The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 May 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,790. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    GUERILLAS DRIVE OUT JAPANESE ARMY
    148 1 GUERI LL AS DRIVE OUT JAPANESE ARMY tfuge Area Retaken: Puppet Officials Killed Invaders' Big Losses n "Mopping Up" UNCTIONS CAPTURED IN DARING RAID I SHANGHAI, MAY 29. I IKI IN A \H\VEI PROVINCE, OSTENSIBLY I £\4>TERED VA JAPANESE, HAS REALLY BEEN I BY GUERILLA ARMIES, EXCEPT rHE YANGTSE AND
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    Japanese Lose 20,000 In Han River Attack
    111 1 Japanese Lose 20,000 In Han River Attack Chungking. May 29. It is darned here that the big Japane launched four weeks ago .nst Siangyan^ and Fancheng, towns on the banks of the Han River. 175 miles northwest of Hankow, has collapsed. Chinese dispatches state that after a desperate battle, m
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    RECORD MISSED BY ONE SECOND
    15 1 RECORD MISSED BY ONE SECOND liq 8* lines, at ran a 5 vhicta r.vord Reuter
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    GOVERNMENT WINS HUNGARIAN ELECTIONS
    44 1 Budapest, Maj 29. EARLY results m the general election, m wbteh po!1liil started on Sunday indicate creeping government majority. The government had won 49 out of 53 constituencies, where counting has finished. Voting m many constituencies is continuing today.- Reuter
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    21 1 MUSSOLINI photographed as he presented a banner to troops cf the 18th November Lesion, durin? his tour of Turin last week.
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    Labour's Demand For Peace Front
    207 1 Southporl, May 29. A WORLD ''crushed by the weight of the armaments it had created" and "the possibility of unemployment m Britain totalling four or five millions were envisaged by Mr. George Dallas, chairman of the National Executive of the Labour, at the Party conference
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    Martial Law In French Concession
    122 1 Martial Law In French Concession Hong Kong, May 29. JLJIARTIAL law has been declared m Nantao, m the south of Shanghai city, and m the French Concession, following a bomb explosion m the Kiangnan dockyard on the night of May 25. Two workers were killed and 12 injured m the
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    GERMAN LEGIONARIES IN DOVER STRAITS
    24 1 London, Jiay mFive large ships carrying German legionaries from Spain passed through •f f Finvpr this inornins en Reuter
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    GERMANY & BRITAIN TO MEET IN DAVIS CUP
    51 1 GERMANY BRITAIN TO MEET IN DAVIS CUP Berlin, May 29. With Roderich Menzel beating Kalle Schroeder, 2—6, 6—3, 6—3, 6—3, Germany earned the right to meet Great Britain m the European zone of the Davis Cup at Berlin next week-end. Germany won the first two singles and Sweden the doubles.-
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    24 1 London, May 29. County cricket results: Northants won by an innings and 193 runs. Lei-..Q-ta- io< onH IPI IMnrthant« 51Q for 3 declared. Reuter
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    CORDELL HULL WARNS U.S. AGAINST ISOLATION POLICY
    198 1 CORDELL HULL WARNS U.S. AGAINST ISOLATION POLICY Chicago, May 29. A POLICY of isolation for the United States was described as "a disastrous illusion" by Mr. Cordell Hull, State Secretary, m an address at the Chicago Club today. Referring to the possibility of another major conflict so soon after the
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    King & Queen On Train Foot-Plate
    69 1 King Queen On Train Foot -Plate Sicamouse (British Columbia) May 29. HPHE King and Queen rode for a few minutes on the footplate of the royal train during the journey over the Rocky Mountains. They travelled on the footplate up the eastern slope of Selkirk mountains as far as Stony
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    Arabs Condemn Terrorism
    58 1 "FOREIGN POWERS" FINANCING REBELS? Jerusalem, May 29. THE Nashashibi Defence Party, representing Arab moderates, at a meeting today passed a resolution accepting th e Palestine White Paper as a basis for negotiations with Britain. Another resolution condemned terrorism and described it as being "financed by certain foreign
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    GANG ROUTED
    24 1 Haifa, May 29. Detachments of the Welch Regiment today rounded up an armed gang, killing three, wounding three and capturing five.- Reuter
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    Atlantic Attempt In Small Plane
    103 1 Defied Authorities New York, May 29. PILOTING the smallest plane ever used m an attempt to fly across the Atlantic. Thomas H. Smith, aged 27, took off from Old Orchard. Maine, m a flight to Europe yesterday. The machine is an Aeroncast Aeroinca light highwing
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    22 1 London, May 29. It is officially staled that Queen Mary continues to make satisfactory progress after her motor accident last week. Reuter
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      51 1 L eETIER ii TnAN 5161A TE* IN MALAYA TONIGHT C <KKTAIL DANCE r. p. m f o 9 p, m IN NER and DANCE (aformal) 9.45 to midnight rrLt S ORCHESTRA dire b r DAN HOPKINS »M POPILAR DANCE MISIC IN TOWN No ADMISSION CHARGE I Attraction: LA PERI JEAN
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    MILITARY ACTION AGAINST BRITAIN URGED BY JAPANESE PRESS
    174 2 Violent Campaign After Alleged Incident "ENGLAND WORLD WIDE SWINDLER" Shanghai, May 29. THE alleged incident completely denied by British authorities m which a Seaforth Highlander is represented as having bayonetted a Japanese naval officer and a Japanese interpreter, has inspired attacks of
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    3-Power Talks In Shanghai
    111 2 3 -Power Talks In Shanghai ARRIVAL OF BRITISH ENVOY C-in-C. Shanghai, May 29. pOR the first time m many months the ambassadors and commander s-in-chief of the Far Eastern fleets of Great Britain. United States and France will be simultaneously m Shanghai when H.M.S. Birmingham axrives today from Amoy with
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    Navy Challenge Cup To R.S.G.C
    30 2 Tht Navy Challenge Cup, for interclub mixed fourscme^. played at the 5... Goll Club ye^terc'.av von by Mrs. G. V. Allen and R Ik R.S.G.C'.
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    22 2 picture. MEMBERS OF THE TAMIL EPWORTH LEAGUE presenting the sketch "Wanted a Bride m Dombland." at Fairfield Girhi School, yesterday. Free Press
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    Japanese Forced To Withdraw Garrisons
    235 2 Shanghai, May 29. THE Japanese forces garrisoning stations along the 1 Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow railways are now evacuating less important areas, m order to shorten their lines against guerilla attacks. A STRONG detachment of guerillas attacked Woosung, at the mouth of the Whampoa River, on
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    Loyals Boy Drowned In Reservoir
    91 2 IWHILE on a visit to the Gunong V Fulai reservoir, Johore. yesterday afternooi:. Boy Louis Lrslie Wilson. a?tr<l 1C years, of the 2nd Battalion. The Loyal Regiment, sipped into the uat»r and vvas browned. A report was made to the poiic. crbout 2.35 p.m. and
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    Johore Chinese Showman Fined
    61 2 <From Our Own Correspondents Johore Bahru, May 28. TPITE Protector of Chinese produced before Sheikh Abu Bakar. the Second Magistrate, yesterday, Chiu Ah Chow, manager of a Chinese theatrical troupe at Kulai, charged with allowing two boys, aged 15 and 14. to take part m a
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    Eye Defect May Rob Lewis Of Title
    102 2 New York, May 29. JOHN HENRY LEWIS, who recently failed to qualify to fight Len Harvey m England, owing to an eye defect, has been orrlrrod by vhe National Boxing Association of America to undergo a medical examination. The N.B.A. informed Lewis that
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    $1,000 For China To Mark Wedding
    83 2 •From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 28. TO commemorate the wedding of his 1 son, Kho Keat Seng, to Mss Quah Cheng Keat, at the Penang Buddhist Association, today, Mr. Khoo Soo Gim has donated SI. OOO (Chinese currency to the China ReMef Fund.
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    WELLKNOWN CRICKETER KILLED
    136 2 WELLKNOWN CRICKETER KILLED Car Crash On Eve Of Match Chelmsford (Essex; May 29. THE Worcestershire cricketer, Bull opening bat lor his sids, was killed m a motor accident last night. He was to have opened the innings against Essex today. The Worcester wicketkeeper, Fuller who was m the car with
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    42 PLANES DOWN IN AIR BATTLE
    102 2 CLAIM BY JAPANESE Tckio, .May 29. CORTY-TWO aeroplanes from Outer- Mongolia were shot down by Japanese airmen m an air bftttlt over the Manchukuo border, during the weekend, claims a communique issued by the Japanese Kwantung army. About 100 Outer-Mongolian machines flew over the
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    Trophy Won By Tamil Epworth League
    91 2 Trophy Won By Tamil Ep worth League THE Jubilee District Institute of the Singapore Epworth League at Fairnelds Girls' School elated its threeday session yesterday with a "talent afternoon," m which many Leaguers acted humorous sketches. Highest points for the various contests were scored by the Tamil Epworth League to
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    BIG EXTENSIONS AT DAIREN HARBOUR
    109 2 Dairtrn, May 29. LJ ARBOUR expansion work has been started by the Ministry of Raiways. Improvement plans are e.vue--ted to cost yen 85.000.000 According to a six-year plan, expanrion work on the fourth pier will be completed by August, thif year while reclamation work at
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    Japanese Behind Kulangsu Murder?
    383 2 Japanese Behind Kulangsu Murder? Hong Kong, May 25. AS m London and Washington, the Kui'angsu situation is being carefully watched by the Hong Kong authorities and it >i believed, whether contrived or not, the incident was preparatory to a more ambitious attempt to secure control of the International Settlement m
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    A.R.P Classes For Salvation Army
    131 2 A R P Classes For S alvation Army G0 C 'S PRAlsr I I made by the g 1 I H. A Lord anr I resuiis achieved" jSi I*^1 Geneial V I I Officer I address at th IM .ration I would to God f( v I thr. An .1
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    Last Night's Film
    26 2 Gangsters v, Radio SUSPENSE I versal d: which open PaviUon goer vfa quit. It is". comr. Tht a U i the -S'rai^rr Ifcei
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    Maximum Scale Of Benfits Paid
    31 2 Maximum Scale Of Benfits Paid -FiomOurOv T wa s revealed at I b» of the subo« increase ol th, Sodcu£S wan Singh. PJ c<;u *T>^jj Tee. Mcrican Dm mv« r. ponnlah.
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    How To Address A Chinese Friend
    684 3 OCEDURE IN SINGAPORE red and polite way of addressing a 'fthßt H> nanv/.' Westerner*, comparatively unversed m hinese, often m doubt as to which of word- m a Chinese name to call, but the are not entirely agreed m the matter pi minent lib
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    30 3 picture. rJUI at Singapore, Cgv. Vff. A. Perego and leave by the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte fiffO ivill act aj Italian Charge d' Affaires at ihe near future. Free Press
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    Too Few Planes For K.L. Rally
    57 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 27. THE Kuala Lumpur Flying 1 Club rally fixed for June 3 has been postponed, owing to lack of aircraft. A Tiger Moth lost m a recent air-crash, left the club with two machines available for flying,
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    MALAYA AS "DUSTBIN OF THE WORLD"
    513 3 Methodist Pastor On Cultureless Peninsula EVILS OF THE WEST DECAUSE of undesirable influences, Malaya had become the dustbin oi the world, and particularly of the West, said the Rev. E. S. Lav, pastor of the Geylang Methodist Church, yesterday. Mr. Lav was speaking: on
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    Handled $3,000 Paid Only $18 A Month
    290 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 29. YOU should have paid him more than $18 per month, since he was allowed to handle up to $3,000 per day" said the Taiping Magistrate to the employer of a young Chinese, Lim Moy Weng, who
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    Building Boom Creates Land Shortage
    422 3 Segamat Notes HOUSING STATE STAFF (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, May 29. CEGAMAT is undergoing great and rapid changes and several schemes are being undertaken to improve the town and surroundings. There is a building boom with the result that new shop houses are fast
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    Siamese Escort Vessel Here
    38 3 piciure. Captain Luang Yuddhakich Bilas, Officer Commanding the visiting Siamese escort vessel Meklong, with the British Naval Attache to Siam. Commander L. N. Brownfield, who boarded the Siamese warship on her arrival.- Free Press
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      56 3 S.S. Police Band The Straits Settlements Police Band will perform m public, weather permitting, during the month as *llows, under the direction of Mr. S. Chapman, Bandmaster. Time 2- Pri 6.00 p.m. Telok Ayer j£S V: Sun. 8.30 p.m. Botanic Gardens June 9- Fri. 5.30 p.m. Fairer Park Si'; "on.
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      181 3 Programme Of S.V.C. Drills Programme of Drills up to and for week ending June 4: Today: 5.15 p.m. 30x Range H.Q., S.V.A.CJS., table 'R'; Miniature Range, S.A.S.C. (v) practice. Tomorrow: 5.15 p.m. Headquarters, 2nd Bn. S.S.V.F. Sig. Section, signal training; 2nd Bn. S.S.V.F. Int. Section, section training; Ist Bn. S.S.V.F.
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    WHY CHINA WATCHES SOVIET TALKS
    471 4 London-Moscow Pact The Far East EFFECT ON WAR Hong Kong, May 2fi. pREAT Britain's negotiations for a pact with Soviet J Russia are being followed with very close attention If Chinese political observers m Hong Kong who claim that, whatever the conclusion of the negotiations
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    43 4 THE CENTENARY of the birth of the first Kin? of Rumania, Carol I, and the 73rd anniversary of his entry into Romania, has just been tt*iebrate<i at Turnu-Severin the frontier town where the King entcred Ruinaniifc m the presence of King Carol 11.
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    17 4 WHILE TRAVELLING AT 65 m ph. the Warsaw-Gdynia Express crashed just outside Danzig Station 10 days ago.
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    U.S. NAZIS KIDNAP A PUBLISHER
    281 4 U.S. NAZIS KIDNAP A PUBLISHER MR. GEOPGE PALMER PUTNAM.; > American ptfjli.shrr. i found boand and msrced m a Tacant I it 1 ML ICO miles n rtt tl r on May 13. Ke told the thai I b had been his Ht> d homes y rao men I aided
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    Assam Europeans Under Guard
    124 4 THE POSITION of Europeans m Digboi, m North-East Assam, where a critical situation prevails owing to the strike of the Assam Oil Company's labourers, is causing serious disquiet m Calcutta. The strike has been m progress for 43 days. All Europeans, who are said to be
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    SOVIET KILLS TWO WOMEN SPIES
    273 4 Pretty Girl And Officers PVO women, one middle-aged and the other her pretty 20-year-old daughter, have been shot by order of the military tribunal of the Soviet Kief Regional Command as "spies of a certain Fascist Power." Several officers, including a lieutenant-colonel, stationed on the
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    Weather Research In Tasman Liner
    120 4 London, May 16. IN order to obtain weather data for the operation of the Australia-New Zealand flying-beat route, the Awatea, owned by the Union Steam Ship Co., of New Zealand, has been equipped with a special bureau and research station under the charge of a
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    New York Likes "Mr. (Donat) Chips"
    123 4 WLW YORK CRITICS v~ f praise the film version of James Hilton's novel, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," maae m England by M.G.M. with Robert Donat m the leading role and with Rep t o n School as a background. The film has just had its
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    Siamese Girl Accused Of Killing Man
    163 4 THE WIFE OdteKteJ stationed at Sarabur.. it to charged with the murder Bub-Uewtaunt F. according to a n Mitr last v. The de;-:h o: t; x |^J cant, on th c last rronth tod the plrl, at Km house ;r. been held m w
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    MILLIONAIRE & BRIDE RETURN TO SINGAPORE
    43 4 MILLIONAIRE BRIDE RETURN TO SINGAPORE AFTER a two-an.:-'--honrmoc-n at their Baii. mm* Tredc^ar. who wen AfS pore, returned by C during the weelw The Brit. fcrlde. who v.- c iJJ Princess 01 r M ROte. Hotel 1 i Europe In the I T
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    STOMACH PAIN GOES INSTANTLY
    83 4 STOMACH PAIN GOES INSTANTLY »> you bi-VuS?***?* caused by Mai? edbr undigested I uS? 1 We have i on A ESS doctors t^raie > *3?5 Put cempa, vegetable di» .Jf J I did not prove si* •dentisi > g g'fg c Ar(Uscovered charcoal the atoms ot ga created by I
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    41 4 -HIS FltTtlCfc *nou» me position of the wrecked en-ine, lo^a-re van and first coach, of the Kuala Luru-pur-Singapore night mail uear Geuias yesterday. REPAIR GANGS won the admiration of spectators for the rapid completion i»i the tra they are here laying.
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    200-Mile Night Trial For Drivers
    354 5 200 -Mile Night Trial For Drivers From Our Own Correspondent) ¥«rTTir Ku ala Lumpur, IVlay 28. yyiiH CARS and machines bearing evidence of a long and dirty drive, more than 40 tired and bleary-eyed motorists and motor-cyclists returned io Kuala Lumpur soon after 730 this i morning after competing m
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    Anti-Semitic Feeling In Great Britain
    458 5 QROWING anti-Semitism m Great Britain as a result of Nazi propaganda m recent years is described by Mr. Neville Laski, X.C.. president o! the Board of Deputies of British Jews, i m 'Jewish Rights and Jewish Wrongs," i now published (Soncino Press, 7s 6cP. "In
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    Jesse Owens Is Bankrupt
    136 5 London, May IG. JESSE OWENS, the "Ebony Streak," who won three events for the United States m the 1936 Olympic Games, has filed a voluntary petition m bankruptcy. He lists his assets as £410 and his liabilities as £1,778. Owens has "sprinted" from job to job
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    Nelson Stole 'How To Win Friends'
    348 5 Nelson Stole 'How To Win Friends' 37 UNCLAIMED ARTICLES (From Our Own Correspondent) thtt v.,1 v t K l lala Lvm P ur > May 28. |Hfc hauls made by James Henry Nelson, the Eurasian burglar who was recently sent to prison on several charges, were extremely wide and varied.
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    N. Y. Old Age Pension Scheme
    68 5 A PROPOSAL to rexard couples who have been married for 50 years with a pension of £10 a month has been tabled before the New York State Legislative. Senator Ra e Egbert, the proposer, said the pension would prevent tru> separation of couples m
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    59 5 While Miss Myra Hess, the pianist was giving a recital m London last week thieves broke m through the front door of her home m Wild Wood Road, Hampstead, and stole her C.B.E. decoration and som c jewelry. A Home Office school, opened at Doncaster for training instructors In anti-bombing
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1939. Refugees In The East
    645 6 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1939. Refugees In The East IT MAY BE wondered whether the general public, as distinct from the Jewish community, have given sutticient thought to the significance of the constant and extremely large flow of refugees from Europe to the Far East. The situation
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    Soviet Policy & The Baltic States' Fears
    871 6  - Soviet Policy The Baltic States' Fears WALTER DURANTY BY 2^//^ writer of this article is the distinguished journi has resided for many years m Moscow and is an acknon ledged expert m Russian affairs. He is new mdUwi foor cf European capitals on behalf cf the Norh Amerrca News paper
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    Radio Progress In Palestine
    203 6 WITH THE ASSISTANCE of the 8.8.C. British authorities m Palestine have developed, during the course of the last three years, what is now, m regard to programmes, equipment and personnel, the most important broadcasting service m the Near East. The three languages used, English. Arabic and
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    DID SABOTEUR WRECK NIGHT MAIL?
    721 7 DID SABOTEUR WRECK NIGHT MAIL? Enginedriver Died With Hand On Brake PASSENGERS' STORIES gABOTAGE is understood to be suspected as the cause k of the derailing of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore night-mail train near Gemas shortly after midnight on Sunday. It is stated that an officer m the railway police found
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    Girl Second Mate In Soviet Freighter
    153 7 HAS SERVED IN SAIL Jti-year-oM woman is second mate -ton Soviet freighter, Volga, which liraporo la<t night m continuation of from Odessa to Siberia. y buik :r de, is at Bait rom a. She has men wartta X m l eight years, lr m
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    MALAYAN CHRISTIANS CRITICISED
    143 7 MALAYAN CHRISTIANS CRITICISED -pHRISTIANITY IN MALAYA reverts to the worship or the cow which can give milk tQ the worshippers," said the Rev. E. S. Lav at the Jubilee District Institute of the Singapore Epworth League yesterday. -The Christianity which appeals to people m Malaya is not the Cross, but
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    Prefers Gaol To Police Call
    103 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang:, May 29. "I WOULD RATHER serve m prison than report daily as a police supervisee," said a Chinese, Kuan Leong Huat, m reply to a charge of having failed to report as a police supervisee and not notifying his change
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    Siam Navy Cadets See Singapore
    219 7 WITH 123 young naval cadets carry- ing out an annual training cruise, the 1.400-ton Siamese escort vessel I Meklcng arrived at Singapore yesterday on a three-day visit. An escort vessel fitted out as a training ship with classrooms, Meklon,^ j is carrying five classes of
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    No Black-Out Test In Penang Yet
    90 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) P enang, May 29. CINGAPORE and Malacca have had black-out tests but none have been held at Penang. As a preliminary, four A.R.P. sirens will be tested m Penang at 7.30 p.m. next Tuesday from the following stations: Beach Street
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    Siam's Smart Navy Cadets
    25 7 Siam's Smart Navy Cadets re. :cond-:n-command on board the with some of the 123 naval Ist. The cadets wear khaki unis going ashore.- Free Press
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    Italian Consul-General Returns
    86 7 Italian Consul General Returns THE Italian Consul-General at Singapore. Cay. Uff. A. Perego, and his wife returned from leave m Europe by the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Verde yesterday. Next month, Cay. Uil. Perego will leave Singapore to act as Charge 6 Affaires for the Italian Minister at Bangkok for
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    SOUNDNESS OF LONDON
    799 8 Evidence Over Easter Holidays TREASURY BILL POINTER THE tone of the London financial market has been characterised by and though uncertainty as to the general outlook has somewhat curtailed the scope of financial operations. The immense gold reserves of the country, the invariably prudent policy of British
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    Szechwan To Be A Silk Centre Once More
    518 8 Szechwan To Be A Silk Centre Once More (From Our Own Correspondent) Chungking, May 20. pHINESE sericultural experts of the seacoast are converging on Sze- chwan Province to make it once again a leading silk centra cf the nation. Toward the end of the last century, Szechwan silk held an
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    America's Gibraltar In The Pacific
    71 8 QAHU, America's island "Gibraltar" of the Pacific, is to be made so strong that any attack on the Pacific coast of the United States would be too costly to be justified. The sub-tropical Hawaiian island Is already a veritable wasp's ne^t of army and navy
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    45 8 American Club women's conference. Women from all over Europe went to London to attend the eighth annual conference of the Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas at the American Women's Club. Here are Mrs. Joseph Kennedy and Lady Aster M.P., waiting to receive the guests.
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      512 8 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Europe dueMonday, Thursday, Friday afternoons. Wearnes: From Penang, Ipota, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday afternoons Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday, Sunday afternoons. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.: From
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    Kuala Lumpur Y.M.C.A. Too Good For Ipoh
    172 9 WIN BY INNINGS MARGIN (From Our Own Correspondent) Tur vAT A Ku la Lumpur, May 29. |Hb Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. inflicted a heavy defeat on the Ipoh V.M.C.A. by an innings and 93" runs m a two-day cricket match which finished today. Scores:
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    St. Andrew's Beat Minesweepers
    192 9 T Andrews beat the Minesweepers at cricket yesterday. Scores: ST. ANDREW S N. Capel. run out 19 J. Auchant, c Hudson b Tye 51 Chew Bee, run out 9 i Meyer b Jones V' V." 0 Ross c Clake b Jones .7.7.7.7.7.7. 0 Guan Hong c
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    108 9 Y.M.C-A.. Junior Department ts. Raffles Institution tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the RJ. ground: Ons Swee Kens captain >, Au Kens: Chu. S. Hope, L. F. Newman, Cheong Thiam Sie-w. Lav Hock Chye. Seah Cheng Sianz, Au Tat Chu, H. Lewis, Tan Guan Hong. A. C. Neubronner. Reserves,
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    Y.M.C.A. WATER-POLO
    41 9 V MCA. Junior Department v. R.A.F. today at 4.15 p.m. at Fort Canning: V -.v v.'ah Sun Kec, Fatt Lim, B. For.es. Chia Kirn Chiang Chan Suay Bah (captain*, K^ik Bam York. Reserves: Chia Kok Leong. Yeo Teow Kon?.
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    Y.M.C.A. VOLLEY-BALL
    44 9 V.M.C.A. Junior Department v. ACS. on Thursday, on the A.C.S. ground at Cairnhill at 5 p.m.: Vow Wah Sung, Urn Cheng Siong, Lcke Yu Sum, Kwik Sam York, Cheong Pak Lo, Chr.a Yam Sen?. Benny Fones, Au Keng Chu. Choo Teck Joo.
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    Kho Sin Kie Wins Surrey Title
    75 9 i London. May 27. AT Surbiton m the Surrey champiou["shlp finals Kho Sin Kie beat If. D Deloford 6—2, 6—4. In the doubles H. G. N. Lee and A. P. V. Sherwood beat D. W. Butler ?nc. Kho Sin Kie 3—6, 7—5. In the
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    Selangor Beat Penang By 208 Runs
    270 10 Selangor Beat Penang By 208 Runs K.L. SIDEWELL ON TOP (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 29. CELANGOR inflicted a crushing defeat by 208 runs on Penang m their cricket fixture here, the match beingover today less than an hour from the time of starting. Most commendable was the
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    R.S.G.C. Mixed Foursomes
    189 10 r[E second mixed foursomes competition for May was nlayed at Bukit I Timah and resulted m a win for Mr. and Mrs. J. McGuffin with a net score of j 31 4 Thirty -three cards were taken out and the following returned: Mr. and Mrs. J. McGuffin
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    Island Club Golf Competitions
    156 10 Results Of the Island Club May comtittons are: B DIVISION A. J. Haynes 83— 10 67 T. Yamamoto 88-20^=68 s Kawaguchl 89—20 -69 i A. Kasslm 91-20=71 T. Shod* 90-18-72 K. Ando 94—22=72 J. B. Richards 92-18-74 A DIVISION j. Nakayama 75— 5 -70 W. B.
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    Britain Ousts France
    66 10 London, May 27. Great Britain eliminated France m the Davis Cup at Wimbledon today when Shayes unexpectedly beat Destremau to make the games three to out In Britain's favour. Britain's Davis Cup team to meet j Germany or Sweden m the semi-final cf the European zone m
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    Penang Tennis Titles
    166 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 28. •TWO SEMI-FINALS were played In the Penang Lawn Tennis charapionS!.;ip* yesterdv/. The men's doubles bv'-veen the Jjh brothers and Khoo Tjeng An and Cheah Kirn Aw attracted most attention. Khoo Tjeng An played a dazzling game but his partner was
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    37 10 V.M.C.A. Junior Department vs. Singapore Lingnan Branch School tomorrow on the Bras Basah Road ground: Vow Wah Sung, Lim Njit Siong, Koh Chit Meng, Khoo Teck Joo, Lim Keng Hian, Chia Soo Hiang, Benny *Y>nes.
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    Manhandling For Indian Cyclist
    90 10 (From Our Own Correspondents Penang, May ML TN TRYING TO GET out of the path of a trolley bus. an Indian cyclist crashed into a hawker's stall at the junction of Malacca Street and Date Kramat Road. After a big crowd gathered the Indian, who had
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    FIRST BROOKE HERE 100 YEARS AGO
    399 11 founder Of Sarawak's Unique Dynasty t qWN IMPRESSIONS years this week, since James of Sarawak, arrived yacht, the Royalist, on his way to it led to the establishment of Sarawak I >• I d it at his 1 I hla hi I I I
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    Guarding Against I.R.A. Activity
    169 11 ARMED Royal Marine Police who] guard the Royal dockyards can een on duty at some naval por. N rmally these men are unarmed, but they now wear reroh m holsters, and civilians entering oi leaving the yards have to pass closer scrutiny. C.;rs— even th c
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    Died Like The Hero Of His Book
    288 11 OTANLEY Ronald Kershaw Gurner. v £1,800-a-year head of Whitegift School. Croydon, wrote a sensational war book nine years ago In which the hero was a warweary and demented man who longed to commit suicide. Mr. Gurner last week was lound dead m a
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    English Students Capped
    29 11 ntIKBNTAIiaN OF DEGREES AT ALBERT HALL-STUDENTS OF THE I'MVEK&ITY Ob LONDON arrivi.i at the Albert Hall for the presentation of degrees. They are from Kings College.
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    Malacca's Good Health
    251 11 Malacca' s Good Health THE health of the people oi Malacca showed an all round improvement as compared with 1937. lays the annual Municipal report. The birth rate rose from 32.63 to 34.62 and the death rate decreased from 17.10 to 15.53 the lowest figure m the last six years.
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    U.S. Minority Terrorism
    155 11 IUEGRO VOTERS defied warning* V the Ku Klux Klan and went to vote m the municipal election at Miami last week despite a gruesome demonstration that included fi r crosses, a hangman's noose and tw< negroes handed m effigy. "This ***** voted," was the grim message pinned
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    NEW MANCHUKUO PACT WITH GERMANY
    71 11 Hsingkins, May 26. THE GERMAN 63,000,000 yen credit to Manchukuo will be extended for another twelve months, it is understood. Otherwise, it will expire on May 31, m accordance with the revised Ger-man-Manchukuo trade agreement of September, 1938. The Sudeten area is to be included
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    What Expelled Nazi Did In Great Britain
    210 11 pONFESSION that he passed "certain information" about Jews on to Berlin while he was m London, has been made by Dr. Hans W. Thost, who was expelled from Britain m 1935. Dr. Thost. former London correspondent of the Voelkischer Beobachter. makes this revelation
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    38 11 OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL Stamp Dealers' Bourse. More than r )fl0 ilfalers are expected to attend the 12th annual London International Stamp Dealers' Bourse hi the Holborn Restaurant. Here is Mr. A. W. Tyrrell studying stamps at the Bourse.
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    General's Son Dies In R.A.F. Crash
    78 11 PLYING OFFICER G. ELSMIE, son of Major-General A. M. S. Elsmie, of No. 39 Bomber Squadron, has been killed m a night-flying accident at Risalpur, India. Flying Officer Elsmie was one of four brothers and had two sisters. His father, Major-General Elsmie, retired from
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    WAS ONCE FRIEND OF HERR HITLER
    469 11 A MAN v.ho .said he was once a Eifi Dd o! Herr Hitler was the plaintiff m action In the Etng*i Bench Division Dr. Ernst Franz Bedgwick Hi staengl, a Qermaii subject, a v. Kensington, sued Belfridge and C pany, Ltd.. of Oxfo"d street,
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    Siam Aid For Refugees
    165 11 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May :>!! To accommodate refugee Jews who have reached Bangkok, a larpe h< has been taken by the committee looking after their interests at a rental of 4:7.10 a month. En March, 17 persons occupied this hostel for an average period
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    1619 12 Bal Tabarin Pays $13, Echo $12 HORSE THROWS RIDER (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 29. DIVIDENDS wftre again moderate at Penang today. when the second day's programme of the Penang Turf Club's summer meeting was run off. Hard Road returned the
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    113 12 Baseball A baseball game played yesterday between the team from the S S Steel Seafarer and the Royal Air Force ended m a score of ten to two m favour of the visitors. The game was fast until the fifth inning, when Care,
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    465 12 CLARKE—4B NOT OUT THE Rest cricket XI after a good all rtw 1 were victorious m the Clarke Cap Europeans vs. the Rest, which came to an The Rest won by nine wickets. By their victory the Res' a:v level i peans, each side
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