Morning Tribune, 14 August 1940

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    Masthead
    8 1 Morning Tribune -No. 166, Wednesday, August 14, 1940.
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    10 KILLED IN AIR CRASH
    346 1 10 KILLED IN AIR CRASH rBAGIC air disaster 01- (Hired a few miles from C«nhi 'rra. Australia, yester4^, when ten people, including several Cabinet Minfcters, were killed ng those who lost their Major-General Sir B White. Chief of the my General Staff. Mr. Kenneth fwstlei Street. Army Minister, j r
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    Why British Planes Are Superior
    221 1 New York, Aug. 13. Jl PERIOR fuel and lubricating oil, are assigned by the New York Times as the principal causes m the superiority of the individual British plane to the German m performance. The paper says the best aviation petrol Germany can produce has
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    Shelling Of British Coast Denied
    107 1 Shelling Of British Coast Denied London, Aug. 13. DEPORTS of shelling of the British coast from France are prominent on the front pages of American newspapers to-day, but no confirmation of the reported shelling is available m London. In the meantime, however, two were killed and a number wounde-1 t
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    AGREEMENT WITH INDO-CHINA
    106 1 AGREEMENT WITH INDO-CHINA Shanghai, Aug. 13. CCORDING to Chinese reports from Shanghai, of which there I* n0 fflcial confirmation, Franco Japanese understanding his been reached concerning IndoChina and a" pact of amity has been concluded. Shanghai, Aug. 13. ■It is ridiculous that the Chungking Government, which has experienced defeats and
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    28 NAZI BOMBERS DESTROYED IN ALL DAY BATTLE
    759 1 28 NAZI BOMBERS DESTROYED IN ALL DAY BATTLE Aerial Combat Over England bombers. Sunday's total of consisted of 12 bombers, ten fighter bombers, 19 single-engin-ed fighters, 18 twin-engined fighters and one seaplane. It |a understood that. In all between 500 and 600 German planes were engaged during yesterday Of the
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    The Duce's Troubles Beginning
    148 1 i London, Aug. 13. i I THE Italian drive m British Somaliland se*ms to have J come to a dead »*©p an* nj I further activity h feporWd i 1 either from that area > Libya. I This is probably due to i the trouble which
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    JAPANESE OPEN DISCUSSIONS
    342 2 Situation In Shanghai Tokyo, Auy. 18 A DOMEI dispatii uum Shunyhai Uiat a OOOference A between Japanese and the Commander of Foreign Troops m Shanghai has been called "to dtem ttM ilttel"--mAh <»! the withdrawal of British troops" Thr Domei Agency adds, Ir.rid ntally, the Japai.< authorities
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    ITALIANS TAKEN BY SURPRISE
    81 2 I .union. All*. 15 Till Air Ministry News Service gives fuller details of the fifjht over the Libyan Desert m which British jladiators destroyed fifteen Italian fighters. The Italians were so taken by rprise that before the last British pilot joined !n. six Italian airciait were
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    BURMA ACCIDENT
    42 2 London, Aug. 13. rouß wore killed and 21 injured when an express train from Rangoon to Mandalay was derailed. 121 miles from Rangoon last night. It If reported that the accident wto due to the removal of some plates. Reuter
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    DE VALERA TRUMPETS, "NEUTRAL EIRE"
    136 2 New York, Aug. 13. THE danger of Eire falling an easy prey to aggression, like some other countries, was vigorously discounted by Mr. De Valera m an interview given the Dublin correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor. Mr. De Valera declared that geographically the position
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    Egypt's Arab Legion Ready
    47 2 Egypt's Arab Legion Ready THE Egyptian Arab Legion, Egypt's first Bedouin cavalry army, which hud been disi ibuted along westers desert OMot| took up us strategic positions, Hid has been to wage guerrilla warharrying the enemy*! llnei of communication by night' and remaining \v sible by day
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    CEYLON MAN GETS BAR TO D. F. C.
    94 2 CEYLON MAN GETS BAR TO D. F. C. London. Aug. 13. O A F awards announced include the bar to the HFC for Actiiiß Flight. Lieutenant Adrian Hope Boyd, who by his fine leadership has enabled his flight to destroy a large number of German planes. He himself shot doun
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    MOTORINC TO VICTORY
    71 2 MOTOR INC TO VICTORY ji Britain's war^ being waged^ > m every fac- J lory business i house and mer- i chandise estab- lishmtnt m the i country. For j the war effort must not cease as loiiff as the j i Hitler menace lis alive. Here i is a
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    Nazi-Inspired Attacks On British Blockade
    439 2 Nazi -Inspired Attacks On British Blockade HOOVER PLAN CRITICISED London, Aug. 13. WHERE are incraurfHf signs of a concerted campaign, encouraged by the Nazi Press, to weaken and discredit the Brit blockade through an apftefll to the well-known philanthror the American people, declares a n editorial m The Times, wh
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    AUSTRALIAN AIR TRAGEDY: TEN KILLED
    582 3 AUSTRALIAN AIR TRAGEDY: TEN KILLED Canberra, Aug. 13. j^N appalling accident, m which ten people, Including several high Australian personages, were killed, occurred here to-day when a service plane en route from Melbourne to this city crashed near the Canberra airfield. All the Occupants Ol the plaiv meeting of the
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    Rider's Need
    31 3 Rider's Need ttinues to i r den t I I] ;it fall Th( t ih v. r-.i.in Top shows letl r'\ of int f-e *»M being un>v»(l to ceve M t'M;
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    9,120 ALIENS SENI AWAY
    139 3 9,120 ALIENS SEN I A WAY London, Aug. 13. House of Commons, re- ing to a question reUie bending of reand internees abroad, K. Attic:, said tliat ill the new s.rategic arising Irom tlie ocby Germany ot tht Countiies and half of Prance, the Governcame to the conclusion m June
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      73 3 You may remember \VT C— J /f .^>> J the story of the I "important" young yg£ A. man who told a lady v\/^"^\ after the game that 'wffi'. I f A >'i inrcc'tcd where you /^^~>v/ 4. jl that :-ame lady y/O'jld \1 1 mßrW''- -^*l 'kz'^^tK hive ffivcn
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    The Island Committee's New Play And A Garnering Of News
    941 4  - The Island Committee's New Play And A Garnering Of News VERA ARDMORE By fiaople filcuxA I THE Island committee will meet on Thursday evening to discus, casting of This Money Busin* which will be pit Dtod m Rid ol the Malaya Patriotic Fund In the last week m October and
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      106 4 Alk "My father is I~* *^l having me \&i trained m Singapore for a good job" Your father hns made a wise decision wndinc you to Pitman's, for there y\"U stMdv for your matriculation or Scr.lor Cambrldft free from nlr-rnld wurniiiKs and blackouta -hut prevent studious concentration, and nfterward* v(.i)
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    EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW
    614 5 Heading possibilities are numerous, as seen left. Shirring. French pleats, rings, straps, box pleats, plain or gathered headings all are correct. Cilass rurtains can hang to the window silt or apron, or all the way to the floor, depending o n what part of the room.
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    TIPS FOR THE TAKING
    300 5 TIPS FOR THE TAKING be cleaned successfully with hot bran. Brush well and then raise the nap with h or with glass paper. RLI PAPERS can made at hcm-j by little resin to some linseed oil boiling until the mixture beitringy paste. Leave till cool pread with a brush on
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      92 5 you can tell by the flavour it's LAMB of exceptional quality It is the very finest Lamb Australia AUSTRALIAN produces, deliriously tender a real A Tl iT X^l pleasure to cane and a delight to I 1/1 L^ taste. What better qualities could a X-L i. VX AJ joint of
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    Youth Collapsed In Dock
    158 6 Youth Collapsed In Dock SWAYING di/rilv. Paul Car. son, 18vrar-old Fura^i.t'i Irrk. collapsed and frll m the dock of the third magistrate's court yesterday upon hearing that he had to serve two months m prison on two charge* of misappropriation. Carson, who w-is employed l>v the Stall OfTlecrs' Mess. Naval
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    DON'T DO IT THIS WAY
    134 6 DON'T DO IT THIS WAY From Oa r <>"'» < «>rr» ijoiultMit Alor Mar, Au/r. 13. II young p<>ople must hu^ and kiss and "laufch Kaily" they most confine thisr activities to a private place, for to do that m public is to invite a charge °f "disorderly conduct Snch
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    SCHOOLBOY AS LEADER OF SEDITION
    759 6 SCHOOLBOY AS LEADER OF SEDITION TIIK eloquent pleas of his counsel, Mr. Richard Lim, could not save a young Chinese schoolboy, Tan Thai Tiau, from a fairly lengthy prison sentence, when he appeared before the first magistrate, Mr. Conrad Oldham, vestprdav. Tan, who is only 17, son of wealthy parents,
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    ROPE TRICK
    49 6 The Indian rope trick has bcci subject of numerous discussions. Most visit in« ma. gicians are ;^ked to give their vie it. Chans. »v!iose show opens at the Capitol to-d t> not think much of the rope tricl he prefers Western illusions, set agabttt spectacular Chinese backgrounds.
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    Bank Loses Cheques Case
    286 6 MR. JUSTICE Manning delivered jud; yesterday against the Oversea Ch. Banking Corporation m the claim brought Mr. Wee Cheong Theng for $3,500 bein^ amount paid out by the Bank on a chequ Mr. Wee was also awaraed interest at the six per cent, on the amount,
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    Witness Tells Of Money Paid To Quartermaster
    1357 7 COURT MARTIAL OF CAPT. LOVEDAY Singapore, Tuesday. A, \TIONS that he had paid $1,500 to a Quartermaster nnf. who "was making a nuisance of himself on the i certain contract, were made by a witness, Ong Kirn to-day's hearing of the court martial
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      HITLER'S FOND HOPE
      225 7 FOKMER European dictators, such as Philip of Spain and Napoleon of France, toyed with the idea of subjugating Britain. Their plans proved futile because they could not flout the inexorable laws of naval strategy. Between them and the British Isles lay the British Navy. Not even Hitler
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      NEW INVASION PLAN WILL NOT WORK
      95 7 NEW INVASION PLAN WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT means of defeating the British Navy— it is now believed by students of strategy— Hitler plans to "blast a channel across the Channel, 1 through which will pass the German transport fleet, by water and air, heavily laden with troops and instruments of
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      WILL NOT WORK
      122 7 are flaws m this rosy scheme which the amateur strategists seem to have overlooker!. The British Navy will not stand by idly while German vessels are doing 1 the mine-laying right up to the Ijritish shores, and while German warships and submarines are making their appearance m
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    THEY'RE ALL ROOT FOR ANNE SHIRLE
    387 8 THEY'RE ALL ROOT FOR ANNE SHIRLE NO girl m Hollywood is less conscious <.• 1((t Anne Shirley. Having been m pictures since she was ti mM Anne, who is now twenty is considered oik o( oi the screen. Whenever Anne finishes leaves behind a whole company of friends m safe
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    SHEARER, TAYLOR TEAMED
    80 8 NORMA SHEARER will hcve the role of the Countess von T'.< ck m Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's production of "ESCAPE" a dr ?t>; sation of the best -selling novel of contemporary lv ope ny r.rh v Vance. Miss Shearer will be COstarred with Robert Tay'or. v.ho will have the part
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    FAMOUS REVIVED NEW MU
    148 8 FAMOUS REVIVED NEW MU STANDING f«ryd of Bta| i>opul; Blue Gown" is broi public favour m F sparkling mv fi| n the BMsical coniei it first appeared, I is coming U the Reprodut tune, howevi r merely to havi Neagle. the Bn cal comedy star n title-role In thi who
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      210 8 Tk LOCAL PICTURI EVERYBODY* WAITING FOR! Screening NEXT WEEK at the CAPITOL WITH 111 l IMH AltllV I\ MALAYA M 2-Reo| snhiert produced by I ISHKRS LTD. with the co omration of the Military Authorities m Singapore. Military Tk hnical Adviser (apt. I). Ci. RUBBELLKOBFKTS. With Full Descriptive Commentary by
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    STARS KNIT FOR BRITISH TROOPS
    143 9 EST group of screen colony ien organised to help friends and relatives fighting with the British armed forces is called The name is formed the first letters of the words, "to aid British services." Nona Barrie. who has turned out half a dozen knitted aviator's
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    Dr. Cyclops A Man Or Monster?
    67 9 Dr. Cyclops A Man Or Monster? A MiEKT DEKKER, young character actor, pla\s one of the most amazing roles ever given a Him actor m l*aramount's technicolour adventure picture. •Dr. Cyclops/* He lias the part of a mad scientist, who discovers a way to reduce humans to one-fifth their normal
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    Powell, Loy, Pidgeon In New Film
    84 9 WILLIAM POWELL and Mynia Loy will next be co-starred by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer m "I Love You Again," which W. S. Van Dyke II will direct, with Lawrence Wemgarten producing. The last teaming of the two stars was m "Another Thin Man," also directed by Van
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    Her Heart Doesn't Belong To Daddy Any More!
    59 9 Her Heart Doesn't Belong To Dad dy Any More! roon i n v. Marx Martin was almost unknown until there was written for her a My Heart Rf longs to Had dy." Mary (now a Paramount starlet) has just married a Hollywood .studio official, Richard (Dftck) Hailiday. at las Vegas.
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      144 9 J IMU Tlll^ tllA/Y GAXCi W^'% There's gold m them thar hills and laughter m jmL <^/i fliiit fhiir film FLANAGAN ALLEN NAUGHTON GOLD vjf Those Crazy Gangsters are loose &§osfioW again- run nmg riot m frozen MOORE MARRIOTT DT^ Iv '^7 iaSKa press praise QfrlT^Yfs^ ie Cry/A Lj3ng| III!
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    Former Raffles Museum Director Dies In London
    252 10 l/onrlon. Aufc. 13. T)K. K:irl Richard H«niUch, former Director of Raffles iMuseuM, died to-day at his home m Oxford at the axe of B<i ye-rs. He was one of the world's mont dislinjruished zooloIfisl^. Dr Kvl Bftehard Hanitst-li, Ph. D U(i..< MA fOxon.i,
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    Forced In Plane And Wed
    158 10 Forced In Plane And Wed A BEAUTIFUL 18- 1 year-old scnorita's breathless story of an aeroplane abduction and how she subsequently escaped m another plane, wen for her to-day m Los Angeles the annulment of her forced marriage to a romantic Mexican general. The senorita, wiiose maiden name was not
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    NOT LAUGHING JACKASS, BUT A GRINNING CAT
    79 10 NOT LAUGHING JACKASS, BUT A GRINNING CAT "Smile,'' said, Ihe photograph-' <r, and tn i s pketogtnic cat dutifully obliged. Th'j cat was found starving n (i< Iden Gat? Park, m San Francisco. His ancestry is doubtful, but he has all the appearance of a yellow striped Persian. The cat
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    TIN OF CIGARETTES COST HIM $30
    115 10 POR stealing a tin of cigarettes, f s. J. Thaman Pillai, 23-year-old Malabari employed m the Naval Stores Department, m the Naval Base, was fined $30 and given a day's imprisonment by the third magistrate. Mr. J. G. Rappoport. yesterday. Pillai delivered some baggage
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    LAWYER' CLERK CHARGED
    328 10 LA WYER' CLERK CHARGED ILLLGED to have m. Ip J priated $95 with v■„ h M had betn entrusted b> h, s f j plover, Mr. Chong Th P 9 on Nov 1, 1939, and also M have forced an indent n r J May 14, by altering th, Mate
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    German Revolver Story
    65 12 German Revolver Story U/HILI. "in-.' Hani m Kdin-bu-'h. police took into tody a Britiahborn Itattai pected of i 4 fth columnist vities It is tll< that m his house they took possession of a modern German revolver m a bolster, with leather wrist strap, and supply of Gcrmannwnifact v red
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    CHINESE BOUND OVER
    104 12 CHINESE BOUND OVER 6inga£)ore, Tuesday. A, YOUNG Chinese, Teo Ah Hok was o-day bound over oy ctinpt fifth magistrate, Mr. Oon Khy? Kiang, In the sum of $50 to be of good behaviour for rij months when he wai convicted on a chaia of obstructing a police constable who was
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    ALLEGED TO HAVE HAD SEDITIOUS BOOK
    90 12 ALLEGED TO HAVE HAD SEDITIOUS BOOK (From Our 0? Correspondent! Muar, Aug. 13 lAU Cheng Hong. 2 -'young Chinese was to-day produced before Mr. SJV. Baka: First Magistrate ana charged with being m possession of a i ditious public atioi issued by the MafcjJ Communist Political Bureau The accused arrested
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    BABY BORN IN AIR RAID
    138 13 BABY BORN IN AIR RAID lURING an air' 1 aid alarm, the matrrnity ui-.ii of a llamp- shire hospital \v«.rkid calmly m an underground ward. Before the All > Clear mounded, the patient had f gtVCa birtli to a daughter. Antl aircraft fire could be hi aid m the un-
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    Would Have Been Shot In Germany
    146 13 Would Have Been Shot In Germany ADETECTTVK who had an urgent phone call to make was kept waiting seven minutes by Herbert. Talbot, a Clapham taxi-c a b owner, who was m the kiosk Talbot was fined £1 for obstructing the detective, and Mr. Claude Mv 1 1 m s
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    Davis Cup Players Returning
    95 14 Davis Cup Players Returning THK Davis (up players, Klki Sin Xli and Pat lluelir will be coming to SingapoHagain to pla> matches ir ranged by the S .C.R.C m aid of Malaya Patriotic and China Relief Funds. The matches will b»- played on the S.C.K.C. com Is M Auk. 22
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    SPORTS DIARY
    77 14 TO-DAY Div I. SRC. V. Loyals, Stadium, Div. UK. .1 C B.A. v. S.C. FA B. 11 J C.B.A. Lavender Sired Accident An accident occurred yesterday afternoon In Lavender street when i iv cyclist and i < pede lan were reported to ii. i en knock* d flown
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    Skinner's 3 For Loyals' Reserves
    369 14 THI Loyals Reserves pl»d I flve-one victory over the 1 Malay Reserves ystnclay on the Stadium m a leseiu m badly to the Sccnd and were mostly reduced to the role '.irhr.'Hl' Fmmht 0U( under a steady dnz- the match, nevertheless, provided bright football The
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    53 14 London. Aug. 13. Favourable new.s of recent air rctivit* is responsible for a marked with a consequent up-movement Vith a monsequent up-movement t'J prices m dl sections, under the i 'ad of KiH -edged industrials. More buying fa reported, but practically au groups m W r ul Street
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    "TAILS AND SLEEVES UP" SAYS CHIEF SCOUT
    77 14 "TAILS and sleeves up" call to Scouts has been n sent by lord Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout from his Kenya home. "You have done gmnd work behind the scenea already, 1 states the message, -'but as fight m 8 has r-'rown more desperate
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    BISHOP TROUNCES SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES
    167 14 "I am old enough to remember the time when 1 people spoke freely of the 'upper and lower clasw-.' but I have never ceased to wonder which is which." said the Bishop of Ely (Dr. Hey wood), at the Fly Diocesan Conference. "Arc the social butterflies—
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    READY FOR SABATINO
    67 14 The fine pliy sique of Moham ed Fahmv, tli c Egyptian middle weigh 1 champion, is well displayed m this pose by tin boxer here. Fahmy, \v h o recently arrived back m Singapore from Colombo, will meet Atilia Sabatino, Puerto Rico Nesro. recently the conqueror of
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      TIN
      15 15 London, Aug. 13. £263 Buyers £263' 4 Sellers p £2633 4 Buyers £264 Sellers
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      27 15 London. Aug. 13. Steady 1 13» 8 13-, 13 i Jo 3 1 4 |i Oct Dec. 13 13' 3 lift 12 15 16 12*8 124
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      LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
      78 15 London, Aug. 13. SS Q >er 28 1.2 Eml Electric ?9 3 In. 20 101, r -bacco »0-glo-Dutch 14 9 Pacific j In. Trust 24--l;4 l 2 Kintas 10J7J/2 idon Asiatics 31--m ;> An as 41 3 v Tr. < bearer) 31 10 2 99 15 16
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      37 15 London. Aug. 13. don on Paris 1 London on Batavia 7.58* London on Is. 3 1 32 d. .don on hai 4s. Is. 2 B d. lon oo 4 02i 2 to 4.C3»2 Official Rate.
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      BULLION MARKET
      17 15 London, Aug. 13. krer 23 v "onvard 22 5 a r G per oz. £8.8.0
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      PRODUCE
      49 15 London. Aug. 13. an drums. Im Oil (Malay) m -S'm *19 1 A r F.M.S.) Unquoted Sarawak) 15- AugSept, Value -.'d Pearl. Singapore) 27 6 Aug Sept. Sellers \Q) White Jept. S'rnent. 4! s Value Black pt. S'ment. 2 15 16 Vtlil Mark) Sept. 30- Aug. Sept. Nominal
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    JOHN GARFIELD AT ALHAMBRA
    180 15 lISINO the John Garfteld-Claude v Rains team once again, Warner Brothers have produced another picture to remember m •Saturdays Children," which opened at the Alhambra last night. Both Garfield and Rains turn out hearty performances m this story of the life a family picked out from
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    Sparkling Comedy At The Cathay
    124 15 fWO's company, but when four men meet the same girl and want to keep house with her, it's a comedy of errors. So it is m the Cathay picture, Housekeeper's Daughter," which opened last night to good houses. With Adolphe Menjou at his best, and
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    HEARING OF DAMAGES SUIT ADJOURNED
    108 15 AT the end of the second day's hearing yesterday of the suit brought by Vellama, 45-year-old widow, claiming damages against two motor firms, Eng and Co. and the Seletar Bus Company, for the loss of her right arm which was removed following a collision m
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    FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST 20 SOLDIERS DROPPED
    148 15 Following an for twenty <>'> the National Defence Corps to pay 27». &J. country publican, summonses anainst the men obtaining drink on credit by false pretenc fraud and for conspiracy, were withdrawn at Durham It was pointed out that the allegation of fi gainst
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    Wife To Keep Radio
    76 15 "THESE are not I times when t we should take uirH ess sets from people if we can help it. j heople listen to the news and it dees help to^ 1 maintain con- i fldence." j That is what the Registrar of Bromley (Kent) I
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    EUROPEANS IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
    89 15 U>OUR Europeans we:c I involved m a motor accident early yesterday morning m East Coast Road when car m which they were travelling was m collision with a lorry, resulting PI three of them being injured. One of them, who received wounds on both leus were
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    Thumbs Up
    50 15 Thumbs Up Ihis "Defiant" squ.utron j< tonntrd for 37 enemy ainraft m one da y without lo*» to it*«)f. (fur air gunner alone -hot down e.Rht irl thr enemy m one encounIcr. II«re, la \hc picture alxvr, another load of air gunners m prorecding to tJicir aircraft for another patrol.
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    Fortnightly Club
    88 15 rE usual mwtinu of the Fo;tnighily Club was held on Monday, August 12, when the club visited the Phoenix Aerated Waters Factory, and spent a mrjst enjoyable morning liftfenthg to and insrpectlng \h<* procfsse.; of producing B<rated w; tett. The Pr. sident expressed the thanks of the Club
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    42 15 While walking on the road near Telok Blanch last night, a 57--year-old Chinese was knocked down by a military truck, aa a result of which he .sustained a severe wound on the body and had to bf sent to the General Hospital
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      11 15 IMSSEXGER'S BAGGAGE South British Insurance Co., Ltd. Ti. J926 Flnlayson Green.
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    BRITAIN'S 60-A-DAY FIGHTERS READY FOR BLITZKRIEG
    375 16 BRITAIN'S 60-A-DAY FIGHTERS READY FOR BLITZKRIEG LONDON AUG. IS. RIWTKK'S AIB CORRKSIUINDKNT SAYS THAT THE R.A.F RECOGNISES THAT THE NEW AND MORE DETERMINED WAVE OF AIR ATTACKS ON BRITAIN WHICH BEGAN ON THURSDAY. HAS YET TO REACH THE "BLITZKRIEG" FORCE OI WHICH GERMAN! IB CAPABLE. M Enemy formations aiv hardly
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    MALAYA TO ATTEND WAR SUPPLIES TALKS
    35 16 London, Aug. 13. It Ls learned fiom Singapore that ?vlalaya has accepted the invitation u> the Empire conference on war supplies fa be held th Delhi m October. Reuter
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    42 16 Bombay, Aug. 13: A cheque for £75.000 towards the creation of an Indian Air Squadron and a draft for £11,000 for the Koyal Air Force were handed to the Viceroy by Sir Homi Mody, Chairman of the Bombay War (iifts Committee. Reuter
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    Life In The Three War Capitals
    145 16 An Angle On (Reuters Special Commentary) London, Aug. 13. THE New York Post have devoted a full-page to reports of their daily lives by their correspondents m London, Berlin and Rome. Stoneman, London correspondent, headed his article, "Life for British runs along calmly, war
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    Exaggeration
    96 16 London, \usj. 13. GERMANY claimed to have sunk during the week-end of Aug. 5. 232.743 tons of merchant shipping, but the Admiralty, after checking the figures of British and neutral losses, stated to-day that these losses only amounted to 75,124 tons. These consisted of 13 British ships, total, ling
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    90 16 Wednesday. August 14, 1940 Miss Jean Batt, v the famous Austrt lian air woman n#u dr^' M ambulance cor* which Col j Ba! d win Weub ,s lono rary secretary, m* Batten, who d rove an ambulance jire sented by th« D at ham Miners M) ciation. was
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    FIGHTING IN BRITISH SOMALILAND BEGINS
    122 16 Cairo. Aug. 13. A COMMUNIQUE states that m Somaliland have now been received of a general attac our positions covering the Jugangan pass on Au^ Despite intensive support by low-flying aircraft, a were broken up and repulsed by our artilki; small arms fire. In one
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    STOP PRESS
    161 16 London. Au;. l.;. In the House of Lords. Lord Da vies asked whether it was the intention of Government to re. cognise Haile Selassie v the lawful ruler of Ethiopia and whether we proposed to tjive hirj all aid within our power to over. throw the aggressor and
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    Modernising The Red Army
    139 16 Moscow, Aug. 13. STALIN'S decision to abolish the offices of political fiomml— fl m the Red Army is regarded as one of the most important developments m the campaign to increase the efficiency of the Soviet forces Hitherto, these commissars enjoyed the same rank as military
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