Morning Tribune, 27 August 1941

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    13 1 ■■PPBIeVM^P^BVaH *s) H| Morning Tribune IT, vu ITS. Wednesday, August 27, 1941. ■p
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    Menzies Refuses To Resign
    161 1 ernment tZil^i S" 'I T* J ,UfiniU > tha < th <- Menzies Cabinet and Gov•ETSL^tLSftT l ha d VOr l UN »'-!>. states Router. the Labour Party, refusing participation in a National Government and a demard for the resignation of the Menzies Government. In a
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    AIR-BORNE TROOPS NI IRAN
    448 1 Irtish Advance h Continuing London, Aug. 26. British triple advance into Iran, from lie South and Centre, it is certain, is tarried out with air co-operation. A pointer to this is a message stating that airp troops have taken steps to protect British famipnior^d bv the
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    Beaverbrook Back
    161 1 Beaverbrook Back London, Aug. Zb. lORD Beaverbrook, Supply Minister, who returned from .America on Sunday stated in London to-day that America intends to continue to help Russia to the uttermost. Speaking of lank production, Lord Beaverbrook disclosed that the Russian* have a laiiK, i lie T 26, which is smaller
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    Shah Sees Envoys
    168 1 Shah Sees Envoys London. Aug. 26. AT about 10 a.m.. yesterday the British and Soviet ministers in Teheran had an interview with the Shah at his request and again explained tne eircumstances which compelled the British and the Soviets to take action. The Allies' diplomatic stafTs are still at Teheran
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    32 1 London, Aug. 25. THE Soviet 40-kilometre advance into Iran is stated to be in the direction of Ardebil (some 30 miles from tho western sho-r of the Caspian Sea) and Tabriz.— Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    122 1 Washington, Aug. 26— President Roosevelt has decided to send a military mission to China. Reuter London, Aug. 26— The Nari High Command claims the capture of the bridgehead and town of Dniepropetrovsk. Reuter London, Aug. 26 The Berlin Government has informed the Mexican Charge d'Affaires of a decision
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    Fresh Nazi Pressure On Turkey
    255 1 London, Atiff. 20. BERLIN messages published in the Swiss press on the n§f__ of th- AWjji Iran, indicate that Germany is compensating her inability to ofTer direct help U pvrrtini' frreh nressure on Turkey. _^..<».im. t nr «:..n»,-inv to Thus the Axis »Tei»nress" agency in
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    Japanese Ban News Of Saigon Movements
    87 1 Japanese Ban News Of Saigon Movements THE Japanese in Saigon have forbidden the further transmission of details about the Japanese occupation or of Japanese troops movements in Indo-China. This new order, states' the BJ3.C. has caused considerable speculation in Singapore but no immediate action by the Japanese is exneeted The
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    Bombings Avoided
    204 1 (By Reuter's Air Correspondent) London, Aug. 26. HEAVY-HANDED R.A.F. action in Iran is no doubt being avoided In favour of a kid glove approach which maiks it' punch, if this M required. A This method follows that which was initially adopted in two earlier similarly ticklish campaigns. Iraq
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    IRAN'S ARMY RESIST REDS
    405 2 Ankara. Aujr. 26 "IT a learned In Ankara from Moscow and Eajrhdad that the Iranian Army resisted at all points where it was attacked," said Mr. Martin Ajrronsky, the National Broadcasting Company's correspondent, broadcasting from Ankara. "The Uusso British plan Of battle i.s believed to bl
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    Resistance Slight In Iran
    104 2 Vat*v Of \o»v Storiei On Nmmr World Spotlight London. Auk. 26. THE resistance met by British fours in Iran has been very slight, it is learned authoritatively in London. There was some opposition at Abadan and it is understood that a slight resistance was met everywhere.
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    Only Action Possible – Cairo
    174 2 Only Action Possible Cairo Cairo, Aug. >0 THAT Britain and Soviet Russia took the only possible action in the case of Iran is considered the opinion of people here, although the Egyptian Press comment is not yet available on this subject. Just as it was necessary to take action a
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    Indian Press Laud Action
    169 2 Bombay, Aug. 26. THE British and Soviet action in Iran is greeted with a chorus of approval by the Indian press. The general emphasis is on the necessity of a closing up of the ranks for the defence of India now that the war is reaching
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    War t India's Back Door
    249 2 Simla. Aug 25 TN the course of a broadi .ot this afternoon. Major General G. N. Molesworth. Deputy Chief of the General Staff, declared that ther e had been ample evidence of an increc-se of Nazi activity definitely designed to destroy the stability and integrity
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    Iran Lucky British There First
    183 2 New York, Aug. 26 F" E British and Soviet move into Iran captured headlines in the New York morning newspapers to-day and monopolised the attention of radio eoamentators. M The news has produced a wave of enthusiasm coupled with the realistic analysis of the benefits
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    Fifth Column Repetition In Iran
    74 2 Peshawar. Aug. -o. THE Khybar Mail, the leading Moslem Engj»» language paper in the Northern Frontier Regw states that German propaganda agents ana spies are charged with the same mission in were German fifth columnists elsewhere n J This is, namely, to create unrest and
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    70 2 Quetta. Aug TT is the general opinion of tribes on tij Iranian border that the entry of Brit: sn Russian troops into Iran signifies the BriUsn mination to prevent the war spreading to countries on the borders of India. „,-p;ent It is felt that II Britain did not take the
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      92 2 In the LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (AUTUMN) 1940 results just published: 90 per cent, of PITMAN TRAINED STUDENTS were awarded PASSES in TYPEWRITING and 57 per cent, of these attained DISTINCHIIfVfTn3P99MI I Enrol m i HiiyjiiM^^^uj i&n commwiciny; 15th. Hh) APB 31 M V i Ik W^ ,h £&tfv^ DD
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    Heavy Toll On U-Boats
    417 3 LONDON, AUG. 26. \KFRS THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, MR. A. V. ALEXANDER, f V v. WOR SUNDE NORWEGIAN MINISTER OF SHIPPING AND SUPPLY. MADE I AM> iiFFFRENCES TO THE SITUATION AT SEA WRITES A COMPETENT CH EERI^/.aimf\MTOß REVIEWING THE POSITION OF THE SEA WARFARE.
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    TURKS SURPRISED AT ANGLO-SOVIET MOVE
    159 3 Ankara Aug. 26. ALTHOUGH Russia kept the Turks fully in- formed of all developments in regard to Iran, the news that troops had crossed the border created some surprise as it was not expected to happen so soon. There is M official Turkish reaction yet,
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    Ambassadors See Sarajoglu
    22 3 Ankara, Aug. 26. ish and Soviet ambassadors saw M. Turkish Foreign Minister, to-day. mthe latest developments in Iran.— Reuter
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    Rome Reports Big Abyssinian Battle
    134 3 London, Aug. 26. V; Italian communique, broadcast from the Rome F 1 dio gives dctaib of a battle in the Gondar in Abyssinia on Aug. 24 in which they state thousands of troops were engaged. The communique states: "In East Africa brave 1 valiant troops
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    Nazi Embassy Implicated Over Argentine Money
    95 3 Buenos Aires, Aug. 26. THE German Embassy is seemingly implicated in 1 the reception of certain sums from public sub scription in the Argentine intended for local benevolent and cultural purposes. The Attorney-General has been asked to submit the question ol what procedure is
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    DIVIDE THIS GERMAN CLAIM BY ELEVEN
    64 3 London. Aug. 26. N l.i German attack on a British convoy reported in messagea "mm Lisbon, it is ascertained that >: m< reliant vessels and one tug were sunk, the totalling to 110,094 tons. It is pointed out in authoritative circles in Lon- the
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    Swordfish Attack On Sardinia
    81 3 S London, Aug. 26. SSFUL attac'is by Swordflsh aircraft on mih- biectivcs north and south of Tempio in Sardinia are recorded in an Admiralty communique. it savs. were left burning fiercely. Deration-, one Junker was shot down British forces' suffered no casualties. J learned that Mannheim
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    People and Places
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    THE RIGHT WAY TO MASSAGE
    682 5 Jonic Treatments To Try At Home learn by pictures how to improve contours fWOWN LINES.— To make these fainter w them at bay, dip your fingers in vie oil, then pass the four fingers c h d at right angles right across the Work alternately
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    SERVICES' BREVITIES
    542 6 By "ll»i«|iM" I HEAR that the "V for Victory" Song of C.S.M. Wright and L Cpl. Horace Benton has been sent home to Lawrence Wright the well known music publishers, with a view to its publication in England. I would like to hear this song played more frequently
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    Soldier Charged With Causing Death
    104 6 Soldier Charged With Causing Death A CHARGE of causing the deatn of Robert Halley Gibson by doing a negligent act, not amounting to culpable homicide, was explained to a 37-year-old British soldier, Robert Gray, before Mr. Conrad Oldham, in the secor>o court yesterday morning. It is al'eged that Gray caused
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    Chinese Acquitted on Cheating Charge
    75 6 PUAH Eng Lee, alias EL. Pam, vho stood hLs trial in the relief court, on a charge of cheating the Singapore Turf Club, was acquitted vithout his defence being called upon. He was alleged to have, on Jul} 16. having been expelled from the Singapore
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    BUS DRIVER GETS OFF LIGHTLY
    146 6 found guilty Sohan Sinph. a Traction Company omnibus driver, was only cautioned in court yesterday because of hH dean driving record, when convictted of driving without due regard for the safety of others. Sohan Singh was charged as a result of a complaint by Mr.
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    Said To Have Had Ganja
    78 6 /CHARGES of being lr. possession <<t Cannabis Sutlva (SJMjfcl were explained to two men. Abdul Rahman (28). anil Islan (63). when they r-ppeared In the third police court, before Mr. W. D. Carew. Abdul Rahman was seld to have hft(t .••even packetn of the druK
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    Thai Message To C.-In-C. Far East
    210 6 THE belief that the recent visit to Malaya of the two Thai officers— Col. Sura and Fl.-Lt. Dawee— would "help to bring about mutual and sympathetic understandings and "render friendly relations more cordial M is expressed by Luang Pibul Songgram. the Thai Premier, in
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    Malayan Clocks To Be Advanced
    94 6 Malayan Clocks To Be Advanced FROM Mondav, Sent i UU clocks wit, be Si£rt minutes, for that is t»w h on which the Daylight Savin (Amendment) Ordinance 2 become operative, states r 2 ernment Gazette fif «J In 1933 Malayan time was an vanced by 20 minutes hLH effect daylight
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    H.L. HOPKIN'S
    915 7 H. L. HOPKIN'S Letter From London j Capricious Weather \ln England: Boxing j And The Colour Bar: /Women As Lorry) S Drivers: Needs Of j The Y.W.CA j London, July 22. nr F aR now allowed to re"cord the fact that Britain I -inordinary month of heat Se ended suddenly
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    FORGED NOTES IN CIRCULATION
    89 7 RECENTLY a forged 10-cent Malayan currency note was found in circulation in which the portrait of the King's head appears on the fight hand side of the note instead of the left hand side, as on genuine 10 cents notes, and the wording and number on
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    MORNING TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1941. "FLOODED EARTH"
    324 7 MORNING TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1941. "FLOODED EARTH" \^HERE it has not been possible to scorch the territories conceded to the Germans in the Ukraine, Marshal Budenny's armies are considering flooding them. By dynamiting the famous Americanbuilt $100-million dam on the Dnieper, the Russians could create a deep and treacherous
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    Money – Lender's Body Found In Canal
    133 8 Money Lender's Body Found In Canal THE Singapore coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, held an inquiry yesterday into the death of Sultan Singh, a 50-year-old moneylender, whose body was found in a canal near the Kandang Kerbau police station on Aug. 16. The incident was reported to the police by
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    Cycle Thief Nabbed
    143 8 A DETECTIVE'S alertness resulted in the apprehension of a bicycle thief, and the restoration cf the bicycle to its owner. On Monday the detective saw a Chinese ride a bicycle along South Bridge Roa.! and dismount in front of a shop. Tnbicycle was left unlocked and. a
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    UNKNOWN
    658 8 London, Aug. 26. DRITAIN and Russia, in entering Iran, took the only course that remained open to them since the Iranian authorities either would not, or could not, recognise the danger to their country from the Nazi agents inside Iran that is the consensus of British newspaper opinion on
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    182 9 m i*. UIIE E Sl' ir. Ril m* v.- a i id r i ii <i D'. li' I N xjwei Britain and Russia had therefore llitary action or face what I in Iraq or in Syria on a mucr non dangerous scale. •irular. it should pleas* tht o !i;ivf
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    VITAL PIECE IN WAR'S CHESS-BOARD
    112 9 VITAL PIECE IN WAR'S CHESS-BOARD Till rictures on this page .Hustrate the wild mm I „,-ed i MUinryof Iran wlm-n b lU )u Ihe focal poim of eves Iran i> <* lled !ht ,iadle of As i" and in Us fastness 15.000.000 Iranians lite in scattered villages andf towns. Of
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    LORRY TRAVELLED 70 FEET ON HOOD
    330 9 yhhRASAMY. an Indian military driver, was yesterdaj < to a tota,of '5 months' simple imnrisonment slp^hurt CaUS, e ericvous hurt and 20 of causing When the lorry Veerasamy drove got out of control at a speed ot between 50—70 m.p.h. it skidded I turned
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    21 9 Berlin, Aug. 26. A BRITISH air raid over Southwest Germany last night is reported by the official German iNews Agency Reuter
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    Alleged Illicit Distiller
    69 9 MGAH Cheng Teo, a Chinese wo--11 man, appeared in the fourth court yesterday morning on two charges of (li fermenting intoxicating liquor without a licence and (2) being in possession of a still without a licence, in a swamp at Sungel Senakok. 13th milestone. Seletar. She claimed
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    Gazette Notifications
    37 9 LAST nights issue of the Government Gazette makes it an offence to export from, or slaughter goats in, the Colony without the necessary permission. The export of certain types of cinema films is also prohibited'
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    There Are No Cats Now
    86 11 There Are No Cats Now Istanbul, July 19— "Conditions in Greece can be likened to the Siege of Paris in 1871 there are no cats left because they have all been eaten," writes the Istanbul newspaper "Vatan," adding: "Famine conditions exist, and bread has not been seen for a month."
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    Alleged Possession Of Forged Notes
    83 11 pwo $10 notae, stated to be forged ones. led to the appearance of Ong Te..' alias. Ong Kow Too i?A), n Hokkien. before Mr. W. D. Carew, the third magistrate. A charge of being In possession of currency notes, which he knew to be forged
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    WALKED IN SLEEP: FELL TO DEATH
    84 11 WALKED IN SLEEP: FELL TO DEATH LIEUTENANT Henri Selwyn HallWay, 22-year-old officer of the Royal Artillery, is believed to have been sleep-walking when he fell from a window at Selwyn College. Cambridge. He was attached to the R.A.F. and is known to have been studying. Then, because he could not
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    SO BRITAIN FOUGHT ON
    81 11 BEFORE Dunkirk, 1 when it was feared that less than 20,000 of the B.E.F. would get out of France, the British Cabinet was told W Mr. Churchill that the Navy was still intact and the R.A.F. had shown its mettle. The Premier advised fighting on to
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    SHOT 'BEST FRIEND'
    98 12 SHOT 'BEST FRIEND' GUNNER William John Hustwaffe. giving evidence nt an inquest described how his "best friend." Lance bombardier i Valentine Gough. Sli lof Wembley. Middlesex, met his denth. Hustwaffe stated i that on returning from guard duty he j went to his sleeping f quarters, and. while' I emptying
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    Man & Wife Shot
    100 12 Man Wife Shot Bristol. July 10. Hearing the sound of iwo shots in a house in one of Bristol's new housing estates, an A.R.P. warden walked in, and upstairs he found Pte. R. W. Rawbone. of the Gloucestershire Regt., and his wife dead. They were shot through the heaa. and
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    6 Waaf's Killed In Crash
    132 12 6 Waaf's Killed In Crash CIX W.A.A.F.s were killed when a Hudson bomber crashed on a N A.AF.I. canteen at a Northern Ireland aerodrome. The bomber's crew of three and a groundstaff ooerative were also killed. The bomber first hit a telegraph pol?, then a cable. Both wings were torn
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    WHY ULSTER M.P. IS HELD
    131 13 WHY ULSTER M.P. IS HELD The Home Office I On July 17 explained why Mr. Cahir Heaiv. Nationalist M.P. in the Ulster Fai lament, was arrested under the Defence Regulations. "The Home Seciei tary." it was stated, "thinks it right to say that political considerations had no relevance to the
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    Home Office Free Lieut.
    73 13 Home Office Free Lieut. Lieutenant Francis Christopher Fane. R. N., of Fulbcck Manor, near Lincoln, detained under the Defence Regulations for thirteen months, has been released by the Home Secretary In the King's Bench Mr. tfdward Wooll said Lipuf.^nant Fane he i d strong views about his retention, and he
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    MOTHER DIES FOR CHILDREN
    78 13 Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson, aged thirtyfour, of Trent-street, Middlesbrough, died in a vain attempt to save her two children when the house caught fire She and ber husband were sleeping downstairs when they were awakened by smoke Mrs. Anderson went upstairs to fetch the children while her
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    FULL POINTS FOR ATHLETIC
    349 14 Chinese Athletic 2: S.R.C. 0. AFTER dominating in the exchanges for the greater part of the game Chinese Athletic were just able to snatch a narrow 2-0 victory after a goalless first half, against the Singapore Recreation Club, in their return Div. 1, encounter at the
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    106 14 i By -Mac" Half ll SPITFIRE I Stormy Nißht I Bare 2: EMPRESS I Clarissa The Flea J Rare J: CONTANGO J^ j Harlequin Rare 4: MOON WIN Sans Ame Rare 5: MMCNI Ballymun Rare 6: CIMON 1 Crossbow t |Mt 7: DARK ENCOUNTER Antrum t Kare 8: SCOTCH
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    STAMFORD GO DOWN 16-NIL
    149 14 NO fewer than 16 goals were scored by Fort Canning when they met Stamford Sports Club in a Div. 118 match at the S.H.B. ground yesterday. The Club failed to replv with even on e goal. The match was entirely onesided and Fort Canning had things
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    S'pore Malays Beat Penang Fortress
    75 14 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Tuesday. THE Singapore Malays beat the Penang Fortress Football Association, this year's Penang league champions, by two goals to nil in their last match here today on the western road ground. The standard of football seen was poor and the
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    Signals Win First Hockey Match
    47 14 IN the first hockey match of the season, Fortress Signals defeated the H. K. S. R. A. by five goals to three. Scorers for the Signals were Thompson (3), Ray and MacAuliff Half time score was 2—l in favour of the Signallers.
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    30 14 AT the Cleiical Union ground, the Royal Army Ordnance Corns scored eleven goals again *'t the Singapore Harbour Board, who could reply with only one, in then Div. lIA match.
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    939 14 FOLLOWING is tht specially com ,7 guide for to-day's races at BukTr second day of the Singapor Gold *up rn^ RACE ONE horses. CUM 3^iy y Flßs 00 0 Quebec 5y 9.04 Nev,, ..;^7^T; woo on Anproval by 902 i DMtI *8 000 Shamrock 5y 8.11 !££&£«£s 4 0
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      37 14 TURF: Singapore Races. 2nd Day. Buklt Timah, 2.30 p.m. SOCCEB: Div. I. RA. (ac-ac.) v Police. Changi; Div. II B. Customs v Post Office. Post Office ground. HOCKEY: Y.M.C.A. v Y.W.CA., Prince Edward Road. TENNIS: S.R.C. tournament.
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    117 15 0U .m the south M" has been JViM deClared farv .spokesman. It there had been J Northern Hupeh ten Logting. Aug. 26. St, H3 strong, Sn and Kwangsi S One hundred P planes bombed Liang, Chuchow, Sng. Lengshultang fin Hunan while 3 Kwaili and bombHingan and Chaid -Reuter. Shanghai.
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    41 15 (London, Aug. 26. Michel Mavrogorr British Davis Cup re-president of the Tennis Association ll 58. o a clever doubles' became prominent 'he v.on his Oxford ireaftrr represented irious overseas tourinternationals, and ir of the Davis Cup 10 to 1930. Reuter
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    35 15 are the results ln the tennis •ournament of the n Boys' Association. brat Cheong En* Han Loh Poon Lip beat Ngo 6-1; Lee Kim Ek beat .6-0; K I Tan beat Dr. M, 6^3
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    BRIGHT LIGHTS!
    222 15 BRIGHT LIGHTS! •GREAT AMERICAN BROADCAST" (At the Cathay) TAKE all the Ingredient of Tin Pan Alley and shake them up with some new song hits by Gordon and Warren and serve them hot and there you have "Great American Broadcast" which is the new picture at the Cathay. Alice Faye.
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    Contravened Import Regulations
    199 15 Contravened Import Regulations FOR importing- ten bags of Bombay white rice and ten cases of ghee into the Colony without: a licence on June 9, Hassan Bhai, manager of the Indo-Straits Trading Co., wa» fined $50 by Mr. K. K. Oon yesterday. Mr. Oon said that the onus thrown on
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    22 15 rE R.E. (Malays) surprised the R.A.M.C. when they met in a Div. lIA match at Changi yesterday, winning by three clear goals.
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    HERO CLEARED ON LOOT CHARGE
    82 15 Patrick T- Mills, aged 43, acquitted on .a looting charge at Birmingham Assizes was revealed in a letter read by Mr. Justice Stable as a man who had rescued trapped people in an air raid. Patrick McGough, aged 45, a demolition Sang foreman with whom
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    Did Not Know His Wife
    103 15 Did Not Know His Wife A man who was awarded £3,574 damages at Manchester for injuries received ,in a motorcar collision told the judge that when he awoke in Stockport Hospital seven weeks after the accident he asked who the woman by his bedside was. She was his wife. Later
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    WOMAN INTO 'HUMAN JACKDAW'
    122 15 WOMAN INTO 'HUMAN JACKDAW' A WOMAN of indedependent means squandered a legacy of £4.000 and become I a "human jackdaw" when she was penniless. Mrrtha Minnie Ralph, 54, of Prescotroad, Liverpool, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Police Court to stealing a fur and other articles to the value of £!6 and
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    President Broadcasts On Monday
    94 15 President Broadcasts On Monday Washington, Aug. 26. President roosevelts broad- cast on Monday will be the climax of a 60- minute Labour Day programme arranged by the Office for Emergency Management. Mr. Ernest Bevin, the British Minister for Labour, will broadcast from London as part of the programme which is
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    Italian Merchant Ships
    60 15 Bi'cnos Aires. Aug. 26. SJXTEEN Italian merchantmen yesterday sent up to the masthead the flag of the Argentine as the purcha.se agreement was signed by the Argentine Government, at the Foreign Office. The Italian officers and crew. who will be pen it ted temporarily to reside in
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    REDS CONTINUE TO HOLD WHOLE FRONT
    371 16 London, Aug. 26. IN Russia battles arc still raging along the front from the Baltic Sea to the 1 Black Sea, and in thesj battles the Soviets speak of stubborn fighting. The midday Soviet cwnmunique says: "During the nnrht our troops waged battles aeainst
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    Strong Defence For Leningrad
    72 16 (By Maurice Lovell, Reuters Correspondent). Moscow, Aug. 26. THE Soviet admission that the Red Army, after the fiercest fighting, was obliged to withdraw from Novgorod means that struggle will not be continued in the immediate neighbourhood of that city. It can safely be assumed that, with
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    NEW EAST AFRICAN COMMAND
    108 16 THE creation of a new military command was announced at Simla to-day. It will be known as the East African Command and Lt.-Gen. William Piatt has been selected to hold the post. This command will be under the direct control of thp War Office and its
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    MOSLEMS CALL FOR PREMIERS' RESIGNATIONS
    235 16 Bombay, Aug. rHE working committee of the AllIndia Moslem League have unjiimously passed a resolutior •ailing on the three Premiers, Si ikander Kyat Khan, Mr. Fazlu !luq and Sir Mohamed Saadullah (o resign from the National De'.ence Council. Sir Sikander and Sir Mohamed 3M Mullah
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    Tribute To Retiring Film Company Chief
    122 16 TJIGH tribute was paid by a large circle n of friends and business associates of Mr. K. H. Tann, who recently retired from his post as general manager, Universal Pictures (Singapore) Ltd., at an Informal dinner given in his honour, at the Great World,
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    36 16 San Francisco, Aug. 26. MR. Duff Cooper, the British M.nister of State, and his wife have arrived. They are leaving to-day for Singapore by Clipper. He is on a special mission to the Far East Reuter
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    Palestine Welcome Action In Iran
    119 16 Jerusalem. Au" 26 THE joint Anglo-Soviet entry into Iran has double merit of cementing the alliance ween Britain and Russia and scotching ai dangerous potential threat both to the Caua and Britain's Middle East position.*' writes newspaper the Palestine Post. Observing that there could be
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    Small Scale Nazi Air Activity
    77 16 London, Aug. 26 THE only enemy activity last night occurred before middght and was on a very small cale," says this morning's At linistry and Ministry of Home >ecurity communique. "Bombs were dropped at twc points on the coast of South Wales and at one
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    19 16 Total nJ enemy plain troyed diirinf J day on all M to midnight time (excla&| ?iet claims) > ONE
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    50 16 Kearney (New Jersey), Aug- THE vast yards belonging to the Federal smp* 1 Ing and Navy Dock Company, which have inactive for the last 19 days, due to the coma Industrial Organisations strikes, roared into m to-day as the men resumed work with tne States Navy as their "boss."
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    26 16 A number of cruisers, destroyers A o: j men are in the course of construction n«*. t where the giant cruder Atlanta shou-d n«i launched Reuter
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    34 16 London. A* AN official Norwegian naval co^unWJ^J that the American destroyer Batn. J the Royal Norwegian Navy has De< ni nrfW possible steps are beinc taken to advi-e kin of the casualties Reuter
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    Action Against De Gaullist Families
    57 16 Shangnai. mjr^ THE press summary in the P ro ~y ce to J[ Shanghai r/esterdr.y rave promm Havas report con-erninr: reprisals m N i famines of de Oaullists and Wj ti e trij Government Is not prepare! to P?"" 1^ for« of funds furthering pollticnl
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