Morning Tribune, 24 February 1940

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    Masthead
    10 1 The Morning Tribune Vol. 5-No. 19, Sat. Feb. 24, 1940.
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    CHURCHILL PAYS FINE TRIBUTE TO THE NAVY
    594 1 London, feb. 23. "jhe brilliant sea fight which admiral harwood conceived and which you executed takes its place m our naval annals, and i may add that m the dark cold winter, it warms the cockles of british HEARTS. r re "It will
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    BRITAIN'S TRIBUTE TO NAVAL HEROES
    138 1 At the famous Guildhall m) London yesterday officers and men of H.M. cruisers Fxoter and Ajax, to the number of 760, were entertained by the Lord Mayor of London at a luncheon. Previously they marched through Westminster and the City. Speeches by the First Lord
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    BERLIN IS ALARMED
    108 1 Zurich, Feb. 23. THERE is anxiety m Berlin as a result of what is described a* the activities of the British Navy m the northern seas, according to the Berlin correspondent of the Nt-ue Zurcher Zeitung, who says: "The nervous mLsßlvings m Berlin ecricerning the activity of
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    48 1 New Delhi, Feb. 23. Government troops m yesterday's successful start of the cleanin^-up operations m Ahmedzai salient on the north-west-frontier suffered one killed an 4 eight wounded m the Gumatti area, according to an official communique. Hostile gangs of tnbe.smeu opposing the column .suffered some 15 casualties. Reuter
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    Coronation Scenes Recalled
    492 1 Coronation Scenes Recalled London, Feb. 23. THROUGH streets ringing with cheers, 760 officers and men of the Exeter and Ajax marched to the Guildhall to receive the City's tribute to their part m the defeat of the Graf Spec. Londoners turned out m thousands to show their admiration for the
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    Nazi Eyes On North
    87 1 Copenhagen, Feb. 23. plh political attention m Germany is now focussed on the northern countries, writes the Berlin correspondent of the National Tidende. He continues that Berlin claims to have definite proof that London and Paris are planning to block Germany from Norwegian waters, thus stopping
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    SPIES ACTIVE IN HOLLAND
    150 2 More Arrests Expected Amsterdam, Feb. 23. ITULLOWING the discovery of a big spy ring m Holland, arrests are expected shortly m connection with luminous balls which have recently been flred into the air at night m various parts of the country. The purpose of the balls
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    ACHILLES GETS GREAT WELCOME IN NEW ZEALAND
    335 2 ACHILLES GETS GREAT WELCOME IN NEW ZEALAND {Auckland, Feb. 23. New Zealand's British cruiser Achilles, victorious m the Graf Spec battle, arrived here early to-day and was given a tremendous welcome. Thousands- of people crowded every vantage point to cheer the heroes comlni home. Hundreds of launches and other small
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    Capt. WOODHOUSE'S SPEECH
    176 2 The Ajax and Exeter men tiled quiet y lutg the famous banquetting hall of the Guildhall, but soon regained their selfnossession, and the hum of conversatlo 1 filled the hall Captain Bell and Woodhoase sat on cither side of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Churchill, Sir Samuel Hoare,
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    24 2 Madrid, Feb. 23. Twelve missing men from the Dutch steamer Tara have landed near Corunna after being afloat 28 hours m an open boat.
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    KING MAKES AWARDS
    168 2 London. Feb. 23. HIS MAJI STY the King, at the Horse Guards parade, decorated the heroes of the Graf Spec victory m the presence of in* Queen and the tntirt Cabintt, and many thousands of wildly cheering spectators. The last of the lame number ot rtcipients to
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    R.A.F. FITTER HONOURED
    99 2 R. A. F. FITTER HONOURED The King has approved the award of the medal of the military division ol the order of the British Empire to Coiparal Bernard J. Brooks, fitter m the R.A.F.. who was lent for duty with th.j fleet air arm and was serving m H.M S
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    Rumanian Petrol Ban Will Help Allies
    258 2 Rumanian Petrol Ban Will Help Allies New York, Feb 23 RUMANIA'S ban o,/ the export of aviation spirit has all the earmarks of a major victory for Britain and France says tin* New York Times. "While Germany may have ample reserves of petrol for a "blitzkrieg" wit'h the British Air
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    VIGOROUS, LEADERSHIP WANTED IN EXPORTS DRIVE
    306 2 r fr. n London, Feb. 23. THE Times, m a leader discussing the new export council, urged Government to provide vigorous leadership m an energetic export drive with a view to providing the necessary foreign currency to make war purchases abroad, and enumerates difficulties
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    1,000 REDS FACING ANNIHILATION
    812 3 THAW IN THE SOUTH MAY DEFEAT RUSSIANS STOCKHOLM, FEB. 23. COMET TROOPS ARE STILL BEING HELD BY THE FINNS THOUGH THEY ARE NOW ONLY ABOUT 14 MILES FROM VIIPDRI AT THEIR NEAREST POINT. At last thaw has set m, and this may prove to be of
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    SUDDEN DEATH OF THAI ENVOY
    34 3 London. Feb. 2:5. The death occurred last nitfht of Vice- Admiral Phya Rajftwangaaa, Thai Minister to the Court of St. James. He died suddenly from a heart attack Reuter
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    Nazi Bombers Attack Norwegian Ships
    190 3 London, Feb. 23. fERMAN bombers attacked two Norwegian steamers off the east coast of Britain yesterday. The 1,500 ton Akabahra of Oslo was set on fire, but the flames were extinguished and the vessel continued her journey. The captain reported that another steamer accompanying him
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    THAI WOMEN WILL LEARN FACTS OF LIFE
    356 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) BANGKOK, FEB. 23. JHAILAND LAND OF PEACE, BY TRANSLATION IS TAKING STEPS TO ENSURE THAT PEACE PREVAILS NOT ONLY IN ITS RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS BUT IN EVERY HOME IN THE COUNTRY. To make Thai girls "good housewives and
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    Playful Punch Sent Him To Hospital!
    58 4 A playful punch on the left shoulder oy a friend shortly after two o'clock yesterday afternoon is said to have resulted m the admission of a Chine:* 3 :lerk employed m the Keppel Road c Dffice of the Singapore Cold Storage t .nto the
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    "I KILLED T HE COUNT"
    43 4 Mr. Werner Baer will play during the IgtervaLs at the Victoria Theatre to night -nd next Saturday during the playing of I Killed The Count." On Wednesday and nday nights selections will be played oy a military band.
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    She'll Be Taught
    39 4 This typical Thai housewife here shown weaving m her home just outside Bangkok, is— so Thailand authorities hold— in need of sex education. Authorities are now making arrange ments to teach her the facts of life.
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    Musical Society's Successful Year
    453 4 J'HE ninth annual general meeting of the Singapore Musical Society will be held this evening, at 6.15, at the Monk's HM English School. The meeting will be preceded by tea. Important items on the agenda are to consider the report of the managing ccmmittee for last
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    FINE SINGING IN CONCERT AT MEMORIAL HALL
    160 4 FINE SINGING IN CONCERT AT MEMORIAL HALL Sinjapor?, MRS. D. MACLEOD, po pu ar v list scored a success with her in* m yesterday's Popular n, mmm" the Victoria *X Her best number was a brackrt three Hebridean song s whuh J* chosen for thp second part of her nl
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    UNEXPECTED BLACKOUT IN JOHORE BAHRU
    83 4 UNEXPECTED BLACKOUT IN JOHORE BAHRU 1 (From Our Own Reporter) Johore Bahru, Friday. PART of Johore Bahru town plunged into darkness at about 7.20 tonight when owinp: to a defect m a substation electric lights m several areas went out. It was after over an hour before lights were restored.
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    Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?
    90 5 IN THE SHADOW OF STALIN But these Finnish officers don't seem to be worrying much. Sitting m their mess, which is decor, ated with a captured picture of Stalin, they derive enjoyment from a perusal of Russian text books on skiing discovered after
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    Court Shorts
    188 5 I pop i~i Singapore, Friday. m pR lodging m the Naval Ba.s- without m r a u permit from th e Superintendent, I wot ese were P^duced before Mr. H. I day m Third Police CQUrt t0 I n/i 1 pl S aded F nt y and were
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    War Is Blamed For Bankruptcy
    195 5 War Is Blamed For Bankruptcy Singapore, Friday. ATTRIBUTING his indebtedness to "the non-arrival of goods which would be used m the preparation of his perfumes and cosmetics, Mr. Rely Young, the sole proprietor of "Anna Preparations/ admitted m the Bankruptcy Court to-day that his liabilities were $3,530 owing to six
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    CONVICTIONS IN RIOT CASE
    295 5 Singapore, Friday. REMARKING that the common intent of the assembly was to prevent the two Europeans from leaving and that therefore a riot had existed and that anyone m that assembly was a rioter subject to the penalties of the law, Mr. L. C. Goh, Fifth
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    GAMBLING LOSS LED TO SUICIDE ATTEMPT
    95 5 GAMBLING LOSS LED TO SUICIDE ATTEMPT Singapore, Friday. ASKING Mr. L. C. Goh, Fifth Magistrate, for another chance as the cause of his attempted suicide was due to his having tart $200 m a game of chance, Wang Cheng Peh, a 25--year-old Hylam, was bound over to-day m the sum
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    STOLE CLOTHES
    75 5 Singapore, Friday. Sentence of six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by six months' police supervision, was to-day passed on Chew Kay Siong, a 34-year-old Chinese, when he pleaded guilty before Mr H. Watson m the Third Police Court to a charge of theft of a suit of
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    FIGHTING FOR HITLER IN U.S.A.
    1017 6 FIGHTING FOR HITLER IN U.S.A. THIS MAX mm i»im:si:\ rs this o\i: IX I. S. A. FIVE hundred German seamen t and officers from the scuttled liner Columbus wail In this Pacific Coast city for a chance to slip back to Germany and light for their Fuehrer. 5 They have
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    Hauptmann, Aged 6 (Lindberg Kidnapper's Son) Awarded $42,000
    94 6 Hauptmann, Aged 6 (Lindberg Kidnapper's Son) Awarded $42,000 d mann, son of Bruno RieWtf Hauptmann, who went to we trie chair on *pril 3, IW6. kidnap mur^r of the h^gf baby, has been awarded £s,wu mages by a New York jury. He claimed for injuries sutler when a motor-car knocked
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    London To-day H.L. Hopkin
    820 7 London To-day H. L. Hopkin On Britain Has Still A Few Conscientious Objectors: Story Of One Who Changed His Mind: London Shrine To Memory Of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. > London, Feb. 10. y\\\-; papers to-day are full of surmise* as to what may lie bein,] two highly interesting ancumcements
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    Tin-Morning Tribune Saturday, February 21, 1940.
    486 7 TinMorning Tribune Saturday, February 21, 1940. "FREE PRESS" OR YES-PRESS? WHEN the Secretary of State for the Colonies makes a statement of policy— a statement "of the very great significance/ 1 according to the Singapore PVwa PIW» we haw apparently no right to use that opportunity to brag up the
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    An American Celebration, A Garden Pahit Party And An "Au Revoir"Dinner
    1365 8 An American Celebration, A Garden Pahit Party And An "Au Revoir" Dinner Vera Ardmorc IVII* Tfi-day Ol PEOPLE PLACES PRODUCERS i DISCUSS THEIR SHOWS At the last musical morning held at the home of Mrs. R.L. Nunn, Mrs. L W. Geddes (left) and Mrs. Ida BattLshill, who are both producing
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    LETS TALK IT OVER
    1208 9 IST AMP I .Send your query to "Helen", j ►rning TObune, c|o Tribune »ss TOWN OFFICE, No. 9, The j rade, Singapore, m an UN- AMPED ENVELOPE. It will j m be forwarded by hand, direct Helen. 1 If you have a problem, send it to
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    ROYAL COUPLE SHOWN ROUND
    353 10 ROYAL COUPLE SHOWN ROUND Q APTAIN THOMPSON, of West Hartlepool, brought his ship into dock here. He got out his blue civilian suit rather creased after the voyage— put on his trilby hat, and went ashore to meet hit wife. An hour or two later he found himself talking to
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    MASK REPAIRS WHILE- U- WAIT
    323 10 MASK REPAIRS WHILE- U- WAIT JjERVICE depots for the repair of punctured, smashed up. *J out, or otherwise broken-down gas masks are soon to be esa H lishetl m all parts of Britain. H Hundreds of gas-mask girls are to be employed m mending the thousands which have been damaged
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    BRITAIN'S "ANTIGOSSIP" DRIVE
    337 11 THE Government plan to tighten discipline among the civil population as part of the war effort. Among the new steps to be ta ken are these: 1 imprisonment, without the option ot a fine, for careless chattering about official secrets. 2. Prosecution of those who lose, by
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    FEWER VEHICLES IN BRITAIN
    76 11 FE number of road vehicles registered for the first time m Great Britain during December was 9,595, compared with 35,181 a year before. Of these, the Ministry of Transport ias announced 4,668 were cars from 10 i. p. to 30 h.p., compared with 26,018' notor-cycles numbered
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    LAZYBONES
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    GERMANS SHOWER DARTS FROM AIRPLANES
    214 11 IN dropping darts from a bomber m their attack on the Grimsby trawler "Russell," the Germans were using tactics they unsuccessfully tried m the last war. Professor Holman, of the Royal School of Mines, describes how several hundreds, one of which he has kept as
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    THE HORSES DESERVE FRONT "STALLS" HERE T0O
    28 12 Horses are kept warm m a cinema at the front m Finland. Notice the pictures of the stars on the walls.
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    COLD MAKES ZOO ANIMALS TAME
    370 12 THE cold spell at the beginning of last month had an extraordinary effect on many of the London Zoo's animals. Some that were normally tame greeted one with a warmth that was almost embarrassing. Wilder specimens seemed to lose a»l their hostility, and many, their
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    DYES BOOM IN BLACK-OUT
    75 12 A.N unexpected effect of nightly black-outs m England has been a boon to the British dye industry and to dye chemists. A 55 per cent, increase over 1938 m the use of dark dyes has re. suited from a demand for dark cotton curtains and linings,
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    PHONE GIRLS PROTEST AGAINST REDUCTIONS
    216 12 PHONE girls who met m London on Feb. spoke m voices very different from the ones they use for duty. "No!" yelled nearly 1,000 of them m answer to the Postmaster-General's proposal to reintroduce cheap shilling calls alter 7 p.m. They said the cheap calls
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    STOLEN JEWELS (Worth £10,000) IN KITCHEN OVEN
    193 12 STOLEN JEWELS (Worth £10,000) IN KITCHEN OVEN SOCIETY IN HOUSTON. TF\\s WAS STARTLED RKCFMIv TO LEARN THAT A FORMPR WORLD WAR CAPTAIN IT H\n ACCEPTED SOCIALLY WAS THP "MYSTERY BURGLAR" WHO H\D ROBBED ITS HOMES OF WLIT ABLES WORTH OVER 1100.000 IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. Arrested on suspicion, Fred
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    THE SMILE ON THE FACE OF THE "TIGER"
    116 12 TIGER'S CUB LORD "Tiger" Gort, Britain's soldier No. 1. has a lovely daughter as you will see by this picture of them taken together just before the outbreak of war. It's not often that Britain's first warlord can don "civvies" these days
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    HER KISS MEANS DEATH
    112 12 HER KISS MEANS DEATH A BEAUTIFUL woman who has kissed a man Without h« w meeting a violent death is m prison at Crownpoint, Indian .1 She is Mary Collins, Chicago s a»p of Doom." forAll her one-time friends have saken her. Irvine a^ The other day Mary, homeless, entered
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    Guthrie's Win In Business League
    549 15 I Singapore, Friday. L|£jjioCßE soccer was witnessed on the Harbour Board ground this m\ L wring when Guthries' XI met the Chartered Bank XI m a Busi--5 Houses League fixture and defeated them by two goals to nil. rhere was very little to choose between
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    NEW CHILD STAR SCORES IN CAPITOL ATTRACTION
    183 15 NEW CHILD STAR SCORES IN CAPITOL ATTRACTION Id have to be great to overcome a( »*::Q.cap like the name "Pip-Smma," my} >ou combine the singing ability ■for!? 1 IJean>1 Jean> her Personality, her wectou.s humour, her joyous smile 'I get some idea of why audiences ■eairi a P ltol Theatre
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    Inspector Not Blamed
    131 15 Singapore, Friday. DEMARKING that the evidence does not show any grounds for criminal proceedings being taken against Inspector Chua Keng Lin, of the Straits Settlements Police, in connection with the circumstances of deceased's death. Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, returned a verdict of death by
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    BUSINESS LEAGUE
    33 15 In the Business Houses league competition fixture played at the J.C.S.A. ground yesterday, the United Engineers scored a convincing victory over the Nestinglo team who lost by four goals tc one.
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    FINAL OF THE S.C.C. SIX-A-SIDE SOCCER
    421 15 pLAYKI) decidedly below the .standard that wu n m tluearlier phasts of the toiir>iam»*iit, tlit»S.('.( >ix-a-siti»- soccer final between 44 B' f team ar*d *C\ toam on the Padarm ;&ti#rd»y ended m a comfortable win for form« i r by three goals to oiuv
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  • H. L. Hopkin, Tribune London Correspondent, Presents A Boxing Parade
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      228 17 From New York) Boil of kissing ended the world heavy-weight cham■ship fight at MadisonI"' Garden last night bem\ Joe Louis and his Chilian ■l«Mi»rr. Arturo Godov. 1 the last bell Godoy leaped I the ring and, m his elation, the negro again and again. t fight," he shouted, pattin?
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      DANAHAR'S DEFEAT BY NEWCOMER
      496 17 LONDON, FEB. 13. j^FTER BEING TIPPED BY ALL THE EXPERTS AS A CERTAIN WINNER, ARTHUR DANAHAR WENT DOWN TO INGLORIOUS DEFEAT WHEN HE MET NORMAN SNOW AT THE EARLS COURT RED CROSS TOURNAMENT LAST 'NIGHT. HE WAS DISQUALIFIED IN THE SECOND ROUND FOR WHAT GEOFFREY SIMPSON
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      N.S.C. HAS £9,000 DEBTS—AND A SPORTING CHANCE
      213 17 N.S.C. HAS £9,000 DEBTS— AND A SPORTING CHANCE London, Feb. 13. THE 44-years-old Marquis of 1 Queensberry tucked his hands into the pockets of his teddy-bear coat, surveyed the meeting of creditors of the National Sporting Club and said: "As you know, gentlemen, we owe about £9,000. But we have
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    G.E.C. BEAT THE A.P.C. IN BUSINESS LEAGUE
    526 18 FEATURELESS CAME ON THE PADANG CECURING the odd m five goals, the G.E.C. yesterday beat the A.P.C. m a featureless Business Houses League fixture played at the Anson Road Stadium. A strong diagonal wind per.sistoi tl '-or'-hout the game and va.s parti; re
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    SANTA ANITA DERBY
    46 18 SANTA ANITA DERBY Lo* AngeJes, Feb 23 Mr v Sweei>ida. ridden by RalSi lL C the $50,W)0 Santa A, I mile and a furlo: Xo^ <** Stables' Royal Cru-.;, R Ziegler Jr/i Weigh ffftJ*? 4 time was one mm ?i«^ 1 Seventeen ran m the race _r^
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    Kamis & Yadi Win Doubles Tie Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    440 18 Kamis Yadi Win Doubles Tie Y.M.C.A. TENNIS THE following were the results m the V.M.C.A Open Tennis Toun%a- ment played yesterday at Dhoby Ghaut:— MEN'S HANDICAP SINGLES T. W. Ong (plus 3) beat Awad Taho (plus 15.3), ft— o; 4-6; 6—4. MEN'S OPEN DOUBLES Kamis and Yadi beat M.I. Reshty
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    "MALAYAN CHAMPION JOCKEY SUSPENDED"
    278 18 (AN APOLOGY) IN the issue of our paper of the 11th day of January 1940, we published a report sent t© us from our reporter m Penan; which was as follows: "Pol'owing a meeting of the Strait Racing Association held on Sunday ii Penang, J. Donnelly,
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    WORKERS SOLIDLY BEHIND GOVT.
    181 19 WORKERS SOLIDLY BEHIND GOVT. London. Feb. 23. UOTERS at the by-election at Silverf town, a dockers and industrial area on the east end of the outskirts of London, registered a striking victory for the national cause. The vacancy was caused by the resit; nation of Mr Jack Jones (Labour member
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    AGED CHINESE SERIOUSLY HURT
    77 19 AGED CHINESE SERIOUSLY HURT AN aged Chinese is reported t6 be lyin?, m a cr itical condition m the Tan Tock Seng Hospital following an acci-^ dent m which he was said to have been involved yesterday. A taxi travelling along Paya Lebar Road about 10.20 yesterday morning is said
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    GERMANY ALLEGES SLANDER
    122 19 GERMANY ALLEGES SLANDER 1 1 S Berlin, Feb. 23. Tilt Diplom.itiM he Korrespon- i deni. orfan of the German Foreign Office, admit* this morning that neutrals "frequently show a I tendency to blame Germany or make her the party responsible" for losses to their shipping. Declaring that they are 'victim-
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    NO SABOTAGE IN FACTORY EXPLOSION
    98 19 NO SABOTAGE IN FACTORY EXPLOSION London, Feb. 23. A, VERDICT of accidental death was i recorded at the inquest on the victims of the Waltham Abbey explosion. The coroner said that there was no evidence of sabotage Evidence was given by Colonel Perereau, military assistant to the chief .superintendent of
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    75 19 The Ladies Monthly Medal competition of the Garrison OOlf Club was playea at Tanglin, and resulted m a win for Mrs. J. J. O'Dwyer with a score of 2 up. The following were the best returns: Mrs. J J. O'Dwyer 2 Up. Mrs. R. H. H. Stewart 1
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    KHALSA ASSN. ENTERTAINS PRESIDENT
    147 19 Singapore, Friday. THE members of the Singapore KhaUs 1 Association entertained their Presl dent. Sardar Tara Singh, to a farewell tea-party this afternoon at the G. H. Cafe, on the e of his departure tc India on six months' holiday. Tn*, guest of honour was garlanded
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    Fraser's Daily Report
    143 19 Singapore. Friday HIGHER bids lor Sterling shares from 11 London failed to .stimulate mt< k In the tin share market to-day The price of local tin wa* $124« 4 dow-i '4, while the price of rubber at four o'clock was buyers Spot 38V 2 cents March 38»a
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    34 19 Found lying m his office m Robinson Road at about 10 30 am yesterday a\ a statfi of collapse, Michael Basil, a Europern, wa 8 removed to the General Hospital m a semi-conscious condition.
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    MORE NOTABLE R.A.F. ACHIEVEMENTS
    139 20 MORE NOTABLE R.A.F. ACHIEVEMENTS Flights Over Austria, Bohemia London, Feb. 23. fHE Air Ministry announced that during last night, our aircraft carried out further successful reconnaissance ilights over Austria and Bohemia, The flights began from France. This is the second time that our machines havp flown as far aL« Austria,
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    Nazi Warships Bombed In Heligoland Raid
    421 20 LONDON, FEB. 23. THE AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNCES THAT R.A.F. AIRCRAFT WERE ACTIVE IN HELIGOLAND BIGHT ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND THE EARLY HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. Warships observed near Heligoland were attacked with bombs. Anti-aircraft ftre was encountered from ships and shore batteries. One British
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    THEY SWEEP THE GERMAN SKIES
    57 20 THEY SWEEP THE GERMAN SKIES r noto shows a remarkable nhJ tograph of a flight of Vied Wellington long-range bombers il the type which regularly fliesiJ Germany, and which' hay ZB penetrated as far as Austria »l Czechoslovakia. The speed and range of ttfl craft are m excess of the
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    UNKNOWN
    125 20 Paris. Feb :l rTH the return of better weail on the Western Front, t here kH been more reconnaissance flightifl On land there ha.s been little to rqfl and last night was quiet, accord™ the communique. S A young French sergeant pilot, tm officially credited with having brtfl down
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    STOP PRESS
    167 20 Reuter in cjuuunic, it" 1M MR. Lawson, Minuter for V and Commerce, has resigned^ save the Prime Minister Mr. zies embarrassment." The resignation follows the gation that Mr. Lawson in fM racehorse from the principal <»■ Australian Consolidated Indua™ almost at the same time Government was giving that
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    BIG K. L. FIRE
    88 20 AUR Kuala Lumpur reporter <■ U phoned at three ?%\M morning that firemen are ing a big lire *'*X* *rfZ c*M last night m a shop *ne bf A area of Petalmg Street, i M dealt m joss sticks and^B the huge pall of smok^, l
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