The Straits Times, 19 June 1941

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1 8 The Straits Times
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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NKARLT A CENTURY 1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941 VRMh 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 PAGES. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941 PRICK 5 CENTS.
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      273 1 FINAL EDTN. KUALA LVMPVR 2$ JAVA ST. (PHONE 3SS3). The finest coffee m^v*^Vt/t I THERE'S nothing, like a llilfi 1 1 ■1f J I 111 fragrant cup of Robinson's g9^ h^%g^Hnß^ldg^^L JR Coffee, a blond of the choicest *of fees ftrown, carefully selected ■fl gMsfl s^r^^^B (or its quality and
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      8 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Morning Afternoon Evening Dresses.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      46 2 Mrs. Tan Yew Ylang passed away peacefully at her residence on Wednesday, the 18th June, leaving behind her husband, eight sons, six daughters, three sons-in-law, one daughter-to-law, and three grandsons to mourn her loss. Funeral will take place at 10 a.m. on Sunday, 22nd June.
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      1297 2 $txsatfi ©lames SMALL APST Minimum ehirgi $1. tar advt aat exceeding 4 Una* Mara tfcaa four ttaea 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTIIK MAREIAOBB. DEATHS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS PTC. CA»nB arc charged S3 eaeb per toiertlon aer teen. Oval I lack eta pa
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      795 2 EDUCATIONAL TO LATIN STUDENTS. An expert Tutor Is at your disposal. For particular*, apply latin Tutor, c o Eton High School, Selegl* Road. Singapore. BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES at 1 aad 4-A Prince at. and SI Raffles Place Apply Kali Chew Kee. 13* Ktlllney Road TO LET 8PACIOU8 BRIGHT
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      789 2 TENDERS SUPPLY OF TYPEWRITERS TO THE GOVERNMENT IN IM2 Tenders are Invited for the supply of typewriters to the Government In IM2 Quotations are required for all slses of machlnr from portable to 2a tech. and for extra carriages. Machines must be of British Empire manufacture. Quotations should aot Include
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      1014 2 PIANOS 'O TO EXCHANGE, buy or kII, of Pianos at reasonable rates. pleaM go to The EagliPiano Co. Tuning wad repairing speciality 3M. »erangoo.i Road. LEGAL NOTICES S Re CECIL GEORGE WOODWARD, Deceased. Js All creditors and other persons having id claim* against the estate of Cecil Oeorge K Woodward
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    Most Of Japanese Naval Planes Are Obsolete
    92 3 SURVEY OF AIR STRENGTH IN EAST San Francisco, June 18. THE Institute of Pacific Relations m a statement says Japan's aggressiveness m the Far East is limited by a mediocre air force. The statement says that reliable' estimates have shown Japan has about
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    CAROL'S GUARDS DOUBLED
    77 3 New York. June IS. GUARDS around ex-K'ng Carol of Kum>nia and his titianhaired fri'nd Mmf I.upcMu have been A üblod becau c of reports an attempt mi;ht tr made on the life of the former King, ac.-ording to travellers arriving here from Havana. Passengers ■MsWd the liner
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    U.S. Prohibits Exit Of German Nationals
    102 3 Washington, June 18. THK United States Government has directed that no German national may leave that counrry for the time being. This order has been given "to insure compliance" with President Roosevelt's action m freezing Axis funds. Instructions given to customs and immigration officials
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    Food Shortage In Eire Is Reported
    107 3 Dublin. June 18. EIRE is experiencing a severe shortage of food supplies for humans and animals but supplies of flour and bread m the country will be adequate until the next harvest arrived This was stated yesterday m the Dall by the Minister of
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    WRECKED BOMBER SAID TO BE GERMAN
    42 3 Lisbon, June 18. f>ORTUGUESE officials who examin- ed the wreckage of a plane which crashed m names close to the Spanish frontier early on Sunday say it was a four-engined German bomber presumably returning from Gibraltar.—Reuter.
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      422 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated m En*'andi PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N CO. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. The l**t poaatble aerrloei are beinj ma latalned b, the P. O 8. N. Ca 'raja the Strait* to their uaual porU aC call la China. India
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      266 3 (Incorporated to Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CLNARD WHITE STAR LINE, TO BAN rTLANCISCO ManUa. Hoog Kong. Kobe. Takahaasa. Boßolata. San Praaelaoo and Las AagHas i«iTe Leave ManUa H'kons n^. ASAMA MARO June 29 July n*. TATOTA MARO July U July 15 IA NTTTA MARO July M July 29 TO
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      527 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Date* are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference Wai Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ship*. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      521 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.533 ke 1 (MS m> /HPI 040 «w/i <I«M (ZHPt M7S mt/% 48.M ZHP1 7.8S me/t IUM ■»•> 7.HU ZBPl AND ZHP.J Dm. Cantonese muslct; 5 35 p.m. News Ir cantorTese; 5. SO p.m. Hokkien music; 6 p.m. News In Hokklen; .13 > P m. W»rnIng
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      642 3 EMPIRE STATION Krrisrd rniwntcj Schrmmtt: eastern Tr»n»mi««li<r. (.11 %.m to II M P-B OSV— 11JI me t; 19J4 Metres ai* GSf I»M »e l»«1 J"* 1 Frm M5 pm 11 M P-" OSU— ll.lt men: 15.51 metre* North American rranai«ia«i«» G8O- O8C (II mem oa»d> an* O"« (11.2* < 15
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    CENTRAL BUYING AGENCY FOR RUBBER IN U.S.
    467 4 Prices May Be Fixed And Destination Controlled (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 18. TT is understood in London that the prospective creation of a central buying agency for rubber by the United States Government (which would effectively fix world prices and possibly
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    RUBBER PRICES STEADIER
    392 4 Reports On Past Week's Business IN a weekly report on the rubber market. Issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd., write: Prices have again remained very steady throughout the week and nearly all the buying has been done for July shipment for which allocations are now
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    MALAYANS HEAR THE REAL THING
    289 4 Actual Raid Noises Are Transmitted On Air (From Our Own Correspondent) London. WHEN Malayan listeners to the B-B.C.'s short-wave programmes hear air-raid noises oft* they are listening not tc studio-made effects but I to the actual sounds of guns firing m the London barrage, to
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    U.S. TIN RESERVE Being Acquired Very Slowly
    156 4 U.S. TIN RESERVE Being Acquired Very Slowly London, June 18. METAL circles rezret the slowness of the accumulation by the United States of the official tin reserve. United States consumers have been outbidding the official company since mid-Febru-ary. London expects Washington to exercise its powers to control imports and distribution,
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    AUSTRALIA'S AIR FORCE
    349 4 Rapid Expansion Of Training AUoIHALIA'S air arm has developed to a remarkable degree The R A A.F. can be relied upon to give a rood a, ccoun L° f Itself wherever it is in action The achievement* ot the Australian squadrons both in the United Kingdom and
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    189 4 THi, following donations to Fhe Wai Fund are recorded to-day:— KaanUn's thirteenth contribution 1,***** P. N. Sansom $MX>, 10 per :ent. of Sweeps run by the Kuaruan Club and Members donations »157.58. Members of Customs and Marine Canteen. Kuantan, In appreciation of Mr. B. B.
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    NEW SYSTEM TO HELP BRITISH EXPORTERS
    140 4 Issue Of Destination Control Certificates London, June 19. ANEW system to help British exporters to avoid unnecessary delays In the transit of goods has been Introduced by the Ministry of Economic Warfare by means of the issue of "Destination Control Certificates" Under present methods,
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    WALL STREET
    58 4 Dow Jones Averages THE following were the Dow Jones 1 Averages when the New York Stock Exchange closed to-day and yesterday June 17 June It 30 Industrials 133.12 123 50 20 Rails 28.19 28.29 15 Utilities 17 85 17.96 40 Bonds 91.16 91.11 Commodity index 71 66 71JJ
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    78 4 T%mndMj. June lj. dm. Bayer* ScOui rrtecp Prire N» a US (Spot boo zay t ;»ii N« IX K.S.S. Ul n rim ■WJ Jttf 3t* GI.A.Q. (l.| r.oo uam '■17 ss :»vi »~A.a E.8.K tub rr M«| Ju'y uk n FUTURE QUOTATIONS N«. [X B.S.S.
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    55 4 London, June 18. TIN opened flrm. The turnover was 150 tons. The recovery Is progressing, with an abatement of last week's nervousness. Buying was smaller after the recent good business out British consumers bought further. After official hours the market was active and firm and a further 100 tons were
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    UTAN SIMPAN RUBBER EARNS $77,898
    772 4 Dividend Raised To 15 Per Cent: $30,000 For Replanting •THE chairman's address to sture- holders m Utan Simpan Rubber £.™h hic w h was clrcula ted with the repon and balance sheet yesterday, 577.897.85 which I think you wUI agree It very satisfactory. An Interim
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    569 4 SHARES STEADY BUT LITTLE BUSINESS DONE RUBBER EASIER AND MORE ACTIVE t (By Oar Financial Correspondent I Singapore. June 19. yERY little business was done in the share markets yesterday but prices in all sections continued steady and there was moderate buying Inquiry In the do'lar tin
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    FINLAND ENDS ITS TIE WITH THE LEAGUE
    77 4 FINLAND'S relations with the Lecgue of Nations have ccme to a natural end, declared the Finnish Ft reign Minister be.'ore Parliament, according to a dispatch from Helsinki to the oaleial German news agency. The Foreign Minister added the League Department of t^e Finnish
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    EXCHANGES
    193 4 i rtM foUowint art me exenangr rat«c tfcb morning according to u.t dally etrrclar is*u«C Mr (Ik Honckan* «nn jhancha) Banking. Oorooratlon-— SKLLIMO London I^l :/4 l/tl Umdon demand S/4 1/33 Switzerland iT.T. only) 202 46 New York demand 47 to Montreal demand 61 U Batavta demand M 71
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      214 4 ((YYiD fiiv/i H^s^^ffl'V^s^ M^sf M^sr ai^V^s^V* ~c~-^is^ism I'ltlMNi, W W m M m A DANCING IN THE DARK FOX TROT CONTEST COCKTAIL DAXSANT ON SUNDAY Z.Z9 6 P.M. MON. 23rd. SEVEN DANCE BANDS APPEARING IN THE SINGAPORE KRONCHONG CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITORS KEMBANGAN AMATEUR, gEIH>Y LINE, SINARAN BULAN, DOLMAT CHAZEL, JAVA TRCNOII
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    London Stock Exchange
    367 5 Gilt-Edged Around New Peal- London. June IB. fHE Stock Exchange to-day was generally bouyant under the Increasing influence 01 a larger weight of money awaiting Investment. Jilt-edged advanced to arounr new peak levoLs. Indian loans were alsi firm: Home rails were sharply hlghar and Industrials made further
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1274 5 WEDNESDAY, JUNK 18. 1H1: 4 PM MINIMO Myen Seller* Ampal (5»> 3s 3d Si M Austral Am»l. (Si) 71 ltd Tl M Austral Malay (C> 13s Sd $*r 6o Ajer Hltam (5s I IT 18s Ayir went ($1) .61 TJ Bangrln Tin 13s 6d 14s
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    List Of Current Dividends
    193 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore. June 11. sks r?:.v-. wrJ! ..SS SI SS x Kamuntlng Tin 5% int. less tax June 11 June £1 June 1« »Tfc Malayan Tin 10% Int. less tax June 20 Ptngng. River 4 r. tot lev tax June 11
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    145 5 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.543rd auction vesterday when there was catalogued 1.697.339 lb. 757.74 tons: offered 1.503.573 lb. 671.24 tons; sold 1.121.896 lb. 500.85 tons. SPOT London 13%d. New York 21* ct«. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet CenU Per Lb. Standard quality
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    NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES
    80 5 THE following were the prices for Straits tin and rubber on the Commodity Exchange to-day: TIN June 11 June 18 Spot 52 52 June 52 25 52.50 July 52.25 52 50 August 52 10 52 35 September 52 00 52 25 RUBBER Spot 21
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    63 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows:— TO-MORROW Australia air 4.00 p.m. Java air 4.00 p.m. New Zealand "ir >-fMedan air "00 a.m. ARRIVALS Mails fron; Sumatra i air) probable general delivery 1.40 p.m. to-day. Malls from Australia (air) probable general deliver/ 3.30 p.rq.
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      24 5 A NEW ISSUE of MALAYA'S BEST SELLING ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATION The EASTERN GRAPHIC IS NOW ON SALE ORDER YOUR COPY NOW FROM ANY GOOD NEWSAGENT.
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      272 5 __b*3> M_ CANVAS BAGS FOR MOUM RI'BIWR. RATTAN AND IWRTAM CHK-S. Maker and Repairer ol Rattan ana Rertam rhkka. Caaras and Sprtnc Rllnda. TarvMllns. TenU. an.aBags. Term- Biae DHII SrrceM. Kertam Panels. FaMlng r-.ik-owl VenetUn Blind., (tnvu Hood Blind* ICmina Rsttan fair render*, liarden Umbrella*. Flar« and Wwil Banting* MUm
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      247 5 YOUR VALUABLES Our dtrurm Koonw are your Protection. It Is impossible for an Individual to provide for his valued possessions the safety tnat la afforded by our vaults where we have safe boxes of various sizes for hire at motif rate rates HIRERS themselves hold the KEYS and ONLY THEY
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      167 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES ro-aay H.W. 6. 21 am. 7.2 ft; I.U pm 8 ft. L.W. 00.21 a.m. 3.6 ft: 12.1B noon S9 ft ro-morro» H.W. 7.40 a.m. 7.2 ft: 7.41 p.m. 8.3 ft. L.W. 132 a.m. 3.4 ft: 1.20 p.m. 4.2 H Saturday June 21 H.W. 8.44 a.m. 7.4 It:
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      281 6 tAT TIMES, THERE COMES TO THIS THEATRE A MOTION PICTURE SO BOLDLY CONCEIVED, SO POWERFULLY ACTED AND TOLD, OF SUCH NOTABLE DISTINCTION THAT IT MERITS OUR WHOLEHEARTED ENDORSEMENT! Such a picture is "FLIGHT FROM DESTINY" Selected as the best picture of the month m the March issue of ''SCREENLAND MAGAZINE"
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      54 6 FILM STAR SENSATION! FOUND! WELL. HEARTY and READY to ENTERTAIN you m the Exciting companion picture to "Last Train for Munich" jwMMmI bImL REX HARRISON In Columbia's Latest British Hit MISSING TEN DATS! For Pictures at WEDDINGS DANCES RE-UNIONS CHRISTENINGS OrNNEHS MEETINGS consult tb« STRAITS TIMKV Phanr or »rite tht
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      212 6 JUST MADE TO BLACK-OUT THE BLUES! Do you remember how you enjoyed "DULCY?" Now ANN SOTHERN brines Broadway to Bamlx.ola-land ami shows the ZULUS a thing or Two I CAPITOL J r>s i» back m a rowdy ro- I i mance of the tropics CARROLL JOHNSON A Metr Gold snwmo
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    BRITAIN NOW EXPANDING HER AIRBORNE FORCES
    723 7 Statements In Parliament On Lessons Of Crete Campaign London, June 18. BRITAIN is profiting from the experience of Crete to expand her own airborne forces. In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Daniel Lipson pointed to events m Crete as indicating the need to
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    R.A.F. BATTERS DUSSELDORF, COLOGNE & FRENCH PORTS
    347 7 R.A.F. BATTERS DUSSELDORF, COLOGNE FRENCH PORTS London. June 18. a A.F. bombers were out m foree 1 last night to attack targets In industrial Germany for the e^enth night m succession. Their 1 principal targets were at Cologne and DiiFteldorf. where military objectives have been destroyed by a big force
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    Nazi Envoy Has Strong Hold Over Stalin
    336 7 THE man who is doing most to woo Stalin Into the reportedly imminent military pact with Germany is aristocratic. 66-year-old Count von der Schulenberg, Hitler's Ambassador to the Kremlin. Schulenberg has been the real power behind Russo-German activities for many years and knows
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    244,000 ITALIAN PRISONERS
    58 7 London. June I*. T*HK War Secretary. Capt D Margeaaon. Id a written reply tn the Houae pt Common* to-day said that according to his latest information the number of Italian prisoners In British hands now 1» roughly 244,000, of whom 177,987 come from Italy and 6«.OO0 tun
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    65 7 THE Manila correspondent of the "News-Chronicle reports the failure of an Axis attempt to obtain war materials from the Netherlands Indies, using Thailand as the purchasing agent. A Thai mission went to Batavla seeking ships and oil for cash, says a London message to the Sydney Morning Heraed. The Dutch
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941. (656th Day Of The War.) "BRITAIN CAN TAKE IT"
    1172 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941. (656th Day Of The War.) "BRITAIN CAN TAKE IT" There has been a great deal or adverse criticism of British propaganda, and much of that criticism has been fully justified. Some of the efforts which have been made to influence neutral opinion
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    33 8 London, June 18. AFIEHCE fire which raged In a village in the Sololov district of Poland destroyed in two hours 235 buildings, states a Warsaw message to the official German news agency.— Reuter.
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    London Letter By Cable NAZIS FEAR DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF INVASION
    1254 8 London Letter By Cable NAZIS FEAR DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF INVASION No Night Bombs Dropped On London For Five Weeks EOur London Correspondent London, June 17. IERE is a very strong suspicion here that the ssing of Nazi troops on the Soviet frontier is designed to distract attention from the preparations
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    STRUCK OFF
    356 8 Discipline In Legal Profession To Uk Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— At a special sitting of three Judges In Penang. a young lawyer has been struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors on the application or the Disciplinary Committee of the Penang Bar Committee. In England,
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    Letter To The Editor EDUCATION
    687 8 Letter To The Editor EDUCATION Salary 6? Recruitment Schemes JTo the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir, In a number of replies to my Her on teachers' pay. the critic* ver attempted to prove that normal fiained recrulti are now Inadequately paid In comparison with those in other professions having
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    RICKSHAWS
    235 8 Opposition To Licensing Of Pullers To the Editor of the Straits Times 81r— Since the last meeting of the Singapore Municipal Ccmmissicners when Mr. S B. Tan prcposed that rickshaw pullers be licensed, local pullers have voiced the opinion that it would be a calamity if such a measure
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    EIGHT AXIS SHIPS SUNK IN MEDITERRANEAN
    338 9 British Submarines' Latest Exploits RELENTLESS ATTACKS ON ENEMY VESSELS CONTINUE 40 Successful Raids By Air Sea Made In Week AT least eight enemy ships have been sunk m the Mediterranean by British submarines, according to an Admiralty communique issued last night, reports United Press.
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    R.A.F. BLITZ ON NAZI BASES
    212 9 7-Hour Attack On Northern France London, June 19. I^INE enemy aircraft were" destroy- ed yesterday evening when the Royal Air Force made another of Its great sweeps across the Channel to attack objectives m northern! Prance. Explosions shook houses on the coast of Kent for
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    CLOSER COLLABORATION
    54 9 London, June 19. THE Australian Prime Minister. Mr. R. G. Menzies, announced yesterday m Canberra that he had discusse the question of an exchange of High Commissioners with the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Peter Frazer when, he was passing through there The matter had been under discussion
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    15,000 MEN FOR U.S. NAVY MONTHLY
    118 9 Washington, June 18. TTHE last of the remaining United States naval reservists have been issued with stand-by orders, the Navy Department revealed to-day. The reservists comprise 14,313 other ranks, reports Reuter The new rerruitinu campaign which has been inaugurated aims at obtaining 12,000 to
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    LIBYA BATTLE CONTINUES
    338 9 "Hundreds Of U.S. Tanks Used" Cairo, June 19. »THE battle was still raging fiercely 1 yesterday In the triangle east of the Halfaya Pass, according to latest reports received here from the front, says Reuter. Amid the wrecks of tanks which have been knocked out, armoured giants
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    Major Says Domestic Problems Unsolved
    173 9 Nairobi. June 19. MAJOR Sir Delves Broughton. 53-year-old baronet who is charged with the murder of the Earl of Erroll, 39-year-old peer, giving evidence at the trial yesterday did not agree that Lord Erroll's death was a satisfactory solution of his own domestic troubles. He
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    Anglo-Turkish Alliance Is Not Affected By Pact With Reich
    722 9 London, June 19. A TREATY of friendship between Turkey and Germany was signed at Ankara at 9 o'clock last night by Franz von Papen, the Nazi Ambassador, and M. Sarajoglu, the Turkish Foreign Minister. That this new development does not affect
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    Sinking Of Robin Moor Snapped
    55 9 New Tort, Jane IS. THE United States Under-Secre- tary of State, Mr. Scunner Welles, tow the Preas to-day that survivors of the Robin Moor, American *hip sank m the South Atlantic on May 21, had excellent photographs corroborating their oral testimony that she was sank
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    U.S. TO REJECT NAZI PROTEST
    194 9 Safe Conduct For German Consuls Washington, June 18. MR. Strainer Welles, the US. Under-Secretary of State, In disclosing at a Pres* conference today that Germany had strongly protested against the expulsion of Nazi consuls from America, indicated that the United States would flatly reject the
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    "ONLY LEGITIMATE RETALIATION"
    111 9 Rome, June It. THE Italian Press, commenting on the 1 United States order for freezing assets m America, unanimously charges President Roosevelt with attempting to provoke Axis aggression. At the tun; time, the majority of editorials say both Rome and Berlin are determined to take only legitimate
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    Fascist Plot In South America
    138 9 Axis Leaders' Letters To Spaniard In Cuba Havana, June 18. POLICE breaking into a house at Guanabacoa to investigate a murder ca*e were greatly surprised to find complete files of plans and identification of all Falangist activities In Cuba. A Spaniard named Serrano, who created
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    U.S. Refineries Given More War Business
    127 9 Washington, June 18. ANEW arrangement giving United States refineries an opportunity to supply at least 50 per cent. oC petroleum products purchased for Great Britain under American contracts was announced by the Defence Petroleum Co-ordinator. Mr. Harold Ickes, tonight. This action follows an appeal
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    ALLIES REACH DAMASCUS & CALL FOR ITS SURRENDER
    415 9 ALLIES REACH DAMASCUS CALL FOR ITS SURRENDER Occupation Of Th s City To Begin Immediately, Says Gen. Wilson I»ndon, June 18. THE Free French radio at Jerusalem to-day broadcast a 1 message from Gen. Sir Henry Maifland Wilson, Allied Commander-in-Chief m Syria, to Gen. Henri Dentz, the Vichy High Commissioner
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    TO OPERATE RADIO LOCATERS IN U.K.
    130 9 2,500 Canadians Soon To Finish Training London, June 19. AMKSSAGn from Ottawa says more than 2.500 Canadians are studying radio mechanics m Canadian universities m preparation far service m the operation at radio locaters m Britain They will be ready to proceed overseas In
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    KUANTAN HAS GIVEN $30,000 TO WAR FUND
    515 10 Further Gift Of More Than $1,000 Acknowledged To-day DONATIONS FROM BASEBALL SWIMMING MEETINGS A THIRTEENTH contribution from the Kuantan War Fund is responsible for the greater part of to-day's advance m the gross total of the Fund to $5,614,523. The latest gift from
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    F.M.S. LABOUR PROBLEMS
    129 10 Whitehall Adviser To Visit Malaya jMAJOR U. Orde Browne, Colonial Office Labour Adviser and at present In Mauritius, Is shortly to visit Malaya m connection with an inquiry into recent labour unrest says Reuter. When questioned m the House or Commons yesterday whether the P M.S Government's
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    "TOBACCO ROAD" IS FINE PICTURE
    247 10 At The Cinema 'Tobacco Roul. (Charlie lirapcKin Mariorie Ramlvau. Gene Tirrncj-. William Tracy, Slim Summrrville). 20th Centurr-Fox Pi. turf. At the Alhambra. 'THE sordid, squalid life ;?d by a sec j 1 tion of the white population of| the tobacco and cotton state of Geor-i
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    A.R.P. EXERCISES IN JAVA
    66 10 (From Our Own Correspondent* Batavia, June 12. MEXT month extensive A.R.P. exer- cises are to be held m Java. Many other tjwns, besides Batavia, are working hard at their air raid defences. Palembang, important oil centre In S'.uth Sumatra, has now been included m the A.R.P.
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    NEW BISHOP IS DUE IN AUGUST
    143 10 I\EAN John Leonard Wilson, Dean ol Hong Kong, will be consecrated Bishop of Singapore at Hong Kong Cathedral on July 22. He Is expected to arrive In Singapore at the beginning of August and and will be enthroned with solemn ceremonial. He is the
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    STOP PRESS
    87 10 Pittsburgh, June 18. JOE !.(>( IS beat Billy Conn by a knock-out m the thirteenth round of their world heavyweight title fight at the Polo Club ground here to-night. Louis weighed m at 199'jlb to Conn's 174 Ib.— United I'ress. Washington, June 19. The State Oepartmen-: to-day said
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    AMUSEMENTS
    85 10 SINGAPORE RAFFUS.N MOTEL Dinner Lfunct' 'Informal; Bpm. to Midnight GREAT WORLD Cabaret: 6 p.m. to Midnight. Olobo Olty lor Conquest Sky No Slum HAPPY TIIKATRF I llapp; World) No Show. Seaside: No Show. NEW WORLD Talkies, Theatres and Cinemas Side Show. Cabaret. Dancing. B, CiEYLANG The Ist Rebel 1
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    Turkish Friendship For Britain Remains Unaltered
    492 10 London, June 18. THE announcement of the new 1 German-Turkish pact of friendship comes as culmination of several years of effort by Herr von Papen, the German Ambassador to Ankara, but it appears that the terms of the agreement, m fact, are fall short
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    SEVERAL ACCIDENTS DURING BLACK-OUT
    275 10 Car In Collision With Post: Warden Falls In Drain CEVERAL actual black-out casualties were removed to hos- pital last night and between 7.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. the ambulance was called out three times. The first call was to the junction of Kampong Bahxu Road and
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    62 10 Transport drivers checking out at the Blood Transfusion Dept Collcg* of Medicine, yesterday, during a special exercise. They were on their way to pick up blood donors. Centre is Mr. C. H. D. Curtoyt, icho is in charge of the transport section of the Blood Transfusion Dept. On right U
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    NEW GOVERNOR FOR TANGANYIKA
    83 10 London, June 18. j CIX Wiltrtd Edward Francis Jackson. Governor of British Guiana, has I been appointed Governor of Tangani ylka m succession to Sir Mark Aitchison Ycung who is going to Hong Kong. Sir Wilfrid Is 59 and has been many years m the colonial
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    CAPT. L. D. GAMMANS TAKES COMMONS SEAT
    60 10 i From Our Own Correspondent! London, June 18. CAPT. L D. Gammans, a former memof the Malayar Civil Service and the new Conservative member lor Hornsey was introduced into the House of Commons by the Chief Whip Mr. J. G. Stunrt and Sir
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    Street Barriers For To-night's Test
    111 10 INURING the defence exercises MJ to-day, barriers may be put down by umpires m streets m certain parts of the town after dark to represent obstructions caused by bombing. Red lamps wiU be placed on the barriers, and traffic police m white uniform will be
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    SGT. PILOT R.G. COSGRAVE
    47 10 SGT. PILOT R. G. COSGRAVE From Our Own Correspondent London, June 18. 'THE death is announced :n a flying accident of Sergeant Pilot Robert Gerald Cosgrave, RAF. Volunteer i Reserve, second son of Dr. A. X Cco- grave, formerly of the Malayan Medical Service and Mrs. Cosgrave.
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    AUXILIARY SERVICES DO WELL IN BLACK-OUT
    636 10 Air Observers Say Flashing Of Torches Too Pronounced CPENDING three hours m a plane over Singapore last V night observing whether the lighting regulations were being fully complied with, the Director of Air Raid Precautions Mr. J. E. Jeans, came to the conclusion that
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    GOVERNMENT CLERKS & SALARY REVISION
    317 11 GOVERNMENT CLERKS SALARY REVISION Employees Anxious Not To Hamper War Effort OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON DEBTS PROBLEM KEENLY AWAITED PONSIDERATION of new salary schemes and appointmcnts for Government employees should be held over "for the duration." This suggestion is contained m a circular issued by Government to its employees. Although this
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    SET UPON BY CHINESE
    226 11 Woodwork Painter Alleges Stabbing ALLEGED to have been the victim of a brutal attack by several Chinese lor no apparent reason, Tan Boon Han, a woodwork painter, told the second magistrate, Mr. Conrad Oldham. yesterday how he was set upon, and punched, kicked and stabbed at
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    PRISON FOR BELONGING TO UNLAWFUL SOCIETY
    133 11 NG la Lo aluis Ng Kou Hin, who stated in th? Singapore third court yesterday that he hart spent four years in Amoy University and had w irked U a journalist nrd a teacher in a Chinese school in Malaya, was sintenced to six
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    JUDGMENT RESERVED
    65 11 JUDGMENT m the appeal by the Crown Btatast tVi f decision of a magistrate m the p-'iics c:urts vho acquittei C.\pt D. Marr on a charge of committing an act of [.toss Indecency was reserved by Mr. Justice Worley m the High Curt yetterday. Mr D X Walters
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    CLERICAL UNION
    79 11 MEMBERSHIP of the Clerical Union decreased from 1.907 last year to 1 792 for the year ended Mar. 31, 1941, according to the annual report of the Union. The accounts for the same period show a loss of $1,289 after writing off $684 for depreciation. The Union has
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    R.A.F. SERGEANT FINED FOR NEGLIGENT DRIVING
    99 11 SGT George Kennington of the Royal Air Force who. m his own words, went off the broad bend along Grove Road opposite Fort Road for some unaccountable reason." and uprooted a lamp post, was fined $50 by Mr. C. H. Whitton, the traffic magistrate
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    "Diggers" Relieve Villagers' Drudgery
    33 11 ruling pitchers with water drawn from a distant well U replaced by rapid filling from a hose fitted to a pump m the Desert. A milage tccne m Egypt.
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    PRESIDENT LINERS
    240 11 I Far East Schedule I Being Revised BECAUSE of the requisitioning of j seven of tfielr vessels by the United States Maritime Commission upon the completion of their Present voyages the American President Lines are working on revised schedule lor their I remaining vessels. The new schedules will
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    BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERT TO BROADCAST
    37 11 A TALK m the "War As I Knew It" series will oe feiven from the Singapore broadcasting station by a bomb disposal expert of the R^yal Air Force, at 8.35 p.m. to-day.
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    KNOCKED OFF HIS CYCLE
    205 11 Alleged Robbery In Orchard Road LIOW he was knocked off his I n bicycle by a Malay who alleged- 1 ly intended to rob him of the money he was carrying was related m the i Singapore third court yesterday by j a Chinese stallholder who
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    MALAY TEACHERS RAISE $1,300 IN MALACCA
    91 11 (Prom Our Own CorrejpondCTit > Malacca. June 11 FROM a series of concert* held m varlout mukims In Malacca and organized by theMalay Teachers Association with the help of the demanes. Kathia. penghulus and ildangi. the sum of $1,304.70 was realized, the »holt of
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    Coroner Inquires Into Death Of Clerk At Petrol Station
    797 11 '1 "HE circumstances of the death of Quek Beng Kong, 24-year-old night clerk, who was found lying dead on a bench in the office of the Tanglin Service Station, Orchard Read, in the early hours of June 12, remained unexplained at
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    PRODUCTION OF POWER ALCOHOL IN AUSTRALIA
    378 11 Committee Recommends Long-Ran ge Policy PROPOSALS for greatly extending; the po.\er alcohol in- dustry m Australia, under a lons-rangc r «;!icy. are understood to' be embodied m the final report of the Tower >aohol Committee of Inquiry, which has now been complete*'. It is
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    "NEARLY LED TO A RIOT"
    145 11 Malay Sp >per In Changi Tnc'.dent AN incident "v n BMtl) ieti a riot." was tt A <<1 IB Om Suvapore second court "esterdr.y when Ismail bin MMtfwM, Malay Sapper, appeared i 11 I etarft or disorderly behaviour Ismail who rl'jnr.. $5 Court lusiK'L-tor C.
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    GENERAL CONSCRIPTION POSSIBLE IN INDIES
    130 11 GENERAL CONSCRIPTION POSSIBLE IN INDIES From Our Own Correspondent* Batavia, June IS BELLS requesting additional credits for the supplementary budget for native conscription have been submitted to the People's Council and conscription will probably d«lished m the course of this year. 1 The cost of a course v.-ill oe high
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    "DEMOCRACY'S BIRTHPLACE"
    318 12 Indies Impressed By Crete Debate (From Our Own Correspondent Batavia, June 12. jMR. Cl-.urchill's speech in the House of Commons was extremely favourably received in this country, Nircm's political commentator' said The signing of Magna Charta in 1245 was the foundation of England's democratic traditions. England consequently was
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    U.S. NAVY IN PACIFIC
    267 12 "Ready To Protect Democracy" THAT the United States, with the British Empire, China and the Netherlands Indies could quickly beat Japan, Is the opinion of Admiral Yarnell, former Comman-der-in-Chlef of the United States Asiatic Fleet, according to a New York message to the Sydney Sunday Sun.
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    Technical Schools Expansion Scheme In Australia
    133 12 AUSTRALIA will embark imme<U-| ately on a scheme to raise the output of skilled tradesmen for the munitions industry and fighting services to 40,000 a year. This is double the number at present turned out under the Commonwealth k*hnical training scheme, says a Melbourne
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    The Way It's Done In The Navy
    32 12 The lighter side of life m the r.a-'y. A Jack Tar holding another suspended from the side of a destroyer to retrieve a loosened fender.
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    REORGANIZING WORLD AFTER VICTORY
    867 12 Rotary Club Speaker's Views On Post-war Reconstruction yHE formation of an international federal ion. m which Germany and Italy must be included, and the control of money by th? ?tate were the two most important itapt which should be taKen for the reconstruction of the world
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    JAPAN MAY RESUME TALKS WITH N.I. LATER
    344 13 Tokio Issues Statement Reviewing Failure Of Economic Parleys Tokio, June 18. THE Information Board here to-day announced the Japanese Government's decision to withdraw from Batayia Mr Kcnkichi Yoshizawa, leader of the Japanese delegation to the economic parleys there, which have broken down. A
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    Failure Of Japanese Diplomatic Drive
    67 13 Manila. June 18. THE American-owned Manila Bulletin, 1 m an editorial this morning states chat the Netherlands Indies rejection of the Japanese demands represented the failure of the opening drive m the d plomaMc phase of Japan's southern offensive. The newspaper suggests that Japan s
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    BURMA RICE FOR CHUNGKING
    114 13 Chungking, June 18 FR the first time since the war, the Chinese Government has decided to import rice on a large scale from abroad. It was learned m reliable quarters here to-day. i Best informed sources confirmed that the Minister of Finance, Dr. H. H. Kung,
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    Singapore Vital To Australia
    301 13 Air Support For Forces In Middle East Canberra, June 18 AUSTRALIA and Britain must take risks to win the wa., said the Labour leader, Mr John Curtin In the J House of Representatives d J scu tn f the nationwide broadcast of Mr. K. u. Men'les
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    NEW FREIGHTERS FOR FRANCE
    109 13 Lisbon, June 18. fHE construction of cargo vessels m French shipyards is going forward at high pressure, it is learned here. They are particularly to be used m trading between France and her African possessions. Large amounts of foodstuffs received In unoccupied France from her overseas
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    CUT IN AUSTRALIA'S PETROL CONSUMPTION
    58 13 Canberra, June 18 CIVILIAN consumption o* petrol ha« been cut drastlcal> from 20.000.000 to 12,000.1 000 gallons per month, it was announced by the Australian Minister of Munitions, Senator p A. M Mrßrlde. to-day. The petrol ration for private owners of motor vehicle* wfC he
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    Japanese Evacuate Philippines
    58 13 Kobe, June 18. JAPANESE evacuees from the J Philippines numbering Wi arrived here yesterday aboard the O.S.K. Bner Ganges Maru from Manila. The passengers lnrlud«J Mnrijl Takahashi. 65-year-old rarpenter, who had not visited Japan f«r 37 years. He wen* to the rhilippinps with the flr<t uroup of
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    DEMARCATION OF SINOBURMESE BORDER
    69 13 Chun3king. June 18. rK Chinese and British Government* to-day exchanged note* demarcating the Chinese-Burmese I boundary for the first time since the British cimexation of upper Burma m j 1886, :t if officially announced. Thc two Governments Also denned 1 the boundary of a certain area
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    18 13 The Australian K*d Cron will rive £25,000 worth oi vaccine, aentm and other sue—cal j supplies to China.
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    United States Forced To Act
    312 13 American Hospitality Abused By Nazis London, June 18. fX)MMKNTINO on the United States I* measures against German agencies md funds. The Times writes m an •ditorlal to-day: "Breryone who is [amiliar with the kind of activity m which Germans living abroad are expected to engage
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    U.S. IMMIGRATION TO BE WATCHED
    57 13 New York. June 18. It Is reliably reported that a sharp control on immigration Into United States designed tj prevent subversive agents of other Governments entering In the guise of immigrants will be Jnstitut?d before July L Bot-^s with rcpresfntatires of the State War, Nary,
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    Joint Canada And U.S. Committees
    146 13 Co-operation To Aid War Production Ottawa, June 18. CANADA and the Uni'-ed states have established joint eomrr.it teas of inquiry to "explore the possibility of m greater degree of mutual economic cooperation." This was annoum-ed by thc Prime Minister's onVe last night when it was
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    Commons Tribute To Sir Frederick Maze
    154 13 London. June 19. AN offlcial tribute to the wort of Sir Frederick Mix, Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Castoms, h paid in the House of Commons after a question about the control of Uk Custom In the occupied area* ,A China. Mr. Anthony Ed.
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    War Is Being Fought For Fearless Pursuit Of Knowledge, Says Halifax
    310 13 New Haven (Connecticut >, June 18. uf\UR lives are set In troubloua days U and even as I speak, the world is driven by argument whose weapons are not words, but the deadliest lnstru- i ments of man'i devising,"
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    RUSSIANS BLOW UP BRIDGES ALONG FINNISH BORDER
    449 14 London Reaction To Reports Of Soviet Tension With Germany London, June 18. THE Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau's Helsinki correspondent reports extensive Russian manoeuvres on the Karelian Isthmus. The correspondent says the Russians have blown up a number of strategic railroad bridges and taken other
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    Finnish Arctic Port Blockaded
    227 14 1 British Action Sequel To Entry Of Nazis London, June 18. T'HE Royal Navy is enforcing a blockade of the Finnish Arctic port of Petsamo. The Ministry of Economic Warfare announces that the British Government has informed the Finnish Government that no further traffic will be
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    VS. HAS ARMS FOR HER MERCHANT SHIPS
    92 14 Pi>-.ottm™-- Washington. June 18. RESIDENT Roc^velt has disclosed that the United States Navy possesses plans to provide arms for the use of American merchant vessels for their own defence. The President indicated the time was not opportune to order merchant ships to instal
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    REFORMS PLANNED FOR DUTCH EMPIRE
    47 14 Paramaribo (Dutch West Indies). June 18. •pHE Governor of the colony yesterday read to the legislature a declaration by the Dutch Government foreshadowing the institution of constitutional reforms In the Netherlands Empire after the freedom of the motherland has been regained Reuter.
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    ICELAND APPOINTS FIRST REGENT
    39 14 Reykjavik. June 18. THE former Icelandic Minister m Copenhagen. M. Svelnn BJoernsson has been elected the first Regent of Iceland for one year. The voting gave 37 for his election There were six blanks.— Reuter
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    41 14 N_ v Batavia> June 18. _Xt month a number of Netherlands Indies infantry officers are leaving for England to Join the Netherlands Legion. At the sama time everal Polish and Czech volunteers .re lenving for service m the Middle East— Reuter.
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    Rumanian Mobilization Nearly Complete
    47 14 London, Jnne 18 DEFERRING to Soviet-German relations, a correspondent of the National Broadcasting Corporation speaking from Ankara, said the Rumanian army was expected to be at full strength m two days' time when mobilisation of the remaining two classes would be completed.— Reuter.
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    "ACCIDENTAL," IS TOKIO REPLY
    108 14 Tokio, June 17 fHE spokesman for the Information Board, Mr. Koh I.shii, told the Press to-day that the bombing of the United States and British embassies m Chungking by Japanese planes was "accidental." He said the Foreign Office had referred the protest of the United States
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    Mr. James Roosevelt On Way Home
    161 14 Lisbon, June 18. f* APT. James Roosevelt, eldest son of the United States President, arrived here yesterday ten days behind h_ schedule on the way back to Washington after travelling 30,000 miles around the globe. He declared, I have got a pretty accurate general
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    FRENCH WAR PRISONERS RELEASED BY NAZIS
    91 14 London. June 17. 4 TRAINLOAD of seriously wounded French war prisoners has arrive, at Marseilles with 525 men from Germany says the German-controlled Paris radio According to the French official gazette continued the radio message, the French railway authorities are to send Germany the
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    US. CONGRESSMAN TO SERVE IN MARINES
    90 14 DEPRBSENTATIVE Melvln o? Minnesota, has been ordered Into active service In the Marine* as a reserve colonel. He has to report to Pearl Harbour on 3_ly l, where activities a 1 ned M-rine »~1-Uon Mr. Maas U the highest ranking reserve officer m the
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    CANADIAN EFFORT TO WIN THE WAR
    54 14 London, June 18 pANADIAN shipments of food and war v equipment to Britain will reach £333.000,000 by the end of this year Canada is also making up Britain's shortage of Canadian dollars and herself i_ covering three-quarters of Britain's bill of £200.000,000 for purchases
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    ROOSEVELT'S OBSERVER FOR THE FAR EAST
    51 14 Washington, June 17. IT was learned to-day that President Roosevelt has definitely authorized Mr. Frank Murphy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and former High Commissioner to the Philippines to make a trip to the Far East as the President's persot al observer —United
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    VICHY SENDS PLANES TO SYRIAN ARMY
    30 14 THE French air force m Syria has 1 been considerably reinforced, according to a carrespondent of the National Broadcasting Corporation speaking from Ankara.— Reuter.
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    "U.S. CHARGES ARBITRARY & UNFOUNDED," SAYS BERLIN
    114 14 "U.S. CHARGES ARBITRARY UNFOUNDED," SAYS BERLIN Vigorous Note States Measure Is Against International Law London, June 18. THE closure of the German consulates m the United State* was referred to on the German wireless this morning. "The German Government has rejected the charges brought against the Germans m America as
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    Italian Consulates To Be Closed?
    46 14 Washington June 18. AT his press conference, Mr. Roosevelt, when asked whether the consulates cf countries other than Germany were under suspicion, smiled mysteriously and announced there was no news on that subject to-day The President emphasized the word todays—United Press.
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    NO ORDERS RECEIVED BY MANILA CONSULATE
    78 14 Tokio. June 18. rK German consul m Manila told the Press to-day that he had not yet received Instructions to close down the consular offlce either from his Oovernment or the United States High Commissioner In the Philippines following the Washington order made un
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    DEATH OF WELL KNOWN QUAKER AT 86
    83 14 London, June 18. FRMERLY one at the best known Quakers In the world and particularly m South Africa and Australia. Mr. William Hrnry Pteher Alexander has died at Worthing aged M. For over a quarter of a century he worked to restore to
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    MAGISTRATE VICTIM OF GUNMAN IN MACAO
    63 14 Macao. June IS. AN UNKNOWN Chinese gunman here as- I sasslnated Chlu Yat-ngolc. recently ap- pointed pro-Wang Chlng-wei magistrate of Chungshan district, birthplace of Dr Sun Vat-sen. It is reported that Chiu came to Macao for the purpose of visiting Adm. Soyashtma. who is
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    U.S. ARMY BILL PASSED
    67 14 Washington, June 18. r[E House of Representatives to-day passe. and sent to the Senate the bill authorizing the temporary appointment of naval warrant' officers or enlisted men as non-commlssloorxl officers President Roosevelt Indicated he did not believe the National Guard would be retained for active training.
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    72 14 Manila. June 18. 'i^iK headquarters of the vice-president in charge of the Far Eastern division of American Express. Mr. Frank Oroves, Is being transferred to Manila from Hone Kong. It was announced here to-day. Mr. Groves Is at present on a tour of inspection In India and will make Manila
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    BRITAIN STANDS BY YUGOSLAVIA
    161 14 London, June 18. 'pHE British Ooternmcnt m a note to th« Vug- Slav Minister In London places on record -its sense of Indignation at tne shuncless manner m which Yugoslavia has been mutilated and parts of her territory sub) cted to foreign rule, m gross violation
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    WANG ON HIS THREE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
    89 14 Tokio, June 18. JOINT Sino- Japanese rieience against Communism" was dec';»red by Wans Chlng-wel. head of the Japanese-spon-«or«>d Government at Nanking, a* one of his three guHing principles The others were ?ood-nei?hbourly relations and economic -\ith lap.Tn. Wang Ching-»et arrived m Jarvin vosterday and
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    HEAVY NAZI LOSSES IN THREE-DAY BATTLE
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      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941. No. 281.
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      How Women Carry On In The Absence Of Their Husbands
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      3259 2  -  Nurse Elizabeth By Elizabeth has had expert training: m the care of infants and young children. If you have any problems connected with babies or young children and would like her help write to Nu.se Elizabeth, c o Women's Supplement, Straits Times, Cecil Street,
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        150 3 EHGAGEP? t-nnci j^rYour fiance wants you to l-eep your loveliness and naturally you want to look your best. Ugly Hands can ruin a beautiful froclt or pretty Uce It you suffer from rough dry hands, read this letter: "Some weeks ago I he«'d of your Honey and Almond Cream. I
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