The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 August 1940

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore free press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,170. ESTD. IBr> TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1910. 5 CENTS
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    HUNGARIAN PREMIER GOES TO BERLIN AS RUMANIA DECIDES
    224 1 Bucharest Reply To Transylvania Claims DOBRUDJA ISSUE IS NEAR SETTLEMENT 1 Bucharest, Aug. 19. T is understood that Rumania to-day proposed to the Hungarian delegation the session of four departments of Transylvania in reply to the Hungarian demand for 13 made at
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    Bomber Downed With Rifle
    59 1 Aug. i'». .s rnrn i> timber was bliltH 0 yesterday. mted in :i E, »uniq«e. whuh :uu.spires that Sunday u few Jfif ".i: the SOUth J«i Uts attacked by from enemy rSSftM -ith rifle fire ifter vl rounds caused rut to crash. tIM first occasion on
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    Solitary Raiders Over Britain: One Shot Down
    412 1 Solitary Raiders Over Britain One Shot Down 1 oniion, Aug. 19. re singularly r Aiders to-day bomben which Ivithoal doing One bomber was rest mber, after i town this "oombs. Both wd v/as visited an ther solitary ir bombs, ps, and hastenn were wrecked s occurred, only loads, firemen this
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    Death Of Lady Guillemard
    40 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 19. THE death has occurred from heart failure at Guildford of Lady Guillemard. wife of Sir Laurence Guillemard, former Governor of the Straits Settlements. The funeral will take place tomorrow.
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    CHUNGKING BOMBED DAY AND NIGHT
    38 1 Chungking. Aug. 19. CHUNGKING is being bombed by the I* Japanese day and night. Over 130 .enemy bombers flying in two groups 'raided the capital this afternoon and dropped many incendiary bombs. Reuter
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    Briton Grapples With Gunman
    119 1 Shanghai, Au<j. 19. A YOUNG Briton, Mr. Paul Kaye, was the hero or a political snooting in the French Concession yesterday, The gunmen attacked and seriously wounded a Chinese engineer named Dzung Koh-liang at his home. Mr. Kaye grappled with one of the terrorists when he
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    U.S. Motor Vehicles For Indian Army
    71 1 London, Au?. 19. TWO American motor companies are helping the Indian Government by producing motor vehicles for the Indian Army. Thirty thousand cars are needed for the expansion of the Indian Army which is now taking place, and to help in supplying these, the
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    Goes To Hitler
    5 1 wOUNT TELEKI
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    Ranee Of Sarawak Criticizes System Of Child Evacuation
    178 1 Ranee Of Sarawak Criticizes System Of Child Evacuation INDIGNATION AROUSED IN LONDON (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 19. CONSIDERABLE indignation has bsen aroused here on account of alleged remarks made by the Ranee of Sarawak on landing at Montreal recently. The Ranee is alleged to have -aid: "K the
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    H.M.S. Glorious Casualty List
    102 1 London, Aug. 19. CASUALTIES in H.M. aircraftcarrier Glorious, which was lost off Norway in June, total 1,204, it is revealed in a casualty list issued by the Admiralty to-day. Captain G. Doyly Hughes, DJS.O., D.S.C., in command, was among the 33 officers killed, and also Lieut.Commander
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    GERMAN RADIO LIES
    190 1 London, Aug. 19. r[E unreliability of the German news service has again been convincingly demonstrated by neutral observers. The German wirelass claimed on Aug. 16 that German planes "in unprecedented numbers have been for many hours over London. In the opinion ol foreigners living in London it
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    EMPIRE FORCES IN AFRICA "PANTING FOR ACTION"
    132 1 EMPIRE FORCES IN AFRICA "PANTING FOR ACTION" DEUTER'S correspondent with the South African forces **in East Africa, writing from "somewhere in Ken\a," writes: "British Empire forces, including men from South, East and West Africa and Britain, are panting for action f against the enemy. "I have just completed a 1,200-mile
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    Aerodrome At Addis Ababa Bombed
    182 1 Aerodrome At Addis Ababa Bombed DIRECT HITS SCORED ON HANGARS Cairo, Aug. 19. fpHE R.A.F. communique issued here to-day states that R.A.F. bombers have raided the Addis Ababa military aerodrome. Direct hits were registered on four hangars and p-etrol fires were started as a result of the bombing. All cur
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    Bombs Dropped On Swiss Territory
    83 1 Bcrne. Aug. 19. A SWISS general staff communique states that bombs were dropped during the night on Swiss territory by foreign planes. A little damage was done. Anti-aircraft guns opened fire at some places. The Swiss radio states that bombs were dropped during the night
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    STOP PRESS
    287 1 London, Aug. 19. It is officially announced that British Somaliland has been successfully evacuated. All guns except two lost in the earlier stage of the action have been embarked. Reuter. Cairo, Aug. 19. A war communique states: "Western Desert: Following the naval shelling of dumps in the area
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    New Rubber Agreement With U.S.
    117 1 Londuu, Au«. 18 THE Colonial Office announced today an additional agreement for the purchase by the United States of further stocks of rubber in this country. The eflect of the agreement is that as soon as the 150,000 tons provided for in the agreement reached
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    Petain's Bid To Gag Free Frenchmen
    27 2 Petain's Bid To Gag Free Frenchmen thi Pi I nv-n in the coi, I Concession cities in Ch the French order f j. fraiii froi farp Reuter
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    SINGER'S BROADCAST
    11 2 MELLA %BH, Sin^anore o'clock. Sh, u a recital of
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    20 2 i. Tan Kah Km delegates ol the MMon vai given bodies in Kwelyai i K?h Ke; give Cliinrse relief u,
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    12 2 ■ben a:. Continuation Sch< are invited to 8 p.m. at the Tamil <
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      25 2 The Fifth Column Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth. m STOP PRESS "Talk About Tifer Instead Advt: of TIGER SS BEER
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    Speeding Up Defence Moves In Emergency
    261 3 rEG ional commissioners j o have wider powers London, Aug. 1!». rt pMsures regarding defence against invasion were r n n..un..Ki bj the Ministry of Home Security this a precaution, a new order has been issued U enat)l<> regional defence commissioners to take awasures
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    New U.S. Warning To Germany
    83 3 New U. S. Warning To Germany ffasfciagteOi Aug. 19. -uj I miH States (.overnment informed l.ermany in a IJS** ihai u exp t cts hat ,rt \mfnran uh..h has mailed from JSL-Mnla-! with 900 Amerivull not suffer action undrrvn hv armed torces." jSrfiiK if" «>n its decision ,^t m tr\n
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    Nazis 'Tall Tales For Export'
    104 3 BID TO INFLUENCE JAPAN SPAIN >ndon. Aug. 19. B described as i H» or!," The Times' j I says: "It I put out their :he week-end I ipan and Spain. »n with which culled all comI r\ni Snanish I «.eek-end showed I i rmas *ee
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    28 3 I a I ondon. %iu. 19. U B 1 >-Jay gold 9 received! view of their rices. Other! teadv with a :as among; wen mostly > Reuter
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    18 3 I* >ndon, Aug. 19. y t no (Conservative) posed at the Mit- r uwed by the death Conservative).
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    Armed With Toy Pistol, Seized Three Nazis
    189 3 A COUNTRY innkeeper and a painter, armed only with a toy pistol, captured three armed Germans who escaped when their plane crashed in a raid on south-west England. The raider was first seen flying low, with a British fighter on its tail pumping
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    AUSTRALIAN TROOPS' 100-MILE MARCH
    71 3 London, Aug. v\. FUR thousand men of the Australian Imperial Force who are on a march of 100 miles are now rtrang out at various points on the route and received a great welcome from the people. The Governor-General yesterday motored from Sydney to Inspect tue
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    Nazi Blockade Threat Is Not Taken Seriously
    216 3 R London, Aug. 19. EUTER'S diplomatic correspondent writes: "It is pointed out in authoritative quarters that, with regard to the German reasons for the declaration of a total blockade against this country, merchant seamen have had enough experience of Germany's acts of lawlessness
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    Japanese Ships OrderedToLeave Danger Zone
    205 3 Japanese Ships OrderedToLeave Danger Zone Tokio, Aug. 19. JAPANESE residents seeking evacuation from the British Isles may be unable to leave as Japanese vessels will no longer call at ports in the British Isles in view of the German "counter-blockade The Ministry of Communications yesterday instructed the captain of the
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    O.S.K. REVISES ITS ROUND-WORLD SERVICE
    74 3 Kobe, Aug. 19. THE danger of the European war extending to the southern Atlantic has prompted the O>aka Shcsen Kaisha to revise the round-the-world service. The 13.000-ton liner Brazil Maru, which is scheduled to sail from Kobe for South America on Sept. 15, will steer
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    Nazi Ship Boarded By Japanese
    133 3 Shanghai, Aujj. 19. A GERMAN coastal vessel was recently de•f* tained by the Japanese naval authorities after sailing to Aukong a port near Wenchow in the vicinity of Shanghai for allegedly violating the Japanese ban on coastal navlgition it fs learned here to-day. The German
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    Europe's Food Problem Is Distribution, Not Supply
    414 3 I> I ndon. Aug. 19. I .ua.icn in .i.ng winter f widespread ed much speculai states and ri I no: 2\rlud:ng abiy reviewed Ot the Journal a: d tha; there need > the Eeono--1 wop* cu. off from i three-year 1933 -he Contini
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    U.S.-Canada Defence Scheme Welcomed
    520 3 THE joint defence scheme agreed on between Canada and the United States, which was announced by President Roosevelt and Mr. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minister, last night, is hailed as being of far-reaching importance. "Defence of Canada is an ultimate, inevitable responsibility for the United
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    Envoy's Remarkable Speech
    143 3 New York, Aug. 19. THE Herald -Tribune points out that the speech of Mr. William Bullitt, Ambassador to France, on the "grave peril facing the United States" is remarkable because he siill holds ambassadorial rank, he was recently in consultation with the President and because the speech
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    Hope For More Assistance From U. S.
    256 3 Hope For More Assistance From U. S. London, Aug. 19. 41 AFTER the speech of Mr. Wendell Willkie, Republican candidate for the presidency, on Saturday, it is clearer than ever that the question of aid for Britain is not to be the issue in the Presidential election contest which is
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    Joint Board
    90 3 Preoident Rooc^Velt and Mr. Mao zeuzAe King, Prime Minister of Canada yesterday announced in a joint statement that they had agreed that "a permanent joint board on defence should be set up at ence by the two countries." The statement said that the board would begin immediate studies
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    MORE NEWFOUNDLAND TROOPS IN BRITAIN
    39 3 London, Auj*. 10. MORE troops from the Dominions arrived in England to-day. They were the fifth contigent of artillery from Newfoundland. They were welcomed by Mr. D. J. Davis, Newfoundland trade Commls- sioner.— Reuter
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    "MALAYA HALL" IN S. INDIAN SCHOOL
    168 3 A KUALA LUMPUR visitor to the RamaKrlsltna Gurakul at t«*?hur. South India, in the course of a communication to us writes, "I met Swami Ajarananda (who visited Malaya last year to collect funds for the school) and went round the various departments in the
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    PREMIER'S STATEMENT IN COMMONS
    109 3 London, Aug. 19. THE mast important event of the week i* Parliament will be a statement by th? Prime Minister In the House of Commons to-morrow on the progress of the war. This review will be followed by a debate In public. and a debate will
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    U.S.-Japanese Talks On S'hai Patrol Issue
    111 3 U.S.-Japanese Talks On S'hai Patrol Issue Shanghai, Aug. 19. rw\HE Shanghai Municipal Council 1 announces it has been decided that American marines will postpone carrying out the compromise plan regarding the patrolling of the British defence sector. As a temporary measure, pending Japanese-American negotiations, th? American authorities 'have acquiesced to
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    A.-A. Gunners' Bag Of 13 Planes
    143 3 London, Aug. 19. TTHE Air Ministry news service 1 states that yesterday 70 German bombers paid British anti-aircraft rrunners the biggest compliment in their powrr they turned back. As the Germans approached the outer part of the Tham?s estuary, they were revived with a
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    The Singapore free press TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1940. More About Taxation
    543 4 The Singapore free press TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1940. More About Taxation IT has not been overlooked that the war loan committees' reports were as important for their comments on potential war taxation as for their advocacy of the raising of $45,000,000 to be presented to the Imperial Government as a
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    Nazi Plans For The Blitzkrieg On Britain
    1376 4  -  HESSELL TILTMAN BY WHEREVER the main Nazi blow against Britain may fall, it is probable that covering landings may be attempted in Lincolnshire or on the sparsely-populated Scottish coast. Possibly also in Wales, if the scheduled prior rising of the Irish Republican Army
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    4 4 MERE COMES THE BRIDE
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    A Singapore Woman's Diary
    2899 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By Mf women's section of the T H ;.,m Patriotic Fund is fan-erin, a new request *K nital applies and com- •in requirements listed chest blankets by 3 feet (these ,heted or cut ankete) Jugr and of fine mesh > to
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    MUSSOLINI CONVICTED BY HIS OWN WORDS
    449 6 IN. view of Mussolini's statement in a recent speech that "a nation is not really great if it does not regard its undertakings as sacred/ 1 and of his promise that Italy does not intend to drag into the conflict her Swiss, Jugoslav, Turkish,
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    Light On Thailand To-day
    799 6 Good Progress Made COR too long has the Occident popularised Siam as a country with a predilection for cats and twins, glittering temple roofs, smells, multitudinous princes and a worldfamous racing motorist in Prince Birabongse. Tucked away from a squ abbiing world, this kingdom with a
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    INQUEST ON YOUNG GAUDER
    1632 7 Counsel's Questions To Dr. Al-Junied •NQUIRY INTO DEATH OF SINGAPORE BOXER s] ||m rarontr's inquiry yesterday into the death of ndcr, who died in hospital following his ith rer P*c« at the New World arena on 11. Al-Jmied, hon. secretary ard adviser to (he Sm^aporc Boxinj?
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    Woman Writer Saw Chungking Air Raids
    304 7 CIVILIAN MORALE UNSHAKEABLE JAPAN'S attempt to break the re- sistance of the Chinese people in Chungking by her "terrorist" bombings of the city, was described as absurd by Mrs. Anne Dyason, an Australian journalist attached to ths Austral-Asiatic Bulletin, who has arrived in Singapore
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    SINGAPORE GURDAWARA TO BE INCORPORATED
    209 7 TH E Queen Street Gurdawara Bill, which will be introduced in the Legislative Council shortly, makes provision to place the Sikh Gurdawara I in Queen Street, Singapore, under an Incorporated Board of Trustees of nine members. The Gurdawara was built out of funds contributed by
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    JAPANESE WOMEN ON WAY BACK HOME
    119 7 T|HE wives of several Japanese diplo--1 mats in London arrived In Singapore yesterday by the Haruna Maru on their way back to Japan. They are Mrs. T. Okamoto, wife of the Japanese Consul General in London, who is accompanied by her two children; Mrs.
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    Sight-Seeing For Sailors
    75 7 picture. SOME 325 merchant seamen from slips at Singapore, were taken on a tour of Singapore and Johore yeste day bv Mr. A. C. Willis, of the Singapore Marine Hostel. Seven omnibuses and 20 private cars were u edou visits to a match factory, a pineapp e
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    Japanese Who Admires British
    111 7 I ADMIRE with all my heart, the energy, tenacity, and fighting spirit of the Britisn nation, and 1 am very sincere about it too," declared Mr. K. Komatz, a Japanese journalist who arrived in Singapore from France yesterday. Regarding the reported Japanese demands for military, air
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    Court Threatens Soldier With Whipping
    184 7 Court Threatens Soldier With Whipping -VOU are becoming a bit of a nuisance, and if you come up again you will receiva the heavy rotan," declared Mr. J. G. Rappoport, Singapore third magistrate, yesterday, addressing Private Robert William Stranghair, 21, of the Manchester Regiment, who admitted stealing a motar-c.ir and
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    PRO-BRITISH SENTIMENT IN GREECE
    148 7 ABOUT ten per cent, of the population of Greece are pro-Nazi, while the other 90 per rent, are definitely pro-British, declared Mr. Paul P. Yannoulatos, a Greek shioowner, who arrived in Singapore with his wife yesterday en tne rlaru.na Maru from India. Mr. Yannoulatos who flew
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    DETFXTIVES ACQUITTED
    120 7 TtHREE Singapore Chineses detectives v» f ere 1 acquitted without their defences being called upon in the Singapore fourth court I yesterday, where they faced summonses charging them with voluntarily causing hurt to a Cantonese cobbler, F^ong Ah Wan, on Julv 20 and 21. The detectives were Wens:
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    FOKMOSAN CHARGED
    62 7 DECCRI32D as a 43-year-oIJ Formosa. Toh Wun Ka, faced a charge alleging that he was in possession of 13 counterfeit Straits $10 currency notes at the Grcpt World on Saturday, when he appeared in the Singapore third court yesterday. Toh, who spoke Hokkien, was offered bail o' $2,500,
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    Chinese Says He Gave $3,000 To Loveday
    1479 7 MORE WITNESSES BEFORE COURT-MARTIAL EVIDENCE that he personally handed tMM to the J accused near the handstand in the Bclmk GaHeM, was given hy Yon# Shou Lin. manager of Woh H«in, contractors, at the resumption yesterday af the tri<»! court martial of Captain
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    London Stock Exchange
    201 9 Ing to press yester- I been received. London, Aug. 16. :e-da\ s closing middle of £1 denomination d: "»4-o4 99-4 nadni U»:i io 19W-90 11 IB .Ho 100 \ssce i Units) 6 ..see A' 18*4 +1 A'estern P.:y Ord. 28 -i —*4 Cmmtona Bai.* £5) £6 'fc
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    54 9 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Ol" Own ♦*rvrrp«»mnr|onT P London, Aug. 19. Exchange market* cios*"i arevto'js nuctauons In VIA XVs Rotterdam: fl3 A Od ■cod Z-d 3\d) 119 ltJd> M 1263 17s 6d>. II 7j eta. Man 9 penned •3\d». id <13d 13\d> 13'.d «13J 13>8d) 13 .d <13d 13%ti) i i <l2\d
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    22 9 i' Mrs^r*"^ 11 Plllay> <! n Mary Ammal. Ifclt D. V. Sandanam a 2! tl th Churrh of Our at 6 am. on
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    ONLY ROOSEVELT CAN RELEASE' U.S. DESTROYERS
    778 9 American Columnists' Views On Situation ...ic lh o? Set BSE .■it.viniS 'It is now the responsibility of Presiaent Roosevelt to bring the matter before Congress," says the 1 columnist, Mark Sullivan. I The advocates of "aid short of war" for Britain, have started a
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    INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF BRITISH PEOPLE
    287 9 London, Aug. 18. THE follow iijg letter has been received by Lord Bcaverbrool:, Minister for Aircraft Production, from Mr. H. H. Merrett. "On Sunday last we received the tragic neva that my son, Hying-Officer Norman Merrett, had lost his life somewhere in Britain while serving
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    Singapore In Wartime
    24 9 picture. A MALAY TAKES A PEEP over the top of a sandbaff pit formed around a well-known Singapore fountain.— Free Press
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    CANADIAN OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
    57 9 McSpaden And Sam Snead Tie Toronto. Aug. 19. HAROLD McSpaden. the holder, and Sam Snead tied, each with an aggregate of 281, in the Canadian Open Golf championship. The tie will be played off over 13 holes to-morrow. The cards were: Snead: 67. 66. 75, 73^281.
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    SCOTTISH FOOTBALL
    49 9 THE following are Saturday's results in the Southern Scottish football league: Albion.. 6 Third Lanark 1 Clyde 1 St. Mirren 3 Dumbarton 2 Motherwell 3 Hamilton 3 Patrick 1 Hearts 2 Falkirk 3 Morton 2 Celtic 0 Queen's Park 2 Airdrie 3 Rangers 5 Hibernian 1 Reuter
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    Blame Laid On Customers
    286 9 Food Dealer Says Bills Are "Cut" "QFFENCES of this kind are ting common, especially I Labiran dealers. I am directed to press for a heavy penalty in th:s case," said Mr. Chia Yong He?, assistant Food Supply Officer, prosecuting Liau Siew Moh, proprietor of Chop Leong
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    THE SINGAPORE C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    117 9 DAILY PRIC ES CIRRtVT Aug. 19, 12 oYloek noon Buyers Selln No. IX R.S.S. Spot IoOK 38 No IX RSS FOB m en m Aug.-s pt. (Sellers option) 38 38 S GFAO RSS O ti 1n bales Aug.-Sept. Sellers option H PAQ RSS
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      183 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Aden surface 1 p.m., air 5 p.m. Africa air sp m British Coloumbia surface 5 p'.m! Burma surface 1 p.m., air 5 p.m. Canada surface 5 p.m. Ceylon air 5 p<ra China: Amoy, Canton, Chuan Chow,
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    Captain & The Cup
    26 10 Captain The Cup Hor Khocn, the Singapore captain, photographed with the H. M. S. Malaya cup for football, whkh Singapore retained on Saturday, beating Kedah two-nil.
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    Weights For Saturday
    228 10 FINAL DAY OF PERAK MEET (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 19. WEIGHTS for the second day of ff the Perak Turf Club's Taiping professional meeting on Saturday are: Horses; Class -I—Div.1 Div. I—Abt.1 Abt. 6 Furs.:— Flying Scotsman 9.04 Moonlight Storm Ahead 8.09 Sonata 8.03 Pretty
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    TENGAH AIRMEN WIN
    39 10 TTHE RAF. Tengah, turning out a 1 spoedier team than their rivals, tha Singapore Harbour team, beat the latter by six g?als to two in a second division (a) game on the los^r'3 i ground yesterday
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    COMPTON AND HARDSTAFF SCORE CENTURIES
    412 10 War Heroes In Home Cricket London, Augr. 19. /^M -D.W cricket matches were played ca Saturday, and ?vcral war heroes were included in the various sides. Results were: At Lard's, in aid of the Red Cross Fund. Sir Plum Warner's XI, including th- tel man,
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    Thursday's Tennis At S.C.R.C.
    444 10 Thursday's Tennis At S.C.R.C. Hughes To Meet Kho Sin Kie AMHOKiH they did not meet in the singles in the recent Malayan tenr is championships, Kho Sin Kie, i e .Malayan champion, and Pat Hughes have been fighting out a little duel of their own in the exhibition matches they
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    Y.M.C.A. WATER-POLO
    56 10 t^il icuowlnc have been selected to 1 play vmtcr-pob for the Y.M.C.A gainst Gordons at 3 p.m. to-day Fjt. Canning in the S.A.S.A. wj.er-poio leaguj diviston two. Teo Sen^ Chew. Fong Kim Choon. D. Fones. Chua Kim Chiang captain* Won? Chee Rwan, William Ye\ TDn Ban Hce. K?servej:
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    R.A.F. MEET THEIR "WATERLOO"
    718 10 Loyals Play Great Game Against Leaders ODD GOAL IN THREE DECISION AT GILLMAN Loyals 2; R.A.F L DOTENTIAL champions, the R.A.F. met their "Waterloo" 1 at Gillman Barracks yesterday when they were beaten two— one by the LO3 als in the first division of the league.
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    "CLIFFORD CUP" GOLF AT R.S.G.C.
    99 10 Draw For First Round JHE following is the draw for the first u™ u of The R °y al Singapore Golf Club's -Clifford Cup"' to be played not later than Sunday, Sept. I.:— w J w H V Kortright vs E A Stevens: A. W.
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    Alice Marble Wins Another Title
    83 10 Manehesier, Mass., Au^. 19. ALICE Marble beat Pauline Belz. of Las Angeles, 6—2. 6 2, in the final of the Essex Country Club's lawn tennis tournament. She thus won her twentysixth consecutive singles title since May, 1938. Reuter. Halifax. Nova Scotia, Aug. 19. Mrs. Little,
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    MIXED FOURSOMES GOLF AT BUKIT TIMAH
    147 10 rpHE Royal Singapore Golf Club's J- first bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition for August was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday afternoon and resulted in a win for Miss N. Clements and J. H. C. Read with a net score of 30 1 Nineteen cards
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    Crab Race At Girls' Sports Club
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    PUBLISHERS LOSE GRIP ON THREE-NIL LEAD
    322 10 Held To Four-All Draw 8y Naval Police At Stadium Publisher* 4; Naval Pfclrc ALTHOUGH they should have won u hal one-sided game in the first half MhiM'ubKhn four-all with the Naval Police in a 213£ (a) soccer match at the stadium yesten At hai;
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    Champions Again
    25 10 The Singapore team, together with roach Your i i shortly before Saturdays Malaya Citv final at K.Singapore heat Kedah twr-r.il t,, retain thr
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    R.S.G.C. WOMEN WIN
    17 10 •T'HE R s 1 the Inland to 35 In an in; at Bukit Tim
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    Y.M.C.A.'s BIG VICTORY OVER FORT CANNING
    108 10 THE Y.M.C A. scored an overwhelm- ing victory over Fort Canning in a division two (b) soccer fixture played at the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday, winning by seven goals to one. The half-time score was two goals to one in favour of the Y's. Orton
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      32 10 To-day's Sports Events SOCCER: First division. Koyal Mvy vs Malays, stadium; Manchester* vs. Fortress R.E., Tanglin; second division (a), R.A.O.C vs. Malaya Signals, Alexandra Road; K I.F. Torpedo vs. Pulau B'ani. Scletar.
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