Morning Tribune, 8 March 1940

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    9 1 The Morning Tribune No 30, Fri. March 8. 1940
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    R.A. BOMB AWAKENS. JOHORE SULTAN
    79 1 I h special cable from our London respondent H. L. Hopkin states at His Highness the Sultan of hore left London yesterday for a rtnights stay at Zurich, where ne seek medical advice. Interviewed by our correspondent, ie Sultan made light of an ocirrence outside
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    French Have Sunk 12 U-Boats
    166 1 French Have Sunk 12 U-Boats Paris, Mar. 7. jURING the first B_f months of the war, only four ships out of over ,000 convoyed by th e French Navy ere lost, declared M. Campinchi m a Atemeni At the end of the first ix months ,f hostilities, the Allies' mastery
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    BRITAIN'S GREATEST AIR EFFORT STILL NOT THE LIMIT
    633 1 BRITAIN'S GREATEST AIR EFFORT STILL NOT THE LIMIT O.flft. Kin&slev Wood SaffiXJSSXT LONDON, MAR. 7. OUR AIR ESTIMATES THIS YEAR ARE OF AN UNPRECEDENTED CHARACTER, AND INVOLVE BY FAR THE GREATEST EFFORT AND EXPENDITURE EVER MADE BY NHS COUNTRY IN ANY YEAR IN RELATION TO OUR AIR DEFENCES," DECLARED SIR
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    NEW FRENCH BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED
    34 1 NEW FRENCH BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED Pans, Mar. The 35,000-ton battleship Jean Bart was successfully launched to- j day when the dock m which she was being constructed was filled with water. Reuter SIR KINGSLEY WOOD
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    Carol Re-affirms Neutrality
    64 1 s a«r__ =r S js re «ks 1 g. "sEt—ars V si saws srw_s In a reference to Rum md K Vfoix/ ■^^oSto ?i3BK__& ?gj«* y -r F^. n S_SS_| 1 l V fs L R g8 wm WSTiS Buchar^to *gn a non.aggres.ion pact with Rumania. announcement
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    AFRIDI TRIBES EAGER TO FIGHT RUSSIA
    87 1 AFRIDI TRIBES EAGER TO FIGHT RUSSIA Peshawar, Mar. 7. AVER 100.000 Afridi tribesmen are U rcadv to fiKht against R us ,a according to a daily vernacular pa. SS^ 2S__2_TS5 hive informed the Government that hey w volunteer to fight m the event of Russia attacking any Bart m power.
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    22 1 London, Mar. 7. In the Chester by-election Mr Basil Nield was returned unopposed In succession to the late Sir Charles Cayzer- Reuter
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      64 1 On Other Pages Hnnskons's War Taxation mSSnSS. Flishts Over German Bases rr ay 4 Chinese Oppose Income Tax Shot Friend By Mistake J Inside R*Sfll 7 Leader Pa^e 8 People Paces 9 Women's P**ti 10 Fans On Warpath n German Pri^n Owns Ton Of Gold y Classified Advts. 14 15
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    WARSHIPS AS HONGKONG'S WAR GIFTS
    138 2 WARSHIPS AS HONGKONG'S WAR GIFTS I Hongkong. Mar. 7. DASSAGE of the Hongkong War Revenue Bill through the Legislative Council became assured this afternoon when unofficial members of the Council gave unanimous sup* port to the measure. "he bill, which received its first read-to-day, provides for a wartime tax salaries
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    MR. WELLES CALLS ON M. LEBRUN
    168 2 MR. WELLES CALLS ON M. LEBRUN Paris, Mar. 7. MR SUMNER WELLES called at the Elysee this afternoon fo: his official visit to President Lebrun. Shortly after his arrival m Paris from Switzerland this morning, he received British and American newspapermen He said he hoped to stay m Paris until
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    KETTERING BY-ELECTION
    57 2 Tur London. Mar. 7. HE Kettering by-election caused by *n« appointment of the Conservative M•d as Metropolitan magistrate re.' fciuted as follows: p J ofum o (Conservative) 17.914 Mr. W. Ross '''Workers and Pensioners -war candidate") 6.616. .Tju Official Liberal and Labour parties ved the electoral truce and
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    REGULAR SERVICE ACROSS TASMAN SEA
    48 2 London. Mar 7 it was announced this afternoon m connection with the development of Empire airways, that the regular service between Australia and New Zealand across the Tasman Sea is to start next month with a weefclv flight u\ p«£v» ;™_l rectioo.- Reuter
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    HOPE ABANDONED
    15 2 Amsterdam. Mar? 7: Hope has been abandoned of saving the three men Reuter
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    SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGE IN PEIPING
    153 2 Peiping. Mar. THE spotlight locally has shifted from political affairs to the eco. nomic situation, and even the forthcoming central political conference at Nanking, at which the future political status of North China will pos. sibly be decided cannot obscure or even rival the serious
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    Reds Slaughtered On Viipuri Bay
    368 2 I Helsinki. Mar. 7. VJIPURI Bay is now turned to a bloody battlefield, as the Russians exert every effort to gain a foothold on the shore. Soviet batteries which moved forward over the ice are pouring projectiles against the Finnish positions and the Red Arxn
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    Queen Elizabeth's Atlantic Crossing Impresses America
    211 2 Queen Elizabeth's At lan tic Crossing Impresses A merica LONDON, M\ R 3 I pi: WORLD'S LARGEST LINER. THK 84.000-T<>\ I ELIZABETH, IS NOW VERY NEAR THE END OF I STRANGE MAIDEN VOYAGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC I She was last reported to have arrived iji quarantine m New v.il harbour,
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    Coalition Govt For Australia
    127 2 Melbourne. Mar THE Frime Minister Mr Menzies h_ 1 agreed upon the formation of a coalition ministry. He has reached agreement with Mr Cameron, leader of the Country Party thereby Mr. Cameron becomes Deputy Prime Minister, and other members ol :he Country Party aa c accepting
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    NAZI FILM SEIZED IN NETHERLANDS
    51 2 G__i_»__i The Hague. Mar 7 ERMAN war film.s showing the invasion of Poland were seized by the police at a meeting held here by Dutch Nationa' Socialists. The films had not been passed by the film censor and no permission for public showinp had been
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    GREAT FIRE IN PEIPING
    38 2 peiping 1 1 Flower Street, the famous IK* foreign tourists, well-known fbi jewellery and curious, was burned d this morning. Over 70 shops were gutted, in;the loss of over half a million doll Reuter
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    MORE R.A.F. FLIGHTS OVER GERMAN BASES
    228 3 MORE R.A.F. FLIGHTS OVER GERMAN BASES I \()THER RAIDER SHOT l)()WN OFF SCOTLAND LONDON, MAR. 7. MINISTRY ANNOUNCES THAT DURING LAST In \ND THE PRECEDING NIGHT, THE R.A.F. CARFXTENSIVE RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS OVER Wr TOWNS IN NORTH-WEST GERMANY. AND S S KXEMY NAVAL BASE OF WILHELMSHAVEN. rued that* the flights constituted
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    LANE SHOT DOWN OFF SCOTTISH COAST
    79 3 LANE SHOT DOWN OFF SCOTTISH COAST I London. Mar. 7. hours before the revie w -he air by the Air Minister ..din the House of Com.moon. a Nazi wider was y dov fighter aircraft off the of Scotland. r two o'clock to-day, a lane was seen flying at a r
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    Party Leader Sacked From Japan's Diet
    79 3 Party Leader Sacked From Japan's Diet Tokyo, Mar. 7. eting yesterday the discipii--1 nary Committee m the House of i lives decided to dismiss MX. 1 :ao Saito, leading member oi h< Mil eito. majority political party. membership of the House of te] itives. M Saito was responsible for th?
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    BLIND BOMBING FROM GERMAN PLANES
    61 3 BLIND BOMBING FROM GERMAN PLANES Now York, Mar. 7. J' <ault, an officer of the State* Air Reserve Corps, at Cincinnati on advances declared that accurate by the Germans were r !l accidental. ribed the bomb sights used m warplanes and said that planes alone had accurate hts This made
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    Near East Forces Ready For Action
    121 3 OF MANY NATIONALITIES London, Mar. 7. tn the Palestine-Transjordan DEUTER'S gl^W^e^e^totrie^ w« concourse of E-R an extent™ "'<_£aS* or spearhead 01 Ullt SaJS unit force which is an mux^ yf British oncers, is .con p m l I ¥SS 03 per cent 2mFm**ip* ce
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    AUSTRALIA'S OVERSEAS FORCE
    21 3 AUSTRALIA'S OVERSEAS FORCE Sydney. Mar 7. Bhreet. announced B^*_j__J Austhe enl_««d torce J»"Jt" d ta a the dlt-patch orf wrro- Reuter
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    COMMENT ON PALESTINE LAND POLICY
    111 3 COMMENT ON PALESTINE LAND POLICY London Hal 7 AM mm**** M < A The Tim. enting on the PelMttne Und lit ions The Times say ,hat manl e^tbe™ ulatlon ol^andteiuiw ccly have any value *t all. except „> towards the setUemenl oi l i'-uu constitutional issue Then {alternativ- but to
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    Mails Taken From Japanese Liner
    44 3 Osaka, Mar. 7. THE Japanese liner Bangkok Maru was boarded by French naval and water police authorities at Haiphong yesterday, and mails addressed to Germany were removed, according to a message from the owners auoted by Domei Agency.- Reuter
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    New Cure For Spotted Fever
    60 3 London, Mar. <• ENCOURAGING results *2£ fc use of a new drug m the »M~J fever are recorded m a HeaH P h Mfnislr V y memorandum to Medi■au was P b "w.en 50 and 60 per cent Pe The cn greatest importance, however was
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    16 3 London. Mar. J*T^?^JJ5 Minister less announces that ur i > ken of National Economy. nas ill. Reuter
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    HUNGARY'S THREAT
    56 3 HUNGAR Y'S THREA T ft Budapest, Mar. 7. IT Is In East Europe Lint the frame I work of the Czech Btate .should he declared the Hung: nan Foreign Minister. Count Czaky. spMKing m the Chamber to-day. "We, and [the MMtem Powers understand that m Imakhio promises envisaging^ recreation lof
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    DEATH OF MAJOR GEN SIR HAMILTON BOWER
    136 3 London, Mar. 7. The death is announced of MajorGeneral Sir Hamilton Bow".- tonitri Major-General Sir Hamilton Bow. the only soo ol the late Admiral J P- Ul sen Bower, was born m Sept. 185«. He received his education flr* at the Ekurfburgh Collegiate
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    37 3 l' The Hagir. Mar 7. DEPORTS that tiie Dutch Government X M a result of attacks by German airmen «v- P «W Nrrth Sea on Dutch ships St considering arming alUhlps. arc declared to be untrue.- Reuter
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    CHINESE CHAMBER OPPOSES INCOME TAX
    1141 4 CHINESE CHAMBER OPPOSES INCOME TAX W ,,,LK PEKING IN PRINCIPLE TO TAXATION AS A MEANS r.nJ« J!£! SIMJ MONEY FOR TI,E WAR A MEETING OF THE F TIIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOC.ETHER WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF CHINESE GUILDS AND COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS DECLARED THAT IT OUGHT NOT TO TAKE TIIE FORM
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    S.S. (S.) A. To Take Up War Taxes
    159 4 JHE Committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association held a preli ln nary meeting on Wednesday to consider the question j war taxation. Letters from members were read and various aspects of the matter were discussed. It was decided to app 0
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    S.H.B. STRIKERS REPUDIATE PACT
    387 4 MOT FOUR HOURS AFTER THEY HAD AGREED TO THE ARBITRATION OF MR. A. B. JORDAN, SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS, THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD STRIKERS RETURNED TO THE PROTECTORATE AND REPUDIATED THE AGREEMENT. During the course of a meeting outside the Secretariat on Wednesday the strikers appointed
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    SEEING FOR HIMSELF
    48 4 When Mr. Oliver Stanley, the j Secretary of State for War j made a short visit to the B.E.F. !he was not satisfied with a (lance at headquarters. Here he is seen tramping among- the forward positions with General Sir John Dill through the snow
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    NOT ON THE SIEGFRIED LINE YET
    22 5 PHOTOGRAPH PICTURE SHOWS "AIRMEN DETAILED TO ASSIST" A FRENCH VILLAGER DOING THE R.A.F. WASHING. BRITISH OFFICIAL
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    FRIEND MISTAKEN FOR DEER, SHOT DEAD
    704 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Thursday. I TOOK HIM TO BE A DEER, SO SHOT HIM" j Elian, an Indian rubber tapper employed on Bekok Esite, put forward this plea when he was charged before Sheikh hi Baker, First Magistrate, with having caused the
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    HURT BY FALLING CLASS
    36 5 WHILE sitting m his provision store m Orchard Road, Singapore, last night, a Chinese towkay was unfortunate enough to be hurt on the head and nose by a piece of falling glass.
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    NEW YEAR DAY COLLISION, EUROPEAN FINED
    90 5 NEW YEAR DAY COLLISION, EUROPEAN FINED TAKING the corner of Stevens Road and Scotts Road at too great a speed In the early hours of New Year Day, a saloon car driven by a European ran off the road and collided with a lamp post. The European, J. R. Espie,
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    Disgraced Woman's Suicide
    185 5 Disgraced Woman's Suicide HOW, with caustic soda eating through her stomach, his mother told him she had been disgraced, was described to the coroner yesterday by the 13-year-old son. Tang Liang Kee. A verdict Of suicide was returned by the coroner. "I found my mother crying when I returned from
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    RADIO TALK ON PALESTINE
    83 5 IN view of the debate on the new Palestine land policy m the House of Commons on Wednesday, this evening's talk m the B.M.R.C series "The War From Various Viewpoints" will be unusually topical. Mr. M. Murray Jack, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Singapore, will speak
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    BOGUS CHIEF FETED MEN
    167 6 BOGUS CHIEF FETED MEN P.ms AS a protest against the Army authorities because they decided not to send him to the Front, Charles Boiron, a private m the French Army, promoted himself corporal and posed lir*t as supervising air-raid warden of a large district m Lyons, then as a military
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    OFFICE OF WORKS REALLY WORKS
    143 6 THK war has increased ihe work and responsibilities of all (niveininent Departments. Ihe Ofticc of Works, which looks after parks and palaces, museums and monuments, art galleries and other national amenities, is no exception Blacking out the buildings for which it is custodian was only
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    NAMELESS HERO IS HONOURED
    82 6 NAMELESS HERO IS HONOURED /MINERAL Gamelin has awarded the Croix de Guerre to a French liaison agent, 31--year-old Jean Cognasse, who has been described as the "unknown hero" ol a patrol carried out by the B.E.F. m No-Man's-Land. Cognasse went out with a party led by his friend Lieutenant Everitt,
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    INSIDE RUSSIA
    691 6 LAND OF HARDSHIP <J STAR VA TION I k NEUTRAL observer who has A lived m Moscow for the past ten years has sent the following account of what is happening m Russia to-day. It was telephoned from a country outside Russia to avoid censorship. THE Red War
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    BRITON ARRESTED AS SPY
    182 6 BRITON ARRESTED AS SPY Stockholm. A BRITON and two Swedes have been arrested by the Stockholm police under the espionage section of the Swedish penal code. The Briton's name is given a^ Donald William Beach, aged 38, a married man with throe children, who has been employed for ten years
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    London To-day
    787 7  -  H.L.Hopkin n 1 Parliamentary Questions About The Hore-Belisha Art.cles: Tommy Farr Released From Military Service: "Not Up To Physical Requirements" Yet Able To j Cn 15 Rounds With Joe Louis. J London, Feb. 23. MENTIONED the other day that nsiderable speculation had been 1h ,,1 the news that
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    Morning Tribune MARCH 8, 1940. Nasty Blows For Lord Haw-Haw
    487 7 Morning Tribune MARCH 8, 1940. Nasty Blows For Lord Haw-Haw WITHOUT bombast, without advertising herself m S any way. the new British liner Queen Elizabeth S has demonstrated to the world that the Nazi boast that her submarines and planes control the shipping routes from Britain is ju«t empty vainglory.
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    Home Again
    153 8 MOST notable dress on the dance floor at Tanglin Club on Wednesday night was Mrs. Johnson-Hill's powder blue crepe classic formal, lis bodice was draped and its skirt leverly gathered. Altogether a delightful garment! Mrs. Keith's blue chiffons were highlighted with unusual beige angora touches at the neck
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    Fashions At Tanglin Club Enjoyable Pahit Party & A Cathedral Christening
    724 8  - Fashions At Tanglin Club Enjoyable Pahit Party A Cathedral Christening Vera Ardmore PEOPLE PLACES m a cocktail suit of black satin skir and doll gold blouse. Miss Kathleen Lundon favoured the new fashion for plaid skirts with jilair tops. She wore a plaid skirt with greer ;ls the predominating colour
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    CHRISTENED
    22 8 Mr. and Mrs. Brewer and their baby son Terence, after his christening which took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Wednesday.
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    Planning a Room For The New Baby
    907 9 Planning a Room For The New Baby r ISHING a nursery for tne r |i, s t baby is a fascinating busibut at the same time, it is one vhich is apt to give the prospective mother a certain amount of misknows that her confinement ia ooing to make a
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    FANS ON WARPATH NEW IDOL IN THE MAKING
    256 10 FANS ON WARPATH NEW IDOL IN THE MAKING fans of red-headed Lana Turner, M.G.M.'s glamorous new "find," are on the warpath. They want their idol to be adjudged the "Best bet for 1940." In other words, they want the Great American Public to say that Lana was the most important
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    UNKNOWN
    80 10 TWO months ago Mr. Ran idea of founding the i He -has been so successful tl has already enrolled 76 ma though the school has been) for nearly 40 years. The school was the Godd School, Hammersmith, which 1 closed down, it has now beta covered, on Dec. 19,
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    " SOCIETY SCHOOL
    120 11 SOCIETY SCHOOL I Kil bee-Stuart got busy on his chool society without a school. iore almost daily; I had not expected D rind more than 30 or so. "The letters have come from all ovei be place, several from Africa, Canad? nd India. All sorts of professions are epresented among
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    Is-Masks Too
    228 11 Is-Masks Too MULES with the B.E.F. m France are to wear gasmasks. jWjen the Blitzkrieg begins on •H stern Front the mule, which part and parcel of every •J tar generations, will go into mst as able to withstand poij gas as the man who drives him. a great triumph
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    GERMAN PRISON CONDITIONS ARE DREADFUL
    417 11 This is how Nazis treated British women who have now been released from German gaols. The story is told by Miss Ida Daniels, 45, of Tilehurst, Reading. She had been m Poland as governess to the young daughters of Princess Czartorski at Jaroslav. She has
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    IN THE TEETH OF THE TYRANT
    66 12 Here you see a German working party threading their way through the lines of concrete pillars which form anti-tank barriers all the way up the Siegfried Line. The size of these "teeth" can be guaged from comparing them with the height of the men
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    TRIAL WITHOUT PRISONERS
    148 12 TRIAL WITHOUT PRISONERS PAUL FERDONM 1 l} Traitor of Stuttgart '-JJ! broadcasts from the German station every night m I r Jth is being tried (m his absence) by a Paris military tribunal. He is accused of treason and mi vities contrary to the safety o< the V. itb his
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    A TIME-BOMB PILL THAT ACTS AS YOU SLEEP
    263 12 A TIME-BOMB PILL THAT ACTS AS YOU SLEEP Chicago. PAINTED pills that work for hay fever, asthma and hive sufferers while they sleep are described by Dr. Ethan Allan Brown of Tuft's Medical School m Boston. Dr. Brown's somewhat technical discussion of these pills arid the way they work boiled
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    37 12 Il The Forestry Section of the Women's Lan_ Army is a bran seldom heard about but its members are doing invaluable work the national effort. Here some of its members are seen fell"'tree m the New Forest.
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    Owns Ton Of Gold
    481 12 "At Arm's Length From Son" AMONG other possessions, Mr. Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian owns a ton and a half of pure gold. Its value, at present rates, is ap- answering the telephone His father ht„i„tlß wanted him to start at the bottom of proximately— the ladder S2,97A,UUU
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    TRAPPED MINER PLANS HIS OWN FUNERAL
    112 12 TRAPPED MINER PLANS HIS OWN FUNERAL New York. THE story of how Ernest W. Hoops, 41, wrote down his own funeral arrangements while coolly awaiting death m a Bartley coal mine explosion was told to-night by surviving fellow workmen. Hoops was one of 91 killed either instantly by the blast
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    MINK COATS WAIT OWNERS
    483 15 Thurston's Liberty Loot TWO mink coats, each valued v _500. lie unclaimed at Tott nham Court road, London v police station— part of the )M ,t amassed by Stanley Hilton Thurston during his 179 days rree dom after escaping from rU(S Jail. Fo] two months— while
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    LESLIE HOWARD IN TENSE DRAMA
    182 15 a— INTERMEZZO," a United Artist..' production featuring Leslie Howard, which opened at the Cathay, yesterday, portray, a love story as old as time, but -the-less fascinating and intrigu--1: it introduces Ingrid Bergman, a omer to Singapore audiences, who an instant appeal, by virtue of her
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      70 15 Min.MUIIT I'll! Mil Xl T o3oß_2_ ALHAMBRA Warner Bros. Timely ThrUler! fi___Pl I i J_H*^_J_l i* rv__™ilMT_J i____lrv^ L___9 m J-^l.-iP HI Intelligence Inland's famoui ipy hunter t i 9>i£m4 h* TERRY MORSE A WARNER BROS.-First Not'l Picture EMPIRE TALKIES (TANJONG PAGAR) TO NIGHT 7 P.M. 9 P.M. SPAWN Ol
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      210 16 POSTAL INTELLIGENCE TODAY EGYPT Airi Latest Time CREAT BRITAIN EUR( >0 Pm. Mails for: Of Posting generally Alr ADEN .Steamen 5.00 p.m INDIA (West) < Alr i Pm. AUSTRALIA I East South INDIA (East. North w P West) .Steamer" 5.00 p.m. South > (Ail CEYLON .Steamen 5.00 p.m. INDOCHINA i
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    I S.C.C. SOCCER
    40 17 MaturdiySt Red agUe Div J) foc-lanovL? n m Ho use Ground taery, M. tob^R^*'*' N Hutchinson c c w w° rbes F tehelsheirn r V„.,J Webster; H. ShA P M TnL° n J W Pl^CCtt A Johnson.
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    45 17 (No. 724 C) S T™^« oo Mai,' ya w T r e bu s th fuu x tlc 7 i i!> a c r 545 co Maiavi Twhn te ,n confidence a Tri bune, Singapore. IdU _HL k ED CCATED INDIAN M (No 674-C)
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    Public Notice
    87 17 NOTICE. Mst,..; S Übject to th e Provisions s latum of Aliens Ordinance Tftnat with effect from Mon- •th of March, 1940, the Office X Aliens will be transPolioe Headquarters, South lokd he Police omces to ,Jo J. tin^ arrival m and de--1 'lid_v«: o n 5 apore
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    RACING PROSPECTS FOR TO-MORROW
    1016 17 Early Selections (By "Stable Boy") ALTHOUGH I think the honours will be evenly shared between M. van Breukelen and R. N. Hobbs at to-morrow's races at Kuala Lumpur, I think the Penang trainer is almost certain to carry away the laurels at Selangor racing by winning
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    Yesterday's Y.M.CA Tennis
    294 17 Yesterday's Y.M.CA Tennis ITEKN play was witnessed m f*h terday's ties m the V.M.C.A. lawn tennis tournament. Closest fought match was the handicap mixed doubles tie between Miss Nellie Chia partnered by T. W Ong and Mr. and Mrs. Ward. After losing the flrst set 5—7, MLss Chia and partner
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    SPORTS DIARY
    42 18 lo l>\> MM CtR h.V.A. U b h i Jack SC S.H.B Ihllan v UniU A H ,v Blink, KTi- A ,R I RI4 WET: YM C A fl. HA 'B YM C A TENMS: V M C A tOU
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    FOOTBALL TEAM
    56 18 Amateur Drawill be playing a ln( otbal! m eh s gainst the Km: Party on Sunday at the Hoard ground at 515 p m The following an* the players the Association, Lin Kong Chan Foh Ying, Ah Yeow, Yuen Lim bhon Ouan Wing Kee, Tien Seng. Btoß Tbnp
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    GUNNERS FORCE THE POLICE TO A DRAW
    464 18 GUNNERS FORCE THE POLICE TO A DRAW LEAGUE FOOTBALL AT THE STADIUM Police 2 R.A. DISPLAYING just that extra bit of finish, the R.A. yesterday forced the Police who had obtained a two goal lead to a draw. The game a Div. 1, league fixture was played at the Anson
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      LONDON TIN
      18 19 London. Thursday Pricei £255 > 4 Buye-s ******2 Sellers ficial Price* £254 3 4 Buyers £255 Sellers
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      LONDON RUBBER
      36 19 London, Thursday. X i iwii d Buyers Sellers Quietly Steady 12' 4 12 5 1) [Ward) Aoril 12 316 12 518 ward* May 12 12 116 3rd P rwwrd) June ll 3 i 127^
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      88 19 London, Thursday. 06, '6 Dunlop Rubber 33/9 :ai Electric 81 'lO 1 Chemical Industries 32/3 imperial Tobacco 125 i Dutch 25 3 Canadian Pacific 9 ber PI. In. Trust 34; 3 Unggis A: t HQtami 23/9 Southern Kintas 15- 3 Pahan^s 10/L Katies 3/9 v. U'j:uatersrand Areas
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      41 19 r_ T London, Thursday. i, T L o n d on on Pa ris 176 50 r T: m Amsterdam 7.53* -.Shanghai 4 5,16 non Hongkong Is. 2 31{32d on Japan Is. 2 15!32d. r/TL- -.dononNew York 4.02% to
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      PRODUCE
      45 19 Lonciv:-;. Thursday. I lay) m S men: Unquoted I _%SU v—u S_f_3 }83 Q- »ty (Singapore! Mary Sment 31: March :AQ White m S 'Sf n V 183 Se"«'s Black Larr.pong S'ment 3 Seller> Mark) March 30 j- March April i S'ment. Nominal I
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      BULLION MARKET
      10 19 London. Thursday. R <H»_o Fine per oz. gffl
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      NEW YORK
      31 19 L| Ntm York, Mar. 6. I** Ton a B S H Steady I T llllfl ]8 "»!16 18-1116 July Sept 28- V 4 tt_ijt i Very Quiet 47-s 8
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      13 19 A»m^ t London, Mar. 7. BUtch to-day, Norwich, Kn to Millwall I—3
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    COAL DETENTION No Italian Show Of Ill-Temper
    513 19 COAL DETENTION No Italian Show Of Ill -Temper -rr>i<T t. London. Mar. 7. 1W r I,al,an sh, P s wh °se cargoes of German coal are to be detainee K. ?h a^ nZe '"J accordance with th e order issued last night m Londor by the Enemy Exports Committee, will
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    GERMAN ATTITUDE
    66 19 Amsterdam. Mar. 7. PERM ANY is watching the Anglo Italian coal dispute with m. tense interest, according to Berlir reports. Experts have worked out that tt deliver the same amount of coal by land, coal trains would have to leave for Italy every ten minutes which is a
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    Fraser's Daily Report
    160 19 Fraser 's Daily Report Singapore. Thursday. I OCAL TIN was better at $130'. 4 while the price of rubber at four o'clock was buyers Spot 39 cents, April' June 36 7 8 cents, July -September 36 l a cents, and Oetober'Deeember 34% cents. The market was neglected. The chief feature
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    HEALTH OF THE EAST
    346 19 THF UHW of \ati«:ns Health 1 Organisation Eastern Burt Singapore, health bulletin for the ■Ml ended M:ir. I read I .is lows: I tin*be week from AUepp. y m R India 'l death against _In the pr?« \ious week) and from Bussein i Burma «1 case
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    52 19 B Friendly match playd at Parrer rk on Wednesday. th e Pa.sir Panjang Rovers .cored a fine victory over the Sime Darby Sports Club by seven goals to tbrje Bell netted all goals for Sime Darby whiie Rovers goals were contributed by Lai Chuan, Huat Lye, Leng Hoo and Wee
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    60 19 The foilowing will be selected to play football for the AAA again>t th" Pasir Parxjang Rovers on Saturday ft Farrer Park, Cheng Yong Nehec Chan Shin Kwong, Chwang Shih Hong, Chun Chung Kwang Soh Kirn Swee, Foo Kiah Teo Chin Ann Chong Lian Shu Hee Chit Lim. Yeo Ah Kow,
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    SCOTT SCANDAL: WAR OFFICE PROBE
    193 20  - SCOTT SCANDAL: WAR OFFICE PROBE H. L. HOPKIN This Man Is News (From London. Mar. iFINANCIAL. agent Charles Kingsley Scott, man with a criminal record, who figured recently m a House of Commons scandal when Mr. Leslie Burgin. the Minister of Supply admitted that on a War Offic Colonels recommendation,
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    German Raid Repulsed
    55 20 Paris, Mar. 7. HF western Front has been comparaHi^^Wtsmce yesterday mornj^ heavy Nau raid on a Bnusn w SMBTSSf-f-S MoS y aceordin, ti the French communique. 'pK fe SSSS SSSS? ffiTw___ £p£Sl and SfUSU have a.so in onfF?ench cameraman has been killed and two others wounded while
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    INDEPENDENCE FOR NORTH CHINA?
    26 20 Peiping Mar. 7. I Tt Is uresumed locally that North China wFll retain more or '.ess independent status under the central regime.
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    NO FAR EAST "MUNICH"
    195 20 London, Mar. a tmm for endin_ of the China Incident '•/THE crowing Japanese desire tor ending 01 tne pus arowmg Hi^ociated from recent moves m Tokyo aimed cannot be wholly dissociaxea iraa M th at improving relations between Japan and the Allies, sa>s xt nu^Minin m
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    America Does Not Want To Go To War
    135 20 London, Mar. 7. THE U.S. Ambassador m London, Mr. Kennedy, m an interview on I his return from America, said that "if isolation meins desire to keep out of war, I should say it is definitely stronger now m America. "I think
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    HANNIBAL AIR SEARCH ABANDONED
    27 20 Calcutta, Mar. 7. The air search for the missing airliner Hannibal has been abandoned. The R.A.F. nin.m»« are returning to their bases.- Reuter
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    The Morning Tribune Friday, March 8, 1940. STOP PRESS
    408 20 The Morning Tribune Friday, March 8, 1940. STOP PRESS London, Mar. 1. BRITISH fighters engaged tuo German planes off the east coast of England this evening. o nisaw one raider almost col. ith a British lighter before ng into th? clouus where a ,ht followed, second raider then appeared two
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      27 20 WHERE EVERYBODY GOES ___j__l___l2---L-. I ll#A^-T_-ff6v«^_C YTO^ii H_T_M Ir.X* W *_P O WITH EDNA BEST JOHN HALLIDAY CECIL KELLAWAY THE STAR OF PYGMALION" IN HIS FINEST ROLE
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