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Title Section19 1952-02-11 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST APTERHOOH SALE IN MALAYA v,. IMI2- SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 19SZ. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS19 words
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Article896 1952-02-11 1 Royal coffin will be taken to capital today SANDRINGHAM, Monday. QUEEN ELIZABETH, watching sftowflakes falling past her window m this stately country home, yesterday spent quietly the last few hours that remained to her as a daughter mourning the death of her father. Today to theReuter; A.P.; A.F.P. - 896 words
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Article242 1952-02-11 1 Anglican church] n aid last night thatj 3 overworked the H^ l t ban to spare their Queen from much T r of Westminster W; Dr A. C. Don, D ra ed the late King's and devotion to aid said: "The havt taken advan..^se qualities." atement under..;.nations242 words
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Article76 1952-02-11 1 TPHE Slate funeral procession for the Kiaf will start at t»t GMT ea Friday, it was announced m London yesterday. The announcement, signed by the Duke of Norfolk, Hereditary Earl Marshal of England, said: "By the Queen's command, the State funeral procession of His Majesty will leaveA.P. - 76 words
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Article23 1952-02-11 1 Ceylon's third shipment of rubber for Communist China, 1,800 tons, left Colombo on Saturday m the Soviet freighter Nikolaov.- AFPAFP - 23 words
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Article34 1952-02-11 1 Three men died when a twoengined plane carrying 32 paratroopers crashed at take of from an airfield near New York yesterday. Army spokesman Mid 1» <***n wrre Injured.- ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article242 1952-02-11 1 MOURNING WILL CHANGE FASHIONS LONDON, Mon. TORE mourning period proclaimed lor the King is the shortest for a British monarch In recent history. But it will change the Easter fashions of society, restrict the entertainment of the army,, postpone the weddings and balls of the wealthy and restrain the mood242 words
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Article67 1952-02-11 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the* Singapore Executive and Legislative Councils, or others who have already taken the oath of allegiance to the King, need not be resworn, it was officially stated m Singapore this morning. Under the Demise of the Crown Act, 1901,67 words
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Article97 1952-02-11 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. A CONCENTRATED enemy atom bomb attack on United States cities would leave 7,000,009 persons homeless and might "break the spirit of the neoole" unless regular* activities are restored quickly, the Federal Civil Defence Administration warned yesterday. Basing estimates on Britain's experiences during97 words
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Article20 1952-02-11 1 More than 40 British women and children evacuated from the Sues Canal lone, arrived at Southampton yesterday20 words
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Article49 1952-02-11 1 SEOUX* Mon. SIRENS sounded an air raid i alarm m Seoul last night] and the city was blacked o»t-j for 60 minutes whiie United able to make contact with the intruders. A Fifth Air Force ■pokes* man said§ that mo bombs w«f» dropped In the Seoul area.49 words
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Article, Illustration38 1952-02-11 1 picture. ALY MAHER PASHA, who has replaced Nahas Pasha as prim* minister of Egypt, talks (centre) with newsmea at Cairo's Abdin Palace. IVUher Pasha is also Foreign Minister and Military Governor of E^ypt. A. P.A.P. - 38 words
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169 1952-02-11 1 TEHERAN, Monday. *lfi least 55 persons were "killed yesterday as A election rioting: flared between two leading tribes m Zabol, reports reaching the capital said. Over 200 were reported seriously injured. Martial law, imposed at Zabol and Zahedan, near the Pakistan border, after an angry169 words
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Article139 1952-02-11 1 HANOI, Mon. GENERAL Raoul Salan, U French Acting Comman-der-in-chief m Indo-Chlna, said yesterday that the losses of French Union forces In north Vietnam amounted to 2,441 officers and men, including 1,400 killed or missing and 1,049 wounded. General Salan told a press conference that the totalAFP - 139 words
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Article176 1952-02-11 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. 'J'HERE has been no further contact with terrorists who were m prepared positions live miles east of the Tillage m Northern Malaya where Malayan scout paratroopers were dropped on Saturday. An official statement issued this morning states that the District Officer,176 words
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Article21 1952-02-11 1 The State Department is discouraging Americans from accepting invitation* to an international trade conference m Moscow next April. U.P.U.P. - 21 words
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Article39 1952-02-11 1 flaming Jellied petrol strike at CommUMt bm*m g~-Jto fifth Air Force flew 825 sorties. "w* fun **-^*"£J l t J!£ legations are due to hold weir third plenary sesfton to three days mt low local time tod*?.39 words
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Article95 1952-02-11 1 TEXTILE THIEVES' BIG HAUL free Press Staff Reporter TEXTILES, worth $10,600, 1 were stolen from ft shop m Middle Road, Singapore, during the week-end. The housebreakers are believed to have entered by breaking the lock of the grill door. A gang of about 10 Malays and Chinese attempted at 395 words
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Article33 1952-02-11 1 Japan's Government was reported yesterday to have discarded plans for the eariy formation oi a Defence Ministry m order to avoid objections from other nations m the Pacific area.- A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article367 1952-02-11 1 Erskine meets Egyptian leader CAIRO, Mon. kNGLO-EGYFTTAN negotiations for an .greement on the -future t the Canal Zone ,nd the Sudan are xpected to begin within 0 days after the funeral f the King. Preoccupation of officials n Britain with the funeral md the Egyptian Government's concentration on *mtiediate domesticA.P.; A.F.P. - 367 words
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Article20 1952-02-11 1 A cow gored a Chinese m Outram Road yesterday. He was badly injured and admitted to hospital.20 words
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Advertisement52 1952-02-11 1 U S.de.SILVA JEWEiUiK I- 3*^5,/""^ 41 IB Ld How happy Baby is on this Cow Gate "follow-on*" food! The Y\ delicate malted flavour appeals Co his U eager and questing little palate, and v the finely milled pre-digested cereals y\ and che Vitamin D are |ust what U yi 3re52 words
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290 1952-02-11 2 What Makes a British Millionaire Today ASKS FREDERIC ELLIS WHERE rich men and poor men meet m Britain they are asking: "What makes a millionaire According to the income tax people m their report for 1951, a rough and somewhat unofficial yardstick Is: If a man earns £100,000 a year290 words
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Article, Illustration41 1952-02-11 2 William Simons, young British star appearing m "Where No Vultures Fly" at ike Cathay, holds a baby oryx m his arms m this shot from the film. The oryx is a large, tufted tailed antelope of the African deserts.41 words
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Article882 1952-02-11 2 This dramatic account of the riots comes from RALPH IZZARD who has conducted an on the spot investigation CAIRO. pATIENT investiga- tion during the past few days enables me to give a fairly complete picture of events here on January 26— Cairo's Day of Horror It882 words
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Article166 1952-02-11 2 gORN today, yon have that rare combination of in▼entive genius and practical application which can turn a visionary idea into a commercial success. Industrious when working on —fining you wast to do. you can be laxy on a Job that does net hold your Interest. Vmm have166 words
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Article, Illustration85 1952-02-11 2 ...says the King Penguin to her daughter Judy. The. little one is two months old and she's taking her first walk m the London Zoo. Judy, the mother, lost a chick some time ago and felt the loss keenly until Judy arrived. Craft Dogs for Craft's85 words
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Article70 1952-02-11 2 SPOTLIGHT on SLUMS H/fORE than 10 iTI million American families liveu. m slum "conditions, more than half of- Uiem Negroes living m unspeakable squalor m Southern State shacks or m cramped bursting tenements m the Northern cities. Three of the most notorious Negro slum districts are Chicago's South Side, New70 words
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239 1952-02-11 2 By JOHN ASHWIN AFTER experiments costing £50 million Mexico has wiped out foot-and-mouth disease —the first country m the world to do so. Announcing this the Mexican Government reveals that the elimination of the dreaded cattle disease is due to a special serum discovered239 words
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Article, Illustration1021 1952-02-11 2 5,000,000 Negroes Live in Squalor IN AMERICA'S CRAMPED, BURSTING TENEMENTS, AND IN SOUTHERN STATE SHACKS cannot expand, an& whole families are slammed together m a single verminous room which may cost them as much as £3 a week. Here m these "hell holes" the children suffer from rat bites, and1,021 words
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Miscellaneous7 1952-02-11 2 Solution To Crossword Mo. ssi YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION'S7 words
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Miscellaneous18 1952-02-11 2 New Crossword No. 582 mv. w CLUES ACROSS m*r e JKm te (8 l- Cn^tered accountant cost? A18 words
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Miscellaneous11 1952-02-11 2 JEST A MINUTE! By GEOFFREY EVANS 1 1 TOR**** 1 V11 words
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307 1952-02-11 3 PEOPLE'S HOUSE MAY END AIRILY PROBLEMS It costs £1,000 HOMELESS people m BriIJ?S%S7& the -^J^f s l hame to end an era of living with the in-laws and raising a family m one or two rooms. The "people's house", designed for the Government by a panel of architects, combines aA.P. - 307 words
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152 1952-02-11 3 PISA, Man. as Leaning Tower will be leaning cv the time 2100 n es around unleis :s Cone about it D. Giani, art ndent m Pisa, said immediate dan- towei collapsing. deterioration ambling down v are 1 time untion work is ins; mA.P. - 152 words
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Article35 1952-02-11 3 T tlican candidate v. d States. Harold B. Stassei Uefea that m old voluntarily Df Its unth their said :n Baltimore sound base for :iv between b a- ta] A .P.A.P. - 35 words
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Article44 1952-02-11 3 Su „> are outside the tri .on of any court a rttj m Britain. Eiment of the late fins not be published. Bequests Übe made to the KQ§ m ulsters, staff and servants >ut thei will be told t k at about them.44 words
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250 1952-02-11 3 Red prince frowns on Emperor worship TOKYO, Mon. MANY Japanese are lfl calling Emperor Hirohito's brother, Mikasa, the 4< Red Prince". The 36-year-old liberal intellectual Mikasa, youngest of the Emperor's three brothers, is one of the most influential campaigners against revival of the "Emperor worship system." The "red" label has250 words
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Article15 1952-02-11 3 Mrs.* Eleanor Roosevelt is to visit the Philinnine islands on March 28, A.P.P.A.P.P. - 15 words
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Article183 1952-02-11 3 LONDON, Monday. TAN Britain's new "Queen Bess" spur her old, v impoverished nation on to another Elizabethan Rotten age? A lot of people who know their history t h :r.k she can. -ye she has the 01 tough-minded mnination as the redElizabeUi The newA.P. - 183 words
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Article50 1952-02-11 3 Karl Feitenhansl, leader of the Neo-Nazi Fatherland Union was sentenced to three months m prison at Munich for misleading public officials. He gave a false warning of a plot to assassinate Dr. Hoegner, Minister of the Interior, and to blow up State-owned buildings last December AP.50 words
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Article38 1952-02-11 3 A businessman politician Charles Gross, 57 who was fighting to keep hoodlum elements out of his ward on Chicago's tough West Side was shot and killed by two gunmen who fled m a black sedan. U.P.U.P. - 38 words
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Article131 1952-02-11 3 Monarch 's 9 palaces LONDON, M^n. •TRADITIONALLY, and any I other way, the new Queen has nine palaces whether she wants them or not and she must pay for their upkeep— whether she wants to or not. To close any of them would be to depart from the line taken131 words
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Article, Illustration219 1952-02-11 3 ••J/vtiK:.' liuit Dit nelps. Soulto acknowledged gratefully to West when that player's openm* fea<l of the four of hearts rag woo by dummy's ntoe. DecUrer con»!aw?d cheerful a» the nine off "You wouldn't do that to me, ne muttered, thinking about the possibility that West had held off219 words
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Article, Illustration20 1952-02-11 3 WHAT NICE EYES! TODAY'S PIN-UP, Mitzi Gay nor, has been catapulted to screen stardom at the a ge of 19.20 words
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Article198 1952-02-11 3 NEW YORK, Monday. A SPURT m population growth by which the United States soon may break all world's records is described, m the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's* statistical bulletin. Newly born Americans are being added at the rate of 26 million and more per 100198 words
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Article51 1952-02-11 3 History has repeated itself m the new Queen Elizabeth's dramatic dash home from Africa. Just over 23 years ago, another member of the Royal family, the Duke of Windsor raced back to London from East Africa to the bedside of his gravely ill father. King George V.-Reuter - 51 words
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Article195 1952-02-11 3 Romeo still woos Juliet in Rome ROME, Men. THE stork made 51 trip s to the Rome zoo m '51 and delivered 'everything from six lion cubs on down. The zoo's two lion families produced six cubs during 1951. There were a couple ol zebra calves, and a number ofA.P. - 195 words
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Article62 1952-02-11 3 Meal rationing in restaurants H Socialist M.P. served notice that he will introduce a 'motion to extend meat rationing to restaurants until a new meat contract is reached with Argentina. Mr. Arthur Lewis also said he would suggest that restaurants be limited to threecourse meals subject to a maximum price.Reuter - 62 words
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173 1952-02-11 3 PARIS, Monday. AM ARTHE Richard, the woman who closed the Paris Ifl brothels, now thinks the authorities ought to consider a re-opening— perhaps with men as well as women m them. "I know women," she say*, "whose needs are as strong as173 words
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58 1952-02-11 3 A meeting of the consultative committee on economic development m South and South-East Asia will be held m Karachi during the week beginning March 24. India. Australia, Britain, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Ceylon, Laos, New Zealand, Pakistan, the United States and Vietnam would be representedReuter - 58 words
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Article22 1952-02-11 3 Queen Mother Elizabeth, who under an act of Parliament will receive a life, pension of £10,000 yearly^ is ex-22 words
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150 1952-02-11 3 LONDON, Monday. TtfINETEEN men and women m London have heard 11 sa much of heartbreak lately that they declared they have had enough for now. The 19 are members of the Royal Commis.'/.on on Marriage and Divorce. They have issued this appeal: "Please,150 words
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247 1952-02-11 3 No place to live is the complaint SAIGON, Men. LIKE every place else m the world today, the plaint of the newcomer to Indo-china is: "There's no place to live." Hotels are hopelessly overcrowded. There's not a single apartment or house advertised for rent anywhere. But all the time theA.P. - 247 words
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Article147 1952-02-11 3 LONDON, Mon. "[•ROUBLE for Walter Thomas 1 Whelan began m Trafalgarsquare when he was introduced to Fernanda d'Ercole. ''She was very beautiful," he told Willesden magistrates. "She was the beauty queen of Italy. I fell for her." But the man who introduced them was a gem-running Soho gangster.147 words
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Article63 1952-02-11 3 The State Department announced m Washington that the U.S. is closing its information and cultural centres at Tabris, Meshed and Ispahan as ordered by the Persian Government. A spokesman said the Department is studying whether to make a representation, but said no retaliat on is plannedU.P. - 63 words
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Advertisement121 1952-02-11 3 EPHEDROL TIADI MA X quickly relieves i 1 COLDS and CATARRH tfj^jr It clears the nasal pas* fcirfT^SC sages to remove stuffiness Hfl and the distressing con* ditions of head colds and LJI^HIHEHH catarrh. The patent nasal application bottle is infinitely better than spray or dropper, and can be carried121 words
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Article101 1952-02-11 4 A SINGAPORE commute* f\ has for two years been discussing the age at which •xpatriate Government offla«; should retire. They aw JtUI talking about it, but a wport la expected "In due 30UPMXn Britain ci»u «er.*£t# uot:nalty retire at 60 but they o*n now work on tmm m colonies101 words
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484 1952-02-11 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Feb. 11. 1952. World War III "|?EAR of war is less" says Mr. Anthony Eden, Britain's Foreign Secretary. "Peace hopes run high" says Mr. Trygvie Ue, United Nations Secretary General. "World deadlock on arms eased" is the optimistic headline to a report on the conclusion484 words
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Article, Illustration625 1952-02-11 4 O. H. BRANDON - U.S. Peace Hopes are Rising O. H. BRANDON says AMERICANS began A 1952 with a cautious sigh of relief. The black pessimism, the unsettling fear and the resulting insecurity of 1951 are subsiding and there is 3 growing hope that a third world war can be avoided. Though doubtful m625 words
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Article198 1952-02-11 4 TT MAY surprise some musically-inclined British troops m Malaya to know that they have been making use of beer-proof, kick-proof, and burn-proof pianos. More than a score are now m use m NAAFI canteens m various parts of the country. These pianos, of solid oak, have been designed198 words
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Article, Illustration1025 1952-02-11 4 Hall Romney - Did King Have Death Premonition? Hall Romney '___L_.'"' ■__;3?T > g M M I 'THE King's death has A overshadowed all else m London. The mid-morning news of the event came as a shock to city workers. Events have moved rapidly since then but one is still coming across daily1,025 words
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223 1952-02-11 4 PRAVDA - PRAVDA Says 'THE Moscow Press continues to show the restraint m Its handling of Mr. Churchill and Mr. Eden that has been apparent ever since Britain's change of Government. Thus, although there have been brief comments claiming that the Chur-chill-Truman talks were a failure, there223 words
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Article339 1952-02-11 4 JT is i ong t v read < r political inenfi?, so short a tr Press oi Fnciav' Both BiUy Ban, leader vr,r, C Press book nartfc, the quaii-,-, "g Delano Roosevelt obvious thai neith any conclusive 2! FDR lc r u.k. at £ii, j. word play339 words
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Advertisement35 1952-02-11 4 /••^SJKkBF **£^k -_^dl ■^JB^^LlL J^^^l Bkk^MJli^ The weekly issue of the Straits Budget »JJ^ by Air Mail to any address m the United at an inclusive rate of 424 00 FOR SIX MONTHS h I35 words
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Miscellaneous25 1952-02-11 4 ARTIE'S HEADLINE On the other hand, if I were one of the 39, I'd be only too glad to buy you a new hat, dear/25 words
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266 1952-02-11 5 REDS HARASS MALAYAN WIVES IN CHINA 'Take us away 9 pleas to men Free Press Staff Reporter \yOMEN m Communist China have sent urgent pleas to their husbands m Singapore and the federation to take them away. One woman writes from Canton to her husband, who is running a grocery266 words
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Article, Illustration25 1952-02-11 5 MEMBERS of the Royal Marines who arrived m Singapore yesterday on board the Empire Pride. They are here to fight the bandits.— Free Press picture.25 words
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Article185 1952-02-11 5 HINDUS PRAY TO GOD IN A CAVE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. YOUNG Indian mother A on Saturday dipped her v r-oid son m the Batu Caves Ri ver ci S nt miles from X l1 i Lumpur, and prayed to the God Subramanyam to rec the size of his head. ghc185 words
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78 1952-02-11 5 50 per cent, of Singapore women who get training as midwivea leave before the one-year course was more than two to three months old, Dr. W. A Balhetchet, Medical Superintendent of Kandang Kerbau Hospital, said yesterday. He said about 50 were receiving training,78 words
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Article61 1952-02-11 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Mr. J. Mills, of the Malayan Civil Service, has resigned and will be leaving Malaya or Friday for Australia to take up teaching at the Hale School, Perth. Mr. Mills was posted to the Chinese Affairs Department, Johore Bahru, last year. His61 words
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Article53 1952-02-11 5 February 22 is Thinking Day for thousands of Girl Guides all over the world. Members of the movement will remember one another on the day. In Singapore there will be a rally at St. Margaret's School, Sophia Road, at 4 p.m. Queen's Awards will be presented53 words
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Article162 1952-02-11 5 'WAR DEPT MEN AREN'T ELIGIBLE' Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Ratepayers' Association ha s been legally advised that War Department employees are ineligible to hold paid office under the Singapore City Council. Last month, the Ratepayers Association was told by a lawyer, Mr. David S. Marshall, that, m his162 words
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Article24 1952-02-11 5 The Singapore Dravidian League met yesterday and sent a message offering their deepest sympathy to the King's widow and the Royal family.24 words
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Article224 1952-02-11 5 Perak adults are Keen to learn IPOH, Monday. rpHE demand for adult education was so great that A dozens of classes could be run m Perak if teachers and finance were available, said Mr. Harold Wakefield, outgoing president of the Perak Adult Education Association, at the annual meeting yesterday. He224 words
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Article32 1952-02-11 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Dato Onn bin Ja'affar will be visiting Batu Pahat on Thursday to address a public meeting on the aims and objects of the Independence Party of Malaya32 words
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Article, Illustration21 1952-02-11 5 picture. MR. JAMES WEE and Miss Molly Sect after their wedding: at the St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on Saturday. Free PressFree Press - 21 words
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Article61 1952-02-11 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Father Noel Goh, Pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, announced at Mass yesterday that a memorial service to the late King will be held In the church at 7 a.m. on Friday. A letter from Mgr. Oicomendy, Bishop of Malacca, calling61 words
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Article56 1952-02-11 5 THHE Chines*-owned Bank of East Asia will open a branch !n Singapore In June. Silica lire's status as the centre of activities for overseas Chinese and the world's main producer of tin and been purchased for a permanent bank building which would be completed56 words
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Article336 1952-02-11 5 THIS SHOW WILL BARE THE BANDITS f THE most useful function of the Colombo Plan x Exhibition from Malaya's viewpoint was that it would show hundreds of thousands of "people how the Communist activities were affecting every aspect of Malaya's progress", said Mr. J. N. McHugh, Director of information Services,336 words
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Article334 1952-02-11 5 Free Press Staff Reporter [)R Maggie Lim, of the City Council Infant Wel- fare Clinic, said yesterday that one of the principal reasons why the diphtheria rate continued to climb m Singapore was that parents had not still realised the necessity for immunising their babies against334 words
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Article105 1952-02-11 5 2 FOUND DEAD IN ROOM PENANG, Mon. J^ three-year-old boy, Tcr Ah Pin. and his baby sister. Ah Hua, were found slashed to death m their room m Penang Street yesterday morning. Their mother, Hon Ah Moy, wife of a coffee stallkeeper was lying m bed with her throat cut.105 words
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Article29 1952-02-11 5 ALOR STAR, Mon. The Kcta Star Town Board opened its debate yesterday with a nne- minute silence as a mark of respect to the late King.29 words
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Article103 1952-02-11 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A SPECIAL delegates' conference of the Government and Municipal Labour Union yesterday decided to ask the Singapore Government and the City Council to back-date their cost of living allowance increase to January, instead of July, last year. The delegates103 words
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120 1952-02-11 5 Ban planes over S'pore hospital: Ratepayers Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Ratepayers Association, has asked the Department of Civil Aviation to ban pianes from flying over the General Hospital because they disturb the patients. A member told the Association committee meeting that he had been informed that planes were not120 words
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Article40 1952-02-11 5 KUANTAN, Mon. 2*£ti£ Abdul Aziz bin Mohd. Ali, from the District OftVe, Kuala Lipis, is now T.* >«♦<»> Assistant District &QQ#*», Kuantan. He takes the ?\?za of Inche Abdul RashH bii Mohd. Ali, who has b^i appointed Circuit Magistrate, Sitiawan40 words
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Advertisement74 1952-02-11 5 If they sometimes get grubby /-^b/v N And slam doors f\\ I And forget to say "Please". I >JL /2^ That doesn't matter ■wi ill filtirt<ir chaoc 111 111- IIIILULL BllUvS *^CV V M If they wear Clarks shoes they're safe |*|L* V^^V^W I children's I ml shoes I promise74 words
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Article531 1952-02-11 6 JAPS DOMINATED T-TENNIS C'SHIPS Satoh wins world title JAPAN, competing for the first time, completely dominated the 1952 world table tennis championships which ended m Bombay yesterday. They won three individual titles. Outstanding was Jiroji Satoh, 27-year-old Japanese watchmaker who baffled all opponents with his pen-hold grip and crepe facedReuter - 531 words
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Article94 1952-02-11 6 SOCCER FANS PAY TRIBUTE FOOTBALLERS, officials and soccer fans paid tribute to King George VI on Saturday. On all football grounds under the jurisdiction of the English and Scottish Football Associations, athletes wore black armlets, there was a minute's silence followed by the singing of the hymn "Abide With Me"A.P. - 94 words
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Article787 1952-02-11 6 'TRESPASSER, the Free Press tipster, tipped four straight winners on Saturday, last day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup Meeting. lYiey were Quicksand, Counsel 111, Curlew and Lightning. cleared right away w be 4H lengths clear of Ice Revue at finish. Ice Revue came from787 words
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Article23 1952-02-11 6 TOULOUSE, Prance, Sun— The South African Springboks beat France by nine points to six In a rugby match here yesterday.- A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article, Illustration343 1952-02-11 6 How they ran at X.L on Saturday From ALLAN LEWIS r«URLEW won the Selangor Gold Cop, principal race of the Selangor Turf Gold Cup meeting on Saturday. Curlew was ridden a perfect race by Abdul Mawi, who gets the highest praise. There isFree Press - 343 words
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524 1952-02-11 6 The Gunners are only One point behind From JIM CHAMBERS ARSENAL, the bookmakers' favourites to A Football Association Cup, are also run lhe strongly for Hie First Division championship?* English Football League. mp ot th« They drew within a point of the Manchester United on Saturday by winning from their524 words
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Article260 1952-02-11 6 Ki Ming gets top weight LINCOLNSHIRE^ XI Ming. last it's < guineas wint i only been given p weigi the Lincolnshire Hani' to be run on March 26 has been rated 7 lbs. bett? than the next best fa S, 4 race. Lord Moseberys Fastne! i It was to beReuter - 260 words
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Article103 1952-02-11 6 A "junior Davis C between Jap. Bf I I Hong Kong tennis itars ba been set U r Hong X.v: either late this i early March, the Hong X Lawn Tennis Ass The associ.it ■">■ Japanese aces now Aeian champ:.):. to twins for i103 words
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Advertisement24 1952-02-11 6 On Sale Today a lew Edition THE STRAITS TIMES DIRECTORY SINGAPORE aid MALAYA PRICE w r POSI H*EE TO MALAYAN TOWNS ONLY Obtainable at24 words
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Miscellaneous104 1952-02-11 6 MdnOTdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Pressr m Malaya Z I |NARDA,YOU f RE STILL HALF ASLHP I I MANDRAKE STILL WON'T BELIEVE II I- -THEN HE'LL JUST HAVE IflBP U 1 r-WDF*"t--AND DREAMING.' ME.BUT THEYLEFT TMEIR FOOT- TT TTI IFT IT V" jjljil MANORAKE-I SAW THE LITTLE If JT104 words
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Article, Illustration319 1952-02-11 7 (iOLDEN BOY Meets Golden Boy for All-Malaya belt Free Press Boxing Reporter JJARD hitting Nai Sompong, Singapore's welterweight champion, is on the warpath •*wn. He meets the Federation king-pin, Golden Boy, on Sunday night for the AllMalayan title at the Happy World Stadium. This will be319 words
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Article226 1952-02-11 7 India's Dilip Bose was beaten m straight M sets by Australian ace Frank Sedgman m the Asian championships m Colombo yesterday he fought much harder than suggested by the score Bose who was the first champion of Asia, contested every point m all three sets, and226 words
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Article66 1952-02-11 7 rr»HE men's singles of tl»e mA ternational covered courts tennis championships m Lyons France was won by .Tarcsluv Drobny playing under the Egyptian colours when h£ beat Kurt Nielson j_ 6 13—11, 12—10, 3—6. 6-2. The men's doubles was wo n by Drobny and Francois GarneroU.P. - 66 words
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Article339 1952-02-11 7 Doc Kearns - Doc Kearns says rrilK most successful manager m the history of 1 boxing recently said that the present crop of heavyweight contenders is the best the world ever has known. That's the word from dapper John I co Mi Kernan. aged 63, and better known as339 words
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Article58 1952-02-11 7 THE 1953 world table tennis championships will be held m Bucharest, the International Federation Congress decided m Bombay yesterday. If Rumania i s unable to hold the championships, England will be invited to do so. The Congress attended by delegates from 26 nations gave EnglandReuter - 58 words
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Article226 1952-02-11 7 Last game decides badminton "THE last match m the University* of Malaya's fourth inter-Faculty badminton championship decided the tourney at the Singapore Clerical Hall yesterday In favour of Arts and Science who beat Medicals by five grames to four. The deciding tie was a doubles encounter between Tye Cho Yoke226 words
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Article90 1952-02-11 7 *e°o£ ja r *>«* weltertfchrica? t d n 0W t0 sCore a BavonL V? ed) de F azlo of fj<h; s ln 43 Professional <rr Aii yaged to last r o oun^«t- he was r;:.v h ;K f as he started the •JMtta*- save wm •aU.P. - 90 words
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Article16 1952-02-11 7 4 ov 14: Lei«h 11. unMf l «^as£t l w l Sldford 13 U.P.U.P. - 16 words
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Article84 1952-02-11 7 COUTH Australia were still 53 runs behind Queensland with eight second innings wickets standing at the close of the second day of their Sheffield Shield match at Brisbane on Saturday. Replying to South Australia's first innings total of 155 Queensland were dismissed for 255. At stumps SouthReuter; AAP - 84 words
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44 1952-02-11 7 ITALIAN student Franco belli 1 claims the world speed record for walking backwards, finishing 12 miles 'in two hours, 40 mlns. LeUi's feat, performed recently cut an hour off the old record, set by Carlo Macey ol England.- U.P.U.P. - 44 words
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Article14 1952-02-11 7 ITEN McGregor. Australia's national tennis champion, retained his Sydney North Sub- picture.14 words
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Article, Illustration117 1952-02-11 7 EGYPT'S international ten nis tournament which annually attracted world stars, will start this year on Feb. 29, it was announced yesterday. No announcement was made regarding probable entries. Cairo sporting circles had feared that this year's play might have to be cancelled becauseA.P.; Free Press - 117 words
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Article197 1952-02-11 7 JOHORE BAHRU needs a sport's ground. Thi s has been a great handicap to the town for a long time. Although all other towns m the State of Johore have been provided with padangs, the capital of tjie State has, strange to say, been197 words
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Article59 1952-02-11 7 VODNU Turkish cyclist Osal Bedreltin suffered an arm dislocation on Saturday when he fell on the road between Cordoba and Seville. After undergoing medical treatment, he plans to resume his trip which he began m Ankara last September. He has so far covered Turkey. Syria.U.P. - 59 words
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Article620 1952-02-11 7 UK. Football league standings •after Saturday's matches I FIRST DIVISION j P W D L P A pts I Manchester 030 16 8 6 63 41 40 Arsenal 30 16 7 7 59 42 39 Portsmouth 30 16 6 ***** 38 Newcastle D 29 14 7620 words
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Article, Illustration33 1952-02-11 7 Saturday's mix-up picture This great entanglement represents more than 2,000 lb.'of muscle and bone. Picture was taken at the Happy World on Saturday night, where eight wrestlers participated m a free-for-all- Free PressFree Press - 33 words
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Article137 1952-02-11 7 i Oakes staged a battle royal at the Happy World last Saturday night. The idea, new to Singapore, has probably come to stay. The eight wrestlers entered the ring together and "foxed cagey" to start with playing an impromotu game of ring of roses. Gradually a victim was137 words
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Article105 1952-02-11 7 "^yORLD flyweight boxing champion, Hawaiian Dado Marino, is to defend his title against Japanese Yoshio Shirai m Tokyo on May 19. the champion's manager, Sam Ichinos said Saturday. Shirai defeated Marino by knockout m the seventh rcund list December m a non-title fight. The championshipA.P. - 105 words
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Article313 1952-02-11 7 ENGLAND w«re all out for 183 at Madras yester- day and India won, the final Test by an innings and eight runs. This was India's first win m an official Test match. Indian had replied to England's first-innings total of 266 with 457 for nine313 words
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430 1952-02-11 7 New gumshleld will be a boon to boxers OOXERS and American football players have been 13 getting hurt m the mouth for a long time. Now the U.S. Navy has done something about it Two Navy doctors have perfected a tooth and gum protector—a resilient plastic interdental splint. i ItU.P. - 430 words
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Article250 1952-02-11 7 NO SNOW: SNAG FOR OLYMPIC SKIERS gKIERS training for th# Winter Olympic Games risked their legs on a Giant Slalom course made treacherous by lack of snow at Norefjeel yesterday. With the Winter Games opening on Thursday, skiers wondered how they could ever set the racing courses m shape withoutA.P.; Reuter; A.F.P. - 250 words
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Advertisement22 1952-02-11 7 BbJ^mE J fl^^^\from your H The ideal temperature for serving H Beer is 50°F Never cool your Beer H below freezing point22 words
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355 1952-02-11 8 ADENAUER CRITICISES SOVIETS, SATS-' 1 FREIBURG, Monday. HPHE West German Chancellor, Dr. Konrad x Adenauer declared m a speech here yesterday that the best peaceful method of setter hack the "German East" was by rearming: inside the European army. While heReuter; A.F.P. - 355 words
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Article37 1952-02-11 8 Republican State Department Adviser. Mr. John Foster Dulles, yesterday urged the United States to take the wraps off Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese tfattonattst forces by withdrawing the American Seventh Fleet from the Fminowin Straits.37 words
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Article26 1952-02-11 8 Mr. Pierre Montel, the French Air Minister, left New York yesterday for Paris after three-day discuscussions m Washington with US. air force officials.- U.P.U.P. - 26 words
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225 1952-02-11 8 Rome, Monday. HITLER'S deputy, Martin Bormann, was last seen m Italy on May 10, 1945, m the southern Tyrol area of Bolzano, former partisan leader Lui^i Silvestri said yesterday. In an article published m Rome's independent news- paper, II Momento, Silvestri said that Bormann, withA.P. - 225 words
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Article62 1952-02-11 8 ROME, Mon ITALY'S decision to renounce her obligations to Russia under the peace treaty brought little comment m newspapers here yesterday. The decision was m protest against the Soviet Union's repeated veto on Italy's admission to the United Nations. Russia has refused to consent toReuter - 62 words
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Article46 1952-02-11 8 Reuter The Archbishop of Perth, We^ujrn AwrtrmMa. Dr. R. w. H. Mollne, has taken over responaibility for th e spiritual car c of the Cocas Islands The Cocot Islands, an liKfian Ocean group, were formerly the responsibility of the Bishop of SingaporeReuter - 46 words
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Article197 1952-02-11 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. DRESIDENX TRUMAN'S detailed request for 1 $10,000 million to spend on foreign aid m the next fiscal year is expected to reach Congress within the next week or two. The request will supplement Mr. Truman's January budget message m which he said that197 words
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Article57 1952-02-11 8 NORTHERN Ireland's Natiow nalists decided yesterday at Belfast to scrap the stayaway policy that has kept their members from the House of Commons for 12 years. As a result of the vote, Northern Ireland's two Nationalists M.P.s, Michael O'Neill and Cahir Healy. will take their seatsA.P. - 57 words
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Article23 1952-02-11 8 Four persons were killed and 66 injured at Gijon, Sqain, yesterday when a bus plunged into a ravine.— A.F.P.A.F.P. - 23 words
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Article64 1952-02-11 8 The Victoria bushfire death roll rose to 11 yesterday. The flames which have been raging across Victoria for days were largely put out toy rain over the weekend but for 1.000 miles fires were still burning last night. Estimates of (A) 5,000,000 damage to NewReuter - 64 words
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Article18 1952-02-11 8 The Canadian contribution to the European Defence system will be raised to nearly US$5OO million. AFPAFP - 18 words
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Article19 1952-02-11 8 The first diplomatic representative of Indonesia to the Vatican, Mr. Sukardyo Wilyopranoto, has arrived m Rome.- A.F.P.A.F.P. - 19 words
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Article135 1952-02-11 8 NEW YORK, Man. ADMIRAL Alan G. Kirk, former United States Ambassador to Moscow, was yesterday appointed chairman of the American committee for the liberation of the people of Russia. The committee was formed a year ago with private financial backing to aid "anti- Communist emigrants from135 words
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Article106 1952-02-11 8 TUNIS, Mon. Nationalists opened fire on a lorryload of French troops early yesterday morning, but there were no casualties, according to reports from southern Tunisia. The lorry, bound for Jaffa from Maghzen; was attacked m the darkness as it neared its destination. Troops returned theA.P. - 106 words
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Article, Illustration37 1952-02-11 8 TUNIS SETS RIOT TROOPS picture. SPAHIS, newly arrived m Tunisia, ride through the town. Sent by France to quell rioting by Tunisians, they have shed their colourful costumes for the job, and wear khaki service dress.— A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article103 1952-02-11 8 A. NEW YORK, Monday. S invisible eye tons at the sii* and shape of a water drop designed to replace existing spectaS^m* 1^ i^^f* lenses has been P^^ted by Dr. wiiiiam feifofooni, an American eye specialist. The new lens, made of unbreakable plastic, is placedA.F.P. - 103 words
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Advertisement243 1952-02-11 8 NOTICES KEBERLMfSCHE UUEL-MUTSCN«PP|j rnnuutts trading society!,' S«f apore Agency COCKTAIL PARTY CANCELLED As a mark of respect to His Lab Ite. i King George VI, the Cocktail |> arty \w' A. H. Stok to be held on WeCS February 13, at Raffles Hotol I a has been cancelled. Will tliosc243 words
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Miscellaneous21 1952-02-11 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris s asp op air lipA. zz&lyCy-tt z*^2 v> 1 1 Buried vfT.'^^B^'^^BßHpK^SW me wwpop taw/ t!21 words
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