The Straits Times, 9 July 1941

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    37 1 The Straits Times fESTABLISIIKD NEARLY A CENTURY! MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 16 pa<;es SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. JULY 9. 1941 PKKK 5 CKN fS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1941 PRICK 5 CKNTS.
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  • DoMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      30 2 Pi. i.O^A.— O« July S. at 8. Ebcr Road, ..re Arm Pedroaa aged 71. widow of thrlate Dr. R. W. Pcciioca of the 8.1.5. N. (Iras papers plcnse copy).
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      655 2 §Qta Jftraits SKmes SMALL ADS. Minimum charge Si. far a*vt mt ezceedlag 4 Haaa M«rc than lour ttnea 25 cents per line (She words) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCt7KB£NCES BIRTHS M.4KIUAGEB DEATHS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS rrt CABDS are ehargea 83 each act lascrttoß pn Ms Over I lack 11
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      795 2 PERSONAL NORFOLK AM) SUFFOLK DINNER. '■.ill Interested gentlemen please Inform Box No. 773. Straits Time*. HOUSES FLATS. TO LET TO LKT. seaside Katong "Beach House61 Marine Parade). Apply Meyer Brothers BEAUTIFULLY MT.MMIED srr.all down town flat to let. Immediate entrt. Apply for key from No. 2, Eu Court. AVAILABLE IST
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      762 2 LOST ROUND GOLD LADIES wristlet watch with blue and gold metal strap lost in town district yesterday. Reward $20. Communicate 47, Caimhil] Road. LOST between Tanglin Ciub and Raffle* Hotel July 7th one ladle* B <M writi t watch F lease return to Bayly, 94 Caldecott H Reward. MOTOR VEHICLES
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      832 2 AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of essentially modern Eu.-i pean. made-to-ordrr. high-grade TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Twin bedrteads mth BIMMON6' springs, beautiful paintings, curios almost new 0.1.C. twin- peaier. IC-valve radioreceiver (guaranteed to ptrfect worklnc order) WESTINGHOUSE eitctric refrigerator, beautiful jade-green *er.uin e TIENTSIN ie English centre carpets,
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      247 2 I "UStDCA* BARGAINS 1937 MORRIS 12 H.P. SALOON iWe have Just carried out a general overhaul of this car and it is in guaranteed condition. Ducoed black it has a most attractive appearance any trial. MANY OTHERS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE 1936 AUSTIN SEVEN SALOON j 1938 AUSTIN SEVEN £"'9ON
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    Radio News In English
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      579 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. I Incorporated in England PENINSI'LAK AMD OKIr.NIM S. IV CO. MAIL PISSKN(.rR %ND CARGO SERVICE. Tne oesi p«al>li services are seine mala talnrd the P O 8 N Ca.. Iran tb* StralU U their osaal ports of call In China. India
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      421 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Oates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Frcmantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      239 3 B.R.C launc nai oeen usea n the construction of many important buildings and other civil engineering contracts throughout Malaya *nic norNTlu.cuipui^q 111 Ska M Var-.nt 15 aa* TO FAMILY MEN! Ymi toil nil your lives to oeoueath a sound estate to your heirs. How oileti are these intentions destroyed by
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      249 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE 7HI. 1.3J3 kc/» (2«t m.) ZHP1 9«» met (JO !,k m (ZHPl 8.475 me 4S.5* m.) ZIII'3 7.25 BM'i («l..1« m.) ZHL, ZHP.l, /HP.? 5.00 p.m. Teochew raiuit. (Records); 5 35 p.m. News in Cantonese: 5.50 p.m. Hokklen music; 6.00 9.m News In Hokklen- 6.15 p.m. Warning
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      254 3 News In Malay; 8.15 "> m News commen- tary In Malay, or music; 2' p.m. Arabic music. iRecordsi: 8 35 p.m. News In Arabic; 5 r p m. European Tivslc. Records >: 9 00 p.m. Nfwi commentary la French; 9.10 p.m. New; In Hlndui^ani. from London; 9.45 p.m. Hindustani mu.«ic.
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      469 3 EMPIRE STATION EA3TKRN SF.KMtt ol» pm II pm. -n CSV— 17.11 m §9. 1S8I metre*. GSF— 15.4 m c< 1911 me'rr* GJ»D— 11.75 m c»: JS.51 nwlin NORTH AMERICAN SIB VICE GSD CIS metre bandi »t>4 GBY til K wtm: me, si 6 10 p.m. London calling; 6 30 p
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    124 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES <Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, July 8. COMMODITY and Exchange market* closed a* fnilowi witb prevloua quotations id parentheste:— BUBBEB: Quiet. Spot U%* ISttiM (lt%d lls'ltd) AUft. 117 1M 13»16d Ij7;ied 13 9 ltd Sept. 13Tll«d 13 9113 d (13 7ll«d 13 9116 d) lOct.. Der. 13% d
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    EXCHANGES
    189 4 Tb« foUowinc arc cbt nertwt rate* onmorning according to ut dally ctrrcjai mm* ov the Honckaot too Stanch*) Bantlru Corporation: uuno lormon T.T 9/4 1.13 U.ndOD demand 1/4 1/33 Switzerland (T.T. only) 302 44 Nr« York demand 41.10 Montreal demand SI 15 Batavla demand SS 71 Sam»rang demand It
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    JUNE RUBBER CROPS
    67 4 THE following rubber crops were harvested in June: n>. Jimah Rubber 2G 700 Pungt*r Rubber 10.097 United Malacca 57 300 Ayer Kuning 102.500 Badek Rubber 22.000 Bradwall Rubber f4.C00 Chersonese Estates 6«,0D0 Dennlrtown Rubber ***** Highlands and Lowlands *****0 Kl a bang Rubber 113.500 Krian Rubber 62
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  • AROUND THE MARKETS
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      Better Inquiry For Tin Shares: Rubber Dull
      473 4 lly Our Financial Correspondent Singapore. July 9THE slightly easier tendency which 1 was apparent in the tin share market on Monday was checked yesterday when there was much more buying in evidence. This was due to better war news which improred sentiment. Yesterday
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    823 4 "THE tollowing donations to me Wai Puna are recorded to-aaj:— S Ue Kirn Soo limited (further contribution) ij«o Private residents of the State 01 Brunei, Brunei eleventh contribution 7M.20 Mr and Mrs. C. M. Black $100; E. Pc:i«iUey llOj; A. B. Paterson S100; &afl and
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    US. MASS PRODUCTION OF ARMS EXPANDING
    75 4 Washington. July 8. INCLUDING the Lease-and-Lend and Commodity reserve purchases, the United States monthly defence expenditures already exceed 51, 000 .000. 000 compared w.th the figure of year ago of 5150.000.000 and two years ago of 5100.000.000. with the certainty of a continued spectacular
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    73 4 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. W«tMc4ajr. taly hn. Bayert S»Orr» Prtrc* rrica N*. IX B.SS. (Spat bw) MH »H N*. IX B.S.6- f.a.k ta J«ly M%« 19 CFJ»«J. BS.8. ■•■la Mtai J«iy M MS r.A.Q R-S 8. Ill a kala Jrty J7H It TIRE QUOTATIONS N*. IX B.S 8. Kcgteterf*
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    53 4 Singapore, •uyei* Ounlncr Hamburg Cube Jmva Cub* Ccvn Mixed MJ5 Run Drtod U 60 Pepper Whtte lluntok White B*cft Sago Hour Linen ".'.'.'.".'.'."!.'l hm Pair *3.7J Saiawak Taoicca Small Flake Fair FJake Medlutn-Prarl Small Pearl July •'V.M* ***** •12.00 $15.25 114.75 •7 3t $3 75 WOO $7
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    73 4 London, July 8. TN opened quiet. The turnover was 150 tons. The market was easier on a disappointing volume of buying, both by the United States and by tho United Kingdom but buyers were mor. 1 Interested towards the close. It Is reputably reported that Russia has already bought some
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    List Of Current Dividends
    217 4 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Assoriation poro, July 8. M Oooitany Omaeat Ciu— Out* TVt P»T«hl« An. pat H June il July 21 Ayer ilium t*% le* tax July 8 Hongkong Tin 10% <nt less UI Auc. 1 Kampong Lanjut Is. No It July 14 July
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    SHARE PRICES STEADY
    533 4 No Inducement To Sell In London (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 2. IN spite of the collapse of Greece and the advance of enemy elements across the Egyptian f rentier, London Stock Exchange quotations continue firm without a sign of panic selling. Largely responsible for this
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    SPECIAL LECTURES ON AMERICAN HISTORY
    151 4 Promise In Commons To Be Fulfil'cd L-jnikn. July 9. r:E promise recently made to the House of Commons by a Gcv?rnment rpoke.man that the Board of Education would ass:s* in sprerdint; the knowledge o. American history thxeugh B: itish si hools Is n.w in progress
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      186 4 As a mark of respect for the late Mr. Ong Boon Tat, the New World Park and cabaret will be closed to-night. DANCING in the N.W. CABARET Gives you greater enjoyment Greater Comfort and Greater Safety IT'S THE SPRING FLOOR That HELPS You to DANCE AWAY effortlessly WATCH FOR THE
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    London Stock Exchange
    405 5 Keen Demand And Prices Rise London, July I. QN the stock Exchange to-day prices continued to advance. The keen dem.iml under tht influence of the newr from Iceland, and generally favourable war news, finding stock notably sc«rc<\ especially among loading industrial Cable and Wireless. British Celanesr second
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    WALL STREET
    62 5 How Jones Averages New York, Juiy 8. THE lolluwinK were the Dow Jones Averages when the New York Stock Exchange and Commodity Exchange closed to-day and yes erday. July 7 July S 30 Industrials 126.16 127.64 20 nils 29.98 29.34 16 utilities 18.14 18.34 40 bonds 91.23 91.46
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    BORELLI RUBBER PAYS 15 PER CENT.
    96 5 A FINAL dividend of ten per cent, making 15 per cent, for the year ended December last, was approved by shareholders at the 1 annual meptlng of Borelli Rubber Company Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on Monday orer which Mr. G Wiseman presided. The meeting
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    63 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-MORBOW Australia air 4 p.m Java air 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. New Zealand air 4 p.m. PalerrbanE air 9a.m. ARRIVALS Mails from Indo-China (air) general deIrrtrj 1.40 p.m. to-day. Malls from Java and Sumatra (air) iiL-ral
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1388 5 TCKSUAY, JULY K. 1M1: 4 P.M. ■;s ■MBS ooyen jUim Ampat (Si) Is lOHd 3s 4Vi e.d. Austral Amal (Ss> Ti M ll M Austral Malay (f) 33s 6<1 34? M Ayer iflUm (Ss) Us 16a id. Ayer Wen* ($1) .71 .7j Bangrta Tin (f)
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      296 5 GOLD SEAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS Aspirin Tablets Caarara Tablets Backache and Kidney Tablets fruit I .axatires TonsJUtts and Sore Throat Lomenres Sulphur Tablets Rrompton Throat Losenavs Only drug* of Tested Parity are used in those product* MEDICAL HALL LTD. and all rhembrt* and Storm MartMMa Graftoa Liboratories, Ltd. Slncapor*— Kaala I
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      211 5 j SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES ro-a*y iH.W. 11.39 a.m. 9 ft: 10.54 pja. 10 ft. L.W. S a.m. OS ft: 5 04 p.m. 4.3 ft. To- morrow II. W. 12.30 noon 9.1 ft; 11. 36 pm. 10.1 ft. L.W. 5.44 a.m. 0.4 ft; 5.44 p.m. 4.1 ft. JTiday. July 11 H.W.
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      383 6 Producer HAROLD LLOYD'S \jggjL\ first big laugh show! L^f lll'lfliM^r/il OPENING TO-DAY ff^i] ■w-^HPPHKj 3*153 15 6*156 15 and 9 15 n M jo\ FUNNY? It's even funnier tXA m than you v/ould believe wmg-^mm Hi /f St's the All-out laugh show!) Navy y iH^JIGpS (Jilt Directed by RICHARD WALLACE
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      224 6 NEWS FLASH "WIZARD OF OZ" Lands in ARIZONA after sensational Escape from BROADWAY BLONDES!", and nanSTAI TO-DAY I TIE W^ NO "V'HPCS" MAN! CAPITOL 3.15-6.15-9.15 I niIPU o^^^4 stampede of fun aa your favorite, LHUUn fw s-*~- s'/Z? Frank Morgan sets out to tame the Weal CprQIAl V kKFJ^ vf^
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    ALLIES MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS IN SYRIA
    396 7 Advancing Indian Troops May Strike Either At Aleppo Or Horns Cairo, July 8. ETJRTHER progress in Syria is recorded in to-day's MiddTe East communique. Indian troops, it says, have made further prepress westward from Demir Kapou. The British advance towardsl Horns from Deir-ez-Zor is
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    FOOD SITUATION IN BEIRUT ALMOST INTOLERABLE
    67 7 Jerusalem. July t. MBSoAGUS reaching Jerusalem Iran l Beirut show that the food situation In Beirut has become almost Intolerable. The Vichy authorities are reported to be searching private houses and conflsra'tng any food stocks they find. Several prominent Lebanese are reported to have
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    French Troops At Salonika
    320 7 French Troops At Salonika Presence Revealed By St. Didier Incident London. July 8. DRITAIN will shortly reply to the Turkish representations about the sinking of the St. Didier In Turkish territorial waters by British aircraft on Friday. The Vichy steamer St. Didier, Hying the Turkish flag, was sunk on July
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    South African Pilot Wins "Doubles"
    98 7 London, July 8. BRITAIN'S ace fighting pilot, WlngCommander A. O. Malan, has been awarded a bar to ins D.S.O. This South Afrlran pilot is the first airman to win a bar to both the D.F.C. and D.S.O. in the present war end cnly the second
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    100 Nazi Planes For Syria ?
    139 7 100 Nazi Planes For Syria Dearth Of Reliable Pilots A Problem London, July 8. •T*HE Nazis have enabled air re1 inforcements estimated at 100 planes of the latest type to reach the Vichy forces in Syria, accord Ing to an Istanbul dispatch to the Independent French agency, quoting reports from
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    VICHY PLANE ATTACKS MOSQUE AT SIDON
    72 7 Jerusalem. July I. |T U learned tbat a VJchy aircraft dropped a large bomb near the principal masque in Stdoa on Sunday night The mosque was damaged. Five Lebanese drihans were wounded T%e SMoueae population expressed strong resentment at the attack and asked that
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    BERLIN BROADCAST BY BRITISH AUTHOR
    82 7 London. July 1'HK oootrovt_rsy over a British author R captured by the German* who recently made a broadcast from Berlin to North America had an echo In the House of Omn- rcons to-day. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Dr. Osbert Prake. replied afflmativelT to a
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      261 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight !8-3a, BUSTER MAGGIE IMMVhIt Vt.m> NON-DINERS Sl.Ot Saturday LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL SPECIAL ORCHESTRAL CONCERI ky RAFFLES ORCHESTRA SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT 8.30 to 10.30 p.m. By the Band ot THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS Ky
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      320 7 No Show to-night as a mark of respect for the death of Mr. Ong Boon Tat. It has got to be a mighty Big Seriall TO ATTRACT 9,000 people at Alhambra Theatre recently "KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED" By Special Request! Now at popular prices for the Masses OPENING TO-MORROW
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. JULY 9. 1941. (676th Day Of The War.) AN INSULT TO INTELLIGENCE
    1166 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. JULY 9. 1941. (676th Day Of The War.) AN INSULT TO INTELLIGENCE Dr. C. N. Spinks, an American! who went to Japan five years ago to Join the faculty of the Tokio University of Commerce, and later edited "Japan News Week," has told, in an
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      INDEBTEDNESS
      875 8 Eastern And Western Views Differ To the Editor of the $tr»iU Tta*/ 1 Sir— l was surprised to read in me Press' recently that a Municipal Commissioner had only Just discovered that Singapore 1» riddled with debts and had recommended that a sub-com-mittee be appointed forthwith to investigate the
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      CATHEDRAL GROUNDS
      126 8 To the Editor or the Straits Times Sir.— With regard to the letter which appeared in your issue of July 5 under the heading "Cathedral Grounds." may I be allowed to allay the alarm of Mr. I Wonder at the desecration of the Cathedral precincts by children, by
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      PASSAGE MONEY
      592 8 "Economy Inquiry Grossly Overdue" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln the minutes oJ the proceed Ings of the Singapore »»"i«-'->«i Com mlssloners held on Friday, Feb 28, 1941, as reported at page nine item 178. and annexed to the Government Gazette dated April 4, 1941,
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      TENDERS INQUIRE
      167 8 Witness's Comments On A Report To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir— l beg to refer to the report oi my evidence before the Commission of Inaulry Into the tendering system published In your issue of Saturday "two omissions have been made to which I should like
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      MALABAR FLOODS
      98 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— The hour has come to render immedia c help to the famine-stricken people of Malabar. We are aware of the recent damage all over that country due to heavy floods and cyclones. An Immediate step should be the organizat on
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      FOR THE TROOPS
      989 8 Singapore Civilians Not Pulling Their Weight To the Editor of the Str»lU Times Sir —As everyone knows, the garrison of Singapore Fortress has been and U being greatly Increased. In addition large numbers of Bervlce men stationed up-country spend their leave in Singapore Has It occurred to
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    REDS LAUNCH NEW GREAT COUNTER-ATTACKS
    493 9 Nazis Are Driven Back In Disorder INVADERS WITHDRAWING ACROSS RIVER PRUTH German Claims Of New Advance Unconfirmed DOWERFUL Russian counter-attacks yesterday in the central and southern sectors of the eastern bal tic fronts were described in the Russian communique issued last night. Outstanding is their
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    VICHY TALKS WITH NAZIS
    320 9 Collaboration In Africa Possible London, July 9. rjISPATCHES from the French XJ frontier show that Vichy is determined to carry through peace negotiations with Berlin for which purpose Vichy is seeking the support of neutrals, particularly Switzerland and Spain, and also that Vichy has definitely decided
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    "Fighting Now In Decisive Stage"
    214 9 Berlin, July 9. TERMAN quarters here describe the gigantic battle for the Stalin Line as one of the mwt decisive of the war p-rhaps the mast decisive of the Rusjc-Oerman cenflict. They state that the Soviet have massed all their available reserves, and the rtlspatihes
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    U. S. Assistance For Soviet
    108 9 Washington, July 8. ILIR. Sumner Welles, Under-Secre-tary of State, announced at his press conference to-day that plans for United States aid to the Soviet are progressing rapidly and effectively. Mr. Welles said that M. Oumansky, the Soviet Ambassador in Washington, had conferred with him and
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    367 RUSSIANS GAOLED BY VICHY REGIME
    79 9 Vichy. July 9. FE Government announces that of the 10.707 Russians arrested since the severance of diplomatic relations b twseTi France and Russia. 10.003 have been liberated, 367 imprisoned or interned in concentration camps, 81 assigned to forced residence and 256 arv still under
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    INCREASED U.S. AID FOR BRITAIN
    152 9 Reported Congress Consent To Request Washington, July 8. PRESIDENT Roosevelfs aides are pre- paring requests lor appropriations to cover the expansion of the United States Army r\nd the construction of warships. Congressional sources disclosed to-day. They also said a request to increase aid to Britain
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    NAZI NAVAL BASE BOMBED BY R.A.F.
    44 9 London, July 9.. THE R.A.F. continued its offensive in Germany's Western Front yesterday afternoon when heavy bombers made an attack in Northern Germany and bombed the naval base at Wilhelmshaven. No aircraft is missing from this operation. Reuter.
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    Troop-Carrier In Flames
    42 9 A German troop-carrimg plane— hundreds of which were vsed in the attack on Crete— is teen in flames in this picture taken by llritish force* in Crete. On the left can be seen parachutes bearing Nazi troops and equipmmt.
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    VICHY REJECTS NEW OFFER OF ARMISTICE IN SYRIA
    77 9 London, July 9. THE German-controlled Paris rad '■> quoting a message from Beirut, said last night that the British High Command in the Near East had made another armistice proposal to Gen. Pentz, tht Vichy High Commissioner to Syria, which was again
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    More Forces For North Africa
    172 9 Disclosure By FieldMarshal Smuts Pretoria, July 9. THE largest contingent of South African troops to leave the Union since the embarkation of East .African forces has now safely reached North Africa, accordingly to an official announcement. Bidding farewell to the troops prior to their departure,
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    SOVIET CALL TO BRITAIN
    664 9 Give Germany No Respite Now 1 Moscow, July 9. A CALL to Britain to give Gerf many no respite but to strike hard and continuously now, when every blow struck will be ten times as effective than if delivered later, was broadcast by M. Litvinoff, r
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    U.S. DEFENCE MOVES HAVE NO BOUNDARY LIMIT
    286 9 President Roose velt's Statement On Occupation Of Iceland Washington, July 8. DRESIDENT Roosevelt to-day removed in effect any hemispheric boundary on the United States defence operations. He stated at his Press conference that there were points in (.iio ocean or another which were
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    U.S. MUSTTAKE CONSEQUENCE'
    211 9 U.S. MUSTTAKE CONSEQUENCE' Nazi Outburst At American Move Berlin, Julv 8. INFORMED Nazi quarters, rommentj Ing on the occupation of Iceland by I the United States state thru President Roosevelt has now entered operations In the area of the European theatre of war and therefore will have to bear the
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    Senator's Statement Criticized
    174 9 Washington. Ju'jr A DISPATCH from Londoc to the New York Times, to the meet th»t the -h were »rutry with Senator Burt-n '< wnerler, United B?at*i I»i<latlonl»t leader L~ |H n« airav military secret when Mr. wheeler recently foreca-.t the American occupailoo of Ireland, was Uk mbject
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    U-BOAT SUNK OFF GIBRALTAR
    67 9 Madrid, July 9. AGKRMAN submarine ww ««nk off C.ihrj'ta- >»st'M*y m >mine by the British fl>t air arm, acordin, to Snanish rrnirts front I* LJnea. Two m'mhes H the rrew were rescued and taken to Gibraltar It is brlisvrd the submarine was lyinr in wait f)r
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $3,500
    753 10 Four-Figure Contribution From Chinese Company FURTHER DONATION FROM BRUNEI RESIDENTS ADDITIONS to The War Fund are well above the average to-day. They exceed $3,500 and carry the gross total to $5,670,510. There is one four-figure donation a further gift of $1,000 from Lee
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    LOCAL PREMIERE FOR "LADY HAMILTON"
    59 10 BY arrangement with United Artists Corporation and the Cathay Cinema, the entire proceeds of Alexander Korda's latest production, "Lady Hamilton." starring Vivien Loi»h nnd Laurence Olivier, with an all-British cast, will be donated through the Malaya Patriotic Fund to the Royal Navy and Merchant Service
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    AMUSEMENTS
    108 10 SINGAPORE RAFFI.KS IlOTfcL Dinner Sc Dance (Infurmuh 8 p.m. to Midnight. 6BF.AT WORLD Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 9 p.m. to Midnight. Olobe: A Oirl Must IJve. Sky: Little Drive. HAPPT THEATKE (Happy World) Wlnnera of the West. Seaside: Way ix>wn South NEW HilIM II i'ulkls. rheatrcs and Cinemas, Bide
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    25 10 Mr. R Eves ls acting as Superintendent of the Marine Department, Johore Bahru, In place of Mr. H. H. Brown who has gone on leave.
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    Fine Film On War Perils Of Atlantic
    195 10 At The Cinema "Escape to Glory." (Pat O'Brien, Constance Bennett, Melville Cooper and John Halliday). Columbia. At the Pavilion. jTHIS film may be described as a vivid foot-note to the Battle of the Atlantic." It is a psychological study or as diverse a
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    FRANK MORGAN SCORES AGAIN
    144 10 Henry Goes Arizona (Frank Morgan Virginia Weidler, Guy Kihbee, Slim Summer ville). M.G.M. At the Capitol. IN this comedy-drama Frank Morgan 1 tht wizard in the "Wizard of Oi" -plays with gusto the rele of a nerrous vaudeville performer who inherits a ranch from a murdered
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    R.A.F. BUSY IN MIDDLE EAST
    253 10 20 Fires In Attac On Benghazi Cairo, July I AN R.A.F. Middle East comnu. nique issued last night states, Libya In the air operations over Libya on (Monday) fighter aircraft of the R.A.F. and South African Air Force inflicted considerable damage and casualties on enemy
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    INDIAN DEFENCE COMMITTEE
    113 10 Simla. July 9. IT Is anticipated that one of the first tasks to which the new Commander-in-Chief will give his attention on assuming office in India will be to push forward the preliminaries begun by Gen Sir Claude Auchinleek for the establishment of a Defence Committee in
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    ONLY "LUXURY" BOOTS AND SHOES PROHIBITED
    138 10 LUXURY' boots and shces-madr up with filk or artificial silk material covering or of reptile skin or artificial reptll" skin are among the British Empire goods which have been trohibit?d from importation into Malaya. Ordinary leather booti and shoes are, however, cutside the prohibition
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    Death Of Mr. Ong Boon Tat After Accident On Island
    503 10 THE death occurred at the General 1 Hospital last night of Mr. Onp Boon Tat, well-known Malayan business man. Mr. Ong Boon Tat was removed to hospital following an accident on Saturday. He was inspecting a sea pavilion being constructed
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    Mr. ChurchiU Tries New Automatic
    43 10 The Prime Minuter, Mr. Winston Churchill, during a recent visit to an armaments factory. tr:td his hand with a new light automatic gun. The Secretary of State for War, Capt. David Margesson, is Handing just behind the Premier.
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    "MARCH OF TIME" FILM OF MALAYAN DEFENCES
    234 10 "MARCH OF TIME" FILM OF MALA YA N DEFENCES Shortly To Be Exhibited In The United States nEFENCES of Malaya is the title of a "March of Time" v film which has just been completed and is now having sound recording incorporated in America. The film was shot by Capt.
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    BABY FLIES ACROSS PACIFIC BY CLIPPER
    78 10 "TH*: yoancest air passenger yet fly from San Francisco to Singapore arrived by the Honolulu Clipper yesterday. He was four month* old Thomas Fletcher son of Mr. G. P. A. Fletcher of Harrisons, Barker and Co., Ltd. Master Thomas Fletcher, who arrived with his
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    INQUIRY INTO SHOOTING
    269 10 Military Action Justified ECHO OF SELANCiOR STRIKES From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 9. FIAT Major Howes P.Dbcrts, of tlie Indian Army, was Justified in ordering his m?n to open fl-e and that no blame could be att icl ed to anyone, was the flnaing of
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    EASTERN GRAPHIC
    107 10 CEATURE of the issue of The Eastern r Graphic which U on sale to-day u the pictorial section containing a remarkably fine series of pictures of Tobruk. Other noteworthy pictures are a series on the Women's Transport Corps, a unit of which Is ow serving in tnc Middle
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    MORE ACTION IN CITY A.R.P. EXERCISES
    309 11 Reports Of Umpires Show Need For Further Training STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF LIGHTING RESTRICTIONS THE reports of the umpires on the Singapore passive 1 defence exercise of June 19 have now been considered by the Passive Defence Advisory Committee. An official communique states "Tho exercise
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    MALAYAN TOBACCO
    194 11 Development Of Local Industry CHlci'iNG diiliculiies, increased import duty and. in particular, the development of a cigarette manufacturing industry enabled the Malayan tobacco industry to experience a favourable year in 1840. Reviewing th.s industry, the Malayan Agricultural Journal states that the locally-grown ,eai continues to be of the
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    CONSTABLE SENTENCED FOR ROBBERY
    71 11 AN Indian nonifblt of the Naval Utm n Polic Aziz Moha-nad bin Pakir Mohamad, was sentenced to cne month's rigorous Imprisonment In the Singapore Criminal DiMrirt Co\irt y< terdi v on a charge of committing rubbery of a fowl. Bl v .as acquitted on a second
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    TRIED TO RUN AWAY FROM DFTECTIVES
    97 11 OY CHIAP PKO was sentenced to two V* months' rigorous imprisonment for on a chap-Jw-kce lottery in Heck I_.im Street on Apr. 23. by MT. W. D. Care*, the Third Magistrate, je-'erday. It was stated tliat when Goy ulr two de'.rctlves in Hock Lam
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    IMMIGRATION QUOTAS
    307 11 Chinese Chamber Urges Increase BIGGER DEMAND FOR LABOUR "IN view of the labour conditions now prevailing in Malaya, Government Is asked to Increase the Chinese Immigration quota to 2,000 males and 2,000 females per month, irrespective of the age of the immigrants for a trial period of one
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    INDIAN AGENT AT CHETTIAR TEMPLE
    162 11 MRS. DUTT. Agent of the Govern- I ment o! India in Miliva. v'sited the Chettlar Temple at Tank Road, Singapore, and met che members o' the Chettlars iNattukkottai) Chamber of: Commerce. Singapore, Bt an informal: gathering. The following observe. ;ons were made by him in
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    800 SHOE WORKERS ARE NOW ON STRIKE
    122 11 IT IS estimated about 800 men em1 ployed by over 100 Singapore shoe maiiifacturers have gone on strike because of a waxes disoute. The strike followed the refusal by employer! of their workmen's request for a 20 per cent, rise in wages Employers
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    New Post For Sir Kenneth Poyser
    93 11 Sir Kenneth Poyier, Chief Justice of the T 31 S, is f become Legal Adviser to the Dominions Office end Colonial Office in succession to Sir Henry Gratlan Bushe. whose appointment a* Governor and Commander-in-Chief. Barbados, was recently announced. Sir Kenneth has tendered his
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    DRANK POISON BY MISTAKE
    210 11 TPHE death of Lee Ah Kew, a 29- year-old Chinese woman who drank caustic soda by mistake last September, was inquired into by Mr W O Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday. I Nge Pike Tong, thf woman's husband. 'said that on Sept. 17 he woke up
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    FORMER LONDON A.F.S. MEMBERS BROADCAST
    60 11 THIS weeks Ulk In the "War As I Know If icrl of the Singapore bruadcastine nation Is entitled "Auxiliary Fireman" and will be broadcast at 8.35 p m to-morrow. Given by a former member ol the Auxiliary Fir* Servite. It dtli with the rouUne of
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    MATRICULATION
    50 11 THE principal of Pitman's College Singapore, has received a notinrat.on from London that the followin? studen.s have passed the London Uni- i versity Examination. 1941: London Intermediate Arts, Miss Rose Marie I Dant. London Matriculation 1941, 1 Miss Theresa Hon, Stephen Pye, Harry Lm Wee, and Wong Tons Seng.
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    INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    38 11 MR. 8. DUTT. Agent °f 'he Govern"*ment of India In Maliya, has been! elected an honorary member of the i Indlr.n Association. 3ing.*p-re. Messrs. 8. K. Das and M. J. Nnmazle have Joined the managing committee.
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    NEW REGULATIONS FOR PAPER CONSERVATION
    472 11 All Users Are Affected By Scheme For Control tO conserve local paper supplies, regulations to control the use of paper of all kin-Is, will come into force in le Colony to-morrow. They contain most of the commendations made by the joint Malayan committee hich discussed
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    TENANT NOT TO BE EJECTED
    279 11 Application To Board Refused MRS MAY HINO WONO. the wife of Mr. B. K. Won* of Singapore, applied t» the Rent Avrammt Board yesfrday for permliwlon to eject thf tenant of Ytmme belonging to her In OlUtead Raad. The application w»j refused. The tenant. Mr.
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    THREE JOHORE MALAYS FOR DEHRA RUN
    120 11 "From Our O»n Corrcs-jonder.t) Johore Bahru, July 7. r'REE Malays have bsjsa -elected by th*> Jo-"re (Jo wnnatftt to be s"nc to Dehra Dun MlJitiry Academy. India, to be tra'ned as oftVers of the Johore Militsry 1^ rces. The .selected candidates are Hussein bin
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    Vice-Consul's Evidence About Old-Style Chinese Marriages
    659 11 A CHINESE marriage performed according to old Chinese custom after the promulgation ot the new mir- riane laws is legal provided sufficient witnesses were present and that the. ceremony was an "open" function, it was claimed in a court case yesterday. This question of
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    ARAB EDITORIAL OF APPEALS AGAINST CON '/ICfIQN
    370 12 THOUGH he had eonvlcled Syed Taha bin Abubaka: AkM- goff on a charge of publishing defamatory matter about Abdul Wahad Aljelany, former announcer in Arabic for the Singapore Broadcasting Station, the magistrate had in his grounds of judgment really found in favour of
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    TRAP LAID TO CATCH THIEF
    327 12 Gaol For Seaman On Dutch Ship TTHE story of how a trap was laid to catch a thief suspected to be working aboard a Dutch steamer, was told in the Singapore Second Court yesterday when Radhen A. van Sprew, 20-year-old seaman, admitted a charge of
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    KILLED BY LOG HE WAS CARRYING
    172 12 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was recorded by Mr. W. O. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday at an inquiry into the death of Koh Quee Seng, a labourer who while loading timber into a lorry, was fatally injured when a log he was
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    INDIAN MERCHANTS' WAR CHARITIES GIFTS
    337 12 "TRHi; contribution in a purse to the Governor at a tea party ai the Adelphl Hotel on Monday of $10,183 by members of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, towards the war charities was made up as follows: Maganlal Nagindas At Co. $1,001; Qlan Singh
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    PRISON SENTENCE FOR CHEATING TO STAND
    187 12 THE appeal of Ong Ting Chin, who had been convicted In the Third Police Oourt on a charge of cheating, sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and recommendrxl for banishment, was yesterday dismissed by Bir Percy McElwatne. the Chief Justice. Ong was one of
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    U.S.-GERMAN ARMED CLASH NEAR. TOKIO BELIEVES
    878 13 Japanese Reaction To Dispatch Of American Forces To Iceland THE possibilities of an armed clash between Germany and the United States have suddenly mounted with the dispatch of United States naval forces to Iceland to replace the British forces there, diplomatic circles here believe,
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    Studied Silence In Berlin
    139 13 "Leaves Italy Cold," Says Rome Statement London, July 8 THE United States occupation of Iceland is met with studied silence in Berlin. Foreign Pressmen who inquired of responsible Berlin quarters with regard to Germany's attitude to the occupation were infoimed, according to the German radio, that
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    HITLER "IN VITED " TO VISIT THE "ROCK"
    179 13 HITLER "IN VITED TO VISIT THE "ROCK" London, July 8. A X invitation to Hitler to go and find *»out for himself whether or not Gibraltar is Imprecnable was given by Gen. Sir dive Liddell, ♦ornier Ccver-r-f r of Gibraltar, sneaking at the Over»:ns Club in London *o day. He
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    NO CHANGE IN LIBYA AND ABYSSINIA
    24 13 Cairo. July 8 HPHERE Is no change In Libya and Abyssinia, states to-day's GHQ communique issued here.— Reuter.
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    Move To Settle Ecuador Dispute
    355 13 U.S., Argentina Brazil Exchanging Views Washington, July 8. IJNITED States, Argentina and Braail are busily exchanging views in regard to what helpful action they might take towards settling the difflcul.les between Peru and Ecuador. This was announced by Mr. Sumnei Welles, U.S. Under-Secretary of State
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    FAKIR OF IPI STIRS UP FRESH TROUBLE
    124 13 Lcodoo, July I. TWO Indian other rajiks were killed and seven wounded, while tribal hostile* differed at least 30 casualties as the result of skirmishes in north Wazirtstan when troops marched from Bannu to RsznuJt to deal with gangs who. Instigated by the
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    India's Big Shipping Programme
    213 13 Calcutta. July I. THE launching of HM IB Tnvauom. which was built with funds (lten h]r the Maharaja of TraTancorr, was performed this afternoon oy Lady Piuherbert. wife of Vice-Adm. Herbert Piuherbert, Flag Officer Commanding Royal Indian Navy. The vessel Is thoroughly Indian In charact r,
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    AR WEAPONS WEEKS FETCH £395,000,000
    42 13 London, July 8. AH Weapons Weeks In Britain produced £395,000,000. ol which £102,000 000 was contributed by London alone, said lord Mottistonc, chairman of the National War Savings Committee ad<ir *-.ing the House of Lords this afterooon.-aeuter.
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    JAPANESE SHIPS ORDERED TO REMAIN IN PACIFIC
    202 14 Measure Taken For "Economic Considerations," Says Tokio Tokio, July 8. JAPANESE merchant shipping has been ordered to concenJ trate in the Pacific. This was announced to-day by the Japanese Information Board, whose deputy spokesman. Mr. Koh Ishii, told newspapermen that the measure has
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    U.S. Action As Precedent
    157 14 Japanese Comment On Iceland Occunaiion Shanghai, July 8. *7*HE Japanese army spokesman here. Col. Akiyama. refused to c eny at a Press conference to-day that Japan might In the future dls- patch troops to southern IndoChina. Thailand and the Netherlands Indies. Retarding the United Stites occu
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    BRITISH EMBASSY HIT BY BOMB
    122 14 Chungking. July I. A BOMB dropped by a Japanese bomber this morniiw icorcd a direct hit oo the study of the British Unafciiwr-'— Sir Archibald Clajk-ICerr, In the emb. buildii.g and another caused the giou.. lloor to collapse, making the embassy untenable. Bombs also landed
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    TWO U.S. SUPPLY SHIPS FOR EIRE
    156 14 Dublin. Juiy 8. MR. de Val ra stated ln the daU to-day that two American supply ships hsve been secured for Eje and fclrean crtws to man them are en the way to America. Ht added that he had been Informed it will not
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    Japan Tightens Her Financial Belt
    76 14 Tokio July 8. JAPAN U tlghteninj her ilnancUl belt. Following a meeting of the cabinet to-day, lt was rumoun~ed that uwmi; to the "growingly tense intßmatknal situation" the budget for next financial year 1942-3 will be complied "with the Kreatest stress laid on tishten'ng of
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    81 14 Shanghai. July I. A SCROLL carrying a m ssage at apprrciart tlon to Mr. Churchill. Brit'sh Prime Mlrdet-r. and ?l?n«l by 100.000 Chinese ln Shanghai In all wife of l'fe was handed over to-day to the chairman of the British Rexldsnts' As >cl»tlon for transmission to L. ndon. Th« Chinas
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    Is Tokio Menace Receding ?
    201 14 Is Tokio Menace Receding "Hardly In Condition To Issue Challenge" London, July 8. JAPAN can hardly be Ln a condition to challenge British power in the Far East, said Major Allan Murray, bB.C, news commentator tc-day. He was commenting on the belief that a German victory ln Russia would bring
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    POLISH SOLDIERS HELD BY SOVIET
    182 14 London Talks For Their Re-entry Into War LocuWn, July I. FRTHER meetings between Polish and Soviet rq>reMiit*Wv«, to continue 1 negotiations designed to resolve differences be. ween the two na Ions and end Uk 1 state of war vhich technically exists be- tween them, will
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    Anglo-U.S. Social Welfare Efforts
    111 14 London, July S. ro ORDINATION cf Anglo-American social efforts was urged by Mr. John O. Wlnant. Amrican Ambassador, at the annual meeting of the Nations. Counc.l of Social Service in London* to-day. H? said that wh.le Britain and America were trying to co-ordinate military and material
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    STRAITS CHINESE SCORE FOUR-NIL VICTORY
    590 15 Police Outplayed In First Division Soccer At Stadium S.C.F.A 4 Police 0. THE Straits Chinese Football Association played rousing soccer at Anson Road stadium yesterday to gain a clean-cut victory by four goals to nil over the Police in the first division of the league.
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    LAI TET LOKE CUP TENNIS
    263 15 Selangor Chinese Beat Negri 11—6 (From Our Own Corresoondent > Seremban, July 7. rE Selangor Chinese e;reation C=ub defeated the Negri Sembilan Chinese R.C. by 11 matches to i>lx in the Lai Tet Lofce cup inter-state tennis competition. The results were- Leon? Hr«e Yeng beat
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    INDIAN ASSOCIATION CRICKET TEAMS
    106 15 "T*HE foilowa.g axe Indian Association criclcet teams for week-end games. Against the Heavy Regiment on the I. A. ground at 2.15 p.m. on Saturday. Wwir Singh 'Cap*.). Choor Sinxh. D. Diiamcra.v Kmtrln Shah, D. K. Samy, A. U-wls. Suares. M. J. Cn»ndy. Ram Piara. V. Mahendrs,
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    TEAMS FOR TO-MORROWS WOMEN'S GOLF
    113 15 THE folk) 2 art the tuu and staau^* times for tlie women's golf match between the Garrison Oolf Club and the Keppel Golf C!ub. to be pKyed at T:ir?iin to-morrow, Keppel names first: 3.4~> p.m., Mrs. Robertson (3d) vs. Mr*. Bcrim^eour (36); 3.55 Mrs. Lew
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    CHINESE COMPANION ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
    85 15 THE Chinese Companion Athletic Association Is holding a dinner and dance at its i premscs. No. 247 c, New Bridge Road, on i Saturday, starting at 7 p.m., in celebration of. firstly, the A. sociation's twelfth anniversary, secondly, the opening of Uie Associatl n'- tn w
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    MARIGOLD B.P.
    57 15 •T^IE following were elected office-bearers of the Marigold Badminton Party at the mini crnrrnl meetinc of the party: Koh Has Quee; vicp-pre r ldents Tan Cho;is Klnt, 31m Hoon Seig: hon. ■ecn-tary, i-or.- Cheng Khoon; hon. femsorar, Kg Chi. 11-ng; linn, auditor. Tav Bong Soo; linn, spnrvt raptain.
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    TO-DAY S TRAINING
    33 15 p.* IN Interfered with this mornings slow wi rk at P>skit Tiimh In preparatlon for the fin^arcre T-irf Club's ting. anafn] ot horses vrerp pvirclscd to scnU-darkncss before rain U3L
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    124 15 I TTHE following were ;he three best j scores returned In the Keppel •Golf Club's June Bpoon competitionI Mir. S. P. B'ir^i>!l a— K-Xi Mrs. H. K. Rodgers 47—12=35 Mrs. E. O*SulUvan 48—13=35 Rose "towl The .'ollrwing have qualified for the Rose Bowl: Eyes, Mrs. J. J.
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    68 15 Y.M.C.A. NAVAL XI TO MEET AT CRICKET I THK 101 l wing nave been selected to play for toe V.M.C.A. against a Naval team on lUi Prince Edward Road ground at 2.15 pjn. to-day: J. P. Chrysostom (capt.), G. W. 8. Waiwa, C. Schubert, P. Loh, E. F. WltcheU. L.
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    184 15 DUYDia at Telok Kurau on Sunday. the Red Rom Badminton Party defeated U* Uerry Union Badminton Party by live games to three Result*. Red Rose players mentioned first wereMea's Siacfcs: Byed Sallm lost to George Tan. 15-11. 13-15. 7-15: If. A Lange (capt beat
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    SINHALESE CRICKET
    61 15 THE following aavt been selected to represent the Btnhalfi. Association In a cricket fixture against Blakan Mail at Blakan Matl at 3 p.m. on Sunday: J. N. Fernando (e«pt.). K. Benevlratne, P. M Strlsena. A. A. Prankie. O. Ranatunga, H. H. Samson, 8. Ounawardene, K. Morando. Prod van
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    Segamat Beat Genuang At Cricket
    286 15 Segamat Beat Genuang At Cricket (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Segrmat. July 7. IpLAYINO their first match of the searon, the Oenuang Europeans were beiUn by the Segamat Crirket Club by 61 run* in a who>-d. a jr gam» at G:nu?ng yesterday. A B. Banhelot ana Wan Mohamed batted w?ll ror
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    114 15 THE following arc the week-end's events at 1 the Royal Singapore Yacht Club: On Friday there will be th. usual afternoon races for all rlawn. starting at 523 pm. for "A" class and 525 pjn. for the other classes. On Sunday "C" class will
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    105 15 •p following will represent the BtralU Chinese Recreation Club aaainat the Colts at Hong Llm Green at 3 p.m on Saturday: Chua Boon Unn. Ch one Thiam Slew, Tan Ouan Kiat, Fung Ouan Chye, Swee Urn Swang, Ong Teck Bin. Richard Tay, One Swce Kcng. Un Hon
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    31 15 TII>. Chiang Kai S^ek Hl^h School, Singapore, wl-i sre tourins; Malayi, beat the Chonj; Hwn H'?h BetaM 1 of Eererr.tian 43 in a basket bnll match played at Scrcmbar..
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    836 16 REDS ANNIHILATING ENEMY GROUP BY GROUP IN SOUTH Germans Claim New Progress In Battle For Stalin Line Moscow, July S. THE Germans suffered severe setbacks in fierce fighting v.'»i!«rhout last night along the whole front from to the I'kraine, according to to-day's Soviet communique,
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    44 16 Haifa, July I. DOMBS were dropped over a wide area when hostile planes approached Haifa early this mornii>g. Damage was done to civilian property but th*re was no casualty. The defences engaged the attacker* for a considerable period. Reuter.
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    98 16 Zurich. July 8. STALIN'S injunction to Soviet troops and citizens i« leave behind them "srorched earth** »o that nothing of value shall fall into the hands of the enemy i» >eing carried out, for Swiss agency reports from Berlin state that Soviet troops have
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    96 16 Moscow, July 8. CUMMINO up a fortnight's Intense parachute warfare, the Izvestia says the Red Army, aided by the civilian population, has worked out adequate methods to combat parachutists. The newspaper discloses that the Germans used transport planes to drop parachutists
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    454 16 Widespread Dam ige Caused In Big Night Attack On Reich trie residential quarters of Cologne and Muenster" .n last night's raids, according to a German communique to-day. ..oial G ..nan news agency says that British brnb?rs Hfm over west and north-west
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    209 16 London. July 8. PVE German aircraft weie destroyed In raids over Britain last night, according to an Air Ministry communique. Southampton suffered a brief shiro attack. Trie raiders followed their old tricks of first dropping nre bombs and following them with high explosives Two churches, two
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