The Straits Times, 15 August 1941

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    37 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURT1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 16 pa(;es SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. AUGUST 15, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 6 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1941. PRtrß I CKMs
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      264 1 MIEN CIIONG TAILORING 34 Coieman St.. S'porr. Phone 4818 AvaiUble Salt Lengths Kw-ktiCr" SuiUnc>— U.S.A. WAIN SHIEU.'S In Silk and Wool Alao AMKRICAN SHARKSKIN. Iv variou.i colows I Minimax S\ pire protection it now universally recognized as I /lllaaaafr 1 forming an essential part ol the equipment ol every I
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      6 1 SINGAPORE 140 CECIL ST CPHONK S47H.
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      189 1 KtMLit LVUtVR 24 MV4 ST. CPHONK 36»3). PATRIOTIC ~^4/|/C V 77te S FMJBRjI Rt j^^S&^^M f~~~^-~^_ 0 RAFFLES PLACE SIHSAPBRE CiZabllvJaJbL 6c CO. r^^^^. INSURANCE l-BLBJjI ixf^ FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR \^^£k, \Sw^HAs~?> Fioarn guarantee-marine ffljßsk W\S/^y^^ WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION W\^^^^ y^X > Wk CHt LONDON ASSURA^Ci. \\\\\^^ilV Rb^SRbV HOIKI KOHO PME SC»
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      8 1 ELSIE MAR) Battery Road. Morning Afternoon Jivenin^ Dresses.
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      608 2 lllic Straits ©mes SMALL ADS? Minimum charge $1. for a4vt. not exceeding 4 Use*. More than four lines 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. domestic occurrences bibth£, marriages, deaths, acknowledgments. announceMENTS P.FC. CARDS arc charted (3 each per Insertion per Inch. Over I Inch 15
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      661 2 AGENTS WANTED WANTED wholesale agents and stockist* frr cloth and hosiery goods Rates very competitive. Terms liberal. Samples and particulars free from:— POPPY HOUSE. LUDHIANA. WANTED WANTED Baby's oram and canopy In good condition. Mrs. Wilson, Blshopsbourne Tel. *****. FOR_HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone 4333 FOR SALE SHKLVADOH R»frigt»raim
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      638 2 PIANOS PIANO WANTED by European. Bute price and Make. Box No. 997. Straits Times. HOUSES ACCOMMO- < DATION WANTED 1 WANTED Sept. 15. Fully furnished house, i m.s., garden, Tanglln/Bul:lt Timah. wills* pay $200. Write M, Tanglln Road. Telephone 7494. between I—2 p.m. or a 8 p.m. __MOTOj* VEHICLES WOLSELEY
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      450 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS. EYEGLASSES. EXCLUSIVELY tI^MP/ON \jPTICALC2 4. AKCADE 111.1K.. PHONE 300,' R. A. Thompson. Dr. of Ocular Science 35 yean' European Clinical Experience. LEGAL NOTICES la the Estate af TAN SOO WHA aUaa TAN PENG TAM, rfrreaaed. Pursuant to section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 59 1 NOTICE is
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      177 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC, 18AVE MONET m > I M A Ltaeshafl Bearings. |n% XsMt »LI.IANCE sknVfiPl ENGINEERING ■Ta\y|" CO 111) i m Singapore ana m *4H\W* Koala I ompnr rim a rERMANFNT —^*^T* WAV tVHS^^**""^ PJ.KMANKNT X A VINO T 4 EDUCATIONAL ELIM CHUHCH 1579. Srraaeoon Road. VACATION BIBLE StilOOL.
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      271 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. < Incorooratea m Encland) PENIIMSI I.AX AMI OKIENIAI S ft CO MMI PASSFMIKR AND CARt:O SERVICE The oesl pomihlr service* ait oeinn maintained bi ihf P A o S C«. from Strait* ta thru u«ual port* ol rail m China India
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      429 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates arc not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST PARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      164 3 DRAWING PAPERS UNMOUNTED MOUNTED SECTIONAL IN ROLLS. BLOCKS, BOOKS ft SHEETS. TRACING PAPERS CLOTHS DETAIL PAPERS. LOGARITHMIC ISOMETRIC PAPERS. FE.RRO-GALLIC PAPER CLOTH. FERRO-PRUSSIATE PAPER Etc.. Etc. FRESH STOCKS JUST ARRIVED. Motion Smith Son Ltd. 15. BATTERY ROAD. We s ock the birgest range of Chinese Bed-sheets. T>e quality is the
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      217 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE 7.H1 1.433 «c/» (?lt ••> ZHPI LSI me/* itf (ZHPt 8.175 ae m.) ZIIP3 I.t* mc/> <«I3» a.) /HI.. ZHP.l, ZHP.J 5.00 p.m. Peiping dramas on gramophone records; 5. 35 News In Cantonese; 5.50 p.m. Recorded Hoklclen music: 6.00 p.m. News In Hokklen; 6.15 p.m. Singapore calling.
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      238 3 record*: 1. IS p.m. News commentary In Dutch; 7.30 p.m. Singapore Arabic Party; 8 00 p.m. News In Malay; 8.20 p.m. Singapore Arable party, (cont'd.l; 8 35 p.m. News to Arabic; 8.58 p.m. Eu.opean mu r lc. (Records); 9. OS p.m. News In French; B.30 p.m. News In Hindustani relayed
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      436 3 EMPIRE STATION EASTERN SERVICE C.I* pm. ll.M p.m on CSV 17-81 m c»; ls.84 metres. GSP 15-14 mn; 19.81 metre*. GSD 11.71 m c«; 2a.5J metres NORTH AMERICAN SERVICt GSD (25 metre band) and ORT (31.15 metres; 9.M m ei) 6.10 p.m. London oiling; 6.30 p.m. News; 6.35 p.m. War
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    345 4 Steady Opening In All Sections (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Aug. 15. THE share markets opened quietly steady this morning and la encourp*ed by the flrmne! of the London Stock Exchange. The Anglo- American declaration, which was eagerly awaited yesterday, has not affected, and Is unlikely to
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    PENANG & GENERAL INVESTMENT TRUST
    218 4 PENANG GENERAL INVESTMENT TRUST Surtax Appeal With Sir J. Ramsden Fails (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 15. "pHE Penang and General Investment Trust, Ltd., and Sir John F. Ramsden. bar were appellants m surtax appeals which cairt before Mr. Justice Uaenaugntcn In the King's Bench Division to-da/. Under the
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    EXCHANGES
    171 4 The foUowlne art c&e «senanc« r%Xt» Oil morning aecnrdtng r x> v.« daily clrcoaj imu*. dv the Hongkong and y""gt»ai grnHni XjTDoratloo: uu.no Lcuoon 1.1 !/>ndon demand 1/4 »/31 Switzerland (T.T. oolj) 302.46 New York demand I) 47.10 Montreal demand tl.tt Batavla demand U 71 damarang demand MM Calcutta
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    KAMPONG LANJUT TIN PAYS 20 PER CENT.
    445 4 KAMPONG LANJUT TIN PAYS 20 PER CENT. Investments And Cash Show Substantial Rise PROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Kampong Lanjut Tin Dredging Ltd. m Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Mr. A. A .Henggeler. thr chairman, said: As you will see from the directors'
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    B.I.S.N. PROFITS INCREASE Full Dividends Paid
    168 4 B.I.S.N. PROFITS INCREASE Full Dividends Paid (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 15. •THE British India Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.. whose India-Malaya-Far j East service Is well-known, earned durinc the year ended Sept. 30 last a net I profit of £207.268. against £201.150 m the previous twelvemonth. This profit was
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    U.S. COMMODITY EXCHANGE Trading In Rubber And Tin Futures
    97 4 U.S. COMMODITY EXCHANGE Trading In Rubber And Tin Futures New York, Aug. 14. THE Comm:<ilty Exchange to-day an- nounced the suspension of trading In rubber futures and the extension of dealings In tin futures only to the liquidation of oujstand.ng contracts. Both moves are effect We immediately, at the request
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    108 4 Singapore, Auc. 15. x^en CHmbaw t 1M Hamburg Cub* 112 25 CBbt »U.0O Copra Mixed $2.40 Sun Dried $2J5 Pepper White Muntok 116 50 WW'e flSOO B"^, 18.00 iooo Hour N'> Unr,t*. $523 Tuir $500 8aiaw»k »O5 Taptcca Small FlaJcc $8 50 Fair Flake $$00 Medium-Pearl 810.00
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    136 4 Mali* close at the General Post Office a* follows: TO-MORROW FAN-AMERICAN CLIPPER The Pan-American Clipper from San Francisco la expected to arrive In Singapore on Wednesday, Aug. 20 and to depart on Thursday, Aug. 21. The latest time of posting at the General Post Office, Singapore,
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
    37 4 rl price of rubber for purpose of assessment of export duty for the period Aug. IS to Aug. 21, Inclusive has been determined at 38 cents a pound, states an FMS. Government Gazette notification.
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    JULY RUBBER CROPS
    19 4 The following rubber crops were harvested m July: n>. Kuala Reman 187 000 Bruseh Rubber 55,000
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    20 4 Mr. H. R. Hughes-Hallet.. an officer of Class V Malayan Civil Service, has been granted 162 days leave before retirement.
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    133 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Prom Out Own Correspond* nt > london, Auir. 14. COMMODITY and Excn&ngf marceu CKxed as followt wlU> prevtous Quotations to onrrntbolar RUBBER: Steady. Spot 13 9 1«d 13\<1 U3 9 1W 13\d Sept. 13% d 13 IM6U (13Hd 13 11 16 d) Oct. 13* d 13 1118d(13*d 13
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    NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES
    78 4 New York, Aug. 14. TTHE following were the prices ol I Straits tin and rubber m rents pet pound on the C mmodity Exchange I to-day and yesterday: I TIN Ane. 13 \u.~. 14 Spot 53 .->! August 52.75 52.75 S<pt?m»>er 52 00 5190
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    80 4 SlfiMr>. PrUay. Aac IS. mamm. Bayer* gcMcn M* PrlMt IX K.SS. (S»«t Ink) SS!* 38*4 IX R.S.S. f o.» m ra»f» JaU-Aoc. lScOn"> «atta«) 31* S»H I.FA.Q K.S.S Co > la kale* Jalr-Aaf. tßcUcr't •attoat Uh HH f.A.Q. LBS l.c <a kale* July-Aof. iSeOcr't aattaai
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    16 4 No air tail was received from the United Kingdom by the Flying Boat which arrived yesterday
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      142 4 IN THE LION CITY WC PROVIDE A LION'S SHARE IN ENTERTAINING THE PUBLIC IN THEIR HOURS OF RELAXATION TO-NIGHT Tea Dance from 7.30 p.m. Late Dance from 9-39 pm. TO-MORROW Benefit Night For The CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. Extension To 2 a.m. 'LITTLE 1 MARINA will apnear »o five •CAN CAN*
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      95 4 TO-NIGHT 730 9.30 P.M. DOUBLE ATTRACTION THREE MESO.riTEF.KS IN KANSAS TERRORS and also a Thrilling Rare Drama "WOMAN DOCTOR" TO-MORROW at MIDNIGHT DOI'BLE AT TRACTION ROY ROGERS m Days of JESSE JAMES with THE HIGGINS FAMILY "MY WIFE'S RELATIVES" Matinee Week-end PUBLIC COWBOY No. 1 AND WRONG ROAD. CARMEN MIRANDA
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      75 4 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES ro-d«j H. W. 3.30 a.m. 7.8 ft.: 3.44 p.m. M ft. L. W. 9.1] a.m. 4 ft 10.02 p.m. 3.5 It. To-morrow H. W. 4.30 a.m. 7.3 ft.: 4.33 p.m. 8 2 ft. L. W. 8.56 a.m. 4.6 ft.: 11.14 p.m. 3.6 ft. Sunday. Aug. n H.
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    RUBBER MARKET STAGNANT
    300 5 RUBBER MARKET STAGNANT Prices Unchanged Stocks Declime IN a weekly report on the lubber market, issued yesterday. Lewis and Peat (Singapore) write: j The only effect that the tension caused by the Japanese movement Into i French Indo-China and on the borders of Thailand has had on the market Is
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    London Stock Exchange
    366 5 London, Aug. 14. fpHE Stock Exchange to-day was generally firm and cheerful but inclined to be quiet While awaiting the Government's statement at the close. Members remained to hear the AngloAmerican declaration but no after-hour Changes were recorded. Useful gains were made m gilt-edged. Industrials, oik. Home
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    JULY TIN-ORE OUTPUT
    42 5 rB following output* of tin-ore are reported for July:— Cubic Plcuto Houn yards ore Pahaug Oon. 1,680 Ipoh Tin (Laliat) 605 74.300 354 Ipoh Tin (Puchong) 429 52,800 287 Sungei Kinta S05 141.100 395 Temoh Tin ..627 104,700 248
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1368 5 THURSDAY, AUG. 14. 1941: 4 P.M. ■MM DuitP sriltn Ampat (5s 2s T/zA U Austral Amal (5s) k M 7i lttd c.d. Austral Malay (t) 33s 6d 34* 6d c.d. Ayer HiUm (Ss) 17i II* Ayer Weng (fl) .70 .7* Bangriii rin 12* 6o IV
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      468 5 PUBLIC NOTICES PILOT OFFICE, D. C. MOORE (*****) PILOT OFFICER, J. F. HUNT (WJK.) j 551J72 T/SGT. OLSON, H. B. All persons having claims on the above I estates must submit them for consideration to the. President, Committee of Adjustment. RAF. Station, Tengah within 31 days of this notice. ROAD
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      49 5 TO-NIGHT PM— 9.3O P.M. GRAND DOUBLE FIRST-RUM ATTRACTION. R.K.O'S GREATEST GAG-GIGGLE ROAR OT \Y&fir^ FEVER HP' o nt ii hmiiiic »v uiuicTi utiia kfitk REPUBLIC'S ACTION- PA( KFtt western 3 new mesquitPeV^H MIDNIGHT SATURDAY, AT 12.1* AJM. A GREAT MALAY TALKIE "DASIMA" MATINEES SAT. SIN WHOLE SrKIM "BUCK ROGERS"
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      237 6 "ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE COMEDY ROMANCES" SAYS "MORNING TR2BUNE" TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 TH IBHl^'^'^^^^R^L^i^^^LT^L^^^fT^^^HLVv^L^LT* 2_A.UK>IJ JL*n_k_LW_t ADIO 40/fj£ l^!rI p l MRS/ 9^ JK. R^^\wLVW EDMUND GWCNN SPRING BYINCTON Ajw D «<o* S. X. SAKALL WILLIAM DCMAMCST (AD »re<<»rarf b r FRANK ROSS whimo t> r NORMAN KRASNA
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      225 6 3.15, 1.18 9.15 rOtHJuto AN UP-TO-THE MINUTE ACTION PACKED STORY OF INTRIGUES m A NEUTRAL PORT! WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST OF FAMOUS SCREEN NAMES. WILL FYFFE -LESLIE BANKS YVONNE ARNAUD r-v^iif) OPENING THE PROGRAMME ALSO AN INTERESTING TOPICAL M.0.1. •SHORT' "ALERT IN THE EAST" GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS NEXT ATTRACTION PAVILION
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      313 6 Philadelphia ctory gets ress J& w forever jf^PVPiS A spoil Singapoie. i#^ ■Sjy,^WW^B Pew, if any, picsJtL tfrfc tures m the same V category will ?ver °f the same PHH^r^P standard" JM A jl M. TRIBUNE JF U A FIRST-CLA?S #|^^9 P I PICTURE 'Will /P i Imj lonp rememLfl
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    REDS MAY WITHDRAW BEHIND ODESSA AND NICKOLAEY
    466 7 Black Sea Fleet Able To Maul An> Invasion Force Hitler May Send London, Aug. 11. MARSHAL BUDENNY, Russian Commander m the Ukraine sector, will probably withdraw his troops behind Odessa and Nikolaev m an effort to establish a firm defence of the vital
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    Nazis' Problems In Libya Grow
    302 7 Reinforcements For British Troops WHILE the main body of the weary Oerman Afrika Korps as resting beside the sea beb.nd the front line m Libya, forward British troops, many of whom have been m the desert for two years or more, continue to scour the
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    Press Attack On Vatican Policy
    74 7 Rome, Aug. 14. SR. Roberto Farinacci, writing m his Cremona Fasrista. charges that 'he official Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano has ceased attacking Russia for political reasons. Sr. Farinacci declares, The Osservatore Romano since the da- Stalin entered the war does not speak against Russia as
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    INDIA TO CONSTRUCT FLOATING DOCK
    32 7 sanla. Aug. 14. rwu anuouncod to-day Umt India bam agreed to construct a floating dock (or the use of the Admiralty. Construction Is expected t? tMffln shortly.
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    Hitler Moves His H.Q. To Ukraine
    222 7 Nazi Story Of Air Raids On Evacuating Troops London, Aug. 14. UITLER has moved his head- quarters to the Ukraine, accordIng to a radio announcement from Rome, which adds that the German leader's presence on this front is probably a prelude to an Important
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    Gen. Auchinleck Pays Visit To London
    38 7 London, Aug. 14. F" may now be revealed that Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Ch>f. Midrtie Cast, recently rltttad London and has now arrived back m his headquarters m the Middle F*st. Reuter
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    WESTMINSTER ABBEY BURIAL FOR WILLINGDON
    35 7 London. Aug. 14. rUC aahoa of Lord WiUiu;lon. who died on Tuesday, will be buried at Westminster Abbey, it Is officially announced to-day. The date will be announced later. Reuter.
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      230 7 RAFFLES HOTEL To-night DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight BUSTER MAGGIE DINNKK S3.0< NON -DINERS S1.00 To-morrow- lunch fN thf ballroom grill RilsUafeTservtii trcn 12.30 ti» 2.30 p.«. ORCHESTRAL CONCEIT SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT 8.30 tt 10.30 p By me aand ot THE GORDON
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      209 7 CATHAY 4 SHOWS DAILY r 7S 11 3.00 p.m., 6.00 p.m., A>~ JJ-^smi |R\\ (Note Special Starting times) jMwz&ffi VIVIEN LEIGH jßfi^Hjp LAURENCE OLIVIER In Alexander Korda's "UDY HAMILTON" with ALAN MOWBRAT SARA ALLGOOD GLADYS COOPER HENRY WILCOXON WisMrtoa CHuroklll to Wiwmt Lord of ih« Admiralty (at Ladjr HaalltM Pr«««
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUG. 15, 1941. (712 th. Day Of The War.) A Discordant Note
    1340 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUG. 15, 1941. (712 th. Day Of The War.) A Discordant Note Cabled and wirelessed comment on the Roosevelt-Churchill Declaration Is wildly enthusiastic. There is hardly a hint of adverse criticism of the contents of the Declaration, or the circumstances m which It was issued.
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      BUREAUCRATS
      485 8 Inability To See Others' Point Of View To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l read your leader headed "Rule of the Desk" with a sense of satisfaction that at least we have m Malaya newspapers who would not be blind to the "differential treatment" that goes on
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      ULU-LATION
      220 8 A Visit To A Cinema In Kelantan To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. A recent experience of mine i while on a visit to Kelantan may injterest your cinema-going readers, who are accustomed to the accurately timed programmes In Singapore cinemas. I arrived at the local cinema
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      BROADCASTING
      178 8 "Squealing Of Creakily Canned Symphonies" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Do you not think that the air around us is svrfetted and overflown" I with talk— just talk, and more talk When one scans your columns for the programmes of radio entertainment, after the news, there
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      FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR
      792 8 Remarkable Letter From An Officer- THE following are extracts (reproduced from the New York Times) from a letter by a French officer who has escaped from a German prison camp. The letter was written on Mar. 10. Yes. I have escaped. Why not before? v-" will
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      A DEAD WORD
      238 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— The attached was given prominent publication In one of the leading English Journals, and I think this I timely obituary notice should be published equally conspicuously in all newspapers and magazines throughout the British Empire for obvious reasons —Yours
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    U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY
    590 8 I Book Reviews Ambassador Dcdd's Diary Gollancz. 12n. (id. IN 1653. amid crises at homo and abroad. President Roosevelt i-nose a German- speaking Professor of Historr 'named Dodd to represent American Interests m Germany. Just after Hitler't rise to Dower. This book is Ambassador Dodd's private
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    THE HOUSE OF SASSOON
    405 8 The Saskoon Dynasty. By Cecil Roth. Robert Hale. 12s. 6d. •fHE meteoric rise to fame of the 1 House of Sassoon m two generations, and its partial decline, »s told by Mr Roth with gusto and a tremendous wealth of detail. The author first of all
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    FIRMER ANGLO-U.S. PACIFIC POLICY PREDICTED
    370 9 Likely Development Of Historic Meeting SPEEDUP OF AMERICAN AID TO BRITAIN SOVIET SEEN World Views On RooseveltChurchill Declaration of war m the Pacific are believed to be one of the chief reasons for the historic meeting of President Roosevelt and the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston
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    "CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS FOR WELL-BEING OF WORLD"
    230 9 "CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS FOR WELL-BEING OF WORLD London. Aug. 15. EARLY editions of London national newspapers last night gave comments on the p°ace a>ms of President Roosevelt and Mr. Chorchill m their joint declaration. They make a com- I parison between this meeting of per- I scnaJ contact and the meetings
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    U.S. PLACED ALONGSIDE GREAT BRITAIN"
    65 9 Ottawa, Aug. 14. roMMENTINO on the Roosevelt-Churchl] v meeting, tie Montreal Star says, "Wha emerges most significantly Is that Prrsiden Roosevelt has placed the United State irrevocably alongside Britain. Two grea nations are linked by formal association, and short of a d claratlon of war,
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    FAVOURABLE REACTION IN AMERICAN CAPITAL
    729 9 Washington, Aug. 14. i THB Joint declaration made by Presi- i den Roosevelt and Mr. Winston Church 11 to-day is regarded as a I rough outline of the peace terms which j America would support and which she would probably Join m guaranteeing. I One
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    President & Premier Meet In Battleship
    40 9 President Premier Meet In Battleship The conference between President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill took pla'e aboard one of Britain's newest battleships, H M.S Prince of Wales, it wai revealed by a photograph published m Washington on Thursday night, says Reuter.
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    Powerful Reinforcements For A.I.F. In Malaya
    95 9 IT is officially announced that powerful reinforcements for the Australian Imperial Force arrived m Singapore to-day. These reinforcements consist of all arms of the service and will have the effect of making the already strong defences of Malaya even more formidable. Their arrival at
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    'Concrete Action Will Follow'
    135 9 London, Aug 15. pOMMENTINO on the Joint AngloAmerican announcement, Mr. Albert Warner, Washington representative of the Columbia Broadcasting System, pointed out that the meeting at sea showed the power which Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill represent. That seapower cannot be challenged by Hitler, he added. Mr.
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    "U.S. HAS DECLARED WAR ON EUROPE"
    47 9 Madrid. Aug. IS. "k FURTHER and d>cixive step m the direction of United States Intervention In the war." U how the newspaper Madrid describes the Churchill -Roosevelt declaration The newspaper Pnetolo write*. President Roosevelt, In Is has declared war on Europe."
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    HUGE U.S. SUPPLIES SENT TO CHINA
    62 9 Chungking. Aug. IS. THE United States Is sending 800,000 tons of supplies to China as part of the American aid to China programme, it is stated here. American transport experts returned here yesterday after surveying transport on the Burma road. They declared that the
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    FOREIGN MINISTER SEES JAPANESE EMPEROR
    38 9 Tokio, Aug. 15. TPHE Japanese Foreign Minister, Adm Toyoda, was received m audience by the Emperor, yesterday afternoon. Adm. Toyoda was called to the throne on matters under his Jurisdiction, says a s^at^ment.-Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    203 9 Washington, Aug. 14. LORD Beaverbrook, who described himself as "the biggest buyer on the cuff you have ever seen," told a prey, conference, on his arrival m Washington "We have had hundreds of millions of dollars worth of orders under the Lease-and-Lend Programme bat wr need more." Answering
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    HIRANUMA IN NO DANGER? No Official Word On Condition
    432 9 HIRANUMA IN NO DANGER? No Official Word On Condition Tokio, Aug. 15. DARON Hiranuma, the Japanese D Minister without Portfolio, on whose life an attempt was made yesterday, is believed to be m no immediate danger of death. Pending definite reports on his condition, however, all Japanese quarters are adopting
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    41 9 Washington, Aug. 14. r pHE fi/st shipment of aviation petrol to Russia aboard an American tanker will leave Los Angeles for Vladivostok to-day announced Mr. Harold Ickes, the Defence Petroleum Co-ordlnator. The ships will sail under the United States flag— Reuter.
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    TRADE WITH JAPAN SUBJECT TO LICENCE
    57 9 London, Aug. 19. rE Board of Trade has made an order prohibiting from 10-day all exports to Japan, including the Japanese Mandated Islands, Chosen (Korea), Kwantung Leased Territory, Taiwan (Formosa) and Manchuria, except under licence from the Board of Trade. All outstanding export licences
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    "THIRD NAZI OFFENSIVE SMASHED,' SAY REDS
    703 9 "THIRD NAZI OFFENSIVE SMASHED, SAY REDS Soviet Admit Evacuation Of Two Towns In Ukraine Moscow, Aug. 15. THE third German offensive has been broken up, according to the Soviet Information Kureau. Twenty-nine Nazi divisions have been routed or destroyed, and "many others totally or partially annihilated." the announcement added. During
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    Japan Sending 600 Tanks To Manrhukuo
    38 9 Chungking, Aug. IS. r.s understood m Chinese circles m Chungking that four mechanized units of 150 tanks each have been rM to Manchukuo from Japan, two of which have already arrived. Reuter.
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $1,600
    763 10 Estate Labourers Raise $700 With Tamil Drama TO-DAY'S additions to The War Fund amounts to a Httle J more than Sl,(>!)0 and the gross total is now $5,754,917. A splendid effort to aid the Fund has been made by labourers in the Kerling
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    National Day Of Prayer On Sept. 7
    130 10 HIS Majesty requests that September 7, being the Sunday following the second anniversary of the outbreak of war, should be observed as a national day of prayer. The Archbishop of Canterbury, responding to the Rin;'s request s^id: •'As the third year »i the
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    122 10 Gwtte and StraiU Echo Grass rat* receipts from Faotball Match in aid of Ttar Wmr Fn4:Busincsa House lj-ajrar versos Combined Sei-»lee» Officer* and men af the Joherr State Police Farce stationed at Muar Staff of the Electrical Department, Johore Bihni (thirteenth ram. tribuUon) S.S.C Sweea Mr. and Mm. w. Ward
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    AMUSEMENTS
    149 10 SINGAPORE RAFFLES HOTEL Dinner Be Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. i OWAT WORLD Cabaret: NiKht Dunce 8.30 to Midnight. Globe: Brigham Young. Sky: Mutiara. BAPFV li'i.VIKK (Happy World) .Santa Ke Trail. Seaside: Texan. NKW noKi.it Talkies, Theatres and Cinemas Side 81iow Cabaret Danrtnc. qi'KKNS i.tVUV. Tin Pan Alley
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    THAI "PEACE MESSAGE"
    118 10 THE Thai radio commentators last night repeater] for the third consecutive night a peace message t" the world, according "to the spirit advocated by Buddha." The commantators said thaf the Thai Government, contemplated submitting peace proposals to countries concerned, and hoped that, Thailand being a sma'l country.
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    Indian News DANGER SEEN FROM. JAPAN
    125 10 Indian News DANGER SEEN FROM. JAPAN Congress Views On Latest Moves Singapore, Aug. 14. TELEGRAMS from India show that general opinion there recognizes v Japan's latest moves a real inger to India, and firm action Is rcated by the newspaper* of all -.ides of opinion. The Congress Party press is
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    Indian nation. INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
    76 10 Indian nation. INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ADVICES from the Middle Erst show that the Indian troops, who played such an important part m the capture of Damascus, hare settled down comfortably m Syria, m barrack* formerly occupied by Vichy troops. In Iraq, whlcTi has been restored to normal.
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    SIR SHANMUGAM CHETTY IN MANILA
    41 10 SIR Shanmukham Chetty, leader o« the Indian Purchasing Mission In the United States, who has already arrived In America, was entertained m Manila, when he passed through. by Mr. E. Wyatt Smith, H.M. Consul General there.
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    Air Patrols Prove Deterrent To Indian Ocean Raiders
    678 10 /^ATALINA flying-boats which have been arriving from the United States m a steady flow during the past few months are now "covering the water front" from the Arabian Sea to well South of the Equator, and from the China Seas to nearly
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    82 10 Cutting the wedding cake after the marriage. The reception took place at the Hotel Bondi Bondi Beach, Sydney. The Registrar of Waverley, Sydney. Mist R. Orr, officiating at the marriage of Miss Betty Bryant to Mr. Morris Silverstein at the Wdverley Registry Office, last
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    MALAYAN M.P. NEW HON. SECRETARY OF A.B.M.
    370 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 15. IUR. L. D. Gammans, the former Malayan Civil Service ex- pert on agricultural co-operation who was recently elected Conservative M.P. for Hornsey. has been appointed hop secretary of the Association of British Malaya m London m
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    INDIA MUST BE READY
    116 10 Viceroy On Dai £er Of Complacency Bombay, Auyr. 15. "THE war is a long way from being over yet," said Lord Linlithgow. Viceroy of India, addressing a mass rally of A.R.P. workers here. "Even when the war begins to turn m our favour, we shall have
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    EXEMPTION CLAIMED FROM TRAINING
    111 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Aug. 14 TWENTY-ONE applications for exemption from all training and mobilization under the Local Forces (Training) Ordinance. 1940. will De considered at the sitting of the local tribunal on Saturday. The members of the tribunal are: Mr. J. C. Cobbett chairman).
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    Tank Fund To Be Started Here
    92 10 A CHURCHILL Tank Fund is to be opened m Malaya as a means of commemorating Sept. 15, the anniversary of the greatest day m the Battle of Britain, when 185 German plane* were shot down over England. The Fund hopes to M#Ja C 20.004
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    EVACUEE HUTS IN SINGAPORE
    162 11 Control Measures In Rural Areas PERMITS for the erection of temporary buildings for evacuees m Singapore's rural areas should be marked to that effact, suggested the Deputy Chi2f Health Officer, Dr. D. W. -3. Faris, at the Rural Board meeting yesterday. This measure would prevent abuse,
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    PENANG CHINESE AND 18th "RED" ARMY
    68 11 THIRTY-ONE Chinese organisations m Penang have sent a telegram to President Lin Sen, chairman of ths Chinese National Government, and Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, requesting them to forbid the "Red" 18th Group Army from carrying out subversive activities. Penang Chinese also cabled two Communist leaders,
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    VOLUNTEER POLICE TO BE INCREASED
    283 11 Additional Recruits Will Be Enrolled Next Week THE Volunteer Police Reserve m Singapore, which is to be soon known as the "Snecial Constabulary," is to be expanded, and recruiting will begin on Wednesday for an additional ISO men. This will bring the force up to
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    TROOPS IN SARAWAK
    119 11 AN appeal by the Troops Entertainment Committee m Sarawak to contribute to th? dw.indling funds, part or which have been used far providing the troops with equipment for games, a radio set and newspapers, is made m the Sarawak Gazette of Aug 1. Although tne Rajah and
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    CORONER EXONERATES TRUCK DRIVER
    120 11 PRIVATE Sul.^ng b.n Uncs, of the Mu.uy Regiment, told the Singapore Coroner, Mi. W. G. Porier, yest.rdcy how while driving a military truck alcng Tebk Blangah Road towards the railway station on Ausr. h° knocked down, at the Juncticn of Jardine Steps, lan Indian, who subsequently
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    PUNJAB REGIMENT "AT HOME" IN KUCHING
    63 11 AT an "at home" given by the colonel and officers of a battalion of the Punjab Regiment m Kuchlng, buglers of the regiment played tl.e retreat on the landing around while the company's pipes entertained tIM guests to a programme of music. The guests
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    LOCAL CHINESE LEADERS GOING TO KWANGTUNG
    53 11 MR. Chlng Kee Sun and Mr. I.im Keng Lian, two of The leaders of Singapore's Cantonese and Hokkien communities respectively, have been Invited by Oen. Yu Han-mou, commander of the Kwangtung War Zone, to become honorary councillors of the Kwangtung Pacification Commissioner's headquarters, states
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    "NOT SO RUSTIC & PEACEFUL"
    223 11 "NOT SO RUSTIC PEACEFUL" Rural Areas To-day "More Suburban" "T VO-THIRDS of this fortress Island 1 is m the rural area and the chairman of the Singapore Rural Board might be confronted with serious problems," said Mr. J. M Jansen at the Board mietin^ yesterday when, on behai: of the
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    EUROPEAN CHARGED IN TRAFFIC COURT
    127 11 "I DID not see the other car before 1 the collision", said a taxi driver. Dalryam, before Mr. C. H. Whitton m the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday. Dairyam was giving evidence In a case m which a European, R. J. Maxsy, was charged with negligent
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    INDOCHINA EXPORTS FOR JAPAN ONLY
    48 11 Saigon, Aug. 14. ALL exports from Indo-Chlna, except, those destined for Japan, were stopped to-day under a decree issued by the Governor- General, Adm. Decoux. The decree referred to all exports controlled by the Government and subject to expert licence laws.— United Press.
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    ALLEGEDLY DROVE CAR "WITHOUT DUE CARE"
    77 11 AN incident involving two motor-cars near the Junction of Grove Road and Oeylang Road on the morning of May 24 had a sequel before Mr. C. H. Whitton In the Slngapcre Traffic Court yesterday when Isaac Paschoeve, the driver of one of the vehicles,
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    NAMES FOR NEW RURAL BOARD ROADS
    69 11 'THREE reserve roads off Jalan Sunoa, Oeylang. may be named Jalan Stnga, Jalan Rusa and Jalan Pelandok. The names were suggested by Inche Daud bin Mohamed Shah at a meeting of the Singapore Rural Board yesterday after it was pointed out that the Chinese
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    Indian Refutes Allegations Of Cabaret Dance Hostess
    735 11 THAT the allegations made against him by Mary Chow, a Singapore cabaret hostess, were false and that the motive was Jealousy, was the statement made by S. A. Dawood. a young Indian ship-chandler, making his defence on three charges of committing criminal breach
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    FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF "SHANGHAI WAR"
    303 12 Chinese Pledge Support For Britain, America Russia AN appeal to Malayan Chinese urging them to support the forthcoming "One Dollar Airplane Fund" movement was made by the Kuomintang, Malaya branch, on the occasion of China's "Air Force Day" yesterday. I The appeal, which was In
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    DIRECT THREAT TO INDIES
    73 12 Dutch View Of IndoChina Occupation Batavia. Aug. 14. THE Dutch feel that the Japanese 1 occupation of Indo-China is a direct threat to the Netherlands Indies and, under the circumstances, It is impossible to resume normal trade relations with Japan, according to authoritative quarters here to-day.
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    FAR EAST CONFLICT WILL BE DELAYED
    133 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Aug. 14. THE Java Bode, discussing the Far I Eastern situation and the Japanese occupation of Indo-Chlna, observes that there U bound to be delay "m the inevitable conflict" while Japan is fitting out her newly-acquired fleet and air
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    $1,000 VOTED FOR DRAIN IN SEMBAWANG VILLAGE
    39 12 THE Singapore Rural Board agreed at a meeting yesterday to sp?nd $1 .000 for the construction of a drain which was urgently needed to provide an outlet for refuse m Sembawang village.
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    MODERN ARMS FOR N.I. HOME GUARD
    220 12 Infantry Mortars Being Produced In Java (From Our Own Correspondent > Batavia. Aug 14. LISUT-GEN. O. J. Bsrenschot, Commander-in-Chief oi the j Netherlands Ind;es army, speaking m I the Volksraad on the war budget, an- > nounced that infantry mortars had b 'en produced
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    MISS BARBARA JORDAN MARRIES IN ENGLAND
    95 12 MISS Baxoara Jordan, eldest daughter of Mr. A. B. Jordan, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, S.S. and F.MJB., and Mrs. Jordan, was married to Mr. Geoffrey Barnard, veterinary surgeon of St. John's Wood. London, last Saturday at Chesham BoLs Parish Church, Buckinghamshire. Miss Jordan, who
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    SIR B. RAMA RAU AT INDIAN CHAMBER
    49 12 SIR B. RAMA RAU, former High Commissioner for India m South Africa, who is now here on a holiday, was entertained at a tea party at the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, yesterday evening. An Informal discussion on commercial matters took place.
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    ENTERTAINMENT FOR INDIAN WORKERS
    70 12 rreiE first annual general meeting of the 1 music and dramatic section of the Indian Association. Singapore, will be held at 4 p m on Aug. 33 at 130, Owen Rocd. The section's report for the year states that arrangement* have been made. In co-opera-tion with
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    BROADCAST TALKS ON WARTIME COOKING
    38 12 ESTHER FAIRBAIRN U to give a broadcast from the Singapore station to-day at 13.49 pm. enUUed "Wartime Cook." the first ox a series of talks on economic cookery, dietetics and domestic science gent-mil/.
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    900 PLANES IN R.A.F. ATTACKS ON REICH AND SEIZED LANDS
    83 13 London, Aug. 14. APPROXIMATELY 900 Royal Air Force bombers and fighters were engaged In the last 24-hour non-stop series of hammer blows m Germany and occupied territories, which is believed to be part of the new Anglo-Russian strategy to co-ordinate
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    MORE MEN FOR THAI BORDER
    237 13 Japanese Push Reinforcements Shanghai, Aug. 14. 'THE Japanese are rapidly strengthen- ing their forces m Cambodia I beyond the original 10,000 stationed near the Thai border, but the number of troops do not yet exceed the 40,000 i recently arrived m southern Indochina, -according to
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    Thais Pleased With Anglo-U. S. Attitude
    121 13 Bangkok, Aug. 14. THE Thai Government is gratified 1 at the Anglo-American attitude to the recent events m which Thailand has been involved, said the Bangkok radio to-night. The broadcast called attention to the sta.emcnts of Mr. Anthony Men and Mr. Cordell Hull, British
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    German Talking Of Reprisals
    104 13 Day Night Battering By The R.A.F. London, Aug. 14. THE day and night battering of 1 German cities by the R.A.F. has prompted the German radio to make some curious statements, many of which are contradictory. In a long commentary, which is apparently meant to be
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    Germans Fear Norway Invasion By Allies
    92 13 London, Aug. 14. THE Germans are feverishly con1 structlng defences In Norway and thousands of workers from Denmark and Germany are being sent to assist m the work, according to high Norwegian source to-day. Reliable information reaching Lonaon said there was every indie iti
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    Legless Pilot Held Prisoner By Nazis
    37 13 London, Aug. 14. WING Commander Douglas Bader, Britain's R-A.F. legless pilot who was reported missing on Tuesday, it believed to be "safe and a prisoner," It Js learned m London..— Reuter.
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    Canada To Occupy French Island ?
    45 13 Canada To Occupy French Island Ottawa, Aug. 14. RELATIONS between Vichy and Canada and the future of the French island of Miquelon are believed to be among the subjects for discussion at a meeting of the War Committee to-day, but nothing is officially disclosed. Renter.
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    ARGENTINE SEIZES 20 AXIS VESSELS
    49 13 Buenos Aires, Aug. 14. •THE Argentine Cab.net has decided to take over 20 belligerent ships with a total tonnage of about 200,000 tons. Details will be announced later. The Government has also decided to charter four Argentine ships to bring Jute from India.— Reuter.
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    Darlan's Order Of The Day
    278 13 ADM. Darlan, m an order of the day addressed to the armed forces, expressed pride m the great honour of his new position m control of all French armed forces which Marshal Petain had entrusted to him. All could count, he said, on his determination,
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    DR.HAINES ON MANURING
    1160 14 EXPERIMENTS WITH BUDDED RUBBER Manuring No. 3 By Haines and Crowther "THIS important contribution appear- rd m tte July 1940 number of the Empire Journal of Experimental Agriculture. A small number of reprints have been recently distributed. It may seem prer.umptuous of a planter to try to
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    102 14 (Prom Our Own Oorrespofxtent) London, July 17. OKDON rubber -planting exrcutlves were keenly Interested to hear thla week that the Dunlop Rubber Co.. Ltd la Inaugurating a bit scheme for living business training at Fort Dunlop to carefully selected boys aged between 18 and IH'» who wish to devote their
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    RUBBER TREES BEING KILLED BY POISON
    792 14 Cheap Method Of Clearing Areas For Replanting By Our Planting Correspondent UARIOUS methods of killing the i branch and root systems of the rubber tree by injecting poison into them, represents, I consider, one of i the most interesting new practices I in the
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    423 14 PLANTING TOPICS but on this po.nt I pre er l<r th ;in cpen rand. n th?' 1 tl rv I satisfied me that the REl.'s contentkn is altogether a cirrecf ore? lor all types Of soil. However, it ii an easy experiment for any on? I try oat for bi
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    TAIPING RACES PROVIDE TWO UPSETS
    964 15 Fernlet Pays $45 And Rackarock $40 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Aug. 14. JPSETS by Fernlet and Rackarock and maiden victories by Jesanne and Kapai were the outstanding features of to-day's races here m the first day of the Taiping Turf Chib's August professional meeting.
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    R.A.M.C. BEAT SIGNALS
    24 15 THE R.A.M.C. beat the Signals by three to one In a second division (a) league soccer match played at Alexandra ye=teroa>
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    R.A.O. WIN 6-0
    26 15 THE R.A.O.C. beat the R.E. (Malays) by six goals to nil In a second rtivison (a) league soccer match played at Gillman yesterday.
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    TO-DAYS TRAINING NOTES
    164 15 THERE was very little activity at the tracks this morning, the second day of official training far the Singapore Turf Clnb's Gold Cup meeting, whlrh starts on Saturday, Auf. 23. Turley's four entries were given light work on the third track of the race course. The first
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    333 15 Race Weights Selections For To-morrow T*HK following are the weights and selecti'ns, subject to w?ratchings which will appear elsewhere m this edition if received m time, for torn Tnw's races at Taiping m the se-ond day of the Tiining Turf Club's August profusions! meefng: llonn; Claaa 3 —About S farlongs:~
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    190 15 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's women' August MeOal competition was played at Bukit Timah on Monday afternoon and resulted m a win for Mrs. J. B. Ross m "A" dr i ion with a net score of 36 1 In a win for Miss M.
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    DRAMATIC ROOSEVELT-CHURCHILL MEETING
    723 16 Joint Statement Made Of Allied War Aims HIGH OFFICIALS ON BOTH SIDES ATTEND PARLEYS MR. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, and President Roosevelt have met at sea and drawn up a ioint Anglo-United States declaration setting out the objectives for which the Allies are fighting and indicating
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    AMERICAN EDITOR NOW ON WAY TO MOSCOW
    28 16 New Turk. Aug. 14. MR. Ralph mgersoll, who was In Singapore recently U reported to be proceding by tram to Moscow.
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    398 16 THE joint declaration by Mr. Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt, read by Mr. Attlee over the 8.8.C. last night, is as follows: "The President of the United States and the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, representing His Majesty's Government m the
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    ENTHUSIASM IN CANADA
    257 16 Premier Speaks For Nation Ottawa, Aug. 14. JUIR- W. L. Mackenzie King, the w Canadian Prime Minister, ex- pressed deep satisfaction at the Churchill-Roosevelt meeting. "It cculd only lead to closer relations m j the future between the British Commonwealth of Nations and the i United States,"
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    332 16 Courage Of Both Men Praised Decision To Call Key Men To Discussions London. Aug. 15. •yHE meeting between President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill. I though to British observers typically j Churchill." was. In lact, proposed by' Mr. Roosevelt, reports Reuter's Parlla- mentary correspondent. The opportunity for personal contact was grasped
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    75 16 pOINT FOUR of the joint Roosevelt-Churchill Declaration, it is considered m London, indirectly suggests an offer to Japan to abandon aggression m return for a promise of open markets. The only other oblique reference to Japan is seen m the
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    34 16 London, Aug. 14. pKKSIDFNT Roosevelt and r Mr. Winston Churchill sent a joint letter to Stalin expressin; admiration for the Soviet stand and the determination to continue as«ist.ince. United Prrv
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    PEOPLE'S CHARTER OF LIBERTY
    250 16 PEOPLE'S CHARTER OF LIBERTY London, Aug. 14. THE meeting between Mr. Rocsevelt and Mr. Churchill at some unspe- cifled spot m the Atlantic is one of 'the most sensational and important developments In the war. writes Reuter's diplomatic correspon^r'". It mark? the absolute e~mplctene:s i of the understanding betwen the
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