The Straits Times, 14 May 1940

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    35 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURZJ MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 14. 11)40. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      43 2 MRS. E. P. HOLLOWAY and her son Ted wish to express their sincere thanks to all relative* and friends who attended the funeral of the late Mr. Edward Popham HoUoway, a.s well as those v.-ho sent wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence.
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      57 2 Tlie family of the late Mr. Yeo Cheok Seng wish to thank their friends, relatives and members of the See Tee Tong, Gi Ho Hoey and Kheng Leong Huay for their night visits and to those who kindly attended tho funeral, sent wreaths, scrolls, caskets, letters and telegrams of condolences,
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      520 2 ffiw Straits ©racfl smaliTads. Minmum charge $1. fur adrt not exceeding 4 lines More than four lines 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. Small Ads. are prepayable Tiie 1'iigufci'iuent is announced of Mr. An? Lcong Seng son of the late Mr. Ang Soon Huat and
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      743 2 PUBLIC NOTICE SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Addition Ho. 1 of 1940 to the O«ncral Improvement Plan under Section 52 of ihe Singapore Improvement Ordinance. Plan of proposed widening and straightening of Changi Read from Tampenls Road to 14' i m.s. Notice to owners or reputed yjrners of prop?rty affected by the
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      343 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. OWNER LEAVING If Income assured of nearly ISM plus good will of buslnc-ss FOR SALE 3'i acres of hill land commanding boauiiful view opposite Race Course. Freehold, including 5 houses etc. etc., all occupied by Er. ipean tenants $40,000 Particulars Cncong Koon Seng Co., Ltd. Chulia Street,
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      69 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. DISINFECTANT WOOD PRESERVATIVE Our disinfectant proJuc?s milky white fluid when mixed with water. Our v:ood preservative penctratts into the timber Wtwn applied. We pack imdcr your own brands. Our prices are moderate. Joseph it Co., 348. Joo Chlat Road. Tel. :559. Kathleen Brown DtSK.NKK A. DRESS-MAKLK iroora
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      626 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. &0. BRITISH INDIA |iyjrj|MM|J AND APCAR LINE. I^MWIIUi (incorporated ln England) (Incorporated In Japan) JTgg^S^^SSS'Sv&s GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS The best possible services FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR are being maintained by the P t O. S. N. Company to their usual ports of call except ports T0 EUROPE
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      1064 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY nirom -i VUB 9.65 mcs (31.20 m.( VDA 601 inn SINGAPORE M9-6 m.); I'MN 10.36 mcs <2C.» ml; VltK 11.8U mcs (25-3 m.): 11)1 15.16 mri ZHL 1.33 me e>25m.| ***** m.|. ZIIP 9.69 me s *l30.96m.) 6.20 a.m. Opening announcement; 6.28 a.m. 115 pm Miscellaneous eramophone Gymnastics.
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    BRITISH MOTOR TRADE DRIVE
    225 4 £15,000,000 Annual Export Plan |\/|R. William E. Rootes, president m of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, will be chairman of the new Motor Export Group. This has been formed on the basis of the Society's long-estab-lished overseas organization, including its own trade commissioners in
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    109 4 i From our own correspondent) London, May 6. The following are to-day's "bid quotation rcr Fixed Trusts; British Empire "A" 15 Sxd ■iritish Empire "B" 8 *\ii British Empire Cumulative 13 3 British Empire C'prehcmive 13 3xd iJritish General "A'' 18 l' British General "B" 14 li British
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    London Stock Exchange
    368 4 London, May 13. THE Stock Exchange, like other sections of the business community, sacrificed Whitsun holidays to-day. The market was quietly steady with Gilt-edged leading and Home Industrials moving higher. Oils also recovered while Kaffirs responded on quiet Cape support. Indian Government stocks were slightly lower. Reuter.
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    Fraser & Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations
    1313 4 Fraser Co.'s Singapore Share Quotations SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1940: 1 P.M. iktIMNU Bayer* Seller! Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 6d 4s 10% x.d. Austral Amal. (Ss) 5s 6d 6s Austral Malay 35s 37s Ayer Hitam 21s 111 9d c.d. Ayer Weng .63 .67 Bar.grin Tin 21s 22s Batu Selangor ($1) 1.42
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S DAILY QUOTATIONS
    256 4 Singapore. May 11. l p.m. MINING Buyers StUen rtmpats 4/7 */10xd Austral Amalf 5/7'j Bafu Selangors 1-44 1.48 Hong Fatu 1.11 113 JelebUi 0.73 0.7fl Kanuong Lanjuti 22 3 23 K. Kamunting 86 9 Kundang 14-3 11 3 Kent 2 2 2 5 Klang Rlvei
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    149 4 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Cloae TDi Ampat Tin 12% 'es» tax Apr. 39 Aver Hitam May IT Pahane 10% Int. less tax Apr. 34 Rawang Cone Is No. 26 May 30 Sunset Kinta ..19 Final less tax Apr. 30 Tanjong Tin 5% Final less tax
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      441 4 SCIENCE WINS It is a well established fact that millions of dollars and lakhs of ruppees, to say nothing of other currencies, are expended •nnunlly in repairing the damage done by Termites or White Ants as they are commonly called. In the Malaya Tribune of AuguM 10th 1937, it was
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      405 4 flj KW Kruschen Has Made Me Young Again '■Rheumatism got me badly. 1 could run bind my arms or knees. Six months ago I starttd taking Kruschen Salts. Note, 1 am back on the tennis courts playing as aell as ever!" If you suffer from rheumatism, it is because your
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      77 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE To-day H. W. 2.14 a.m. 8.2 ft.; 3.52 p.m. 7.1 ft. L. W. 9.02 a.m. 1.1 ft.; 9.10 p.m. 4.2 ft. To-morrow H. W. 3.16 a.m. 7.8 ft.; 5.05 p.m. 7 ft. L. W. 10.03 a.m. 1.7 ft.; 10.26 p.m. 4.2 ft. Thursday, May 16 H. W.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      415 5 Tin Booming Rubber Firm ts> Our Financial Correspondent London, May 14. npHE chief feature of the markets is the strength of rubber and tin, though the former has been slightiy checked, having fallen three-sixteenths In London yesterday at 11 15/16 d. with New York unchanged at 23
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      87 5 Singapore, May 14. noon. Rice siam West Coast No. 1 No Btoct Slam West Coast No 3 No Stock Slam West Coast No. S No Stock Slam Broken No. 1 $157 Siam BroKfQ No. 2 $154 Siam No. i $210 Siam No. 2 $190 Siam No. 3
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      INCREASED AUSTRAL
      443 5 Development In Future AUSTRAL MALAY TIN, Ltd., showed a net profit of £17,556 for the year ended December last, compared with. £16,727 the previous year. The directors' report, to be presented at the annual meeting at Taiping on May 23, reads Revenue from dividends on all the company's
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      BIG U.S. DEMAND FOR TIN
      87 5 London, May IS 'T'KE strength of tin on the London market was duo to a week-end demand from the United States, which paid nearly £300 a ton for afloat but secured only 300 tons. Lower United Kingdom stocks reflect bigger consumer demand. New York expects
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      EXCHANGES
      186 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular Issued by the Hongkong end Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London T.I 2/4 i'l6 Lor.don demand 2/4 116 Lyons demand 2300 Switzerland demand 208 Vi Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15/16 Montreal demand 51 11' lA
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      Ayer Hitam Rubber Profits Jump
      144 5 THE profits of Ayer Hltam Planting Syndicate, Ltd., have jumped from $6,621 in 1938-39 to $46,160 for the year ended March last. At the annual meeting at Kuala Lumpur on May 23 the directors will recommend the payment of a final dividend of 5 per
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      AMPAT TIN TO PAY 12 PER CENT.
      98 5 AM PAT Tin Dredging. Ltd., recorded a net profit of £40,645 for the year I ended December last. At the annual meeting; In London on Thursday, the directors will recommend the payment of a 12 per cent, dividend, less income tax, absorbing £37,408.
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      55 5 A. Of £23,307 was made by MaiakoiT Rubber Estates, Ltd., during the past year. The directors i \wii recommend the payment of an i 8 per cent dividsnd and transfer of £1,000 to reserve, leaving a carryforward of £17.336. The annual me sting will be held in London during June,
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      PROFITS FOR MALAY TIN
      555 5 associated companies to which this applied produced the contributions allowed to them. The three months' tin price averaged £224.4.2 per ton as against £189.18.11 in 1938 and £240.187 in 1937. The dredge of Austral New Zealand Mining, Ltd., is expected to commence operations In April of
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      COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
      178 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Krora Our Ovd Coire<ponderii i London. May 13 COMMODITY and Exchange markets clo? as follows with dktlou* allocations Daren trials:— KIBBKR: Easy. Spot ll%d 13d '12Hd 12', d. July-Sept 12d 12V*d (12 5 16d 12 7 16d> Oct-Dec 11 15 16d 12 1 lSd H2 5.16 d 12
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      70 5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Tn**day. May 14. noon. Buyer* SellerPrice* Prlci"N« IX R.SS. (Spot loose* 384 38 ;l, No. IX B.S.S. f.o.b. In rjse* May 38V, 39* G.F.A.Q. R.S.S fob. In t> ies May 38 38 Vi FAQ. ESS. r.o.b. In oales May 374 Wi FOTBRE QUOTATIONS Tone of
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      34 5 Kic« quoted per KoyaD—It pl.nts. Other commodities quoted pet piraL except where otherwise stated PHOENIX >. s a better Soda 1^ -£fc without excessive j^sipi J\ j PHOENIX Jf \J AERATED WATER JB COMPANY LIMITED
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      160 5 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed ana Controlled by THfi niKRCAMiI.t. IJANK IM INDI* LIMIT f l> The Company. *rucn is incorporated in the 8.8. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties: EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE
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    MR. CHURCHILL'S TRIUMPH IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
    865 7 "Our Policy Is War And Our Aim Is Victory," Says New Premier IUR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S first appearance as Prirre m Minister in the House of Commons when it reassembled unexpectedly last night was memorable not only for the remarkable unity of the House
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    LI.-G. PAYS TRIBUTE TO PREMIER
    494 7 Friends Of Freedom Will Wish Him God-Speed |U|R. Lloyd-George, supporting the 1»I motion introduced by Mr. Churchill, said: "As one of the oldest friends of the Prime Minister in this House, I congratulate him on his succession to tiie Premiership. We know his glittering Intellectual
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1940. (255th. Day of the War.) A Week Of Drama
    983 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1940. (255th. Day of the War.) A Week Of Drama One week ago to-day the House of Commons began the momentous debate on the conduct of operations in Southern Norway. Criticism of Mr. Chamberlain and his colleagues was vigorous, and at times bitter.
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    "ANTICIPATE"
    171 8 Here Endeth A Slight Argument To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— This is no time for almost frivolous correspondence in your paper, but I send my last word on the subject to thank you for your courtesy In printing my reply on May 9. I observe that
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      THE A. A.M.
      692 8 Activities Centralized In One Office To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir The Singapore branch chairman of the A.A.M. is reported as having made at the annual general meeting recently a number of statements which puzzle me. Speaking of the membership of the branch, he said:
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      SOCIAL SERVICE
      269 8 Plan For Co-ordination Of Effort To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—l have been thinking for a long time that what we specially need in our town is a social service league, and I should be much obliged if you would allow me to explain this need.
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      "SEVEN RULES"
      827 8 Rights Of God And Rights Of Man To the Editor of tbe Straits Times Sir.— ln your issue of April 30. "Modern Teacher" lays down seven rules, which he formulates for the governing of those who desire to modernize human progress in this cosmopolitan population of Malaya. In
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      SEX EQUALITY
      779 8 An Orthodox Malay's Point Of View To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Tj quote "Cosmos", let us have reality! In the first place, let me admit, for the sake of argument, that the Easterner is more reluctant than the Westerner about bringing his wife out; but
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      POLITICAL CHANGES
      118 8 Chamberlain, Dalaukr The Neutrals To the Editor of the Straits Ttam I Sir,— The letter from "Inge" In your issue of to-day coincides entirely with the opinion I have held since 1938. There is one point 1 would to add: Having visited most European countries in 1939 I
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    GREAT BATTLE OF TANKS IN PROGRESS
    399 9 Hostilities Continuing On A Wide Front DUTCH SITUATION SERIOUS: DEFENCE STRENGTHENED Swarms Of Iron Monsters In Hard Fighting Paris, May 14. A GREAT battle is now beginning:. Everywhere the German rush has started. In one area in Belgium 1,500 to 2,000 tanks are fighting
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    Mass Attacks Continued
    176 9 TPtJE Fr: neb communique issued last night says German troops to-day continued their mass attacks in both Holland and Belgium. In Holland they made some advance especially on the lower reaches oi the Meus?. "In Belgium in the region of St. Trond, French counter-attacks, led mainly by
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    Naval Operations On Belgo-Diitch Coasts
    78 9 London, May 14. AN Admiralty communique states that since the German invasion of I nnd Belgium, strong naval forces have been operating continuously oft (he coast of these countries despite repeated bombing attacks having been made on them. Allied operalons on land have been supported.
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    36 9 FRANC! like Britain, is tightening pre- ''eat'ons nn;>inst inter*! nfili co umn. Now measure! Include a census of »1 ;uia Internment f all immy alien: I) •an the ages of 17 and 55, Inr.ludini i. Reuter.
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    Nazi Version Of Campaign
    273 9 Berlin, May 14. ■fHE high command communique d..ted from the Fuehrer's Headquarters" says: "The attack by the German army in the west was greatly intensified. In Holland German troops advancing west of the Sued Willem canal. They mad? contact round Rotterdam with troops who had been
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    Parachutists As Suicide Squad
    97 9 GERMAN parachutists are being landed in small parties behind the Franco-British forces advancing to the help of the Low Countries, it is reliably reported. Sabotage and espionage are the chief tasks set the men of these suicide patrol." A man in workman's clothes was yesterday discovered
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    Dutch Resist Heroically
    121 9 Amsterdam, May 14. A NETHERLANDS high command communique states that In a small sector the enemy has reached the Rhine. Diuch troops repelled them but could not maintain all their positions in this sector. In the North Province the enemy fortified his positions. One German detachment is
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    GERMANS LOSE 400 PLANES
    365 9 Many Captured Intact By Dutch London, May 14. THE Germans lost more than 400 aeroplanes during Friday. Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning, according to French official estimate. French A.R.P. defences had brought down 34 German planes, he said, and French and British planes in France and
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    Anti-British Campaign In Italy Continues
    111 9 Rome, May 14. ANXIETY has been created among a small section of the British colony in Rome by the belligerent tone of the Italian Press. The British consulate has advised inquirers not to stay in the country if they are merely tourists or passing through.
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    Hard Fighting By Belgians
    158 9 A COMMUNIQUE issued last night in Brussels states Our troops were engaged in hard fighting all day. Everywhere they offered fierce resistance to the enemy. A village which had fallen into the hands of the enemy was reoccupied, following counterattacks led by Belgian units and supported
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    Vast Allied Orders For U. S. Planes
    48 9 Washington, May 13. THE Allies have placed orders for American planes and aircraft engines totalling $350,000,000 in the last four weeks, it was stated to-day by the spokesman of the Allied purchasing mission. Two other large contracts are being negotiated.— Reuter.
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    Mr. Cordell Hull's Grim Warning To Nation
    179 9 New York, May 13. A WARNING to Americans that their country is not secure against the menace to the civilized existence of mankind which looms on the horizon was uttered by Mr. Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, addressing the American Society on
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    MORE CABINET APPOINTMENTS
    265 9 Bevin As Labour Minister London, May 14. THE following further list of appointments to the new Cabinet was issued from 10, Downing Street, last night Mr. L. C. S. Amery Secretary of State for India and Burma. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald Minister of Health. Mr. Ernest Bevin
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    Allies To Go On Aiding Norway
    182 9 Fighting In The Narvik Area Progressing London, May 14. SPEAKING in the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, said that in Norway the operations against the enemy in the Narvik area were proceeding and our forces further to south were in
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    'Unprecedented Air Attacks,' Say Nazis
    124 9 Berlin, May 14. fHE German news agency, describ- ing the military situation, says that yesterday was marked by unprecedented air attacks which cleared the way for ft further advance by the Army. The Belgian retreat and the French advance, it is stated, fell in to
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    Low Countries' Funds In U. S. Released
    108 9 Washington, May 13. MR. H. Morgenthau, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, has released the government funds of Holland and Belgium which had been frozen under President Roosevelt's emergency order on May 10. The effect of the Treasury s blanket licences to the Belgian
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    DUTCH SHIP HITS MINE
    39 9 Amsterdam, May 13. *THE Dutch steamer van Rensselaer struck a mine last night on leaving the port of Ymuiden. The captain died of heart failure while five of the 150 people aboard are missing. Reuter.
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    DUTCH QUEEN IN LONDON
    365 9 Government Seat Transferred London, May 1 I. QUEEN WILHELMINA 'of the Netherlands arrived in Mritain yesterday. A statement last night from Ihe Netherlands Legation in London -,'aye the reason for Queen Wilhelmina's lourney to England. The statement said that the Quern had never intended to leave
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    23 9 THE Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Prince Felix and their children arrived in Paris last night. They are staying incognito at their hotel. Reuter.
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE UNDERGOING REPAIRS
    528 10 First Major Work Of Kind In 70- Year History WHITE ANT RAVAGES TO MUCH OF OLD WOODWORK COMPLETED" in 1869, Government House, Singapore, will be given its most extensive repairs during the absence of the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, in England on leave, and preliminary investigations
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    SECRETARY FOR INDIA
    392 10 SECRETARY FOR INDIA Mr. L.C.S. Amery Appointed •pHE appointment of Mr. L. C. S. Amery to succeed Lord Zetland, as Secretary of State for India, is welcomed oy many local I signifying an effort to i pl Indian nationalist opinion In i regard to the constitutional issue. Th- presence in
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    FRANCE & STATUS QUO IN THE INDIES
    44 10 FRANCE STATUS QUO IN THE INDIES IT is semi-offlcially intimated in Paris that the French Government has no intention of intervening in the Netherlands Indies and no such suggestion has been made from any o.uarter. A similar statement was made in London yesterday. Reuter.
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    ANNUAL VALUE OF SINGAPORE
    211 10 Highest For Ten Years In 1939 THE annual value of Singapore town within Municipal boundaries at the end of last year was $20,087,256, an increase of $1,491,801, which is the largest recorded for ten years. Only a comparatively small proportion of the increase can be ascribed
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    SINGAPORE TEACHERS HONOUR EX-MINISTER
    117 10 MORE than 300 Chinese in Singapore attended a two-hour memorial service at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Sunday in honour of the iate Mr. Taal Yuen Pei. a former Minister of Education in China, president of the Peking University in 1916, and a member of
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    THE CHIEF JUSTICE
    57 10 HFKE Chief Justice. S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine and Lady McElwaine will be going on leave towards the end of this month. During Sir Percy's absence. Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell. Appeal Judge, will act as Chief Justice, and Mr Justice Gordon Smith who come from Kuala Lumpur to
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    DISMISSED THE SERVICE
    31 10 A LONDON Gazette supplement suites that Second. Lieutenant F. R. Whigham (***** 1, of the Gordon Highlanders, is dismissed the Service by sentence of a general court martial.
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    31 10 The Singapore Chinese newspaper. Union Times, commen/ing on the nei* British Government welcomes the appointment of Mr. Winston Churchill, and his selection of ministers from ell parties to form his cabinet.
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    B.B.C. And Mysterious Phone Message
    75 10 4 MYSTERIOUS telephone mess- age is puzzling the British Broadcasting Corporation. Three hours after the BJi.C. had broadcast an announcement ordering the call up of air force reservists, the broadcast was cancelled. The 8.8.C. believed that a telephone call requesting them to make the announcement
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    Four New Justices Of The Peace For Selangoi
    295 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klan?, May 13. rolll Justices of Peace for th. State of Selangor were appointed to-day on the occasion of the birthday of the Sultan. MR. W. G." C. BLUNN is a European Unifflcial member of the Federal and
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    Crashing Plane Did This
    24 10 One of the houses wrecked by a German -bomber when it crashed in flames at Clacton-on-Sea, there being 90 casualties.
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    30,000 CONNECTED WITH "RED" SOCIETY IN FMS.
    398 10 THE size of Communist organizations in the Federated Malay States, where it is estimated that up to the end of last year, more than 30,000 Chinese were connected with a dangerous branch of the Malayan Communist Party, the Anti-Enemy Backing Up Society, is
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    MORE THAN 700 DEPORTED
    149 10 Drive Against Undesirables I.G.P. REVEALS A RECORD FIGURE I*HE determined efforts of the police forces of Malaya to crush the subversive elements responsible for fostering labour troubles in the country were largely responsible last year for what must be a record in the futures for the
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    U.S. MOVE TO GRANT CREDITS TO ALLIES
    80 10 Washington. May 13. ABOLITION of the cash and carry restriction on the Allies' non-mill tary purchases in the United Staf is tary purchases in the United States is proposed In a "resolution submitted to Congress by Mr. A. L. Bulwinkle, member of the
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    IPOH "BLACK-OUT"
    55 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 14. IPOH had an unrehearsed black-out last night when practically the whole town's light supply failed at about 7.30 p.m. A technical hitch in a sub-station at Selibin caused the lights to be put out. it is understood. The lights were scot'
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    BRITISH SHIPPING
    41 10 A RUMOUR was current in Singapor, to-day to the effect that British shipping had been ordered not to cal at Japanese. Italian and Thai ports. The Naval authorities at Singaporf deny that there is any truth in thf rumour.
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    SARAWAK READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY
    445 11 Food Stocks Sufficient For Six Months, Says Official RAJAH TO STAY AT HIGHLANDS BEFORE GOING TO BRITAIN CARAWAK'S defences are ready for any emergency and she has built up her food stocks since the outbreak of war so that in any emergency she can be
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    NAZIS CAUGHT NAPPING
    219 11 Surprise Arrests In Indies A SURPRISE round-up of all German crews of Nazi ships in Java by the Dutch authorities just before the official release of the news of the invasion of Holland, was described by Mr. F. Pollard, a retired Canadian raw silk merchant, on his
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    MALAY FIRST MAN TO SAIL ROUND WORLD
    151 11 THE following extract from a letter from Prof. W. E. Le Gros Clari is published in The Sarawak Gazette: A very good bi:graphy of Magellan has Just come out— by Zweig. It is rather smusing to note that actually the first man ever
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    CRIME INCREASE IN F.M.S. LAST YEAR
    122 11 THE EFFECT of trade fluctuation on crime figures in the F.M.S. last year, is described by the InspectorGeneral of Police, Mr. E. Bagot, in his annual report. The economic depression, he writes, which had settled in the Federated Malay States towards the end of
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    MORE JOBS FOR MALAYS
    233 11 Sub-Committee To Study Problem CTEPS towards the greater welfare of Malays in Singapore were taken at the first annual meeting of the Singapore Malay Association held at Dewan Malaya," in Moulmein Road, on Saturday. A sub-committee was formed to help Malays to secure employment in large
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    GARDENS COMPETITION FOR MALAY SCHOOLS
    123 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 11. r\.T there will be an annual gardens' competition lor Malay vernacular schools in Perak was announced by the Sultan of Perak at the All-Malay Schools' Annual Athletic Meeting at Kuala Kangsar. The Sultan stated he would provide a
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    $16,500 DONATED TO SALVATION ARMY
    178 11 DONATIONS in response to the annual appeal of the Salvation Army have now reached a total of $16,579.40. The following is the latest list of donations: Mr. J. I. Dawson. $253; Malayan Breweries, Ltd., $100; Mr. Sidney Dant, Lithographers Ltd., Mr. Llm Boon Thin, and
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    DUTCH & HINDUSTANI NEWS FROM B.B.C.
    33 11 DUTCH HINDUSTANI NEWS FROM B.B.C. THE BBC. Is now giving daily news broadcasts in Dutch and Hindustani. The Dutch broadcasts begin at 7.20 p.m. and the Hindustani broadcasts at 9.40 p.m. (local time*).
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    Judge's Ruling On Local Tamil Hindu Custom
    481 11 A DECISION of great importance to Tamil Hindus in the Colony was made by Mr. Justice Aitken in the Penang Supreme Court when he held that, in the Straits Settlements, among Tamil Hindus there is a custom that whenever a wife ceases to
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    GERMANY EXHAUSTING HER OIL RESERVES
    446 12 Nothing With Which To Replace Them After Offensive "DROBABLY enough oil could be obtained to keep Germany going at the rate of activity up to Jast month," said Dr. T. H. Silcock, Professor of Economics, of Raffles College, in a talk on "The Nazi Economy"
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    F.M.S. POLICE & THE WAR
    187 12 F.M.S. POLICE THE WAR Special Force In Early Days TEN days before war was formally declared, the F.M.S. police undertook the duty of manning vulnerable points in Perak, Selangor and Negri Sembilan, states Mr. E. Bagot, Inspector-General of Police, F.M.S., in his report. Tha day after war was declared, three
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    ROTARY CLUB
    54 12 THE speaker at to-morrow's meeting of the Rotary Club at the Adelphl Hotel will be Mr. William Yinson Lee, a prominent Rotarian and businessman of Hong Kong and Shanghai and former president of the Chinese Mission to Lepers, the nation-wide anti-leprosy Institution in China. His subject will be
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    ESTATE STAFFS' SALARIES War-Time Level Held To Be Too Low
    264 12 ESTATE STAFFS' SALARIES War-Time Level Held To Be Too Low THAT wartime salaries of Asiatic staffs en Malayan estates are too low is a complaint contained in the March issue Df "Ameasan," the official organ of the All-Malayan Estate Asiatic Staffs' Association. "The Nazi terrorism of the world is being
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    INDIANS' MONTHLY SOCIAL MEETINGS
    148 12 WITH a view to providing social amenities for its members until the proposed club house on the new site at the junction of Serangoon and MacPherson Roads Is constructed, the Indian Association, Singapore, will be holding monthly social gatherings on the Association lawn in Balestler Road.
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    MAIN NAZI DRIVE AGAINST THE LOW COUNTRIES
    373 13 Germans Are Staking Almost All In Bid To Win War Quickly Lonjlon, May 13. IT is learned authoritatively in London that on the Western Front in the north the main German attack has been developed, as was expected, between the Dutch and Belgian
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    BRITON KILLED IN RAID ON AMSTERDAM
    48 13 Amsterdam. May 13. II wa.-i disclosed to-day that the British shipping adviser at Rotterdam, Captain Cartwright, has been killed in an air raid. Another member of the British consulate staff at Rotterdam was injured and had to have a foot amputated.— Reuter.
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    NEWEST FIGHTERS IN ACTION
    235 13 Junkers Bomber Shot Down In Holland London, May 13. BRITAIN'S latest fighter aircraft, the Boulton Paul Defiant, went into action for the first time over the Dutch I coast early yesterday, as already ani nounced by the Air Ministry. Their first encounter lasted only five minutes
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    VOLUNTEERS CALLED UP IN SOUTH AFRICA
    45 13 Cape Town, May 13. IT is officially announced that men of the Cape Town Territorial Regiment who volunteered for service anywhere in Africa have b?en called up for fulltime service. They are going to the Transvaal for training— Reuter.
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    U.S. FLEET REPORTED TO BE ON WAY TO MANILA
    285 13 TokJo, May 13. ALL Japanese newspapers pay close attention to the question of the Netherlands Indies in view of the alliance already existing between Great Eritain and the Netherlands following th 2 Netherlands' declaration of war upon Germany as a sequel
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    Expansion Of U.S. Armed Forces
    123 13 Stronger Mobile Defence Units Needed Washington, May 13. QTRON'GER mobile defence forces to »3 safeguard the western hemisphere al any threatened point and acceleration of the manufacture of munitions are among the recommendations in r report to President Roosevelt by the War Department, it is
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    EGYPT TAKES PRECAUTIONS
    68 13 All Emergency Stations Manned CairD. May 13. AS a purely precautionary measure, British and Egyptian forces have taken up emergency stations in Egypt. With the Mediterranean position uncertain, precautions are bein^ taken throughout the country. The Prime Minister, as military rovernor, has authorized the governor of the
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    R.A.F. Pilots Tells Of Bombing Raid
    181 13 London, May 13. "THE captain of one R.A.F. aircraft which took part in Saturday night's bombing of strategic roads hehind the German lines, said: "Our target was cross-roads being used by long columns of German reinforcements. As we flew over Holland on the way
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    U.S. EMBASSY NOT TO LEAVE BRUSSELS
    69 13 Brussels, May 13. IN no circumstances will the United States Embassy leave Brussels, it is understood here. It is recalled that during the last war until the United States entered it in 1917, the American legation remained and the American minister rendered his services
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    24 13 M. Eduoad Daladier, the French War Minister, visited the fighting zones in the north of Belgium on Sunday and conferred with King Leopold. Reuter.
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    RED DOT AND PHAR PAR UPSET AT PENANG RACES
    1647 14 Exeve And Neol Score Their First Victories In Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 13. P<E weather favoured the second day of the Penang Turf Club's extra meeting, and the going was good. There was a large holiday crowd in
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    39 14 Soccer: first division, R.A.I vs. Chinese, stadium, reserve division, Malays vs. P2l.ce, SBC: sei-oad division (a), Naval Pnli c vs. R.A. (8.M.) Naval Baie: Malaya Signals vs. R A.0.C., Alexandra Road. Tennis: S.C.R.C, S.K.C., V.M.C.A. tournaments.
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    Swimming Carnival Results
    397 14 Swimming Carnival Results AN ANNOUNCEMENT that Sir John Bagnall had donated a cup for a Ufe-saving competition to be competed for by those under 20 years of age, was made by Mr. A. B. Jordan, at the 15th annual handicap swimming carnival of the Y.M.C.A., held yesterday at the Y.M.CA
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    V.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS
    125 14 YESTERDAY'S Y.M.C.A. tennis re- 1 suits were 'C class singles (semi-final): Khoo Kim Swee beat Teo Guan Yang 6-4. 6—3: H. L. Wee beat Lee Kim Ek 6—4. 7—5. 'B' class singles (final): A. S B. Pakir beat A. G. B. Pakir 6—4. 4— 6—4. Men's doubles
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    DEPOT CRICKET GAME ENDS IN DRAW
    78 14 A12-a-side cricket match between the S.C.C. and Police at the depot yesterday ended in a draw, time intervening when the Police had scored 69 runs for 10 wickets In reply to the Club's 149 for seven wickets declared. Rea, Castor, Pierce and Davis, scoring
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    LOYALS SCORE 4-1 WIN IN RESERVE DIVISION
    293 14 Loyals 4; Fortress R.E 1 TAKING full points from the Fortress R.E. at Gillman Barracks yesterday, the Loyals strengthened their position in the reserve division of the league, and are well on top with 15 points from ten games. There was no doubt
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    366 15 LEONG SIN NAM CUP WON BY PENANG (Prom Our Badminton Correspondent) Ipoh, May 13. PENANG retained the Leong Sin Nam cup and Perak the Permaisuri Trophy in the triangular badminton tournament, which was concluded at the Town Hall today. Perak again failed at the last moment to secure
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    TOC H CLUB BEAT R.A.F. (TENGAH)
    117 15 IN a table-tennis match played on Wednesday at the Toe H Club, a Toe H Club table-tennis team defeated an R.A.F. (Tengahj side by four events to three. Results were L.A.C. Kaye (R.A.F.) beat J. C. Baker Toe H Club), 21—18, 21—14; Sgt. Kirk
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    35 15 niiuiwuw iii mi ii a ssjsbbm— a—quMSS n lllllllliumi I mummiai Long puts S. K. Sundrum away to Itg yest.erday when the final day's play in the Clarke Cup cricket came bepan.— Straits Times picture.
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    SELANGOR BEAT PENANG IN RACE AGAINST TIME
    617 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 13. CELANGOR defeated Penang in a thrilling finish in the three-day State cricket encounter to-day on the Penang Sports Club ground by 163 runs. Selangor declared at 216 runs for nine In their second innings, and left
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    SEGAMAT LEAGUE SOCCER
    115 15 From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, May 13. SCORING a goal in each half, the P.W.D. gained their first two points at the expense of the Town Youngsters when the two teams met on the town padang in a district league soccer match to-day. Missed chances were the
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    S.A.B.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JUNE
    58 15 PLLOWING their success In reviving the Tolley Cup Competition after "a lapse of four years, the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association are now to stage the local championships in June. The dates of this tournament, which is expected to be more keenly competed for this year than
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    KUALA LUMPUR Y.M.CA. SCORE EASY VICTORY
    252 15 '.From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 13. THE Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. beat the Ipoh Y.M.CA. by 121 runs In the arnual Inter-association cricket match played here on Saturday and to-day. Continuing Saturday's play to-day, Kuala Lumpur declared with 92 runs for the loss of
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    EUROPEANS WIN CLARKE CUP BY 19 RUNS
    763 15 Rest Fail Badly Against Good Bowling And Fielding AN exciting finish, a truly fitting climax to one of Singapore's keenest annual cricket fixtures, was seen on the padang yesterday, when the Europeans regained the Clarke Cup by beating the Rest by 19 runs
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    HOME CRICKET RESULTS
    74 15 Alderman Heane Score Centuries London, May 13. "TWO-DAY cricket fricndlies play- ed during the holidays resulted as follows: Leicestershire beat Northamptonshire by 8 wickets at Harwell. NORTHANTS 105 (Drake 6 for 26) and 151. LEICESTER 162 for 8 dccl. and 96 for 2. AT NOTTINGHAM Nottinghamshire and
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    Negri Sembilan Beat Perak
    447 15 STRIVENS BATS WELL AGAIN <Prom Our Own CorresDondent) Seremban, May 13. IMEGRI Sembilan beat Perak by 51 A^ runs in the two-day State cricket match which concluded here to-day. The Negri side snatched their victory in the last ten minutes of the game, and a feature
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    GENUANG CRICKET CLUB'S IMPROVED FORM
    97 15 i From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, May 13. AFTER a poor start, the Genuang Cricket Club have settled down and have been doing well In recent games, scoring wins In succession over Rengam and Malacca. Next Sunday they meet the Singapore Non-Benders in a full-day's
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    R. A. F. AGAIN WORK HAVOC ON ADVANCING ENEMY
    751 16 Germans Stiffly Opposed After Crossing Meuse Yssel Rivers London, May 13. AN Air Ministry communique states that Whitley and Wellington aircraft of the R.A.F. carried out a series of attacks on enemy communications in Germany between the Rhine and the Dutch
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    Hungary Calls Up Her Reserve Forces
    123 16 Hungary Calls Up Her Reserve Forces Paris, May 14, IT i 3 officially confirmed from Budapest, says the French Havas agency, that several classes of reservists have been called up for manoeuvres in north Hungary which are usually held at this time of year. It is stated there is no
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    ATTLEE ACCLAIMED AT LABOUR PARLEY
    214 16 The Most Tremendous Moment Has Arrived London, May 13. I\/|R. C. R. ATTLEE, Lord Privy Seal In the Government under Mr. Winston Churchill, was the centre of a remarkable scene at the Labour party conference at Bournemouth this morning. He had moved a resolution endorsing
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    293 16 'Paramount Importance That The Royal Family Should Be Safe' London, May 13. IT is officially stated that Princess Juliana and Prince Bcrn- hard arrived in London to-day accompanied I the two young Princesses, Beatrix and Irene. A communique making this an- nouncement at
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    198 16 PARACH UTE MENACE London. May 13. DEI ORE Mr. Churchill addressed the House, Mr. Anthony Kdrn. speaking for the first time as Secretary for War, answered the question of dealing with the danger of enemy parachute landings in England. [to was asked whether he would consider the immediate formation of
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