Morning Tribune, 17 August 1940

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  • 103 1 London, Aug 1(5 f ill Rome commuriiie states that there was raid on Northern the early hours of the r Slight material daused. One enemy j hit by the anti-air- uns of Turin and crashi ss Minister in London jus been instructed to protest to ie
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  • 84 1 MORE TAXATION LI KEL Y I London, Aug. 16. I the House of Commons, the b ice Bill was read a third me and sent to the House of Replying to a debate, Sir Kingsley bod (Chancellor of th e Excheier» .said that further taxation U obviously inevitable, but the
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  • 53 1 hington, Aug. Uk The House presenUttoi passed a legisfmpoweriiig the President uut tlie national guard and Jy rc.v rvists. The bill now rew the Senate for considera«Jand amendments. enables men to be calllor a period of twelve ■TO. H limits their service to tern Hemisphere, United and
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  • 94 1 London, Aug. 6. I 1 learned in authoritative quarters, in Ivondon that the situation in Somalind is regarded as rather critical and it as if the British may have to fall back °n Berbera. re are two Italian divisions ranged relatively small British forces and to
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  • 119 1 This "Defiant" w squadron ac-^ j counted for j thirty sevcnj t enemy aircraft in one day J S without loss to i itself. One air gunner alone i shot down 8 of the enemy in i one encounter, i This t4 Denant'', although badly i damaged,
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  • 62 1 SPANISH NEWSPAPER STORY DENIED London, Aug. 16.— 1t is learned in London that the Spanish Foreign Minister has given Sir Samuel Hoare, in Madrid, a categorical repudiation of the charge by a Spanisn newspaper that Britain was holding up wheat and oil for Spain and the newspaper's insinuation that British
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  • 115 1 London, Aug. 16. ASKED in the House of Commons what was the nature and extent of the ban on volunteer organisations in India, Mr. L. S. Amery (Secretary for State for India) said: "There Is no ban In India on volunteer organisations as such,
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  • 35 1 London, Aug. 16.—Rear-Adml-ral Ghormley, of the Unit'i States Navy, Major-General Delos Emmons and Brigadier-General George Strong, of the United States Army, arrived in London and are taking up duties immeliately as observers Reuter
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  • 244 1 U. S. A. TO ACQUIRE NEW AIR, NAVAL BASES President Roosevelt Says! Washington, Aug. 16. President Roo sevelt said at a Press conference that the United Slates was ''carrying on conversations with the Canadian Government towards the better defence of the American Hemisphere. He also said that the United States
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  • 91 1 New York, Aug. 16 IMMEDIATE action by the United 1 States to 'extend its neutrality protection" by releasing to Britisn as many ov^r-age United States' destroyers as possible, was ur^Hl in a joint statement by Admiral Standlcy and Rear Admiral Yarnell, issurd through th" National Headquarters Committee
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  • 304 1 London, Aug. 16. T»:i battle of the air has i been resumed and was I prix-eecling with unriimini h- < i ed intensity" although no S details are available. But i from the r« stilts coming in i it looks as if the Germans l are suffering
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  • 498 2 BIG PRESS FOR R.A.F. London, Au<' 16 thi i grittceni feata d the K.A.K. cuiitinur to evoke Mann eqptflripni of pi and gratitude In the Umdon Press The Daily Mail says: Hitler am- U) England yesterday as I promlfed, but by proxy Tlie skies rained his dead and dyil^g deputies
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  • 25 2 I h A', l(i TIip t^ou-,:-nci civUian ire rej n ted I I) en killed dur iv (hi .1 id on Luchow on Mon- Reuter
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  • 27 2 A Royal Visitor The Duchess of Gloucester, visited the wounded B.E.F. from Dunkirk. Photo shows Th<- Duche&s of Gloucester chatting to Bugler A. Wilson of the B.E.F.
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  • 277 2 A tnerica ns Say NEW YORK, AUG. 16. J\S LEADER OF A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, MUSSOLINI SHOWS A PERVERSE INTEREST IN CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS IN TIMING HIS ACTS OF AGGRESSION, SAYS THE NEW YORK TIMES AND CONTINUES, THE ASSAULT ON ALBANIA WAS DELIVERED WHILE EUROPE WAS HUSHED
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  • 46 2 Now York. Aug. 16. MARSHALL FIELD, President of 111 the United States committee for the care of European children, announced that the first group of L'oo.ooo British children, which the mlttee hope to bring to Amerlca will arrive curly next week. Reuter
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  • 349 2 London, Aug. 16. jlli: Admiralty has issued figures exploding the German claims to have sunk many British warships and a huge total of merchant tonnage. It announced that the actual British losses of warship*, including submarines, total 47 wherea> claims in official enemy communiques for warship
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  • 334 2 Latest Balkan Moves Berlin, tag TIIK German News says that Btfttiatit* between Hungary an mania were opened thi» morning at Turtuisrvmn. but after half an l.owt i dis cussions, the talks were in terrupted for two d; \x iIN the Rumanians wished to place the Hungarian proposals before their (iovern
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  • 521 3 London. Aug. Hi. JIIE Air Ministry announces that the number of German planes brought down in yesterday's big battle has now been fixed at 169 25 more than was previously reported. The comm'inique .states that o! tnis -numbei. 153 machines wpt Shot down
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  • 120 3 Left Fare With Police t nECACSE he Dcoald not/ iind v'ne driver 1 S of the only tab i on the rank, a i police station near his home, j i leaving a £1 not? for the 1 S driver. > i This was the evidence given later at West
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  • 89 3 to have used a pistol during an armed robbery. Ho Menu Toh, 27-year-old Chinese, was arrested by the police on Thursday and Ifl now in hospital When the CMB WU mentioned in the Second Police Court yesterday it was stated that the alleged crime took place in
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  • 95 3 BERLIN AND LONDON London. \u*. i 16— The super- i ior morale of Londoners, as compared irtMi the people «»f Berlin bM* made a deep impression on i Warren Irr«n, until recenily 7 MM <»f lh€ Amencan hn»»d- rasters in lin. N (iiving hi s impressions i his return to
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    • 25 3 He Fifth Column Hr iv are Of |in in v Williin Our U a ie w STOP PRESS tboat Tiger Instead" of TIGER ,S BEER
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    • 91 3 "TIGER" CHALLENGES < \Mp! Read this letter from the well-known firm of MALAYAN BREWERIES LTD.Mr. Chang, do Capitol Theatre. Singapore. Dear Sir, Haring witnessed your performance at the Capitol Theatre, we, Messrs. Malayan Breweries Ltd. are prepared to issue a challenge of $M that you cannot escape from a wooden-box
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  • 1031 4 People and Places CHEERFUL DANCE FOR THt SbK VICES] Evening Fashion Portfolio Yesterday's Jumble Sale Jy'.Mii. it is th#- Victoria Me Hall was hardly big b to accommodate the numuriiid Up for another <'l (he Monthly Services dances on Thursday night. As usual it was a heery function with Jots
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    • 78 4 Cool Wav To Bawiy hjll a J "^toned pad of cot. J^^^ H WIOI on ice, add Clean.si.u', Jf? qT C«eam, and with this nfnoh- Qr i < ing medium cleanse away S^XiAu I h«at and dllft. With a larger VJ MKyV'L^^, 1 i<-^ Dad pat ireely with Skin f
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    • 16 4 (7* -t? is showing a Selection of Gowns for every occasion Capitol Bldgs: spore: Phone 3838.
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  • 1430 5 TO RE-COVER A POITFE Post Free 7 Facilities |N order to facilitate the sending of queries to 1M* n, she has arranged with the Tribune Press Town Offl- it-. No 9. The Arcade, Slnga- V l*>n\ to deliver these direct to the Morning Tribune, thus rlimmatinn
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    • 24 5 S Correspondence Coupon S r S The above coupon must be enclosed with every correspondence coupon. I W Morning Tribtine, Saturday, August 17, 1940.
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    • 33 5 IMPROVE YOUR SUNDAY CURRY /^^j^^ ADDITION OF Jffij^&W /^^W^SX^ ■-1 )A WSEN'S t\ r^ifi^H^^^ M A N( E \&»ffi4c£sy SWEET PHONE 53:6 FIVE LINES wps 105 Adit, of Singapore C»'i Storojt Co, IM.
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  • 594 6 sitting! in the; i sun FISHERMAN'S PLUCK COMMENDED REGARDLESS of hfai own danger, EJhineee IWierman, I*aa 'Irik S'-ii". recently rowed his sampan through a mim-ii'-ld in order to rescue two otunpatriaU who were ettofing to th»- trackage pf their tcfflgkang whii'h had struck oik*
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  • 86 6 Alleged "Red" In Court JhLLEGED to be n member of the Singapore (Red) General Labour Union— an unlawful society Lim Cheng Choan, alias, Lim Komx Hoa, a 25-ycar-old Hok kien. who was airested at Balestier Road, was charged before Mr. JG Rappoport, in the Third Police Court, yesterday. He claimed
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  • 111 6 JOSEPH Alb J Pereira. Bum m".ov > the thud map I G Rappop rt olmrpe of rape The offence I b *mi committed a old Chinese girl who same house as Perr, Although the off, to have been commit* 6. the girl, who was ihe kept
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  • 33 6 ONIONS GARLIC THE Food Controlk--1 that the restricts export of onions and rlic hi bien withdrawn. The *iock potition fi ciory, but the conn ill be kept in read u and when nece>,-aiy
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  • 52 6 Aw Kee Beng. a 28Halnaneae, claimed tria wi charged before Mr. J. G. Rap port, third police magistrate, y terday. on a charge of posse* of a 50-cent eounterh'it coin i 130 counterfeit 20-cents coins. The case was postpoina mention in a week's time andi was offi.-ivd
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  • 841 7 H L HOPKIN WRITES FROM i ONnr>N ,ndori, June 17. (r l}i hearts, the Bri- I)<h peoph heard to-day Marshal Petain'i announcePrench nation that And the L t j s h [sr>lationists were aple tever satisfaction sayintf, '"I fold von plenty
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  • 106 7 Shanghai, Aug. 10. T'HE American and not Japanese troops are taking over tha Hongkew posts of the British defence sector, following the withdrawal of British troops, as reported in an earlier cable. The fact that the Italian delegate abstained from voting, is widely thought to indicate
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  • 59 7 Chungking, Aug. 15. THE National Commute? in charge of the winter clothing campaign lor defenders and refugees circularised to the Chinese at •ionic and abroad, announcing that this year's fund drive is to begin on Aug 15, ending on Oct. 31 with a goal of $10 million 'Chinese* of which
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  • 44 7 Bermuda. Aug. 16:* In a farewell message to the people of Bermuda, the Duke of Windsor said "The Duche&s and I have been made to feel very welcome here and I assure you we leave this 'island with regret. 1 -Reuter.
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  • 440 7 MORNING TRIBUNE TURD AY, AUGUST 17, 1940. THE GREEK CRISIS THE Albanian-Greek dispute, irirtigated by the mischief-makers of the NaziFascist regime is intended as a trial balloon, to test the attituie of the Turkish Government. Any sign of \\eaknes* ori the ))i rf Of Turkey will be the signal for
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  • 280 8 Opposition To Japanese Patrol Chungking, Awi. 15. in an editorial on the t dispute *over the Shanghai British defence sector, the semi-official Hankow Herald commented: •'A]thGii»h there is no reason why the British .sector must be turned over to a certain particular Power, there is surely more to be said
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  • 87 8 Belfast, Aug. 16. npHE detention of 14 men bex Jieved to be members oi the Irish Republican Army in Belfast followed an exciting scene, when the police forced their way into a house a'ad found the men inside. Seven surrendered but others escaped and
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  • 59 8 Madame Chiang To Head Women's Ministry Chungking, Aug. 16 DLANS have been completed for tho organisation of a ministry for women under the Central Kuomintang. Madame Chiang Kai Shek, it is learned, will head the new minis- Madame Sun Yat Sen. widow of Dr. San Yat Sen, the founder oi
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  • 577 8 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN DEFENCE 1 A BIG Fl ■apon fOR JJITLLR S blitzkrieg on liritai its height yesterday, hut f raids on shipping. Massrs .if German plai i were routed by the R.A.F was th.- largest number wnce the -j Isi ir.ost ca-es, the paid .1 lires Hnil Hurricanes, hut betw<
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  • 107 9 HOUSES GO BUT MORALE REMAINS THOUGH houses occasion ally go down under the blast I hum .\.i/i bombs, the morale if the British people ruar danger areas remains. Three pictures here show the havoc wrought by Ger- I man bombs in raids on Bn- tain. Top, a Salvation Army rescue
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  • 151 9 (From Beuter's Special Correspondent, Somewhere in Scotland* IJEROES of three major campaigns marched through a Scots tow ii yesterday, ready and eager for the threatened Battle of Britain. They were a Highland division of the Polish Army, who had already done yeoman service in Poland.
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  • 39 9 Chiang Sees Air Raid Tunnel Chungking Alii 15. Generalissimo Chiang Kal Sh *k to-duy Inspected Chun king's underground tunnel which la capable r>l holding Lhouaanda cj iair raids. Oe« Chiang e in«truetioiu concerning Improved ventilation and lighting Central Nef
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  • 126 9 Chungking, Aug. IS, THE present strength of th« Japanese Army in North Chin, does not permit a drive westward this talk of their Impending pusi up the Han River 10 S utheri' Shansi and clown the Yellow River to Kan.su, is a lot of hot air." declared
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  • 97 10 DE GAULLE'S MEN LAUGH AT THREATS I Million Ml., l.» UMII lIKi:H> by Ihn-ats ol ilr>a tli srntrtur from (lie Vlrh) party. French soldiers, sailors and .nr men, «rrv4H| \«ith (ienrral d«« (Smile's forces, to-night rnjoved the hospitalit> of thr Ovrrse.is l^ajfue in I mirion. Adinira! Musplum- said that most
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  • 40 10 l uiicloh Aii 16 Ovrr a thOO* in I children iron all parti ol J,c British I.^Jt's ftrc on Ihoir way Canada where tlify Will ttnd Uomei if,, iiv duration ol the war. They i•- f t some time Rcutor
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  • 138 10 Naval Base Faction Fight S 1 SIKH and A Ihtcc Chin- i rse have hern admitted hospital as the result of a free iight bet we- 11 two factions of coolies at the Naval Base in which (he wea- pons used »n- S eluded such im- j plements f rhangkols
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  • 188 10 WHEN an application for discharge from bankruptcy came up for hearing before Mr. Justice Manning yesterday, it was stated that the bankrupt. Abdul Gatfar bin Kassim, was 87 years of age, that he was adjudicated seven years ago and that his estate had realised only $3.
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  • 100 10 Moscow, Auk. 15. CIL MfcretflWf been I unpointed Chief of ue, btaff of hr Red -Army, in p!u< Marshal Shaposhnikov. who re- 1 quoted to be relived of his dUttefl ror nealth masons. General MerHskov was ComniandM- of ttt« Leningrad military distric* durir.K the Russo-Finnisn war.
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  • 157 10 London. Aup. 15. AN Adnurußy communique states that when a British motor torl.'Pdo boat went to rescue a German pilot, who seen to bale out :jf his aircraf. and come down In I he English Channel to-day, it :<und that th* Gernrm piUrt. who was wounded,
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  • 254 10 BOMB SHATTERS BUS London, Au- k, AN eve- witness of the rovdon said the raid. split in3o parties for the attack ,»nfl tie could sec them zoonin.q and beneath each other Mingled with the crash was the rattle of machint while columns of smoke dj over the neighbourhood. There was
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  • 28 10 London. Aug. 15- It is anno I that all the strikers In th M I i Chnmpion Reef Ooragum I mines returned to vxivk on Auj I Reuter
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    • 515 11 Personal PSYCHOLOOU \L Bureau, 79. Bukit Tl^Tn Road Help, tho*e in trouble. Love. Domes-,, Affc.:» He. Write fully O r call. .No. 398E) Professional DO YOU KNOW how much your Business fc I Making or Losing Monthly? If you don't jom are running a Great Risk Why not consult Wayleen
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    • 563 11 Stamps DLD MALAYANri. Br.ti.^ %nd Foreign stamps. I Writ*- lor »pproval books, /ong All Te*«. 70. 1 Butu Tiga Roi.d, Kl.ing (No. i 1 i FOR .SALE Really good quality stamp* of Malaya, fine selections. Competitive rate* Selected approvals sent anywhere. List free K Thyr, Federal Dispensary Chumb«*M, M-reinbMti (No.
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    • 585 11 Matrimonial I<:\BLE EUROPEANS d*" -Ire wITfH Europeans or Eura«uns. duaxdu.. 1 k nilv «<>!i Is Caters all clawes 1 we'lJuif. arranged for July. Marrliig*> Af«ncV. It, H iklt Timnh Road. Singapore. (N W6E) Misce llaneous SPECIALIST For Diabetes. PanJysU and other Ailments Cure guaran.oed or money refun.l -ed Write or
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  • 137 12 More Money For Creditors TAV NAM KIANG, a S bankrupt mer. i tantile "fl^ 6 i employee, who? had been pay- S v ins a monthly i v instalment of r nine dollars. <IP- S plied through the Assistant k Oflitial Assitf- j nee, Mr. G II S Poh. yesterday.
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  • 88 12 CREDIT PLAN FOR ARMS DRIVE MUNITIONS firms handicapped by lack of money for wages and materials are to be allowed to draw money on account from the banks while work is proceeding. This WM announced in Parliament by Sir Kinsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, as part of the plans
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  • 56 12 A ROYAL Artillery rt Officer, lan Norman Smith, of Ca.s-Uemilk-road, Glasgow, was killed when he fell In front of a ■in at Bridgestr< T'ndorground tlon, Glasgow, no ■r, speaking to a pMsengef when ht Btagfered and fell to line. He had been at home for somt time
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    • 246 12 Parked »ut u» -vi. SIHUI THRILLS I M GHS M \(.H Bl \< The BIGGESI M V.g SHOW <>l BB rl "T7" NIGHTLY CAPITOL 6,5 and 930 Ihr Might> ii a <; .nul his Company of American and Chinese Artistes Bt^a Mll Bv*^BßkJߥV 1 B^B^Q BV ■fm All ■fil I
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    • 206 12 Ihe Brother «lat -tars back a^ain in their funn Picture. OPENING TO-DAY WITH 4 SHOWS I AUIAMBKA I Jm r^l P ji" P^m/^f *s•. 'ir _^t^f Um t\jm flfMw "Fsi." fjw/'f ''•'£'^mmlm^. mm Ail Anffel \ry I EDDIE ALBERT B :fOSEMARY LANE A I WAYNE MORRIS JANE WYMAN I RONALD
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  • 165 13 COMPLAINING of ,u healtl, and unemptovnirnt. I, j Vuivlla. Eurasian, applied for Varella was lornmiy employed as 1 staUonery clerk in the Government Printing Office and was adjudicated bankrupt five years ago on his own petition, with liabilities lmounti.ig to over a thousand dollars The
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  • 72 13 BENCH GIVES BLACKOUT GAOL WARNING WARNING to "black-out! offenders that i they would in j future run the V risk of being i sent to prison \uthout the op- j S tion of a fine was given by the chairman of the IBirminri ham Bench (Mr i J. White). Many
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  • 107 13 Capetown, Aug. 16. IT is revealed that the will of Sir Abe Bailey provided for a trust of £250.000 for the purpose of fostering institutions in South i Africa, not adequately provided far by the State, and also for Imperial interests, provided (hat at least
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  • 39 13 Helsinki, Aug. 16.— Changes w the Finnish Cabinet have been announced, the most significant being the resignation of M. Tanner, Minister of Supplies, who was the Foreign Minister at the time of "the Russo-Finnish war.— Reuter.
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  • 71 13 I A CONSIGNMENT of arms and am-' munition at Golfito,' near the Panama border, has been confiscated by the Costa Rican police. It is believed that they were to have been used in an upnsnig in Panama. In viCvV of his suspected lifth column activities, a German marine
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  • 73 13 A POLICEMAN at Lambeth Juvenile court told the ma&isI trates that he would I be grateful if j hey (take a lenient view of: i ease He explained that; that the defendant, a boy of tbrteen, accused Of motorcyding offeives, was about to join the Mcr- j cham Wavy, but
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    • 94 13 I TO-NIGHT* I BIGGEBT I FLOOR SHOW I IN TOW T N I TO-NIGHT I l MISS m°m extn >i\<.<.ii I il IAM CALWWA* A il TEA DANCE CUH \AA H^l TO DAY SHOW ■I I 6.30 to 9 P.M. I ijl NEW WORLD SHOWS M m Ml Mr _^^F&
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    • 210 13 \<T NIC. III n (KOUII fl A I 1 1.1. MKXSIKK <»| ionTßßmo mi \:i' iv moM m i \m<m > imcu si I > A JF n>4 v j< A V^"*"^^^"*^? TO-DAY AT 6.15 9.15 W^BETTV LYNNE EDMUNO B^EON JOHN LCNCDON THE ROOSTEW OllVia WAKEfIEID OIPfCTCO BV MQPMAN LfC
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  • 119 14 JACK FOOTERS BEAT TENGAH AIRMEN pLAVIN<' I |n .nut icfc Ftooten de-ffatc-fi I P. Ti :i ui'iKily game of tocoer Tin i Itu Jack i its were. H vl H Hamid Abdul Rahim The foUowif 'ill rcprentnl trw Jack fooUM n friendly i so'-.r»-r iwi! '.he Airiwrt Sport* CM Kallung
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  • 65 14 Fe roiiowmg cm in iim hinua pore Malayalee Awociaiion. BadmiiitMii Tournament v\ ill be played at (he Badminton Court. 101. Darttl Road« to-day and tomorrow at > p.m. To-day Ettn j,'le.s; .1 Korutka v.s. Abdula/i/ C R N;ur vs M 0 (Jcorge. Buntte) Doubles: Cyril Petertl M.(i Paul
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  • 38 14 IC. London. A:.'.;. 15: Theri was i nodei ;.t.»' inquirj for freights, f* ix- tares lncnid< d ore from Vlzs patum to United Btatei at I fifteen detlarsr, and cot! on the northern range .it 5.05 rteiliru Reutoi
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  • 148 14 Scene from^ i*the full length P S 'joxing feature S i of the woild m i d d 1 eweight i j r h a m pionshiji i i in at Manila i between Cefe- nun Garcia and Glen Lee, which will be shown at the
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  • 41 14 ENTRIES are invited lor the Singapore Cricket Club autumn lawn tennis tournament which begins on Monday Sept. 9. There will he Hire? events, turn's singles handicap. men's doubles handicap, and mixed doublet handicap Entrie. dose on Aim. 31.
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  • 695 14  -  AJAX BY Singapore Expects i I To Annex Cud I r pH(K SANDS WILL IMKU.Nl* in& IVL ALA IJ MIM STADH \1 TO-DAY TO WITNESS TWO TEAMS— SINm.1 PORF, HtYDfffflLE (ilANTS OF THE BOOTH, \\|J KEDAH. SURPRISE PACKET OF THE NORTH— BATTLINg! FOR THE
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  • 229 14 pOR i lying to bribe a Naval Base constable witii four dollars, Tay Seng Feng, 54--yar-old fisherman, was fined $30, in default a month's hard labour, yesterday. Tay. who was charged before Mr. C. H. Whittoii. in the District Traffic Court, with having moved
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  • 73 14 1 (BY (UK KAi l\(. I (ORRESPONDFM I THE FOLLOWING ARK SF LECTIONS FOR IHF TAIPING RACES TO-DAY: e RACE 1: M.G.M 1 TINKI'RKIX J RACE 2: ROSEOLET 1 K EAST LTNNI RACE 3: ROSALIE FAITH S n.\OE 4: NEW WORLD I DOrBLK FILE 1 RACE
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 90 14 y^ J^lirMt g^\ India Slßnni Hrnvv l^/' Bfl Dutv <"Rr Tvrcs r>-' bn Itt available In th' 1 L\ j/r wyfySJ^L* undcrnotod h!7o*. m. IL^fcTMT 4.50x21 9 sxll fc\( .^^^^^L 1 JHI 4.75x19 5.25x18 Ht\ s4^ w v lUHa 6oojiw ssotii; lw\. V I 1 BL 160x18 reauM oi intensive
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    • 113 14 Public Noticei SINGAPORE MUOTCIFALr I Tenders are Invited for ply of Lubricating Oi!> and (>^m during 1941. Tender For:: cts. each can be obtained Municipal Secretariat, and I cipal Treasury Deposit Recei S5O must be produced for der submitted Tender at 12 noon on 10. Octob >r fm C. H.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 53 14 SPORTS DIARY] TO -DAY I SOCCER: H .M.S. I Final Bingap I dah, Kuala I I F.A. Loa.mii> vision, S.C V chesters, Tanglin CRICKET: S.C.C Y.M.C.A.; I Police, Pachit h f m vs. Khalsa, c c S A. OB A St. Andrews I RACES: Taipiim n day, Taiping SPORTS: Girls'
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  • 184 15 lining with the proposed Royal Air Force j rve ior the Colony have been published S I Gazette Extraordinary issued yesterday. I cited as the financial relief for their wives Air Force» and families as may be pre- nd deals with scribed by the Qwm r
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  • Reuter's COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 9 15 A-ig. 16. Buyo.a Sellers i Buyers ii Sellers
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    • 28 15 n Aug. 16. let Twie l.asier 13 13^8 Forv/a: 13 13 Forward' Oct Dec. 13 13 1 I rd) Jan rch 12 7 16 12 9 16
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    • 79 15 I.'-ndon. Aug. 16. Uer>. 55 9 up Rubber 28,6 ral Electric 69 3 rial Chemical In. 25 10 l /2 rial Tobacco 90 11 14 9 Ban Pacific on Tin 3|wPl. In. Tmst 241is i i 4 y 2 17|tt em Kin 10 7»/-> 14.4% I Ad
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  • 67 15 Gaoled Tricked A Soldier's Wife "ft- YEAR-OLD clerk, alleged to have 6d. from the wife of a soldier serving ■F. in France, by telling her h e could get •me on leave, was sentenced to one •nment at Mortlake, Sturdy. a mean trick while this ladys ing for everybody here,"
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  • 49 15 U. E. the Officer Administering 11 the Government, Mr. s. W i Jones, accompanied by the Pn- vate Secretary and the Aide-de- S Camp, left Singapore by the night mail yesterday and will return by tho night mail leaving Kualij Lumpur on Wednesday, Aug. 2T.1
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  • 71 15 THK driver was killed andy eleven < I hers in- i jured hen an Army lorry over- turned neari Tunbr i d g e Wells. Kent. The dead man was K named Long- staffe, of the' Loyal \ui >h\ Lancashire Re- i t: mi ♦•nt The
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  • 120 15 AX officer of the Dutch Army has been detained in London by the Special Branch of Soot'and Yard This officer had previously been questioned In Holland on account of his connections, but there wa.s not then considered to be sufficient material to warrant action being taken.
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  • 40 15 IThe pension rights of pensioners who join ihc Local Defence Volunteer Force will not be affected by joining. This was announced in the House of Common by Miss Ellen Wilkinson. Parliamentary Secretary to ho Minister of Pensions.
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  • 59 15 NO COURT IDEA l i "THAT is a ndi- I 1 culous sug- i i gestion," said Mr. Justice Hob(son in *V, C > Divorce Court r 1 when counsel i said that a case > in which he was briefed "might not be able to come on this 1
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  • 209 15 A LL the charm of Maurice Mae terlinck's famous play "Tli Blue Bird" has been captured ii the 20th. Century Fox film of th same name which had a specia showing at the Cathay yestcrda; —for educationalist^ and press men. 'The Blue Bird" is
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  • 79 15 DKoinP.M farm hatlling I for to-d t^■^ riuitch will be vINJ. IPOIIE Ci Wrhber > 'ilicn. Abdul Raimun i.MFAi, l<< ii S*:on Sin ll.inlh < All \i/ <>1 I Kur Mor Khoun (SC.K. T:iib f>I.F.A.». A. t i, VallM-ru sI! < I Tan lai huan tS.r.l A.». Madon
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 16 15 BRANCHES AGENCIES TIIROI 'CiHOUT THE WORLD. South British Insurance Co., Ltd. T*L 5026 2. Finfnvson firr^n
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    • 43 15 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDELMAATSCHAPPIJ, N. V. OUR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL To keep abreast with the progresn of economic developments, no bu«ines9 concern can afford not to take advantage of the multifarious services offered by a reputed banking Iwrtituiion with years of financial experience.
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  • Morning Tribune
    • 6 16 Morning Tribune Saturday. August 17, 1940
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    • 346 16 Heavy Bombing Of Libyan Ports AN K A I communique stai was UUlM out on Liby; inflicting itmnajr <m a muni petrol Jiiv -A'a.s startec which Ignited a flying boa jetty and two flying boats. flying bout petrol tanker ex ploded and continued to
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    • 68 16 Shot By A Sentry Miss IIARI SMI IH. agtd nineteen, of Ilibbert road, Mansfield, Notts —the fourth person to be killed vviihin a fortnight after a failure to answer a sen. try's ehftttenfe. The driver of the car iu which she v..i> a pas. senger did not stop when chat
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    • 35 16 A young Chinese .lolie, believed to tave been involved to a motor-car acci- nt died in the ambulance on the way nospital. The accident took uiace at 8'/ 2 mile, dukit limah Road, trsterday evening.
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    • 108 16 YOU CAN WRITE TO CHANNEL ISLANDS Those who wish to communicate OO purely personal matters v;. th relatives or friends in any of the following countries occupied oy the enemy are informed that their letters can now be accepted by Thos. Cook Son. Ltd., Singapore, !n the .same way as
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    • 83 16 Joplin (Ml— ll), Aug. 16 Five men were killed in an explosion at the Atlas power plant here to-day The cause of the explosion has not yet been ascertained. Th e plant employs between 200 and 300 men and has been producing nearly two million lb. of T.NT.
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    • 510 16 Parachute Hoax Exposed London. An I MSCU38IN0 the Ge lnu l hoax of dropping parachutal and bags containing lakp struetion orders (o a paraB chut^ division, an RAF O ffl cer m charge of the iuvtstij n or the case stated thj morning that the numbr-oB parachutes dropped was M
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    • 74 16 Better RussoTurkish Relations Istanbul, An*. 16. M. HAYDAR i AKTAY,Tnr. 1 KSh Ambassa- dor in Moscow, i j arrived enroute S to Ankara. Po. litical observ- er s attach great importance to the conferences t i which he will I have with > Turkish leaders, i It is believed i
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
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