Morning Tribune, 8 April 1940

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    AIR ATTACKS ON BRITISH LIGHTHOUSES
    31 1 AIR ATTACKS ON BRITISH LIGHTHOUSES lii, h M V ,,i„rriins f"'» ir Ka r t on 1 ■lie id md > u 1 "V;!: -heard ».„.i^ n.- n„ o„,. mi iii.iurctl Reuter
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    "NAZIS MUST STRIKE OR FALL"
    358 1 London. Apr. 7. THE lightening of the economic pressure on Germany receives favoure comment to-day. The Sunday Times describes it as the most Utgent task of the moment and considers that "especially on the side of weak neutral countries which lie northwest and southeast of
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    ORKNEYS AIR RAID WARNING
    28 1 ORKNEYS AIR RAID WA R NING London. Apr. AN air raid warning *a> in operation in the Orkney district for 15 minutes this morning. British rs ascended Reuter
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    21 1 Londo 7 lonal ha s been who 1". been de three -.vice up tor duties for ur t provided ould two
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    U-BOAT REFUSES HELP TO NEUTRAL VCTIMS
    83 1 U-BOAT REFUSES HELP TO NEUTRAL VCTIMS LONDON, APR. 7 THE NORWEGIAN SHIP NAVARRA. OF 2.118 TONS, WAS TORPEDOED BY A U-BOAT WITHOUT WARNING IN THE NORTHERN SCOTTISH WATERS EARLY ON SATURDAY. THE SHIP SANK IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL THE OFFICERS AND NINE OF THE CREW W»B KILLED. Fourteen survivors
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    N.Z. Speaker Resigns
    32 1 Wellington. Apr. 7. Mr W E Barnard. Speaker of the House o: Renresentatives. ha* resujn sd from the Labour Party, declaring he ha, no^nSdcnce in the present leadership. Reuter
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    Famous Jockey's Death
    16 1 London. Apr. 7 e famous British key Frank has died in I Reuter
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    Queen Sees Food For Prisoners
    57 1 Queen Elizabeth inspected the Prisoners of War Department of the British Red Cross at St. Jame- Palace, London. The Department prepares the parcels of comforts which are sent to British prisoners of war in Germany. Queen Elizabeth is here seen examining a can of food
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    AUSTRALIA HELPS TIGHTEN BLOCKADE
    51 1 decided upon far-reaching measui Allied contraband control Henceforth, wool exports will o countries which guarantee to refuse their own exports to nv has already arranged a big purchase of Australian wool and -xpoits fixed on similar terms to' several Balkan countries, par r Hungary and Greece,
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    10-YEAR NAZI TERROR PLAN
    91 2 ••mill ai\ mi i»i»" I Minion ipl N A/1 I pi in h. I quel Europe Brsi di i l,v flu -m h |>"l"«- dui Id in 19 11 m the H< dquarten In Pragui I (in- Mmivliv <»j ll form ition in the foi m
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    Blind Flight By A U.S. Bomber
    68 2 Blind Flight By A U.S. Bomber Langl<'3 field irginia >. Apr. 7. HpHK firat totally "blind" flight in ihe hi tor} of a\ iat ion was comI v, hen h 22' j ton bomber landed here after a Right from Mitchellfield, Ww York. The pilot took off, Mew. and landed
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    TERMS OF ANGLO-DUTCH TRADE PACT
    136 2 Amsterdam, Apr. s Tin. inflo Dutch trade afreement is retarded here as i meaaare iur stabilising the existing situation, ih, arrangement is belni pot inta feres i»y tan Royal decrees. The first decree names the varum., nod. the Importation of which la forbidden unless a
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    French Find Wounded Nazi Airmen
    73 2 Paris. Apr. f». TWO wounded (ieftinau airmen wer^ found yesterday after lying with B Bead companion in the niiddJ- of a wood liehind the French lines for four days. They were discovered near the shattered remain.-, ot a Dornr r 17 which Wai shot clown
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    30 Villages Under Water
    82 2 30 Villages Under Water uutata Apr. fi. thirty filiates iii Aaaasia district bate hem eompletely destroyed hy flood. No lives have been lost but material damage refj threat and aver .mi.ooo people are hetneless. Hundrei I cattle perished, over res oi cultivated land wholly submerged and crops consequently led itlon
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    U. S. INDUSTRY MUST BE PREPARED
    70 2 U. S. INDUSTRY MUST BE PREPARED u fork, Apt •ji u, i.nf ajaetaei u I iosl effective weapon of defence will •>»' Ihe abifltj «.f industry Ui tuppiy *r\ to-d He i in suit'- o I '.Its Ift'OUl an arms of a m«!li< >» ,i( l adequately be supplied *t
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    Turn Of The Screw In The Balkans
    130 2 London, Apr. 6. i>l.l FEU'S diplomatic correspondent learns that the British Ministers in Greece and Bndapest have alrendj arrived in London. The Ambassador to Turkei and the Ministers in Bucharest, Belgrade and Sofia are expected during the week-end. Talk een thi dipli i
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    CLAIMS IN THE MEXICAN OIL DISPUTE
    54 2 New York, Apr 7. Lord Lothian called on Mi Cordell Hull yesterday regarding the Mexican Oil dispute. Details ol the cmvern >\ disclosed but the Herald Tribune says British interest in the lates' i American move led to the conclusion the British and Dutch
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    BRITAIN'S BIG ARMS EFFORT
    58 2 London. |p Tm. Minister <>f Baptfo Hr I Burrta speaking at Wol\» a inn referred to the irnmi tut lit factories which were b built, erhii a I mile, and said that since the I n\ the Mil Una about i nds sterling oail] an lai
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    "QUEEN MARY" AS TROOP CARRIER?
    161 2 New York. £OME New York newspapers suggest that the liners Queen Mary (81,235 tons) and the Mauretania (35,739 tons) are to be fitted out to transport Australian troops to the war zone. The vessels have been laid up in New York Harbour since the out-
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    FEWER "CONCHIES" REGISTER
    76 2 FEWER "CONCHIES" REGISTER I London. Apr 7 HTHE Mini- try <>i Labour and Natio 8 price announce that Uv visional figures of those In 25 j in -who registered on Satui were 314,430. Of these, 4.431 or I per cent were provisionally regisl a coi ntious objectors. This represents a
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    44 2 Honolulu. Apr. G TOE Mauretania sailed after tak aboard supplies. The Czy freely described the voyage ffom N i York but did not disclose the d tion. Renter The Mauretania recently left rk- where she had been laid up Sin the outbreak, of war.
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    "Keep Out" Resolution In The U. S.
    72 2 "Keep Out" Resolution In The U. S. Washington. Apr 7. THE United States Socialist annual convention overwhelm adopted a "keep out of the war" re Lion, vigorously condemning any form of American assistance in the Eur hostilities. The resolution was adopted in 1 protest from a minority group which Lough
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      49 2 Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Kidney trouble, etc. cured with I It O I. V S A DRIC ACID OR \\U i 8 Ckanscs blood from weakening uapwritiei and a< ti as powei t 1 1 n .'ut .ii tonle U the system II bottle. n \ki CO Robinson Road. Singapore
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    HUGE ARMS PROGRAMME PLANNED BY JAPAN
    102 3 K)KYO, APR. ARGESCAU! B* Sganisationincon. SSjencb of the iv reibRAMME WHICH MB PYPKCTED TO MAKE 55JS such a great MKJ) DOMAIN THAT VO OLTSIHE POWER COULD MENACB IT. ippropriations totalling 3,720 million yen were voted m the for this promme which is to extend
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    LIBERALS GAIN IN CANADIAN ELECTION
    32 3 LIBERALS GAIN IN CANADIAN ELECTION London, Apr. 7. come to hand in Federal elections e the Liberals thi N w Democracy to an Ottawa rethe total of Mr. Macrters to 178, Reuter
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    MALAYAN BRIDE IN LONDON
    41 3 (From H. L. Hopkin) London, Apr. 6. MAJOR Owen Steel of the Cordon Highlanders was married to Mias Winifred flaytey Bell at All Souls to-day. The bride was formerly a resident of Singapore. (Via. (able ft Wireless)
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    National Service Call
    27 3 London. Apr. 7. The Ministry of Labour annoui that men aeed 25 who were n to-dav under the National Service Aci totalled 314.430 Reuter
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    JAPAN DETERMINED TO SUPPORT WANG REGIME
    85 3 JAPAN DETERMINED TO SUPPORT WANG REGIME Tokyo, Apr. 6. i*l'AN S unshakeabie determinJ ation to support Wang hin* Wei s Government, whatever the attitude foreign powers adopted towards ifl was emphasised by Mr. Arita at a farewell ceremony to General Abe. Mr Arita declared no more ,ross' miscalculation of the
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    IMPROVED HEALTH IN GREAT BRITAIN
    161 3 London. Apr. 7 the Rtegistrar-Oenermra statistical re--1 view for 1938 disclosed that tne LmZd for England and Wale* ww n 6 per thousand persons Uving. inu is .8 below the rate tor 193 1. When allowance la made for he fact that the proportion ci
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    Spitfire Pilots Ordeal In Sea
    255 3 London, Apr. 7THE pilot oi the first Spitfire brought down defending the British coasts on April 3. after three days in hospital, told the story to-night of how he was trapped in the idly sinking machine I by a Heinkel 12 Yorkshire coast and. hi
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    EXCHANGE OF CIVIL PRISONERS
    38 3 Geneva, Apr. 7. 4N immediate exchange of civilian A prisoners held in France and Germany will be effected as the result of Franco-German accord arranged by the International Red Cross committee in Geneva. Reu-ter
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    FRENCH PREMIER RECEIVES ENVOYS
    39 3 Paris. Apr. 7. M. reynaud. Fremier, began his survey Of the South and South Eastern Europe when he received M Poncent. Ambassador to Rome, M. Brugere, Minister in Belgrade, and Oener il W< ygand.- Reuter
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    More Food Difficulties For Nazis
    53 3 Bucharest, Apr. 7. rv< Rumanian ports no for the export of cewab to many, namely Calafat and Torabia, aie flooded owing to the rite of the Danube. The railway administrat ion have ordered that no merchandise should he sent to these porta while the r
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    NKANA STRIKERS IN FRENZY
    95 3 Nkana, Apr. 7. TROOPS tired on strikers in Nkana on Apr. :>. killing 16 and wounding 72. If the strikers who had been Worked ni> to a frenzy had gained admission to the compound and buildii g all in them would have been killed, declared Captain
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    BELGIAN-FRENCH AGREEMENT
    38 3 I Paris. Apr B THE Ministry of Commerce in a communique states an agreement facilitating exports and imports fcr a further period was initialled to-day between I the French representatives and the Bel--eian Luxembourg delegation. Reuter
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    The Money Market
    53 3 London. Apr. I Large dividend and commercial payments by Government are responsibly for the easy conditions new prevailing. Offerings of £50 millions in Treasury Bills are fully allotted at the av« rate of £1.8. 33d. This showed a fractional movement In the markets in favour. Wall Street
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    55 4 ih. Vn.iiini warden had their annual Easier Charek Parade at the loMo ..I London, when iim vera Inspected SJ Lieutenant-colonel 1.. V i.ivnii, Resident Governor ami Major of the rower. As this arms the lirsl u.uliin. Parade, the Govern** wore khaki instead of thr dress inn! Ml peacetime. Photo shews
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    DOCTOR GRADUATES GIVE A DINNER
    198 4 Singapore, Sun DELH .in i- 1 i Informality and thi sence ol the usual after-dinner peeches helped to make the dinner -11 by the latest batch ol graduates ol the College of Medicine. Singapore, to r 100 persons, Including doctors and their wive.-. Senior .students
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    Flying Club Hold Landing Competition
    176 4 Flying Club Hold Landing Competition Singapore, Sunday. \yi'l II a total error of only 16 yards Mr. Keelej won the landing competition for junior members at Hie Royal Singapore Plying Club to daw Air. Km her .son was second with an error of yards and Mrs, J. M. Allen, one
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    25 4 Mr Tan i and family ol "Penan Road, Singa month's hi lidaj at Penang Hill, n the An i time the\ for neai ly 15
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    TWO CALLS FOR FIRE BRIGADE
    87 4 I I EARLY yesterday morning the Rre bri- gade at Oeylang received call to the 14th milestone Chang] Road to pul out a tire In an attap hou The dan hough not extensive ha not certained as yet Shortly after 10 p m. last night
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    IN PARIS NOW
    87 4 pARIS renowned ki peace tune for Its 1 freedom from restrictions, has m time folio? ed the sad example ol London The "bottle-pai made I »s nee there rhe Pari curfew order enjoins the 'i >ii places ot i ntertainment d forbids the drinki alter that hour
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    BUS ACCIDENT, MANY INJURED
    117 4 r injured y< Wli three ot ttiem T< mosquito" bus in which they were trai ]m md passengers and conductor were thrown onto 'he I |p. (1 Uninjured a bus ahead of me I anoth hind," he explained later. T. bus behind overtook small bend in
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    Nazi Domestic Problems
    73 4 Extensive recruiting of women workfor Industry has created a short. ol domestic servants. Domestic servants m Increasing numbers, it is stated leav? their jobs without giving notice, to take up better paid employment in factories The German Labour Front and th > Nazi Organisation for Housewives arc
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    BANGKOK TOO HOT FOR WORK
    86 4 BANGKOK TOO HOT FOR WORK (From Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok. Sunday. THi: Premier has decided that owins to the extreme heal civil service hours, except for the Posts, CuitOtill and Railways, will commence at 7.30 a.m. daily and finish at 12 30, effective from tof morrow. Seaside ami hill stations
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    GERMAN EXECUTIONS
    26 4 GERMAN EXECUTIONS Executions in Germanv. reported in the Press, totalled 34 for the first two months of the year— 24 in January and 10 in February.
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    76 4 Fully trained and highly qualified aircraftsmen are now being turned out In large numbers by a Royal Air Force technical training school somewhere in England". Five different trades are taught at this station from which, on completion Of their courses, the airmen and apprentices pass out with the ranks of
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    A.R.P. CONTRACTS BRIBERY CHARGE
    467 5 I MM It MEN ACCUSED (From Our Own Correspondent) London. rONTRAi rS said to have been worth 54. 000.000 were mentioned in a briber} charge In which four men were remanded at B©wstreel Police Court. unce rooKS, Clem< [nn, Strand W.C Maurice Dibit 32, surveyor's indon-road,
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    48 5 nasi, drill has been n.ltletl to the curriculum of some of .-London schools. Wartime school attendance for children i tul over has now been made compulsory in London. if; the Buxton Street. London Country Council School "m, Ip« mask class in progress. -or are they having 'forty winks.
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    MIDDLE EAST FORCES READY
    288 5 JHEBE i> omething mysterious about the extent to which Britain i preparing for war in Egypt General oninion from Istanbul U \nn» M>etns to be that we are getting ready for a defensive or offensive move into the Balkans or up to the Soviet frontier, hut
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    WIFE STOPPED FIRING SQUAD
    189 5 WIFE STOPPED FIRING SQUAD HAROLD "Whitey Dahl. a lean-laced aviator from Champaign. 111., U.S. A. parachuted to the front pages in 1937 by hailing out of a Spanish Loyalist pursuit plane and landing In a Spanish Nationalist jail. Confined to a narrow prison cell with th: I morose Russians. Flyer'
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      47 5 j THANKS j General von Brauchitsch the German Commander -in Chief. S shaking hands with civilian work- 5 men who have been engaged in I the construction of the Siegfried Line. Fo r a long time there have i been rumours of dissatisfaction among these workers. W
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      108 5 The only dressing* that feeds the hair SILVIFIX HAIR CREAM gives a vigorous "alive" glossiness because it feeds the hair roots, as it containj Pure Silvikrin. It is non-greasy and does not gum the hair. SILVIFIX u the only hair cream with all the virtues of a good fixative— keeping
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    JAILED BECAUSE HE LOVED BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
    409 6 JAILED BECAUSE HE LOVED BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ARMS KING SHIM OF IRON GUARD VENGEANCE ROMANCE CAUSED RIOTS i D rxH KINO MAX AUSSt GREATEST A K mi K IX THE BALKANS, WHOSE SI yr EAJ PRISON KENT FOR FRAUD AND INFRINGEMI rLl:i OULATIONS HAS BEEN REVEALED, IS VIC- ANCE OF THE
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    'NAZIS CANT LOSE'
    92 6 i -.id y i. in bio| |»h< nil V fi tend «»i the fai inf Kii w VN i ♦.< Im non repi Ued i predU ti.it i, 'l j S find r.in< (<» i i in m ls| will M\ «•> is it Ii i v
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    GORT PRAISES CORPORAL
    81 6 I i.iiu Till gallanti ti i <oi pora] ol the !,'•>> i in. in .-rs at i base la Prance is described In General Routine ordii I sued v Lord Gort. Tin order inns; le out i i Ide between the edge if p, bumping lnt< ol
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    GIRL CAUGHT WITH ILLEGAL DOCUMENTS
    230 6 GIRL CAUGHT WITH ILLEGAL DOCUMENTS Londonderry. RVAN, a girl of 20, wearing a for coat was accused at a special court in Londonderry of possessing the magazine of a Thompson submachine gun and certain illegal documents. ♦She sat with folded arms and said: "I refuse to recognise this sccalled court
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    Censor Kept German Letters, Fined $85
    57 6 Joseph Deverell, 49-years-old postal or, of Daffodil-road, Liverpool, wai fined $85 at Liverpool under the Official Secrets Act for retaining two letters, in German which were being returned to Germany from the United States. The hearing was in camera. A further charge against him
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    London To-day
    813 7  -  H. L. HOPKIN Qn rr L on Will The War Last?: Estimates Of Five, Ten, W y ears French Government Changes Effect British Cabinet: SundTy Express Speaks Out -And Why NotP-Cntiasm Is Free Britain: Prime Minister Still Firmly In The Saddle: 71 But Very Energetic. London, Mar. 24
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    Morning Tribune MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1940. But Not Farewell
    332 7 Morning Tribune MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1940. But Not Farewell IX i few days' time His Excellency the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, will proceed on leave to Europe and he will take with him the good wishes of all the peoples of Malaya for a Bafe jOUrney home and an equally
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    Regimental Party, Dinner For French Novelist And Bukit Timah Selections
    1182 8 vi;iia Aitmioiti tii-ii.w I PEOPLE i PLACES I J Tin mmmiI hi\ pa hi part lei 1 «n |v <>ih..i- of th< Waiirhcttei ReftaNMl .«t tbeii Men it* always nio^i 11 lovable affairs and yttUef* d.i\ irai no exception to
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    Let Colour Lend Enchantment To Your Home
    624 9 Let Colour Lend Enchantment To Your Home the beading of the skirting board and that of the door panels picked out in hairbeli blue; repeat a slightly deeper shade of this colour in your floor covering. Harebell blue glazed chintz with a hem of soft apricct pink would make aelightful
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    35 9 Jade Green And Buff combine admirably in this luxurious bedroom, against oak. coloured furniture Notice the original j and very charming bedhead, into which is incorporated a convenient table, and the cleverly pleated bedspread J
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    I.R.A. CONVICTS RIOT IN DARTMOOR PRISON
    1253 10 Warder Gagged.... To Id "Be A Good Boy! |.R.A. terrorists staged d spectacular mutiny in Dartmoor Prison when they seized a warder, bound and sapped him, and then set fire to "D block, one of four main prison buildings. r |'HK FURIOUS CLANGING OF
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    TWENTY MURDERS EACH DAY IN U.S.A.
    92 11 TWENTY MURDERS EACH DAY IN U.S.A. New York. TWKNTY murders are committed every day in the United states. This fact emerges from data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Irrigation, based on figures from 207 cities with populations of 25,000 rirTSil th-re were 7314 murde;s and i genaral Increaa* In
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    KEEPING THE WAR CLEAN
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    A SMILE SHE MEANS
    44 11 It's Diana Lewis, young M.G.IM. actress who is just beginning to make the grade. She's just been given a featured role in a new film with Eddie Cantor and Eddie usually doesn't miss, so no wonder she wears a smile.
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    MOBILE BATHS FOR THE TROOPS
    193 11 THOSE who remember the verminous filth in which the forces in the trenches lived duririj the last war will envy the modern Tommy when they see these pictures. To make sure that the troops get lar baths a number of bath units tour the area
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    FOOD OFFICERS SWOOP ON WEALTHY SQUIRE
    449 12 FOOD OFFICERS SWOOP ON WEALTHY SQUIRE BLANDFOBD (DORSE! I EOOI OFFICERS WITH A SRARCH WARRANT HAVE RAIDED f THE 1.200-ACRE FARM OF MAJOR EDWARD UASiLLMAN, WEALTHY SQUIRE OF THE VILLAGE OF CHETTLfc. ALL IN THE CAUSE OF BUTTER RATIONING Ihey *ere at the l;irm for three hours iim'>tiuatin K the
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    58 12 This puture well illustrates the mobility of these light tanks on the job 1 somewhere in France." They are admirably suited for the roughest kind of work and can operate m the most uneven gTound and extri. B cate themselves from all sorts of seemingly impossible positions. They are named
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    BRITAIN AND NAZIS WILL TURN ON RUSSIANS, SAYS PEACE GROUP
    723 12 BRITAIN AND NAZIS WILL TURN ON RUSSIANS, SAYS PEACE GROUP EUROPE'S war is going to spread this spring to the Balkans and later Britain is likely to find herself fighting as a German ally against Russia. The sources for these two prophecies released the other day. are, first, the agents
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    THERE
    67 12 At last. Troops disembark- tag on their way to the front > to do battle for the Allied cause against the might of J Germany and what subser- vein v her leaders stand for. So far troop ships have been jo well conveyed bv the Bri- l tish and
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    173 15 I Wanted Adventure ...vriiivi toi.rtroii-y-r-old .laughter of a _uaii«-ii-r. wb. n nNV from licr home al Staini-s. .MUI.ILmv for U J£« -it* at Forct Cat, Willi SI Bnance I Bhtiau to I be tume." I her I with I Forest i y labhe stairs ed him
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    281 15 ALLOWANCE CHANGES FOR FORCES JHANGES in allowances for dcpendents, other than wives a 'ul children, have been announced for men serving in the 1 s during; the war. issued bv the Secretary' ■Mate for War, these changes >o to men serving in the Jj .Royal Marines, and the Ro■renrL Force
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    42 15 Washington, Apr. 6. COMMENTING on the passing of the trade agreements programme Mr. Cordell Hull. Secretary of State, reiterated that one of its objectives was "to help in creating a solid foundation for any stable peace structure to follow the war." Reuter
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    CHUNGKONG'S PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME
    90 16 I I I I I u Tur I I I mis involves three phas out of a road system, coni I eni'< He also revealed that th- I both I and a bund I Men on the CI I Chu Chi Men on the Yangtze sid
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    11 17 Ipoh Medal Golf Contest R A n,v,Mo,, B DM*- It* o_.-ltt>
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    FINE ARMY BOWLING DEFEATS THE R.N. & R.A.F.
    359 17 FINE ARMY BOWLING DEFEATS THE R.N. R.A.F. Four Batsmen Do Not Score Singapore, Sunday. WHITEING figured prominently in the cricket match between the Army against a combined team from the R.N. and the R.A.F. at the Singapore Cricket Club to-day. The Army swamped their opponents by 147 runs, and two
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    Splendid Batting By Anthony Lim
    289 17 Splendid Batting By Anthony Lim iN spite of the weather which caused most of the cricket fixtures to be cancelled, the Government Printing Department, beat the Coronation Club XI by 7.°, runs. Anthony Lim contributed a splendid unfinished 101. bitting two sixes and 19 fours As S bowler he did
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    Easy Cricket Win For St. Andrew's Old Boys
    283 17 k BRILLIANT half-century by R. Thoy was the main feature in the cricket match yesterday between the 5.A.0.8.A. and the J.C.S.A. on the latter's ground, when the 5.A.0.8.A. registered an easy win by two wickets and 94 runs. A. Armstrong and M.
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    52 17 The following will represent S.C.R.L. against R.A.M.C. at their ground at 5.15 p.m. to-cay:— Tan Huck Wan John Then. Wee Trek Beng, Swee Lin-. Swang, Ong Swvc Keng, K. T. Ooi Gan Kee Sang Low Huck Yang, Alex Tan. Un Hon Kan. Yap Mook Kim Patrick Yee. Cheong
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      200 17 Miscellaneous TRANSLATIONS undertaken. Chinese-Engl.-vise-versa. Box 709 Malaya Tribune. Smgapo.e (No. 89D; Have you k»1 Rl the Races' Buy Th Hide, on I -r\ where, and pick fOUT own winners Back intelligently. tNo. 'Di YOUNG MAN In English community, SELET*iR district keen on immation DRAMATIC CTETY II interested write Box No.
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    S.C.C. Ties For This Week
    34 18 Fl in \t\\ ii in MOKKOM v H ;i Dull H WEDNESDAI 1° Mixed DOU Mi I Pullej M w 11. M. Ward Ladies Sini Mi Ru VS. Mi
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    17 18 Sin ap< i ird ■l>' l], i team d feated th' 1
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    BOXER AT RINGSIDE SEES BROTHER KILLED
    187 18 BOXER AT RINGSIDE SEES BROTHER KILLED don. Mar. 16. PATRICK EDGBLL, _Mmb- n ear-old Nottingham hover, h.lri his mother u-terday that Im- had hum lit hi- If* and last igfct The reaaon ii th_4 on Friday night \r hi- brother, Dennis. aged nineteen, die after falling from the ring. D,
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    INDIANS BEAT FORT CANNING
    258 18 INDIANS BEAT FORT CANNING Singapore. Sunday. D ECU-JUNG their innings Ul for the loss of niiu nickek the Indian Association defeat.,! r( Canning by a margin of f] rum in .1 cricket fixture at Balcstn i i;,, a( j to-da>. Six of the Indian players en ble figures, their highest
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    S.C.R.C. GENERAL MEETING
    24 18 The annua* general meetin B.C.R.C will be held on Thu i >.30 p.m. at the Club Hou* I _im Green. f
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    Points For R. A. F.
    28 18 Singapore, Su 1 The R.A.F. < Torpedo* beat the 3ore Harbour Board by four I nil In a league soccer match play?' Seletar yesterday.
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    Saturday's Race Results
    17 19 Saturday's Race Results 1 M 01 HI ?lfi $11 I I g 115 ;oWen I'lateau ***** tickets,
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    CHINESE BEAT THE SINGAPORE COLTS
    180 19 v l the Singapore Colts by a narrow margin of 27 cricket match played at the S.C.R.C. ground yesteru I were onlv able 11 runs, N. Hav 30. HumM GammeU It not out ers. wickets for •■•■.sponsible for the total with d continuing to nen-d
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    364 19 London. Saturday luctball games plaved to day rem It ed Bristol C 0 Bristol R 1 [iff 1, Swindon 1 i i o. Plymouth 2 rquay 4 Newport 3 noni C Brentford 2, Arsenal 5. Southampton 2 0, Full ff SOUTfI rshot 2. Watlord 3
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    FRIENDLY TABLE TENNIS RESULTS
    167 19 FRIENDLY TABLE TENNIS RESULTS IN a friendly same of table tennis played at the Chinese Clerks' Association premises, the Stung 800 Association beat the Chinese Clerks' Association by seven sanies to two. The following were the results (Sionj 900 players mentioned first): Singles: Loh Kum Soon beat Sin :uan Chuan
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    325 19 FRIENDLY SOCCER AT FARRER LARCH croud witnessed a ven interesting friendlx same al soccer resterdaj al FarWt Park. when the Chun?, Man MVO-T tram met and ilei the IohOTC Cua. turns' team by the odd goal in three. Mr. W. V (iordon.llall. the District Cemuissianer of iistonis. Johore. travelled mer
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    JAPANESE NAVY MASSES FOR PACIFIC WAR GAMES
    43 20 r 1 riK !lg to ver> reuao.e ormation -J TI. on the nexl d iavy commanden had a c rh< Kulangsu Inti which the enUre on am, imably with M,_ tl P the h and Pn
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    NAZIS ADMIT ALLIED PLANES OVER GERMANY
    92 20 Bk rlin. Apt 7 a EflOH Command nits that everal i i penetrated Germany to tin rtl lay afti rhe Oerman air fore carried '"it econni ces over north and iranec a (;< rman i> ►rnier reconi ance pbM h French Cui ti mad.
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    CAROL OPENS PARLIAMENT
    17 20 CAROL OPENS PARLIAMENT K Royal message at tin- spelling of the Rumanian Parliament a feu iays ajjo.
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    CHINA LEADERS DENOUNCE WANG
    32 20 Chungking, Apr 7 IfOST "i China 1 .it the front and pri governors have publicly denounced the new Japanese-sponsored Gkr Nanking, under I reaffirmed loyalty to I Reuter
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    Allied Notes To Scandinavia
    161 20 Stockholm. Apr. 6. gWEDEN will r nrse to the* Allied notes, as made for a reply, Reuter as. S land Norv\ y first exchange views, or 3 answer before replying herself ithoritative quarters state the rfiritish note does not ask Sweden Norway to take immediate meaes
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    The Morning Tribune Monday, April 8, 1940. Special Honours For China Officers
    121 20 Chii ngking, Apr. 6. GENSKALISSIMO Chiang KauslMl has granted special hon.nn> u4 awards to General Fu Tso-m and t_c officers and men taking part in the battles resulting in the recovery of Wuyuan. a strategic city in West
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    China Export Trade Rising
    90 20 Hongkong. Apr. ti. IT is announced that a total of H.K 517.700.000 of Chinese goods were exported through Hongkong is February, 1!>40, registering an inci of 52.500.000 over the same month last year. However, the exports in Februar) $10,000,000 less than the exports avy this year,
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    STOP PRESS
    94 20 London, Apr. strong forte was needed U disperse 1.500 Communists out -ap oqj. \\_p-oj \ssrquia qui M A monstrators had gone there present a resolution of pn>u *j against tiie imprisonment of i communist deputies, foUowin meeting at Hvde Park. Cairo, Apr Queen I arida has given birth
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    SWIMMER BREAKS HIS OWN RECORD
    23 20 New York, Apr. 7. Iph Kiefer br I for 100 yards back•ed with his old recoi 33 Reuter
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