The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 June 1941

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.312. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1941. 5 CENTS
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    NAZI HORDES REPULSED, REDS CLAIM
    1050 1 "Heavy Losses Inflicted On Enemy" GERMAN SEA CONVOY IS SEEN HEADING FOR BATUM London, Jim«- 23. THE German hordes invading Soviet Russia m a fourpronged attack are being repulsed with heavy loss***, according to a communique issued by the Chief Command of the Red Army,
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    STATEMENT ON JAPANESE POLICY EXPECTED TO-DAY
    340 1 "Nothing Sensational Should Be Looked For" Tokio, June 23. j tib emergency liaison session between the Japanese Government ami the High Command scheduled for to-day after a previous postponement, has again been postponed, says United Press. A regular cabinet meeting is scheduled for to-morrow,
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    Pan-American Meeting Urged
    58 1 Washington, June 23. CjDUTOR Claude Pepper, of ricia m an interview with i Preso to-day, proposed that Roosevelt issue a call to American nations and all nations opposed to Hitlerism and formulate a tprand for aiding the countries Axis. Ptpper also urged the Pre- immediately notify Russia
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    STOP PRESS
    135 1 Istanbul, June 23. T British Ambassador to Turkey, Sir Hughe KnatchbullHiue*>en.. who was spending; the week-end her?, left hurriedly dnrin- i he night for Ankara. He had hren invited by the Turkish iun Minister. M. Sarajogrlu. to set- him to-day. Reut«r. Stockholm Jane M> Tbr siock Exchange was
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    Craigie-Ohashi Discussion
    49 1 Tokio, June 23. *T*HE British Ambassador to Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, conferred with the Japanese Under- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ohashi. for 45 minutes to-day on "problems centering around the new phase of the European war situation resulting from the Russo-German war." United Press
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    U.S. Ambassador's Protest
    69 1 London, June 23. A CCORDING to a news agency messA age from Tokio to-day. Mr. Grew, the United States Ambassador to Japan, has delivered an emphatic protest against the recent bombing of the American Embassy m Chungking. He did not wait for an appointment to see Mr.
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    76 1 Canberra, Jane 23. "fT is obvious that anyone killing a German for us is doing a good job of work." said the Australian Prime Minister. Mr. R. G. Menzies. commenting on the Russo-German hostilities. Referring to the banning of Communists, he stated that the Commonwealth Government's attiuds towards subversive activities
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    LithuaniaBreak From Soviet?
    67 1 L ith uan iaBreak From Soviet? London, June 23. WITH all reserve the announcer gives the following broadcast this afternoon from the Finnish wireless station at Lahti: "At noon, to-day an announcement was made by the Lithuanian radio m the German language that a Free Lithuanian Government had been formed
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    Rome Stories Of Coming Revolt In Russia
    115 1 Rome Stories Of Coming Revolt In Russia Rome, June 23. DEPORTS are current here that the enemies of Stalin are ready to strike at the Soviet regime from within. The Axis military thrust is generally expected here to cause further repercussions m encouraging the antiCommunists m Russia to take advantage
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    Turks Proclaims Neutrality
    35 1 Ankara, June 23. u|N view of the situation created by the war bstween Germany and Russia the Turkish Government has decided to proclaim Turkish neutrality," states an official communique today United Press
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    British Take Town Four Miles West Of Damascus
    380 1 Cairo, Jane 23. TTO-DAY'S G.H.Q. communique issued m Cairo states that m Syria Allied forces have completed the capture of Mezze, four miles due west of Damascus. Vichy forces are still stubbornly defending various points round Merj Ayoum, where wire entanglements have
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    Soviet Warships NearBosphorus?
    31 1 rpiKKISH coastal vessels Vo-dav lighted aii unspecified number of Russian destroyers and submarines m the vicinity of the Bosphorus. according to the most reliable Turkish source*. United Press
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    Blitz Methods To Be Used
    206 2 Zurich. June 23. *|*HE Germans intend smashing Rus- sia by blitzkrieg methods, stated the Berlin correspondent of a newspaper here yesterday. He said that 150 German divisions crossed the Russian frontier at 3 a.m. to attack Russian forces estimated m Berlin at 160 divisions. It
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    R.A.F.'S TERRIFIC OFFENSIVE CONTINUES
    392 3 12th Successive Night Raid On Targets In Reich: 6th Successive Sweep Over Occupied France rKRMANY-S vital industries, docks J^d nTva/^a'aain tt th l h mm blows of J h *-AJ- niffht. DusseWorf, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Emden and Bremerhaven setting vet another a taste of Britain's new heavy
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    Nazi-Soviet War May Stabilize Far East
    86 3 Shanghai. June 23. THE soviet (iermiß hostilities, if ?\ttnde4 fer any length of rime. will tend to stabilize the pa.ifit unless Japan, wider the Tripartite Pact, gives aid to Gem.mv. according to authoritative quarters here to-day. It h considered anlikely, how- v-r that Japan
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    German Supply Ship Caught In Atlantic
    137 3 German Supply Ship Caught In Atlantic London, June 23. TTHt: German supply ship Babi- :<>:iga. which had been taking ifC m Brazilian waters since the -eak of war and cleared from Santos on Apr. 24 icr Vladivostok iai been intercepted m the Atlantic jf British patrols. An Admiralty rommuni^c states.
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    POSSIBLE U.S. EFFORT TO AID ALLIED SHIPPING
    67 3 WeliintUn, June ?3. THERE has been keen interest m New Zealand it the suggestion ttiaX United States ships should take orer rafilng m the Pacific so as to release 3ruish vessels fcr service elsewhere. Mr W Naah. acting Prime Minister said the Government
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    46 3 New Y«rk. June S3. U Junes Roosevelt, the President's eldest son. arrived here to-day carryinf a baf tytet »!th reports on his tour of the Middle i-a>t war fronts. The seriousness and extent of the job the a\ e b^.ore them is tremendous." he united Press
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    R.A.F. Bomb Benghazi
    65 3 London, June 23. BRITISH planes have carried out a further attach an Benghazi, according to to-day's Italian communique, but no details are given reports Reuter. To-day's German High Command said that a strong force of German bombers last night bombed Alexandria wtth bombs of all calibres, "causing
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    U.S. To Send Aid To Russia?
    172 3 London, Jane 23. |UR. John Wimnt, United States m Ambassador m London, to-day visit cd M. Maisky, Soviet Ambassador, at the Soviet Embassy. It rt surmised that he indicated the Initcd States Government readiness to fellow Britain's example m aiding Russia and had a
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    Nazis Seeking Information On Strength Of Forces In Egypt
    138 3 London, June 23. UAVINQ on a number of occasions 11 given figures of the total British tanks destroyed m the battle near Sollum from June 15 to June 17, each figure being greater than the prerious, the total eventually claimed by
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    Moscow Workers' Pledge
    64 3 Moscow, June 23. RUSSIAN metal workers have announced their great determination to work hard to supply the Red Army against the provocative attack of "base Fascism," according to the Tass official news agency. "We assure the Governmsnt that we are united and rallied as never before," the
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    35 3 Washington, Jane 25. HIGH United States Government circles forecast the establishment of Government monopolies en importation of chromium, tungsten, tin and other strategic materials following n virtual monopoly on robber importations created :>n Saturday. Reuter
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    Hitler's Invasion Of Russia Termed 'Most Desperate Gamble'
    1030 3 Hitler's Invasion Of Russia Termed 'Most Desperate Gamble' London. June 33. TM£ atiac w on Russia is the subject of more comment m Britain. United States and other parts of the *or!d. it U condemned as Onal, though perflaous, evidence of the futility of i^acts with Germany, and there is
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    Finland Not At War, Says Envoy In Washington
    310 3 VIOLATIONS OF FINN TERRITORY ALLEGED Washington, June 23. THE Finnish Minister, M. Hjalmar Procope, after communicating with the Finnish Government by telephone yesterday, nud that Finland was "not at war" but aminst her wishes had been again "dragged into the midst of
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    BROADCAST ON REUTER NEWS ORGANIZATION
    102 3 THE story of how the world-wide news organisation of Reuters wu built by the original Baron de Reuter and how the agency distributes the world's news to-day is being toW tn a special broadcast by the BBC. In the Borne service to-day at 10 JO
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    STATEMENT TO BE MADE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
    69 3 London. Jane 23. A STATHtfENT will be made on the recent A developments In forvign affairs at the next sitting of the House of Commons. Announcing this, a statement from No. 10 Downing Street said: "Owing to the foreign situation, the debate
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    UKRAINE NATIONALISTS SAID JOINING NAZIS
    43 3 Vichy. Junr 23. I EADERS of the Ukrainian natina- list movement In FYance published .1 statement *lv.s morning confiimi?£ their participation m th? present German -Soviet war alongside Germany m an effort to gain Ukr?inian independence. United Press
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    Swedish Ships Recalled: Border Closed
    321 3 London, June 23. HPHE German radio states that the Swedish Government has broadcast a message to all ships now at sea to return as soon as possible to Swedish harbours. All navigation m the Baltic and the Gulf of Bothnia was suspended yesterday morning. The
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    INDIES ATTITUDE
    73 3 Baiaria, June B. HUTCH oflicials here, commenting: on th# outbreak of war between Riusia and Germany, said the Netherlands Indies would no longer need to keep a close watch against the possibility of raw materials reaching Germany by way of Vladivostok Officials declined to comment on the effect
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    The Singapore Free Press and Daily News TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1941. Britain And The Soviet
    574 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1941. Britain And The Soviet DRiTAIN has one aim and one single, irrevocable purpose— the destruction of Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi regime, and from this nothing will turn her. That was the crystal clear enunciation of British policy towards the
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    U.K. Still Has Large Export Of Magazines
    216 4 BOMBS and U-bcrti have failed to stop the flow of books, magazines and periodicals going overseas from Britain. In the month of February the leading British firm of wholesalers, which handles about half the total trade, dispatched to oversea customers about 85 tons
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    Suez Canal Main Object Of Nazi Drive In Libya
    962 4  - Suez Canal Main Object Of Nazi Drive In Libya DAVID ENGLAND By MILITARY commentators be- lieve the main object of the German drive m Libya is to obtain bases from which to bomb the Suez Canal. They are anxious to do this because of President Roosevelt's declaration that he hopes
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    RUMANIA'S REASON FOR FIGHTING
    45 4 Wishing June 23 THE Rumanian Legation 9m "*> 1 issued a formal sUt*ment ex plaining that the reason R^ a^r fighting against Russia "> -to Überate and recover num^w tionals m territory wjna 1^ justification by unprovokeo aggress of Communist Russia United Press
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    Large Crowd Attends War Fund Night At Island Golf Club
    1651 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press? Feature B, i VCRY successful War A Fund night was held at Island Club on Saturday This ciub, incidentally, :he most cosmopolitan Vj-apore (or even m should imagine). tmesphere helped a lot success of the evening
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    Preview Of British Fashions For New York
    832 5  - Preview Of British Fashions For New York JOAN LITTLEFIELD By 0^ T London. N the eve of their being dispatched li New York there was a private preview before the Duchess of Kent o; about 50 of the 2,000 me dels of British sports clothes, woollens and tweeds which were
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    Big Anglo-American Reshuffle Of Ships Sailing Seven Seas
    567 6 A BRITISH-AMERICAN plan for the greatest mass rt transfer of merchant ships from one ocean to another m world history is now approaching completion, says Richard Hughes, Daily Telegraph travelling reporter m the United States, m a message from Washington. It involves
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    New Secret-Design Baltimore Bomber
    95 6 ANEW bomber which the Glenn Martin Company is building for Britain was successfully tested recently at Baltimore m the presence of British experts. The company's chief engineer, Joseph Harrison, said "It is a very hot number, as fast as most of the pursuit planes flying m
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    TOBRUK IS TIME-BOMB IN NAZI COMMUNICATIONS
    160 6 FIGHTING at Tobruk is bound to become fiercer and fiercer, because it is now one of the key points of power m the Mediterranean," says The New York Times. "The fort has been held," says the paper m a leading article, "by the heroic
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    Private Building In Commonwealth Is Being Strictly Restricted
    919 6 THE building of hotels, offices, and places of amusement m Australia is now prohibited, except m unusual circumstances. Private building of big houses and blocks of flats is to be restricted, says the Sydney Morning Herald. This is the effect of amending
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    Pat Enemy To Flight In Maiden Engagement
    58 6 H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Britain's newest battleship, which badly damaged the German cruiser Prinz Eugen during the action which resulted m the sinking of fhe Bismarck. One salvo set the Prinz Eugen on fire. The Prince of Wales was hit according to the
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    Australia's Food Surplus To Be "Stored Up" To Feed Europe After War
    314 6 Australia's Food Surplus To Be "Stored Up" To Feed Europe After War SIR Ronald Cross, newly appointed British High Commissioner to Australia, interviewed on his arrival m New York, declared it should be possible, up to a certain point, to store a great deal of Australia's surplus produce until the
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    News Of War Deaths To Be Broken Gently
    252 6 A NEW method of notifying fatal war casualties so that the news will be broken gently by friends has been prepared by the Defence authorities, and will be announced soon, says a Melbourne message to the Sydney Morning Herald. The object is
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    When Turning Point Will Be Reached
    319 6 W hen Turning Point Will Be Reached JHE moment ship r Dl 1 exceed losses, the t,, fnts of the war will be iSacnJ? Sir Ronald Cross, 7h c n< tt ban High Commiss^ncr UStra m New York. s P«*kinj The whole question of w^nni« war hangs on mainten^ g
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    AUSTRALIA DOES NOT WANT FIJI BANANAS
    179 6 "IT Is extraordinary, at a time when Australia is experiencing the utmost difficulty m disposing of her fi overseas, owing to the loss of txp^ markets, that a fresh effort should* made to secure the entry I bananas to Australia free of duty This
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    NEW ZBALANDEES' ESCAPES FROM CRETE
    88 6 NEW ZBALANDEES' ESCAPES FROM CRETE AMAZING adventures N'* Ze* landers who escaped rom G& in^mailboatsaret Idin.ettershc^ A Sapper officer writ One o^ men m cipturca by J*™ l^ While the German was in «2tf* prisoner's pay-book toe er pulled i ut a sheatn kniie a. his capiors throat if g^
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    WARRISK EXCLUDED FROM WORKERS' COMPENSATION POLICIES
    347 7 WARRISK EXCLUDED FROM WORKERS' COMPENSATION POLICIES Malayan Insurance Companies' Decision GOVERNMENT MAKING NEW PROVISION \IKkS l > tal lmportan <* to Malayan workmen II has been taken by insurance companies These companies ha ve now excluded "war risk" from workmen's pollCH'S T1 T y e r r i that Unt
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    Over $6,000,000 From War Savings In K.L.
    45 7 Ove r $6, 000, 000 From War Savings In K.L. I'roni Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur* June 2?, a 1 I oKDIM. to the Postal authoAn irs here, the sale of War vi< in-s Certificates has now passed the SMOO.Odt) figure. day's figure is $6,021,333.
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    ABETTED ARMED ROBBERY
    175 7 Three Years' Gaol For Young Chinese YKD, a young Chinese who ted -».o others m committing an .t-ry was sentenced to three -:s imprisonment by Mr. We r ley at the Assizes yesterlor the prosecution. conMr F. N. GruYnh-Jones. the Public Prosecutor, was that a Che Lim
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    Human Skeleton Near Tanglin Barracks
    114 7 r:E cikvovery cf a human skeleton, Kftef under a tree, m the vicinity c: Tunglin 3arra.cks, by Cpl. G. Back- or me R.A.M.C., on June 10, had sequel m. the Singapore Coroner's court yesterday. rfce skeleton was lying about 30 feet ?om a drain m
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    SOLDIER CHARGED WITH THEFT
    64 7 PUNJABI soldier, Mohamed Din, attached to the H.K.S.-R.A. was 'narked m the Singapore Second Police -ourt yesterday with stealing 11 bed S-ieets worth $11. the prooerty of C. j^at from the bedding store of the barrages tetxeen June 6 and 11. he was charged with dishonestly
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    PETROL COUPONS
    45 7 p >OL coupons for July will be ised m Singapore from to-day, and free Press understands that for eust rouDons will be issued only ?;ter the half-yearly tax has been paid. unpaid, the tax will be demanded oupons issued when payment is received.
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    SOLDIERS ADMIT THEFT OF CARS
    84 7 I A RRESTED over the week-end m 'A connection with motor-car thefts, three soldiers, A. Clarkson, 22, J. McAllister, 27. and P. Crompton, 23, made their appearance m the Singapore fifth court yesterday. Clarkson and McAllister pleaded guilty to a charge alleging they committed theft
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF JEWELLERY
    56 7 /CLAIMING trial to a charge of steal- ing jewellery worth $220 belonging to a Malay woman at the Swing Dance Hall m Serangoon Road on May 20, Omar bin Abdullah was yesterday allowed $200 bail m the Singapore Third Court when the case against him wr
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    TALK ON CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA
    43 7 REV. S. M. THEVATHASAN will give a talk on "Christianity m India" at the Ramakrishna Mission, 9, Norris Road, Singapore on Saturday at 7 pjn. Rev. D. D. Chelliah will preside. The meeting is open to the public.
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    Dr. Quo Tai-Chi Was Governor's Guest
    67 7 OR. QUO TAI-CHI, lately Chinese Ambassador m London, passed through Singapore the week before last on his return to Chungking where he is to take up the appointment of Minister of Foreign Affairs. While m Singapore he stayed with the Governor (Sir S hen
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    Rubber Export To America
    164 7 NEW REGULATIONS DISCUSSED HERE IT is understood that the committee of the Chamber of Commerce Rubbers Association, meeting yesterday afternoon, discussed the new regulations covering the export of rubber to the United States. The rubber market closed quietly yesterday following the news. Rubber brokers, however, were
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    U.S. Government's Action
    116 7 The United States Government, through the Rubber Reserve Company, became yesterday the sole importer of rubber into the United States. As from yesterday, no permits to export will be granted for the export of rubber to the United States of America consigned to any party other than
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    Labourer Killed By Dynamite Explosion
    157 7 TTHIS is one of the clangers attached to 1 this particular type of trade, and I attach no blame to anyone/ said Mr. W. G Porter, the Singapore coroner, yesterday when recording a verdict of death by misadventure at an inquiry into the death of
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    RICKSHA PULLER AND FARE FIGHT
    91 7 A FIGHT between a Norwegian and a Chinese ricksha puller over the fare had its srquel m the Singapore fifth court yesterday when the Norwegian, O. Larsen, and the puller, Tang Soon, pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct by fighting m the Tanjong
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    Three Months' Imprisonment For Gunner
    309 7 Three Months' Imprisonment For Gunner HOUSEBREAKING AT CHANGI QUNNER Alfred James Elliott who broke into a refreshment hut m a Changi military area on three occasions, was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore criminal district court yesterday. Elliott pleaded guilty to tnree charges of breaking into a
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    Grants From Malaya Patriotic Fund
    69 7 THE following grants have been made from the Malaya Patriotic Fund with the unanimous approval of all branches: To the Lord Mayor's Air Raid Distress Fund (which now serves the whole of Great Britain) £10,000. To the Shipwrecked Mariners' Association £5,000. To the Soldiers', Sailors'
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    ALLEGED DAMAGE TO PLACE OF WORSHIP
    96 7 A CASE m which a Chinese was alleged to have "injured or defiled a place of worship" m Queen Street on Sunday, was mentioned m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday when it was revealed that the accused Koh Cheng Song was m hospital
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    Indians Welcome Visit Of Colonial Office Labour Expert
    478 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Koala Lumpur, June 23. AT the annual general meeting of the Selangor Indian Association on Saturday, it was decided to oopose tne proposed formation at Singapore of an All-Malayan Tamils' Association. The meeting also decided to ask the
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    "Japan Would Be Crazy To Act Agrinst N.I"
    483 7 ISLANDS WELL PREPARED NOW, SA YS U.S. JOURNALIST "THE Japanese would be absolutely crazy if they started anything against the Netherlands Indies now,' said Mr. John Stuart Martin, correspondent for the American magazines Time and Life, who has just returned from a
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    DISAPPEARANCE OF JEWELLERY
    266 7 Three Men Convicted In District Court TWO Malays, Salleh bin Arshad, and Ali, alias Nali bin Tebang, and an Indian, Visivalingam alias Kan das a my. were sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment each m the Singapore criminal district court yesterday for the part they took m
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    No Change In Local Tin Quota
    67 7 THE Controller (Mr. M. C. Hay), Tin and Tin Ore (Restriction) Enactment, F.M.S., advises that the domestic tin quota for the third quota period of 1941 has been fixed at 100 per cent. Those producers who can produce m excess of their quotas should
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    "MALAYA AND BATTUE OF THE ATLANTIC"
    36 7 MALAYA and the Battle of the Atlantic" is the subject of a talk to be broadcast from the Singapore station by Mr. P. A. B. McKerron today at 8.36 p.m.
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    Chinese Youth Fined $75
    313 7 TRIED TO IX3ULT GIRL'S MODESTY I'THAT a youthful offenders father j was prepared "to deal with his son I adequately and give him what he de!serves, m the presence of an officer of the court," was the statement made by I counsel m tho Singapore fifth
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    TO-NIGHT'S HEALTH TALK ON RADIO
    23 7 ITOE third health talk on "Diphtheria" will be broadcast from the Singapore station to-day at 7.15 p m.
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      564 8 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL LS33 ket (225 m.» MaTl 949 sac/s 459.8 C sa.l (ZHR 6.175 mc/s 48.58 a» ZHP3 7.25 mc/s (41-3>» ss.l £HL. ZHPI. ZHF2 A ZHF3 7 id a.m. Sinaapore Calttnc: 7.20 a.m. News. Relayed irom London; 7.30 a.m. "Listening: Post.' German propaganda analysed. Relayed from I*«£»;
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    112 9 DAILY PRICES CURRENT June 23. 12 o'clock noon Bayers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 33% 38 7 s No. IX R.S.S. P. 0.8. m rases July 38^ 38% G.P.AQ. R.S.S. P. 0.8. m bales July 38^i 38V4 FAQ. R.S.S. F. 0.8. m bates July
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    PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF SILVER CUP
    111 9 PLEADING guilty to stealing a silver cup worth $25 from a house m Race Course Road on Friday, a Cantonese, Lan Fook Seng and a Eurasian, James Stewart, had sentence postponed a week m the Singapore Third Court yesterday where they were charged
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    LAW NOTICE FOR THE DAY
    63 9 At 10 a.m. Before the Judges Summonses m Chambers, etc. Before The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Worley m Court No. 3: At 11 a.m. Assizes Rex vs. Ng Tian San and another; Rex vs. Tan Kirn Ann, etc.; Rex vs. A. Jansen. Before The Dy. Registrar
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    BULGARIAN CABINET MEETS
    20 9 London, June 23. THE Bulgarian Cabinet held an emergency meeting yesterday, says a dispatch from Sofia Reuter
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    22 9 Chungking, June 23. •HT^HIRTY-SIX Japanese aircraft m two waves raided Szechuan Province yesterday. The first wave bombed Chen&tu, the provincial capital Reuter
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    Outcome Of Nazi-Soviet War Unpredictable, Says Former Tokio Envoy
    311 9 Outcome Of Nazi-Soviet War Unpredictable, Says Former Tokio Envoy BUT ODDS THOUGHT TO BE IN FAVOUR OF GERMANY MTokio, June 23. R. Shigenori Togo, former Japanese Ambassador to the U.S.S.R., commenting on the Russo-German war, said, Russia has a great army, and it is impossible to predict the outcome of
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    Nazi Act Will Have Far-Reaching Effect
    94 9 Bombay, June 23. MR. Rajendra Prasad, acting president of the Indian national Congress, m an interview with Rsuter yesterday, declared that Hitler's attack on Russia was the biggest event since the fall of France and might have h far-reaching effect on the ultimate result
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    MOSCOW RADIO TAKES ON PRO-ALLY TONE
    77 9 Londen June 23. rpHE last Moscow radio broadcast contaiiiM no bulletin about military operations. The tone of the Moscow foreign news broadcast underwent a noticeable change during last evening. British war news was given greater prominence than usual, ana reports of the bombing of
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    CANADA'S VICTORY LOAN SUCCESS
    48 9 Ottawa, Jane 23. CANADA'S Victory Loan for 1941 closed on Saturday with a total subscription of $710,lX)0,0CO which breaks the record for all great war victory loans. The objective of the loan was $600,000,000 according to Mr. J. L. Hfiley, Minister of Finance Reuter
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    LORD HALIFAX CONFERS WITH WASHINGTON OFFICIAL
    33 9 Washington, June 23. LORD Halifax, the British Ambassador, made an unusual Sunday call, conferring with Mr. Sumner Welles, the Under Secretary of State, for two hours Reuter
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    Japan's Next Move Awaited
    196 9 London, June 23. rxIPLOMATIC quarters m Washington envisage close economic co-operation Detween Britain, the United States and Soviet Russia as a result of the invasion of the U.S.S.R. The invasion has caused intense diplomatic activity m Washington. The United States Government has withheld any formal statement
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    GESTAPO ROUNDING UP RUSSIANS IN BERLIN
    122 9 Zurich, June 23. rr-HB Gestapo was engaged all day yesterday 1 m a great round up of Russians m Berlin, according to the correspondent of Neve Zuericher Zeitung. The German public was unii;*<j:med until the last minute of Hitler's move and surprised with its
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    U.S. ACTION AGAINST FOREIGN PROPAGANDA
    69 9 Washington, June 23. r[E State Department is drafting legislalation tightening up restrictions on dissemination of foreign propaganda m the United States. This was revealed yesterday by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, m a letter to Senator Mead of New York who had suggested that
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    JUSTICE OF BRITAIN'S CAUSE CONFIRMED
    67 9 Sydney, June 23. "rTRE latest event is complete confirmation of the unquestionable justice of the British cause which Is that of free men and women throughout the world," declared Mr. John Curtln, Australian labour leader, commenting on the German attack on the Soviet Union Mr.
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    Both Sides Expecting Parachute Invasion
    437 9 London, June 23« THE Soviet embassy at Ankara pre- dieted yesterday that "Berlin will see Soviet bombers to-night," according to Martin Agronsky, National Broadcasting Corporation's correspondent there. Mr Agronsky continued that the German attack m the north proceeds and the Rumanian army is m contact
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    Suez And Singapore Vital For Australian Defence
    584 9 THE importance of the Suez Canal and Singapore for the defence of Australia, and the fact that the war is the workers' war and one m which there are no non-combatants, were stressed by the Australian Navy Minister, Mr. W. M. Hughes, m
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      504 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Tenders axe now invited for the z matenals or services Por particulars apply Municipal Tenders Rorm Supply or Standara High Pressure ocr Tubes. Date of Closing. 4 July 7. 1941 gapply of 110 x 40 gallon drums of Disinfectant of approved quality and British
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    CHINESE ATHLETIC REPEAT FIRST ROUND VICTORY
    413 10 Manchesters Beaten 3-1 At The Stadium WINNERS STRIKE FORM LATE IN GAME Chinese Athletic 3; Manchesters 1. HESPITE a strenuous game against the combined Business Houses* League team on Sunday, the Chinese Athletic side beat the Manchesters by three goals to one at Anson
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    34 10 picture. TEE SIANG leaps hi*h to take a header m Sunday's War Fund soccer match at Anson Road stadium m which the Chinese Athletic and a Combined Business Houses' team drew three-all.- Free Press
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    War Fund Soccer
    52 10 picture. A picture of the Business Houses' League team, members of the committee and the referee, Sgt. riatton, tanen before the soccer match m aid of The War Fund at Anson Road stadium on Sunday m which the Chinese Athletic and the combined team drew three— all
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    Huck Toe & Eng Lock Beat Smith And Clerc
    364 10 Huck Toe Eng Lock Beat Smith And Clerc Singapore Tennis Championships TO-DAY'S MEN'S SINGLES SEMI-FINAL MATCHES DLAYING steady, stylish tennis right from the opening game which they annexed, Tan Huck Toe and Wee Eng Lock sprang a surprise yesterday m the Singapore lawn tennis championships on the Singapore Cricket Club
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    SINGAPORE JUNIOR BADMINTON
    156 10 Ties For The Week-eng THE following are this week-end's ties m the junior and veterans' events m the Singapore badminton championships: Saturday at 2.15 p.m.: Misses E. Murthy and E. Dorai (Useful) vs. Misses R. Grosse and Mary de Souza Sphinx Miss Dora Tan (Merridale) vs. Miss
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    R.S.G.C. WOMEN WIN
    28 10 HT-HE Royal Golf Club beat the Keppel Golf 1 Club by 36 points to 25 m a women's match played at Bukit Timah last Friday.
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    Summer Races In Selangor
    385 10 FULL LIST OF WEIGHTS FOR TO-MORROW TTHE following are the weights for all eight races at Kuala Lumpur to-morrow, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Summer meeting. Hones, class 2. one mile and for. Samcry 9.07 Stuart Tartan 8.06 Distinguished 9.04 Dadabhoy 7.13 Roisterer
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    KHALSA ASSOCIATION
    22 10 'in*, annual general meeting of the Singapore Khalsa Association will be held at the clubhouse at 430 nm On Sunday.
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    ARMY CRICKET COMPETITION
    245 10 Gordons Win Changi Area Final THE Gordon Highlanders beat the R.A. (A. A.) by six wickets m the t'hangi area final of the Army Large Units cricket competition, and have thus qualified tor the semi-iinal round of the competition proper. Scheduled for two innings, it was agreed
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    SYKES BADMINTON PARTY
    141 10 THE Sykes Badminton Party beat the Merry Union BP. by seven games to one m a friendly badminton match played .at the former's court Iftst Saturday night. Results, Sykes players mentioned first, were: Singles:— Chan Cliim Bock beat George Tan 15 6, 1111,5 11, M. A. Lange
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    Slow Work In Preparation For To-morrow's Races
    335 10 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 23. ris morning's training here mainly consisted of trots and slow canters. The going: was good. Double File was given slow work, and Golden Glimpse looked well m a trot. Codellus was given a half pace
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    ANNUAL CRICKET AT KUALA LUMPUR
    175 10 Europeans Rest Draw (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 23. PLAYING without several of their best men, the Europeans did well to draw with The Rest m their annual cricket encounter. The Rest, batting first, scored 118 on Saturday and the Europeans, who had
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    SOCCER POSTPONED
    28 10 rE second division (a) league soccer match between the Malay Regiment and the RAF. (Tengah), which was to have been played a£ Alexandra yesterday, was postponed.
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    S.C.R.C. Doubles Final
    52 10 r»HI\ Kee Onn and Chua Choon Leong had little difficulty m annexing the men's doubles title m the Straits Chinese Recreation Club's spring lawn tennis tournament when they beat Low Ke* Choa and Tan Puay Hee 6 o, 6 2' m the final played at Hon; Lim
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    AIRMEN AND LOYALS DRAW ONE-ALL
    28 10 PLAYING at Seletar yesterday m the reserve division of the league, the R.A.F. and the 1-oyaLs shared The points, each side scoring once.
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    Fort Canning And Chinese Draw 2-2
    240 10 Fort Canning And Chinese Draw 2-2 Fort Canning: •>. <• f A Meng thee, five minutl 7 fore tht final whistle n h£, bf S.C.F A. lo hold the FoVTr 1 the to a two-all draw m a second 2 mc sion (b> league soer* dIV1 pUyed at Farrer Park
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    POLICE TEAMS MEET IN JOHORE BAHRI LEAGUE
    122 10 From Our Own Correspond Johore Bahru. June 22 TWO goals scored during the last ten minutes gave victory to Police "A" against Police B" m a keenly contested league match at the depot ground to-day. Police "B" gave aurpr. display against their s^niori
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    INTER-CLUB BILLIARDS
    81 10 JN a friendly inter-dub bi\ match played at the Neo Sen; Is Chin Sia's premises, the Sia beat the Municipal Services Club by three frames to two. Results, Sia players menii.ned tirst. were: English Games: Lee Cheng Puan lost to Loo Cheng Swee 151-200: W<* Chong Yew lost
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      47 10 To-days Sports Events SOCCER: S.A.F.A. league, second division (a), R.A. (8.M.) vs. R.E. Malays, Blakan Mati; second division (b), R.A.F. (Kalian?) vs. Air Headquarters, SHU.; Wanderers vs. Airport, Clerical Union; J.C.S.A. vs. Customs. J.C.S.A,: Post office vs. 1. A., I'ost OHice. TENNIS: Singapore championships, semi-finals, S.C.C. courts.
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