Morning Tribune, 6 May 1941

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    25 1 SFTT SALESEXCEED 4,500 DAILY Morning Tribune Vol. S— N°- 81, Tuesday, May 6, 1941. NETT SALES EXCEED >00 f Morning Tribune Tuesday, May 6, 1941,
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    BRITISH COUNTERATTACK AT TOBRUK: ENEMY SUFFERS HEAVILY
    413 1 A MESSAGE RECEIVED IN SINGAPORE IN THE A EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING, GIVING ME LATEST COMMUNIQUE FROM HEADQUARTERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SAYS THAT CHE FAILURE OF THE ENEMY'S LATEST AT TEMPT TO CAPTURE TOBRUK, IN WHICH 3,000 PRISONERS WERE TAKEN AND
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    DIRECT BOMB HITS ON NAZI BATTLE CRUISERS
    213 1 London, May 5. HITS were observed on and very near the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, S when the R F last night attacked docks at L Brest. The Air Ministry communique says that the attacks were made by strong forces of
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    HITLER WILL FEAR THESE
    180 1 UKRE are three news items illustrating the luamn air production drive being made In the Linpirc and the I.S. j (1) From Los Angeles conn a I report of a test flight of a new Lockheed fighter. I which, it is claimed, can fly at over
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    Iraq Guns Are Silenced, Air Force Crippled
    418 1 Iraq Guns Are Silenced, Air Force Crippled London, May 5 THE greater part of the Iraq Air Force has already been destroyed by the Royal Air Force either while attempting to attack British camps or as a result of British air raids on Iraq air bases. This was announced m
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    Big Blow To Nazi Plans On Egypt
    208 1 l ßy A. P. Crosse. Reiner's special Coi respondent with idvanced forces m the Wes tern Desert London, May b A LTOGETHER, 3.000 prisoners have been captured by British iorces at Tobruk. and the latest returns show that a large number of enemy
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    U.S. PLANE OUTPUT EQUALS GERMANY'S
    171 1 Washington, May 5. JT was disclosed m Washington to-day that the output of planes m the United States is now level with that of Germany. U.S. aeroplane production m April reached 1,493 machines. This bears out the forecast made Ol the April output, only 78
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    A.I.F. In Malaya
    71 1 London. May 5. rriCE to-day (Monday), Berlin Radio broadcast a story that Australian troops at Singapore have refused to go to Egypt. The authority given for the statement is Admiral Luetzow, addressing the Court of Naval Strategy. Australian authorities m London dismiss the statement as fantastic, foitified
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    R.A.F. LIGHT GREAT FIRE AT GERMAN NAVAL BASE
    176 2 London, May, 5 MOONLIGHT helped British Coastal Command aircraft last night when they harassed the enemy from the coast of Norway to the coast of Britain. One German supply ship of 3.000 tons, anchoring m the Skagerak m a convoy, was bombed
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    Heavy Air Attack On Belfast
    316 2 Heavy Air Attack On Belfast London. May Another heavy air attack irmi delivered on the Belfast urea last night. According to a communique issued by the Nortfiern Ireland Ministry of Public Security .and ihe RAF. headquarters m Northern Ireland, considerable damage was done to industrial and private pro perty and
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    7 Nazi Divisions Fought In Greece
    158 2 London. May 5. THE strength of the German forces used against the British and Imperial troops m Greece has now been established m London Three armoured divisions, two mountain divisions, the Adolf Hitler division and one infantry division were employed m the campaign. It
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    35 2 Buenos Aires. May 3: The Ministry of Agriculture reports that rain has delayed the maize harvest and caused some damage, but the crop generally is good. The sowing of wheat, linseed, etc. is progressing normally.
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    DEBATE ON WAR POLICY
    323 2 (By Gerard Herlihy. Reuter's Political Correspondent.) London, May 5. THE next two sittings of the House of Commons and the next sitting ot the House of Lords will be occupied by considerations of the Government motion, approving the Government's policy m sending help to Greece, and
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    JAPANESE PRINCESS ENCAGED
    54 2 Tokyo. May 5 rE engagement of the eldest daughter of the Emperor and Empress of Japan was announced to-day. Princess Teru (Shigkoi. born m 1925. is betrothed to Prince Morihiro Higahi k v n v. an Army lieutenant, born m 1916. The Domei agency described the betrothal
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    AGE 15-DRUNK
    54 2 AGE 15DRUNK A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy was fined 10s. and ordered to pay half a guinea costs at Bath, for being drunk and disorderly He was found helplessly drunk m the street by a constable. who had heard very bad language bein^j used, and such was his condition that he had
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    Turkish Reaction To Iraq Events
    120 2 Ankara. May a. THE Turkish Press "J the trend of opinion m i A"*j j is that Rashid AU has betray Iraq. as No official announcemen :*m ibeen made concerning thj i jish attitude but the pres doubt as to the seneral I rSft* Sabah.forex^
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    India Condemns Iraq Action
    293 3 India Condemns Iraq Action Bombay. May 5. > TJIK importance of the Iraq developments to India is t it rested throughout the press J condemning the Rashid All cliques and intrigues with the t enemy The leading Muslim daily Star of India (Calcut- > la) says that the new deve-
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    COTTON CONTRACTS
    41 3 I.'tt York, May 3:— Apart from It profit- taking and hedging, lon contracts remain tight, even V the advance. Textiles conue strong and active. Recent Js averaged fifteen million yards !y Jackson Curtis forecast the Fage at 25.000,000 acres.
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    Axis Talks In Tokyo
    53 3 Tokyo, May 5. MA J O R G E N. Eugen Ott, the German Ambassador, on Saturday morning had a 30--minute talk with the Foreign Vice-Minis-ter, Mr. Chuichi Ohashi.— E a ste m News. Mr. A. E. Mullaly, the Negri Sembilan State Councillor, has left for
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    German Economic Penetration In France
    201 3 London, May I. p RTHEB evidence of German (Monomic penetra- hi Fiance uas given by raris Radio to-day. announcinji operation between nan,,. Germany and Italy *ardmi the automobile industry. r*ement, iigned m *Wea for a com- iprlsinj mi aye Italian and ichmen under the I
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    French Quisling Murdered
    98 3 London May 5. THE French Nazi leader, Jean Fontenoy. who recently disappeared, has been killed m a Paris street, and his body thrown into the Seine, state the Free French newspaper France. Fontenoy was one of tne leading organisers of the Nazi-inspired "Rassemblcment National Populaire." His mjrstertoui
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    Great Stimulus To U.S. Participation In War
    208 3 Great Stimulus To U.S. Participation In War New York, May 5. J^ GREAT stimulus to the movement for more active United States' participation m the war appears to have been given by President Roosevelt's speech on Sunday, and, by the speech of Mr. Wendell Willkie and Mr. Conant, while the
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    U.S. Arms Output Will Exceed Germany's Soon
    133 3 Nashville (Tennessee), May 5. '^pIE United States will be turning out more armour and armament than Germany within 90 days or at the most, within six months," Mr. Wendell Willkie declared m Nashville yesterday. He was evidently replying to Col. Lindbergh who on
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    U.S. WOOL
    24 3 Boston, May 3:— United States wool was firm and more active m the west. Some clothing manufacturers are informally rationing civilian orders.
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    20 3 WHEAT CROP Chicago, May 3:-Private estimates place the winter wheat crop at 640,000,000 to 655,000,000 bushels which is remarkably high.
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    MIDDLE EAST AIR CHIEF
    23 3 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Long more X.C.8.. D.5.0., C-in-C of the R A F in the Middle Ea»t.
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    Japa n-Indo-China Economic Pacts
    79 3 Japa n-Indo-Ch i na Eco nomic Pacts Tokyo, May 5. TWO economic agreements between Japan and France concerning Indo-China will be signed to-morrow Tuesday) at the residence of the Foreign MinisVi Mr. Matsuoka. An official announcement m Tokyo states that economic discussion on this subject, which was initiated last December,
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    Shoes Urgently Needed By The Comforts Fund
    685 4 TILE Central Depot of the Malaya Patriotic Fund make s still another appeal lor shoes for Air Raid victims. Since rt was announced on this page recently that Mr. Strengfeld, the manager of the Bata Shoe Company had kindly offered to repair shoes
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    To Wed To-morrow
    56 4 To Wed To-morrow THIS is Miss j i Loke Chat j ter of t h c j late Mr. Loke J i Looi Chew of I Kuala Lam- i p v r whose 1 marriage t o Mr. Wong) Siew Lengi (will takeS place at the j J Registry at
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    DANCE SHOWS
    85 4 DANCE SHOWS i FORTY ONE a children, pu- i pils of the Fay J Hamilton school J of dancing, will f i take part m I "Dancing round i the World." to J be presented at /the Adelphi J Rcof Garden on June 5 m aid of j Hospital Week,
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    People And Places
    83 4 yL Youthful dan-)f T cers who tooki part m the Va- riety show m) i aid of the arJ melite Convent Building lund! i at the Victoria i J Tbct- tre last S n &ht and on J i Saturday. Left to richt:j I Joy Porter Pat-
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    making your guests feel at home
    800 5 making your guests feel at home been said about the unfortunate guests J) 1 C who hal to leave some of their clothes draped chair because there weren't enough hangers. '•"don't blame them if they didn't accept a second Mdtatloni After all, being a good hostess means inVl iv thai
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    WRONGDOERS GIVEN JOBS
    317 6 EVIDENCE of the excellent work being done bj 'the bint, a] i< After-Care Association m finding jobs and ««»«,<"»; charerd "prisoners on the road to a u.seful life is contained m the annual import of the Association which will be presented at a meeting of the Association
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    MAN ABUSED HIS TRUST
    105 6 1/YTHALINGAM, Harbour Board labourer, pleaded guilty, yesterday, before Mr. Conrad Oldham, second magistrate, to a charge of having stolen 14 packets of cigarettes from a godown. The prosecuting officer said that on May 3, a constable on rounds m the Harbour Board, saw Vythalingam standing near
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    Darlan Reports On Trip To Paris
    63 6 London. May 5. ADMIRAL Darlan, Vice-Minister m Vichy, has returned to Vichy from Paris, according to the Swiss Radio and immediately reported to the people on hi s talk with the German Ambassador. Abctz. No immediate fruits are expected to follow and a further
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    Broken Romance Leads To Double Murder Trial
    207 6 THE story of how an alleged broken romance led to a double 1 murder was told at the Assize Court, yesterday, when Krishnasamy. young Municipal labourer, appeared before Mr. [Justice Manning and a special jury charged with the murder of Ponnukannu and her
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    CHINESE MILITARY TOUR OF MALAYA
    55 6 THE Chinese military officers who have recently completed a tour of Burma and India arrived at Penang on May 3. The party will tour Malaya for a period of about fourteen days before returning to China. It is expected that they will arrive m Singapore
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    How Communism Spreads In Malaya
    255 6 How Communism Spr eads In Malaya •THOW TOING LING, a youth, wa sentenced to six .months' rigorous imprisonment 0:1 each of two charges, to run consecutively, for bein^ a member of two unlawful societies, yesterday, by the acting third magistrate, Mr. W. D. Carew. The prosecuting officer said that 00
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    Soldiers Catch House -breaker
    217 6 Soldie rs Catch House -breaker TWO privates of the Gordon Highlanders, Peter Mitchell and 1 Lorrimer, yesterday, described before Mr. J. L. McFaii district judge, how they had heard the crash of glass at the Canito Building about midnight on Mar. 26 and saw an Indian m the act of
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    For World Export
    35 6 For World Export j Goods F o Export: Kama i piano inaka are working j S top speed pri ducing uori renowned pia HOS for the ci port marta Gentiai view the polishii S department.
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    No Cracker Firing If War Comes
    201 6 AS a precaution against false alarm, it is reqseJ by the authorities that there should be: cracker-firing if war should come. The noise of exploding crackers, says an oflic announcement, can easily be mistaken for the M of rifle fire or even of gun
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    Co-operators' Scholarships Going Abegging
    241 6 Co-ope rators' Scholarships Going Abegging AN appeal for more members was made bj 1 J Cromarty presiding at the fifteenth annu ral meeting of the Singapore Mercantile c<>- pc Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., held at C(M»pt j Societies Department, 6th floor. Fullerton Buiiu yesterday. I]H^' Mr. Cromarty also drew
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    Govet. Rice Monopoly In H.K.
    127 7 Govet. Rice Monopoly In H.K. i Hong Kong, May 5. THE Hong Kong Govern- ment is assuming a monopoly of all rice imports > and exports on June 1. as a I war-time measure. This decision was taken 1 I following an emergency meeting of the Executive I I Council
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    NAZI WOOING OF TURKEY
    65 7 New York, May 5. [ITLER'S omission of any preI diction of an early peace is reirded as significant by observers i New York. It is considered that he has ached the conclusion that the ar will be a long one. Some quarters here regard the leech
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    "No Future For Arab World Under Hitler"
    219 7 London, May 5. INDEB Hitler, there can be no future for the Arab world/ stated De Faudi Shatera, president of the Arab National fcague m the United States, m a statement on the present higgle m Iraq. He stated: "We are watching th
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    5 Killed In Severe Raid On Chungking
    61 7 Chungking. May 5. FIVE persons were killed, 11 injur td and 50 houses demolished m Saturday's raid on Chungking, when six fires were started but were quickly brought under control, states an official communique. Sixty-three Japanese aircraft In iwo groups participated. After dropping
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    27 7 WOPS ANNEX SLOVENIA Rome, May 5 The annexation of Slovenia m Northern Yugoslavia under the name of Lubiana by Italy has been officially announced here. Eastern News
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    Hitler Betrays Uneasiness
    254 7 London, May 5. |HE morning papers divide their comment between Hitler'? speech and the situation m Iraq. The speech is generally felt to be m a comparatively minor key and to betray considerable uneasiness. Referring to his casualty figures, the Daily Telegraph says that it is incredible
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    Red Troops Massing On Iran Border?
    98 7 New York, May 5. gTRONG units of the Red Army have been concentrated on the Iranian frontier, a New York Times correspondent reports from Ankara suggesting an ominous squeezeplay between the Nazis and the Soviet. The correspondent believes that it is highly likely that
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    Greek Thanks For British Aid
    116 7 Canea, May 5. A MESSAGE has been sent to the Greek Prime Minister, M. Tsouderos, expressing Britain's gratitude and praise on the magnificent ycourage and endurance which the Greek Army had shown and for their loyalty as allies. M. Tsouderos replied:— "We will never forget
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    Japanese View Of Iraq Clash
    66 7 Tokyo, May 5. COMPETENT Japanese military experts see m the reported Iraci developments a German-Italian Soviet mcvoment aiminc at the complete encirclement of Turkey and a gigantic pincer movement to cut off the British Mediterranju Fleet from access to oil supplies m Asia Minor. They
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    JAPANESE ENVOY TO RETURN TO TOKYO
    44 7 Tokyo. May 5. DR K uma tare Hooka, the Japanese Ambassador to Nanking, will return to Tokyo within a few days to confer with high Japanese officials, it is officially announced by the Japanese Embassy at Nanking.- Reuter
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    MORNING TRIBUNE
    361 7 TUESDAY. MAY 6, 1941 PRAYER TO MARS ff ITLER'S latest speech to the Reichstag follows familiar lines. The warmongering democracies are held to blame for the mass murders he himself has been committing over a large part of Europe. He is obviously convinced that God helps only those
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    ESTATE DUTY PETITION PRESENTED IN F.M.S.
    1412 8 A PETITION has been preset ol the Malay States. Sir I persona and associations repn likely to be affected by the inei It Is directed to three mutters m connection with estate duty which m the opinion ol the petitioners. seriously call i<»i reconsideration
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      64 8 fr MICKEY MOUSE J»J r now Mfl^s^%^' A^ q we can \7i w/ 1 ro g VJOMJNG SEE /M'</ly A ™E* TDANAREAOF WHERE l^q^ 7 (ym-^^ TROPICAL WE ARE' M 7§>^~h* HEAT, THE ***r^V J^^^f ~kp VOYAGERS ARE f>R^M OVER JOYED *M 3X < W TOHEA.RTHE A/J^E t IA^L professor's
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    Girls Repairing Boots And Shoes
    714 9 Girls Repairing Boots And Shoes rates ol interest were high. ing from 8 per cent, to 11 per per annum, while Governmenl borrowed money at the rate ol 4' 2 per cent., loans being issued at this rate. At the present time commercial rates ol interest are low, while Government
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    HELD 10,000 INQUESTS
    57 9 AFTER conducting IOPr.O inquests during his forty-two years m the post. Mr. Reginald Kemp. J. P. West Middlesex coroner, has retired Mr. Kemp estimates that he has examined bout 40.000 witness- He claims that he has been late for only duzen inquests on hose occasions owing to
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    SINGAPORE LAYS BARE GERMAN BRUTALITY
    725 9 "^JEVKR before m history, not when our combined fleets defeated the Spanish Armada, not when our land forces held Napoleon's army at bay, not even when a Dutch "stadholder" occupied the throne of England has the contact, the relationship between our two nations been so
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    71 9 New York. May 3 Automobf-' product! vi In th United Stat* Mid Chi id. i totalled 130,610 unitcompared with last week's iQB,lt*' Hoi Th<- mobilisation ol ocean ton ha stimulated rails. Th Am rlcan Railroads Associateadvises Its members to ac(ju» 270,000 more freight cars to me the
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    THEFT OF PRINTS ALLEGED
    564 9 THEFT OF PRINTS ALLEGED "JHIS is the finish. Either Fernandez must leave or I will." Mi\ Alexander Edward Hughes, Assistant General Manager of the Hume Pipe Company, giving evidence m the fift>» court, yesterday, declared that this statement was made 1 1 him by C. H. Balke, European draughtsman m
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    Journalists Entertained
    102 10 MR. EDWIN HAWARD (Adviser on Indian Allans. Far Eastern Bureau Of Public Information! ga\e an "At IP me" to the visiting Indian Journalists at the Adeiphi Hotel yesterday evening. A larue Catherine was present, Including leading Indian cltisens, representatives of local newspapers and officers of the Indian Army
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    Many M.A.S. Activities Now In Full swing
    464 10 Many M.A.S. Activities Now In Full swing A BLOOD transfusion service, a technical section making plaster casts of human limbs, and the conducting of casualty stations, first aid posts and depots are some of the activities of the Singapore Medical Auxiliary Services. Most of the personnel of St. John's Ambulanc
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    SAUNTON
    50 10 (pop. 180) Collects £1,800 FERE are fifty houses m Saunton. which is near Barnstaple, m D^von, ai:d 180 peopif live there. One of the 18' V suggested a village war weapons week. The aim was to collect £100— £2 per house. The money collected came to £1.800--£lO per villager.
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    'Wop' Officer In Flour Bin
    83 10 During mopping-up operations round El Wa k, on I he Kenya Somaii' md frontier, the Commanding Officer of the Gold Coast troops .as travelling towards El Wak In a tank when he tound a line mobile bakery. Before burning it he decided to take a
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    Violent Australian Storms
    140 12 Violent Australian Storms BRISBANE: Damage to roads within Terania Shire as m result of the violent gtormi which have been sweeping the district will take more than two years to repair. The shire engineei (Mr. G. L. Newton' estimates that the damage to the roadway will amount i more than
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    101 12 John's "Mein Kampf" l THIS is the otory of, a "century." told m a seventy- four word telegram:"John George retir- j ed farmer, of Mable- J thorpe. 100 to-day j said Hitler is a fool and has made a lot more fools. Worked, for 4d. a day as boy.i and
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    Big Brother Movement
    67 12 Big Brother Movement Melbourne. AFTER consideration of the migration position tne Council of the Big Brother Movement has decided that In view of Its uncertain future the movement should be wound m and all its assets cash In hand and furniture, be hander to the Boy ScoutAssociation. The association wl'
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    Fortune For Housekeeper
    37 12 Fortune For Housekeeper ACCORDING to her will, proved at £28,725, Mrs. Laurr j Mary Carruther.s. of Barnes, left nracti- j cally all her fortune to her "dear and dc- 1 voted housekeeper! and friend," Ceceh Isabelle Witt.*.
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    S'PORE ROTARY MEETING
    59 12 AT to-morrow's meeting rk Siimapore Rotary club t J Adelphi Hotel one or mo: Indian Journalist* Malaya are expected to a members have been assemble 15 mm The -lection will take place on Ma> R. Cheeseman for the officeMessrs. A. M. A Chye Fong bavi v as
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    LABOUR BAN BLAMED
    130 13 LABOUR BAN BLAMED APROFIT of $67,441.08 was made for the year ended Jan. 31, 1941, by the Changkat Serdang Estates, Ltd.. according to the report of the directors of the company tabled at the annual general meeting held at the N.T.S. building yesterday. In addition to the interim dividend of
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    CANTONESE WOMAN CHARGED
    63 13 AC ANT ONESE woman, Thiam Yiap. appeared before Mr. W. D. Carew. m the third court, yesterday, an a charge of theft of $100 cash. a ring valued at $18. and a sweater valued at $3 from a house m Serangoon Road on May 3. She claimed
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    Farmer M. P. Milked Own Cows
    55 13 Farmer M. P. Milked Own Cows MR. John Morgan. Socialist MP. for Doncaster since 1938, and agricultural journalist and broadcaster, has died, aged forty-eight. He recently had an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Morgan regularly milked his own cows. He went home to his farm (ten miles from Bishop's Stortford. Hertfordshire)
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    Dying, Takes Blame
    53 13 Dying, Takes Blame WHEN Charles Fin ke, fifty-nine-year-old clert o f Pembury-road, Tottenham. N., was civ, after he had been run over by a trolle<. bus he told a constable. 'Please don't blame the driver it was not his fault." A verdict of "Accidental death" was recorded at the m
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    RECS THRASHED BY THE SAPPERS
    473 14 DOOR team work, a weak defence, Indifferent play by the for- wards were responsible for the Singapore Recreation Club's deleat of five-one by the Royal Engineers m a first division match on the Anson Road Stadium, yesterday. The only department that did any useful work
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    23 14 HIGH TIDES rO-DAY: 505 g.tn.. 6 9 ft; 700 pm. 6.7 rO-MORROW: 640 M 6 9 ft; 800 urn 71 ft.
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    BUSINESS HOUSES TRIAL
    206 14 BUSINESS HOUSES TRIAL THE sec ond trial soccer match to select a combined J 1 Business Houses team to play against a first division league S i team m aid of The War Fund J will be held at Farrer Park J on Thursday. Colours will oppose Whites and the
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    Handicaps For Penang Races
    288 14 pOLLOWING are the weights for the first day of the Penang Turf Club's Spring meeting on Saturday: Horses: Class 2, Div. 1* 5Vj» furs. Confidence (Late Wylliei 9.7 Canton 9 4 Counsel 8 13 Dark Encounter 7. 13 Golden Plateau 7.10 Golden Melody 7.9 Sonny' 7.7
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    Chinese Win In Last Minute
    263 14 5 (FA. B' 2; KHVNn IN an evenly contested Div. II "B m a ici the S.C.F.A. "Band Kianji on th, p Neave ground, yesterday, the Chines, scoring a last minute goal. "1 The first goal was scored m the early Inst half, when Kirn
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    79 14 The V.M.C.A. the Malay Reg! by a goal to nit division 2 A 3 on the Y. 1 ground. At the Naval the H.MS S defeated the C thians by two to nil In a div;s B. match. The Loyals the Police by goals to 2 1 reserve
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    32 14 fill 1 Lm\ utei told th House Ol that .t anonym threatening and ti iieqjb lv nart- n war." TIT I felted Queh. whom with di culars -juHo
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    Chinese In U.S.A. Solidly Behind National Government
    393 15 Chinese In U.S.A. Solidly Behind National Government ,itv hohind the National Government is on the Chinese m America and there fa no them declared Mr. Wen-shan Huang, pr ,,f Letters of the Graduate School. v'.'it-^n University and a veteran Kuomintang 1 in terview with Central News. re recentstay m the
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    Singapore Road Accidents
    162 15 Singapore Road Accidents A FATAL motor lorry acci-i dent occurred at Wood- 1 lands yesterday afternoon when a Chinese, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, was! crushed to death. Another Chinese, said to be the I attendant, received a number of, injuries. The lorry was coming from Johore
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    Blitz Insurance
    279 15 Blitz Insurance DREMIUMS under the British Government's air-raid insurance plan will have to be paid through the income tax machinery. it I has been decided. The amount of the premium will be added to the Schdule A —property tax a« I sessment. and will be j paid with that tax.
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    Centenarian Was Kept In Ignorance Of War
    93 15 Centenarian Was Kept In Ignorance Of War UP to the time of her death Mrs. Elisabeth Hampshire, of Barton-terrace, Boeston, the oldest inhabitant of Leeds, who ce:ebrated her 102 nd birthday OB Dec. 9, was kept Ignorant of the war Oy her family. She had been bedridden for some time,
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    23 15 An official t nouncement 1r Q m Alor Star records the < death of Menjalara. I consort Of th*' Sultan I a Kedah. I
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    ANTI-ESPIONAGE DRIVE THROUGHOUT JAPAN
    39 15 ANTI-ESPIONAGE DRIVE THROUGHOUT JAPAN Tokyo, May 0 pOMMENCTNG to-day, Tokyo is to have a continuous "fcnti-espion-age week" m which lec'ures and broadcasts will instruct the public how to prevent spyln". and cinemas and posters will illustrate the methods- Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    222 16 Cairn. May S. A N official communique issued from British C..HQ. states: "After attacking an unarmed Britisfi construction party which was m the vicinity, Iraqi forces on May I occupied |{utl>ah. "In Basra area, our troops iemain m occupation without interference. "Abyssinia: In the Debub sector, Indian troops
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    U.S. Authorities Board Yugoslav Ships
    190 16 U.S. Authorities Board Yugoslav Ships New York, May 5. UNITED STATES Coastguard authorities have anU nounced that Coast Guardsmen boarded Yugoslav ships as a precautionary measure at Brooklyn New York but declared that the ships have not been seized This announcement followed a report m the New York Journal American
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    RAIDERS OVER LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE
    36 16 London. May 5. L IVERPOOL and the Mer^yside were raided lv.st night for the fourth night In succession. Enemy aircraft were alsj reported over other districts on the north-west toast.- Reuter
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    Matsuoka Repeats "Peace With U.S."
    298 16 Matsuoka Repeats "Peace With U.S." Tokyo. May o. THE Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuo-I ka to-day reiterated his peace policy towards America. My peace policy towards the United States remains unaltered since it was enunciated a t the last session of the Imperia! Diet. 'My motto is sincerity moves c v
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    29 16 London, May 3:— As frcm May 15, .ill sailings to the Persian Gulf and from th. 1 Persion Galf to neutral perls will r< iiiire ship Navicerts.
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    QUICK SILVER PRICES
    31 16 •lon, May 3:— The Ministry of Supply has imposed a maximum lie once for quicksilver of £48. The Ministry Is willing to sell pproved buyers at 47 75
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    Vichy Comment Hitler's Speech
    229 16 LJY dint of dating its observations on Hitll speech from Berne, the Vichy news continues to comment comparatively '1 The agency quotes the Berlin corresnJl ol the Swiss newspaper Bund as aUnb^B great importance to Hitler's exhortation iJM German people to increase the national M m
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    CHILTERNS HILL FOR NATION
    161 16 ABOUT 100 acres at Watlington Hill one of the "bastions" of the Chilterns. rising to nearly 800 feet and looking oul north- west ward tc Oxford, have beer presented to the Na tional Trust by Viscount Esher. with ar oniiowment for up keep. The hill is
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    Nazis Demanding Base At Syr
    55 16 Nazis Demanding Base At Syr Zurich. MaJ DOLITICAL circles m 1 assume that GcnnaM anxious to have permissil use Syria as a military* No authoritative iniorm however is available m col tion with Germany's prod to Vichy, which were ha by Otto Abetz (Nazi Cm sioner m Occupied I ranee!
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    56 16 His Majesty the X I second turf victor: X son when hi^ I Merry War.deier Handicap at N I great enthusla m. Merry Wanden i 1 of 10-i and ri I ->n leave from th^puke of N< I Clean Sweep I the 3-1 favo I by
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    20 16 PREIGHI i I London, Maj 1 prepared to pay I cubic foo' bale tro. 1 United States to P" I
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