The Straits Times, 25 April 1941

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CBNTURT) 3fi4£3Vi49' LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES IS PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATHS
      48 2 BCHNETDER.— On 21st April. IMI. Virginia Eleanor (Nee Phlpps). By cable. Mr. Henry Fernando passed away at his rejidence 25 Jalan Jathl. Kuala Lumpur, last night at the age of 82. The funeral takes place at the Cheras Rd. Cemetery on Sat.. Ap-il 2f at 7.45 a.m.
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      347 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. J.&E. HALL LTD. (DARTFORD) ICE PLANTS. COLJJ STORAGE AIR CONDITIONING tNSTALLAnoNs ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. AMD Xl 41. A lIMI'II FOR A ,^o>~ PERMANENT <\ WAVE 1* ,-s^ «4 A l Ailli2-' I ***'sP£CIALISTS f.\j£i>*^ TEKMANENT WAVING "KUPANG" CLONAL SEED. Fro.ii 300 acres of Isolated Budded
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      564 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA IIVJ UHMN AND APCAR LINE. '■iiil^TUi Jlncorporateo w Belaud. Incoroorated v, J.oan) pkninsuZar and orien'i aTs.n Co GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS MAIL PASSENGER ANI^CARGO SERVICE FQR CUNARD WHITE STAR The best possible services LINE, are being maintained by the i£°JZ, C ZJ™*:i TO EUKOPI! VIA
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      463 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 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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      176 3 |^»isi»_^_SS'tfi_2fw^iair I PASS KN (IKK FRKIUHT SKKVllfc SINOA^UKK 1O M-.VV YORK AND BOSTON VIA PENANG. COLOMBO, BOMBAY AND CAPE OP GOOD HOPE Arrive 3'dot* Sail 9'tmr* Arr|— N T is. PRXSIDKNT IIAYKB Mot 11 Ma» 13 June 21 ts. PRESIDENT TYLKK May It May 22 July 10 •4. PRBBIDKNT UARPISLD
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      188 3 Radio Programmes TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.333 kc/t <m BL) CHP1 9 69 me/* (309* ml (ZIIP2 8.17S ne/t 48.58 m.) ZHP3 1.2S nw/s ***** ml ZHL, ZHP1 A ZHPX 5 p.m. Pcip.ng Dramast; 5.35 p.m Nf»« In Cantonese: 5. 50 p.m. Hokklen music*; 6 p.m. News !n Hokklrn; 8.15 p.m.
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      196 3 tanl musict: 6.05 p.m. News In Hindustani: 6.20 p.m. ramil musict; 6.40 p.m. News >r Tamil; 7 p.m. London Piano Acoordeon Bandt; 7.10 p.m. News In French; 7.30 pm London Piano Aecordeon Band. (Cont'd): 7.30 p.m. Annajoum Gam bos Orchestra. (Prom the Studio); 8 p.m. Warning 'o Mariners. News In
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      655 3 p.m. News In Hokkien: 8.15 p.m. WarnlTW to Mariners; 6.20 p.m. The News. Relayed from London; 6.35 p.m. Children's Pro gramme; 6. SO p.m. "Calling the British Forces in trie Par East R lcayed from London; 7.20p.m. Saturday Evening Popular Concerf't; 8.20 p.m. The News. Relay d from London; 8.50
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      849 3 EMPIRE STATION EASTKRN TRANSMISSION will Dr radlaCMV U Malaya on GS» -19.81 metres (15.15 m/es> aa* USO I6.A« aeire* (17.79 mcs> 'rom 6.1* p.ra to I.M p m GSB— II. SJ metres (9.51 m/e») an« G»U 14.51 metre* (11.75 m eol Iron ».«J p.m. U U.M pm FOREIGN ij».Nl,l \<-l
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    U.S. MOTOR FACTORIES USE 15,000 TONS OF TIN
    1064 4 Why Dutch Revised Their Attitude To Control (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 21. WEWS that the motor-car factories >• A1 of the United States and Canada consumed no fewer than 15,000 tons of tin m 1940 reached' London to-day. How far
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RFRRER ASSN.
    82 4 Fr'day. Apr. IS, noon. Bayers Sellers Prtee* l"rtce Nj IX R.SS (Spot luoM-> 39-", 4«U No IX t.SS lob m tmm Apr.-May (Seller* Option) 4»'k iV 2 fi.t Afi S s rob m n.nr. Apr.-May (Sellers Option) JJH 39H Apr.-May (Sellers Option) 39% S»H UTtKt
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    EXCHANGES
    176 4 rr.e toliowuiR art the McnanKt rate* Oak ncrr.lng according ili dail? circular Utu». }v ihe Honskon* and Shancba) Banktaii ■*>rporatlon: SELL [NO London T.T 2/4 3/92 London demand 2/4 3/32 Switzerland (T.T. only) 202 46 New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand 61.85 Batavla demand 88.71 aairmnuig demand 88.68 Calcutta
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    BUKIT KEPONG RUBBER
    766 4 20% Dividend And Gift To War Funds DROPOSING the adoption of tho report and accounts at the annual meeting of Bukit Kepon? Rubber Estates Ltd. m Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Mr. D. St. L. Parsons, the chairman, said: Releases under; the Rubber Control regulations for the year
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    69 4 Singapore. Apr. 25. auyert den.-- Gambler $7 50 Hamburg Cube (12 SO Java Cube $12 00 ?onra MlxM $1.25 Sun Dried tJ 50 White Muntok $14 25 White $U.75 B»*ck $725 Sam rvaut No 1 Ungga $6.20 Fair $615 $8 15 Sarawak $6.00 limwu Small Flake $7
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    U.S. MONETARY HELP FOR CHINA
    56 4 London. Apr. 24. /CHINESE circles expect the lmm.nent signature of the ?greem"nt with Washington ti earmark US $50,000,000 for the Chinere S abliization Fund. This would fulfil the monetary- part of the $100 000,000 credit to China which comprised $50,000,000 for g?neral use and $50
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    TIN STEADY IN LONDON
    55 4 London, Apr. 24. TIN opened steady. The turnover was 150 tons. Th? M.nlstry's cash cellIng limit Is £272 15s. Other sellers asain underquoted the Ministry's higher cash felling limit but lnt?rest was entirely (ccussed on forwards Smelters re:rain?d from selling threemonths. After official h?urs a further
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    350 4 Operators Cautious And Only Small Business Done By Oar Financial Correspondent Singapore. Apr. 29. THE share markets "ere again very quiet yesterday and buyers In all sections were extremely cautious and disinclined to do any business at all. The volume of business, therefore, was very small indeed.
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    RUBBER'S AID TO VICTORY
    131 4 Hose For Stirrup-Pumps And Barrage Balloons (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 21. VTET another vital wartime use for rubber m addition to the many which your Correspondent has reported to you from time to time has been described thts week m an announcement that: Millions
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    GOOD DEMAND AT RUBBER AUCTION
    71 4 IN a weekly report on the rubber market, is:u?d yesterday, Guthri.* and Co. Ltd. write: The local market has been quiet but st:;dy, London has been dull and m New York there has been moderate interest with a l.ght turnover. At the auctions held yesterday.
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    PIECEGOODS EXPORTS TO BE LICENSED
    29 4 London. Apr. 24. j AS from May 12 cotton piecegoods and cotton rayon mixtures wll be subject to export licencing to all destinations. Reuter.
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    WALL STREET DULL Effect Of War News
    163 4 WAR news continued to dominate the New York stock market at the end of the week. Nervousness h\d a dulling effect en trading but the volume of business was surprisingly good and price changes were narrow throughout the week. Otherwise, business indications were
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    FREIGHT MARKET
    59 4 London, Apr. 24 INQUIRIES Include Java sugar ti Wrst Ind'a at $16 and to E^vpt nt 10-: M r .n'evid?o L'rse°d to Philadelphia at $25; Mso Urifd «'atei Wheat and Argentine horses to Genoa f~r th->S" ss G~ver"m^t C?'^ Jute, etc. to the United States. Soit 1 America
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    Weights For First Day
    325 4 Sslangor Races (Fr-m Our Own Correspondent^ Ku?la Lumpur. Apr. 25 THE following are the weights for Wednesday, Apr. 30, the flrrt day of the Seiangor Turf Club's Spring meetine: Horses. Class S. Div. 1 fun. Lady Zcnta 9.00 Danger Zone 8.04 Speartown K. 12 First Ra
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    SUCCESSFUL CONCERT AT THE ADELPHI
    104 4 A SUCCESSFUL ccnccrt til given yesterday by s?vprai leading local artistes Pt the Adpiohi Roof G.v all of the YW C A Wmr Workers Party. "One Fine Day," sung by laa Klnloch. maie a very iffcettTC opening. Eva Clark made good use of her lov?iy
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    CARMELITE CONVENT BUILDING FUND
    43 4 A VARIETY entertainment will be held at the Victoria Theatre at 6.15 p.m. on May 3 m »l<i of the C*r*nelite Coment build, tog fund. The show will be reported on May 5 at the same time and place.
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    30 4 London, Apr. 24. MINCING Lane believes that tea stocks are satisfactory and are trending up owing to Rood arrivals, the retention of rationing and the recent reduction m re-exports Re'iter.
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    CONSECRATION AT HONG KONG OF NEW BISHOP
    83 4 THE new Bislioo of Singapore, Dean J. L. Wilson of Hop? Kons. will be consecrated at Hon-* Kong before he arrives m Sin-r.r, r^ ti ?.«umc his dvtfa. it la understood. 1 i will be the first time that the consecration of a
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      251 4 PUBLIC NOTICE THE KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE LTD. (Incorporated In the P.M. 8.) notice Is hereby Riven that a First Interim Dividend of 7 ,4% In respect of the Financial Year ending 30th September. 1911. has been declared payable to Shareholders on the R<«Lster on 12th May. 1941. And Notice Is
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      65 4 PUBLIC NOTICES MALAYAN' MAGIC CIRCLE TO-NIGHT Members are reminded of Hie TOMBOLA i tnd competition night arrr.n 'oc! by Mrs. U. A. Duckworth Bring some Guests wrmttted. NOTICE. SINGAPORE SWIMMING 10. SINCiAI'O'-K \M\TI I SWIMMING ■ASSOCIATION HlftTlNO. Owing to the limited ncrommodaijon it I* rrquested that members refrain from introduclr.s
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    London Stock Exchange
    371 5 Lonuon, Apr. 24 f\lt the Stock Exchange to-day there was %n all-round demand tor gllt-cdged with Useful rLse mi prices and this impart.d a generally orlghter tendency. Hnsewhere operators were still cautious and only small business developed Tndlan Stocks and Home rails wire flrm and Industrials ani
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    131 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 24. POMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations In parenthesis RUBBER: Quiet. Spot. 14Sid 14 5 16d (14Sd 14 51*51) May 14 1 16 d 14 3 16d (MHd 14V,d) JulySept. 14 116 d 14 3 10d (14'4d 14^d)
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    132 5 Moils clo?e at :he General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. Egypt air 4 p.m. Great Britain &c air 4 p.m. Mauritius air 4 p.m. Thailand air 4pm TO-MORROW Au-tralia air
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    Malayan Share brokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1350 5 THI RSI1AY. APR. U. 1941: 4 P.M. MINING Bvycrs Scticrv Ampat Tin (4s> 3s 3» 6d Austral Amtl. (Ss) 6s 4'id U 9d Austral Malay (C) :tJs 6d 34s 6d Ayer Hltam (5») 17* 4V*d 18a lVid Ayer Wena (tl) 80 85 Bangrln Tin
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      348 5 The EASTERN GRAPHIC No. 6- NOW ON SALE 56^ pages of good reading matter and pictures. New York Sees it Through By HESSELL TILTMAN. Washington correspondent of lending European newspapers. "Americans are determined to defend the American way of life. That xvay of life stands for democracy and freedom and
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      880 5 UGLY FAT GONE Trained Nurse loses S>* lbs a week v v i Wfcf M op waa a ot»» Wry MV.- W ,#,)fcw »«b usJr f» t y J amr«l*i»li>« dorhea, and w _.A__^B>|b< mart at kaa out of a* da I taß aMoyaMßt. -hen choo K. ft VlkV I
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      292 5 rX^^aaßßßßW^'^^S BBmT*X i^WS^Wkl |M Ml I*-ZS CM 11. >TKKt ING trOHt.. Telephone Manager's Office 4512 a Sab-Maaager't Office 4511 Eichaage Oept 4514 General Office 47(7 Table Address:— PROVINBANK Head Office Sin-how. Kwanrton* PAID IP CAPITAL (Ch.) I lt.vM.9M RFSKRVF FUNDS t 1 .1.000.004 TOTAL ASSETS (approx.) JIOS 9M.9M 8' ord
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      54 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES ro-a«$ H.W. 10.26 am 8.3 ft.: 10.34 p.m. 8.4 ft. i L.W. 4.20 a.m. l.C ft.: 4.31 p.m. 2 It. To-morrow H W. 11 03 am. 14 ft.; 10.59 p.m 8 6 ft. jL.W. 4 49 1.3 ft.: 4.59 pm. 2.2 ft. April Sunrise Sunset M 6.19
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      490 6 j PAVILION I g A GREAT STAGE SUCCESS BECOMES AN EVEN GREATER SCREEN SUCCESSI GILBERT WAKEFIELD'S DARING COMEDY! ttre' FRANCES DaT^VIC OLIVER >'"^MiJ| SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REVIVAL SCREENING OF A GREAT NCTTRE! "THE STORY OF VERN ON IRENE CASTLE WITH FRED ASTAIRE fir GINGER ROGERS SATURDAY 26th 11 ajn. and 3.15
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      89 6 HECLA TOASTERS (Made In AwtnUi*) This Is a must reliable Tauter offered at a Tery moderate price. It will make fine, crisp, evenly-browned and delicious toast— not only that it toastea two slices of bread at one time. It Is of the Automatic Model— the bread can be reversed without
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      238 6 Frank Buck "Brings 'em Back Alive! Mickey and Judy Bring 'em Back AGAIN Hundreds are coming to see and enjoy this grand show TWICE! h£t 4 SHOWS DAILY >*^1111 11 a.m.—3.15— 6.15— 9.15 U Mk CAPITOL Wf ijrv, A "The Meeting Place of the Masses." tL MICKEY y^^ and N
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    PLAIN SPEAKING TO ARABS: DEBT OWED TO BRITAIN
    420 7 "Will Betray Their Civilization If They Stoop To Axis Intrigues" London, Apr. 24. IN an outspoken article m the spectator entitled "Arab Vacillations," a "special correspondent" asks, "Could the Arabs blame Britain if she exclaimed to-day Who is not with me is
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    Baghdad Comment On British Landing.
    99 7 Baghdad, Apr. 23, (delayed). THE passage of British troops through Iraq continues to be the main topic of discussion m the Arabic Press. The newspaper Ai Ahwal states, "Honouring a nlidged word does not m any circumstan-es c»nfli«t with the sovereign right of independent Iraq.
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    SOVIET TRADE PACT WITH QUISLING
    67 7 London. Apr. 34. A TRADE agreement has been reached between Norway and Russia, according to the Quisling Commissar for Commerce, Chanessen. The agreement, states the Norwegian telegraph agency, prcrides for an exchange of goods to the total value of 48,000 000 kroner. Norway wUI receive
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    EMPIRE PARLIAMENTS MAY SYNCHRONIZE WAR DEBATES
    430 7 London, Apr. 24. AMOVE towards Empire- wide synchronization of parliamentary debates on the war was made m the House of Commons to-day. When Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, was announcing the forthcoming parliamentary programme and left the date for the war debate open.
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    New Allied Positions Lack Depth
    118 7 Stockholm, Am- H CML BBATT, tfce wcn-ka*»B Swedish military ripwt, reviewing the Greek w»r iv the D*c«m Nyheier. oniaes the w»e and »ktlS judgment of the Allied mUiUry leaders and th« eztr»*rdi«Mry spirit a»d oe^foraMuiee ol »n« troop*. He says thin has kept operations going
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      265 7 RAFFLES HOTEL To-n!ght- DINNER DANCE(i»tor-ri)Bp«to«Kb.i«lrt c.b.ret THE ASTOR DUO iSs SOMETHING NEW -EVERY SATURDAY LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL SPACIOUS COOL BIJSTTAFEL SERVED FROM 12.30 TO 2.30 P.M. SPECIAL ORCHESTRAL COHCERT-POPULAR SELECTIOiS by Raffles Orchestra directed by Dan Hopkins SUNDAY-MILITARY BAMD CONCERT 8.30 U 10.30 pa. By the Band of
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      229 7 You Must See VIRGINIA lAt t* CATHAY 1 [TO-DAY 3.15 6.15 9.15 1 1941's TECHNICOLOUR Hit' Made By The Producers of "North West Mounted Police 3S5r LssssHt *p waLjjra sssssssT A* 4 T^C:33 1^ Ah. mognific.n, lov. *<•<* (jLt Q^ •f a b.outiful rebtH f£ vf bHbsC^C bsGB3B»*P^ —^7j»T>»ii .a
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. APR. 25, 1041. (600 th Day Of The War.) Recrimination
    1254 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. APR. 25, 1041. (600 th Day Of The War.) Recrimination When anything goes wrong with a scheme over which we have no direct control, and we suffer mental, physical or material hurt as o consequence, the natural reaction is to look for a scapegoat. We
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      YOUTH'S PROBLEMS
      436 8 Where The Elders Have Failed To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— What is this youth movement we read about In the pageant of life to-day, youth plays a leading role everywhere except m Malaya. We find young men taking part m national affairs, placing their shoulders
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      PETROL RATION
      195 8 System That Is FairTo The Motor-Car! To the Editor of the Straits Tunes Sir. In his statement on petrol rationing. the Colonial Secretary appears to have said that the Government felt that the principle of a basic equality of mileage for every class of taxed vehicle was the
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      WASTE
      194 8 Campaign Must Be Carried On Vigorously To the Editor of the Straite Times Sir,— Through the medium of the Malayan Press the attention of the general public has been drawn to the possibility of Malaya assisting In the prosecution of the war by collecting, to the greatest possible extent,
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      PROPERTY OWNERS
      811 8 Strong Representation In Ratepayers' Assn. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, In correspondence which appeared In your columns last month the suggestion was made that the property owners of Singapore should get together and form an association of their own. thus freeing the Ratepayers' Association from
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      REALITIES
      681 8 This Is No Time For Dreaming To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l was rather surprised to se« the letter which appeared m your paper this evening headed Unselfishness." Your correspondent R was very kind to have sent you the extract from a Home paper, and I
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      CLERKS' PAY
      87 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt Is very distressing to clerks to read advertisements for a "general clerk-typist at a salary of $35, or a "smart shorthand-typist and filing clerk with experience m correspondence" for $50. One cannot understand how a clerk can live on
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      73 8 The Straits Times teceive viany more letters than can be published m the space available. Accordingly brief concise letters stand a better chance of selection and prompt publication than long ones. Letters exceeding 250 words are unlikely to be published at the present time. When letters are typed, double-spacing uill
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      163 8 The New 1941 FISF RADIO rablf Model 'iOZ lor AC operation Quality, Power Performance combined with Simplified Band spread makes this an ideal radio. Price $210.00 for cash or 13 payments ofi $18 Consult our Showroom EMERSON'S 29, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE Phone 4096 Sole Agents: H. L. CARTER CO., Ijou
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      7 8 JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    HINT THAT U.S. MAY CONVOY SHIPS TO BRITAIN
    685 9 Fighting Speech By Secretary Of Navy "HAVING GONE THIS FAR, WE CAN ONLY GO ON"— KNOX Warning Against Axis And Japanese Menace A STRONG hint that the United States will con- voy supply ships to Britain and her Allies was given by
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    EARLY ACTION FORECAST
    241 9 "Protection To Firing Line" Washington, Apr. 24. rFHE belief that President Roose- j velt has reached a decision on the protection of the material going "from the American arsenal to the British firing line" is expressed in some usually well-informed circles here. While details are lacking, it
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    MUST SPEED UP AID
    200 9 Hull's Broadcast To Nation Washington, Apr. 24. W AYS must be found to ensure TT that aid to Britain reaches its destination m the shortest time and at the maximum capacity," declared the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, m a broadcast to the
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    POPE'S CALL TO PRAYER
    50 9 London, Apr. 25. rpHE Pope Ji a letter to Cardinal Magllen." I Papal .Secretary of State, exhorts the faithful this year to pray to the Holy Moth -r for restoration of ix*acc inspired by justice and charity such .-'s would renew brotherly fet-lin^s x'wecn the nations."
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    MR. ROOSEVELT CONFERS WITH CHIEF AIDES
    61 9 Washington, Apr. 24. PRESIDENT Roosevelt discus&tri defence and rela'ed problems at his weekly meeting to-day with the Secretary of State. Mr Cordell Hull: the Secretary of War, Colonel Henry L. Stimson the Secretary of the Navy, Col. Frank Knox, and the Admlnis- j trator
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    GIBRALTAR RLACK-OUTS
    33 9 GIB R ALTAR RLACK-OUTS Gibraltar, Apr. 25. THREE complete black-out exercises will be held here from dusk to dawn on Monday, Friday and Saturday of next week, it Is officially announced here.— Rev.ter.
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    Liner Bremen After Serious Fire
    101 9 Taken by a reconnaissance aircraft of the Bomber Command, this photograph shows the German liner Bremen after she had been seriously damaged m a two-day fire. It is seen with (a) smoke still nourinc from her bow and (b) from her stern, with (c) the
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    MORE AUSSIES FOR EGYPT?
    226 9 Nazi Strength Increasing London. Apr. 25. MR A. W. FADDEN. acting Prime Minister of Australia, disclosed m Canberra yesterday that it was after ttie first batch of Australians had been sent to Greece that the strong GermanItalian attack developed m Libya. The attack constituted an immediate
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    STRAIGHT SPEAKING TO ARAB STATES—PAGE 7.
    138 9 STRAIGHT SPEAKING TO ARAB STATES PAGE 7. stick of bomßs hit the Spanish mole causing large fires. More than a dozen large fires were started at Benghazi as :he result of a heavy raid by RAF. bombers on Tues day night. The flames were visible »0 miles away. Enemy aircraft
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    H.M.S. Malaya Pounds Nazi Warships
    88 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 25. DKITV Ollcer Hannill, of H.M.S. Malaya, told Canadian journal i.-ts that the battleship oat-fired the Germans whil? chasing the German battle-cruisers Soharnhorst and Gncisenau to Brest. He added: "I am nut going to say what happened, but I
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    Hero Of Shanghai War Killed
    176 9 Stabbing Of "Doomed Battalion" Leader Shanghai, Apr. 25. j /"«OL. Hueh Chen-yuan, commander of l^of China's -Doomed Battal on which won world-wide fame by its gallant rearguard action agains: the Japanese m the Battle of Shanghai of 1937. was stabbed to death yesterday morning by
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    Dr. Koo Named Chinese Envoy To Britain
    76 9 Chungking, Apr. 25. THE appointment of Dr. Wellington 1 Kod as Chinese Ambassador m London is officially announced. Quo Tai-chi, whem he succeeds, conferred with Dr. Koo at Liabon en route to Chungking, and expects to reach here by the end of May
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    MAY OCCUPY FUKIEN
    78 9 200,000 Japanese Mass In Province Foochow, Apr. 25. IJEAVY Japanese troop movements J.. "J Soing on at present and it i~, believed the Japanese intend to occupy the whole province of Fukfen. It is reported that 200,000 Japanese troops are being assembled with this object m view.
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    $100,000,000 FOR CANADIAN PLANES
    91 9 Toronto, Apr. 24 /ViNADA'S a reraft orders for IDil were approximately $100,000 OCJ stated Mr. Clarence D. Howe, Minister of Munitions, m an interview here to day. He added, "New plantj opening for production are increasing steadily. "We are doin~ ail ri?ht now .We have managed
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    South African Airmen Chase Fleeing Italian Army
    312 9 London, Apr. 25. A FTER the rout of Italian forces holding the mountain barricades before Dessie, 140 miles! north-east of Addis Ababa, where j the majority of the scattered Italian forces arc making their last stand, warplanes of the South African Air Force
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    ALLIED STAND CONTINUES
    315 9 Nazis Claim Fall j Of Thermopylae London, Apr. 23. gUITISH and Imperial troops are now fightinjr a stubborn defunsive action tloag tic shortened lnc m the mountains 88 r > mik>s northwest of Athens. On th.ir 1 'ft mm Greek troops are still m action, despite the
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    PLEA TO GREEKS TO MAINTAIN ORDER
    130 9 W. Athens. Apr. 25. lIH )U tresta iuv.j oi the day's milit.-.ry opcrnt ons available. Athens ra: i; las. night broadcast v.-arnings to Greek civilians and solriiero urging the neee t *itv of Triinta'nioline and order n hem'orr- rariicd v -r. p?atrd att?j'.;<; en
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $1,300
    463 10 Gift Of Embodiment Pa> Of Imperial Chemicals' Staff ADDITIONS to The War Fund to-day amount to a Mtk over $1,300 and the gross total is now $5,331,195. A cheque for $392.23 from Imperial Chemical Industries (Malaya) Ltd., represents the Volunteer pay received by
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    Prison Sentence On Film Producer
    71 10 New York, Apr. Zi. pHARGEU with evading income *>* tax amounting to €103.000 In i three years ended 1957, the film producer, Mr. Joseph Schenck, was to-day sentenced to three years' I imprisonment n!us a fine of X 5.000. During a trial lastng seven i
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    BIG PRACTICE FOR M.A.S.
    279 10 1,000 To Take Part In Ambulance Tests A FULL scale practice to-morrow and Sunday of Singapore's Medical Auxiliary Service, one of the most recent units of the Passive Defence Services to be formed, will involve the call-out of approximately 1,000 ambulancemen. A.R.P. wardens, nurses, canteen workers
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    "VIRGINIA" IS FIRST-CLASS
    211 10 At Hie Cinema "Vireinia." (Madeeine Carrol, Fred Mat Murray, Stilling Hayden, Helen Rroderick, Mari; Wilson and Carolyn Lee). Paramount Picture At the Cathay. FILMED m beautiful technicolour In country noted for its iovely scenery, this picture has many pleasing; aspects and must be ranker very high among
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    REVOLVER ACCIDENT AT BUKIT TIMAH HOUSE
    59 10 i ANGUS, a young Singapore ;4^; 4^ detective, was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon when a revolver which he was unloading went off accidentally. The incident occurred m a house Li Bukit Timah Road. It appears that a bullet pierced the fleshy part of
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    "NARROW COTERIE"
    53 10 rpHE StralU Settlements i Singapore) I Association vl-w« wHh concern the %pparent tendency to restrict membership of trover nment nudles. advisory and other committees, to a comoaraUvely limited and narrow coterie of civilian*." states a resolution which a memier .its submitted for Gscasslrm at the next annual general
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    "DIGGERS'" CONCERT
    35 10 THE amount finally collected for the 1 British Air Raid Relief Fund at the A.I.X. "Diggers'" Revue show given at the Savoy Cinema, Malacca, on Apr. 17, was $552 free of all expenses.
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    CEYLON ASSOCIATION
    37 10 'rllE thirtieth annual general meeting of the Ceylon Tamils' Association. Singapore I will be held at 5.30 p.m. on May 1 Thee were 347 members on the rol] at the end of I last year.
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    Australian General's Anzac Day Message To Troops
    401 10 MAJOR Gen. Gordon Bennett, Officer Commanding the Australian Imperial Force m Malaya, has addressed the following Anzac Day message to his troops: "To Australians, Anzac Day Is a day ol great significance. "It not only commemorates the landing of the first A.I.F. at
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    AMUSEMENTS
    92 10 RAFFLES HOTKL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. OBE.tT WORLD Cabaret: t p.m. to Midnight. Globe: Down Argentln- Way. SkyOh! Iboe HAPPY TIIKATRE (Happy World) Minda Mora Seaside: Golden Boy. NEW \YORI,n Talkies. Theatres and Cinemas, Side Shows. Cabaret. Dancing QUEENS. GBTLANa Night Train to Munich vith R*x
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    Assembling Fighters At A Singapore R.A.F. Station
    105 10 Brewster Buffaloes, fast American Uffhter planes, are now m service with RAF. squadrons m Malaya These official pictures show the uncrating of a Buffalo fuselage and tnc of the assembly lines a' a Singapore air station. From the time that the crates 'are
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    ANZAC DAY CEREMONY ATK.L. WAR MEMORIAL
    372 10 Big Parade On Padang To-Day (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 26. WITH a simple and brief ceremony at the War Memorial m Victory Avenue at nine o'clock this morning, the Australian Imperial Force m Kuala Lumpur began their commemoration of the 26th
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    CHINA WANTS PILOTS
    128 10 Opportunity For Young Malayans AN opportunity for Chinese youths m MaUya— whether Straits-born or born elsewhere— to Join the Chinese Air Force is conUined m an announcement made yesterday that the Chungking Government will accept ten candidates for training m the School of Anation m China. Candidates
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    C.-in-C. ON THE N.W. FRONTIER
    168 10 Aerial Tour Of Defence System MEETS OFFICERS OF R.A.F. H.O. Simla. Apr 25 THE Commander-in-Chief. India, x Lieut.-Qen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, has Just completed a lightning jtour of the North-Western areas J bordering en south-eastern Afghanistan, doin™ C r>" 1 o r -i~. nn rf
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    FRONT LINE FAMILY " ON THE RADIO
    93 10 FRONT LINE FAMILY ON THE RADIO I A CHANGK will be made Li pore's radio programme timings m rom Sunday when the Children s~Pr<>!ti^h- Uah Broild a s"ng CoroL-ra-tion has announced changes, also to take effect from Sunday next Tnc c n S H/% nch has teen moved to 6.35
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    TALK ON VEGETABLE GROWING
    74 10 TALK ON V EG ETA BL E GROWING MR G. H Adduon. ct the SoUnio flit f Bive a l**Mlca.s« faik from the Sir.gaprre station at 7 20 f°il ay on Vegetable Growirv Tr-is Is the first of a lcgular senej of talks m which Mr Addison will discus* 3
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    ADDITIONAL UNITS FOR A.I.F. IN MALAYA
    348 11 Arrival Of Engineers And Mechanized Transport ENTHUSIASTIC SCENES AS MEN DISEMBARK AT NAVAL BASE ON Anzac Day, it can be announced that additional units arrived m Malaya yesterday to join formations of the Australian Imperial Forces already serving m this country. Included m the
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    SCRAP COLLECTION IN SINGAPORE
    164 11 Personnel At Dumps For Salvage Week A LIST ol Salvage Week dumps, to- j gether with the names of the per- sons m charge and the various firms, departments etc. which have undertaken to provide lorries has been Issued as follows: Beach Road— Mrs. Lindsay and
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    ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITALS
    558 11 Visits By Public Urged By G.O.C. «YOUR prime need is to bring visitors to the hospital; it is only the actual sight of suffering, and of suffering relieved, that can effectively touch the heart," urged the G.0.C., Malaya, Lieut.-Gen. L. V. Bond, when he spoke yesterday at
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    DETECTIVE ACQUITTED
    58 11 YAP SIEW KEE, a detective attached to the Straits Settlements Pclice Force, was acquitted m the third court yesterday without his defence being called upon on a charge of causing hurt to a woman named Low Ah Che on Dec. 17 last with Intent to outrage her modesty.
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    SOCIETY NOT REGISTERED
    300 11 Twenty-two Men Face Charge TWENTY-TWO men alleged to be members of an association which had, for three years, tried to obtain registration, and when refused went so far as to appeal to the Oovernor-ln-Councll, appeared m the relief police court before Mr. J. O. Rappoport yesterday on
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    41 11 Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief, Far East, at the "mike" when he introduced the "Far Eastern Commentary" series of talks from the Singapore station. Sir Robert was present at yesterday's dis~ embarkation of AJ.F. units at the Naval Base.
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    RICE DEALER'S ALLEGATIONS
    535 11 Revenue Officer Claims Trial ALLEGATIONS that a Chinese, as a temporary Revenue Officer In the Food Control Department, extorted $30 frcjm a shopkeeper by threatening to summons him on a charge of delivering rice to a person not registered as a bona flde purchaser, were made In
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    Motorists Allegedly Refused Aid To Injured Man On Road
    486 11 mHE behaviour of three passing A motorists who allegedly refused to rive aid to a Malay cyclist Involved In a collision with a military lorry at Alexandra on Apr. 5, was described as "callous" by Inspector J. Macpherson, m the Singapore
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    FLYING CLUB PLANE'S FORCED LANDING
    154 11 Pilots Unhurt 6? Little Damage To Machine At Siglap A GIPSY Moth plane belonging to the Royal Singapore Flying Club made a forced landing on the sandbanks at Siglap, about 200 yards from the shore, yesterday. A few moments later a second Flying Club plane
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    LOCAL ARTISTES AT Y.W.C.A. CONCERT
    102 11 A RARE treat to music lovers wu given by the V W.C.A In the presentation of a concsrt at the Adrtphl Hotel roof garden Ust itght. The proceeds go to the Y.WC.A. Work Party. It te most difficult to single out any of the DArti'-ipaUng
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    "SYSTEMATIC SERIES OF HOUSEBREAKINGS"
    390 12 Court Story Of Burglaries At Houses In Tank Road CTATED to have carried out ''a series of housebreakings v and thefts m systematic fashion over a long period," youthful Chung Low Choh, whose plea was that he found the doors of houses open and simply walked
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    PARTNER IN SHOP FINED
    181 12 What Customs Men Discovered NO WONG, manager and part proprietor of Chop Wing Loong Hup Kee, appeared m the fourth court yesterday and pleaded guilty to two charges of importing prohibited and restricted goods In the colony. Outlining the case for the prosecution, Mr. H. O.
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    58 12 stole a quantity of property totalling $55 80 m value and including a willclock, two pairs of shoes, a shirt, two pairs of trousers, ten pieces of lace chair and table-covers and a stiver ring." Chung admitted the facts and was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment on each of
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    Lorry Driver Sentenced To Death At Assizes
    604 12 WITH the passing of sentence of death by Mr. Justice Worley at the Singapore Assizes yesterday on Teh Cheong, the Johore lorry driver, Hal curtain was rung down on a trial i that occupied eight days. Teh Cheong was found cuilty on a
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    NEW DAYLIGHT RAID BY R.A.F. BOMBERS OVER GERMANY
    377 13 Vital Power Station Destroyed: Dutch Wireless And Ships Hit London, Apr. 24. AN important electricity power station at Ibbe Üburen, near Osnabruck, m north-west Germany, was bombed during daylight yesterday by R.A.F. bombers attacking singly. The i-ircraft reached their target— nearly 300
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    Plymouth Has Third Raid
    288 13 Plymouth Has Third Raid German Bombers Meet Fierce A.-A. Fire London, Apr. 24. DLYMOUTH, still undaunted and a grimly-determined Plymouth, j "stood to" last night In anticlpa- 1 tion of its third visitation by the Luftwaffe In three succeeding nights, states Reuter's staff reporter. Plymouth was not disappointed. As on
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    WHY GEN. BLAMEY WAS MADE DEPUTY C.-in-C.
    79 13 London, Apr. 24. rf Is explained that Lieut.-Gcn. Sir Thomas Blarney has been appointed second m command or the whole of the Imperial the Middle E3st bociuse of the great exlen-ion of our fronts mak s it necessary for Grn. Wavcll to have
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    Large Enemy Tanker Sunk By Submarine
    36 13 London, Apr. 24 AN Admiralty communique announces that a British submarine has torpedoed and sunk a heavily-laden oil tanker of over 10,000 tons which was endeavouring to run the blockade.
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    Nazi Bid To Kill King Peter
    126 13 London, Apr. 24. •TTrTE story of how the boy King Peter of Yugoslavia kept Just one step ahead of the pursuing Germans was told by a member of his entourage, reports Reuter's correspondent "somewhere In the Middle East." Stuka dive-bombers atackins Belgrade on the
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    MACHINE-GUN THREAT TO HARBOUR POLICE
    77 13 Shanghai, Apr. 24. Wlii-N customs officers and river poll.-c attempted yesterday to I M I Yugoslav steamer Tomislav yesteruay to Investigate her seizure by Italian marines on Tuesday, they were driven off by the mar'nps armed with machine-guns. This act will form the subject of
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    SIRENS PREVENT I.R.A. ESCAPE ATTEMPT
    89 13 WHILE a coal boat was discharging her cargo alongside Al Rawdah. the ship, m which IJt A. internees are detained by the Government of Northern Ireland m Strang»'oiU Lougn, a number of the internee* made an attempt to escape m the darkness. The engineer of
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    U.S. Navy May Convoy Shipping Half Way Across Atlantic Ottawa, Apr. 24.
    115 13 U.S. Navy May Convoy Shipping Half Way Across Atlantic Ottawa, Apr. 24. 'COME quarters believe that the reference by Mr. Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of New York City, m his speech here to the readiness of the United States to defend not only the coastline of North America but
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    Havoc Created At Tripoli Revealed In Detail
    471 13 London, Apr. 24. THE havoc created m Tripoli harbour by the British naval bombardment on Monday is revealed m full detail by the Admiralty to-day. The communique states that the bombardment was even more successful than at first thought. Three transport or supply
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    "ONLY A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR AMERICAN SECURITY"
    307 13 Mr. Morgenthau On New Taxes For Greater Defence Production New York, Apr. 24. A SMALL price to pay for American security was the description given by Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, of the request for $3,500,000,000 m new taxes
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    PARIS JOURNALS GIVE PETAIN PRAISE
    70 13 London, Apr. 24. THE Paris newspapers *hich are Ger- j I man-controlled devote fulsonr? I I praise to Marshal PeUin this morning on the occasion of his 85th birthday. 1 Accord'ng to the German news j 'agency, the "newspapers express the devoticn of the French
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    DEFENCE OF U.K. MOST VITAL
    128 13 U.S. Journals A«_'ri c With President's View New York. Apr. 24. SEVERAL ol the American newspapers take up President Roosevelt's point that the war will be won by keeping the main defence of Britain going, and that it will not be won or lost m
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    Stake Of U.S. Farmer In British Victory
    105 13 New York. Apr. 24. "IT is high time the citizens of UM United Ftatf.; rot excited about thr critical state of thp wo; Id toetaml the United States Secretary of Agriculture. Mr. Claude Wicltwird. addressii:f a farmer's meeting to-day. "If the United States
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    CHIEF OF U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS MEETS KING
    35 13 on, Apr. 24. T*HE Chief of the United States Army 1 Air Corps. MaJ.-Gen. H. H. Arnold. was received by the King at Buckingham Palace to-day.— Neuter.
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    NAZIS ADOPT THREATENING ATTITUDE TO MADRID
    255 14 Reported Nazi Story Of March Through Spain To Gibraltar TERMAh diplomacy has ended its phase of cajoling PP a -j n accordin P t0 observers reaching here from Madrid, and has reached the stage of threats since the effort at persuasion upon the Spanish
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    Plot To Remove Gen. Franco?
    412 14 Increasing Pressure By Axis Powers London, Apr. 24. ALTHOUGH the political situation In Madrid is obscure, evidence is accumulating that an Important factor m Its development Is the increasing pressure which the Germans are exerting upon the Spanish Government to show a more active participation
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    Australia Ready For Greater Effort
    123 14 Australia Ready For Greater Effort A Sydney. Apr. 24. S a result of the appeal by Mr. R O. Menzles, the Australian Prime Minister, to Australians to close up their ranks and form a truly national war administration, Mr. A. W. Fadden rnnounced to-day that thj Labour Party has been
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    Australian Warning To Pacific Aggressors
    98 14 JHE Australian Minister to the United States, Mr. K. V. delivered an implied warning to Japan when he told the Australia and New Zealand Societies m New York that if hie dar! forces of aggression ventured to spread into the peaceful watcn of the Pacific,
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    WHY CHINA MUST GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO DEMOCRACIES
    189 14 Chungking. Apr 21. JHLRE is strong reason to be!wve here that whatever happ 2n china must give full support to the democracies since not only is China. fate close.y linked with that of th? democracies but m tho matter of principles China
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    Nazi Menace To French Empire
    98 14 Steady Infiltration Into North Africa London, Apr. 24. IPJTHE1 P JTHE growing danger to France m her African empire as a result of German infiltration was stressed jby Oen. de Gaulle, leader of Fre« French forces. In a broadcast from Brazzaville to-t»ay. At present the
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    RELATIONS WITH SOVIET RUSSIA
    131 14 No Report On Progress Of Negotiations r London. Apr. 25. E Cnder-McreUry for Foreign Affairs. Mr. R. A. Butler, regretfully Informed a questioner In the House of Commons ye«- terday that 10 far he wu unable to report on prop-eas regarding negotiation 0/ a trade agreement
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    171 New U.S. Warships Are Put On Order
    46 14 London. Apr. £1. THE United States Navy Department to-day disclosed that it has contracted for 171 small war vessels this month. These ships include 90 minesweepers 67 submarine chasers and 10 fleet tugs. Other contracts are pendin;. -Reuter.
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    DISGRACED ARMY IN ALBANIA
    181 14 Inglorious Showing Of The Italians London. Apr. 34. rPHE surrender of the bplrus army to the 1 Italian eleventh army neither takes away an atom of immortal glory from the Greeks nor redeems ,n the very slightest the inglorious career of their 'conquerors In February this
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    A VICTORY—NOT WON BY DUCK'S TROOPS
    130 14 A VICTORY— NOT WON BY DUCK'S TROOPS AFTKR signing the armistice under which the Greek army of the Bplrus laid down their arms. Mussolini Issued the following order of the day, according to a Rome dispatch to the German news agency "Soldiers of all b;<uiches of the forces on the
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    MORE U.S. TROOPS TOR PHILIPPINES
    39 14 Manila, Apr. 34. <T<HH United States troop transports Marlposa ana Washington are expected to arrive m Manila. The first la due about In May and the second later. Both are bringing large reinforcements. Reuter.
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    PENANG RACES ATTRACT GOOD ENTRY
    960 15 163 Horses And Ponies To Run At Three-day Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Apr. 21. THERE has been a good response m the form of 163 entries to the Penang Turf Club's Spring meeting, which will l« held on Saturday, May 10, Wednesday, May
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    510 15 Singapore Lawn Tennis Results And Ties GOOD progress was made m the three Singapore club lawn tennis tournaments, the V.M.C.A. open, the S.CC. spring and the S.C.U.C. spring, when several ties were played off yesterday. Results of ties played m the V.M.C.A. tournament were: Handicap sinfles: Ibrahim Karlm beat J.
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    159 15 DOMES m class one will have their fust run over six furlongs and the second run over five-and-a-half furlongs. The entries are: The Annan 6 furs, 5V4 furs; Balmoral 6 furs. 5 1 furs: Chiltern 6 furs, |U furs; C!arlsta The Flea 6 furs, 5 »,4 furs;
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    105 15 THE following are Sinhalese Associa- tion cricket teams for week-end games: Against Pitman's College on the Sinhnlese ground at 2 pm. to-morrow: K. J. Perera <Capt.>. L. Slrimana, C. Fernando, V. Fernando, G. Ranatunea, C. M. Wimalatun?a, G. Perera, R. Fernpndo, L. Fernnndo, A. A. Frankie,
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    58 15 TWE A.RJ. (Division "D") Clu'o will hold a ptenlc at the "Dingwall," 42, Pasir Panjang Road, 4344 3 4 milestone, on Sunday. Land Sports will be held from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. Tiffin will be served at 12 30 p.m. and the first annual general meeting
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    30 15 Soccer: S.A.F.A. league, first division, Manchester* vs., Malays, stadium: R.A.F. vs. Heavy Regiment, Seletar; second division (at V.M.C.A. vs. 5.H.8., YJW.C.A. Tennis: V.M.C.A., S.CC. and S.C.R.C. tournaments.
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    425 15 Display All-round Superiority Over Recreation Club niSPLAYING all-round superiority, the Argylls scored almost as they willed on the S.R.C. pLdang yesterday, when they heat the Singapore Recreation Cluh by six goals to nil m a first division league soccer match. Better cctn'otnation gave the
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    Cricket Matches vs. A.I.F. Confirmed
    65 15 'THE crick t m-»t lirs be. ween \us- tralian Imperial Force r.nd the nsn-I ur pean term and between the A.I.F. and Singapore have be- n confirmed, and will be played on May 3 and 4. and May 10 and May 11 respectively. The first
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    321 15 Reserve Soccer At The Stadium Loyal Res. 4; Malay Res. 3 PLATING pretty football m the firvt half and leading by three g>>als to one at the interval, the Malay Reserves subsequently fajeri away and were beaten by the odd goal m seven by the
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    236 15 I Air Head martyr? ..5; Airport 1. "T*HE Airport sustained their biggest Id I.'at this se:scn when they went d.wn ti Air Headquarters by flve goals to one in a second division (b) league soccer game at the Clerical Union yesterday. But for the poor finishing
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    109 15 THE F.iendly Band Sports Ciub Lab! tennis team beat the Singapore Shorthani Writers' Association four- ens m a friendly match of five singlelast night. The match wrs played at the Frl?ndiy Band's recreation hall, P'iruep Street. Results. Fr.tndl; Band first, were Voon Eu Pin beit Lim Choi
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    33 15 THE Sykes Badm nton Party b?at the Everfoir K P. by five games to two in a friendly bndm'nton match plaved at the Clerical Unicn Hall on Sunday night.
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    67 15 HEATS m the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association championships and the women's diving event (final) will be held at the Singapore Swimming Club at 2.10 p.m. to-morrow. The meeting is being held m aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund and The War Fund and tickets are priced at
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    CLASSIC RACES
    109 15 London. Apr. 24. THE classic horse races, the Derby and the Oaks, will be run at the Newmarket meeting fixed for June 18 and ls» as the Jockey Club has found it nece^sarv to otcpl previous arrangements for running thess racs at Newbury on June 6 and 7.—
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    321 16 U/HATEVER may be Hitler's gains m the Balkans, the key to the situation m the Mediterranean is still Libya, said Mr. Philip Gordon m a broadcast from the 8.8.C. last night. The only nlaee outside the homeland where the Germans could deal
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    452 16 'LAST STAGES OF REARGUARD ACTION IN GREECE'— FADDEN Heroic Allied Eorces Continue To Hold Defensive Positions London, Apr. 24. THE acting Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. A. W. Fadden, m a statement to the Press m Sydney to-day, said that despite the Anzacs' heroism, there was no ground for hoping
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    52 16 Vichy, Apr. 24. ABOUT 12.M* people will leave Istanbul to-morrow for evacuation to different Darts of Anatolia. says M Istanbul message to the Vichy news age- f. Voluntary evacuation has become so great that many special trains have had to be run eveiy day from Istanbul to
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