The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 June 1940

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.113. ESTD. 1835 FRIDAY, JINE 14, 1940. 5 CENTS
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    M. Reynaud's Dramatic Appeal To Roosevelt: Help Urgently Needed
    343 1 "SHALL FIGHT TO THE END" PAUL REYNAUD. the _tjri^idL^nine^linister nude a dramatic appeal tc .ident Roosevelt to send iid |g the Allies before it is too oaud'a appeal was sent the day Italy entered •.va.- only published rnooi:. Ul President Roosevelt
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    Milan Has "Bad Time Of It" In Dawn Raid
    471 1 R.A.F. Continues Attacks rvujr t> a r, London, June 13. |Hh X.A.*. yesterday continued attacks m Italian East Africa, bombing Asmara and Jura. Direct hits destroyed hangars and buildings and all the aircraft returned. It is stated m a dispatch from
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    FRENCH ATTACH & DRIVE GERMANS BACK 5 MILES
    720 1 FRENCH ATTACH DRIVE GERMANS BACK 5 MILES "Weygand Will Soon Hustle Enemy Out" FRESH BRITISH TROOPS JOIN THEIR COMRADES^ WHILE MORE BRITISH TROOPS WERE REINFORCING THE FRONT LINE IN THE V ™™3 EAT BA TTLE IN FRANCE, THE FRENCH YESTERDAY COUNTER-ATTACKED AT THE POINT WHERE THE GERMANS ARE NEAREST TO
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    Egypt Will Declare War If Her Towns Are Bombed—Premier
    112 1 Egypt Will Declare War If Her Towns Are Bombed— Premier i*i_i.K? promises A° E^ypt and Turkey are regarded by the EgyptIt is realized that Italy will be unable to tolerate the RAF P |[at!nf tXTc E yptiai \f oil with u some measure of reUliaiion! ttf^th^t i?Vi ce i n
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    Abyssinians In State Of Revolt
    49 1 Cairo, June 13. DEPORTS from Port Sudan say that revolt is growing among the Abyssinian tribes and that shortly before the outbreak of war an entire Italian division was runted. It is added that the Abyssinians are well armed with rifles and bombs.- Reuter
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    British Battalion Defeats Nazis With Old "Square" Formation
    317 1 London, June 13. SWIFT moving tanks and parachute Jumpers have brought back the old British "square" into modern warfare, writes Reuter's correspondent, Eyewitness, with the British Army m France. Tr6ops, he says, must be prepared for attack from the front, rear and
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    No British Troops Landed In Java
    100 1 No British Troops Landed In Java THE Netherlands Government m I<ond£n^yesUrda^ denied Hhe f£ P r i ?2Z Cn on the radio that 2,'HM) British troops had brrn landed m Java. *u Th *i° mcial Dutch «*«n al stat*» that this rumour is a pure invention which is without any
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    Stole Sacred Tooth Of Dead Thai Prince
    64 1 'From Our Own Correspondent. Txxm < London, June 13. WO former Dartmoor convict., were sentenced at the Old Bailey to-day for two years and 20 months 1 respectively tar theft of the sacred tooth of a dead Thai prince and jewellery valued at
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    STOP PRESS
    271 1 Paru, June U. It is officially announced that Pari* wIU not be defended. This me&iu i. M. Reynaud's words, that the French will fight In front of Paris and behind Paris. The announcement is a logical seqve! to the city bring declared an open town, presumably m order
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    POLICE EXECUTE SERIES OF BANISHMENT WARRANTS
    227 2 Communists Found Among Factory Strikers EXECUTING another series of banishment warrants, a large L force of police raided the Aik Hoe and Co., Ltd.. rubber factory m Kirn Chuan Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. A number of alien Chinese alleged to be leading members of
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    Italians Flee To Thailand
    65 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, June 13. TWO Italian steamers have taken refuge at Puket harbour (south-nest Thailand). The Lloyd Triestino steamer Fusijama arrived from Kohsichang this mornins: to stay for the duration together with the German steamer Mosel, which has been anchored there since last
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    London Stock Exchange
    337 2 London, June 13. The following are to-days closing middle Quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: The above are dealers middle price; brokers' margins brokerage and stamp duty are not included.- Exchange Telegraph Con. Loan 5% 1944-64.... 108% Funding Loan 4% 1960-90 110 U War
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    194 2 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES From Oui iJwt> Com-M* indent) London, June 13. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows wiLb orevlous auotatlons to oaren thesis: RUBBER: Dull. Spot 13^d 13 11.16 d (13 Ilil6d 13^d) August 13 5 16d 13 7 16d (13 9 16d 13% d) Oct-Dec 12Vid 12% d (12^d
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    British Fleet Still Growing
    222 2 THE ENORMOUS strength of British I sea power continues to grow, it is authoritatively stated m London, despite the worst that the German U-boats, mines, and aircraft have been üble to do. The total tonnage of such losses as have been incurred Is but a small
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    RECOGNIZED IN WAR NEWS REEL
    76 2 MR. F. THORNE. formerly stationed m Singapore with an infantry regiment, was among the wounded who were brought to England m a hospital ship from Norway recently. H^ was recognized by an acquaintance when his picture appeared m a news reel now at the Alhambra
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    RAFFLES MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS
    133 2 AN orang-utan which died m captivity was presented by the Tungku Mahkota of Johore. Regent of Johore, to Raffles Museum last year. Other contributions to the collects ons were a garganey duck from Perak. 53 old Chinese coins, birds' eggs from Trengganu, zoological collections from Christmas Island,
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    CHURCH BUILDING FUND CONCERT
    120 2 HTHE Church of England Indian con- gregations m Singapore are making zealous efforts to raise funds for the building of a new Church m Dorset Road to be known as Christ Church. It has been decided to commence building operations as soon as a sum of
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    SCHOOL-BOYS URGED TO STRIKE
    67 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 13. A PARTY of about 15 Chinese, alleged to be members of the Anti-Enemy backing-Up Society, went to Chung Ling High School yesterday and attempted to stick up posters urging the pupils to strike m sympathy with the students of
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    22 2 The Australian war cabinet announced yesterday that a number of fast patrol vessels were being built m Australia for Great Britain.- Reuter
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    Old Colonial Documents Comprehensively Indexed
    203 2 A COMPREHENSIVE index recording every person, event and institution mentioned m original documents of all records relating to the Straits Settlements for the period 800 to 868, has been compiled by Mr. Tan Soo Chye, Archivist of the Colony. This fact is contained m his
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    Occupation Of Strategic Iceland
    29 2 Pictures of the British occupation of strategically situated Iceland recently arrived m London. British troops are seen outside the German consulate at Reykjavik, the capital.
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    100,000 American Jews Prepared To Fight
    127 2 New York, June 13. THE majority of 100,000 American Jews of military age here are "not only ready and willing to fight for the Allies, but already negotiating to do so with the authorities m London, Paris, Ottawa and Washington." This statement was made
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    Two Girls Drowned In Rainstorm
    58 2 TWO young Chinese girls lost their lives during yesterday's severe rainstorm and flooding m Singapore. One of the girls was found m a drain m Henderson Road, off Tiong Bahru Road, and the other was found m a drain m Tiong Bahru Road. She had
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    3,500 MEMBERS OF RAFFLES LIBRARY
    130 2 3,500 MEMBERS OF RAFFLES LIBRARY SUBSCRIBERS v increased by r. 1939, including nationalities. nual report of v Library. Bri'ish b scribers. b many as the Chinese. People from m joined dur:. mans ai:d on i The Dutdh memberships, on I crcas. d, I), the oiben bj Members!.: 60—45 of tl.
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    USEFUL B.P.
    32 2 TTHE toUowinfl lectcd to n mint on Party against the Ifaj a: the latter > irt 1 p.m. Wee Kirn \V- Yang Kwang. EU3 nathan, Chin 1 and Lim B I
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    MANPOWER ORGANIZATION "BEYOND WILDEST DREAMS"
    1049 3 Labour Minister On Great Response In Britain CONTRIBUTION OF U.S. TO FIGHT AGAINST TYRANNY MR PRvpcT nrviv London. June 13. K. ERNEST BEVIN, Minister of Labour, speaking ™m k" v™, eri u a Ch ?jnber of Commerce luncheon to-day, »aid he had been able to
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    Helped To Save The B.E.F.
    184 3 EXPLOIT OF A BRITISH SECOND LIEUTENANT London, June 13. ,-j iE ;u;^hed Service Order has 2nd. Lieut. E. C. I who during the withdrawal from I sent to Dixmude to en:es over the Yser cartel ..-hed m time and the adM\y enemy forces appearing hindered.
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    43 Arrests Follow Explosions On Ship
    92 3 rORTY -THREE men have been arT .1 connection with explosions or. the Bri:i sh ship Gascony. 4,700 tons, Aires. ia via killed and four injured explosions, and the ship was set on rtre. The explosions are behave been caused by time- Bfc None of
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    SPAIN NEUTRAL
    20 3 Madrid, June 13. j announced that the A Government is adopting an non-belligerence" m the European w.ir Reuter
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    28 3 London, June 13. j MACCURTAIN. son of a forrd Mayor of Cork, was to-day 1 to death at Cork for the Detective-Officer John •ution will take place Heuter.
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    Czech Air Force To Be Formed
    87 3 A CZECHOSLOVAK air force is to be formed m France by arrangement arrived at between the French Government and the Czechoslovak National Committee. This force will form part of the Czechoslovak army. The airmen will wear the Czech uniform and their aircraft'will bear their
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    RECRUITMENT OF HONG KONG BRITONS
    39 3 Hong Kong, June 13. IT is learned that the local military 'authorities will recruit British subjects between 21 and 38 years of age fer the regular" army, probably for service m Hong Kong. Reuter
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    16 3 Ankara, June 13. npURKEY to-day called up some class- es of troops and reserve officers. Reuter.
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    More Bombers From U.S. For Allies
    62 3 New York, June 13. piGHTY mare attack bombers have been released to the Allies, states the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. The correspondent adds it b learned that the Allied Purchasing Commission has bought some 600,000 British Enfleld rifles, about 800 French
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    30 Civilians Killed In Malta Raid
    162 3 30 Civilians Killed In Malta Raid Malta, June 13. AIR raid warnings were given twice m Malta yesterday morning. Antiaircraft guns opened fire during the first raid, m which a school and church were hit. The official casualty list for Tuesday's sunset raid on Malta gives 30 civilians killed, thirty
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    Godiva Wins By Three Lengths
    52 3 EQUALS RECORD FOR DISTANCE London, June 13. THE Oaks run at Newmarket to-day, resulted as follows: GODIVA (7/4) 1 Silver Lace (100/8) 2 Valeraine (33/1) 3 Fourteen ran. Won by three lengths, lour lengths between sacond and third. The time, 2 mm. 30.4 sec, equals
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    Enemy Vessels In Boulogne Bombed
    97 3 London, June 13. TTHE Air Ministry announces that fleet air arm aircraft, co-operating with the R.A.F. coastal command aircraft, yesterday successfully attacked enemy vessels m Boulogne harbour. A motor torpedo-boat was blown up and many bombs were seen to burst among other similar craft. Ammunition
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    CHURCH BELLS ALSO AS WARNINGS
    50 3 London. June 13. •"THE Archbishop of Canterbury has announced that clergy will be instructed m the use of church bells as warnings of the approach of parachutists or airborne troops This action follows a letter received from the Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson. British Wireless
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    SECRET SESSION
    52 3 London, June 13. fPHE secret session to debate Horns defence, which was postponed last Tuesday, will now be held on June 20, stated Mr. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, m the House of Commons to-day. The debate might be of wider scope than Home defence, according to
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    ITALIAN GOODS AS CONTRABAND
    39 3 ON the entry of Italy into the war a royal proclamation gives a list of articles which will be treated as contraband. The list is practically identical with that which applies to Germany.- British Wireless
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    27 3 Paris, June 13. *r*HE Official Journal announces that the seat of the Bank of France has been temporarily transferred to Saumer, 40 miles west of Tours Reuter
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    42 3 Washington, June 13. TOE House of Representatives to-day j passed by 401 votes against one the 1 additional army estimates amounting I to 41.706,000.000. The increase is chiefly j due to the cost of expanding the army from 180,800 to 375,000. Reuter
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    Heavy Japanese Bombing Of Chungking
    158 3 Heavy Japanese Bombing Of Chungking HAVAS, TASS AGENCY HOMES DEMOLISHED Chungking, June 13. JAPANESE aircraft again subjected Chungking to a heavy bombardment at noon yesterday, dropping bombs on the city proper, the western suburbs and the north bank of the Chialing River, starting several fires. Some bombs are also said
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    Ichang Falls To Japanese
    84 3 Shanghai, June 13. *T*HE Japanese army spokesman here announces the capture of Ichang, a treaty port In the upper Yangtse, In west Hupeh Province. The fall of Ichang is very significant, the spokesman said, m that it has deprived the Chinese of one of their most
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    NO KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS IN U.K.
    40 3 London. June 13. TTHERE were no celebrations m London of the King's official birthday m Britain to-day. His Majesty received thousands of congratulatory telegrams from all parts of the United Kingdom and Empire Reuter
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    ITALIAN MINES
    54 3 London, June 13. r PHE Rome Radio has broadcast a warning that mines have been laid over a wide area off the south coast of Sicily, stating: "The Italian authorities are instructing neutral ships to proceed by way of the Straits of Mes*ina. where arrangements have been m?A*
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    Wilhelmina's Message Of Thanks .
    150 3 Wilhelmina's Message Of Thanks QUEEN Wilhelmina Issued a message yesterday to the people of GrT.t Britain and the British Empire thanking tnei" lor their aid to the people cf the Netherlands m their hour of "First and foremost," says the Queen, "my thoughts go out to the British forces and
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    EVACUATION OF 120,000 CHILDREN FROM LONDON
    63 3 London. June 13. THE evacuation of 120,000 children, whose parents have signified a desire that they quit Greater London, has begun and will last six days Notwithstanding the Government* appeal, parents of 330,000 children 1 ailed to register them. Registered children are being conteyed
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    BULGARIA TO CONTINUE NEUTRALITY POLICY
    42 3 Sofia, June 13. HTHE Foreign Office spokesman stated to-day that Bulgaria considered that Mussolini's assurance t> neighbour states ensures the saft-U o* the Balkans and added that tto country would continue Its poll neutrality and peace Reuter
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    33 3 Bucharest, June 13. PIE commercial air service beUve -u Rumania and Turkey is btfag su. 4pended frcm to-dair owing txj t ,c pos?uhUity of intensification of the conflict m the Near East. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1940. Battle For Paris
    656 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1940. Battle For Paris ALTHOUGH the Italian entry into the war diverted interest for a moment from the fighting m France, there is no doubt that the future of democracy will be fought out between the German army and the British and French
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    6 4 STAY THERE t I'LL BE BACK
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    Holidays Are Off As Britain 'Goes To It'
    1488 4 Our London Letter From Our Own Correspondent London, June 1. "TO to it." Those three words, taken from a recent speech by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Minister of Supply, have been chosen as the new call to the nation. And. believe me we
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    ITALIANS IN N.I. LEFT HURRTDLY
    70 4 From Our Own i liinr THE wife and family ol 1 Consul-General m B: Dino Semplldni. left for cxpectedJy a few days bf.jiclared war on the Allies They did not give MU friends that the* were The Ttaiian ship Volpi Tanjong Priok, the bar* on
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    ARGENTINA'S GIFT TO EMPIRE'S SOLDIERS
    33 4 ARGENTINA'S GIFT TO EMPIRE'S SO LDIERS Buenos *£>»* I RANCHERS have already X steers to the collcc to t. making to send :r:* Britain, ft "noble and s0 the Argentine", for the Empire"— Keuter
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    Singapore Woman's Diary
    1797 5 Production In Aid Of Patriotic Fund Actresses Help War Charities MgS. T. B. Drew is enlarging the scope of her naval fund (Heft she has organized to provide entertainment for the \jilor. it the Naval Base. m collecting old gramo•ords <?he hDpes to have a lin^ library'
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    GERMAN SUCCESSES ALARM SOVIET
    1165 6 Feeling Towards Reich Is Less Friendly RUSSIA'S ATTITUDE TO WAR ANALYZED THE new British Government has assumed a more friendly attitude towards Russia. And Russia, disturbed by Nazi successes, is becoming less friendly to Berlin. That the Allies and Russia should reach a better understanding of
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    FRENCH TANKS COUNTER-ATTACK
    25 6 GRINNING CHEERFULLY, the driver of this French light tank manoeuvres his charge, when tanks massed before launching an attack on the Germans.
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    Lone R.A.F. Pilot Faced The Nazis
    155 6 A BRITISH pilot stood alone m the centre of a burning town m front of the vanguard of the advancing German army, writes an Associated Press correspondent. Red-eyed and tired, the pilot told the correspondent I was m a town that lay directly ahead
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    Wounded Being Flown Home
    171 6 CPECIALLY fitted ambulance air•s liners have been landing British wounded from France and Belgium daily at aerodromes m England. All the most serious case:; thai can be moved are being wnl by air. Some of the eases arrived m London within two hours of being wounded.
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    Flame-tanks Fire French Villages
    86 6 FLAME-THROWING tanks, operated by men m asbestos suits, are slid m Paris to be the instrument ol G' a many's latest war horror. These fast, light vehicles carry flame-throwing apparatus which pro trudes like a long gun barrel, and which squirts flaming petrol into selected buildings.
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    INCHCAPE FUND
    46 6 A TREASURY White Paper shows that the fund which the first Earl of Inchcape and his family established for the nation m 1929 m memory of his daughter, the Hon. Elsie Mackay. who was lost on an Atlantic flight, has now reached almost £1.000,000
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    INSURANCE WAR BONUS
    31 6 TPHE London Insurance Committee has agreed to pay a war bonus, from ss. to Is. 6d. a week, to its staff to meet the increased cost of living.
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    FRENCH VILLAGE DESTROYED BY NAZI BOMBERS
    36 6 A SMALL FRENCH VILLAGE, now a mound of disordered bricks and metal, after German bombers had passed over. A similar fate has befallen hundreds of other villages m northern France.
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    GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOPS' TACTICS
    418 6 'Artificial Mist' Screens Aid Their Descent MANY further details of the German parachute V1 how it has acted and how' it was created, anItalian newspaper Corriere della Sera m a m<< Berlin correspondent. As is known, parachutists had form- ed a part of the German forces
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    PRIMARY DUTY IS TO SERVE WITH LOCAL FORCES
    589 7 PRIMARY DUTY IS TO SERVE WITH LOCAL FORCES Lord Lloyd's Telegram To The Colonies POSSIBILITY OF WARFARE IN TROPICAL CLIMATE T H vi dut^ f mci who <** spared from their local forr^^ a L° nS In t C lonies is t0 serve with such State for thl re *™f"
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    These Saving Are Absolutely Safe
    114 7 These Saving Are Absolutely Safe (l >MMIMiM"E f™ni the i B-nartnicnt of Information im s savings bank depoMataj i asainst the wcllnl» t% P r < rooic W **O IS iTt.»ruu to exploit recent ,n Kurope to further his .1, and unpatriotic mits m the savings bank/ rannique states, "are
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    FOAMED RUBBER AS ARMOUR
    79 7 London, June 1. Fr as an armour for tank) is a striking adaptadmtria] research to thia special preparapptted to a wide range of he seats of London's tne fauteuils of the morial Theatre at from rubber latex tankers from Mailer being chemically up by a machine
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    Cabaret Hostesses' Dinner Party
    97 7 Adinnei to Press repre{hrCß by the Singa- stesses' Association atlon of its kind m the New World last night. me set for the dinner the members were able ..viority of the associaben being on duty at will give a Shanghai se performance at the n June
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    CHINESE CLERKS' OWN SYSTEM DEFIES TIME
    135 7 CHINESE CLERKS' OWN SYSTEM DEFIES TIME CHINESE clerks at Raffles Library have, over several generations, devised and adapted the system of checking and registering books at the main counter to their own peculiar methods of work, states the latest report of Raifles' Museum and Library. Investigations were carried out during
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    SINGAPORE STREETS FLOODED
    53 7 MANY of the main roads of Singapore, such as Orchard Road, Bukit Timah Road, and Selegie Road, were inches deep m water, after heavy rain yesterday morning. Certain side streets were impassable to motor-cars, and "stalls" were a common sight. In some areas, water overflowed into the
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    45 7 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Chess Club will be held at the Adelphi Hotel on June 21, at 5 p.m. After the meeting prizes will be awarded to the winners of the competitions held during 1939, and a lightning tournament will be held.
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    SCHOOL CHILDREN'S ART
    42 7 SCHOOL CHILDREN'S ART THE fourth inter-school art exhibition which is being held at St. Andrew's School is being extended for another two days. The exhibition is under the patronage of the Friends of Singapore and was organized by St. Andrew's Sketching Club.
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    "MY SON, MY SON!" IS STRONG DRAMA
    111 7 MY SON, MY SON!" the film version of the book known to English readers as "O, Absalom," by Howard Spring, has been made into a magnificent motion picture. A gripping, intense study of a father's overwhelming love lor his son for whose sake
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    BROADCAST ON NAVAL SITUATION
    68 7 rpHE balance of naval power m the 1 Mediterranean will be discussed by Lt.-Commander B. M. Douglas, R.N., m another talk m his series on "The Navai Situation" to be given from the Singapore Station to-day at 7.45 p.m. He will explain how the naval situation
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    100,000-YEAR-OLD FINDS UNEARTHED IN MALAYA
    332 7 VARIOUS authorities m Britain have agreed with the Raffles Museum experts that prehistoric finds made on Kota Tampan Estate, near Lenggong, Upper Perak, 1938, represented a very ancient and primitive type of humanity that existed probably more than 100,000 years ago. Typical specimens of what
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    Tanks To The Front
    25 7 A DAUY SCENE IN FRANCE: More tanks go to th* front as refugees m farm carts pass m the opposite direction.
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    New Raffles Institution Building Delayed
    362 7 LAND MUST SET FIRST THOUGH plans were tentatively made for Raffles Institution, Singapore's biggest boys' school, to move to a new site on the Geylang reclamation at Grove Road, it is possible that they will not be carried out for some years. The site for
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    1,000 Policemen On Traffic Duty Yesterday
    136 7 1,000 Policemen On Traffic Duty Yesterday ELABORATE arrangements were made yesterday by Sin*annr*» Police to control the' traffic Sled to converge m the city lor the b£ parade eSUlting I?SS While crowds looked on from windows or from benches placed on flye-foot ways, constable earned out their task well m
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    Fish Gallery In Raffles Museum
    178 7 A HOPE that m exhibition (alter* m Raffles Museum designed to illustrate the chief food-flshes of Singapore will encourage "a more enterprising attitude towards this important local source of food," li < pressed by Mr. F. N. Chascn. Director of Raffles Museum, m his lates
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    U.S. BOMB-SIGHTS FOR THE ALLIES
    217 9 Small Targets Can Be Hit At 10,000 Feet .i, f i USt T be en revealed > writ es a special correspondent, that the Lmted States has a remarkable new bombsightmg apparatus, by the use of which an airman can mt a small target from
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    Effect Of R.A.F. Bombs In Ruhr
    173 9 G 4 London. erMaNY is taking good care not to let the outside world know much I about R.A.F. raids behind the Nazi i lines, but American correspondents i have given some hints on the subject. The Berlin representative of the New York Times
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    202 9 TTHE following newly added non- fiction and fiction works will be ready for issue at Raffles Library tomorrow. This doggie business. Illustrated, Edward C. Ash; Northward Ho; for birds, .Illustrated. Ralph Chi&lett; The reign of Beau Brummell, Illustrated. Willard Connely; Armistice 1918-1939, Michael Foot; These men I knew,
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    MOULMEIN ROVERS
    55 9 TIHE following will represent the Moulmein Rovers at cricket on the Singhalese Association ground at McNair Road today at 2 p.m. against the Newton Rocklites: Mayo Pereira, Luke de Souza, Edwin Jayakoddy, Joy Jayakoddy, J. N. Fernando, J. Trail, Maurice Kerr, Andrew Kerr, M. Trail, Kulasingam, J. Crowther.
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    THE SINGAPORE C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    140 9 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Jane 12, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 39 a 39^ No. IX R.S.S. F. 0.8. m cases June-July Sellers option) 89 4 40 1 G.P.A.Q. R.S.S. F. 0.8. m bales .June- July (Sellers option) 39
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    FORTRESS BARS ROAD FROM LIBYA TO EGYPT
    578 9 London. ANY TROOPS that try to attack Egypt will have no walk-over. This is my conviction after two days spent at Mersa Matruh, the AngloEgyptian fortress which bars the route into the country from the coast, writes Ronald Matthews, Daily Herald correspondent m
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    R.A.F. Fighter Command Flight
    45 9 THIS PICTURE INCLUDES members of a highly successful K.A.F. Fifjlnrr Command squadron. FI. -Lieut. P. W. Townscnd, aped '4t>. seen second from right, has been awarded the D.F.C. Another flight -commander m th* squadron also lays claim to three Naii aircraft.
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      541 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. ,re now Invited for the materials or services. For rs see Municipal Tenders or Pumping Plant for MacReservoir. Date of Closing. 00, Sept. 16, 1940. ofl earthworks at Changi -ween Jalan Kembangan p Road. (Deposit $50>. ACNftac 12 noon, June 15, ol one Polished
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      346 9 hB| f49ShBBHIi Waterproof Green DHMto M Bf Maker and repairer of rattan and Bertam Chicks, Canvas, Spring blinds. Tarpaulins. Tents bags. Blue screens, Bertam panels Wire netting fencing. Wool buntings aiid Flags Abdul Rahman, Telephone 2454. Office:— 6C. Robinson Road < Opposite Telegraph Co.* Workshop:— 293, Jo© Cbiat Plau*e. Sfngapore.
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      125 9 Law Notice For The Day At 11 ajn. Supreme Court. Before the Hon'ble Mr. Justice a Beckett Terrell. A*., C.J., S.S.. the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Poyser. C.J., F.M.S-. and the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, Ag. Judge of Appeal Special Appeal No. 2 39— Alkaff and Co., vs Controller of
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      102 9 Post Office Mail List Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY China (including Shanghai surface 9 a.m. Hong Kong surface 9 a.m. Java surface 11.30 a.m. Sarikei and Sibu surface 2 p.m. Medan surface 10 a.m. TO-MORROW Brunei surface 9 a.m. Kuala surface 9 a.m. China (South-
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    Balestier Test Reveals New All-Rounder
    773 10 Cricket Motes ARMY MEN IN LINE FOR STATE SELECTION I AST week's Ralestier cricket same between the Singapore R?cr^alion Club and the Ceylon Sporls Club did not fulfil expectations. For a same hit usually pr >du^es a hi: i standard of cricket end a il
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    "To Play Eastern Team On Sunday
    43 10 picture. THE R.A.F., WHO ARE STRONG contenders for Malaya Cup and league honours this season, uiil have a tilt at the Eastern Footballers on Sunday, when the teams will meet at the Anson Road stadium. Free Press
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING FOR SELANGOR SUMMER MEET
    148 10 nELOW h given the schedule of racing for the Selangor Turf Club's summer race meeting which will be run off on Saturday, June 22. Wednesday, Jun? 2G, and Saturday, June 29 at Kuala Lumpur. First day, June *52: Il^rres. class two. diy. one.
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    FINAL STAGES OF LOCAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    1018 10 Will Yadi Settle His Old Score With Loon Chong DAILY showers of rain for the past four days have upset the progress of the Singapore lawn tennis championships, with the result that the "wind up" of the championships has been prolonged. The ties next
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    EASTERN FOOTBALLERS WIN WAR FUND MATCH
    691 10 EASTERN FOOTBALLERS WIN WAR FUND MATCH Sino-Malays Fall Away After Early Promise POOR CROWD WATCHES MODERATE DISPLAY Eastern A.A ..4; Sino-Malays 1. AFTER opening the scoring m the early stages of play with a penalty goal the Sino-Malays fell away badly and were beaten by four goals to one by
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    Another Soccer Team Coming
    104 10 FOLLOWINCi < I ,se up, r the I of the Eastern AihV,/ tion so C fr learn <-. itM formidable ,ide f- Uj^'r which is expe<ted to ar h next mcn.h The new ihTit team wh drawn from the Sing a SjjorU Club m H>n, X,
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    F.M.S. Police Boxers At Port Dickson
    181 10 (From Our Own C n Ipoh June AN F.M.S. police box*; /t Mr. C. H. Fenner, A Port Dickon during the engaged the Malay Reflm. ing contest, which tht seven bouts to two. Of the Police boxers In m I from the Perak Police,
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    Y.M.C.A. SCHOOLS SPORTS
    76 10 THE fifth annual athlete S por 1 the V.M.C.A. IcbOOil *tt| c to-morrow at the Jater. H commencing at 2.30 p.m. There will b* an e\en\ I handicap, for old b \\s vto bin tended the schorl for at ban academic year It is scheduled i place
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    SELANGOR CLUB'S DERBY SWEEP DRAW
    55 10 rTH£ Selangor Clubs C draw resulted Sclway Firth *****: Black Tonl 1384 Pharatis *****; P< nlleveque 14" Lighthouse 11. *****; Moradnb.id H Turkhan *****: S;ardust 144 M Mieux *****; Paques ***** *****; Olidon *****; Civali *****; Rippius *****; Ood?n *****; King of Trumps II *****
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      25 10 To-day's Sports Events Soccer: first division, Chinese vs. S.R.C., stadium; second division (b). R.A.F. (H.Q.) vs. R.N.W.T., Farrer Park; 8.H.L., Guthries vs. Traction Co., S.H.B.
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