Morning Tribune, 9 December 1941
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Title Section14 1941-12-09 1 Morning Tribnne Vol.— No. 266, Tuesday, December 9, 1041. Morning Tribune Tuesday. Docniib'Tu." RTL14 words
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Article628 1941-12-09 1 London, Dec. 8. I OUD cheering greeted Mr. Churchill's arrival in the House of Commons which was renewed when he said: "As soon as I heard last night that Japan had attacked the United States, I made it necessary that Parliament should be immediately summoned.Reuter. - 628 words
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498 1941-12-09 1 RAF BATTER TROOP-SHIPS OFF MALAYA COAST: K.L. ALERT S^OME eight enemy planes flew over Penang yesterday morning- and the first "alert" was sounded at five minutes to eleven. No damage or casualties resulted and the "all clear" went at 11.37 a.m. Enemy aircraft were also reported over the mainland, and498 words
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Article207 1941-12-09 1 Penan?. Doc. 8. Penang had its first air raid warning at 7 a.m. to-day, eifhl planes flying over the town in a southerly direction. The planes machine-gunned the airfield. There were no casualties. Japanese planes were also reported over the mainland opposite Penang where bombs were dropped and207 words
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Article57 1941-12-09 1 Mexico, Dec. 8. THE Government regards the Japanese action as a new violation of the fundamental rights of people, declared the Government spokesman. He added "We are associated with the United States in the common defence of democracy and will spare no effort to make that apparent." The police are57 words
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Article219 1941-12-09 1 MALAYA AT WAR WITH JAPAN MALAYA is officially at war v ith Japan. Here is the lull f°xt of the proclamation whie is being published toda> •«re V! by the Grace of God drrat Britain. Ireland Pritish Dominions bey i 4 >e Kin:*. Defender '^p Faith, Emperor of I ml*219 words
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Article174 1941-12-09 1 Thailand Resistance Ceases I THAI resistance has ceased, says a Bangkok mesi sage. An earlier message slated that the invasion of Thailand by the Japanese had begun. This is admitted by Japanese sources who allege that their move into Southern Thailand has been made to counter what they claim to-Reuter. - 174 words
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313 1941-12-09 1 Hong Kong Remains Ca lm, Confident Hong Kong, Dec. 8. AFTER the initial shock of actual warfare, the population has settled down with calmness and confidence as Hong Kong's first day of hostilities draws to a close. The whole civil defence services were in operation. A confident announcement by theRcuter. - 313 words
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Article, Illustration479 1941-12-09 2 South American Republics Loyal Washington, Dec. 8. THE U.S. State Department has announced that all the other American republics have been informed of the "treacherous attacks" piade by Japan on the United States, and that the United States had received "a very heartening message of support" from the other American-Renter. - 479 words
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Article209 1941-12-09 2 U.S. Army Immediate Expansion Washington, Dec. 8. THE. immediate, vast expansion of the United States armed forces is regarded as certain in military circles. It is believed that this would niean the return to army posts of those draftees recently discharged from active service because they are over 28 yearsReuter. - 209 words
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Article46 1941-12-09 2 Washington, Dec. 7. rE Navy has relaxed its physical fitness standards for recruits in an effort to increase enlistments. Men with certain minor ailments, up to now considered a bar to enlistment, will be accepted and when necessary, defects will be corrected -Reutef.-Reutef. - 46 words
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165 1941-12-09 2 Manila, Dec. 8. ALTHOUGH it was totally unexpected news, the Japanese attack en Hawaii exploded like a bombshell here. The population remains calm and cheerful. The prevailing sentiment, particularly among the Filipino population, is one of grim determination :ind generally characterised by a .statement fromRenter. - 165 words
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300 1941-12-09 2 Cairo. Dec. 8. THE Middle Ea.^t RAF. communique issued yesterday announces: In co-operation with the Imperial land forces, trre bomber aircraft of the R.A.F., the South African Air Force and the Free French Air Forces made a series of successful attacks on enemy mechanisedReuter. - 300 words
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154 1941-12-09 2 TOKIO DESCRIBES "SURPRISE ATTACKS" Tokio, Dec. K THE Imperial declaration of war against Britain and the United States was published this morning. Immediately after, the Army and Navy headquarter.s jointly announced that Japanese forces had carried out landing operations in the Malay Peninsula. The Army section further announced that an154 words
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Article277 1941-12-09 2 <By Renter's Diplomatic Correspondent) I M London, Dec. 8. > a slavish imitation ,,j methods, Japan has struck vmhoot warning against America's ereat naval establishments in the 5K!f« thus plun 8 ed two new rominpTits into the war. The attack on Pearl Harbour appears to have Leon carried277 words
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244 1941-12-09 3 JOINT U.S.-BR1TISH ACTION CERTAIN (By Retlter'fl hobby Correspondent) London, Dec. S. THE British Government will uive urgent consideration to the situation treated by the Japanese attack on .Manila and Hawaii in the light of information that will come from Washington. They will also be in touch with the Dominion Gov-Renter. - 244 words
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Article146 1941-12-09 3 How Hong Kong Took It Hone Kofiir, Dec. K. I |<)N( KONG MCperitM6d its first air raid rly this morning, when ten Japam-se planes ilyini; from the north raided the British ('olonv, (a'ryine out Mstematic •cm >i i attack. A number of Chinese residents was reported killed. British anti-airrraft gunfire■Central News. - 146 words
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Article180 1941-12-09 3 British Onslaught In Libya iBv Patrick Crease at the Battle Headquarter* of the 8M1 Army) Cairo. Dee. 8.' 7\N the land and In th« air. strong Brltish forces are being thrown against the German 21st and 15th armoured dlvlbions which. In the Last two days, have mov«d westward, as wellRcuter - 180 words
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Article95 1941-12-09 3 Berlin. D*r. 8. rnWO further attacks wore made M 1 members of the GefltfUi armed fwren in I'ans yesterday, states the official Ctrman news agency. (•■huil Do Brltion. Vichy's Ambassador n oooujlwl Frame, on Sunday issued a fresh :»Pl*ril to Parisians to co-opirato With the imthoritiesReuter. - 95 words
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Article115 1941-12-09 3 Tokto. Dec. 8 N Emergency Cabinet meeting was held it 7 00 a in <T<>k1o tUn« i When the I Nftvv Mlnfetcr. Admiral Shimuda. reported he "proven* of the hostilities with the AOMTlCM and British forcos. states th«c tTlnal .lapnurso news nfrency. Hair an hour later,115 words
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Article117 1941-12-09 3 Balboa (Panama), Dec. 8. TOiS United States nava! and military authorities have declared thrmsrlves "ready for anything." Aircraft are steadily patrolling the sky over the canal. All sailors are understood to have returned to their ships and soldiers spending the week-end in Panama have rushed toRouter. - 117 words
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Article126 1941-12-09 3 Manila, De c 8. PAMP John H:.y. the DMtCfl Sftatep military w-.rrvntlon in Hn^nio. utu» bombrci ills mo.niim ;tt 8 M !)y .ill U!l■tated number of J:ipnn*^e plfln»-s. Onf scrgcaat w;i« killed uod thert- wris also Dumber ol rtVrn«iti4«. The province of Painpantfa uiid the rltv Ofneuter; lltutt r. - 126 words
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Article, Illustration164 1941-12-09 3 London, Dec. 8. INVENTS in the Far Fast monopolised the front pafes of the newspapers on Monday. Russia and Libya became the "battles on the other fronts," and were accorded only hrlef references. Whole front p;:Res were completely reset tor final editions a« news of events in Asia164 words
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Article72 1941-12-09 3 AMERICA STUDYING SITUATION Washington, Dec. 8. PRESIDENT Roosevelt is now in conference with the Secretaries of War and Navy and General Marshal, the United States Chief of Staff. The President's Secretary, Mr. Early, states that the President is assembling all facts about the attack on Honolulu and Manila as soonRenter. - 72 words
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Article75 1941-12-09 3 Washington, Dec. 8. THE President's Sel cret&ry, Mr. Stephen Early, declared that so far as is Icnown now, tlic Japanese attacks were "made wholly without warning when both nations were at peace, and were delivered within an hour or so of the time that the JapaneseRenter. - 75 words
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Article68 1941-12-09 3 Supply Ship Sunk London. Dec. 8. rE Air Ministry communique states: "a Hudson aircraft of the Coastal Command on patrol on Sundav off the Dutch coast bombed a small enemy supply ship which was left sinking. Offensive patrols have been flown by our fighters over Northern France and the coast68 words
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Article163 1941-12-09 3 ihHELE Japanese bambers were Wr^Uckiiiff British and US. Par Eastern bases, the Japanese Ambassador and Mr. Kurusu were at theU 3 State Department, handme to M* Hull the official Japanese reply CtHe official Note of Nov. 26. public life. I have never seen a document more crowded163 words
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Article73 1941-12-09 3 New Tork, Dec. 8. THF. Japanese attack on the United States may lead to Brazilian align*irpnt with the United States within 24 hears, the Columbia Broadcasting System's* Rio Do Janeiro correspondent reported. •*ATK*Btina will probably re-exanilne it^--diplomatic po«ltlon." sairi the NBC* correspondent in BuonosAires, adding*73 words
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Miscellaneous415 1941-12-09 4 0N THEM J AIR SINGAPORE /ill. m. m.t k cj. Zlli' l M.M in. !t m s ZIU» 8, 48.. ->8 m. ♦i 17"» m s ziir.:t. u.:ix m. 7.25 mcs KUNMING XGOY 2.V21 metms (11.0 mcs). From 8.20 p m. KWEIYANG VPS A 49 0 metres I* rom r>415 words
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Article, Illustration857 1941-12-09 5 MJKUoU WAS PLAYING A 'DELAYING ACTION' StuUien Move SlarllcsWIiito Joust* Frank Oliver) Washington. Dec. 8. TO say tin' Japanese attack > Pearl Harbour and Manila staggered Washington is an undentatement. The news was actually announced from Uie White House at the time when the Japanese envoys were dost ted withReuter. - 857 words
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283 1941-12-09 5 Japs Heading For Disaster Chungking View Chungking, Dec. 8. T'HK gffiftcnt excitement prevailed in Chungking this morning when the first news of the Pacific War reached Chungking at MO a.m. (Chungking Time) through London. The news was immediately Chinese observers are confident communicated to the Chinese *^t Japan is headingRenter. - 283 words
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214 1941-12-09 5 'Martial Spirit Still Animates The Bu rmese Rangoon, Dec. 8. lAPANS declaration of war did not come as a surprise to Burma, where aggression was fully expected. The acting Premier. Sii Paw Tun, In an interview with Reuters, said: "Burma is prepared and I am sure the country won't be—Reuter.; Reuter. - 214 words
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78 1941-12-09 5 Wardha. Dec. 8. MAHATMA GANDHI ha.s advised Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, President of the All-India Congress Party, who was recently released with other civil disobedience prisoners, to convene an early meeting of the All-India Congress Committee and the Congress Working Committee. Mr. Gandhi said, that78 words
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Article262 1941-12-09 5 Washington, Dec. 8 TIIF following is the text of the statement issued by the U.S. State Department on Sunday in connection with Mr. Cordell Hull's conference with the Japanese envoys on Nov. 26:— "The Secretary of State handed the Japanese representatives a document which stated262 words
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Article1010 1941-12-09 6 GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO LOCAL CIVILIAN COURAGE Singapore, Monday. A RESOLUTION declaring enduring loyalty to the Crown and pledging the support of all sections of the Colony community in #11 war measures taken to repel Japanese aggression in the East was unanimously passed at the meeting of the Legislative Council1,010 words
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Article358 1941-12-09 6 Cable News From Down Under Meioourne, u<.c. 7. South Australians working in a munitions factory passed the hat round in a bus for "two bob in" for the fund to replace H.M.A.S. Sydney. Though it was not pay day, £5-10-0 was subscribed in one bus. Human footprints at an abandoned358 words
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66 1941-12-09 6 Singapore. Monday. DLEADING guilty to a charge ol selling bitter cucumber above th( maximum price, Sh -See Seng »59 was fined $200, In default a month's rigorous imprisonment. Son sold the vegetable at rents f r half a kattie at the mar ket66 words
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Advertisement216 1941-12-09 6 Domestic Occurrence ENGAGEMENT MITCHELL—THOMPSON. The engagement is announced and the marriage will shortly take place, between Jeanette Thompson daughter of Mrs. C. J. Church of Singapore and the late Mr. F. G. Thompson of Hongkong, and Captain Paul Baldwin Mitchell, Dogra Regiment, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell of216 words
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Miscellaneous104 1941-12-09 6 Singapore Municipality TENDERS TENDBBS are now invited for the folicwing materials or service. For partlcu i£S»£££ Municipal Tender Room. rbWDHR Date of ci06ln Supply of Standard High Pressure Copper Tube* Supply of Sluice P V?lVe5 for Water for period a,, 1^ 42 rJ^i 4H3 4 pm 9 A Tl1 1M2.104 words
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Advertisement326 1941-12-09 7 HANDELMAATSCHAPPU, N.V. --'tablished by Royal Charter AX) 1824 (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS Paid Up Capital f. 40,030,000 Reserve Fund f. 12,000,000 London Correspondents NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK J LIMITED Head Office BATAVIA Branches: Netherlands Easi Indies:— Sourabaya, Samara ng, Medan, weir tevreden, Bandoeng, Cheriooii, Tegal Pecalongan, Djokjakarta, Solo, Tjilatjap. Djemoei, Palembang.326 words
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385 1941-12-09 8 BE CALM: GOVERNORS APPEAL TO MALAYANS H.E. the Governor and High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, in a broadcast to the people of Malaya from Singapore at 7.30 last evening said: Japan has decided to go to war with the British Empire. The choice is hers, not ours. She has no385 words
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Article105 1941-12-09 8 PRESIDENT Roosevelt has asked Congress to declare that in consequence of the i i unprovoked dastardly attack by Japan, a state of war exists between the United States and Japan. Reuter. Washington. The United States admits the loss of one old battleship, one destroyer S and a large-Iceuter. - 105 words
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Article178 1941-12-09 8 MALA YAN'S WAR about possible sabotage in the nitrate works and oil depots, and in the shipping and transporting of strategic materials. Ottawa, Dec. 8.— It is authoritatively learned that the Navy is rounding up Japanese sailors on the fishing fleet off the Pacific coast, the fishermen being suspected of-Reuter. - 178 words
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Article440 1941-12-09 8 Tokio and a communication was dispatched to the Japanese Charge D'Aflaires at 1 p.m. to-day (Monday* to this effect: "On the evening of Dec. 7, His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom learned that Japanese forces, without previous warning or ultimatum or a declaration of war. had attempted landing440 words
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Article94 1941-12-09 8 London, Doc. 8. The Uruguayan Pmident, Benor Qen Don Alfredo Baldmoar, in a speech at Montvideo, Ifl reported by radio to have urged that 'All American nations should arrive at a real military collaboration. Uuiguay will have the armaments it required and also flying fields necessary for itsRouter. - 94 words
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Article175 1941-12-09 8 WHILE Japanese bombers were attacking British and U.S. Far Eastern bases, the Japanese Ambassador and Mr. Kurusu were at the U.S. State Department, handing to Mr. Hull the official Japanese reply to the official Note of Nov. 26. Mr. Hull commented: "In all my public life, I175 words
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Article294 1941-12-09 8 Melbourne, Dec. 8. THE Australian Cabinet has agreed on a declaration of war on Japan which will be announced tomorrow. Regulations are to be issued restricting the consumption of petrol and controlling transport for essential purposes. Air Raid Precautions and other defence measures are under way. The Prime-Reuter.; Reutei. - 294 words
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Article49 1941-12-09 8 Jap. -Thai Pact Said Reached TOKIO, DEC. 8.— THE BOARD OF INFORMATION ANNOUNCES THAT AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN JAPAN AND THAILAND FOR THE PASSAGE OF JAPANESE TROOPS THROUGH THAILAND, STATES THE OFFICIAL JAPANESE NEWS AGENCY. JAPANESE TROOPS STARTED ENTERING THAILAND ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, ADDS THE AGENCY.— REUTER.49 words
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Article198 1941-12-09 8 Washington, Dec. 8. NEWSPAPERS carry enormous banner headlines, announcing the Japanese attack on the I'nited States. Tlie Isolationist newspaper. Times Herald declares that Americans did not want war but "now we are in there is nothing to do but to see it through with everything we ?ot." The198 words
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