The Straits Times, 17 August 1941

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    36 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FlNAL**** 504 Sunday, August 17, 1941 Price 10 Cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya No. 504 Sunday. August 17, 1941 Price 10 Cents
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    STALIN AGREES TO PROPOSAL
    855 1 Talks For Pooling Resources With Britain U.S. STEPS TO BE TAKEN FOR EARLY MEETING New Warning To Japan Seen In Message London, Saturday. M STALIN has accepted the suggestion of Pre- sident RooseveU and Mr. Churchill for a conference in Moscow to discuss the allocation of
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    No British Demands On Thailand
    51 1 Bansko!:. Saturday. INTERVIEWED by Reuter the Britsh Minister Sir Joriah Crosby, said: In anticipation of the next mendacious rumour w ;i if*h rv.-w be ircu'at3d. I would state that His Majesty's govern merit have presented no demands of any kinrt whitsoaver to th? Thai government
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    Two Enemy Merchantmen & Destroyer Torpedoed
    143 1 Two Enemy Merchantmen Destroyer Torpedoed Cairo. Saturday. TO-DAY'S R.A.F. Middle Ea«=l communique states "highly successful attacks were made in the Mediterranean yesterday anO during ni?ht of August 14/15 by aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm which attacked a convoy of five merchant vessels escorted by destroyers. Three merchant v.-sscN and
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    Heavy Soviet Air Attack On Berlin And Stettin
    961 1 London, Saturday. COVIET bombers made raids on B rlin and S'.eltin during Friday nigiit states Moscow radio, quoted by R-utcr. A great number of lii-rh explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped, military objectives were hit in both cities, and many fires and
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    German Prisoner Tells Soviet
    32 1 Soviet intelligence officers are here seen questioning a captured -(ierman soldier. This Wide World picture was radioed from Moscow to New York and brought to Singapore by Clipper.
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    THAI ACTION FOR PEACE SEEN
    84 1 Bangkok. Saturday. THE two- day Thai radio campaign, that as believers of Buddhism Thais fervently wish an early restorai tion of world peace, has aroused widespread interest. Informed observers believe that Thailand is not wholly engrossed in her own affairs. On the contrary she Is
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    R.A.F. Sweeps Over Northern France
    197 1 London, Saturday. SEVEN enemy fighters were destroyed during two offensive sweeps by R.A.F. fighters over northern France on Saturday morning. Three British fighters are missing, reports Reuter. A message to United Press from Folkestone says that masses of British bomb?rs and fighters left for France
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    TWOMORESUPPLY SHIPS SUNK
    131 1 London, Saturday. TWO further enemy supply ships have been intercepted by British patrols which continue their ocean-wide sweeps for enemy shipping, states an Admiralty communique. The vessels were the German steamer Norderney, of 3,G67 tons: and the Italian steamer, Stella, of 4.272 tons. The Norderney is owned
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    JOHN COATES DIES
    22 1 Northwood (Mdlx.\ Saturday, Mr. John Coates, the famous tenor died here today. He was 76 years o'.d —United Press.
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    Churchill Not In U.S.
    188 1 New York, Saturday. ANY expectation that Mr. (hurc'iill might be landing today wi h President Roosevrlt from the Potomac was killed by a message from the President himself aboard his yacht. The message said that the yacht had aboard only Mr. Harry Hopkins, Gen. Watson, the
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    KING AND ROOSEVELT EXCHANGE LETTERS
    84 1 London. Saturday. lIT Is understood th«tt the letter from the Kln«r addressed to President i Roosevelt which was earned the Prme Minister, Mr. Winston ChurchiM. conformed to diplomatic usage in that tre communication was from one head of a state to another. Mr. Churchill being
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    13 1 Melbourne. Saturday. THE Royal Australian Navy is enlisting "Wrens" for the first time.
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    Freedom And Social Security For Alt Peoples Of The World
    243 2 London, Saturday. "\/°r wnl not lind in the de clarations which have been made on behalf of the government of this country on war any suggestion that the freedom and social security for which we firht should be denied to
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    Berlin Concern Over Norway's Food Shortage
    206 2 I <>i don, Saturday. *T*Hr Nazi authorities are stated by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Daghladet to be extremely concerned altout the food supnly unestion In Norway. Normally, food supply conditions improve at this season of the year, and consequently the present deterioration causes anxiety
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    U.S. Soldiers Told Why Their Service Is Being Extended
    135 2 wasningujn, oaiurany. THE Washington Radio broadcast to soidiers an explanation of the necessity for prolonging their service for 18 months. The radio warned that the Western Hemisphere is the "inevitable, ultimate target of the marauding" totalitarian powc The radio said the
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    U.S. PLANES STAND UP TO DESERT CONDITIONS
    115 2 London, Saturday. IN the few montlis that they tiave been operating In the Western Desert under the most frrnelllng conditions, the Glenn-Martin and Maryland aircraft have prored their striking power and shown that they have capabilities not only as bomber and reconnaiftsance aircraft
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    P.I. ARMY READY FOR ANY INVADER
    60 2 Washington. Saturday. PHILIPPINES officials in Washington say they are "confident any invader would have to pay dearly for every inch of Philippine soil he occupied." Mijor-Gen. MacAr'.hur's men In the Philippine Army have put the greatest emphasis on d fence tactics preventing enemy landings,
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    RULES FOR CALL UP Oh AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS
    84 2 Canberra, Saturday. MED T CAL men of military age can be called upon by a prociamu tion for service within Australia as a result of national security regulatijns gazetted last night. The regulations empower the callir.*? up of mcdi n -tl practitioners under
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    GERMAN STEAMER SCUTTLED
    54 2 AM r 3SAGE from Lisbcn reports the scl".!lii<? of a German steamer In tie Atlantic. Nineteen mfltnben I tl. crew were landed a ftw days Ago. Rcut.v. Simla Sa'urday. It Is learned that the Govemmen' of Tndla la corslcV.iiiiK measures for the evacuation of Indians who wish
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    Quezon And Osmena Are Re-nominated
    165 2 Manila, Saturday. HTHE Nacionallsta Party today unanimously re-nominated Sr. Kmmanual Quezon and Sr. Osmena for President and Vice-President respectively. Their re -election in the November elections is taken for granted. Their renominatlon was made possible last year Tvhen the Philippine constitution was amended to abolish
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    DUTCH ALL OVER WORLD TO RALLY TO THEIR QUEEN
    150 2 DUTCH ALL OVER WORLD TO RALLY TO THEIR QUEEN London, Saturday. DUTCH people throughout the world, including occupied Holland, will be united by one of the greatest "hook-ups" in radio history 1 1 pay tribute to queen and country on August 30, on the eve of Queen Wilhrlmina's 61st birthday.
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    535 TONS OF FOOD FOR BRITISH PRISONERS
    59 2 London, Saturday. ABOUT 535 tons of food are being sent from Geneva to British pri- son camps in Germany to build up two i weeks' reserve of food parcels from the British and Dominion Red Cress so- cietics, states the Red Cross and
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    JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND
    32 2 Tokio, Saturday. COL. Hlroshl Tamura has been named military attache to the Japanese embassy in Thailand, while L'.eut.-Col. Hiromichi Machlhara has been appointed assistant military attache.— United Press.
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    BOMBING OF CHUNGKING
    27 2 Kunming, Saturday. FOR the fifth day in succession, Kunm'ng was yesterday raided by j 27 Japanese planes which caused considerable damage to residential quarters.—Reuter.
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    TOBRUK: NO CHANGE
    32 2 TOBRUK NO CHANGE Cairo, Saturday. In Tobruk thsre Is no change In the situation, says to-day's M.ddle East communique. During yesterday uur a-tillory and patrols were active in the frontier arpa —Reuter.
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    36 2 Thousands of Victorian children lathers are abroad w 11 be treated to huge ChiisUmu parlies by the Returned Soldiers' League. Photos of each party will be forwarded to troops abroad as a present to each unit.
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    Women Of Russia Do Their Bit
    29 2 A woman motorcyclist of the Moscow air raid precautions organization is shown receiving her assignment at Air Raid Precautions headquarters. Wide World radiopicture.
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    "BRITAIN HAS NO NEED OF U.S. MAN-POWER"
    172 2 New \ork, Saturday. AN assurance that Britain lias no need of United States man-power to win the war wis riven by Lord Beaverhrook to deftnee officials In a short "off-the-recotJ" talk at a luncheon given m his honour by Mr. Jesse Jones. Federal
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    400,000 Japanese Troops In Manchukuo
    95 2 Peipinj, turday. IT is learned here that authorities have advised foreigners visitlnK Manchukuo to leave prior to Monday, otherwise they can obtain no guarantee of train accomodatlon. In Shanghai foreign military observers understand that the Japanese are taking over all railroads on Monday to enable
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    PASSENGERS POISONED IN JAPANESE SHIP
    69 2 Yokohama. Saturday. FIVE passengers were dead at 1.15 p.m. to-day, all of ptomaine poisoning, following last night's supper aboard the Tatuta Mam. and Captain Toichi Takasata notified the auarantlne office to have officials s f and by with medical aid when the ship docks either
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    INDIA'S STEEL OUTPUT
    62 2 liOndon, Saturday. *T*HE Mysore Trade Commissioner In 1 London has negotiated the puichase in England of additional plan's for the Bhadravati ironworks, to co^i approximately £150,000 and to Include electrical furnaces, cranes and rolling mill equipment. The purpose of tntpurchase is to increase the output cf steel
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    MORE THAIS WANTED
    49 2 Bangkok, Saturday. ris urgently necessary to speed up the increase in population in the interest of national progress under the new Constitution, says a communique announcing the appointment of an official committee to consider the programme drawn up by the Mlnis'.ry of the Interior.— Reuter. i
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    5 Killed And Eight Wounded In Gun-battle
    121 2 Shanghai, Saturday. A WELL-KNOWN local Chinese business man, Mr. Kenson Gee. 1 29-year-old manager of the Ho I Cheng Bank, was shot dead yesterday by five gunmen as he was leaving the American Club in the heart of the business district in truj
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    PETROL SUPPLIES IN U.S. RESTRICTED
    102 2 Washington, Saturday. THE Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply has proc'ainied a rationing system to cut petrol consumption on the Eas crn seaboard by res ricting supplies for petrol s'atlons. Effective immediately, this ajtion, which is unprecedented in peacetime in the United States, does
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    DUTCH MUNICIPALITIES TO LOSE AUTONOMY
    59 2 Zurich, Saturday. THE Germans have decreed tha: all Dutch piovincal municipalities shall lose their autonomy, according to the Deutsche Zeitung. Instead of elected councils they will be placed under officials appointed by the Central Government. The Hague. Rotterdam and Amsterdam have been placed directly under
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    MR. FRASER POSTPONES RETURN TO N.Z.
    44 2 Wellington, (N.Z.). Saturday. AS a resuit of a Churchill-Roosevelt meeting, Mr. Peter Fraser, the New Zealand Prime Minister, will probably delay his departure from England for a short time to attend further meetings of the War Cabinet. —Reuter.
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    CANADIAN MINISTER TO VISIT AMERICA
    46 2 Ottawa. Saturday. MR. C. D. Howe. Canadian Minister of Munitions, is leaving for Washington during the week-end for consultations on supply problems. Lord Beaverbrook British Minister for Supply, it Is stated, will probatly accompany him when he returns to Ottawa. Reuter.
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    MOLOTOV WELCOMES ENVOY
    55 2 London, Saturday. M. MOLOTOV, Soviet F reign Commissar, welcomed the new Czecho.'l3va'.c envoy yesterday. The Polish and Norwegian envoys wil'. arriv? shortly— Reutir. Telescopic gunsights being made in Australia call for such mathimatcal skill that only six scientists here are capable of the work The product is
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    Changes In China After < Four Years Of War
    407 2 Changes In China After &lt; Four Years Of War London, Saturday. FOUR years war has brought about radical changes in China •nd one of the m&lt;&gt;-t impoitant lessons the Chinese have learned from their travail is that the rountrv ran be saved only by their ow n efforts. Another change,
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    "Internal Crisis In Japan Near Climai:'
    160 2 Chungking, Saturday. FAPAN'3 internal crbis ;s approachin? a most critical slate, declares ths i Chinese newspaper Talcunj/po, commenting on the ■MM'rtnatrlnn a;tonipt |on Baron Hiranuma, Mir!,* without I portfolio. Japanese MtnaMa, Uie u.w.i,p«itKT says, are becoming impatitnt w; .i the status quo tactics of
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    Australia Producing N^w War Vehicle
    112 2 oat'ireav. ANEW type of armoured fishtmcr vehicles, known as universal car- riers, ore ooms pnxrueed by Austr^j lian factories. Tlfv ,-re n d&lt; ment of the Bren gun carrier. Three plants are enga3cd in tr.^ir flnpl assembly. Senator McHridc commcnv.-eaitn Minister of Munitions announced lhi.
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    JOINING FREE FRENCH
    86 2 New tfork, Saturday 'TWO hundred officers and seamen of the French naval reserve have 1-ft the l'ner Normandle and other Fr nch shins in the port of New York since the beginning of the war, says thr New York Herald Tribune. Mrst them have Joined Free French
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    AIRGRAPH LETTERS
    38 2 London, Saturday. rIE first batch of airgraph letter* from Britain to the \'AM)* Etat will be sent this weekend. It will contain nctvern 30.00 ana 4*ooo tetters thrug.i i« weight win b« only ten pounds. Rcutcr
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    Anglo-U.S. Aid Offer Made At Height Of The Nazi Offensive
    478 3 London, Saturday. THE joint Roosevelt-Churchill letter to M. Stalin, suggesting a three-power conference in Moscow to discuss the allocation of war supplies to Russia, figures prominently editorially this mornin?;, and the references to a more long-term policy are generally stressed.
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    Papen Recalled To Germany REPORTED TO BE IN DISGRACE
    202 3 Papen Recalled To Germany REPORTED TO BE IN DISGRACE Istanbul, Aug. 16. URANZ von Papen, German Amba&sador to Turkey, was recalled to Berlin yesterday in order to make a lull report on the Turkish attitude since the beginning of the Russian war, according to reliable quarters here. They believe Von
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    4.000 GERMANS STILL REPORTED IN IRAN
    130 3 London. Aug. 16. WITH the United States expected, under the Roosevelt -Ch»rchlll agreement, to erercKe a closer watch on development* In the Pacific, Britain «"d Ru«la. It appear* likely, will now focus their diplomatic attention on Iran. Thn does not mean any lessening of
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    "Writing On The Wall For Tokio"
    167 3 Shanghai, Saturday. WRITING in the American-owned Shanghai Evening Post, the widclv known British con mentator, Mr. H. W. Woodnead says the eighth point In the joint Roosevelt-Churchill declaration is the most vital Item in AngloAmerican policy. It can only be construed to mean that
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    "GRAVEST WARNING YET TO AXIS POWERS"
    76 3 "GRAVEST WARNING YET TO AXIS POWERS Batavia, Aug. 16. THE general reaction to the Roose- velt-Churchill declaration is that it not only gives renewed hope co opDressed nations but also strengthens the position of the Netherlands Indies lor rejection of any further moves that might disturb the peace of these
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    Rudolf Hess In London— Put Only In Wax
    32 3 Rudolf Hess In London Put Only In Wax The model of Rudolf Hess, Hitler's ex-deputy who some weeks ago fled from Germany to Britain in a plane, is seen in Madame Tussaud...
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    PUPPET NANKING REGIME PLANNING ARMY OF 500,000
    98 3 Shanghai, Saturday. THE present withdrawal of Japanese troops from the interior of China is closely connected with the establish ment of an army by the puppet Nanking regime which may replace the Japanese garrison forces at some unimpcrtant places, according to a special
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    KEEL OF FIRST SHIP OF 60 LAID
    59 3 London, Saturday. y-HK keel of the Ocean Vanguard, the first mercliantship to be built m the United States tor Britain and the first one of a fleet of 60 ships, was laid in California to-day by Mrs. Emory Land, wife of Admiral Land.
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    "Not A Shot Fired Against Axis"
    90 3 Raleigh (North Carolina), Saturday. NIOT a shot has been fired, not an Axis flag slrhted," said Col. Frank Knox. I'nited States Secretary of the Navy, at a Press conference here to-day in answer to a question whether the I'mifu States Navy had been forced
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    600 Planes To Raid Berlin Nightly Soon
    72 3 London, Saturday. MORE than 600 bombers will be raiding Germany nightly as soon as the hours of darkness lengthen, writes the aviation correspondent of the Star. In fact," the correspondent says, Berlin may look forward to an attack by 1,000 big bombers." The
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    GERMANS SHELL BRITISH SHIPS
    76 3 Folkestone, Saturday. GERMAN long-range guns on the French coast shelled British ships in the Straits of Dover for nearly an hour on Thursday night, firing twogun salvos almost every minute. The guns were fired from Cap Oriz Nez, when the screen of fo* lifted suddenly and
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    R.A.F. Bombs Close Corinth* Canal
    153 3 London, Aug. IG. AN RAP. Middle East communique announces that the Corinth Canal in Greece has been rendered unusable for passase by enemy shipping 'or some considerable time. For the loss of only one aircraft, R.A.F. bombers also achieved the following operations Bombs were dropped
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    Death Defying Deeds In Raids On Britain Save Many Lives
    1431 5 Death Defying Deeds In Raids On Britain Save Many Lives CTORIES of heroism can be told of every class of worker in Britain at the present, official or unofficial. Those whose work naturally entails hourly danger and those whose occupation might be termed safe all show the same spirit in
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    FIRST WOMAN FILM STAR DIES IN BRITAIN
    76 5 MRS. Cissy Tucker, famous in New York in the 'nineties as Cissy Fitzgerald. the Oirl with the Wink." who has died at Ovlngdean. near Brighton, at the age of 68, claimed to be the first woman to play in motion pictures. She was
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    236 6 Book Review Summer, 1914. Roger Martin dv Gard. The BodJey Head. 255. npHIS long and thougntful novel, 1 which received the Nobel Prize Award and Is a Book Society recommendation, is a continuation of the history of the famous Thibault family. It depicts the effect of the darkening
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    Sitting On The Fence
    1856 6  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By OUTSIDE The Other Sparrow's Nesi tiny garments for baby sparrows were hanging on a line supported by twigs. Inside The Other Sparrow was singing "Hush-a-bye Baby on the Tree Top The astonished Sparrow at first hesitated to knock at the door. Then he
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    Mainly About Malayans
    1525 7 Mainly About Malayans By The Onlooker A/IR- Paul Sammy, who has been appointed Indian member of the Legislative Council in the place of Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader, Is a man who has kept in the background of public life although he has served iind is still serving on social committees.
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    Anti-British Documents Found In Room
    358 8 Anti-British Documents Found In Room SIX MONTHS' R.I. FOR CHINESE A 20-YEAR-OLD Chinese newspaper compositor, Cbonf Ki.ng Whe?, who was described by his uncle preacher as a person who "has dine nothing to disturb the peace of the country and is a very gaod Christian," was sentenced t.i six months'
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    SAYS TRIGGER WAS CAUGHT IN CREEPER
    89 8 From Our Own Correspondent Segamat, Saturday A STATEMENT that one of the triggers of a double-barrelled gun he was carrying became entangled In a creeper, causing the gun to go off was made by Khay Hua Seng, a young Chinese, charged before the Sepamat
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    THE CAPITOL
    52 8 At The Cinema &lt;»THE Trai 1 of the Vigilantes,' an adventure-thriller produced o&gt; New Universal, was shown at the Capitol cinema at midnight. Franchot Tone, in the leading role, Peggy Moran, Mischa Aver and Broderick Crawford (famous for his role of the sailor in "Seven Sinners") all give
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    MR. D. J. HENBREY
    65 8 From Our Own Correspondent) Taiptng, Saturday. rIE death occurred on Wednesday evening of Mr. D. J. Henbrey. retired Forest Officer. at his residence In Assam Kumbang after long illness. The remains were cremated the following day at the Buddhist Crematorium. The late Mr. Henbrey retired in
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    EXTORTION CHARGE
    69 8 ALLEGED to have committed extortion of A $40 from one Chan Ah Own at a coffee .shop off the 13th mile, Seletar. on June 7. Kok Wee Fong, a 29-year-old Khek. claimed trial in the Singapore Third Court yesterday to a charge of extortion and an alternate 'harge
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    47 8 Due to health reasons Capt. Shukor bin mail. Officer Commanding the Johore Volunteer Forces, Muar. has retired and Capt. Ungku Hassan bin Omar will be taking Capt. Shukor 's place. Second Lieut. Abdullah bin Mahdl will be second in command of the Muar detachment of the J.V.F.
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    31 8 Tne Rev. S. J. Arthur, of the Methodist r;jxill Church, Klang. has gone on transfer to Malacca, and has been succeeded by the Rev. V. B. Paramsothy, of Tlnnevely, South India.
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    Perak Flying Club Members Lend Realism To A.R.P. Exercises
    245 8 A NUMBER of fVrhts were carried out for the Civil Authorities by members of the Perak Flying Club, in order to lend realism to A.R.P. exercises, when leaflets were dropped over certain areas in which incidents had been arranged to take
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    Medical College Freshers
    123 8 More than M men and women students Joined the College of Medicine this year to study medicine and dental surrery. Some of the freshers are seen above: (left to right): Ahmad bin Haji (hmu. R. Bhnpalan, Gan Kok Liang, Kam Teck Choon, K. Kanagaratnam Harehaxan Singh, Yong
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    British Evacuees From Saigon Arrive In Singapore
    916 8 British Evacuees From Saigon Arrive In Singapore DRITISH evacuees from Saigon D arrived in Singapore yesterday by a French steamer, and told stories of the further inpouring of Japanese troops into Indo-China and of the present pro-Brit4sh sentiment among the French population. The number of Japanese troops already in Indo-China*
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    POLICE BAND AT KATONG
    51 8 The Police Band will piay on Tuesday at Katong Park at S JO pm March, With Sword and Lance (SUrke&gt;; Overture, The Jolly Robbers (Suppe); Selection Songs of the Northern Scotland &lt;Hume»; Valse. Dance in tiie Twilight rcoates); American SKetch, Down South (Myddleton); Selection. Merrie England
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    29 8 Klang and Pott swettenham antl-profitcer-ing committee 1«: Dr. W. Ansley Young (chairman), Mrs. Sutherland-Brown, Dr. W Puleston-Jonet-. Raja Nong. Messrs. Goh Hock Huat, Ltm Joo Dong, and Richard Amara&ckera.
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    26 8 Lieut. D. K. Webster has been promoted captain in the Malacca Local Defence Corps and C.S.M. B. C. Oherrirjgton and A. MacCombie have been appointed secondlieutenants.
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    27 8 Mr. Koh Jiah Chonp. eldest son of Mr Koh Liang Sin. of the teaching .stall of the Anglo-Chinese School. KJang. Is to study medtcin" at Hongkong University.
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    22 8 The annual general meeting of the Indian Merchants Employees Association will be held to-day at 3 p.m. at 18-A Market Street, Singapore.
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    25 8 Tne Negrl SembUan Indian Association will hold a tea party In honour of Mr. 8. Dutt, Agent of the Government of India, on Aug. 33.
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    OVERSEAS TRADE RISES IN 1941
    145 8 MALAYA'S overseas trade hi the fi-st half of this year was valued at 51. 915,0*9,000 experts at 55K5.201.000 and imports at 543Jt.705,(K)0. The corresponding figures for the first half of 1940 were:— total trade, $985,095,000: exports $562,290,000: imports, $423,405,000. Figures for the month of June
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    Malacca Tribunal
    181 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. SEVEN applications for exemption from mobilization were withdrawn, six were refused and eight granted exemption at today's sitting or the Malacca local tribunal consisting of Mr. J. C. Cobbett (chairman), Mr. H. G. Ridge-well and Mr. G. W. Bryant (Resident Councillor) Capt.
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    YOUNG MUSLIM ASSN.
    208 8 J HTODAY when so much that a beau- uful and honourable is being j destroyed it Is surely useful lor us to conserve wha; we hold dear and to join with each other in friendliness J and brotherly comradeship." said Mr. Ahmad bin Dr. Haji Ibrahim, president
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    IN SINGAPORE FOR OIL
    72 8 NAI SIRIBOON. deputy director of the fuil department of the Thai Ministry of I Defence, is in Singapore on business Speak* I ing to a reporter he declared: "I came here to see whether it is possible for us to get r i further shipment of
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    VISITING WRITERS
    66 8 |uR. carl Ranaau and his successful =&gt;fian- story-writer Miss Lcane Zugsmith, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Skiko::. Both are on the -tafT of the New Yorlc newspaper PM. for which they are touring the Far East. They have b n c ;i to Japan, Shang- hat and Indo-Chlna.
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    104 8 After thirty years service, Tuan Haji All bin Haji Omar, headmaster of the Parii Kroma Malay School, has retired. Inche j Masfodz. headmaster of the Park Raja Malay Boys School n &gt;cds him and Inche i Kasslm bin Ahmad, hssiitant master in the I Parlt Kathi Malay S-liool. becomes head*
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    Malayans' Narrow Bomb Escape In Kent When Soldier Strikes Match
    418 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 10. MR. Bernard Wilkinson, managing director of the Wilkinson Process Rubber Co., Ltd., of Selangor and London, nnd his eldest daughter, Miss Gwenn Wilkinson, recently narrowly escaped being killed by a German bomb. They
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    WOMAN SENTENCED ON LOTTERY CHARGE
    75 9 UO AH Lam. a 34-year-old Chinese woman, appeared in the Singapore Third Court yesterday on a charge of assisting In carrying on a chap .it--- k c. lottery in a house In Lorong 4. Geylanx. Ho who pleaded guilty, said she was a widow and
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    COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR MANPOWER
    40 9 THE Governor. Sir Shcnton Th.mas, has appointed Mr. H. G. Turner. M.CU to be the Proper Authority for Manpower for Singapore in the place ot Mr R. J. Farrer. CMC. with effect from Aug. 14, 1941.
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    EXTORTION ALLEGED
    68 9 COO CHBE TEW, a 4tt-year-ckl Hainaneae, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Court yesterday on a charge that on June 7. at tli- Naval Base, he committed extortion of S3O from one Loh Biaiig Seng. Poo also claimed trial to an alternate charge of corruptly accepting $30 from
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    20 9 Padre W. H. Greenwood. A IP, will be the speaker ot the Seremban Rotary Club's dinner meeting on Aug. 20.
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    Coroner On "Hit & Run" Case
    90 9 Coroner On "Hit Run" Case i rllS L&gt; one of tliosc hit and run i cases and I shall not close the inquiry till I am satisfied that every channel of investigation had been explored" staled Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner yesterday, when he adjourned to Aug. 30
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    Cathedral Double Wedding
    379 9 A DOUBLE wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Mr Yon s Kon Vui. the well-known athlete formerly of the Medical College, Singapore married Miss Maureen Kong Shui Vim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kong Yau Onn of Kuchinpr. Sarawak, while the bridegroom's sister MLss Elizabeth
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    McFarlane—Hodge
    229 9 McFarlane— Hodge jLiR. Lan Paterson Mr.cFarlane was' married to Miss Ena May Hodge, daughter of Mr. J. D. Hodge •f Singapore and the late Mrs. 1 Hodge, at the Presbyterian Church' yesterday. Mr. MacFarlane. an accountant wit!', the Mercantile Bank of India, is a son j of Mr. and Mrs.
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    McGraw—Leonard
    148 9 McGraw Leonard (From Our Own Correspondent Taipine. Saturday. PIE Rev Eugene McOraw, Principal i cf the Anglo-Chinese School, Sltia- j wan, and Miss Louise Leonard, teacher in the Taiping Lady Treacher Girls' School, were married at the Taiping Wesley Church. The Rev. P. L. Peach of Kuala Lumpur officiated and
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    Gomes—Rodrigues
    258 9 Gomes Rodrigues MR. Ha i old Clarence Gomes, son of Mr. and Mrs B. Gomes of Malacca and Singapore, was married to Miss Olga Eurydice Rodrigues. daughter of Mrs. L. Rodgrifcue.'! of Singapore and the late Mr. C. O. Rodrigues. at St. Joseph's Church yesterday morning. Rev. Father Laurencio conducted
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    Cheng—Ho
    70 9 Cheng Ho MR. C. K. Cheng, son oi Mr. and Mrs. Cheng Tjhin Lee of Banka. Netherlands Indies, was married In Singapore, to Miss Ho Wai Fang, daughter of Mr. and Mit. Ho Hong Kwan. of Canton, yesterday. The bride was given away by her father, and Mr. Chia Li
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    327 9 I'icgrammc of drills up to aud lor week ending Aug. 24: Monday. August 18. 1715 nut Heidqturters S.R.A. (v) Ssc Training; 1715 his Headquarters SSL. Bty R.A. (v) Manning and L.O. Training: 1720 hrs Mt. Rosie Kd No. 2 Sec S.B.D. Sec RE. (&gt;» B.D. Training; 1730
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    FOUND WITH CHAP JEE KEE SLIPS
    93 9 FENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Tan Seng Kirn. pleaded guilty in Singapore Third Court yesterday to a charge that he assisted la carrying on chap Jee tee at Vie Junction of Arab Street and Victoria Street yesterday morning. Inspector T. C. Cheah, prosecuting, said Tan was arrested while
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    26 9 The annual re-union dinner of ibe St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association will be held on Sept. 8 at the Adefc&gt;M Hotel. Bookings close on Sept. 5.
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    The Sunday Times
    15 10 EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street, Singapore. SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1941.
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    Opinion
    780 10 Food Problems AS a result cf the campaign to increase the cultivation of food crops In Malaya it may be that this country will find itself facing the problem of finding a profitable outlet for her produce if the emergency for which the increased crops were specifically grown does
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    Sungei Ulu Is Beginning To Understand The Mighty War Machine Which Is Working For Its Safety
    861 10 Sungei Ulu Is Beginning To Understand The Mighty War Machine Which Is Working For Its Safety IN the district of Sungei Ulu we are at last beginning to realize that the war is coming to our very doorstep. It is true that we have noticed the steadily rising cost of
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    'Go Slow' Policy For "V" Army
    258 10 London, Saturday. APPEALING to the "V" army to go slow in their production at i Nazi war factories, CoL Britton, th leader of the V army. In his weekly {broadcast said last night, "Let us toe i one German tank and one German j
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    BOMBAY TRAFFIC CUT BY PETROL RATIONING
    103 10 Bombay, Saturday. WITH the enforcement of petrol ratlmlrg throughout India as from midnight en Thursday, at least 30 per cent, of Bombay's motor-cars have been taken off the road, Bombay's fashionable evening resorts are deserted and dad. Omnibuses and trams »&gt;«• packed with many
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    SIGNS OF COMING AXIS COUP IN S. AMERICA
    177 10 Washington, Saturday. r T r HE Secretary of War, Mr. Henry L. Stimson, warned that Germany, Italy and Japan are planning world conquest and are seeking to bring back the customs ol the Dark Ages, enforcing upon nations which have been unfortunate
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    Battle Of Atlantic Is Foul Business But Navy Holds The Aces
    967 11 Atlantic Convoy Seen From Deck Of Escorting Battleship ANCK a U-boat has been truly "spotted" by our convoy escorts of Atlantic fighting-ships, he would be a brave man v. 'no laid longer odds than 2 to 1 about its
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    Henry Ford Optimistic Of Future
    90 11 Henry Ford Optimistic Of Future HENRY FORD, celebrating his 78th birthday recently, is reported to have said that he believes that after the war there will come an era Ailed with opportunity for everybody who can refrain from looking backward and who will ro forward." He has no fear of
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    POLA NEGRI HELD AT ELLIS ISLAND
    40 11 [&gt;OLA Negri. the Aim actress, arrived L frcm Lisbon, but was detained at Ellis Island— it Is reported, because her former permit has expired. She must now &nply for citizenship papers. 140 Warms 1
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      278 11 Ml 1 Can't: forgot my papers and had to go back!" 3TAvms OLS Mr* Can: "It's forgetting your Eno that 'makes you so slack!" If you awake liverish and *"O it &lt;J;ff I fieavy-eyed, it if a sure sign ***C*Uam. that) your! system is out of PNo order. Take Eno's
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    SHARE PRICES FALL SHARPLY THEN RECOVER
    1090 12 The Week's Markets A Dictator Censor And The War Effort BY THE SUNDAY TIMES FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT Sii gapore, Saturday. INVESTORS In Malayan companies received a shock this week when they were advised by Fraser and Co.. sharebrokers, publishers of the wellknown "Facts and Figures."
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    Share Quotations
    29 12 THE loljo vmfi alterauons to stiAie. quoiatlous published In the Strait* Time-. »erinude yesterday: MHBM i Temerlol) isl &gt; .04 .Cf INOt'STKIALS I Strauis Traders ($1 2845 SS.Sixd.
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    HONGKONG BANK NOT CLOSING
    67 12 Hong Kong, Aog. U, CIR Vaudalc ir Orayburn, chief manner of the Hotvrcotig and Shanghai Baiikws Corpoi-atton In 'Urjg Kong, seen by Reutcr emphatically lei.ied a Japtuiese report to effect that the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank was conlempl»Ung the rlosur? ot Its Far Eastern branch-, and
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    IMTED STATES STEPS TO CURB INFLATION
    96 12 Washington, Aug. 14. rIE Secrclarr of the Treasury. Mr. Henry Morgenthau, to-day approved proposals to increase the Social Security assessments as part of the programme to curb inflation. In an interview with the Press to-day, Mr Morgentliau said tb&lt;? Treasury was studying various methods
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    SINCAPORK PRODUCE PRICES
    107 12 t&gt;. •urert &lt;*uen Gambler I7il Hamburg Cube S12.23 Java Cube $1200 ?opra Mixed $2.40 Sun Dried $2.6 3 VpJWT Whit(» Muntok $16.50 White $16.00 Black g oo iaoo riour N« p#&lt; iji!:.j $i.lb Fair $445 Sarawak $4.50 Tan* g i Small Flake $$.50 Pair Plakr S8.00 Medium-Pearl
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCK RUBBER ASSN.
    80 12 Bayer* SeUcrf Trices Prieat H*. a 8.5.& ISH Umc) S«'i 3S*4 N». U KJLB. f.*A. to caacs Jmtj-\mt (Skier's •yUW) S*V, S»U F.A-U. K.S.B f (d btles July -Am. (ScOcr't •*tlM| 55% U)'t r-AQ. K.S S. t.» ft la batei Juty-Aue- lgi«er &gt; •yttoa) 37%
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    NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES
    56 12 New York. AugTis!™ HTHE following were toe prices ot Straits tin In cents per pound on the Comn.odlty Exchange to-day and yesUrlay. Trading in rubber was suspended- IN Spot August September October November Auf. 14 53. 52.7S 5190 51.25 51 U Aa*. 1 53.
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    COMMODITIES EXCHANGES
    131 12 (Proir. 0..t Owo Correspondent) London. Aug. If. I COMMODITY ana Exchange mukeis cio&ec v as fr.Uowt wttb previous quota' in onrpn«he«!s:— RUBBER: Steady Spot 13 9.16 d 13%(J &lt;U9,1«k1 lS^ti jSept. 13 v ,d 13 11 lfid &lt;13* d Ullluli Oct. 13* d 13 11I1M (13* d 13
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    Wings Of Britain's Navy
    37 13 The torpedo-dropping aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm have added a new and formidable striking power to Britain's Royal Navy. In this picture a torpedo is being loaded on to a Swordflsh aircraft.
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    Porter Not Responsible For Light From School Girls' Bedrooms
    272 13 Porter Not Responsible For Light From School Girls' Bedrooms fOMEDY complications of a Wodehouse novel were visualized at Cumberland Quarter Sessions at Carlisle when a porter disowned responsibility for lights showing from girls' bedrooms. Roedean School is evacuated to the Keswick Hotel, in the Lake District, and during an Alert
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    Bligh Of Bounty's Manor Bombed
    54 13 rIK centuries-old Manor House at Farningham, Kent, once the homo of Captain Bligh of the mutiny ship Bounty, was demolished by a direct hit }n a recent raid. Sir Irving Albery, MP. for Gravesend, lived at the manor, but was away for the we-k-end, and
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    INFORMED OF DEATH OF 2 SONS ON SAME DAY
    83 13 TWO letters bearing the War Office stamp arrived by the same dellvery at the home of a Sunderlanc widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, of Bimpson Street. The first informed her that her eldest son John, aged 24. had been killed in action
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    NEW SOUTHAMPTON TOJ BE ON GARDEN CITY LINES
    95 13 I A NEWLY constructed Southampton j was pictured to members of the j Housing Centre in London recently by Mr. Herbert Collins, a Southampton Architect. The new town would be made up of unit communities divided by green belts and branching off
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    UNIVERSITY OF LONDON DAMAGED IN RAIDS
    100 13 GERMAN air raids have caused severe and extensive damage to the University of London, the Principal. Mr. H. L. Eason. states in his annual report. University College suffered most High explosives and incendiary bombs destroyed a large part of the buildings and damaged bpyond
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    NAVY WANTS CIVIL AIR PILOTS
    43 13 Men who have obtained their "A" or •*B" licence as civil pilots can now be considered for temporary commissions In the Air Branch of the R.N.V.R., provided that they are still under 45, sayj •the Daily Telegraph. London.
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    £200,000,000 Deal To Buy City Of London
    212 13 £200,000,000 Deal To Buy City Of London TPHE City Corporation may pay I £200,000.000 to secure municipal ownership of the citadel of Capital. If the deal goes through the City of London will be the first city in Britain to pass into public ownership. Like all other municipalities, the City
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    WAR AID FROM 16th CENTURY
    113 13 TPHOUGH Robert Dowse, vicar of Bitteswell. Leicestershire, died 400 years ago, his money is helping to pay for the war. He set up a charity "to provide an armed man out of the village for the King in time of war." and the trustees have
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    AVAR PRISONER'S TRIPLETS
    58 13 SQUADRON-LEADER F. J. Keast, an R.A.F. prisoner in Germany, has just become the father of triplets. The babies, two boys and a girl, and their mother are all doing well. Special facilities exist for sending such information and an official of the British Red Cross arranged for
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    V.C. AS HOME GUARD COLONEL
    32 13 Capt. W. J. Symons, an Australian, who won the V.C. In 1915, has been appointed a lieutenant-colonel in the Home Guard and Is commanding a specialised unit.
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    C.O.s NOT PIONEERS
    33 13 Conscientious objector.- who form the n m-combatant corps are an entirely separate unit from the Pioneers' corps, to whom they are attached for administration purposes only, the War Office states.
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    MR. Marie Lloyd Dies Of A Tired Heart
    554 13 CTABLE BOY Derby-winning jockey husband of Marie Lloyd. .£4-a-week fire-watcher. .that, in brief, v. as the career of Bernard Dillon, who died in London recently. ...a man who before he was 25 had earned £50,000. He was fifty-four. The doctor's certificate said
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    Tank Named "Waltzing Matilda"
    72 13 Tank Named "Waltzing Matilda" 'THE Australian song, "Waltzing Matilda," has been given new fame by the decision to name a 30-ton tank after it. This is part of a drive to speed "tank funds" similar to the SMf\re and Hurricane funds, which helped to build up the P..A F. fighter
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    New Britain-U.S. Air Link
    79 13 ANOTHER link between Britain and the outside world, to overcome mail difficulties caused by the Battle of the Atlantic, was inaugurated when the flying-boat Bristol landed at Baltimore, UJS.A., from Foynes, Eire, recently. The Daily Telegraph says that the Bristol, the Bangor and the Berwick will
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    HOME GUARDS' TAX-FREE ALLOWANCE
    30 13 Subsistence allowances paid to Homo Guards when they go on duty are not liable to income-tax, and the allowances should not be included in in-come-tax returns.
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    755 14 Max Factor's Advice INHERE are two forms of feminine vanity. One denotes possession of a good and healthy measure of fastidious esteem of one's own person and appearance. The other presents a ridiculous and often dangerous degree of unwise conceit. Under this latter heading comes the concelt of
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    97 14 Mr. D. A. Shadrach. son of Mrs. Yusten and late Mr. S. Doraisamy, was married to Miss Daleie Dorothy, eldest daagtater of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Daniels, on July 3« at Christ hurrh. Ken* Lee Read. Singapore The marriag« of the BuUt bin Ibrahim, of the &lt; iril
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    348 15 Are Tinted Lenses HabitForm ing? By R. A. THOMPSON, D.O.Sr.. (Dr. of Ocular Science) THOMPSON OPTICAL CO The term habit-forming is rather vague. Some years ago it had a sinister meaning, at least by inference, that an atroohy of the colour sense (colour blindness) might rf suit from prolonged use
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    1382 15  -  R.H. Nayloi By a i «.t &gt;r i;: Lucky stars predominate en tint, your birthday. Although the coining year may leave one or two regrets behind, it will be a period of progress, of successful ad\entures. And the effects of what you do will endure for
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      287 15 THIS WEEK FOR YOU JAMARY (Dec. 11— Jan. 19): Marked business, improvement end erf week. A long standing difficulty cleared up. Marriage partner or 'in law' makes surprise move. FEBRUARY (Jan. 30 -Feb. IS): Discussion about legacy or affairs of the dead. Gambler's luck still holds. Wednesday and Thursday, brightest
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    1339 17  -  "Doc" By •THE forthcoming rugby season will b&lt; pore's best ever. I have been privileged ne lepresentative fixture list for the forthcoming season and I can assure rugger followers that we shall see at least one flrst&lt;i.i rugby match each week. The venues will be Jalan Besar
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    122 17 rit-.ures taken at a dinner organised by tbe Asiatic Staff of William Jacks and Co. (Malaya), Ltd., in honour of Mr. Elph'ck (managing director) and the directors, Messrs. R. C. Ste wart and H. F. Clements, at the Chinese Swimming Crab. At the main table are: Miss F. Anthony, Mr.
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    613 17 Singapore Badminton Notes (By Our Badminton Cones pood en t rE men's and women's senior cnaint&gt;i&lt;nship badminton tournaments have n. 1 arrived at a very Interesting stage, wttfa every possibility of the unal matcltes to i played next week-end proving to be a fUM climax to a very interesting tourr.an:
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    MAKEPEACE B.P.
    127 17 Playing at Scleglc lioad on Friday night. tl.e Singapore Japanese Club held the Makepeace B.P. combined B and C team to a threeall draw. Results Makepeace first) Aloysius de Souza lost to K. Ma B—ls. 10—15: Vincent Pereira and Kenneth Nonls beat M Kawaguchi and A. Takai 21—8.
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    TRIANGULAR MATCH
    50 17 In aid of war charities a women's triangular badminton match between Negri Srrnbilan. Selangor and Malacca will be held at Serenaban at the Sungei UJong Cliib to-day. Mcrrytime BJ&gt;. quarterly general meeUog will be held at the President's residence, 5. Lorong 28, Otylang, Singapore, to-day at 11 ajn.
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    OBJECTION OVERRULED AT TAIPING RACES
    1179 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) T.iipintj, Saturday. HplIE going was good to-day, A the final day of the Taiping Turf Club's August professional meeting. Trainer Duval saddled three winners to-day. Boy Cullen scored a double for the meeting. An objection against the winner of the third
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    169 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Saturday. SCORINO all their goals in the second half, the Singapore Airport Sports Club drew with the Johore Bahru District League FootbBll team three-all at the Trade School ground to-day. In spite of slippery condition of the ground following
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    1081 18 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. AFTER bring held by Penan? to a one-coal draw in the first half. Singapore scored twice in the second half to win their twelfth Malaya Cup final and their third in succession. It wa"? Penang's second
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    187 18 (From Our Own Correspondent Batu Pahat. KHAW Eng Chin retaine; the open bad- j mlnton singles title if the Chinese Recreation Club, Batu Pahat. for the elstnh year in succession when he teat Khaw En Chul. his brother. In th: finals. 13--6. 13—13 (s—o). The match was
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    58 18 THE cricket match betv.een the V.M C.A and the SRC. was abanrtonrd tp t"rday on th» V.M. C.A. ground owlrg to rain. S.R.C.: F. Choppard not out 7; A. Armstrong b Waites 10; L. Oitschoorn not out 8: Extras 8; Total ffor 3 wkt). 33 Bowling: O.
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      378 18 Singapore Women's Singles Badminton FE semi-finals of the Singapore women's ooen badminton singles were played at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday and resulted in Mrs. Chic nh Hlok Chor. of Rorermy B.P and Miss Young Sook Lian. of Menidalrs, qualifying for the final. Playing against the current year's Junior champion.
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    475 19 nrllE following are the weights for all eight races on Saturday, Aug. 23. the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting: HORSES CLASS 1 D»t. 1 8 furs. National 9 07 Pasts .cv 8.02 Derby 8.02 Mystic Music 7.13 Depot 8.13 lover's Fate
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    128 19 THE cricket match between the Singapore Cricke; Club and Raffles College on the padang yesterday was abandoned after 18 minutes' play with the followim* scores: Raffles College: Abdul Aziz not out 7. B. S. Varma run out 16, R. Jansen b Ward 0. Extra* 1. Total
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    352 19 (From Out Own Correspondent) Seremban. CONGRATULATIONS to Harold V* Evans, the AIT. cricketer, on scoring his second century in Malayan cricket during the past week at Seremban. Evans is a hard hitting batsman who has put up several big scores and it was a pity that
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    Segamat Soccer
    272 19 &lt;From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Saturday. nPHX Drainage and Irrigation team created a 1 mild surprise when they beat the Wanderers by a goal in a league soccer fixture. The D. and L had not shown well in their first few games but tneir form in this game
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    RED ROSE B. P.
    142 19 Playing at Telok Kur&u last Sunday, the May blossom B.P. drew with the Red Rose BP. Results (Red Rose first): Syed Stilim beat Hassan Mattar 15—6. 15—12; George Albert Theselra loet to Abdullah Mattar 4—15. 15—8, 11— IS; C. P. Lange lost to Johnny C. H.
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    PAUL SCHAEFER IN SINGAPORE
    203 19 PAUL Scnaefer, tjp-notch Canadian middleweight boxer, Is In Eingaporc. Sehaeier is not looking for a light, for he has been in the merchant navy since war broke out. Schaefpr, who bears a striking resemblance to Max Ba&lt;*r, was recently in Australia s&gt;nd he brings to Singapore
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    498 19 The following table shows the positions of the teams in the S.A.P.A. League up to date: FI*F A DIIVISION P. W. L D. T. A. Pte Chinese (S.CJ'A.) 21 14 3 S &lt;3 21 33 HA K 19 13 3 S 64 19 39 FortreM R_E 22 12
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    TUCK SENG CUP
    253 19 (From Our Ota Oorretpondent t Temerloh, Saturday. DATOB and counter-raids were the features of the Tuck Seng soccer cup final, played at Temerloh between Mentnkab and Temerloh. The match ended In a victory for Temerloh by two clear goals. Throughout the game there were thrills The Temerloh
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    MALACCA BADMINTON
    277 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. CNTRIES for the .r.en's events in the Malacca Badminton Association tournament are now closed and play will begin during the week. In the singles 8. C. Chiang, better known as Charlie Scow, Malacca champion for 1937. 1938 and 1939, Is staging a
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    J.B. HULL CUP
    229 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Saturday. FE Johore Bahru Hull Cup soccer competition will begin on Tuesday when the Rangers will be opposed to the Education at the depot ground. J.M.F. has been dravn against the Prisons and this match will be played at the Trade
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    128 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. QWING to the bad weather experienced rev cently, and other unforeseen difficulties. the tennis' tournament In Batu Pahat has been held up temporarily, only two matches being played. In the semi-final of the junior section Mentol Baslr qualified to meet Ed
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    UNITED FAMILY LADS B. P.
    98 19 Tne United Family Lads' B.P. beat the Gas Department by six games to one. Results: (United first 1 Heng Mul Thiam beat Chwee Choo 15 5. 15— Chou Sip King beat Ramasamy 13 IS, 15— 7, IS— 4; Heng WUgle beat Kwong Yam 15—10. 15—8;
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    J.C.S.A. TOURNAMENT
    258 19 Tne Junior Civil Service Association badminton tournament draw is: H»»«ieap Singles: L Ooonasegaraxn iScr.) vs. Abdul Rahman 2), Quek Son; Que&lt; (—3) vs. Yap Chin Tee (—l5), A Thamblayah (+7) vs. Yap Tian Beng (+3), A Ponanpa!am &lt;Sw.) vs. Bakar Mattar (+1), Chua Chin Hoe (+5) vs. Ooh
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    114 19 The following will play cricket for SCO. against the R.A.A.F. (Sembawang) to-day on the padang: W. K. Jogger, A. C Growder. K. H. Oantrell. F O. 8. F. Downer, J. T. Rea, F./Lt. R. I. B li. F./O. H. A. Robertson. Capt. P. T. H. Clarke, Lt. T.
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    182 19 After Years Of Indigestion It is not every old Jady of 70 whose digestion is so that she can eat anything. But this weman. after suffering from stomach trouble for years, found a remedy that acted "like a miracle." Roi.d what she says I
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    237 1 Strangling Ring Of Non-Co- operation Round German Reich THE people of Europe are forging a strangling and suffo- eating ring of non-co-operation round the German Reich, declares a New York Post correspondent from "somewhere in Europe." The full story of this enclrc,in« ring will not become completelj known until after
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    108 1 AAR. Alfred Tubby Turner, veteran theatre manager and racon- teur, who died recently, once stood King Edward VII a drink on the pavement outside the Playhouse Theatre, London. It was one of his best stories how, because the Royal room in
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    74 1 rSONALD 3UDQE, America's tennis ace. has had his face lifted and nose remod.-llid as a wedding present from a leading pTaatle surgeon. Dr. Mnxwell Maltz. of TCew York. Budge spent his honeymoon In the Middle West with Delrdre Conselman. the Chicago college girl he married
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    176 1 DROOF that in spite of the victor- ies gained by Hitler many Germans refuse to accept the Nazi yoke Is afforded by the recent publication of new Nazi decrees which have been designed as part of a .system to put pressure on unloyal
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    108 1 •TROUBLE in enforcing the black-out was described by a policeman at Clerkenwell police court. He said that while on night duty he found that light was coming from a fire in a brazier in a watchman's hut which had not been properly screened. The watchman
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    98 1 "I INF AIR to Germany." That's %J what the Russians are. And the complaint comet from no less than Count Felix &lt;"Phontt Book") vn Luckner, ex-South Sea pirate, who has come out of retirement to tell American pressmen in Berlin that; 1. The
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    226 1 "QWEATER shots" are causing trouble in Hollywood, says the Sunday Express. They are shots of film stars wearing sweaters which are too revealing to please the Hays Censorshlo Office. Joseph Breen, dictator of America's movte morals, has issued an edict to all film producers that lowcut. clinging
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    63 1 WORKSOP College is to start a second-hand clothes shop announces the headmaster. Canon B. C. Molony. Sunday suits will not be compulsory. WOMEN SCHOOL OFFICERS Middlesex County Council proposes to appoint women as school attendance officers, owing to the difficulty in securing men. Salaries
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    208 1 DR. H. F. le Fanu, Primate of Australia and Archbishop of Perth, was secretly married at Claremont recently, says the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Dr. le Fanu is 71. The bride, Miss Winifred Whitely, Is middle-aged. Canon John Bell, a close friend of the
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