Malaya Tribune, 4 April 1940

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune VOL. XXVII- -No. 81. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Thursday. April 4, 1940.
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  • 1142 1 MR. CHURCHILL CHIEF OF DEFENCE Sir Samuel Hoare Made Air Minister London, Apr. 4. A (alnnet changes are announced. Lord Chatfield resigns as Minister for Co-ordination of Defence. Mr. .nstim hurchi! remains at the Admiralty and is to preside w i the committee of Service Ministers
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  • 101 1 Reuter. London, Apr. I. rpHE following Cabinet changes ar e announced: Sir Kingsley Wood, Lord Privy Seal. Sir Samuel Hoare, Air Minister. Major G. C. Tryon, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Mr. Herwald Ramsbotham, President <.t the Board of Location. Lord Woolton, Minister of Food.
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  • 122 1 COUNTING the resignation of Lord Chatfield as Minister for Coordination of Defence, and th e in- n of office into Mr. Churchill's as First Lord of the Admiralty and Chief Defence Minister, there are twelve changes in the Government, reducing the number of Ministers in the War
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  • 31 1 Reuter. London- April, 4. IT is stated thai a Spitfire fighter. alter tg d< H nnkel in single combit. into flames 12 miles from the Yorkshire coast.— Reuter.
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  • 666 1 Reuter. London, Apr. 4. XUERE is no indication yet regarding th e character of the intensitied blockade measures which Mr. Chamberlain adumbrated in the House of Commons, learns Renter's diplomatic correspondent, it is obvious that in matters affecting Britain's relations with neutral powers
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 13 1 GREAT WORLD m 4*lolW: To-night "ALANG ALANG" Saturday Midnight Show THE STORM" 1
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    • 265 1 A GOOD TIP. To be fair and younger ie the sum in<l substance of the dearest wish of evcy woman over thirty. Women won't look younger by a year if you try to hidtheir wrinkles with make-up but th-y certainly will be younger by ten If UMf begin this simple
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  • 239 2 PUBLIC AWAITS REPORT OF DISTURBANCE (Tribune Staff Reporter) (STRICTER CONTROL OF VERNACULAR IN A PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE RECOM M LN' REPORT SUBMITTED TO GOVERNMENT AFTEK MADE INTO THE RECENT DKTUMANCES «F WHICH CHINESE SCHOOLCHILDRENM KRL Great interest is attached to this report
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  • 75 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) MALAYA is exporting more rubber than ever before. Last month's total of 65,269 tons brings the total for the first three months of the year to 183,588. 7he total for the corresponding three months of 1939 was 129,675. This is an increase of
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  • 156 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Wednesday. FATHER who was alleged to have used his ten years old ughter as a messenger in an illicit iffic in non-Government chandu is discharged at Muar yesterday cause the prosecution was not pre.red to provide the necessary evince to convict him.
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  • 21 2 It is stated that of the 159 people illed in London road accidents recently 22 lost their lives in the black-out.
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  • 261 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Tuesday. THERE are too many accidents, most of them fatal, at Sepramat. k Yesterday when he returned a verdict of death from injuries recei\ ed on a Malay boy who was fatally injured in. a motor collision on February 5,
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  • 186 2 Last Night's First Night IF you want to forget the war and war taxes for a couple of hours, take OUT tap and o 0 to the Capitol to see "The Marx Bros, at the Circus." the M.G.M. film which opened to big and thoroughly
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  • 278 2 '"pJIGHTING bravely to save their friend two Chinese suffered burns which have kept them in hospital for more than ten days. In spite of their valiant efforts the man, a blaze of fire, died in hospital the same day. The man, Ng Teik Svvee, a
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  • 29 2 The annual general meeting of St Andrew's Mission Hospital Incorporated will be held at St. Andrew's Hospital Maxwell Road, on Thursday, at 0.30 p m
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  • 66 2 Singapore, Wednesday. VVCK ENO BOX, the Chinese who escaped from a constable who had arrested him for hawking without licence and later assaulted him nefore he was [re-arrested, was convicted this morning [by My. H. Watson, the Third Magistrate-, and sentenced to pay a fine ot
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  • 21 2 wholesale arrests of former Czech Army officers and employees of the famous Skoda armament works are reI I ported from Prague.
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  • 60 2 According to figures issued by the Ministry of Transport," the number of cars registered in Britain jor the first time durinu the month of December, 1939. was 4668, com-* pared with 26,018 in December, 1938 a decrease of 21,350. Of the December. 1939. regi sirations, over
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  • 257 2 .Malacca, Tuesday, i MAX who tried to bribe detectives A to allow him to run lotteries in Malacca by offering them S3OO a month to close their eyes to his illegal activities received the deserts of attempted bribery and corruption yesterday. He was sentenced on
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  • 59 2 Two lectures on "Anti-gas treatment and Aid Posts" will be given by Dr. W. E. Hutchinson, at 5.30 pm on April 9 and 16 at the Old Supreme Court Building. All Cot>s Officers. Divisional Surgeons. Division:.! Superintendents. Ambulance Officers, N.C.O's. atni Officers of the Nursing Divisions
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  • 32 2 Mr. Ng. Moh Teng. electrical contractor, of 23. Joo Chiat Place, states that he is not the person concerned in the "Protection Racket" case which appeared in our issue of Apr. 2.
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  • 249 2 IN SPITE OT THE WAR (Tribune Staff Reporter) I AST year the British Motor industry exported 3,399 cars to British Malaya. These figures were recently issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders who also showed that the British Motor industry produced over
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  • 237 2 Mr L Newsome Davis, former private secretary to H E. the Governor, left for Tekan yesterday to take up his new appointment as District Officer. A number of people saw him off including F O A. Staveley, the newly appointed A.D.C. to His Excellency. WOMEN have
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  • 90 2 pOTARIANS at their lun- cheon yesterday ate: potage Parisienne Smoked Tingiri Anchovy Butter. Cold Buffet: Ham Sirloin of bee} Ox Tongue Chicken Salad: Potato Sambals 1 pistachio Ice Cream Coffee i They sweltered in the heat <it was more than 90 deg. in the shade i
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  • 221 2 MALARIA used to be Malaya's scourge, especially so in the hinterm land of the Federated Malay States. Now the serious wave of malaria which swept the F.M.S. some few years ago m gradually abating. Perak, rich tin mining and rubber producing State, suffered most from
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  • 134 2 H.H. the Tungku Makhota of Johore will entertain at a private luncheon party at his residence to-day in honour of H E. the Governor and Lady Thomas who go on leave on Apr. 17 to England. Guests at the luncheon will include the Tungku Ampuan
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  • 94 2 Singapore, Thursday. OCCUPANTS of houses Cecil Street rushed on to the road as a pall of swokc belching fiom a house in rJMrf vinicity darkened the sky, at about ten o'clock last night. Two engines of the Singapore Fire Brigade were soon on the scene
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  • 106 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A YOUNG Chinese engineer nas n given up the luxury of home comforts and braved wartime sea trave to work his way to China to fig* l for his country. He is Stanley Wong, a young ma» who answered the clarion call China
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  • 289 3 rribunc Staff Reporter) pATHER" to parties of tourists, globe-trotting to all parts of the Mr. Shannon White, sixtye years <>ld ruddy-complex ioned ex-showman was in Singapore yeswith a party of tourists hound inuia« rrived on the ••President Adams" ai d left this morning.
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  • 47 3 When victory comes our task, in my v will be only just beginning, and 1 he continuance of such old institutions I s fox-hunting will go a long way to- j :d building up the hopes we all have a new and better world. —Lord i tnwen.
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  • 111 3 pOLIOR are looking for two daring robbers who last night entered the residence of the Manager of Bata Shoe Co., at Barker Road, and helped themselves to clothing and $20 cash, j The resident of the house is away on i holiday, but
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  • 328 3 MR. TURNB ULL GOING TO BRITISH HONDURAS (TRIBUNE STAFF REI>0R TER) f|NE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONS IN iIIK MALAYAN CIVIL SERVICE HAS FALLEN TO MR. R. KTURNBULL, THE TRIBUNE RELIABLY UNDERSTANDS- mr TURNBULL IS SHORTLY LEAVING MALAY\ TO TAKE UP THE POSITION OF COLONIAL
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  • 63 3 Singapore. Wednesday. Fifteen Chinese, Hainanese Hokkiens and Hengwahs, were each sentenced to a fine of $1 or one day's simple imprisonment, by Mr Conrad Oldham, in the Second Police Court, when they pleaded guilty, this morning, o: playing in a common gaming house Policemen raided the
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  • 267 3 INCOME-TAX (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE RELIEF IS GA INING 1 GROUND THAT SIR SHENTON THOMAS WHEN HE IS IN LONDON ON LEAVE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF CONSULTING THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE QUESTION OF INCOME TAX. This belief has arisen from His Excellency's statement
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  • 181 3 HAPPY WORLD MURDER INQUIRY pOLICE Magistrate Conrad Oldham during a preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder against a Malay Sapper yesterday remarked that after more than a day's hearing hardly any direct evidence had been produced. The exception was the evidence of a
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  • 27 3 The Oriental Government S-curitv Life Assurance Co., Ltd.. report that new life assurance business written last year amounted to 39.965 policies asLnrinK Rs. 7,73,10,040
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  • 52 3 A crime which is inceanng 'n Singapore is that of dariitg daylight hold-ups. A smaU Chinese boy was stopped by two men in Banda Str-e* yesterday and robbed of a cold rtoc valued at $B.at) Two men were later arrested and will be charged in the police courts
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  • 34 3 MEMBERS Of the Y.W.C.A. Wayfarers Club in X L staged a provocative debate recently —'•Should women have a career after marriage?' After much enthusiastic discission the ansxcer was "SO!
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  • 139 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter 1 IN Singapore for a 'lay> bj If. 1 Chadourne, noted rrench novelist and political writer on th e Far East. M. Chadourne has rave led widely in the East and is a P ie n L, p »saged on a special
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  • 130 3 MALAYAN insurance circles and bus nessmen will be interested to know of a statement made by Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Commons in connection with overseas business cf British Insurance Companies. Mr. Pethick-Lawrence asked the Chancellor whether the Treasury Finance Regulations
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  • 381 4 (VIA WINDOWS AND DRAINPIPES) (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Thursday. V\\ as been inside some of Kuala Lumpur's best homes, vest< old a Kuala Lumpur magistrate that unemployment drove him to a life of crime. He ig an lbber Loh Seng, and
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  • 188 4 (From Our Ov* Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. VOL' can'! carry on business in the 1 F.M.S. v.,"lout being registered with the Registrar of Companies. Mr. A. Achweizer, manager of Diethelm and Co., Ltd., found this out yesterday when he was fined $20
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  • 69 4 ARRESTED, following an alleged at-terr.-pt to take out of the Colony. Chinese currency to the value of $1,500 and local currency for ten dollars, without the permission of the Financial Secretary, a Chinese named Wong Wong Lieng was produced before Mr. K. Iff. Byrne, in the fourth magistrate's
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  • 95 4 "ROBERTS WIFE" at the Vic1X toria Theatre in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund scored successfully again on Tuesday night. Another change in the cast at short notice, was necessary. BJ owing to the unavoidable absence of Mr Paul Ver* dayne on business upcountry his
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  • 89 4 Un:ltr the a" pices of the Indian Youth League a condolence meeting in hono'ir of the late Hon Mr. Yakub Hasan. Minister for Public Works. Madras Wi'l be held at 118. Race Cours Q Road. Singapore, on Sunda v at 5.33 o m Mr. S. C Goho
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  • 122 4 FOR attempting to bribe constables on special rounds at New Market Road, Tang Ah Poey, a Chinese, ivas fined $30 or in default three weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. Watson, the Third Magistrate on each of the two charges of illegal
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  • 126 4 IN spite of the war the 1940 Singapore and Malayan Directory, known better as the "Buku Merah." is as compete and informative as before, with the expeptic- that information regarding H.M.* Naval. Military, and Air Forces has necessarily had to be drastically curtailed in trie public interest.
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  • 116 4 "PERSISTENCE" must be tl die name of Yusof bin Ahmad. In search of employing le tried to get into the Singapon Harbour Board dockyard. As this i prohibited area under the l> Regulations and as Yusof coul produce a pass he was refuse mission. Yusof
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  • 35 4 A seventy-eight-year-old mind pensioner, Mr. William H. Hutchinso Coal-Wynd. Kirkcaldv. was asphy: when the unable to find the d< or loom which had caugh fire believed that the fire was cause* Hutchinson smoking in bed.
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  • 91 5 The reason why peopu 10 normally sit at the wheel oj a car often make bad front scat MSSSMfers is uptii/ illustrated by these two photographs taken from the passenger's nns% driver's seats respectively oi a stationary Wolselc). car. The pic-lire taken from the p<ssenger's seat
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  • 144 5 Singapore, Wednesday. JJAII. in tlie sum of $25.000 was fixed in the corruption case in which Son Hun Swee, a 29-year-old English-speaking Chinese, is alleged "to have corruptly offered a sum of $1,006 to Lieut. Croft, of the Royal Engineers." Mr. T. W. Ong, counsel
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  • 34 5 Reuter. London. Apr. 3. M lord an. Secretary-General of the Rumanian Ministry of Finance, has aria London a--, the heeH of *he dan trade delegation The other have been in London for some time—Reuter.
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  • 203 5 I S i pore. Thursday, CONVICTED on a charge of going armed in public, Tung Ah Lai was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. H. Mc Fall, District Judge, at the Criminal District Courl this morning. He was round
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  • 230 5 HITLER, STALIN WILL FALL \r\V YORK. fHE RANee OF SARAWAK, RELEASED PIECE OF MOMENTOIs NEWS IN NEW VOHK THE OTHER HAY. THE WAR I\ EUftOPE. SHE ANNOUNCED, is OVER The white Queen i 500,000 Sarawak subjects proclaimed the end of hostilities from *i
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  • 78 5 Singapore. Thursday. ALLEGED to have been living on the earnings of a pros! it me for almost two years. Hassamal Naraindas claimed trial before Mr H. Watson, the Third Magistrate, when he was charged under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance Accused applied
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  • 113 5 Singapore Thursday. SENTENCE Oi two months 1 rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. H. Watson, the Third Magistrate, on Pan Ah Chan voun Chinese who had been caught while attempting to snatch I gold necklace worn by Mrs. S J Schooling. When accused wascharged at a
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  • 85 5 ''i To-day. m MINOP < red *asi A night r< m mail train from Kuala Lun M ft a ,vin fi in Ipoh just over two hoursJate Wnile tnft mail was stei »iS? rail nation after passim f; the front wheels of the ofl the track
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  • 62 5 Apr 3 Tho Ministrj c '".'J Airuirs has issued a th *t the wreck of the wnwgd. H U g 0 stinnes ihe Gorman ]V f f un I4ar. 24, is tyinc iMt njjf i C n e Danish h Coastthat, h within ~a
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  • 61 7 Reuter. Brussels, Apr. 3. Belgium, like various other wuntmvv has called home som; of her prtnc pal j envoys in order to take stock of the int. '^The foreign Minister, M. Spaak, is presiding on Friday at a meetmg^c. be attended by the Ambassadors t o
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  • 54 7 Reuter. Washington. Apr. 3. 1 TREATY ol Conciliation between th 0 Aunit°d States and South Africa, signed to-day. provides that any disputea rising between the two parties shall be retcrr?d to a permanent Conciliation Committee consisting of five two of whom will represent the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 86 7 CAPITOL: "At The Circus" —315, 6.15 and 5.15 p.m. ALHAMBRA: "In Name Only"—3.15, «.15 and 9 15 p m. CATHAY: "Gulliver's Travels" —3.15, 6.1o and 9.15 p m. ROXY: "Tar/an Finds A Son —6.15 and S.15 p.m. .MARLBOROUGH: "Punjab Mad —0.1» and 9 15 p.m TIIEATRL ROYAL: "Jothi Ramalinsa Swamigal"—6
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  • 639 8 IN our first brief comment yesterI i a y on the new war taxation in Malaya we stated that while most of the imwsts were non-oppres-sive we could not agree with the Financial Secretary that they would "impose no hardship and no sacrifice." That 'eservation was made in
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  • 338 8 British Wireless. London, Apr. 3. fHE meeting to-day of the British and French Ministers of Education in Paris is taken here as an excellent omen of fruitful co-operation in laying down the lines of permanent work for closer relations in peace-time as well as
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  • 51 8 Reuter. Milwaukee. Apr. 3. President Roosevelt himself has not ettered a word regarding his intentions In the Presidential election, but when his supporters in Wisconsin entered his name for the Primary he raised no objection. The Wisconsin primary election Ls the first in which Roosevelt's name has been
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  • 113 8 British Wireless. London, Apr. 3. OPECIAL arrangements have been made for postponement of the calling up of farm workers holding a position when the next registration is made on Saturday under the National Service Act. The Ministry of Agriculture announce that the period is limited to six
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  • 84 8 Reuter. Paris, Apr. 3. MR. Chamberlain's speech has given a final blow to any illusions Hitler might have had on the possibilities of concluding peace without being defeated, says Petit Parisien. The entire press has received with great satisfaction Mr. Chamberlain's announcement that the economic
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  • 29 8 Reuter. Istanbul. Apr. 3. The British Ambassador. Sir Hush Knatchbull-Hugessen. had an interview with the Turkish President last nisiht at which M. Sarajoglu was present.— Reuter.
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    179 8 j DREMIER Chamberlain, in response to insistent public demand new and younger blood in Cabinet, picks up the cards, shuffles them quickly and produces something which may be expressed in following terms: "You take my job and I'll take yours." It is now admitted officially thai Lord Chatfield
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  • 116 8 the taxation question is still under discussion—though much of it has been already settled for us—it is interesting to note that at this stage in the last war the cost per day to Britain was about £3,000,000, as against over $6,000,000 a day now. Reasons for this are
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  • 101 8 rpO that description, "still lightly A taxed," I must now make one exception. You might expect me to be the first to welcome the drastic I increase in estate duties, since I'm j against taxing of the poor. But I don't welcome it, since it is a
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  • 132 8 yyE have got to go step by step in these matters. Any such sudden change, even for war purposes, is likely to cause dislocation and loss of work, and thus directly hit the poor man. This scale of death duties strike right across the age-old family customs and
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  • 138 9 END THE DEATH PENALTY Continuing THE RIGHTS OF MAN Debate u r Wells as chairman, TO-DAY the free debate continues. H. b. stands aside meantime to give everyone who believes in, or challenges, the Declaration of lights an opportunity to take 5> arl Ten
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  • 152 9 Author And War Correspondent FOR my own part, I should like to see only two dennite alterations in the main Declaration: (I) lmmediatelu after the Heading "Rights of Man" I should I ke inserted the three lines of Clause 3—"Bp the word Man is intended every living
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  • 193 9 The Philosopher TO prepare a Declaration of Rights is to prepare for the French Revolution. In spite of my .xaturai sympathies, my judgment warns me that this is futile. We have to live in the twentieth century- *1, A Declaration of Rights .'units the field of collective
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  • 371 9 Secretary, Mental Hospital Institutional Workers' Union THE discussion originated by Mr. Wells I ic of vital interest as a restatement of fundamental human rights which are everywhere in peril. Where there ar,? doubts or reservations on points cf principle or with respect to particular provisions, wide popular discussion
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  • 63 9 Reuter. London, Apr. 3. In the House of Commons to-day asked what obligations the British Government now had to maintain the territorial integrity and political independence of Finland against aggression, Mr. R. A. Butler said His Majesty's Government had not assumed any commitment towards Finland other
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  • 797 9 Reuter. DRITISH policy in the Far East has undergone no change and there is no question of the Government changing its view of v. hat it continues to regard as the legitimate Government of China or of its desire to see a
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  • 526 10 DIVISION I GAME PLAYED IN RAIN S.C.C. 2. the lx,yata MM* the five 1 p»| a to two in a divisi,,,, I league soccer match phV* the Stadium yesterday. A sodden ground caused by an early drizzle which later developed into a heavy downpour,
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  • 163 10 THE following ere weights and handi- caps for four races in the second day of the Singapore Summer meetings: HOKSES, Class 3, Div. 1. 5i 2 furs. Solar Time 9 .0 Old Cow 8.13 Alba 8.12 Perak date Cat's Crad'ei 8.11 Hazy Strings 8.11 Santa
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  • 276 10 Singapore, Wednesday. ALTHOUGH rain fell during the dosing stages of the cricket match between the Malaya Signal Company andiForl Canning at Tanglin ground, it did not by any means dampen the spirits of the players and spectators. Fort Canning team lost by the narrow margin
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  • 200 10 4 FTER fifteen minutes play in a Divi**sion 2B league fixture yesterday at thrJ.C.S.A. ground between the Customs' '•ports Club and the Junior Civil Ser- ice Association, Corporal Birtwistle was forced to call the game off, due to a heavy shower. Tho Customs up to
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  • 30 10 TO-DAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. S-C.F. V vs. Manchesters, Stadium; Reserve Div., RE. vs Royal Navy. Changi. TENNIS: S C O S R.C. and S C R C. tournam» nts.
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  • 131 10 Reuter. London, Apr. 3. The French-bred Quartier Maitre, fit from hurdling, which started a 7 to 2 favourite, won the Lincolnshire Handicap, the first big flat face of the season, to-day. Ridden by Gordon Richairis. who won his first Lincolnshire at the thirteenth successive attempt. Quartier
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  • 48 10 Malayan race- :oers will be. interested to know that a ranmng commentary of the Grand National, which will oe run at Aimree. will be relayed from London through the British Malaya Broadcasting Coiporation on Friday. Apr. 5. commencing at 9.20 p.m. to 9.50 p.m.
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  • 144 10 THE tennis ties in both the B C.C ai S.R.C. Spring Lawn tennis torn;, ments were washed out yesterday as result of the heavy rain. The following are the ties to be played oft in the S.R.C. Spring Lawn Tennis Tournament TO-DAY Championship Singles: R. Thoy
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  • 69 10 (From Our Own Correspondent" THE following have been chosen to play against Selangor at Malacca on Saturday and Sunday. April 13 and 14:C A. de Vries I captain). Dunbar. I. W Hornby, Lee Kirn Tee, N. B. Chandrapale, Tarn Kong Y?n. J. Sequerah. R. P. Leon.
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  • 688 11  -  CRACK RUNNERS IN FINE TRIM (BY "TURFITE" ilK liiiit! last gallops in preparation lor the opening day ol* the Singapore Turf Club Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting were :ched by a good crowd of enthusiasts at Bukit Timah racecourse h:s morn in?*. track was
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  • 71 11 Reuter. The following are results of football matches played yesterday: SOUTH A. Souihuul 0. Arsenal 5 SOUTH D Bournemouth 1. Queens Park Rangess 0 WESTERN Evcrton 7. Stockport 0 SCOTTISH WESTERN Albion 2. St. Mirren 1 Hamilton 5. CVHic 0 Morten 4. Ayr l EASTERN Arbroath 5.
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  • 68 11 Reuter. London, Apr. 3. THE call over for to-morrow's tirand National is a& follows: 7 2 Kilstar. 10 1 The Professor. 12 1 Maemcfßu Royandanieli. 100 8 Miland Toff. 100 7 Svmacthio, offered 100 G. 12 1 Sterhr.g Duke, taken and offered. ICO 6 Rockquilla. 2C
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  • 46 11 The Singapore Turf Club announces a clerical error in the nanu of the bottom weight hoise in Class i*o, Div. Two in the Ust of handicaps for the first day of the S.T.C. meeting. The name should be "Snowy Owl" and not -Sunny Owl."
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  • 189 11 T KE following arc handicaps for four 1 races on the third day of the Governor's Cup meeting: Horses, Class 3, Div. I—l furs Golden Blaze r" Wicklow Bay JJ Bowiain rj Echo r Kami I* Brawny Lad Strathpeffei J JJuly the Seventh J J Bacriftcc
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  • 135 11 THRILLING game is anticipated at Fairer Park on Sunday, Apr. 7, when the local Chung Wha Football Association will meet the Customs team of Johore Bahru in a soccer match. The visitors, who are one of the best sides in Johore, will have in their
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  • 399 11 i\R H. L. H. Lim won the Island Club's D Stapleford Competition with l score of 35 3 4 in the A Division and M Kivooka tied with K. Sakaguchi with a -core of 39, in the B Division. These will play off the tie
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    • 185 11 I Vigour Restored, Glands Made Young In 24 Hours no longer necessary to Buffer iron oi vigour and manhood, weak memory nervousness, impure blood, sick- pression, and poor sleep, because American Doctor has discovered a •ifk, easy way to end these troubles. discovery Is in pleasant, easy-to-tal.l.t form, is absolutely
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    • 417 11 IBARAT SA'PUCHOK RECORD MENDJADI C^P^4 A SATI) RECORD POKOK SALE 2 "BErchhi'a* kaseh'' sung ifv .U' ss tu»ii J^mßo^S^ «P Hk\*> Ol "MENDJOEAL KATJANG" SUNG Hv S!> r!,A 0"3 "OENANG OENANG» MV. BY V,n,V,', g. KATJANG" was recorded by many ailists bul AHMAn m became an enormous success aa^Zg.*g.i™^P J
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  • 228 12 British Wireless. London, Apr. 3. THE effort to bring the use of British industrial manpower capacity to the jnaximum wartime usefulness is carried a stage further by the decision of the Ministry of Supply to carry oul a labour census. The Times says:
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  • 113 12 British Wireless. ,n .pmm,t Lun don. Apr. 3 T n e German to Gerj I many from the Deutschland *n£lr radi March 13. tee «c ;n of the British 2?« §252. an thro.-- omental reference in the I staten archil has concealed this ,0
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  • 42 12 Reuter. Tokyo, Apr. 3. T lll !0 -V hv <ontrast between and British attitudes toward regime, bcrau.se "the British G nt keeps silent and remaking any official observaper does not expect a suddei I of British policy.-Rev-
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  • 85 12 Chinese Central News. Chungking, April 3 tarv n Soil; the United States Seen..L of Stal on March 31 Minister added. h (n 1 11 ~n, ne mUltartets real** The tSSuH^ in the Fa fL J has taken P l^''1 of it c C6 c
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  • 20 12 Ndola (North Rhodesia) Apr. 3. mSSa n jgr kim d ni p injuiea and twenty wounded whpn ■BBThmBT' f district,
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    • 294 12 >) (^Radioh 15' clear <U«tlnct re- 4 I*" production for which 5 Anentu- U, ""»P»»«« i SATISFACTION GUARANTEED WHEN YOU ENTRUST ALL YOUIt CUICS AND WATCH REPAIRS TO YICK WOH HING 429, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. (Near Middle Road.) PHONE NO. 7922. tractors for the Repair c 'locks and Watches to
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    • 147 12 GOLD TEA Alter your tour of the shops, the fatigue of shopping is quickly dispelled I by a delightful cup of -GOLD LEAF" Tea. Take no other—refuse substitutes. OLB SCOTCH WHISKY Sol*» DistributorsHINOAPORE TRADERH "Olube ilou-..----t'-JA Tknidng P;igui- Rd T.l. 7tt)3 LIES AWAKE NIGHTS Worries over husband's failing strength Husband
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    • 746 12 PuMcc BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CH IN THE HIGH COURT OF THI STRAITS SETTLEMENT Settlement of Malacca. lii Bankruptcy. No 4 ol Re Estate of CHAN GEOK deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN First and Final dividend is int< be declared in this matter. All creditors must thei by the 23rd day of
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    • 675 12 Wl RADIO jj^ SINGAPORE NEW YORK WGEA 21,500 kes (13.95 metres). ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mn). From 8 20 p.m. to 11.20 p.m. (local time). 2HP 30.96 metres (9.69 mc|s). WCF.A 9,550 ke s (31.41 metres) p m Profit I.M a.m. tc 9.35 a.m. (local time). 1.15 Miscellaneous Gramophone Records.
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    • 2618 13 \0^^ Clerk post rilled, applicants LGC. O-DJ Da Lady Typist, knowledge of experience in telephone A preferable. Apply Mana^r, p 10, Battery Road, Singapore. (42-D). lIOR CAMBRIDGE CLASSi rieneed coaching, holidays rol immediately. Soong ration. 166-D, Upper Serans.:."apore. (40-D> y D: >r local Restaurant, young lady as Office Assistant. 1
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    • 610 13 Pu6£cc v^v mm Attractive Auction Sale Of well-made-to-order fascinating In desiga high-grade polished teak modern Dutch Household Furniture of every description, modern chrome-plated fancy electric hanging lamps, etc., etc. (The property of Mr. A. Liesker, Chief Engineer, A.P.C.) To be held at No. 1, Institution Hill Mansions. (River Valley Road).
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  • 549 14 Council Of Action To Be Constituted Ramgarh. fHE main resolution adopted by the Anti-Compromise Conference requests Sj. Subhas Chandra Bose, the president of the conference, and Swami Sahajanand, the president of the reception committee, to bring- into existence an all-India council of action with a
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  • 125 14 NEW DELHI. VANDIT Hirdaynath Kunzru was informed by Mr. Dow in the Council of State that orders jrom various Governments amounting to over fourteen crores had been received by the Supply Department. Of these about ten crores and eleven lakhs were for sand-bags and
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  • 143 14 Ratnagiri. Mar. 28 rHE mere absence of British rule would not mean political, economic and social freedom for India, declared Dr. BR. Ambedkar. speaking at the Depress ?d Classes 'Independence Day" celebration at Mahad. Dr. Ambedkar added that it was entirely wrong to concentrate all
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  • 20 14 Mr. P. R. Farameswara Panickar, Registrar, Tra\ancor e University, presiding, the anniversary of the St. Berchmans' College Unicn was celebrated.
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  • 287 14 Tirupati, Mar. 28. pANDIT Madan Mohan Malaviya in his presidential address at the tenth All-India Oriental Conference held at Tirupati, put in a vigorous plea for making India the centre of Indological research. The fascinating study of the spread of Indian culture to Central
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  • 283 14 New Delhi, a are Hmdua and whenever Hinduism is threatened, neither 1 nor m.v brother Princes can remain without defending it to the mst declared the Jam Saheb at a reception given to him by the hh H that Rajputs had always put their
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  • 115 14 New Delhi, Mar. 20. WHILE it is likely that another confer- ence of Dominion Ministers will be held in London in the course of next •summer, no decision seems to have been taken as regards the representative of the Government of India. On the last occasion,
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  • 56 14 New Delhi. AFTER long and protracted aegotiatZ tlons col Promise has been reached and the Rightists in the Delhi Provincial Congress Committee This announcement is contained in a statement issued by the members of the supervisory committee appointed by the matfe r r.' SS pre
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    • 387 14 Never Neglect I COUGHS .fajt Colds catch bad coughs, colds or \f J\ i influenza quicker and far more /I easily 'han you may realise; and f v JjĔ,yJ |1 if such complaints are left unchecked lljl bronchitis or pneumonia develop ill just as quickly. So be sure to keep
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    • 10 14 —-—1 INDIA PAGE EDITED BY j IV. E. JACOB B.A.
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    • 368 14 ROYAL DUTCH AIR LINES the smooth silent air lin* Regular Twice Weekly Ben Singapore and Penang to F Naples, thence to rest of Burotoe i Excellent connections. Ask for "All Inclusive" Fare.. sleepine-car. dining-car and h vations. WITHIN A WEEK TO LOMDQ Full information from: K.LM. K.N.I.LM. oHic, 3-1 Collyer
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  • 541 15 flags' «»00.000 Profiles Likely To Respond: MJt ;hoiiiS Hanks In Demand (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Thursday, few inquiries for dollar tins yesterday but generally wis very dull. Hong Fattg were done at $1.03, ither business worthy of note was done in Kundangs. Is received this morning were
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  • 283 15 LONDON RUBBER London. Apr. 3. Dull ***** 11% rj May ***** 113 16 y Forward June ***** 11 3 16 3::. Forward 1 11 H 1 LONDON TIN London. Wednesday. Price) £249 2 Buyers £249 3 4 Sellers .Price I £247 Buyers £247 1 2 Sellers .ONDON
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  • 198 15 Singapore, Apr. 4. Th* following arc the exchange stock this morning according to the daily Srcularissued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING rp m 2 4 1 HI uondon T.T. 24 1 16 London demand 'i* 2Q60 Lyons demand 9nRl/ Switzerland demand Uo _4 Hamburg demand New
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  • 828 15 FRASER CO.'S SHARE REPORT Singapore. April 3. a mi', 513 Ampat Tin 63 Austral Amal 22 -xd Ayer Hitam 70 Ayer Went 37 Austral Malay 22 Bangnn |.4| Batu Selangor 1113 Berjuntal 2 3 9 Burma Malay 16'6cd Chenderiang 0 j 7 Chin Chin isl) j 05 Hong Fatt u
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  • 26 15 P.;,.* s, »Wore. Thursday Prices or tin and rubber in Singapore at noon today were:— RUBBER Buyers: 35~ Sellers- 36' TIN $122. up si
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    • 147 15 I 19-25, CECIL STREET, SING APORE. I Telephone, Manager's Office 4512 I Exchange Dept. 4513 I m General Office 4514 Cable Address:—"PROVINBANK." Head Office, SIUCHOW. PAIO-UP CAPITAL (Cb) RESERVE FUNOS 9 13,«00,(*» TOTAL ASSETS (approx.) fIOB.9H.Mt Board of Directors: T L. SOONO TSENG YANG FU Y. C. KOO CHAN YIU
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    • 164 15 UNITED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated In S.S.) No. 2 Chulia Street. (BONHAM BUILDING) Singapore. Authorised Capital $4,000,000.00 d aid S Up nbed Gen Si Reserve y »00.000.00 Telegraphic Address. "TYFHLABANS" Telephone Nos,- H*3*»H BOARD OF DIR *>J ORS ir" Wee Kheng Ciuvg,^^ Khoo Beng Cheaiig. Jj» Deputy Chairman. Chlonh Ke
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    • 298 15 STEAMER BAILINGS. P&CX BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P O. S.N. Co., The Agent, Collyer Quay, Tel. 5961. BIS.N. Co., BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., D Tel. 5497. 8.1.5.N.C0. (APCAR LINE) For HONGKONG. SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE, OSAKA. For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. Regular Sailings; Special Holiday Return Tickets
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    • 192 15 P.OBRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England) P. 0. S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS. The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S. N. Company to their usual ports of call except ports in Japan. Passengers are requested to register their requirements, but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.
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  • 322 16 CITIES PREPARING FOR ALLIED AIR OFFENSIVE What German Civilians Believe Reuter. 4 MUSHROOM Amsterdam, Apr. I. ver Germ °f hospitals has sprung up lately all rumours I,art cularl y alon S the Rhine, giving rise to Vantic and c Cml P°P ulation
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  • 180 16 Reuter. Shanghai, Apr. 4. JAPAN'S bid to gain control of the I International Settlement is to Ibe vigorously fought by the British and American communities. The British and American election committees to-day decided +o rally voters round a platform asking for the maintenance of
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  • 212 16 Reuter. yopti 7 ii London, Apr. 4. LPRD Zetland, Secretary of State for India broadcasting on India's war ■effort said that apart from the contingent in France India had sent two forces overseas, viz to Malaya and to Egypt, and had also provided troops
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  • 20 16 Reuter. Stockholm. Apr. 4 M. Litvinov is very seriously ill according to a Moscow report —Reuter
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  • 38 16 Reuter. It has been officially announced frcm Buckingham Palace that the King has approved the appoui of Earl Athlone as Governor General of Canada in succession o> i m Tweedsmuir whese death ot recently.—Reuter
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  • 104 16 Reuter. London. Apr 1 AN admiralty communique sad last night states: "Knotty aircraft attacked a convoy this afltffnoon and dropped 15 In m cut hitting any ship or doing an* damage. The aircraft were driven off by the fire of escorting warships. "One Heinkel attacked another convoy
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  • 29 16 Reuter. Paris, Apr. 4 Fritz Thyssen, lel'ugee from Nazi G many, arrived here. He is shortly L'oln, to Lisbon frcm whence he South America. Reuier.
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