Malaya Tribune, 27 December 1939

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVI- No. 307. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1939 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Wednesday, December 27, 1939.
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  • 20 1 French artmervmen tending a heavy gU n in muddy e round on the western front.
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  • 161 1 Reuter. Casablanca, Dec. 27. SEVEN bodies have been recovered from an Italian air liner which crashed in French Morocco and burst into names. The dead comprise the four members of the crew and three journalists.—Reuter. Rome, Dec. 26. JT is officially announced that an
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  • 178 1 Reuter. Chungking. Dec. 27. Chinese forces in Su yuan on Christmas Eve broke through the Japanese lines and reached the suburbs of Kweisui, capital of Suiyuan. where fighting is still going on, according to Chinese reports. After the Chinese occupation of Paotou on Dec. 21 the Japanese at
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  • 88 1 Reuter. Rome, Dec. 27. IT is officially announced at the Vatican that His Holiness the Pope has sent money to help Finnish Catholics who arg distressed as a result of the Russian attack on their country.—Reuter The Swedish Government has called to the Colours a number of
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  • 479 1 Hundreds Of Bodies On Icebound Lake Reuter. Helsinki, Dec. 27. LAST night's Finnish communique says that the enemy attacked on the Karelian Isthmus at various points, supported by tanks, guns and planes. The main attack was launched against Lake Suvanto, which the
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  • 46 1 Reuter. Chungking, Dec. 27. A CHINESE version of the latest operations slates: "The Japanese attempt to reach the Indo-China border ended in disaster after a 24-hour battle." It is claimed that over a thousand Japanese £indmany more were wounded. —Reuter.
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  • 83 1 Reuter. Helsinki, Dee. 27. Three members of the Lottasvard Finnish women's defence organisation are reported to have been killed while serving at the front.—two on the Arctic coast and one in the eastern wilderness. These women, the first to be killed in action since the Soviet
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  • 336 1 British Wireless. London, Dec. 27. IN a broadcast talk from London on •I Tuesday evening the Finnish Minisiw,uay c account of Russian SssTon' afainst his country. t fhP early hours of Nov. 30, he said StoJfct bombers without any warning looped dropping bombs on 14
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  • 33 1 Reuter Washington, Dec. 27. MR Joseph Davies, Ambassador to Belgium, has been appointed Special Assistant Secretary of State to deal with war emergency problems and international trade negotiations.—Reuter
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  • 28 1 Reuter. The Soviet and German Governments have concluded a convention to establish a regular mail and passenger air service between Moscow and Berlin, starting on Jan. 3.— Reuter.
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  • 54 1 Two neat lines cf motor-cycles awaiting despatch from a depot of the Royal Army Service Corps, which provide, drive and repair mechanical transport vehicles. The Corps recently announced that there were openings for 10,000 motor-cyclists in the Corps. Rubber factories are working at full pressure on
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  • 130 1 Reuter. Moscow, Dec. 27. JT is announced that the Russian Government has appointed trade representatives to Japan.—Reuter. After eight meetings at Chita the joint Soviet-Japanese Mongolian-Man-chukuan frontier commission has concluded its discussions by laying the foundation for a settlement on Jan. 7, when
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  • 61 2 Singapore, Wednesday. THERE was an unusual Boxing 1 Day accident at the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday, when during the high tide in the morning, the attap shed attached to the children's pagar collapsed. A few children were swimming nearby at the time, but no
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  • 183 2 Singapore, Tuesday. THE death of Goh Teow Hoon. whose body was found in the servants' quarters of the French Consulate-Gen-eral in Gallop Road on Nov. 28, was the subject of an inquest conducted by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, on Saturday. Evidence given
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  • 288 2 THOUSANDS OF BOYS IN MOURNING Singapore, Tuesday. SINGAPORE'S thousands of juvenile radio listeners will soon be listening in to another "Uncle Koh," for the "Uncle Koh" they have heard during the children's programme of the Chinese Section of the 8.M.8.C. for the last eighteen months,
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  • 24 2 The estimated population of East Ham oc-for? th? outbreak of war was 131.000. but owing to evacuation only 105,437 ratienbooks had to be prepared.
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  • 213 2 LONDON, DEC. 11 A GIRL DOCTOR IS GOING TO A LAKE ISLAND IN AFRICA NEXT MONTH, LEAVING BEHIND A BRILLIANT CAREER. Dr. Joan Lamplugh, of Moseiey, Birmingham, will give up her comfortable practice in the Midlands to tend lepers. She is going out because the
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  • 234 2 London, Dec. 15. INHERE has just been published by the Stationery Office a Blue Book on Britain's prisons—130 pages of statistics and tables and reports. Dull, heavy reading—but revealing an encouraging story of fewer crimes of violence, and success in the new and enlightened treatment of
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  • 145 2 (from Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Tuesday. pUA Ah Lok was produced before Inche Haron bin Ahmad and charged with being in possession of illicit samsu on which duty had not been paid. A further charge of being in possession of apparatus for the manufacture of liquor when
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  • 78 2 Madeleine Carroll, the film actress, was granted a decree nisi at Sussex Assizes on the ground of her husband's misconduct with a woman at a Brighton hotel. Miss Carroll was married to Captain Phillip Astley in Italy in 1931. There are no children. Neither Miss Carroll nor
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  • 33 2 Reuter. Berlin, Dec. 26. A communique states that British warplanes attempted to attack German patrol boats in Heligoland Bight yesterday. It claims that the attacks' failed in the face of German machine-guns Reuter.
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  • 16 2 Mr. R. W. L. McCall of the Customs Department, Ipoh, will shortly be going on leave.
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  • 111 2 O. L. HOPKIN is 11 one of the best known names i n Malayan journal 1 ism. After 20 years in this country he has now returned to London and writes a daily feature article of what goes on in the Empire capital This article
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  • 103 2 INFORMATION ha s been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonic 3 that the use of the following codes for telegrams between the United Kingdom and all Colonial Dependencies will bo authorized from Jan. 1. Bent-leys Second PhTase; Bentleys Complete: A B C.
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  • 283 2 London, Dec. 11. A BRITISH inventor claims to have produced a device which will end the Nazi mine menace and enable ships to sail through a minefield in safety. Yesterday, in the attic of a suburban house in the Midlands, he gave me
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  • 13 2 The British Social-Democratic Federation, established in 1831. has been brought to an end.
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  • 386 2 London, Dec. 11. jyjRS. Joan Arethusa Scott, 27-year-old daughter of a retired colonel, was told at the Old Bailey yesterday that if she visits the West End in the next three years without her mother as an escort she will be risking nine months'
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  • 238 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Tuesday THE Penang Town Hall was packed to the doors with Indian Muslims while over two thousand stood outside yesterday to hear speeches delivered at a public meeting held to celebrate the sixty-fourth birthday of Janab Mohamed Ali Jinnah, president of
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  • 179 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Tuesday. MRS. Lip Poh nee Kok Swee Chee passed awaj T peacefully at her residence in Ipoh on Dec. 23. The funeral, which took place the following day, was well attended. The cortege, headed by the Rev. Father Francis Chan,
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  • 92 2 The King celebrated hLs forty-fourth birthday by taßing the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Royal to see "Marx Brothers at the Circu-." at the Empire Cinema, Leicester-square The Royal party arrived at nin*' o'clock, just after
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  • 261 2 I The first accused, Ng Chong, who pleaded guilty together with the woman to a charge of abetting the theft of jewellery was represented by Mr. M. Diamond. Plea For Leniency Counsel pleaded for leniency, saying that his client who was
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  • 295 3 AN interesting ceremony took place gently in the Connaught Rooms. London, when Sir Edward rVh, haW C M G Chairman of table and Wireless Limited received a presentation from the Staff in the presence of a gathering of about a tlMMllii employees of the ComThe presentation,
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  • 178 3 SECRET KEPT FOR SOME YEARS (From Our Ow n Correspondent) London Dec 15 BULLET-PROOF pneumatic tyre of secret desien is w on many types 0 f Army vehicles TV, 8 mg USed is not that the bullet bou„ el Jflthe tyre' trate the rubber th*
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  • 148 3 Singapore, Tuesday. REFERENCES to the work of their guests cf honour were made by Mr. I Boey Khye Hong at the reception held yesterday at the hall of the Yeung Cbing School by 75 organisations of the Cantonese Community in honour of Messrs. Ching Kee Sun. Lum Boon
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  • 15 3 The Governor has appointed Mr. F. H. Curtis to be United Kingdom Food Exports Officer.
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  • 96 3 heW?atl'St B rr<h e sYr "'T y the «»Wore Recreation Club was nciu usi nignt at the S.Y.C. hall and was a must enjoyable function In ih* picture, above are seen some ot ihose who attended. In the ton Dklure are Mrs S H Si 01 "l
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  • 320 3 (Frcm Ocr Own ronr pom. ill) London, Dec. 15. (X accordance with instructions received through the University of London, the London Schcol of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which incorporates the Ross Institute, suspended its normal activities on the declaration cf war, says the annual
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  • 146 3 Singapore, Tuesday. T*HE children's annual Christmas pftrty organized by Miss Looker was held at the Children's Aid Society Home, Tomlinson Road, on Saturday, Dec. 23 at 5 p.m. The children gave a choral concert including a solo and several ducts, and rotations by Irene Ridsdale. Nora and
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  • 267 3 T Singapore. Tuesday. HE police courts were open for half-a-day to-day. and Mr. L. C. Cob Fifth Poliop Mactetn «v sat j n all the courts in turn, when fresh cases were mentioned. In the Traffic Court. Sayanalir bin Mujan a 30-year old
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  • 18 3 An empty wagon which was derailed at Claygate station, Surrey, recently blockad the down line for two hours.
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  • 152 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 15. I N the House of Commons yester--1 day Mr. Malcolm Macdonald in reply to a question, said: "The operations of the Colonial Empire Marketing Board have been suspended for the time being because it is clear that under w ar
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  • 39 3 Lying m a pool of blood, a Eurcp-an was found unconscious outside Happy Cafe on Monday night at 11 J clock. He was suffering frcm multiole Head injuries. The ambulance took him o hospital.
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  • 24 3 Mr. Malcolm Patrick (U.) was returned unopposed a s M.P. for the Bannside division of County Antrim in the Northern Ireland House of Commons.
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  • 117 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Tuesday. THE strike on Friday last of over 100 workers in Chinese sundry goods shops, has come to a partial settlement, by the return of the strikers yesterday morning to work, when two out of the seven demands were
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  • 33 3 Reuter. Berne. Dec. 27. ACCORDING to a Genera. Staff Notice 1 foreign planes flying over Swiss territory are liable to be fired on without special warning. --Reuter.
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  • 31 3 A fire which broke out at a shop in Salisbury recently is thought to have been caused by mice nibbling through a packet of matches and causing a bex to iginite.
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  • 16 3 Mr. A. Sreedharan, Indian Interpreter, Police Court, Seremban. is proceeding to India on three months' leave.
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  • 1615 4 McLean Report Conclusions "WHILE there is little doubt that the standard attained by the students of Raffles College has improved since the College open 11 years ago, the considerable evidence presented to us leaves in our minds no doubt that but little further progress
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  • 173 4 London. Dec. 10. ARCHIE BASKCOMB was a comedian with a genius for misery. Misery made him famous and rich, because people liked to laugh at him. To-day this man who had set theatres rocking at his unhappiness died. For seven years not a word had
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  • 21 4 Mr. Gurdial Singh, of the Seremban Anglo-Chinese School, the State cricketer, will be going to India shortly on three months" leave.
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  • 882 5 NAZI SOLDIER KILLED BY MOB |,KRE the Hps o f a ma who saw it tt t°Z f PraKUe S fOUr <* terror in the October revolt l.ermafl shells crashing on the i< j of Czech workers, Vi/is being kicked to death, inging crowds
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  • 31 5 -.li.r-ies of tht Blind Hard at the Tan Took Seng Hospital with the Uartßtmaa gifts supplied by the Salvation Army out of money contribute! by Tribune readers.
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  • 66 5 HOLLYWOOD, DEC. 11. HARMON NELSON, HUSBAND OF BETTE DAVIS. WAS GRANTED A FINAL DECREE OF DIVORCE TO-PIY ON THr GROUND THAT THE FILM STAR WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH HER CAREER THAN WITH HER MARRIED LIFE. NEISGN ALSO COMPLAINED THAT SHE READ TO "AN UNNECESSARY D
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  • 180 7 London, Dec. 13. .films man is; mute of malice. I Therefore h:s name Is, withml quauflcaMon, removed from the rec of conscientious objectors'* ju, smart, chairman of tho Yorkunal, said this at Leeds yesconcerning Jack Proud 20--nilor's cutter. d said. ''I cannot answer any because i
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  • 659 7 THE Malayan public is already familiar with reports on the British Army in France written by British war correspondents and radio commentators, but a neutral view is still a novelty Accordingly here is an extract from an article written by an experienced military correspondent in
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  • 14 7 Major E. J. Soper, Chief Accountant's Department, F.M.S. Railways, has returned from home leave.
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  • 154 7 (Tribune Staff Reporter) DECENT cold weather in Singa- pore as well as Christmas holidays up the hill have been the cause of a big run on the local supply of woollies for women, I was told at a leading store in town ihis week.
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  • 505 8 CIDE by side with the magnificent organisation which sent the British lighting forces to France without the loss of a single spoon works another organisation which is contributing jusi as much to the successful prosecution of the war. This is the Ministry of Supply, to whose lot
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  • 405 8 London, Dec. 26. rpHE first contingent of the Australian Forces to reach Britain since the outbreak of war, landed at a south coast port this morning. They were all members of the Royal Australian Air Force, commanded by Wing Commander L. V. Lachal. All the men are
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  • 73 8 Reuter. Angers, Dec. 26. DIPLOMATIC representatives of six countries have so far arrived at /ngers, the seat of the new Polish Government, namely Britain, France, United States, Brazil, Czechoslovakia and Egypt. The representatives of Turkey, China, Uruguay, Portugal, and Chile are expected to arrive shortly. Certain governments,
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    144 8 polite perusal of I peace appeals that cerfa personages and organisation honour bound to issue at thi of Peace and Goodwill to All the chief belligerents in Euro] settling down again to a long The»*e was no official peace a by any belligerent or neutral only impressive move
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  • 92 8 SIGNIFICANCE of the Pope s appeal is that it most nearly reflects what the Italian people are thinking. The present. Pope spent many years in VOtaxtJt as Papal Nuncio, partly under th present regime, and should know he is talking about. He is a diploma! and is
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  • 209 8 A COLLEAGUE who was sent to Lux- embourg to cover the war from neutral state's close-up is kick;:. looking for something to write home about. 'Armchair warriors paid big money in rent and board for a ringside seat are bcred stiff, he writes. People who went to the
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  • 112 8 ANE of the smart young set in Singav pore is complaining bitterly that she cannot get enough of her favourite brand of gaspers. The German Government has ordered that not mare than ten cigarettes or two cigars may be sold to any individual at one time. No tobacco
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  • 33 8 PROFESSOR Van Riet Lowe claims after months of research on the Tar anyika border, that Uganda was the cradle of the human race. Uganda has a lot to answer for.
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  • 36 8 It worries me how these "war news" loudspeakers in our open spaces traiw late modern military terms Into M and into Chinese and Indian dialect' What do they say for "reconnais>a: patrols" C. H. Stanley Jones
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  • 39 9 Ski battalions, white-garbed for perfect camouflage in the snow, noiseless .is they swoop expertly on skis and deadly in marksmanship, are inflicting htavy losses on the Soviet forces in th e Petsamo region of Northern Finland.
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  • 103 9 Reuter. London, Dec. 27. NORTHUMBERLAND and Durham miners, steel workers, draugt.smen, rivetters and shipyard workers were the men who stood by the Navy's anti-aircraft gun emplacements throughout the notth-east coast on Christmas Day. One man at each post was detailed :o stand by the telephone
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  • 103 9 Reuter. London, Dec. 27. THE Air Ministry announces that throughout Christmas Day the R.A*F. continued its unrelaxed vigilance their patrol covering the British fishing fleets in the North Sea. Certain of our aircraft observed German patrol vessels in the eastern North Sea area. These vessels opened
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  • 253 9 London, Dec. 13. A PAVING-STONE on which a girl stood at the moment when she agreed to become a young mans wife has just been taken up from a Birmingham street and sent by horse and cart to the young man s home. He paid
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  • 100 9 Reuter. Dublin, Dec. 26. BROADCASTING to America, Mr. De Valcra urged that a conference of war leaders should be held to seek a settlement. The people of Eire and ihe United States, he said, were not belligerents, out both sympathised with peoples enduring the horrors of
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  • 117 9 Shanghai, Dec. 27. ACCORDING to information emanating from London diplomatic circles, as the result of negotiations now going on between the Britisn and Japanese Governments, the Tientsin issue will soon be settled. This settlement, however, will not affect British vital interests in China, though the
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  • 110 9 London, Dec. 26. AMONG the important visitors to the me fSn Yesterday was the Air Minister. B L ltain JS Irwaiter when visiting airwho acted as waiter w ed a in a brief speech, Sir Kingsley Wood sa?d -"It rnuS seem strange to be ensam. Hinner
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  • 306 9 Quiet Christmas But No Truce Reuter. PARIS, DEC. 26. [HERE HAS BEEN NO CHRISTMAS TRLCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT. The Germans have been almost as active as usual, sending out patrols and reconnaissance units. They were particularly active east of Moselle, but
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  • 44 9 Reuter. New York, Dec. 26. The King's broadcast was well displayed in the newspapers. Mr. de Valera's broadcast urging a peace conference was prominently displayed in the New York Times but secures little space in the other papers.— Reuter.
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  • 20 9 A thrice weekly air mail service each way between the Channel Islands and England has been started by Jersey Airways.
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  • 229 9 Reuter. Helsinki, Dec. 26. THE Finnish communique says that at the Karelian front, Finnish troops, after carrying out several patrol operations which extended over the whole front, returned to their positions. At Aglajaervi, the Finnish advance continues. Enemy air activities were very great as a result of
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  • 25 9 London, Dec. 26:—The former President of Poland is leaving Rumania with his wife and children, and is go> g to Switzerland, owing to bad health.
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  • 262 9 Eastern News. Tokyo, Dec. 26. THE Foreign Minister, Admiral Kichbaburo Nomura, proceeded to the Imperial Palace on Saturday afternoon and reported to His Majesty the Emperor on the adjustment of relations between Japan and the United States on the basis of conversations between Admiral Nomura
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  • 75 9 Tokyo, Dec. 26. THE Emperor of Japan made his speech from the Throne to the Japanese Diet to-day. He expressed satisfaction at the increasing friendly relations which he said existed between Japan and the countries with which she has treaties. He also expressed satisfaction with the progress
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  • 81 9 Reuter. Washington. Dec. 27. THE United States Lines have filed an application to the Maritime Commission for permission to sell light vessels to a Norwegian firm, the North Atlantic Transport Company, thus transferring them to Norwegian registry. If the application is approved the
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  • 814 10 SIBBRITT RIDES HIS FIRST WINNER (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Tuesday. BIG holiday c rowd attended the opening day of the Penang XmasNew Year race meeting to-day. The going was hard and the weather excellent for racing. Dividends, on the whole, were fair. The
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  • 94 10 Race 1: Greypion $36 $11. Eastern Wave $15. Amazon $13. Race 2: Furious $54 and $16. Santa Anita $8. Alba $8. Race 3: Zolfanella $17 and $7. Merry Widow $7. Empire Flower $13. Race 4: Brawny Lad 549 and $15. July the Seventh $12. Blaricum $13.
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  • 571 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Monday. DISPLAYING fine ball control and excellent understanding, the Malaya Football Association (Malays), First Division league champions of Singapore, easily beat the Muar XI by five goals to one when the sides met in a charity match in aid
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  • 256 10 Reuter. THE following are results 0 f m; I played on Boxing Day: SOUTH "A" Clapton O 2, Charlton 7. Crystal P 0, Arsenal 3. Millwall 6, Southend 1. Norwich 3, Watford 2 Tottenham 0, West Ham. 1. SOUTH "B" Aldershot 3, Fulham 3. Bournemouth 2, Reading
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  • 33 10 The S.C.C. defeated the 9th Heavy Battery at hockey yesterday at Chaufi .by four goals to nil. Frascr scored two goals, Lee one and Giles one. Fortin played a splendid game at full-back.
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    • 318 10 HEAD Wj GUINNESS MATe THE DOG'S HEAD LABEL aiLLE IS ON EVERY BOTTLE W.P.S. 143 A STANDARD BOOKS ON PHOTOGRAPHY. Exposing Cine Film Exposure Difficult?"-* Solved by P. C. Smethurst 51.20 Trick Effects wrth Th 2 Cin e Camera by if. a. V. Bu3eid 1.20 Cine Titling Simplified by Harold
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    • 215 10 f Stop COLDS, CHILLS and CHEST SORENESS By Regularly Taking PEIPS ANTISEPTIC BREATHEABLE TABLETS At Cameron I Highlands i I AM I ll\ II O T I L Ensures all conveniences I and comforts Stay at Malaya's Popular Hill Station 4,700 ft. above sea level. WXCIDINTroup STOMACH WOULD BURN -tj
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  • 118 11 n:.AYING at the Happy World Coverf ed Stadium on Sunday, the Jolly sters BP. Juniors lost to the en Juniors by two games to five The folic wing were the results (Joliy igsters players mentioned first):—Singles: R. Rajagopal lost to H. L. 15—3. 15—6. Vadivellu beat m
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  • 10 11 TO-DAY RUGGER: R. A.O.C. vs. Manchest-r Regiment, Alexandra.
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  • 475 11 FINE FORWARD PLAY ON THE PADANC SCC B Hpts. R.E.-B" 6 pts. VIGOROUS play by the forwards, and superior handling by the threes Bh(n res P°™ bb e for a good rugger victory for the S.C.C. "B" team won h! fy T
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  • 146 11 New York, Dec. 13. habit of turning somersaults and standing on his head has spoiled the chances of wealthy Richard Knight being reconciled with his wife. Dorothy Lcdyr.rd Knight. "Whenever I see a pretty girl or get emotionally upset I stand on my
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  • 432 11 London, Dec. 15. jy|ANY German shops will be forced to close down after Christmas. The seasonal buying wave, restricted though it is by severe rationing and scarcity of money, is clearing them of their meagre supplies, which in many cases it will be impossible to
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  • 68 11 Mr John Mascn, of St. Anthonys Cottages, Milnthorpe, Westmorland, awakened in the early by smoke and flames, jumped frcm a bedroom window, fetched a ladder and carried his wife, baby, and two yours &fldMll to safety. Ttw house was completely decoyed, and Mr and
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  • 33 11 Children evacuated to Winchester have discovered a treasure trove in excavated material dumped in a recreation ground. The objects found include large shards of Roman and medieval pottery and tiles, and Elizabethan coins.
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  • 52 11 Londcn, Djc. 11. HENRY COTTON, handsomest golf-star bachalor (and the world's greatest go!fen v\as a bridegroom yesterday. He v/as married at Caxton Hall, West minster, to Mrs. Maria Isabel Estanguet Moss, en Argentinian. Lord Rcsebery and Lord Castlerosse vera amona in* *n***a. The wedding party was at
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  • 23 11 Mr. J. A. Sabapathy of the Tutorial Staff of the Anglo-Chinese School. Ipoh, Is in Cameron Highlands where he is at present convalescing.
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  • 167 11 London, Dec. 16. UAVING established by tests that the same shotgun was used in the slaying of two trysting couples, Trenton, New Jersey, police are quizzing members of "The Duck Island Scouters," which they allege was a "peep club." Duck Island, in the Delaware river,
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    • 367 11 A WELL PAID APPOINTMENT I Accountant, Secretary. Cost Accountant. Office :iiger. Shipping Expert. Bank or Insurance Offtctv. Cashier or Book-keCfCt is within your reach if yen train hv post with The School of \ccctmtancy tin leading organisation in the Eritish En pirt for the tuttdtng of Success ul Buatnau Careers.
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    • 411 11 SLEEPLESS THROUGH STOMACH PAINS Every stomach sufferer knows that a disordered digestion brings many other troubles in its train. Loss of appetite, weakness and malnutrition, "nerves,* these often arise from some form of stomach trouble, and won't go until the stomach itself is put right. In the case of Mr.
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  • 143 12 Last Night's First Night llf AY FRANCIS scores again in "Secrets Of An Actress,'' which is now being shown to appreciative audiences at the Pavilion Theatre. She takes the part of the daughter of a famous actor, now dead. Bom to the stage, she refuses to
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    • 5 12 SCOTCH WHISKY O,S TRI6UTED BY
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    • 150 12 CONSTIPATION •fcMctUte than LIKEN- L I gentle gauL nataAed LIKEN Agents: BARLOW CO., G APB 2 FOR THE FIRST TIME A RADIO DESIGNED FOR WORLD-WIDE RECEPTION IS OFFERED FOR Bs Jtk B In beaut it ul colours mmm mm «iiirß mm Jfwßpk ———.natch your furnit: X B BL r.,?..aj»a-.^B |W
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    • 279 12 PHILCO TROPIC RADKD Bole Agents: tCADIO SERVICE CO. OF MALAYA. 1934, LTD. NEW YEAR GIFTS~ GIVE WATCHES THIS i YEAR, THEY MAKE DELIf i FUL PRESENTS. We have a grand selection n iv. latest in Clocks and Watches I Ir you to make your choice iron,' YICK WOH HING 429,
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    • 677 12 I TO-DAY'S RADIO j L —I SINGAPORE LONDON /hi 225 metres (1.33 mc|s). *vqiwtsstovs 2 A 1 ZHP 30.9« metres (9.69 m«|.) OS™ metres) f;5" The News end mld-da, Rubber. Tin ond «JJJ gj g*g metres) Copra prices. mn Programme begins 6 p.m. (local time). 1.40 Miscellaneous programme or new
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    • 483 13 D a Chinese apprentice disa local dispensary. Must be eak Cantonese and Teochew salary $15 a month. Apply nationality with copies of umonials, to Box 293 co rrtbune, Singapore. (87-C) M ORE MUNICIPALITY. HP :ient of Three Health Visitors. na are invited for the above MltS. tea must be fully
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    • 582 13 Educational m YOUR CHILD'S MUSICAL EDUCATIONSSF CL k^ S t in N January, 1940 Kindergarten from age 5 Practical Theoretical—any age 1 FAR EASTERN MUSIC SCHOOL, 1-A, Kirk Terrace, Phone 2323 Singapore. I NEW YEAR ISApproaching You can surprise your friends at dancing parties by taking an hour's tuition (moderate
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    • 585 13 Astrology ACCURATE Scientific Astrological predictions on Marriage, Finance Occu--lat ion anything. Send birth time date. I Narasimhamier, Astrologer, 11, Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur. (86-C) PROFESSOR ILMUDDIN WHO IS SPECIALIST IN ASTRO-PALMISTRY AND HOROSCOPE READING. FULL LIFE READING INCLUDING FREZ QUESTIONS $3. GUARANTEED SATISFACTION. HOROSCOPE PREPARED PY ORDER FROM BIRTH DATE.
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    • 584 13 Offices, Godowns To Let TO LET Offices:— 23. Malacca Street (portion Ist floor) 124 126. Robinson Road (2nd floor). Shops:— 20, Malacca Street (ground floor) 7 23, Stamford Road 19. Co vent Garden 175, Selegie Road (Ground floor). Apply Rennie Lowick Co., Hongkong Bank Chambers. FOR SALE Thoroughbred Persian Kittens.
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    • 641 13 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Tenders are invited for the erection and completion of three blocks of flats on the north side of Guan Chuan Street—Contract No, 1. Plans, Specification and Form of Tender may be obtained at the Office of the Singapore Improvement Trust on payment of a deposit of $60-
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    • 174 13 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% DEBENTURE STOCK 1928. Interest Due 20th January, 1940. Notice is hereby given that tho Transfer Registers of the above Stock: v. ill be closed from the 7th to the 20th January, 1940, both days inclusive. C. H. GOLDIE, Municipal Secretary. I THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS NO. 64. CHULIA
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  • 2022 14 LUXURIES AND LOVES OF BOGUS COLONEL LONDON, DEC 5. PHAMPAGNE HOST, BIGAMIST, FQRGER, AND DEPORTEE. AN EX-CONVICT, WHO WAS ACCUSTOMED TO POSE AS A COLONEL, THOUGH HIS ARMY CAREER NEVER PROGRESSED BEYOND THE RANK OF REGIMENTAL SERGEANT-MAJOR, HAS GONE BACK TO PENAL SERVITUDE.
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  • 143 14 London, Dec. 16. LORD ZETLAND, Secretary of State for India, laughed in the House of Lords at the attempt of German propaganda to encourage Indians to look to the Nazis for freedom. Just as Mr. Chamberlain, in his speech to the Commons, said there is in India
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  • 237 14 (From Our Own London, j )f FLAT-RAIDER, fl< block of expensive street, Knightebridge, be had been disturbed Major Oliver Villiers waiting f or the lift' "Haven't I seen you befr where?" Then he strolled down stairs with Major VL'lier into the street. .Major
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  • 28 14 By a decision of the South untitled plate Joint Industrial Council at Swansea recently workers are to receive a" otalling £6,000 a week also to receive an increase
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    • 289 14 RAFFLES CAFE I and I COCKTAIL BAR THE POPULAR RENDEZVOUS TO ENTERTAIN YOUR FRIENDS I Excellent (irill A La Carte—Moderate Prices. NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIAL DINNER $2.50 WITH CRACKERS HATS Relay of Raffles Orchestra, Hotel Festivities and Radio Programmes SEA VIEW HOTEL THURSDAY: DECEMBER 28 4—6 P.M. CHILDREN'S X'MAS TREE
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    • 91 14 New Life Vitality FOR MEN WOMEN ENJOY A NORMAL LIFE Don't lack vitality and st] Try the famous TYRODONL PURE DEEP SEA OYSTER CONCENTRATE which vitalises and restores manhood and womanhood safely ai d surely as nothing else can. SOLD EVERYWHERE HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER at:— Orchard Resiaurant Bar 38,
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  • 524 15 A Nation Which Seeks Freedom With Integrity Chinese Central News. "II7HH Biu i_ Chungking. VV 6 Palient,y let the *> at its own slow pace, they have had no sense of an impending defeat and have sv S e matlca
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  • 84 15 London, Dec. 10. BATCH for the man with n petrol pills" for sale. The ■rant him for swindling f3 r owners out of large sums of money. Hr will demonstrate to you by filling his tank with water, propping in a few white pills and
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  • 74 15 A .ice-sergeant at Nottingham court he saw a light shining the black-out from a flat. He body in the premises, but the the room in which was the oflight was heavily barred. He c borrowed an air gun, shot at md broke the electric bulb,
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  • 233 15 Chungking, lIOW he was kidnapped by Wang Ching-wei'g henchman, Chu Min-yi, and forced to attend Wang's "party plenary session" in W'ang's barricaded residence on Jessfield Road, Shanghai, was related to the press by Mr. Yao Chin-tao, Member of the Control Yuan and the Ku >mintang
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  • 15 15 Singapore, Wednesday. The price of tin at noon in Singapore to-day was:— $126! i.
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  • 19 15 I he price of rubber at noon in Singapore to-day was:— B vers: -VS 3 /4 Sellers: 39.
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  • 56 15 ■te oolice were called in by Scotto assist in Investigation the ol part of a human body at ate refuse destructor recently, ns consisted of flesh and bone lower part of a body, and it was that they were collected from premises. They had apparently vered
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  • 126 15 Reuter. Hankow, Dec. REUTERS special correspondent flew to-day to Nanchang, which the Chinese were reported to be making a determined effort to recapture, and found everything quiet. He motored 18 miles southward and failed to reach the front where the last battle was said to have
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    • 110 15 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled by THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. The Company, which 1» Incorporated lr the 8 8 and registered as a Trust Com pany, undertakes the following duttei:EffICUTOR &lOR TRUSTEE OF A WILL. ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATI OF DECEASED PERSON. TRUSTEE OF
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    • 240 15 UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in SS.) No. 2, Chulia Street. (BONHAM BUILDING) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,000.00 Issued, Subscribed and Paid Up $1,000,000.00 General Reserve $200,000.00 Telegraphic Address: "TYEHUABANK" Telephone Nos.:— 5182, 5183, 5184, 5185 5186 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:— Wee Kheng Chiang, Esq., Chairman. Khoo Beng Chcang, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
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    • 192 15 STEAMER BAILINGS. pro BRITISH < \INDIA in England) P. 0. S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS*. The P. 0. S. N. Company will have a passenger sailing Westwards next month. The Agent. P. O. S. N. CO., 11A, CoUyer Quay, Tel. 5961. STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD Associated Companies REGULAR CARGO AND PASSENGER
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    • 349 15 l PaOw BRITISH I INDIA\ PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P. O.S.N. Co., The Agent, CoUyer Quay, Tel. 5961. 8.1.5. N. Co., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Tel. 5497. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD., (Apcar Line). For Hongkong, Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe Osaka Fortnightly For Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta
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    • 119 15 THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. Authorised and awbecritoed Capital £2,000,000 Eaid-op Capites £1.000.000 Reserre Fund 500,000 HEAD OmCR LONDON Bi MM hi Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad, Bahrein. Basra, KlrfcuX Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and money reed red on Fixed Deposits on terms to be ascertained on
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  • 181 16 London. Dec. 27. MUCH interest and curiosity have been aroused regarding the origin an.l authorship ot thj quotation with which the King concluded his Christinas broadcast. A number of literary authorities, including Mr. John Ma afield (pcct laureate) were approached and declared they had no kncwledr.e
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  • 103 16 Reuter. Paris. Dec. 27. THE King's broadcast was prominently printed in the French newspapers. Le Jour says the French people received wiih emotion King George's words, which so nobly evoked the friendship of the two nations bound closely together for the same sacred cause.—Reuter. Madrid, Dec.
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  • 333 16 French People Welcome Australians' Arrival Reuter. Berlin, Dec. 27. JN the course of its announcement cf Hitler's Christmas with the troops on the Western Front the official German News Agency says that on the way to the hulls of Spichern the Fuehrer crossed
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  • 188 16 Reuter. London, Dec. 26. THE British steamer, Stanholme, 2,473 tons, was sunk without warning by a U-boat yesterday off the west coast, with the loss of fourteen lives. Ten survivors were injured. The ship left port two hours earlier and the crew were celebrating
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  • 335 16 London, Dec. 15. 'pHE Elvira 111, a German mystery yacht condemned this week as legal prize of war, tugs at her anchor chain in a Thames Estuary tieek and awaits a buyer undo? order of the British Priz* C -urt. Her German crew of two
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  • 125 16 Reuter. The Archbishop of York has succeeded the late Professor Harold Temperley as President of the New Commonwealth Institute. The village of Holbeaeh Hum iLir.cs 1 has adopted a minesweeper for tne duration of the war and will keep its crew supplied with comforts. The Soviet Government
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    • 209 16 PROTECI YOUR BEWARE OF ILL-HEALTH-HEALTH WITH GERMS IN DUST WHAT LIFEBUOY SOAP AND DIRT DOCTORS SAY Dust settles everywhere. The That hand opening the door— P nly way to kee P il out of your doctor will tell you why dust where has it been to-day> How Jome would be
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