The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 July 1941

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  • 19 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDBTSON The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. *****. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY. JULY 11, 1911. CENTS
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  • 415 1 Another Suffers Serious Defeat Moscow ENEMY PUSH NOW SLOWED DOWN BY RAINS London, July 10. THE destruction of a German motorized division m the 1 I^epel sector and a serious defeat of another m the Borisov sector are claimed m the latest Soviet communique, which
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  • 632 1 Syria Armistice Talks Said To Be Proceeding S London, July 10. INCL up to no<Mi to-day no reply had been received from Gen. Dentz, Vichy Hi^h Commissioner m Syria, to the broadcast of Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces
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  • 140 1 Turkish Version Of British Terms To Syria |__kam, July 10. I tat :he Vichy High n m Syria. Gen. Mind £or armistice oMd here. mkiatood 11-H the terms wing ten points: .erntorial designs but merely wants ic *ul not be used IB ot sea bases: resti will be safe- French
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  • 32 1 German Air Ace Killed Over Channel Bl Tim. Jul> 10. Urn Channel m ...r mot. Capt. iu.idron, i German comth I Balph.irur. :'.y decorated rid ate battles, battle with British alr■'hannel. Reuter
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  • 30 1 London, July 10. A SHIPLOAD of wppUc. worth ab-jut n $500,000, ftw lift from tho American Red Graa re enftly arrived m E^ypt. tanotmeaa f h >- km cr. organ___atiac_. Reuter
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  • 95 1 London, July 10. DUSSIAN parachutists have been dropped m tbe outskirts of Helsinki, according to the Rome radio. Meanwhile m fulfilment o£ Stalin's scorched earth policy, Russians m the Ukraine have set out to destroy as much as possible and have succeeded, according to the correspondent
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  • 218 1 London, July 10. D A.F. raids on northern France appear to have been continued to-day when a number of planes flew over the Straits of Dover. Some time later, says an agency report, explosions were heard across the Channel. Much damage to industrial buildings m Aachen
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  • 48 1 Brandon (Manitoba), July 10. "TPIIAT there is a strong probability 1 that Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King. Prime Minister for Canada, ma: fly to England m the near future to attend a conference of Empire statesmen is the opinion expressed by persons close to the Prime Minister.- Reuter
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  • 440 1 London, July 10 "I CAN assure you it will not be many months before raids like the biggest ones on London will be child's play with the raids we will bo able to make on Berlin." declared Lieut. -Col. J. MooreBrabazon, Minister for
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  • 42 1 Moscow, July 10. "I'HE British Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Sir StatTord Cripps, was received to-day oy Stalin, states the official Soviet news agency. The Foreign Commissar, M. Molotov, was present at the iuterview, which lasted over an hour Reuter
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  • 132 1 German Losses On A Scale Never Before Experienced Ankara, July 10. "COR the lirst time the German army is meeting another force which is its equal m numbers and equipment." says the Berlin correspondent of the Turkish news agency, according to the Ankara wireless. "Moreover," he adds, "the Soviet troops
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  • 50 1 London, July 10. MEMBERS of the Russian military mission to-day visited the Admiralty and were received by the First Lord, Mr. A. V. Alexander. Later the mission called at the Air Ministry, where they were met by the Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair.— Reuter
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  • 34 1 London, July 10. ITALIAN casualties for June annoimc- ed m Rome to-day were 10.286. This brings the Italian casualty list to 255,360 since Mussolini came into the war. Reuter
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  • 101 2 Batavia, July 10. A DEBATE on the native population conscription bill was begun m the People's Council to-day. A decision is expected m a few days. Four of the 60 members refused to take part m the debate as they were of the opinion that
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  • 100 2 Washington, July 9. MR. JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, the noted British economist, after obtaining details from Mr. Henry Morgenthau, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, of the recently announced new tax prepayment plan stated that he would urge its adoption m England as a supplement
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  • 94 2 New York, July 10. DRISONERS m European camps ac la- better off to-day than were prisoners of the last war, accardfim to Mr. Tracy Strong, general secretary of cha V.M.C.A. wc-Id committee for war prisoners' ail. He has just arrived n the United
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  • 66 2 .Yashin <,'tv>n, July 10. MR. Sumner Welles, the US. UnderSecretary of State sated that representatives of Britain. UnLed States, Canada. Argent. na and Australia would be present at the Internat'onal Conference on the world surplus wheat problem uhich convenes here to-day. The delega.es will consider proposals for
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  • 51 2 Paris. July 10. npHE formation of a French Volur.--1 teer unit to fight with the Germ- ns apa'.nst Russia mi^ht be the beginning of military cooperation wllh Gormany," declared an official Frencn spokesman to United Press. He said the volunteer Lecion is daily receiving recruits. United
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  • 60 2 Tokio, July 10. poi.rriCAL and financial q larters desire a short extraordinary Diet sesskm to be convened shortly because of the "'necessity of strengthening the existing total warfare structure m the political and economic fields tn order to cope with the drastically changing international situation."
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  • 68 2 I.ondon. July 10. "FNFMY air activity during last night was almost entirely confined to coastal areas and very few aircraft came inland,"' says an Alr Ministry communique. '•Four enemy aircraft were destroyed. "Bomb* were dropped at points m southeast Scotland, on a farm In north England and
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  • 68 2 AUSTRALIA RUSSIA London, July 10. AN association has been fanned In Brisbane to achieve closer relations between Australia and the u.s sr. Proposals for promotion of diplomatic trade and cultural relations with Russia bftve been sent to Moscow through the Soviet An-.lxi^ador m London An assurance has been received from
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  • 50 2 QVER a million contract*- valued at v 520.950 000.000 have B tread, been approved m the United stales defence programme, according to an official announcement. The Army's share is $8 480.00_.000 the Navy's $10,218,000,000 _nd there Is an additional $2,262,000,000 for other dofenc" agencies, the official rmort said. United Press
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  • 135 2 At The Ccnenui TRNST LUBITSCH possesses his own subtle method of bringing out the points of a story and he uses this method to excellent advantage m "That Uncertain Feeling." the United ArtLsts film which Lpened at the Cathay e.sterdi.y. Merle Oberon gives a
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  • 94 2 THRILLS LAUGHS IN "HAUNTED HONEYMOON" CINE entertainment is provided at the r Capitol, where "Haunted Honeymoon" opened last night to crowded houses. Telling the story of a famous detective who marries the authoress of detective thrillers, "Haunted Honeymoon" is a gripping detective-mystery film. The couplr. who plan a quiet honeymoon,
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    • 257 2 NEVER BEFORE SUCH LAUGHS ON THE SCREEN I TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 A fomed Fun-Star HAIOID UOYO Turns Producer V_X LAUGH SHOW-< v^_^^W^P^_r_P_ i __r o*^ __r ipWy y m W >t mw jfT __E_S___>- A&f _W____o^ m w t th E_? iM^Tat GEORGE MURPHY Iw^'ll LUCILLE BALL WkT^jv^
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  • 92 3 Release Ot Americans Held As "Retaliation Hostages" Demanded Washington. July 10. j}\. State Department has implicitly warned Germany 1 Italy, it is learned authoritatively, that unless the nu .k an- held as "retaliation hostages" are now granted v pen-Ka no Germans or Italians
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  • 184 3 U.S. Produced 1,500 Aircraft In June Washington, July 10. A GOVERNMENT announcement that the United States had produced nearly 1.500 aircraft In June has created widespread satisfaction m reliable private 50un.es here to-day. These source., said tne combined United States and British production "without doubt" now exceeds the German production.
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  • 131 3 London, Jul) 10. MANY _A :ies are reaching London of the effective work behind the German lines by Russian irregular forces. Reports have been received of water supplies being interfered with and telegraph wires cut whenever the chance offered itself. An American commentator, broadcasting from
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  • 62 3 London, July 10. VIOLENT street fighting m Oslo is reported m Stockholm Press dispatches reaching London The origin oi the dispute is stated to be the assembly of a large crowd to pay homage at Abraham Lincoln's statue. Quisling guards tried to disperse the gathering,
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  • 73 3 Manila. July 1«. fONSTABULAItY Intelligence agents were reported questioning an unidentified Japanese to-day who was arrested near the United States Alr Corp.-.' Nichols Field with maps ani sketches showing the roads and thoroughfares of Uie vichiity m his passession. The COBS tahu'.ary declined to comment on
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  • 33 3 Tokio. July 10. THE British Ambassador to Japan. Sir Robert Craigie, vlsit-ed the Under-Secretai-y for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ohashi, to-day. The nature of their talks was not revealed. United Press
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  • 33 3 London, July 10. THE K'u\k gave an audience to Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador, at Buckingham Palace to-day, when the latter presented his letters of credence. Reuter
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  • 29 3 London, July 10. THE crew of one ol the British aircraft reported missing ->n Tuesday last week have been picked up at s«*a and are now safe m Britain.
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  • 46 3 London. July 10. Beirut was occupied by Australian forces to-day, says the Paris radio. It is reported from Jerusalem that there was still no reply tonight from Gen. Dentz, Vichy High Commissioner m Syria, to the British demand for the .evacuation of Beiru Reuter
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  • 23 3 London, July 10. Naples was attacked by R.A.F. aircraft last night, it is learned here, but no details are yet avail* able Reuter
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  • 90 3 Ulster's V iews On Dispatch Of U.S. Forces Belfast, July lv. t ,\\t Hesitation m stating 1 Kntish and I nited mamat i.ime to the lha. Lhk would be helpU j ..m. un< the battle of i M l btei n m ,11 r.idih _.ree to do I io I^..
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  • 110 3 KerLui. July 10. G mam I quartan to-day Un wi:e United ''I viand stating md Britain together ►ai ling up an aggresi tical position there. (changing forces I irp< i. >ne can _.r_.w i British troops are r- 'land la th-_ they 5 Mr W .udell v
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  • 25 3 M *x-«w. Ju'y 19. ..wi.-u.dcr Mr. ard MBf '-he m.orr.ir.-j I Minister P 9bOMß__M_r M. mmmj Bk Stafford rence with St Mr r
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  • 158 3 EXERCISES DURING BLACKOUT Manila., July 10. T*HE first wartime rehearsal m Manila's history began here tonight at 11 o'clock, Manila time, when sirens announced the arrival of -enemy" planes and simultaneously the city's Ughta went, out. The blackout affected 623.262 residents of Manila's suburbs and lasted
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  • 122 3 Wellington. July It. "ALTHOUGH Chinese and New ZeaJanders are not engaged m the same theatre of war. I feel certain they axe nearer each o.r.°r than ever before m thought, ideals and spirit." declared the Chinese consulgvneral. Mr Wang Feng, at a gathering of Chinese
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  • 57 3 Hong Kon;. July 10. THIRTY pnOM were killed outright or drowned on M ■u-.iay when three junks LSUjllJg petrol entered a minefield surrounding the waters of the Colony and were blown up by a mine, a belated official announcement revealed to-day. The poh'
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  • 74 3 Two French Warsh ips Sa id To Be At Alexandretta Alexandretta, July 10. TTWO French war vessels and one merchant ship arrived m the harbour here to-day. It is not known what the Turkish Government's attitude is toward the arrival of these vessels. Meanwhile, it is announced m Ankara that
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  • 409 3 Armistice In Syria Would Give British Initiative In The Middle East Melbourne, July 10. THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, commenting on the Vichy request for an armistice m Syria, said: 'The conclusion of hostilities should enable the British to consolidate m the Middle East, prepare to repel
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  • 58 3 London, July 10. DR. David Jochelman, chairman and founder of the federation of Jewish relief organizations m Great Britain and the Polish- Jewish refugee fund, died yesterday at the age of 73. A close associate of Israel Zangwill. he frequently visited England from Russia until
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  • 59 3 SITUATION IN LIBYA ABYSSINIA UNCHANGED Cairo, July 10. THE situation m Libya and Abyssinia is unch an^ed. states to-day's British G.H.Q. communique. It i.s .stated m London that on the Egyptian front there has been patrol and armoured car activity m the frontier area, small groups of enemy armoured cars
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  • 59 3 Spain Apologizes For Nazi-Staged Riots: Guilty Punished London, July 19. THHE Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. B. A. Butler, m reply to a question m the House of Commons to-day, said that the Spanish Government had apologized for the recent attack on the British embassy m Madrid, staged by the Nazis, and
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  • 93 3 Release Of Polish Prisoners In Russia To Fight Nazis? London. July It. DELEASE of Polish prisoners m Russia to light against Germany wa.. suggested m a written question m the House of Commons to-day by Capt. A. C. Graham (Con.), who stated that 220,000 traders, officers and men Involved had
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  • 147 3 Honolulu. July It. COUK members of the Japanese Diet arrived here aboard the Heiyo Maru to-day en route to South America to make a "survey." 'Americans," they said, 'should improve their attitude toward Japan." A war between Japan and the United States is not
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  • 77 3 Berne, July 10. TWO great explosions m the munition* shed at Neur.hatel and freight yards near the Prench frontier at 6.30 a.m. today killed one and injured 13. A warehouse was unroofed, tracks were torn up and traffic was suspended. In the ____.ng two and a
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  • 208 3 R.A.F. Wreak Havoc At Sicilian Base Cairo, July 10. D A.F. aircraft attacked Italian Fiat planes, probably Cant 05 on the water at Syracuse yesterday* according to to-day's RAJ". Middle East communique. Three Fiat planes were burnt out and several others badly damaged, numerous casualties being caused among crews on
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  • 58 3 Canberra, July 10. AUSTRALIAN Treasury figures show war expenditure outside the ordinary budget of £181,000,000 for the year including £11.000,000 for other Government*. The Commonwealth Treasurer, Mr. A. W Fadden. claims an exactly balanced budget with both revenue and expenditure at £153,399.113. Income from wartime taxes at
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  • 107 3 London, July 10. •"|*HE death is announced to-day of Sub-Lieut. Penrose Tennyson, of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was Britain's youngest film director and husband of Nova Pilbeam. British film star. A great-grandson of the poet, Alfred Tennyson, he was 28 and had. like
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  • 61 3 Washington, July 10. DEPRESENTATIVE James P. O'Connor of Montana yesterday introduced a resolution m the House of Representatives providing for the appointment of a special Congressional committee to Investigate charges that Britain has exported to Latin America materials obtained from the United Sprites under the Lease and Lend
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  • 624 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1941. Armaments WHATEVER the ultimate outcome of the great battles which are raging on the wes.ern frontier of the Soviet Union, the Red Army and Red Air Fleet have shown quite definitely that when the German Panzer divisions meet tanks and aircraft m
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  • 1250 4 Social Security For All In Post-War Britain Our London Letter London, June 14. HOW many last war soldiers who still live m Malaya remember that catehphrase of 1914-1918— "England must !>e a land fit for heroes to live m What an empty slogan it turned out to be with its
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  • 1725 5  - Navy And Merchant Service Men To Benefit From First Showing Of "Lady Hamilton" Film MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By r ire so many brave I being done m the days by so many i: it IS easy to ol them when i c best wed bi en talk that
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  • 29 5 Telephone operators at a GJ.O. exchange m London have their gas respirators and steel helmets at the "ready" while engaged at their work.
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    • 267 5 HER SKIN o*T^^_ IS HER PRIDE. S_S__9^ She has learned that a woman can afford t" Jr at birthdays provided she devotes J __W W\__¥ and thought to her beauty. __r fl <*> MM WW A*, no aire can your complexion be left to ~<y ____B_____F mtttttW i }..a:ce. but
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  • 43 6 Nay... aircraft on lhe fie!, of the ai r< raft-carrior II M.S Victorious awaiting the order to take off to attack lhe German battleship Bismarck, m raids that sealed the d<»:>m of the Nazi .apital ship.
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  • 20 6 Escorting Th e Troopships TDop.hips Marlng their destination is seen by an escorting Sunderland flying-boat of the R.A.F. Coastal Command.
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  • 1370 6 MESSAGES THAT FAILED TO REACH ALLIED C.-in-Cs. INSIDE history of the events leading to the surrender of the King of the Belgians was revealed for the first time m the King's Bench Division when a settlement was announced of a libel
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  • 100 6 Honolulu, July 10. MR. Owen Lattimore, newly-appointed adviser to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, arrived here to-day on the China Capper en route to Chungking. He said a strong and united China would be the main guarantee oi stability m the Far E„st. That stability, he added, was
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  • 76 6 AXIS CONSULS "TRAVEL AT THEIR OWN RISK Washington, July 9. QUSTED German and Italian consular staffs who chose to return te their homelands on ships not provided by the United States "travel at their own risk," stated VS. official quarters to-day. This comment followed the report that the German Consul
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  • 481 6  -  R.A.F. Raiders By "Last week during the clear nights of the new moon you could smell fear. Lon^ before midnight the streets were empty. You heard passing phrases as people hurried past m the black-out: 'The British' .'They're coming tonight. 'or *o-morrow\ "The wind
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  • 88 6 FREE Frenchmen m. France, it is revealed, have recently detroyed at least six munitions ships preparing t dash across the Mediterranean with supplies for the (i'rman forces m Libya. Reports to th.Ls effect have reached Lisbon through neutral ships' officers, who learnt them from p'irt
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  • 230 6 T__E NM York Times, commenting on tihe interview which took place between Hitler and Mr. John Cudahy, former United States Ambassador to Belgium, at Berchte.sgaden on May 23. wrote: "At the end of the interview with Mr. Cudaby, Hitler complains that he Is always "being
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  • 1117 7 Disciplinary Committee Alleges Misconduct i application for an unnamed advocate and solicitor fl >,im. wm described as having "27 years seniority at 1 j; r to >how cause why he should not be suspended, or af the rolls, or censured, was made by
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  • 78 7 'CH Alie Vellersnia, me ted by Singapore Restaurant m. Wednesday night md te be bo possession loaded vrith four Vellerssaa appeared 1 L. C I Singapore Fifth rdaj on a charge ol s«a the revolver und without i licence a»d Vellersma. Ban, who prosecuted.. th*»
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  • 85 7 P MG guiltj to :nree charges ol realting and theft of money. dl Malaj oo>s standing waistrt to Urn omgapore Second interpreter, were yesterday tn be Kn. la the Salvation we __bl months and m recti*! three strokes of the ree U,\s who. it was
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  • 21 7 I Ram Board estimates ouritc provision for two tampines Koad and M the Board meeting mat's -pre approved
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  • 490 7 Gang's Career Of Crime Cited By Police COUND guilty of being a member of an unlawful society "whose activities throughout its career disclose gunhghts, extortions, bullying, robbery and other similar deeds rather common among these gangs," Kweh Kirn In was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore
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  • 133 7 RAISING roe the third Ume m succession j the question of the insanitary practice I of drying vawdu_t on rural r0a.15. Mr. J^ M I Ja: n ICCCtted an assurance from Dr. W. L I Blakemort Health Officer, Rural, at the Su-k-apore
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  • 79 7 A:; outburst from the dock that he was a "Christian and would not abscond" was made by Yue Chong Yin m the Sintjapore Third Court yesterday when the prosecution opposed bail on the grounds that he was a "dangerous character.'' Yue was charged with having "control" of a
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  • 372 7 Motor-Cyclist Describes Fatal Collision MERVYN SMITH, 20, of the Royal Army Service Corps, told the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday how while he was riding an army motor-cycle along Upper Serangoon Road on July 1, he collided with a Chinese on a bicycle at the sth mile. Smith v,.Ls giving evidence
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  • 395 7 "ALTOGETHER co-operation m rural areas has come well out of its first year under war conditions; the progress has been steady and unsensational," is the official conclusion m Malaya. "When the events of 1940 m other parts of the
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  • 51 7 A pupil of a Malay vernacular school, one of the competitors _n the Singapore Rural Board's agricultural show ?t the Police Depot on Wednesday, receiving a cash prize from the Colonial Secretary, Mr. S. W. Jones. Standing beside him is Dr. D. G. Faris, acting Chief Health
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  • 350 7 TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WILL BE TESTED AN extensive exercise m the evacuation of the civil population from coastal areas will be held on Sunday m the Joo Chiat, Changi and Geylang districts of Singapore, to test the traffic control system. Barriers will be erected
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  • 80 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) lp<>ii, .Inly 10. r'.E Ipoh fire-fighting service has been considerably strengthened by the arrival of two new lire en. ines which are the first of their kind m this country. Carrying their own water supply, they are fitted with
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  • 273 7 DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED DAISING his arms several times to friends m the public gallery m a salutation of farewell, Syed Fateh Aii Shah was led away from the dock by a prison officer after the Court of Appeal, consisting of Sir Percy McElwaine,
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  • 214 7 CONVICTED oi a "purely technical Offence Which could easily have been avoided if tne necessary authorization was applied for and issued,' o E. Nicholls, a 47-year-oid European chargeman employed at the Naval Da se do -k\ ..rds. was yejstordey lined $25 m the Singap re
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  • 126 7 THE accused is alleged to be mentally weak, and although he was sent to the General Hospital and discharged as lit for work. I think he should be sent for mental observation," said Chief Inspector H Poulain m the Singapore Third Court yesterday when
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    • 48 7 K^__ 1 _fcU-TB~ 'B m__ --''-.~s__\__ i jb ~W__ H_f__i; B /_r jjgß __\____m_____w t ______rJr It^* 5 JS99^_________________f* CUPS TROPHIES We have m stock a wide range of E.P.N.S. or Silver Cups. Shields, Silver Medals &EP.N.S. Tankards. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO CLUBS and INSTITUTIONS ROBINSON'S SINGAPORE BMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM9 117-41-731
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    • 391 8 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA APCAR LINE .H.-urooran a> Sng land; PENINSULAR AND ORI. NTAI s. N CO MAU PASSENGEB AND CARGO SERVICE I'tie oe« poaaiMe serrleea arc oelac maintained o> the t O. s. N. C©. tran thr strait? ta their usual part* af eal) id China India Ceylon aad
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    • 350 8 0O Impress I rO NORTH AMERICA, RUROPI ANO RNJOY CANADIAN PACIFIC LUXURY fa__Z^ ™3* Record-breaking trans-Pacific speed .#V_I «hen the crip of trips. across Canada i _mWfmf^ »n 'tvr-ctmdiiitaxd trains. See Banff, 4 ~-___T '_i w Lake Louise, Great Lake^ Niagara Falls, _*_Mg_£_* f Mootreal. Quebec. Convenient connectVm w^if n
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  • 79 9 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH Hoon ""at. J.P. passed i elullj at the General Kos- at 11.30 pm. on Tues- _ed H. He left two r qs Hang Wee. Tiavg n wad Tiang Hin> 1 Neo, Kw^i Kheng brother Mr. Ong K ••>-:_ -law 'Tan GJm I Liv Yoke Lin) two daugh-
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  • 60 9 Nleoßla. July IS. £NBMY aircraft yesterday afternoon attacked a vessel off the east coast of Cyprus. Bombs were dropped but the vessel was nr>t hit. A similar attack was made on a ship afl the same coast on Tuesday morning but the vessel escaped
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  • 55 9 Chungking, July :u. A GIANT granite boulder weighing at least 40 tana k:hed 12S persona on Tuvday afternoon wl.rn it rolled kirn to the Chiding; R.vor from a r Lght of 100 metres and landed at C iimgking's city wall, behind tht Ameii an
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  • 46 9 The requisitioninp: of live co.-.ts m Selangoc is provided fer by an order published m the -VMS Gazette. The v-:.ria_n Officer, Selangor, or any om.-er of the Veterinary Department is authorized to I -irry out the reQllisitionb_| at any place within file otatc at his discretion.
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  • 270 9 Tu^ London. July 10. n& most important diplomatic post m the world— British Ambassador m Washington— ma v shortly be vacant, writes a diplomatic correspondent m to-day's News Chronicle. I The writer suggests that Lord Hallfax, who ls shortly expected ln London, may not
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  • 122 9 Silver Urged As Tin Substitute Washington, July 10. THE Office for Production Man--1 agement announces that the National Academy of Sciences recommends the use of silver as a substitute for tin m solder m the present emergency. The office for Production Management says the academy has suggested silver as "the
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  • 213 9 Mobilization Of Russians Progressing M Vichy, July 10. ILITARY analysts here believe that the Russian Commander-in-Chief has succeeded In collecting twc bi^ ?roup_ of reserves north and south b.h.nd the Stalin Line, while the m3oilizat.on of millions of Russian reservists is continuing normally. They rie\are the German High Command was
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  • 70 9 Bangkok. July 10. Two officers belonging to the Thai services, Lieut -Col. I uang Sura Narong and Flight Lieut. Dawee Chullarupya, proceeded to Singapore this afternoon by train on a visit of tn.peetl'jn m Malaya by Invitation of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East. They were seen
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  • 213 9 (Fr. m Our o*n Correspondent. I poh. u1 > 10. Arrested kn Singap re, v. a. Savarimuttu, a former bookkeeper employed by McAlister Co., Ltd., In Ijx)h, was sentenced two months' simple imprisonment by ,he Jpoh First Magistrate on a charge oi criminal breach
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  • 129 9 THE Singapore Rural Board is to approach the Municipal Commissioners on the subject of the r'ntal for fire hydrants m the rural areas with a view to securing a reduction on the charge. This rental stands at $100 each a year and the Board has
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  • 194 9 A CHINESE unloading logs from a lorry into the timber yards of Siong Lim Sawmill at Maude Road on July 3 was fatally injured when a log fell out of the lorry and rolled over him. This fatality was described m the Singapore Coroner's
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  • 41 9 At 10 am— Before The Judge.-. Summonses m Chambers, etc. Before the Hon'ble the hief Justice m Court No. 1. M 11 a m.— Bankruptcy. Before the Re. is'rcr. A. 10.45 am. £ummonses. At 2.10 nm.-Prm^t^
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  • 46 9 To make final provision f r >r the public services of Sela'.-or iii 1910. a Final Supply Bill will be introduced into the Selangor state Council involving a total sum of $27,911. Ot this sum, $149,107 is for emergency measuies, and $03 712 fer miscellaneous services.
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    • 219 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS rENDERS P SINGAPORE I MCIPALITY lYnders. .<". invited for tne te? a.~ services For Municipal Tender. Steel Un-ocket-P v ol Cl iin^. 13 r.oon, Quality I I Date D t__lj I 1941, i E i Special El Glased Ware Pines. Date ol Closing. N W DUNCAN HmnclmU secretary.
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    • 136 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Medan air 11 a.m. TO-MORROW America Canada, Newfoundland, U.S.A., Central and South America and West Indies air 12.30 p.m. Australia alr 12.30 p.m. Europe:— All destinations with which postal communications are maintained air 12.30 p.m. Java
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    • 836 9 Broadcasting TJfalß A _T 8 50 p.m. Newsletter m Malay, from Lon- m^Wm* don; 9.00 p.m. News commentary m Prench; Cllir_n__Dr 9 20 P- m News m Kind a. tani, from LonalllvAr _?n__ don; 10.30 p.m. Close aowr. ZHL 1,333 _c/s (225; m.) ISMPIRE STATION ___Ti_ 6 ?.e mC/ f
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  • 128 10 T7HK annual cricket match between Raffles College and the Medical College will start on the Medical College groand at A.2% pjn. to-day. and will be continued to-morrow and on Sunday, at 11 am. on c h day. This year* match is the twelfth In the series,
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  • 499 10 CHINESE BEATEN BY FOUR GOALS TO NIL Royal Air Force 4; S.C.F.A 0. DLAYING fine soccer, the Royal Air Force reserves scored a convincing four-nil victory over the S.C.F.A. reserves m a reserve division league soccer match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The game
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  • 247 10 American Amazed At His Virility BKAt Pere, bought by Mr. Louis B Mayer from Mr. W. J. Smith, has hit the headlines acain, this time because he has just completed his lir>t season at the m the I'nited States. B UU Pere served 14
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  • 152 10 But Clubs Are Contributing Heavily To War Effort a _-r__.__.RAL Government regies! to reduce racing m Australia la expect- j ed by officials uf some Sydney race j clubs, writes a correspondent m the' Sunday sun. Race meetings n re curtailed during j 1914-18.
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  • 149 10 i V*rom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. July 0. jack Pettit cf the A.IJP. scored his second century m Malayan cricket wh'n he made an unfinished 103 to-day. Petttt was playing m a match m which Lt. A. Ibbots XI defeated the N. S. Nondescripts.
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  • 64 10 WOMEN'S JULY MED AL AT SEPOY LINES I'l'JkUS Sepoy Lines Golf Club's women's monthly medal competition for July resulted Ln a win ior Mi:\s M. Ackers. The following cards were re-! turned Miss M Ackers 44 13 31; Miss S Lucas 43- 6 37; Miss E. M. Hill 49—14 35;
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  • 28 10 'THE Policy oeat the Royal Engineers by one goal to nil m a reserve division league soccer fixture played at Changi yesterday.
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  • 67 10 THE following have been selected to play cricket lor C.V.M A against the Ceylon Sports Club on CSC. •ground at 2 p.m. on Sunday: D S. Fernandes (Capt.), A. Lewis. C. Cruz. S. V. Ferrer. DM. Prabhu. jjohn Pang, J. C. D'Souza, A Ferrao, ,B. Saures, J- an
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  • 259 10 'TWO ol Malaya's strongest soccer i teams, the Royal Air Force and the Army, clash to-day at the Anson Road Stadium m a southern section fixture of the Malaya Cup competition. That some fine soccer will be seen is almost certain but the result will
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  • 36 10 picture. A pnase of play m the first division league soccer mau-n at the staa.um on Wednesday m which the Chinese Athletic beat the Gordons by four goals to nil. Free Press
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  • 820 10 MOST PLAYERS AGAINST NIGHT MATCHES U/ITH the conclusion last week of the junior and veterans' events m the Singapore badminton championships, the senior events will start very soon, probably next week-end, and first class badminton will be provided at the Clerical Union Hall by
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  • 26 10 SOCCER: Malaya Cup. Army rs. R.A.F., Anson Road stadium, SJS p.m. CRICKET: Medical College vs. Raffles College, Sepoy lanes, 4_30 p.m. (first day).
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  • 30 10 •TTHE Air Headquarters beat the J.C.S.A. oy seven goals to two m a second division (b) league soccer match played at the J.C.S A ground yesterday.
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  • 32 10 FIELDING only ten men. the V.M.C.A. scored a two-nil victory over the Singapore Harbour Board m a second division (a> league soccer fixture played on the S.H.B. ground yesterday.
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  • 380 10 ODD GOAL DECISION on V.M.C.A. GROUND j R.A.M.C.. ;y 2: Morav 4 ia THE R.A.M.C. played forceful soccer to beal th Mor, M n *by the odd goal m three m a second H Mon ka&ue match played at the V.M.C.A. £n»unfi >est er(
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  • 34 10 T""HE R.E. i Malays; beat the Malay I Regiment oy two goals to one m a second division Ia I league soccer I match played at Alexandra yest-erday.
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  • 30 10 i THHE 100 metres free style open J handicap tor the Guillemard Cup jWxil be swum at the Singapore Swim|mln_ Club at 10 45 am. on Sunday.
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  • 121 10 CRANK McGrath. trail c Vite. believes thai the S! Zealand champion wil, 1940 greatness next <p ing to the Smda\ fan "I think Beau Viu ever he's been, and different hors« t1.., autumn.'* said Mcd rati Beau Vite has __fr_ai S Cirath'fe sUblt. ir.n BacU
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  • 169 10 'From Our Own I n _fcp_aul r:E annual cricket milnorth Johore Eur pean Rest for the Tar Peng I v at Genuang next Sunday It is unfortunate hat to be restricted to tingle of the players are not t for more than a single _a>
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