The Straits Times, 16 January 1942

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    • 77 2 LOH —Mrs. Loh Tele lim (Madam Cheong Guek Neo) aged 55 years passed away peacefully on the 16th Instant at her residence No. 251. Tembellng Rood. Katong, leaving her snns. Mr. I«h Hup Choon and Loh Hup Ilin, only daughter Mrs. Wee C.van Soon son In law Mr. Wee
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  • 1124 4 Singapore is slowly becomii gl accustomed to daylight raids and those of the last few days have emphasized ths need BO review the official policy of advlsins all and sundry to see* shelter whenever the
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  • 97 4 Havana (Cuba), Jan. 18. THE German Minister. Tauchintz, and eight members of the German Legation staff. together with the Italian Minister, Persico. and six members of his Legation staff, are leaving here to-day for home under the safe conducts extended to Cuba by the United Slates
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  • 45 4 Washington. Jan. 15 A LL German. Italian and Japnnere, aliens in the Western States must apply lor special identification certificates under an order issued to-day by Mr. W. Bidd!e. Unit d States AttornojGeneral. Hie application must be made between Feb. 2 and Feb. 27. Renter.
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  • 285 4 Chungking, Jan. 15. AN official message from Kunming says a reliable summary of American Volunteer Group actions to date shows that the American pilots have destroyed a total of 90 to 100 Japanese planes, lhe Americans lost three planes and three men. including one I tli&rht
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  • 132 4 A NETHERLANDS source in London states that the Allied sea strategy in the Far East is to form a barrier against the Japanese extending from Singapore through the entire Netherlands Indies archipe'.ago. "We nuirt step the Japanese advance." this sourer; states. The eremy must be searched out
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  • 490 4 AUSTRALIAN troops went into action on the r Negri Sembilan front yesterday morning when they attacked and defeated a small Japanese column comprising infantry and tanks. This is the first official announcement that the A.I.F. in Malaya have participated in the fighting. Major-Gen. Gordon
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  • 103 4 Batavla. Jan. 15. SCORES of secret munitions dumps lie buried deep in the jungles of the Netherlands Indies, it was disclosed by a returning iru,pertion party. The most minute air photographs would fail to reveal t.ielr whereabouts, they stated. There durrps were c; toblL-hed years
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  • 353 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) l/ondon, Jan. 15. I AWRENCE IMPEY, the Daily Mail correspondent "somewhere in Malaya," states that Japanese casualties in Malaya are estimated al between 10,000 and 20,000. The real battle for Singapore, he adds, looms, though it- may be fought a
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  • 311 4 Canberra, Jan. 15. WIDE support is being given to the Australian contention that the Pacific war is of paramount importance not only to Pacific countries, but to the Allies generally. The Melbourne Herald, in a leading article, says that the tendency in some quarters is still
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  • 121 4 'Duty Of China To Free Indo-China Thailand" Rangoon, Jan. 15. PREPARATIONS for Bntisn military co-operation witn China are wll in hand. Advanced echelons of Chinese troops have arrived in Burma and liaison between ihe Chinese and British staffs now proceeds.— Reuter. The Chungking newspaper Ta Kung Pao, in an editorial,
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  • 298 4 N<nv York, Jan. 13. (Delayed). MEWS of the first important American- Filipino successes In the Philippines campaign caused jubilation throughout the United States, where it was regarded as concrete evidence that Gen. MacArthur's army is far from finished and that tli^ battle of the
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  • 110 4 Chungking, Jan. 15. GEN. Chiang Kai-shek has received a message from the British Army Headquarters expressing their appreciation for the Chinese army's part cipation in the receni Hong Kong battle. The message also expresses condolence for the Chinese citizens who were killed during the fighting.
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  • 668 5 Front 100 Miles From Singapore SPECIAL DISPATCHES FROM WAR ZONE (From Our War Correspondent) WITH the engagement of th« Japanese by Austra- lian troops, Ihe Battle of Malaya has now entered upon its most vital and important stage. Singapore to-day is not much more
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  • 177 5 <ju War Correspondent i Ai t)i<> Front, Jan 13 A RBOnODTt of Malay volunteers i no* in pCMttlOB Witb Brit Mi and Boldlpn rra<i> to fight on mid (.fin- 1 vitally important points. II M lay tro-.itr- with whom I spok *K a happy bunch
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  • 38 5 Governor and Lady Thomas jBta^strrdav usltrd certain units of Forces which arc sir t.tn'iiion talked with many offlcen and men including a number of Malays. Eurasians and Chinoso whom ha had pravtoody seen at work In Hicir st«'<-s.
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  • 92 5 IXfAK omrrsnuntirnts travel- ling in staff ea-s in the battle arras of Malaya have introduced a new came which is designed to keep alive a keen intertst in the skies. Each correspondent contri butes a dollar to a pool which goes to the first man
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  • 163 5 ■Fr m Ocr War Correspondent) OEFUGEES are still finding their way south from behiii'i the enemy lines. Quite a number have returned from the kampongs where they refuged af.er the bomb. 112 ot towns where th"v livrd. The nul t"-y lllilmlllw WM corfrented with no small
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  • 105 5 (From Our War Correspondent.) At the Front, Jan. 15. I v.'AS part of a prepared wUhI drawal from a forward town last night when reports were received of an enemy infiltration. Within minutes convoys were on the road. Movement by night, in rainy rond tions, and with
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  • 52 5 London. Jar.. 16. I 'pHE Swiss Government has informed j 'he British Foreign Office thet news has been received that Sir Jo&h'h Crosby, the British Mlntter at Bangkok, and the I,ejration staff are safe and well, writes Reuter's dlnlomatio rnrrp.spondent. It is not. however slated There they are at the
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  • 110 5 New York, Jan. 15: THE United States tanker Nori mess has been torpedoed about 60 miles south of Montaux Point. Long Island, the Navy Department announces. It adds that the submarine menace r -'i At'ant'.c care sh'pnlng is Increasing;. Naval emf: ruabed to the spot where
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  • 54 5 lit lu-duj's air raids on S n>;.ipore at least one Japanese :iirrraft, an Army 97 type lighter, was brought down by uiir defence's. In yesterday's raids 50 Japanese bombers escorted by Nay? lighters attacked the island The enemy last one aircraft for certain, one probable and at least
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  • 55 5 Batavia. Jan. IC. A DUTCHMAN, who Las just arrived in Batavia from Singapore. told interviewers that so far only slight damage had been done by raids on Singapore. He said that the opinion m Singapore was "rather optimistic" about future military developments and was confident that the
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  • 93 5 MORE than 15,000 German troops, including one general, were killed on the central Iront between Jan. 6 to yesterday. This claim was broadcast from Moscow last night. The Russians have now a great advanage over the Germans in fighting in open country. The latest Soviet eommun'.quc states that
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  • 383 5 THE disclosure by the military spokesman in Ran- goon that Burma's strategy envisages the taking of the offensive no less than preparing to meet any Japanese attack,' it is felt, fits nicely into the general strategic picture presented by the starting of the Netherlands Indies
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  • 215 5 London. Jan. 16. ,r* EN. Sir Archibald Wavell, .Allied Supreme Commander in the South -vest Pacific, has now settled down to the most arduous and exacting task which he, in his full fighting car; i r, has yet had to lace, declares the Times in a leader on
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  • 882 5 Rio de Janeno Jan. 15. liHE conference of Foreign Ministers of the American nations conducted in four European languages. Spanish, Portuguese, French and English opened here to-day and heard a stirring call by the United States Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, Itr
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  • 89 5 Japan Will Collapse This Year' Sydney, Jan. 16. ME. P. YANNOULATOS, formerly (■reek ConsulGeneral in Shanghai, where he was stationed for ten years, told Pressmen here: "I am convinced that Japan will collapse this year, and will be utterly crushed as a first-class power. "Just before I left Shanghai a
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  • 160 5 V .-uington. Jail. 15. THE United Slates Navy Department announces that an American submarine has sun': a Japanese freighter of 17.000 tons somewhere «n the Far East. The War Department communique issued to-day 8tat€3: "Philippine Theatre: Nine heavy Japanese bombers attacked the fortifications on Corregidor Island,
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  • 223 5 Washington, Jan. 15. j THE War Secretary. Mr. H I Stimson. announced to-day i that the ground and air forces of the United States Army ha& started exDanding *c approxi mately 3.600.000 officers and men, thus more than doubling the pre's n nt strength in the
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  • 48 5 London, Jar. 16. IN the Central Mediterranean on Wednesday bomber aircraft attacked an enemy supply shirj which was escorted by a destroyer. Clouds of smoke were seen coming from the ship after the at.ack had been pressed home from a low level.— Reuter.
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  • 39 5 Bardoi'.. Jan. 16. I^AHATMA GANDHI for the first time yesterday publicly announced that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru would be his successor. "I feel sure he will know how to carry on my work," he added. Reuter.
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  • 71 5 London, Jan. 16. THE Air Ministry and the Ministry of Home Security communique Issued last night states Shortly before dusk this evening enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the north-east coast of England. Some damage and casualties have been reported. Dining the earlier part of
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  • 65 5 Washington. Jan. 15. The Navy Secretary, Col. P. Kuox. said to-day: "I do not believe there is a German rout in Russia. It is a withdrawal, but I do not think this means they are defeated. They possess the greatest military machine In the world. The Russians hav« put a
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  • 485 5 (From Our War Correspondent) ALTHOUGH the Australians are likely to be out- numbered by four or five to one, their commanding officer, Major-General Gordon flennctt, is confident that they will give a good account of themselves. "We have been training for this type
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  • 135 5 Rangoon, Jan. 16. ALTHOUGH an air-raid warn- ing was given early yesterday morning in the Rangoon area, no enemy aircraft appeared near the city and no bomb was dropped. It was the first time since the early morning of Jan. 4 that, enemy aircraft did not
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  • 80 5 London, Jan. 15, (Delayed^. A TELEGRAM from ReuWs correspondent In Santiakan, Briilst North Bornro, following the Japan, se occupation of Beanf ort. on the e st roast of the island on Jan. 3. rrads: "Wireless communlration has been rut off between the west coast and
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  • 26 5 Batavi.i. Jan. 15. JAPANESE planes bombed military objectives near Amboina in the Moluccas) this morning, accord n« to an official Batavia communique.— Reuter.
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  • 238 6 To-day's Total Advanced By Nearly $800 TODAY'S principal contributor to The War Hind is "Interest." The following item appears in the Chartered Bank list Interest credited to The War Fund account at the end of December, 1941 5278.50." With this and olher additions, the
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  • 241 6 •They Should Be Your Secrets' URGING the Chinese in Majaya not to be "a blind tool of »r>f<mv nropaKanda. Mr. oeors,e X C Yeh" Chungking Government's publicity officer in Stog*- ore uttered a warning against '.umour-mongering In a broadcast last night. :wwe of the Fifth Colunv
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  • 119 6 ■v r [tmi ItM Columr.ist is now A in i'lil thanks to help gi-e" t° lice by Chinese patriots. Court to 18 month," rigorous impriA tub tantlal sum was paid to the Chin s patriots as a reward, and the ..'day they returned the nioney
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  • 127 6 A. R.P. WARDENS COURAGE REWARDED TJRACIICAI. txpre:- .on of his appre- elation of the efficiency and courage shown by A. It. P. workers durinj rece-u raid has bei-n made by Mr. Urn Chont Pang. well-'.;r.cwn Chinese citizen of Singapore. In a letter to the Divisional Warden tm the are* involved
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  • 67 6 SINGATOM K^M X* HUTU Dinner and Dancr QUKENS GKTLANG V^., tVoo lliul^e with Robert i i i-Ikli stc ISO KO.W K.AIUN(. Bittet Sweet with Nclsuxi Eddy .nette M:\clJunuld 5 it. 7 30 1) SVLTAN lALK.It!> silver King—A HiuduOanl Ta'kle at 3 P">. MALACCA CAPITOL rHEATRE—The Home ol Cupuiu Emertammeiil
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  • 146 6 Compensation For Damage ?IE Straits Settlements Government has accepted the liability in respect of accidents to or "aused by private vehicles while in use on civil defence duty. The Government will pay compensation for damage however arising caused to or by private vehicles which are used for
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  • 166 6 A LLEGED to have attempted to signal to eneriv aircraft durir.g an i:r raid clert on the night of Dec. 10. a Chinese civilian was found not guilty by the Singapore Military Court yesterday. He was discharged. The prorerution. conducted by Mr. T3UI Storr. Deputy
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  • 54 6 NEWS has been received in Singapore of the death of Mr- D. RKinloch n onager of the Calcut.a branch o; ihe Chartered Bank, on D?c 22. Mr. Kinloch served in Malaya i.nd Hong Kong for some years and had been manager of the Calcutta branch since
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  • 42 6 HPHE folio* in<r cost of living and supplementary allowances are payable to Government employees for January. 1942: classes I <a> and II tai $6.03. rlass I (b» anJ II (b) $7.05. rlasr.es I <c) and II <c» $8.03. class I (d. $9.
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  • 32 6 JAPANESE airmen admit Singapore's ac-ac is "terrific" and they are forced to fly high, said Tokio radio yesterday. Tokio says Selangor's "scorched earth" policy was thorough.
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  • 566 6 'A.I.F. Seawall Against Vicious Flood' kLTHOUGH the tide of battle V had been flowing against us p till now. the latest news of tie battle gave us very good reaDn to believe that it might Iready be on the turn, with the lUstralian Imperial Forces as
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  • 129 6 SINGAPORE medical students 'sitting ior their qualifying examinations which began at the College of Medicine yesterday aid will last a week, did two things which had not fallen to the lot of their predecessors. They were takins their examinations seme three months ahead of the time at
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  • 430 6 London. Jan. 15. AWACNINO that the controversy over the events in Malaya may degenerate into fruitless and irrelevant" bandyIng of personalities and recriminations, is given In the Daily lelegraph to-day. i Stating that the situation is undeniably critical, but will not be rendered less
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  • 18 6 ..-a u...fii <t.j great loorfc m m; (,'MiMM (.....-fi/ against Japan in Changtha,
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  • 296 6 CENDING a mtssage to his "compatriots in Free China— thos.3 who are anxious to know how long Singapore will hold," Mr. George K. C. Yeh, Chungking Government's publicity officer in Singapore, said in a broadcast last night: ''Singapore will hold, and hold forever." ••Reinforcements of
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  • 151 6 RUMOURS spread by fittn Columnists to the effect that the Japanese have promised to hand Malaya over to the Malay Rajahs will be the subject of a talk to be broadcast in Malay Irom the Singapore station tomorrow evening by Dr. w. unthan, Director of
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  • 120 6 r PHE day will come when people without these cards will be shot dead said Mr. R. Moor. Singapore Fifth Magistrate, yesterday, when Um Llm Hua. a 35-year-old Halnanese, was charged with not having In his possession an Identity card In Jurong Road on Wednesday, an
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  • 143 6 AN ADMIRABLE spirit Is being maintained by villagers (A areas in the outskirts of Singapore where bombs have fallen. Neighbours have generously helped thoce who have been unfortunate, and far from there being any suggestion of panic, these people expressed gratitude for the success of
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  • 55 6 TITTTH two donations from members of $000 each and a gift of a mobile canteen promised by another member, tbe Singapore Rotary Club has launched its A.R.P. Mobile Canteen Fund. It Is stated that the cost of a suitable mobile canteen will p*ctMU>!y br
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  • 718 6 'Help On Way And Victory Will Crown O& Efforts' "TN to-day's orthography A.B.C.D. spells victory 1 in Asia." This passage, quoted from a talk by Sir George Sansom, is typical of the sentiments expressed by representatives of the A.B.C.D. powers in a special broadcast from
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  • 92 6 London. Jan. IS. f|N the Stocl: Exchange extreme c*u- tlon owini to the trend i f Pa* Extern events was the keynote of today's markets which, in the majority of casas drifted lower, especially Oils, which ge.wrtlly lost a sixteenth when offered, also Dunlous and United Molasses, which
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  • 43 6 NEW prices Have oeen fixrd for tl^e sale, by wholesale an 1 retail of rough salt and flue cram alt' The new ret a 1 prices are 'hree cents per Icatty for xm*\\ 7filc a-.d 3>2 cents per kat< fine crush.
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  • 258 7 New York, Jan. 15. THE Netherlands Indies' need of war materials was stressed by Gen. ter Poorten, the N.I. Commander- in-Chief, in a message to the United States read at a meeting of the Nether-lands-American Society at San Francisco. Describing the United
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  • 175 7 London, Jan. 15. TO free valuable shipping space for munitions and ether essential war equipment the British Government has decided that from Jan. 16 no pi^c l c containing foodstuffs, Including tinned looiis, cax.s and conXectlonery may be sent by post from the United Kingdom
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  • 181 7 New Delhi, Jan. 15 Apart from the engines and instruments, the planes being manufactured by India's aircraft industry are now almost entirely home-produced. This represents a distinct step forward in the establishment of a self-sufficient indus.ry. It is largely due to the accuracy and skill of Indian
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  • 231 7 Post- War Need For Airmen London, Jan. 15. fTiHE Under-Secretary for Air. Capt. H. Baifc-j. speaking in London, said that biggest job of post-war world reconstruction would be building up and communications t.nd drew an imaginary picture of the routes which will be required. "There wul be the greyhound route
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  • 87 7 London, Jar.. 15. A MILITARY, political and economic pact between Greece and Yugoslavia was signed in London to-day. The agreement provides for regular meetings by Greek and Yugoslav parliamentary delegates and for a permanent common general chief of staff of the two national armies. It
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  • 95 7 London, Jan. 15. THE Ministry of Supply has set up a 1 department to superintend the collection and disposal of scrap tyres, it is unofficially announced to-day. The public will be urged to give old tyres to the local authorities or to the garages. National
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  • 106 7 London Jan. 15. WITH 60,000 tickets already sold, a record crowd for English wartime ?ocoor Is anticipated for the EnglishScottish clash at Wembley In aid of Mrs. Churchill's "AM To Russia" Fund. The police are limiting the crowd to 75,000, which is expected to be reached, thus
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  • 96 7 Chungking, Jan. 15. oEVEN persons who escaped from Hong Kong arrived In Chungking this morning by air from Shaokwan. The party comprises Mr. David MacDougall, Mr. Charles Ross. Mr. William Robertson. Com. Hugh Montague, Capt. Reginald Guest, Capt. Peter McMillan and Squadron-Lender Max Oxford. They
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  • 45 7 Batavia, Jan. 15. THE United States Government has approved the export of a number of air liners for X.L.M. (Royal Dutch Air Lines and K.N.I.L M. (Royal Netherlands Indian Air Ur.n) durln-? the latter half of 1942, according to the Batavia newspaper Java Code Renter.
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  • 286 8 London. Jan 15. U/HILE the recapture of Medyn bi in-c?. the Russians to within 3S miles south of the MoscowSmolensk road. Hitler's army of 100,001) men in the apex of the Mojaisk salient, for whom "Napoleon's road" is the only line of retreat, are also
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  • 50 8 Batavia. Jan. 15. PEN. Sir Henry Pownall. General U Wavell's Chief of SUff. inspected members of the N.I. Air Force at a Malayan aerodrome, it was learned here. Gen. Pownall wa3 received by Lieut. -Col. van Gulilc. Commander of the N.I. Air Force in Malaya.— Reuter
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  • 189 8 London. Jan. 15. 1.HE War Ministry announces: "It has been decided that the command of all British and Indian land forces in Iraq and Iran shall pass from the Com-mander-in-Chief, India, to the Commander in Chief. Middle East. Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck. 'This change, which has been
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  • 72 8 London. Jan. 15. THE deputy Premier of Nor.hern Ireland. Sir Basil Brooke har arrived in London for a three or four days' visit, ostensibly to discuss the problems of North Ireland's war effort, but his presence has resulted in the circulation of reports of an
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  • 210 8 Chungking, Jan. 15. rE south bank of the Milo river is now completely clear of Japanese foro:s, says a Chinese communique to-day. The communique says: "The last enemy remnants in Char.gsha area were rounded up yesterday morning. Hundreds of tn.ose who broke through the
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