The Straits Times, 16 July 1941

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    39 1 The Straits Times FINAL EDTN. [ESTABLISHED NIARLT A CSNTURYI MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. JULY 16, 1941 PK»( h 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941 PRICK 5 CENTS
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS
      206 2 ADCOCK—At Sydney, N.S.W.. suddenly or. 11th July, 1941. Wl'frid Amian Adcock of Paya Lang Estate, Batu Anam. JOSEPH.—Cable news has been received ol the death of Rtv. W. H. Joseph, at Kopoy. Colon, by his son E. Thuraislngam Joseph, of the Veterinary Dept., Singapore SEET—Mrs. Sect Kee Ann, nee
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      71 2 Mrs Lee Teck Cheng wishes to express he: sincere thanks to all relatives and friend? who sent WTca'.ha, senglays, paid night v:<its, and those who r.'tcu: d ihe funeral of the late Mr. Lee Teck Cheng. Mr ana Mrs. D M. Milne wish to thank their friends for kind
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      1441 2 SITUATION VACANT lady TYPISTS to be employed as tele Pi inter operators urgently required. Must be of Brltl«h nationality. Salary $125 per month. Apply Box No. 828, Straits Times. RADIO SERVICEMAN required. Good experience radio repairs and general electnca. knowledge essential. Pull details experienee and salary required to Box No.
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      724 2 PERSONAL WILL L.CF. make known his address I. f. Thanks. Interested. Write again. 8.8. EDUCATIONAL CANTONESE LESSONB. European require* Cantonese lessons from experienced teacher. Writing and conversation. Rep y stating terras Box Ho. 811. StralU Times. WANTED WANTED, Perambulator and Baby's Bath. must be In good condition. Write Box 804.
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      611 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS EYEGLASSES. EXCLUSIVELY fTHfSMP/ON HJPTICAI C 2 AitlAUb BLIMJ.. PHONE JWT R A. Thompson, Dr. of Ocular Science S5 years' European Clinical Experience PUBLIC NOTICE S. S. GOVERNMENTS 3% WAR LOAN 1953/6O Stock Certificates for the above loan are now ready and may be exchanged at the Chartered Bank
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      301 2 "USBDCAR BARGA//YS CHEVROLET DELUXE SALOON Very well shod and In first class mechanical condition, it Is very attractive, ducoed m Uaek with silver trim, any trial ECONOMY CARS AUSTIN SEVEN SALOON MORRIS EI6HT SALOON AUSTIN BIG SEVEN SALOON MORRIS TWELVE SALOON STANDARD TEN SALOON MORRIS EIGHT TOURER MANY OTHERS PHONE
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      322 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated In England > PKNINMIH.AR AMI ORIENTAL 8. N CO M.MI PASSENGER AND CARCO SFRVITE Tbe o«*t passible serrlres arr oeln» main talswid b< the P. O S N Co. from th« Straits to their osnal p«rU of call In China
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      235 3 uacornoratea 10 Janaoi GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Throiun lares to North America to Europe via America and Round roars In the raclflc quoted tn VS. t on application To California from the Orient *ia Ronnlnln SM. NITTA MARU from Manila July 25
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      560 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARC Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      229 3 TO TESTATORS. Administration of estates by a corporation formed and highly qualified to art as Trustees and Executor? it everywhere admitted to offer greater setuntv than is obtainable t rum personal Fruatees. This does not mean changing your Bankers. Solicitors or others who have handled your business ft you appoint
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      862 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE 7.HL. 1.2JI kc (MS ZHK1 9.M me/i (36.M a I (ZHR 6.175 nt/i «M m.) (ZHP1 US nr/i (41.*8 m.) ZHL, /.Hf I *ND ZBP.Z 4.50 p.m. Runn-ng commentary on the 6th race of the Singapore race* by Arthur Cremate relayed from the Buku lunah rmc course:
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    NEW F.M.S. BILL TO PROTECT DESIGNS
    77 4 AN enactment to provide for the protection m the F.M.S. of designs registered m the United Kingdom Is shortly to be introduced into the Federal Council. The "objects and reasons" states that the Bill has been drafted to facilitate the protection against p. racy
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    LUKUT AND JELEBU TIN QUARTERLY RETURNS
    133 4 LUKUT Tin Dredging Ltd. treated 55,471 cubic yards of material and recovered 293 plculs of tin-ore In the second quarter of this year. In the same period Telebu Tin Dredging Ltd treated 244,500 cubic yards and produr ed 790 picu'j of tin-ore. Lukut Tin
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    STOCK EXCHANGE SLIGHTLY REACTIONARY
    93 4 London, July 15. THE Stock Exchange cont'nued slight- ly reactionary, except for Kaffirs, which were firmer on a small Cape Inquiry. In the afternoon the Exchange was Inactive and easier, with a chronic shortage of :tock, especially .breweries. Tex iles were firmer. The Kaffir revival continues
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    90 4 I Sioraporr. Weanntaj i«. naaa. rrtoaa rrtc« No. IX B.6.S. .S»o* tow) M4 MH No. IX B.S.S. fob. la rim JaJj-Ao* (Sellers tptte) M\ G.r.AQ. B S.S. a o la balea JbIt-Auj. (Seller's option) 31 'i J«V F.A.W. RSS t. la kaiai Jaly-Aor. (Sdler'i option)
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    FREIGHT MARKET.
    97 4 London, July 15. THERE was a fixture for United Kingdom salt to the United I States at 25-. Inquires include Gal- veston sulphur and Flcnda phosphate ito South Africa, both at $20. The East- crn demand continues to be pressing Red Sea salt wants tonnage to South Africa,
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    591 4 Gammons Resume Advance: All Sections Firm (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, July 18. THE share markets continue very firm In all sections and the feature yesterday was the further advance m Gammons which had business at $2.36 and unsatisfied buyers at the close. All price changes yesterday
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    WALL STREET Dow Jones Averages
    140 4 New York, 15 "THE following were tne Dow Jones 1 Averages when the New YorS: Stock Exchange and Commodity Exchange closed to-day and yeste shares shares Wall SUeet to-day beard that Washington vu anticipating some price Inflation and trader* believed this would stimulate new buying
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    109 4 Bingapore, July 16. ■lee qastc* per ksyaa—4» plcokh Otker i ■■isnilUf saoied pat alroi nc«»t wkers aihrrwWr «Ute«. oambier Ml Hamburt Cub* $12.25 ■form Cub* IIUO ~'ynra Mixed $2«0 Sun Dried $2 65 White Muntok *1S.25 White $14.75 Black »7JS l 'npo flour i 'pis* \/.!!i!!!!il »4
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    LEGLESS PILOTS "BAG" OF 15 GERMAN PLANES
    101 4 London, July 16. r[E legless pilot. Squadron Leader D. R. S. Bader, has been awarded a bar to his DS.O. which he received m September, 1940, for gr Han try. Bader lost his legs m an air crash shortly aftjr being commissioned m
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    SOVIET ON HITLERS HATRED OF SLAVS
    84 4 Moscow, July 16. SOVIET newspapers publish a number of articles concerning Hitler's "barbarous" policy towards th; Slav peoples. The Izvestia says the people m all German-cccupied countries are regarded by the Fascists as an "inferior race," and says that Hitler displays a particular hatred
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    TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN
    41 4 I*HE following outputs of tin-ore are 1 reported from Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging for the first half of July:— Hours Yardage Piculs ore Dredge 1 325 70.000 252 Dredge 2 337 95.000 109 Dredge 3 218 43.000 134
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    36 4 London, July 15. •"fIN opened quiet. The turnover was 200 tons. The demand was poor especially for cash tin. After official hours the market was easier and a further IS tons were traded.— Re vt it.
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    EXCHANGES
    188 4 TtM foliDwing arc to* tifrisrox t»ic* O>l> otomuic •eccTdtng to ir.e daily ctreclai is*u» by tht Hnngknot Lie «ian«naj Baninru KUIMO uonoon 1.1 3 1 )1 London demand 2/4 3 32 Switaerland iT.T. only) 202 48 New York demand 41.10 Montreal demand lI. M Batavia demand N 71 Saanaraoe
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    Soviet Staying In Moscow
    222 4 Soviet Staying In Moscow Moscow, July 16. THE Soviet Government is not prepar- Ing to leave Moscow, s'.ated M. Lozovsky. head of the Soviet Information Board last night. He was repiyinK to a question by a Japanese Journalist about a visit paid to him of the diplomatic doyen, the Iranian
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    JOINT PROGRAMME FOR U.S. & CANADA
    129 4 JOINT PROGRAMME FOR U.S. CANADA Officials And Economists Confer In Washinjarton New York, July 15. AOROUP of Canadian officials anu economists are to begin pooling their Ideas tc-day regarding a Join' nrogiamme for the United States and Canada njr»»cstcd In the "Hyde Park declaration of Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King,
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    German People's Alarm At Two-Front War
    178 4 German People's Alarm At Two-Front War Moscow, July 11. "max Nazi radio Is attempting to reassure 1 German public opinion and claim* Uiat there h not really more than one front." declared M. Lozovsky. vice-Director of tbe Soviet Information Bureau last night. "IT.rre Is a gradual realization by the Germans
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    U.S. MISSION CONFERS WITH LORD GORT
    96 4 Gibraltar. July If. rpHE situation In tbe wettem Mediterranean was the subject of conferences between Oen Lord CVrt. Governor an<* Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, and a United States Gov.mment mission to the Middle East and the Mediterranean, which has now proceeded onward to England after
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    FREE FRENCH APPROVAL OF SYRIAN ARMISTICE TERMS
    560 4 Cairo, July 16. IN addition to the terms signed between Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, who was m charge of the Allied operations m Syria, and Gen Verdillac, Gen. Dent* s representative at the armistice talks, a second document was published here yesterday
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      212 4 THE YEAR'S BIGGEST EVENT! 1941 INTER-STATE DANCE COMPETITION SELANGOR vs. STORE COMMENCING FROM 4 MIGHTS at MONDAY 21tt JULY BP. M. Nightly 51 charmingl HHS2SIi»L: GIRLS LIM HOCK GUAN ESQ. SINGAPORE'S CAPT will act as GUEST Hostesses T.A. LENG ESQ. SEE THE REAL DANCING STARS IN ACTION! (TO-NIGHT DANCE 9.30
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    London Stock Exchange
    301 5 Ijondon, July 15. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: The above are dealers middle prlct Brokers' margin*, ornkerage and stomp duts *re not irr-'ijHpd Erchnnirf Telejraph Ccu Loan 6% 1944-64... 101 Funding Loan 4% 1960-8C lMVfc War Loan
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    131 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES "Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, July 15. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed i as follow* with previous quotations id parenthesis RUBBER: Steady. Spot 13% d 13 9|l6d (13* d 13 9;16d) Augt. 13Hd 13Hd 1.13 7.1« d 13 8I1M) Sept. 13ttd 13% d (13 7ilM 13 918 d)
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    NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES
    81 5 New York, July 15. THE following were the prices of Straits tin and rubber m cents per pound on the Commodity Exchange tociny and last Friday July 11 July 15 IN PjJOt July August September October Spot Jvltv September October December Spot: 53% 53%
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    53 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-MORROW Java air 9a.m. Palcmbang air 9 a.m. ARRIVALS Mails from Indo-China (air) general dell. I very 1.40 p.m. to-day. Malls from Java and Sumatra (air) general delivery 3.30 p.m. to-day. Malls from Sumatra (air) general delivery
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1371 5 Tin Bentong (ACI) if «d 7» T. Harbour (sa) 56 8d 61 Tronoh (Sf) 19s 30a Ulu Klang ($1) 1.00 1.03% Ulu Ptah (25 rt».) .11 .30 DOLLU BCBBEBB AUenby (*i) 108 1.10 Alor oajah (»1) .tl m Anal. Malay ($1) I.M 1.80 Ayer HlUm
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      590 5 THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS, ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of essentially modem European polished teak household furniture by Sun Wah Co., Ltd.. General Electric of U.S.A. refrigeratoi with over 3'/.- years Agents guarantee to run. G.E.C. radio-receiver, crockery, glassware. cooVing u'en'ils Etc. etc. (By Order of A. E. H. Burn Esq., Manager of
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      349 5 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of Furniture and Sundries Comprising: dining table and chairs, disi play cabinet, sideboard, hat and coat stands, bedsteads, cinematograph screens, "GRUNOW refrigerator, one "STERNDALE" piano. "KEROGAS" 4-bumer kerosene stove, 10 pairs tennis posts and nets, 48 packet* tin foils, one case containing 1,800 pieces plate glasses
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      280 5 AUCTION SALE Of well-kept latest design polished teak, household furniture of every description Including One H.M.V. refrigerator, wall clocks. Fire-proof safes etc., etc. to be held at the Saleroom of Messrs Cheong Koon Seng Sc Co.. Ltd. No. 10 Chulla Street on Saturday, 19th Jury. 1941 at la.M a.m. Now
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      578 5 PUBLIC NOTICES KUCHAI TIN, LIMITED, (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) DIVIDEND NO. 21. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Third Interim Dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, has been declared on account of the year ending 30th September. 1941. and wIU be paid to Shareholders on the Register
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      379 5 BANISH THE SHADOW OF FATNESS TJANTSH the shadow af*Jmmw of Fatness from g •"'^w podgy ankles, thick m "Biak yj^\ wrists, double chin Baf/l and ugly cloak of un- X _yjL\ galnly fat ruin every WmJ a£\ pleasure In life, hide threaten your health. J > Executive Wnchl R^|FH| awn
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      50 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES H.W. 3.13 a.m. 83 ft; 4 p.m. 8.4 ft. L.W. 9.23 a.m. 3.1 ft; 10 p.m. 3.7 ft To-morrow H.W. 4.14 a.m. 7.6 ft: 4.45 p.m. 8.3 ft. L.W 10 05 am. 3.7 ft: 11.05 pm. 37 ft. July Sunrise Sunset 16 6.25 6.36 17 6.25 6.36
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      273 6 TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 I BOX-OFFICE 'PHONE 6909 f Their Only Law: DONT FALL IN LOVE!' j W^^^-M»^ 4 rt WHS* HIUI' V ttrwfm *,J W A ¥»A«Nt« %HOi.-nn) win— l Wtf^ilff^-J??i t. PRESENTED WITH A B. M. I. SHORT 'WAR PICTORIAL NEWS' INCLUDING PICTURES OF THE FIRST BRITISH and
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      204 6 YOU'LL HOWL WITH LAUGHTER WHEN YOU SEE THE YEAR'S FUNNIEST, FRESHEST FILM! LESUE HOWARD BETTE DAVIS j OLIVIA DeHAVfLLAND I'm getting it I maybe if s to be wooed 1 I Xbi '^^Hpy mm^f '"^S«W^ mm^J' TO-DAY rGWUWI^ Bis sis SPECIAL NEWSREEL GENERAL DE GAULLE'S SPEECH TO THE FRENCH EMPIRE
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      294 6 "Meet Alluring, stunning, jt^m MARLENE EHETRSCH MML as "BIJOU" Toast of the Tropic" —OUT-FIGHTING, OUT-LOVING Ri ANYTHING SHE HAS EVER DONE' A CAPITOL I TODAY Roaring out of the Pacific A |^W like a Tj'phoon bringing W. J you a more exciting, more '^ÜBnPV fascinating Dietrich! m MARLENE fHT|U{ iQ.
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    HITLER SAID PLANNING A BLOODLESS PURGE
    357 7 Fresh Light Thrown On Reported Detention Of Goering New York, July 15. IUEW light upon the reported Hitler-Goering rift over the invasion of the Soviet Union is thrown by a Buenos Aires mailed dispatch to the New York Daily News which, according to that
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    Petrol Under State Control In Australia
    98 7 Juiy 16. TIHE Federal Government has decided to take full control und.T the National Security Act of the importatun, storage and distribution of petrel, .supplanting the petrel cartel. The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, m a statement yesterday said the Government is asking
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    RAIDERS OVER EAST ENGLAND
    77 7 London, July 15. A SMALL number of enemy aircraft operated over Great Britiin last ni 'ht. says an Air Ministry rommuniYhe uUIiJM were confined to eastern England. An attack was made on a ccastal town where some damage was done but the numbf-r of casualties reported
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    HANKOW CLASH TREATED AS "LOCAL INCIDENT"
    59 7 Tokio, July 15. rE deputy .poKesman for Informa.ion Bureau stated to-day that the incident m the French Concession at Hankow m which one Japanese gendarme was killed and one Annamite policeman was injured was regarded by the Government as a local incident." The Japanese
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    Nazi Consuls To Sail For Lisbon
    315 7 Precautions At New York Harbour San Francisco, July 15. r*APT Fritz Wledemann. German consul-general m San Francisco, I and Dr. Johannes Borchers, consul- general m New York, are members of a party of 16 German consular official* which is flying from here m three
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    Bardia And Benghazi Bettered By R.A.F.
    128 7 Loiiu^ii, July 15. FIRTHKR successful raids have been carried out by the RAP. on enemy positions :n North Africa. communique from the R A.l.. Middle states that yesterday British bombers Kkatf an aerodrome m Tripolltania were seen to hit the aerodrome buildings and enemy
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    NANKING NOT TAKING OVER COTTON MILLS
    79 7 Sh&ngh&i, July la. MR. TBUH WEI, local representative erf Nanking's Ministry of Industry and Commerce denied to-day that the Nanking Government was planning to take over two foretim registered cotton mills m Shanghai. Referring to the official publication of an announcement to that effect
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    ITALIAN PROTEST AGAINST GERMAN PERSECUTION
    224 7 Zurich, July 15. IJNDER the heading "Italian K> warning to Germany" the Neve Zuercher Zeitung publishes an article from the Milan Catholic newspaper Italia supporting the protest of German bishops which was read m German Catholic churches on July 6. The article says that tht
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      278 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight JS2& BUSTER MAGGIE DINNER S3.W NON-DINERS $1.09 Saturday LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL SPECIAL RACE DIMMER -DANCE CABARET SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT 8.30 to 10.30 p.m. By the Band of the LOYAL REGIMENT
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      246 7 LAST THREE SHOWS TO-DAY! rATH A V KILLER-THRILLIft V>4 Jr\ X JLJ. Jr\ 1 op A CMILLERI 'PHONE 3400 MURDER I PHI *1 AMON6 IflK^i FRIEND* Laugh* amid Thrills! MAIiOtIC WEAVER Kisses between JOHN I^HUBBARDJ Killings JXkBJSBM 2<*h Century-Fox. ls fox mov|et ne ews d iJK JSlSmmiik PARAMOUNT BRITISH NEWSREEL
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941. (683rd Day Of The War.) Pointers
    1182 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941. (683rd Day Of The War.) Pointers If past events may be taken as a reliable Indication of the nature of future developments, Japan is about to renew activities m Indo-China. Her present behaviour suggests that she is scheming to increase her grip
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    BRITAIN'S PARATROOPS READY TO HAMSTRING NAZI ARMIES
    2124 8 Toughest And Cleverest Fighters In The World By Our Own Correspondent London. May 26. IWHEN1 WHEN Soviet Russia experimented with parachute troops during her great army manoeuvres m 1932, most of the world's military "experts" enjoyed a hearty laugh. They thought the whole
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      INDIA'S COMPLAINTS
      273 8 "K\-,ediency Should I!e Our Criterion" To the F.Citor of tkl Sf.iiU Plea** permit me to draw y ur i att?ntir:n to j. certain error in mv lftUr of July 7 T'.:e sentrn e: "Sh- \x\i Sh>- Britain' tell such nati India to shelve their quiu> un ast l
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      ECONOMY
      338 8 Propaganda Which Hits The Shopkeeper To the Editor of tht Straits Times Sir.— ln Thursday's Straits Times there appeared an article headed "Duty to Economize has Become more Urgent." which purported to give the "official" view of what the public {should (or should not) buy to best aid the
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      296 8 Something New! Something Better! A Set that for Performance and Appearance challenges comparison. Attk for a demonstration from: Sales Shovroom EMERSON'S 29 Orchard Rd: Singapore. PHONE 4096. SoU Agents for Singapore. H. L. CARTER tfc CO. The 1941 Models, 11" up to 26" Carriages, are now available, ex stock. 9,'
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      31 8 TANGLIN CLUB (Members only) July 16th to 23rd Engagements as usual •'War Fund" Raffle [For members only) Now open and Prices are on show JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician, 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    NEW GERMAN PUSH FAILS TO MAKE HEADWAY
    173 9 Soviet Continue To Exact Heavy Toll ENEMY UNITS DESTROYED SECTION BY SECTION Nazis' Advanced Tanks In Difficult Position THE latest Soviet communique seems to confirm the comment of some neutral experts that the new German offensive in the East is not going according
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    Large Number Of Tanks Captured, Soviet Communique Claims
    289 9 Large Number Of Tanks Captured, Soviet Commun ique Claims Following is the text of the Soviet communique Issued by the Soviet Information Bureau: "Throughout the day heavy fighting continued m: the directions of Pskov-Porhov. Vitebsk and Novgorod-Volinsk. "In the Pskov-Porhov direction dur- Ing the morn ng battles Soviet troops surrounded
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    Red Parachutists In Hungary
    144 9 London, July 16. SOVIET parachute troops have been dropped m Hungary m order to destroy railways, states a Budapest dispatch to the official Italian news agency. The dispatch claims that an attempt by Soviet parachute troops to destroy a Hungarian railway line »as frustrated by "the
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    Nazis Say Red Bids To Fill Alleged Gaps In Stalin Line Have Failed
    427 9 Berlin, July 16. forces have reached Kiev, according to German quarters here. The report cannot be confirmed officially and it is emphasized that the city is not reported captured. Nazi troops are at present fighting their way
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    36 9 The Governor of Cyprus, Sir William Battershill, recently paid a vblt to a base depot m North Africa, where he inspected motor transport driver* of the (Vprus Regiment w !io are attached to the British R.A.S.C
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    REICH ACCUSED OF SPYING IN U.S.
    78 9 New York, July 15. HPHE German Reich was to-day named as co-conspirator m an Indictment against 33 persons arrested m June m the blfgest single round-up of spy suspects m the tniled States sime the passage of the Espionage Act m 1917. The indictment
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    LESS MALNUTRITION IN GREAT BRITAIN
    140 9 Position Now Better Than In Peacetime London, July 16. LORD WOOLTON, Minister of Pood yesterday lifted the veil of secrecy which hung over the yellow ration i book which was issued m conjunction jwith the new edition of th 2 ordinary ration book recently. Hitherto
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    37 9 Washington, July 15. pIRE Is seeking to purchase 12 additional American ships In order to deliver 50,000 tons of essential material ordered from the United Statis. including newsprint, lumber and agricultural seeds, it Is announced.— United Press.
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    Story Of Hess Peace Plan
    173 9 Story Of Hess Peace Plan Mr. Roosevelt Scouts Latest Rumour Washington, July 15. QUESTIONED regarding the re- port that Rudolph Hesa, formerly Hitler's deputy, had flown to Britain with a peace plan under I which the British Fleet and Empire would remain Intact President Roosevelt, at a press conference today
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    Military Position In Middle East
    211 9 London, July 16. "IS Mr. Churchill indicated, there is every reason for satisfaction at the Improvement of the military situation m the Middle East during the past two months," says The Times commenting on the Syrian armistice terms In the course of an editorial. The
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    45 9 Washington, July IS. fHS Department of Commerce reports that available statistics indicate Industrial production In Japan is "slowly deteriorating under the continual strain of the China war." The report says the decline is due to shortage of skilled labour, fuel and el. ctrlclty.— Uniud Prea-
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    NAZIS FEAR EARLY U.S. ENTRY INTO WAR ON SIDE OF ALLIES
    217 9 Mr. Roosevelt's Reported Order To Fleet To Fire On Axis Ships Zurich, July 16. THE question of whether the United States is going fornial- ly into the war now on the side of Great Britain and Russia has suddenly
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    U.S. ARMY CHIEF'S WARNING OF "NATIONAL TRAGEDY"
    541 9 Washington, July 15. DPESIDE.VT Roose\elt declared at his press conference to-day that disintegration of the army was at stake" and that Congress would not be break- ing faith If it let the army k?ep selec- tees and National Guardsmen m ser- I vice
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY NEARLY $1,000
    405 10 Contribution From Staff Of Cable Wireless Ltd. ADDITIONS to The War Fund are again below the average, and the total has advanced since yesterday by a little under $1,000 to $5,682,827. ly donation of $50 has been received from "E.M.", and a monthly donation
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    174 10 Proi M.i of .->uu.scription raised by the Staff of Cable and Wireless I,'d. ZIH Subordinate staff, tappers, Ijl> -.irers and weeders, Eldrsd Estate. llekok. Joh >re, further contribution IM ***** $27.17. Tans Man and tappers $20.50. Chong Sang and tappers $20. Newclearing labourers $13.40. Tamil tappsrs
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    Marlene In The South Seas
    404 10 At The Cinema >even Sinners." (Marlene Die- truii. John Wayne, Broderick I Crawford, Mischa Aver, Albert Urki ii i. New I'niversal. At the Capitol. IOVELY Marlene Dietrich is as glam- j orous and fiery as ever m this story of a cafe singer who is
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    FRENCHMAIV IN COURT
    339 10 Charge Concerning Two Letters rtECLARING that postal censorship was very important In wartime, Inspector E. Bunnens, of the Special Branch, asked the third Singapore magistrate, Mr. W. D. Carew, thus morning to take a serious view of the offence of attempted evasion to which a Frenchman, Maurice
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    GOOD LIGHT COMEDY
    96 10 "If* Lovr I'm After" (Leslie Howard. Botte D&vU and Olivia de HaWUaad) Warner Bra*. At the Pmrfllon. ■pHE large crowd mat greeted the return screening of this picture yesterday testifies to the good entertainment value of this iignt comedy. Leslie Howard as the actor wno 1» stage--onsclous
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    CLERKS AND FOLLOWERS UNDER MILITARY LAW
    89 10 Simla, July 15. CERTAIN types of personnel such as clerks and followers attached to the defence services m India by notihave b?en made subject to the w governing the particular arm of he services concerned. Without this provision, it la pointed out, clerks ordered
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    NEW K.N.I.L.M. PLANE ARRIVES TO-DAY
    70 10 ONE of the most modern airliners, a forerunner of types of bombers and fighter planes that are now being delivered to the RAF will arrive In Singapore from Batavia this afternoon, en route to Medan. The airliner Is the K.N.I.LM.'s Douglas DC. S, an aricraft
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL
    33 10 rE next meeting of the Federal Council will be held at Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 19, at 10 a.m. There will be no ceremonial opening and uniform will not be worn.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    92 10 SIN'.AFORF Mmv no m tH«.'iial Race Uunirr Sc llaur ilntuiniai.i v m 10 Midnight. CRLAT WUKI.It Cabiret 83d p.m. lo Midnight. (ilubf Pknrlng QoU Sky Bloiulr MtrU: 11u- I BAJTT THKAIKr (B>»P) World/ Frame .^asidc Untamed. MKW WOHI If Talkies, Tin .m. ui^d C'memai Side Show. C;ih:irrt Danciny 9OKENS,
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    BUKIT MERTAJAM CHURCH FESTIVAL
    65 10 PILGRIMS from all parts of Malaya will make their way to Bukit Mertajam next week to celebrate the feast of St. Anne, which falls en July 27. The F.M.S. Railways have arranged for a special service from Penang to Bukit Mertajam on the Sunday morning and
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    MR. H. L. WAYMOUTH
    41 10 AFTEK 17 years In Sungei Lembing, Mr. H. L. Waymouth Is relinquishing the post of chief accountant at Sungei Lembing of Pahang Consolidated and is proceeding to England m August to become the secretary of this company.
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    INDIA'S GROWING ARMS INDUSTRY
    188 10 Five Times As Many Guns As In Peace Time Simla, July 15. INDIA'S war effort has never been confined to the needs of troopaj 0.. her soil and for many months the products of India's industry have gone m an increasing stream to service overseas forces
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    Extensive Johore Irrigation Works Making Progress
    272 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 15. EXTENSIVE irrigation works are m progress m Johore for the purpose of providing faculties for incieased production of wet rice and for improving land drainage for agricultural ends. Considerable work has been done In the improvement
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    Indian Officer V.C.
    89 10 Lieut. P. S. Bhagat of the Royal Bombay Sappers has been m the Army for three years, is 24 years of age and received the Victoria Cross for his gallant work during the British advance from Oallabat to Wani. m Eritrea. He had previously been mentioned m
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    N.I. STATEMENT ON TALKS WITH JAPAN
    125 10 N.I. STATEMENT ON TALKS WITH JAP AN Batavia, July 11). ri. ecoiumic negotiations with Japan form one of the subjects to be discussed by the People's Council. The Government m.ike the foil-wing observations m this connection: The general aporeciation of the manner In which these negotiations were conducted has strengthened
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    AMENDMENTS TO WAR TAX ORDINANCE
    363 10 Adjustments For Indian Businesses Entrepot Trade AS a result of representations, several important amend- ments have been made to the War Tax Ordinance which will bring to the Colony revenue which would otherwise go to India, and also m another direction, help m maintaining the
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    TORPEDOED IN ATLANTIC
    234 10 War Tax Officer's Experience TORPEDOED m the Atlantic at two o'clock m the morning: was th" experience of an Englishman who has just arrived m Singapore to enter Government service. He Is Mr J. Morris, a chartered accountant from London who is one of the new assessors
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    BOMB DISPOSAL UNITS FORMED IN SINGAPORE
    493 11 Both Regulars Volunteers Now Being Trained P! will not be long before Singapore will see the first of the bomb disposal lorries travelling along the streets m practice. They have distinguishing marks the front mudguards are partly painted a vivid, danger red, and on
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    "Blitz Buggies" For N. I. Army
    238 11 Batavia, July 11. r!E military authorities some time aeo ordered a large number of small scouting cars from Ford's m America. These are the so-called "blitz-buggies," used by the American cavalry. They are intended to replace motor-cycles and sidecars. They are useful for transporting
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    BRITISH GOVERNMENT THANKS PLANTERS
    73 11 rrHE secretary of State for the Colonies has cabled to the British Agent for North Borneo and Sarawak asking him to request the Officer Administering the Government of Sarawak to convey to the Sarawak rub*>er planters the warm thanks of the British Government for their "generous
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    MEETING OF SELANGOR STATE COUNCIL
    35 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 15. THERE will be a meeting of the 1 Selangor State Council on July 29 at 10 a.m. at the Federal Council Chamber.
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    ANZAC CLUB OPENING FILMED WITH SOUND
    612 11 Governor's Tribute To Good Fellowship Of A.I.F. Men THE opening of the Anzac Cl Sir Shenton Thomas, was fi cinematographers of the A.I.F. co-operation of the British Mil out the democratic world m a This, it is believed, is the first news sound film
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    HUNDREDS OF MALAYS JOIN UP AS DRIVERS
    281 11 DESPONDING to a call for recruits for the Royal Army Service Corps, several hundred Malays from all parts of Singapore recently joined up within a few days of the recruiting lists opening and are being trained as motor mechanics and drivers. This quick
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    LABOURER'S SUICIDE
    80 11 MR. W. O. PORTER, the Singapore' Coroner, recorded a verdict of suicide at an inquiry into the death of a 70-year-old labourer, Cheong Kian. who was found hanging m a tim!>er yard m Albert Street on July 6. A friend or Cheong Kian stated that Cheong Kian had
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    CHAP-JEE-KEE CHARGE
    66 11 DESCRIBED by the prosecuting officer. Inspector Chia. as being "a very important person m the chap-Jee-kee world," Lee Sang Cheoh, a 34-year-old Hokkien, was allowed bail of *3,000 m the Singapore Third Court yesterday after he had been charged with assisting m carrying on a ehap-Jee-kee .ottery m
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    WAR AND THE ULU
    60 11 TiHIS week's "Up-Country Letter" i broadcast from the Singapore station comes from Kelantan. nnd is entitled "The War and the Ulu." The tslks m this series deal with the effect of the war on various parts of Malaya and other territories such as Labuan and Brunei,
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    20 11 Mr. W. Horrocks has been appointed Deputy Controller of Restricted Imports, Straits Settlements, m place of Mr. E. J Phillips.
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    24 11 The Governor has granted a Commission as Acting Lieutenant m the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Auxiliary Service, to Mr. Ernest Harold Hindmarsh.
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    DID NOT SEEM CONFIDENT
    194 11 Why Policeman Stopped Driver A MAN ho two months ago was disqualified from driving for 12 months because he had driven a motor-car without a licence and without being covered by a third party Insurance policy, was fined a total of $225 In the Singapore Traffic
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    'DARING SORT OF DECEPTION'
    241 11 i "YOU have practised a pretty dar- Ing sort of deception." said Mr. I L. C. Goh, Singapore Fifth Magls- trate, yesterday addressing Cho Lee IChye, a 21-year-old English-speaking Chinese, who admitted cheating a European sailor of a coat. Mr. Goh sentenced Cho, who was 'said
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    Old-Style Chinese Marriage Not "Strictly Proved"
    288 11 "AFTER considering the authori- ties, I find I am not satisfied that the marriage has been strictly proved, and I therefore find it is unnecessary to continue the case," said Mr. W. D. Carew, Singapore Third Magistrate yesterday when acquitting Tay Siak Khoon. who
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    ACCIDENT NEAR RANGE
    413 12 Old Man Found Wounded EVIDENCE ON PRECAUTIONS DETURNING home late one after- noon to his hut, m a district where flrii.g exercises were frequently held, he found his father bleeding from a wound m the body, said Chua Teng Kiang. a 22-year-old Chinese, m the Singapore Coroner's
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    MAN ACQUITTED OF INSTIGATING THEFT
    336 12 Not Corroboration, Says District Judge A LLEGED to have instigated a 16- year-old Chinese youth to steal $210 from his mother on the promise that he would flnd the boy a Job m Kuala Lumpur, Alexander van Ton! Riviera, a Filipino, appeared m the Criminal
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    KLANG ROTARY CLUB INSTALLATION
    112 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klane, July IS. rE Sultan of Selangor and Mr. J. 8. W. Reid. District Officer, Klang, were among the guests who attended the Installation dinner of the Klang and Coast Rotary Club held last night, at the Railway Restaurant. Klang. The following
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    ANGLO-INDIAN AIRMEN WELCOMED IN PENANG
    343 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 15. "VW arc here on business serious business which to-day is engaging the anxieties of rightthinking nations all over the world," said Dr. J. E. Smith, president of the Penang Eurasian Association, addressing a number of AngloIndians who are
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    JAPANESE MOVE THIS MONTH HELD TO BE POSSIBLE
    360 13 Attack Against Siberia Or Drive Toward The South Seas? London, July 15. THERE are many signs that Japan may make a military 1 move or combined naval and military move before the end of this month., says The Times diplomatic correspondent. The
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    CHINESE MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA
    125 13 London, July IS. j rl appointment of Mr. Hsu Mo as Chin:se Minister to Australia, just announced, is regarded m Chinese circles m London as a special complii rr.ent to Australia. Passing early into the Chinese dip- j i lomatic service, he is regarded as one
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    "THIS KNIGHT OF THE GERMAN EAGLE"
    116 13 New York, July IS. TflK Secretary of the Interior. Mr Harold Ickes, m an address to the "Prance Forever" organization yesterday, said All Lindbergh's words are to encourage Hitler and to break down the will of his fellow citizens to resist Hitler's Nazi-ism. Lindbergh
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    If Japan Moves Southward
    255 13 If Japan Moves Southward "Britain China Would Be Ranged Together" London, July IS. VrniAT sort of a China are we to expect at the end of the war, a&ked Brig-Gen. C. R. Woodrofle, chairman of the Chisa Association, at Its annual meeting to-day. "We all assume ours win be the
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    China Has Army Of 6,000,000
    153 13 10,000,000 Trained Men Held In Reserve Chungking, July IS. rITHE War Minister, Oen. Ho Ytng-chin. 1e a broadcast to-day reviewing the four 5 tars of the Sino-Japanese war. said thai China had 1,000.000 regular soldiers at th* outbreak of war, whereas to-day she ruu 5,000.000
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    New Debate Soon On Production
    308 13 Premier On Unfounded Charges In Commons London, July 15. DEFORE making his statements on Russia* and Syria In the House of Commons to-day, the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, made comments on the last public debate on production. "I am somewhat concerned" he declared, "with thr
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    ROME BOASTS ON AIR DEFENCES
    141 13 Rome, July 15. FALIAN morning newspapers 10-day, commenting on the reference of the Prim« Minister. Mr. Winston Churchill, to the bombing of Italy, defiantly said that the British would al- ready have Increased tile bombings if possible. "Mr. Churchill's threat to intensify air action against
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    JAPANESE APOLOGY TO BRITAIN
    143 13 bMtMt. July 16. j yBE bombinc ol the British Embassy m I Chungking, and an apology from the I perpetrators followed by another bom brig I were disclosed by the Under-Secretarj for j Foreign Affair's Mr K. A Butler, answering I a question m Cv? House
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    CHINESE GRATITUDE TO BRITAIN
    64 13 Chungking, July IS. DR. QUO TAI-CHI, Chinese Foreign MmIster. has sent a note to Sir Achlba!d Clark Kerr, British Ambassador to China c-nveylng appreciation lor the exprtssioii of frirnd&hlp made by the Ambassador on July 1 1 m which It was stated that Britain is ready
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    BRITAIN'S NEWEST WEAPONS MAY BE OFFERED TO SOVIET
    255 13 London, July 16. THE Russian mission's return to Moscow to-day after less than a week's discussion with the British General Staff is regarded as an indication of the speed and smoothness with which negotiations were conducted here, which probably expedited the conclusion
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    BRITISH OCCUPATION OF SYRIA NOW UNDER WAY
    603 14 Terms Of Armistice Published In Both Cairo And Vichy London, July 15. f TNDER the terras of the Syrian armistice convention, published m Cairo and Vichy to-day, French troops and French nationals are to be repatriated m French ships. French troops are to
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    Mr. Churchill On The End Of "Fratricidal Strife"
    780 14 London, July 15. "TTHE situation m the Nile Valley has. for the time being at any rate, been considerably improved," declared M. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, m a state- j ment on Syria m the House of Commons to-day. Mr. Churchill
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    892 15 Second Day Of Singapore Turf Club's July Meeting DELOW is given the full card of events at Bukit Timah to-day, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's July meeting. The double tote will be on races six and eight and the big sweep
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    Week-end Ties In Singapore Badminton Championships
    258 15 •|*HE followins are this week-end's ties m Singapore Badminton Association's open championships: SATURDAY AT 2.15 P.M. John Lee (S.AJSU.) \s. Koh Keng H'iat 'Mn'cepeare); M. A. Lange (Makepeace) vs. Scan Eng Liat iMay-. flower*; S. A. Mat.nr lEclipse vs.! Cheons Hock Leng i Eclipse);
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    GARRISON JULY MEDAL TO CAPT. SMILEY
    94 15 HTHE July Medal CompeUtlon held over the week-end at the Garrison Golf Club resulted In a win lor Capt. T. B. Smiley with a return of t-wo down. The following were the best returnsCapt. T. B. Smiley two down; Capt. A. P. Chapman three
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    160 15 SELECTIONS for ta-4iy's races at Bakit Timah are: STRAITS TIMES RACE 1: Pymble, The Annan. RACE 2: Marcheta 11, Stormy Night. RACE 3: Edelweiss. Goat's Skin. RACE 4: Goed Voor. Balmoral. RACE 5: Kentucky. Mercury. RACE 6: Pinafore. Winchcliff. RACE 7: Kalili. Sindanglaja. RACE 8: The Caliph,
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    GOOD GALLOP BY MARCHETA II
    131 15 MARCHETA 11. Bob-a-Nob and Resistance were the oniy horses running to-day that came under observation at this morning's training en the second track at Bukit Timah. The going was very good. March :ta II moved very fast ever two furlongs to Dodd and. muft be
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    WEEK-END'S EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    174 15 *THE following are this week-end's events at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club: On Friday there will be tne usual afternoon races for all classes, starting at 5.23 p.m. (or the "A" class and 525 i p.m. for the other classes. On Saturday the twenty-second annual
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    COMBINED SCHOOLS BEAT RAFFLES
    114 15 Combined Schools G: Raffles Collect 2. CUPEPIOR Jn attack, and dpfence, the Combined Schools oeat Raffles College by six gcels to two In a keen ?ame nj so-rer r,i a yed on the latter's ground on Monday. The Combing Schools" vanguard excelled and led by two
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    PULAU BRANI B.P.
    126 15 pj a friendly badminton match play- ed at Tulau Brani on Sunday the Pulau Brani Badminton Party beat the Evergreen Badminton Party by six games to one. Results (Pulau Brani mentioned first: Singles: Mat Noor lost to Koruthu 14—14 (2—3)3—15; Tan Ghee Say beai N. Jeremiah 15
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    C.S.A. BADMINTON
    70 15 TTHE following will represent the Chinese Sports Association In a friendly badminton match against the Excise Clerks' Club at the Happy World stadium on Monday, July 21, 7.30 pjn. sharp: Lee Pak Yen, Boey Kirn Foo. Chin Wai Mun, Peter Wong, Richard Tan, Foong Soon Weng, Leong Chong
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    SOCCER CANCELLED
    29 15 THE soccer match between the Com- bincd Christian Brothers' Schcols t.-.m and the Medical College, to bare brer played at Sepoy Une* to-day, baa been cancelled. ""W
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    SIGNALS AND MORAVIA SHARE POINTS
    269 15 Fortress Signals 2; Moravia....* 2. A LAST-MINUTE goal enabled the Fortress Sijmals to draw two-all with Moravia m a second division (a) league soccer fixture played at Farrer 'Park yesterday. The first hslf was scoreless, but the Signals des-rvpd at least a ccupl; of goals
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    CUSTOMS SCORE 1-0 VICTORY
    249 15 j Custom. 1 RJLF. Kalian* FGHTINO bfack spiritedly m the second half, the Customs did well to beat the R A F Kallar* by an only Coal In a second division (b) league I soccer fixture plt-yed on the Clerical Union ground yesterday. Ti&n Seng gaT«
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    CORINTHIANS HOLD CHINESE
    188 15 i S.C'.F.A 0: N.B.C 1 f^OOD work In the defence by Robinson and Pond enabled the Naval Base Corinthians to hold the S' raits Chinese Football Association to a scoreless draw hi a second divl- slon (b> league soccer match played at the S.H.B. ground yesterday. Though
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    TIGER S.A.
    69 15 AT a general meeting held at the Haw Par swimming pool on Sunday, of the swimming section otf the Tl^er Sporting Association, the following were elected office- bearers for the ensuing year: Management Ccnimitcee Than* Kee, Tan Wee Chwee, Yap Ylm Hock. Tan Wee Hong, 81m Yeow Lim,
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    STAMFORDS WIN
    33 15 THE Stamford Sports Club beat the Junior Civil Service Association by two gjals to me In a second division <b) league scccer match played »t the J.C S A ground yesterday.,
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    35 15 Soccer- 8 A.F.A Ira cue, first division, Gordons ts. g.C.C. An on Koad stadium: seeoad division (a), RA.S.C. v*. R.E. Malays), Alexandra. Tennis: S.R.C. Championships, SRC. Races: Singapore Tur( dab's July Meeting
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    MALAYAN POLO TOURNAMENT
    212 15 First Results In Spooner Shield 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 15. 'THREE matches m thi first rcund 1 of the Spooner Shield In the Malayan polo tournament played here were completed yesterday with the following results: In the first match jetween the Singapore Polo Club
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    GERMAN ARMY FLUNG BACK IN RED OFFENSIVE
    522 16 SOVIET CROSS THE DNIEPER IN COUNTER-PUSH IN NORTH Nazis Report Great Tank Battle Before Stalin Line In Centre London, July 15. THE Soviet Army commanded by Marshal Timoshrnko ha* begun an offensive at several points m the north and reached and crossed the
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    BIG DECREASE IN SHIPPING LOSSES DURING JUNE
    371 16 Enemy's Maximum Effort Falls Far Short Of Expectations THERE is good news m 1 for figures show a substj June and are the lowest for an; The figures are lower 1 ships, representing 368,551 1 Shipping losses during t 1.738, representing 7,118.122 London,
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    More U.S. Civil Planes For Great Britain
    80 16 New York, July 15. TEN American civil aviation planes have been requisitioned from the I'nited States passenger air lines and flown from Miami to British Gambia via Natal, states the newspaper Miami Herald. It adds that ten more such planes are being prepared
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    MASS PRODUCTION OF AUSTRALIAN BOMBER
    64 16 Melbourne, July 15. PLANS have been completed for mass production of a new Australiandesigned and built medium bomber after test nights which are expected scon. The bomber, which can also b; used for dive-bembing, is powerfully armed. Fitted with American Pratts and Whitney engine, its
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    IRAN DETERMINED TO KEEP HER INDEPENDENCE
    61 16 London, July 15. THE Iranian Minister m London has issued a statement stating that the Government o' the Iran is determined more than ever to preserve its neutrality whatever circumstances might arise. No pressure or inducement of any kind has been brought to bear
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    Fresh Nazi Peace Move Made In United States
    156 16 New York, July 14. THE New York Mayor, Mr. Fiorello La Guardla, told touring South American educationists to-day that the German Government had submitted peace proposals "a few days ago" to the Washington Peace Movement "with Instructions to try it out and
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    THOUSANDS OF INCENDIARIES RAINED ON S. W. GERMANY
    172 16 London, July 15. DHITISH bombers last ni<rht dropped many tons of explosive bombs and thousands of incendiaries on Bremen and Hanover. Big fires were started and considerable damage caused to docks at Bremen and industrial buildings m Hanover, the Air Ministry states.
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    'Poised To Attack Singapore'
    144 16 Sydney, July 16. AN appeal to Australian Communists and Left Wing supporters to support the Federal Government as Soviet workers ace supporting theirs was made by W. M. Hughes, the Navy Mlnkter, m a broadcast yesterday. The Empire must take full advantage of this heaven sent
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    Tobruk Sorties Surprise Enemy
    109 16 Cairo, July 15. •pO-DAYS British O.H.Q. com- munique states: "Offensive! patrols from the British forces m Tobruk have been active. In a recent hand-to-hand encounter the British captured prisoners and many casualties were inflicted on the enemy, who were surprised m their positions. "So successful was
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    25 16 Rome, July 15. r'ALIAN troops passed through Hungary yesterday en route to the Russian front, accoiding to the Budapest rrrespondent of the Messaeero United Press.
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    'Russo-Japanese Pact Stands At Present,' Says Tokio Spokesman
    398 16 'Russo- Japanese Pact Stands At Present,' Says Tokio Spokesman Tokio, July 15. MON-COMMITTAL replies were 11 given by Mr. Koh Ishii, Japanese Government spokesman, wl en he was questioned to-day about various reports which appeared recently m the Japanese Press, says Reuter. Asked if Japan intended to abide by the
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    'Russian People Now Our Allies,' Says British Prime Minister
    413 16 'Russian People Now Our Allies, Says British Prime Minister London, July 15. DUSSIX and Great Britain were formally proclaimed Allies by Mr. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, m a statement m the House ol Commons to-day. The Prime Minister said: "Towards the end of last week It became possible to
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