The Straits Times, 20 June 1941

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    40 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY 1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES if i»a(;ks SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1941 |>K»t I I CKNTB. The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1941 PRICK 5 CENTS.
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      178 1 Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING 14 olrman St.. Spore. riionr 816 AvaiUM* Suit l.rnflhv •Bofk»lll»" Suitings— I s WAIN Sllll-l.l'S. In Silk and Wool Mso AM). KI( AN SHARKSKIN In various colour* I Minimax Ibl^^^\ ire P rotcctlon nOW universally ec °K ni/p< M I illm^\\ formin an e ienUil part
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL ST. (PHONE S47D.
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      100 1 HOMBER^\ THE ARISTOCRAT OF BICYCLES Combining ease of running with modem design and good looks, these sports models are amongst the most popular machines m the Humber range. =ROBINSON CO., LTD RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE ipßr Jlawley F^^m Tropper IK— 77i* air-conditioned hat -HAWLXY TROPPER- .un and rain hat is "•^nx.f-^ir-lDJiu^-teath.r-throughout
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      170 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SMALL ADS. Minimum charge $1. a*»t »ot ex<wrdia« 4 Haas. M«rc tban roar lines 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. OOMBBTIC OCCCKBKNCKB BIRTHS MAKavIAGES DEATHS. ACKNOWLEnOMCNTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS «ffC CARDS are charge. M meh w trnwrthw per Men o*« I tack rt, pa
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      312 2 SITUATIONS VACANT MALAYA BROADCASTING CORPORATION. Vacancies occur for electrical fitters and u /nw of broadcasting apparatus ££JZ a 2? t gt i OaM fulIy trataed and 7xi^entla? knowledge of radio U not Starting salary $60.00 to $80.00 pel month depending upon quaUflcatlons. Conditions of employment to be as far M
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      235 2 MOUSES FLATS^.TOLET Un^fnin bedrooms *>•"". «*rv.nt«' qr *u h UIU HOUSE, Holland Rd Au» 1-3 Off Bukit P-?" 1 N SarkJes *°*t w miKit Tlmah Rd.. (near Scotts Road). taurant. 14'4 Miln from Smmeommodation for nrtrnmln^. N^wiv.il.b^ tiorsc In good situation required m lease nd^antage. Servants could be ta!:en over
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      397 2 DOGS^ I WANTED a dog for wa'chdotr. Breed no' j maintenance Jjed. AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Bras Barah Road) on Saturday. 21st J B n«, 1911 at t p.m. Now on view CHING URG LEE CO., LTD, Auctioneers tt Valuers. AUCTION SALE annpore properue* At the saleroom of Mev.rs. Cheong
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      749 2 BUSINESS^ A R DS_Etc. "HACKBRIDGE" TRANSFORMERS. VOLTAGE REGULATION ETC. ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE AND KVMjj LI Mr UK. nw a >■ PERMANENT %A WAV^ V^Ti "*M v^iiii^^-^sirLCiAi ists Z7mf»*2£&^^^ IN fcj^""""^ PERMANEM WAVING EYE EXAMINATIONS. EYEGLASSES, EXCLUSIVELY cTH?3MP/ON \jPTICAL C2 4. ARCADE BI.DG, PHONR 39fl? K_ A. Thompson. Or
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      570 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA' AND APCAR LINE. < Incorporated In En» i"d PENINSULAR ANO "RIKNTAI S i.H CO. MAII PASSF.NGK.R AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible service* are heing maintained by the P O S. N, Co ."Thin^ Strait to their i»ual ports of call In China India
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      419 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Oate» are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      70 3 L< B^B^ Hb^BK B^B^BMil _^^^^n*B*****tafc.^^^% IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. The following steamers are being delivered to the United States Maritime Commission upon completion of their current voyage PRES.TAFT V0Y.85 PRES.CLEVELAND V0Y.87 PRES.COOLIDGE V0Y.58 PRES.PIERCE V0Y.79 PRES.JACKSON VOY. 2 PRES.HAYES VOY. 1 PRES.ADAMS Upon completion of construction. All subsequent voyages of these steamers
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      195 3 Radio Programmes TO-D/.7 SINGAPORE Kill. 1.333 ke (MS m.) /.HPI 1.69 nr/i «M tZHPt 8.115 nc/t M.M ZHP* Ml me <«l t" m.t ZHL. ZHP.I AND ZHPJt 5 p.m Pelplng dramast; 5.35 p.m. News in Cantoneie; 5.50 p.m. Hokkien musict: 8 p.m. News In Hokkien: 6.15 p.m. Warning to Mariners;
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      206 3 10 45 P m. Warning to Mariner*. Close D0Wn THF.3 6 p.m. Malay Programme bj the Sri Scudal Ohazal. (Prom the StuCto); 5.50 p.m HindnM ;nl BMMict; 6.0a p.m. P-wi tn Hindustani; 6.W p.m. Tamil mullet; 6 50 p.m. News in Tamil: 1 P m. Carrcll Gibbons and tne Savoy
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      835 3 a.m. Hokkien ir.usic*: U.15 p.m. Chines* pr gramme summary and Peip ng dramas. 12 57 p.m. Mid-day Market Price* in Hokkien; 1 P m European programme summary, announcement* and mid-day Market Prices; 1.0£ p.m. Light Orchestral Concert*; 1 30 ;>.m. Warning to Mariners News; 1.45 p.m. Intrrval. ZHL. ZHP1 ZHPJ
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      506 3 EMPIRE STATION Kevtsrd »Te<)oenej >r..«»ti»» failptn rni>Miii<'i(i •.IS »m u list ».m on GSV -I7J1 ■t/C IVK1 N'Utt •IM OS» l»l« O»« »t from »»5 p.m 1 1 :>« am iim) GSI»— II ■r tVSS metre* N«rtb American Iiimihwim GSD- GSC <JI nwtf* oanili »iwl GBY (I1.t« «■>—•«< w 8.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS Demand For Robinsons And Thornycrofts: Rubber Quiet
    473 4 Hy Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, June 20. •THE share markets continued very steady yesterday; tin shares were firm; rubber shares were quiet and industrials were featured by a good demand lor Robinson ords. at $4 65 and Thcrnycroft at $4.25.
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    168 4 THt loiiowing danatlors to The War Fund are recorded to-day.— I'uoils of Raffles Institution (by economies at annual vport) 300 Rangoon Road School, certificates awarded to boys instead of prizes 2M A small donation from the members of the Batanur Padang Sanitary Board as a
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    CABLE AND WIRELESS RECORD EARNINGS
    58 4 Lcndan, June 19. I pABLE AND WTRELESS CO. report! thrt the 1940 message receipts, i '-to. amounted to the rue. rd sum of 1 £7,609,000 as against the 1939 amounts of £5,691.000. The net profit totalled i i £2,376,000 as against £1610.000, but t without
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    53 4 London, June 19 c TIN cpened quiet. The turnover was 1 250 tons. The market was reac- tionary after the recent rally while l freer :melter selling of rash tin found the market If ss receptive. After offl- j cial hcurs a further 15 tons were trad- r. t*d at
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    RUBBER RATIONING ' STARTS IN AMERICA
    151 4 RUBBER RATIONING STARTS IN AMERICA Shipping: Uncertainties Main Reason Washington, June 19. j T7HE Office For Production Manage j ment to-day announced rubber rationing would be instituted m the United Statei immediately The rationing of rubber by the Covernrr.ent will result m s.i?-p em-1 ta'lirent of the producMo.i cf automobile
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    17 4 Mr Eugen Stuart has been appointed an Inspector of Mines, F.MJS and arrived on June 8. i
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    Two-Year Agreement By U.S. Coal Operators
    54 4 Two- Year Agreement By U.S. Coal Operators Washington, June 19. 'THE Northern Soft Coal Producers and the United Mine Workers Union have signed a two-year wage agreement which provides that miners m the Appalachian coalfields shall have holidays with pay and wage Increases. The agreement ls the result of negotiations
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    NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES
    83 4 •THE following were the prices for Straits tin and rubber In cents per pound on the Commodity Exchange to-day: JIN June 1« June I«t Spot 52 3/ 8 52 •Tuie 52.50 52 85 July 52.50 52 60 August 52.35 52 45 September 52.25 52
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    80 4 rrtday, jane 11, mm. Bmjtn SNhn frtrt* ITI -r N* IX K.S S fSpot toosc) 39X 39$ >» IX K.S. A. r.« k ir Jl ;> 39', S» i G.F.A.Q. R.S.B t«k i. uair» July 39 39 ii f.A«. HS.S l.«b rr Jn'T 38 39
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    TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN
    65 4 IN the first half of June dredge 1 j of Takuapa Valley Tin worked for 33 1 hours, treated 80,000 cubic yards and produced 252 piculs of tin-ore; dredge: 2 worked for 283 hours, treated 77,000 cubic yards and produced 84 piculs of i tin-ore; dredge 3
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    EXCHANGES
    196 4 it.c rouowinn are Jw exenmiyte rvtct ttib mcrnlnt •eeordlng to tf.t daily em-clai r»u». ov the Bonskeoc tad «i»n(tn] BanHiM CcrDor»ttoo SEU.INO London T.T l/« i/jj London demand 3/4 j/jj Switzerland <T T. only) 202 40 New York demand 47 ]P Montreal demand 61. W Bativia demand 88 71
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    BRITISH FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    1087 4 Economic Agreements With Free French Colonies P"CONOMIC agreement- were signed recenUv securing for the produce of the Free French colonies the market which has been lacking since the 10. of the French metropolitan market Complementary financial agreements of the highest importance have now been signed by
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    15 4 Unlt?d Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd harvested a crop of 50,000 tb. of rubber :n May.
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    U.S. TO CONSERVE OIL SUPPLIES
    181 4 No More Export From Atlantic Seaboard Washinsr-on. June 19. A CALL to the United States $12 000,000.000 oil industry to unit- with the Government in ard-?i tha» "rur efforts to defend democ-ao mr, not lc hampered by any breakdown in U r flow of essential
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    Government Revenue Well Maintained
    356 4 AS the financial year draws to its close the features of the Exchequer returns are the buoyancy of Great Britain's national revenue and the high level of the supply service costs. It Is now certain that national revenue for the financial year ending on Mar. 31
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    FRESH STORY OF GERMAN DEMANDS TO RUSSIA
    500 4 Heavy Troop Movements In Both Countries Reported I l/ondun. June 20. DESPONSIKLE non-British diplomats here have received i 1V information, unconfirmed elsewhere, statins that Germany has presented "suggestions" or demands to Mosco.,, reports United Press. According to this informat.on the demands include a
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    EVADERS OF U.S. ORDER WARNED
    170 4 ington. Juno If. A WARNING thai ia| :iIU mpt to evadr the recent order "freezing* foreipn fun.-!* throush persons m other American republics r>r f!.spwh"rc would I bring swift counter- act ion by the United States Government was piven to- night tv the Uniior-Secretary of
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    Order Of Running & Non-Accentors
    123 4 Order Of Running Non-Accentors Se'ar or Races mc>mu. the first d Tun Club's Eumn Kaet 1: law cfcMi 4. div 4 r.hjHe*»c«xJ i.i »-;i2_i- r.~i 1 X ,r Maintain R*et 3: Hor.cs. class 4. dv. I, 1 Siani. New Zealand -all Ra*e 4: Horses, class 4. t funcng^ Kaee 5:
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    London Stock Exchange Quieter Market But Firm Undertone
    393 5 London Stock Exchange Quieter Market But Firm Undertone London. June 19. npHE Stock Exchange wa& quieter to-day. uncertainty regarding the Russian situaUon exercising a restraining Influence but prices were, generally, maintained and we '■ndprtone remained firm. Among industrials. Irons and steels continued upward and Cable and Wireless ords, were strong,
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    GOOD DEMAND FOR NEARBY RUBBER Guthrie's Report On Past Week
    123 5 GOOD DEMAND FOR NEARBY RUBBER Guthrie's Report On Past Week IN a weekly report on the rubber market issued yesterday Guthrle and Co. Ltd. write Locally there is a demand from New York for nearby shipment, which market has experienced a certain amount ot trade and factory buying London remains
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    WALL STREET
    56 5 Dow Jones Averages T*HE following were the Dow Jones I Averages when the New York Stock Exchange closed to-day and yesterday J June 18 June 19 30 Industrials 123.50 123.50 20 Rails 28.29 28.07 15 Utilities 17.96 18.04 40 Bends 9116 91.12 Commodity index 7133 71.48 Stock sales
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    125 5 Mails close nt the General Post trace follows- TO-DAY Australia air «<W P m Java »lr 400 P m New Zealand ■"> TO-MORROW AUbtralia air 12.30 p.m. .lava air 12.30 p.m. md 1230 P™1•Man air 12.30 p.m. uembang air 12.30 p.m. ARRIVALS Mails from Sumn'.ra a.r)
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    List Of Current Dividends
    54 5 \mmti by the Malayan Sharebrokere' Association. Singapore, June 19. "amunun* Tin i.. ii Ux June II June 27 June 6% Tekka Taiping M. lea« tax June 25 RURKKK ,911INDUSTRIALS p n ord 15 cU ..June 23 June 21 June 24 1S ,£H; p &N ..•>?%.. June
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    949 5 THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941: 4 PM 3nyer> aell«rt Linpat (6.) S« 3d 3s td lustral Aoul. (5s> 7sl'«d7»«d lustrai Malay (t> 13s 6a 34* M »yer HlUm .(5s> kyer Weng ($1) -VI ~i* Jangnr. rin t) 12* 3atu Selangor ($1» 1-39 143 Jerjuntai «5s) 52
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      123 5 DO YOU WANT TO HELE THE BRITISH WAR EFFORT? The SIMPLEST and SP&EDLEST way YOU can help WIN THE WA£ »s to &tve regular DONATIONS to THE WAR FUND dunnfc the Current Year Can You Afford $1 per month? Can You Afford $10 per month? Can You Afford $100 per
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      253 5 For Rheumatism RE L/jLiJLi Gout Lumbago Skin Affections, Foot Troubles, BfT 1 TJ Uric Acid Jt\ X X X Disorders. Prepared to form an artificial C flk Lj X S mineral water impregnated with mineral alkali and reproducing the essential 75 cents per packet. constituents found in waters q^,,^,. at
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      147 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES H.W. 7.40 a.m T ft: 7.4i pm. 8.3 ft. LW 1.32 a.m. 3.4 ft; 1.20 P m. 4.2 ft. lo-morro* H.W. 8.44 am. 7.4 ft: 8.28 p.m. 8.5 f I. t W. 2.30 am 2 9 ft: 2.19 p.m. 4.4 It. Sunday. Jun H W 9.40 a.m.
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      175 6 1 //OtF M47VF DIFFERENT PICTURES HAVE YOU SEEN THIS YEAR? I Vj r e mean really different ones, with really new ideas! IVot many, we will wager.... and none as good as FLIGHT FROM DESTINY" {:j-/_| TO-DAY 3.15, I BWfSBffPBM^^ 6.15 9.15 P.M. jy, 4 STARS IN A NR W
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      292 6 THEATRE TO-NIGHT tic j 9.30 TO-MOHnOW NIGHT 930 1 ONCE NIGHTLY H. F. MALTBI'S BRILLIANT I^NCASHIRE COMEDY THE ROTTERS LONDON. EKrEBTOKT PLAYERS PRODUCTION HAWAIIAN BOOKING AT MOONOLOW LITTLE'S SYNCOPATORS PHONE 5187. SMOKING IS PERMITTED GARRICK T»-Nlght at 7.M »ja "NORTHWEST PASSAGE" (TechiUc«loT> S»t. Sun. Matinta SOS COASTGU.UtD" Sat. Son. Moraine
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      81 6 Thrilling Sequel to Kilm Star's DisapfK arasuc >• This is the H^-HH^IV^BI was Columbia's Exciting Companion Thriller to NIOHT TKAIN for MUNICH— NEXT WEEK at the CAPITOIT TO-NIGHT 6.15 9.15 f^F'^P^'fW^ THE STORY OF XXI) BLOODED 7<K W___ TRIO WHO FOUGHT ItAREU BBBH^WflfiaaHdH AND DIED FOU THE LOVE OfT HEADSTRONG
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    'CLIVEDEN SET & HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE ARE BOTH DEAD'
    468 7 'CLIVEDEN SET HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE ARE BOTH DEAD' Mr. Butler's Reply To Criticism In The House Of Commons London, June 20. "DEFERENCE has been made to the Cliveden Set .and the K Holy Roman Empire. They are both dead and may the debate Mr. Butler declared it is the Government*dSS«
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    Nazis Offer To Pay Damages
    149 7 Dublin, June 19. THE G«rmaii Government has ex1 pressed sincere regret to the Eire Government for bombs being dropped on Dublin on May 31 and expressed willingness to compensate tor loss of life and damage to pro- pe A ty statement by the Elreann Gov-j
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    MURDER OF JAPANESE POLICE CHIEF
    96 7 Shanghai. June IS- /\NE of the gunmen arrested for the mur- lT der Bf Akagl, head of the Japanese sectioT ot the international Settlement £rti™ has confessed that the crime «i tasttaated by element. supporting the oS government at Chungjttag, accordIng to unofficial Japanese quarters.
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      244 7 RAFFLES_HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight DINNER $3— NO BALLROOM ADMISSION CHARGE To-morrow- LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL SPECIAL OBCHESmi CONCSB1 Utna 0*CHESTM_ SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT -8.30 to 10.30 p.m. By the Band ot the MANCHESTER REGIMENT DINNER AND PAH1TS ON
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      227 7 The Greatest Devotional Screen Drama of all Time! PRABHAT'S "DNYANESHWAR" IN HINDUSTANI J MIDNIGHT PREMIERE J\ TO-MORROW at 12 M. M. pfei 1 THEATRE ROYALj CARMEN MIRANDA AGAIN! m$ f !!*i Lll f I -I BOI BER Sonitt'-r lC0N "> KINSKEY ALL TICKETS NOV7 OBTAINABLE CATHAY $400 ei1 2 $1
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. JUNE 20, 1941. (657 th Day Of The War.) Lending & Giving
    1208 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. JUNE 20, 1941. (657 th Day Of The War.) Lending Giving Both the Colony and the F.MJS. War Loans were over-subscribed within a few hours of the opening of the subscription lists. These loans, each for $10,000,000, followed earlier flotations of $25,000,000 m the Colony
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      EARLY MARRIAGE
      421 8 A Frequent Cause Of Indebtedness To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— As an advocate of the abolition of the colour bar, my criticism of "R.V.C.'s letter, published In your Issue of June 14, is made In the hope that It may be of help. R.V.C. writes:
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      TRAFFIC DANGERS
      179 8 At Junction Of Killiney 6f Orchard Roads To the Editor of the Strait* Times Sir— l would like to draw attention to the complete lack of traffic control at the Junction of Killiney Road and Orchard Road. To-day at 12.45 p m I stopped my car at the
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      SYRIA
      138 8 To the Editor uf Che Straits Tir.ir-. Sir,— lnstead of ailly-dallying with the recalcitrant Vichy 4 orces let us finish the syi-.an campaign m b.uzkneg fashion, s-ruiy that we hay; all the armament* w rcs&ary lor that purpose and fuU air and naval supOpposition there undoubtedly !s but this
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      "ABSOLUTE PICK'
      463 8 Teachers Salaries €f Those Of S.S.C.S. To the Editor of the Straits Tiroes Sir.— In your issue of June 10. It was reported that In reply to a question by Capt. Hashim on the difference in salaries drawn by Raffles Colleie graduates who are (1) teachers and <2'
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      SALARY SCHEMES]
      590 8 Positions Of TeacherJ And Clerks To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir.— I should like to express ir admiration for tlie promptness wit which Fairplay" exposed the injustic done to the G—cral Clerical Service b Capt. Hashim In his comparison be tween clerics and teachers. Such speech,
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      CLERKS' PAY
      332 8 Annual Increments Arc Too Small To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— The problem of clerical indebtedness Is under discussion and Mr. G. H. Kim's suggestion that tlxre is a noed for the revision of the salary Is enllrely in order, especially with regard to government clerks.
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    10 8 "Ho Thank You, Sir," She Said Holer, noted N.l. Cartoonist
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      57 8 V.ABNE'S EFFICIENT BECKONEB Compiled by W. J. Gordon. Contains 865 Tables, with full *ange of Multipliers, all necessary Fractions. Trade Discount Sc Duty Tables, Imperial Metric Weights and Measures etc., Over 200,000 Calculations. 850 Page*. Prle« only 15.40 Portage Extra. O. H. KIAT CO.. LTD., 8, Robinson Road -.Singapore. JOHN
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    AXIS ORDERS CLOSING OF U.S.CONSULATES
    588 9 Swift Reprisal For American Step EXCITEMENT IN WASHINGTON AS REICH ITALY ACT Berlin Makes Charges Of "Intrigues" pERMANY and Italy have ordered the closing of all United States consulates in those two countries and in Axis-occunied territories, and the withdrawal of the consuls and their
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    German View Of Turkish Pact
    311 9 "Will Have Preference Over Earlier Treaties" London, June 20. IN Berlin the conclusion of the treaty is regarded as meaning Turkey's Inclusion in the political system of the Axis, says the Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm forr«pond,nt Mys "Politic! quarters in BerUn interpret this a»
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    U.S. SEIZES FIRST OF 28 ITALIAN SHIPS
    37 9 v/asMngton, June 19. THE Maritime Commission announced 1 it his taken formal possession at Savannah. Georgia, of Si3 Clare the first of 28 Italian ships in United States waters— Reuter.
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    N.I. OIL FOR JAPAN
    328 9 New Concession Granted? London, June 20. rE Netherlands Indies has granted Japan an oil concession oi nearly 700,000 acres in Borneo, acordlng to reliable quarters here. The Netherlands Ind es, it Is said, has recognized Mangkalihat Penlns" 1^ in Borneo, as the sphere of Interest of
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    STORY OF WOMAN'S LETTER TO HESS
    121 9 London. June 20. MR. S. S. Silvennan, Labour member of the House of Commons, suggested m the House yesterday that the fllrht of the Deputy Fuehrer, Rudolf Hess, from Germany was connected with i a certain woman a lon« time resident m Germany who
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    FIVE U-BOATS DESTROYED
    169 9 London, June i». FE Red Star, organ of the Russian Arr.iy, says that m recent raids on Hanover, the R.A.F. destroyed five German submarines anchored m the port as well as the shipyards. The newspaper also said that the perr -latent attacks on the Ruhr ha<i i
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    U. S.-VICHY RELATIONS
    199 9 Early Rupture Very Likely Vichy, June 19. FE German-controlled Paris Press announce the imminent rupture of diplomatic relatiois between Washington and Vichy to be followed by the American occupation of French possessions in the Western Hemisphere. Authoritative official circles here t Id the United Pres.s hewever, that
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    Mexico Likely To Close German Consulates
    101 9 London, June 19 FIs believed that the Mexican Government at any moment will close the German consulates and propaganda centres says a Mexico City dispatch to the Independent French news acenc* ta lB addition, yesterday's speech by Senor Pa-l.lla. M»xican Foreign *^*%k lni"p,,trt M
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    British Gained Air Superiority From The Beginning In Western Desert Battle
    740 9 Cairo, June 20. i THE big tank battle of the A last few days m the West- crn Desert may now be regarded as finally concluded with! the Germans getting a salu-' tary taste of the Allies' ever growing
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    VICHY ADMITS RESISTANCE IN SYRIA IS CRUMBLING
    477 9 Allies Continuing Pressure On 'Tired Troops" Near Damascus I>ondon, June 20. FRENCH resistance in Syria shows signs of crumbling, it is shelline of the French positions, while Indian and tree trench Sis continued to attack the tired French forces south of Damascus, advancing
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    TRIBUTE TO BRITISH WOMEN IN WAR
    104 9 London, June 20. Mrs j G Winant. wife of the United Slues Ambassador In ain Br Sit^n! said, hadl n«n rm Crwo^rGo^r=t srn hepus n ry-but beyond that the new role w<.men are takinc m A.RP.. m nrewa^chin,? and m auxiliary sen- c« of
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    CANADA'S FIRST BOMBER SQUADRON IN BRITAIN
    32 9 umdon. June 20 rE first Canadian bomber squadron has now been formed In Britan The squadron's commander v; a win* commai.iier who comos from Saskatchewan Province.—Reuter.
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    30 9 New Delhi. June 20 THE Government of India is s:at?« to b" estiblisMin-r an Indian purchasing mission m the United State* on the lin-s of the British Purchas.nl Mission— Reuter.
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    REPORT ON SOCIAL EVIL Year's Inquiry Now Completed
    287 10 REPORT ON SOCIAL EVIL Year's Inquiry Now Completed A FTER a year's investigations intc problems in Singapore Miss S. E. Niccoll-Jones, who came to Singapore at the invitation ol the Straits Settlements Government has handed her report to Government. This follows several interim reports on the social c v il
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    FINE ACTING IN "FLIGHT FROM DESTINY"
    152 10 •Fliphl lioru I.e9iin> (Thomas Mitchell. «irra.l<iir> 1-iUerald and Jeffrey I.ynni Uinier Riok. At the Alhambra. DEAI INO with the pleasant ecceutxicitiei and itranirp theories of immortality eje- p^u^dwt by v vnr of philosophy, this! l.ctun v.;;. luainment and 1 bigb M&r-uard of acting. Thomas
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    SCHOOLBOYS' SUPPORT FOR THE WAR FUND
    360 10 Gifts Of Money That Would Have Been Spent On Prizes nONATIONS to The War Fund to-day are notable for the inclusion of two substantial gifts from schoolboys. In each case the money represents savings effected by awarding certificates instead of prizes at the school's
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    FOOTBALL IN AID OF THE WAR FUND
    186 10 QN Sunday, a special Association foot- Y bal. match has been arranged at Anson Road stadium between an eleven s.lected from the Busines., Houses and i a Chinese Athletic side. i The game which is under the patronage of the President of the
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    N.I Governcr-General Opens The Volksraad
    76 10 The Governor-General of the Netherlands Indie*. Jonhheer AWL Tjarda B ?tZ Tt g m U^ mW ***":***9 the Volksraal ,t, meeting m Batavialast wetx. Below The r ioveT nor -General M 4 V ri vne ZZ'tin? tf ke r lne ttrrimn the ceremony. MM' ZnT??fJ?
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    ALL INDIANS ANTI-NAZI United In Hatred Of Hitlerism
    136 10 ALL INDIANS ANTI-NAZI United In Hatred Of Hitlerism Ottawa, June 20. "N° Indian leader would do anything to ensure a Nazi victory," declared Sir Firoze Khan Noon, Indian High Commissioner m London, speaking to the National Council for Education m Canada "It does not matter what la the difference of
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    MUNICH CONSUL WHO SERVED IN SINGAPORE
    79 10 MR Roy E. Bower, American Consu: at Munich, who w among thos^ to nnvfJ? erm any followin the Oermrr Governments order, was well-know-in Singapore a few years ago. He came to Singapore in 1929 t vice-consul after having served ii V 1 and h?
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    28 10 The King has conferred the decor tion of an Omcer of the Ordsr of tl fj" ai Empire upon Mr. W.H. Mun'' the Editor of the Bangkok Times
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    BROADCASTS TO SCHOOLS
    270 10 May Be Started In Malaya This Year COMMITTEE IS NOW AT WORK ON SCHEME IT is possible that the scheme for educational broadcasts to Malayan schools, so long mooted, may be put into operation this year. A committee, consisting of Department of Education officials and members of
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    STOP PRESS
    91 10 Vichy, June ZO. IMMAN and Free French forces entered the garden suburbs of Damascus yesterday af'.ernoon after a six-mile drive culminating a 11day nush from Transjordania it is olliially announced at Beirut. Heavy fighting is in progress te the southern section of Damascus it is sail. Indian advance
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    MANY LESSONS LEARNED IN SECOND NIGHT OF BIG BLACK-OUT
    742 10 A DETAILED report by the committee of umpires, headed by the Attorney-General, Mr. C Q Hov::ll. giving their impressions of the two-day black-out AR.P. practices, which concluded this mornIng, will be submitted to Government m the near future. I think we
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    AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE
    146 10 AMUSEMENTS SINGAPORE KAKUfcs HOTEL Dinner A Dance (Informal; 8 o in to Midnight UftEAT WORLD Caliaret: 7.30 to 8 9 p m to Midnight. Globe: City for Con- t|ui st «'s In the Air. HAPPt THEATR*: (Happy World, /VTBCiituit- Nights. Seaside: Speed NKW W(K' er R Cky ROd<S TallcJts. TtwltM
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    INQUIRY INTO MALAYAN LABOUR PROBLEMS
    217 11 Colonial Office Adviser To Make Investigations Here FIRM BELIEVER IN TRADES UNIONISM FOR COLONIES problems of the country. Due to have come here a short p time ago, Major Browne's proposed trip was cancelled at the "me and he went to Mauritius, where he is
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    The King's For Greetings
    83 11 r»ckno«ledcm:nt of the r»We from the Governor and High Commissioner, eonveyin* thd rreetlnss to Ilis Majesty, with an expression of staunch loyalty, on behalf of Malaya, the Secretary of State for the Colonies has cabled. a Your teletram has been laid before His Majesty, who has
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    INTIMIDATOR CONVICTED
    126 11 Echo Of A Recent Barbers' Strike j A SEQUEL to the recent barbers' strike took place In t)»c Singa- pore third court yesterday when Sia Min Tee was charged with criminal intimidation by threatening Ong Tone Lee, the owner of a b-rberi shop, with injury to his P"*?
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    $1,000 LOAN FOR WAR
    46 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 19ACCORDING 10 a communique from the Federal .Secretariat to-day, Mr C A V. Buxton. of Bukit Tunggu Estate, Bangi, has loaned to His Majesty's Exchequer $1,000 tree of Interest for the duration of the war.
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    THROWN OUT OF CAR
    260 11 Woman's Escape In Motor Collision ALLEGED to have come into collision with another car at the junction of Farrer Road and Holland Road, and forced that car violently on to the grass verge so that its near-side door opened and the driver's wife was thrown out.
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    VAIN ATTEMPT TO SAVE YOUTH FROM DROWNING
    173 11 A YOUTH, Low Sing Kah, While boarding a twakow at the Telok Aver Basin on the morning of June *2 accidentally Jell Into the sea. it was •aeted at an inquiry held before Mr. W. O. Porter, Singapore Coroner. Chye a labourer in
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    MANAGING PARTNER ON TWO CHARGES
    49 11 S^opThln^W^nTßoXrTßd.;! whrn he appeared In the sin,»pow. baas of another branch of cement to Chop Soon Huat at 51.1.5 a ba?. whS wafnve cents a oag above the C °[ffrtaFmed- trial on both charts and tne cas? was postponed to July 25 for hearing.
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    INSPECTOR FINED FOR SLAPPING MAN
    61 11 wismPFTTOR T DORAI was fined *50 I hv MrK Byrne, Fourth Magistrate yesterday, whfn he 'pleaded guilty to a lummons charge of causing hurt to "SSSESl^ the 'during the investigation o ca se m l which he was assisting another in i SP An^he said,
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    THEFT FROM FELLOWCONSTABLE ALLEGED
    50 11 UTTA SINGH, a police constable, appeared In the U'rd court yesiterday on a charge of stealing a pair of shoes and a coat va ued at $530 «abd R °t^ n anTr e S W postponed to July 3 for menUon. Bai of $100 was offered.
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    TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE
    217 11 Chinese Woman's Tragic Error «i AM satisfied from the evidence that Wong Cheong drank caustic soda by mistake, but I want to emphasize how easy it is for some tragic accidents to happen through carelessness; this sort of accident Is becoming very frequent," said Mr. W.
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    VOLUNTEER FLYING CORPS IN INDIES
    21 11 mom O« O^ B fS?rt™"s nn Y lS&»£l S&»£ Te applying In hundreds. rir as mfnl
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    ACCUSED TO BE SENT TO KUALA LUMPUR
    9 11 ■IS! i.nmpur
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    MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND
    17 11 feMM iSSStan^ln^H^kcn. and Shutf* I"SSLtIBSJK Mr. AmoW N«Mm SSSST B "S. h .»s"v"" $2.716.4«3br
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    TO-DAY'S BROADCASTS
    10 11 i TALK will be broadcast from the day.
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    BENEVOLENT FUND FOR SINGAPORE CLERKS
    283 11 Clerical Union Committee Formulates Scheme a s E £n sjs Ken; 1 *nd rSll be launched if sufficient support fo Rixcn. FoUow'ng a sueRCstlon s° mc ln e p tha? a benevolent jund should be intrnduced a committee was appo niru by the Singapore Cleri
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    Famous Catalinas For Singapore
    55 11 CATALINA flyin«-bo»U are now ftrrW.nc In Singapore from the United Stites rl* Manila. The»e are a modern type of long rang* Hfcconnalssance flying -boat, which was notably successful in "shadowing" the Na.i battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic, leading to her final di»tm?tion by the Royal Navy
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    TO SAFEGUARD FOOD SUPPLY
    218 11 Broken Rice Should Not Be Spurned rE Oovernmcnt Is purchasing rice on contract from abroad In order to safeguard the essential food supply ot the majority of people HvinK In Malaya," states a communique from the Food Controller. "It is onlv reasonable that Government should be
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    PINS IN THE CHAIR
    81 11 > T < HE RE are pins In my rhar four of them! exclaimed a Singapore lawyer Mr. A. J. Brga, while crossexamining a wltn-si in the Singapore fifth rrurt v-s; rd?y. r Mr Brasa rnd sat dwn m m-nta.ily wh'n h»> felt the pin-. I
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    Lorry Driver's Appeal Against Death Sentence Dismissed
    60 11 WHILE 23-year-old Ther Chong j heard his appeal against sentence of death dismissed without cogent or any outward ernoUon yesterday m the Court of Criminal as KB Mudaliar and robbed him o< casn BSSRKSbBC r wm enough to justify lowing the case to
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    Infantrymen's Rubber Boat
    11 12 pantrymen crossin, a river J^W turin, military enrcue.
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    MAKING UNEXPLODED BOMBS SAFE
    655 12 Reactions Compensations Described By Expert QUR reward is the tremendous kick we get from renderins an enemy bomb safe, not only because we have saved our own skins and the lives and property of others but because we have beaten Jerry," said an R.A.F. bomb disposal
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    CLERK SENT TO PRISON FOR 12 MONTHS
    70 12 I IM CHIN SIA, a 40-year-old Teo- chow clerk, was sentenced to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment In the Singapore crim'nal district court yesterday when he was convicted on a charge of committing criminal breach of trust m respect of $994 m cash belonging
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    MANAGER IS FINED $300
    200 12 Insurance Firm's Technical Offence i TAN Teow Quee, manager of the Asia Insurance Co., Ltd., Chulia Street, was fined a total of $300 m the Singapore Fifth Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to six charges against his company under the Companies Ordinance. Three of the
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    STORIES OF ACTION AGAINST RUSSIA LACK CONFIRMATION
    605 13 Rumania Said To Have Demanded Return Of Bessarabia London, June 19. A UT1IORITATIVE quarters here say they have no court \rmJ\L of reports that Rumania or Germany has launched mUitary orations against Russia or presented an Ultimatum to Moscow, says United Press. TVipsi»
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    Soviet Balloon Barrages Up
    111 13 London, June 19. OFFICIALS of Berlin were busy to-day denying that any clashes have occurred on the Russo-German frontier. For weeks, the Germans have been putting out stories about Russo-Ger-ma" tension and now resort to a new trick In the "nerve" war. Berlin officials stated to-day:
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    Nazis Using Refugees For Espionage Work ?
    48 13 Nazis Using Refugees For Espionage Work Washington, June 19. a vnrRTPAN consuls In European countries have been ordered to other German-conquered states will be affected. The order did not mention Germany and Italy but it has been world-wide German espionage. e thf d£s oloema^conLlates and propaganda agencies.United Press.
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    SPLIT AMONG CHINESE REDS?
    150 13 Issue Of Support To Chungking Shanghai, June 19. SERIOUS friction is said to have occurred between Gen. Chu Teh, commander-in-chic« of the Eighth Route (Communist) Army, and Mr. Mao Che-tung, Secretary-General of the Communist Party, as a result of differences of opinion is to whether they
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    BRITISH "SECRET WEAPON" FOR U.S.
    184 13 Appeal For American Workers For England Washington, Jun? 19 pEVEALING that Great Br.tains rjdio locator has been given to the United Staies, the British Embassy has appealed lor American volunteer? to operate the device m Grrat Britain and perfcrm other techni.:.l wor» Uiere. The British
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    FINLAND CALLING RESERVISTS
    42 13 rt Finnish ridto h*s announced that reservists have beea .-ailed up for special manoeuvres which, the announcer added, were be»ne staged m order t<i preserve Kinland's security and to strengthen her preparations tor defence like other neutral states.— Reuter.
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    BRITAIN MAY BE NEXT OBJECTIVE
    126 13 London. June 19 r[E inactivity or German aviation and the fact that the Cierman army has gone to ground somewnere m Europe." suggests, the «<?"»«« preparing some more of which *ne direction is not eleor m the opinion or ;he News Chronicle. The newspaper adds:
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    TURKS LOYAL TO BRITISH ALLIANCE
    507 14 Insisted On Special Clause In Treaty With Nazis Ankara, June 19. THE Turkish Government refused to sign the treaty of 1 friendship concluded yesterday, with Germany, it is understood, unless a clause safeguarding the Anglo-Turkish treaty was included, says Reuter. This loyalty of Turkey to
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    Will See Effects This Month. Says Rome
    94 14 Rome June 20. THE German pact with Turkey con1 tinues the Axis' victorious action against Britain. declares Virglnio Gayda m to-day's leader m the Giorna'e d'ltalia Germany, through this accord, clears up the Eas.ern Mediterranean political and was situation and decisively contributes to
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    Losses In Greece And Crete
    181 14 Canberra, June -9. "THE War Minister, Mr. Percy C. Spender, announced In the House of Representatives to-day that he had learned from a Red [Cross cable that 9.000 British. Auai tralian and New Zealand troops are prisoners m Greece. Australians who had not returned lrom
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    PHILIPPINES LOYAL TO UNITED STATES
    139 14 Manila. June 19. IN a speech after a Loyalty Day parade to-day President Manuel Quezon declared that should the United States enter the war "she will find all the people of this country to the last man on her side fighting under her banner and
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    Why New Pact Was Signed
    357 14 TURKEY'S OBVIOUS ADVANTAGES Ankara. June 20. "LITE Turks will never go to Vienna." is the statement heard on all hands following the signature of the German -Turkish pact. The Turks are anxious that it should be made clear that Turkey remains the friend and ally
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    425 14 **No Change In Our National Policy*' Ankara. June 19. ■pURKEY'S attitude towards Bri- tain and Germany following upon the new ten-year pact ci friendship signed m Ankara between Germany and Turkey Is explained m a leading article m the semiofficial Ankara newspaper, Ulus. quoted by the Turkish
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    ThaMmlo-China Pact Of Peace Ratified
    47 14 r. Bangkok, June 18. 5 Assembly has unanimously latilieu the Thalland-Indo-Chlna peace convention The Premier, thanking the House, expressed appreciation of Japanese mediation m the frontier conflict and stressed that Thailand will follow the time-honoured policy of friendship with all powers.— Reuter.
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    28 14 New York. June 19. "TORONTO, Ontario was successfully blar eJout for IS minutes last niuht as planes of the Norwegian Air Force, substituting foe the enemy, roared overhead.
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    WAETERE SELECTED FOR MAIN SPRINT RACE
    1060 15 First Day Of Selangor Turf Club's Summer Meeting THE former class one performer, Waetere, has been sekct1 ed to win the main sprint event at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the first day of the Selangor Turf Clubs Summer meeting. Waetere established her form with a
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    509 15 rE order of running and nonacceptors for to-morrow's races will be found In TAGE KOI R If received m time. carried as much as 9.9 and win In division Uiree In Poni.r.g. win oifer tne strongest opposition U. Sir Patrick. Velocity and Harmore will come into the
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    MALACCA STATE SOCCER TEAM
    75 15 (From Ow Own Correspondent) Malacca, June 18. THE following wIU represent Malacca against Nefrl SemblUn at Seremhan on Satnrd»y m a Malaya Cop soccer fixture B. Han»er (A.1.F.): Tim Chee Llm (Excise), D. Hendroff (Exctoe): S*rgt. Mr Arthur (A.IF.), Abba« (M.F.S.), Tan Tionc Khye (M.C.R.C.); Leechman
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    JOE LOUIS HAS CLOSE CALL
    382 15 'Elementary Mistake Cost Conn Fight New York, June 19. rpLRNING the tables with dramatic suddenness m the thirteenth round, when he was looking the worse for wear and faced with his first defeat since 1936. Joe Louis snatched hte world heavyweight championship from the brink
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    LEAGUE SOCCER PRODUCES A BETTER STANDARD
    717 15 Airmen Meet Johore In Cup Game At Stadium To-day IT is eenerally agreed that competitive soccer m Singapore ?o"d s a n d"«rsea-Chine« R»nk. who h.vc compfetod Ihc.r proerammos with an eqnal number of po.ntg. nofb^T ro^s-s >onrenou 3 h for: any considered opinions
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    SIX RECORDS SET UP AT WOODSVILLE SPORTS
    207 15 BIX records were set up In the 3> team relay events at St. (Vndrew'S School snorts WtVCh COnMuded at Woodsville yesterday. They were m the sack race, the D"t>'o relay, 75 >.rds straight relay,; ntcr-hruse team lons Jump event. The champion house at
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    TO-DAYS SPORTS EVENTS
    27 15 Soccer: Malaya Cup. Royal Air Force vs. Johore, Anson Road stadium. 5 15 p.m TrnnU Singapore championships, s.c.r. courts: s.r.R.r. iprinc tournament. 8-CJI.C^ courts^
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    Commotion Wins The Oaks
    305 15 London. Jane 19. MR. J. A. Dewar'a C>mniotion, ridaen by Harry WraK. w m the Oaks the fillies' elaric to-day, beating Lieut -Col Robinson* T»rkana by twi lengths :n two minne*. XI second*, with VnA Glanely 1 Danrinx Tim- Uitrd. Da-nrlr.g Tune had been h °Li'!2^l
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    SOUTH CHINA LOSE IN PENANG
    102 15 From Our Own rrt' Penans. June 19 riRE was a 1 1. thl afternoon whr.i th<« Vo>'smm«la'i FnotbaJl A«socla«V>n d«fer«te<l Crtln* A A. by three «o»U to one In •(wtMll irftrh pkV«i ..-toria G^2 Chinese Indulged m fancy play, while It was evident from the
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    TAIPING TURF CLUB'S DERBY SWEEP
    111 15 TAIPING TURF CLUB'S DERBY SWEEP rE lollow'ng is the result of the Talpinc Turf Club's Derby Bweep drawn on Wednesday No 1 Mr Sawyer (Uckct No. *****); 2. Royal Academy 'l<>3so>. 3 Cur-nTey T.6?«> 4. Mazarln '1089«^; 5. Devonian (*****) 6. Eelim Hassan ill4M>- 7 Sollum <*****>: 8. VaJd*rian <*****>;
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    ROYAL HUNT CUP SUBSTITUTE
    115 15 L nd n June 20. rrE followlns are the acceptances and weights for the Vaie of the White Horse Hunt Cup. the substitute far the Royal Hunt Cup. which Is being run at Newbury on Jun- 28: Ombro 9 7; Prinrc Tetra 9 6: Bold Devil
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