The Straits Times, 1 November 1940

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    38 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURYJ iIML^V^'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 P\(.»> SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 149 CECIL ST. (PHONE 5471)
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      193 1 s_i— k GENERAL DRAPERY AND SOFT FURNISHING SECTIONS Clearance of all oddments and NC\ \JJ C\ XT discontinued designs regardless of \J YY \J V\ cost. Here is a fine opportunity to replenish your drapery materials at ridiculously low prices. Casements, Cretonnes, Curtain materials as well as odd stocks and
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      31 1 ELSIE MARY DRESSES MILLINERY STITCHED HATS TURBANS HATS REMODELLED KVALA LVMhVR 25 JAVA ST. (PHONE 3283). DISTIN<TIVE QUALITY i Fj-^^ 1 SCOTCH WHIShY I Drink Delicious OV/ILTINE* <?W yyofe /^g difference/
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      593 2 WAIJCEK At the Oeneral HospttsO. Singapore en Oct si. lt4o to Nancy, wife, of Wtnc/Cdr. E Walker, a son. K-i.IIJ.INr.RToN At the Mater- n«-g. on October -Mst 194<. to iTna. wtf' PpocnerIJllltigstoQ ft son. SITUATIONS VACANT WJUntm first c*Ms Studio Cameraman RxptiKnce in retouching and dark room work mentis!. Apply
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      673 2 LOST LOST. Black and White Fox Terrier Dog at 940 a.m. on 31 '10 near £v Court. Stamford Road $25 reward if returned to Lammert. Waiin Publicity Servi-w. Singapore. FOR SALE 155.M0 PIECES Mareeilles Type Famous Brand Indian Roofing Tiles. Apply llox No. Ot. Straits Times. JFOR HIRE_ Rl.l RK.EKATOK
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      818 2 HOUSES ACCOMMODATION WANTED UNFUKNISHED HOUSE. 3 Bedrooms. Mod. San. essential. Possibly Ions; IA. Bex 91. Straits Tim-.-,. EDUCATIONAL TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC The following pupils of Mrs. E. M. Hal? of 35, Fort Rood. Katony were successful in the music examinations held in June, 1940: PIANOFORTE Senior— Harriet Ha. ;y;
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      382 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIKE. rporatM id Rnsiano I Al SN CO IXAII H CARGO SERVICE The b«st possible services ore being icointained by r he P A O S N Coy troro »he Straits ro their usual ports of call m China India Ceylon and
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      286 3 Uncoroovateo in Japan t GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS I- Ok UJNARI) WHITI STAR LINE. TO SAN KRAMIStO Hone Kong Kobe. Yokohama, llonoluln Saa Fr»ndftco and l«t Anrele^ is TAWATA MARO leave H'kong Nor nj. KAMAKURA MARU leave Hkong Nov. 12 tra ASAMA MARC leave Hkona Nov. 2! dm. TATUTA MARU from
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      506 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Freauent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are ncf guaranteed all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTR A L 1 A THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle [Perth] via Java by first class oassenger ships. Single
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      178 3 '"1 PP FAST PASSENGER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA MANILA ft HONG KONG Ball S oor« Arrive 8 F i*. OTTT Or NORFOLK No*. Dec. 1 PASSENGER ft FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA PENANG. COLOMBO, BOMBAY AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Arrive Spore Sail Spore
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      1302 3 B roa _dc a s t in g TO-DAY EMPIRE STATION GSB 0.51 mr j (31 .:>:> ml; «,S( me 9 SINGAPORE ni: ml t« s:> 3 s 53 m s 1I.8C nici tUM I (.M ill n.c 7111. i::..13 m c«. C*25 n».) < 11.82 mi; GSG 17.79 tic
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    DISPUTE BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.
    4244 4 Directors Seek Colonial Office Intervention In Malacca Case $250,000 OFFER BY MUNICIPALITY FOR ENTIRE ASSETS REFUSED THE dispute between the Malacca Municipal Commissioners and the Malacca Electric Lighting Co. Ltd., regarding the taking over by the municipality of the supply of electricity in Malacca,
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      262 4 TO-NIGHT 615 915 MARLBORCUGH Special Hari Raya Attraction "AU BABA FORTY THIEVES" IN HINDUSTANI The Wise Way to Perfect (KfSSjJ Hygiene V^M Toucan be sure of Cahrert'i W/\ «> Zi Carbolic Soft Soap. It keeps WkL*4^ A you cfcan and refreshed, and j^B La^Utf^/ pkasant to use, because ir ft
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    476 5 Shares Quiet But Rubber In Better Demand R. «»«r t manual Correspondent Singapore, Nov. 1. L\L share markets aiv sUll very quiet. Yesterday there were few in tin shares but Hon B Katt was firmer business being done up to $1 17 The Inquiry in this section
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    105 5 Kriday. Nov. 1. noon, Bayer* Scltan *ricm "Me* Hrn. IX K.S.S. (Spot loose) 38-4 39 NO IX R.S.S f-».j la cum Not. Sfllrrj Option) 39 Mtt I G.F.A.U K.S-S -Ob. to bales Nor. (Seller* Option) 38*» 38% l-.AO R.S.S i.j.b. is bale* Not. (Sellers Option)
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    London Stock Exchange
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    Non-Acceptors And Order Of Running
    149 5 Ipoh Races IJON-ACCEPTORS and the order of runnln? at Ipoh to-morrow, the final day oX Perak Turf Club's meeting, are RACE 1: Ponies, class 1, div. 3, 5 furs. straight Praliuue. RACE 3: Ponies, class 1, div. 2. 5 fur*. straight Pymble. RACE 3: Horses,
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    RUBBER PRICE ADVANCES
    535 5 QUOTA CHANGE UNLIKELY TN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write:— With almost painful regularity the London market has been reported unchanged throughout the week, but fortunately there is no lack of interest in New York, and after
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    56 5 London, Oct. 31. friN opened quiet. The turnover was 75 tons. Later the market rules steady in spite of large sales from the East at a slightly cheaper price and lower American advices. The market believes that home consumers need to buy against contracts. After official hours a further 15
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      327 5 M A /MY TEETH AND /g^ A Wa A I GUMS LOOK AND FEEL 1 /fißf V BETTEB SINCe J l^&h^ W\ j > BE6AN USiN6 THE < lgS& b a ah™ hhh < d I I \I w' ■v-Or face fits between (be Jm "^•"Z TUFTED Il'^^P> teeth> thorou
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      713 5 EVENING IN PARIS PERFUME The most exquisite of British Perfumery Used the world over. On sale everywhere. Sole Agents: GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Penang Kuala Lumpur. PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange -3aoks will oe cloaec on.— 2nd November, Saturday, Hari Kaya Puasa (Bai.k Holiday). SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. WINTER MEETING 1»4».
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      265 5 19 -it (Kill StlKfc.fr I slAUArifNiw TeJ«9b*nc Manager's Ufflc* IM2 a Sab-Mana^er't Office 4513 a Exchange I>^{K. 1514 General Office 4781 Cafcle Address: -"PROVINBANK" Head Offiee Sluehow. Kwan^luDe PAll> UP t'APITAI (Ch.) lO,tt#O.i»tfl RESERVE FUNDS > H.000.0M TOTAL ASSETS (approx. t fJOB.»M.M« Board oi Directors T. I. SOONG TSKNU YANG
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      177 6 THE YEARS MOST UNUSUAL PICTURE WITH THE YEAR'S OUTSTANDING CAST! A R f f^^l YESMkGEO. RAFT y^jf'jH t^^SHERIDA?T>^^P MS^% BOGART tmmm M 9 »r J^y >ii>< Mm! kfll liliwKn, TOMORROW at MIDNIGHT ALHAMBRA 12.10 o'clock What is the awful mystery of 4^ the tomb with its door with 7 LOCKS
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      471 6 "A FILM WITH SUBTLE AND TYPICAL FRENCH HUMOUR AND WITH LILTING MUSIC BY OSCAR STRAUS" "Morning Tribune" TO-DAY AT A VIF TCfcN 6.15 9.15 |Irim T lUvJW A LIVELY FRENCH MUSICAL ROMANCE! YVONNE PRINTEMPS PIERRE FRESNAY 4^ AND AN OUTSTANDING CAST OF #jL FRENCH PLAYERS. Wp^fctJ^^ DIALOGUE IN FRENCH WITH
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      114 6 A THRILLING AFRICAN JUNGLE ADVENTURE ACTUALLY BASED ON A CONDITION OF THE VERSAILLES PEACE TREATY I AiniTAl I 3 SHOWS DAILY Lr Ari lUL 3.15 6.15 9.15 A New Universal Production packed with exciting: Escaoes Jungle Fights and Sensutional Incidents m mLmmWUmXM fil WITH SPKCIAL ADDED 2-Khi<X ATTRACTION— EXCLUSIVE The
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    A.-A. EXPERT TO COMMAND EAST AFRICAN TROOPS
    306 7 Major-General A. G. Cunningham To Help Middle East C.-in-C, London, Nov. 1. TEN. Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East forces, has received valuable reinforcement this week in the person of Major-General A. G. Cunningham, who has arrived in Kenya to take
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    Term Of Viceroy Is Extended
    45 7 London, Oct. 31. Fis announced that the term of office of Lord Linlithgow as Viceroy of India has been extended for a further period of one year. Normally, his term of office would have ended in April. 1941.— Router. i
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    Canada To Build Own Engines
    279 7 Ottawa, Oct. 31. fAN ADA will be able to ship com- plete aeroplanes to Great Britain within a few months. Hitherto Canadian companies only built aircraft frames, the engines j being installed in British plants. Now I the engines will be built in the Dominion,
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    Isolated Enemy Attacks
    207 7 London, Not. 1. ISOLATED enemy aircraft made a number of attacks on various parts i of the country yesterday, states an Air j Ministry communique. Bombs were dropped on two towns in the Eastern counties and at points in South Wales and the Midlands, according to reports
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    "GERMANY CANNOT WIN THE WAR"
    152 7 GERMANY CANNOT WIN THE WAR" London, Nov. 1. "Germany cannot w.n the war unless she lands in this island and HMJrea us i hold up our hands. No terror and no I murdering of civilians or destruction of churches and hospitals will ever drive our people to surrender," said Brigadier-General
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    ENEMY MILITARY CAMP ATTACKED
    52 7 ENEMY MILITARY CAMP ATTACKED i Nairobi, Nov. 1. SOUTH AFRICAN aircraft attacked I a military camp at Lughferrandl in Italian Somaliland on Tuesday. Bombs were dropped among buildings in the target area, says a communque. Other units of the South African Air Force carried out reconnaissance flights. All returned saf°lv
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      226 7 TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARET ATTRACTION MIMI 6t JOSE IN THEIR LATEST PROGRAMME SUCCESS Dinner .$.lOO Non-diners $1.00 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS SEA VIEW HOTEL BAL.--.uOM PERFECTLY AIRCONDITIONED BY SEABREEZES TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE OIMNkR SS DANCE FORMAL NO ADMISSION CHARGE SATURDAY EXTENSION TO
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      385 7 R^(^r STRAITS TIMES "Good enter. tainment with p'enty of thrills. ...Come along enjoy a^o^^^^ saa j^ a m W the 808 HOPE fun! j^| U ROR HOPF felll** 1"*"^1 \M iJXJU lIV/I JLI |Mrg f Ak MAIAYAS CINfMA Of lUfl ("Road to Singapore 'M 3.1S G. 15 —9.15 V WHERE
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOV. 1, 1940. (425th Day Of The War.) Light And Reason
    1070 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOV. 1, 1940. (425th Day Of The War.) Light And Reason Under an agreement entered intc in 1912, Malacca Electric Lighting Ltd., a locally incorporated public company, operates a plant which supplies electric light and power in that Settlement. In June, 1937, the company issued
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    "VERBODEN"
    111 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, "Old Timer" who writes in today's Straits Times about bowlers and boaters still being patronized in Java, may have been in Java, but apparently not long enough to know that the word verboten is not Dutch, but German. The word in
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      THE CLERK'S LOT
      583 8 Employers Responsible For Many Faults To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l read In your Issue of Oct. 28 the report of an address made by Mr. A. V. Ooodale, at the Singapore Teachers' Association. In summing up the report it would seem that Mr.
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      LOCAL CLERKS
      262 8 List Of Qualifications Amplified To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— With reference to Mr. A. V. Goodale's comments on the business qualifications for a local clerk, may I amplify these somewhat. 1. Punctuality in arriving at office in the morning and unpunctuality in leaving office in
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      LOTTERIES
      842 8 Government Attitude Disappoints To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— With the present war exercising all men's and women's minds, and with the Income tax looming over the country, one Is greatly disappointed at the attitude adopted by the Government with regard to running a State lottery The
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      INCOME TAX
      284 8 A Record Of The Controversy Mr. Francis F. Cooray of Kualm Lumpur has collected cuttings dealing with the Income tax controversy and a fully representative selection of them has been printed In book form by Messrs. Kyle Palmer Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, and is now on sale at
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      SCHOOL FEES
      594 8 Demand For Payment In Advance To the Editor of the Straits Thati Sir, The Department of Education has touched parents with school--, children on a tender spot^-not for the flist time, I think. An indignant pal has lust shown me two circulars wliicii read as follows:— Parents and
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      71 8 CHRISTMAS AND NEW TEAR CARDS. Raphael Tuck's Cards are known all over the I World, with Excellent Verses A Attractive Designs. Loose cards from 10c. to 30c. each. I Boxed cards from 0.75 to $1.80 per box. ALs: (irrrtlng from Malaya Cards $1.00 set of 6. All with Envelopes. Postage
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    GREEK WARSHIPS BOMBARD ITALIAN FORCES
    578 9 Advanced Positions On Border Shelled KRILLIANT FEATS OF ARMS BY THE DEFENDERS Small Unit Holding Up An Entire Division 'UKKK warships joined in battle against Italian land troops when they shelled Italian advanced positions on the Greek-Albanian border early yesterday, reports Reuter from Corfu. The
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    "STRIKE NOW AT ITALY"
    440 9 Ex-First Lord On Britain's Chance London, Nov. 1. jgKII \l> should strike violent blows against Italy now, stated' lA>rd (hat field, former First Seal Lord and Minister for Co-ordina-ii:»n of Defence. Britain, said Lord Chatfield, had nnval forces in the Mediterranean able to contain the Italian
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    R.A.F.'s Reply In Berlin
    34 9 These first pictures of raid damage m Berlin show a demolition squad at a gutted factory and a building m the heart of the German capital shattered and burned out.
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    GERMAN HOLD ON HOLLAND
    207 9 Dutch Anger At Nazification London, Nov. 1. UOLLAND has been converted into a Fascist totalitarian state on I true Nazi lines, states the Dutchnewspaper Vrtj Nederland (Free I Holland). Describing the system introduced by the Germans, the newspaper says "The country's national administration has been centralized
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    Many Freighters Ordered In U.S.
    145 9 Many Freighters Ordered In U.S. Washington, Oct. 31. THE fact that the British Government has ordered a large number of freighters from the United States was disclosed to-day by Mr. H. Morgenthau, the Secretary of the Treasury. He said that he did not know whether the orders involved the construction
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    What Nazis Did To London
    63 9 County Hail, headquarters of the London County C— nl. has hll slightly damaged in the German raids. Pictures show massive paving blocks which had been flung with masses of the stone pillars across the pavement by the force of an explosion, and a gaping hole
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    Vast Production Of Warplanes.
    140 9 Mr. Willkie's Plans If Elected President Wilmington (Delaware), Oct. 31. AMR. Wendell Willkie, the Repub- lican candidate for the presidency, in an election campaign speech to-day, said that if he were elected, the British request for 12,000 planes "would be insignificant" because production would be geared
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    NO ARMISTICE DAY SERVICE THIS YEAR
    128 9 Sale Of Poppies As Usual On Nov. 11 London, Nov. 1. THE King has decided that the I usual Armistice Day service at the Cenotaph shall not be held this year and the Government feel that in the present circumstances, it would be preferable
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    GORT PAYS VISIT TO ICELAND FORCE
    41 9 London, Nov. 1. GEN. Viscount Gort, inspector-gener-al to the forces for training, has returned to England after a fortnight's visit to the troops in Iceland, according to a War Office announcement made last night.— Reuter.
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    NEHRU ARRESTED AT ALLAHABAD
    51 9 London, Nov. 1. MR. Jawaharlal Nehru, one of the two men chosen by Mr. Gandhi to make anti-war speeches in Ind'a, was arrested at Allahabad last night, according to the Delhi radio. The other man, Mr. Vinoba, was arrested on Oct. 20 for making antiwar speeches—
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    AXIS CLAIM CAPTURE OF GREEK STEAMER
    46 9 London, Nov. 1. T"HE Greek steamer Attica (1,400 A tons) has been captured by the Italians, states the German radio. The steamer was en route from America to Greece with a mixed cargo of oil, copper, tyres and glycerine Reuter.
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    Turkish President To Speak To-day
    51 9 Istanbul, Nov. 1. THE Turkish nation Ls eagerly awaiting the speech President Ineunu opening I c winker session of the Grand National Assembly this afternoon, when he is expected to define Turkey's internal and foreign policy in the light of the present complicated international situation.
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    Turks Do Not Expect Soviet Support
    86 9 inEPORTS that the Soviet Union has promised to assist Turkey in the even; cf a German a. tack en the Dardanelles are ridiculed in Ankara. Ths Turkish view apparenily is that if the Soviet Unicn had fell strong enough to challenge Germrr.y sha would
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    KWANGSI NOW RECAPTURED
    215 9 Japanese Move To Hainan Chungking, Not. 1. THE Nanning and Lungchow areas j in Kwangsi Province have been i entirely cleared of Japanese forces, declared the Chinese military spokesman here yesterday. He added that the Japanese force* j withdrawing from the Nanning area I are boarding transports
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    New Danger For Libyan Army
    102 9 Cairo, Nov. 1. danger now confronts th* Italian troops in the Western Desert, namely dust storms raised by high south winds which at this time o: year often arise without any warning. In addi ->n to other difiicvlties, these storn:s immobilise mechanical vehicles. The dust
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    GOEBBELS' SEVENTH CHILD
    29 9 Stockholm. Nov. 1. FRAU GOEEBELS yesterday presented her husband. Dr. Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda, with their seventh child. daugther, says a Berlin report.— Reuter.
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    THE WAR FUND TOTALS $4,327,792 TO-DAY.
    363 10 Several Monthly Gifts From Europeans ANY OFFERS FOR FREE FRENCH EMBLEM? pllil.K holidays are not very good for The War Fund AmM other activities that are temporarily suspended is the drawing of cheques and consequently yesterday, following immediately upon Decpavali, produced only a few
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    LONDON RUBBER EXCHANGE.
    157 10 LONDON RUBBER EXCHANGE. from our Own Correspondei London. Sept. i NOW tnat the grim night air I with the accompanying d artillery barrnge are beginning at a earlier ho-ir every week, most Londo basln*M houses are closing at 4 p.rr in ord'T that th<?ir staffs may reach comparative safety at
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    AMUSEMENTS.
    150 10 ■MMPSM I.AMI I v noil I 1 Dinner Dance (Informal 1 8 p.m. to Midnight. GARKK X TIItMKK. QKVLAIM Dui.no —A Punjabi Talkip 10. CR£AI \M»nili "•1 to 9 p.m. 9 p.m. ht. Globe: Inspector n Holiday. Sky: The Iron. HAPPY WON ID re: Thiruneelakandar. Itam 7 9.30. <
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    WAR FUND DIARY.
    183 10 THIS Diary is intended to call attention to functions which are being held in aid of The War Kund Organizers of such functions are invited to submit details for inclusion in this feature. To-morrow: Rugger: Army Crusaders vs. RAF.. Reds. S.C.C. Not. 7: Hockey Civilian* vs. Indian
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    APPEASEMENT OPPOSED.
    160 10 New Willkie Attack! On Roosevelt Baltimore, (Maryland), Oct. 31. THE allegation that President Roosevelt had been trying "to .pnease" the totalitarian powers vas made by Mr. Wendell Willkie, he Republican candidate for the -idency, in a campaign speech Baltimore. Willkie promised to work for i .-> maintenance of
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    Last Moments Of An Italian Cruiser.
    59 10 These two pictures show the last moments of the Italian six-inch gun cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, which was destroyed in the Mediterranean by the Australian cruiser Sydney, accompanied by a small destroyer force, the Italian vessel felt the full force of British gunnery and her
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    MUSLIMS CELEBRATE END OF FAST TO-DAY
    280 10 News Of New Moon Came To Singapore From Johore QUITE a large portion of Muslim Singapore were surprised to find out, when they awakened this morning, that to- 1 day is Hari Raya Puasa, the festival marking the conclusion of the Ramadan, the fasting
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    MALAYANS WED IN BRITAIN.
    118 10 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent* London, Sept. 27. T«VO Service men formerly wellknown in Malaya w-re married In England ih.s week. Squadron -Leader William Mcnteuh Graham, enly son of Mr. Henry Gor- >. don Graham and the late Mrs. Gra- ham. of Perak, was marr.ed at Little
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    Vichy Vice-Premier Says That Democracy Is Dead
    305 10 London, Nov. 1. J^AVAL, the Vichy Vice-Premier and Foreiffn Minister, in an interview with an Associated Press correspondent, frankly declared that he earnestly desired the defeat of Britain as a corollary to Franco-German collaboration. Democracy is dear 1 Laval assorted. Laval is now
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    Sultan Pays £5 For Matches
    78 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 26. 'THE Sultan of Johore, metaphorically speaking, lit his after dinner cigar with treasury notes at Grosvenor House last night. His Highness was dining in the hotel restaurant when an auction of books cf matches— usually retailed at a
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    WING COMMANDER J. H. HARGROVES
    38 10 WING Commander J. H. Hargroves, R.A.F., who was employed on administrative duties in Singapore from 1933 to 1935, and had recently been reported missing, is now reported killed in action. He was 39.
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    20 10 The Raja Pelra is due back in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday next from Medan, where he went for a holiday.
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    GOVERNMENT SELLS RICE
    168 10 Releases From Reserves SHORTAGE OF THAI ARRIVALS *J"O relieve the difficult situation fa which rice retailers in Singapore find themselves on account of the lack of supplies from Thailand and French Indo-China, owing to circumstances beyond their control, the S.S. Government is at present taking rice from
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN SELANGOR
    95 10 IN his report for the month of October, Mr. John Hands, hon. secretary of the Sslangor Asiatic Unemployment Committee records that contributions to the fund last month amounted to $1023, including some useful donations from Europeans. Mr. Hands considers the outlook for next year is obscure as
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    MUNICIPAL BUDGET MEETING TO-DAY
    58 10 ANOTHER Attempt to obtain abolition of the minimum charge for electricity will be made by Mr. S. B. Tan and others at the budget meeting of the Municipal Commissioners this attornon. The Commissioners are budgeting for a deficit of $173,473 in respect of 1941, the estimated
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    SECRETS CASE TO GO TO SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    2456 11 Shinozaki Committed For Trial On Three Charges ACCUSED PLEADS NOT GUILTY AND RESERVES HIS DEFENCE MAMORU SHINOZAKI, who, according to police evidence, was "appointed to take charge of the affairs of the Foreign Office of Japan," was committed to stand trial at the
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    AIR TRAVEL TO LONDON
    345 11 X.L.M. Flying Nine I Day Service fVE X.L.M. is flying between London and Lisbon, the lap takinK eight hours. This means that it is now possible to fly by X.L M. and associated services: from Singapore to London. By special charter service by X N.I.L.M. from
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    PLAN TO HELP PILGRIMS
    274 11 Facilities For Travel To Mecca A RRANGEMENTS to assist pilgrims from Malaya and other countries to go to Mecca during the war are under consideration. This is revealed in the foilowins telegram which has been received from Lord Lloyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
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    MEDALS PRESENTED TO PERAK POLICEMEN
    145 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 31. COURTEEN long service medals were presented to members of the Perak police force by Mr. E. Bagot, Inspector-General ot Police. P. M.S., at a ceremonial parade tins morning. Mr. Bagot arrived at the parade ground accompanied by the
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    CAR MASCOTS
    32 11 Car mascots will be sold in Singapore from Tuesday next to all offices, and will a'so be obtainable from certain s-x>ps as wp'l as the Cricket Club and Singapore Club.
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    French General To Visit Bangkok?
    55 11 Lieut.-Gen. Maurice Martin, formerly commander -in-chief of the French Army in* Indo-China, has been invited to visit Bangkok by the Thai Premier, Luang Pfml Songgram. Gen. Martin, states the Straits Times Bangkok correspondent, is on his way to Europe and is assured of a cordial
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    MALAYAN AID APPRECIATED
    130 11 Lord Lloyd On War Loan Success TTHE final portion of the $25,000,000 War Loan raised in the Straits Settlements vos sent to the Impericl Government last week. In a telegram acknowledging receipt of Qiis contribution, Lord Lloyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies asks the Officer
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    ALLEGED ARREST OF A THAI PRINCE
    35 11 'From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Oct. 30. PRINCE Bovoradej. leader of the Thai rebellion who had taken refuge in Indo-China, is reported to have been arrested by the French.
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    Malay Rulers' Messages To Be Broadcast To Arabia
    720 11 THE ancient ties between the j Malay peninsula and Southern j Arabia will be strengthened by a unique broadcast during the Muslim i festival which marks the end of the fasting month. The Aden Radio has arranged a special programme in order
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    HARI RAYA MESSAGE TO BE BROADCAST BY O.A.G.
    137 11 Mr. S. W. Jones To Address Malays In Own Language MR. S. W. JONES, Officer Administering the Government IVI will broadcast in Malay a Hari Raya message to the Malays from the Singapore station to-day, and this will be relayed from the
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    MR. R. S. STEWART OF IPOH LEAVES £24,000
    45 11 <From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 31. OOBERT Fynd"y Stewart, formerly a partner in the linn of Brown Phillips and Stewart, of Ipoh, who d od, in Scotland last year, left J 2 ,20 Straits Times cablegram.
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    HIGH COURT DISMISSES TWO CLAIMS
    135 12 A CLAIM for $1,464 from a man who was stated to be about 100 years old. and a counter-claim for $1,500 were dismissed by Mr. Justice Manning in the High Court yesterday. The plaintiff, W. L. S. Basapa, alleged that the defendant, Shaik Abdullah bin
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    NO TERRITORIAL CESSION, SAYS WEYGAND
    338 13 London Believes Petain Has Not Betrayed Former Ally London, Oct. 31. T*HERE is vo need for pessimism regarding Petain's efforts to obtain from the Germans amelioration of France's position, according to well-informed circles in London. There are, it is stated, no indications that Petain in
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    Morocco C.-in C. Not To Give In To The Axis
    52 13 New York, Oct. 31. GENERAL Norues. ResidentGeneral and Commander-in fhief in Frrnch Mo'-icco. has decided to resist if the Vichy Government orders him to surrender rithtr to Spain or to the Axis, says a Madrid message to the New York
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    VON PAPEN ON WAY TO SEE HITLER
    26 13 /ON Papen, the German Ambassador j to Turkey, has left Istanbul on his way to Berlin to see Hitler.
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    Czech-Polish Tie Urged
    138 13 M. Masaryk On Fight Against Common Foe London. Oct. 31. CLOSE co-operation and collaboration between the Polish and Czechoslovak people, "who are in the same arena fighting for God against the', devil," was urged by M. Jan Masaryk the Czechs-Slovak Minister in London. in a speech to
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    BELGIAN MINISTER TOLD TO LEAVE SPAIN
    42 13 London, Oct. 31. JTHE Belgian Minister to Spain is leaving to-day at the request wf the Spanish Government. The Minister's personal attitude before and during the war Is given as thp reason for the request. Reuter.
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    NAZI PLUNDER OF FRANCE
    573 13 French Produce Sent To Germany j j i i 1 London, Oct. 31. a DAMNING indictment of Ger- many's wholesale exploitation of food and other supplies in France is contained in a speech made recently by M. Pierre Caziot, French Minister for Agriculture. Very little reading
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    French General Was On Bombed Ship
    74 13 London, Oct. 31. IT Is now revealed tfat General Le 1 Gentilhomme, former commander of the Allied forces in Somaliland, wa:; aboard the Empress of Britain when she was sunk by a German aircraft. After spending several hours in an open boat he was
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    ADEN'S HUGE GIFT FOR AIRCRAFT
    114 13 Aden, Oct. 30. THK Arabic broadcast from Bari, the Italian ■Utton. asserted yesterday that the Government of Aden had given Rs. 100,000 to buy Hurricanes and had asked the people of Aden to contribute K«. 200.000 for the same purpose. "But," the announcer added, "the
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    NAZI PILOT "ATTACKED " BY RUBBER DINGHY
    71 13 NAZI PILOT "ATTACKED BY RUBBER DINGHY London, Oct. 31. I A GERMAN pilot taken prisoner In Kent confessed that while flying at !5,000 feet he was "attacked" in the •ear by his rubber dinghy, which had >ecome accidentally inflated. In an Jffort to master the dighy he lost control and
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    GREEKS TOLD TO HOLD FRONT LINES AT ALL COSTS
    622 14 Italian Unit Falls Into Trap Is Routed By Machine-gunners Salonika, Oct. 31. THE Greek lines in the Macedonian sector of the Albanian front remain unbroken (.hough some advance posts hive keen withdrawn, according to latest reports received here, writes Henry Stokes,
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    Gen. de Gaulle With Boy Scouts
    37 14 Gen de Gaulle > '«ad« of the Free French fortes, seen talking with some of the boys at a Boj- Scouts camp m Wales »t which are a number of French youths.
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    Greece United In Resistance.
    350 14 Nazi Propaganda War On Behalf Of AHv w London, Oct. 31. THE German Press and wireless are i sparing no effort to suggest j that the Greek people are on the i verse of collapse, writes Reuter's i diplomatic correspondent. Authoriitative quarters in London believe 'hat
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    Airliner's Loss Is Confirmed
    311 14 Chungking. Oct. 31. IT Is confirmed that Mr. W. E. Kent. 1 American pilot of the China National Aviation Corporation, was among nine persons killed when the aircraft he was flying from Chungking to Kunming was shot down by five Japanese warplanes at Changyi, the north
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    U.S. COMMUNIST CHIEF'S WIFE DEPORTED
    51 14 Warhington, Oct. 31. THE Department- of Jus.icp has ordered the deportation to Russia of Mrs. Raissa Berkman Browder. wife of Mr. Earl Browder, She Am3rlcan Communis; leader, on the ground that she entered the United S.at^ illegally The Browd^ra were married in Moscow .q 1926.—
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    GREECE'S FAITH IN BRITISH MIGHT
    101 14 London, Oct. 31. "T BELIEVE that Greece would firmly have chosen to fight in defence of her national integrity even if defeat had been a foregone conclusion." said Mr. Arthur Greenwood. Minister without Portfolio, to Pri'ter to-day. He added But it was in a sense
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    BRITISH WIVES OF ENEMY ALIENS
    97 14 SEVERAL hundred British-born women who married Germans anc 4 Austrians have had their British nationality restored by the Rome Offlce Only those women who are separated from their husbands and those whoss husbands have been freed from restrlc- tions by the tribunals are being grant
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    U.S. WARNS AGAINST GERMAN 'PEACE' MOVE IN GREEK WAR
    235 14 Propoeals From Nazi Sources Are Coldly Received In Washington New York, Oct. 31. A WARNING against peace" moves from Germany follow- ing the Italian invasion of Greece is the dominant note in American Press comment to-day. Peace rumours are cropping up
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    Spanish Policy To Stay Unchanged?
    106 14 Madrid, Oct. 31. SENOR Suner, the Spanish Foreign Minister, yesterday saw the British Ambassador, Sir Samuel Hoare, the German Ambassador, von Stohrer, and the Italian Ambassador, Francisco Lequio. i Senor Suner later had a long talk j with the Spanish Ambassador to j France, Senor
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    This Is Moment To Strike Hard
    229 14 Brilish Advantage In Greek War Theatre London, Oct. 31. EXAMINING the recent intense Nazi propaganda in the Balkans, Including the suggestion that Germany might be willing to mediate between Italy and Greece. The Times says: "It is quite possible that mediation may have been
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    39 15 RK.i.kit: S.C.C. w ILA.F. (Jl.ir*), S< i vt Andrew's OM tv Polic* \loodsvill«. •'•M KH II v«. Medical re. S.C.C. S.R.f. vt. IndUn Mrdiral Services, S.R.I I.S.C. v^ R.VOr., rU!est)er; MiUtx Sirna!s y%. K.I. ((hangi). Ch.-infi.
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    RANKING LIST OF AMATEUR BOXERS
    235 15 Personal Estimate By S. A.B.A. Secretary Ai \L ranking list of local am.v i ur boxers has been drawn up by Mr. W. Mitchell, secretary of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association. This list, which is compiled with the help of the records in Mr. Mitchell's
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    ARMY CRUSADERS' TEAM TO-MORROW
    116 15 THi- ..jw.ng is ;he Army Crusaders' team to meet the R.A.F., the Reds, In to-morrow's Malayan Rugby Union m^tch on the padang a' 5 pm. L Bdr. Howard: Lt. Gidgean. L'Cgl. Ithak. Cpl. T. X Murphy; 2ndLL. Campbell: Capt. Rundll? or Sg;-. Gowan. 2nd/Lt. MacPherson; Pte
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    KENTUCKY & THE ANNAN BEST BETS AT IPOH
    1395 15 KENTUCKY THE ANNAN BEST BETS AT IPOH Final Day Of Perak Turf Club's October-November Meeting [KENTUCKY and The Annan should make the best bets at Ipoh to-morrow, the final day of the Perak Turf Club's October-November meeting. Eisrht pood fields form the afternoon's programme, and Mediation and Mystic Music have
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    NON-ACCEPTORS
    25 15 NON -ACCEPTORS and the order of running for to-morrow's races will be found in PAGE FIVE of the final edition if received in time.
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    UNSUCCESSFUL BID TO CRIPPLE RACEHORSE
    56 15 Melbourne, Oct. 31. AN unsuccessful attempt has been made to cripple Beau Vite, the favourite for the Melbourne Cup, Australia's premier turf event. The attackers bored small holes in a horse box and mistook the champion's stablemate, which was shot in Cm hind thigh and
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    A.-A. GUNNERS IN 4—0 VICTORY OVER I.A.
    501 15 A.-A. Regt.. 4; Indian Assn... 0. A FAIR standard of hockey was seen at Balestier yesterday when an Anti-Aircraft Regimen 4 decisively heat a weak Indian Association team by four goals to nil in a- well-contested game. It was unfortunate that the Indians
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    TEAMS FOR TO-DAY'S PADANG RUGGER
    107 15 TTHE following are the teams In to- day's rugger match on the padang between the R A.F. Blues and the Singapore Cricket Club: R.A.F.: Cpl Garrett; F/Lt. Wilkins, F/Sgt. Price, Cpl Smith, F/O. Pearson; Cpl. Horrabin, F/Lt. Cliff: F/O. Grieve, Cpl. Murray, F/O. Edney, Sq./Ldr.
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    SINGAPORE RACE TRAINING
    28 15 •yHE Bukit Timah racecourse will be 1 officially opened for training for the Singapore Turf Clubs winter meeting next Thursday, Nov. 7, ac 5.45 a.m.
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    MRS W. J. HOLOHAN WINS CROFT CUP
    41 15 U/TTH a score of 97, Mrs. W. J. Holo- nan won the Keppel Golf Club's Croft Cup for women. Mrs. H. G. Riches <94) was second, while Mrs. E A. Ford (90) was third.
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    23 15 •T"HE Island Golf Club's women's bogey competition for October was won by Mrs. P. Pender-Cudlip with a score of two down.
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    MYSTIC MUSIC & ELECTRA IN FINE FORM
    284 15 MYSTIC MUSIC ELECTRA IN FINE FORM (Pram Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Not. I. MYSTIC Music, Glgolette, President, New Zealand, Toyman, Tonroe and Scottisn Rifle were the most Impressive at ihis morning's workouts by candidates entered for to-morrow's races. The track was on me heavy side due to rain last night.
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    20 15 The Fort Canning hockey team, who were bea en by th? Ceylon Sports Clab at Balestier ycs'.erday. Straits Times picture.
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    CEYLON SPORTS CLUB WIN
    362 15 Five-One Victory Over Fort Canning r.S.C. 5; Fort Canning 1. PLATING on their own ground at Balestier yesterday, the Ceylon Sports Club proved too gor.d for Fort Canning, who were beaten hy five goals to one. S. K. Sundrum kept goal for the winners without the
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    ITALIANS STILL HELD UP ALONG ALBANIAN BORDER
    503 16 GREATEST ENEMY ADVANCE IS ONLY SIX MILES Greeks Capture A Border Post: Fierce Fighting Reported London, Or*. 31, WHILE it was announced in Athens to-day that the greatest depth the Italians have advanced into Greece at any point is only six miles, reports
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    BRITAIN IS BUYING 12,000 ADDITIONAL PLANES.
    428 16 Machines Ordered For The U.S. Air Force May Be Released Boston, Oct. 31. pUKSIDFAT Roosevelt, in a broadcast to-day, declared that (Jreat Britain had askt-d permission to negotiate nith American manufacturers for 12,000 additional planes and that ho had asked the Priorities Hoard to
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    U.S. War Department Wants 20,000 Bombers
    103 16 New York, Oct. 31. IT is reported that the War De- partment will soon ask Congress for tSOO.OOO.iMM) to build 20,000 bombers. These will be 8,000 two-engined light bombers, 8,000 medium bombers and 4,000 four-englned bombers. It is assumed that some of these planes
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    37 16 Army pigeons have already proved their value with the Navy and Air Force as message carriers when other means of communications had broken down. Picture shows a pigeon being released with a message during exercises in England.
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    SALVO OF BOMBS RELEASED AMONG FOUR E-BOATS.
    245 16 Many Tons Of Explosives Dropped On German-Occupied Ports London, Oct. 31. DRITISH bombers were again active over parts of Germany last night In spite of adverse weather conditions, says the Air Ministry announcement, our bombers carried out attacks on the Channel ports and
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    German Claim Sinking Of 5,000-Ton Ship.
    109 16 Berlin, Oct. 31. HPO-DAY'S German High Command communique states that "British motor torpedo-boats approached the Flemish coast but retired after naval artillery had fired on them." It also sates that British planes last night again made Incursions into the western frontier districts of Germany.
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    70 16 Cairo, Oct. 31. BRITISH fighting patrols were again active in the Kassala region of the Sudan on Oct. 27 and Oct. 28, according to a British communique, which adds: "On Oct. 28 a party of the enemy was ambushed, leaving 15 dead, and six prisoners in our hands. Two mechanical
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    Soviet Warplanes For Greece?
    47 16 Soviet Warplanes For Greece? Salonika, Oct. 31. IN the last few days 134 Soviet warplanes are reported to have arrived in Greece in coniirmity with the recent Soviet-Greek agreement. This report, however, was emphalically denied by the official Soviet agency to-day, according la the Moscow radio. Reuter.
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    Greek Warning Of Big Sacrifices To Come
    183 16 A. hens. Oc* 31 "IN the first stages of our st r im 2!.', ■*which we oe&an with only smj 1 forces, we are holding up the enemy with courage and boldness declared M. Nicoloudis, Greek Under-Seen* of State for the Press, in
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    Italian Officers In Gibraltar Attack.
    110 16 London, Oct. 31. *T*HE Gibraltar naval authorities can throw no further light on the report that some Italian officers attempted to torpedo a ship in the harbour with a special device. One torpedo exploded in the harbour entrance and another ran into Spanish territory, where
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    DUTCH AIRMEN AID IN BATTLE OF ENGLAND
    94 16 Assisting: the Royal Air Force In their duties of safeguarding British shores and escorting convoys bringing necessities to these islands are men of the Royal Dutch Naval Air Service. Some of them are using their own Fokker float planes which are serviced by
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