The Straits Times, 21 January 1942
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Title Section32 1942-01-21 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY! M^L^lK4's LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1942, PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times PRICK •> CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1942. 8 PAGES,32 words
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Advertisement293 1942-01-21 2 MISCEL.i-AiNn.OUS PUBLIC NOTICES MALACCA L. D. C. All members of the Malacca Local Defence Corps are requested to report at Raffles Hotel at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 22nd. NOTICE. All conesponexnee m connection with the following Companies of the TRONOH GRCDP namely Tronoh Mines L«n.lt*d. Southern Troroh Limited Parl293 words
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Advertisement443 1942-01-21 2 PUBLIC NOTICES MORE SCOUTS WANTED Many more scouts over 14 (able to cycle) are wanted. for special duties. All wishing to enrol should report to the Scout Room, Victoria School between 10 and 11 a.m. on Monday. 25th January. JOHORE CIVIL LIABILITY TRIBUNAL. Dependants of members of the Johore Volunteer443 words
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773 1942-01-21 4 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WED. ,JAN. 21, 1942. (871st. Day Of The War.) A Pretty Problem for every man who knows the jungle well— men from the Survey Department and tho Forest Department in particular—and any opportunity that may present itself to train other men for guerilla fighting should be773 words
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Letter442 1942-01-21 4 Cases Which Need Attention To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir— lt was with gr:at interest that I read the paragraph in your leading article or Jan. 15. wnich referred to the position in which many of the F.M.S. Volunteers find themselves at present. It is to be442 words
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Letter109 1942-01-21 4 Symbol Of Friendship That Has Ended To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, One understands that the elephant In front of the Old Supreme Court was erected In commemoration of the visit of the late King of Slam to Singapore and of the good relationship that existed109 words
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Article893 1942-01-21 4 London Letter (From Our Own CorresDondent) London, Jan. 20. F" IS not the least exaggeration to say that every citizen in Britain is breathing easier now that Mr. Winston Churrhill is safely home again. Indeed, there u> already an extraordinary change in the atmosphere, re-emphasiz-ing that the quality893 words
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Article43 1942-01-21 4 A.-A. Gunners - A.-A. Gunners By AC-AC fire m Malaya has brought down 41 enemy aircraft since the war began and m addition it has probably accounted for 16 more. These figures are disclosed m an official communique issued m Singapore last night.43 words
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Article224 1942-01-21 4 rE Australian troops are offering gallant resistance to the Tnnnnpse advance towards tne S of Johore, the 8.8.C. stated la Ma?o g r-Gen. Gordon Bennett, the commander of the Australian forces in Malaya, yesterday sent the following message i to the Australian Army Minister, Mr. t.224 words
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Article176 1942-01-21 4 (By Our War Correspondent) At the Front, Jan. 20. THE Australian forces which last 1 wee* put six tanks out of action north of Gemas were fully engaged with the enemy throughout yesterday. The situation in the Muar sector to-day is still undecided, but Australian176 words
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Article83 1942-01-21 4 Melbourne. Jan. 20. THE Australian Air Minister, Mr. I. S. Drakeford, announced today that a full-scale air attack was made on Rabaul, New Guinea, by Japanese bombers and fighters, presumably from an aircraft carrier. Mr. Drakeford said the attack was launched about midday Waves oCReuter - 83 words
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Article126 1942-01-21 4 Batavia. Jan. 20. FURTHER Japanese raids on the Netherlands Indies are reported n a communique from the Command Headquarters, Batavia, to-day. It says: "Yesterday morning about ten o'clock, Sabang was heavily raided for about 40 minutes by 60 enemy bombers. The main objectives were the126 words
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Article90 1942-01-21 4 A CABLE received m Singapore yesterday morning reports the death of Mr. C. W. Banks, at one time a local director of Messrs. John Little ti Co. Ltd., and latterly a London director cf the same company. Mr. Banks joined the firm m Singapore m January.90 words
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Article436 1942-01-21 4 THE battle for Johore is reaching a vital stage, with enemy pressure being maintained on the entire front. The main enemy thrust is centred m the Muar-Batu Pahat sector, according to yesterday's official communique. On the northern front, namely the Gcmas area, the situation is436 words
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Article53 1942-01-21 4 Chungking, Jan. 20. A CHINESE military spokesman said u>-day that Ci.inese intelligence officers had lea Tied that the Japanese had taken many thousands of wounded back from Malaya to Thailand and Indo-China. Five thousand wounded Japanese, he said, had been received at one Thailand station within six53 words
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Article130 1942-01-21 4 With the Pacific Fleet. Jan. 19. MEN m this aircraft-carrier which the Japanese have twice claimed to have sunk to-day heard the Tokio radio made a "desperate report" to make up for the sinking of this carrier The reaction of the ships complement was a130 words
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Advertisement7 1942-01-21 4 JOHN DUKE Manufacturinn Optician. 21. BATTERY ROAD.7 words
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Article819 1942-01-21 5 Fighting 60 Miles Inside Border JAP THREAT ON W. JOHORE COAST ANOTHER enemy crossiug into Southern Burma, this time almost due east of Moulmein, is reported by the Madras radio. A party of Thai troops is stated to have crossed the frontier east of819 words
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142 1942-01-21 5 At the Front. Jan 2' pRESSMEN VI Major-Gen. Gordon Bennett at his headquarters yesterday, when he explained that the entire situation left much to be desired but he v quietly confident of the ability of his forces in the west to ccpe with a position142 words
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319 1942-01-21 5 I New York. Jan. 20. TTNDKR the caption "The devil we know," the New York Times in an editorial, deals at length with the detention of U Saw. Prime Minister of Burma, and declares that the British, "before taking such drastic actionReuter - 319 words
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96 1942-01-21 5 J i.ndon. Jan. 21. AN analysis of the Dutch communiques from Batavia between Dec. 13 and Jan. 1C shows the following ton has been taken of Japanese ships off Malaya, the Philippines, Borneo and the Netherlands Indies by Dutch submarines, naval and military aircraftReuter - 96 words
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Article361 1942-01-21 5 fiondon, Jan. 21. AIiEI.ii.NDER to the country that Hitler's attack on BriI tain might come at any time anci before the United States cou.c render the British Isles any suo stantial assistance was given ,ii the course of the debate yesteiday in the House of Lords on theReuter - 361 words
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98 1942-01-21 5 I London, Jan. 21. IN th« House of Commons, replying a question whether full preparations are being made to anticipate the possibility of Germany, as she did In the case of tanks, copying on a mass scale the successful British demonstration of the combinedReuter - 98 words
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Article298 1942-01-21 5 p.|T is learned m well-informed quarters m Vichy, says the r Paris radio, that the Council or State will shortly return to Paris —Reuter. I In the recent battle for Chang.'ha the Japanese Third and Sixth Divisions are reported m Chungking to I have each sufferedReuter - 298 words
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Article94 1942-01-21 5 London. Jan 21 THE Soviet night communique announces that Soviet troops captured MojaisK yesterday. Many prisoners were taken. The communique adds that. During yesterday. Soviet troops continued to press the German troops to the r-est, the enemy sustaining h?avy losses. One Monday 16 German planes were destroyed,Reuter - 94 words
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Article330 1942-01-21 5 London. Jan. 20. UK Ci.uici.ill told the House of i Commons to-day that he woukl give his ;xt>ntion to the recent suggestions made by Indian leaders and Rive an answer in a form which could be made public. He was answering questions by the Liberal Nations! rmReuter - 330 words
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Article47 1942-01-21 5 The Ron:e radic quctef an admission by th? Italian High Command thi't British planes en Monday again attacked objectives m Italy, starting flies at Angusta ard Srrcuse. It was claimed that these were quickly extinguished and that there was do casualty. -United Press.47 words
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Article111 1942-01-21 5 London, Jan. 21. A NSWERING a question In the House of Commons as to the extent of var material, particular^ oil, left undestroyed o- the Kowloon Peninsu'a on its abflnGOnment by the British forces. Sir Edward Grigg Undersecretary for War. said in a written reply "AllReuter - 111 words
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170 1942-01-21 5 Axis Pact Aimed At Russia Says Chungking Chungking, Jan. 21. THE new military alliance of the Axis Powers is directed against Soviet Russia, declared a leading article in the Chinese Army organ, the Sao Tang Pao, which urges Soviet Russia to take the initiative against Japan to forestall a combinedReuter - 170 words
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Article197 1942-01-21 5 Washington. Jan. 20. A UNITED Stairs War Department communique reports j the sinking of ft Japanese cruiser by six American bombers 100 miles from Tclo in the Philippine Islands. In addition the bombers also scored direct hits or a tanker, I leaving her aflame A Navy Department197 words
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Article253 1942-01-21 5 London, Jan. 21. fHE Chinese An-baesador to the United States. Dr. hu shin, told interviewers yesterday that it was lnI conceivable Ci:ina might make a separate peace with Japan, states a Washington menage. Commenting on state- i ments credited to Dr. Sun Fo. «on of theReuter - 253 words
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Article67 1942-01-21 5 Jijnaa— uos»as Lt B£6l »m jo jisu qs>i|Bua »M» *>J *PW« avion poujnjJi ">q uaiiM puEiSua isni«*> stajaq iirinoj atfl saprnuao v?*i CArinoas -uoa Jno; jo aauanbas usSaq an mot asoi.jv mnog >ui-nia 'pu«lBua pu« «3'"V pajnoi aq X[}u^n^ I CE ZSSI ?,aujpj«f isu!«»« J»X 1"B 1H 'W67 words
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Article40 1942-01-21 5 wT »a<s announced last night that j further reinforcements of Canadian troops and airmen have arrived safely m Britifln. They include foresters, ordnance workers, mechanics, infantry, artillery and service corps, as well as reinforcements for the Free CechoSlovak Army. —Renter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article36 1942-01-21 5 Twelve enemy planes were destroyed in today's raids on Singapore. IT is stated that in yesterday's air raids on Singapore, the number of persons killed was 66 and the number injured, in hospital, 154.36 words
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Article64 1942-01-21 5 Chungking, Jan. 21. QUESTIONED regarding Lord Stra- bolgi's accusation m the Hou^e of i Lords of rejection by the British authorities of a Chinese offer to .'end t: ojps to j Malaya. Mr. Fu Ping-chang. the Vice- J Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared I The information is IncorrectReuter - 64 words
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Article798 1942-01-21 5 London, Jan. 21. THE Prime Minis er, Mr. Winston Churchill, was received with loud cheers by members of all narties when he took his seat in the House of Commons yesterday for the first time since his retnrn from America. He said that although heReuter - 798 words
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61 1942-01-21 5 Melbourne, Jan. 21. THE Army Minister, Mr. F. M. Forde, has again cabled to Major- Gen. Gordon Bennett, Officer Commanding the A.I.F. m Malaya, the assurance that the Government will continue to do all possible to expedite the strengthening of air support and alsoReuter - 61 words
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Article276 1942-01-21 5 Waateagtcn. Jan. 20. "pRESIDENT Roosevelt gave me a lot of good information regarding the strengthening of our part of the world. I am more optimistic after to-day's conversations with him and other discussions that there ir really a biR effort to get tl.e necessary tools of war276 words
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Article200 1942-01-21 5 Roosevelt And Rein f orcemen ts Washington. Jan 20 PRESIDENT Poosevelt told Pressmen to-day t*at he has been eotMoltmg with the military and lvwal staffs re^ardinp offensive md efensive op-ra-tions on all continent' and ocerns. He said he 'iv ti- .-jnit.'ed erood news to Dr. van Mock during the earlier200 words
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Advertisement61 1942-01-21 5 SAUSAGES that mil make yOK ask for a second helping It's always a treat when S.C.S. /Cv SAUSAGES are put on the /ts^^^^J-, table. Every Sausage Is packed v >v^^ with goodness and flavour. fiia^^ /^t» Delicious. too, are our Jl-^^* I*'1 CHTPOLATA, COCKTAIL and TOMATO SAUSAGES. vj PIIIE 537161 words
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206 1942-01-21 6 To-day's Contributions Amount To Less Than $60 AT a time when Malaya is sorely in need of weapons of war of every description, the Fund organized for the collection of voluntary subscriptions to pay for such weapons is languishing. Again to-day there206 words
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Article612 1942-01-21 6 Aid For Pilots Who Bale Out A SENIOR N.C.O. of the Royal Air .si'*s in his office aboard a pinnae- anchored near Singapore. Suddenly the telephone at his elbow turn news of a pilot in distress. Within few minulea the pinnace is racing to the position612 words
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Article120 1942-01-21 6 I "NTEVER ir- world history will an effort made now pay so much Interest to us to-morrow." says Dorothy Thompson, the well-known American broadcaster and newspaper columnist in an article •■How Much Must We Pay m Blood?" which is reproduced in the lat.-st issue of the Eastern Graphic,120 words
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Article52 1942-01-21 6 ■IMGATOBI n\i 1 < n nun 1 pi tner and Dance. Ql I1 NS C.I YI.ANG Haunted Honeymoon with RohM 1 Montgomery Constance Cunimlngs 5 "7.30 p m. ■OXV KVIONO R«ge In Heaven with Robert Montgomery 4; Ingrid Bergmanu 5 7.30 p.m. •ULTAN TALKIES Devil King A Chinese Talkie52 words
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Article292 1942-01-21 6 Important Decisions Announced Sydney. Jan. 20. NATIONAL Service Offices are to be established throughout Australia and will be the sole channel for the engagement of male labour by the Government and all private employers. This was one of the far-reaching decisions on manpower announced by Mr Curtln,Reuter - 292 words
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Article116 1942-01-21 6 •|'HE wkKUos between Miss Lily Har- per Pierson and Inspector John George Ritchie of the Straits Settlements Police took place yesterday at the Wesl?y Church. Canning Rise, yesterday. The Rev. Dr. H. B. Amstutz officiated at the wedding, and the bride was given away by her father,116 words
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Article9 1942-01-21 6 Beach defence artillery practice will take place to-morrow (Thursday).9 words
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Article87 1942-01-21 6 (OFFICIAL and unofficial members of the Johore Council of State gave a grand example of calmness yesterday, when, in spite of an alari.. followed by the explosion of bombs and the barking of anti-aircraft fire, the meeting of the Council continued and completed its business. The87 words
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Article208 1942-01-21 6 Newspaper Comment On Singapore (By Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 19. "W/HERE critics of Singapore go W wrong is talking loosely to remove the easy and luxurious living which is supposed to have played havoc with the moral fibre of the British community." Thus replies the208 words
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Article243 1942-01-21 6 ABOUT :;,000 Chinese, areong whom were approximately 2,000 members of the Overseas Chinee Volunteer Corps, Gathered at the square m Club Street yesterday afternoon, when they unanimously passed a resolution to request the Government to supply them with means to right the Japanese. At the243 words
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Article34 1942-01-21 6 Contributions of $5,000 from the Sultan of Johore and over $7,000 from the Chinese section are largely responsible for an increase of nearly $15,000 In the Malaya Patriotic Fund, bringing the total to $3,348,268.36.34 words
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383 1942-01-21 6 A NUMBER of Food Control enactments were introduced into the Johore Council of State yesterday restricting the wholesale and retail sale of foodstuffs. Many of the enactments are similar to those m force m Singapore, and affect the use of milk by383 words
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Article, Illustration36 1942-01-21 6 Axis prisoners were led to believe the Bniish Garnson ioos starving. Here some of these disillusioned men are lined up for food at the quality of which they have expressed surprise.36 words
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426 1942-01-21 6 Fairly Heavy Casualties (By A War Correspondent) CINGAPORE suffered its worst blitz yesterday since the war began when two largo waves of Japanese bombers flew over the city and dropped bombs on a residential district, causing little damage to property but fairly heavy casualties. The426 words
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Article349 1942-01-21 6 That there were not as many casualties as there might have been in yesterday:; blitz was In :t sreat measure dv? to peop.e taking cover when the bombers were overhead. In one house the portico of which was blown down the inmates, .n-mbering about 15, had349 words
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Article167 1942-01-21 6 THE addition of $47,231 to the 1941 Estimates to meet increased expenditure on the Malayan Royal Nava: Volunteer Reserve, the Malayan Volunteer Air Force and Civil liability awards, was passed at yesterday's meeting of the Johore Council of State. The addition Is chargeable to the Currency Surplus167 words
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Article509 1942-01-21 6 Threat To Burma Road Seen London, Jan. THE Japanese are cutting swiftly through 1 narrow southern tip from Thailand and reached the Indian Ocean, only 220 ml Rangoon capital of Burma. They have captured the ort ard aerodrome of Tavoy and the communique from British509 words
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155 1942-01-21 6 UNGKU Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid, Mentri Besar. Johorc, has been appointed CommLssloner for Johore in connection with the Malayan War Distress Fund. This fund ts administered by committee of management functioning in Singapore, and is charged with the duties of organizing the appeal for155 words
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Article66 1942-01-21 6 FORTY-SEVEN new buses ari b-m,; built by the Traction Company, and the transport services of Si-iga-pore will Improve when OMM brought into use. "We ar? doing our utmost to copa »ith the r.ituation." said Mr. G. Marshall, general manager of the company, when he was asked about66 words
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Article25 1942-01-21 6 AN amendment to the Johore Einerg- ency Regulations, authorises the State Secretary to require all mechanl-cally-propelled road vehicles to be Immobilized when not m use.25 words
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Advertisement13 1942-01-21 6 0F (Advertisement of The General Electric Co. Ltd.. of England "Magnet House" Singapore.)13 words
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177 1942-01-21 7 Chungking, Jan. 20. THE announcement that the Japanese arc compell- ing more than 1,000,000 Chinese to evacuate Hong Kong is causing much surprise m Chungking. It is estimated that there are at present 1,700.000 Chinese m Hong Kong. I After receiving information ofReuter - 177 words
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Article198 1942-01-21 7 Ankara, Jan. 20. GEN. D:ui;.» MJiailovitch, Commander of the Anti-Axis Chetnik in Yugoslavia, now has an arm; j of between 100.000 to 125,000 men, I which encircle Vishcgrad. Serajevo, 7-vornik, Tuzla, Hnmpiesac, Vielena. Hi:;a^ and Bosaniskinovi, while all roads in the Bosnia arc controlled by j V:rReuter - 198 words
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Article90 1942-01-21 7 London, Jan. 20. THE Stock Exchange opened dull on Far Eastern war news, with business on a very small scale. Gilt-edged securities fluctuated slightly, closing a shade firmer. Home rails were generally maintained, but oils receded up to 33/2. especially influenced by the loss of Tavoy. Leading industrialsReuter - 90 words
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Article57 1942-01-21 7 New Delhi, Jan. 20. TTHE reiief fund organization in 1 Rangoon is helping homeless Indians. The Indian and Burmese Governments axe considering plans for the evacuation of Indians. The Indians' overseas department, with other departments, is dealing with Indians in the Pacific area. This department is the57 words
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114 1942-01-21 7 Cbunka, Jan. 20. /""ONUIUONS in Changsha are gradually returning to normal after the fighting and the city presents its usual scene of g fciety. Barricades and barbed wire entanglements have been removed and places of strategic Importance closed during the emergency have been reopened114 words
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93 1942-01-21 7 Cairo, Jan. 20. r-DAY'Sr -DAY'S communique from British G.H.Q. in Cairo, announces merely that "our mobile columns are continuing their acUvities cast of El Agheila. The Prime Minister of South Africa. Field-Marshal Smuts, has congratulated Major Gen. De Viliers. General Officer Commanding the South AfricanReuter - 93 words
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Article68 1942-01-21 7 Teheran, Jan. 20. rrUIE Vichy Cl»arg« d'Affaires. 1 M. Jacques Coiftard, has been expelled by the Government of Iran following the publication of an undiplomatic letter to a local newspaper. M. Coiffard, whose legation was due to leave Iran when the Anglo-Iranian treaty was signed,Reuter - 68 words
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Article135 1942-01-21 7 Washington, Jan. 19. A BILLION dollars expansion m the American Maritime Commission's shipbuilding programme was announced to meet President Roosevelt's promise of 18,*****0 tons of merchant shipping by 1943. The Commissioner, Mr. Howard Vickery. said that contracts were awarded for 632 ocean vessels and a135 words
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Article163 1942-01-21 7 I i md on. Jan. 20. OPECIAL measures have been taken to protect British troops in the i Middle East against the possibility of the extension ol a typhus epidemic ouu.de Europe. This assurance was given by the Under-Secretary lor War. Sir Edward Grigg, answeringReuter - 163 words
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163 1942-01-21 7 Melbourne, Jan. SO. "WtHE war in the Pacific tawuMb that Chir.a's views should be taken seriously. If China sued for a separate pe?ce. it would be the complete end of our chances of Russian participation In the Pacific." declared Mr. John Curtin, theReuter - 163 words
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Article94 1942-01-21 7 Washington, Jan. 19. DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has asked Congress for additional war appropriations and authorizations, totalling $28,500,767,495. In four letters to the Speaker, Mr. Sam Rayburn, the President asked $12,425,872,474 for the Army: 115,961.945.021 for the Navy and $7,000,000 to start work on the hignway linking94 words
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Article252 1942-01-21 7 Lonoon, Jan. 20. THE establishment of a new Supply Board lor the Allied war purjjo es i is suggested in a letter to The lines by Sir Alexander Roger, who was Chairman of the Ministry of Supply Mission, which visiU-d South Africa, India. Burma. Malaya. Honrr iMWg,Reuter - 252 words
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Article478 1942-01-21 7 Ir is rumoured that von RiVoentrop, Nazi Foreign Minister, may visit Ankara v*-r ihortty. Reuter. r THE British Ambassador to China, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Is expected to leave Chungking in February en route to Moscow to assume his new i post there. Chinese Government and publicReuter - 478 words
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Article51 1942-01-21 7 Chungking, Jan. 19. npHE United Press stall men who escaped from Shanghai. Robert Martin, Karl Eskelund and William McDougall. stayed at Taiho, south Klangsi, last night, and resumed their journey to-day to Hengyang, m a long foumey across South China, according to an official report received here.— United51 words
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Article47 1942-01-21 7 Washington, Jan. 20. DRESIDENT Roosevelt has signod t'-.e Dnylight Saving Bill which becomes effective at 2 a.m. on Feb. 9, for all inter-State commerce and Federal Government activities. The advance of one hour is expected to become general throuchout the nation. Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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305 1942-01-21 7 Kew r<oA, Jail. 30. SIR Bajpai m a speech to the Service Club here said that the anti-Axis olldarity as expressed m the Washingtoa declaration by the united nations left no doubt as regards the final outcome of the war. Reaffirming Tmiia's "ardent «levotion"Reuter - 305 words
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Advertisement95 1942-01-21 7 THERE ARE MORE JOBS FOR WOMEN In times of War there are more opportunities for women to eel first class jobs. Be prepared to fill one of these bc:ter positions by registering now with Pitmans College. You will soon have the qua] dcatlona to till a well-paid |ob previously held95 words
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358 1942-01-21 8 Madrid, Jan. 20. THE signing of a military pact among Germany, Italy and Japan m Berlin on Sunday is believed by Berlin correspondents of the Spanish Press to be a prelude "to a series of large-scale operations on very diverse fronts." "If an358 words
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Article88 1942-01-21 8 Chri>giting. Jan. 20. FURTHER Chinese successes on thiee fronts arc announced in a < ommunique issued to-day. On the east Honan front, a Jajyinese unit attempting to reinforce the Hwaiyang garrison »nd outflank the Chinese besiegers, wu thrown back with considerable losses. On the centralReuter - 88 words
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Article93 1942-01-21 8 London, Jan. 20. IT remains Britain's policy to strike Germany as hard and as often as she can, stated (apt. Balfour, the Under-Secre-ary for Air, m the House of Commons to-day. He added: "The degree and direction of our efforts at any particularReuter - 93 words
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456 1942-01-21 8 London, Jan. 20. REARGUARD crack Panzer troops are fighting desperately to cover the retreat of Hitler's army on the Moscow front who are clinging stubbornly on Mojaisk as new Russian sledgehammer blows fell along the whole front. While dispatches continue to arriveReuter - 456 words
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Article180 1942-01-21 8 New ioric, Jan. 20. THE vital stratesic importance of the Netherlands Indies was stressed by Mr. H. J. van Mook, Lieutenant Governor-Gen-eral of the Netherlands Indies, broadcasting here over the Columbia system. "They are a wall between the Pacific and Indian Oceans." he said. "Once theyReuter - 180 words
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Article74 1942-01-21 8 Chungking. Jan. It. CIFTY American marines who were captured and disarmed at Chtngwantao marine summer camp, northeast of Tientsin, are being forced Into hard labour, according to a Peiplng report reaching guerilla areas in the Western Hills outside Peiplng. British and American property In74 words
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Article80 1942-01-21 8 Vichy, Jan. 30. pEN. VITTORIO AMBRO6IO, com- manding the Second Italian Army, has been appointed Chief of the General Staff, replacing Gen. Mario Roatta, who will take command of the Second Army, according to a Rome dispatch to the official French news agency. Gen. Roatta was promotedReuter - 80 words
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Article363 1942-01-21 8 London, Jan. 20. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, has returned from his mission already ri<-n in accomplishment." says The Times in a leading article to-day. He has now to execute, on this side, measures needed to perfect the partnership in arms. A new and broader designReuter - 363 words
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