Morning Tribune, 10 January 1940

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    THE MORNING TRIBUNE
    12 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE Vol. 4— No. 289. Wed.. Jan. 10, 1940. I
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    PREMIER ON QUIET BEFORE THE STORM
    4150 1 v 1 HIS new year, which will probably be the most fateful one m the history of the world, has opened quietly. But it is the quiet of the calm before the storm Men armed with the most powerful weapons of destruction that science
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    GERMANY'S MR THREAT TO BRITAIN
    202 1 London, Jan. 9. •IT would be criminal folly U> 1 allow the people of this country to slip into thinking that because the blow has not fallen m the first four months of the war. the danger of a heavy air attack on this country
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    JAPAN'S WAR CHIEF ASKS PREMIER TO RESIGN
    117 1 JAPAN'S WAR CHIEF ASKS PREMIER TO RESIGN Tokyo, Jan. 9. |HE Japanese political situation is more tense followin S the reported demand by Hie Minister of War, to the Vernier to resign. SthTt War Minister, according Dlainti kumin Shi ™bun, bluntly exSSS v tJJ 1 etail t0 the Premier, yesthat
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    URGENT BERLIN CONFERENCES ON ITALY & SOVIET
    518 1 URGENT BERLIN CONFERENCES ON ITALY SOVIET Amesterdam, Jan. 9. jJITLER, back m Berlin after the Christmas holidays, has been holding a series of urgent conferences with political and military J chiefs regarding Germany's rcla- fpj tions with Italy and Russia, but the most urgent business, according |p |.j the Telegraaf,
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    U.S. MAY BUILD 52,000-TON SHIPS
    39 1 U.S. MAY BUILD 52,000-TON SHIPS Washington, Jan. 9. Admiral Stark, addressing the House of Representatives' Naval Committee, stated that according to present naval .studies, the United States may build 50,000 or 52.000 ton battleships, but not larger vessels Reuter
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      40 1 On Other Pages German Threat To Holland Capitol Show: Special Report Capitol Show Pictures Women's Pa#e People Places Leader Pa?e Cinemas 9, 10, 11, 13 Shipping 1* Soldier's Death Mystery 15 Sport 16 W Premier's Speech 18 19 Finance -0
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    GERMANS ARE READY FOR INVASION OF HOLLAND
    182 2 New A rtny H. Q. Set Up Near Frontier LONDON, JAN. 9. Till- DAILY TELEGRAPH'S AMSTERDAM CORRESPONDENT STATES THAT HE HAS RECEIVED NEWS FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE IX WESTERN GERMANY THAT NEW GERMAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT RECKLINGHAUSEN, ABOUT 40 MILES
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    CROWDS WATCH AIR ATTACK ON SHIP AT SEA
    253 2 CROWDS WATCH AIR ATTACK ON SHIP AT SEA London. Jan 9. Tv, o large Gttpuui bombfi WPttreJ 1 ofl the ea Co#st flyim very I>w at to-day, and after machine Running steamer proceeding north, they attacked It with bombs, all of which missed The iteamer replkd with her defence Runs
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    CHINESE MAINTAIN PROGRESS IN SOUTH
    153 2  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Hongkong, Jan. 9. to reports from Chinese Intelligence Headquarters, heavy Japanese reinforcements, including mechanised corps and aircraft, have arrived m Canton. They will soon be despatched to Northern Kwangtung m order to prevent the imminent collapse of the Japanese front there.
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    CANADA'S WAR COST
    72 2 CANADA'S WAR COST Ottawa, Jan. 9. (CANADA'S initial financial programme. as part of her war effort exceeds 170 millions, which is fifty per cent frreatei- than expenditure during the first 2J months of the last •war. To this must be added the cost cf Canada's share m the Empire air
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    BRITISH RED CROSS DONATIONS
    66 2 rrmr p^ n L oll^. Jan. 9. 'FHE Red Cross lias authorised a do nation of $100,000 to the British Rod Cross Fund, initiated by the Loid t£F£« bF*?* «W a furtnerssG,ooo Finland d f r IX iief won: S Urge quantities of medical requisues. ciothkig
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    MR. HORE-BELISHA SEES KING
    36 2 rm^ v London, Jan. 9. ihe King returned to London from a,fJ??w IftC K. Wh^ re he gave a farewell audie'ice to Mr. Hore Beaslia on his resignation as War Minister.- Reuter
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    DAYLIGHT CURFEW ON JEWS
    61 2 DAYLIGHT CURFEW ON JEWS Copenhagen, Jan. 9 B According to the Berlin corresponds B of the National Tidende a ne* decr*B forbids all Jews m occupied Poland t appear on the streets between the hou r <B of 9 am. and 5 p.m., thus imposing iB daylight curfew. Another decree
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    BRITISH WARSHIPS v. NAZI BOMBERS
    116 2 BRITISH WARSHIPS v. NAZI BOMBERS London, Jan 9 W IT is authoritatively announced that ir. I their numerous duels siiice the our. Wr break of war. British warships have M emerged with flying colours from e^-l counters with German aircraft. Eg Only three hits hive hither 1 b^nK registered with
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    Western Front More Active
    81 2 Paris, Jan. 9. H THERE was more animation than usual I en the Western front. H During* the night, patrols were out I on both sides investigating the enemy's I movements. H The German patrols were more ag- 1 gressive than usual, and at some points
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    SCREENING OF "ALLIED FORCES" BRINGS $5,600 FOR WAR FUND
    2117 3  - SCREENING OF "ALLIED FORCES" BRINGS $5,600 FOR WAR FUND Lorraine Streeter (By All Singapore Attends Big Social Event LORRAINE STREETER REVIEWS THE FASHIONS Tllkl Malaya Patriotic Fund received a magnificent boost last night when funds totalling over $5,600 were raised from the showing, at several sessions, of a series of
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    SPECIAL TRIBUNE PICTURES OF LAST NIGHTS CAPITOL EVENT
    116 4 I Brilliant I Gathering rhVKKAI, thousands attended yesv terday's.' screenings at the Capitol of the picture "The Allied I •n-es." which brought over $5,600 I the Malaya Patriotic Fund. The Tribune cameraman was there b ii > taking pictures of this jjrr.it
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    EVERY-DAY MEALS
    1072 5 Acquire New Interest If Served Like This Hne of the biggest troubles with which B the hcusewife has to contend is the of ordinary plain wholesome fare I a manner which will tempt the appeHte> of husband and children. s often less focd is consumed than I right
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    CHINESE ACQUITTED OF EXTORTION
    324 6 (From Our Own Keporieij Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. fHONG MOK SANG, a young Chinese, was yesterday acquitted and C .UKharged (by Mr. W. I Thorogood m the First Couit) on two charges of alleged extortion. Mr A K. Jakeman prosecute*. whil« Mi H r ft Rajajooria apueared
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    LORRY DRIVER FINED $113
    148 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Baliru. Tuesday. lEE LXX SKNG, a lorry driver, J was fined a total sum of $113.50 by Mr. J. B. Weiss, the first magistrate, when he was found guilty of two charges under the Traffic Ordinance. On a charge of having
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    Allegations Against Driver
    137 6 Allegations Against Driver (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Tuesday. ALLEGATIONS that a Malay driver deliberately drove his car across the road and collided with complainant's car m order to cause a blockade and then, with three Indian drivers, severely assaulted him were made to Inche Abdul Aziz at Kuala Pilah
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    SUICIDE ATTEMPT
    135 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) M.ila<-< a. Tuesday. A YOUNG and attractive Kheh n uumun, Lim Suee Nyat, said to be the wife of a circus performer, appeared brf.sre Mr. J. G. Rappo|K>rt In l he Police Court yesterday on a <li.ni;r of attempting to com. Mit suicide by
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    Broke Into Home Of An Officer
    253 6 Broke Into Home Of An Officer Singapore, Tuesday. ELEVEN months' rigorous lmpnfi sonment, to be followed by twelve months' police supervi»on, was the sentence passed on Ita Chine Yong, a young Chinese, by Mr. J. L. McFall m the Criminal District Court to-day, when h e convicted him on a
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    People & Places
    916 6  - Pe ople Pl ac es Vera Ardmore ■■■■'At I AST night at (Jovernment House I L HE the Governor and Ijdy Thoma* entertained at a small dinner party before going on to WJ Capitol theatre to view "The Allied Forces" which was presented In aia of Uws IVlalaya Patriotic Fund.
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    World In Bad Shape, Says Roosevelt
    136 6 Washington, Jan. D"Tne people of the United States recognise two facts to-day. The first that the world outside our hemispn' is really m bad shape," declared P: sident Roosevelt, speaking' at the an nual "Hundred Dollar" dinner of tne Democratic Party (a function derivu
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    MOTORIST FINED
    64 6 P Singapore, Tuesday LEADZNG guilty to a charge of d~ obeying the lawful orders of a cor. stable at Jalan Besar on the night oNov. 21, A. O. Valbeng, was fined $2 t Mr. O. H. Whitton mi n the Traffic &>" v this morning. On mother charge
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    MORNING TRIBUNE Wednesday, January 10, 1940. NO MIDDLE WAY
    325 8 MORNING TRIBUNE Wednesday, January 10, 1940. NO MIDDLE WAY WHERE is DO doubt where j Sweden's sympathy lies m i regard to the Kusso-Finnish hos- j tilities. On account of the (iermafl threat she hesitates openly to .support Finland; yet if she does j not she may bt the next
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    London
    1016 8  -  H.L.Hopkin On T j Another War-Time j j Christmas: Much Fog But j 2 jNo Snow: Trains Four: 5 j Hours Late: Newspapers j j Take A Holiday: Faithful j |8.8. C. Carries On: j j Ministry Of Information J i And Censorship: Good j Job Of Work Being
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    To-Day
    604 8 newspaper writer of experience deveinnß a sense of responsibility and has a «Z idea of what should and what shot I not be published. But you cant be to careful. Even the most careful writer may v J wittingly let out vital information Only officials m close touch with
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    SHE'S AN ANGEL
    47 9 \nd here's that "Oomph" girlie again Ann Sheridan and she s helpmg "The Angels Wash Their Faces" at the Alhambra this week. We bet, the "angels" uouldn't want their faces washed by anyone else after this— and we don I blame them either. I
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    Practice Makes Perfect, Says Frank Morgan
    206 9 Practice Makes Perfect, Says Frank Morgan "Practice makes perfect!'* At any rate, according to Frank Morgan, that is the secret of stage players' success m talking pictures. There are many reasons always be'tog given why stage people come to Hollywood and, without screen experience, are able to skyrocket to stardom,"
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    EVEN HOLLYWOOD HAS STRIKE FEVER
    560 9 EVEN HOLLYWOOD HAS STRIKE FEVER IT MMllltllllie •••■••■•■••IIMMMIIIIIIVMIDIIIIHI j MORNING TRIBUNE I I FILM FANFARE I _l M CILMVILLE'S underdogs, now completely organized, are on the rampage for higher wages and filmville's overlords are frankly worried. Only a few days ago, studio workeis p:ieU a general 10 per cent, raise
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    Capitol The Sun Never Sets
    134 9 Capitol The Sun Never Sets k HISTORICAL theory not without practical basis was accidentally illustrated during production of "The Sun Never Sets," Universal's drama of the British colonial service coming to the Capitol Theatre to-day. The theory, advanced by Scenarist W. P. Lipscomb and hinted m the picture's prologue, is
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    HOLLYWOOD'S FILM HISTORY
    330 9 WHO ever thought up the idea for 'Hollywood Cavalcade" (and it was probably a fellow named Darryl Zanuck) must be credited with a brilliant imagination The show, which comes to the Cathay next week, is an affectionately contrived epic of the film industry, starting out m 1913,
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    BATHING BELLES
    23 10 Mack Sennett bathin* beauties come to life again m "Hollywood Cavlecade," which digs up Hollywood history and makes fine entertain mem.
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    Pavilion "omance Of The Redwoods"
    101 10 Pavi li on "omance Of The Redwoods" IMIII "Romance of the Red wood V opens at th e Pavilion Theatre it will reveal U^-tf a simple and powerful drama unfolded against, and an intrinsic part of, the breathless beauty of the magnificent timber belt of the Pacific Northwest. Charles Bickford
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    YOUTH HAS ITS FLING
    140 10 YOUTH HAS ITS FLING t.j.c vx/cfk'<; PICTURES AT THE CINEMAS the swiftly paced and thoroughly entertaining, story. Miss Parker, who made, her flrst big success m a similar character! ration to Seauola," Is currently to be seen as an attractive backwoods girl employed Hi a lumber camp boarding house. Mr.
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    Alhambra Way Down South
    500 10 Alhambra Way Down South WHBHVBB »w— now an unselfish boy. imbued with the ideals of his dead father, saves a great plantation from ruin and preserves the happiness and contentment of its many slaves is thrillingly recounted m "Way Down South," starring Bobby Breen, which is the next change at
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      87 10 HAPPINESS IS HERE AGAIN WITH BOBBY AT HIS BEST! L II A MBKA w RKO KADIO PICTURES present The Screen's Greatest JJjßP^^i Ik BOY SINGING STAR fL BOBBY I f DKtt N IN B> 41 pj|. SOI 'I 1 fll Special Added Attraction The Most Daring Pictorial Document ever presented
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      326 11 I |\CK LONDON'S THRILLING SAGA OF LOVE AND HATE V Rl y/ISO AGAINST THE AWESOME BACKDROP OF I NATURTS EIGHTIES I HIRACLJCB I ""SIW IMVILIOV 615 <O|^ mT s^mmm I IFAN PARKER .(y J i L"^^ J^J X a coij^bia picture I GIVE THIS LITTLE GIRL A B-l-G HAND! I
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    Profiteer Suspects Say "No"
    304 12 FIRMS REFUSE TO SHOW BOOKb A Director's Pay Jumps £14,500 London, Dec. 23, THK salary of I managing director whose firm were doing war work vwml up from £500 U) HlftQQ a year and machine-tool makers ftHlftfttri of chftfgfag the GIHUI *****11 too much and making
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    R. A. F. Ace Is Legless
    165 12 R. A. F. Ace Is Legless London. Dec. 23. HEKK is the story of the most remarkable man m the K. A. F.— Flying-Officer Douglas R. S. Bader. Right years ago, when he was twenty-one years old and one of Britain's most promising pilots, his airplane crashed. In this accident
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    Hitler Dare Not Bomb Britain
    350 12 London, Dec. 24. RIUTAIN has enough fighter planes on the Home Front to overwhelm the biggest mass formation of bombers that Germany COUld send against us, writes William Courtenay m the Sunday Chronicle. That is why Hitler has not dared to bomb Britain. Our Air
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    Moist Hands Led To Death
    244 12 Moist Hands Led To Death London, Dec. 24. H J)R. Harold James Walke, a brilliant young scientist at Liverpool University, had moist hands. This probably hastened his death H from electrocution, it was stated at an inquest at Liverpool yes- I Professor James Chadwick said Dr. I Walke was working
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    PAY THEFT BY BOGUS DOCTOR
    145 12 London, Dec. 23. 'TOOD afternoon, d0ct0r.".... v "Good afternoon, nurse." The white-coated young man, stethoscope slung over shoulder bent his head as he acknowledged a nurse's greeting and hurried through the hall of the Royal Free Hospital. Gray's Innroad, W.C., yesterday. A few mm ut
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    39 12 I The closure of fourteen out I sixteen British Film Studios sin outbreak of war has thrown 18.000 v m out of employment. The lead^ the industry are urging a cl<x I the suspension of the Quota Act I
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    ROYAL GREETINGS
    49 12 rrTrrnrrnTTrrnTiTrriniißmirOTnwwwwwi I -if 1 s 'h The two sides of the Christmas card which was sent by King George and Queen Elizabeth to every member of the British Forces. Portraits of H their Majesties appear on the front, and the greeting m facsimile handwriting on the reverse.
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      361 13 J 1 Great Story of g Greg t EM PIR E j —^^t 1* OPENS TO-DAY I mf J DOUG. FAIRBANKS, JNR. 9 J at V^ 9 15 I m\J* and \sß LArlTfll BASIL RATHBONE \y mi V^* I 11 C AUBREY SMITH LIONEL ATWILL and V IRGINIA nJuT^^^'y I
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    Youth's Theft Of Shoes
    113 14 bingapore, Tues,l a GENTEXCE was deferred m the case m which R. Vellu, a 19-year^y ,1 Indian youth, pleaded guilty before Mr. Conrad Oldham m the £ond Police Court to a charge of theft of a pair of shoes valued at hist night. I I was
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    COOL LEADERSHIP IN BRITAIN
    75 14 New York, Jan. 9. Commenting on the British Cabinet changes, the Washington Tost says they arc of world-wide importance, because they have revealed considered anticipation on the part of Britain of a long war, m which leadership of tenacity and quiet resolution is preferred to one
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    MYSTERY OF SOLDIER WHO DRANK TO DEATH
    785 15 MYSTERY OF SOLDIER WHO DRANK TO DEA TH FOUND IN DITCH ON NEW YEAR'S EVE I Singapore, Tuesday. EVIDENCE of how Private Robert Dempsey, of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, was discovered m a ditch, apparently drunk, on the evening of Dec. 31, last year, and how he was found
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    COURT SEQUEL TO AIR TRIP OF JAPANESE
    132 15 COURT SEQUEL TO AIR TRIP OF JAPANESE Singapore, Tuesday. MR. K. L J. HAAK, manager of the Royal Netherland Indies Airways, was fined $?5 or m default to undergo one week's simple imprisonment by Mr. L. Goh, Fifth Magistrate, to-day when he pleaded guilty to a charge ol giving an
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    Alleged Housebreaking To Steal
    124 15 Alleged Housebreaking To Steal Singapore, Tuesday. KUAN AH VIM, a young Cantonese, claimed trial this morning m the Criminal District Court before Mr. J. L McFall on a charge of committing housebreaktng by entering into a building m the possession of Edward Leong by climbing into and out of a
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    Mother-in-law Blamed For Domestic Trouble
    412 15 Singapore, Tuesday. rTAY Aw appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham this morning m answer to a maintenance summons for neglecting to maintain his wife, Ong Cheng Ec, for part of 14 months. Tay Aw claimed trial. On£ Cheng Ec, the complainant, told the court that she
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    112 IN CAR, DRIVER FINED
    134 15 112 IN CAR, DRIVER FINED Singapore, Tuesday. I (CONVICTED by Mr. C. H. Whitton j m the Traffic Court this morning j Jj on a charge of negligent driving, jfrtXjJ Bachan Singh was fined $50 or two Ittflj months' simple imprisonment. ;JwfH On a second charge of overcrowding jfffirPjl his
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    ITALIAN HUNGARIAN ALLIANCE PROPOSED
    351 15 ITALIAN HUNGARIAN ALLIANCE PROPOSED Rome, Jan. 9. In regard to the proposed lUlo-Hun-gariau alliance reports state that wellinformed Italian circle* doubt whether such decision could be taken at a bi'ateral conference. It is admitted that such alliance might justifiably be described as a part of Italy's plan to build an
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    28 15 Johannesburg, Jan. 9. Traasvaal gold production has rrached an all time record, the value being computed at £95,W0,0#6, an increase of over £10,000,000 on the previous year.- Reuter
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    SOLDIERS & CIVILIANS DRAW IN FAST HOCKEY
    1020 16 SOLDIERS CIVILIANS DRAW IN FAST HOCKEY Splendid Game On The Padang Combiimi Services 1 Singapore (Civilians) 1 DLA\ED at a furious pace throughout, the return hockey encounter between the Singapore Civilians and the Combined Services on the Padang yesterday ended m a thrilling one-all draw. In the first match lute
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    Fine Drama At Cathay
    145 16 ENTERTAINMENT of a high order is to t be .seen at the Cathay, where "The Magnificent Fraud." starring Akim TamirofT, Lloyd Nolan. Patricia Morison and George Zucco, began a season last is the dramatic story of a man \.ho becomes president for a day— or for
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    JACK LONDON FARE AT PAVILION
    150 16 THERE is plenty of two-fisted drama m "Romance of the Redwoods.'' the picture which opened at the Pavilion last night, and after the spate of romances, Singapore audiences will welcome this change. Charles Bickford. famous for his strong, workmanlike roles, is back again with us
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    REAKDOWN IN U. S.-ARGENTINA TRADE TALKS
    103 16 REAKDOWN IN U. S.-ARGENTINA TRADE TALKS it I >, Washington, Jan. 8. I* Ls officially announced that the 1 United States and the Argentine have agreed to abandon completely the negotiations for a trade treaty which broke down last week. The State Department ascribes the failure of the negotiations to
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    ALLEGED CHEATING
    72 16 Reuter Singapore. Tuesday DRODUCED before Mr. H. Watson m 1 the Third Police Court this morning V. Nagalingam, a 39-year-old Ceylonese, claimed trial to charges of (i) making a false statement before a magistrate on June 1. 1939, and cheating Ram Singh of $120 on w 5. 1939.
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    7-A-SIDE RUGGER AT S.C.C.
    208 16 7 -A- SIDE RUGGER AT S.C.C. TIES for the S.C.C. seven a- H J side rugger tournament to commence on Monday, Jan. 15, WL are as follows: B Monday: 5 p.m., Alexander a n I R.A.F. (Tengah* •B\ f> 20 p.m., R.A. (B. Mali. V j IK R.A.F. (Tengah) "A
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    Ladies' Medal Result At R. S. G. C.
    180 16 Ladies' Medal Result At R. S. G. C. THE Royal Singapore Golf Club Lactic January Medal competition was played at Buklt Timah on Monday after- 1 noon and resulted m a win for Mrs. E A Elder m "A" Division with a scor; B o: 2 down. In a win
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    ISLAND CLUB
    87 16 Mixed foursomes played at the Bland ta Club on Sunday resulted as follows- It. Mr. and Mrs Tan to Chin Tiian W— Mfc-3™ I \j Mrs. Wyckoft and OQI B J.L. Pattison 47— B*£- Mrs. Bateman and H A J G Currie 50—10^-39-4 1 Mrs. C.K. Lee and
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    SINGAPORE WOMEN'S XI vs. SELANGOR CHOSEN
    563 17 Whites 4; Colours 0. »JHi: selection of the Singapore Women's hockey side which will meet the Selangor women at hockey at the Girl's Sports Club ground on Saturday, Jan. 13, was decided upon yesterday at the close of the final trial game played at
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    WAR PROFITS TAX IN N.E.I.
    61 17 Batavia, Jan. 5. THE Netherlands Indian government has introduced a special war profits tax, amounting to 35 per cent, of the profits made over and above the average for the period 1936/38, effective as from Sept. 1. 1939. The tax will not affect individual incomes
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    9 17 Sport s Diary TO-DAY HOCKEY: S.R.C. vs. Manchester, SRC.
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    SOCCER FRIENDLY
    60 17 A team will be selected from the following players to represent the Municipal Services Club against the Double Eagle Football XI on Saturday at Farrer Park: C Gomes. Alfonso, Im Peng, A. Rahman, Ah Hong < Captain >. Jagazi. W. Gomes, Ah Soo. Soo Teng, Khoon Onn, Hoedon,
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      177 18 \NoVuiUui is a symptom of. Him exHAUsnoti —a sign that you are losing the capacity to cope with circumstances, that your grip is going— in short, that you are losing your nerve X3L It's worry that destroys is an old I^3l saying, and a true.Worrying drains away all the fr
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      105 18 PUBLIC NOTICE I KUCHAI TIN, LIMITFD I (Incorporated m the Straits Settlement DIVIDEND NO. 15. I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tliatjl Second Interim Dividend at the rd ;*m 10 per cent, has been declared on of the year ending 30th September. and will be paid to Shareholders on Register on
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    20 Lost When Ship Sinks
    62 19 London, Jan. 9. IT is feared that 20 members of the crew of the tanker, British Liberty 8,485 tons, were lost wtoen the ship was sunk, it is believed, by a mine m the North Sea during the weekend. The captain is among the missing.
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    56 19 Madrid, Jan. 9. THE French patrol boat, Barsac. 1,000 tens, which went aground off Vigo, has become a total wreck during the heavy storm of Jan. 6. Forty-five survivors were landed at Vigo by a Spanish merchant vessel. It is believed that about 10 of
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      25 20 New York. Jan 8. Marfcft I InUs fa Porv.aid Aji.ii June i p7 o v TIN Market To Q ll S|X)t 47 l
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      53 20 London. Tuesday T/T London on Paris 176 50* 176.75* T/T London on Amsterdam 7 52* 7.57* T/T London on Shanghai 5 1 16 T/T London on Hongkong T/T London on* Japan 1 s 2 1 1 32 d T T London on New York 4.02V 2 t' 4
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      19 20 London, Tuesday. SUrer spot 21 7 Silver Forward 21 13 16 BAH GOLD, Fine per OS. £8.8.0
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      108 20 London. Tuesday. Distillers C 7/10'/ 2 Dunlop Rubber 30/Oeneral Electric 74/446 Imperial Chemical Industries 30/3 Imp* rial Tobacco 1 17^6 Anglo-Dutch 26/4 y 2 Canadian Pacific 7 11 1 i, I-ondon Tin 4 '6 Rubber PI. In. Trust 34 6 Linßgis l/io 2 Ayer Hitams 25 Southern
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      21 20 London, Tuesday. Ouh <Oilirial Price > £250 Buyei.s m £250 2 Seilers forward (Official Price) £249 Buyers £249» 4 Sellers
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      68 20 London. Tuesday. Paim Oil (Malay) m bulk uic.Sept. S'ment Not given Copra (Straits F.M.S. i September S'ment. Not Quoted Sago Flour (Sarawak tan Feb. S'ment. 21 Sellers Tapioca, Seed Pearl. Lst Quality (Singapore* January S'ment. 32, Sellers Pepper (FAQ) White Iftintok Dec Jan. S'ment. 4 3 4 Sellers Pepper
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      34 20 London, Tuesday. Market Tone Steadier' Spot 1113 16 b 11% a (Ist Forward) Feb. 1113 16b ir,,s (2nd Forward) Mar. 1113 16b H 7 «b 3rd Forward) Apl. June ll^b 118«P 8
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    FINNS STILL HARASS THE SOVIETS
    633 20 London, Jan. 9. MILITARY experts offer warm congratulations to the Finns on their W brilliant victory m the Suomussaimi area, where a Russian division which was moving to support the 163 rd Russian division, was curroundfd and destroyed near Lake Kiarita a week ago. It
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    276 20 Singapore, Tuesday. rpiN SHARES were a better marA ket to-day following the better tendency m the price of the metal m London and the rise m the local price to 5126, up 14, states Fraser < Co. Hong Fatts were bid tor at the outset at $1.25
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