Malaya Tribune, 12 October 1940

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    26 1 The Malaya Tribune NET SALES EXCEED 16,000 DAILY VOL. XXVII- No. 245. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1940 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Saturday, October 12. 1940.
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    ANGLO-RUMANIAN RELATIONS REACH CRITICAL STAGE
    557 1 All Britons Advised To Leave Immediately Reuter. Bucharest, Oct. 12. THE British Legation has advised all Britons ivho wish to do so to leave Rumania immediately. Sir Reginald Hoare (British Minister) has made it clear to Gen. intone&cu that the relations between Britain and Rumania
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    U. S. & THAI
    89 1 U. S. THAI Reuter. J W*shiaft«a, Oct. Ml ordi.ll Hull told a pres< futtnnts yesterday that Mr. Hush Grant Amer.cm 1 Minister in Bangkok, cnw«--j r-d with Thailand othti.ils on i Thnrstay, ami it was to be j nrpnfnni that he reminded then that the maintenance of i the sta'ns
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    R.A.F. Raids Cause Great Havoc In Reich
    111 1 Reuter. London. Oct. 12. 4 NUMBER German towns are! P" menti Cologne correspondent of the German news jftgency in a report to Berlin on tlie results of bombing attacks by Iht R A.F. In Germany on Thursday night. References are all to "'residential
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    BOMB KILLS MISS LYDIA HILL
    58 1 STOP PRESS (Frcm H. L. Hopkin) London, To-day. MISS Lydia Hill, friend of the Sultan of Johore, was killed yesterday when a bomb destroyed a shop in a south-east town. She was aged 27. The remains were found She was formerly an actress, and was
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    NEW POWERS FOR ROOSEVELT
    62 1 Reuter. Washington, Oct. 12. THE U.S. Government now has power to take over war materials and supplies meant for any foreign power but not yet delivered. A message conferring the power was signed by President Roosevelt yesterday. He can now take over 100 warolanes intended for
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    DECCAN HURRICANE FUND
    16 1 Reuter. Hyderabad (Deccan), Oct. 12.— The Hyderabad Hurricane FMnd now amounts to $118.000.—Reuter
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    STRUGGLE INEVITABLE, SAYS AZAD
    233 1 Reuter. Wardha, Oct. 12. 'THE Working Committee of 1 the Indian National Congress is now engaged on the question as to what form and shape the struggle, which is inevitable, should take," declared Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. President of the Congress, when the Working Committee adjourned
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    Franco-Belgian Collaboration In African Colonies
    174 1 London. Oct. 12. A COMMUNIQUE issued by tilt: headquarters of Free French forces describing the official visit naid by General de Larminat. Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa, to M. Ryckmans. Governor-General of the Belfrian Congo, savs that before leaving Leopoldville on Oct. 10, de f-arminat
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    British Naval Stranglehold Tells On Italians In Eritrea
    322 1 Reuter. Aden, Oct. 12. TX consequence of the British naval stranglehold, the Italian* in Eritrea are hard-pressed for food, according to an informant who recently arrived from Massawa. In an interview with Reuter, he said that food, obtainable only in small quantities,
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    N.E.I. Impresses Washington
    251 1 Reuter. Washington, Oct. 12. ADMINISTRATION circles have been greatly impressed by reports from several tources on the conditions in the Dutch East Indies, both from the point of view of their ability to resist attack, and the general spirit of the people. President Roosevelt, on Thursday, had
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    25 1 Reuter. Washington. Oct. 13. THE United States Marine Commission has sold nineteen laidup American merchantmen to British interests for £928,000. it was revealed here yesterday.—Reuter.
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    NAZIS TALKING OF POSSIBLE DEFEAT
    542 1 Victory Hopes Reach Vanishing Point Reuter. London, Oct. 12. 'J'HERE have been several indications in the German Press lately that hopes of an early and complete victory have practically reached vanishing point, and the German public are being warned of further and prolonged sacrifices, writes
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      120 1 WAR and INSURANCE "DO NOT WITHDRAW your deposits or make haste to turn your paper into cash. If you are oautious you will run no risks. Your metal buried under ground or in your treasure chests need not be considered safer than banks or in paper if anarchy overtakes us.
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    CHINESE WANT BETTER TERMS FOR NEW S. S. LEGAL SERVICE
    208 2 S. C. B. A. Considering Representations To Govt. (Tribune Staff Reporter) PROPOSALS to Government for a higher maximum salary for the Straits Settlements Legal Service a scheme introduced quite recently, are to be made by the Straits Chinese British Association.
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    Indian Troops Entertain
    164 2 Singapore. Saturday. HIS Excellency Lieut.-General L. V. Bond and Mrs. Bond were imong the thousand guests who attended the conclusion of the festivities in commemoration of the Dushera festival by an anti-air-ciaft Regiment of th-: Hone KongSingapore Artillery "somewhere hi Singapore"' last night. The celebrations had commenced
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    TO-DAY'S DOUBLE WEDDING
    277 2 Singapore. Saturday. IWO sisters, the daughter* ol Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Danker of j Johore Bahru. were married this morning at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Johore Bahru. Josephine Esther marrying Mr flush Roland Martin (son of the late Mr. John Francis Martin and Mrs.
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    MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE TO BE AMENDED
    111 2 Singapore, Friday. A BILL to amend the Municipal Ordinance will be moved at Monday's meeting of the Legislative Council, which will effect a number of further amendments necessary to facilitate administration of the ordinance. The purpose of this amendment is to authorise the Commissioners to
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    Enlistment Rules Governing Men On Leave In Britain
    433 2 Singapore, Friday. AN important communique issued to-day defines the conditions governing the enlistment of men from the Colonies (while on leave in Britain) for service in the armed forces in Britain. Under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act. K)39. men belonging to
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    78 2 Singapore. Friday.—Havlai Ram Chawla. 40-year-old Indian, appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham, the Second Magistrate, to-day, on v charge of using criminal force to two detectives in the execution of their duty. The detectives, Gulab Shah and Lim Tv Lai, were alleged to hay? been assaulted by Chaw'a, in a motor
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    LEPERS GIVE THEIR MITE TO WAR FUND
    154 2 PATIENTS in the Sungei Buloh Leper StUlement 4 *ar e grateful for the amenities and treatment they receive under British protection, and they know quite well the kind of treatment a leper would get under the Nazi heel; but a British victory is
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    Robbed Their Hosts, Bound Over
    236 2 Singapore, Friday. •TELL them they are getting off veiv lightly," said Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the second court today, binding over Ahmad bin Seian' and his wife. Kamsia binti Salleh in persona] bonds of $50 each for a period of twelve months, lor theft of
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    What Child's Cry Led To
    89 2 Sthgapon A CHILD cried. U to obtain a dollar fron husband in order to j rrom crying and b< band refused to money, the woma; tion of caustic This story was I 41-year old Chine Mr. J G Rappopoi Police Court when sh ed with
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    TO PRESERVE PROTECTION FOR TRACTION COMPANY
    81 3 Singapore, Friday. to amend the SingaA Ordinance will Legislative CounM< uday by the act-ey-General. (;i;M11( effects necessary m the principal or- Road Train* Bill, Legislative Council. ne the extent to provisions of that bill IM rfv ~t the Municipal the Station Company, its uml
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    GAME STALL-HOLDERS PREPARING PETITION
    276 3 F. M. S. R ULING BEING SOUGHT FOR COLONY (Tribune Staff Reporter) IIECOMMENDATIONB to allow stall-holders in Singapore's amusement narks to carry on certain types of games under pecial licences issued by the authorities may be made to the Government by the management of the parks,
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    HEALTH IN EAST
    78 3 Singapore. Friday. V DECREASE in the incidence of cholera in Macao and Hongkong, and fresh cases from Cecanada II and Vizagapatam <T are reported in the League of Nations Eastern Bureau health bulletin 'his week. All eastern ports continued Lc be tree from ho.'nan plague for the
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    23 3 MR. D. H. HODGSON, Conservator of Forests. Malayan Forest Service has been gazetted Deputy Director of Forests. S.S. and Deputy Adviser. Malay States.
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    TRICK ONE THOUSAND YEARS OLD
    111 3 (Fium Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. PEOPLE have been getting money like that for over a thousand years, and it is t M working," remarket! Mr. X L. If owe. First Magistrate, tvhtn the Q>mM 00»** In•peetor outlined the facts ul a case in
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    K.L. FAREWELL TO BISHOP
    118 3 (Prom Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Friday. AS YOU have very rightly diagnosed. Mrs. Roberts and 1 have a pec uliar affection lor this parish in which we began our church life as well as our domestic life, and in spite of the regrets we feel
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    TAX ON TRACTION ENGINES
    172 3 Singapore, Friday. A BILL to amend the Petroleum Revenue Ordinance will be moved at the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday. It is proposed to impose a special tax on traction engines and motor cars which are equipped with engines using neavy oil or diesel
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF RAJAH'S GLASSES
    80 3 Singapore, Friday. THIS must be the Rajah of Sarawak's spectacles." remarked Mr J.G Rappoport, the Third Magistrate, when Kang Eng Urn, 23 was charged before him with stealing a pair of spectacles from the premises of Ellison Ezekie!, Opticians of Capitol Building on the noon
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    18 3 Dr J. M. A. Lawson, Malayan Medical Seivice. has been appointed to act as Principal Medical Officer, Johore.
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    SLIM your way to HEALTH
    379 3 "Keep Fit" Campaign YOU can learn to "stand tall" and can even grow taller if you will practise these bending exercises every d iy. Do them to waltz music. For the first, stand with arms at shoulder level and feet parallel as shown above. Swing
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    Snowy Owl, Mediation "Certains" To-Day
    1030 4 QNOWY OWL AND MEDIATION ARE MY BEST BETS FOR SATURDAY, LAST DA V OF THE SELANGOR TIJRF CLUB'S AUTUMN RACE MEETING. On the opening day of the meet in?, Mediation did not accept because the going was all wrong for him, but Orchard's candidate should
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    From The Course
    33 4 OCR K.L. correspondent telegraphs that rain in the early hours of the morning has rendered the going slightly yielding. Best bets from the course are Eelgrass. Kentucky, and Santa Anita.
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    COLTS BEAT CHINESE
    215 4 DOTH sides playing- many reserves, the hockey match between the S.R.C. and the Colts on the former's ground yesterday evening, did not rise to a high standard. The Colts won by two goals to one, and were deserving winners though the Chinese were a little urnortuna'c in
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    SERVICES "BIG" RUGBY TO-DAY
    162 4 rpHERE should be some fine A rugby on the S.C.C. padang to-day when the first of the services "big" matches is played between the R.A.F. Command team and the Army Crusaders. These series of matches aroused plenty of interest last year. They are being continued this
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    JOHN LIM AND G.K. TIAN FOR S.C.R.C. FINAL
    292 4 '.fHREE more ties in the S.C.R.C. open invitation tournament were played off yesterday at Hong Lim Green, one tie remaining unfinished at the end of play owing to the failing light. In the semi-finals of the men's doubles handicap. John Lim and
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    Good Goal-Keeping Saves S.C.C. From Defeat
    272 4 S.C.C. II .2; P.W.D... 2 fOOD goalkeeping by Dr. Molesworth saved the S.C.C. II from defeat when the Club met the P.W.D. in a hockey match on the S.C.C. padang yesterday. The match ended in a two-all draw. A shade the faster team, the
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    Y.M.C.A. WIN STONOR SHIELD AT K. LUMPUR
    146 4 Kuala Lumpur, Oct. U. DV defeating the S.C.R.C. by ten m wickets this evening, the V.M.C.A. won the Stonor shield for the fourth year in succession. The V.M.C.A. were in a redoubtable position last Saturday and their victory was a foregone conclusion. When
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    SPARE-TIME THAINING
    58 4 I.C.S. spare-time training j s M a gamble. It does not make?! student rich overnight. But i t h, enabled thousands of amhitii! persons to fit themselves for bej positions and larger salaries If you feel that such a InkU would be helpful, let uv direct 2 to
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    BLANCO GETS HIS FIRST WIN IN S'PORE
    306 5 ,,l-1 j.AK Luis (Yea) Blanco, P Kilipino-Chineae welter, r*-loi-ed his first victory since t i n Singapore when he i .-suvelv outpointed the M*>xi- eight champion «f Ventura Marques at VVorM Arena last guc exhibition of md boxing, during 5 never In any
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    Naval Base Indian Sports Club
    58 5 Selected to represent the Naval Hasp Indian Sports Club against the R.A.F. (Se)etai» II division, in a friendly football match to played at the Naval Ba«e canteen ground on Sunday at 5.15 p.m. pre: Kuttv. Scmu. P. Gopal. K. Singh, K. Anandan. Victor. Raghavan Pillai.
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    St. Joseph's Beats C.S.C
    22 5 St Joseph's Institution beat the Ceylon Sports Club by 3—l In a friendly hockey match aBalestier Plain yesterday.
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    Gunners Hold S.C.C. To A 3-Po hits Draw
    346 5 S.C.C. 3 pts. H. Regt. 3 pts. AFTER having most of the play in their favour, the 9th Heavy Regiment drew with the S.C.C. at rugby on the Padang yesterday. The Gunners scored a try and the S.C.C. eciualised with a penalty
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    VICTORIA SCHOOL SWIM CARNIVAL
    111 5 THE fifth annual swimming car- nival of the Victoria School I was held last evening at the YM C A Pool, Fort Canning, in I the presence of a good gathering 1 including Uxe Acting Director of Education, the Hon. Mr. H. R. Cheeseman. were 11
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    RECS LEAD BUT RAFFLES COLLEGE WINS
    220 5 A LATE goal gave Raffles College victory over the S.R.C. at hockey by 2-1 on the Padang yesterday. The teams were evenly matched, with" defences on top despite the fact that both seis of torwards showed a lot of dash in their play. A
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    Civilian Entertains Airmen
    210 5 Singapore, Saturday. AIRMEN from the R.A.F. station, Kallang, were guests of Miss M. Foston of 77. Wilkinson Road at a delightful party last night. They w«>rc entertained with dancing, games, music, ana an exhibition of magic given by Cpl. Whiting of the Magic Circle. The men enjoyed
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    Raffles—Rafs Hockey
    76 5 AN "A" eleven from the R.A.F A (Malaya) will meet the Raffles college Union in a hockey ma tcii at Bukit Timah on Monday The following will represent the p..a.F. (Ma'aya): L. A. C. Clilyard < Seletar); Spl. Needham .Tengah», Cpl. Nash < Tengah >; Cp Barnes' (Tengah).
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    S.C.C. Rugby
    61 5 S.C.C Rugby following will represent the The snowing wui g P Andrcw s OB A. on St. Andrew's ground j to-day: G B i Q w g Waites g John son. T Buddie; Burgess. J. B Potter; R. K. Maxey, T. Turner. C P Jennings, R. E. J. Sheen, U.
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    Opinion Shelve It
    205 6 rOLLOWING hard on the heels of Mr. Ward-Jack son's offensive against the proposal to introduce income tax in Malaya have come expressions of opposition from the Selangor Chinese, the Selangor Chettiar community and the Penang i Chinese Chamber of Commerce. That is only the beginning and, within
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    Vision Of Chaos
    195 6 JNCOME tax is going to be costly to collect. Those who ar-r.ie otherwise can have but the vaguest conception of w r hat collection involves. The application of income tax requires expert knowledge and any attempt to proceed without it would lead to chaos and the waste
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    New Tory Chief
    188 6 fl|R. Winston Churchill has accepted the leadership of the Conservative Party following the resignation of Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who is expected to receive an earldom in recognition of his past services to the State. He has often been accused of inconsistency in his political outlook. Being brought
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    WOMEN UNDER NAZISM
    476 6 WHAT is the place of women under Nazism? This question was discussed in a recent short wave broadcast by Irene Greenwood. The history of women under Nazism was, she said, one of the most tragic tales of modern times. It was a story of sharp, sudden retrogression
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    15 Men Took Him To Gaol
    267 6 TpWENTY-TWO stone Da Zevs, the all-in wrestler, who described himself as the "strongest man in the world," wants to join the British Army. He says his weight ought to make all the difference, and he would like to wrestle with Hitler personally. When I
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    Egypt As The First Goal In New Battle Of The Empire
    678 6  -  By J. L. Garvin In The Observer the Libyan frontier Marshal (iraziani, an able and determined Commander, is massing troops and mechanism. Unmistakably, this is the direct threat to Egypt, the Nile, and the Suez Canal. Likewise to Alexandria
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    Man Who Married The 'Jersey Lily' Dies
    379 6 OIR HUGO GERALD DE BATHE, Bt„ second husband of the late Lily Langtry, the celebrated actress and beauty, has died in the south of France. Sir Hugo, who was nearly 69, leaves a widow, formerly Mme. Henius, a Pole, whom he married in
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    5,000 STARVING ON "DEVIL'S IS."
    279 6 r)EYIL'S ISLAND, famous in picture and story as tl orison in the world, is reported to have collai v. ~,n UK great French Empire which sent it its outcasts. Eight ragged and sunburned fugitives rescued o ff on tho'r way to enlist with the forces
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    DRIVE-IN GIRL SHOW BIG HIT
    321 6 ABOUT a year afro 21-year-old Mrs. J. I) induced her husband L(j don his restaurant in d town Houston for a di eating place on a thre< prairie tract. Opening day, customers amazed to find in attendance curly-haired cuties dressed ir. amsideracly less than k
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    SINGAPORE CHARITY DRAMA
    65 7 Members of the Hoi Thin Dramatic Association, Singapore, gave a charity performance on Oct 9 and 10 at, the Palace Theatre, in aid of the Kwangtung Relief Fund Here is a picture of those who took part In the centre, in plain clothes, is Mr. hum Mun
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    Petain Announces New French Regime
    313 7 Reuter. Vichy, Oct. 11. France is to be no "servile imitation of i s," declares Marshal Petain in a message to ning the poli .y of his Government. and would aim at the well-being uf all. t The choice lies with the conqueror, but depends
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    MATSUOKA RESENTS BURMA RD. RE-OPENING
    177 7 Reuter. Tokyo, Oct. 11. 1 THE Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka, to-day criti- 1 cised vne British action in re--1 opening the Burma Road as j contradicting Britain's ex- l I pressed wish of restoring peace in East Asia. I He said: "If the British Government
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    EMTERTAINMEMT At The Cathay
    110 7 UNTAMED." which opened a sea son at the Cathay last nigh-, la a thrilling spectacle filmed \n technicolour amid the snowy wastes of the far north. It shows, Ray Milland as a city doctor ie- < aining health in a far -flung Isolated outpost of simple,
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    At The Capitol
    114 7 VIVIEN Leigh and Laurence OttV vier are the stars in an excellent* Sriller. 5l EW.WgJ which began a season at the Capithe hero ettgd* what is obviously a murder. He evades arrest but another man is detained in his place and the problem the picture poses fs
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    RUMANIAN DEMARCHE MADE TO HUNGARY
    184 7 Alleged 111 -Treatment Of Minorities Reuter. Bucharest, Oct. 11. PERMAN troops are expected to-day at Orasov, where the German minority is preparing to welcome them. Swastika flags were distributed yesterday to members of the local Hitler Youth organisation. German troops are also expected to-day at
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    Shanghai Puppet Killed
    209 7 Reuter. Shanghai. Oct. 11.—Mayor Fu Sia Oen of the Japanese-spon-sored Shanghai special municipality, was assassinated in Hongkew this morning. Hongkew is the Japanese occupied part ot the Shanghai International Settlement. Fu Sia Oen was attacked at 5 I a.m. while eseep in his boose at Hongkew. Japanese
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    78 7 U.S. Buying All N.E.I. Tin Rubber Reuter. New York, Oct. 11. EVERY pound of tin and rubber available in the Netherlands Indies is being purchased by the United States Government for quick shipment, says the Herald-Tribune's Washington correspondent. New York. Oct. 10. Tne Defence Commission report that the stocks of
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    66 7 Router. Bruavii. Oct. 11 fHE Netherlands East IndiesJapanese trade parleys tinned in a quiet atmosphere m; NEI delegation handed out >o tn« representatives of the Japanc* (rovernment a memorandum re rardine the points already dißf *ed The Japanese delegation hei several meetings. According to a T(-\r\o message.
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    NEW PRESIDENT, CONSTITUTION FOR CUBA
    171 7 Reuter. Havana, Oct 11. fIEHERAL BAPTISTA, who seven *1 years ago was a sergeant in Lhe Cuban Army, took the oath n Thursday a.s President of Cuba. He has thiis inaugurated a semi parliamentary form of Government for the first time in the is- Land's
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    89 7 Reuter. New Delhi, Oct. 1! POUR persons were killed and sevT eral Injured when the police ere forced to open fire on a crowd following a clash between Hindus and Muslims at Ghaziabad, 2(J miles from here last night. It Is stated that Muslims emerfrom
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    59 7 Reuter. Lisbon. Oct. 11. IHIRIEEN survivors from the Greek steamer Aghios Nicalaos, torpedoed by an Itahan submarine on Oct. I, have arrived here alter their rescue by a Portuguese trawler the remainder of the crew being picked up by Spanish fishing °°Tbe steamer was bound from
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    921 11 Singapore, Oct. 11. MINING Buyers. Sellers. Tin (4«) 3.3 3,9 3f fa 6 ll tain c 19 20 in 0.90 1.00 (£1 15 9 16,9 9 9.6 Mfl i«) 2 0 f 21;--1- 13,-cd «1, 0 16 0.19 Tin f5O cts 0.42 0.45 "ftT n i*l)
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    232 11 Chungking, Oct. 9 A RECORD production of 350,000 ounces of gold is expected by the end of 1940. according to the estimates of the goW mining administration. The figure will represent seven timed the pre-war production The official rating being $560 per ounce, this year's production
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    538 12 London, Oct. 11. A STATEMENT on civilian defence policy was made in the House of Commons by the Home Secretary and Minister of Security, Mr. Herbert Morrison, who said that he would give close attention to the question of additional supplies of steel for
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    37 12 Reuter. Ottawa. Oct. 11. The Defence Minister. Mr. Ralston, has announced the creation Ol a Pacific Military Command for Canada under Major-General It. Aitxanaer. mis will include the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.—Reuter.
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    311 12 Ancient Stained Glass Preserved Reuter. London. Oct. 11. 1 LIE uiiuows of Canterbury Cathedral were broken yesterday 8 wht a a bomb fell near the building. The bomb dropped by h Mess* i jchmitt hit a nearby row of houses, killing two people and injuring
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    80 12 Reuter. London. Oct. 12. BRITISH and German shells hurtled across the Straits of Dover in a long-range artillery duel by bright moonlight last night. During the cannonade which lasted some hours P A.F. bombers heavily raided the German gun positions. For the first time
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    192 12 Britis Wireless. London. Oct 12 IHE naval bnwbardmi bcur«j last night wa cieaprE to-day by an RAI. operating in the area time. Here is his stoi "It was like hell Brat that we must b O fJ t jf course, but it was C
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