Morning Tribune, 22 December 1941

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  • 19 1 ents) \l I I s i;s KXCEEU 1,900 l)\ll Morning Tribune Vol. (i— No. 277, Monday, December 22, 1941.
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  • 107 1 Cairo, Dec. 21. AG.H.Q. communique states: "Throughout yesterday, in spite of severe dust-storms, our forces continued to press the withdrawing enemy. In the course of the present phase of our advance 12 German tanks have been destroyed and eight Italian medium tanks have been captured intact.
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  • 81 1 ADDITIONS TO INDIAN NA VY Calcutta, Dec. 21.— Designed anci fitted for the dual purpose of minesweeping and submarine chasing, two .ships II M.I. S. Lahore and H.M.I.S. Amritsar were launched here this week-end for the Royal Indian Navy. Tribute to the Royal Indian Navy for the splendid part it
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  • 58 1 Tokio, Dec. 21. AN official communique issued by the Japanese Imperial Headquarters on Sunday says: "The Japanese Navy has, up to date, sunk nine enemy submarines, besides many "others presumed destroyed." The communique adds that yesterday a Japanese destroyer sunk one enemy submarine, taking the
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  • 61 1 Little Enemy Air Activity Over Britain London, Dec. 21. AN Air Ministry communique says: "There was little enemy activity during the early part of last night and mainly over the English coastal districts. The bombs which were dropped in North-East England caused some damage and injured one prison. Elsewhere, there
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  • 35 1 Home, Dec. 21.— The Italian communique states: "To the west of Derna which has been reoccupied by enemy forces, the pressure continues against our divisions. Around Sollum and Bardia there has been local fighting.- Reuter
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  • 149 1 Tokio, De?. 21. A TEN-YEAR treaty of military, political and economic alliance between Japan and Thailand was signed in Bangkok this (Sunday) morning, it is officially announced here, according to the Domei news agency. Under the terms of the alliance. Thailand, it effect, agrees to assist Japan
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  • 211 1 Alexandria, Dec. 21. ADMIRAL Sir Andrew Cun. ningham, the Comman-der-in-Chief, has sent the following message to the Mediterranean Fleet: "Eight months ago the enemy isolated the Fortress at Tobruk from our main forces and laid siege to it. To-day, Tobruk no longer is besieged and her garrison
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  • 1227 1 BIG BATTLE IN PERAK SAID TO BE IMMINENT Haider Snot LJoivn Over K. L. |^ONDON circles are of opinion that a heavy pitched battle between Japanese and Imperial troops will soon be fought in the valley of the Perak Rive*. The Japanese are making desperate efforts to drive southwards down
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  • 149 1 Nazis Flee In Con fusion Moscow, Dec. 21. DESCRIBING the two-day battle at the railway junction between Tula and Orel which the Soviet troops now hold, the special correspondent of Izvestia wired from the front to-day that •Tlavsk served as a supply base and concentration point of reserves for the
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  • 123 1 London. Dec. 21. OUR air weakness in the Far East is obvioiio," writes Peter Ma-sefield, Air Correspondent of the Sunday Times. "The talk of 'great air strength' in Malaya beiore the Japanese attack may well have been wise in an attempt to restrain the enemy. If
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  • 78 2 Birthday Presents For Stalin London. I)«c. El. TH E British Broadcasting Company will honour Stalin on Sunday with special program, mes on the occasion of the anniversary of his 62nd birthday. Greetings will be conveyed to him from the Allied and associated countries during which he will be r n
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  • 45 2 U.S. Fight Against U-Boats New York. Dec. 21. •"THREE submarine chasers were launched in a United States port yesterday morning, all representing the latest developments in the war against Axis submarines. They will be manned by specially trained ci'ews. Two freighters were also launched. Reuter
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  • 226 2 British Naval Craft Batter Nazi E-Boa ts London. Dec. 21. A GERMAN naval ensign and framed portrait ot Hitler are trophies of an exciting "party" in tht North Sea when two British naval craft luught successsfully against more than twice their number of German E-boats. Before a crippled E-boat sank,
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  • 129 2 New Delhi, Dec. 21. IAPANESE planes, operating at an extreme range. J could now bring the air war to India's doorstep, with parts of north-east India especially vulnerable. but an air attack would not find India unprepared. Among the steps being taken in this area to
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  • 807 2 U.S. URGED TO PARTAKE IN SINGAPORE DEFENCE New York, Dec. 21. T»HE importance of :i unified Allied Command is increasingly stressed, both in Ihe press and by radio commentators. The latter express themselves as i> ratified that an Allied General Headquarters is likely to be in Washington. The press continues
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  • 70 2 Measures For War Ac tions Balavia, Deo. 21. N.E.r. Government has comA pleted measures applicable to' men of the Services, as well as I civilians, who may be injured or Killed as a consequence of war actions. The Government will pay medi- 1 cal treatment or pay aiuuiitios on pensions
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    • 437 2 rf ord rearing Electrical L pnrtz-Rasmusi Lc Robinson Road. Wgapore. Govwsmam notification TEffDFRS will be received at th. Office of the Director of Pubh Wcrks up to noon of the Bin January. 1942, for the following W The'' Installation of Petrol Tank at Klanang Bstate, Banting Selan gor including transport
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  • 102 3 Soong— Hung Woo Wedding In California Ban Francisco. Dec. 21. rVO ol China's most powerful financial families won- united by marriage in Sun Francisco; Miss Ji Hung Woo and Mr. T. A. Soong, tlir youngest Sun Francisco member of the famous Boons family who is Oeneral Manager of the China
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    73 3 demonstra- tion of paratroops training followed by an exercise in which fully traintvl paratroops were used was wit- nessed by Gen- era I Sikorski, j Polish Premier, and (\-in-(\, j Polish Forces. The first course I of training is in < the eorrect way to land. This is! taught by
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  • 149 3 Batavia, Dec. 21. DESCRIBING in a broadcast from Batavia his exptrtQM M in the Japanese swoop on Pearl Harbour, Majoi-Gen. Rudolph Van Oyen, of the Netherlands East Indies Air Force, who returned by air from Honolulu on Wednesday, says that the attack was
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  • 111 3 London, Dec. 21. THE Belgian Government, as soon as it was informed of the unjustified attack launched by the armed forces of the Japanese Empire against Great Eritain and the United States, ordered its Anibas- sador to leave Tokio with his en- tire staff, it
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  • 628 3 "Al'K fared are at their battle \J stilt ions. They are not alone." declared the Prime Mtafcter of Australia (Mr. John Curtin) following the Japanese onslaught in the Pacific. "As I speak to you, the United States. Great Britain, and her colonies and Dominions (which
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  • 512 3 GOEBBELS SAYS REDS SUPERIOR TO GERMANS Londm. Pec. 21. PRO AIM ASTIM; to lite (ioinKin people on Saturday niffhl Dr. (inehhefs, the German Propaganda Minister, said lhat the (iermans on the Ka^tern Front were up against an enena}' superior in numbers and material. He initiated a collection for the I
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  • 117 3 Chungking, Dec. 21. AT least three Japanese aircraft were shot down yesterday morning over Kunming when American volunteer pilots and aircraft, for the first time, went into action against Japanese aircraft. Over 10 Japanese aircraft appeared over Kunming early yesterday morning when the American volunteer group
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  • 348 4 Morning Tribune MONDAY, DEC. 22 THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC WE watch this gigantic world war with mingled feelings. While we rejoice at the success of Allied arms in Europe, we cannot help feeling some anxiety over ttie present situation in the Pacific, particularly in the South Seas. Though Hong
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  • 123 4 Bombay. Dec. 21. "I CANNOT welcome the entry of America into the war," declared Gandhi, interviewed yesterday at Bardol: "American tradition singles her out as an arbitrator and mediator between warring nations. "By her territorial vastness and her unrivalled financial status and
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  • 63 4 Berlin, Dec. 21. A STATE of emergency has been pioclaimed by a Royal decree in the provinces of Naples. Cosenza. Catanzaro and Reggio (Calabria) which until now were excluded from the state of emergency proclaim ed by an eailier* decree, says a Rome dispatch to
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  • 834 4 PERSONAL INJURIES (CIVILIANS) SCHEME THE Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme for the Straits Settlements has now been published. The Scheme provides compensation against two classes of injury, known as "war service injury" and "war injury." Members of civil defence organizations scheduled under the Scheme are covered against war service injury. Persons
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  • 32 4 QN certain afternoons, practice firing by heavy guns will take place. Due notice that firing will take place that afternoon will be given in all morning papers.
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  • 100 4 Thousand Vol unteers Wanted In Singapore i v# 1 kj appeal for a thousand volun- Leers, men, women or youths; i.. published on page 7 to-day. They arc needed to help in the initial stages of Defence Security Registration, under which every individual in Singapore will be registered. The work
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  • 57 4 SPECIAL items in to-morrow's radio programme from Singapore include Singapore listening Post at 6.55 p.m.; the relay of the variety show "Hi, Gan^!" with Bebe Daniels, Vic Oliver and Ben Lyon. from London at 7.45 p.m. the midweek service from the .studio at 9.45 p.m.; and a news
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  • 299 5 Admiral King Appointed To Command U.S. Fleets Washington, Dec. 21. ADMIRAL ERNEST .1. KING has been appointed Commander of all the Tnited States Fleets. Hitherto Commander of the Atlantic Fleet, he will henceforth have supreme direction of operating forces in the Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic waters. He Will also control
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  • 36 5 Batavia. Drr. 21. IHTUE entire sale of rubber In the Netherlands East indie.-; is to be centralised through a Governmenl body entitled the "Netherlands East Indies Export Organisation," which wa.s created yesterday. Reuter
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    606 5 news notes day by day i CHILDREN of walking ace v who are lost or separated from their guardians dur- in<; air-raids will be cared lor by the Y.W.C.A. who. I under the auspices of the MAS., is setting up n centre for their care and reception,
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  • 308 6 Indian News Pars New Delhi, Dec. 19. ARHANG EMENTS are bein», made to manufacture cartridges for electric aiming rifles. Incendiary bombs are already being manufactured In India, and many trawlers under construction in Indian shipyards are to be launched this week.— By Radio. Madras, Dec. 19. TJlti Madras Government has
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  • 399 6 i'-ii t- i > t V tl l l <», If l i I /"JKN. ROMMEL'S retreat In Libya is verging on rout. British and Imperial troops pursuing fast and furiously have already reached <r road junction 15 miles south-east of (\rene. the capital oi"
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  • 172 6 Japs Pay Tribute To Hong Kong Defence New York. Dec. 11. IIONC; KONG'S fate has been headline news for I'nited States press and wireless commentators. It superseded in interest both the Philippines and Singapore war theatres. Wireless commentators argued that the loss of Hong Kong would be serious but not
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  • 253 6 DAVAO SITUATION OBSCURE Washington, Dec. 21 IT is reliably learned at 2 15 am. 1 to-day Manila time, that the Army Headquarters has foeon out of communication since Saturday afternoon with Davao on Miudanao l>lamf and the situation surroundins Davao is still obsime. s<atrs a message from Manila. the War
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  • 101 7 20 V.A.D.'s Need Homes In Johore Bahru APCOMMODATION is required for 20 V.A.D.'.s In Johore Bahru. Tins cannot be provided by the Army and any householders with suitable accommodation available ajre asked to communicate with Mrs. Lucas. 7, Royal Road; Alexandra; i telephone 5207. extension It, stating the numbers they
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  • 31 7 Batavia, Dec. 21 THE Java Bode learns that the Archbishop of Macao has decided to transfer the seat of his archdiocese to Portuguese Timor and has already left for Diily. Reuter
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  • 180 7 NEWS BREVITIES Batavia, Dec. 21. it is learnt to-day that during the Japanese air raid on Pontianak during Friday, a bio of the Bataafsehe Petroleum Maatschappij, B. P.M. -was hit by a Japanese bomb and was burned down completely. A f>reat quantity of petrol and gasoline went up in flames.-
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  • 306 7 TO-DAY'S Government Gazette Extraordinary contains the nev Security Registration Regulation the promulgation of which was foreshadowed in announcements made last week. Briefly, the object of these regulations is to secure the registration of ♦■very individual In th£ I Settlement of Singapore at thr earliest possible
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  • 33 7 Chungking, Dec. 21. DASSENGER traffic on the Yang- tz*» Rivr between Hankow and Shanghai is being suspended by the Japanese owing to the Pacific War. says a Chungking radio report of yesterday.- Router
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  • 184 7 Malta, Dec. 21. THE Governor of Malta, Major-Gen. Sir William Dobbie. has sent messages of sympathy and encouragement to the people and defenders of Hong Kong and Malaya. To Sir Mark Yountf. the Governor of Hone Kong, Major-Gen. Dobbie telegraphed:
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  • 150 7 London, Dec. 21. CONCLUSIONS enforced by the harsh narrative of v» lecent events are plain, declares J. L. Garvin m the Sunday Observer. For one thing, the rate of the Japane.se advance towards the heart of Britisii Malaya must be stemmed by military reinforcements.
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  • 430 7 DUTCH MAKING IT HARD FOR JAPS lialavia, Ikv. HI. re^ud U, Friila.x'- Japanese air bombardment ol Pontknrik, ctticiij aides r if «nt out that Ihc dty was complUtl> uiicJefcndid ;J nrl had nc military impMrlance. The Japanese v.ith their iH-^otten, intimate, knowledge of Pacific countries, muat have known this very
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  • 327 8 REDS PUSH BACK NAZIS London, Dec. THE Russian advance continues and what is particularly satisfactory, according to official circles in London, is that the push is going on both to the south of Tula (which has now been passed) and to the west of Tikhvin. There is reason to believe
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  • 19 8 Results of the Villiers Stakes at Randwick were: Yaralla, 5|4-on favourite, Ist.. The Miller 2nd., Rinveil 3rd.
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  • 82 8 BRITISH TAKE 2 MORE DESERT POSITIONS Cairo, Dec. 22. "DRITISH patrols entered Cirene and Appolonia on Sunday. The pursuit of General Rommel's forces in Libya westwards still continues, according to authoritative quarters in London on Monday morning. It is uncertain whether General Rommel will attempt to make some stand around
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  • 476 8 War Finds lndi<i Unreconciled London, Dec. 22. "WE must try again to redeem one of our great failures," says the Manchester Guardian in a leader under the title "War and India." Declaring that fighting may occur at any moment on the Burma-Thailand frontier, it says
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  • 80 8 Tokio, Dec. 22. FISHERY negotiations are proceeding between Japan and the, Soviet, a Japanese Government 1 spokesman (Tomokazu Hori) stated to-day (Monday). Asked whether the present "Modus Vivendi" is likely to be prolonged after its expiry at the end of the year, Hori merely reiterated that "negotiations
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  • 151 8 .Stockholm, Dec. 22. I GERMANY'S, Christmas prospects are described on Monday by the Stockholm Tidningen's Berlin j correspondent. It will be impossi- ble for any Ger- y man have to celebrate Christ. mas this year with Christmas ;if ts owing to the drastic cutb in production;
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  • 194 8 WATER containers of all descriptions used in connection with fire-fighting equipment should bt kept covered with closely fitting lids to prevent mosquitoes gaining access to the water to lay their eggs, says a statement issued by the Municipal Health Officer, Singapore. They should be emptied at
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  • 909 8 (FROM PAGE 1) lar North as possible, sure In the knowledge that every effort i> being made elsewhere to provide us with the help thai we now stand in need. One of the brighter sides of the List two weeks has been the admirable cooperation between the
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  • 16 8 London. Dec. 22.— The Stock Exchange ooened very quiet. Generallv steadv were the earlier levels. Reuter
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