Morning Tribune, 19 April 1939

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    11 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE ■-No. 66. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. Am-il io~ooT FIVE CENTS.
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    UNKNOWN
    89 1 Berlin, Apr. 18. -FIVE warships, together auxiliary vessels, which are ins. in the spring cru:se on i ports in Spain, Portugal. lorocco and Tangier, began g to-day off Heligoland. I and submarines left Kie faring the night, and the n quadron left Wilhelm- morning. to an earlier official anthe
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    UNKNOWN
    57 1 Gibraltar. Apr. 18. I of Spanish troops, who lefr yesterday for Franco'o vicat Seville, are now returnlb in Lalinea have been conbarracks, reported that some cavalry San Roque. five miles ea age states tha' a mis io 11 inish officials has arrived at i Spanih Morocco to discuss [tench
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    UMANIAN TROOP MOVES
    65 1 Bucharest, Apr. 18. tTS that Rumania has agreed the passage of Soviet troops I arises, have evoked official arriving from Bessarabia arly all the troops. A on the Soviet-Rumanian region, have recently been Jo and sent to other districts Bej are considered more neces- an propaganda is
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    AISKY LEAVES FOR MOSCOW
    27 1 AISKY LEAVES FOR MOSCOW Kg. Apr. 18: Mr. Maisky left bv enroute to Moscow whither wen recalled in connection with ail °ns with the British Govern- Reuter
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    HITLER KEEPS WORLD IN SUSPENSE
    332 1 HITLER KEEPS WORLD IN SUSPENSE fwfwsdf PESSIMISM IN BERLIN UJTHERTO no reason is vouchsafed for Herr 8 1 replying to President Roosevelt unU] ihl^T dday m on Apr. 28, which could be const K.? *«chstag meeting er period, but newspaper oSSS? n "r L Ca "^thin a shortthe interim as
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    Commons Applaud Roosevelt
    145 1 Commons Applaud Roosevelt London, Apr. 18. rE general satisfaction of members of the House of Common^ at President Roosevelt's »M**| fleeted in the cheers with which Mr. Chamberlains reference to Roosevelt at the end of a»«^ rSreceived, says Renter's lobby corres taSU the United States Policy of displaying a disinclination
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    AUSTRALIA'S NEW PREMIER?
    38 1 Canberra, Apr. 18 ifp R G MENZIES, former Attorney the United Australia Party^ano^P pective Commonwealth P"* e succession to Mr- J. -v y wartime Mr. Menzies defeated ine Prime Minister Mr. Hugnes oy majority- Reuter
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    Sino – German Barter Pact
    49 1 Sino German Barter Pact Berlin, Apr. 18. Chinese circles report that a barter agreement has been concluded between German industry and the Chinese whereby Germany supplies ten million yuan worth of finished goods monthly in exchange for raw materials, particularly I No confirmation is obtainable in Lon- don Reuter
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    BRITISH SHIPS SOLD TO GERMANY
    64 1 London, Apr. 18. QUESTIONED regarding the recent sale of British merchant ships j to Gernanv Mr Oliver Stanley stated in tne Commons that the Board of Trade had no power to prevent the transfer oi British merchant ship, toj foreign nags, in future it wouW
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    VIGILANCE, URGES DALADIER
    49 1 VIGILANCE, URGES DALADIER Paris, Apr. 18. MORE decree laws were adopted at this morning's meeting of ministers, including one concerning a new organisation for buying war tSST the meeting M L Daladie* made a statement on the inter national situation, in which he emphas^d the need for vigdance.- Reuter
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      35 1 B co-operators <^ ta lP? 4& 5 K Weekly Report 8 ens Fa*es 14 &J5 apore Wedding 18 a P „re Kaces W Id Boxing z i Isfront 22 23 j a N-- 21 g p-anis
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    Too Many Loans For Medical Expenses?
    934 2 SH.B. CO-OPERATORS ADOPT NEW POLICY example to other »oA operators in *mW Thrift Loan of J Singapore Harbour „n,^v I" JjJ > MIA Junior Service Club wun tlw chair arret** the tendency for loans, for "medical The policy aims at VIUMft rxuenses" to swell.
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    $26,900 Sweep Winner On Lottery Charge
    115 2 $26,900 Sweep Winner On Lottery Charge Penang. Wednesday. JUDGMENT was reserved by Mr. A. W. Bellamy yesterday in the police court in a case in oi ninety tickets of the Taiping Turf Club. The accused in his evidence on oath said he was employed by Messrs. Hock Hin Bros, and
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    TOURING THE FAR EAST
    45 2 Baft* and Baroness C. Beuse- mdaer who arrived in Singapore trom Penang yesterday by train. a They arc on a tour of the Far East. They have just come from India after visiting variou* pla- ers of interest there. W m
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    Rotary Office To_ S'pore To India?
    72 2 Rotary Office To_ S'pore To India? I« 'poll. Apr. 18. T understood that the office for u*i f the R tarv International nLmETll* to ,Udia from Sin I This thJ hC mi d,e of thi >*«". V? ,s change is beiug ma de it is further learned, as a mfaswe
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    £1.000,000 Welcome Colony
    119 2 £1.000,000 Welcome Colony JfHE Proiee ted motto in the Legislative c k^ 011 1 ment, to Britain i1.000,000 Sett!eaetewc fa efven wide publicity b> the Home jn ess Several newspapers "take the opporr a P,Knd an iniposinp ]iJt of in£rv Van cc^ribuUons P an d voIm \L 6 i e
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    "Young Dr. Kids At Capitel
    131 2 Young Dr. Kids At Capitel wfwefw THE code of th- m »di {a i .J .forms tho l»ae';,J3i anrtht-r verv ::i-".iiv''cyß opened at 4 he t apltol 'JtS It is the M vn \M Doctor Ki'dcn- 1 is not enthV 'JH lightlully treated The product le J young doctor cr'sl
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    Spy Shorn Frand
    26 2 Spy Shorn Fra nd A 26-year-old Fr I Gruiebaru. io-&^l tary squau "''t^B a foreign po^ei d "1 crisis. He > „\i-^H tcr spying Lj v/ar Reuter
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      30 2 ■■■-■ill i "CARLOS'' No. 2, THE ARCADE, Telephone 6332 European Hair Dressers For Ladies and Gentlemen Specialists in all the latest methods and experts in pedicure and manicure. Prices moderate.
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    S. BARTER PLAN MAY SEND QUOTA UP
    445 3 amber Of Mines resident's View n\, intic i )lan or tne Jn^ rnational exchange of raw matebecially i jn and ruM> r as proposed by the United States might be for the purpose of replenishing her fast depleted th a t the scheme,
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    36 3 Miss Barbara Mary Brown, daughter of Mr. E. A. Brown and Mrs. Brown, and Paymaster Lieut.-Com. Claudius Alexander Herdman, Royal Navy, who were married at St. And rew's Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday. Report on page 18.— Tribune.
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    UNKNOWN
    146 3 Singapore, Tuesday. ration for the return of a '•at catted the "Tandjon*" I seiied by the police on lh -»t it had been used for h.ssion of an offence, viz. W itolea scrap metals from (»crman cruiser, "Em- niade before Mr. !,.C. Goh r Ntee court this mernMendis rroved
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    GOSPEL MEETING
    23 3 The Rev Goh Hood Kens will preach at the Gosoel Meeting at 167. East Coast Road, on Friday at 8 p.m
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    Open Verdict At Inquest On Child
    247 3 Singapore, Tuesday, i (CONFLICTING medical evidence re- 1 yarding the cause of thfc death of a fifty-day-old ehild, Cheow Hon Men, was the cause of an open verdict being returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr W. G. Porter, at the inquiry into the death
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      68 3 PURE SILVIKRIN The natural hair food in its concentrated form. Use it in cuses of severe dandruff, heavy Ijss of hair, thinning hair, bald patches and threatening baldness. Of all Chemists, High-Class Stores and Hair-dressers. Sole Distributors: RAHAMIN PENHAS, 117-125 Cecil Street. TITAN CEMENT MADE IN JUGOSLAVIA. TRADE I |»__W
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      FOREIGN EXCHANCE
      67 4 London. Tuesday. Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris 'closing middle rate) 176 73 Unchanged i.\r Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 881 11 16 8.8i 5 8 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) 8 :t 8 Unchanged T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) Is 2 3 4 Unchanged T.T. on
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      58 4 RUBBER Previous To-dTv n> Quiet Quiet c Hoot Buyers 7ft 77 bpot Sellers 8 7 15 16 Ist Forward 'May Buyers 7ft 7 7 g Sellers 8 7 15 16 2nd Forward (July Sept.) Buyers 8 8 Sellers Bft 8 1 16 3rd Forward (Oct.Dec.) Buyers 8 116
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      BULLION MARKET
      31 4 London. Tuesday. Previous To-dav Change HUM! Bar Gold. Fine, per oz. £7 B.6ft £7.8.6 ft'l SILVER Foot 20 20 1 16 -1 13 Forward 19 3 4 19ft -rVt
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      Fraser's Daily Report
      58 4 Singapore, Tuesday al midday was $110 up s v iW j rice of Rubber at 4 o'clock wa> buyJpot 27 cents, buyers July September 27 'a cents, market steady. With a dull market in London and Wall Street easier the downward drill in the local market persisted
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      137 4 London M Previous To-dav 87 9 88 9 l nuilop Rubber 25 25 3 Caeneral Electric 76 3 75 7 1 Imperial Chemical Industries 287ft 286 Imperial Tobacco 126 9 126 3 Anglo-Dutch 231ft 233 Canadian Pacific 4ft 4ft London Tin 3 3 Rubber Plan Investment Trust
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      METAL MARKET
      16 4 TIN STANDARD London. n afternoon price) £2163* £2 18 ft £214 ft £***** M
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      STOCK EXCHANGE
      98 4 London, April 18 VESTERDAY'S Stock Exchange failed to share Wall Street's pre-week-end enthusiasm over Mr. Roosevelt's peacedrive, owing to the reception' of the President's appeal in the dictator countries. Subsequently, however, the quiet downrift of prices was arrested on the news of convocation of the Reichstag, which has
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      PRODUCE
      99 4 London. Ta DU w Air m a v Previous To-day fl PALM OIL (Malay) M In bulk Apr. May shipment ~,a 0 c X t~~- i T J COPRA (Straits, F.1Y1.5.) £14 2 6 Nominal lnd H April Shipment £I 150 Nominal £1 I SAGO FLOUR (Sarawak) Apr. May
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      49 4 ritrrfr New York. Apr. Market Ton* Previous To-day MUM Tone Quiet Quiet *v° l Buyers i53 4 is* 8 S. Sellers 15% 153 4 Forward July "Sept Buyers I*£ 1553 .j^ Sellers 15' 8 153 4 asarket Tone Quiet Quiet Wt 46 3/ 4 46 7^
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      JAPANESE ADVANCE CHECKED
      118 4 Hongkong, Apr. 18. OEVERE fighting has broken out between Tsangchcng- and Sunghua as the enemy are now counterattacking Tsangcheng from Sunghua. The Chinese, however, have checked the Japanese advance by exerting pressure from the west on other enemv units. As the result of the past few days'
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      31 4 very firm in response to Calcutta advices where rain is still wanted. Some speculative buying was apparent, values closing at 22 6 to 18 9 higher Wall Street was easy. Reuter
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    STOCKS & SHARES Assued By Fraser Company
    732 5 STOCKS SHARES Assued By Fraser Company Singapore. Apr. 18, 5 pm. Eastern United 27.50 30 00 F and N. Ord. 13.90 14.30 do. 7ft% Prefs. 9.25 9.50 Gammon Malaya 1.72ft 1.77ft Gt. E Life f. pd. 61.25 66.25 Gt. E. L. pt. pd. 18.62ft 19.62ft Hammer and Co. 34.75 35.75
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    LYALL & EVATT'S QUOTATIONS
    204 5 LYALL EVATT'S QUOTATIONS Singapore, Monday. Buyers Sellers Ampats 3!3 3|9 Ayer Wengs 0.65 O.VO Batu Selangors 1.20 125 Hong Fatts 0.59 0.62 Hongkong Tin 16{6 17|6 Jelebus 0.56 0.60 Kamunting Tin 813 91Katu Tin ftU 22|Kents 21- 2 3 Killinghalls 139 1416 Kramats 9'3 10!-cd Kuchais 1.08 i.13 Laruts 41-
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    FRASER & COMPANY
    155 5 FRASER COMPANY I List Of Current Dividends Singapore. Apr. 18, 5 pm. Company Dividend Book, Date Ex Dly Tot trraml? *i a Apr. 26 Apr. 20 20% S^f 3d. Apr. 19 2 9 Apr. 25 2ft% Takuapa 6d. Apr. 24 A nr 28 Anr TK A% Ulu Piah 4% Apr^
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    203 5 WaW.a. M 100 nom I SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 25 L ed 194 nt Mar. 31 Sept. 30 100 101 nom 1907 red W IMOO.OOO 106 108 no M H* 31 a«pt. 30 BMNKT mVi mv nom Int Mi 19 58 ***** 000 120 121 cj 1928 2 y
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    Lompradore Gets Nine Months For Falsification
    348 7 Lompradore Gets Nine Months For Falsification Tuesday. »ed Tan Chuan Bdlig ViU to-day s< ateiiced in the li: °TL A fi*ch* of tWee charges of falsification of certain preKrSiSpa rJta pSM S the Java Sea Fire Insurance salary. That amount was for transport allowance and any such remuneration he wished
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    CRISIS CAUSES SLACK BUSINESS
    789 8 CRISIS CAUSES SLACK BUSINESS FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT n UR rev.ew this week covers a p riod of U Easter holidays having >» ter d fo f t^ lt ha s not been their weekly report yesterday ihis Jo WW c?lculat lacking in incident and excitem at but not oi a
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    Puppets Leave Former Capital Of Honan
    102 8 Puppets Leave Former Capital Of Honan PHINESE counter-offensives on the j S panese on Chungtiao moun»lt range during the past week are lik-S to the battle of Hsinkow in the fcfl 1937 in North Shansi where the Cm ese forces annihilated practical^ jS entire Japanese army. The onlv dJ ence
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    Japs Retreat In Face Of Chinese Attack
    67 8 Japs Retreat In Face Of Chinese Attack Chungking. Apr. 18 CIGHTING of a lesser magnitude curred all over China yesterdav sai in Kwangtung where the Chinese aia retaking Tsiangshing continued to m sue and attack the retreating Japans at Shektan about 20 kilometers iijl of Tsengshing on the Canton-Ko*;oc Railway.
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    CHINESE BOMBERS ACTIVE
    55 8 Hongkong. Apr. !8. Chinese bombers were active Of! the eastern front in East China, when they twice raided the Japanese occupy aerodrome outside Hanchow from the Chekiang capital. The first raid ton.) place late last month; the second m| Apr. 13 at noon, according to a Shanghai
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    Suicide Verdict On Tinsmith
    263 8 Singapore, Tuesday. VERDICT of suicide was to-day returned by the jury in the Coroners Court, at the inquest into the death of Hoo Yun Yap, who died of Hydrochloric and poisoning in the lock up ward of the General Hospital on April. 13. H ?i° Yl
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    NORTH HUNAN BATTLE NEAR
    102 8 NORTH HUNAN BATTLE NEAR Chungking, Apr- l8 MILITARY dispatches this afternJJj indicate that a storm is appro* l -j on the north Honan, front in China sector where about one ail oeen of Japanese troops recently Jjas n transferred from Wuning, liignj* a> nabout 110 kilometers north-west o chang in
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    chinese air force one PLANE RICHER
    364 9 chinese air force one PLANE RICHER Twin Engined Fiat Bomber Captured At Shayang Chungking. JHE Chinese Air Force was one plane richer when a Japanese heavy bomber, captured under thrilling circumstances, was flown from Chungking to a v estern Szechuen air base to ?oin Chinese bombing squadrons there. The machine,
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    Mother I'Dead" In Law
    305 9 Mother I'Dead" In Law London, Mar. 27. ■ER taking action under hi Lionet grandfather's will, r yesterday heard Ma mother is alive, pronounced by t "conventionally dead." i the pronouncement, an income the baronet's estate passed to the om bis mother. court was the Court of Session, ireh: the son.
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    Rubber Armour For Tanks
    269 9 Rubber Armour For Tanks -sealing petrol tanks, proof l f a lnst m achine-gun bullets if Minst small shells, are likely e specified in new types of bomp the R.A.F., says the London Th aeronautical correspondent, ante S |t a a ,ready in us r Wo-btriu anks and motor i
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    Governor's Narrow Escape
    109 9 j St. Laurent Du Maroni M ROBERT CHOT, Gt vernor-Genera of French Guiana, had a nairo*. escape from d?°.th as the result of a boat capsizing a few miles from Dev Pi Island. Three other men with hiir. vere drcwned. The Governor was 'making a tour of
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    Germany To Import Czech Workers
    94 9 Germany To Import Czech Workers Berlin. GERMANY is to import thousands of Czechojlovr.k workmen in order to ease the p-o^ont shortage of skilled workmen employed in vital industries, according to the "Auslandsdeutsche," organ of the Nazi foreign organisation. The Czech woikmen will fill the places of Germans who have been
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      195 9 "Be like me— Enjoy LIFE again Look how healthy and happy I am And to think that only six months ago I felt run-down and dead-tired. The doctor recommended Sanatogen. Sanatogen helped me at once. It seemed as if a stream of new life flowed through my veins. Now I
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Wednesday, April 19, 1939. A PATRIOTIC COLONY
    309 10 MORNING TRIBUNE Wednesday, April 19, 1939. A PATRIOTIC COLONY k patriotic and resourceful colony which has just made '.'io- handsome contribution to Imp rial defence." That is the iiatu ring reference made to the Straits Settlements by the London Times, and other papers have been equally complimentary in commenting on
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    SWASTIKA over ALSACE?
    1105 10  - SWASTIKA over ALSACE? llya Ehrenburg By PPOSITE Strassburg is the Getma!! city of Kehl. The Rhine :dcs them but from the French I city you can see German fortifications. Kehl's batteries were trained on Strassburg— l say "were" bemuse, as everyone knows, a pact ot j eace was signed in
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      23 10 Today's White Label Announcement Most of us can find fault with our eyes shut. But no fault can b* found with DEWAft'B ■"w.p.s.-p
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    SALVATION ARMY DONATIONS
    960 11 SALVATION ARMY DONATIONS list of donations re?TX Anny to conK C l its- annual appeal: r^" Harbour Board, $290.00; I H Excellency Sn Shcn, slOOOO; Mr. J. S^ Dumer Anon. $100.00; Mrs. b SJ sioOOO; Messrs. Topnam pjntai, HOOJOO; Sir Alexan,so.oo; Sir George Trimmer, ,00 Sir J Bagnall. $50.00. Hon
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    Germany Wauls To Conscript Refugees
    175 11 Metz AMOVE to call up for military service with the Reich German youths re- sident in France has been made by the German Consul here. A notice has been sent to young Germans living in the department of the Mcselle < Lorraine) informing them that
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    75 11 Berlin. THERE is r:0.2 room In cinemas for Germans than for any other Eu-o-Pe c£vmanv possesses the most cinema eats en the continent, it hae been announced at the Third Cinema Congress of the Film Chamber. There ire in Germany 6.073 cinema treatrea v.ith nbout 2.500.000 seats. This it is
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    Decline In British Export Trade
    226 11 Decline In British Export Trade London, April IV UNITED Kingdom exports in Mareli were valued at £41,634,577, compared with £42,155 373 a yeai -ago. imnurts amounted to £77,J7t>,J" S$ £84 853,849 a year ago *»u ?e exports to £4,923,288 agauisi £5,468,269. The figures for the first quarter of the y~
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    Finland Has Trade Line-up With Britain
    139 11 London, Apr. 17. K trade delegation from Finland arrived in London to-day for a stay of a fortnight, in the course of which the members will have discussions with British industrialists and will pay visits to many big industrial centres in the provinces. The
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    MASS FOR MR. LYONS
    37 11 Londc\ April 17. a-s Chamberlain attended Mte Peq.iim Mass at Westsninstei v,fltMcrai ink mornn.g for the Australian ft Minister, Mr. Joseph Lyons l*be i-i «£3 represented by the Du al K British Wireless
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    ANCIANT & MODERN
    98 12 ANCIANT MODERN The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester distributed the traditional Maundy money in Westminster Abbey on Faster Thursday, thus carrying out a ceremony centuries old. The recipients were 44 men and 44 women, one for each year of the King's life. La eh man received £4 15s. in currency
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      114 2 Little Sce Stealer Carol Ann Been. uh«l her screen drhui father. Wallace Beery, -fl Seas," recently nMnutedl^M lady Loraine Johnson ifl best way to steal sitrmH Wally, a secret which 'tknfl have been trying, to ifl for years. H Carol Ann. who has fetfl centrating on her *M k since
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      Morning Tribune FILM FANFARE
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      SWIbWUL SianiVydt Completes Another Colourful Role
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      468 5 "Extra" Appetites! tssal quantities of food consumed in Robert aylor's new picture. V players recently completed fourteen-hour banquet which >me sort of new record for the nt of food consumed on a > film set keen 2 p.m. one day and 6 p.m bet, the sixty polished off. g other
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      888 6 COMES TO STAY i OU pronounce it Francease-keh Oahl....wtih the "A" as in ill. "It is spoiled F-r-a-n-c-i-s-k-a I- vl. She is known as little Miss M :ka in her native Hungary and nick-name, in a phrase, des\*m her personality perfectly, ranciska Gaal's success on the t
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      562 7 i •TREAMLINED horror, 1939 model, > sta lks before the cameras these niversal studios. Ihr -r-r) "Son of FrankenL n presenting Basil Rathbone Mv, i no less) of Hollywood's :trs Boris Karloff and The thrilliest, chilliest, most horL e cinema conception ever to ,m the fevered brain
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      227 8 TAKE it from Robert Taylor, Vivien Leigh will be perfect in the role of Scarlett O'Hara. So Taylor said recently to Clark Gable as the latter prepared to move various of his belongings from his MetroCioldwyn- Mayer dressing room to Selznick International, where he was
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      60 5 BALINO had her name In I V the 'JM v **i m^^^f-''' B i^BM H. dUfcT^kJjwl Wa\» Jfe vjbb F- -a\- B''' "■a.-*-'^B a '^B^.- H ft >.v^B Bs m\*tmmW ammmmW «&t. 1 V mVja^ammYmfm W v7rH|^7nui/7ruJ ri A>» OTH f RED UPS AN BLUE BLOOD in« SWELL LAUGH SHOW
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      94 5 JThe Date to remember Wednesday. April 26th. Cala Malayan Premiere CAPITOL THEATRE PTJL ,t jelB: jtSrßc evle^eVßW. -ifl£h^' '•5) eß\ l\ I vn cut hue I iTWiTHYIU I VA JIAN LIONEL JAMES EDWARD A l2 \\aRTHUR BARRYMORE STWARTARNOID/^ W) MISCHA AUER ANN MILLER Mf v\'a SPRING BYINGTON SAMUEL S. HINDS
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    435 13 THESE MEN MAKE NEWS Captain Charles Waterhouse, M.P., has b r en appcinted Treasurer of the King's Household in succession to Captain Arthur Hope. M.P., Governor-designate of Madras. Captain Waterhouse, who served with the Life Guards in France during the Great War, has been Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire
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    2002 14 Newest Furnishing Trends OF TO-DAY Simple Dignity Characterises Modern Styles Surorising fabrics are appearing in the fu nishing u< rld-Scoteh plaid taffeta being used to upholster dining-room chairs. Curtail may fit her match cr may be made of caiidv-striped taffeta. Charm Of HandWoven Fabrics E°rT „„wn right. The f_*l is
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    174 17 "Keep Out" Says Walsh To America Washington, April 18. SENATOR WALSH, chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Commision, yesterday called for expansion of the Navy and Air Corps to "protect this nation against any eventuality." He said: "We can no longer adequately defend a twoocean nation with a one-ocean navy."
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    115 17 Kents' Visit To Ireland Off This Year London, Apr. 18. HPHE visit of the Duke and Duchess 1 of Kent to Northern Ireland is postponed indefinitely. A notice issued from the official residence of the Duke of Abercom states that at the request of the Government of Northern Ireland the
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      142 17 Law Notice For To-day Before the Chief Justice in Ist Court at 11 a.m. Part heard:— S. 'Chambers No. *****9 in Suit No. 442 37 S. *****8. Before Mr. Justice Fedlow in 2nd Court at 11 a.m. 5.24 37— Re estate of Tan Boon Guan deceased (Further consideration* Thereafter:— Div.
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      186 17 OSTAL INTELLIGENCE j TO-DAY "Qantas'' Apr. 19 7.45 a.m. ia; _-Whoie f'JPrachatipok 19 2 p.m a China (Parcels only) Bellerophon 19 1.30 p.m L and cmi-a r* Manila Maru 19 4 p.m. 1 K Toengkal Toba 19 noon Kg.West Sumatra, S.-East 0 l Celebes. Moluccas Ijd^ w nQOn PBE Dillvx
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    164 18 INDIAN JURIST IN SINGAPORE Singapore, Tuesday A MONQ -the sixty six passengers who disembarked from the M.S Johan van Oldenbarnevelt to-day was Mr. Katanlal Ranchhoddas, one of the greatest authorities on British Indian Law. Mr. Ratanlal looking far younger than] hLs actual sixty eight years of age Is on; his
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    46 18 S'pore C a thedral Wedding Picture taken at the reception following the wedding of Paymaster Lieut. Com. CA. Herdman, Royal Navv. and Miss Barbara Mary Brown, daughter of Mr. E.A Brown and Mrs. Brown. The group includes the bride's parents and Major Gen. Dobbie, G.O.C. Tribune
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    506 18 Miss Barbara Brown Commander Herdml Singapore, Tuesday.! ONE of the most beautiful weddings of this year took phut ail Andrew's Cathedral this afternoon when Miss Barbara MM Brown became the wife of Paymaster Lieut.-Commander Clanfl Alexander Herdman, Roval Navy, son of Captain and Mrs. J. C. \\M man, of Sion
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    90 18 Hongkong, Apr. 18. MYSTERY still, shrouds the recent large-scale Japanese troop movement' between Shanghai and Nanking, in 1 which considerable numbers of Japa- I nese troops arrived in Shanghai from Sooehow bv foot and are, at present. at Woosung and Kingwan outside Shanghai. Meanwhile, huge quantities
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    58 18 OFFICIAL O BOGUS GOVT ASSASSINATE Shanghai. Apr. M MR. Wang Hsien Mini jn^ior official of the!* king i^terraed Govern* was a^assbtated j 7¥eeicli Cetotefeton tort Ise bady wa« found w t^wajr next to a nopi dHWa-.wtth deep knife i bullet wounds. Pinned to the clothes' tW .a^.. n <r the
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    86 18 SingaP"'-' ta* fASH, gota cuff nks n tb el t Kfpt in a »#if r of P»*J of Mrs. K. M. Self, o r >(af jan* Road. cre miv*" Han Hi Sfrc J4, «>*£ Ml appeared from tnc *ou vhe n was arrested yesterda} of tB ged with
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    145 19 IRTH BORNEO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE monthly meeting of the North *o Chamber of Commerce, held 5. a letter from the Controlle: r, Jesselton, dated Mar. 29, was ting that the suggestion cf the, 3f Sections 3 and 4 of Schedule zette Notification 289 of 1935. nstitute Assessment Committees Central Control
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    135 19 N Our Own Correspondent J Johore Bahru, Monday. l Kian a lorry attendant, who Impleaded guilty to having been w in conveying 273 lb. of sheet JJth i intent to evade the prohibiten ric OIW iaid in the on An n l bbe: from l
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    925 19 Singapore, Tuesday. WE regret to record that news has been received of the death in London yesterday of Mr. Bernard Ernest Ablitt, M.C, partner in the firm of Fraser and Co exchange and share brokers, Singapore. Mr. Ablitt a.crtmpanieo by his wife left
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    IMPRESSIVE GALLOPS AT BUKIT TIMAH COURSE
    958 20 (By -Marcus Tue da v. YfANY impr ,ssiv<. naam were mat .hrou,h Mal BakU Tinah this m..n.in« b prepara l,«n f« rN.turd. n A parlkularlv ami gallop oxer three furlong dom D, <;«ld (ridinK lx.y) and (Janderdown (l)a»*on). Last voar's cup winner oa.sil.\ had
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    69 20 The following crop returns for March &re reported: Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) Rubber Co.. Ltd 47.000 lb.. Badek Rub ber Estate Ltd. (Staffield Estate) 15.500 lb Bradwall (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate Ltd 44,500 lb.. Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estates Ltd. 60.500 lb.. Klabang Rubber Co.. Ltd. 87.000 lb.. Krian Rubber Plan tations
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    165 20 seventh annual general J ing of the shareholders^? ern Realty Co., Ltd.. will be u the Board Room of the Ove Chinese Banking Corporation, j^ ed, China Building. ChuUa Singapore, on Apr. 28, at \i\L. The balance sheet and stateaj profit and loss account for the
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    21 20 New life assurance business wris the Oriental Government Securq Assurance Co.. Ltd.. last year m policies assuring Rs. 9,76.85.385
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    336 20 SECOND DA Y'S WEIGHTS FOR BUKIT TIMAH FOLLOWING are the weights 101 the second day, Apr. 26, of the Singapore Turf Club\ Summer Meeting. HORSES. CLASS 2. DIV. 1, 5'C. FURS Silver Monk 9.4 Burraneer 9.0 Complacent X 13 Heroic Srar 8.1 J Grofmo 8.9 Golden Plateau 8.7 Servus (late
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    Six Weeks' Gaol For Spitting I At European Inspector
    519 21 JHORTLY after 8.30 o'clock yesterday received information that there was assembling in front of a Japanese shop Inspector Mic'iae! Boyle was immedi-f ately informed and he and a party of policemen proceeded to thy spot and dismissed the c r owd.
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    78 21 Zagreb, Adt. 18. r yufOSltf Premier. M. Tsvetkovitch, ar d the Creation Opposition Leader. •u -hek announce that they have shed agreement en the basis for dis- the Croation autonomy proy men, will be referred to the ncemed. after which M. and M Matchek will hold meetina probably
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    65 21 Kunming, Apr. 17. II i to Chungking is to main- 1 with the Chme.se Central t Besides that. I have no >n." declared Sir Archibald i i Kerr, who denied reports' led the Far Eastern sitU-l h tly with Sir Robert Craig'c. i Embassador to Japon In
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    143 21 Singapore, Tuesday. i DISPUTE among lorry drivers in A. Paya l>bar Road on Feb. 22, which led to the alleged use of an iron bar on one of them, had a sequel in the Third Police Court today, when Toh Poon Koon summoned Ann Kim Seng and
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    310 21 Shanghai, Apr. 18. JKI ORTS of Chinese successes on various fronts continue to pour irto Shanghai. They range from alleged attacks bv guerrillas I Japanese garrisons near Shanghai to the claim of 70,000 troops ■merging on Hsuchowfu at the junction of Tientsin-Pukow and aagaal railways from where
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    138 21 London, April 18. A THOUSAND Japanese were killed in the three-day battle preceding the Chinese entry into the towns of Tbengcheng and Huahsien, near Canton, according to an official telegram to the Chinese Embassy. It is claimed that the Japanese are being pursued southward on the Can-ton-Kowloon
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    173 22 THK Royal Singapore Golf Club April 1 L G.U. Medal competition was played at Bukit Tlmah on Monday an.i resulted in I win for Miss S Lucas in Silver Division with a net score of 75 and in a tie between Mrs R Wakeford Mrs.
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    99 23 To- Night's Volleyball THE volley ball team of the Far Eastern University (Philippine World Olympic team! will meet the volley bail team of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation to-night at the Happy World Covered Stadium. The visitors have .so far played two games at basket ball and won both.
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    44 23 GUNNERS BEAT TADS 3-0 IN a Div. 1 league fixture played at Tanglin yesterday the Royal Artillery beat the Manchester* by three clear goals. Scoring was incidentl.v opened lot the Gunners by a Tads defender who kicked the ball accidently into his own glial.
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    143 24 Washington. Apr. 18. SENATOR PITTMAN disclosed todav that the "cash and credit'' provisions of the Neutrality Act will Irobablv be allowed to expire on Apr. 30 'despite the European crisis. Mr Pittman previously stated that the provisions might be extended, but enactment of the revised version woul'J be sought.
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    Pigeons To Play Part In National Defence
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    Palestine Solution Imminent
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    STOP PRESS
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