Morning Tribune, 20 December 1941

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  • 17 1 (5 Cents) Mil SALES EXCEED 4,90€ DAILY. Morning Tribune Vol. 6 No. 27(>, Saturday, December 20 1941.
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  • 521 1 RENEWED FIGHTINTG IN KEDAH: PENANG GARRISON LEAVE THOUGH an official communique issued by the Geneial Headquarters, Far East, at 7.30 p.m. yesterday described the situation on both the Malayan fronts (Kcdah and Kelantan) as quiet, reports from London received later at night refer to renewed fighting on the two fronts.
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  • 1228 1  -  Duff Cooper *'THK Mm s grave to-night. Our forces have been obliged to retreat in the north-west of Malaya, and as this retreat exposes Penang to ■ittack and we have not suflicient troops with which to garrison it, it has been necessary to evacuate
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  • 123 1 Washington, Dec. 19. COL. I KANK KXOX, Secretary for the Navy, has warned the United States not to wider-estimate the combined military and naval power of the Axis. I Axis forces in the Far Bast, he said, included armies which until recently had carried everything before them.
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  • 112 1 Washington, Dec. 19. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT will broadcast to the nation his Christmas message to the people whci he and Mrs. Roosevelt attend the ceremony 01 lighting the Christmas tree in the White House grounds on Cnristmas Eve. The broadcast will take place shortly after 10 p.m.
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  • 107 1 Moscow, Dec. 19. THE recaptuic by Soviet troops of an important railway junction on the Leningrad front yesterday is reported by the newspaper Isvestia's Special Correspondent. The troops in this sector of the front have, during the past few days, been continuing th*- destruction of the large
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  • 263 1  -  Patrick Crosse (By Bth Army 11. Q.. Dec. 19. GENERAL ROMMEL is on the run again. His combined arm. Hired divisions have been attacked in the rear by a British armoured force which had swept round his right flank some 20 miles southwest of Gambia. He
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  • 813 1 PART OF HO NG KONG STILL HELD BY DEFENDERS Latest information received in London at 2 p.m. (G.M.T.) stated that the garrison was still holding part of Hong Kong. The Japanese have effected a considerable landing at Hong Kong. Heavy fighting is going on and the position is serious, it
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  • 147 2 NEWS BREVITIES K ■Tl.l I C. Red Ainu a\ is a good fighter. In ihv evenings, he reads to hifl comrades the different war news. He explains aviation's role in the war, Japanese-Ameri-can relations and Stalin's speeches. The soldiers know he improves their education and strengthens the Red Army morale.
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  • 106 2 Manila, Dec. 18. AN appeal for all out effort against the Japanese, especially by the people behind the lines, was made by President Quezon, in a broadcast to the Philippines yesterday. "We are resisting effectively on all f rents and the situation is under control.
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  • 35 2 Butavia, Dec. 19 —The N.E.I. Red Cros*. lully mobilised, ha 8 made all the necessary provisions In connection vith the war. When the time for uctlou comes. It can go into operation without delay Reuter
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  • 121 2 New York., Dec. 18. HITLER was met on the Eastern Front by a powerful force and there he met his first defeat. Despite the initial advance of the Nazis, theie came the full punch of the Russian winter. Stalin produced a series of Sunday
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  • 90 2 Stockholm, Doc. 18. FRITZ CLAUSEN, leadei of the Danish quisling party, admits the Danes hate the Germans. Only Danish volunteers on the Eastern Front :an be really considered to have joined the Anti-Comintern Pact," he says. The Nazi-Danish paper. "Akademisk Aktlon." complains: "A miserable majority of university
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  • 74 2 Moscow. Dec. 18. JHE Red Army has now unleashed its greatest major offensive. General Zhukov. assisted by more than 20 generals, has assembled a great attacking force which includes tens oi tliousands of cavalry Once Hitler's main objective. Moscow has now been changed into a base for
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  • 125 2 I Washington. Dec. 19. 1 WAR contracts including one of j $10,000,000 fof the makitlg of guns for the British Government was referred to in the course of evidence by a New York promoter, Frank Cohen, before the Senate Defence Investigating Committee.; Cohen denied getting any help
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  • 295 2 FINNS ON THE DEFENSIVE London, Dec. f\S the iVoni south oi Moscow, the German troop*, having withdrawn from Shchekino, south of Tula, continue their swift movement to the South, endeavouring to avoid engagements wit h pursuing Russian forces. West of Moscow, tierce fighting is reported In progress w<*st of Istra
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  • 96 2 Washington Doc. 19. pHESIDENT Roosevelt has signed the legislation giving him new I'dministrative authority to prosecute the war. The powers, which re -enact and extend those granted to President Woodrow Wilson, iv(hide: 1 The establishment of a censorship over all forms of foreign communication; <2> The redistribution
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  • 104 2 Wanted A man With 'Blitz' Mind Sydney, !>'•< 19 vi -mmimn opinion ■•i i> I .i supreme effort mv%t i>iin k»,. to >>'>i(i 1 i i.\.i l\|>tri| \>n ss (ininn'iil i, dial <>l Hit* sydnej Sun to-day, in a l«a- -<!'•/ K ni^fs the Xiisti :ili;ui QOV- rurni'nt t<> insist,
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  • 580 3 empha.si.se its anxiety about the Indian issue. More than one solution has been proposed. Most of them bristle with difficulties. But if we cannot boldly face such difficulties as these, our claim to be able to lead the post-war world into decent ways of
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  • 111 3 New York, Dec. 19. THE very successful co-operation of the N.E.I, armed forces is seen in the N.E.I, victories. In .seven days their submarines have destroyed four heavilyladen Japanese transports, drowning more than 4.000 Japanese soldiers, and sinking one Japanese freighter and one tanker. For 20 months,
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  • 114 3 v NeiV York, Dec. If) S lAPAVS most tl urgent oh- jpctive is the it r e m end ous S N.F.I, oil-fields i i a 11 d refining plants. If sin' S fails to fet them she ran continue t o i fi«ht only as
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  • 168 3 TIMOR, now occupied by the Allies, is the largest aim most easterly ot the lesser Sunda Islands, whir.i stretch like a chain eastwards from Java. It is abon. nOO mile.s north-west of Port Darwin, and is on tOfl sea and air routes between Darwin and
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  • 117 3 San Francisco. Dec. 19. THE Japanese surprise attacks weie planned lorp, before behind the smoke screen of treacherou.s )eace talks. This has been proved by conclusive circumstantial evidence. Now it is formally confessed a.s well Domei the official Japanese propaganda agency, broadcast a
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  • 70 3 New York. Dec. 19. THE day alter war was declared, the Emperor of Japan. Hirohito, visited the tombs of his ancestors to inform them of 'Jie event. Naturally, the substance of so intimate a oonversation would hardly be made public but I have It
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  • 219 3 London. Dec. 19. THE >tat- nuvi.rs recognising iU .e need for unity in strategy and supplies, made almost simultaneously by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek President Roosevelt. Mr. C. Attlee (on behalf of Mr. Churchill* and M. Litvinov, is generally regarded as a source of encouragement here. The range
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  • 72 3 London Dec 18: All Dutch bunk* h-i r° been placed under the supemlioii of the Nazi Occupation Secretary tor Special economic affairs^ it is "MU™* from Amsterdam. Banks wtt in »utiire be obliged to allow the control of their books and documents. The Nazi controlling Dutch banking has been empowered
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    • 124 3 1 1 AN URGENT APPEAL The Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., and the StandardVacuum Oil Company desire to make an urgent appeal to all customers to return all empty returnable drums in their possession, immediately, to the points from which they normally obtain I supplies as it is vital to the
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  • 338 4 Morning Tribune SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1941. JAPANESE STRATEGY rpHH Japanese strategy of an offensive on land 1 and a defensive at sea is recognised by military critics after surveying the manner in which operations have been conducted during the past week ot so. The object is to gain as many
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  • 272 4 IN connection with the announcement of rates of pay f-r members of the Civil Defence Services in the Straits Settlements, the following explanation is published on official aUth £he y rates published are basic rates, and will ordinarily be payable only
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  • 102 4 TWO THEATRES REQUISITIONED Two of Singapore's four premier picture halls, the Capitol and the Pavilion Theatres, have been requisitioned by the Government. Notices informing the managements of the theatres of this measure were received yesterday. The Pavilion is one of the oldest established theatres in Singapore, and until recently showed
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  • 110 4 AN .rder gazetted last night prohibits the consumpti n or sale by any person in any hotel or public house of more than one main dish and two subsidiary dishes. "Main dish" means any dish vhich contains any meat, poultry or game, provided always that any soup shall
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  • 139 4 nnHE public-spirited manner in which the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Is co-operating with the Government in the present emergency is appreciated by the Government. This Is conveyed in his reply by the Colonial Secretary to a letter addressed by the president of the Chamber, forwarding
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  • 84 4 DY regulations gazetted last night, Government may' order the occupier of any premises to camouflage the premies so th.it thev may be less readily recognisable by the enemy from the air. sea or land in the event of a hostile attack. The Governor may order that this
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  • 55 4 There will be no Christina*, Boxing Day. New Year or Hari Raya Haji holidays, It has been announced. In a Government gazette extraordinary of yesterday regulations unending the Holidays Ordinance Regulations by the deletion from the schedule of Jan. l. Hari Ray a Haji, Christmas -nd the following
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  • 40 4 Will anyone having information about the whCTCftbOUtl of Mrs. T N. Jf>rkson. whose last known address wa-s r o J. IV Ogle. 4 Ayer Bltam Road. PWMng. plenso rommunic.itp with Mr. T. N. Jnclcson. Volunteer HQ, Slnnapore?
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  • 578 4 SERVICE REGISTER FOR MEN 20 TO 30 A PUBLIC Service Register has beea established in Singapore under regulations gazetted yesterday. This will be for all maJes over 20 and under .'5O. Registration will be compulsory and will begin next Tuesday. Compulsory military service is not contemplated, but compulsory service in
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  • 27 4 By an order ftazclted last nifflit, the Colonial Secretary directs that Thailand be treated as enemy territory for the purposes <»f the Trading with the Enemy Ordft-
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  • 321 5 Black- Out Enforced In Indian Cities Bombay, Dec. 17, (Delayed*. FOLLOWING the Japanese declnratlon of war on America and England, the various provinc ai Governments in India are tighten Ing up the ARP measures, as also ther precautions to meet all eventualities. The Bciikiil Government has ordered no Bounding of
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  • 76 5 Chungking, Dec. ts. fltWO .Japanese warships an- now anchored Ofl Hsiylnn at Kwani-rhow Bay. Preach Leased territory on the southwest era tip oi Kwangtuns, sccordins to the Chinese military spokesman This ||VM rise. M added, to the oellef that enemv hUMtlrtS operations on
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  • 56 5 "DAii. in the .sum <>r $1,000 was offered Raj Hail, i Bengali, when he dalmed trial to tbUf* <»i having inude 1 statement calculated to create mineral MUf alarm and detpOPdency. His case wa s |X>stpon<'tl (Of mention on nee 27. The oaaa was called before Mr Conrad Oldham In
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  • 148 5 N Btnrnd din i" i.■ and If a! pi ice U be paid In ■>< ■on lon furnished hm<i the authority whom men price la to be paid and «uch ithir piuticuliirs at Appear to him t' ii< rcssary" w:is ffrWtttid lii^t nltfht A rurthw amendment ipeclfl— that
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  • 121 5 Municipality Digging Air Raid Trenches rnni: Blngmpon Municipality Is Tindertak- Ing the digging of trenches as shelters in Various parts Ol the city, it was stilted ill a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners V< StCKiilV Mr L Rayman, the president, mentioned tills ill reply to Mr. C. H. Lini who,
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  • 140 5 rriii: Lighting Regulations (No. Order, 1941, jrreviously made It an offence for any vehicle not to carry an autho- rised ratf-llght. An amendment, by deleting all mention of urilm vehicles (and premises) from the order, and automatically «c--rludinK them. aa the property of the Crown, from the
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  • 40 5 Shot gun Licences Cancelled AN oflicial notice for owners of 12- bore shotguns and cartridges is published on page 2 to-day. All such firearms and ammunition must be handed in to the nearest police station before 9 a.m. next Monday.
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  • 145 5 Chungking Want' s Allied High Command Chungking. Doc. 18. IN a loading article to-day, the Central Daily News of ChurmkiriK calls the attention of the public to throe points dealing with the present situation which ft* journal believes arc of greatest significance: il) The water routes between Britain and Burma
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  • 191 5 London. Dec 19. THE following is the lull text of an Air Ministry communique issued on Friday: "Last night; I aircraft of the Bom- 1 i ber Command resum- 1 !ed the attack on i warships in docks at; Brest. None of ouri aircraft is missing."! Reuter Moscow, Dec.
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  • 351 6 Cable News From 'Down Under' Melbourne, Dec. 19. MAJOR-GEN. H. D. Wyntei has been appointed General Officer Commanding, Eastern Command, as from to-day, succeeding Lieut.Gen. C. G. N. Miles, who will proceed on accrued furlough. The Minister for the Army »Mr. Fordo said that the change accorded with the principle
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  • 127 7 IVashl n| ton, i»«-t i -t. 4< development u nhadowed here on Cm iii'i.n in mi authoritative report that anil pov., will meet 'me probabl; i.> the end I to linate all theli reAoutces and itrength. rite United :ii JtHs-,., '„,vr t i<»-n the lead in
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  • 181 7 London, Dec. \9. ACCEPTANCES for the Free Handicaps show the absence of th* King's famotts two-year-olds Sun Chariot and Big tiame, neither of which accepts for the two-year-old's handicap. running as three-year-olds nt Newmarket on April 7. Laird Derby's" Waiting Street, the other famous two-yrar-old of the
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  • 250 7 Indian News Pars Calcutta, Dec. 18. WIR Akbar Hydari, Information Mem,ber of the Viceroy's Executive Council, Stressed at a newspaper editors' conference in Calcutta the need for Indian unity "Much of the trouble in India to-day he said, "arises from dwelling on our disagreements. We are perhaps too much concerned
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  • 59 7 KhabaroTsk, (Siberia), Dec. 19. THE Russians are 1 putting to practical use in their Far eastern Army lessons learnt in the fight against the Nazis. A battle -scarred rank driver says that knowledge of tank strategy is most important. "In attacking, you must be courageous and punctual. Do not be
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  • 755 7 BRITISH INTEREST IN INDIA ion don i INDIAN matters figure prominentlj in PafQameju t<>.d.<\. t»».. ParTianuntarv Labour Party dtscntsetf the Indian situation, in (lie lulu "I the developments m the Ktr i .<st tnd their significance to India. It wa s derided to establish an Indian Committee of the Labour
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  • 112 7 London, Dec. 19:— General Sir Archibald Waveli, Cbmmander-in-Chief tn India, in a message from India to Lady Ampthil, head of the Red Cross and St. John Missing and Wounded Department, speaks of ths fine work done by the Red Cross for the
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  • 735 8 Moscow, Dec. 21. DURING ten days since the Russian forces recaptured Tikhvin an important railway town 110 miles southeast oi Leningrad, they have advanced a further 45 miles to the south and south-west, says the official Soviet news agency. The smashed German units un- der
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  • 116 8 Batavia. Doc. 21. capital has not heard air raid i ircns .sinco Monday morning It is learnt that five additional emergency hospitals have been set up in readiness so that now thousands of persons can be accommodated. Offices are by now accustomed to working with skeleton
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  • 38 8 Batavia, Dec. 21. THE financial correspondent of the newspaper Java Bode reported yesterday that the Batavia Stock Exchange firmly maintained a pre-war level and the three per cent. N.E.I. Government Loan was even slightly higher.- Reuter
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  • 378 8 London, Dec. 21. THE past week has witnessed no diversion in the stream of events. In Libya, Russia and the Far East previous tendencies have been confirmed, says the Sunday Times Scrutator. The scales tipped in favour of the British, Russians and the
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  • 89 8 PURSUING the remnants of Gen. 1 eral Schmidt's division which was driven out of Tikvin, the keytown on the Leningrad-Vologda railway some 12 days ago. General Meretskov's troops have driven th? Germans some 43 miles beyond the city, says the Izvestia's correspondent. The Germans
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  • 69 8 Ottawa, Dec. 21. MORE active duty for Canada's reserve army is unofficially predicted here because of the desira bilitv of strengthening borne defence, particularly along the Pacific coast. The reserve consists of 100.000 men who are unable to join the active army owing to age or being I
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  • 267 8 Colour Bogey Laid J CAUSTIC com ment on Jap- ;\nese efforts t•» > import colour hat- i red into Malaya, a J count iv which has been happily free from colour or > racial strife. •s i made by the Sin J Chiew .lit Foh, thi> Singapore ChiMM t daily,
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  • 69 8 Berin, Dec. 21. »THE German High Command announces that fighting in the central sector of the Eastern Front continues with undiminished vigour. Several strong enemy attacks were beaten back. Violent enemy attempts to break through the encircling of the Leningrad front, supported by tanks, were repelled. In North Africa the
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