The Straits Times, 2 October 1940

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  • 37 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times If) PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 279 1 MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING Just K«*eived Suit Lengths WAIN BUI-XL'S In Silk and Wool Mm AMERICAN SHARKSKIN In various colours. S4 < olrman St., S'poie. Phone 4816 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). Zm wM iM -P J I WH "L« _B _t*l W a 1 ___HfR ■lOllJi"^ I_-^_______________B^_^________B________________l
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    • 297 1 KVALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. f 'PHONE 3683). _K___ltekb. STAPLES The Staples Mattress is precision ■jyj A TTRESS I of tested materials to stand years of constant use. "The Finest Mattress made" When you buy a Staples Mattress you make an investment that will A Staples Mattress gives true sleep
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    • 10 1 ELSIE MARY SINGAPORE CASH SALE SEPT. 30th TO OCT. sth
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 475 2 SMALL APS? M nl mum charge $1 tar ftdv* »ot exceeding 4 line* Mora than f oar Mnet 25 cents per line (Six words). Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMKSTIC OCCUBBENCEB BIRTHS. MAKftIAGES. DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS P.P.C. CARDS are charred IS each per l—ertlßß per Inch Ore* I Inch. 25
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    • 448 2 SITUATIONS WANTED U. TEARS EXPERIENCED CHINESE, < 28). knowledge of English Typewriting BooxKeeping. shipping, sales and Life Insurancr Desires position. Box No. 842. Straits Times. A MIDDLE-AGED MAN with knowledge Of English. Siamese and Chinese Manaarir. seeks position, able to furnish seountv by Bank's Letter of Guarantee up to $3,000.
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    • 895 2 FOR HIRg REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone 3333 DRIVE YOURSELF and private Hire Car —low rates Genera) Transport 00. Ltd 'Pfionr 5484 housesTflats. to let TO LET. Nos. 2 and 47 Amber Road. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, 40 St. T»ttrick Rd. Apply 24 Malacca street. MISSIONARY HOME near Grove
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    • 700 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% DEBENTURE STOCK 1926. INTEREST DUE IST NOVEMBER, 194«. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Registers of the above Stock will be closed from the 18th to the 31st October, 1940, both days inclusive. C. H. GOLDIE, Municipal Secretary. AVER HITAM TIN, DREDGING. LIMITED. (Incorporated
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    • 674 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. FORA o o**0 PERMANENT 'STld <**^M S r-A^S'^'SPECIALISTS •*rte«^2^"^ IN rf3Wji>^^ PERMANENT WAVING MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA. 60* WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. MISCELLANEOUS SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER CO. Baggage Transport, Transhipment, Insurance A Forwarding General Cargo (cases, bales A drams only) cleared
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    • 278 2 GUARANTEED CARS. BARGAIN 1936 VAUXHALL 20 SALOON DE LUXE Very attractively ducoed and in fine mechanical order the tyres are all in good condition. It has only covered 23,000 miles. PRICE $650.1936 PLYMOUTH DE WE SALOON This car has an American all steel safety body It has been recently ducoed
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 393 3 P. 0. BRITISH IHOIA AhO APCAR LINE. 1 incorporated tit KngiaiiOi PKNINSULAf? ANP ORIFNI Al 8 N Co fljA'l "A^RENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services ara Leing maintained by »be P O S N Coy from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China Tndia Ceylon
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    • 271 3 (incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARP WHITE STAR LINE. TO SANJFRANCISCO lion? Kong. Kobe, Yokohama. Honolulu San Francisco and Los Angeles E.s. NITTA MARU leave H'kong Oct. 11 ms. TATUTA MARU leave H'kong Oct. 21 s.s. YAWATA MARU leave H'kong Nov. 4 TO SEATTLE Nagoya, Shlmidzu. Yokohama and
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    • 543 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are net guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle [Perth] via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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    • 204 3 Bftfl mA m^a FAST PASSENGER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA MANILA HONG KONG Sail Spore Arrive S P SJ. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS Oct. 7 Oct. 30 sa CITY OF NORFOLK Nov 7 Dec 1 s.s. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 13 Jan. 6 s.s. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 1160 3 broadcasting TO-DAY EMPIRE STATION Transmission 2 (6.00 p.in -».O5 p.o Malays SINGAPORE timel b* radiated on the following wavtZHL 13.33 m/ca. (225 m.) GSH— 13.97 m; GSI- bb at Oil till ZHP1 9.60 m/c-s (30.96 m.) m; GSG— 18.86 m; GST— 13.92 m; and M ZHP3 7.25 m/ca (41.38 m.)
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  • 105 4 Berlin. Oct. 1. ON leaving German territory the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ciano, sent a telegram to the Nazi Foreign Minister, Ribbet trop, in which he declared thai the visit had been "connected with one of the most important and, for the future of history, most
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  • 63 4 London, Oct. 1. CROM Jan. 1 the Suez Canal dues will be raised about 40 per cent, to offset the recent decline In revenues. After virtual cessation on Italy's entry into the war, the Canal traffic is now slightly expanding. Neutral, especially Balkan, tonnage
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  • 83 4 Vichy, Oct. 1. THE property of Pierre cot, ex-Air Minister, situated in the region cf Chambery in Savoy is reported here to-day to have been confiscated. The Government notes that Cot is now M the United States and is reported to be among the principal accused
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  • 52 4 Moscow, Oct 1 THE Soviet northern fleet has returned to Murmansk and other home ports after manoeuvres in the Barent Sea. off the Kola Peninsula in which aircraft, submarines and coastal troops all participated. The manoeuvres axe stated to have been successful despite very bad
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  • 37 4 Washington, Oct. 1. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has issued a proclamation requiring licences for the export of fire control instruments, military searchlights, aerial cameras and other types of military equipment containing optical elements.—Reuter.
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  • 56 4 Washington, Oct. 1. THE House of Representatives to-day finally approved the bill providing for an excess profits tax of between 25 and 50 per cent. The bill is expected to be sent to the White House to-morrow for President Roosevelt's signature. The Senate
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  • 35 4 Sofia, Oct. 1. BULGARIAN troops to-day marched mto the final zone of Southern Dobruja including silistra and Kassum without any incident. The Bulgarian-Rumanian frontier of 1912 has been thus restored. Reuter.
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  • 524 4 DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND THE following donations to The War A Fund are recorded to-day Anonymous 1,560 Chief Censor and Staff, sth contribution 700 Mr. and Mrs. T. J. A. Green, October contribntion 250 Dora E. Seabridge farther contribution 250 Frof. E. K. Tratman, monthly contribution 200 Staff of
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  • 253 4 (From Our Own Correspondent^ London, Aug 28. MANY people now residing in Malaya will have lively recollections of Major W. M. Sime, one of the directors of Sime, Darby and Co.. Ltd., who was fcr lonp resident Jn Malaya To-day's Financial Times pays tribute
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  • 123 4 Rice quoted p« r koyan 40 pJculs. Other commodities quoted per picul except where otherwise stated. Singapore, Oct. 2, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler $7.75 Hamburg Cube $13.00 Java Cube $1250 Pevoer White Muntok $11.75 White $11.25 Black 6.25 Coora Mixed $2.25 Sun Dried $2.50 Snnd Flour No
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  • 288 4 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. ruifctn \y\ii c, v/v is. i Books Company Dividend Close tm Hongkong Tin 12%% tot. less tax Idris Hyd 2%% int. less tax Kent 5% less tax K. L. Tin Is. No. 38 6d. bons Mambau Tin 12%% final Sept.
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  • 453 4 Tin Shares Steady Other Sections Quiet (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Oct. 2. TTHE tin share section of the market was rather more active yesterday although business was confined to only a few counters. Kundang had most business up to 14s. 10y 2 d. and were absorbed
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  • 93 4 Wednesday. Oct. 2, noon. Bayer* Seltan Price* *»rle« So. IX tf.S.S. (Spot loose) o 7Jy 37.^ No IX K.S.S. f.a.j. in case* Oct. sellers option 38 J8 .Si O.fr.A.V K.S.S. fob in bales Oct. sellers option 36 36 s f-.A.0 K.S.S. f.o.b in bales Oft.
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  • 75 4 NATIONAL EXPENDITURE AT NEW PEA K LEVEL London. Oct. 1. RATIONAL expenditure during the last nine days of September reached the wartime peak of £"99.937,000 of which ths Supply Services scent £97.970,000. The ord.nary revenue, at £25.506,000, shows signs of exceeding the Budget estimate. The average weekly expenditure in September
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  • 83 4 London, Oct. 1. TIN wai steadier after being easy. The turnover was 25 tons. The United States demand for afloats was sustained owing to fears of higher war-risk insurance rates in view of the Far Eastern situation but London was very narrow, not following New York's
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  • 183 4 The following are the exchange rates tniai morning according to the daily circular lssueJ by the Hongkong and -Shanghai Bnnklng Corporation srniNG London 11. 2/4 l/ld Lor don demand 2/4 1/16 Switzerland demand 205 'i New York demand 47 Montreal demand 51 'l/ltf Batavla demand 88 3 Samarang demand
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 230 4 WHAT YOU WANT MOST IN RADIO TO-iOAY STYLE QUALITY PERFORMANCE AND PRICE YOU HAVE THEM ALL IN THE $105 K~^£^ Ss^-'^H BL $105 ONLY Br U"LT AMERICAN H.M.V. "NEW YORKER" MODEL 5066 Suitable for 110 or 23« Volts. AC and DC Mains Guarantee to get LONDON Direct. Fully guaranteed by
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  • 323 5 London. Oct. 1. THE Stock Exchange was generally steady to-day with selected Kaffirs responding to moderate buying, Japanese bonds were sharply lower, while British Oovernmenu bonds Inclined to Improve after early dullness, industrials maintained their previous level. Keuter. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Shares are
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  • 40 5 London, Sept. 30. The turnover In the tin market was 250 tons. There were profit-taking an<1 lodging in spite of good week-end United States consumer buying. After official hours no business was done but the market was still easy.— Reuter.
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  • 135 5 MAIL ARRIVALS DISPATCHES Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Australia surface 2 p.m., air 5 p.m. Burma surface 1 p.m. Java air 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. New Zealand surface 2 p.m., air 5 p.m. Port Darwin air 5 p.m. Port Moresby surface 2 p.m., air
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  • 1276 5 TUESDAY, OCT. I, 194* 4 P.M. Ampat Tin (4s) 3s l%d 3s ?ftd Austral Amal (Ss) 5s 3a 5« ad Austral Malay S3s 3d 35s 6d Ayer Hltam (5s) Ids 30s Ayer Weng ($1) .95 1.00 Bangrln Tin 16o 3d 17« id Batu Selangor ($1)
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  • 45 5 London, Sept. SO. IT is understood that October freight 1 allocation of barter cotton has been increased from 40,000 to 50,000 bales The Trade expects Liverpool to reopen with buyers at the maxima. It is believed that certain special covering is still not completed.— Reuter.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 78 5 "Why, these are my favourite cigarettes!" *xJSk W V\e been smoking them ever **jjg\ wt& &id mi* PS&Sri^'ffiß "Doesn*t the tobacco get any 'V y^T^T credit? Why, it must be simply L I^b3fc W& There will never be a better cigarette HBjp^P^l v MAURIER made in lonoon THE EXCLUSIVE FILTER
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    • 162 5 DESITIN PRODUCTS The Medical Profession it advised that stocks of DESITIN OINTMENT DESITINOL DESITIN. SUPPOSITORIES are now available through Pharmacies and Dispensaries Sole Agent*: GRAFTON LABORATORIES, LTD. Singapore, Kuftl* Lumpur P«aang. Jiemf makes hair naturally Radiant In no time KEMT will turn your hair from dullness into radiant brilliancy. KEMT
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    • 341 5 INSURANCE FIRE- ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THE LONDON ASSURANCE EONQ KONG? FIRE INSCE. CO.. LTD. PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO.. LTD. WESTERN ASSURANCE CO. EAOLE STAR INS. CO., LTD. BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO. GUTHRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in S.S.) SAFEGUARD FOR FEVER VICTIMS You are not finished with fever when
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 281 5 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE ro-daj H. W. 10.58 a.m. 9.4 ft.; 11.17 p.m. 10.3 ft. L. W. 4.49 a.m. 1.5 ft.; 4.57 p.m. 1.5 rt. To-morrow H. W. 11.27a.m. 9.6 ft.; 11.59 p.m. 10.1ft. L. W. 5.24 a.m. 1.6 ft.; 5.37 p.m. 0.9 ft. Friday, Oct. 4 H. W. 11.59 a.m.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 236 6 SPECIAL RETURN SCREENING OF A. J. CRONIN'S FAMOUS NOVEL FOR ONE DAY ONLY 3. 15, $.15 and 9. 1S AT THE ALHAMBRA •FT TAVrC A TAT TA w MAKE ME LOVE A MAN wSSL IN THE FACE OF AIL I VX^ JM ■E* KNOW ABOUT THEM!" >fj fflj iQ 111
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    • 364 6 THE HAPPIEST SHOW YOU'LL SEE THIS WEEK! WITH A CAST THAT WILL MAKE YOU LIMP WITH LAUGHTER! [PAVILION TO-DAY AT 6.15 9.15 GO GAY WITH THE NAVY WITH TWO SKIRTS ABROAD! m\ B^¥%^^^. ii I. I mm Mati>MllM V'l Jr m ftlT w^ v. -^»^i^ *I Ji llfH^f* I y
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    • 162 6 Greeted .by PACKED HOUSES YESTERDAY The YEAR'S OUTSTANDING ADVENTURE STORY! FILMED IN GLORIOUS COLOUR! i> v^y 7^^ CAPI lOI I SPENCER TRACY I WALTER BRENNAN COMK LARLY1 k^A B| RUTH HUSSEY II No Preceding Shorts TWO GREAT STARS TOGETHER IN A THRILLING JOHN GALSWORTHY STORY COMING the CAPITOL "SCARLETT O'HARA"
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  • 485 7 Mr. Churchill Recalls Tragedy Of Munich Agreement London, Oct. 1. "TO-DAY is the second anniversary of the Munich agree- ment, a date which the world will always remember for the tragic sacrifice made by the Czechoslovak people in the interest of European peace," said
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  • 71 7 London, Oct. 1. IT is learned en good authority In London, that an economic r>sreement was recently reached between the British Government and the local governmen. of ihe Cam3rqcns, which recently declared for General de Gaulle. The agreement v/hich is separate from the general understanding between
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  • 82 7 London. Sept. SO. fHE annual report of the General Council of the British Trades Unions Congress comments on the close co-operation between the Labour movement and the Government. The trades unions are now in the forefront of the battle which will determine the course of
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  • 33 7 25 BIG GUNS BETWEEN CALAIS BOULOGNE London, Oct. 1. REPORTS from the Dover area state that 25 long-range guns are known to be mounted along the French coast between Calais and Bmlogne. Reuter.
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  • 27 7 London, Oct. 1. THE death has occirred of Sir Robert Hadfleld, the world famous metallurgist, who was the Inventor of manganese steel. Reuter.
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  • 28 7 Trenton, New Jersey, Oct. 1. PROFESSOR Einstein, Who Is universally known for his "theory of reUtivJty," has been granted United Sta:es citizenship.— Router.
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  • 108 7 London, Oct. 1. IN the Osaja district of the eastern provinces of Nigeria live some 40,000 clansmen of the Afikpo tribe. They are all anxiaus to do something for the King and their Government and recently a deputation waited upon the district commissioner and handed
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  • 116 7 London, Oct. 1. "THE food position In this country after the past month's Blitzkrieg remalns as strong as ever," the Food Minister, Lord Woolton, told Reuter today. "Despite transport disorganization resulting from the bombing, there has not to my knowledge and we have made the
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  • 82 7 London, Oct. 1. MERCANTILE shipping losses through enemy action principally due to submarine activity during the week ended Sept. 22, .lust announced bv the Admiralty, were 27 ships of a total tonnage of 159,000. Of these 19 were British, aggregating 131,000 tons, threa Allied of 13.OC0
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 301 7 RAFFLES HOTEL] "SMILE FOR VICTORY! TO-NIGHT "WEAR A SMILE" BALL SPECIAL CABARET including HIGHLAND DANCE by the Pipers of the Ist. Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders IN AID OF THE "BUY A BOMBER" WAR FUND "BUY A BOMBER" DANCE HOSTESSES— SO cents a dance SPECIAL DINNER 53.00 BALLROOM ADMISSION 52.00 EXTENSION
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    • 277 7 Whii not Wkk HJm Em M ft) yduf problem a natural tendenef W i to put on weight If so, you can f jjr A solve it without fasting, dieting I fos 9t violent exercise. Just taka two Bile Beans regularly every I night at bedtime and you'll slim while
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  • 1081 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1940. (395 th. Day Of The War.) THE STRATEGY OF TERROR Most people, if asked to define the term Fifth Column activities," would speak of spying, sabotage, defeatist talk and subversive propaganda. Under the heading of spying comes the use of lights, wireless
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  • 47 8 Batavla, Oct. 1. The Portuguese air line, Dllly-Kupang, will be inaugurated on Oct. 5, using the Fokkir 7B purchased from the K.N.I.L.M. This line will give connection to Qantas and K.N.1.L.M., linking Portuguese Timor with the International air lines, Reuter.
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 340 8 Arrangements For Month Of Fasting To the Editor of the Straits limes. Sir,— I take this opportunity cf voicing publicly, through the medium of your widely read Journal, the sentiments of the Alims and Kathis Jn particular, and the Muslim community in general. The community feels very grateful
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    • 87 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, For the duration of the fasting month, it would benefit the masses if ordinary office hours could be changed to 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the period to be worked continuously. Hot afternooiv; are very trying for men who are fasting; further
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    • 259 8 ECO NOMY More Action Wanted And Less Argument To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— With reference to the letter headed Economy," which appeared in your paper yesterday, your correspondent Marcato had evidently not read the article under the heading Singapore Scheme to Conserve Waste Paper" which you published
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    • 147 8 Scathing Verse Written 300 Years Ago To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I have come across the following lines attributed to an old Dutch poet, who lived more than three centuries ago. Even In those days there seems to have been little dubiety regarding the character
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    • 483 8 Valuable Work Done In China To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— A few inaccuracies crept into your brief report of my address to the members of the Ipoh Rotary Club entitled "Sons of Malaya in China", which I desire to correct. Through the omission of
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    • 289 8 "Autocratic Ruling" Of Amateurs To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, A Bill to Impose income tax is about to be introduced, and the authorities, have made it known that they are prepared to receive representations regarding the scope, rates and allowances of income tax. It is
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    • 47 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— "Selangor took defeat in the proper spirit, no alibis being offered" (Straits Times: 27.9.40). I suggest that a translation be added for the benefit of tl";ose whose only language Is English.— Yours, etc., BARZILLAI. Muar, Sept. 30.
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    • 643 8 The Great Struggle In Terms Of Philosophy To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— In terms of philosophy the gl« gantic struggle between Great Britain and Nazi Germany can be truly named: The Energy of Liberty versus The Energy of Bondage. The Energy of Liberty Is
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    • 238 8 To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,— Your leader of Sept. 23 under the heading "Savings" has mad© abundantly clear how employers can encourage small wage-earners to save money by the War Savings Certificates scheme. The reason this scheme has not caught the Imagination of the small
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 206 8 COLUMBIA PORTABLE A Distinctive Gramophone Prices from $27/- upwards THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., (S.S.) LTD. Opposite New Pier, Singapore. The world's best by every Test! ATTENTION SMART SHOP 17. STAMFORD RD., SINGAPORE. J PRICE CASH STOCK TAKING SALE FOR 10 DAYS ONLY FROM SEPTEMBER 30. THE SCIENCE OP LIFE by
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    • 39 8 THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY PROVIDES TROUBLE FREE TRAVEL OUR WORLD WIDE TRAVEL AND BANKING FACILITIES COMBINE TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAVEL Dl FFICULT I E S No Booking Fee. 84 Robinson Road Singapore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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  • 495 9 Result Of New JapanAxis Alignment ISOLATIONISTS SAY IT IS ONLY MATTER OF TIME Germany Recognizes That Conflict Will Be Long One /CONTRARY to German hopes, news of the Axis l alignment with Japan appears to have brought 'America much nearer to entry into
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  • 100 9 Tckio. Oct 1. "A GPAND naval review" corr- memornting the two thousand ?:x hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Empire wil: be held off Yokohama on Oct 11, announces the Navy Minister. Fit ar- Admiral Kanagawi, Director of Naval Pul llcity, stated: "'Circumstances
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  • 102 9 Melbourne, Oct. 1. •THE conference of party leaders called by 1 the Prime Minister, Mr. R. O. Menzles, to discuss the question of establishing a national government has been postponed from Friday until Monday to permit the attendance of Mr. Curtln, the Labour leader, who has
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  • 37 9 .ooJ City, (California), Oct. I. tyiMIELM MUHLEMBROICH, a German, indicted for kidnapping three-year-old de Tristan, pleaded guilty to the Charge. Up will be srr.trnr«d on Friday. He facs tilt Imprisonment— Reuter.
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  • 69 9 London, Oct. 1. THF Kiny has expressed deep satisfaction with the Colonial Empire's war effort, of which His Majesty was given a full account, when he visited the Colonial OHke to- day. His Majesty, who was weiring i tie uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, was
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  • 238 9 New Pact Will Weld AngloSaxon Peoples SWEDISH VIEW OF JAPAN'S FEARS London, Oct. 1. TTHE Stockholm paper Social De- mocraten, commenting on the Tokio-Berlin-Rome pact, says that while a German and Italian declaration of war under conditions of present air and sea warfare would be somewhat platonic help for Japan,
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  • 245 9 R.A.F. ATTACKS IN AFRICA Italian 'Dromes Ports Bombed Cairo, Oct. 1. CNEMY aircraft were bombed in a low-level attack by Blenheim aircraft on MaSsawa (Eritrea) aerodrome, states an R.A.F. communique. Three were definitely destroyed, two being blown up and another set on fire, and other machines are believed to have
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  • 127 9 Bucharest, Oct. 1. DUMANIA'S steady development into a German state is further shown by the announcement that not only have new gauleiters been appointed for the old kingdom of Transylvania and Banat, but that German mayors vice-mayors have been selected for 12 large towns in which there
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  • 143 9 Bucharest, Oct. 1. GEN. Antonescu, the Rumanian Prime Minister, in a letter to the British Minister, has promised full investigation into the affair, regarding the British subjects arrested at Ploestl. Those arrested comprise three Englishmen, Messrs. Anderson, Brazier and Young, and two Canadians. Captain and Mrs. Tracey.
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  • 520 9 THE Italian Press and radio are making considerable play of the visit to Rome of the Spanish Minister of the Interior, Senor Suner, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent. Indeed, there is an obvious attempt to suggest that a grand diplomatic surprise
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  • 48 9 (frejt). A general view of the exterior of a cinema in a London suburb after it had been hit by a German bomb and (right) fire hoses playing on a building after a fire started by incendiary bombs had been brought under control.
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  • 269 9 London, Oct. 1. COR the second time since the air blitzkrieg started, London's usual almost continuous night warning was ended before midnight. The all clear, which, however, was of brief duration followed a lull in aerial activity lasting more than an hour. A fresh
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  • 109 9 London, Oct. 2. ■piri't'KN tunes in three weeks, Mr. Malcolm Macdonald the Minister of Health and former Secretary for Colonies, has run the gauntlet of the air raids. He usually visits the control centre Just to see the officials at their posts. He then
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  • 35 9 London, Oct. 3. A DDITIONAL drafts from New Zealand for service In the Royal Navy and the R. A.F. have arrived in the United Kingdom. Reuter.
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  • 114 9 London, Oct. I. THE crew of an R.A.P. bomber which attacked the great railway yards at Mannheim last night state that explosions which followed each other in quick succession gave them the impression that four lines of ammunition trains had been blown up. Gunners of bomberi
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  • 207 9 Full Support In War Effort GANDHI'S POLICY CRITICIZED New Delhi, Oct. 1. CIR Sikandar Hyat Khan, the Premier of the Punjab, to-day declared that Mahatma Gandhi's demand amounts to this while Britain is engaged in a life and death struggle against Hitlerism, he should be given freedom
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  • 56 9 Washington, Oct. 1. PRESIDENT Roosevelt, receiving a delegation of 20 military representatives fmm nine Latin American countries to-day accl*red| "We all have one common problem, namely the defence of the Americas. "We have an expression which Is common to all of the 21 republics one for
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  • 53 9 London, Oct. 2. REAR-ADMIRAL Ilarwood who commanded the British naval forces at the River Plate battle against the German "pocket battleship" Graf Spec last December has returned Home for the first time since the great victory and was yesterday knighted by the King at Buckingham
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  • 41 9 London, Oct. 1. BRITISH soldiers who acted as pallbearers at the funeral of two German airmen killed when their machine crashed in the Isle of Man made a swastika of clay and placed It on the grave.— Reuter.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 78 9 All the best breakfasts i.ciud« AUSTRALIAN BACON bacon and eggs, kidneys and bacon, haddock and bacon and bacon on toast. In fact, whatever the dish served, Australian bacon seems to play an important part, which is reason enough for purchasing only the finest quality. We have "Pineapple" brand from the
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  • 734 10 Nearly $5,000 Acknowledged In To-day's List ANOTHER $700 RECEIVED FROM CHIEF CENSOR'S OFFICE THERE are no four figure donations to The War Fund in to-day's list of acknowledgements, but the total has advanced substantially by the addition of a number of monthly gifts. The
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    20 10 Damage done to a building in London on Aug. 24, firemen are still playing their hoses on the smouldering ruins.
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  • 83 10 SERVICEMEN and others in Ward three of the General Hospital now hear the latest news bulletins and music by means of a wireless supplied to the ward by Sir Shenton Thomas and Mr. Richard Williamson. Twenty headphones were included in the gift so that patients
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  • 97 10 Special Economic Mission Due Tokio, Oct. 2. tyiß. Hajime Matsumiya, former acting Foreign Vice-Minister who was recently appointed envoy extra-ordinary and ambassador plenipotentiary to go to Malaya, French Indo-China, Thailand, India and Oceania will first visit Indo-China to conclude an economic agreement with the Indo-China authorities
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  • 139 10 Tckio, Oct. 2. THE Axis-Japanese pact has ''accorded the United States an opportunity to reflect but we must be prepared for the worst," says the Nichi-Nichi Shimbun. The journal asserts that the pact has served a notice on the Tinted States that It
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  • 102 10 (ITrjm Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Oct. 1. nURINO the year the Teachers' As- sociation of Malacca contributed $200 to the Malaya Patriotic Fund and $500 to The War Fund, it was staled in the rsport submitted at the annual mcp;ins of the association yesterday. The following
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  • 153 10 SINGAPORE RAFFLES HOTEL Bomber Ball Special Cabaret to 2 a.m. GARRICK THEATRE. GEYLANG They Made Me A Criminal Two In Revolt -t 7.45 p.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Every Other Inch A Lady Mi.isins Evidence. S'cy: Wtvea Under Suspicion. BAPPY WORLD Teochcw Wayangs. Operas, Magic
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  • 414 10 Success Of Food Control Measures \I7AR conditions notwithstanding, rice prices in Malaya have been kept within satisfactory limits. The fact that since the outbreak of war no fewer than 56 Gazette notifications dealing with rice prices have been published in the Colony Indicates that Government Is keeping
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  • 138 10 HELP FROM BORNEO Beaverbrook And The Spitfires TPHE following telegram has been re- celved by the Governor of British North Borneo from the Minister or Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook, in acknowledging a gift of £5,000 for North Borneo Spitfire No. 1. "To all the patriotic and generous hearted people of
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  • 73 10 (Frnm Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Oc:. 1. A CHARGE of extortion was explained in ths police court to-day to Ng Thb., a 27-year-old Hokkien, who w«s produced by Mr. C:cil Uphill, chief detective Inspector. I i was alleged that the accused threatened a compatriot with assault
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  • 44 10 Wrecked Nazi planes, shot down over Britain are collected into large dumps to -be broken up, salvaged material will be used for our own aircraft production. This is a general view of wrecked German planes photographed on the salvage dump.
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  • 348 10 THE number of Malay seamen clamouring for jobs at the Shipping Office has prompted questions as to whether the men, or most of them, can be absorbed into the Malay Navy. "Everything possible Is being done by Government to assist Malay seamen to obtain employment," stated
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  • 67 10 i" 1 RIPPED by wreckage when a bomb *1 demolished two four-starey houses in North London, a man, aged 70, was still alive, the following day. He was fed through a tube. His wife had been killed Rescue squeds, who had already brought four
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  • 27 10 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 1. The Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas and Lady Thomas, are departing fo* Malaga on Friday.
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  • 262 10 Sequel To Border Incident Tokio, Oct. 2. A CCORDING to a Bangkok dispatch to the Domei agency, Thailand has strongly protested to the French Government regarding an incident near Vientane, on the Indo-China border last Sunday, when a Thai merchant is reported to have been shot
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  • 98 10 fWO English seamen. J. Schaneld, aged 29 and J. Murphy, aged 49, pleaded guilty in the Singapore third court yesterday to charges of being druiJc and disorderly at tho Naval Base at midnight on Sunday. An additional charge of using insulting and Indecent words to Police Officer
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  • 425 11 Dato Suggests Military Service For Duration (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 1. rONSCRIPTION for Malays on lines existing in many European countries was urged by Dato Abdul Hamid, Dato Kaya Klang, speaking at the meeting of the Selangor State Council to-day. He said the
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  • 153 11 A further change in the arrangements for the relays from the Singapore station of the B.B.C Dutch and Hindustani broadcasts is necessary, it is announced This week, until and including Saturday night, the Hindustani news bulletin will still be relayed from 9.39 to 9.50 p m.
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  • 66 11 Barely 24 hours after her arrival in Singapore from New Zealand, Miss Lorna Hutton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hutton, of Dunedin, New Zealand, was married to Mr. William Thomas Dunne, ths well-known Selangor rugger player, at the St. Andrew's Cathedral, yesterday. The bridegroom is
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  • 407 11 Thief Caught By Doctored Notes LJOW he discovered a thief at the Tanglin residence of Comte F. de Courseulles, Singapore manager of the Banque de l'lndo-Chine, by using a chemical detector," was described in the police court yesterday by Inspector Francis Goodship. In the dock was Comte de
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  • 422 11 Stores Oppose Application MESSRS. Gian Singh and Messrs. 111 M. S. Ally and Co., well-known Singapore retail stores in Battery Road, may have to vacate their premises if an application by the Bank of China before the Rent Assessment Board is successful The Bank of China applied
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  • 78 11 JUDGMENT was reserved by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell In the Singapore High Court yesterday in an appeal by an amusement park stallholder. Long Ah Kow, who had been convicted and fined 50 cents for assisting in the management of a dart-throwing game. It was
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  • 315 11 "IT might almost be said that my A client has no time to look for a hcuse because he is too busy odposing applications before this Board," said Mr. J C. Haydon. representing Major F. L. Harding, before the Rent As r pssmen Bosrd
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  • 116 11 NEW Orders under the Defence Regulations published in the Colony last night forbid the importaUon of nitrogenous fertilisers by any person either en his own account or on account of any other person unless authorised in writing. For this purpose, the Director of Agriculture, S.S., Mr. W.
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  • 95 11 £HARGED with assisting In the management of the Chinese National Emancipation Vanguard Corps, an unlawful society, Chhi A Hun, a 20-year-old Hokkien, claimed trial In the Singapore third court yesterday. He wrs offered bail of $5,000 In four sureties, and the case was postponed
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  • 234 11 DEGISTRATION of rice consumers in Singapore, which began a fortnight ago, has worked most satisfactorily, the Straits Times understands. A number of minor difficulties wer« encountered, but they have now been overcome. Pig breeders, for instance, presented a problem In registration, but special arrangements
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  • 40 11 AN appeal by N. R. Pen Ira against a conv.ction and sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment for assaulting a Chinos* with a knife was dismissed by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell In the S' gapore High Court yesterday.
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  • 423 13 Large Variety Used By Malays From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 1. *<THE Malay makes use of a large number of plants for a variety of purposes." is an observation made by Messrs. J. L. Rosedalc and J. N. Milsum who recently conducted a survey
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  • 40 13 by a Chinese, Clian Chong, against a police court sentence of five months' rigorous imprisonment for tlyeft of $1.20 in cash was dismissed by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in the High Court yesterday. Crown Counsel vas Mr. C. H. 3u:tcrfield.
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  • 581 13 Interim Injunction Of F.M.S. Court To Continue (From Our Owr* Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 1. HECLARING that the injunction against A. G. Macdonald, 'retired senior officer of the Mines Department, restraining him from disposing of any property, shares or bonds in his name or
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  • 112 13 A CHINESE, Kwaiig Hoi Mei, who had been sentenced In the police court to three months' rigorous imprisonment and 15 strokes of the rotan for extorting $2 from a women, had the rotan sentence reduced to eight strokes by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in the Singapore High
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  • 572 13 1 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 1. A COMPLAINT against "ihe too tx frequent tendency to order post-mortem examinations in cases cf sudden deaths" v/as voiced by the Chief Kathi of Selangor at to-day's meeting of the Selangor State Council at
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  • 195 13 Local Indians Send Greetings To-day is Mahatma Gandhi's 72nd birthday and Indians all over Malaya are celebrating the occasion with great enthusiasm. In Singapore, zhe Indian Youth League has drawn up an elaborate programme of celebrations lasting five days. The Singapore Indian Association has sent by cable
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  • 218 13 THE funeral of Mr. George Parr, who died at his residence in Branksome Road, Singapore, on Monday evening, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday after x>n and was largely attended. The Rev. W. B. Bales officiated. 1 Others present Included Messrs. Ong Boon Tat,
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  • 61 14 Shanghai, O:t. 1. IN a leader on the in ernaJanal sl'.ua'.ion as a re uV of he Ax'sJapanese pa t, the Sino-Amsrlcfn newspaper, the CYna Press, declares thr.t Am r'.ca's en'ry in'.o the war wih ei'h:r Germany or Japan or bo h "appears
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  • 158 14 London, Oct. 1. THE Portuguese Government organ, Dlario de Manna, interprets the Axis-Japanes3 pact as directed primarily a^anst America and secondarily against Russia in spite of the clause exnressly statins the contrary. The dispatch of troops to Finland is interpreted as a menace
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  • 46 14 Rome, Oct. 1. TARTARESCU. the former Rumanian Prime Minister, has been arrcstad, according to an official Bucharest announcement reported by the Italian nr*ws ae:ncy which says that a Judicial Inquiry is be!ng held into his activities as a statesman and Ambassador.— Reuter.
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  • 432 14 Second Five-Hour Raid On Berlin Area Within One Week New York, Oct. 1. D AIDING British aircraft forced Berlin residents to remain in shelters for five hours during last night, according to reports from the German capital. The longest raid on Berlin, made last
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  • 85 14 London, Oct. 1. MR. MALCOLM MACDONALT). the Minister of IlrsaUn, announces It has been decided that the opportunity for mothers and children to be evacuated to the country shall be extended to six more London boroughs, makin? the total 14 in all. Mothers and children
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  • 84 14 Washington, Sept. 30. I THE first gioup of high Latin American I 1 military officials have arrived on the in- vitation of the United States Government for n air tour of the nation's defences. The United States Chief of Staff. Gen. Marshall, said the
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  • 253 14 Group-Captain Did Not Seek Fight! London, Oct. 1. A GROUP-CAPTAIN of the Fighter Command went up in a Hurricane yesterday evening to watch his squadrons at work. When he came down again he had made 18 Heinkel bombers turn tail, destroyed one Messerschmitt 109 and
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  • 78 14 rE Germans are conscripting 1.000,000 Frenchmen for libour in Germany, according to an Arm.rJcan report from Paris. The Germans are dividing France into sections each containing 60 prison camps, the report adds. The camps will be able to hold 1.000,000 prisoners. The authorities in French
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  • 82 14 Fis revealed, says the New York Times," that the Nazis moved into Baron Henri da Bothschild's chateau in France, but found the cupboard bare. The baron had previously removed priceless tapestries, furniture, and art treasures, but left 1738 cognac in the cellars. The Nazis were
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  • 389 14 London, Oct. 1. DRITISH planes patrolled the sky over London during the night and this, combined with the latticework of searchlights and the heavy barrage, made German night raiders more cautious. While according to unofficial reports bombs were dropped during the nigh; In
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  • 131 14 Japanese Gendarmes And Fresh Incident Shanghai, Oct. 1. •yHE American naval commander-ln-chief in the Far East, Admiral T. C. Hart, held a long conversation w.th American officials here yesLerday to decide upon American action over an incident occurring en Saturday when Japanese gendarmes detained pnd beat up
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  • 354 14 London, Oct. 1. EVIDENCE is still accumulating about he distress which will be felt In Germany and Italy and enemy-occu-pied countries in winter. In Belgium, oal output has been restricted as there is a shorfn.se of electrical power and lubricating oh. There is also a
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    20 15 Kai Tere, who did one of the best gallops at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, should be a prominent runner on Saturday.
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  • 620 15 DESULTS of ties played yesterday in the w S.C.R.C. open Invitation tennis tournament at Hong Urn Green were: Open Mixed Oonbles: Miss M. I. Stokes and John Lim beat Mrs. Evan Wong and Chua Choon Leong 6—4,6 4, 6—2. Open Junior Boys* Singles: Wong Chew Bee
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  • 494 15 Luckless Police Team Go Down Three-Nil In Cup Argylls 3; Police 0. LUCK was against the Police when they met the Argylls at the stadium yesterday and were beaten by three goals to nil in the Cup competition. The Argylls' goal had many narrow escapes,
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  • 168 15 i From Oar Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept 29. A FULL week's programme of sports organized in aid of the Malaya Patriotic jFund by the Malacca Settlement Committee ended yesterday at the Bandar Hllir Park with a soccer match between Seremban and Muar. at the
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  • 33 15 TN the final of the Rose Eowl competition played at the Garrison Golf Ciub, Major and Mrs- J. J. CDwyer beat 'Major and Mrs. J. R. Burne, 3 and 2.
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  • 296 15 R.A.F. Kalians 8. S.C.C. 3. FAULT! passing and handling marred yesterday's rugger match on the radang when the K.A.F. (Kalian*) first team defeated an S.C.C. fifteen by eight points (a goal and a try) to three 'a try*. The scrums packed hard at
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  • 544 15 Friendly Football Against Siong 800 Siong 800 A.A. East Surreys 0. FAILING light and a bumpy ground did not affect the determination of a team drawn from the East Surrey Regiment in a friendly football match against the Siong 800 A.A. at the Chinese High School ground
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  • 202 15 AT the City Park, Malacca, last Saturday night, a big badminton match was played in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, between teams raised by Mr. Ho Liang Tian of Selangor and Mi Pamadasa of Malacca. Several leading players took part and a record crowd was
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  • 41 15 Chicago, Sept. 30. IN the American professional lawn tennis championships singles Donald BuC beat Fred Perry 6—3, 4—6, 6—4, 6—3 and in the doubles Budge and Perry beat Bill Tilden and Vincent jßicharcls 7—5, 6-3, 9— 7.— Reuter.
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  • 70 15 THE following have accepted to play hockey for the S.C.C. Ist XI vs. the Police on the Padang today Capt. G. 11. Searle; Pay Lt G. C. Fort in, R. A. U. Todd; J. FletcherCooke, W. J. Peel, Major J. R. Kellett; G. W S. Waites, Lt
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  • 280 15 Water Sports In Aid Of F.M.S. War Fund (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 30. fTHE F.M.S. War Fund benefitted to the 1 extent of over $3,000 when a water sports meeting was staged at Port Dickson yesterday. The venue was the sea wall at Port Dickson, and arrangements made
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  • 66 15 THE following Ijave been selected to play hockey for the V.M.C.A. against ".Bth Field Ambulance on the Anson Road ground at 5.10 p.m. to-day C. Reshty, T. Morrison, Tan Guan Kiat, Goh Chin Chye, F. Hutchinson, Wong Fatt Lim, S. M. Hope, J. Povah, Lee Fong Lim. I.
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  • 428 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 1. EXCELLENT gallops by Snowy Owl, Shun, Bay Dragon, 1-1 Red Dot, Kai Tere and Mystic Music were the main features of this morning's training for the Selangor Turf Club's autumn meeting, which consisted mainly of fast
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  • 37 15 SOCCER: Challenge Cup, Ma'ays vs. Gordons, Stadium. HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs. Police. S.C.C.: C.S.C. vs. S.R.C. S.R-C: Malaya Signals vs. Fort Canning. Ta»Klin; Anglo-Chinese School vs. Khalsa Assn., Oldhani Hall. TENNIS: S.C.R.C. and V.M.C.A. tournaments.
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  • 145 15 i From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 30. pOLOURS defeated Whites by eight points <a goal and a try) to three points (a try) in the first rusher practice here en Saturday. There was a good turn out of European and Asiatic players.
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  • 156 15 PATERSONS WIN AT BUKIT TIMAH THE Royal Singapore Go:; C:uj bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition for September was played at lEukit Timah on Sunday afternoon and ri suited in a win for Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Puterson with a net score of 34>' 4 The following cards were returned Mr.
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  • 492 16 Soviet Must Deliver Ukraine Oil Regions" INFECTION OF DEFEATISM INCREASING IN REICH New York, Oct. 1. IT is generally taken for granted in Nazi circles that Germany will invade Russia in 191J, declares Mr. Richards Boyer, writing in the newspaper P.M. to-day.
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  • 182 16 Indo-China Incident Shatters Earlier London Hopes London, Oct. 1. '["HE possibility of the reopening of the Burma road is the subject of important information gathered by Kcuter in aulhortitative quarters in London. It is emphasized that one essential aspect of the arrangement
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  • 53 16 Sydney, Oct. 1. THERE is not the Tightest intention of evacuating any Japanese from Australia, stated Mr. Akiyama, the Japanese consul-general, to-r'a". fir'ding: "On the other hand, more Japanese are likely to emigrate here. "Japanese are being evacuated from Eritain because of the terrible
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  • 112 16 Chungking, Oct. 1. •T*HE Japanese lorces in northern Indo-Chlna have reached Caopang. This is the terminus ot the new Icop road through the mountains »n:o Indo-China which th? Chinese made las, November after the Japanese had cut ihe main rosd by the capture of Nanning, in south-east
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  • 30 16 The second New Zealand Expeditionary Force arriving in England. Picture shows two officers of a Maori battalion with their mascot after disembarking at a port.
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  • 174 16 MIDDLE EAST PREPARATION FOR ANTICIPATED ITALIAN ADVANCE London, Oct. 1. DRITISH air squadrons in Egypt are being reinforced both in numbers and personnel in preparation for the anticipated Italian advance, it is learned on #ood authority in London. It is believed that Marshal
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  • 113 16 London, Oct. 1. THERE are persistent reports in Cairo that the Italian armistice commission in Syria has presented fresh and far-reaehins demands to the French authorities. These demands appear to be directed towards getting Italy and Germany a firmer grip L»n Syria, ihey Include the authorization
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  • 32 16 Nsw York, Oct. 1. rS United Slates is expected to send over 100 tanks to Canada almost Immediately for training purposes, according to the Herald-Thbun3's Washington correspondent.— Reuter
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  • 260 16 Incident Coincides With Suner's Visit AS Senor Surrano Suner, the Spanish Minister of the Interior, arrived in Rome yesterday following his talks in Berlin, it was announced in London that yet another Spanish ship has been torpedoed and sunk by an Italian submarine. This is the
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  • 209 16 Detroit, Oct. 1. FUROPE is dominated by the colos- sal cynicism of Hitler, declared Mr. Wendell Willkie, Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, in a campaign speech to an audience of women here to-day. "Hitler," he said, "is a man who does not hesitate to
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  • 81 16 Batavia, Oct. 1. IN the presence of civil and military authorities, including the Com-mander-in-Chief. the Royal Military Academy at Bandoeng was opened this morning replacing the ancient academy at Breda, in Holland, which was most probably destroyed or If not, is being used by the
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  • 53 16 Melbourne, Oct. 1. IN announcing: that a number of Australian air force squadrons were Koing to Malaya, the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. O. Menzies. said that the Australian units would not add to the present strength of the station, but rslieve R.A.F. units
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  • 31 16 Lahore, Oct. 1. rE All-India Sikh League has appealed to all Sikhs to intensify the war effort, especially by offering themselves tor military service. Reuter.'
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  • 108 16 Chungking, Oct. 1. UNDER no circumstances what- ever will China recognize Japanese leadership in the establishment of the so-called Greater Asia nor will she ever recognize the validity of a "new order," declares an official statement issued here in connection with the tripartite pact. The
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  • 345 16 First Awards Of George Crosses Removal Of Time-Bomb Near St. I aid's London, Oct. I. T*HE first list of George Crosses, the decoration recently instituted by the King as a recognition of civilian gallantry, especially commemorates the safe extraction of the heavy time bomb from beneath, the pavement in the
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