The Singapore Free Press, 27 July 1950
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The Singapore Free Press
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Title Section18 1950-07-27 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALS IN MALAYA \gfdggdg SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. JULY 27, 1950. *HHM ItN I18 words
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Article580 1950-07-27 1 DOZEN NATIONS TO GIVE TROOPS A Hies may total 40,000 AN allied expeditionary force, comprising ground force units from as many as a dozen nations, is today being forrped behind the United Nations flag to fight m Korea. Britain's announcement thai sin- would send her soldiers to tight beside theU.P.; A.P.; Reuter - 580 words
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Article, Illustration29 1950-07-27 1 lar Angla-C nines- School •i the intt*r-N i hool relay. s \rthur Yount Tup from at |1m ni 115.4 pore inter- at Jalan B«^ir Stadiy rrp«>rt m page H.29 words
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Article, Illustration43 1950-07-27 1 pictures. ABOVE: A I.S. jet fighter screams m for a belly landing on an emergency strip m South Korea as smoke trails from th^ damaged fusilage. BELOW: The jet has landed safely— with a shell hole just above the wing root. A P.A.P. - 43 words
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Article242 1950-07-27 1 TOKYO Thursday. iMiantrvmni struck m a surprise iv against the North nmantots who h.ul thrust into f^r southmen a mystery force s are official secrets— went I eo-ordiruited attack with South I US Air Force and Navy reTiZ~. "3 danger ad- ■r'r. roast So«th Kor242 words
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Article54 1950-07-27 1 How Reds see it A COMMUNIST correspondent m Korea said yesterday that American air activity m Korea is increasing notably with "bombers pt*sinjr over all the time md fighters roaming and blasting every moving thing." He said that air attacks undoubtedly would increase but this would only stiffen the resistance54 words
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Article110 1950-07-27 1 TIED UP —THEN GUNNED ADVASCE AIR BASE IN KOREA, Th k tall, young American r corpvr' dey that Sorth Koreans bound and two comrades, jorced thei I down, and then mad -:ned them. The corporal, a 21 -year-old Irish America* from York City, said, "I MNU the only one toA.P. - 110 words
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Article49 1950-07-27 1 Th? U.S. Defence Department has issued a new casualty list identifying nine men killed m action, two wounded and 37 missing. The list brought the number of casualties identified to 57 killed, eight fatally wounded. 251. wnunded. 78 injured and 367 missing m action.- U.P.U.P. - 49 words
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Article42 1950-07-27 1 To celebrate the bi-cent^n-ary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach on July 28. the All-Indian Radio is devoting practically th* whole of its Western 'music programmes for the week from July 23 to J jly 29 to the composer.42 words
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Article175 1950-07-27 1 LONDON. Thu r rHE Prime Minister. Mr Clemftii Attlee, declared last night that thf best way to preserve the poace of the world was to "take definite action again n aggression and by allowing that aggression has not tucceeded He was speaking at theReuter - 175 words
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Article190 1950-07-27 1 BRUSSELS. Thursday. SOCIALISTS and Liberals whose party followers have launched a wave of sabotage and strikes throughout Belgium, yesterday walked out of the Chamber of Deputies refusing to give the AllCatholic Government, which supports King Leopold, a vote of confidence. Liese. centre of anti-Leopold Wallonia. wasReuter - 190 words
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Article34 1950-07-27 1 India is likely to have her first series of postage stamps produced by the photogravure .process at Nasik, Bombay, m about a year following the recommendation made by the Philatelic Advisory Committee.34 words
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Article34 1950-07-27 1 TEA GOING ON FREE MARKET The British Government stated yesterday that tea auctions "would be resumed In April, thus restoring the free market m tea for the first time since before the war. U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article36 1950-07-27 1 The New York Times war correspondent Mr. Richard J. H. Johnston, m a despatch from Korea said that the United States Army had never had a plan for the defence of South Korea. ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article26 1950-07-27 1 A Meteor jet fighter crashed into the sea near Penzance. Cornwall, yesterday within sight of hundreds of people pants weir killed. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article76 1950-07-27 1 I\R. Serge Udovikoff, an Australian doctor stranded m the Aiii.arctic, f»"ho had said he would cut his own appendix if aid did not come m time, "has yesterdiy reported out of danger. Radio communication with Heard Island, where he is lying, was re-established yesterday after moreReuter - 76 words
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Article244 1950-07-27 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. rjNE of the best pieces of news to come out of Korea m a long time was made by an American officer standing on a hilltop and casually discussing the day's fighting. *"I looked down the road." he said, 'and saw some CommunistsU.P. - 244 words
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Article91 1950-07-27 1 LONDON, Thurs THE efforts of the Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, to bring the Korean fighting to an end were referred to yesterday m a two-day debate m the Hou« of Lords on foreign policy. The Lord Chancellor. Lord Jowitt. said: "Premier Nehru mayReuter - 91 words
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211 1950-07-27 1 U.S. Is stronger than ever -JohnsOn WASHINGTON. Th,; THE U.S. Defence S tary. Mr Louis Jo. son. said yesterday til the over-all '•potential* of the Un:' States was greater at start of the Korean than at any time si:. after the United S demobilised after World War 11. Mr. Johnson,Reuter - 211 words
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Article27 1950-07-27 1 Leading world Coaunui have flown out of East Berlin, apparently for a meeiine of the Cominform at an iv closed spot In Battern E27 words
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Article19 1950-07-27 1 Rangoon barbers are forbidden to snip til en Mondays because E sup believr is unlucky for hair-19 words
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Advertisement41 1950-07-27 1 5 V Chubchman^^ A -W k. Shu.rchm.an quahty subtt% b\i unmistakable to the t^ seasoned palate— the quality f of rtaiour fAafiom« on/y frow? /!n« /o6«tco. and 'j* s^*^*^ <"u.-r"s are un.s/»a*ab/jf Tmrc^^o*\ A ted tAeir P r^ €rtnce IN ENGLANO41 words
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Advertisement37 1950-07-27 1 ifflff! PHOTOGRAPHY i I. RAFFLES PLACE. SPORE COPP JOHN LITTLES 3 TEL ***** I r i- FLOUNDERS J A for that kU V FRESH SEA FLAVOUR t/j y^y 95 cents X tofti COLD STORAGE igL ORCHARD ROAD37 words
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Article663 1950-07-27 2 PETER QUENNELL - Murderer In The Family PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m U.K. IJAND on neart, is there a man or woman who can honestly claim that he or she has never looked forward—and looked forward eagerly to the reports of a murder trial m the daily newspaoers? Such reports have a663 words
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Article, Illustration497 1950-07-27 2 THE scene is a slum m Whitechapel. m m i d— Victorian En^md, 7*2 yean a?:o. Amid jecrinu s*arba°:ethrowing mob a pa*- na ingelist, WilI mo Booth. la proclaiming his war-cry of salvation through blood and tire. He lifts a little girl of 12, lv> daughter, on497 words
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Article138 1950-07-27 2 Stendhal. by Howard Clewes "Arthur Barker 7s «d Asked which great novelist decided to record the beginning of an important love affair by having a crucial date embroidered on his braces, any well-inform-ed student of literature will, of course, reply Henri Beyle, better known as Stendhal, author of138 words
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Article, Illustration390 1950-07-27 2 JOHN HALL - Gospel Made 'News' JOHN HALL gOMETHING new on the bookstalls and m the stationers 1 shops of Britain appeared one morning recently -a 24-page sixpenny magazine which looks like one of the popular picture weeklies. Name of this newcomer is 'The Man m the Street It has all the gloss,390 words
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Article, Illustration423 1950-07-27 2 The King Was Not Amused ROBERT OTTAViAY ON BOOkW it has J been said, sell their lives as dearly m peace as m war. The itch to reminisce about battles long ago has led to some very bleak books indeed, written, as it were, at attentionHut General Carton de W:art,423 words
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Article166 1950-07-27 2 BRITAIN'S RICKEST WOMAN YOU are 54 years old. A You have Just inherited £9.000,000 from your laj-e husband WiKii will you do with the money? Lady Anne Henneiu > who <j»ea recent laced that problem wher. David Yule died m I miking her the richest moiu Great Britain. Four passions166 words
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Advertisement54 1950-07-27 2 C^ 1 •j^L^^M. j9bH ■^■IbbKJs x JB i^BH H fl BBmMLA "vSP J Of course d/d Macleans Peroxide Tooth Paste is scientifically prepared to do supremely •veil all that a tooth paste can do, namely, to clean the teeth thoroughly yet safely. This favourite tooth paste with its ever-popular flavour54 words
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Miscellaneous434 1950-07-27 2 New Crossword No. 109 rjfl EJjm/A Hes2fi dK-^3 jS^^l YOUR LUCKY STAR U aJ ■~i(~jJ DORN today, >our highly choose «m- as your profes- 75 f^^l T^ i^ sensitive nature is do- sion. Your mind is well- i I minuted by a powerful m- balanced and your sense of I434 words
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359 1950-07-27 3 INDIA IS IN A 'POOR WAY' SAYS BOOK Choice between reform order NEW YORK, Wednesday. AN American writer who spent six months walking and hitch-hiking through India has reported that the newly-independent country is m pretty poor shape. He predicted that "with india. as with the rest of the world,359 words
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Article, Illustration61 1950-07-27 3 Mr. Winston Churchill (dark hat. dark coat. i-entn*) leaving the dais after his speech at the Plymouth Fair m Saltram Park. Plymouth. England. In his speech Mr. Churchill said that worldwide Soviet pressure now Imperils the west more gravely than at any time since Hitler stood on the ver*e ofA.P. - 61 words
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Article65 1950-07-27 3 DANGER UNABLE TO QUIT JOB HONG KONG. Wednesday Birm willowy Miss Chen Ching-mei is one of and a half refugees from Communist <>wd the British colony of Hong Kong v not a Kuomintang reactionary nor was she purged from the tnist Party for leftist adventurist or r mist counter-revolutionary devia•anU.P. - 65 words
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Article41 1950-07-27 3 A "riger" was wedded to a 'dragon m Rangoon this :< when 23-year-old Aw Chen Sin. niece of Tiger Balm Aw Boon Haw promi:,e\i love, honour and obedience K\ Maung Sein. cosmetic director whose trade mark is a drason A.P.A.P. - 41 words
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Article48 1950-07-27 3 A new search for oil has begun In Queensland, Australia. With Federal and Stats Government backing, a syndicate has promoted a survey m the Longreach district, centra! Queensland, by two geologists. If prospects are sood. the investigation will be carried further with s^nmographs. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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94 1950-07-27 3 Blood-signed covenant read at service ADELAIDE, Wed. 42-YEAR-OLD "covenant with God" signed with blood, was read at a special service m Adelaide for Commandant J. ("Helinre Jack"* Mead«, Salvationist, who died at the age of 84 A yoar~ before his death he wrote his own memorial service, >p]pc f eriReuter - 94 words
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Article95 1950-07-27 3 Hungarian Reds flay trade chiefs BUDAPEST. Thurs. T*HE leading Hungarian A Communist newspaper Szabad Nep yesterday published an Important resolution of the political commission of the Hungarian Communist Party which sharply criticised the work of the loaders of the trade unions The resolution declared that the leaders of the tradeA.P. - 95 words
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49 1950-07-27 3 ADELAIDE. Thurs. PHENOMENAL rains have converted 6.000 square miles of salt-caked desert m the north of South Australia. called Lake Eyre Into an inland sea again. Gra^s and Shrubs are reported to be growing at an extraordinary ratp In the surrounding desert.49 words
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Article42 1950-07-27 3 Archduke Otto von Hapsburg, Pretender to tne Austrian and Hungarian thrones, said he would m future devote himself to the "liberation Of the Danubian peoples" as. m the present state of Euvo*)e. talk of restoring his monarrhv was useless.- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article13 1950-07-27 3 a of mpany I 510.000.000 £2,083.- m O ;ana L' ReuterReuter - 13 words
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Article26 1950-07-27 3 A 16-year-old youth was killed and three others **<* wounded during a davhgn: imilwiiil by rebels of a ,y on the Mandc.iu} Monvwe highway.- A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article152 1950-07-27 3 STKOMXESS. ORKNEY ISLES, Wednesday. DRITAIN is shipping artificial cherries made from seaweed to America. This latest product is one of many British chemists have learned how to make from the seaweed, most of which is taken from areas off the north and west of Scotland. TheA.P. - 152 words
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Article96 1950-07-27 3 COLOMBO, Wed. /COMMONWEALTH economic v> experts are meeting m Colombo to discuss details of an £8,000,000 plan for technical aid for undeveloped countries of South-East Asia on lines proposed at the Sydney Commonwealth Conference last May. This Standing Committee, of the Commonwealth Consultative Committee, willReuter - 96 words
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Article, Illustration334 1950-07-27 3 North-South vulneiabl« and 30 on score. North dealer. SOUTHS bid was slightly shaded, but since North had passed and he didn't intend to rebid short of being dynamit'-ci by his partner. South felt ne could come to no groat harm. However, when North bid thi' c diamonds. South334 words
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Article40 1950-07-27 3 Tue India Ministry of Agriculture estimate wheat production this year at 5,949.000 tons, compared with lj a t year's 5.815.000 tons. The area und^r wheat Is placed at 22.378.000 acres against 21.656.000 acres last year. A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article153 1950-07-27 3 VIENNA. Wednesday. DEALISM is not realism if it portrays things as they really are. In that case, it is naturalism, which only reflects bourgeois decadence. That is the latest art lesson being: taught m Hungary, according to reports reaching Vienna. Hungarian artists have oeenA.P. - 153 words
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Article, Illustration37 1950-07-27 3 picture. Derricks hoisting the statue of Frederick the (ireat from the pedestal m the Soviet sector of Berlin where it had stood since IX." l. The statue was moved to Sans Sou i Park m Potsdam. A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article287 1950-07-27 3 LONDON, Wednesday. ORITISH industry is facing the most critical phase yet m its post-war development. Rehabilitated and reconstructed it has spent lavishly on expansion and new equipment. Now the question comes, will it get the world markets it expects and what lies ahead, boom or slump?Reuter - 287 words
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Article85 1950-07-27 3 CHICO'S PARTNER IS COBRA RANGOON Wed. CHICO is 18 inches of performing Burnose monkey with the itrmo est choice m dtenrtnf partners. When he goes into his side dance he does it >"ih a snake. Audiences sape with ->pm mouths as Chico twirl* a three-foot lon^ cobra -o-v i hisA.P. - 85 words
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Article206 1950-07-27 3 MACAO. Wednesday. IVAR iii Korea and its possible extension have faiied to disturb the outward calm of Portusues«Macao, oldest and smallest western colony m thr Far East. x The colonial authorities wise m a 400-year-old tradition, no doubt realise they can do little to in-fluence-international eventsReuter - 206 words
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Article81 1950-07-27 3 2-way radio saves trips to roofs LONDON. TV, TWO-WAY radio has -1 b*'^n used m London m explore a maze of chimn serving one of the city.-, largest blocks of flat*. By nvans of Marroni walkie-talkie sets, two mp< visors on« on the roof another vi.sitin" each Ba( i turn,Reuter - 81 words
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Article100 1950-07-27 3 'ACCEPTABLE' BREAD FOR BRITONS LONDON. Wed URITONS are to ha\ a whifer and "generally more acceptable' loaf ai>r Sunday. The Food Minister Mr. Maurice Webb, told Parliament !his m announcing that t'ae extraction rate of Hour from wh<at would be r^du.-ed Iroin 85 percent to 80 permit. This means thatReuter - 100 words
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Miscellaneous219 1950-07-27 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] (BLUE NETWORK) 4.45 p.m. Programme -summary: 484 and 41.7 nitres. 10 a.m. News from Singapore Week"— Bach; 5.15 "Balar.ce oi followed by the Emergency N*ws Europe" (BBC); 5.30 "Crime fron, KuaU Lumpur; 10.50 For ?$*Fti?7S£L!?%2Z the Schools; 12 Programmes m and Programmes (BBC); 'i.30 News MaJav i219 words
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494 1950-07-27 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, July 27, 1950. The folks at home SOMETIME today you cease to think about your own pleasures or troubles for a bit. and instead send your thoughts winging half a world away to the United States of \meriea. 3 :re a thought for the parents494 words
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Article988 1950-07-27 4 Sefton Delmer - Sefton Delmer says- TAIPEH, (Formosa): VLJE were just going m for lunch at noon when a young man arrived with a telegram for my host. ••Trouble, sir*, he said apologetically, as they dir.aDpeared into the office. The trouble, as I learned a little later over iced988 words
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Article625 1950-07-27 4 DUDLEY HAWKINS - DUDLEY HAWKINS By A CHAIN of mystery cities m central Africa, and monster animals never before seen by white men. are objectives of a man and wife expedition into the remoteness of the African jungle. In search of the animals, believed by many authorities to have625 words
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Article78 1950-07-27 4 Letter to the EZditor WE WERE interested to read the paragraph regarding 8.0.A.C.s white? painted aircraft m the London Letter on page 4 of your issue of July 24. About a year ago we carried out experiments on similar lines and found that the temperature inside our aircraft78 words
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Article849 1950-07-27 4 POLITICO - POLITICO by THE Press, which has so often brought bad governments tumbling down, is rightly suspicious of any official regulations concerning the industry of disseminating news. Despite frequent protestations to the contrary, there are few administrators, even m the democratic world who would not delight to849 words
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Advertisement12 1950-07-27 4 Exquisite B.P.deSILVALtP INCORPORATED IN CEYIOM) MANUFACTURM JEWELLERS OVER 75 YEARS Of RirUTATtOH12 words
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Advertisement58 1950-07-27 4 z //re famous > N. Family of Meilivisi'j.l f^roilucts ■d W r -^v. l^«^ r pat kwa tan KtEPS <** )Bi^: TMI BREA FRESH i THE MOUTH CL|; 2^ t^^ Cltmkaichitc Wn/r/ llhxfttiv dc i A MIL I- AXATIVI FOR j ALL CASES Of INDICES II ft^ I i; ;t58 words
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Miscellaneous90 1950-07-27 4 WAR or E Cutnmings disguised as XS<*^\ Moioto v, r^>^z penetrates to f the centre of f C A the Kremlin Sj \j£tr £o* dues 10 a.m. Situation looks grave i But at 11.0, drlnki ftrou I cocktail and eats hamburger with enjoyment and contemplates. 10 fcinister develop*** sombrely, busts90 words
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Article, Illustration487 1950-07-27 5 ROGER YUE - GAMBLERS ASKED 'SPIRIT' FOR HELP ROGER YUE and a trishaw rider cashed m By J^ LEAN young man with watery eyes who did a flourishing trade by selling joss on the spot at the south end "of Elgin Bridge, Singapore, where a man hanged himself two months ago has closed487 words
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Article, Illustration22 1950-07-27 5 tnMt of! -vr for Ilin? airport. la%e Dv Feu. who -ipore aboard ,\ere married s t athedral rno«»n. Both ir r- X'iNtralians.-22 words
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Article178 1950-07-27 5 Fret Mm Staff Reporter HißMftl for the civil work m conh Singapore's $9,000,000 new power Pasii Panian* will be ready for issue Payne. Municipal Electrical Engineer. Press yesterday. involves the construction of oline water intakes, foundations, d a wharf amen? other things. i te of n Id3een178 words
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Article54 1950-07-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TLE\EN boys ana girls arrived m Singapore yesterday by QEA-BOAC Confrom Britain to spend a holiday with thenparents m either Singap re or the Federation. Under a BOAC concession they get a return ticket to London for the price of the T54 words
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197 1950-07-27 5 'FIRST CLASS ROW', WARNS C. C. TAN Free Press Staff Reporter jyjß. C. C. TAN, preside of tiie Progressive P.ir-v, Singapore, said to the Free Press this morning thai he could promise "a first class row" if the recruitment of 35 officers from the United Kingdom for the Malayan Civil197 words
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Article30 1950-07-27 5 Rum Gopal, 20. was acquitted m the Singapore Third Pojce Court yesterday of stealing $750, two gold rlngl and a pair of ear-rings from Ketar Singh, of Serangoon Road.30 words
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Article21 1950-07-27 5 The Governor has accosted the resignation of Major E.C. Watson of his commiss}r«n m the Singapore Volunteer Corps Liaison Regiment.21 words
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Article, Illustration322 1950-07-27 5 Free Press Staif Reporter SOON after the opening of the Red Cross Society's first Medical Loan Depot m Singapore on Tuesday afternoon, a 49-year-old Sumatran Chinese, Chua Tai Cheok, went m to borrow a pair of wooden crutches. Chua, who had his righ'. leg322 words
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Article321 1950-07-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WEXTY-EIGHT of the 35 Australian airmen who arrived m Singapore two weeks ago got their first chance yesterday to strike at the terrorists m the Federation. Four Lincolns, operating from Tengah airfield, made bombing and strafing raids on bandit positions m Central321 words
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Article24 1950-07-27 5 The Governor has granted two Commissions of Acting Sub-Lieutenants, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to Mr. DO. Huartson and Mr. R.J. Godfcer.24 words
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Article70 1950-07-27 5 Art show in Singapore Frre Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Art Society will hold its first open exhibition of the wqrk of local teachers and art students m the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, from Oct. 21 to Oct. 29. Work m any medium oil, water tolour, tempera, pastel, etching,70 words
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278 1950-07-27 5 TREES AND A HEDGE TO HIDE 'EYESORE' Free Press Staff Reporter OECAUSE the public convenience at the junction *^of Sumbawa and North Bridge Roads has been considered an eyesore, Singapore Municipal Commissioners propose to plant a hedge and trees round it. A plea for the re-siting tha public convenience was278 words
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Article30 1950-07-27 5 The Singapore Co-operative Stores Society's new branch at Tiong Bahru will be opened by the Deputy Fcod Controller, Mr. A. D. Butler Madden, at 11 a.m. on Sunday.30 words
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Article130 1950-07-27 5 Mr. F. James to seek re-election Free Press Staff Reporter ]\JR. Frank James. -Progressive Party Municipal Commissioner for East Ward, has agreed to stand fo.- reelection to his ward at ihe next Municipal elections ha December. With Mr. James' acceptance of nomination by the Progressive Party, the Party's list of130 words
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Article131 1950-07-27 5 ITTHE Singapore Juvenil* A Court, which has been operating as a police court under special circumstances since the liberation, will be legally recognised when the n?w Children and Young PerOrdinance comes Into force next Tuesday. Four probationary officers will be gazetted to serve m the court and131 words
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Article, Illustration216 1950-07-27 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 'T»WENTY-SIX year Old I A Maria Proof who will tiv from Germany next week join her fiancv Sq:adr Leader Trett ofR.A.F. S(letar. will be Singapore s first post-war German brice. Squadron Leader Trett met Eva 18 xr.unlhs ago when216 words
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Article36 1950-07-27 5 Five masked men aimed with knives held up a Tamii, Muthusamy. at his house m Alexandra Road at 12.30 p.m. yesterday, and got away wttb cash and }c I wcrtli abo :t $55.36 words
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Miscellaneous34 1950-07-27 5 MAIL Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the GP.O. today are r.oon for North Borneo, Labua.n. Brunei and MM; 5.45 pjn. for Federation.34 words
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Article, Illustration1571 1950-07-27 6 CRUSADER - MITRA HERO OF RAFFLES' VICTORY CRUSADER Exciting tussle at schools meet By Beaten at the tapes £0 close was the competition at yesterday s Singapore inter-school athletic meeting at Jalan Besar Stadium that it was not until the last event that the schools' championship was decided. Raffles Institution took theFree Press - 1,571 words
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Article251 1950-07-27 6 STKATHSPKY. a five-year-old chestnut geldinjj owned by wealthy British sportsman, Mr. James Kink, sror d a popular vktory m the Goodwood stakes (two miles three furlongs) the main event of the second day's programme at Goodwood (Sussex) vest *rday. A iartt to one favourite, 5 earnedReuter - 251 words
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Article76 1950-07-27 6 IPOH. Tlmrs. QNK of ihe best Indian club rer teams, Bhawnipore Football Club of Calcutta, are ihie to visil Malaya m October and it is warned tliat the Kinta Indian A^ riation have made arr«a<j«*menta to have them play In I poll. Seven of the Bha\v\76 words
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Article58 1950-07-27 6 •yHE annual seneral mretir. St. Andr ws Old Boys' AMD.>n at St Andrew 'a School hall. Woodsvillc on Saturday al p.m. Tea will be s r\ed aft r rh»- me ttaf The annual Past v P .sorter match for the Lim CbOQg Pani; Challeni^f Cup will b? Ed58 words
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Article58 1950-07-27 6 pOLLOWING players tjave been rhosen to rep-esv*ni Old Rafflesians at cxi against Ciiristian Brothers Schools on Saturday a: the KnaUa ground: A. P. Rajah <capr.» G. WesterhoQt S. X Sundram, K. Muthucumaru. G. Valberg. B. Barke R. Barker. Ali Yunos, M. S. Gill. Choor SinfT'i. I B Surata,58 words
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448 1950-07-27 6 ARCHIE QUICK - ARCHIE QUICK By THE great coaching: scheme inaugurated by the Amateur Athletic Association is paying: dividends On the track, even m the field events. Britain can now hold her own with any country m the world, with the exception of the United States and Australia.448 words
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Article315 1950-07-27 6 [London Stock Exchange] LONDON Thur DMALL irregular movements were recanted London Stock Exchange yesterda\ utjr financial correspondent. Trading was restrict** the latest developments m Korea and b\ the led of operators to await the Parliamentary i l>;iited Kingdom defence. Movements m British Governm< -i. of one-eighth315 words
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Article23 1950-07-27 6 M. Nan Bet.» Hen < < iv 48 B- H ger a Pi k pionstiip < »n ;itiP l^corr.' He 123 words
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Advertisement51 1950-07-27 6 STARTS TODAY 11 14"). 4 nM Ik 9-3« p.m. V ERROL FLYNN I jjiNS SHERIDAN SATURDAY MNITE ROMANCE' i f*" ADVINTUBI' wi^ •> mots PHONE x/ 4042 NOW SHOWING 11. I 13, i ..."»0 9.50 p.m. Rebecca Starring LAl'KtNf I OIJVIKR JOAN lOMAINE Yaturday~mnite 00. _J: TtfTrvjli^l SSS9 B EH51 words
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Advertisement223 1950-07-27 6 RUBBER A Survey b> THE FINANCIAL TIMI 5 Thr world's leading business newspaper announwf> rev.cw of THE FUTURE of NATURAL RUBBLR is eagerly awaiting. Acknowledged authorities writing Mr. H. ERIC MILLER. Chairman. British Rubber Pi Research Mr WARREN S LOCKW OOD. DiMMt Rubber iure Dr. CM. BLOW. British Rubber PrJu.er^223 words
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Miscellaneous285 1950-07-27 6 MSndrdKG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya HHHHBH|| [TvEG~oIIi[RAODREIsTANYHO^r\ I WHAT A CAAZY JOB THIS IS TAKINcI I WHAT DO TMEY WANT WITW SO pHifIHi^HHHHHii^HHI guess they can fisd her. even pictures of every pretty girl i many pictures 1 well--ishouio YOU'RE STILL I THERE WAS SOMETHING tu?^285 words
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Article257 1950-07-27 7 SELECTORS GET NO HELP FROM TRIAL Wright shows consistency a trial match just before the M.C.C. subcommittee meet to discuss team selection for the forthcoming English tour of Australia, the traditional Gentlemen versus Players game, which was begun at Lord's yesterday, disclosed little that was not already known. Though Ray.257 words
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Article, Illustration45 1950-07-27 7 Ronnie Sng (centre) clears the first hurdle a split second before Ronald da Silva (teft) and Charles Hanim m yesterday's Singapore inter-school sports. Hanani was the winner with Sng •^coiyl and Da Silva third. Sng and Hanam both represented Anglo Chinese School Free Press picture.Free Press - 45 words
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180 1950-07-27 7 F\ their triumph m the third Test, the cricketers went to Sunderland yes-two-day match against^Durham County. il the useful total 0f "375 before their ell just at the tea interval and then got u>unty batsmen for 100 afterwards. .Ed brighter for the tourists when180 words
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Article81 1950-07-27 7 ITALIANS QUIT CYCLING RACE ITALIAN fans, indignant a 1 the attitude of French spectators, approve yesterday's wtthdrawl of the Italian t^ams from the Tour de France cycling race. They had* every reason to quit the race," and "the French were not sportsmen/ were typical comments of the man-in-the-street. Withdrawal ofA.P. - 81 words
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Article127 1950-07-27 7 DENIS COMPTON - DENIS COMPTON By LETTER from a Northampton reader £ivP2 a bright suggestion for improving fielding among young players. He says that when ho was at the Northampton Grammar School twenty-odd years ago the then headmaster, Mr W. C. C. Cooke. a real cricket enthusiast, used to127 words
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Article296 1950-07-27 7 JOE LOUIS STORY FOR FREE PRESS IN his series of articles for the 1 Free Press, beginning next Monday, Joe Louis, former world champion, will take readers behind the scenes m the present world heavyweight boxing set-up, dis* cuss his future plans and teil why he may make a comeback.296 words
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Article190 1950-07-27 7 BILLY STEEL - BILLY STEEL IU QF the hundreds of letters I have had from readers Mfctng for advice, less than half a dozen have expressed a desire to become referees. Perhaps that is not so surDri.sing when one considers how much referees wre maligned! If certainly is no ea*y190 words
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Article292 1950-07-27 7 QNE hundred and eighty-one of the top athletes m the Federation and Singapore have entered for the second post war Malayan Amateur Athletic Association meet which will be held on the University of Malaya grounds on Au#. 4 and 5. A team of 28 men292 words
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Article45 1950-07-27 7 Table Tennis finals able ps for n Saiur- p.m. at Lini Ch«o I onzes. r.d Ct ng v. Tooo W«j« Yin v. >ne arv* Quek Har Lam am. rd and fonrtfc iwi t. Chua P <on Weng Hoe jho Tin YicK -?e wUI be 5045 words
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Article27 1950-07-27 7 A soccer te I ten aga: -i Cup XI Navyi TyiJack <Navy>; liehorn lAnqy>; Me- Daj tNavy). Mussey to yi «Anny>. I and trro ?i»yeii.27 words
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Article925 1950-07-27 7 Free Press Staff Reporter PENAXG. Wednesday. A TOTAL of 194 entries has been received for the Penang Turf Club's four-day August Bank Holiday Gold Cup meeting to be run on Aue. 5, 7. 9 and 12. Fifty-nine horses have entered m Class 1. 84 m925 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-07-27 7 Raffles Girls' School team, winners of the girls' relay at the Singapore interschool athletic meeting: at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Left to right: Saravathy Rajaretnam, Mavis Scharenffuivel, Joan Ferreira and Pakiavathv (sister of Saravathy).34 words
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Article122 1950-07-27 7 ARCHIE QUICK - ARCHIE QUICK By ARTHUR Gilligan, England's cricket captain m 1924. has some trenchant remarks to make about the England captaincy. "H shocking that my old job is being hawked around the country." he said. "The Australians must be laughing. It will not br the slightest use sending an122 words
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Article319 1950-07-27 7 RESULid of yesterday's lawn tenuis m the V.M.C.A tournament were: Class A H'cap Siagits: X.. H. Aug 3O» beat H. M Mapuz (—l5) 6-0. 6-2; Dr. dd.ii Ah Kow i— 3o) beat Chia Chin Bian* (—3Ol 6-1. 6-4; L. S. Th;vy <— 30i beat Tan Hock Seng319 words
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Article50 1950-07-27 7 RA.F. iTenfatt) defeated Jullilads A. U. by nine goal* to two m an S.A.FA. Junior A-Loague Allan at the 8.0.D.C.A. ground yesterday. Outside-left Blair &'-ored five goals, and Murphy, Weldon, Baldwin and Turpi3 one each for Ten«*ah. Sorers for Jollilads were Juruml and Ibrahim.50 words
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Article23 1950-07-27 7 Jimmy Watt. 28-year-old assistant to James Adams, professional at Went worth Golf Club, has been appointed professional to Baberton. Edinburgh.23 words
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Article20 1950-07-27 7 SOOCnt: Singapore Malaya Cup XI v Army-Navy at Jalan B^sar stadium. TENNIS: T.M.C.A. »nd Tanglin Club tournaments (cont.).20 words
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Article358 1950-07-27 7 F ANCASHIRE, current leaders m the English county cricket championship, began none too wt U m their match against Middlesex at Manchester. Batting first, they totalled only 191, Titmus taking three wickets for 32 runs. In the time left for play. Middlesex replied withReuter - 358 words
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Article36 1950-07-27 7 fXDUR horses, two E» and two Frcnc.x, contest today's Goodwood Cup itwo five furlongs > They are. wiih Native Heath (A. Ben Aldborou^h <G. R\c v Val Drake <R. Poinrr Bagheera <C Sr k ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Advertisement127 1950-07-27 7 -CATA.WAVTODAY 11 am. 1.45. 4.15 6.45 9 30 p.m. ACNESIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER. THE BEST SUREST REMEDY tor PRICKLY HEAT! INVALUABLE for the NURSERY. GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. ■fi mißl THC ATMOSPHEM IS 6AY •fc If HERE THE Ml/S/C IS DIVINE ■{Z WHERE THE CUISINE IS SUPERB! «*&&> Oj^S^ RtStRVATiOMS PHOHf127 words
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Article18 1950-07-27 8 BIRT H OAKLEY. To Judy. Wife of, .tme Oaklry, ,v Kandan? iv Hospital, on July 25th, a daughter.18 words
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Article41 1950-07-27 8 RICHARDSON DA VIES: At Singapore, en 26th July. 1950. Douglas Richardson, son of the Dr. and Mrs. R. I. Richardson of Liverpool, to JVaa Elizabeth. nter of thp lat* Mr. and Mrs. B S DtWftsli of Kalamunda, w ri Ai.41 words
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Article32 1950-07-27 8 AC KNOWLEDGMENT MR. .v MRS. A? A. PEREIR\ of Serembin thar.k all those who cUd. sent congratulatory mes- and valuable presents and r •ne'ered oe on the ocr:tof tht-.r wadding h»-re ly.32 words
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Article329 1950-07-27 8 'DODDERER' SHAW'S NEW PLAY 'I'm 94 don 't remind me AYOT ST. LAWRENCE, ENGLAND. Thursday. GEORGE Bernard Shaw, who says he has decayed into a dodderer, had a birthday yesterday his 94th but said no one was to remind him of it. The old man did celebrate, though by announcingA.P. - 329 words
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Article, Illustration51 1950-07-27 8 The youngest airman and airuom m cut th- oirthd:iy cake at the party h*!d at the Malcolm Club, IAF Station, Seletir, to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the founding of the Malcolm Club m memory of Wing Commander Hugh MaKolm, an RAF VC of World War51 words
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Article134 1950-07-27 8 DORKING. Thurs. INTO Wing-Commander V. Byrne's garden m the Surrey village of Newdigate. near Dorking, there fell a Most Mysterious Piece of Mechanism. It was loins, long, looked like a dynamo with a number of small fins, had an aerial attachment, and tied to134 words
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Article, Illustration18 1950-07-27 8 <! I XRIM. hi ,kn \amp»rr J,. clear on h durin i hß plane w is an K\ i18 words
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Article29 1950-07-27 8 The following were the oflk-ijl quotation! at the Hong Kong Money Exchange yesterday: HK56.23 pt-r U.S. dollar. HK515.50 per pound sterling. HKS3H per tael of gold U.P.U.P. - 29 words
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Article21 1950-07-27 8 Briiain and Wost Germany are near agreement for freeIng and boosting their trade to its pre-war level.- A. P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article184 1950-07-27 8 DORCHESTER, Thursday. "IF only the Army could shoot a bit better we should be well on the way to clearing: up the trouble m Malaya," Major-General CyrH Frederick Charles Coleman, 47-year-old Commander of the South-west District, told cadets at Dorchester, England. "The British Army used184 words
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Article53 1950-07-27 8 RANGOON. Tim,.. T'HE Burmese Govcn.n. said yesterday Commumsu derailed a mail train on a bridge near Rangoon, fired on passengers trying to flee tcie overturned coa< ajid captured several guards The Government did not disclose the total number of casualties. The train was en route to RangoonA.P. - 53 words
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Article65 1950-07-27 8 The 50-year-old British freighter, El Karim, which was loaded with a cargo of military stores including ammunition and explosives m Mombasa on June 25 for the garrison on Mauritius, limped back to Mombasa yesterday with her cargo still aboard. After a three-day battering by heavy gales, herA.P. - 65 words
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Article68 1950-07-27 8 PARIS. Thurs. THE French Government yes- terday announced that it would call up the second contingent of the 1950 class m October for regular military training. This would add an estimated 110,000 men to the French Army. Government officials said that October would beU.P. - 68 words
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Article37 1950-07-27 8 A group of 59 American young men. mainly students, arrived m New Delhi from Calcutta. The party is on a world tour m a chartered plane under the auspices of Youth Argosy an educational organisation.37 words
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Article53 1950-07-27 8 A colony for resettling refugees from East Pakistan lias been opened at Iflftigrun m Assam. This is the first of the five such colonies. Three thousand displaced persons are accommodated there. Smithy, carpentry, weaving, and pottery have been started at the colony to enable the refugees to53 words
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Article103 1950-07-27 8 TIILRE is a good reason tor keeping books on sex under lock and key at the Victoria Public Library, British Columbia. Prof. E. G. Jones, of Victoria College, says some people are so shy about sex milters that they would rather steal a book of thisA.P. - 103 words
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Article142 1950-07-27 8 LONDON, Thursday. CjALLY (JRAY, 32-year-old film actress, has been named as intervening m a divorce suit brought by Lady Oranmore and Browne against her husband. The case is m the de.ifended list, and Miss Gray is^appearinp m person, according to the Cause List. Lord142 words
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Article110 1950-07-27 8 LONDON. Thurs. J^EMAND from the continent brought tin to a record height yesterday. At the close of the afternoon session, spot was quoted at £732-1/4 per ton making a total rise of £16-1/2 since the close of Tuesday's market. Three months closed at £731-1/2 £15-3 4 aboveU.P. - 110 words
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Article214 1950-07-27 8 N. C. O.' s 'REIGN OF TERROR WORCESTER, Thursday. THE British Army ridded itself of an "N.C.O. whose authority over five 18-year-old National Service recruits at Norton Barracks Worcester. wa 3 described at his court martial as a reign of terror. Thirty-one-year-old L Bombardier L. C. M. C. T Youngman,214 words
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Article56 1950-07-27 8 BELGRADE. Thurs. THE V 1 overawe nt will toon announce a chunse hi ide toward Korean war by denoun- N rth X as -ion. Infoi sources c au: :ay. YuLiolavia wis the only member of the Security Council to vote linst the Jui:e 27 retolnauthorizir.u mU.P. - 56 words
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Article28 1950-07-27 8 Two German Industrial groups wen convicted by a US High Commission court at Frankfurt yesterday of negotiating illegal "carte! agreements with Frenc.i ttiid Italian firms.- A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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Article94 1950-07-27 8 FF Frrnrh Forvign Minister. M. Robert Sohuman. yesterday staked the success of his European pool plan on the surrender of sovereignty to a federal sleel-coal authority. Replying to criticism from Socialist. M. Paul Ramacher, m a debate on the pool m ihe National Assembly, M. SchumnnA.P. - 94 words
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Article32 1950-07-27 8 The Lebanese Council of Ministers jesterday voted £17,000 as symbolic assistance to the United Nations army m Korea. No military assistance is to be sent, according to realiable source. A.P.A.P. - 32 words
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Article52 1950-07-27 8 THE Canadian Navy yes'.erday announced that one or more submarines of an unknown nation have probably been In the waters off the east coast of Canada during the past month Russia. Navy officials m Ottawa said earlier, was the only power which could have sent themReuter - 52 words
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Article15 1950-07-27 8 with ay: l: )RTH X cie&cnbec and l An. one Yong ReuterReuter - 15 words
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Article20 1950-07-27 8 JAK FOREIGN lions opt mvi X ban: fuel; paired In I. met the He X U.P.U.P. - 20 words
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Miscellaneous59 1950-07-27 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris R3|HHBflß| si. SE\C3--TWE ''ijj h I( Bl imi Slf!^^K 'TAKE AlOO< AT TH!s.CRAMtfl.'\| KwmE-E-Ew CsE S c fflJ f YOUNGtAOY'S [PR Of ESSORJI 1 I j j IJL'ST GLANCED UP FROM THE J RICHEST Gißi.s i\ THE wOßlO■B^^fCß^ V^AME 6 L£w s t|tliyssi fSr^^L PAPEQ59 words
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Miscellaneous11 1950-07-27 8 HIGH TIDES Today: Hi 20a.in; 8 55 p.m. Tomorrow: ll.lSajn; I.Slpji.11 words
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