The Singapore Free Press, 24 March 1950
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Title Section19 1950-03-24 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v fl SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1950. PKKfc rfc.N KMS.19 words
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Article310 1950-03-24 1 Fierce battle near Saigon /i»f vmxr. SAIGON, Friday. ux increased activity by the insurgent ietminh forces in the Saigon area and in the interior lends support to widespread belief that, strengthened by arms and supplies from Red China, the Vietmmh is about to launch itsReuter; U.P. - 310 words
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Article16 1950-03-24 1 TIN CONTROL WITHIN 2 YEARS? I Tin •abilis- ket finishes I as a a prontable A.P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article, Illustration15 1950-03-24 1 MR MAURICE WEBB. British Food Minister survived a vote of no confidence in Parliament yesterday.15 words
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Article17 1950-03-24 1 TOWC 1 I strators France. '10USmarch ml of 1 to the rail- i ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article190 1950-03-24 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. \|K DEAN ACHESON. the IS Secretary of State, u and his leading advisers on Far East affairs yesterday began an intensive new study today of I'nited States aid measures for South-East Asia. Mr. Acheson called in Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and theReuter - 190 words
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Article14 1950-03-24 1 Britain's budget day is to be on Tuesday, April 18 ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article63 1950-03-24 1 I AMBITIOUS plans to save! millions of acres In Communist China from flooding and conserve surplus water for irrigation schemes include changing the course of two rivers in North Kiangsu. Thr rivers Yi and Shu will be diverted to the sea across the Bast ChinaReuter - 63 words
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Article38 1950-03-24 1 Military experts of ten of he 12 Atlantic Pact nations ;ue meeting in The Hae,ue to clay for the first of a week's talks on coordination of thei' five regional plans for West- tern defence. ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article81 1950-03-24 1 InVO BOYS who staged a $1,150,000 rubbery at the home of Chinese Vice* Consul in San Francisco, Mr. Hang Shao-kai. have learned the job was hardly worthwhile. Arrested a few blocks from Mr. Want's home, the hoys each carried a savings bank stuffer with 4b Chinese81 words
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Article93 1950-03-24 1 Most Siam rice sold to area WASHINGTON, Fri. SIAM produced 5.930,000 short tons of rice during 1949, tii* U.S Department of Agriculture reports. Exports totalled 1,340.200 tons of. which almost 60 per cent, went to Malaya, Indonesia and India. Japan, China aiid Ceylon received about 80.000 tons, with the restA.P. - 93 words
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Article73 1950-03-24 1 GENEVA. Fri. 'THE United Nations Trusteeship Council yesterday commended Britain for progress made in the Cameroons. but urged "immediate steps to overcome the inadequacy of medical and educational facilities." The Council recommended Britain to consider increasing the number of Africans employed by the Cam croons DevelopmentReuter - 73 words
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Article, Illustration45 1950-03-24 1 Mary Marion McNeil, who weighs 21b lloz sleeps in her oxygen tent it Robroyston Hospital, Glasgow, after being flown 150 miles through a snowstorm from the island of South I'ist in the Hebrides The baby had been born 11 days earlier in a stone cottage45 words
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Article34 1950-03-24 1 The Burmese-edited English language paper, The Burman, has called upon the Burmese government to grant improved facilities to resident correspondents of foreign newspapers and news agencies who are facing "considerable handicaps.'"34 words
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Article24 1950-03-24 1 The Japanese Government has decided to suspend further purchases of raw cotton from India arid Egypt during the current year. ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article18 1950-03-24 1 Two firemen were hurt in a hree-hour blaze in an office Duilding at Woolwich Arsenal. ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article15 1950-03-24 1 Indonesia has dp >; ied in j principle to abolish military rule. ReuterReuter - 15 words
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82 1950-03-24 1 BRUSSELS, Friday. 'THE International Confederation of Free Trade i Unions executive committee announces that it is sending a delegation to study the situation in SouthEast Asian territories, including Malaya, in a bid to reinforce free trade union movements in this area. The I.C.F.T.U. isA.P. - 82 words
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Article176 1950-03-24 1 LONDON, Friday. -THE HOUSF OF COMMONS last night agreed to a 1 British Government "rice" loan of £500,000 to Burma for use by the Burmese State Agricultural Board. An Opposition motion formally opposing the loan— a Parliamentary method of eliciting inform- j ation— was withdrawn afterReuter - 176 words
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Article66 1950-03-24 1 ROME. Friday. ITALIAN armoured troops yesterday put down a Communist -led uprising in the southern Italian town of San Servero after 18 persons were injured in street fighting. The troops instituted a virtual state of seige with armoured cars patrolling deserted streets at night. Forty CommunistsA.P. - 66 words
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Article27 1950-03-24 1 The U.S. Navy will drop most of its transport runs with land planes by June 30 and emphasize flying boats for supplying the fleet. A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article23 1950-03-24 1 A Royal Air Force Anson plane nose-dived into a field in Buckinghamshire and burst into flames, killing the six occupants. ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article66 1950-03-24 1 MRS. F. HAMPSON and her five-year-old daughter decided not to take their customary afternoon nap in the front bedroom of her Sydney home. Instead, she and the child went for a walk. Five minutes later a lorry loaded with machinery went out of control and crashedA.P. - 66 words
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Article249 1950-03-24 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LI MPVK, Friday FOIR AWARDS, three posthumous, have been made to members of a 10-man police jungle squad which fought off 40 bandits in an ambush near Bahau in Negri Sembilan on Dec. 6. Three bandits were killed and ten249 words
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189 1950-03-24 1 Anti-bandit chief due in few days LONDON. Friday. ORITAIN'S new anti-terrorist chief for Malaya, 13 Lieut. -Gen. Sir Harold Briggs, said hpre la>t night, on arrival b y air from Cyprus, that he expected to leave for Malaya in a few days after bein^ "briefed" on his duties. Gen. Briggs,A.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 189 words
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Article70 1950-03-24 1 \77-VEAR-OLD man :n Sydney who said he had made gifts' totalling £10.000 to the Methodist Church and relatives, sued his 37-yeai old wife in the Sydney Sup- j reme Court to recover £7.100 in Treasury bonds and pro- per' The plaintiff, Joseph H. Wooding claimed that when they70 words
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Article131 1950-03-24 1 Pacific pact is remote Chifley CANBERRA Frt JOSEPH B CHIFL the Opposition leader, told the Australian House of Representatives last nipht that the chances ot Re'.tin** any real Pacific Pact on concrete terms were very renio'e. tkin<i In th n sffairs debate he si id rtn problems of th*' PacificReuter - 131 words
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Article23 1950-03-24 1 Mr. Uday S^ankar. th well-known Indian dancer. has arrived in Paris present at thn showine of his film. Kalpana ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article26 1950-03-24 1 The Indian Govern, has urged the Pakistan Guv ernmpnt to stop "Imagtnarr" accounts of incidents in Ci cutta beinn broadcast oy Dacca Radio ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Advertisement177 1950-03-24 1 BUSH V.6 PACK-UNIT A BRIGHT RADIO Co. AN IMPOMANT D£V£IOPMBNT IN TH€ TMATMfNT OJ^ INDIGESTION v »ALOCOL >s widely prescribed by the V- I medical profession. It is generally i~"! \J recognised that by the introduction of the ik principle of Acid Control Alocol' marks a de!in 'te advance m177 words
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Advertisement30 1950-03-24 1 For the best Food Wine in 1 amt, \isjt THE SINGAPORE RESTAURANT bA* 79, BRASBASAH KOAM Reservations: Phon* tot** ss Vp^y /here's alwaus TIME FDR A TIGER 4*puits and quarts30 words
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Article973 1950-03-24 2 tgjka'gqag ■MIK fad thai shuck me most in the t mmm-nts of Ihe Knj; hsh readers of my lust article on marriage w;is thai these :ms\vers differed in no \\;i\ from wlml would have been those of French readers of the same article. This is a new973 words
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Article85 1950-03-24 2 i jf you cannot help thinkinu about a man > Or a ico man. if you can- not help talking about a < man or a woman, espe- > cially at inopportune moments. th e n the chances are that you map > be in love. <85 words
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Article89 1950-03-24 2 A rctic is Warming up r J'HE Soviet Arctic is setting warmer, report! the Oslo newspaper Verdens Ganp. Quoting Gunnar Rollefsen of the Bergen Marine Institute, the paper says :ha' Norwegian observations In the.>e areas show parallel finding! to those of Danish explorers in Greenland. where vegetation h;i«= been increasing89 words
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Article426 1950-03-24 2 tfgmka'gkag IS the modern child 1 seinsh? All through history children have not been "what they were in our young days." But experts deny that today's youngster Is a whit more selfish. Adults who accuse young ■ten of seiflshnesg ar^ usually reflecting a characteristic in their own426 words
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Article86 1950-03-24 2 Mr. Harold Wiseman. 59 year-old Australian veteran of the First World War. who ha* just been created a Member Ol the British Empire bv the King lor his dauntless courage, has been paralysed for 33 years Mr Wiseman had his spm« shattered bv shrapnel at Poz.eres. France, in86 words
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Article, Illustration376 1950-03-24 2 BARBARA WACE - Women Like be to Kept Waiting BARBARA WACE reveals her gwn special technique of enjoying herself uselessly. WHY do people grumble so ii 1 happen to be late? I love to be kept waiting. It is only then that you can sit and think with a clear conscience. That is376 words
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Letter To The Editor
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Letter238 1950-03-24 2 Sales— AND Bargains t| T ITH reference to Virginia's article Sales but no bargains" I think she is talking through the back of the ribboniess and lineless hat she bOiight at an Oxford Street sale. If her article was meant to be frivolous, it misfired I am sure many hundreds238 words
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Advertisement94 1950-03-24 2 Baby can't talk but baby can tell you in baby's way which milk is best by steady progress, by contentment, and sweet siccp. How gladly a mother welcomes the^e signs that baby i^ happiest on Ostermilk. The formula of Ostcrmilk is such that it is most suitable at all stages94 words
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Advertisement91 1950-03-24 2 9/ II Ltd. NOW SHOWING CHARMING COLLECTION OF WASHABLE MORNING FROCKS 278. Orchard Rd. Scapula Medals d t4ii t\i nlti'J Putt jg KWONG CHEONG LOONG LTD €\v I 1 1 r S Hi k h St. s iK.rp ft MORNING AFTERNOON DRESSES In Lambskins, Jersey Linen CoiW Seersucker etc. NOTHING91 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous230 1950-03-24 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR IVORS' toiTiv you have a frank, blunt answer go.es positive and aggres- «ver with a lot of people, Mve nature. Optimistic, but there are some who you -ire not one to say will react better to diplosomethirtg can't be done. macy. Your ideal* are high and Kather230 words
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Miscellaneous316 1950-03-24 2 New Crossword No. 4 Q i ISpVflWf AgsflHMHf 9B^B|K C7 I I SHIbbHES BBBSBBBBBBsV ACROSS 1 7. Hei main offspring are feen in the Dominions If. 1) 8 They may ge\ sounded *6t. 9 A complex chmnctei in ancient Greece <>. 10 It is damp when we return after a316 words
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Article356 1950-03-24 3 NEW GIANT OF THE PACIFIC Russian Asia is growing fast S^irr,™ TOKIO, Friday. !u I a emer in today as the new power of the Pacific, is a land of superlatives The most sparsely populated country in Asia, it' is also the richest in minerals. Half the size of CanadaReuter - 356 words
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Article, Illustration21 1950-03-24 3 photo. nz >uoshine broafht Parisians out of irl these youngsters at play on their ir the capital's famed Eiffel tower A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article61 1950-03-24 3 NEW YORK, Friday. 3\Bl nine persons out of every ten, asked 1 it they connect \h e name of Albert replv unhesitatingly with the one D of these people, however, ..dziest idea of what is meant oe able to nq *hicn b ana Out published t61 words
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Article79 1950-03-24 3 SOFIA, Wed. SIX men and a woman sent to prison here yesterdayone fo r life— as "Trotskyist spies," said they accepted the judgment and would not appeal. All made complete confessions and the leader of the group. Stafan Manov, sentenced to life, said he had placedReuter - 79 words
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Article14 1950-03-24 3 The Persian Government jnder Premier Mohammad 3aed has resigned for the »econd tlme.- ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article25 1950-03-24 3 BURMESE Government forces have occupied Yedashe. an important Communist stronghold 18 miles north of Toungoo and about half-way between Rangoon and Mahdalay.- ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article215 1950-03-24 3 AMSTERDAM. Friday. r rHE first 'atomic energy" tulip bulbs have been produced here b v Dr. E. W. de Moll after several years of experimenting. The first one to be registered, under the name of Irone Joliot-Curie, produces a large purple-violet flower. It was developedReuter - 215 words
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Article20 1950-03-24 3 Chinese Communists negotiatl h the Siamese -rnment for the purchase I of rice for famine regions in ,nd Central China.20 words
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Article, Illustration291 1950-03-24 3 iv r HAT do you bid.' Doni let your £<:d spade support prompt v\ u to bi 1 tnree vpadei. The clue '.o v n:r decl»i< n b that 1:1 hfa rtA and clubs la in third and fourth round tricks which »i rful at notrump. but n.av291 words
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Article95 1950-03-24 3 HE DOUBTS H-BOMB IS POSSIBLE PASADENA. California. Frt DR. Robert A. Millikan. Nobel Prize winning srienl iy s he is not at all certain man can make a hydragen bomb. He Is frankly sceptical that any man made device ffffl ver split the earth asunter. But it kl true. tMA.P. - 95 words
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Article101 1950-03-24 3 ROME. Thurs. ONE person was killed, some 400 were injured and more than 7,000 arrester yesterday in a violent but ineffective 12-hour nation-wide general strike engineered by Irnlian Communists. c la the most serious incident of the day, one worker at Parma. near Milan, wasU.P. - 101 words
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Article35 1950-03-24 3 Major-General T. S Airey. Commander of the British and American controlled zone of Trieste, has urged that the free territory of Trieste should be returned as soon as possible to Italy. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article, Illustration58 1950-03-24 3 Mr. Jack Joplin of Lindon Road. Gosforth, polishes a ship's bell in his public house in Gateshead. near Newcastle. Although he has never been a sailor, and though his 'house' is some little distance from salt water, the pub has an authentic sea atmosphere. For the manager is determined to58 words
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Article149 1950-03-24 3 LONDON, Friday. THE Royal family have opened subscriptions to start a nationwide campaign of thanks to the Commonwealth and the U.S. for the 70,000,000 food parcels they gave to Britain. Kins: George and Queen Elizabeth sent a donation of £1,000 to a thanksgiving fund aimed atA.P. - 149 words
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Article31 1950-03-24 3 Four American B-29 Superfortress bombers, the flm of 70 being given to Britain un- i der the United Stales military aid programme, landed at Marham, Norfolk, yesterday. j ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article54 1950-03-24 3 SIR HUGH BINNEY. Governor ot Tasmania has agreed to the immediate dissolution of the House Assembly tp prepare for a general election, the date of which is to be announced. The Premier. Mr. Robert CosgTove. requested the dissolution following the withdrawal from the Socialist Government of supportReuter - 54 words
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Article14 1950-03-24 3 Communist meetings in Japanese schools and universities have been banned by the education authorities.14 words
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Article61 1950-03-24 3 THE Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior has ordered literacy screening of judicial officiils throughout Venezuela after the discovery that one state judge did not know how to read or write When Interior Ministry officials questioned the illiterate judge, he reportedly said, "Do you think I would beU.P. - 61 words
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Article49 1950-03-24 3 AMERICAN envoys r\. Wt\stern Europe and M<>«cow nave gathered in R for t*o-day policy *a!ki under the chairmanship of Mr. George W. Perkin.« Assistant Secretary of i for European Affar Similar gatherings of American envoys have b^^.i he"l recently in Bangkok and Cairo. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article42 1950-03-24 3 INDIA has j>ugg<^t>d to L!abon that the future of tne Portuguese doss« n India should be settled b gotiati"' An Indian External Ministry source described t^ correct" a report thai Inn *d a p!f>bt^itf oi these posies. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article40 1950-03-24 3 The Pacific Ovt-rseas lines <Siam» Ltd in the Siamese Govern;: holds &5 per cent shares, will soon inau^u: weekly service between B< kok and Tokio. via Hainan. Hong Kong Formosa. Ok .na- wa and Korf a A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Advertisement122 1950-03-24 3 R* 1 «ji^ \i> mil, nrr juii^ C£ HRSJBE > bmMB; r- f S w, 4maLjHHHHBaHSkZ*iiMEH v Bis ««Jv u 1 CAFE driving calls for a car in first- ~~^£^ti&^W£*mßßL4 class mechanical condition, so \\V^* nB stop in regularly at Universal Cars i\ Service Station for servicing and "^V checking.122 words
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Miscellaneous29 1950-03-24 3 SKAT'S ON W K.L. oioc<t> 1950. M\ r;G;a a ing; 1 H'.nd-«; I.■ p MALACCA »AV©l i or I I!»O C DUMMI r MBAN 1 IPOH 1:1 p.\ rue29 words
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Miscellaneous374 1950-03-24 3 .Despatch" (BBC: 5.30 -London Music For Tea time Pebrpy SomSINGAPORE Studio Conceru" 6.00 Indonesian ers; 4.30 News Bulletin; 440 AmsilWUMrUKt giua py^^jnes lBBC 6.30 tralian Dance Music; 5 Around (BLI fe NtTWOBK) News m Cantonese <BBC>: 645 {Jj,.^^?.'.. s^ J^ na J^ *H4 and 41.7 metre, •jMgpg WI'SS? "Sur troerjienc,374 words
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543 1950-03-24 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Mar. 24. 1950. NEW HOPE IN FORMOSA iiMHIN three weeks ol rel f ruining control of the i Quants of Nationalist China Chiang Kai-shek: Students of history, always; t« nd ol drawing a parallel.. ar* c unparing Saturday s raid on Sungmen. noo miles Dt-kiu543 words
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Article1024 1950-03-24 4 PATRICK NICHOLSON - PATRICK NICHOLSON By VEXT time you complain, *i'm worrying myself to death, 91 remember this: you CAN worry yourself to death. And if you are being constantly nagged you can develop appendicitis or stomach trouble as a direct result. I have been talking to1,024 words
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Article99 1950-03-24 4 |\EVELOPMENT ol X-ray films U)r use in stud ay and diagnosing heart diseases had been announced by scientists at the school of medicine and dentistry of the University of Rochester. An X-ray motion picture camera was developed In photograph flow of blood. treated with an injection99 words
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Article445 1950-03-24 4 HONG KONG: DHANOHAI today a city where people pr.iv for Cloudy weather and cannot cook even a simple meal because there is no power This picture of life in the Communist China metropolis comes from a British dockyard worker there. The Englishlanguage South China MorningA.P. - 445 words
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Article, Illustration32 1950-03-24 4 The little girl who goes ffi for hiqh level friendships is Jane Herman. ay»,i two. She is tnn, ,to < *on ch lV terms with June, the lofty llama, at the London Zoo32 words
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Article, Illustration33 1950-03-24 4 PickiriQ cherries in New South Wales where 65 per cent of Australia's cherry trees yrmr Cherry prouino is a minor Australian industry. Most are eaten rau but more are being canned or crystallised.33 words
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Article, Illustration708 1950-03-24 4 Gault MucGowan - Gault MucGowan B> MUNICH: CCARFACE Otto Skorzeny, ex-S.S. Chief of Secret Missions, called the most dangerous survivor of (he Nazi regime, today is hiding <>ut in the Bavarian Alps waiting for his chance to emerge ;»s militant leader of German nationalism. I am able authoritatively toNANA - 708 words
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Article117 1950-03-24 4 Marc T. Creene - Marc T Creene Formosa can be "softened* By FORMOSA: MORE than 50 craft flying the Chinese Nationalist fl^g have lakes refuge here, most of them bringing Niil ioii:il ist soldiers from Hie mainland. M.uiv are such old crocks n s < i n» unlike K117 words
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Advertisement14 1950-03-24 4 ATThACTIVE SILVER BRUSHES FOR MEN P. H. HENDRY, kwtlUr TS. North Rrid{e Kd Spore14 words
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Advertisement82 1950-03-24 4 FARLEY S These rusks ae sr I convenient p r epare 1 For bab it m rusk to powder and add a I to the bottle When the bflfti I for the bottle, ptecx a I and cover w th v%. I plies that "somet' I growmg ch Idren need82 words
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Article56 1950-03-24 5 College deficit paid off Prr Staff Reporter LegisLv s approved the I H 3-6 towards Raffles Colit estimates' e for Raffles c ius of nd Um Federa- accept an es- $460,226 a* on pubi ::on to the lenta from ending the i of the been paid .in ad- anti to56 words
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Article24 1950-03-24 5 carJj gaol Awang I Bui on g were found n Sibu of he Govk If] Dunto era who ad sen>ame24 words
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Article323 1950-03-24 5 RELIEF FOR WELFARE BODIES May not be assessed Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners propose to amend the assessment section of the Municipal Ordinance so that properties used for welfare purposes and not conducted on a profit sharing basis, will be exempt from assessment. When this provision, yet to323 words
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Article, Illustration10 1950-03-24 5 MR. F. S. Wicks, the new Municipal Deputv Water EnKfneer.10 words
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Article284 1950-03-24 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Senior Assistant Health Officer of the Municipality, Dr. H. R. Morrison, yesterday warned the public not to take the recent decrease in typhoid cases as a sign that the epidemic was over. 'There will have been quite a number of284 words
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Article63 1950-03-24 5 MOTOR-CYCLE WARNING Frer Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government %->terday issued a warning to motor-cyclists The greater ma of thirdparty insurance policies |a- In S.nKapore to cover motor- cycles are valid onlv lor the owner of the n chin the Government d °u "Any person borrowing a mot e should63 words
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224 1950-03-24 5 Free Tress Stan Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TOP priority was given by the Federation's Survey Department last yea r to the preparation of emeruencv maps for the security forces of 16,877 square miles of unmapped territory in northern Malaya, states the Surveyor-General. Mr. A224 words
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Article45 1950-03-24 5 ere hnve been 277 arn sts in the Federation for the week pneiin-i March 2*: -13 In Ncgrl Sembilan, r>2 Ir Johore. 18 i.-i Malacca 15 l»i Pri»ang. 47 in P^rak. C? in Pahang. 21 Splanp* 1 h/Perlii aiir! »evi n in Ks.iantan.45 words
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Article234 1950-03-24 5 t Free Press Staff Reporter IPOH. Thurs. estate school catering i"* largely for the children jof Chinese squatters was opened at Changat Kinding Estate, Tanjong Rambutan. Perak. The school, one of the first of its kind, was organised by Mr. J. S. Ferguson, the Federal Legislative234 words
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Article91 1950-03-24 5 rrer Press Staff Keport^r KUALA LIP'PUR. Thurs I One of the senior Malay Unofficial^ Of ihe Federation Legislative Council will shortly have to change to a 'seat among the officials. He la Dato Zainal Abidin bin Haji Abbas. SecretaryGeneral of UMNO and Deputy Chief Social Welfare91 words
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Article83 1950-03-24 5 ASSOCIATION IS ILLEGAL KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The application tor registration by the Indian Welfare Association of Malaya. Klana has been refused by the Registrar of Societies. It therefore becomes an unlawful association A Government statement says- '"It is understood that 1.000 tickets out of a total of 10.000 in a83 words
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Article, Illustration32 1950-03-24 5 picture. > MR. Robert D;*vid Johnston of the Straits Steamship Company. Singapore, and Miss Bertha Alice Allen, of Tan Toi-k Sens Hospital, who were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Wednesday. Free PressFree Press - 32 words
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Article275 1950-03-24 5 Free Press Staff Keporter A FTEK weeks of repeated attempts to get passages A^ home, four of the 32 British seamen stranded in Singapore left yesterday by <he Aeneas. The rest have been told by the Shipping Master that they will be repatriated towards the end275 words
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Article, Illustration69 1950-03-24 5 picture THE Commissioner-Oner al. Mr Malcolm MacDonald. conferred with the L\S. Technical Assistance Mfasion headed by Mr R. Allen Griffin, at Phoenix Park on Wednesday Picture shows left to right) Gen Sir John Harding. Mr MacDonald Mr. J. C. St»" -Itl- Bennett. Dr. W. M. Clyde. Col. Russ el JFree Press - 69 words
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Article100 1950-03-24 5 Free PrtM StafT Reportf-r THE following SinKaporf Government appointments were announced terday Mr. R Middietoij-Smith to Lt .Muiu Commissioner of Labour: \ii. E. P. Shanks w be Crova ...sel; Mr. W J. Phiks to act as 'deputy Commissioner of Police: Mr. A R. Anderson to oe %«ist«nt100 words
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Article39 1950-03-24 5 IPOH. Thurs— Raia Abdul d ibni Sultan Idris. the R Bendahara of Perak. .ike the oath of oVr Repent next Monday in the presence of members of the State Executive Council, rajas. chiefs, and Malay elders.39 words
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Article169 1950-03-24 5 Record harvest of padi Fr«*f Press Start Reporter KUALA LUMPUR Tk I^HIS year's w>t pad; ttan In Kedah and Perlis I the greatest in living memory, s'ates the Director of Agriculture, Mr O.J VoelcKer, in a report issued tod In Kedah, the average was 414 gantangs per I and in169 words
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Article86 1950-03-24 5 Krw Pre>s SUM R«p<»rler f^.OR wireless services pro1 vidt-d by the Tel< irtn.ent Singapore Iteteoroloi Service, the Colon: Gov< at is to pay $170 000 The o:iginai Mini pi\ i or the purpo.-< was based on the years figure of $62,000 estimates it hi lUted, v made86 words
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Advertisement58 1950-03-24 5 ...as exciting as a night in Rio. Exquisitely designed French Brocade patterned in Cold or Silver thread, and available in delicate white. pile moss %reen. and ice pink. x >^ A^i x°*^F^fe I ywy f\ v N B* *»«>C'»tM«v sat wins to h m thi hihc V^ffil E6QM ».iso«>» Li*"Tin58 words
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Advertisement54 1950-03-24 5 YX HARRINGTONS Ihr m<»^l al>^orhenl ami <*nfl< -^1 <»f W$ •*naiii>i<'^*'. I Ik* nunr oftesj l!n\ arc sßßßßssl^ mL* H T «§ked Ihr <<>fl«r !h< hr<-oiiir. RSMStWr --UrXtBHSfIBfIBBBB^B^RSHBJIBfIBSBjBJBfIBfIBIBBIiBBBSBSBVBIBBVBBBBBBBVBBBBW HARRINGTONS SQL iRES AS USED IN THE ROYAL MJRSERIES SIZE flii O/ IMK 30"x 3 0' DO/ I CHILDRENS DEFT FUST U.OOR54 words
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Miscellaneous10 1950-03-24 5 MAILS 0 PO ihm>m lot Philip, leu 1 p.m foHbn.10 words
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635 1950-03-24 6 DATO KICKED AND STRUCK WITH POLES Camp assault described Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. JJOW Dato Wong Shee Fun was attacked by detainees with poles, hit in the mouth and kicked as he lay on the ground when he visited Ma jodie Detention Camp on Jan. 14 was635 words
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Article125 1950-03-24 6 Causing death charge SEGAMAT. Thurs. JUDGMENT was reserved at the end of the trial of 26-year-old Gerard Jean Noury, a planter of Johore Labis Estate, charged at Segamat with causing the death of a Malay by a rash act. It was alleged that an armoured jeep driven by Noury and125 words
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Article112 1950-03-24 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. MAY mail trains runnine between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore will have an air-conditioned tirsi class buffet saloon. The car will mak^ the Kuala Lumpur Singapore run on all odd dates in March and even dates in April, and rhe SingaporeKuala Lumpur run on alternate112 words
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Article28 1950-03-24 6 TELUK ANSON. Thurs Munusamy was fined $50 or one ninth's rigorous Imprisonment In the Teluk Anson Court for voluntarily causing hurt to Sabastian with a hammer.28 words
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Article34 1950-03-24 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thur< The Kelantan Medical Department is to operate a elling dispensary for the nets of Pasir M.is and Tumpat from April 1. Schools in the area will aUo be visiied.34 words
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Article80 1950-03-24 6 MARSHALL MILES, manager of the former world heavyweight champion. Joe Louis, said In El Paso. Texas, that no decision had yet been made as to whether Louis would attempt to regain his former title Earlier this week. Miles said that Louis's decision would beReuter - 80 words
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Article86 1950-03-24 6 SHITS ti;e J^ Harbour Board wharves y»s- i «()d'>w ns in brackets) were: Mnin Wharf: (31-32i, Alc:nous 03-34-. Benlaw tri »36». Star B«- 38--39 1 T.w.'.a .4--43i Wart Wharf: Cai.ton flfiier.carrv < 4-5 Bentaimoch «8--9> Khyb*r (lit. 15-1 K Impire Hock: Sirdhana i 17-18' i r. .'J3-24. Anklog86 words
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Article38 1950-03-24 6 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. —11l and unemployed for four months, a coconut plucker. Subram:\niam. handed hlm--se;t In a shed at Juru Bukit Kerhil. The Coroner, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Ma', re- i turned a verdict of suicide.38 words
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228 1950-03-24 6 p A.F. Seletar were unlucky to go down 4—*s to the BODCA in their Senior League game at the stadium yesterday. They were by far the better side and had they not conceded a penalty midway in the first half, they should have drawn.228 words
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Article115 1950-03-24 6 18 Spring Cup probables Fj^DGAR Britt rides Habib I. J Rahimtoola's five-year-old Tsaoko in the Liverpool Spring Cup. to be run over one mile, two furlongs. 170 yards at Liverpool today A field of 18 is "likely to go to the post. They are with jockeys jock Scott (A. Brrasley.Reuter - 115 words
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Article37 1950-03-24 6 BRITAIN'S famous professional soccer team. Tottenham Hotspurs. will tour Germany from May 12 to Spurs will play two matches in Berlin and one each In Hanover and Dortmund against crack German side* A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article41 1950-03-24 6 'pHE British Lawn Tunail fit- sociation announced ye*tertfay that the lirst round Davis C'ip tie between Italy and Britain w.ll bt played on trass courts ■< F \.,tjourne. Sussex. The tcr.tativr dates aii' Mu> a, 8 unti J.— A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article347 1950-03-24 6 LONDON iru vyiTH the completion of the moi fT business yesterday, the London Stock E* became Idle with barely a vestige of i shown in an v section. Price movements J but generally to higher levels Wfrp small Some buying of British Goverr. ation stocks helped347 words
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Article22 1950-03-24 6 London tin firm at new level I OK DON nfw a. rtav (»ised a f*> 12s. 6^ a f^« s ■tttteaM U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Advertisement169 1950-03-24 6 NOW SHOWING! 11 am.. 1.4~>. 4 15. 6.4") 9 30 p.m. was taught to love and hate I ...by masters! 1 OlhiadeHaviSand Montgomery Gift Ralph Richardson I WLLIAMWYLEKS J Kami I MIRIVMHOraNSwiurwDiAJi \AMSSA Mhf< SUM WMi mi :>«c i ILU\M Yl£R MII»NUiHT TOMORROW! HiLARiOUS! The happiest Hop* Hr picture in169 words
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Advertisement113 1950-03-24 6 MADE IN po MALAYA |5 loW^ straps 190 v 250 10PH.64- Sims 1 1 $2 20 IS BUI IXO Sire.< 12 l $r f»n c \s\ WITH IN MHIII OK I \\< 1%l X<M y KW \s WITH M'l (i \i soi^:. 180 7 230 f S11M1 (v^. MOOtt 54113 words
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Miscellaneous205 1950-03-24 6 mdndrdkß Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya p I r^A^nnt!? i^^~ "VT] I '*> F I*M A OiFft RtST E*PQSi -*i I I AND HO A DO II J I'LL SHOW YOU.' -"-I ELSE WORKS BY 4 Ajf MERILY TUAH THL ROOM AUGUSD." YOU ffIOM START TO SW^'^r^'ri205 words
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Article948 1950-03-24 7 ALLAN LEWIS - JOHN HAM TO SCORE DOUBLE ALLAN LEWIS Persian Lord for main sprint By 'JpHE main race of the day tomorrow, final day of the Singapore Turf Club's March meeting, will be for horses Class 2, Div. 1 over nine furlongs. Arctic Lord and Courage, who ffcught out the finish of948 words
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Article67 1950-03-24 7 SINGAPORE Combined Schools cricket XI won their first match in Perth. Western Australia, on Wednesday They beat Christian Brothers' College, Perth, by 92 runs. Singapore School XI wen all out for 132. but dismissed their opponents for 40 runs. 'The boys are happy and67 words
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Article264 1950-03-24 7 ir IKK Persian lord*s brilliant victory on WednesA ij.jx I f\pett to see Cadzow Glen do almost the vimr thins in the Class 2, Div. 3 sprint over six furlongs 19 yards tomorrow. This horse, in my opinion. has been working as well, if264 words
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Article345 1950-03-24 7 BRITONS who love the pomp and circumstaiue that surrounds Royalty may put enough money on Royalty-owned Monaveen to make him favourite for tomorrow's Grand National steeplechase. The slightly scrawnr bay gelding, which fails to excite the experts. Lfl now a firm second choice and the odds345 words
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Article131 1950-03-24 7 TUDOR PRIDE. Who wen the main sprint on Wednesday—for Class 2. Div. 1 horses- is among those not accepting for tomorrow* races. It is estimated that 1.8 inches of rain was registered on Wednesday and another two inches fell last evening. The tracks at Bukit131 words
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Article18 1950-03-24 7 BIRKENHEAD PARK brat Blackheath by 22 points to 14 in a RuKbv Union match vesierriav A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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Article61 1950-03-24 7 rpHE following players have been elected to represent Colonials Cricket Club against the Indian Association In their tournament fixture at St. Josephs* Institution ground on Sunday: W. Ratnuvnke, F. Chopard C. Woodford P. Dc Kretser W. Woodhull. C. Fernnndes A. Fernando, E. Wolf, H. Shah. M.61 words
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Article38 1950-03-24 7 CJWEDEN, with 15 points. »3 headed the nations taking part in the world amateur Greece Roman wrestling championships, which ended in Stockholm last night. Turkey were second, with 13 points, and Hungary third, with eight points.38 words
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Article, Illustration52 1950-03-24 7 Another bid tomorrow Half a furlong out in the sixth race at Bukit Timah on Wednesday Sistrron Lansdou n > was still in the lead, but was beaten on the post by Shawford iWiluhi. Sisteron will make another bid tomorrow in the Class 2, Div. 'I race over nine furlongs52 words
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Article19 1950-03-24 7 a\ GollH relay L it*\ by the he had m rcrm] .ents Lt>cke sponsor::s held after A.P.A.P. - 19 words
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Article230 1950-03-24 7 KIN(; KON<; pushed out his huge chest and roired at a Free Press reporter yesterday: "Vat you publisk about dat big Izethoslovakian pumpkin, huh? You puts his picture with de barbers and de razors and hink also I suppose dat he can shave my230 words
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Article511 1950-03-24 7 S.C.A. TOURNEY STARTS ON SUNDA Y Free Press Cricket Reporter SINGAPORE Cricket Association tournament. which was inaugurated last year, will begin on Sunday, when four matches will be played hi tll(> senior division and five in the junior. Last year, Singapore Recreation Club won tin* championship, with Ceylon Sports Club511 words
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497 1950-03-24 7 THE sprint for Class 3, Div. 1 horses over six lur- longs and 19 yards tomorrow appears to be one of the most open On the card. My choice is Young Lucius, who is showing much improved form since he won his first race497 words
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312 1950-03-24 7 r T^K> very good Aghta aie in store for amateur boxing fans in the SABA intermediate championship finals which take place at the Happy World at 9 p.m. today. In one. the up-and-coming Chinese fea.herweight, Ronald Tan, will pit his snappy left and stinging312 words
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Article131 1950-03-24 7 /CAMBRIDGE University yesV; terdav rowed a full course trial for the inter-University boat race on April 1 in IP mins. 21 sees, for the 4' 4 miles between Putney inri Mortlake on the River Thames. This was 10 seconds faster than Oxford's time on Wednesday, equivalentReuter - 131 words
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Advertisement138 1950-03-24 7 THE FIGHT i Y OU HAVE DEMANDED I GREAT WORLD "J'g HEAVYWEIGHT CNAMPIONSNtP OF EUROPE AT/AC KONG THE CHAMPION SAYS II! shave my famous beard I I lose VERSUS— THE CRUSHER" KOROSCENKO S £I*9 0F CZECHOSLOVAKIA- "Ml KILL IM JeSj^iJl zbisko feU CIEm dara dass B^J HSIk hh k M<lw>t<.Mi138 words
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Miscellaneous37 1950-03-24 7 Today's sport SOCCER Snr. l.*e: Chine** Athlete* RI.M.E. at Jalan Besar; Jnr. A.2. BO DC A A'. Kola Raja "A" BOD ground: Jnr. 8.2: Aston A.( v Rocklileit at <>e>lmne: Friendly: Tamil R.A. v S.R.C. on padanc.37 words
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Article346 1950-03-24 8 ,'H.K. the only door to aid H0N(; KONG, Friday. .CONFIRMATION by the Communist Peking Government that the worst famine in China's history is spreading from East China to Central and South China, covering half of the mainland, has strengthened reports that more than 9,000,000 peopleReuter; A.P. - 346 words
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Article, Illustration61 1950-03-24 8 photo During his stay in Norway, where he was the guest of the Round Table Club of Norway. Field Marshal Vis- < (unit Montgomery paid a visit to Norwegian troops in the field to study warfare in the snow. Picture shows the Field Marshal second from left) watching a leashA.P. - 61 words
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Article137 1950-03-24 8 LONDON. Fr; IMIE WORLDS brightest hope is that the hydrogen bj:nb will very nearly but not unite woric. says Dr. D H Wilkinson. Professor of I Physics at Cambridge University*! Cavendish Laboratory H:s >t airmen! was onr ot 13 issued yesterday by members of theU.P. - 137 words
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129 1950-03-24 8 MANILA. Fn THE United States w.u •d yesterday to n um^ncis for her failure to cie- fend the Philippines from Japanese invasion in 1941 by granting a biiiion cioliar loan to the Philippines Government to restore its war-, aged economy. Mining magn&t« John WA.P. - 129 words
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Article21 1950-03-24 8 SCAP and Japanese officials dismissed as "sheer specula-N»-w York reports that the Japanese yen niinht be devalued A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article45 1950-03-24 8 TEN people have been arrested In Paris for trafficking illegally in the styles of famous fashion houses. Police said a group of women had been buying a ff-w models each, copying them and selling the whole to foreign dressmakers A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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Article19 1950-03-24 8 Premier Yoshida has anI nounced that his Conservative Government was opposed to any rearmament of Japan.- U.P.U.P. - 19 words
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Article59 1950-03-24 8 MR. C.W. MORROW, a member of the British Columbia Legislature, reported in Vernon yesterday that the residents are complaining: of lack of heat in the Government liquor store. During a recent cold snap, customers told him, liquor froze in bottles and they were forced to break theU.P. - 59 words
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153 1950-03-24 8 KARACHI. Friday. OAKISTANS Prime Minister, Liquat Ali Khan. said yesterday that his government had taken strong measures to suppress Hindu-Muslim violence in East Bengal and that thousands had been arrested. He has Just returned from a tour of the area where recent communal153 words
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Article213 1950-03-24 8 ITALY'S REDS SEIZE TOWN ROME. Friday. ITALIAN armoured forces yesterday smashed a I Communist-led insurrection in San Severo after 1 10,000 Reds had seized the town of 50,000 inhabitants and heid it for six hours. One policeman and two children were killed I and 15 police and three civilians injuredA.P.; Reuter - 213 words
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Article40 1950-03-24 8 DAR-KS-SXI \\M. Fri. HBRNANDBI (ABRKKA wealthy H3-year-old Mexican. has *hot and killed the worlds record buffalo in Tanganyika's wild Masai country. It had a horn spread of '>4-and-a-half inches. Thr previous record was 56 inches.- A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article80 1950-03-24 8 RANGOON. Fn. BURMESE authorities arc I tnv^ftlfating reports that General Lee Nee, former Act--1 ing Governor of Yunnan and commander of 'l^ euiv. i>: vision of rhe Chinese Nat. ■.list Army Ls in Rangoon's Chinatown. TVie nro-Cnmmunist Chin- i ese daily Zin Mm Pao, alleged thatA.P. - 80 words
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Article61 1950-03-24 8 Pakistan has decided not to] recogniso either of the rival regimes in Indo-China until one or both of the governments have been fully established and peace maintain ed. the Deputy Foreign Minister. Dr. Mahmoud Husain. told Parliament yesterday. He was replying to criticisms a s toA.P. - 61 words
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Article24 1950-03-24 8 Two hundred armed Japanese police yesterday raided gangsters' hideouts near Yokohama and made a big haul of arms and ammunition ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article80 1950-03-24 8 r PHE snlJUarine Trudilent. 1 .sunk in the Thames Estuary hist January with the of 64 lives after a collision the Swedish stea: DiTinia, was berthed Sheerness, Kent yeiterday. Aboard the Tkuculent, rhlch towed by tugs from a sandbank 4 miles away, vu Lieutenant C. P. PowersReuter - 80 words
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Article22 1950-03-24 8 General Eisenhowever said yesterday in New York that the United States has disarmed bev^nd the point of safety U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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Article100 1950-03-24 8 DANGER OF WAR IN MID-EAST WASHINGTON THE danger of a war between Israel and the Arab States persists in the Middle Bast, Dr. J. C Hurewitz. a former US State Department official. sa>> in a report published by the Foreign Policy Associai a private organisation of foreign policy experts. DrReuter - 100 words
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Article72 1950-03-24 8 HONG KONG F.. I grip of depression since eiiitence as m trading Ct-ntre of South China More than 5.000 b nesses have closed and many i more are awaiting official p«*r- mission to do *o. A large number of businesses which have already cosed d<v»rs ri;lReuter - 72 words
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Article38 1950-03-24 8 Air Vice Marshal A. L. R Atcherly, Air Officer Commanding, Royal Pakistan Air Force, is expected to arrive in London by air from Karachi on Sunday on a three weeks' official visit to Britain. ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article8 1950-03-24 8 tfgkqa'gqg tgk'qagqg mgtgkla'qg A.P.A.P. - 8 words
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Article28 1950-03-24 8 lORBSST ITY (Kansas). Fri. FARM workers and their families here enjoyed Roose dinners yesterday. Lightning struck a flock of ffeese and 50 of them were electrocuted.28 words
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Miscellaneous36 1950-03-24 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris "..f w bSES 1 4 A" YET, I WOULD J t u^oc li^^™>^- s BOSS. VjSi*Q£\sD sow *C\ i IC NG <°**BOSS.ISOE M 1] OF SWOR6 SHE 15 < A ?2fe 2«l^36 words
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Miscellaneous12 1950-03-24 8 hich rmrs Todav: 1.30 a.m.. Ui p.m. Tomorrow: 1.56 a.m.. 3 p.m.12 words
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