon. PANCE decided yesterday to accept Britain's European trade liberalisation plan on the eve of today's crucial council meeting of the Organisation of European Economic Co-operation. The plan provides for abolition of at least half the export and import con'rols on private tradeReuter - 112 words
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Article203 1949-10-31 8 PARIS, Monday. A M ERIC AN experts are working out a Marshall to help stop Communism m South East Asia by assisting Asian agriculture and industry. An American official here has revealed that preliminary work has already begun and it is planned to put203 words
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Article44 1949-10-31 8 A Dutch soldier was wounded when a patrol engaged a Darul Islam gang near Brebes ln northern mld-Javi last Thursday. At TJikalong Wetan m West Java's Tjlndjur regency, a gang 100 strong raided Pangledjar estate and b'cw up the power house.- ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article23 1949-10-31 8 N EW B.E.A. RECORD British European Airways carried 103,426 passengers m August a record. This was 26 2 percent above August of 1948.23 words
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Article109 1949-10-31 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. "J AM not opposed to the Jewish and Negro races as 1 such, but I am opposed to mongrelisation," said Mr. George Armstrong, oil millionaire, withdrawing his offer of U.S.SSO millions to Jefferson Military Academy at Natchez, Mississippi, after the trustees had repudiatedReuter - 109 words
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Article78 1949-10-31 8 BATAVIA, Mon. MAYOR Sastroluljono of Batavia yesterday set out the achievements of the municipality. He said the Public Works Division built 300 permanent and 300 tern, porary buildings to help solve the acute housing problem of Batavia. Native villages (kampongs) have been improved and new ones opened78 words
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Article86 1949-10-31 8 A DA fc EL DORADO (Kansas). Mon. BOY was born here to Mrs. Marion Mattix nine days after the delivery of his twin sister. Dr. R. M. Brian, the attending physician, said. "This is an extremely rare event. Usually, In such cases of delayed birth, theA.P. - 86 words
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Article34 1949-10-31 8 A masa rally of 15,000 people, representing 400,000 members of 24 unions, paraded at the week-end before Emperor Hirohito's palace, demanding the resignation of the Premier Shtgmi Yoshida.- ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article62 1949-10-31 8 CAIRO, Mon. EG I PTS most famous detective Rmheeb, a seven year old Alsatian who solved more than 650 cases has died from distemper. He led police to the criminals by his sense ot smell. His final achievement was to identify the thieves who broke intoA.P. - 62 words
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Article158 1949-10-31 8 LONDON, Monday. QUICK and easy divorce would enable 100,000 couples, now living together out of wedlock m Britain, to get married instead of living m sin, said Mr. Robert S. W. Pollard, chairman of the Marriage Reform Committee, which is composed of 1 000A.P. - 158 words
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Article61 1949-10-31 8 PITTSBURGH. Mon. THE United States, already reeling from the impact of the steel and coal strikes, yesterday prepared for another body blow from the chief of the United MineWorkers. Mr. John L. Lewis With the strike of 380,000 soft coal diggers entering its seventh week, Mr.61 words
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Article38 1949-10-31 8 Peking Communist Radio today reported an outbreak of plague m the north China province of Chahar. The radio said that 49 people had died and that doctors were working 20 hours a day. ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article29 1949-10-31 8 The Czech government, seeking more men for factories, and mines, has begun putting women into another job up until now filled by men -—that of hotel porterlng.29 words
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Article82 1949-10-31 8 NEW YORK, Mon. THHE atmosphere of optimism that pervaded the opening of the General Assembly six weeks ago has blown away as the United Nations meeting reached Its halfway mark today. In its place, there is a general feeling of frustration and Irritation. Main reason wasU.P. - 82 words
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Advertisement533 1949-10-31 8 Our Representative en the lst floor Singapore Cold Storage. Orchard Road, will -ecetve advertisements between 9am md I o m daily CLASSIFIED ADSbirtiis NICHOLSON. To Daphne, wife cf Frank R. Nicholson (SOCFIN.. at Bungsar Hospital. October 30. 1949. a son. Christopher Randolph. WOODWARD: To Lisl and Charles Woodward, at the533 words
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Miscellaneous55 1949-10-31 8 HIGH TI/tKS Today: 7.49 a.m. 6.18 pm. Tomorrow: 8.32 a.m. 8.10 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris TS fUW^TIM CAN'T IN YOU'LL S( MUTUAL, v/wANA-A J >fS^ fZ^lf^^A TMi ftA/NT SHALL WANT .Zl LIKI TMIf J COLONfL ft ROM <_ //ilfV k i^7« S^SLe CAN RiOf Amy MONfV BACK MACf.55 words
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