The Straits Times, 9 August 1941

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    37 1 FINAL EDTK. The Straits Times rBBTABUaHKD NSARX.T A COMTimT] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 9, 1»41. PRICE 5 TENTS The Straits Times 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 9, 1941. PRICK 5 CENTS.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      160 2 TAN— Mrs. Tan Jlak Lum oee Goh Koon Neo, widow of the late Mr. Tan Jiak Lum, passed away peacefully at her re.-idence, 95 Heeren Street, Malacca tt 12.20 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5 1941, aged 90 years, leaving behind one son Mr. Tan Soo Teck and one laughter
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      IN MEMORIAM
      49 2 OTTO SCHIIFNER of Zurich. Switzerland called to rest on August 8. 1839. A beautiful memory left behind. Of a life that was always good kind. A life made wonderful of kindly deeds And generous thoughts of others' needs. Inserted by his sorrowing family in Singapore and Switzerland.
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      288 3 1 RAFFLES HOTEL TODAY'S POPULAR TIF FIN-TIME RENDEZVOUS LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL Rijsttafel strved trw 12.30 to 230p ORCHESTRAL CONCERT TO-NIGHT SPECIAL CABARET BALL (f«rm«') from 9.45 p.m. in aid of THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON'S AIR RAID RELIEF FUND (The Cabarvt will ire a repent periormanre of ihc
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    London Stock Exchange
    373 4 London, A«ff. 8. fHM Stock Exchange to-day continued to maintain a firm undertone In spite of some week-end profit-taking which wu Influenced by uncertainties regarding la the Far Eait. Gflt-edgcd were fully steady and Industrials moved generally upward, especially breweries. South American rails wen again firm an
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    TRACTION COMPANY RECEIPTS RISE
    60 4 'p HAITI C receipts of the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd. in July were $285,000. compared with $272,000 In .T<:ne and were $44,000 more than in July 1940 Total receipts for the ten monlrn of the company's financial year ended July were »2,653.000 or $340,000 more than
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    454 4 PRICES EASIER IN ALL SECTIONS (By Oar JTsfrial ComayOMkat.) Singapore, Aug. 9. rl share rrarkets opened quietly Uils moring and operators are still rather cautious feeling that the war In the Far East has been brought a great deal nearer this last week. Yesterday prices in ail
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    GOLD PRODUCTION STILL RISING
    243 4 South Africa The Largest Producer ACCORDINO to the June Issue of Uw Monthly Bulletin of Statistics of the League of Nations, world production of gold continued 1U upward trend In IMO and r ached a new record level. The approximate f ££f 2P" was 2 inmion
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    ALTERATIONS IN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    150 4 rrVX following alteration* to the Ust of x share quotations in Su»ranore were made yesterday afternoon: FRIDAY. ADO. 8. 1M1: 4 PM TINS Ayer Weng ($1) .n% .77ft Hong Fatt Tin ($1) 1.25 1.28 Jelepang 2ls 21s 6d Jelebu ($1) .73 .77 K. Lanjut (f) 193
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    109 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES London, Auc- poiiMOorr? and Exchange matted elated b m follow Witt) grrrtoui g»rt»n<ii m o«renthe«l«:— COTTON: CloMtf for duration of war. rFPPEB- White Muntok: l«d. (U%d). Laraponc black in bond: Itfd. (M.). TIN: Beady. Spot: £25«V rBMVl. Forward C3MH (C2MK New York: Not received. COLO: To-day: 1M» (Mti).
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    WALL STREET
    144 4 Dow Jones Averages New York, Aug. 8. rE following were the Dow Jones Averages when the New York Stock Exchange «n<j Commodity Exchange dosed to-day and yesterday Aut. 7 Aac. 30 Industrials 128 09 127 48 30 Rails 90 18 30 13 18 Utilities 18 72 18.70 40
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    NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES
    76 4 New York, Aug. 8. •I'Ht following were the prices of Straits tin and rubber In pen's pel pound on tne Commodity Exchange to-day and yesterday. Aur. 7, Aag. 8 TIN: Spot August September October November RI7BBEE: Spot September October December January Sale*:— 53 53
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    JULY RUBBER CROPS
    158 4 rZ following crops of rubber were harvested by tbe respective estates last month Ito. Bukit Katil 36.681 Alor Pongsu 133,5*3 Bedong C 7.130 Temerloh 38,588 New ScudsU 21.719 Penan* Rubber 343,500 Sabrang Rubber 104,000 Stra v Rubber 314,000 Rubana Rubber 127,000 Bagan Serai Rubber 77,000 Tali Ayer
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
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      411 4 PUBLIC NOTICES ROAD NOTICE. Road Works are in progress on the Main I Trunk Road at double bend under Railway- I bridge at 2<£ mile Sooth of Seremban. All traffic should proceed with great caution M the carriageway is temporarily restricted to one line of Traffic. Senior Executive Engineer. Seremban
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 1941. (706th. Day Of The War.) BRITAIN'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?
    1158 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 1941. (706th. Day Of The War.) BRITAIN'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT? In the eaily days of the present war, we were tempted to base judgment of what was likely to happen in the near future on the experiences which befell us in the last war..
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    CANADA'S PRECAUTIONS ON PACIFIC COAST
    47 6 Ottawa, Aug. 8. ALL necessary precautions are being taken on the Canadian Pacific, coast in^iew of the Far Eastern situation, Col. J. L. Ralston, Minister of Delence, declared to-day. The Sixth Canadian Division of the active army is now being mobilized Reuter,
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      THAT M.B.C. BAND
      584 6 A Letter Which Caused Indignation To the Editor of the BtraiU Times Sir,— l read the letter by "M" in your Issue of Aug. 5 with considerable indignation. I have rarely enjoyed, an editorial as I did that in which you sardonically proposed "Winning the War— with
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      WILD LIFE
      278 6 More Views On Condition Of National Park To the Editor of the Strait* Times Sir.— Further tj my previous letter published In the Straits Times on July 28, dealing with the deplorable conditions at present existing in the Natlcnal Park, and the unsatisfactory efforts being made to preserve
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      A CHALLENGE
      502 6 Time For Action Against Japan To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— I have read with great interst the comment made by Dr Quo Tai-chl regarding the political development in the Pacific when he said that th 2 victory of the Democracies will bs first witnessed in
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      AIR-RAID SHELTERS
      138 6 Questions From Katong District To the Editor of the Straito Tim's Sir, I see no evidence of air-raid shelters having been constructed in the Katong district, which I assume is on account of the impression that compulsory evacuaiion may b; enforced from this area. However, I presume that
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      TIN HATS
      120 6 Protective Equipment For Nursing Staffs To the Editor of the Strails Times Sir. As all members of any medical institution owe it to their profession to safeguard their lives in the many and hazardous tasks whl -h are now very likely to Jail to their lot, one wonders
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    GALLANTRY OF CIVILIANS
    549 6 Work During Air Raids Rewarded London, Aug. 8. EXAMPLES of Nttn Jevotion and endurance under appalling ernditions during the heisht of air r.nds are cited In a list of civilian awards In tonight's London Gazette The names of three women are mentioned in the principal awards, which
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    RECORD OF INDIAN ARMY IN AFRICA
    507 6 Stirring Stories Of Reckless Heroism London, Aug 3 STIRRING stories of the bravery of Indian troops are told in detailnow issued of awards for gallantry Jr. Alrica. announced in tlip London Gazette of July 13. The Military Cross was won by Capt. John Mount
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    JAPAN TO FOLLOW OWN ROAD, SAYS TOYODA
    435 7 Foreign Minister On "Encirclement TOKIO "PREOCCUPIED" BY BRITISH U.S. ATTITUDE Replies To Questions By Axis News Agencies "MO encirclement whether already realized or in prepara- tion could turn Japi n asiric from (he road which she is treading. Japan will not remain indifferent
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    Anglo-Chinese Alliance?
    115 7 Peiping, Aug. 9. JAPANESE reports of a ChineseBritish military agreement were denied in well-informed quarters here yesterday. These repor-s probably arise from Chinese military preparations along the borders of Kwangsi and Yunnan provinces, which have been going on since the Japanese occupation of northern Indo-Chlna, which is regarded
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    U.S. REPLY TO AXIS ALLEGATIONS
    173 7 Washington, Aug. 8. MR. Corciell Hull, replying to the TuUo allegations that the United States, Britain, China and the Netherlands Indies are attempting to encircle Jannn. to-day said that no law-abiding nation need fear encirclement. "If any nation llnd.s jts<.li encircled by law-abiding nations, it
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    21 7 Arrangements have been ion.pl, tid by Mr. Drendan llnick.n, the Minister of Information, for Wlmimlim revs pic'urc; direct from M trr.
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    Japanese Ships For U.S. Told To Stop
    87 7 Japane se Ships For U.S. Told To Stop Tokio, Auk. 9. A' I Japanese ships for the i United Stales have been stopped, and there i* no fresh development," the Japanese j spokesman told foreign correspondents here last night. He added, however, that Japan might consider reciprocating if American vessels
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    INVASION WAS ATTEMPTED
    324 7 Escaped Officer's Discovery Gibraltar, Aug. 9AFTER walking 1,000 miles— all by night a British army captain who was taken prisoner by the Germans following the fall of France has arrived here after 14 months. Captured in June last year this officer escaped by diving into a river
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    Axis Convoy Bombed: Five Vessels Hit
    59 7 Axis Convoy Bombed: Five Vessels Hit Cairo, Auj. 9. AIRCRAFT vf the Riitish Fleet air arm in an attack on a convoy in the Mediterranean sank tvo merchant vessel*, and probably sank a third, and badly damaged a fourth, according to an R.A.I. Middle East communique. One of the rs«oriin;
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    Weygand Flies To Vichy
    249 7 Critical Stage In NaziFrench Relations London, Aug. 9. QEN. Maxime Weygand, Vichy Commander-in-Chief in French North Africa, arrived in Vichy by air from Africa last evening and immediately joined Marshal Petain at dinner. Vice-Adm. Darlan, the vice-Premier, who has been in Paris for two days, is
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    Nazi Fifth Column Chiefs, Ejected From U.S., Pouring Into Japan
    1415 7 Nazi Fifth Column Chief s, Ejected From U.S., Pouring Into Japan London. Aug. 9. p\ KKY Japanese steamer leaving San Francisco now carries to Japan some German officials who find their occupation gone since the United States Government closed German consulates. They no longer pretend to be on the way
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    MOSCOW ANNOUNCES FIRST AIR RAID ON BERLIN
    618 7 Widespread Reconnaissance Flights Carried Out Over Reich London, Aug. 9. THE mystery raid on Berlin on Thursday night was carried out by Soviet planes which penetrated to the German capital for the first time. The Moscow radio- announced Irs'. night that military targets
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    Tokio Denies Making Demands On U.S.S.R.
    52 7 IUKIO. l\Ui. 'J. "OURE NONSENSE"' is the way an offlclal Japanese courcc characterized rumours that Japan has already presented demands to Moscow. The Japanese Government is able to reciprocate the Moscow statement that Russo-Japanes; relations have not changed since the signature ot th- neutrality
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    Typhoon Havoc in Shanghai City
    60 7 Ty phoon Havoc in Shanghai City i TVki .>, Ai; ATYTKOON ra^in o yesterday hi the port of Shanghai led customs ojncials there to advise all ships to po&tpene sailings, says Shanghai dispatch to the Japane-s r.~v: agjiicy. Streets in Shanghai »ere i!ood?d, electric wires were broushi down, rti&p windows
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $5,000
    1169 8 Further Large Sum From Sale Of Motorists' Fighter Badges THE War Fund is enjoying a prolonged burst of activity 1 and as a result the gross total is near to $5,750,000. That iigure is likely to be passed in the very near future.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    144 8 SINGAPORE r. vrn.Es hotel Dinnor Dance To.-n-.ali Bpm to 2 a.m. GKE.tT WOEI.O Cabaret: Ni^ht Dence 9.30 to 1 a.m. Globe: San.a Pc Trad. S^y: Hangers of Fortune. lIAPI'Y TIirATUE (Ilsppy World) 40.000 Horsemen. Sea.skle: TrcpJc Holldn;-. YEW IVOR I I) Talkies, rheatroi ant) Ctneinaa. Side Show. C»b«ret Danrln«.
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    High Court Decision In Local Waterway Rights Case
    965 8 AN interes'-mg judgment arising oo r of a case in which rot;in mercr'ants claimed damages from sawmill owners! and sought an injunction to restrain them from using the waterway which passed over a portion of their land, was delivered by Mr. Justice
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    VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
    540 8 Best For Singapore Says Archdeacon CPEAKING at the annual speech day! •3 of St. Andrew's School in the school j hall at Woodsville yesterday. Archdeacon Graham White declared that education In Singapore should be vocational rather than academic. He considered that the present euiii-i-iilum for Singapore schools needed
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    WAR CORRESPONDENT HERE FROM CHICAGO
    101 8 I ELAND Stowe, one of the Chicago Dally News' team of brilliant war corresponder.ts. arrived in Singapore from America j yes terday by Clipper. He U covering the Far East, partirularly this end, hi place of another Dally News correspondent, A. T. Steele. who has
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    American Fighters For China
    67 8 Modern American fighters are pouring into Burma where they are being assembled in readiness to be flown to China lor the Chinese Air Force. American ground staff and test ptiots are assisting in the assembly. Chinese mechanics are being trained in the maintenance of the new
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    TROOPS AND ARMS HAVE POURED INTO BURMA
    207 8 Journalists Impressed By Tout Of Military Area Rangoon, Aug. !>. DEMARKABLE visual proof of great developments in Burma's defence services \vere afforded to a party of journalists who visited a military area near Rangoon. me resuu 01 me lour surpassed anything that might
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    Church Notices
    88 8 OWING lo newsprint rationing and th<- rery hearr pnvurr nn available syacf, the str.ii > Times has been compelled to discontinue, for the time beinc. the weekly publication of Chimb NMices and the Saturday Sermon" which has appeared continuously since 193.".. It is hoped that those who hare
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    NEW SCALE OF FINES
    253 8 Amending Bill For Tohore Customs fO put a slop to the infliction of fines out of all proportion to the gravity of the oflence" of evading customs duties is the aim of a Bill to amend the Trade and Customs Enactment in Johore, which is to
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    CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO DR. TAGORE'S FAMILY
    81 8 \|R. S. C. Goho, acting president of U. j 11 Oiural Indian Association of Malaya ha.', sent th- following cable in connection with the death of Dr. Rabindranath Tngore. to ih» poet's son Rathfcidranath 1 "Indian community Malaya irri ved passing away of India's
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    INDIAN TROOPS CLUB
    39 8 "THE Maharajah of Patlala will lay the foundation stone of the Indian ana Malay Troops Club on Raffles Recla matlon at 5.15 pm. to-day, should V rain, tea will be served in the Volunto«r Drill Hall.
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    Chinese Entertain British Soldiers
    107 9 rK members of the Ai Una Musical Club, a Chinese society with premises in Robinson Road, rave a farewell party on Vcdnesrlav night to a p.rnup of itritish soldiers who have become their fast friends, and who have now been transferred elsewhere. According to the Sin
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    CHUNKING EDUCATION OFFICIAL IN SINGAPORE
    130 9 "THE aim of the Chinese Government U to Improve and promote nationalist education with the full co-operallon of the local government for the mutual benefit of the Chinese people and the government," said Mr. Yu Chln-hslen, director of the education department of the Oversea* Chinese
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    24 9 The Maharajah of Patiala was Among the audience at the Cathay Cinema in Singapore lest night. His Highness and party occupied a private box.
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    FOOD POSITION IN EVENT OF EMERGENCY
    731 9 Reserves Big But Rationing Likely As Precaution TN the event of Malaya being: directly involved in actual warfare, it would become desirable to begin rationing rice and other foods merely as a precaution to ensure that the heavy stocks already held in reserve will
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    MAHARAJAH'S LOCAL TOUR
    321 9 Visits An Air Base Defence Areas THE Patiala pennant flying on the radiator of a big limousine and two military Police motor-cycle outriders in their red caps have been a frequent sight in Singapore in the last two days, since the Maharajah of Patiala has been Inspecting
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    JAPAN BELIEVES WAR WILL BREAK OUT VERY SOON
    58 10 Santiago, (Chile), An;. 8. THE Japanese liner Rakuyo Mam remains in port here because Japan believes war will break out before it could reach Yokohama, a naval source said here to-day. This source said Japanese vessels might be ordered to return to
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    MR. MENZIES ON AUSTRALIA'S 'MOST VITAL HOUR IN HISTORY'
    486 10 Thai Will Fight To The Last Drop Of Their Blood, Says Minister Adelaide, Aug. 8. A GRAVE warning of Australia's danger" was sounded by! Mi*. R. G. Menzies, Commonwealth Prime Minister, in a speech here to-day. "Australia stands with bated breath
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    Thailand Needs No Protection
    184 10 Significance Of Radio Announcement Bangkok, Aug. 8. DEEP significance la attacked to a statement of the official Thai radio j commentator last night that Thailand does not need the protection of any I power, presumably referring to assertions regarding Japan's duty to protect Thailand against Br.taln
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    Frontier Commission To Meet Shortly
    100 10 Vichy, Aug. S. r-OINCIDENT with the inciea* d tension in Thailand due to Bangkok's announcement of the Government's intention to shift their re:cgnition from Chungking to Nanking and the reinforcement oJ Singapore's def nces. the French announced last night that a Japanese delegation headed by
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    Iran Told To Expel Germans
    103 10 Iran Told To Expel Germans London, Aug. 8. ACCORDING to completely reliable diplomatic advlc? arriving In Tjheran, the British Minister, acting in co-operation with the Russian Ambassador, has firmly told the Iran Government that the British Government must insist on the expulsion of Germans in Iran, despite the German demarche,
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    Gen. Dentz Interned As Reprisal Move
    86 10 London, Aug. 8. r' is officially stated in Cairu that Gen. Dentz, who was Vichy High Commissioner in Syria, has been interned with 35 other Vkhy officers. This action has been taken in view of the non-release of Allied oSiccrs who were flown to
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    139 11 TO -DAI SOCCER: S.A.F.A. learn*, flnt dW■ion. <:hinrse Athletic ts. M.F.A., Awn Road SUllnm; Fortress R.E. va. R.A.F., Chani?i; reserre division, Manchester* vs. S.C.F.A., T.tn-lin; second division (b). Naval Base Indians vs. J C S.A., J C.S.A. CRICKET: B.R.C. vs. Combined Colleges. S.R.C.; S.C.C. Ind team vs.
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    TAIPING RACE ENTRIES
    239 11 THE following are the entries for the Ta.ping Turf Club's August pro1 fissional meeting, which wJI be held on Thursday anj Saturday, Aug. 14 and Aug. 16 respectively: HORSES CLASS THREE rpWO runs are brine provided for class 1 three horses, the first orer fivr (nrloncs and
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    Riggs Beaten By Wayne Sabin
    93 11 New York. Auf. t. BOBBY W«-n fanaer Asaericaa champloa and las* Inner at the Wimbleden ttncle*. teat i« the «aarUrfinal of the Eastern grass c«rU teanU championships to Wayne Sabln. who won B—C,8 C, 6—3 while another onset at this stage was Bryan Grant's <
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    COMBINED SCHOOLS BEAT S.R.C. 7—2
    89 11 THE Combined Schools beat the Singapore 1 Recreaypn Club by seven goal* to two In a friendly soccer mi ten playeo at the SRC. sround yesterday. Scorers for the Combined School? were Bah Chee i J>. Sharlfl (2) and Leng Hoo and Swee Jlng. A.
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    FOOTBALL UPSET HAS PARLIAMENTARY ECHO
    180 11 London, Aug. 8. THE football upset, following the London clubs breakaway from the League, which thereupon retired the clubs from membership, had a Parliamentary echo when Mr. J. Stanley Homes (Lib. Nat.), asked the Transport Minister, Col. Llewellyn, if his attention had been called to
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    158 11 C ELECTIONS for to-day's rate* in Pcnanc ar«: STRAITS TIMES Race 1: Pat Burke, Robrlu*. Rare 2: Circuit 'urt. Time TelU. Race 3: Ordin->ti Jn, SpcaKown. Race 4: Hot Flash, ftperansa Race 5: Gciden Light, Ftlr Kint. Race f>: Cinnn, Crssrhow. Race 7: Confidence. Me-tra. Race 8:
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    POINTS SHARED AT STADIUM
    334 11 S.C.C. 2; R-A. (A.A.) t. KEEN and interesting soccer was provided by the Sinrapor* Cricket Clnh and the Anli- Aircraft Gunners. in a first division league soccer fixture at the stadium yesterday, the tame ending in a draw of two coals an. Twice <n arrears, vhe
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    CAPTAIN'S PRIZE GOLF AT R.J.I.C.
    116 11 XHE Captains Prlie of the Royal Johore Internaticnal Club presentej by Dr J N. Dugdale played In conjunction with the July monthly medal resulted In a win (or W. H. Oliver with a net score of 68 The fallowing cards were returned. Rahman 47 48
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    SIX GOALS SHARED AT ALEXANDRA
    52 11 SEX coals were shared by tht R A s C. and the R.A. P B In a second division fa) league soccer played at Alexandra yesterday. Scorers for tbe RA. (P3 > wetv Little (1) and Fitarerald (3). Thompson (1) ar.d Johnson (3) scored for
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    LOUIS TO MEET NOVA ON SEPT. 19
    47 11 New York, Aug. 9. j lOE Louis will del end his world heavy- weight championship against Lou Nova at the Yankee Stadium. New York, on Sept. 19, according to an announcement made by boxing promoter Mike Jacobs last night- Reuter.
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    SIGNALS EASILY BEAT Y.M.C.A. 5—0
    36 11 rREE goals scored by Managhan enabled the Signals to beat the V.M.C.A. by five goals to nil in a second division (a) league soccer .natch played on the YMC.A ground yesterday.
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    WATER-POLO OFF
    29 11 THE water-po'.o match between the Singapore Swimnlng Club and the Chinese Swimming Club, which was to have been iuajed at the SS.C. toI morrow, has been cancelled.
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    27 11 jTRANJI beat the B.CF.A. by the odd foal in three In a second division (a) league -occur match ployed at th« C.U. ground yesterday. >
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    NAZI DRIVE IN UKRAINE NOW THREATENING ODESSA
    489 12 Reds Wipe Out Enemy Tank Division After Battle Lasting Days London, Aug. 8. /GERMANY'S drive in the rich agricultural and inriuslrial regions of the Russian Ukraine appears to be gaining momentum and British sources to-day believe Odessa is now threatened, says United Press.
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    CHINESE DOLLAR SINKS TO LOWEST LEVEL
    36 12 Shanghai, Aug. 8. THE Chines dollar sank to an all-time low this morning, being quoted at 23 Vid 1 Banks are unwilling to sell owing to lack of cover. Reu'gr
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    WILLINGDON SERIOUSLY ILL
    42 12 London, Aug. 9. j ORD V.'illingdon, former V.ctroy of India. j Is seriously ill with double pneumonia at his London home where hi* wife Is In con- j :,unt attendant:.- Last night's bulletin r. cords a slight Improvement. Reuter.
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    Tokio's Next Move Will Mean War
    368 12 London Press Urges Firm Attitude London, Aug. 8. JAPAN comes In for severe criticism in the leading London Press this morning, when The Times and Daily Telegraph accuse her of having "two faces" and of conducting a Press campaign against Thailand similar to that
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    DUCE AT SON'S FUNERAL
    83 12 Pisa. Aug. 8. DENTTO Mussolini a saddened figure after a night-long vigil accompanied the body of hl£ son Bruno, who was killed In an airplane cra.'h yesterday, to the family home at Predappio. Funeral services will be held there to-morrow. Prior to departing for Predappio. n
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    "GIANT SURPRISE FOR NAZIS"
    112 12 London, Aug. it. AIRCRAFT and armaments factories have been c->in» up so fast east of the Urals that you can hardly recognise the town* if you come bark to them a month later. This statement was mad* Oy hi American tobacco ilei.er. Mr. \V Heineberg, who
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    Story Of New Hitler Peace Offer Being Circulated In Ankara
    229 12 Ankara, Aug. 8. THE terms of Hitler's next peace offer "after the occupat on of Russia as far as the Urals," claimed to have been received direct from Berlin, were being circulated by two separate diplomatic sources here to-day. It
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    AMERICAN MISSIONARIES LEAVE INDO-CHINA
    26 12 Sa'gon, Aug. 8. THE Mcssagerles Marltimes liner I*■ Marechal JolTr3 left to day for Mnnila carryini; 35 American evacuees, principally missionaries.— Hcuter.
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    MIDDLE EAST ARMY READY FOR HITLER'S NEXT MOVE
    373 12 Allied Forces Waiting To Open Up Dreaded Second Front Cairo, Aug. 8. AUTHENTIC information with regard to the Battle of Russia is being received with the greatest interest among the Allied armies in the Middle East, reports Router's special correspondent. All realize
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    106 12 More U.S. Officials Join Atlantic Talks? Washington, Aug. 3. rO more high Government officials were gone from the capital to-day amid rumours of a conference between P-endent Roosevelt and Mr. Winston Churchill They were the Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, and Major-Gen. James H. Burns,
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    AMERICAN FORCES IN ICELAND REINFORCED
    28 12 Revjavik, Aug. 8. AN American cor.vcy arrived re:ently bringing furtlie: reinforcements to 1 the garrison here, it was learned tt>1 day.— United Prers.
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