Morning Tribune, 4 March 1940

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  • 11 1 The Morning Trubine I -No. 26, Mon. March 4, 1940. j
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  • 143 1 I Paris Mar. 3. ftriu Frem* communioje states W th it vo"' of the M<*- *lle one of t ■heir reconnoitring parties was at I lacked by a German force who were I Kunrrior'*" numbers. The light reBy" pr >n success to our arms and
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  • 104 1 Amsterdam. Mar. 3. ALTHOUGH German papers confine themselves to announcing Mr. Sumner Welles' talks in the fewest possible lines, it is noteworthy that, with his arrival, they publish threats of an early German offensive and declarations that so far as Germany is concerned, war tan
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  • 43 1 1260 DROWNED WHEN TENDER CAPSIZES Shanghai, Mar. 3. •Sf Dani™* alarm <*»*<* SO K amOn tHe Chinese at Vi ab ai lJf tender the Wrh ffpo that /th€ y Wint ru er ca P««* throwed\?A nto th water. It is fear--1 were drowned.- Reuter
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  • 50 1 Karachi, Mar. 3. Air Force and Imperial Airways machines are still searching for the airliner Hannibal After searching th- Arabian coast and Oman Peninsula yesterday, they took off again at dawn today, states an Imperial Airways communique. Anxiety is increasing as I exhaustive search fails to yield any clue.- Reuter
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  • 56 1 London, Mar. 3. The Finnish Aid Bureau announces that Mr. Hermit Roosevelt has I bven granted permission by the War Office to resign his commission in the Irtish Army, and he has been WJJjt ed officer commanding the Bntisr contingent of the internaU-mal volunteer force to fight in Finland. He
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  • 32 1 Oov,!;' „'>"« Shot Down J sfsaftaf income Tiiit t sss'sj* bioo<i > fe Places g gkwifirsff 111 i? SSSld'ttff" Taped >t»ort lb AHi^ Sim c 17 18 19 >ll Supreme !>0
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  • 141 1 BRUSSELS, MAR. 3. IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT ANTI- AIRCRAFT GUNS OPENED FIRE THIS MORNING WHEN MANY PLANES OF UNDETERMINED NATIONALITY FLEW OVER B Thf newspaper le Soir states that fighters ascended when planes were sighted. It says that some of the machines flew over Brussels
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  • 140 1 London, Mar. 3. ACCORDING to newspaper reports from Rome, the Italian Government intends to send a note of protest to the British Government in connection wi'h Uk* lapsing of the ocial exemption ai/ordrd f <> coal destined for Italy from operation ol the reprisals order-in-council against
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  • 679 1 MORE SUCCESSES FOR FRENCH AND BRITISH AIR FORCES Thrilling Battles In The Sky LONDON, MAR. 3. JHE FRENCH AIR FORCE, LIKE THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, HAS BEEN ACTIVE DURING THE PAST DAY OR TWO. This morning's official communique states that French reconnaissance planes have flown far over Germany both by
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  • 676 2 Hand-to~Hand Fighting For Viborg HELSINKI. MAR. 3. ri«| FINNISH COMMIXIQI F, < I. AIMS A MG RUSSIAN -DKHACLFT' 1 NORTH-EAST OF LAKE LADOGA. THE FROZEN BODIES OF 2,000 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WERE FOUND. THE BOOTY INCLUDED A HUNDRED TANKS WHICH WERE ALMOST UNDAMAGED. The
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  • 122 2 Tokyo, Mar. 3. A CCORDING to Japanese reports, despite continued negotiations between the Japanese Ambassador in Paris Mr. Renzo Sawada and the Quai d'Orsay, the French authorities have hitherto shown no intention of the renewing trade agreement between the two countries.
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  • 69 2 I Brussels, Mar. 3. ACtREEMBNTS, regulating trade be- Ween Belgium, Britain and France for the duration of the war, have been signed In London and Pari9, it is announced to-day It ts also stated that contact between the Belgian and German Governments is being maintained
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  • 40 2 New Delhi, Mar. 3. MERCHANDISE exported to Britain from India during January was valued at £7,000,000 sterling, according to trade returns published to-day. This was more than twice the amount exported In January 1939 Reuter
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  • 44 2 HULI STEAMER MINED SUNK London, Mar. 3. THE Hull cargo steamer, AJbeno, 1,176 tons was mined and sunk in the North Sea. The crew of 29 were picked up partly by a trawler and partly by u warship Four of them vrere injured Reuter
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  • 144 2 R.A.F. AGAIN OVER BERLIN: FIFTH TIME IN SIX DAYS London M. lr i IT is authoritatively stated that in H addition to the standing patrols II last night over the German sea 'I plane bases of S.vlt. Nordeinei a ,,j Borknm, British bumSeis were II again over Berlin last nifhi
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  • 193 3 GERMAN AIRCRAFT SHOOTS DOWN TWO BELGIAN PLANS NEUTRALITY VIOLATED Strong Protest Made To Nazi Envoy BRUSSELS, Mar. 3. ACCORDING TO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, TWO BELGIAN PLANES WERE SHOT DOWN BY A GERMAN MACHINE TO-DAY NEAR BASTOGNE IN THE REGION OF THE BELGO-LUXEMBURG FRONTIER. The Belgian Foreign Minister, it is stated, has
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  • 123 3 GOEBBELS CLAIMS GERMANY STARVE-PROOF I Berlin, Mar. 3. l n i; ooKBBELS, broadcasting on ID the occasion of the opening of ■the 1 eipzig Fair, said that the lack lot many important raw materials Kad always forced Germany to put n some hard work in lightening Kin economy, but owing
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  • 21 3 f Washington, Mar. 3. csideni Roosevelt, who returned to capital to-day from a cruise, signed Export and' Import Bank bill.— Reuter
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  • 185 3 By -Election Upset In Victoria AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT I Melbourne, Mar. 3. HK (.overnment faces cert ainilef eat in the by-election in Corio, Victoria, which is considered a test of publk feeling and an indication of the red ion of the political pendulum at the Federal Election later in the
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  • 107 3 CHUNGKING PREPARES FOR AIR RAIDS Chungking, Mar. 3. avoid unnecessary losses in life and property as a result of Japaarrial bombing, large-scale Ration of civilian population in 2?* kln R is at present, under way, J»| the approach of Spring ath «i uid clear visibility. Jfo« Mu.st Go" list are
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  • 201 3 No Pressure On Italian Government London, Mar. 3. |N connection with the delayed application to the exports of coal from Germany destined for Italy of the reprisal order-in-Council of Nov. 27, under which they become Mable to .seizure, the tendency observable in some reDorts to represent the decision to apply
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  • 94 3 BRITAIN TIGHTENS BLOCKADE Washington, Mar. :i THE British Einba**y has Informed American oil companies that for a« indefinite period, naval certificates will not be issued to facilitate shipments of lubricating oi! to the Netherlands. Bel gium and Denmark, because a H»rv«\v disclosed that stocks of lubricating oil In those countries
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  • 85 3 DISORDERS IN HOLY LAND Jerusalem, Mar. 3. P 1 is officially announced that a Jewish demonstration, accompanied by stone-throwiiiß at the P#Mce occurred to-day at Jerusalem. TelAviv and Haifa. Processions were formed at Jerusalem where the crowds w re dispersed by the police. At Haifa, the procession stone, a police
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  • 97 3 NAZI AIRMEN WASHED ASHORE London, Mar. 3 rE bodies o£ two German airnv n* were washed ashore on the Northumberland coast yesterday. A rubber dinghy aLso drifted Mhote. A Heinkei raider was shot down ten miles off the Nortliumberland coast on Tuesday by the Nizam Of Hyderabad's fighter command squadron.
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  • 38 3 The Hag;ue, Mar. 2.— Trade talks between the Netherlands and ficrmany were concluded to-day. The talks principally concerned the execution of current trade treaties. It was decided to prolong the existing clearing treaty until June 30, 1941 Reuter
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  • 963 4 GOVERNOR STATES M CASE FOR INCOME TAM a precedent in Malaya, Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Malay States, made use of the 8.M.8.C radio station last night to announce that he was in favour of income tax to raise money for the
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  • 434 4 LOCAL REACTION TO THE SPEECH (Tribune Staff Reporter) I Public Opinion is still I divided on the question of income tax just now. I The majority of the public! feels considerably relieved bjl the Governor's speech, and re-1 gards the proposals as very! generous as they will concern! only those
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  • 62 5 Silhouetted against the > western sky is a British anti- i i aircraft gun, guardian of the i battle lines against the dang- S ers from above. 5 The study shows a hideous J subject against a beautiful I setting. Let us hope that the dark- t
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  • 198 5 SUICIDE ATA CEMETERY (From Our Own Reporter) K Penang, Saturday. ■Tl K IDI by cutting the throat with ■M a ra/or. the cause of death being maemorrha.a' from incised wounds on ■the neck, was the verdict returned By the Penang Coroner, Mr. A. W. ■fr.'Lii this morning at the conclu■sio;i
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  • 123 5 A,N appreciative audience attended last night's recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall, when another good programme was presented by Mr. Werner Baer at the organ and Mrs. E.G.L. Haak m soloist. Mr. Baer displayed his usual cleverness in rendering several selected num bers, his "Chorale Prelude
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  • 221 5 JlYddw Singapore, Saturday. Ja^KESSING his sympathies with i the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Porter, to-day told a young fjilf mother that he could find "one criminally concerned with the 1 of her son, who died during a !fir <' and therefore had to reof death by
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  • 25 5 Loiu'on, Mar. 2— The German steamer Troja of 2,390 *<»" s was scuttled off Aruba Island, Dutch West Indies after a British cruiser stopped her.— Reuter
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  • 256 5 YOUNG GIRL DROWNED WHILE AT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Sunday. AN OPEN VERDICT of 'found dead' was returned by Inche Rauf bin Mohamed Sa'at, the Segamat Coroner, after an inquest on a nine-year-old Chinese girl who was found drowned in a well. Inspector Ibrahim bin Hitam, conducting the inquest,
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  • 1791 6 CAN HITLER GET OIL? £< ONFERKN' ES IN THt BALKANS AND THE (OMINfiS AND goings or <;ermany\s dr. clodu's have once AGAIN BROUGHT RUMANIAN OIL INTO THE HEADLINES. For the momert it seems that the economic war is being fought <hit fly in the Balkan.--, and
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  • 809 7 Lndon Jo-day H.L.Hopkin v^n w Altmark Episode "A Fine Job": Mock Air Raids j n London: 5,000 "Casualties": Hore-Belisha j Article Censored. London, Feb. 19. \KK ii" niistake about it. We B will fight this out with the BnI- So said a German GovernI gpokesman to a gathering of I
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    • 443 7 That Income Tax Is Not Necessary I r E regret that His Excellency the Governor did not take the usual procedure of announcing his policy on taxation at a Council meeting or through the Press. A suspicion has heen created that the intention was to appeal over the heads of
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    • 53 9 TAIKOO SUGAR ■B*<# ••i->---o: x-: 7 if^i :i: Jr'Jlr^jA *«'3| I^^ pr^ refined cane sugar of the highest quality Refined and packed by a British Company in a British Colony cbtainable at all Cold. Storage Bra?whr< and high class dealers PHONE 5376 FIVE LINES C.S. 145A Advt of Singapore Cold
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  • 487 9 'HERE COMES A CANDLE' H2INCE candles are in themselve:H^ delightful as decoration, candleHli^ht affords us with a charming ■way of illuminating the dinner table Hand for special occasions its possiHbilities are well worth investigation. I Thanks to their soft radiance, shading m- not so important as it is with the
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  • 500 9 "If I Were going To BUILD A HOUSE..." FIRST and foremost, if I weie building a house. I would never, never, nevei economise on space in order to squeeze in another room or a six-foot verandah which is, anyhow, too small to be really practical. Much as I admire the
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  • 323 10 Manoeuvres On Skis NEW York pOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THE UNITED STATESJ IS TRAINING SKI TROOPS UPSTATE FOR PROFICIENCY/ EXPERIENCE IN WINTER COMBAT IN THE SNOW. Until Finland showed the world what effective guerrill fare can be carried on by ski patrols in northern
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  • 164 11 Pastor Refuses To Bless Hitler Capetown. NAZI sympathisers in the Orange Free State have found a "Niemoeller"— Pastor Wilhelm Luckhoff, of the Lutheran Church in Bloemfontein. Luckhoff, censured because he refused to pray for God's blessing on Hitler, resigned. "I have been fighting the Nazi spiru in Bloemfontein ever since
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  • 49 11 i UERE yon see two Universal 11 starlets, Helen Parrish and Anne Nagel holding op j the fflobe. They certainly do cause a "hold up" in those new type bathing suits of theirs. We dips our lid to a couple j of very smart lasses.
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  • 239 11 TALK OF THE DEVIL Wlh'it have I i seen that face before? Perhaps It Was On This Page? OVER THE WEEK-END WE COLLECTED SOME OF THE TALES OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS,— OR INFAMOUS,— MAN, WHICH CAME POURING IN. HERE ARE SOME OF THEM. HE MADE HITLER LAUGH A MAN
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  • 142 11 ADMIRED HITLER DIVORCED (From Our Own Correspondent) New York. A CHICAGO judge has panted a divorce to a former German citizen, Alfred Gleitsman, because his wife, who lives in Germany, had written expressing admiration for Hitler. She refused to come to America to rejoin her husband. Gleitsman said he had
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  • 35 11 rENERALISSIMO FRANCO awaits delivery in Barcelona of Adolf Hitler's promised New Years present, a six-wheeled Mercedes automobile. Hitler and Mussolini possess the only other two Huch vehicles in existence.
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  • 106 12 TOOK BODY FOR A RIDE New York. POPULAR eighteen-year-old under- graduate Donald Slater, described to Dayton, Ohio, police how he murdered the husband of his forty-seven-year-old landlady and then went for a crazy sixty-miles-an-hour drive with the body. I Handsome Donald, who spurned the affections of a pretty co-ed at
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  • 85 12 (pUDDY cheeked Communist women are included in the Red Army forces in Finland. They are chiefly aviators and chauffeurs. These women live in separate quarters and wear two types of uniform one of the regular Red army istyle and the other with a skirt. Women
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  • 129 12 |N June, 1215, King John capitulated to the demands of his irate barons and sealed the monumental Magna Carta, thus granting to all Englishmen the right of trial. Although the Magna Carta was subsequently amended in 1217 four original copies are still in existence. Last year
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    85 12 ATTENDING the weekly village sewing and knitting class is H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. The Duke and Duchess' home is a* Barnwcll Castle in Northampton. shire and Her Royal Highness is president of the Central HospiUl Sup. ply Service. She helps the villagers i knit comforts for
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  • 309 12 TERMANY'S policy of concentrating all her various arms of defence under one dictatorial ministry is playing right into the hands of the British Secret Service. I This centralisation makes their our defence forces are I task of ferreting out secrets of the > under the
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    • 521 13 I Situations Vacant ,hur. Cash Security required. better prospect*. Apply Box 53J Tribune. Singapore. (N0.694-Cj ZZ?A tutor for English boy age eight. Twc ,un daily. Apply stating hours .nd irttw to 7D Ylo Chu Rang Road, JTSnlm (N0^682-C) T7Z urgently— A Chinese University graduate S^nefSice to coach a student for
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    • 709 13 u j Educational Singapore Institute of Science 107-A Sophia > Road. Singapore Coaches Students in General I Science. Time 3 30 p.m.— 4.30 p.m •J (No. 700-C) >'■■— I Learn Chinese In The Singapore Chinese Man- darln School, 122-126, Prlnsep Street. Singapore. 2 New Classes for absolute beginners I commencing
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    • 755 13 Miscellaneous j Cheap Sale from March 1. Large stock ot new leather shoes of high quality for ladle*, gentlemen and children, also stylish shirts both at greatly reduced prices. Sin Foh Si Co.. 485, North Bridge Road. Singapore. (No. 681-C) Modern Radio Bervloe Co., 25 Sumbawa Roal Singapore. Repair and
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    • 584 13 Removal sale Hats. Dresser Norelttro. etc. Regardless cost at '•Mayfalr". Stain fort Road, Capitol Building. Singapore. (No 704-C) Free! Free! Chinese Shorthand Book. Newry invented. System now being adopted in most schools In China. Send only 20 cents la stamps to cover mailing and printing costs to Robert 8. Chang,
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    • 378 14 SEASON EXTENDED! 7*l. DAY!! ALL PREVIOUS "HARDY FAM.LY" PICTURES ECLIPSED DO* T MISS IT A' t II ITII I POSITIVELY LAST WAY M»layas l.artost Hm-st AIK ONDITIONKD ,|J.» 1».|.» .F.1.» lif AV JIAthV Lewis'S TONE y^gr Te.che r tU*M' li^^'rh Mickey ROONEY I J&&\ gilbert IKf XlT'wO rrf/fIS' Cecilia PARKER
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  • 80 14 Chinese Arrested In Bangkok (From Our Own Reptrfcr) Bangkok. Saturday. A NUMBER of influential Chinese merchants were taken into custody at their honu> early yesterday morning by tlu CM). The premises were carefully searched. Among the arrested men are the proprietor of the British DUptatgri and another well-known dispensary, The
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  • 61 14 London. Mar. REUTER 'earns that two R and a flying boat parted to search for the Hannibal d ways plane which is aarrylng w« sengciy and four crew and wn earlier reported lost. A New De?hi message states machines failed to loc flU i«ad« and it is
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  • 24 15 nk,. Mar. 2-It officially that during February 251 Rus•anes were shot down while of a further IS is uncerThe statement ad<\s that the Reuter
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  • 96 15 MAN WIFE ON THEFT CHARGE roni Our Own Correspondent) Muur. Sunday. it ASS AN BIN HAJI AMAT, a young Malay, and his wife Timah i, Marrat were this morning educed before Inche Haron bin ,1 and charged with having ■muiiilted housebreaking and of clothings and cash to the k aim'
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  • 174 15 A FINAL dividend of seven percent, and a bonus of five per cent, on the ordinary and management shares, absorbing $120,000, is recommended in the annual report of the directors of Malayan Breweries, Ltd., to be presented at the meeting of shareholders on Saturday, Mar. 16. The
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  • 84 15 Wellington, Mar. i-^lr. M. J. Savage, New Zealand Premier, stated that recruiting- in New Zealand was rather brisker than during the corresponding period of the last war. Quotas for the third echelon was more than full in most districts, while response to the call for
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    • 124 15 j-1TW1 ALHAMBRA An lUiqiicnt l>ram;i of ('oururofius lluin.inttN Struggling uiul' the j H llun heel oi despotism Yj (^9f\i SECRETS \I\M: BFFOIM Rv^^LLLTV^ Revealed! V /jß\ A rhr Tlllth Nrw Before '"W ZH y SUF: The rinrst Story ever U i itten X^-.j About Nazi (iennany \> ith Excellent Supporting
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 164 16 POSTAL INTELLIGENCE I INDO CHINA <Alri ,j Mail Departures Ain93oam MAURITIUS (An, XI TO-DAY SUMATRA Latest Timt Palembang fAir* snn 1 Mails For:- Of Posting THAILAND CHINA Kunmlnt, (Steamer) 9.00 a.m ARR VAI INDOCHINA (Steamer) 9.00 am /u^imthlj JAVA (Steamer) 9.00 a.m. SUMATRA Mails expected from Australia a Medan (Steamer)
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  • 474 17 FIREWORKS IN S.C.C. TRIAL MORE sparkling batting was seen on the Padang yesterday where the S.C.C. cricket trial produced no fewer than 5)7 runs in less than six hours of play. After putting their opponents out for a fair total ot 179. T.D.G. A. Coopers side
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  • 387 17 I Singapore, Sunday. Mm; K.HI batting was witnessed at lit) the cricket match in which the IK R family beat th e S.C.R.C. at ■iloii: Urn Green to-day. Bnkin" the first lease of wickets, the Hr R C were dismissed for 154 runs. Ktinc ail round the
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  • 50 17 The following have accepted to play soccer for S.C.C Reserves vs. Royal Navy Reserves (Reserve Div to-day at SC.C.:— Lt E A. de L. Young; M j,. Currant. M Roberts: R H. Plckard. A. Morgan, A. Donald; B.H. Lee. C. Pit ion, W Bcßeath, M.C. Elliott. K. Blach
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  • 60 17 Newly ©utabllshed firm seoku Anenrle^ or Representatives for Estate Supplier. Engineering Goods, Building Materials, Chemicals. Radio-*, Motor Cars, Hardware. Bteelware. Marine Motor.-*, Tools, Insurance Business, Motor Blcyel* Tyres, etc. in Penang, Singapore. Kuchlng, Slbu, (Sarawak) Medan-Delhi (East Coa^t Sumatra). Batavia, (Java) And al-*o to act asBuying Selling Agents.
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  • 256 17 POLICE FAIL BY JUST TWO MINUTES Singapore, Sunday. AX exciting: finish was witnessed in the cricket match on the Depot ground this evening, when the Police just failed to force a draw with the R A.F. The latter, who won the game, batting first declared at 155 for four wickets
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  • 292 17 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY The Municipal Commissioners roquln an Assistant District Engineer for the permanent staff of the Electricity Department, the appointment being in thl first instance on a three years' agreement. Candidates must be British subjects, preferably unmarried, and between 21 and 30 years of age. They must have
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    • 68 17 Public Notices NOTICE DRESSERS' EXAMINATION An examination for dressers will be held in Singapore, Penang and Malacca, en the Bth April, 1940, and following days. Estate dressers who have had the necessary training may enter for th'.s examination. Furthe;* particulars may be obtained on application to the Chief Medical Cfficer
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 89 17 ■SPORTS DIARY I B a TODAY AF.A. League, Div. i, Aigylls and S.H. vs. R.E. Portress Co.), Stadium; LoI fnl l^^- Gordons, Gillman; Jth Hy. Regt., R.A. vs. R.A.F nangi; Reserve Div., S C C v.s. R. Navy Res., S.C.C., Div. ii -B", Customs vs. Fort fanning, Clerical Union; «u.smess
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    • 25 17 Tide Table TO-DAY High Water: 6.21 A.M. 7.6 ft. 8 50 P.M. 7.1 ft. TO-MORROW High Water: 7.51 A.M. 7.6 ft. 9.40 PM. 7.5 ft.
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  • 208 18 ISLAND CLUB TITLE COLE riERY fairways and overfastgreens T played havoc with card-and-pencil golf in the preliminary stages of the Island Club championship during Me week-end. In the qualifying round 0O Saturday th> best iCOW was SufftllNttAl 79 and bogey i.s 72. Scores high up in the eighti-s qualified, and
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  • 35 18 Los Angeles. Mar. 2. tferino Garcia retained the world middleweight championship, according to the New York and California Commissions, by fighting a draw of ten rounds with Henry Armstrong, the welterweight champion.- Reuter
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  • 67 18 IN U» Koyal Singapore Golt Club March Bogey Competition under Staplcford handicap rules, played <>n Saturday and ye^U-rday. result were: A DIVISION wjn by H L Marshall with a score of 36 B DIVISION won by J Robertson with a score of 34' 4 C DIVISION resulted
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  • 430 18 London. Mar. 2. UKSULTS of English and Scottish association and rugby football matches played to-day were* S( OrriSH (IP (2nd Round) Ayr 2, Kilmarnock 2 Thiid Lanark S, Dundee 1 Hearts 4, St. Johnstone 0 Raith 3, Celtic 0 Morton 5, St. Bernards 0 Rangers 2.
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  • 67 18 Patna, Mar. 3— Mahal ma had negotiated and J» s prepared to negotiate hJir tish Government declared Ja** lal Nehru speaking here. th( bhai Patel, Chairman (uV AU-lndia Congress J^ I lh r Committee stated that in tj" wll right of Indians to frame J
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  • 212 19 I Britain Would Be This I London, x| ;«r. 3. ■.PEAKING at a Labour Party |S nnonstration this afternoon, Ml Herbert Morrison gave a pfc. tl> of Britain if Uerr Hitler had I ,111 to acquire further tern■l to tW> ",d military power which K 1.1 enable him U>
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  • 94 19 I London, Mar. 3. IE crew of a light ship were spectators f a German aircraft attack on a Wlei early thi^ morning. V^htn the trawler retnrne<i to port, skipper related how a big plane red past in semi-darkness. The skipmanned the gun and
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  • 41 19 I London, Mar. 2. Me I planes attacked a convoy P rday it is officially stated that W lamage was done either to the mer- or warships. R.A.F. fighters Ponded out were unable to make W with the raiders Reuter
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  • 30 19 MM.... NEW YORK New York. Mar. 2. til** rk Buyers Sellers S t k Io »e Firm Us r wd JulyiSepv. IBV% 18»/ 4 Jjg»t tone Qulet 47^
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  • 70 19 Turkish Rail Orders From Britain Istanbul, Mar 3 MESSAGE from Ankara states thai orders placed in Britain fcr 58 locomotives and 300 trucks to the value of approximately £2 million will be completed by the end of the year Part has already arrived Th P whole j will be used
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  • 101 19 THE fourth fortnightly concert for men of the Royal Air Force was held ar the Airmen's Club at Tanjong Rhu Roa<l last night. The entertainments are mostly give*' ty civilians, who volunteer their services. The entertainers last night included Mrs. Berly Dowdeswell. Inspector Roberts of the
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  • 117 19 MR. GANDHI INDIA Calcutta, Mar. 2. MR, Gandhi in a statement to Reuter declared that Congress will not rest until India is as free as Britain. He declared that Congress has not closed the door to compromise or negotiation but it has been closed by Lord Zetland. Mr. Gandhi continued:
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  • 60 19 NO MILITARY LEAVE IN ITALY Rome, Mar. 3. NO military leave is to be granted to soldiers as from Mar. 1, according to a circular letter from the War Ministry. The official reason siven Js that 'military forces now represent less family men than older classes who up till now,
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  • 163 19 CAMBRIDGE WIN BOAT RACE EASILY London, Mar. 2. IN enormous crowd four or I five dfep along tlip towpath I and Henkr> If i id •:<• including TOO evacuated London school- I <hildien saw Cambridge beat Oxford in the annual boat race. Spectators and scenes were I almost comparable to
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  • 67 19 Los Angeles, Mar. 3. [\fR. Charles Howard's Sea Biscuit, top weight at 9.4, won the £20.000sterling Santa Anita Handicap and became the greatest money-winner in American turf history with a total of £87,546. beating Sun Beau's £75,348. Mr. Charles Howard's Kayak Second finished second, and Whicheee was
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  • 49 19 New York. Mar. 3. ROBERT RIGGS, American and Wimbledon champion, beat Donald McNeill 3—6, 6—l. 6—4, 2—6, 6—£ in ;he final of the American indoor lawn ,ennls championships. He is the first winner of the American indoor and outdoor chamaionship;; since Bill Tilden in 1926.— Reuter
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  • 70 19 New York, Mar. 2— Two producers have presented the Texas Railroad i Commissioners with evidence of contracts with Britain and France 1 for the parchase of 65,000 to 70.000 barrels of East Texas crude oil daily for three years. This is the first tangible evidence that
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  • 166 19 SA TURD A Y'S RACE RESULTS Saturday's race results at Kuala Lumpur: Rare 1 ladolel fM and 1 Faith S3 Phai Par SW Rate Spring Girl S;T .uwl >IO Marnrtl S.JI Canute S3« K;i tc liar (I •hi 545 and Slh mils liiunii $9 Sir Patrick MO Race 4 Kn
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  • The Morning Tribune
    • 7 20 The Morning Tribune Monday, March 4, 1940.
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    • 459 20 BRITAIN ALLIES IN AIR, ON SEA AFTER SIX MONTHS OF WAR London, Mar. 3. ELEVEN O'CLOCK this morning, Britain will have been at war with Germany for six months. There is a natural tendency among observers to take stock of the progress of the struggle. A preliminary survey of British
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    • 221 20 Berlin, Mar. 3. ipHE German High Command, in a review of the first six months of the war, claims that the German Navy has carried on the war at sea with increasing success. The statement enumerates British naval losses such as the Royal Oak. Courageous and Rawalpindi, and
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    • 309 20 Berlin, Mar. 3. MR. SUMNER WELLES had an interview lasting one hou Hitler's Deputy, Herr Rudolf Hess. Later toe proceeded I Karinhall to see Marshal Goering. Reuter. n tli London, Mar. 3. While Mr. Welles, who yesterday met Herr Hitler in Berlin will be very
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    • 76 20 Melbourne, Mar. 3 The final figures in the C'orio bv< election are not yet available, H Counting is still going on. Mr. Curt in. leader of the Labour I Party, commenting the result I hitherto declared, said thai the I electors had rendered service tu all I Australia.
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