The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 May 1941

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.309. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, MAY 1(5, 1941. 5 CENTS
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    GERMAN AIRCRAFT AT SYRIAN'DROMES
    412 1 R. A. F o To Go Into Action —Eden AXIS SPECIALISTS AND AGITATORS ARRIVE IN IRAQ BY PLANE London, May 15. £jj{\jv% !r> alre;:ily Mllig aerodromes in 'J*pP"ig Km>r for flights to Iraq awl j{ r iii,h CtMilWrt l:as consequently given fuli i r action to
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    vichy May Join 'New Order'
    192 1 Vichy May Join 'New Order' Berne. May 15. P "auan-ccnr-'led Telepress *2** re ?°rts from Vichy that J^rop. Nazi Foreign Minister, J*«!y visit Paris in connectne publication of a! J^ennan declaration con- 1 g^. adhesion to the "new £**o toely to contain formal gj* iuaraj>t?es to France by I Fmuh
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    "Weygand Will Know How To Resist"
    60 1 "Weygand Will Know How To Resist" London, May 15. De Larminat, Free French Governor of French Equatorial Africa, said in a broadcast last night that French officers who had escaped from North Africa are convinced that Gen. Weygand Mill know how to resist any dishonourable compromise and will summon North
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    U.S. Reserve Tin Stocks
    152 1 Washington, May 14. I^R. Jesse Jones, Chairman of the 1T Reconstruction Finance Corporation, to-day announced that the Corporation and the Metal Reserves Corporation have concluded a new six month agreement with The International Tin Committee, beginning on July 1. fcr the purchase of 37,500 tons of
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    Roosevelt Broadcast On May 27
    48 1 Washington, May 14. PRESIDENT Rocsevelt will deliver a fireside chat in a worldwide broadcast on May 27, it was announced here to-day The President's radio address will replace the speech which he was to have delivered to the Pan-American Union to-day.— United Press
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    Enemy Supply Vessel Torpedoed
    51 1 London, May 15. AN enemy supply vessel was torpedoed off the Dutch coast yesterday by one of the Coastal Command aircraft. It was part of an escorted convoy. To-day's air ministry communique also reports that there was no enemy air activity over Great Britain last night.—
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    ROBIN LINE'S GIFT OF FIELD HOSPITAL
    51 1 Durban, May 15. THE American shipping firm Robin Line, has presented the South African Army with a mobile field hospital of four vehicles for use in the Middle East The hospital which cost £8,000 is equipped with operating theatre. X-ray room and sterilizing room.
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    ADDITIONAL NEWS SERVICE
    81 1 •THE Singapore Free Press will in future publish the United Press news service in addition to other cabled services already being: used. The I'm' ted Press is one of the largest news-gathering organizations in the world, with representatives in all countries and its service is taken by
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    Churchill Tells Why News Of Hess Was Delayed
    347 1 London, May 15. CONTRARY to earlier expectations, the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, did not make a statement in the House of Commons to-day on the outcome of the conversations the Foreign Office official, Mr. I. Kirkpatriek, had with Hess. He did, however,
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    HESS SAID TO HAVE DISCLOSED CONDITIONS IN GERMANY
    343 1 Kirkpatrick Told Of Great Success Of R.A,F. Bombers' Offensive? London, May 15. (THE Daily Mail's diplomatic correspondent claims that Rudolf Hess disclosed to Mr. I. Kirkpatrick conditions inside Germany, possibly including an answer to one of the biggest questions of the war
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    "Deliberately Sent To Britain"—Bevin
    309 1 "Deliberately Sent To Britain" Bevin London, May 15. jytß. Ernest Bevin, Minister of ITI Labour and National Service, is one of the supporters of the view that Hitler is behind Hess's flight to Scotland, says Reuter. Speaking In London to-day he said* "I do not believe that Hitler did not
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    Eden-Hess Talk Reported
    53 1 London, Mzy 1.7. T^lli: Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, interviewed the ex-deputy Fuehrer, Rudolf Hess, at his hospital to-day, according to unconfirmed reports here. It is believed that Hess uill shortly he moved to London H-her*' he would be visited by the Prime Minister. Mr. Winston Chun
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    Hess Meeto Duke Of Hamilton
    148 1 Hess Meeto Duke Of Hamilton London, May 15. IT became known to-day that the Duke of Hamilton saw Rudolf Hess within 48 hours of the former deputy Fuehrer's arrival in Scotland. Very soon after his arrival alter a parachute descent, Hess told people that he had flown from Oermany in
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    Chinese Officers At Haw-Par Villa Party
    197 2 T3E Ccmmander-in-Chief, Far East, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, the General Olncer Commanding, Malaya, Lieut-Gen. L. V. Bond, and the Colonial Secretary, Mr. S. W. Jones, were among 600 men and women of all communities in Singapore at a cocktail party given by
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    AUSTRALIA'S £33,000,000 LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED
    24 2 Sydney, May 15. FE Government's £35.000,000 war loan is oversubscribed and will close shortly, a Government spokesman announced to-day.— Reuter
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    U.S. Sees Critical Days Soon In Europe & East
    344 3 U.S. Sees Critical Days Soon In Europe East DRAMATIC ACTION BY WASHINGTON FORECAST Washington, May 14. nTV O\K H.ving fortress bombers, carrying a total P 190 officer and men, completed "one of the greatest flights r made by militai T aircraft'* to-day, it fonfirmed here. tneously, it was announced that
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    Increased Axis Activity In North Africa
    55 3 Berlin. May 15. d ax.s military' Q'~ rib Africa was lay as it was ./A-affe yes:orces at that German •d Alexarre attached Reich anthe Red Sea pointed out to reports. GerLg shipping u i o! these m b may murderous operating d southern rrung
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    Situation As Seen In Fokio
    31 3 Jon. .May 15. gn Minister. s reporti speech yesterI'.iona! situation :.d mo:e serious, is threaten :\e world. *-j.s Japan's aim Italy and of 15 Japan's. Reuter
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    U.S. Arms Factory Strike Settled
    96 3 Washington. May 15. TTHE Congress oi Industrial Workers' strike in the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacture Company plant, which holds $33,000,000 in defence orders, was settled late last nieht, permitting 6.000 workers to return to their jobs this morning. Under the settlement, agreed upon by the
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    Foochow Pcpulace In Serious Situation
    27 3 lr»w. Miy 15. ace thr.viriT SLSi da faces inI 1 iub.ic funds are I^ur pro- nd the k post J teni.— Reuter
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    Hess's Mother Jewess, Says Singapore Woman
    147 3 Hess's Mother Jewess, Says Singapore Woman A WOMAN in Singapore who knew Rudolf Hess, Hitler's ex- Deputy who fled to Scotland, declares that his mother was an Austrian Jewess. This startling declaration was made by Mrs. B. Hackmeier, proprietress of the Hotel Bellevue, in Keppel Road, in an interview broadcast
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    Senator Says Hess Flight A Monstrous Trick
    258 3 "SHIP HIM BACK TO GERMANY" Washington, May 14. THE Isolationist Senator, Mr- Burton K. Wheeler, suggesting that the flight of the erstwhile No. 3 man of Germany, Rudolf Hess, from Germany had shaken German morale, proposed to-day that President Roosevelt seize ;he occasion
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    Solomon's Caves As A.R.P. Shelters
    41 3 CAVES built by Kin? Solomon have been placed at the disposal of the Jerusalem A.R.P. authorities, says a dispatch to the Independent French News Agency. Six thousand persons could shelter in these 3,000 year-old cares. Reuter
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    Enemy ConvoyAttacked& Merchant Ship Destroyed
    327 3 Enemy Convoy Attacked& Merchant Sh ip Destroyed WIDESPREAD OPERATIONS BY FLEET AIR ARM Cairo, May 15. A IRCRAFT of the Fleet Air Arm made a highly successful attack on an enemy convoy southbound m the Mediterranean during Monday night, announces the R.A.F. headquarters. Hits were made on an 8.000-ton merchant
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    Daughter For Ickes
    26 3 Baltimore, May 14. A DAUGHTER has been born to Mrs. Hare Id Ickes Secretary of tne lntarior in the Roosevelt Administration. United Press
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    Vichy May Join "New Order"
    126 3 (Continued from Page D German agreement comes a report that 20,000 foreign Jews have been arrested in unoccupied France and that 5,000 of them have been arrested in Paris. The report was siven over the German-controlled Hilver--um radio in Holland. Another report states that the
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    Turks Expecting Nazi Demands
    102 3 Budapest, May 15. r\ESPITE official German reports that Hitler his made no demands on Turkey, certain official quarters in Ankara fear that n?w cemanu.> may be possible. The German official news agency says that von Papen, the German Ambassador to Turkey, on his return ti the
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    Redoubling Efforts To Aid Production
    106 3 London, May 15 MEMBERS of the United States IYI Chamber of Commerce are redoubling their efforts to assist production. In response to a message frcm Sir Ronald Matthews, president of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, expressing appreciation of the help given by the
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    Alexandretta To Be Turkey's Main Port
    83 3 Ankara. May 15. WINCHES and other loading and unloading equipment are being sent Irom Smyrna and Istanbul to Alexandxetta where the harbour is being rapidly modernized. It seems th?t Al^xandretta will b^ the main port oi Turkey for British trcde. American boats ar^ arriving
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    Indies Oil Talks & Anglo-Thai Relations
    60 3 Indies Oil Talks Anglo-Thai Relations Bangkok, May 14. AUTHORITATIVE quarters here ft»> diy expressed uncertainty over the success of Thailand-Netherlands Indies oil negotiation.?, which have been in progress for the last two weeks. These quarters said th?t th? results of the Thai negotiations with the Indies and British companies would
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    Kleffens Satisfied With Trip To Sydney
    53 3 (Free Press SpecL.il Cable) Sydney, May 15. DR. F. N. van Kleffens, Dutch Foreign Minister, who is on a visit henwith Mr. D. J. M. Welter, Dutch Colonial Minister, in a broadcast yesterday said: "We leave Australia certain there need be no anxiety regarding
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    PARLIAMENT MEETING IN AUSTRALIA
    19 3 Sydney, May 15. 'T'HE Commonwealth Parliament has been summoned to meet on May 28- Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    335 3 (airo. May 15. It is reported here from private sources that a certain number of German aircraft recently landed at the Rajak air base in Syria. Other information receiTed here is that two Axi* military minions are now in Baghdad, where they aniTed a few days ago I*
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941. More Troops Arrive
    564 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941. More Troops Arrive J^OTHING is being allowed to interfere with the process of steadily building up the defences of Malaya in order that they may be adequate for the purpose of meeting any emergency that may develop in the Far East. The
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    Can Nazis Find U-boat Crews ?
    818 4  - Can Nazis Find U-boat Crews Frank Hillingdon By DECENT reductions in the figures of British shipping* losses were heartening, although the authorities refused to read in them any indication that the Nazi submarine menace had been effectively countered. It was suggested that the reductions might be due, at least partially,
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    7 4 Rollin Kivby in the New York Post
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    "Totally War To The Last Ounce Of Energy"
    468 4  - "Totally War To The Last Ounce Of Energy" L.S. AMERY BY Secretary Of s til r M and air irresistibly Belgium. Wi splendid ai on land 01 shattered like a helpless fragn dazed and brv, self to be S5 I Rapped, to a ;> Here, in 3r t or trained
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      29 4 R V C T/ie Correct Details and the Smart Appearance arc plainly indicated in every Garment tailored by MIEN CHONG S'pore's most up-to-date Tailor 31 Coleman Street Phone 4816
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    Local Fund Started To Help "Queen's Messengers"
    1001 5  - Local Fund Started To Help "Queen's Messengers" MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By mat carted in ,au>e which .1 v much to all Stringer* wife of O.C Medi►llecting donajipment for one artime organien's Messengin had an ancea cum e rushed to iccour and <oon put Queen's Meson a to the
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    Up-Country Chatter
    752 5  -  CLIO BY MOW that there is little prospect of taking leave in England for some time to come, European residents of Malaya are giving thought to the best means of digging themselves in for the duration of the war with as little damage to health and spirits as
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    MAY ASK ROOSEVELT TO INTERVENE
    74 5 Washington. May 15. JJR. William H. Davis, chairman of the Defence Mediation Board has offered General Motors Corporation and the United Automobile Workers Association a proposal to avert the strike scheduled tc start to-day among a total of 61 General Motors plants. It is unconfirmedly
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    ITALIAN CREWS ARE GAOLED IN U.S.
    58 5 Jacksonville (Florida) May 15. THE captains and a total of 58 of the crews 1 of the Italian freighters Ircanla and Confidenza have been sentenced to terms ranging from 18 months to four years' Imprisonment following their conviction in court here of sabotage or
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    MILITARY MISSION AT BEACH ROAD
    129 6 Lieut. -Gen Lin Wei meets Lieut. Fatn Fon g Ilee, of the Chinese Coy., SVC. Brigadier K. S. Torrence, Brigadier, General Staff. Malava Command. Left: Accompanied by Capt Yap Pheng Geek, Oflicer Commanding Chinese Company, Singapore Volunteer Corps, Lieut.-Gen. Lin Wei, a member of the
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      137 6 Kill them lS with FLIT H Protert M v..i,. iV! books, silks, i r ir I and starched goods from desiruv In fish. Insist on Flit. Sub- I l\ stitutes are often worth- less RMKCMKI iun/ dangerous and fre- quentl y aste you r money. Flit is sold i the
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    LARGE BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE IN SINGAPORE
    287 7 LARGE BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS ARRI VE IN SINGAPORE Navy, Army Air Force Men Disembark From Crowded Troopship J^ARGE numbers of troops from the United Kingdom arrived in Singapore late on Wednesday afternoon. The troops consisted of British Army, Air Force and Naval reinforcements. The Army units, which comprised the bulk of
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    Chinese Officers Are Impressed
    42 7 Chinese Officers Are Impressed i/V un mission, M Chen and lbel of hich C'hin..lin? Malay. Malaya- defences, ,ircraft de- KMflt Mfl the variety of t.sh. Indian. inii Malayan-yet aU s*' «th ,M.^stro-operatkm-ir of the north- iderable r£&& the Australian tt. u. c
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    Rural Board Cuts Wartime Expenditure
    81 7 in areas which begin thta bi proceeded d may be of the ol the a meeting lartera ior 00. and and outI i.on of cerlain i s.id the chair- \Par: from urers would if tlie rccon»lri»rped. he IdlDf o! a talned in puts, actpointin? out
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    TRAVELLING DISPENSARY VERY POPULAR
    43 7 TRAVELLING DISPENSARY VERY POPULAR >.:.s to the c d: y>cns.-\ry K *l Ur ttrday. I isary was S T^il- should m I -iirai j >■-.-. .i attbl ;*>ssibl? :t c-acii M Lht re was j r mm in pi m t-v was Modi- I
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    MURDERED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
    268 7 POUND guilty of murdering his 1 mother-in-law, a 51 -year-old Chinese had sentence of death passed on him by Mr. Justice Worley at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. On a second charge of murder the jury found the accused. Chee Ewe Bee, guilty of culpable homicide not amounting
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    P.W.D. Man Faces Charges Of Corruption
    483 7 ALLEGATIONS that they paid -r* monthly sums of $200 to N. R. S Iyer a technical subordinate employed by the Public Works Department, in order to stop Iyer from making frequent complaints about the work on a Government contract, were made in the Singapore
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    RUBBER SMUGGLING DECLINES
    124 7 tITITH a good profitable price obtaining W throughout last year for all grades of rubber, there was a marked decrease in smuggling, and only 44,617 lb. were seized as compared with 237,899 lb. in 1939 and 212, 195 v lb. in the year before, reports the secretary
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    CHARGE WITHDRAWN
    84 7 C. S. FERNANDO, described as a sub-overseer in the P.W.D., was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in the third court yertertiay on three charges of having corrupt^ accepted money, and three alternative charges of accepting money withrtit consideration. Chief Inspector Poulain said he had been
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    Revenue Man Acquitted
    317 7 REFERENCE TO A "CONSPIRACY" "I HAVE never before seen four persons coming to court and conspiring and engineering a whole prosecution case just to ensure the downfall of a young man," said Mr. S. C. Goho in the Singapore fifth court yesterday. He made this comment at
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    DRUNK AFTER THEFT OF SAMSU
    75 7 t*AVCHT in the act of drinking "generous quantities" of saiusu in a godown at the Singapore Harbour Board, 49-year-old Ldm Boon Joo was arrested by a watchman and sent to the General Hospital, where he was certified to be drunk. This was the story told
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    $2,500 BAIL
    80 7 BAIL of $2,500 in two sureties was allowed Song Ah Geek. 48. in the third court yesterday when the case in which he was convicted on a charge of assisting in the management of a chap-jee-ke c lottery was postponed a week for sentence. Song pleaded guilty and
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    French Fighter Pilot Describes Escape To Britain
    800 7 French Fighter Pilot Describes Escape To Britain A FRENCH fighter pilot who participated in countless dogfights against the Luftwaffe, and, when France collapsed, escaped by plane to Britain, has arrived in Singapore via America to join the Free French forces in the Middle East. Speaking to a Free Press reporter,
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    New Tin Restriction Agreement Drafted
    197 7 JAPANESE ATTEMPTS TO DISSUADE THAILAND (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May IS. THE International Tin Committee at a meeting to-day drafted 1 an agreement for the restriction period beginning Jan. 1, next, but not including the figures for standard tonnages. It has not been found
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    Centenary Of H.K.S.R.A.
    217 7 TILE Hong Kong-Singapore Royai Artillery, many units of which are serving in Malaya, Is about to celebrate its centenary. This corps originated in 1841 in Hong Kong, being then composed of Madrasis and styled "The China Lascars." In 1881 a second company was raised from the Sikh
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    TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN SINGAPORE
    160 7 TN a letter from an anonymous writer in A a Singapore newspaper recently appeared the statement that "the number of accidents along Bukit Timah Road is rapidly increasing." It was then remarked that "most of them involve military lorries and, considering the way in which some
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    I.S.M. FOR RETIRED SHROFF IN PENANG
    45 7 TTIE King has approved the award of the Imperial Service Medal to Inche Beedin bin Mohamed Hashim, who retired early this year from the post of Shroff in the Penang Currency Office after more than 40 years' meritorious service
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    THE STRIKE: LATEST
    103 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May IS. "ATTEMPTS to intimidate labourers now working to go on strike still continue and some estates in Ne?ri Sembilan have been affected," states an official communique ta-day. "On the other hand, on several esta.es in Selangor labourers havr returned to
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    ROAD FATALITY
    79 7 crossing Keppel Road together with three hundred Singapore Harbour Board labourers. 16-year-old Chua Tye Wan was knocked down and fatally injured by a n-ilitary l^rry. Saw Tan Hot, a fellow labourer, at the coroner's inquiry yesterday into the circumstances of Chua's death, caid Chua was among a group
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    JOHORE'S BIG NEW HOSPITAL
    154 7 Official Opening To Take Place May 29 lOHORE BAHRU'S $2,000,000 hospital *J block for third class patients, with its modern equipment, will oe officially opened on May 29. Invitations to attend the open in? of this magnificent six-storey hospital are beina: sent to prominent people all
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    RADIO "ALL-IN BEE"
    49 7 rpO-NIGHT the Singapore broadcasting A station will hold an "All-in-Bee" in which two teams representing parents and t-iicmr will comm-te in «q>elling, general knowldC'', musical knowledge and other tests of intelligence. This programme Is a variation of the popular spelling bees which hnvr b^ti aeid previously.
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    28 7 Mrs. S. B. Goho and Mrs R. Gnho ar* leaving Singapore for Calcutta by air early next week. Mrs. S. B. Goho is president of the Lotus Club.
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    SERIOUS BOMB DAMAGE TO HISTORIC BUILDINGS
    827 9 Famous Church Bells Will Not Ring Again t Auncmn- t* i London, May 15. AjViKhTH Palace, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Queen s Hall, centre of London's musical life, St. James's I alace, St. Clement Danes, one of the churches much used for
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    General Motors Strike Is postponed
    85 9 N > Maj 14. union fL General) for 24 hours Mediation inute talks r of the Mi W. S. ivert the at rerence con- man tele:he United roc inforlk at but be ex- ame as a j t of Com- oi the :.>n's :.:.td for
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    Roosevelt Told Of Britain's Urgent Needs
    37 9 I dun May 15. Ift of the s that the I US Navy has I VI i urgent I rials to PreI I ntlf visited I the PresiI '.d the Reuter
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    U.S. ENVOY RETIRES FROM CHUNGKING POST
    56 9 Chungrkin?, May 15. I HAVE full confidence in the future of China," declared the retiring American Ambassador, Mr. Nelson Johnson, prior to his departure by air yesterday morning for Hong Kong. Expressing the hope for China's victory, he also hoped ne would be able
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    "Britain Breathes More Slowly But More Deeply Than Reich"
    211 9 M.iv 15. cent <»n the c^-edish ter which says vl the British that Parlia- r >nger than the life of the tically unJ? 1 i°nce was custom when .d death struggle. of opinion regarding 1 unswerving unity as to *«W in
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    Importance Of A Free China To America
    1373 9 News From China By Our Chinese Correspondent THE extent of American in--1 terest in China has practically doubled in the past ten years, indicating the importance to the United States of a China free to progress on democratic lines and free from foreign
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    LINDRUM'S NEW RECORD IN WORLD BILLIARDS
    63 9 Melbourne. Miy I.V WALTER LINDRUM broke his own wond record tc-day when compiling a break oi 3.735* in a mi against his brother Fred. Lindrum held the old record of 3.361 made also when onp~ c "l to h»s brother last July. During Leu
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    Indians' Bravery On Abyssinian Front
    198 9 Sim«;i, May i;>. A VIVID account of how Indian troops at dawn last Thursday successfully attacked and captured further heights east of enemy positions at Amba-ALagi was received from an Indian Army eyewitn< The first two hills were taken v. .tncut much resistance but after
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    JAPAN'S SHIP OF SAMPLES FOR S. AMERICA
    37 9 Vokio, Muv 15. A FLOA7. ING .sample lair" will rail from Kobe tor Latin Amcriran .■••i?n tries on May 21 in tne form of the O.s.K. liner Montevidfoo Mara.— Reuter
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      180 9 Broadc asting ~T>A ft A V commentary in Malay, or music; 8.20 p.m. rCj-U/m Annajoum Gambos Orchestra, (contd); 8.15 mmmrmß p.m. News in Arabic; 8.55 p.m. European SINGAPORE muact; &EST XHL 1433 fcc/s «t*s layed from London; 9.45 p.m. Hindustani ZHPI §.69 fSB-8t »•> musict: 10 p.m. German Programme; io.su
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    To-day's Sports Events
    36 10 To-day's Sports Events SOCCEK: First Division, M.F.A. flh Fortress R.E., stadium; division <b> Customs vs. lI. M S. Sultan, S.H.B. LAWN TENNIS: S.C.C., S.CU.C. Y.M.C.A. Tournaments. GOLF: R.S.G.C. vs. Island Club women's match at Bukit Timah.
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    CHINESE TEAMS CLASH
    393 10 S.C.F.A. Reserves Win By Seven Goals SCFA. 7; Chinese Ath. 0. CiIOV.ING themselves to be deciJedly the better side, the S C F A. scored an overwhelming win over the Chinese Athletic beaming them by seven goals to nil in the reserve division of the S.A.F.A. at
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    Gordon Shaw Of "Waratahs" Fame Dead
    246 10 Gordon Shaw Of "Waratahs" Fame Dead GORDON Shaw, one of the best known Ruffby I'ni >n men in the world, died in Australia recently. He was 55 years of age. Shaw was manag3r of the "Waratahs" on the 1927-28 tour of Great Britain and France, and had charge of the
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    62 10 O CC. Ist XI vs. Combined R.A.F. to- morrow and on Sunday at 2 p.m. and H a.m. respectively at SC.C: H. L. Ward, N. C Brov/n. J. T. Rca, Major D. V. Hill, Lt. R. J. F. Kalberer, 2nd!Lt. P. B. Leckie. A. C Growder, K. H
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    WOMEN'S CRICKET
    53 10 YW C.A. team at rricket vs. the Girls' Sports Club on the GivC. ground to-fnorrow at 230 p.m.: Phyllis Bber <cj*>t Mrs. 8. G. Singh. Mrs. Sandoshai l. Ifxs. Sileen Frugtniet, Consiance Str us, Araxy Ed^ar. Betty Ferguson. SyWiu Armstrong, Violet Bates, Jean La Brooy, and Patricia Elliott.
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    WATER-POLO MATCHES
    27 10 WITER-POLO matches will be played at lr- Chines** Swimming Club pagar betwei n the RAP. and the Chinese SwimminCtak on Sunday, starting at 11 am.
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    Recs. Register Their First Win In League
    358 10 GORDONS BEATEN TWO-NIL WITH TEN MEN S.It.C 2 Gordons 0. DLAYING on the padang with ten men, the S.R.C. delighted their supporters h> beating the Gordon Highlanders by two goals to nil in the first division of the S.A.F.A. league yesterday. It was
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    South China Soccer Team's Visit
    43 10 THE following matvhes have been arranged in connection with the forthcoming tour of the South bin i Athletic Association: Thursday, Mav 22, vs. Combined Chinese XI. Sunday, May 25, vs. Singapore Civilians. Tuesday, May 27, vs. Combined Services
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    MORAVIA HOLD GUNNERS
    323 10 Good Display After Dull First Half R.A. (8.M.) 1 Moravia 1 AFTER a comparatively dull and uninteresting first half, the second division (a) S.C.F.A. league game at the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday, in which the R.A. (8.M.) were held to a I—l1 1 draw by Moravia, developed into
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    52 10 Y\M.C.A. team for to-morrow vs. Medical College on the Anson Road giound: K. Y. Spencer; c. Beeston, A. P. Raja, F. Mitchell. R. J. Kinney, Fung Guan Chye, Chay Thiam Sioe. C Schubert, F. W. Marsh. Dr. V. Xavier, and F. M. Chafford. Reserves: Au Tat Chu, Tan
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    TIGHTENING UP RACING RULES
    212 10 Owners Trainers May Be Penalized A GLANCE through the Australian Rules of Racing woul:l suggest that every possible contingency has been provided for, but occasionally points crop up which no rule covers. Recently, at the meeting cf the delegates of the principal racing clubs of Australia
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    WEIGHTS FOR ALL NINE RACES TO-MORROW
    401 10 (From Our Own Correspondent* Penang:, May 15. WEIGHTS for all nine races to- morrow, the third day of the Penang Turf Club's Spring race meeting in Penan? are as follows: Horses. Class 2, Div. l, 6 Furs: Counsel 9.7 Exeve 88 Pro Patria 9.2
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    The First Ball
    33 10 Mr. J. L. Muite-, Canadian Trade Commissioner for Malaya and the n?w president of the Singapore Baseball League, as he threw in the first ball of the season last Sunday.
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    SINGAPORE LAWN TENNIS
    241 10 S.C.C. Mixed Final On Monday TTHERE was no play yesterday in the lawn tennis tournaments at the S.C.C., S.C.R.C. and Y.M.C.A. The mixed doubles final at the S.C.C. between Miss M. .Stokes and P. Clerc vs. Mr. J. P. de C. Hamilton which was tc have been
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    TENNIS TUITION INDOORS
    315 10 Sydney Scheme For Child Players A SCHEME to teach children tennis strokes in halls is being arranged by the Illawarra Hardcourt Association, in Sydney. Prominent members of the Association will act as honorary coaches. The scheme was introduced in the United States some years ago. and met
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    68 10 Y.M.C.A. team in the league match vs. the Royal Navy on the Naval Base ground to-morrow at 5 p.m. < Players and reserves meet at the Y.M.C.A. Orchard Road at 4 pm.V. Lim Kah Teng, V. N. Pillay, G. Thspherd. G. L. Day. Karim. S. Orton, K. Goldsmith.
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    CALEDON COLT LIKELY DERBY WINNER
    154 10 Many Melbourne Enthusiast Fancy High Road's Chance, A NUMBER of gcod judges in Melbourne of the opinion that Hi;>h Road, fhe'r! f who downed All Love in the Ascot likely to prove a Derby winner nc\i "Cardigan," in the Sydney Sunday Sun. Hi'.'h Road ly
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    Overall Wins Richards' Title
    382 10 Overall Wins Richards' Title TIIF < ruiserwei-ht championship, one of the Australian titles Ron Richards sacrificed when he stowed away his fighting panties, went tj a new owner at the Stadium last night. But Ron shouldn't let it worry him if he is ever in the mood fjr a comeback,
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    TEAMS FOR SUNDAY'S GOLF MATCH
    76 10 rrtAMS and MM I 1 between Krp» Goll Chi i Kcppel pla\ 9 a.m. M. G Hai 10 1 vs. E. C. J-: I rtU (24> 9.OfS, R .T. Fenr.u I \> F. Shai.i <6i and J 9.10. H. living J <14 t vs. G
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    TABLE TENNIS
    24 10 SINGAPORE tion fPiur.. match vs. the I AS C. premiss p.m Lim C\u« Pitt Yin. Chan Tfcfc J1 Ouan Res« Siev Whan
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