The Singapore Free Press, 20 March 1952
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Title Section20 1952-03-20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA a IS 34 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTO.20 words
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Article568 1952-03-20 1 U.S. jippeal to the Soviet on NEW YORK, Thursday. JHE United States yesterday challenged Russia in the United Nations Disarmament Commission in New York to permit the International Red Cross to investigate Communist charges that the U.N. forces were waging germ warfare in North Korea and568 words
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Article20 1952-03-20 1 The establishment of new private schools, including those run by missionaries, has been forbidden m Syria. ReuterReuter - 20 words
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223 1952-03-20 1 Chained to bridgs for 67 days, says sailor SEATTLE. Thurs. 4 YOI 'NO Canadian ?eaman A charged yesterday that Hi captain chained him to the bridge of the freighter (Ivde M'avey tor 67 days m a voyage half way iround the \u>rld. William Olynyk 27. asked SIiW.OOO damages from theU.P. - 223 words
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Article66 1952-03-20 1 KARACHI. Thur. PAKISTANI Premier. Khwaja Nazimuddin, ex- Uu hone that relaJ2 wttb India would imPrwe when he addressed "niament yesterday. Mr. Nazirr.uddin said how"r I am hoDing for the J« but I am nrenared for ■I worst poaey. n e said, was same as theA.F.P. - 66 words
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Article89 1952-03-20 1 LONDON, Thurs. BRITAIN has shipped more than 5,001 tons of tin to the United States since last January and a further 3,000 tons are expected to go before April 1, Mr. Henry Hopkinson, Overseas Trade Secretary* announced last night. He told the Commons that the89 words
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Article123 1952-03-20 1 SI AM TO SAVE FOREIGN MONEY NEW exchange control regulations announced last -night prohibit the transfer abroad of all foreign currencies and exchange except for purnoses specified by the ministerial regulations, poses bucmicu j The regulations permit: 1 Transfer of unlimited amounts for payment of foreign trade obligations or loans.123 words
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Article106 1952-03-20 1 Free Press Reporter A ROBBER carrying a revolver and two others entered a temple In Erskine Road Singapore, yesterday and demanded $500 from the keeper. He replied that he Ud not have the money. The robbers left with two :old rings and $11. A Chinese woman,106 words
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Article, Illustration47 1952-03-20 1 picture. Air Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty, Commander-in-Chief Far East Air Forcepresents the FEAF interArea Challenge Cup to WO Carroll of Malaya, who re- ceived the trophy on behalf of his team at the FEAF team and individual boxing championships held at R.A-F. Changi last night.— Free PressFree Press - 47 words
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Article15 1952-03-20 1 ROME, Thur. A POWERFUL earthquake A «hnnk the Mount Etna15 words
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Article337 1952-03-20 1 NAVY WAS EMBARRASSED LONDON, Thursday. A RETIRED Commander has been struck off the Admiralty's list of officers because h's proCommunist activities have distressed and embarrassed the Royal Navy, the House of Commons was told last night. It means that Edgar P. Young will no longerReuter - 337 words
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Article22 1952-03-20 1 King Frederik and Queen Ingrid of Denmark will pay a six-day private visit to England from May B.— Reu- ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article128 1952-03-20 1 POLICE CALLED TO REFINERY CHATHAM, Thurs. HEAVY POLICE reinforcements moved into the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's new £39,000,000 refinery at the nearby Isle of Grain yesterday to control 7,000 strikers who have stoned trucks passing through picket lines. The construction workers are demanding higher pay. better welfare facilities and an afternoonReuter - 128 words
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Article61 1952-03-20 1 Patrol kills 3 Egyptians ISMAILIA, Thurs. A BRITISH patrol killed three Egyptians in the Tel El Kebir Garrison area on Wednesday, a British military spokesman said here yesterday. The patrol fired on a group of Egyptians who sneaked over the perimeter wire surrounding the huge British Anftv Ordinance Depot TheyReuter - 61 words
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Article46 1952-03-20 1 Percy Bars tow. a former Labour Member of Parliament, has joined the Communist Party. The Communist Daily Worker quoted Barstow as saying: "I am convinced that the only certain guarantee that the British people will reach socialism is a strong Communist Party.46 words
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Article46 1952-03-20 1 STOCKHOLM. Thurs. rE Gotsborg-Stockholm express came to a stop a few miles from Hallsberg junction yesterday. The reason a piano-playing elephant pulled the emergency chord. v Lizzie, as she Is called, belongs to showman Hans -_r_________., M _l mamha* the circUs that Was46 words
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304 1952-03-20 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. fENERAL EISENHOWER, absent from America **and the ballot paper, staggered the old hands of politics by piling up 94,459 votes in the Minnesota presidential primary election count yesterday. Mr. Harold E. Stassen, the official Republican candidate and the state's "favouriteReuter - 304 words
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Article140 1952-03-20 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. (GENERAL Douglas Mac--J Arthur last night accused the present United States administration of leading America towards a war in Europe and towards the creation of a "Communist state" at home. In his most bitter attack on the Truman Government, he said.AFP - 140 words
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Article25 1952-03-20 1 Siamese twin girls joined at the chest were born to Mrs. Beatrice Bryston at Nellieburg. Mississippi on Monday, but died upon delivery. U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article46 1952-03-20 1 HEIR IS LOST AT SEA An Italian, who went to California to collect an inheritance left to him by \s\ brother there, was lost at sea on his return aboard the Italian liner Saturnia. The missing man, Giuseppe Bellomo. had boarded the ship at New York.46 words
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Advertisement35 1952-03-20 1 PIECES -ta-A-BvS' „alnai.'i«.V^* j_*_ i DRAKE a WAN'S BIRD SAVOUR THAT RICHER FLAVOUR W 'TH A DRY RED WINE FROM OUR WELL -STOCKED CELLARS. CHIANTI BURGUNDY CI ADET VkMnC I FOR THE CONNOISSEUR. s DRAKES35 words
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157 1952-03-20 2 Peter Quennell HE VIEWS NEW BOOKS IN U.K. r 9 portant organ, seat of the critical intelligence and the creative intellect. His longing for affection and his thirst for applause had outgrown and threatened to destroy the writer's original literary gifts. Rupert Hart Davis's biography (founded on Walpole's unpublished letters157 words
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Article, Illustration847 1952-03-20 2 The Novelist and the Artist UNDER REVIEW— Hut h Walpale. A biography by Rupert Bart-Davis (MacmUlan) Chiaroscuro. Fragments of Autcbiography by Augustus John. (Cape) A DRAWING of the novelist by Augustus John appears as frontispiece to Rupert Hart-Davis's excellent biography of the late HUGH WALPOLE. A portrait m oils— also847 words
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Article, Illustration500 1952-03-20 2 Leonardo was 500 years ahead of his time I lifONA LISA'S inscrut 1T1 able smile is a feminine reflection of the mystery hovering round her portraitist/Leonardo da Vinci, born 50C years ago. He was largely unintelligible >tc his contemporaries. The magnitude of his mind must remain a wonder and a500 words
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Article312 1952-03-20 2 THE. mother of Major Richard Squires said last night she is going to prove he is not the author of a book, "On the Path to War," which brands America as a warmonger. Major Squires, 41, vanished behind the Iron Curtain in September 1947. The Russians312 words
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Article163 1952-03-20 2 BIGGEST Santer, 0 School now o X r:: fr m 1£ the create- of pter Mr y V E of King s an* cpatvo*. The must w 4 ce:.- rea thor cf books for bovslj'Richard s *rote f Burner yam n 190: first article was accea163 words
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Article107 1952-03-20 2 BOOKS in the SHOPS I The Pencil of God, by i I Phlllippe Tlioby-Marce- j lin and Pierre Marcelin. |j by Leonard I Thomas, (Gollancz, 10s. m 6d I Entertaining and high- i II Zy coloured novel about I tfee island of Haiti, where I the link between ortho-W i107 words
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Article423 1952-03-20 2 A GALLANT JOURNALIST wort i Jiiß. Alexander Clifford 1T who won a worldwide reputation as an outstanding foreign correspondent has died m a London hospital, aged 42. Chief European corresponj dent of the London Daily Mail (his stories frequently appeared m tfne Free Press", he won the 0.8. E. for423 words
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Advertisement108 1952-03-20 2 I TWILIGHT I OF THE c MUGHULS j Studies m late j Mughul Delhi $10.80 Where previous historians have con- centrated on personalities, DR. PER- j CIVAL SPEAR describes the decline of Delhi from a great imperial city to a minor provincial capital, from 'In the viewpoint of the Delhi108 words
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Miscellaneous84 1952-03-20 2 New Crossword No. 615 7 m r- W* —^Sl il If ____-_____J__l __g____________| O i I ____________T~ ""T^^^" 1 >l aaSSSUL_________J________m____^_^ 1 I |___________________________________J___| I II if I ■M^l I^^ I -liH CLUES ACROSS fiasw _J l ev ln I e llght def«wlve posiUon on the playing field (4, 4).84 words
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Miscellaneous165 1952-03-20 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you are not the type to do things "by halves". The smallest detail receives the same enthusiasm as does a gig-antic project. Ton utilize a lot of energy that way —but you have a lot at your command. Just don't abuse it. Fortunately, you have165 words
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Miscellaneous44 1952-03-20 2 Solution To Crossword Ho. 614 YESTERDAY S SOUTIOV Aitom: ftmfcH r T:: fruit. 7 Mm 8 D«t I fei 10. Ho.-.ic.ni. 13, MM M*« ;i Umheathf l>own. DM4 Town. 2 Ri.eum 2 Ir.fe 1 i Houndsrl'Ui: To-ie I R» die. IS H..n:p!; U Mi44 words
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Article194 1952-03-20 3 Husband 'work shy' so wife f, r iK )N. ihurs. Benley. 40, r ol seven chilp.'. to work bee her .uisb-inc. was a regulai job- 31 bosses since Basl o gat okc she lest her r t Hampshire tnd a iob m Lan- -a d taken a job near m194 words
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228 1952-03-20 3 LONDON. Thurs. THE Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, now in Korea, have honoured a former officer of their regiment who 40 years ago sacrificed his life trying to save his companions on an expedition to the South Pole. On March 17. 1912. the Scott expeditionReuter; AAP - 228 words
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Article28 1952-03-20 3 i'Tm T J ves- R^pubUcan th m awl ri n? rk has proposed to -ffiS? ofa special medal c^mum e r l n «»uni>t activities. A.P.A.P. - 28 words
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403 1952-03-20 3 KOREAN CEASEFIRE NO CURE FOR ASIA'S ILLS WAR-weary A«ii a i. i?.?^ G KON Thursday, will TbrhL rflt hop^ g a ce aseflre m Korea but^ppage* oTBS to AT,:[ F WOrW for Asian ills, "s"""* «»ere will not be a cure A N VI„-Sl rl _1 k v l aU.P. - 403 words
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Article57 1952-03-20 3 KONG, Thurs. IJLANS for the first Hindu temple In Hong Kong narve been approved by the Hindu community here. i IJZ** 9 approximately 1,000 Hindus m the Colony use the Sikh temple. The new structure will cost US$11,000) and will be built m the HinduU.P. - 57 words
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Article64 1952-03-20 3 Forty degrees below zero weather on Monday delayed the start of Operation Ski Jump, the expedition to set up a research base on a floating ice island near the North Pole. Thirty-three men and one woman will attempt to establish the Arctic base for a first-handA.P. - 64 words
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105 1952-03-20 3 LONDON, Thurs. THE British motorist has learned that the Govpetrol and oil taxes means that he will also have to pay more for a new car— if he can v get one. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders announced that carReuter - 105 words
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211 1952-03-20 3 Karlos was told, 'It's cruel' and fined SYDNEY, Thurs. PLUCKING Uve geese may be considered hannless in Poland, but it's a cruel act against the law in Australia migrant Karlos Skybinsky learned— at the cost of a £A5 fine. The migrant said that in his native Eastern Poland it wasU.P. - 211 words
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Article19 1952-03-20 3 A dog buried by an avalanche for 29 days was dug out alive, it was reported m Ringden, Switzerland.19 words
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Article, Illustration66 1952-03-20 3 LONDON, Thurs. NEW warm-weather clothing is likely to be issued to provincial policemen. In the West Riding of Yorkshire, new rammer uniform for constables, on the lines of thai for RAF men serving m semi-tropical climates, has already been approved m principle. The police will wear66 words
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Article155 1952-03-20 3 Now it is the 'cine-pub DUBLIN, Thurs. MARRIAGE break-ups, because of a husband's thirst and a wife's film mania, are being patched up here in an American-inspir-ed "cine-pub", possibly the first in the world. No more need the drytongued husband set off by himself in the night for the nearestU.P. - 155 words
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Article40 1952-03-20 3 The Defence Department has issued a May draft call for 19,000 men 15,000 for the army and 4,000 for the marine corps. The May call will bring to 913,430 the total number of A _>_._.__ -_J.11.__440 words
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Article, Illustration33 1952-03-20 3 picture. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery admires the engagement ring of Mary Council, financee of his only son, the Hon. David Montgomery, during a walk in Hyde Park.- PopperPopper - 33 words
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Article259 1952-03-20 3 TOKYO, Thursday. A JAPANESE woman who divorced her husband when he was repatriated with an Indonesian wife is going to visit Indonesia and ask Indonesian women not to blame Japanese men who deserted them, she says. The newspaper Yomiuri reported Michiko Pujiwara, 51, SocialistA.P. - 259 words
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104 1952-03-20 3 Siam nay halt rubber export to the U.S. BANGKOK. Thurs. SIAM will still continue to ship rubber to the United States in spite of the steadily declining quotations offered by the U.S. General Service Administration. But if market prices continue to drop further, local exporters said, there may not be104 words
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Article40 1952-03-20 3 A new process which gives aluminium the hardness and corrosion-resis-tance of nickel was announced in East Hartford, Connecticut. Its designers said the new nickel-coating process opens many new uses for aluminium—such as in aviation propellers A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article22 1952-03-20 3 A blast heard over a wide area m Tivoli, Italy, killed two persons injured scores more and ripped a gunpowder plant apart.22 words
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58 1952-03-20 3 China's match king is disillusioned Mr. O. S. Lieu, China's match king, is reported to have attempted suicide m his residence m Shanghai out of disillusionment with the Chinese Communist regime, He was one of the many Chinese industrial magnates, who returned to China m 1950 with a hope thatU.P. - 58 words
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Article35 1952-03-20 3 Film star Rita Hayworth has rejected reconciliation attempts by her husband Prince Aly Khan and plans to leave Hollywood on March 26 or 27 for Reno, Nevada, to get her divorce.— ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article31 1952-03-20 3 More than 100 employees of a Manila bank went on strike carrying placards asking for "a place m the sun" and "a "wage" to build a dream on."— U.P.U.P. - 31 words
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Article27 1952-03-20 3 Heinz Silomon was sentenced m Salzburg to six years' imprisonment for espionage against American troops m Austria on behalf of Communist Czechoslovakia. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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349 1952-03-20 3 MEXICO CITY, Thursday. A DEMAND for reform of Mexico's divorce mills has arisen m the wake of a wave of scandals involving prominent Mexicans. TpHE "just-in-case" divorce*'— a refinement of the "quickie" divorce popular with many foreigner is the focus of the currentU.P. - 349 words
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Article406 1952-03-20 3 Neither side vulnerable. North dealer. NORTH AA9 t S 9KJIU 4 A Q 10 7 WEST BAST at X 3 4b Q 7 V 10 7 4 <? A Q 3 t 0 J 10 9 8 5 OQO4 a* X J ***** SOUTH 4JIMM V» OAK V406 words
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Article22 1952-03-20 3 The Japanese Government will allow Indonesia to charter Japanese vessels to transport Muslim pilgrims to Mcc- ca this year.- A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Advertisement86 1952-03-20 3 More Room /Oil fly •Aboard the "Strato" Clipper.* yon bant room to spare! Tho big Sleeperette* teata Pan American ™~***l^ m^r^72£* —stretch your lege way not and still not aß^ jl touch tho seat m front! There's plenty of YO tllO Uo So Ao room to stroll around, too .and86 words
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Miscellaneous207 1952-03-20 3 Radio SINGAPORE 9.35 a.ni.-9.55 Schools; 10 Emergency News from 10.05 "Music While You Wurk 10.45-12 Schools; 1 P m. U&& Music; 1.30 News: 145 Ray An; thony Orch.; 2 Schools: 3-5 -University of the Air"; 6.15 "Calling All Hospitals"; 655 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 "Radio Scientist"; 7.30 Augmented Radio Orch207 words
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Article150 1952-03-20 4 IS THE Financial Secretary interested m racing? if he is not. he ought to oe. for there are rich, new pickings m it for a Government which needs money as badly as the Singapore Government Is said to be. We do not suggest for a moment that150 words
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Article396 1952-03-20 4 IT has become a habit with Singapore's Financial Secretary to talk of more taxes. It may become a habit with the Government to translate hi« words into deeds. Some five months after Mr. Taylop spoke of painless methods of extraction, new duties on liquor have been Imposed, thereby396 words
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Article737 1952-03-20 4 SOFT-SHOE replaces the JACKBOOT In Germany Today BONN. "I IE down", com- manded the man with the jackboots. "Get up. Down. Up". Six weary citizens in drab fleld-grey -dungarees, tin helmets and packs obediently got up and lay down on the asphalt of the Cologne street. Their faces were Buster737 words
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Article586 1952-03-20 4 London Polls Again in April TO ELECT THE COUNTY COUNCIL T*HE citizens of LonA don will be going to the polls again on April 3rd this time Lo decide which party will direct for the next three years the vast administrative machinery required to run the essential services of the586 words
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Article, Illustration1106 1952-03-20 4 march i(\ More Bread tor the P eople ot Spain But living conditions remain pretty ow 4 the poor, says CLARKE LEE PALMA DE MAJORCA, Spain. A SATIRIC and currently popular parable is illustrative, perhaps, of living conditions of the poorer classes m this part1,106 words
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Article214 1952-03-20 4 THERE is one continental country still with big hopes of attracting the British tourist despite the new £25 expenditure limit. The country is Holland and the reason for the optimism is apparently based on three factors: J_ The favourable rate of exchange between the pound sterling and Dutch214 words
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Advertisement11 1952-03-20 4 or** ¥4 of a A^jH| PHONE: 3364 19-21. HIGH ST.. SPORE-«11 words
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Advertisement86 1952-03-20 4 _____________MBH______-afa^ <> 7iV_F BULLDOG ANT Suspended by its feet an Australian Bulldog Ant can hoy m its jaws a glcvc more than a thousand times its own weight. Comparatively, for a human feat, a trapexe artist would have to grip an 80 ton steamroller with his teeth while 1 EAT86 words
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Article166 1952-03-20 5 and bring down prices for goods rrHP Inrn re V PreSS Staff T ™A Government might soon relax ex«iSf«^S a d th !J WOuld resu,t m ,ow^ 1? S oo^ lm P ort ed into Malaya from RS^X^^ l^ Singh, the Indian Trad! Commissioner, said166 words
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Article108 1952-03-20 5 CHINESE ASK FOR RIGHTS r re Kvvang--1 H iy Kwan, a aMonofthe community, J t to ask Govnl extend full zens h: all Chinese traduction of National S< rvice. says that Chinese pay of them he Legislative council elections. and should re :he ChinBpon for ser- iation says. ion will108 words
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Article62 1952-03-20 5 F»LLo\\l\(. substations are liable to load shedd- Fekan, Jalan P Rd Alhambra. t Sumbawa Rd.. Boon 7 j id Rd Sims Avenue. I j p mpa .toe Chiat I Jalan Eimos, r .erßd Seranpocn r X -ver, -^-Pherson Rd Boundary I Upper ScranX Rd Govt. '.v lodleigb Park,62 words
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Article113 1952-03-20 5 'Dead' lorry started it all Free Press Staff Reporter A SIKH lorry driver at "1 p.m. yesterday got stuck with a "dead*' engine at the junction of Stamford Road and Victoria Street m Singapore. In 30 seconds he became surrounded by a sea of hostile faces behind the steering wheels113 words
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Article123 1952-03-20 5 THE Preventive Branch of 1 Singapore Customs has nearly completed its recruitment of 50 additional officers. The 50 new men will undergo a month's intensive training in customs work. Experienced departmental officers will be the instructors for the course. The new recruits will receive theoretical123 words
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Article71 1952-03-20 5 BENTONG. Thurs. Chan Sui Lim. wife of a Kuala Lumpur Chinese, was yesterday cleared of a charge of making a false declaration before a magistrate when appearing before the West Pahanu Circuir Couri in Behtong Chan who was defended by Mr. R. P. S. Raiasooria, was71 words
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Article42 1952-03-20 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Sister A. MacDougall, Health Visitor, Perak North, leaves by plane today for New Zealand. She is Malayan delegate to the World Health Conference to be held m Wellington next week. She will be away for a month.42 words
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Article, Illustration70 1952-03-20 5 picture. MR KHOO EWE THI'AN, a Singapore sharebroker, who was married to Mrs. Irene Tan (nee Lim Chin Choo) at the Singapore Civil Registry recently. The groom is eldest son of the Penang sharebroker, Mr Neoh Say Eng, J.P., and Mrs. Neoh, and the bride, widow of the late Mr.Free Press - 70 words
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Article45 1952-03-20 5 KUANTAN, Thurs. Sentence on Syed Nor bin Syed Mohamed. a special constable m Nada Estate, Sungei Lembing, was postponed when he pleaded guilty to a charge of absenting himself from duty for more than 21 days. Bail of $100 wa s allowed45 words
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Article120 1952-03-20 5 THEY'LL GET HIGHER ALLOWANCE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE scale of allowances to Government pensioners is to be revised, the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. D. Godsall. told the Legislative Council yesterday. He hoped that the revision would be implemented not later than June 1. Other Government replies to questions included Imports120 words
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Article87 1952-03-20 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE case against J R Aitkin, a 21-year-old airman, charged with possession of a motor-cycle suspected to be. stolen or frnrdentlv obtained, was yesterday postponed until April IS on the application of a Royal Air Force officer. The officer told Mr. A. P87 words
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Article50 1952-03-20 5 PENANG, Thurs. About 1,647 Indians will sail for India in the Rajula which leave s Penang on Sunday. Of this total, 640 are from North Malaya. One-third of the passengers, It Is estimated, booked their passage following the J announcement of the National Service Bill50 words
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Article74 1952-03-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DR H R. Morrison, acting Deputy City Council Health Officer: yesterday made a f*es* aP** al .>_ the small pushcarts without the trade name of either of me two approved brands Although inspectors from the City's Town Cleans** I n.« A74 words
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Article, Illustration31 1952-03-20 5 picture TOE FEDERATION HIGH COMMISSIONER, General Sir Gerald Tern pier, salutes the guard of honour from a dias before the Federal Legislative Council m__etin_r m Kuala Lumpur yesterday.- F ree PressFree Press - 31 words
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Article179 1952-03-20 5 REPAIR OF MARINE PARADE Free Press Staff Reporter A MOVE will be made again in the Singapore City Council to ask the Government to attend to the repair of Marine Parade, described as "nobody's D3.by. j It i s understood that certain lawyers consider that179 words
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Article44 1952-03-20 5 PENANG, Thurs.— A $250,--000 Mariners' Club, now under construction m Penang. is expected to be ready early next year. Proposed m 1946' the club is being built at the Penang Esplanade, on a site leased by the Settlement Government.44 words
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Article58 1952-03-20 5 OFFERED BRIBE CHARGE SEGAMAT, Thurs. Sinniah, 37, and Muthan, 45, we're produced before the Segamat Magistrate. Muthan was lined $5 loi tailing to produce his identity card. Sinniah denied police allegations that he had offered 53.50 as a bribe to a special constable to have Muthan re leased after he58 words
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Article42 1952-03-20 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs inche Anjang Seth, of Seremban, is expected m Johore Bahru at the end of the week to take up duties as Deputy Public Prosecutor, a post which Inche Sufflan held prior to going on leave.42 words
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Article27 1952-03-20 5 SEGAMAT, Thurs For driving his lofry m an inconsiderate manner and grazing against an oncoming vehicle a Selangor man, Sum Hoe was fno-;: $20 at Spf^mat27 words
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54 1952-03-20 5 His birthday gilts go tor charity UR. Ng Seng Png, a Singa- pore Cantonese, has given away to the World Red Swatiska Society (Singapore branch) cash gifts, amounting to $1,036, presented to him on his 80th birthday. This donation includes $430, given to him by the society, of which he54 words
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Article732 1952-03-20 5 THIS IS HOW NATION WILL BE BUILT Templer outlines govt, measures KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TN a 6,000- word speech to the Federal LegfeUtV* Council yesterday which took about HO mlittii to deliver, the High Commissioner, Genera! Sir Gerald Templer, outlined Government's measures to bring about a "truly united Malayan nation.732 words
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Article163 1952-03-20 5 rfiEACHERS and members of 1 the Fairfield Girls' School Building Fund Committee next week will go round to Singapore firms, patrons, friends and old students for donations to build a $100,000 three-storyad wing. Mrs. Lim Bock Kee, the principal of the school, said yesterday: "We have163 words
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150 1952-03-20 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Coun- cil has agreed to refer to the Permanent Labour Committee for urgent consideration the question of how many days' full pay leave a year, in addition to the 12 public holidays in the calendar, should150 words
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Advertisement99 1952-03-20 5 W :-_--BBBBB^. C Cf€4^/ k^^S| s WE IMVfTE roil* ENQUIRIES FOR FINE JEWELLERY REPAIRS AND REMOUNTINGS WILL KJttElVfc UUK PROMPT ATTENTION •I REPAIRS EXECUTED BY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN A trial trill convince you that tee offer (m unrivnlleti tenure m S P H. de SILVA Lj^ jjjg St., Singann KitU impm99 words
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Advertisement111 1952-03-20 5 _r%d_ffitfee GAD-ABOUT CHARIOT EITTED SPOKE WHEELS Jj y This Excellent Toddler Push-Chair is built with a light and sturdy steel frame which folds compactly m one single movement Strong Axles complete with Metal Foot Rest Tubular Steel Plated Handle with Two Fixing Rings Seat of good quality Reinforced Canvas piped111 words
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Article761 1952-03-20 6 FEAF match was close Free Press Boxing Reporter rfHERE was not much in it at the finish. Three points divided the winners from the thrd-placed in last night's finals of the Far East Air Force team and individual boxing championships held at R.A.F. Changi. Royal Air761 words
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Article, Illustration85 1952-03-20 6 FULL STOP (McPherson), with all four hoofs off the ground flashes past the winning post to win the first race yesterday. Pegasus (Ragby) was second, followed by Brigadier, third and Full Tin. Hot favourite Sandown (Spencer) winning the fourth race yesterday from Tudor View (Ellery) and newcomer85 words
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1203 1952-03-20 6 MAJESTIC SCHOLAR showed a clear pair of heels to the opposition in the 1T1 main race at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's March meeting. Majestic Scholar soon had the field spreadeagled with his early pace, and though he1,203 words
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Article44 1952-03-20 6 Total Pool $477,653. Ist No. *****3 ($214,934) 2nd No. *****0 ($1*7,467) Std No. 1H052 59,7*4) Starters (.$6,633 each) Nos. *****1; *****6; *****9: *****4; *****1; *****2; *****7; *****2; *****2. Consolation ($3-582 each) Nos. *****1; *****6; *****3; *****5; *****7; *****4; *****2; *****7; *****2; *****5.44 words
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655 1952-03-20 6 IT'S A DEVID BAT WITH A DIFFERENCE "CJPONGE today is used m table tenn\ r. 20th century, before recogn*«n, Cf m purpose, our barbaric ancestors used snnn r their bodies ir^ e to rj& This is how an en( yciopedia rnit\ a sponge around the year 2,(00, a Budtu**. s1;655 words
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Advertisement80 1952-03-20 6 CAPITOL STARTS TODAY! 11. 1.45. 4. 6.30 9.30 p.m. I __L>3--I ____^^i SfCHMaWS __r~ REX rooAY 11 1.45. 4 «.3U A 9.30 p.m "SMUGGLER'S ISLAND with Jeff Chandler A rnt versa! International Picture 1 i 8888-88-aa-B-----88----aaa----a-----aa-----Ml^ia________W----asss^------------a» 'PAVILION today 1.45 4. 6 30 ft 9.30 p m. "LADY CODIYA RIDES AGAIN"80 words
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Advertisement154 1952-03-20 6 [SINGAPORE ARTS THEATCE presents GHOSTS by HENRIK IBSEN at the Victoria Theatre, tonight, 21st and 22nd March at 9 p.m. Seats are at $5, $3 and $1. and bookings can be made at Robinson's. IT IS A MISTAKE TO MISS AN ARTS THEATRE PRODUCTION IF YOU WANT SATISFYING ENTERTAINMENT HERE154 words
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Miscellaneous325 1952-03-20 6 mSndrdXG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 353^-ST >Jj 1/^J I NAROA HAILS CAN YOU HELP ME? 1 i r-i I LEM.SHE MUSTA LOST HERI YES, CHIEF? YOU FOUND t^P*X^ _^V>aA mJP A CAR" 1 CAN'T REMEMBER HUH? MEMORY/ YOU KNOW, ONE NAROA. AMNESIA? r r^\Xr_WHERE k 4*^325 words
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Article, Illustration664 1952-03-20 7 PENG SOON STILL A WORLD BEATER 'Shots deceived me— opponent JHE all-England badminton championships, which opened yesterday at the Empress Hall, London, are English m almost name only for as expected the Malayan and Scandinavian Payers are dominating th e scene. The first appearance of Malaya's Wone PensSopn. seeking to664 words
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Article29 1952-03-20 7 TOMMY TILTS AT TITLE TONIGHT j ansen, 29-year-itcher, will depean Lightainst Britain's T v m G vern, 28, m before a CcrJenhager. ;^ht capacity c: ci of 4dOO A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article259 1952-03-20 7 ii'ONG Feng Soon, very nearly lost all chance of. trvin? to win for the third successive year the all-England badminton championship. When he was practising at the beginning of thfs week he dipped and strained his left ankle. Only harried and regular treatment during the p«ast259 words
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Article381 1952-03-20 7 MEN'S SINGLES FIRST ROUND: H. A. H*ah (Malaya) bt. G. J. Harrison (England) lo-». 13-3; K. Malmgren (Swedes) bt D. J. Boormu (England* 17-15. 15-1. SECOND KOI ND: E. L. Lhoonr (Malaya) M. L. T. Lee (Maaya) ].V«. 15-2: Inge Blomberg (Swedes) bt. J. J. Fitigibbon381 words
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Article243 1952-03-20 7 Saturday's UK soeeer fixtures SOCCER fixtures for Saturday March 22: LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Arsenal v Mid'brough Aston Villa v Burnley Blackpool V West Bromwich Chelsea v Stoke Derby County Charlton Huddersfield v Manchester U. Liverpool v Newcastle Manchester C v Fulham Portsmouth Bolton Sunderland v Preston Wolves v Tottenham LEAGUE243 words
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Article53 1952-03-20 7 Freddie Brown, former England cricket captain, announced last night that he will not be available for the 1953 Test series against Australia but that he will be prepared to be considered for one or two Tests against India this coming summer if the selectors cannot find a new captainReuter - 53 words
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Article52 1952-03-20 7 THE International Boxing Club yesterday signed Middleweight Rocky Castellan! of Luzerne, Pennsylvania, to meet former N.B.A. welterweight champion Johnny Bratton of Chicago in a tenround bout at Madison Square Garden on March 28. Castellani substitutes for Johnny Saxton. who originally had been scheduled to faceA.P. - 52 words
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Article53 1952-03-20 7 CiENTRE forward L. F. j Mouna was m scoring mood for Singapore Cold Storage yesterday. His four goals against Ford S.C. m a S.B.H.F//. 17-V. 2 match at Farrer Park yesterday was his biggest bag to date, and his clever tricks paved the way for a53 words
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Article278 1952-03-20 7 Weights for all races on Saturday. the last day. of the Singapore Turf Club's ;Vlarth meeting: CI 1 Div. l—l M. Curlew 9.07 Tara Street 9.00 Uninsured 9.00 Gambar Melayu 8.12 Gular 8.10 Jf*/*^..!? Jl! JHSf-JSHF 1 II? «nn £!!!P»____. ?'i? 5£ 52.1 The Bosun 7.1Z nisi278 words
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Article100 1952-03-20 7 COMBINED Schools made a V bonny fight of it against Amicable Athletic Association on Raffles Institution ground yesterday but were beaten 2-1 by their more experienced opponents. The schoolboys began well, with neat forward movements, and m the fifth minute they were a goal up— Kee100 words
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Article9 1952-03-20 7 Yesterday's Rugby Union results: _"<____•-*-_ _-.a4_.ls* flnrco* -»n.^9 words
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Article191 1952-03-20 7 Masterman set tor a double WAIKIKI pleased his admirers this morning at Bukit Timah when he went much better than Scotch Express (Pry) to reel off three in 38 on the outside of the number two grass track. This is the best trial seen at Bukit Timah during this meeting.191 words
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Article, Illustration83 1952-03-20 7 pictures. AS seen from the above pictures, there wag plenty of action In last night's F.E.A.F. championships at R.A.F. Changi (report on page 6). Left: Bantamweight LAC Williams has Sgt. Kamaru din m difficulties m a corner m the second round of then- bout. Centre: SAC Richardson (left)Free Press - 83 words
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Article280 1952-03-20 7 rpHE Singapore Amateur Football Association's x Senior League tie between Chinese Athletic and Indian Recreation Club, ended m a one-all draw yesterday, at Jalan Besar Stadium. It was not a particularly good game m any respect. Indians were well on top throughout the second280 words
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Article219 1952-03-20 7 rE long standing dispute over the site for the 1956 Olympic Games was solved yesterday with the decision to stage the events at the Carlton Oval. Melbourne. It wa s also agreed that the Commonwelath and state governments together with the Melbourne City Council would financeReuter; A.A.P.; U.P. - 219 words
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Article60 1952-03-20 7 Y'ESi'ERDAY'S friendly soccer at Fairer Park did not turn out to be the expected clash between the newly-iormed Singapore Corinthians (comprising the exKota Raja Stars) and Katong Sajarah. Instead two scratch teams took the field and a well-below-full-strength Corinthian team had to bow 2-1 to a60 words
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Article412 1952-03-20 7 ALLAN LEWIS - COL WHATNOT DOES SOUND CUP TRIAL ALLAN LEWIS By r<OLONEL WHATNOT, ridden by his race Jockey, Percival, did a sound trial for the Spring Cup. With Chantilly (E. Donnelly) and Ursus (Lansdown) for company, they started from the mile at about three quarters pace, then increased the pace from the412 words
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Article283 1952-03-20 7 WALES by defeating Ire- land 3-0 at Swansea yesterday are assured of at least charing the seasons international football championship. They had previously beaten Scotland and held England to a draw. England must beat Scotland in the Hampden Park game next month to share the honours V-ithReuter - 283 words
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Article184 1952-03-20 7 OERANGOON English School beat Kota Raja Malay School by two goals to one in a Singapore Amateur FA. Youth League game played for the third time at Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday. Even though the Malay players were outclassed, credit must go to them for their stubborn stand184 words
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Advertisement19 1952-03-20 7 THE STRAITS TIMES DIRECTORY f>ORE and MALAYA PRICE $30 Obtainable from rhe Straits Tint* Otfieet at Cecil Street Singapore19 words
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231 1952-03-20 8 FLAN I U STREAMLINE COUNCIL OF EUROPE PARIS, Thursday. TIE Foreign Secretary Mr. Anthony Eden, yesterday outlined a streamlining programme 'or the Council of Europe aimed at bringing it into closer relationship with both the European and Atlantic defence communities. He proposed before the Council of Europe's Committee of MinistersReuter - 231 words
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141 1952-03-20 8 BERLIN. Thurs. WEST GERMAN government is launching a legal drive to take over the million-dol-lai estates of former Nazi big-wigs in prison or dead. The properties, reportedly totalling millions of dollars, were confiscated by Britain, France, the United States and Soviet Russia after convictionA.P. - 141 words
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Article46 1952-03-20 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE Malayan Tin Bureau Office, representing Malayan tin producers, opened yesterday under the directorship of Mr. Lynn Meekins, United States foreign trade expert. Mr. Meekins said the bureau will "provide accurate information" about tin production and marketing developments. UP.46 words
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Article48 1952-03-20 8 Prince Aly Khan has been officiating at mass marriages of his Ismail! Muslim followers in Bombay. At Secunderabad, 40 couples were wed in his presence. The Prince officiates for a fee, according to custom. Couples save money in participating in a mass ceremony.- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article26 1952-03-20 8 The Japanese Industrial Mission now touring India said yesterday that Japan would be willing to provide technical aid to develop India's industry A.P.A.P. - 26 words
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Article23 1952-03-20 8 A three-man Indian delegation will leave for Bangkok on March 28 to sign the new Siamese-Indian civil air agreement A.P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article, Illustration27 1952-03-20 8 picture. THE Vietnamese Chief of State, Bao Dai, decorates the colours of a Vietnamese parachute detachment during recent Vietnamese Independence Day Celebrations.— A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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240 1952-03-20 8 FARELF Headquarters have issued a statement co clarify the position regarding the effect of the introduction of the Peacetime Promotion Code m the Army. The statement reads: First and foremost it must be emphasised that it will be exceptional for anyone to drop in rank240 words
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Article33 1952-03-20 8 The Japanese government yesterday depurged 760 military and political figures barred from public life since World War II as war criminals. This eighth list brought to 3,469 the number depurged. AP.33 words
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Article58 1952-03-20 8 The bodies of 200 Vietminh have been counted in the region north-west of Nam Dinh, south-east of Hanoi, which was taken by French Union forces on Monday. The Nam Dinh operation which began on March 10 was one of a series aimed at clearing the infiltratingReuter - 58 words
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Article245 1952-03-20 8 State claims love letters ROME, Thursday. T*HE Italian government contended yesterday that x dark-eyed Clara Petacci's burning love letters to Benito Mussolini belong to the state because she was II Duce's "confidential secretary". The claim was put forth in a Rome Court of Appeals by the Ministry of Interior. TheA.P. - 245 words
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117 1952-03-20 8 HOLLYWOOD, Than. VIVIEN Leigh and Marlon Brando were hot favourites yesterday for the coveted Oscars at the 22nd annual Academy Award presentations today. Shelly Winters was considered a close runner-up for her role in "A Place in the Sun", while Frederic March was toutedU.P. - 117 words
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Article40 1952-03-20 8 A naval plane making a forced landing on Timquana golf course m Jacksonville. Florida yesterday killed two women golfers then bounced into the woods and burst into flames. But the pilot walked away unhurt.— ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article145 1952-03-20 8 LONDON. Thurs MINISTER of State, Mr. iV1 Selwyn Lloyd, told the House of Commons yesterday that Britain had reserved the right to claim compensation for damage from the Spanish Government for an attack on a British-owned Protestant church m Seville on March He saidReuter - 145 words
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Article18 1952-03-20 8 Mrs. Franklin D. Rooseveit arrived m Khatmandu yesterday for a one-day visit to Nepal. A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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227 1952-03-20 8 Sheba is 'stolen' by U.S. mission CAIRO, Thurs. TiffiS Yemenite Govern- ment yesterday accused an American archaeologist, Wendell Phillips, of "smuggling" antiquities including the statue of the Queen of Sheba from the desert wilderness of Yemen. A communique from the Yemenite Foreign Ministry, released through its legation here, said YemenU.P. - 227 words
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Article51 1952-03-20 8 Moscow Radio claimed last night that Soviet television is the world's best. Among other things, the broadcast said: "In America the limit of television reception is still only 80 kilometres," while "Moscow television can be received by people living in areas nearly 200 kilometres away."- A.A.P. - 51 words
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Article56 1952-03-20 8 A United States Ordnance Depot at Yokohoina was set on fire yesterday by people who threw five petrol fllledbottle "grenades" into the building. The fire was quickly put out. The fire, latest in a series of similar incidents, is believed to be the first such56 words
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Article59 1952-03-20 8 An American Army tugboat dashed out of New York harbour yesterday to overtake a Navy transport on its way to Bremerhaven with families of servicemen. A few miles out the tug drew alongside the transport and put aboard seven cases of napkins. "It seems that more babies sailedReuter - 59 words
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Article281 1952-03-20 8 LONDON Thi,. A FARMER who accused his wife df <n a and excessively emotional fr end hrn abnor^l former Girl Guides mistress wa s refucL ith S m the Divorce Court. Mr. Justice 7if der ordered that only the initials of tho nW^OM be used281 words
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Advertisement186 1952-03-20 8 MyCOUGHL stopped at once f"1 r^-^s___fc-s People aC over the world praisA JL_>' I SHuIkI VBNoas a" l MIXTURE. My l^iifl MUfIH cough stopped at once," they say. l^S^Jj r!i_HMll tfr»»b«ve a bad cough start taking 1 1L I P |tflll__n___|| ▼■WS COUCB t-OXTURE now. P_lm_ll_rll St0 P s cou186 words
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