Malaya Tribune, 27 May 1941

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    22 1 The Malaya Tribune Net Sales Exceed J6,000 Daily SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1941 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, May 27, 1941.
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    VERY SERVERE FIGHTING GOING ON AROUND MALEME
    286 1 R- Destroy 24 Nazi planes Without Loss Cairo, May 27. ..rg.hl. rote situation ,s much the same with very severe sjitinsr in the Maleme area where the Germans have land'ti more men in the last 24 hours, and where New Zealand i porous
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    Great R.A.F. Activity In Iraq
    36 1 .1... May 27. |HI Briti h RA.F. munique p even y dat tnbed and set on t tie 1 t tne i: iver. i. (j_ I r ol me!- i tne
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    Chinese Offensive Extended
    53 1 Reuter. IT v 97 11l rth and; ng extended, I Chu flesj -tehes reach-1 Chin se trnnm i„ r n west and El *ure swinging port ol the attack Chiang Kai-!-r-i: of the Yfllow I t I m r se, forces E tj i Lunghai Railway I:
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    STOP PRESS
    40 1 Reuter. Ti|. N Vu V€rk May 27. I IW V|irr °r cites that y as reporting m- m II L n,ix;: battle is goiHnmark with a th, j." s Muadron including sin'u Bismarck, op*|U«id, 1 uperior British "■'•--Renter.
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    BAD TIME FOR WOPS IN JIMMA
    103 1 Reuter. London. May 27. A steady round-up of prisoners continues in Southern Abyssinia where it looks as if the Jimma concentration is in for an unpleasant time. The weather is very bad anc heavy rains stop traffic is on threequarters of the roads which
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    Morgenthau Inspects U.S. Navy Patrol
    50 1 Reuter. Washington, May 26. ONE of President Roosevelt's fouiman Cabinet Defence Committee, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, is now at sea, inspecting the United States Navy's Atlantic patrol as guest of Admiral King, commander of the Atlant.c Fleet. This was officially revealed today.—Reuter.
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    Another Big British Credit For China
    143 1 Reuter. V moui Chungking, May 27. »M VTJVE British sources in Chungking confirm the ol Ihe early conclusion of discussions for a Sino- 1M mill; »on export credit agreement. PM i M m ol the agree--1 !i ba abl i to purfrom any country
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    Bismarck Hit By Torpedo
    90 1 Reuter. London, May 27. r pHE Bismarck, the pride of the (ierman Navy, has been struck by a torpedo of the British Fleet Air Arm, and the Royal Navy last night was in hot pursuit of the damaged warship. This announcement was made in a special
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    Six Crucial Months A head—Menzies
    309 1 Six Crucial Months A head Menzies Reuter. Sydney, May '21. APPEALING for unity in Australian politics, the Prime Minister. Mr. R. G. Menzies, who has just returned from England and the United States, said:— "I don't care whether I remain the leader, but whoever is the leader musl he supported
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    Damage To Syrian Airbase Admitted
    59 1 Reuter. London, May 27. THE Beirut Radio announced last night thai yesterday afternoon 20 British planes b tnbed and machine-gunned th? aerodrome at Palmyra Ui Syria. The announcer added that damage was caused to the runways of the aero .om s but no damag* was
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    American Newsman Says U.S. Will Fight Soon
    391 1 British Wireless. London. May 27. OF particular interest on the eve of President Roosevelt's fireside talk Is the broadcast delivered in Britain by Mr. George Backer. President and publisher of the New York Post. Mr. Backer said that he had bee:: trying to
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    More Deep Shelters In Britain Soon
    60 1 British Wireless. London, May 27. THE Select Committee on National Expendituie states in its lepcrt that plans are in rrogress for the provision of deep shelters lor about 90,000 additional people and 18 out of 20 shafts have been beeun. It is hoped that
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    New Sino-Soviet Barter Pact?
    70 1 Reuter. Shanghai. May 27. NEGOTIATIONS for the conclusion of a new bino-Soviet barter agreement are understood to be 1 progressing satisfactorily in Chung between the Chinese Finance Minister, Dr. H. H. Kung. and the Soviet Ambassador, M. Panacuchkine. according to local Chinee papers. China is said
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    28 1 Reuter. Sydney, May 27. I'HE first contingent of Italian prisoners of war have arrived at j Sydney and been sent to a camp In I the country. Renter.
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    Laval Appeals To America
    290 1 Reuter. London. Ma\ 27. RAKING his first speech since his dismissal by Marshal Petain last December, Al. Laval (former French Foreign Minister), in a broadcast, said:—"We owe our failure t<, democracy. We don't want to fight for it. France cannot go hack. She must fulfil two
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    Momentous "Fireside Chat" Predicted
    112 1 Reuter. New York, May 26. Dreside:jt Rocsevelt is devoting 1 more time to his preparation oi Tuesday night's "fireside talk" than ny other speech his secretary. Mr. Early, could recall, Mr. Early told reporters. Among these whom Mr. Roosevelt consulted on the drafting uf the speech
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    MALAYAN AIRMAN KILLED IN ACTION
    51 1 Special London Cable From H. L. Hopkin London, Ma} 27. TT is now believed thai WingCom. W. M. Graham, who was previously reported missing", has been killed in action. Wing-Corn. Graham is l lie son of Mr. H. G Graham of Malaya. —via Cable and
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    Northern Ireland G.O.C. Cited
    89 1 London, May 27. SQ.-LDii. A P Thompson has been granted a decree nisi on the ground of his wife's misconduct. The co-respondent Is Major-Gen. H E. FraiiKlyn, D.B O M.C., who was recently appointed G O C., Northern Ireland. The parties are said to have met
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    Lord Austin's Estate
    35 1 London, May ~7. ESTIMATED to be worth well £3.000,000 m 1938, lx>rd Austin, whose death was announced last week, is believed U. have left less than a million —via Cable and Wireless.
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    British Take Over Three Dutch Liners
    49 1 Reuter. Shanghai, May 27 THREE Dutch liners on the far Eastern service between the Netherlands East Indies and Japan via Manila and Hong Kong are stated to have been taken (ver by the British naval authorities, according to Chinese press reports in Shanghai*—Reuter.
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    BRITISH TROOPS HAVE LANDED IN BORNEO
    1291 2 Interview With New G.O.C. Of Malaya (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Monday. [F you want to know what Malaya's new G.O.C. thinks of the situation in the East, his opinion on the possibility of an attack on this country, what little success it may receive,
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    WAR ON DISEASE
    61 2 •Singapore. Monday. fjR. S. Dakshinamurthy. Director V of the Fa r Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations, will speak at to-morrow's Rotary Club meeting at the Adelphi Hotel on "War Against Disease." A meeting of th e community committee of the Rotary ~lub will be held
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    SUICIDE PACT IN TEMPLE ALLEGED
    204 2 A Chinese girl, a novice in a Chinese temple. committed suicide by drinking a corrosive substance because she could not read the prayers." This fact was reveale? in court yesterday when Yeo Chene I ian H fellow novire nf h P 2 H US^mTt^SS oftha
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    30 2 The Beginners Malay class will commence at 12.15 p.m. on Saturday at the WC A Raffles Quay, instead of 230 p m as previously arranged. Enrol at the V.W.C.A. office.
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    MAKING ATHLETICS POPULAR IN CHINA
    240 2 "\yE are Irvine to build up a stronger race by building up strong minds in strong bodies in the hope that we might contribute cur little share in winning the war for China. Unless we are strong physically and mentally like the British race, we
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    Report Of Commission Of Enquiry
    109 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. THF. report of the Commrs- sion cf Enquiry on the Mines Department has, it is officially learnt, been drafted and is new in the final ■HgCt. It is understood that the report will be submitted to the High
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    12 2 The American Consulate General will be closed en Friday. American Memorial Day.
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    Ceylonese Foregather At Taiping
    63 2 (Fro,ii Oar Own THE mail; n the All-M t] r ciation conh renci tcrday was federation of a the a Over 100 from all parts ol 3. Rajaratnar The confer* take steps to voicing Oeyk n and it was dec the Malayan C when possible That
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    Bombers From Cents
    20 2 fCent-A-P.' .Total numbei planes destroyed durii yesterday on a!! fne up to midnight UnJ time. THIRTY I
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    DRIVE TO CHECK SALE OF POISONS
    118 3 stall Reporter) i i)KIVE designed to conA ro j ihe sale of caustic %u( la to the public, as a step U preventing deaths throuifh thi> poison, i» now undertaken by the juthorities. to I)»' prosecuted corrosive soda withi m ithout having poison." d
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    NURSE WHO BEGAN TO GET FAT
    88 3 Worried Because it Spoiled Her Figure id (r !it-r figure, and n weight abe ll She starti a tew months •inw.'.nted fat. > Nurse writes <t -ja ve;irs of see tall and always had it t«« years ago. e ?pecially rouni rrted m* very
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    "UNSEEMLY DISPLAY"
    55 3 a recent meeting of the Kuala Lumpur sanitary Hoard, Mr. 1). T. Waring described the sight >f opium smokers eonj regaling in fiont of the handu store in Java street as a "public display n a main street ot the own which was not a seemly display." Above
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    Malacca Malay Volunteers For Training
    120 3 rHE members cf the C (Malay) Company of the Fourth Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force 'Malacca Volunteer Corps), vho are liable for continuous training but have not undergone continuous training during 1941. Lave been called up foi training. Their oei o.i ol continuous train--7 r
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    Corruption Inquiry: Public Views Sought
    198 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) y| EMBERS of the public, who wish to make representations to the Commission appointed by His Excellency the Governor to inquire into the system of inviting tenders and entering into contracts for works adopted by Government departments, have been requested by the
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    37 3 Mr. untitled Barr, an official of the Standard Vacuum Oil Co passed through Singapore yesterday on the way to Bombay, from Manila accompanied by his wife, to take up duties as an executive o! the Bombay Office.
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    Methodist Schools Jubilee Programme
    358 3 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Monday. ANE of tho biggest events in the hUtory of the Anglo-Chinese 0 Methodist Mission Schools in Malaya is the forth— ,übiS Celections Of the Combined An ß lo-Ounese Scbooh p which will begin on June 9 and end on June
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    KILLED IN RAIL ACCIDENT
    48 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang, Monday. Believed to be either a Malay or a Javanese, a young boy was knocked down and killed on Friday night by the last passenger train to Port Swettenham after it had passed the level crossing on Riverside Road.
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    New G.O.C.
    14 3 LT.-GEN. PERCIVAL Malaya's iiew G O C photographed in h<s oiticc uesterdau
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    Conscription To Be Set Up In N.E.I.
    72 3 Batavia, May 26. IN order to ensure adequate Netherlands East Indies' defence In th? face of the rapidly changing situation, the Government on Friday introduced a conscription bill to the Peoples' Council. The bill limits conscription to a certain number and does not
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    38 3 Mr. Adolph Zuza, who is connected with the Hindustan Aircraft Co., Bangalore, passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to Colombo, after a visit to the States. He is to take up duties as a sheet metal specialist.
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    Singapore's Youngest Foreign Diplomat
    277 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) FORMERLY Assistant Secretary at the Presidency at Bolivia, Mr. VV T alter Montenegro, who is the newly appointed Bolivian Consul at Singapore, ai rived yesterday, :e<ompanicd by his wife. Mr. Montenegro is only 29 years Of age and will be the youngest Consul
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    Japan Very Short Of Essentials
    166 3 iTribune Staff Reporter" LEAVING INDIA two months ago l r some work with the British Smoass) at Tokyo,* 1 the nature ol which, however, he would not reveal. Mr. Sh op Vallabhdass, wcaithy Indian shipping magnate, pasted through Singapore yesterday on his return home. Questioned
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    AUSTRALIAN NEWS CABLE
    352 3 Melbourne, May 26. JN the vital bye-election for the Boothby seat in the House of Representatives, Dr. Grenfell Price, Liberal Country Party, is leading Mr. Lawton, Labour, by nearly 8,000 votes and cannot lose. A painting by Mr Harold Herbert, official war artist, now in the Middle
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    WANDERERS TROUNCE J.C.S.A. 16—1 Mickeviezia Scores 12
    312 4 Wanderers 16; J.C.S.A I. was an orgy of scoring in a Division 2B fixture at Balestier yesterday when the Wanderers met J.C.S.A. Wanderers won 16 goals to one in a completely one-sided game. Giving a dashing display at cent re-for ward, Mickevieczia packed
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    SPORTS DIARY
    39 4 TO-DAY SOCCER: Soutli China v Combined Services. Stadium. Div I. Loyals v RE Changi; Dlv 11 A R aso v ra f iSoietart. GWman; Fort Canning v SH B SHB. TENNIS: SCRC and VM C A tournament-
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    Special Gate For To-Day's Match
    39 4 IN connection with to-day's match at Anson Road Stadium between South China A.A. and Combined Services, a special sate will b? fixed at that end of the Stadium opposite the Robinson Road Police headquarters.
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    LOUIS MAY FIGHT BUDDY BAER AGAIN
    133 4 Reuter. Washington. .May L'li. X DiBtricl of CohMWa Boxing Commission, after hearing Hoffman's complaint that Baer was "robbed" of his title match with Joe Louis announced the Commission's decision would he delivered at an early date. The chairman of the Commission. Mr. Claude Owen,
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    TO-DAY'S GALLOPS AT IPOH
    126 4 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Tuesday. JjESPITE soft going; several last gallops were seen on Ihe I rack this morning, outstanding candidates being Easier Parade. National, Tontella. Ran scorn be and Dinna Forget. Earnest out was Mercury <Bagby> who had the better of Shipley I 'Martin>
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    ...And Naafi Lose 10 To Brinktnanns'
    86 4 BRINKM ANNS' joined in the scuing orgy yesterday when they met NAAFI at I arrer Park yesterday in the Business Houses League. Brinkmanns' won ten goals to three. Other league matt lies played veslerdav resulted as follows: Dir. I, S.CF.A. vs. R.A. (ac-ics) postponed;
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    TADS FIND POLICE IN SPLENDID FORM
    380 4 Police 2: .Manchester 1. FORWARD line combination which did not falter even in the last stages of the game, hacked by a sound defence, gave the Police a 2-1 win when they met the Manchesters in a Reserve Division soccer match at the Police
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    ISLAND CLUB'S MONTHLY MEDAL
    98 4 HOLLOWING is the result of Island Ciub'.s monthly medal bogey played ove r the week-end DIVISION m afatumoto «121 1 ur Raj.. MUM <5> All square K. Uytd f6j down H L HosklDf (10) 2 down Dr. Chia Teck Yam (14i 2 down •n- DIVISION R
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    Johore Tennis Tourney Starts Next Month
    214 4 \yiNXERS in the Johore lawn tennis championships, which will begrin on June 11, will, this year, receive token prizes instead of the trophies as in former years. This is in order that money from tlie prize fund can be added to "gates" to make
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    Y's Lose Keen Game To R.A.
    243 4 R.A. (Biakan Mali) I; Y.M.CA. i. AX exciting game of football was witnessed on the Y.M.CA. ground yesterday when the R.A. (Blakan Mati) defeated the Y.M.CA. in a Div. 2A match by four goals to one. 'Ihe game was productive of good football and
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    23 PRELIMINARIES AT HAPPY WORLD LAST NIGHT
    310 4 TOLLEY CUP BOXING QM; of the biggest upsets in the preliminaries of the "Tolley" cup boxing competition which commenced at the Happy World Stadium, yesterday, was the knock-out victory of Say It r (A and S) over Cooper (Tads). Nayler was a substitute
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    Hon. Mr. Mead On "Unfair" Criticism
    526 5 Miners And Labour (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday. ■RESIDING al the annual general meeting of the F.M.S. Pol Mines held this evening, the Hon. Mr. J. D. marked: "It is unfortunate that the reputation of the acts as Government s technical adviser on
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    Body Unearthed In Garden
    102 5 (From Oar Own Reporter) Ipoh, May 26. FOLLOWING a report to the police, after the disappearance of a Tamil railway engine driver named Nagamuthu. some time ago, the police yesterday unearthed a body in a vegetable garden at the back of a house in the Railway
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    China At War Wants Strong, Healthy Men
    311 5 Singapore, Monday. is at War. We want economic power but we also want manpower. We want men who are strong, courageous, self-denying and persevering.' This is an extract from a talk jy Mr. L?e Wai-tong. captain on he Ĕtonth China Athletic Association football
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    Appeal Of Wallet Thief Dismissed
    82 5 Singapore, Monday. APPEALING against a conviction and sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonm:nt. and six strokes of the rotan for theft cf a wallet containing 50 cents, Lee Hock Koon told the Chief Justice. Sir P?rcy McElwaine, in the High Court tc-day that he did
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    23 5 Mr. A. W. J. Thomas, Cadet, Malayan Civil Service, having passed the prescribed examinations In Law and Language, has become a Passed Cadet.
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    Chinese Sent To Prison For Attack On Ayah
    791 5 Singapore Monday. REMARKING that he was very lucky indeed he did not murder or inflict serious injuries on the complainent, Mr. J. L. McFall, the District Judge to-day convicted and sentenced Wong Teck Fong, a cook-boy employed by Mrs. K. Rowan of
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      103 5 cleaning with VllnvJ I course. I wouldn't J SV> want to be proud ot your kitchen use Vlnv-» only Vim. Remember that hanh scouring scratches smooth surtaces—-It grindi dirt ott. What a i difference Vim'i double-action cleansing malm— I Vim first loosens the dirt, and then holds it clear of
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    Opinion
    205 6 Far East Security CINCE the arrival of the Australian Imperial Forces in February last, there has been a steady stream of reinforcements to Malaya to strengthen all arms of the fighting services. To-day the land, air and naval forces assembled not only in Singapore but all over the Malay
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    Japan's Move
    211 6 IF Japan still entertains any hope of territorial aggrandizement in the Pacific, she has sat on the fence a little too If she embarks on any such venture at this time of the (lay, she will lose as heavily and as surely as her A' partner lost the
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    A Revelation
    130 6 It buez falls into the hands of the Nazis (absit omen) an a f_ tempt is likely to be made to establish contact with the Japanese Navy in the East. The U.S. has effectively forestalled any attempt Hitler might make to use the Japanese Navy to further his
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    CHINA'S RED CROSS— —Started From Scratch
    1069 6 r VHE American Bureau for Medical Aid to China recently released for its first Manhattan showing a Rev Scott film on the bombing- of Chungking. The film has the shortcomings of most camera-eye reports: it does not stink, like gangrene, nor scream, like a
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    BLITZ DOLLARS FOR BRITISH ARTISTS
    252 6 X HE Lease and Le "d Act has had an unexpected echo in the world of art. The closer association of the two democracies has led to Great Britain's private collections of works of art being scoured by the picture dealers to gratify the increasing
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    Fighters Now Have Cannons
    81 6 D-A.F. fighter planes are now equipped with cannon firing small explosive shells. German fighters have been equipped with cannon since the beginning of the war. The usual type fires a shell about 4y 2 in. long and half an inch in diameter. The shell explodes upor
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    547 6 "0O all the amusemi allow ourselves indispensable foi so much happiness i writer in a Penan; She continues: imagine a life fulj certs, musical evei ever changing n M entertainments cou thing but eventful. "Could we truly enjoy every party v to, or would we admi often
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    Heavy Counter-Attack By New Zealander's In Crete
    521 7 Reuter. CAIRO, MAY 26. r\M V HAS BEEN REPORTED THREE HOURS WITHOUT BOMBING AND THERE ARE ALSO SIGNS THAT THE GERMANS ARE RUNNING SHORT OF PARACHUTE TROOPS. THIS IS THE VTEST NEWS FROM CRETE, WHERE, ON THE WHOLE, THE SITUATION APPEARS LITTLE CHANGED
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    Anti-Conscription Meetings In Ulster
    27 7 rth Ireland. May 2G. p under CathoI Londonderry in the proI Ireland. The Roman Catholic Bishop r 'x tine Hf>f f**" *">- -.1 > -.niquitous."—
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    23 7 untitled May 26. v t?s navy transport United States >u1 270 United se Urn? had ex- ire brought here lac 3 those who
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    Vivid Story Of Crete Invasion & Royal Departure For Egypt
    1498 7 Vivid Story Of Crete Invasion Royal Departure For Egypt Reuter. Cairo, May 26. HAIR-BREADTH escapes from German dive-bombers were experienced by the King of Greece while still in Crete, and who had moved from his house near Canea the night before a very heavy air attack because he had a
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    De Valera Criticises Ulster Conscription
    555 7 Dublin, May 26. MR. I anion de Valera spoke to a crowded Dail this after, noon on the question of conscription in Lister. "There can be no more grievous attack on any fundamental right than to force an individual to fight by force for a
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    Nazi Ships Hit In Convoy
    93 7 Reuter. London. May 26. I\EBRIS was thrown into the air from a German merchantship of about 6,000 tons after bombs had been dropped by British aircraft of the Bomber Command. Another shin of about 4.000 tons was left enveloped Ln smoke. Several other ships, it
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    Merciless Bombing By Nazis
    128 7 Reuter. Bij Kenneth Anderson, Reuter'* i Special Correspondent* Cairo. May 2»3. HERACLION. the chief town of Crete and the sixth largest Greek town, was reduced to a I smouldering ruins \\ithin a few hours, and Retimo. once the Venetian literary centre, devastated by the mass German
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    Malayan Sharebrokers' Asso. Report
    929 11 Singapore. May 26. Buyuv. Seiiers MINING. IB) 3!- 316 A" 7|- 74' 2 l£\ 33 6 34:6 17 18i--0.70 0.75 £1 12 fl 14!--1 34 1.38 9 9:6 17 6 18,6 12.- 13--0 13« a 0.16 0.38 0.41 1 30 I.Sttd (bai 15 6 171- -<
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    139 11 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Tuesday. 'J'HERE was a slight easing In quotations for tin shares yesterday and more activity in consequence. Transactions were recorded in Rantau, Kuchat, Sungel Ways, Petaling, Batu Selangor and Puteh while in the Australian section Kundangs, Kramats and Austral
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    217 11 ABSURD rumours have appeared in a section of the foreign press regarding the food position in Malaya, states a communique from the Food Controller. Malaya. For instance, it is said that Thai land rice of the lower grades is sold here at several times cost
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    OUR SPECIAL FINANCIAL SERVICE By REUTER Cable
    170 11 Official Rubber Price Control In U.S. Possible New York, May 26. T HE United States Pr.ce Administrator has written to the Cocoa, Coffee, Pepper and Rubber Exchanges asking f or a conference regarding measures to prevent undesirable specula- tive activity in these commodities.
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    N. Ireland Protests At Conscription
    117 12 Reuter. Belfast, May 27 MR Andrews, the Northern Ire- la d Prime Minister, who left London on Sunday is expected to make a statement shortly on the outcome of the talks and this will probab'y coincide with a statement in Parliament by Mr Churchill. During
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    44 12 Mr.' Chanv Eenj Long J P.. M.C.H and family thank all friends and relatives who sent scrolls, wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence and also those \*ho paid nigh: visits and attended the funeral of the late Madam Tan Geok Lian.
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    163 12 Esah binti Md. Sallefa (aged 70' Well-known Malay (Midwife) died this morning at her resident. 2 Gevlan- AlsagofT Est at 1.15 a.m. this morning, leaving her loving husband and sreatgrand children to mourn her loss. WOODWARD: At the General Hospital, Singapore, on May 2-3 Capt. Cecil George Woodward Inspector
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    5 GIRLS KILLED IN MINE LANDSLIDE
    92 12 Fellow Workers See Them Buried Alive (From Our Own Reporter) ruim Ipoh, To-day. Chinese girls working on a tin mine at* Batu Gajah were slowly sucked into a quagmire yesterday evening before the eyes of horrified fellow workers who were unable to give any
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    Death Of Mr. N# Kah Ghee At 52
    69 12 rpHE death is announced of Mr. Ng Kah Ghee, the Managing Director Of Beo Huat and Company Ltd yesterday at his residence, No. 23. Lorong 27-a. Oeylang, at the age of 52. He leaves behind his wife, a brother, two sisters, five
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    Beer Bombed —Tobruk Tragedy
    141 12 Reuter. W Cairo, May 27. HILE the Western Desert Is fairly quiet, an Interesting picture of life In Tobruk was given by an eye-witness who re eently returned from there. Despite the frequent bombings there are still a great many habitable buildings in Tobruk where only
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    32 12 lady Stevens, ivife of Sir Bertram Stevens, Australian member of the Far Eastern Supply Group CfWKcii, who paused through Singtptrc Vetterdaw :n route to Delhi '/join her hulba n d.
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    178 12 British Wireless. T London, May 27. HE Council oi the Royal Societ> oi Arts with the approval ol their President, the Duke of Connaught, have decided to confei on President Roosevelt the Albert Gold Medal of the Society "in re Ognltion of his preeminent service
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    Miraculous Escapes In Malayan Air Crash
    106 12 (Frcm Oar Own Kcporter) Ipoh, To-day. TWO members of the Volunteer 1 Air Force. Mr. M. E. Nathan and Mr. E. W. Mack, of Ipoh. had mivaculou« escapes fron death yesterday when the Frying Club plane in which they were carrying out' brownout observation
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    2 Japanese Planes Downed Over Lanchow
    106 12 Reuter. Chungking. May 27. FOURTEEN planes cruised over 1 Chungking early this morning apparently for reconnoitring purposes. The raiders flew very high and dropped no txmos but only a few bursts of machine-gun fire were heard. The alarm was given at 8.30 a.m. md
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    A War Tax On Profits Urged
    241 12 (Tribune Staff Reporter) the Sub-Committee appointed to consider v a war loan had stated in their report that made as a result of the war should Jjt heavily i such a tax could only be ancilliary to a tax i D. Robertson, a member
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    Germans Use New Type Of Fighter
    47 12 Reuter. London. May 27. TWO of Germany's latest fighters —the Messerschmitt 109 F substratosphere planes—were in action y?sterday against the Dover balloon barrage. Unlike the familiar 10\K their wings were not squarecutbut tapered with rounded tips like thos? of the Hurricane.—Reuter.
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    24 12 The temporary secondment of Mr. A. F P. Ross, Assistant Director P\;blic Works. Somaliland ns an Engineer. Malayan Public Works Sendee has been approved
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    61 12 Reuter. 1 New York, Mai 26 T HE Herald Tribune ma three-column leader headed "For Actiotir calls on Pre sident Roosevelt for some kind ol convo> m i the Atlantic, f or a United States Reel a t, Singapore, for the re-! Peal of the
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    29 12 Reuter. Chungking May w THE Yunnan Pro\ n mem awarding bronze medals to foreign < ecrs for completion oi thi Bum Road on schedule.— Reuter
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