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Title Section19 1952-05-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. IS3SO SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAT 1, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.19 words
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Article688 1952-05-01 1 Way to help Gen. Templer, says M.P. LONDON, Thursday. JN the House of Commons last night Mr. Harold Davies (Labour) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, about the position of the Chinese m Malaya. He said did the Minister riot688 words
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313 1952-05-01 1 INDIANS IN CEYLON 'MUST BE PROTECTED NEW DELHI, Thursday. INDIA yesterday handed a note to Ceylon which is understood to request protection for persons of Indian origin m Ceylon engaged m a passive resistance campaign (satyagraha) against their loss of the vote. The names of 165,000 Indians who had theReuter - 313 words
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Article, Illustration240 1952-05-01 1 MONEY FORJRED CHINA J__ i NEW YORK, Thursday. TWO men of the China Daily News were released 1 on bail yesterday m the Federal Court after they pleaded not guilty to charges of helping 1 the- Chinese Communist regime to extort millions of dollarsU.P. - 240 words
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Article, Illustration131 1952-05-01 1 y rharles Edward Wurtz- M.C., retired ...r ol Mansfield and oore. and a forColO— j Legislative died m London v after a Ion 1 ill— .tzbur*. who was a prominent figure shipping circles. He l tiding director of [er Line m Britain. of McGregor131 words
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Article36 1952-05-01 1 .re aboard were killed Qighl when an Indian c Dakota crashed m a pr the Willingdcn airNtew Delhi, when about c after a flight from ras. Five were passengj four crew.36 words
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Article165 1952-05-01 1 Hunt for lost plane in jungle RIO DE JANEIRO. Thurs. ONE of the biggest air hunts ever made m Brazil got underway yesterday for the lost Pan-American Stratocruiser. which vanished with 50 people aboard on Tuesday while en route to New York. The search area embraced a vast 320.000 squaremileA.P. - 165 words
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Article87 1952-05-01 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. ADMINISTRATION officials said yesterday that President Truman has no present intention of promoting General Ridgway to the fire star rank of general of the army when he becomes the Allied Commander m Europe. Gen. Ridgway is now a four star general. His DeputyU.P. - 87 words
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132 1952-05-01 1 5000 HOLD MAY DAY RALLY IN SINGAPORE MAY DAY m Singapore passed off quietly this morning with 5,000 workers from all parts of the island taking part m a mass rally organised by the Singapore Trade Union Congress at Victor-- Memorial Hall. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, president of the Labour132 words
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Article153 1952-05-01 1 LONDON. Thurs. rttVß-year-old Linda Bowr yer. who vanished from I home shortly after an insane strangler escaped -from nearby Broadmoor prison, was Sound dead yesterday m a clump of woods at Arborfleld. The escaped man. John Thomas Straffen. was recaptured some 12 hours ear- woodsA.P. - 153 words
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Article, Illustration55 1952-05-01 1 Mr. Karim Gbani, former president of the Singapore Muslim League left Singapore by air for Karachi this morning. He was recently released from detention by the Special Branch. Well-wishers saw him off. Picture shows left to right: Syed AU Al-Atas, Mualana Abdul Kudus, (representative of the World Muslim Conference) andFree Press - 55 words
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Article78 1952-05-01 1 Free Pres s Staff Reporter THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, held an inquest this morning en Pte. Derek Smith, of the 45 Royal Marine Commando who' was shot m Changi Road on March 24. It was alleged that Pte. Smith was shot m the chest while78 words
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Article24 1952-05-01 1 The largest number of deportees to leave New York In one week— -26ft— will be flown or shipDed home starting today. A.P.A.P. - 24 words
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Article111 1952-05-01 1 WASHINGTON Thurs. TH_ U.S. STEEL strike is expected to reduce by 60 to 70 per cent steel exports to Britain m May compared with April. This is likely to have severe repercussions on British rearming unless Britain is able to makeup for the loss by bayingU.P. - 111 words
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Article70 1952-05-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO strangers held up a Hokkien driver m a Singapore public lavatory at Wayang Street last night. They stole a diamond ring, watch, pen. driving licence identity card and $48. The driver ran after the robbers but soon lost sight of them.70 words
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Article235 1952-05-01 1 U.S. govt. plea to Supreme Court NEW YORK. Thurs. TpHE U.S. Court of Appeals restored government seizure of the nations steel milU yesterday, giving the government until tomorrow afternoon to file a petition with the Supreme Court, The stay of Federal Judge David A. Pine's Tuesday oner returning the millsA.P.; Reuter; U.P. - 235 words
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Article32 1952-05-01 1 Five people, including two women, were injured when a trolley bus collided with a motor lorry on Kallang Road early this morning. All of them sustained superficial injuries.32 words
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Advertisement18 1952-05-01 1 (/our prized SILVER HECES Restored $Sl **Pr some KEILLERS SHORTBREAD for tea today Singapore COLD STORAGE Company Ltd.18 words
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Advertisement40 1952-05-01 1 WH^ii.cmasr' We take pleasure m MWh| YARDLEY SHAVING CREAM is once again available from all leading stores. Price $1.50 per tube SOLE AGENTS: r m m^mT m i mm waugh m immmmm** At Utmfmmt \m3 Branches throughout South -East Asia40 words
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Article, Illustration691 1952-05-01 2 Maur ie c Cheesewright reviews a new biograply. HE ONCE SERVED IN MALAYA "TEDDIR," by Roderic Owen. (Collins). LONDON rw*HE man with crow'sfoot patterns round his eyes, and a pipe jammed m the centre of his mouth like a plumbing fixture, drives from Kingston, Surrey,691 words
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Article139 1952-05-01 2 This is what General Eisenhower said of Tedder who was his deputy during the Normandy invasion. "It would be difficult m fact, impossible for me to put too highly what I think of Tedder "It is the gradual approach which counts, and sound men are not D'Artagnans.139 words
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Article117 1952-05-01 2 "THIS what Flight-Sgr. Ashley Pearce. Tedder's chief batman, thought of his lew "The only tl:ne he told people off, w<h for inefficiency, and then he'd do it In a very placid manner more convincing than <f a bio^e «h-;j?« t c r?p at \v_. r"rt"''j'."r'y f of117 words
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Article, Illustration101 1952-05-01 2 British playwright and author J. B. Priestley cracks jokes with the cast of a new play written by him and Jacquetta Hawkes. The cast are rehearsing m the open al Malvern, Worchestershire, after the first performance of the play "Dragon's Mouth" at the Festival Theatre there101 words
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Article775 1952-05-01 2 if it's on a typewriter M. Simenon works 2i hours a day; owns 26 homes, several yachts, four farms, a chateau PARIS. INSPECTOR Maigret, of the Surete Nationale, glanced down the packed Paris platform, edged through the crowd and slipped quietly into the boat train for London. It775 words
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Article172 1952-05-01 2 MELVILLE GOODWIN, U.S.A., John P. Marquand, (Robert Hall). rERE was none of the stiffness, none of the protocol which one associates with big brass, about Major General Melville Goodwin. During the war he had led tanks and his activities had received only the' usual press attention,172 words
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Article784 1952-05-01 2 Peter Quennell - Whe Jackdaw-Bird and Bully Peter Quennell reviews new books m U. K. UNDER REVIEW Kingr Solomon's Ring, New Light on Animal Ways, by Konrad Z. Lorenz. Illustrated by the author and with a foreword by Julian Huxley (Methuen 155.) A FAMOUS PreRaphaelite picture, which hung a few months ago upon784 words
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Article155 1952-05-01 2 The little Misery, by Francois Mauriac. trans- lated by Gerard Hopkir. (Eyre and Spottisw«\o_h <> Mauriac is probabh > the tnqpt distinguished c > contemporary French J novelists. This severe lee- > ture on the virtue of > Charity, though amon his most characteristic^ is not155 words
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Advertisement120 1952-05-01 2 -MARTIN I fYI E If If I E E VV j I By Mary Borden's new novel is a drama of great intensity. A i MART brilliant idealist is involved m a struggle between his duty I to his country and a wider loyalty j BORDBN and is eventually tried120 words
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Miscellaneous254 1952-05-01 2 Solution To Crossword No. 649 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.— A trass: 1. Singular. 7. Taffeta. 8. Dun. 10. First p:rson. 12. At the double. 13. Dam. 15. Riddles. 16. Material. Down: 2. In first. 3. Great regret. 4. L-assholder. 5. Rid. 6. 9. Stufr and nonsense. 11. Sibylla. 14. Mum. New Crossword254 words
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Article23 1952-05-01 3 *osSS_t_r% CoaununlstCu^_ n Indonesian Lande" Dr* sTo-ernaaent ha, r newST- JF 0 0 SO** Cabr-V apDro?aJ tn fl _w A. P.A.P. - 23 words
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322 1952-05-01 3 'SCREAMING GHOST' HAUNTS ARMY H.Q. HasNeU Gwynn come back? LONDON, Thursday. GHOST or no ghost, officers and men of Northern Command's North Midland District have moved from their temporary headquarters at Wollaton Park, Nottingham, to Bestwood Lodge, a rambling 130-roomed, nineteenth century mansion built on the site of a 12th322 words
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Article, Illustration37 1952-05-01 3 AMBER -EYED Charlotte Austin, of 20th Century Foot i s of Italian descent on her mother's side and Shoshone Indian, English, Irish and French on her fathers side. And this picture shows that she is athletic too.37 words
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Article85 1952-05-01 3 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Thurs. DRAIN surgery can some- times save Mves after severe strokes or haemorrhages m the brain, Dr. Michael Scott, of Temple University Medical School. Philadelphia, said here. The sudden bleeding and clotting can cause paralysis, coma, and v death. Without surgery, most victims die.A.P. - 85 words
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Article37 1952-05-01 3 The International Trade Fair at Chicago, at which many nations have displayed their products, has gone broke. A voluntary petition of bankruptcy listed liabilities of over US$BO,OOO and assets of about US$lB,OOO.- A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article40 1952-05-01 3 SPAIN HAS 35,000 BULLS Spanish bullfight impresarios often complain they cannot organise more fights because of the lack of bulls. However, according to statistics just released, In Spain there are 35,900 fighting bulls valued at over 100 million pesetas.- A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article24 1952-05-01 3 British authorities seized nearly 5«7,0Q0 kilos of raw opium and* over 21,000 kilos of refined opium In Hong Kong during 1950.- AFPAFP - 24 words
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Article26 1952-05-01 3 The South Korean President, Syngman Rhee, has sent cables of congratulation to General Matthew B. RMgway and General Mark Art on their new appointments.— ReuterReuter - 26 words
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190 1952-05-01 3 TEL AVIV. Thurs. CARAVAN of 40 camels K been hired by C lumbias William Dieterle who— assisted by nine other American eine -experts is mm shooting mass and backpound scenes m Israel for W Salome" with Rita Bayworth 'still m the U.S.).A.P. - 190 words
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Article13 1952-05-01 3 l~«- jM__ shipping flrm 'uj.i, Antwern _>n«_ A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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Article52 1952-05-01 3 Spain's auto driver No. 1 has just died. Antonio Castro Casal, 71, had driver's licence No. 1. He was the first man In Spain to drive a car at the beginning of this century. For 40 years he has been chauffeur of the Mayor of LaA.P. - 52 words
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240 1952-05-01 3 SO UTHPORT, Thursday. T»HE new girl at the grammar school just blushed x when she was asked to write a complete sentence m English. Because, although her intelligence was high, she was illiterate. That was not an isolated case m grammar240 words
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Article26 1952-05-01 3 Israel has celebrated Independence Day eve with a waning from Its Prime Minister, Mr. David BenOurion. that she must continue her military preparedness.- ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article70 1952-05-01 3 BRUSSELS, Thurs. ANLY 15 Belgian citizens favoured bigamy In 1950 aoainst _me 3,940 Who The most common charge 2,662 sentences for fiscal was assault and batter?, fraud. Bt with 5,181 convicted In 1950 Some Tit Belgian cltteens Next on the list are: 4J40 were sentenced70 words
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Article55 1952-05-01 3 BOMBAY, Thurs. CUDDAPAH District, 150 miles north-west of Madras, was m the grip of a severe drought which brought famine to 825 villages and made *****00 persons unemployed, official reports said. Water has become extremely scarce snd there was almost no farming m the million acresU.P. - 55 words
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Article21 1952-05-01 3 Syria has ratified the friendship and commercial treaty signed last February m New Delhi between Syria and India.- ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article18 1952-05-01 3 Hie Japanese Charge d'affaires m .Paris, Torn Hagrwara, has announced the reopening of the Japanese Embassy.- AFPAFP - 18 words
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Article215 1952-05-01 3 Old love letter in divan LONDON, Thurs. AN old love letter, ice-cream wrappers, cigarette* ends, and floor dust were toulled from a divan ripped open at Stratford Magistrates' Court. The Chippeck Bedding Co.. Ltd. were fined £150 for selling three divan mattresses which did not conform to utility specifications. Mr.215 words
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Article58 1952-05-01 3 Yorkshire -born schoolmistress, Doreen Young, is to run as a Communist ici the Ceylon general elections on May 24 m a constituency of small farmers m South Ceylon. She came to Ceylon 20 years ago as head of a girls' school and married a Sinhalese doctor,A.P. - 58 words
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Article84 1952-05-01 3 LONDON, Thurs. ELECTRONIC automatic telephone exchanges are likely to serve Londoners m the future. Engineers at the Post Office Research Station. Dollls Hill, are working on experimental models. The first telephone exchanges depended on a link made between a caller's line and another line by manual84 words
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Article47 1952-05-01 3 The Indian Government hag instructed its representative m the United Nations. Mr. Rajeshwar Dayal, to contact Asian, African, Latin American and other delegations on Tunisia. He will make another attempt to get a General Assembly session convened to discuss the Tunisian question. AFPAFP - 47 words
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Article, Illustration344 1952-05-01 3 ItefthtT side friHHHk Nortlt-eotitb 40 on scorn. tt? A "f'm not a life Master," writes x the contributor of today's deal, "aa perhaps this opus doesn't rate to be included m your series of Favourite Hands. But it's my favourite hand, and I think lt his a point."344 words
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Article29 1952-05-01 3 The French Legion of Honour has been presented to president Juan Trippe of Pan American World Airways by the French Chamber of Commerce m New York.- A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article32 1952-05-01 3 Soviet authorities have handed over to Japan 47 Japanese fishermen who were arrested some months ago for allegedly crossing the Mac Arthur Line north of the island of Hokkaido. A.F.P.A.F.P. - 32 words
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Advertisement220 1952-05-01 3 Z^/THE HITS ON 00NA10 ffCWNOR 4WP&J^^^T S .< "SINGINf IN THE RAIN" HOW SHOWING AT THE CATHAY MCM Singing m the Rain 490 AIM do is Dream of You Gene Kelly MGM Make 'Em Laugh Donald O'Connor 491. Moses Gene Kelly Donald O'Connor MCM You were meant for Me Gene220 words
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Miscellaneous7 1952-05-01 3 BUCKLEY 'BUCKLEY'S STARTING HIS SPRING CLEANING EARLY.7 words
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Miscellaneous233 1952-05-01 3 Radio SINGAPORE 10 ajn. News; 10.05 Music While You Work; 10.45 .Jack Smith Show; 11 London Studio Melodies; 1 p.m. Walter Kelsey t Orch.; UO News; 1.45* Art Van i Damme Quintet; 6.15 Calling All j Hospitals; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 Radio Sclentot: 7.10 Radio Orch.; 8 May Day233 words
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548 1952-05-01 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY May 1, 1952. Rates and rents *\F all the municipal problems which Singapore City Councillois will discuss with the Governor today, none is more persistent, or more defiant of solution, than that of inadequate revenue. Quite simply, the City has b?en living beyond its means.548 words
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Article, Illustration523 1952-05-01 4 British Officers-Seen by the Russians English officers, especial- THE Russians now- feel- i y young ones, do absolute- they know a British iy no work of any kind. Army officer. A copy-of* jrhey spend their nights the Soviet paper Odessntya, a nd days m clubs of ex- < which has523 words
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674 1952-05-01 4 THE LANDED GENTRY LOWER THE BRIDGE Andtheacfors, the authors, and the steel man tile m... BURKES LANDF.D GENTRY the official and exclusive caste list of the landowning classes has had to lower its sights. Landed gentry are now so scarce that the publishers have had tc forage around to find674 words
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866 1952-05-01 4 FRED MANOR - 'Haters of Britain' A Movement is Founded FRED MANOR By Italians band together *to fight the pernicious influence of Britain which has been the curse of humanity' MILAN. "T_IE international A Movement of the Enemies of Britain" has been founded m Italy with its headquarters m Naples. An announcement, which866 words
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963 1952-05-01 4 BOYS OF THE NEW BRIGADE GET H C David -Bur* tofeer look at Boys' Service m the British Army rpHIS Is the Army, Master, Jones. Yoii might be deceived for a moment by the central heating and sheets, the hot water and the wardrobes, the genial officers and N.C.O.'s. They963 words
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Article69 1952-05-01 4 Anger— and satisfaction There is anger— and a determination to investigatein many parts of America over a command for a mass parachute drop m big war games which have been going on near Fort Hood, m Texas. Two 'chutists were killed and nearly 200 badly hurt because the drop took69 words
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Advertisement12 1952-05-01 4 on* ***rf^WL BmrnVsWyt f ir^ Am\W^. PHONE: 3384 19-21, UGH ST., S'PORE-f12 words
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Advertisement107 1952-05-01 4 _4^b| Br— '"^^^>__t_____k_ W£ 81/UPOO ANT Jp^ Suspended by its foot an Australian Bulldog Ant can old m its jaws a glove more than a thousand timet its own weight. Comparatively, far a human fast, trapexe artist would have to grip an 80 ton steam£d\T4. v*Her with bit teeth while107 words
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Article196 1952-05-01 5 City: wants the people to use them (JITY COUNCIL will make strong representations to the Government to prohibit building on vacant land within 50 feet of the foreshore m the city area, so that people may continue to use the beaches for recreation. "The reason196 words
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Article186 1952-05-01 5 1,000 GET AID TO OWN HOMES Free Press Stall Reporter rTHE Federal and Colonial 1 Building Society h.as helped near-y 1.000 people m ITngapore to own homes by acvancing about 75 per cent c the total value of the The firm started business about two years 1 'varly $18,000,000 has186 words
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Article21 1952-05-01 5 A Singapore firm, Sin Guan Limited, has given $2,000 to the building fund ot the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A.21 words
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Article83 1952-05-01 5 MOTHERS' DAY: YWCA PLANS SINGAPORE Y.W.C.A. will celebrate Mothers' Day on May 10. A tea party will be given to k Chinatown mothers of children who are studying at the V's Havelock Road and Mount Erskine schools. Six to ten-year-old pupils from the two schools will present a tableau titled83 words
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Article109 1952-05-01 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. A NEWLY-FORMED religious organisation m Singapore, the Bahai Spiritual Assembly, will apply soon to the Colony Government for registration, Mrs. Shirin Fozdar, president of the Assembly, said yesterday. Nine executive committee members of the Assembly were elected by secret ballot last week.109 words
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Article58 1952-05-01 5 KUANTAN. Thurs. Mr. P. L. Regis. Assistant Rationing Officer, East Pahang. has resigned to join a Singapore firm. He was m the department for seven years. A keen rover scout, he organized the Claudian Institute Troop, and was a social worker. Before the war,58 words
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Article, Illustration36 1952-05-01 5 picture. MR. D. McVE_, managing director of the. Metal Manufacturers 'Ltd. of Australia and a director of Qantas Empire Airways, and Mrs. McVey, who passed (through Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday en route to London.- Free PressFree Press - 36 words
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Article, Illustration56 1952-05-01 5 picture. MRS. LOH POON LIT (right), acting vice-president of the national Y.W.C.A. of Malaya, gpeaks at a dedication service In Singapore yesterday, m honour of three trainees, Miss Fang Chooi Ling and Miss Ivy Sabapathy, of Penang, and B__s Rachael Madickam, of Kuala Lumpur. They are leaving Singapore shortly toFree Press - 56 words
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Article173 1952-05-01 5 1,882 WILL SAIL FOR MECCA ONE thousand eight hundred and eighty-two pilgrims who are going to Mecca from Singapore, the Federation. North Borneo and Sarawak on May 14. will have a choice of accommodation on the pilgrim ship Tyndareus. Tlje Tyndareus has just been fitted out with "cubicle accommodation" for173 words
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Article62 1952-05-01 5 DECISION ON HOTEL QUERIED KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The decision of the General Purposes Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council to allow .Nam Sing Hotel, at Scott Road, to continue to operate after a conviction for using it is a brothel, was questioned at the full meeting of the council62 words
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Article19 1952-05-01 5 The Trengganu Council of State will meet at the Istana Maziah, Kuala Trengganu. on Saturday, Juiie 2819 words
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Article121 1952-05-01 5 Free Press SUIT Reporter BECAUSE of a Malayan boom In Mandarin Ifrsmop-Ont records several European and Chinese recording studios m Singapore have signed contracts .with local Chinese cafe singers Tin rpcorcfji m ropnu- South-East Asia. Dealers said yesterday that Mandarin records are selling much better121 words
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Article777 1952-05-01 5 'TWO new proposals one on motions and the other on adjournment speeches came under fire at the monthly meeting of the City Councillors yesterday. Some Councillors called them puzzling measures which might kill initiative and zeal. After a lively debate, the proposal which recommended a777 words
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88 1952-05-01 5 Singapore needs more women police Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE still needs women police. The estimate for this year's regular force called for one staff sergeant, 8 sergeants, 15 corporals and 44 constables. The present strength, i s only 29, comprising three sergeants, six corporals. 14 constables and six recruits.88 words
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Article67 1952-05-01 5 FEWER BABIES IN MARCH PWER babies were born m Singapore last month compared with February. There were 2,764 births reported m March and 2,774 the previous month. Deaths totalled 848 out of which 129 died of pneumonia —an increase of 35 deaths. Tuberculosis claimed 112 lives A total of 1,26267 words
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Article48 1952-05-01 5 TAIPING. Thurs. Ismail bin Haji Abdul Karim claimed trial m Taiping on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Mat Rawan with a knife at Kampong Pantai Besar, Batu Kurau. The case was postponed to May 12, and bail of $250 was granted.48 words
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Article113 1952-05-01 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: V. Hokien St., Pickering st./ Church St., U. Circular Rd./ Carpenter St., Cavanah Rd./Collyer Quay. Victoria Memorial Hall 1 2, Prince St./ Market St., Raffles Place/Malacca St., Boat Quay, Union Building, Hume Pipe, Rheem, Ford, Bin Seng, Wire Mesh, P.W.D. Quarry,113 words
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104 1952-05-01 5 SINGAPORE City Coun- cillors will plead for, a fully elected Council and discuss the City a finances when they meet the Governor at Government House today. The Governor hat invited the Councillors for tea. They will also tell His Excellency of the difficulties104 words
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Article76 1952-05-01 5 Stray cattle 'nuisance' KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. KUALA LUMPUR Municipal Council was asked yesterday to take action against owners of cattle who allowed their animals to wander about the town. Complaints 'about this nuisance were made by Mr. K. Devaser (IMP), and Mr. f C. E. Singam (independent), who spoke during76 words
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Article54 1952-05-01 5 Chia Soo of Singapore was fined $20 m the Johore Bahru Police Court yesterday for torturing fowls by confining them m baskets which provided inadequate room. He had 40 birds m a small basket. Peh Choon Lay and Chong Choon Way, were each fined $1054 words
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Advertisement195 1952-05-01 5 SANDEMAN PORT and S«.RRV__^^ __£___K^ m\ K^^f /•LIGHT DRY />S_7f/ I 9 BROWN BANG (^£2-__ vERY pALE DRY \\n FULL GOLDEN W a AMONTILLADO VIEJO > »DE LUXE PALE RICH JJ PALO CORTADO soit distributor^-. SI ME, DARBY V A Co.. L.»_ JUST RECEIVED A NEW SELECTION OF 1 DIAMOND195 words
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Advertisement66 1952-05-01 5 __> m Dresses! YOU Will approve our mm M New Selection of crisp cotton B 1 MORNING FROCKS IM Priced from 30.50 fWL GAY DESIGNS GAY STYLES W mfT TODAY MORE I THAN EVER B DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR YOU CANT BEAT THESE AU SMTISH CREATIONS! m CIVE CENEROUSLY ON MAY66 words
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Article1034 1952-05-01 6 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK. EVERYONE m New seems to have spring fever ]uss now Day after day we bask m magnificent earlysummer weather —75 degrees m the shade. This superb spring has brought out the crowds. There are a quarter of a million out-of-towners, tourists, gawkers, and rubberneckers m1,034 words
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Article, Illustration107 1952-05-01 6 Anna Mary Robert Moses, aged 91, Is America's meet popular grandmother. She has just published her autobiography and the book wfll appear tat Britain m the autumn. The most remarkable fact about grandma Moses is that besides being most popular grandmother In U.S. she Is probably the most107 words
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Article236 1952-05-01 6 LETTER TO THE EDITOR YOU have been good enough recently to give generous space to the proposal to inaugurate m Singapore a society concerned with the welfare and happiness of children. This Society has now been formed and has been given the title of the Singapore Children's236 words
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Article117 1952-05-01 6 THE second of two "Electric windmills," designed to show whether or not wind can be harnessed to generate electric power ln Britain will be completed this year. After tests at St. Albans. Hertfordshire, it will be installed at Mynydd Annelog, m Caernarvonshire, In the "light wind period"117 words
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Article653 1952-05-01 6 Anthony Terry - TOP NAZIS GET JOBS BACK Anthony Terry By HUNDREDS of lead"ing Nazis who formerly held jolw In Ribbentrop's Foreign Office before and during the war have quietly returned to their old posts m West Germany.' 9 new Diplomatic Corps. This fact revealed m a broadcast by the Bavarian State broadcasting653 words
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Miscellaneous313 1952-05-01 6 MdndrSkfi Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya f I 1 I I I A FORTUNEJN II NO WONDER 1 1 WE*LI PUT THEM in| THEY'LL BE 36CI____5_-_I I' 1, > I -«>- O«AMONOS/V(OW THEM FELLAS THIS SACK ANO SAFE UNDER nS^9__B» BREAOLOAJ--PUUC* I V /F^« 010 THEY GET313 words
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Miscellaneous175 1952-05-01 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, yoa are ver--0 sattle aad hare a great deal of personal charm. Toe are keen when it comes to sizing up people aad are usually accurate In your decisions. Ton have a ualirtte nature but also enjoy beauty, harmony and the idealistic things of life.175 words
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Miscellaneous60 1952-05-01 6 your own sex as well as with those of the opposite sex, yoa will probably have More than one opportunity to 4 wed. With those yoa love, yoa caa bo generous to a fault. In fact yoa most guard against becoming an overindulgent parent. Remember that children should be taught60 words
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Article676 1952-05-01 7 BEAUMAN DOES A WINNING GALLOP Watch The Tvp\ on Saturday From*ALLAN LEWIS gEAUMAN (Charles) showed winning form at Penang this morning when he went better than Brilliant Son (J. Donnelly) to reel off half a mile m the smart time of 49 4/£; the last three m 38. They did676 words
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Article190 1952-05-01 7 REST OF SOCCER |£OTA RAJA "A" scored three **>' goals' before ha!f-time m their SAF.A. Div. 2 league match against Singapore Medical Workers at the CYMA ground yesterday but slackened off after the interval, allowing their opponents to cut' the deficit with two goals by Doll ah.190 words
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Article19 1952-05-01 7 Tamil Brotherhood Association beat YMCA m a friendly soccer game yesterday by six goals to one.19 words
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Article, Illustration548 1952-05-01 7 H' KONG COULDN'T GET ORGANISED ombined Services 4; Hong Kong 0. HONG KONG tourists presented sorry spectacle at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when they came up against a powerful Combined Services (Singapore) side and were trounced by four goals to nothing. i Scrneihing was radically wrong, with the visitors yesterda.548 words
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Article50 1952-05-01 7 If music soothes the savage beast, why shouldn't it calm passions at football games? Soccer enthusiasts m Barcelona have proposed that matches be played to music, to cool the fans' ardour. Football games m Spain, like other Latin countries, are the scenes frequently of free-for-all fights. A.P.A.P. - 50 words
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Article66 1952-05-01 7 Aaron Wilson stopped in 8th DAN Bucceroni of •Philadelphia left-hooked Aaron Wilson of New York groggy last night to win an eighth round technical knockout m their fight at Milwaukee. Referee Julius Fiedler stopped the fight after 1:42 of the eighth after Bucceroni nad floored the heavier Wilson for aA.P. - 66 words
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Article49 1952-05-01 7 rESDAY'S baseball results: AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 21. Philadelphia 9; St. Louis at New York, postponed, rain; Detroit at Boston, postponed, rain; Chicago at Washingten, postponed, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 2, Cincinnati 1; Bosr ton 5, Pittsburgh 1; Philadelphia 8, Chicago 2; Brooklyn 4, St. Louis 1.- A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article327 1952-05-01 7 rESDAY is the deadline for any appeal by Star .rapore Corinthians against the suspensions imposed on them at Monday's meeting of the Singapore A.F.A. Commission of Inquiry. The findings of Monday's meeting were "announced officially yesterday by Mr. R. B. I. Pates, S.A.P.A. public relations officer.327 words
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Article206 1952-05-01 7 A HURRICANE 4nnings of 158 by D. G. Phadkar, the 26-year-old Indian Test player from Bombay was the feature of Jhe first day's play yesterday, when the Indian tourists opened their programme with a two-day friendly match with Indian Gymkhana, at Osterley, Middlesex. Phadkar was at206 words
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Article17 1952-05-01 7 Rugby Union: Torquay Athletic 13. Barnstaple 8. Rugby League: FVK-t.hprstone Rovers 18. Batley 5. ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article187 1952-05-01 7 SCOTLAND easily beat the Un'.ted States m their international soccer match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, yesterday by six goals to nJ. Oi-tSKWW, jcatcm j j A Qf IQ7 ?65 saw the Scots set up a two yoals lead m 11 minutes and increase it to fourReuter - 187 words
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Article, Illustration38 1952-05-01 7 picture. CPL McDONALD (left) gets m a left to the chest of Dvr Brodsky during a spell of toe-to-toe slugging m their S.A.B.A. featherweight final last night. Brodsky won a close points decision. Free PressFree Press - 38 words
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Article547 1952-05-01 7 INTENSIVE training, which started a week ago A for the 14 Malaya Thomas Cup candidates is now m full swing. Last night old rivals Wong Peng Soon and Ooi Teik Hock took the court, Peng Soon won after three hard-fought sets, but Ooi showed547 words
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Article59 1952-05-01 7 ONE of the five French challengers, M. Eugene Constant's Thunderhead 11, won the 2,000 Guineas, the first classic of the British fiat racing season over one mile yesterday. Ridden by Roger Poincelet, Thunderhead, a 100-7 shot, pulled ayay up the finishing slope to win the £17,00059 words
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492 1952-05-01 7 Comfortable SABA victory for the Army Free Press Bovinf Reporter WITH 13 competitors m last night's Singapore Amateur Boxing Association finals at the Happy World, Army had a comfortable ten-point winning margin for the Fraser Neave inter-sone trophy. The Army scored 17 points; Royal Navy's four finalists collected seven, which492 words
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Article186 1952-05-01 7 HOTSPURS TAKE 2nd PLACE TOTTENHAM Hotspur, last season's football League champions, finished runners up to Manchester United In this season's campaign as a result of their away victory over fellow Londoners Chelsea yesterday. The two points they gained from victory- m their final match of the season enabled them toReuter - 186 words
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Article63 1952-05-01 7 CJINGAPORE'S team to meet Combined Services at Jalan Besar stadium on Sunday, m aid t,of the Colony's Olympic Games Fund, is: Chee Seng; Johan. Teow Kane; Vass, Davids. Yassin; Mat Noor. Boon Seong, McDonald, Ismail Yusoff, Rahim Omar. Reserves: Yew Chang. Aman, Ahmat Yusoff, Ibrahim Yusoff. The Colonial63 words
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Article35 1952-05-01 7 Vie Toweel of South Africa has agreed to defend his world bantamweight boxing title against Jimmy carrutherS, the Australian champion, m Johannesburg at the end of September or beainn* ing of October.- ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article356 1952-05-01 7 r«PL MURRAY won the 390 Maintenance Unit individual championship m yesterday's athletic meet held at R.A.F. Seletar. The combined GES team and MCRS teams won the unit's team championship with a total of 84 points. Runners-up were MTRS with 67. JOO yds. final: 1. Lac Johnson356 words
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Advertisement105 1952-05-01 7 HAPPY WORLD STADIUM SATURDAY, 3rd MAY, AT 9 p.m. SHARP Samara Demands Immediate Return Claims _______l He Was Caught By Surprise r™«mm WW*s Their Fight Wa s One Of The Toughest Seen fe In The Singapore Ring DON'T MISS THEIR RETURN SEELIE SAMARA p (This Time I'll Do The War105 words
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326 1952-05-01 8 BRITAIN FLIES REVISED PROPOSALS TO EGYPT ii—M-ttt the iiHlw < LONDON, Thursday. CfIR Ralph-Stevenson, British Ambassador to Egypt 5 will fly to Cairo today with new British proposals for the Egyptian Government on the Sudan problem, the Foreign Office announced last night. The proposals were finally approved last night by326 words
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Article71 1952-05-01 8 AMSTERDAM, Thurs. RAYMOND "Turko" Westerling, who led a rebellion -against the Indonesian Government two years ago, remained a free man when the Amsterdam District Court yesterday rejected an appeal against his release. The court rejected an appeal by the Dutch public prosecutor against Westerling's release byU.P. - 71 words
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180 1952-05-01 8 BERLIN, Thurs. rE WESTERN Allies yesterday flatly rejected a Soviet alibi for the Russian fighter plane attack on an Air France commercial liner over the East sone and repeated that the act was "unwarranted and brutal." The Berlin commanders sent a new noteU.P.; A.P. - 180 words
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Article25 1952-05-01 8 The Czechoslovak President, Klement Gottwald, was reliably reported yesterday to have been mysteriously "sick" and absent from his pest for several weeks.- A.P.A.P. - 25 words
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Article230 1952-05-01 8 o»-r„ WASHINGTON, Thursday. A SIKH, whose forebears were fighting men m India, will*be allowed to wear the lon* hair required by his religion wh le he is a United States soldier. The man, whose name was not revealed, wrote President Truman saving thatA.P. - 230 words
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Article42 1952-05-01 8 Queen Mary, who has been suffering from a cold and a cough for three weeks, was described yesterday as making good progress, although she is still confined indoors at Marlborough House. Queen Mary will nn May 26. A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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Article136 1952-05-01 8 DENVER, Thurs. ABOUT HALF of America's oil refining capacity was halted yesterday by an oil workers' strike. Nearly 90,000 refinery and pipeline workers were out. They are (Je man ding 25 cents an hour more pay. Government officials said they did not intend to intervene atReuter - 136 words
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Article51 1952-05-01 8 Riot leaders Earl Ward and Jack Hyatt and another mutineer were removed m secret from the troubled state prison Jackson, Southern Michigan, yesterday as a "precautionary measure**. The three were removed shortly after midnight and taken to three separate and unidentified county gaols m Southern Michigan.-A.P. - 51 words
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Article42 1952-05-01 8 Admiral William M. Fechteler, U.S. Chief of N3val Operations, told newsmen yesterday there were no signs of an accelerated Soviet naval build-up and the Atlantic Allies "could take care" of the Russian fleet m case of ejnergenc^.- A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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Article219 1952-05-01 8 -TEW YOK-I, Tv-urs. TWENTY-TWO months of war m Korea have cost the United Nations forces an estimated 419,456 casualties and the Communists 1,666,069 a summary of available reports showed yesterday. The U.N. figures came from member delegations and semi-official sources polled periodically. The Chinese andA.P. - 219 words
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Article255 1952-05-01 8 6,000 planes, tanks may be hif WASHINGTON, Thursday. SECRETARY, of Defence, Mr. Robert Lovett, told Congress yesterday that a proposed $6,000 million slash m defence spending next year would halt or 1 delay the production of at least 3.500 planes, 3,100 tanks and a vastA.P. - 255 words
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Article, Illustration96 1952-05-01 8 picture. THE BRITISH Railways pleasure steamer. Countess of Breadaltfane, took to the road when she had to be moved from her berth on Loch Awe to the slip at Loch Fyne, some 20 miles from Inverary, Scotland. The ship, 97 foot long and 18 ft. 6in.Popper - 96 words
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Article297 1952-05-01 8 LOS ANGELES, Thursday r IE Greek freighter Paftagiotb a>umantaros saiu* for Tokyo yesterday, carrying a pretty Italian lass and her Spanish lover on another lap of their Bfl-Miag journey to they know net where. Liborio Sarraolandia, SO, and Rita CappeiionL 25, told immigration officialsA.P. - 297 words
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Article47 1952-05-01 8 A hand-grenade was thrown Into the motor car of Mr. Garcia Moralejo Spanish Consul at Touhse', France on Tuesday night Mr. Moralejo escaped un. harmed, but fragments of the grenade tore' holes m his hat and ripped through the car roof.- A.P.A.P. - 47 words
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Article23 1952-05-01 8 Actress Ingrid Bergman said that X-rays have shown that she may expect twins "and I am delighted" U.P. U.P.U.P. - 23 words
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Miscellaneous36 1952-05-01 8 THE SAINT by Uslie Chartens I SHOULD HAVE GON£SkzJs*OfiS6 TWHjWj THRE& A G* J I THE MM* OF A COTA!*/ VO YOU JJNVITE <*** **y W^^Qj^^&'^^'^^t jOLSSSS^m^M *iM^^^^^^^j --!*^yQMyj|Ep^f JE3/' j^? I M^M J^f^-^Jl A L 1/36 words
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