Morning Tribune, 19 December 1941

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  • 35 1 (5 trnw; I S M.I S i:X< lII* 1.900 l» \ll.\ I Morning Tribune Vol. 6— Xo. 275, Friday, December 19, 1941. Mil SAIiKK RMTKP 1 •<>" l» M I Morning Tribune Friday, December 19, 1941.
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  • 1526 1 ALLIES MOVE INTO TIMOR: JAP PLAN FOILED London, Dec. 18. HUTCH and Australian forces have entered the Portuguese island of Timor. The German radio quotes a Lisbon message as saying that Australian and Indian troops have entered Timor. The news of Allied landing m Timor is confirmed by the Netherlands
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  • 178 1  -  Annalist (By London, Dee. 18. THE occupation of Timor knocks one of the potential stepping stones a»ong the South Sea Islands from tinder Japan's feet. The Portuguese aerodpo»e at Dilli. m Timor, is only 4W miles from Port Darwin, North Australia. Japan "extracted" an agreement from Portugal last
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  • 194 1 Stockholm, Dec. 18. THE Germans have finally abandoned all mobile fighting on the Eastern Front during the Winter. A Berlin spokesman yesterday admit I led that the German troops are discing themselves m along the entire front and do not intend to launch
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  • 83 1 Manila, Wet. 18. THE police here have tightened their watch for subversive activities. They have "warned nationals of Axis countries who have not been taken into custody to avoid suspicious activities. These people include Spaniards. Hungari- ans. some Frenchmen, Austrians and Chinese of the
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  • 15 1 LONDON. DEC. 18.— H.BJT THE DUCHFSS OF (iLOLTESTKK HAS <;IVFN niRTII TO A SON- REUTER
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  • 326 1 rjUli unnln Mai da pprQachlng .n\ Bald General Sir Archibald Wa- 11 c at hla Head re ii" added, that due i" the Japanese 1 ludden, treacherous tttack, they had secured certain preiirninarj ;md the situation In northtfalaira was certainly causing some tnxlety "Hiough the British mi^ht
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  • 137 1 London, Dec. 18. The reason for the ADied occupation of Portuguese Timor is given m a Dutch communique which states: •Recent Japanese submarine activity off Timor makes it an unavoidable necessity to safeguard tno territory against Japanese aggression and to prevent its use as a base against Allied
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  • 104 1 JBatavia. Dec. 18.— Two direct bomb hits on a Japan* f cruiser, are announced m a N.E.I, communique issued here today. The communique says: During operations, the Dut'\i Naval planes at Mill scored direct hits on a Japanese cruiser, not a destroyer aa .stated m an earlier report. Fiymg nbout
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  • 1181 2 Malaya's Defenders Take Heavy Toll Of The Enemy (Tide Will Turn And We Shall Prevail TH AT the enemy is paying dearly lor every inch he is stealing, was the opinion expressed by an officer, who has just returned to Singapore from the North West Malayan. frot»t, m a talk
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  • 202 2 NEWS BREVETIES San Francisco, Dec. 18. THE Russian armies ill 1941, by incredible .stubboi)i resistance and the. unbreakable scorched earth policy, have baulked Hitler just as their forefathers baulked Napoleon. Bad weather cannot explain the defeat of Rostov, where an apparent Soviet disaster has been transformed into c German rout
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  • 79 2 Young Patient rE youngest patient ever to under|go an operation for appendicitis— a batof I only five weeks old is making a "perfect (recovery" so fat as the operation U concerned in u London hospital. He is John Mllford. and hi£ parents took him to the Queen's Hospital for Children.
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    • 782 2 I Cflf»lff«* ?%4*l Tin- k'tta Flour contr lest Order IMI. ha« been brought force to oQU^erve stockjs and enaWe thrt s9cUoa of tho puplic who ea| Atta Ftom w obtain regular supplies witiiout difliculty. The schpme fellow* closely the scheme wl>ic h is operating: for the distribution of rice. Private
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    • 107 2 Situations Vacant Vacancies exist at Naval Base, Singapore, for Chargemen of Shipwrights, Shiprittera and Joiners, i Applicants must be British subjects of British parentage, should be skilled mechanics and be capable of taking full charge of a gang oi 30 to 40 Asiatics. Further particulars from Chief Constructor, to whom
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    • 128 2 NOTICE Singapore Municipality THNDSftS TENDERS are now Invited for the following materials or servlee. Por particular* »cc Municipal Secretariat TENDER D»te of ClQaUlt Supply of Standard Hlgn Pressure Copper Tuoea. 4 p.m. 5 Janimry \941. Supply of Siulce Valves for Water for period 1f5|42 to 30(4|43. 4 p.m. 9 April
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  • 153 3 Unity Is Strength LiOimun, ucc. 10. BRITAIN, America and Russia are inter-dependent," nays the London Daily Herald m an editorial to-day (Thursday). "None of them can win the war alone. China, the Dutch East Indies and every inch of free territoi y are precious to our cause. "If Jap*n should
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  • 136 3 Washington, Dec. 17, MR. Stimson, the United State War Secretary, stated that to< United States entry into the wai had not stopped Lease -Lend aid t< the Allies, but the attack on Pear Harbour had necessitated "momentarily" stopping shipments abroac to enable a check to
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  • Indian News Pars
    • 41 3 New York, Dec. 17. OIK Girja Shan'O kar Bajpai, India's Agent Oenerai to the United states, assured the United States that India would be able to raise an army of d.U00.000 men; fully 'equipped with modern machines and tools of wur.
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    • 101 3 Calcutta, Dec. 17. The question of the rise m price* ot foodstun 1 s was one of the m os t important which the new Bengal Ministry would consider, said the Government spokesman m the Bengal Legislative Council, urging the co-opera-tioh of all Government members to meet the situation. Owing
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    • 68 3 Bombay, Dec. 17. As a result of the! war with Japan, civil; defence measures are being intensified everywhere m India. The Bombay Corpora-; tion this afternoon discussed a. R. P.! schemes. In Calcutta, Victoria Memorial treasures are beingr removed to safety, according to a plan approved by the Government of
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    • 58 3 Madras, Dec. 17. Madras ha« given another Rs. 4 lakhs to the Air Ministry m London to buy aircraft for the Madras Squadron. This brings the Provinces; total contribution to the Air Ministry tot Rs. 1 crore 54 lakhs. Donations from the West Godavari district have resulted m: a four-englned
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    • 29 3 New Delhi, Dec. 17. To prevent the spread of rumours, the Government hasj issued a statement emphasising that no news should be believed until it has been officially confirmed.
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    • 53 3 London, Dec 18. pERMANS are offerU ing farmers their furniture for food Money failed to tempt the farmers. But the farmers know their duty, and know that' the German food! supply is assured only if all the people do. their best to get rid of hoarders, says the "Danziger Vorposten."
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  • 300 3 Upndon, lx;c. id. ASUOGRfcTION thut ;ui attempt should be marie to ond the present deadlock m India is put forward In an Bvening Standard editorial. It W>s that war has reached the gates of India and In India the political deadlock appears no nearer solution
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  • 130 3 We ioritf. from nV partis m th'f- rountry <.mtrn *o see ;> trfst\ Btart In IiKiia." st.-.te 8tr Oeorg* Schuster and hvtward Thon.pscn In a letter to The 1 lines, d.-.U'ci Thursday Japans ttireal is now imminent, and Indi» must stand \ij> to thb» wTiil» th« British and American powers
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  • 60 3 London Dec. 18. Lord Wllifn^do^ (former Viceroy of fndia, and fwtoer GOveraor-Genqrai of Caa*d«V left £120,000. according to his will wbich mi published on Wednesday Hp left £I,os to his wife. £10.000. .»nd ahtm la t&» Canada Mines Limited to- Ms mm. and thfe residue to his
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  • 19 3 London, Dec. 18,:— Last ntgfct bQfmfcer* of the RAF a«*o*»d the' d«dfe Bre«t, It is learned m London,— neuttt
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  • Cable News From Down Under'
    • 66 4 Melbourne, Dec. ip>. I Thk Federal Parliament adjourned last night after a two days' emergency ses- I lion. Parliament passed a new Wartime Wages Tax Bill. Introduced on the previous I day. The Act prothat military under £200 shall oe cxfiiipi from the ipertax, which Lns on the ordiLvil income
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    • 153 4 The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced that the Advisory War Council's r eco m m e n dations hereafter will cover international quesj affecting Australia; the higher strategy of war; reviews of the naval, military, and air situation In consultation with service chiefs; and war policy generally. He has told
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    • 82 4 Both union and employers' representatives have criticised the Government's holiday ban during the Christmas and New Year period, contending that the ban would cause chaos in some sections and impose unnecessary difficulties in others that are capable of making own arrangements without adversely affecting the war effort. The present arrangement
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    • 31 4 The Federal Government yesterday directed suspension of 300 petrol users' licences in the bu. 1ness and commercial category because it was discovered that the holders were using petrol for n.mbusiness purposes.
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    • 34 4 According to Berlin radio, Australia had its first air raid yesterday, when Poit Albert, a Victorian .fishing village near Wilson's Promontorj was "attacked by the Japanese Air Force." Port Albert knew nothing about it.
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  • PARAS
    • 42 5 Stockholm, Doc. 18. VYPHUS is raging in I German-occupied Russia and Poland, .say Berlin reports. Thousands are reported to be dying. The disease was spread by Germans retreat ing from the Moscow Front, asserts the pro-Nazi Swedish paper, "Aftonbladet." By Special Cable».
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    • 70 5 The Minister for the Army (Mr. F. N. T. Fordo i announced I that the King had granted permission lor Lieut. -Gen. Sir I ven MacKay. G.O.C. Home Forces, MajorBen, s. F. Roweii. deputy C.G.S.. and Brigadier D. D. Paine, Corps Headquarters. A.I.F. Middle East, to accept and wear the
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  • 105 5 Pi toi la, Dec. 18. GENERAL BmuU, the South African Prime Minister, m a Christmas r< to the. South Africanr rcos. says tho < miilg year will call for sacrifice; and a great devo-' tion to duty. The men and women of Soutn Africa had faced the
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  • 380 5 London, Dec. 18. WITH tii«' evacuation of the Kowloon Peninsula un the Chinese mainland, the siege of Hong Kong was begun, states The Times m an editorial, which Rdda thai although the Colony has always beer regarded as one of the remoter outposts of the British Empire,
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  • 94 5 Washington, Dec. is. rpilK House of Rrprrsi i,t;it ives srnt to President Roosevelt lor his figtMitur* to-day the legislation giving President Roosevelt eensonhlp and oth«' r broad powers. r '■]■<■ tiv to Increase our nrnriurtion Droi ramme. We are st.ll m a wbetfcer T<il > We«
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  • 426 5 Singapore 'Drome Staff Praised »> ING las! v<(! :M '-'»< k <•" f Singapore s I i ;.,lv in-!i.iviuiir oi the Special Technical v this station l( has been revealed, was most notk he; lint valuable assi tance la saanj ways wlii.-h sarned praise from all siih«. 1 corp <
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  • 174 5 Chicago, Dec. 18. RICHARD MOWRER, "Chicago Daily News" correspondent, who has been at the front m Libya says to-day that two occurrences indicate the desperate condition of the Axis armies and foresnadow a Lain m the momentum o! the British offensive. The first was
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  • Morning Tribune
    • 333 6 IViL shock which vibrated throughout the Far East m consequent v ol Japan's unprovoked and treacherous attack on the Democracies has now subsided. Admittedly, there was much at lirst to cause many people deep concern, but as we are now settling down to view things m the true
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  • 180 6 THE Malaya War Distress Fund, the intended formation of which was announced by His Excellency the Governor m his latest broadcast, has now been inaugurated. Mr. Edwin A. Brown (whose address is the Film Censor's Office, Maxwell Road, Singapore) has been appointed the honorary
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  • 78 6 WAR welfare work m Malaya has benefited by $50,000, this sum having been voted by Messrs. Wearne Bros., Ltd., at their annual general meeting yesterday. Mr T. J. B. Wearne, presiding, said that the idea was to request the Government to appoint a committee comprising welfare
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  • 172 6 THE population of Singapore II urgently asked to assist m the construction of slit trenches as protection against air raids. A size which hAj already been proved by the R.A.F t3 be suitable h 11 feet !cng, three feet deep, and three feet wide at
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  • 169 6 |7OK thr- purpuee ot securing the trial nnd punishment oi offender! m any places m the Colony In which, by reason of recent or tpprenended enemy action, the military situation is such that criminal Justice cannot be ;idmlnistered by the ordinary courU with sufficient expedition,
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  • 56 6 rnHE rommittee of thr Indian Youth L— gU» has decided to throw open the DremlMi of the league ;it 118, Race Course ROM, to pcoplp who ch'slro .^lirlter thero The League is also requisitioning the fcervlces of its social service corps to render every assistance to the people of Singapore
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  • 268 6 ALL SINGAPOREANS TO BE REGISTERED JNI<: Government proposes to register every individual In the Settlement of Singapore. This registration which will be termed "Security Registration" is for the purpose of identifying everybody] for his own safety and that of the Settlement alike. it is naraiy necessary to point out how
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  • 31 6 IT IS NOTIFIED FOR GENE- RAL INFORMATION THAT FROM JANUARY 1, 1942. ON- WARDS THE BASIC RATION FOR PRIVATE CARS WILL BE REDUCED BY APPROXIMATELY 50 PER CENT.
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  • 104 6 Food Courses Cut In Hotels i AN Order has In vn made unc!» r the Food Control J Ordinance to restrict (he S number of courses m meals i m hofrls, restaurants, clubs, r boardins houses, canteens, j S etc. i I The main objcrl of the t i Order
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  • 181 7 Paratroops: A Warning 'rili: attention of the public is drawn to the fart that at a latd Alte enemy parachutists may attempt to land on British territory. Members of the civil population should remember that the object of the parachutists is to proceed as fast as possib'c to some Vital
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  • 96 7 TIIF fact thai the lives of othrrs were being endangered by mi h.uhd ligh'.s being switched on during the hours of darkness was stressed By Mr. C If Whitton, the district traffic magistrate, when he imposed a fine of $500. m cfeiault, five months' simple imprisonment, on
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  • 109 7 VOLUNTEERS are required for the duty of keeping people away from aircraft, whether our own or of the enemy, which have been brought d wn m or near inhabited areas In Malaya, until the RAF. can examine them. It Is most Important that nothing should
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  • 30 7 The Kt. Hon. A. Duff- Cooper, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, will ffive a talk from the Singapore station of the M.B.C. at 8.45 p.m. to-day.
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  • 43 7 Chungking, DM. 17: Sir Archibald <'lark-K«i t, Hritish Ambassador to China, called on the Fort-inn Minister. Dr Quo Tnl-chi yesterday and had a lengthy conversation with him. The nature of the discussions Is not revealed. Central News.
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  • 221 7 BATAVIA NEWS BRIEFS Batavia, Dec. 18: The Governor General of the Netherlands East Indies has received a telegram from the Netherlanders m Argentina, expressing confidence m his leadership and victory for N.E.I, forces. An uninterrupted stream of loyal expressions continue to reach His Excellency, showing that the entire N.E.I, population
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  • 180 7 Chungking, Dec. 18. THE Government's food administration has been registemg sati lactoiy progress," said Dr. Wang Shih-chieh, Government spokesman, at a press conference. ••Of the 12.000.000 shin tan (standard piculsi of paddy rice to b- collected irom Szechuan this year, nearly 10,000.000 shin tan have already come
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  • 622 7  - WAR DISTRESS FUND BENEFITS Lorraine Streeter By TOR some months Mr*. n Stringer has been collecting money for a vehicle t< be presented to the Queen's Messenger service at Home but as the cheque hasn't been I sent off yet she has decided I to Rive it to the Malaya
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  • 474 8 Enetny /•>/// We treat In Übyu P Cairo, Dec. 18. E Axis forces m Eastern Cyrenaica are now m full retreat, says an official communique. After five days of intensive fighting m which all remaining Germs 1 and Italian resources had been thrown into the
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  • 74 8 ALTHOUGH Lon- doners expected to see many dead pigeons after bombIngs, not a single ca- sualty m the capital's pigeon colony has been reported. Mr. D. A Rawlence. an official bird watcher, said: "When a bomb explodes near them the pigeons fly up, circle round, and return m
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  • 171 8 MOVE FOR JOINT WAR COUNCIL FOR ALLIES London. Doc. 18. •pIIKKK is increasing advocacy among British circles for the formation of a Supreme Allied War Council, which will be the most powerful alliance of World Powers m history. Simultaneous consultations are being carried on m London, Washington and Moscow and
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  • 105 8 A DIRECTION for a strange fishing competition m Loch Leven the compel iI tor catching the heav iest basket of trout to receive 125 and to t h r o w deceased's ashes into the loch j was included m the will of Mr. Oeorge Percy Trentham. of
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  • 160 8 DOGS lost m air raids will now have only three days to live— if not claimed by their owners— instead ot eight days. This is a new defend* i regulation apply m i to the whole of the United Kingdom, made, it is thought, to save
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