Malaya Tribune, 7 April 1941

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune /v>/ &fo Mfft; lte/(y SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Monday, April 7, 1941
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    GREEKS BEAT NAZIS BACK, NOW ON BULGARIAN SOIL
    353 1 BRITISH, ANZACS AT GRIPS WITH GERMANS IN NEW WAR INVADING TANKS, PLANES DESTROYED A GREAT BATTLE is raging between the German invaders on the one hand, and the Greeks, British, Australians and New Zealand troops on the other, in the Struma Valley,
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    British, Anzacs In Greece: R.A.F. Greatly Strengthened
    1576 1 Reuter. THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH AND WOTR1AL ARW\ rj GREECE WAS OFFICIALLY REVEALED IN LONDON LAST MGil WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT A J®TJ S J* 5 J t,.i-rv ARMY WAS NOW IN GREECE AND THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1HFRE HAD BEEN
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    U.S. RUSHES AID TO YUGOSLAVIA
    240 1 Hull Condemns Nazi Invasion Reuter. Washington, Apr. 7. AFTER consultation with President Roosevelt, Mr. Cor dell Hull (Secretary of State) stated that the United States Government is proceeding as speedily as possible to send military and other supplies to Yugoslavia. "The barbaric invasion of Yugoslavia,
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    TURKISH CABINET MEETING
    134 1 Reuter. ANKARA, APR. 7. rIE TURKISH CABINET MET THIS AFTERNOON TO CONSIDER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BALKANS. Vichy, Apr. 7. Before the meeting of the Turkish Cabinet, the Turkish Foreign. Minister <M. Sarajoglu) received the 'British, Greek and Yugoslav Ambassadors, says an Ankara dispatch London, Apr. 6.—"1 hope
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    GREEK KING, C-IN-C ISSUE CALLS TO NATION
    525 1 Reuter. Athens, Apr. 7. i A( ALL to the Greek soldiers j on the German front to j prove tliemselves the equals of their comrades on the Ita- lian front was made by Gen. > Papar us, Commander-in- S Chief of the Greek
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    Front Page News Inside
    27 1 ABABA PAGE 2 GERMAN STORY OF BRITISH IN YUGOSLAVIA 7 TURKEY'S POSITION AND GERMAN TROOP MOVES a ITALIANS CRACK UP IN ABYSSINIA 11
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    WILL SOVIETS ACT?
    142 1 Reuter. Lordoa, i#t. 7. THE efforts of the Yugoslav Government to preserve peace could not but arouse sympathy in the Soviet Union, declared Hm Izvestia, commenting on the Soviet-Yugoslav Non Aggression Pact, according to the Radio. "The treaty," the Izvestia adds. "Will meet with a warm response
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    DEATH OF MR. G.E. BOGAARS
    1642 2 LINK WITH MALAYAN JOURNALISM A founder Of The Tribune ¥T u Singapore, Sunday. 1 1 is \yiln deep regret and a sense of intimate loss that we announce the death yesterday of Mr. George E. Bogaars, one of the founders of the Malaya Tribune Press
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    QUESTIONED BY GESTAPO FOR 7 HOURS
    261 2 IN American war correspon-- i n dent who was one ol the j several hundred people detained under suspicion by the 1 Gestapo following the Munich I beer-cellar explosion arrived in Singapore by air yesterday for a brief stay. I In Germany <or twelve
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    A Call To Eurasians
    279 2 Taiping, Saturday. "CINCE the war began, our people actfve 2Et Y alUya have acuve pait m war work and in preparations for the defence ot presiding at th e annual eenerai SETT? North Perak Eurasian Association. Read said-- rSe f hiS Mr. From the report which
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    LATEST GIFTS TO PATRIOTIC FUND
    155 2 Singapore, Saturday. HPHE Malaya Patriotic Fund now stands at $2,560,300.45. an increase of $24 r,3 since the last published list. The following are the donations:— In memory of Rev Stephen Band from the Choon Guan English School and the Pr°P H? V an 2*o? Sc
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    Sir R. Brooke-Popham On Return Journey
    120 2 Reuter. Hongkong, Apr. 6. THE British Ambassador to China, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr is here. He is en route to Chungking. A Shanghai dispatch says that Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, British Commander-in-Chief, Far East, is returning to Manila on his way back to Singapore on Tuesday.
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    Failed To Obey Court Order
    102 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Saturday* THAT he was unable to make both ends meet was the reason given by Che Chah when summoned in the Third Court for failing to comply with the court's order to pay his lawful wife, Jurus binte Mohamed Taib,
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      329 2 < Cent -A-Plane Fum ....Total planes destroyed 22? the week-end on all J TWENTY-SIX PERLIS NOT NERVOUS THE Singapore office 1 known insurance compa received a report from crn Malayan branch mi ing that business from Perlis gratifying, as one might I pscted that people i n Htate would have
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    Selangor Blood Donors To Be Rewarded—With Certificates
    360 3 to be exact those who have donaww c VS« «'f I ->; n t(> «ceiye certificates. The pro- by the committee of the Kuala LumSociety but was allowed to rtand was thought desirable to obtain from [mens" of the certificate in use there.
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    U TO—NIGHT
    56 3 ye wondered how >d friends fared lv theii rela ions ana (Mondayi mas Abroad*' from the »He- ?rorn Vn will give a picture Si I n'v took place, as seen 1 q| mm and there, and who i he work and pleasure II J S «ar-tlme Christmas. :OI
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    17 3 Saturday. .V.t Mansel Lewis. 1 Air Force Station. i; buried at Singapore X full R A.F. honours.
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    Woman's Triplets
    61 3 (From Our Own Reporter) j Penang* Saturday. a MIDDLE-AGED Hok- j A woman living in Stewart Lane gave birth to j triplets early yesterday j morning- I The triplets when born .bowed signs ol unusual health. I The woman suffered no i afttr effects, and is doing i
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    British Take Addis Ababa
    218 3 Reuter. CAIRO. APR. 6. tvmrßS KNTEMD ADDIS ABABA. BRITISH IMPERIAL Jv,\ T\ST NIGHT. THIS D the CAPITAL OF ABYSSINIA ICN YE NEWS WAS CWTAINED N CA MO, WHICH AL FROM GENERAL HLADQIAK SO ANNOUNCES: Arfa hmenU oi our imperial forces ••\RVSSINIV The leading detatl Vi,' Further
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    Germans In China Wrathful
    202 3 Reuter. Peiping. Apr. 6. mHE German Embassy, in a 1 lengthy statement to the Press on Friday seeks to counteract the bad impression caused among Japanese Chinese and the local 3 by the Yugoslav turn oyer. After ascribing the coup with unintentional flattery solely to wicked
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    34 3 The Rev. Goh Hood Keng, J.P. will pieach at a thanksgiving service to bo held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Swee Wah. No. 99-C Killmey Road, on Wednesday ,at 8 m.
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    34 3 Mr. J.E. Pepper, District Officer, untitled merloh, is leaving shortly on long leave to Australia, where Mrs. Pepper Is now spending he,- holidays Mr G. C. G. Barrett will take over from Mr. Pepper.
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    25 3 Mr. A.N. Ross an officer of untitled M.C.S.. has been appointed to officiate r as District Officer. Uppe r Perak, Class IV, i M.C.S- I
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    33 3 Among recent callers at Malaya House. London, on Mr. Cator was Mr. J. E. Theophilus Second Lieutenant, A.S. Company. Third Negri Sembilan Battalion, P.M.S.V.F, who has gone home to join His Majesty's Forces.
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    23 3 An untitled general meeting of the St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association will be held to-morrow at the V.M.C.A board room at 5.30 pm.
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    DE GAULLE PRAISES TROOPS
    196 3 Reuter. London. Apr. »>• TELEGRAMS have been ex 1 changed between Mr. Winston Churchill and Gewr ral de Gaulle who has be n inspecting the battlefield of tr «Yn ea expressin X admiration tor the valour of the ficent units of the British Impire/' states Gen.
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    IN COME TAX REBATE IN THE F.M.S.
    98 3 Ur Monday. "THE Officer performing the iota of 1 may in his discretion grant such lel ef on sucn terms a d subject to such conditions> asi he thinU, fttto any person whenever in the op»mon of th d Lone total income of
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    Patriotic Fund Donations
    445 3 THE Chartered Bank oi T Australia and China as honorirv treasurers ot the Malaya pa nuau Fund announce receipt ol fo&g additional donaMrs C 0 BMMfI »1.000.00 ,he Church ol the Immaculate Conception. Johore nQ Bahru B<M*tal Servant BO %m Kmltanuttoo iy0.40 Malacca Brunch n,,nart£s of the
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    Over-Age Registrations
    36 3 Reuter. London. Apr. b. T HEm^ r iSfarn, o Snwn 1 the mimaiy a,e m worlt may be v i d o A°ance is proceedLf national ""PO' l m registering b 43. inclusWc- Reuter.
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    Local Muslim Teachers Unite
    205 3 OA AT.wlim religious schools for boys THERE are more than 30 them are the and girls in Singapore• Pron^" e b Sc hool, KulUathul Aljunied Islamic School, Alsagoff A ah > Firdous, Madrasatul Kheriah. Mad a.a v Ma ant and Madraaatul Banat Al-Dimah (the laat These
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    NOCUES ARRIVES IN VICHY
    69 3 Reuter. Berlin. Apr. 6. GENERAL Rogues, French ResiG dent-General of Morocco a lived at Vichy on noon for a several days stay. say a Vichy oispatch to the om«ai G H P nai ;rs eW ?ecfwed y immediately ifEfr arrival Admiral Darlao •vUh whoni 1 he
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    Graf Spee Divers Die
    78 3 Reuter. Monte Video Apr. sbattleship Graf Spec ofl M Video The divers were when the bulkhead i jamm rwingto the pressure oft heW* The trapped divers bignaue* more divers went down but found it was necessary to bun tneir way through a steel d reach their
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    26 3 untitled BELGEADF correspondent oi the Vichy news agency says thai tn< repot that telephone Itions with Romania and Hungary has been interrupted is denied m Reuter.
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    25 3 Reuter. London, Apr. 6. n R. Matchek, the lead< V and Yugoslavia's new mien was received In King Peter, states the Belgrad I radio —Reuter.
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    65 3 The Rent and untitled tion, Enactrrcnt Board fore- in respect of the s Jg, perarea of Seremban and g P sons oowrtltute ."JE J A A. ment Board for seremban Faith MCS.. s Pro President.: Mr B. S. tector of Cn,ne^ vi h Raja &x ChuZamal Ayman Shah Dffl v
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    PONIES IMPRESS IN FAST GALLOPS
    217 4 SOFT GOING FOR TO-DAY'S TRAINING PONIES lied n n WaS Ut earl y and did mcmim-pace work. it was folMar" 0^ O1 i h alter r atedtaa who were aieci in a fast three furlongs gallon Murfsfowed 2 n 5 snould be watched ImSEb m
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    Sports Diary
    61 4 S °M C^: S A FA League, Div I, pap V SP Y C Stadium k A t. v Seletar Reserve Division. Chinese AthJeUv v Manchesters, Oeylang, Div HA. Moravia v V.M.C A RAF <SeJetar» v R.A 0.C.. Seletar -DHL., Traction v GEc' S.T.C., Bramtoco v H. and
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    Saturday's Races
    173 4 RACE 1: Greypion SI2G, $24 Prunella $14. if*, n Resistance S9. KM E 2: Edn a Star 831; 111. Safiriland SlB. o <Jo,de n Melody 113. RACE 3: The Needles |32; $11. King's Gimbit $14. Ereedom $11. RACE 4: Nicotine $22, S9. Cambalong $21. San Frisco $14. RACE
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    Schoolboy Scores A Century
    274 4 I all SINGH'S 135 out against the Chmese lust week—the first century of the Singapore crit season—seems ta have acted as an inspiration to other batsmen ana on Saturday no fewer than throe centuries were scared. The highest goes to youthful Blew Know, the Anglo-Chine* schoolboy,
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS
    159 4 C-C.R.c.'s tennis ties for to-day J will be: Championship singles: C X Pan- vs Yap Ah Hian RrVY ?J n 8 les handicap: Ong Chew Bee D l2 W Scan Ken g Siew (-12). r* ~2« lea handicap: Low Huck wiiit tvs Edward Tan (-12); \VUliam Tann -3)
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    Veteran In S.C.R.C. Tennis Tourney
    27 4 K. If. Tann plavinsr in the veterans' doubles in the S C K( leiinis tournament, snapped in actum by the Tribune cameraman
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    Railway Juniors Too Good For Pressmen
    127 4 I -v r c defeated by i seven wickets by the Pan tuns lot the Railway team whiU ll and SabapThy \corP ?ess nd re «PecUve.'y for the Press captured four i no scores: TRESS Segeram s p r. Chryso&tom b I G, ,nvin
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    Perak Turf Club Big Sweep Draw
    26 4 yesterdays SeoonH Z Farn,ev "2?6- 9 fs tarte *****. *****, i 196«: 4n's4 53 132?4 ,GB63 j Total pool: $50.116.
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    Muar Cricket Club Has "No Rules"
    184 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Muar, Sunday. fHE annual general meeting of the Muar Cricket Club was held at the Government English bchool hall with Mr P H Andrews i n the chair mJeUnf S the last e meeting and the statement of accounts were
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    Second Day S'pore Races
    327 4 I FOLLOWING are wv „ht for the KCOOd dat «f races, on Wednesday oingapore HORSES—( law •>_!»;.. AI rid« qn Afco 7 f Thanks 8.3 W ii Lucky Prince 8 4 80 Qlcofette 8 4 mpeter 713 Da2Sf- fSwelter r sacJ: l 8 5 Dover <-ourtling
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    Swimming Club Will Spend Less
    218 4 'pETROL rationing and other lions such as the mobilisat if they do not greatly affect thJ may make it more difficult for the club to the same extent Mr. B. Lowick. who presided at j ra meeting of the Singapore Sv held at the club's
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      162 4 Pains in Bach Pone in 3 Hours wearing down aches in i,J iv Ji <'' can't tfet rid of these with ri cteaa because rou must kin ii, Tour kidneys Other swm.t V t\ u- ma and Bladder Disorders are Scantw c quent and Painful Passages c"t-. Nights. Leg Pains,
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    WILLIAMSBURG...CRADLE OF AMERICAN LIBERTY
    344 5 BLR. TH OF AMERICAN NA TION THEME OF FILM SPECTACLE j the times that try men's souls," wrote Thomas I Colonial days, when the words "freedom" and tili wore young and strange of meaning. And which art- just as trying, "freedom" and till are words whose
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    Williamsburg...... Monument To Freedom
    280 5 WILLIAMSBURG still stands, a livin monument to those Americans the rugged, stalwart fron-ti'-rsmen and high-born Virginia p.antcr.s and wealthy New York n.f* 1 :/s and sea-sprayed sailors. I «ether in a common purp io build a free and indepmdrnt nation. But within that vrmination to make
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    Restoration of Williamsburg
    312 5 THE restoration is not yet complete, but more than 70 Colonial buildings have been restored; 176 Colonial buildings have been reconstructed; two entire blocks of business buildings of a Colonial style of architecture have been erected, and 586 modern buildings have been demolished or removed from the
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    Setting for Film
    606 5 HERE, in Williamsburg, the charming Colonial dwellings still remain, the cool green-shaded walks, much as they were in the 18th Century. Among the famous in- eriors are the fine rooms of the George Wythe home through whose ioors passed Washington, Lafay'tte and other immortal generals; :ouncil halls
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    Colonial America
    173 5 TO-DAY, out of that distant past whtcH is as close to us as yesterday, there exists only few tangible memories. There is the Liberty Bell, the frigate Constitution. There are scarred battle flags and occasional keepsakes. There is the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United
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    Educational System
    183 6 Opinion CELDOM has the country an opportunity of hearing: what those whom education is intended to benefit, namely, men and women students, think of our educational system. It was, therefore, with particular interest that we perused the speeches of Mr. Ahmad bin Haji Dhaffir and Miss Kwa Geok
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    Govt. Employment
    124 6 pORTUNATELY for us ii Malaya, our acquaintance with the problems of what an known as "educated unemployed" and "educated unemploy ables" is still merely academic Owing to the phenomenal de velopment of trade and indus try in the past two or thre< decades, few qualified men wen unable
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    Lower Salaries
    161 6 IT is likely that what the hard headed business mar will not do out of magnanimity he will be forced to do out oJ necessity. The lean times ol the post-war period will compel employers to look for suitable local (and, therefore cheaper) men to hold positions hitherto
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    Australian Schools
    104 6 JJR. H. R. Cheeseman, Deputy Director of Education, who has just returned from a holiday in Australia, speaks very highly of educational facilities in that country. In comparison, he must admit that our own schools are backward. Here is proof of that backwardness: Out of 800 applicants for
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    Facing The War Perils With Cool Courage
    216 6  -  WOMEN IN UNIFORM IIV David Curnock QUEEN Elizabeth, visiting a station of the R.A.F. Fighter ComI mand. said to the escorting officer: I"I hear your women are magnifi- cent." No one was more pleased to hear these words of Royal appreciation than the
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    Three M. M/s
    247 6 THREE members of the W.A.A.F. I have been given th e Military Medal. Behind these awards is a story of great bravery shown dur- ing two days of enemy bombing. The fighting men of Britain owe much to these worn c n. The Commanding Officer at one
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    Broken Back
    162 6 IN hospital lies a girl with her back in plaster. She. too. wore the Air Force blue. She was injured when a bomb exploded near her. She waved the doctor away. "Look after the others." she muttered, gritting her teeth. "Don't worry about me. I'm all right." About
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    A.T.S. Heroines
    244 6 MANY of these girls have been recruited* from peace time work on private and public telephone exchanges in London and the provinces. They have quickly adapted themselves to service needs and conditions. In the Auxiliary Territorial Service there are thousands of these girls who man" posts in places
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    Three Heroines
    254 6 THE three decorated operator heroines of the W.A.A.F. are: Sergeant Joan Mortimer, aged 28, tall, slim, blue eyed; Assistant Section Officer Elspeth Henderson, daughter of a Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh University: Sergeant Helen Emily Turner, aged 48, who was one of the first recruits to work
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    LITTLE DAMAGE TO BRITISH INDUSTRY
    282 6  -  By A Special Correspondent German night bomben in four months of raids en England have laid waste some cities and blasted and burned huge hunks out of others, British officials assert that damage to the island's essential war industry so far has been surprisingly small.
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    Manchester Unmolested
    85 6 lIVERPOOL, on the other hand, °M had it. comparatively easy while Manchester has come to be known as "the city the blitz forgot Fven the clocks are still running in Liverpool and Manchester. In London, except for the East fend, damage when I left was still spotty. The
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    Vital Factor
    37 6 UOWEVER, approximately nine--11 tenths of greater London is open space—parks, rivers, lakes and streets. A large percentage of bombs dropped from high altitudes even when carefully aimed, necessarily must explode harmlessly in these open areas.
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    DOBBIE WARNS OF DIFFICULT TIMES
    71 6 Reuter. Malta, Apr. 6. "MALTA la in the forefront of .j7 the battle and must devote the whole of her energy to maintaining her security and integrity said General Sir William Dobbie. Governor of Malta, in a broadcast to the people of Malta on Saturday.
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    559 6 E, T. Huang HAPPENED to glani seme of the Ho the other day, and w attracted by th e m Government of thai tittle Is experimenting on a small scale colonisation unexplored regions on the X side, generally known as N tory. The promotion resettlements," as the
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    GERMANS ALLEGE BRITISH TROOPS IN YUGOSLAVIA
    1018 7 Story Of Air Bases And Operations Reuter. London, Apr. 7. nv,n allegations about British operations in V !vi the presence of British troops British possession of air bases are '7" authoritative quarters in London n <r kites to make us deny or confirm these
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    Nazis 'Futile Wooing Of Yugoslavia
    76 7 Reuter. London, Apr. 6. THE German declaration with regard to Yugoslavia, issued in Berlin to-day, states that in addition to the assurances given to Yugoslavia with regard to her territorial integrity and the promises that the Axis would not demand the passage of troops was
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    BRITAIN STANDS BY YUGOSLAVIA
    199 7 Reuter. London. Apr. 6. OFFICIAL quarters In London pointed out that it is true that Yugoslavia as a victim of aggression will receive the unqualified support of the British Empire as Greece has done. "Britain with her allies and friends presents an unconquerable front against which
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    Hitler Will Find Greece, Yugoslavia No Walkover
    240 7 London, Apr. 6. fnio to habit has hit at the □ITLER has struck again and tru Greece weakest. He for bit. Yugoslavia ready. It in London, but the preNo official comment is jei ava Secretary, and General sence of Mr. Anthony fde", the
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    Soviet Pact With Yugoslavia
    508 7 Reuter. vitnnsi 1V.RVSS1 UJ PACT WAS DRAMATICALLY ANA IN A SPECIAL MOSCOW BROADCAST PRESERVE A POLICY OF FRIENDSHIP. The preamble says that the cucision to conclude the pact was token by them as both parties are ronvinced that the preservation of Deace is important to them.
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    Complete Confidence Of The Greek Nation
    363 7 Reuter. Athens, Apr. 6. A WAVE of popular enthusiasm surged through the country wh B the W v f jjj A German attack spread.The first news was made known dramatic interruption of the Palm Sunday service being broadcast trom ami Cathedral. The news was
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    WILL TURKEY ACT?
    514 7 Reuter. (By General Sir Hubert Gough, Reuters military commentator) BRITAIN'S decision to afford all aid to the latest victims of aggression opens out a new and important phase of the world war. Hitler has now precipitated what he was most anxious to avoid —a war on at
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    Hungary Prepares
    80 7 Reuter. London, Apr. 6. THE Hungarian War Minister 1 to-day ordered the application of full air raid precautions throughout the country, according to the Budapest radio A complete blackout was instituted a°nd P all A.R.P. workers were told nU«^ saUon has been extended to temtnrv bordering Hungary where
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    Domestic Occurrence ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    32 8 MRS. G. E. BOGAARS thanks all relatives and friends for their kind attendance at the funeral yesterday of the late Mr. G. E. Bogaars and for the wreaths sent.
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    Greek Financial Restrictions
    53 9 Reuter. London, Ap" 7. THE Greek Cabinet met yesterday morning, states the Athens correspondent ci the Independent French agency. The correspondent adds that all bank deposits have been blocked. Authorisation has been given to draw five per cent, of such deposits each month up to a limit
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    22 9 Reuter. London, Apr. 7. BRITISH fighters attacked aerodromes, lorries and gun emplacements in occupied France yesterday, states the Air Ministry news service—Reuter.
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    ITALIANS CRACK UP IN ABYSSINIA
    327 11 Reuter. Cairo, Apr. 6. ,>, norn Abyssinia provides the "best evidence |i Italians are finally cracking up in East Africa," British military spokesman here on Saturday night. It was expected that they would offer resistance between Asmara and Adowa, but the latter place was captured
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    Dull Share Market Over Week-End
    71 11 orrcsponclent) From oui Singapore. Monday. n.nrkrt was easier on T tn buyers holding off. -f.nl Belling pressure howre doM down to 1.29. Mnric easier. re were no chnnrutiber shares. a to iv small turnt Sungei Tukangs. >imnued to be neg- h r*s« and Nea-e i
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    26 11 j nga] «»re. Monday. pries of tin and rubber Singapore at noon toy ,n y were: RUBBER 1 Buy. rs 38-y 8 Sellers 88%
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    DULL RUBBER MARKET
    43 11 Loudon. Apr. 5. ~i the rubber market j the technical been surmounted behave restrained urged longs to turers' replacement ibated owing to less and the recognition ffj rial and unofficial are co-operating to bl( m of inadequate l iwn purchases.
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    Industry Hit By Excess Profits Tax
    221 11 From Our Financial Correspondent London, Feb. ID. WITH the experience now gained in regard to the Incidence of the I Excess Profits Tax, the Federation of British Industries has put before the Chancellor of the Excheauer points outlining the serious results to manufacturing industry,
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    Straits Steamship's $826,794 Profit
    150 11 Singapore, Saturday. A PROFIT of $820,794 for the year made by the Straits Steamship Comp.mv Limited. This was revealed by the 11mlI—II. Mr. F S. Gibson, presiding :it the fifty-sixth ordinary general meeting to-day. It exceeded the conespondim; figure ror 1939 by $145,000 Others present at
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    Greeks Capture Prisoners, Guns
    259 11 Reuter. London, Apr. 6. PIERCE hand to hand fighting in deep snow as a result of which the Greeks occupied a 6,600 feet peak, on the northern Albanian front, was described by the Athens radio on Saturday night. Operations on this front suddenly flared up after
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    U.S. Officers To Fly With British
    85 11 Reuter. Washington. Apr. 6. UNITED STATES army cfficers may fly with British pilots in the role of observers when the new American four-engined bombers raid Germany. Authoritative sources explained to-day that the duty of the observers would be to report to the American air
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    Record U.S. Rubber Consumption
    104 11 From Our Financial Correspondent London, Feb. 15. UNITED STATES consumption of rubber In January reached 64,200 tons—a record for all time. Ttk- total Is 7.700 tons larger than in December, when 56.500 tons were used, i ins fmure being the previous peak, in January. 1940, only
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    TURKEY CONCENTRATES TROOPS IN THRACE
    238 12 7 NAZI 22 BULGAR DIVISIONS ON FRONTIER Dramatic Dawn Interview Of Creek Premier Nazi Envoy Reuter. London, Apr. f. A DRAMATIC interview 1 between the Greek Premier and the German Minister at Athens at 5.50 on Sunday morning is described in a cable from the
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    Yugoslavs Will Not Be Unworthy
    207 12 London, Apr. 7. lAMI AM particularly horrified by tnc contents of the Order of the Day addressed to the German Army by its inviting the German troops to emp'oy brutal methods against my compatriots," declared M. Subbovitch, the Yugoslav Minister in London, in a statement
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    WHY GERMANY ATTACKED YUGOSLAVIA
    79 12 London, Apr. 7. GERMANY is the aggressor. Yugoslavia has done nothing hostile to Germany." This declaration by authoritative circles in Belgrade is quoted by the Swiss Radio as having been received by the Yugoslav Legation in Vichy. 'The true reasons for the German move are to
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    GREEK PUBLIC CALM
    149 12 Reuter. London. Apr 7 (By Henry Stokes, Renter's sfecia.l correspondent in Athens 1 THE Greek public received the news with extraordinary calmness. The first Greek I spoke to about it remarked: —"So much the better." The Greek troops on the A'banian tront heard the news with the
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    Australia Pledges Aid To Yugoslavia
    71 12 Reuter. Sydney, Apr. 7. "YUGOSLAVIA and Greece will be aided with all our possible resources, i n accordance with Mr. Churchill's pledge," declared Sir Frederick Stewart, the Australian Minister of External Affairs. He added that the YugoslavSoviet non-aggression pact suggested that Russia now regarded with
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    FREE FRENCH FORCES 8 MILES FROM MASSAWA
    33 12 Reuter. Cairo, Apr. 7. DATROLS of the Free French 1 forces have reached a point only eight miles from Massawa, it is learned in Cairo. —Reuter
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    304 12 Reuter. Ankara, Apr. 7 0 communications with Belgrade are cm off .1 reports reaching Ankara through diplomatic cfc_ s nels state, that the morale of the army and civilian- I Yugoslavia is very high. i The British, Greek and German Ambassadors I M. Sarajoglu, the
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    YUGOSLAVIA QUISLING
    79 12 Reuter. London, Adt I YUGOSLAVIA has its "quisWl 1 namely Dr. Pavelie. the Nationalist leader, who. in a cast yesterday from a "freedom station" of Lhe organisation Ustasha. "Croatia will fight at the the Axis icr a new order in E Dr. Pavelie spoke of the Crca I
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