The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 September 1941

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    20 1 LftTE SINGOPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 1H.416. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1941 ft CENTS
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    REDS IN POSITION TO RETAKE SMOLENSK
    847 1 Nazis Routed In Terrific 8-Day Battle BIG OFFENSIVE BY ENEMY IN UKRAINE SECTOR SEEN 4 dttcoiaxt Moscow, Sept. 17. A KLb f IAN success north-east of the important town of Smolensk, which the Russians claim to be in a position to invade, is reported
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    "Imperial & U.S. Policies Must Be Co-ordinated" MR. FADDEN ON FAR EAST
    128 1 "Imperial U.S. Policies Must Be Co-ordinated" MR. FADDEN ON FAR EAST Canberm, Sept. 17. i ridden, Australian }IV~ ter, addressing the sentatiTes to-day, said th regarded it as of portance that iman policies in tho •ruinated. the situation as In essentials last ■ci "We must remain sudden turn of the
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    Hitler Plugs A Blockade Leak
    69 1 .osterday. Dr. British Minister referred b-th to J:ng to Russia um resistance is n cause. uppllet fr m the Germany through fling that Hows in for the use of I r :nany has lost ing food or mili- i channel. r si against Da (ir'rmany
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    IMPORTANT TALKS AT DOMINIONS OFFICE
    34 1 IMPORTANT TALKS AT DOMINIONS OFFICE li.unuon, >»'p>. 17. <\AI D, British In Canada, has or Important con)ominicnj Office Mr. \tlantic cros.sin;? irr.'^ bomber lld'S first visit 1 5 duties in Canada to return -hortly.
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    "Anyone As Hostage"
    145 1 FRESH NAZI THREAT TO FRENCH Vi.hy, Sept. 17. THK German authorities, says United Press, published ;i notice in Paris to-day threatening to take hostages "irom ail categories of the Parisian population" if attacks continue against German military men. The occupation authorities announcement was made in the Press
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    Torpedo Mishap Sinks 3 Swedish Destroyers
    209 1 Stockholm, Sept. 17. IT Is officially stated that 31 were i kil;ed and 11 injured when explosions followed by fires sank the Swedish destroyers Gothenburg, 1.040 tons, Klas Horn, 1,020 tons, and Klas Uggla, 1,020 tons, this morning at the Maersgam naval base, reports
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    New Shah's Promise
    127 1 Teheran, Sept. 17. TIIK Iran Prim? M'nMer, Ali Furughi, in a spsech to Parliament 10-day, said the new Shah of Iran had promised to observe the Constitution and m-lit the wrongs i ommitted by his fa her. Inited I'ress reports. This is interpreted to imply the restitution
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    German Bid To Bomb Hospital Ship Oranje
    201 1 German Bid To Bomb Hospital Ship Oranje Batavia, Sept. 17. AN attack on a South African hos- pital ship in the Red Sea oy a Ut-pedo-carrying aircraft Ls reported by i the Australian newspaper Sydney i Morning Herald, according to a report I reaching hero. The Morning Herald says two
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    Lamotte-Picquet's Voyage To Japan
    77 1 Saigon, Srpt. 17. pORMALLY denying reports emanating from Chungking, the Government declared to-day that the voyage of the crui'JW Lamotte-Pftcquet to Japan wa^ not connected with ttlC Fr.inco- Japanese agreement. The emiMt left Balgan recently for Osaka for repair ant. dry docking as facilities were larking
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    Japanese Hold Two British Ships
    94 1 Shanghai. Sept. 17. THE Japanese-controlled Shanghai Cus.cms held two British ships -day on Customs regulations. The departure of the s.s. Zoella ykes was held up because of an imiioper manifest. The ship was stcped when it attempted to sail last .ight The Japanese were also
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    V.C. Pilot Missing
    23 1 London, Sept. 17. NEW Zealand's (test Victoria Cross recipient in this war, SergeantPilot James A. Ward, is reported mis*hi-,. Reuter
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    Reprisals To Follow Shooting In Paris?
    141 2 Vichy. Sept. 17. ]\*or?E reprisals arc expected [ouowI'l ing the death of a German rrncommisrioned officer who was shot in a Taris subway alation on Monaa: afternoon. The Paris Press revealed the details of the attack tj-day. They said that on Monday at 10.15
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    CHINESE DINNER PARTY FOR MR. DUFF COOPER
    75 2 IN honour of Mr. AKred Duff Cooper. British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Lady Diana. Mr. Kao ling-pai, Singapore Chinese ConsulGeneral. find Mrs. Kao ?ave an informal Chinese dinner party at the Consulate last nl^ht. Othrr guests at tho dinner were
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    JAPANESE FINED UNDER ALIENS ORDINANCE
    60 2 A FINE of $100, or two months" rigorous Imprisonment, was yesterday imnosed bv Mr. H. Mor^r. Singapore Third Moeistrate. on Seij vn Naka^n. a 31-yer\r-old Japanese who ploadeu puiity to having rommittrd an ofTen^o acainst the Aliens Ordinance by falling to report Hs rhan?e of
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    ANTI-ARGENTINE ACTS BY NAZIS EXPOSED
    65 2 Ruenos Aires, Sept. 17. DISSOLUTION of German cultural centres and the German Chamber of Commerce is cplled for in a bill passed by t^e Argentine Chamber of Deputies yesterday. The bill dealing with German "cultural centres" ai.^ requires the deportaticn of their leaders. Proposals which
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    CHINFSE DENY BIRMA ROAD BLOCKED
    27 2 Chunfkin*. Sept. 17. COMMUNICATIONS CIRCLES here V* to-dav denied Jaoanese rlaim t v at th** Burmn Road had been blocked. United Press
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    LARGE-SCALE BRITISH OFFENSIVE IN LIBYA "AT ANY MOMENT"
    475 3 /^ir Squadrons Now Await Word "Go" R ,A,F.'S ASCENDANCY IN THE MIDDLE EAST u- k u London, Sept. 17. w lhf silence which has fallen on the war in the hiiddl. East since Sunday. R.A.F. and South African ir F r squadnw,
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    Axis Is Forcing Bulgaria To Fight Soviet
    126 3 Axis Is Forcing Bulgaria To Fight Soviet Zurich, Sept. 17. to a R >m dispatch, ihe Italian Government has been informed by th? WUhelmsCrasse that Germany considers the moment has now arrived when Bulgaria should participate actively in the war against Russia. It is reported that the Italian Qorernment has
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    New Heavy 'Quake In Asia Minor?
    62 3 Berlin, Sept 17. THE seismr logical observatory at Belgrade yesterday registered a n:w h?avy earthquake, says a Belgrade dijpatch. Shocks followed one another at interval* of about eight s^vonds and lasted altogether 12 minutes. The epicentre of the earthquake is beli.-ved to be in
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    Panama Demands Indemnity
    42 3 Panama Demands Indemnity London, Sept. 17. THE <iov«rnment of Panama is demanding indemnity fr >in Germany for the sinking of the ships, Sessa. and Montana, off Iceland. They were owned by the United States Maritime CnnmNsion but were registered in Panama.— Reuter
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    Big U. S. Loan For Soviet?
    105 3 CERIOUS consideration has been »iren in Washington to a suggestion that Congress should be asked for priority to offer a loan of several hundred million dollars to Russia for munition purchases, according to a Washington dispatch to the New York Times. Officials insist that
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    Nazi Ambassador Refuses To Quit Argentine
    196 3 Nazi Ambassador Refuses To Quit Argentine T UD Buenos Aires, Sept. 16. HE German Ambassador, ven Th'-r--mann, to-day defied the Arg^nt.ne Deputies by admitting his propaganda activate, but refusing to leave the country. The Ambassadcr told the United Press to-day he had "nc intention of leaving the Argentine. 'That is
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    STRIKE CALLED OFF AS HOME GUARDS MOBILIZE
    123 3 Ktnsas City, Sept. 17. AFTER the Home Guard of th« state of Kansas had been ordered to mobilize, the strike of employees of the power company, which caused Kansas City to be plunged into darkness last night, has been called off The city
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    EGYPTIAN PROTEST TO BERLIN & ROME
    32 3 EGYPTIAN PROTEST TO BERLIN ROME Cairo, Sept. i7. IT is learned that the Egyptian Gov- eminent has protested to Berlin and Rome against the bombing of the Cairo area yesterday morning Reuter
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    40 3 Shanghai. Sept. 17. IMPLICATED in the shooting of a 1 Japanese gandarrae and bombing of the branch headquarters of the Japanese gendarmerie, ten Chung icing terrorists were "severely DunlsV>ed" by court martial stated the local JaDanese newspaper Tairiku Shimpo- Reuter
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    Axis Agents Still Working For Far East Conflict
    315 3 Canberra, Sept. 11. THE Australian Minister for External Affairs, Sir Frederick Stewart, in a speech in the House oi Representatives to-day, in which he reviewed the war situation, declared that the situation was one of continuous suspense and the underlying reasons which
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    UNKNOWN
    66 3 Washington, Sept. J6. MR. E. V. IZAC, member of the House of Representatives Foreign AiTairs Committee, told the United Press today there nre "growing indications Japan is no longer sure Germany will win." Therefore, Mr. Izacu said, the prospects arc improved Tor a general settlement between Nippon and the
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    Lord Halifax On America's Great Effort
    551 3 Lord Halifax On America's Great Effort Londoin, Sept. 17. TtttE present crisis is proving just how immense the industrial capacity of America is and this is going to be decisive, declared Lord Halifax, 3ritish Ambassador to the United States, in an interview broadcast last night. Lord Halifax is in Britain
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    Nazis Anxious
    59 3 London, Sept. 17. AMKSSAGE from Zurich states that a leading article in a German newspaper say?, "It would be fooiUh if we under-estimated the British success in Iran. "Great Britain now controls very important oil districts, and we must confess that the whole strategical postion of England in
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    Karlsruhe Bombed
    46 3 London, Sept. 17. A N Air Ministry communique states: "Last night aircraft of the Bomber Command attacked objectives in Karlsruhe and elsewhere in western Germany. Many fires were left burnIng "Docks at Le Havre were also bombed. "None of out aircraft is missing."— Reuter
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    BOYER & SULLAVAN IN GOOD PICTURE
    292 3 BOYER SULLAVAN IN GOOD PICTURE "DACK Street," the New Universal pic- ture featuring Charles Boyer and Magaret Sullavan, which opened at the Capitol yesterday, is good entertainment. It is the story of a girl who, by a cruel trick of fate, is prevented from marrying the man she loves. They
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    Ministers Were Physically Bullied By Ex-Shah
    533 3 Simla, Sept. 17. TT is pointed out here that the question of the Allied 1 advance on Teheran became urgent owing to the necessity of securing the carrying out of the terms of the Anglo-Soviet agreement with Iran, particularly as regards the surrender of
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    Council Of Eurasian Associations
    479 3 Council Of Eurasian Associations IWHAT was described as a "cut and dried" schema to co-ordinr.te the activities of Eurasian Associations throughout Malaya, was unanimously pa-sed at the 22nd annual general meeting of the Singapore Recreation Club yesterday, when a rule governing the establishment of a "Council of Malayan Eurasian Associations,"
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1941. Cargoes For Britain
    701 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1941. Cargoes For Britain 'THE United States Navy has lost no time in giving full effect to President Roosevelt's assurance that commerce in the defensive waters of America will receive full pro- tection. Yesterday, Col. Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, announced that
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    NORWAY'S TANKER FLEET "WORTH MILLION MEN"
    1163 4  -  Johan By Nygaardsvold Prime Minister Of Norway -THE liattle of the Atlantic, the very- crux <>f Democracy's struggle for a free world, will rea~h its greatest intensity during the coming months. "I am confident that we shall win that Battle, ind I am proud
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    21 4 THE DUCE'S FAREWELL TO BLACKSHIRTS LEAVING FOR RU9SI I Liif no doubt a* i«» the outcome o/ this hattU of Riunti."
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      48 4 DURING IHE LAST WAR I CAME. To V7 INDEED S<Q DON T MtNT.OM «t I This merv hotel -had a big peed f-U y H VECY o YouL HWE do o^,l -COULDNT PAY MV BILL AND GOT SOWN' S<C Ot^ WVnVCKUCKHD OUT OM ME EAR ii\ j) J>
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    The Duff Coopers Move Into Their New Home
    1434 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT By > i the Duff Coopnto the house at id which will be ile they are in door, No. 104 taken for them timodate the rest and be used as already fumish- verandah lounge I be their private furniture is
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    COMPULSORY FIRE WATCHING FOR K.L.
    128 5 From Our Own Correspondent i Kunln Lumpur. Sent 17 ACCORDING tc ii circular Issued bv th AT? P DenrutnT-nt in Ku^ln TiUmniir retmlntirns will sh^-tly be ■r»z^tted rmV'ine: it o^moulsory for Hrnw and private nnd nuhlir in ctitut'^ns to nrovid 0 fire wat<'hin<r mi fire
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    RFLIEF FOR DEPENDANTS OF INDIAN OFFICERS
    75 5 Lahore, Sept. 16. THIRTY-TWO families all over the Province have received maintenance grants for widows and children, and two families received lump sums for marrlapei of daughters f r om th" Armv Benevolent Fund which has been crenteri to nlleviftte hard«;Vilr)s of depen ripnts
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    55 5 Bonsralore, Sent. 16. IT is le imt that the Government of 1 Mwre State have sinrtioned for w^kins: the Jotr Fills VivHr^.~i P ~t r i r <;rh»m" 'or e^n^r^tin^ noo ho-se niw n to b 0 with. Tt is und^rstond lhf»t mrst o^ the Dower thus een?r?tei will be
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    New Offensive Strength Of Allied Air Force Vital Factor In Me diterranean
    494 6 THE destruction of 416,000 tons of Axis shipping in five weeks is a remarkable achievement, and a reminder that a ceaseless British offensive is being conducted at sea, week in and week out. Such losses cannot fail to
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    Night Fighters Use Leopard Badge
    124 6 London, Sept. 16. A SNARLING leopard, with teeth bared ready for the kill, has been chosen as a badge by one of the Fighter Command's night fighter squadrons, whose victories over German bombers have already reached double figures. The squadron had a number of "kills"
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    Allied Nations Form Cultural League
    191 6 London, Sept. n. AN Allies' "League of Nations" h.u boon formed in London nnd \v T one dnv h^ln to shaDe a now Ear a The official title is t'po London International Assembly formed urder auspicea of the International Committee of the Lenuuo of Nations
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    Honours Earned In Bismarck Battle
    88 6 London Sept. 17. Awards to officer! and men of the Fleet Air Arm who crippled the Nazi battleship Bismarck, enabling the Royal Navy o .send her to the bottom, are announced The awards tnr!ude three Distinguished e Order medals and three mentions In cii patches.
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    Chungking Heartened By Roosevelt Report
    57 6 Chungking. Sept. 17. /CHINESE offieial and unofficial quartors here are heartened by President Roosevelt's empnasls, in his Lease-Lend report to Congress, on aid to China. Thla has led oosrrvers In Chungking t't believe theie will bo no compromise between the United States and Japan v.-hich
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    AUSTRALIA TO RAISE £100,000,000 LOAN
    72 6 Canberra, Sept. 17. TIIH .second largest loan In th^ history of Australia 100.000,000 sterling for war purposes was announced yesterday by the Prime Miniser Mr. A. W. Fadden, as being imminent. Thirty millions will be new money and the remainder represents conversions of securities maturing
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    NEW RUSSIAN LEADER IN SHANGHAI
    78 6 Shanghai .Sept. 17. A FORMER colonel In the Imperial Russian Army has been appointed acting chairman of the Russian Emi- runts' Committee in succession tr> Mr. Ivanov who was shot dead on Monday. Ho Is Nicolal Serejnlkoll. who Is well known among White Russians throughout
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    Australian Fighter Squadron
    40 6 The first fishier smiadron of ivhL-h the flying personnel (with tlu* exception of two Sight (omniandm) arc entirely Australi in is now fully in oreration. The men are scon do ins a little tlaybird -.hootiiiK between flights.
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    Hoover Tells Americans When Nazis Will Collapse
    318 6 THE view that Hitler will collapse as a result of his own over-reaching and that the United States should become a bulwark of freedom at home was expressed by Mr. Herbert Hoover, former President of the United States, in a radio address to
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    Nanking Troops Aid Japanese Army
    110 6 Bhi ihai, B< pt. it Forces of the pupp Nankii rernmenl under Wang Chlng-wei arc co-operatii with Japanese troops rariOU, r;:::^ ol K aiig-u Pr"V.:ic in mooplni up remnants ol th C s-- Fourth 'C mmui Route Army, according to the Jai^ancse army nnan spoto
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    Former U.S. Minister To Britain Dies
    92 6 Nrw York. Sept 'the death b announced of Mr. Alaaaon 'Hi'.-rlnw Houirhton, who was Amoriraii Ambassador to Britain from |fBS to 1929 and. lxf'tr.« that, Ambassador to Gwmnnv. Mr Fmnk B KeUogf as Arrbas-ador to P.ri'ai!i in 102">. Mr HoUffhton attrartod at- n by
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    R.A.F. Sinks Nazi Patrol Vessel
    59 6 London. Srpt. 17 BLENHEIM bombers carrying our swoon off th > Dmrh oon c t s;ink a German patrol vessel yesterday. On^ f thr b'-nibt^r'; b minimi An I'li^mv flahtrr w^.s destroyed bf >n^ of tho RAF fighters on nitrol T.Tt^r. R A.F Rffht*ra rnrriod
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    MORE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS IN PARIS
    95 6 Borne. Sept 17. ATTEMPTS to assassinate two more N">?i non-commissioned offlcers are •onortrfi in a Vichy dispntrh to-dnv Oro of th^m W^a shot nnd seriously "•nurKipr] |n Roulovnrn' Strnsbours on Mondav rwnin-;. Bullets onterod his Shots wore fired at tho othor non•oinmi<s'o pd n n'V'^or
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    MTNE-HUNT TN HONG KONG'S HARBOUR
    105 6 Honp Kong. Sept. 17. fIJAVAL craft are combing Hone Kontr harbour for float inp mines which brok.> lose and were driven Into the seawav bv a typhoon that visited Horn* Kont? on Mnndav The first mine was so rn off Douelas Wharf "hich is in
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    Australian Women Keen To Form Own Home Army
    301 6 WOMEN of all ages, married and unmarried, invaded Army headquarters recently, following the announcement by the Minister for the Army, Mr. Percy C. Spender. that an Australian Women's Home Army would be formed immediately, says the Sydney Morninjj Herald. The number of
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    BRITONS FROM FINLAND ARRIVE IN LISBON
    9 6 BRITONS FROM FINLAND ARRIVE IN LISBON A I Reuter
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    "NAVY COULD BREAK ANY BLOCKADE OF MALAYA WITHOUT U.S. HELP"
    960 7 statement Made By Sir Robert Brooke-Popham wHhJt avy could break "V blockade of Malaya her ™t rl mCnCan na val inte «-vention, and Malaya with a bloclfnLnt <* food and ammunition could stand a blockade of six months, or even
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    "Cleaner Town" Campaign In Singapore
    242 7 co-operation by the A in keeping streets, Hid b; ck-lanes clean, thus expen Hture in town cleanalso in prosecutions in has been started by n Municipality. on th< i subject have been .at ions, guilds, clubs, and Singapore. the spreading of knowi required to keep
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    AUSTRALIAN G. O. C. GIVES EMBLEM TO SULTAN
    269 7 tents received by the :ore yesterday, when his 68th. birthday, was Of the A.I.F. carved sent by the G.0.C., Forces in Malaya, Major- Bennett. m received telegrams of' r in the Governor, Sir m us. the Commander-in- A.r Chie: Marshal Sir Popham,
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    Four Food Control Convictions
    193 7 F>UR cascj brought by the Food Control Denartmcnt were deilt with by the Sin?apore Fifth Magistrate vosterday. In the first case. Abdul Razak, of Buona Vista Road private market, *ho was summoned lor falling to display en a ticket the price erf beef exposed for sale
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    57 7 Mr. Charles H. Holm s, penrral manager of the /urtralian National Publicity Association, has b^pn appointed Director of the Department of Information In succession to Mr. J. F. Williams, who has been acting In an honorary capacity and who visited Malaya r cently with the Minister for Information < Senator
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    RETIRING FUND CASE
    217 7 IN our report of a Judgment of Mr. Justice Aitken read in the High Court last Thursday in a suit in which a clerk, a former employee, claimed payment of sums standing to his credit in the bonks of a retiring fund, from the Asiatic Petroleum Co.,
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    AUSTRALIAN BUDGET SESSION BEGINS
    67 7 the Australian recerai rnrnajnent tin nieei in Canberra to-day for the Budg't session which is r::ptvied to continue for about six weeks. Abolition cf tlie wages tax a heavy incrrasr in State income tax. and collection of income tax by hisU:lmenLs. arc T atures of the
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    THAI FILM IS SUCCESS IN U.S. Technician Returns From American Tour
    175 7 THAI FILM IS SUCCESS IN U.S. Technician Returns From American Tour MR. PRASART SUKHUM, vice- president of Pridi Film Productions, of Thailand, arrived in Singapore yesterday on his way back to Thailand after a 12 months' "goodwill distribution tour" of America with Thailand's first English dialogue film, "King of the
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    DISPATCH RIDER ON 3 TRAFFIC CHARGES
    441 7 DISPATCH RIDER ON 3 TRAFFIC CHARGES JAFKAR bin Mohamcd, a young Mal.iy dispatch rider in the signalling section of the Johore Military Forces, was on trial in the Singapore Traffic District Court yesterday before Mr. C. H. Whit ton on charges of causing dea'h by a rash act by driving
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    56 7 •piIE Australian MirJsUr for Air. Mr. MrKw n. has announced that Australia's i famous Tomahawk fixhu r squadron has reentered thr> active war 7on< in the Western Dcsort. It has air adv made 12 sorties over enemy-occupied territory there. Since th" cessation of thr Syrian hostilities, th squad I ron
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    "Americans Feel Pacific Is More Important"
    425 7 T*HE American people are very puzzled about the situation in the Pacific "They just don't know how to determine the attitude of Japan," according to Mr. Virgil Pinkley, United Press representative, who arrived here yesterday by Clipper en route to Europe. Mr. Pinkley added
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    First Pilot Trained In Malaya To Shoot Down A German Aircraft
    257 7 First Pilot Trained In Malaya To Shoot Down A German Aircraft A FIGHTER pilot who was until recently an assistant engineer in the Malayan Public Works Department has shot down his first German aircraft. He is Pilot Ofiiccr P. Shelley, who is now with a Hurricane squadron in the Middle
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    EMPRESS PLACE COLLISION NOT DRIVER'S FAULT
    279 7 EMPRESS PLACE COLLISION NOT DRIVER'S FAULT AN AUSTRALIAN soldier, Corporal S. T. Knight, describee* in th.e Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday a collision in Empress Place on the evening of Aug. 23, when tr<e puller ot a ricksha in whi'.h he was riding was knocked down with fatal consequences by a
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    SLIPPKRS FOUND NEAR BODY ON BEACH
    84 7 ••TK view of the presence of a pair of 1 slinpers on tIM beach. I have reason to bolinve that the women lived in that district." said Inspector S. Marsden at an inmriry before the .Sineapore Coro- ner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday, into
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    HONOURS LIST IN JOHORE
    69 8 (Fron 0 LIIG H G mineci i' th< coni Johon 'a 681 The first I h Un Pr I Haji v (preside! Haj: M 8 bir. r II of Johon .M.i tai Jol 6 H K ith Prom m sM J DJ»V bi:: Ibrmhin P i
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    83 8 THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION Ul I'M« ES I I Hf.i ¥1 >rp» 1 7 11 •clock noon > ff« MhM N La R S I N IX H.S.fl r O P cases E t pternkv r OPAO RBb f o be'.es Sf:»f: t- o a > baifs Bcpcambi r
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    FOUND DROWNED IN A BRAIN
    84 9 FOUND DROWNED IN A BRAIN Sunday morntag foSnd uJ^SL. »s Cl^all, o? the SS- IU I'S >esterdi »'«> Si that the bodC was fo.,nH, cr Blngh "e«> 38 *1«1 the no." niS li n face downward In the dra?r V eubm rged ln Si -Ji'ffi sjss, p jr: SEriL"" iound
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    RED CROSS'S THANKS FOR MALAYAN GIFTS
    35 9 "No call :o r help haa o-o r r.ti~< «f ESS? I "It La onite impossible to express our BS&SSr gme n rur s urc you that we S
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    63 Killed In Tokio Train Collision
    79 9 Toklo Sept. IT. Q1XTY-THREB per^.ns were kii!u cd instantly and (.7 were injured *;\st ni?!it when Mio Shimonosektlokio cxnress crash c v l into ilic rear of a Kyoto-bound train, at a standstill at Aboshi station, on the main line, in western Japan. Railway
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    Clear Words To Japan Urged
    202 9 New York, Sept. 17. TTHE Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies issued last night a new statement of basic policy which is outlined in the following ten-point programme: (1) Immediately break otT d plomatic relations with Germany; (2) Deliver goods all the way
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    MOTORIST FINED $25
    129 9 ROBERT JACKSON was yesterday convicted in the Singapore TrafLc Court for allegedly driving therwiso than in an orderly or careful manner and without regard for the safety of others, and fined $25 by Mr c H Whitton, the ITafflc Magistrate. Jackson was originally charged with negligent driving,
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    Americans In Free China Are Not Evacuating
    550 9 Americans In Free China Are Not Evacuating Chungking, Sept. 16. U7HILE the question of evacuating American.- from various tr parts of the Far East has become one of increasing gravity, between 800 and 900 Americans are continueto live and work in *nueh-bombed Free China with little thought or worry about
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION
    149 9 I'ne Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubter AMCCtetloa held its 1,556th auction yesterday Mid there were catalogued 1,972,082 lb. 880. '.9 tons; offered 1,810,726 lb.— 808. 36 urns; sold 1.189,749 lb. 531.14 tans. I^ndon Spot 13 11 16d. New Yi.rk Spot 22- cts. PRICES REALIZED Rlbt>cd Smoked Sheet
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    20 9 Tokio, S«pt. 17. The Japanese Emperor received yesterday his Foreign Minister, Adm. Toyoda, who reported on diplomatic affairs.— United Press
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    Rise In Prices Of Thailand Rice
    182 9 WITH the exception of b r o 1; c n grades, Thailand rice is now dearer in Singapore by a quarter of a cent per katty. The current prices are Thailand Super $17-85 per bag (10 cents per katty), No 2 Special $16.95 <9>/
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    Sentence On Malacca Man Confirmed
    190 9 AN APPEAL against the decision 01 the District Judge at Malacca who had sentenced Low Yew Tee, a bus!-' 1 nrss man. to a fine of $300, or three months* rigorous imprisonment, was cA>missrd by the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McEwaine. in the Singapore High
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    GIFT OF BIG GORILLA TO MR. ROOSEVELT
    112 9 Wjihinrton. Srpt. IS. DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has accepted "in the fine spirit in which it was offered the gift of pn enormous gorilla from the Free French authorities in French Equatorial i Africa a* a svmbol of the ferocity of their fight against Na2i-i.«m.
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    ROTARY TALK
    70 9 A DDRKSSINO the Rotary Club yesterday on "Sumatra Thirty Years Apo." Mr. H. R. Arbonz pove an account of his experience Rained in that country at a time when rubber fetched as much as two guilders per p^und and labourers earned as much as a tiicu^and guilders per
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    Speed-Up Or R.A.A.F. Mails
    429 9 Australian Netos By Cable Melbourne, Sept. 17. TilE Minister for Air (Mr. McEwcn) has announced the Federal Government's decision to expedite mail 'deliveries to members of the R.A A F. overseas by establishment of R A A F. base post offices in Australia the United Kingdom,
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    NEW U.S. MILITARY ATTACHE IN IRAN
    60 9 ON his way to Iran as the new United States Military- attache th^re. Capt John Ondrick arrived in Singapore yesterdav. He will pay courtesy calls en the military authorities hero. Capt. Ondrick was until recently stationed in Manila. He is a graduate of West
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    NEWCOMERS DEADHEAT IN THIRD RACE
    2167 10 NEWCOMERS DEADHEAT IN THIRD RACE Queen's Star Completes A Double SECOND DAY OF PERAK SEPTEMBER MEETING (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 17. A DEADHEAT for first place in the third race by two recent importations, Mickey Rooney and Spun Wool, was the highlight of to-day's racing here in the
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    Teams For Rugby Trial At S.C.C.
    111 10 THE following will represent the Colours and Whites In the first Rugby trial at the Singapore Cricket Club on SaturColours: P. Burgess; J. Abbott, MrKenxie, Tyson, Mithnon; Cesslord. D. (.n I land; J. Whrf'.rr. T. Turner, Blunt, Bailey, Elston, J. C. Hamlyn, PenderCudlip, E.
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    Bowler Takes Six For Nine
    435 10 DIGGERS EASILY BEAT R.A.F. A TEAM irom an A.I.F. infantry A battalion celebrate its move to :i new location by decisively defeating a team drawn from the R.A.F. in the same area on Saturday. Ba.ting first, the A.I.F. knock. d up a mov*srute 123, of
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    RED ROSE B. P.
    176 10 PLAYING at Telok Kurau on Sunday. 1 the Red Rose B P went down to the ifaybtossom B P. by five names to three. Scores, with the Red Rose players mentioned first, were Men's Singles: M. A. Lange lost to A. Mattar. 14—14 (o—3), retired; C
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    66 10 t?he following have beo n selected to' P *J heckey for the Y.M.C.A. vrrsu.s the RA O C on the An- en Road ground at 5 15 p.m. to-mcrrow H.Tan": Hera Singh. Lee Ptona l.im Jcapt.): V. R. Fabapathv. Goh Chin Chy-. G:.n !,ee Siang; W Maggs, Tan
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    KALLANG AIRMEN DRAW WITH INDIANS
    38 10 KALLANG AIRMEN DRAW WITH INDIANS fUE RAF. (Kalian*?, and the Indian' Association drew three-all in B rrr >n 1 division <b> league soccer match played at Farror Park yesterday. The Airman led two-nil in the first half. I
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    Table Tennis Championships Start On Saturday
    330 10 T Ht '°'ingap.jre table tennis championships of 1941 will beqin at 7.30 p.m on Saturday night at the Happy World covered Theie will be no admission charge. The rvrnts are tht; Inter-rlub league championship, men's men's doubles, women's singles and invitation Business Houses' kague
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    To-day s Sports Events
    64 10 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. league, first division. S.r.C. vs. Manchesters, Anson Road s( uliiim re-erve division, Argyll* vs. M.F A Clerical Union ground; second division (a), R-E. (Malays) vs. K.f*. (BM.), Chanil; >nond di\>sio» (b), StTnford vs. Post Office. P.O. ground. RUBY: M.C.U. vs. R.A S.C., M.C.U. HOCKEY:
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    AEROMODELLERS' ANNUAL COMPETITION
    144 10 fHt: second annual Malayan open r.iodel aerop:ane competition of the Siiißapore Aeromodellers' Sooioty will bo held on Sunday, Sept. 28, starting at 9 am. on the reclaimed ground ofT Grove Road opposite the Singapore Airport) The competition will be divided into five classes. International Wak field class
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    SEPTEMBER MEDAL AT GARRISON GOLF CLUB
    69 10 JHE September m»-dal competition held over mmSS WC k tn d at tne Harrison Oolf Club !»ftiJJ l i£. L H wlth a Tlic f. llo'ving wore the best return*L. H. Cha'or thr<>o ur ctrT Lt K °2; J J I S?.. Sw^P pirst
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    Colonial Cup At Island Club
    306 10 I THE "Colonial Cup" cumpe KJ<m played dur- ing August at the Island Club r c ult^l In a win lor ur. T. E. Cheah (7; and S. V. Gltuns (18) when they beat. In tnc final, M. C. V. MarUa -at and Dr. Chu*
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    P.K. SAPPERS GET WALK-OVER
    30 10 THK RE. MalAy.-> coawdad ;i to th»» R E. fP.B > in th- sl.^n a' lr.tvju- sorre- which to have been played at Chan k I yesterday.
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    Airport & Fort Canning Share Points
    236 10 Airport Fort Canning Share Points Airport S.C 2; Fort Cannine COUR goals were shared in a lecond 2 1 league soccer match between th<> rn HM<v n Ju and the Fort Canning played at Farm PaS !M>rK Chh The Airport dominated the exchanges in the first half, but it was
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    AUTUMN TENNIS AT S.C.C.
    126 10 Yesterday's R^ Further Ties p N r r',r,,r: ,■;'■"•<>*■ awn l, nil s I.,.,,. ln f. W. M >J( women 'a event Ui went to M Wta UM another e. PI KHH K HI Further Uti VO.MOftSOU ri.wton« Mis QrUBtlM Jfcrt J-gJJtail JP and J. A.
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