The Straits Times, 19 January 1942

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    • 147 2 DAIillOw., To Hum Mary, wue 01 A P. It. Barrow at the Maternity !i ,)ital, Singapore, Jau. 17. 1942. :i son. MRS. H. H. BUCKAN announce tne enKugemcnt of her daughter. Cornelia to Mr. J. L. Rush ol Cranford, New Jersey, U.S.A. 6KAH—TAN.— The marriage took place on 17th. January
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    • 412 2 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. To all Medical Practitioners Th: Municipal Bacteriological Laboratory has been transferred to MkJdleton Hospital, to which place all specimens for examination should be sent. i BY ORDER. I "general hospital passive defence services. Recruits for the above Services are urgently needed. SuiUible applicants will be taken
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    • 431 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. Tbe Negrt Sembilan State Treasury Is now functioning at the Treasury Ofll<*e, Singapore (Old Government Offices Empress Place) H. O. HAMMETT. Secretary to Resident. Negri Sembilan. NOTICE. AU conespond<nce In connection with the following Companies of the TRONOH GROUP namely Tronoh Miiies Lin lted. Southern Troroh Limited
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  • 817 4 Two stories for which there is no foundation whatever have gainer currency during the week-end. Both are very dangerous and need to be refuted immediately by all means at the disposal of the authorities. One story appears to
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  • 132 4 London. Jan. It. rpHE extension of Gen. Auchinleck's command to Iraq and Iran Increases his responsibility to include any possible future operations in the Caucasus, If the Germans recover lost ground In south Russia and re-esta-blish thr threat there, or to Turkey If Hitler decided to
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  • 90 4 Rome, Jan. 18. GREAT importance Is attached In the Italian Press to a meeting at Ourmisch Partenkirchen on Thursday last week ol Adm Rxeder, Commander-in-Chiei ol the German Fleet, and Adm. Rici-rdi, Chief of the Italian Naval Stafl Emphasis is laid on the close co-operation of the
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  • 117 4 London, Jan. 17. ■TfiHE strength of the Navy is 1 growing in spite of the heavy and repeated casualties wnich have to be faced in such an intensive sea war," said Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, n a speech read by
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  • 66 4 Chungking, Jan. 17. fPHE Chinese vanguards have JL crossed the Sintsiang River, continuing the pursuit northward of the retreating Japanese, according to Chinese field dispatches received here from the north Hunan front. The Chinese state that of 70,000 Japanese troops who participated in tli" Changsha battle, only 10,000
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  • 53 4 GEN. Sir Archibald Wavell. it can now be disclosed, visited Malaya before setting up his headquarters in Java. His visit here lasted some days. He went up to the front line where he was able to assess the type of fighting and see how the
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  • 648 4 THE R.A.F. of the Far East Command continues -to batter enemy concentrations of transport in the Gemas area and the latest official communique reports that in the Muar area the enemy has made little further progress. In this area a further
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  • 267 4 AN account of the bombing ot Japanese barges carrying troops near Malacca by the RAJ*. was described in an Air Ministry communique issued last night. It says: "An unwary dash for safety by two Japanese troop-carrying barges off Malacca led bombers of the Far East Command
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  • 135 4 New Delhi, Jan. 17. TNDIA is watching with the closest interest and sympathy the gallant resistance of Malaya to the Japanese invader. I am certain that all Indians in civil occupations will gladly emulate the heroism of the Indian soldiers, who won undying fame in so many
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  • 251 4 Washington, Jan 18. I TNITED STATES submarines have sunk Ihree enemy m«rchantships off Tokio Bay, according to a Navy Department communique. Admiral Hart has now assumed control of the Allied naval forces in the Far East, the communique disclosed. The Navy Department also
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  • 57 4 Chungking, Jan. 18. fHE Catholic daily newspaper Ilsih Yao to-day forecast large-scale warfare in Indo-China besides Malaya. Chinese army units in Burma are ready to strike back at any Japanese push into Burma leading to the belief that Burma and Thailand and the Yunnan and Tonkin
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  • 186 4 Melbourne, Jan. IS. THE Japanese casualties in tli battle for Gemas arr now 1 conservatively estimated at eight times those of the Australians. A number of enemy tanks were destroyed. This information has been received by the Australian Army Minister, Mr. F. M. Forde,
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  • 303 4 Canberra, Jan. 17. THE Government has taken a 1 strong s-and on the question of air support for Australian troops, following the disclosure in Major-Gen. Gordon Bennett's cable from the battlefield re- gardlng the lack of pianos in Malaya. Therefore, the cabled
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  • 146 4 i By Our War Correspondent) »THE Japanese are stUI perelst- ing In their infiltration tactics by means of landings on the west coast of Malaya. Fighting ir. the coastal area around Muar has been comparatively sught and largely limited to actions between British and ■enemy pacr>is. Further
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  • 838 5 Outcome Is Vital For Axis Plans LONDON WATCHING WAR IN MALAYA THE impression is rapidly growing in London that Hitler is awaiting the result of the imminent battle for Singapore before choosing one of the several already prepared plans for grand-scale action in the West, cables
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  • 227 5 London, Jan. 19. •COME '-ritics have written of 'military incompetence' In Malaya, but have hesitated to nam.- tn; culprits: or of 'accumulation of vast errors' due to onspeclfied causes." declared the Daily Teleeraph in leader. It adds, This Is the kind uf uneomi>rehendinß criticism which, if it
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  • 85 5 London. Jan. 19. riGHTERj; Axis aircraft were lort In I** "Wesfi-n Europe and the Middle •> last week, five German bombers l> i: .ostrcyed over and around Bri- tain, 12 i-r.en y aircraft In the Middle East and one by the Navy. Increased activity by homc-btsed bombers
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  • 522 5 London, Jan. 19. SINCE his return from the United States on Saturday, the Prime M.nisUT, Mr. Winson Churchill, has held meetings with his principal colleagues in the War Cabinet and has had consul la lion with leading advisers and officials, team* Reuter's political correspondent.
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  • 141 5 Rangoon, Jan. 19. TVHE Burma Command communique says that fighting continues in the Central Tennasserim, along the Tavoy-Myitta Road, In South Burma. The fighting in South Burma follows a Japanese attempt to pierce the Allies left flank and forward position at
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  • 458 5 (By Our War Correspondent) AN ambulance train has been bombed and machinegunned by the Japanese. Yesterday afternoon I saw three coaches of the train which bore definite battle scars. On no occasion, however, has anyone been injured. The train was at Kuala lipls on Dec.
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  • 554 5 <By Our War Correspondent) Flu morning, at a smau crossroads kampong, I saw an Asiatic evacuation in progress. It was an extraordinary sight. Working patiently ard painstakingly, the Ciinesc, who formed by far the larger population of the kampong, were clearing out their shophouses
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  • 94 5 London. Jan. 19. A MILITARY convention between Oermany, Italy and Japan was signed in Berlin yesterday, according to the official German news agency. The convention lays down the guiding I lines for common operations against the common enemies. On behalf of Oermany It was .signed by
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  • 55 5 Washington, Jan. It. PRESIDENT n>» sevelt is requesting a r supplementary of $11,000,000,000 for the Navy The sum comprises $7,000,000,000 for 1943 and $4 000.000,000 for 1942. Included in the 1943 figures .ire $232,000,000 for aviation and 51, 750,000,000 for ship construction Of the 1943 totnl
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  • 99 5 London, Jan. 19. J^EUTEK learns that nothing is known in London of the Berlin radio report last night that the Spanish Government has sent a note protesting to the British Government against an alleged attack by an Allied warship on three Axis merchant ships
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  • 92 5 Calcutta. Jan. 19. "TO-DAY the Question Is merely one of defence, not whether we should help England or not but whether we should defend ourselves or not." declared the Indian Nationalist leader. M. N. Roy, when addressing a public meeting here yesterday. "To-day the question Is one
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  • 238 5 Washington, Jan. 18. LESSENING of Japanese pressure on Gen. MacArthur's army in the Philippines is reported by the United States War Department, which says that repeated enemy thrusts have been parried. The following Is the text of the War Department* communique: "Philippine theatre: Enemy pressure on
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  • 67 5 London, Jan. 19. RUSSIA bad agreed to 25,0*0 Polish soldiers being withdrawn from the Polish Army in Russia and sent to the Middle East to complete the establishment of the Polish army there. The Polish Premier, Gen. Sikorski, disclosed this in a Press interview.
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  • 124 5 Defence Of N. Z. Australia Wellington. Jan. 1*. "AfR weight la attached now, as yj hitherto, tc the viewpoint and appreciations of New Zealand." said the New Zealand Prime Minister. Mr. P. Fraser, to-day. He was referring to the statement by the Australian Prime Minister. Mr. J. Curtln. that important
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  • 175 5 Chungking, Jan. 18. A CCORDING to information reaching here from Shanghai the Americanowned Shanghai Evening Post resumed publication on Dec. 9. while two Chinese newspapers resumed publication on Dec. IS. The report adds that, anxious that these three newspapers resume publication, the Japanese withdrew their
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  • 102 5 London, Js>n. IS. MORE than 700,000 workers were represented yesterday at the Trade Union conference in London which welcomed the Russian Trade Union delegation to the Albert Hall. A report was received on the Anglo-Soviet Trade Union relations and co-opera-tion, and on the visit to Russia
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  • 40 5 London. Jan. If. TUX Air Ministry and Mlrtstry rf Home Security announced last night that a single enemy aircraft dropped bombs at a prtr.t In the Shetland Islands. Some damage was caused and one person was Injured.— Rtuter.
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  • 53 5 t^r«jf« Jan. 19. r T<BX Admiralty communique Issued yeatu'day states: "A tw'n-engund Dornler bomber, which unsuccessfully ■Itatfctd one of oar convoys in the North Sea yesterday, was shot down in flames by the destroys Walpnle (Lleut.-Coai J. H. Eaden), There «Tr« no casualties or damage to the
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  • 110 5 Washington, Jan. 18. SENATOR Tom Conna-ly, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaking 10 Press representatives to-day, said it was imperative u> prosecute the war in the Pacific with the utmost vigour. He said: "Japan must not h* allowed to consolidate her gains in that
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  • 133 5 Chungking, Jan. 19. £HINZSE circles In Chungking are pleased that the Chinese dissatisfaction with the statement of Col. F. Knox, Secretary of the United Stales Nary, is now having a good effect In Washington. Col. Knox had declared that the Allies must concentrate their efforts
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  • 61 5 Melbourne. Jan. 19. MR. I. S. Drake ford, the Australian Air Minister, announced yesterday that during Friday and Saturday Royal Australian Air Force bombers attacked objectives in the Japanese Caroline Islands. destroying a seaplane and several I launches. Near misses were seen in an attack on a 8.000-ton merchant ship
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  • 455 5 London. Jan. 19. THE Premier of Burma, U Saw.' has been detained by the British Government. A statement issued from 10. Downing Street, last nigh; says: "From reports received about TJ Saw's movements after his coot.will mission to this country, it baa come to the knowledge
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  • 35 5 Th<» I>»t Office in Chungking announrcs that the parcel post service for abroad, pxceptlni? Hong Kong. Thailand. tKrrnany, Italy and Japan 1ms been r»nni«(. Parrei* BM be rcutrd via p^^i" Ontrrl News-
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  • 27 5 I-ondcn. Jan. 19 THE War Gffioe slated last night thai the junior German officer who airimdered »1th the A»ls forces at Hal- fiiya. was li'-iot Bach Rcutor.
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    • 22 5 STOP PRESS Street lighting is in progress in the town «f Mojaisk, say* Red Star. The whole town is In flames. Reuter.
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  • 168 6 Over $7,000 Transferred From Churchill Tank Fund OVER the week-end only one donation has been paid into The War Fund, but it is the most substantial received for some time. A notification from the Chartered Bank advises that The War Fund account has been
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  • 536 6 One Of Mr. Churchill's First Tasks Now London, Jan. 18. MR. Winston Churchill returned to Britain yesterday as the Ailed position in the Far East <*p,i a very grave stage. idy. it is considered ir. L iirton. there is a critical menace to the whole democratic
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  • 104 6 tfO meet the general demand for 1 practical elementary advice on flrst-ald, the I.I.B.C is broadcasting a series of flve-minute talks on this subject at 7.10 every flight this week, starting tonieht. The talks will be given by Dr H Allan, of the Malayan
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  • 68 6 IMPORTERS of foodstuffs from I Australia are asked in a notice published in pa<*e two to-day to supply particulars of the articles thev imiort. the monthly quantitv on firm order, the month or finnths of shipment and the P«*nei and addresses of the suppliers. Importers who fail lo
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  • 53 6 «ii\". \rOKB «1!M fcj> tlt> It I Dinner and Danre qmi-vn <;kyi.ano ML I'* 1"* Handsome with C«»r Romero Virginia Giliii 'iir s 7 30 p.m. CM>\> KttONC The Wacons Roll At Night with H Ft'wart Si Joan Leslie 7 30 p m ,11 r*\ fAI.KIk.B v R"«t 29
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  • 163 6 \]O more white bread will be baked in Singapore after next Saturday. Its place will be taken by the lew hri'Ui bread, wh.-jh will be baked and sold by all bakers anJ bread shops in Singapore. The new Health Bread must be isold at
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  • 153 6 'CANNOT WISH ILL TO BRITAIN ABoinbcy, Jan. 18. N article signed by Gandhi in the first issue of his "English weekly Harijan. which re-appeared to-day after many montlis of voluntary suspension, says: "As I have repeatedly said, I am no enemy of Britain. J have many personal friends among Britons.
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  • 86 6 Chungking Jan. 18. THE 51 Eritish officers and men who escaped from Hong Kong on Christmas Day. and who have been resting at Saokwan after a ten days' walk from the sea coast, are now en route to Rangoon. A message from Kweilin
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  • 48 6 AM. European male British subjects under the age of 41 must re-register with the ManPower Bureau by 4 p.m. on Wednesday next unless they are already serving with one of the fighting services, according to an order made by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas-
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  • 374 6 I Was At Sea Week Before Jap Attack A WEEK before Japan struck, the Netherlands Indies Navy was already at sea. That i one reason for the success our useful Ally's warships and aircraft gained at the start. Two mobilizations— one in 1939, the other
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  • 132 6 MAXIMUM wages lor unskilled Chinese labourers have been gazetted. They are: for x.ot more than four hours' work: male labourers 60 cents per day, 90 cents per night, female labourers 45 cents per day, 67 2 cents per night; for more than four hours but
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  • 24 6 THE following are the latent don»1 tions IB the Malaya War Dlstrea Fund J. Gordon $500; J. Ootdon, Jr. $200; P. Fletcher Cooke $50.
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  • 28 6 Bcmbay, Jan. 18. I^HE death has occurred of the Maharaja of Cutch, one of the bigger states of Western India, at the age of 76.— Reuter.
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  • 389 6 London, Jan. 18 AFTER giving In brief what he thinks is the Japanese plan in the "Battle of Asia," John L. Garvln, editor of the Observer, says to-day: "The moral Is plain and inescapable Japan has to be stopped in time by
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  • 174 6 WITH the Japanese invasion, Singapore to-day li the centre from which the secretariats of the Federated and Unfederated Malay States operate. Representatives of the Governments of most Malay States in the Peninsula are now in Singapore where they are engaged principally in setting claims
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  • 141 6 r:E Secretary of State for the Colonies received a telegram from the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, while he was still in the United States of America, expressing the distress whicii he was feeling by reason of the enemy invasion of the Malay States, which
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  • 38 6 New Delhi, Jan 18. UR. DUFF COOPER who. with Lady Duff Cooper, has arrived here on the return journey to England. U expected to pay a short v'-lt to the viceroy, Ltrd UnllUigtnr. Reuter.
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  • 132 6 A VERY valuable contribution to the w ir effort, for which the recently formed Chinese Mobilization Council is responsible, is the supplying of labour for defence works, and other essential purposes. The Army, Air Force, Municipality. Customs and Health office are now getting 3,000 casual
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  • 61 6 /\NLY 50 Chinese women, child- ren :ind men evacuees are to be admitted into Australia for the time being, according to information received by the Chinese Consulate-General from Canberra. Each evacuee Is required to have enough funds for two years' stay, although they may reside
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  • 16 6 I>EACH defence artillery prac**tice will take place on Thurs day. it is officially announced.
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  • 138 6 of bicycie- wore collected by the Police yesterday. The round-up started at six o'clock yesterday mornini:. when resmar Police and special constables took up stratrgic positions in various main thoroughfares both in town and the suburbs. Practically everybody on ft bicycle that appeared serviceable was stopped, and
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  • 62 6 Calcutta, Jan. IS. r~E construction of 124 under* ground reservoirs of various capacities, at a cost of R5.22.1.000, it is learnt, is being undertaken by the Calcutta Corporation to ensure a regular supply of unfiltered water for the flre-fi^ht-ing service of the city in an emergency In case
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  • 264 7 Washington, Jan. 17. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT -and Mr. Churchill 'have reached a "complete understanding" on the joint planning for present and future military and naval operations, according to a White House announcement made by Mr. Stephen Early, the President's private secretary. Mr. Early also revealed
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  • 314 7 London, Jan. IT. TTlE Ai*1o Scottish clash at Wembley Empire Stadium, which England won two-nil, had a sensational opening *hen Hagon in the first minute put England ahead. Played in aid of Mrs. Churchill's "Aid to Russia Fund," which is part of Football's contribution honouring Russia's great
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  • 52 7 IT would appear from the posilion of Gemas that the enemy's next bit objective is the important town of Kluang only 55 miles from Singapore. declared the B.B-C. test night. It is stated unofficially that this week-end the Japanese for the first time dropped incendiary bombs
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  • 514 7 Moscow, Jan. 18. HTHE MojaLsk salient the last positions held by the Germans on the approaches to Moscow, where 100,000 of Hitler's troops stand in imminent danger of encirclement unless they succeed in withdrawing in time through Vyazma towards Smolensk is beginning to
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  • 246 7 London, Jan. 18. 'C'LELD- Marshal von Reicnenuu, wr<o was Jlhi result of a stioke, has died on the way back to G«rmai\y. The SJ-ycar-old mcnocled "Beau Brummel" of the Oerman Army was a fervent Nazi unlike many other German generals. Some of the Germans said he was
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  • 279 7 London, Jan. 18. "THE capture of Hcifaya, elimin- ating the last enemy stronjhold in eastern Cyrenaica, is expected to inject a new punch into Gen. Auchinleck's campaign to destroy Gen. Rommel's forces farther east, says United Press. The troops, planes and naval units which
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  • 279 8 Rangoon, Jan. 18. rrHE position is "developing 1 favourably" in the Myittha area, in south Burma, where British troops have been in contact with Japanese troops estimated to number 250, says a communique issued here to-day. The Rangoon radio says it is reported from Tavoy that the
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  • 321 8 Batavia, Jan. 18 ri-DAY'S Batavia communique says: "On Friday, after the raid at noon wliich was mentioned in a previous communique, Medan was again attacked at 3.42 p.m. by 13 Japanese bombers which dropped eight bombs round the building of the Golf Club. No casualty was reported
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  • 138 8 Chung-king, Jan. IS. A United Press correspondent who has covered 300 miles overland from Shanghai and has reached Kinhwa after 17 days, states he Is convinced that China is preparing every effort to assist the A.B.C.D. offensive against Japan. "The Chinese," he says, "ere
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  • 53 8 Rangoon, Jan. 17. A RUMOUR which started in ToWo and is spreading thr Burma affirms that arm■•d Bt rmans are being billeted in Buddhist monasteries. This is completely untrue, says an office al statement. The statement adds that there has not been a single instance of monasteries being used for
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