The Straits Times, 6 September 1940

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY! MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 6 ii j .\(;es SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1940, PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS
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      156 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING <usi Recrivcd Suit Lrngths: WAIN Mill r Is In Silk and Wool Also AMERICAN SilA.iKSKIN in various Colours. J4 olcman St. S'pore. Phone 4816 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE &471) KS^ c »s»« II b\ GIN JIJ I if S~\\ S~^f(\^^ S K^J^\ n SINGAPORE Jl
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      164 1 FINAL EDTN. ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE and KUALA LUMPUR. DRESSES for all OCCASIONS DRESSMAKING MILLINERY. KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683>. Hli -M to PYORRHOEA! LET FORHAN'S SAVE THEM! Why wait for bleeding gums? Be serious about your teeth now. Give them full protection by M Only Yorban's cleaning teeth
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      42 2 The death occurred yesterday of Louisa (Non) Wilmot, aged 71. at her house at 147, Onan Koad after a long illness. The cortege leaves the house nt 4.45 p.m. to-day for the Crunch of St. Joseph, and from thence to Bldadarl.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      39 2 MR. A. SUPPIAH of Speru Bros., 62 Market Street, wishes most sincerely to thank those who attended the funeral of his late mother, Mrs. Arumugam Valliammal and those who kindly sent wreaths and letters and telegrams of condolence.
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      IN MEMORIAM
      64 2 In loving memory of my dear mother Mrs. M. S. Vanderput, who passed away on S?pt. 61 h. 1939. We mourn for litr In silence But with no outward show For the heart that mourns sincerely BeaU silently and low. The dead m Christ fhall lisa Drat, Ist
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      IN MEMORIAM
      87 2 In loving memory of our darling mother mid grandmother, Matilda Sophia Vanderput. who passed away on the Gth September 1939 i Sleep on, beloved, rieep and take thy rest; Ijiy down thy head upon thy Saviour r breast We love thee well: jut Jesus loves thee best; Calm
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      479 2 kUk jwatts; tomes SMALL ADJT Minimum charge $1 for »dv« not evcecdin* 4 lines. More (han four Hoe» 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCUHRENCE8 Klin IIS, MABR1AGES. HEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS P.P.C. CARDS are charged S3 ea«b per Insertion per tech. Over I inch.
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      816 2 FOUND FOUND— A full-crown Alsatian dog Apply Municipal Animal Infirmary. for sale; FOB SALE. Australian Plymouth Rocm. Cockerels and Pullets. ABe 10 to 12 months. Apply Box No. CB9. Straits Times. IK CUBIC FOOT KELVIN ATOR REFRIGERATOR for tale with two years full guarantee. Price $293.03 cash. Box 676, Straits
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      804 2 PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE The Master or Owners of the Norwegian Motorship "INNEROY" will not be responsible j for any debts contracted by any members o' 'her crews whilst at Singapore. Signed GULLIKSEN. Master. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 4% DEBENTURE STOCK 1939. INTEREST DUE 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1940. AND SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 3f c
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      807 2 PUBLIC NOTICES BURMA-MALAY TIN LIMITED. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND AND CLOSING OF TRANSFER REGISTERS. NOTICE Is hereby given that a Twentyfourth Dividend of One Shilling per share ruts been declared payable to Shareholders on Ite Share Registers as at 30th September, 1943. AND NOTICE is hereby given that tho Transfer Registers
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      737 2 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SURNAME. I. Innocent Mark Nick of No. 28 linco:n Road. Singapore, Musician heretofore .-all?-; and known by the name of Innocent War.; I Niconlshin hereby give notice that on in1 5th day of September 1940 I renounced an abandoned the use of my said
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      276 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. WIGGLESWORTH TEXROPE DRIVES ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KI'ALA LI MPI R. FOR A""*A MANICURE £fe£^ MAMICURE SPECIALIST MAISON SONIA 18C, Battery Road, Pham <04*. Hair-warmr redaction for this month September only. •MY SNORT TRAVELS ON ESTATE LIFE' Planters' Subordinates A swift survey on conditions confronting
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      398 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. i lncorporated m England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co. MAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SEKVICF The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O S N. Coy from the Straits to their usual ports of call m China, India, Ceylon
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      280 3 (incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR TO SAN FRANCISCO Bong Kong. Kobe Yokohama. Honolulu San Francisco and l-o§ An»ele» ASAMA MARU leave S'hai Sept 29 NITTA MARU l»ave Hkong Oct. 11 TATUTA MARU leave H'kong Oct. 21 TO SEATTtt Nairoja. shlmidiu Yokohama and VancooTn HIE MARU
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      535 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE ATTHE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle [Perth] via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £2V) Frequent
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      238 3 FAST PASSENGER SERVICE SINGAFOKE TO SAN FRANCISCO. VIA MANILA Be HONG KONG 6au Spot* Arrive 3. t I." CITY OF LOS ANGELES Sept. 10 Oct. 4 as CITY OP NEWPORT NEWS Oct S Oct 29 5 a CITY OF NORFOLK Nov. 8 Nov 30 s.s CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Dec.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      1266 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY EMPIRE STATION C(1]rl A dao f Transmission 2 (6.00 p.m -9.05 p.m. Malajift aiMlrArUnL time) will be radiated on he ollnwint ZHl US aie,» «5m.i '"cfsH* 1 is<»i m- rvi fc m rsi n lHr 89 mca 3<>s im m; GSG— 16.86 m; GST-13.9J m; and *i 1.15
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    London Stock Exchange
    345 4 London, Sept. 8. QN the Stock Exchange to-day's strength and activity Is ascribed to public confidence which Is reinforced by the contlnuel success of the British Air Force. All sections Improved with a shortage of stock to fa;e growing demand reported In Goldminings, together with some Industrial
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    DONATIONS TO WAR FUND
    506 4 S cts. 4th. contribution from Kuantan. 4.600 i Staff of The Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.) Ltd., The Asiatic Petroleum Co., (F.M.S.) Ltd. 1 and Pulo Samboe Installation August Contribution. 2,536.51 European Staff, $1,488.90. Singapore Head Office:— Clerical Staff. S167.05: Kallang Laboratory, $23.50; Other Office employees, $20.60;
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    259 4 Mails dose r.t tho General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Australia uii 5 p.m. China: Amoy, Canton, Chuan Chow. Kiung Chow, Shanghai and Swatow surface 2 p.m. Formosa surface 2 p.m. Hong Kong surface 2 p.m. Java surface 11.30 a.m.. air 5 p.m. Macao surface 2
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    AUGUST TIN OUTPUTS
    47 4 rN outputs for An: are given as follows [Ham Jawng Pet [am pong Kamunting 'habawleik 'ungali No. 1 No. 2 lUstral Amal. Hours 629 657 670 638 1,165 Yardage Piculs Ore 102 158 106,000 239 173 000 458 289,000 2,033 309,000 1,700 376,000 1,195
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1311 4 THIRSDAY. SEPT. 5. 1940: 4 P.M. MM Bayers Sellers Am pat Tin (4s> 3s 6d 4s Austral Amal (5s) 5s <d n yd c.d Austral Malay S3s 6d 35s 6d x.d. Ayer Hliam (5s) \X- 3'» Ayer Weng ($1) .57'i 62>4 Bangrin Tin 1O> 3d
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    166 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES noru Ou' CHtd ContsooDdeni i London, Sept. 5. COMMODITY acd Exchange markets closed sa follows r.itb previous auotatfons In oarantliesls: Bl'bber: Firmer. Spot 12 3 16d 125.1CA nil. 16d 123 16di Sept 12 3/16 d 12 5/lßd fl2 l/16d 12 3 16d) Oct-Dec 12 3 16d 12 5,16
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    List Of Current Dividends
    290 4 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore, Sept. 6. Book* Total foe Company Dividend Close Data fix uiv Cnajclal ve*r tßi Payable Dite to data Austral Amal 3d Sept. 14 Sept. 27 Sept. 15 W c ,i Austral Malay 3d. 113 bonus Sept. 2 Sept. 13
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      462 4 I ■■■faWMl— I ItHBTTI —II I IB—— i^— Vjfci BBbf SINGAPORE COLOMBO EAST AFRICA S. AFRICA S. AMERICA Five New Luxury Liners 0 m.s. Argentina Maru Speed 22 knots. 13,000 U TONS. M.s. Brasil Maru 22 13,000 m.s. Hokoku Maru 21 11,000 i m m.s. Aikoku Maru 21 11,000 m.s.
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      103 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE ro-day H. W. 00.51 a.m. 10.2ft.; 1.05 p.m. 9.8ft. L. W. 6.54 a.m. 1.9 ft.; 7.14 p.m. 1.5 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 1.38 a.m. 9.7 ft.; 1.42 p.m. 9.5 tt. L. W. 7.32 a.m. 2.6 ft.; 7.59 p.m. 1.5 ft. Sunday, Sept. 8 H. W. 2.28 a.m.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    613 5 Bright Tone In All Sections: Australia Bids For Tins (lt\ Our I'inancial Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 6. RUBBER wes up one-sixteenth m London yesterday at 12'/Bd. and m New York the price was unchanged at 19 5 16 cents. Tin fell 10s. for Spot to £254 58. and
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    90% Quota Rumour Discounted
    60 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 5. Mincing Lane is inclined to discount the New York rumour that the rubber quota may shortly be raised to 90 per cent, m order to accelerate delivery of United States Government reserve stocks but believes that sucb an increase
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    "THE BLITZKRIEG HAS BEEN A BLASTING DISILLUSION"
    474 5 British Press On Hitler's Speech London, Sept. 5. LIITLER'S speech yesterday evening m connection with *-hhe "winter aid" a Nazi charity organization which levies what is m effect compulsory contributions to a fund administered by the party ostensibly for relief of distress is
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    109 5 Singapore, Sept. 6, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.75 Hamburg Cube 513.00 Java Cube Sl2 50 Pemet White Muntok $12.00 White $11.50 Black 6.50 Coora Mixed 12.0S Sun Dried *2 3O Sqoo Flour No 1 llngga $3.5 D Fair $2.90 Sarawak $2.94 Je'.otone Palembang $19.50 Banja $18.50 Sarawak
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    GUTHRIE'S RUBBER REVIEW
    137 5 IN a weskly review of the rubber market Guthrle Co., Ltd. write as follows Tne Sinefspore market has been monotonously dull and steady, while m London, there has been a little more trade enquiry. In New York the market has been quiet but firm, with moderate factory
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    85 5 Friday, Sept. 6, noon. Buyer. SeUcn Prices "rice. No. IX if.S.S. (Spot loose) 3794 38 No. IX B.S.S. f.j.j. In caws Sept. 38 >i 3874 C.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. m bales Sept. 3Sy, 37 F.A.Q. K.S.S. f.oi. In bales Sept. 36', 36', H TIRi: QUOTATIONS No.
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    JAPANESE DIPLOMAT VISITING MALAYA
    45 5 Tokio. Sept. 6. Affß. Hajime Matsumiya, Direc- tor of the Investigation Bureau of the Foreign Office, whose appointment as an Envoy Extraordinary and Ambassador Plenipotentiary has been formally announced, will visit Malaya, French Indo-China, Thailand, India, and Oceania shortly. Eastern News.
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    Neutral Comment On Anglo-U.S. Exchanges
    236 5 Neutral Comment On Anglo-U.S. Exchanges London, Sept. 6. "f ERMANY has again awakened the slumbering Angle-Saxon solidarity" says .the Swedish newspaper Gothandel commenting on the AngloAmerican naval treaty. It is clear, the Journal says, that both countries have found a basis of co-operation promising the best consequences. President Roosevelt and
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    83 5 London. Sept. 5. AN air raid warning was sounded in London at 9.15 o'clock tr-night and was still en at 11.45 p.m. The public in London have been noticing that the period of daylight raid warnings have been getting shorter recently and that the "raiders passed" signal often sounds with
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    Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running
    152 5 THE non- acceptors and order of running for tc -morrow's races at Bukit Timah are given below. The double tote will be on races six and eight and the big sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race I: Ponies, class 1, div. 2, 6
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    EXCHANGES
    179 5 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the lally circular issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T. a/4 1/16 London demand 3/4 1/16 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 206 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 1516 Montreal demand 61 11/16 Batavia demand 88%
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      46 5 BjW^CILLKTTE SHAVES THE WORLD After two generations, Gillette remains the greatest name in Shaving. Why Because it successfully utilises every scientific facility for constantly improving the quality and precision of it* razors and blades. HOP ;4 5 Drink Delicious OV/ILTINE SUPREME FOR HEALTH STRENGTH AND VITALITY
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      191 5 EUCRYL TOOTH POWDER j A pure antiseptic Tooth Powder embodying all the properties of the correct dentifrice. Gives to the teeth a PEARLY WHITENESS without harmful bleaching, and leaves the mouth m a fresh, clean and fragrant condition. BE SIRE you get ELCKYL Sole Distributors:— 6RAFTOI LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kuala
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      281 5 19 -2 S. CECIL STKKE'I sl.M.irimr. Trlephcne Manager's Office 4512 Sub -Manager's Office 45U Exchange Uept. 4514 General Office 4767 Cable Address:—" PROVINBVNK." Head OfHce— Sluchow, Kwanfiung PAID UP CAPITAL (Ch.) If.OM.MO RESERVE FUNDS 13.0t0.00* TOTAL ASSETS (ipprox.) f108.00t.000 Board o/ Director! t. L. SOONG rSENO XAXO HI T. C
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      183 6 BOOK NOW FOR THE SEASON'S GRANDEST LAUGH SHOW! TO-DAY 3.15, AfUA Uf HIP A 6.15 &_9.is_p.m. AJjJnLAJWIPIiA I|y ttant^ PRISCILLA A V THOMAS %J DENNIS ij ig| v MORGAN jfli^^pPl V^ JT VIRGINIA GREY it'l* ytf |tH IRENE HERVEY U^ ttitt^t fe WILLIAM LUNDIGAN Directed br Uord Bmm A WARNER
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      333 6 |yji|U_| Wmi/H THE HOUSE OF OUTSTANDING i|il i|itLii^LiM entertainments Bj|j>yi^l PAVILION \:<j£Q |S[^ CPR A THR I I LING SPY YARN ACTUALLY Wj®r^^ftf& FILMED AT DARTMOUTH ROYAL A FILM You wiLL NOT J^T^jOfli FOR BOOKINGS— PHONE 6903 ffiyffl B^O WITH SPECIAL ADDED ■fTJ "|l <; iTV^ irM ATTRACTION 1 1
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      127 6 V I If hJ GREAT WORLD CABARET to-mobuow TO-DAY— TEA NIGHT DANCES BADMINTON 7.30 TO 9* 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT GREAT WORLD ATHLETES TO-NIGHT vs AS A GESTURE TO THE MANAGEMENT PLAYFAIR P. (B TEAM) "FOR AN ENJOYABLE SUCCESSFUL SEASON" A FREE FAREWELL^ PERFORMANCE mOmU, BTH SEPT. THE SEVEN WALLABIES
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      294 6 THE TOWNS BIG MUSICAL SHOW T£\ nAY at rirr See lhc B ™utiful CAPITOL >BEGIN THE BEBUIWE> 3.15-6.15-9.15 Dance S P ectac »e performed by ferfV FRED ASTAIRE a^ 'jQ^JSP^^'W ELEANOR POWELL lfS^ VtIL J J against a Background iHL of s P len(^ our 1 Ifik V^LV- THRILL TO
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    Nazi Troops On Soviet Border
    71 7 Istanbul, Sept. 5. EVENTS m Rumania are being followed with earnest attention m Turkey, where special interest is taken m rumours of the presence of German troops on the Rumanian-Soviet frontier, with possible repercussions on SovietGerman, hence Soviet-Turkish relations. Turkey's sympathy with the Allied cause
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    Purchase Tax To Come Into Force
    94 7 Date To Be Announced In The Near Fulure London, Sept. 6. T^HE Treasury is shortly making an order lixing the date on which the Purchase Tax will come into operation. All taxable goods delivered under chargeable purchase after that date will be liable to
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    WE CANNOT EASE THE BLOCKADE
    194 7 Act Would Lengthen The Conflict London, Sept. 6. COMPLETE confidence, "as certain as dawn after night," that the Nazi tyranny will eventually lie broken at our feet was expressed by Mr. Dingle Foot, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare, In a broadcast speech
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    FRANCO-SWISS LINE CUT BY EXPLOSION
    91 7 London, Sept. 5. AN agency message reports that railway communication between Switzerland and France has been cut by the blowing up of a viaduct near a town m unoccupied France. The Vichy Oovernmont is to investigate the matter. It is believed to be due either
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    U.S. LABOUR SUPPORT FOR ALLIED CAUSE
    131 7 U.S. LABOUR SUPPORT FOR ALLIE D CAUSE Ixii^oii, Sept. 5. UR. ERNEST BEVIN, the Minister for Labour, has received a message from the executive council of the New York Federation of Labour saying: "We believe that British labour, m co-operation with the people of Britain, will be victorious m the
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    RANGOON'S NEW GIFT FOR WARPLANES
    29 7 Rangoon, Sept. 5. Alurtlier remittance' of £30,000 has been sent from Rangoon to the M'nls^ry cf Aircraft Production, making Rangoon's total donations £132,000— Reuter.
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    Rumanian General As Virtual Dictator
    323 7 WIDESPREAD IRON GUARD RISINGS QUELLED BY THE ARMY Bucharest, Sept. 5. I^ING CAROL to-day signed a decree making Gen. Antonescu, Rumania's "strong man," virtual dictator of Rumania. King Carol also signed other decrees suspending the Rumanian constitution and dissolving Parliament, decrees which greatly limit his
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    HUNGARIANS MARCH INTO CEDED REGION
    121 7 Budapest, Sept. 5. IT is officially announced here that Hungarian troops crossed the frontier into ceded territory m Transylvania at 7 a.m. Admiral Horthy, > as Regent and supreme commander of the army, entered the Transylvanian town of Szatmarnemeti at the head of troops at
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      250 7 TO-DAY T II AII Where 3.15 «aM H«^ Everybody 6.15 915 MAUYA S OKENA M lUX| Goes ~MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 11 O'CLOCK <$//&&/ j& THE Follow tna crowds to the merriest sno.v m I' own! Paramount British News Just arrived -'BOOK EARLY PHONE 3400 1 TOMORROW at MIDNIGHT s^^^
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1940. (369th Day Of The War.) How Will It End?
    1059 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1940. (369th Day Of The War.) How Will It End? According to Hitler, this war will end with the collapse of Great Britain. We have not been considerate enough to collapse on any one of the many dates that he has predicted from
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      SCHOOL NAMES
      211 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, May I be permitted to draw the attention of the local Education Department and the old pupils of Chowrasta School regarding the new Hutton Lane Malay School, Penang? It is most disappointing to learn that the old Chowrasta Malay School
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      REPRISALS
      364 8 Are We Still Being Too Gentlemanly? To the Editor f the Straits Times Sir.— l am afraid I can find little comfort m the Prime Minister's statement that our bombers, when raiding over Germany, are Instructed to return with their bombs intact, rather than risk hitting a non-military objective,
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      WAR FINANCE
      230 8 Limitation Of Dividends And Capital Levy To the Editor of the S; raits Times S.r,— Penang is Indeed fortunate m having the benefit of the service of a "Bang-the-Drum" Member cf the Legislative Council, as compared to the lethargic and complacent Members allotted to us here m Singapore.
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      THE WAR FUND
      229 8 Suggestion For Special Anniversary Gifts To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, On Sept. 3 the war in Europe was one year old. I hoped some sort of a programme would be drawn up for that date. It would be a good thing If the companies
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      MALAYA'S PART
      327 8 "Who Stands If Freedom Fall?" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— One would like to praise the courage of the average man and woman m Britain during this period of stress and strain. We here m Malaya know very little of the sombre consequences of war
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      WAR TAXATION
      170 8 How Are Proceeds Being Applied? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Mr. F. D. Bisseker's speech at the Legislative Council meeting was most interesting. H3 said While touching upon this question or taxation I should like to know and I tru.*t Government will be willing to
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      EAGER TO SERVE
      154 8 Young Planter's Suggestion To Army Authorities To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— May I. through the medium ot the Straits Times, ask a question which, if answered, will Interest many youn planters Has the Regular Army m Singapore considered any scheme (as the R.A.F. has
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      NOISES
      126 8 Complaint Against Chinese Hawkers To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— In some streets here Chinese hawkers are permitted to make as much noise as they can by beating two sticks together with the idea of attracting customers. It seems strange that the local authorities have stopped the
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      A WELCOME INQUIRY
      270 8 The Stigma On The Mines Department To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir.— There is great satisfaction ia the mining profession that Government has at last taken action to improve what the Assistant Legal Adviser, Perak, terms the "thoroughly roUen system" of the Mines Department. Our
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      GENERAL DOBBIN
      258 8 A Lesson For Those Who Fear The Future To the Editor of Urn Straits Times Sir.— Malaya's contribution of personnel to the administrative prowess of the British Empire has been very prominent. Stalwarts like Sir Hugo ClifTor-t. Sir Seton James. Sir Wil iain Peel, .'jlr Andrew Caldecott and
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      CHINA MUST WIN
      136 8 Japan Would Do Well To Quit To the Editor of the Straits J ime> Sir. China has been resisting Japanese aggression for three years now. No doubt China's coastal lands are temporarily held by the Japanese but it will not be very long before they are driven
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      THERE THEY GO!
      121 8 A Cigarette Smoker's Complaint To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Dammit, there they go, all over again, all over the red floor half of my tin of 50 cigarettes Many times have I spoken to the various agents about that nuisance ot a "lift-tag" in
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    ITALIAN MAIN FLEET FLEES FROM BRITISH NAVY
    1282 9 Enemy Turns Tail On Being Challenged SUBMARINE'S SUCCESS IN EAST MEDITERRANEAN Series Of Air Naval Attacks On Bases ONCE again the Italian main fleet has refused battle with the British forces and has fled to the cover of its port. An Admiralty communique
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    HALIFAX AND INDO-CHINA
    175 9 British Move In Tokio Revealed London, Sept. 6. lAPAN has been reminded of the British Government's interest m the preservation of the status quo m French Indo-China. This was disclosed m the House of Lords yesterday by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax. The British Government received reports
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    Defence Of Pro-Ally Colonies
    161 9 Defence Of ProAlly Colonies British Assurance To Gen. De Gaulle London, Sept. 8. A COMMUNIQUE Issued from the headquarters of the free French forces here yesterday states: "Colonies which have Joined the free French Empire will be efficiently defended. All measures have been taken to assure this '•This defence will
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    VAST SUM FOR U.S. DEFENCES
    72 9 Washington, Sept. 8. THE House of Representatives approved the comprehensive version of a bill carrying almost $5,250,000,000 to provide equipment for an army of 2,000,000 men, starting work on a two-ocean navy and the purchase of 14,304 warplanes. The bill, which will be sent back
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    R.A.F. Repel Raiders And Strike Back Hard
    397 9 London, Sept. 6. IT is announced officially that 39 enemy aircraft were destroyed m the raids over Britain yesterday. Twenty of our fighters are missing but the pilots of nine of these are safe. British fighters once again hurled back enemy bombers trying
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    Anglo-Thai Pact Of Friendship
    133 9 London, Sept. 6. rpHAILAND as a "bulwark of peace m south-east Asia" Is greeted by Mr. Churchill, the Prime Minister, In a message addressed to the Prime Minister of Thailand on the occasion of the exchange of ratifications of the Anglo-Thai pact of nonaggression. Sending his
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    SUPPORT FOR GREECE
    259 9 Pledge Repeated By Halifax London, Sept. 6. "UIS Majesty's Government would feel itself bound to lend the Greek Government all the support m its power m the event of any action which clearly threatened the independence of Greece," declared Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, m the House
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    FREEMASON LODGES IN HOLLAND TO BE CLOSED
    36 9 Berlin. Sept. 5. Pis officially announced at Amsterdam that the dissolution of all freemason lodges has been ordered, states an ftm-Tw l^ telegram to the German news rrncy.— Reuter.
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    51 9 Adm. Sir Basil Brook, chief commander of the River Home Guard, taking the salute of the River Patrol as they sail past. All the members of the River Home Guard must be experienced rivermen. They have naval ranks 1 are trained m musketry, i•> vation and night
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    AMERICAN TANKS FOR CANADA?
    120 9 Washington, Sept. 5. AFTER a conference at the White House to-day, Mayer La Guardia, chairman of the United States section of the U.S.-Canada Joint Defence Board, stated *hat the United States might furnish military supplies to Canada. He Indicated that the United States would possibly establish
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    HEAVY FIRING AFTER IRON GUARD DEMONSTRATIONS
    191 9 Troops Clear Bucharest Streets With Machine-guns Bucharest, Sept. 5. HEAVY firing is m progress m Bucharest to-night. Further Iron Guard demonstrations broke out this evening, mainly m National Theatre Square. Troops armed with machineguns are clearing the streets. An earlier message says that one
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    Halifax On The Axis Guarantee
    167 9 Lor.den, Sent, ft IN a statement m the House of Lord! last nisht on the war situation, Lord Halii'ax, the Foreign Secretary, outlined the events leading to tho present situation m Rumania. The Rumanian Government, said Lord Halifax, has been noting In a manner directly
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    FIRMS IN AUSTRALIA BEING SOLD TO U.S.
    74 9 London, S»pt. 1 AFFICIAL circles m Canberra have confirmed that the Interests of certain British subsidiary companies In Australia are to be sold to America with the object of building up a dollar pool. The Australian minister tc the United States, Mr R.
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    WAR FUND'S FOURTH GIFT FROM KUANTAN
    449 10 Total Of $18,263 Now From That Corner Of Malaya FUND REACHES $3,593,422 WITH TO-DAY'S $8,836 TIIK War Fund total totals $3,593,422, an increase of $8,836 over the total reported yesterday. One of the most extraordinary features of these reports on the activities of The
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    Caught By Motor-Cycle Patrols
    143 10 Caught By MotorCycle Patrols (I'rom Our Own Correspondent) Joh:>re Bahru, Sept. 5 PI.KAMNG guilty to a c-haree of using a headlight during the Mark "ill las', night at the 4th. m Ip, Kota Tinggi Road, I'yop bin A. Hamir, driver cf a S ngipure privale car, was fined 55 by
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    "Turnabout" Is Grand Comedy
    308 10 At The Cinema "I'urnab'-ut (Carol; Landix. John HubbarJ nd Ad >lolie Menjou) lnit?d Ariisls. A*, the Cathay. HAL Roach has mad: m hilarious comedy out of Thome Smlth'a iaI story of tho husband and wife wlio changed places through the wizardry of an Indian image. Carole
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    190 10 H.U I'l.l-.s BOTH Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. 10 Midnight. GAKKIC'K 111 l A lUt CIJi.AMi Tlie Oreijon Trail Chaps 1 to 7 Breaking The Ice 7.45 p.m. GKt.VI HGKl.li Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 p.m. 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: We are Not Alone, tky: Ncwcboys. UAPrv w:«i;l ii
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    SAVINGS CERTIFICATES' SALES INCREASE
    56 10 WHILE the purchase of Colony War Loans pursued its steady course ye>Lerday. there was a spur, m the sales of War Savings Certificates. Figures at the end of the day showed that tha sales were double thocs of previous days. A significant feature was bulk buying
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    Legal Tender For Ten Cents
    41 10 One of the new 10-cznt notes which have been issued by the Board of Currency Commissioners, Malaya. The issue of notes of small denominations is a reply to the continued hoarding of coin. Straits Times picture.
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    Speculation On British Envoy's Chungking Trip
    273 10 Shanghai, Sept. 6. IN an edicoiial on the British Ambassador's visit to Chungking, the American Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury says that Sir Archibald Clark Kerr's frequent Journeys between Shanghai and Chungking have been dealt with excltec'ly as probably ushering In a new development.
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    INDIAN GIFTS TO WAR FUNDS
    229 10 INDIAN GIFTS TO WAR FUNDS Tribute By Colonial Secretary IN addition to the 510,000 he has already given to the various war charities, Mr. O. Ramasamy Nadar is giving another $1,000 to the Malaya Patriotic Fund, announced Mr. H. Welsberg, the acting Colonial Secretary, at a tea party yesterday evening
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    Mr. R. Howard Sees Chinese Leaders
    229 10 Chungking, Sept. 4. DURING an Interview shortly after his arrival from Singapore via Rangoon and Kunming by plane yesterday afternoon, Mr. Roy Howard, head o( the Scripps-Howard chain newsoapers m America, said that the Netherlands Indies which he had recently visited, was well-prepared and
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    MR. A. B. JORDAN IN IPOH
    52 10 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Sept. 6. UR. A. B. JORDAN, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Malaya, addressed members of the Perak Chinese Advisory Board on the subject of the War Loan at the Chinese Protectorate yesterday. Mr. Jordan ls on an official visit
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    MALAYA AIDS R.A.F. WAR CHARITY
    34 10 Tin: Malaya Patriotic Fund's latest contribution of £20.000 will be divided between the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund, the Y.W.C.A. and the Dominion forces. The Fund has hitherto collected X. 1i20,000.
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    MALAYAN RECRUITS FOR ROYAL AIR FORCE
    492 10 MALA YAN RECR UITS FOR ROYAL AIR FORCE First Contingent Is Going Overseas For Training jVjALAYA'S first contingent of recruits to the Royal Air Force, trained under a separate scheme from the Government Flying Training School, will be leaving Singapore shortly for an advanced training centre overseas. The recruits are:
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    INTEREST IN THE INDIES
    252 10 Japanese Missions Businessmen (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Sept. 5. JAPAN has always been interested m the Netherlands Indies but never has it been greater than m the last few month*. Many Japanese businessm n are now m Java to examine the commercial possibilities and to
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    TIGHTER CONTROL OF REMITTANCES TO CHINA
    563 11 'More Magnanimous Attitude 1 Sought By Chamber INCREASING NEED OF FAMILIES AFTER THREE YEARS OF WAR A REPLY to a suggestion that the recent big increases m remittances to China are indicative of a flight of capital is given by the Singapore Chinese Chamber
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    CHINESE ON MARKS ORDINANCE CHARGE
    110 11 SEVERAL cases of condensed milk and dozens of milk labels were exhibits m the Assize Court before Mr. Justice edlow and a common Jury yesterday when a young I shopkeeper, Chin Chu Sale, was on trial on t*o charges under the Merchandise Marks Ordinance. It
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    DANES' PLIGHT
    56 11 PVO Danish brothers, F. Q. Yanscn and L. Vansen, aged 18 and 23, respectively, appeared In the Singapore third court yesterday on a charge of being vagrants In Singapore on Wednesday without any place of abode or means of subsistence. They pleaded fuilty and were sent to the
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    NOMINEE FOR COMMISSION
    228 11 Mr. T.W. Ong Will Represent S.C.B.A. AS a resv It of a ballot, the name of Mr. T. W. Ong will be submitted to Government as the nominee of the Straits Chinese British Association to fill the vacancy on the Municipal Commission, created by the resignation of
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    TWO TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE
    210 11 rlO cases m which persons were said to have taken a solution of caustic soda by mistake, with fatal results, were heard by Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday. The first Inquiry was into the death of Tang Tho Chew, a 24-year-old school
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    TO-NIGHT'S BROADCAST BY EURASIAN GUNNER
    107 11 fUNNER D. H. C. La Brooy, of the >* 3rd. Heavy A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, will broadcast from the Singapore station at 7.40 p.m. to-day. The' subject of his talk will be "First Impressions Of Army Life." Gunner La Brooy is one of the young
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    CEYLONESE TO PRAY FOR VICTORY
    84 11 IN accordance with the call of the King to observe this Sunday as a National Prayer Day for Victory, the Ceylonese Hindu community m Singapore are making the necessary arransrements for special "Pooja" and "Abbishekam" at Sri Senpaga Venayagar Temple, Ceylon Road. Katong. m the
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    20 11 Mr. Atma Singh Gill has been appointed a district organiser of the Asian Assurance Co. Ltd., Bombay, for Central Malaya.
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    SEDITIOUS DOCUMENTS
    277 11 Indian Sent To Gaol For Year CONVICTED a few weeks ago on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a police constable m uniform, and sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment, Ram Naresh, a young Indian, was sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment by the criminal district judge,
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    MR. S. W. JONES ON EAST COAST TOUR
    151 11 THE Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S. W. Jones, left Singapore yesterday by steamer on a tcur of the East, Coast, accompanied by his Private Secretary and A.D.C. He will return on Sept. 13. Mr. Jones Is due to arrive at Kuala
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    APPEAL SUCCEEDS
    69 11 A MALAY, Mohamed bin Mohamed Shaft, who had tx'en sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment on two charges of committing an act of indecency, was successful m his appeal before the acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, In the High Court yesterday. After hearing Mr. Claudo da
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    Former Test Pilot Flies 1,600,000 Miles In 15 Years
    354 11 A FORMER American air force test pilot, freelance journalist and film story writer, who watched the German troops transferring their equipment to the Western Front after smashing Poland, arrived m Singapore yesterday after completing 1,600,000 miles of flying m 15 years.
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    CHINESE COLONISTS FOR PERAK PADI LAND
    256 11 First Of 600 Families To Begin Work Next Week (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 5. THE first batch of Chinese families to colonize State land at Changkat Jong, m Lower Perak, will move into occupation next week. Comprising more than^O Chinese families, it
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    COCOS URGED AS U.S. BASE
    97 12 Discussion Has Taken Place San Francisco, Sept. 5. pOLONEL KNOX, the United States Navy Secretary, told Press representatives to-day that he advocated acquisition by lease cr purchase of the Galapagos and Cocos islands m the Pacific for the establishment of an offshore ring of defences
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    SINGAPORE AS BASE FOR U.S. NAVY
    541 12 Co-operation With U. K. hi Far East Studied WHY SHARING OF FACILITIES IS HELD TO BE ESSENTIAL (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 5. THERE is no secret here that the United States Govern- rnent is considering possible co-operation with Britain m the Far
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    INDO-CHINA WAR MOVES
    142 12 INDO-CHINA WAR MOVES Vichy Agreement Not Recognized? Hong Kong, Sept. 5. IN the absence of any direct news from Indo-China, which are strictly censored, messages received here from Kwangchowwan state that Japanese residents and the Japanese inspectorate, which were previously ordered to leave IndoChina yesterday, have now been instructed to
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    48 12 London, Sept. S. A MESSAGE of sincere gratitude has been sent by Lord Bearerbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, to the officers and men of a small ship of the free French navy for their gift of £12 55.. collected from amongst them towards the Spitfire fund. British Wireless.
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    Holland's Fire-Engines Taken To Fight R.A.F. Fires In Reich
    175 12 London, Sept. 5. ACCORDING to a statement made by a neutral traveller, the majority of Holland's lire engines have been requisitioned for service m the Ruhr to fight Ires caused by the R.A.F. raids. The traveller declared that the R.A.F. had
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    Germany Provoking Clash With U.S.?
    88 12 New York, Sept. 5. THE New York Times reports from San Jose, Costa Rica, that Germany has sent notes to five Central [American countries insisting that merchants should pay Germany amounts owed to the Netherlands and other occupied countries. It is expected that the note
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    $200,000,000 For New Bases
    211 12 Announcement Made In Washington Washington. S«>nf.. 5 "TTHE construction of United States defence bases along Atlantic points leased by Britain will be started by j means cf a $200,000 000 blank cheque which Congress has given the President for emergency use, stated Senator Barkley, leader of
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      358 13 WOW OPEN Hith'r ha.» n<»n sprawled over Europe. Our offen-.i\<- springs are being slowly coinpr«'ssi'<l and we must resolutely and methodically prepare ourselves for the campaign* of 1941 and 1942 Even if the Nazi legions stood triumphant on the Black Sea, or even on the Caspian, <\»n if Hitler was
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    U.S. ACTION IN FAR EAST?
    121 14 Chungking And New Agreement Chungking, Sept 5. pOMMENTINQ on the AngloAmerican agreement on naval bases and destroyers, the Ta Kung Pao sees a great possibility of positive action by the United States m the Far East. President Roosevelt's action while primarily for Atlantic defence, is
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    220 14 Steps Taken To Cope With Invasion Chungking, Sept 5. WHILE details of Chinese piaris to cope with a Japanese invasion :of Indo-China have never been disclosed, it is learned the Chinese j High Command completed its preparations some time ago. Gen. Ho Ying-ch'ng, the War Minis-
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    175 14 Obstructing Japanese Drive On Chungking Chungking, Sept 5. AFTER five months of careful preparations, the Chinese forces m ihe north have launched a counter-olT-tnsive, wrecking five railways and 11 Highways for the purpose of preventj ing the Japanese from diverting their troops to the Yangtse
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    ENEMY HAS MISSED HIS CHANCE
    225 14 ENEMY HAS MISSED HIS CHANCE Mr. Churchill On New Great Armies Lcndon, Sept. 5. "UTE m these Inlands are now bearing the accumulated weight of malice and tyranny of enemies d 3 not feel overweighted by It," said Mr. Churchill, th; Prime Minister, addressing New Zealand troops yesterday.when he visited
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    Three Night Raids On The French Coast
    159 14 TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS FOLLOW LATEST R.A.F. ATTACKS London, Sept. 5. TOR the third successive night, the R.A.F. last night heavily bombed places on the French coast. Some of the explosions were so terrific that houses on the seafront of one south-east coastal town rocked.
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    60 Nazi Raiders Shot Down
    333 14 London, Sept. 5. Fis now reported that 60 enemy aircraft were destroyed m yesterday's air battles. At least two of the raiders which approached the London area last night are believed to have bjen brought flown. Before the raiders were driven off, flares lit up
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    Further Raid On Berlin Reported
    133 14 London, Sept. 5. FIRING continued with greater or less intensity throughout Berlin's air-raid alarm early this morning, says the Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The alarm lasted from 12.05 a.m. until 2.10 a.m. The weather was clear, the correspondent adds. According to
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    Nazi Damage Claims Are Rejected
    111 14 New YorK, sept. s. THE German claims that Britain's war industry m the Midlands has been seriously impeded as a result of the air raids is decisively turned down by the Associated Press correspondent's despatch from Birmingham, the "centre of Britain's war production." The correspondent
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    ARMY FOILED IRON GUARD How Coup Was Prevented
    381 14 ARMY FOILED IRON GUARD How Coup Was Prevented Bucharest, Sept. S. IT Is believed the Fascist Iron Guard wrongly counted on the army for success m their attempted coup on Tuesday night, but the army warned the police all over the country, enabling them to take precautionary measures. The overnight
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    26 15 A newcomer to the ranks of trainers. M. Sullivan leads m his first winner at Bukit Timah. Woden, who paid 855 on Wednesday.— Straits Times picture.
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    HOCKEY IN AID OF WAR FUND
    138 15 Convenors' Meeting At Cricket Club pOl'lt important hockey fixtures m aid of The War Fund arc to be playod on the S.C.C. padang this season. Arrangements were made at the convenors' meeting held last night at the S.C.C. The following are the fixtures and
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    Morning's Slow Work At Bukit Timah
    255 15 T"O-DAY'S training at Buk;; Timah was confined to slow work, when a few of the horses running to-memm were exercised en the third track. Hengist and Dadabhoy locked two of the fittest horses out this morning. Each had individual slow work and. on form,
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    S.C.R.C. OPEN TENNIS
    59 15 r>O additional events have been included m the S C.R.C. s open invitation tennis tournament, which commences on Sept. 21. The events arc wemen's handicap singles and open mixed doubles. The entries fcr these events will, together with the oiher events, close on Sept. 14 The courts
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    Y.M.C.A. JUNIORS BEAT RAILWAY YOUNGSTERS
    173 15 V M.C.A. 3: Railway Yonngsler. 1. A more thrustful forward line enabled the YJH.C.A. Junior, to beat their opponents, the Railway Y. ungs ers, by three guals to one m a keen horkey mat"h at Prince Edward Road yesterday. The lescrs. a new team this
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    LORD TOMNODDY & TEDDY BOY BEST BETS
    1716 15 LORD TOMNODDY TEDDY BOY BEST BETS Review And Selections For Third Day In Singapore T ORD Tomnoddy and Teddy Boy should be the two best bets of the day to-morrow, the third day of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup race meeting. The former was unlucky to lose last Saturday,
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    Sing Tao Team Meet Siong Boo To-day
    135 15 AN interesting football match will be played at Jalan Besar stadium to-day when the S:ng Tao Football Club of Hong Kong meet the Siong 800 Athletic Association, champions m the Singapore Chinese Football Association's leagne. The game will be played under the auspices
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    40 15 Woden, who paid $55, the highest dividend on Wednesday at Bukii Timah, is here seen winning the third race of the afternoon from Siam and Stormy Night. Cluny, on the rails, wax fcur.h and First Ra fifth. Straits Times pi-ture.
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    CHINESE SCORE NARROW VICTORY OVER POLICE
    904 15 Chinese 2; Police 1. A MAGNIFICENT pair of backs and a superb goalkeeper prevented the Chinese forwards from scoring at least half-a-dozen goals m their first division league soccer fixture against the Police at the stadium yesterday. The Chinese won two^one. Although the Police
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    BADMINTON TIES FOR THE WEEK-END
    132 15 JUNIOR bedmintan ties at the Clerical Union hall during the week-end are TO-MORROW AT 2.15 P.M. lim Seng Cheow (Useful) vs. Syed Salim (Devonshire); Benjamin Heng (United Family) vs. Chan Khek Eng (U.C.A.); Chan Sye Luang (A.A.U.) vs Elsie Wong (A.A.U.). SUNDAY AT 2 P.M.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    44 15 COCCER: First division, K.A.F. vs. Malays, stadium: R.A. 9th. Her. Begt. vs. Royal Navy, Changi; second division (b), Chinese vs. Y.M.CA., J.C.S.A.: Siong 800 Athletic Association vs. Sing Tao footballers, Jalan Besar. Rugby: Meeting of Malayan Rugby referees, S.C.C, 7 pjn.
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    THE CUP THAT THRILLS
    550 15 THE CUP THAT THRILLS Soccer Notes Keener Competition Than Ever Before? U7ITH (he leacuc comprt .i >n« nearing an end. interest w.M now devolve around the S.A.I. A. Cup competition m which 22 teams .irr to compete. The opening match m the qualifying round will he played on the S.C
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    Britain Loses Two Destroyers
    196 16 Britain Loses Two Destroyers London, Sept. 5. IT is officially announced that the British destroyers Ivanhoe (1,370 tons) and Esk (1,375 tons) have been sunk The destroyer Express (1.375 tons) has been damaged but is safely m port. An Admiralty communique states that the destroyers Ivanhoe (Com. P. H. Hadow)
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    90 16 London. Sept. 6 »THE House oi Commons committee which 1 is discussing whether the detention of Captain Ramsay is a breach of privileges carried on yesterday during an air raid warning. Sirens sounded as Mr. C. R. Attlee, chairman of the committee, took
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    12,000-TON NAZI TROOPSHIP TORPEDOED AND SUNK
    179 16 Over 3,000 Soldiers Drowned While Being Conveyed To Norway Stockholm, Sept. 5. IT is learned here that a British submarine torpedoed the 12,000-ton German troopship Marion m the Kattegat on Monday evening. Not more than 300 were saved and it is estimated that over
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    Glasgow Steamer Torpedoed
    95 16 Baltimore, Sept. 5. A SWEDISH freighter arrived here to-day with 37 survivors from a I torpedoed British steamer. Ambulances met the ship and took eight injured to [hospital. The authorities decline to reveal the name of the torpedoed ship. I All the survivors, including the master, Captain
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    CHILD REFUGEE SHIP WAS DUTCH LINER
    33 16 r:E child refugee ship torpedoed on Sunday was the 15,000-ton Dutch liner Volendam, owned by the llol'and-America line, says, the New York Times, quoting private sources. Reuter.
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    Arms Shipments From U. S.
    142 16 Negotiations For More Supplies New York. Sept. 5. ONE man m every four under arms m Britain is equipped from the Lnlted States, according to a statement by Mr. Clark Echelbeger, executive director of the Committee to defend America by helping the Allies. The statement,
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    PRINCE DIES IN FLYING ACCIDENT
    46 16 Tokio, Sept. 5. DRINCE Nagisha Kitasashrakawa has been killed m an aeroplane accident In Inner Mongolia, according to a War Office announcement. The prince, aged 29, was an artillery captain serving on the staH of the Japanese forces m China. Reuter.
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    "There Must Be A Limit To Fooling German People"
    164 16 A LREADY foreign nations have become highly suspicious of "any news coming from Germany," declared Mr. Harold Ramsbothan, President of the Board of Education m a speech at Lancaster yesterday. Mr. Ramsbothan added that even the docile, credulous German citizen must
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    HEAVY FIGHTING LIKELY IN MIDDLE EAST SOON
    1659 16 Mediterranean Fleet Doubled, Says Premier BRITAIN IS NOT YET FREE FROM GERMAN INVASION A CONTINUOUS stream of reinforcements has been sent to the Middle East m the last few months j and a few days ago the effective strength of the British Fleet
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    How Premier's Speech Was Received
    72 16 How Premier's Speech Was Received London, Sept. C. REUTER'S Lobby correspondent states Mr. Churchill's manner in delivering his war review last night was again buoyant. His reception was thoroughly cheerful while the confidence reposed in the Prime Minister was well displayed by the total absence of a debate. The greatest
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    COMMONERS AND AIR RAID WARNINGS
    76 16 London. Sept. 6. rE Prime Minister's speech revxaled that experiments m air raid warnings had been conducted on the M.P.'s themselves. Instead of conforming to the public raid warning, the House of Commons was last night suspended for some time only and resumed a considerable
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    JAPANESE CRASH IN BRITISH TERRITORY
    67 16 Hong Kong, Sept. 5. AROUND 5 p.m. a Japanese plane crash., ed m British territory at Fanling, near the Kwantl racecourse. The three occupants, one seriously injured and now m hospital and two slightly injured, ars now being held by the authorities pending inquiries to-morrow.
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    ADM. OIKAWA NEW NAVY MINISTER
    36 16 Toklo, Sept. 5. ADMIRAL Koshiro Oikawa, commau-der-in-chief i# the na\|il station at Yokosuka, has been appointed Navy Minister succession to Admiral Yoshida, who resigned yesterday on grounds of ill health.- Reuter.
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    EAST INDIA FUND'S £220,000 FOR PLANES
    35 16 Calcutta, Sept. 5. A TOTAL of £220,000 for the purchase of Spitfires has been cabled to the Air Ministry by the East India Fund for British war services.— Reuter.
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    36 16 London. Sept. S. r! Lord Mayor's Red Cross fund rose by £230,000 yesterday to £3.006,000. In. eluding £1,898 expended on citrus fruit for the Rrltlsh Expeditionary Force, Cyprus !ia« contributed £3,968 to the fund.— British Wireless.
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