The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 November 1940

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.241. RBTU Ins:, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, l!)40. 6 CENTS
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    CRACK ITALIAN DIVISION ANNIHILATED
    442 1 Greeks* Extraordinary Military Feat MANY PRISONERS MUCH WAR MATERIAL TAKEN T Athens, Nov. 10. HK crack Italian Alpinist division which was encircled some days ago in the Pindus sector (central front) may now be considered to hava been annihilated, writes Henry Stokes. Reuter's special correspondent with
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    Submarine's Bid To Sink British Warship
    173 1 LO NDON DENIES VICHY STORY OF LANDING IN FRENCH CONGO London, Nov. 10. A < tf^attj communique issued »J" Witn referporta of an official l«eeme: Vichy that a Iron has shelled m Freiuh Congo, and i British ships hare aided uly denied that a
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    Turks' Oath To Defend Country
    105 1 I T Uunbul. Nov. 10. o: Turkey took n I I r wds, especially i madt pUfrimafM I warn stood before I S^** aiu b»*t lowered pictures rounder of the Bed their intention Ineunu in the path Vs eternal chiefs jZ^n their lives for the
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    MOLOTOV FOR BERLIN
    89 1 London, Nov. 10. rE forthcoming visit to Berlin of M. Molotov, Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, was announced in a communique broadcast by the Moscow radio last nisht. stating: "On the invitation of the German Government, and in reply to last year's visit of Ribbentrop (Nazi Foreien
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    500 Killed In Rumania 'Quake
    157 1 London, Nov. 10. EARLY to-day Bucharest was shaken by an earthquake which an official the Bucharest observatory described as the worst since 1802. It L» estimated that 500 people were killed, according to a message reaching Rome from the Rumanian capital. Nearly all buildings in
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    36 1 New York, Nov. 10. URUGUAY and the United States has reached an agreement for the establishment of naval and air bases on the Uruguayan coast, according to I the New York Times' Montevideo ccr- respondent. Reuter
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    Key Pittman Dies From Heart Attack
    90 1 Key Pittman Dies From Heart Attack Reno, Nevada, Nov. 10. fTHE death took place early to-day of 1 Senator Key Plttman, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, from a heart attack. Senator Pittman, who was 68, died only after a day or two after his reelection to the
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    "Our Victory Ever Nearer"—Dobbie
    82 1 "Our Victory Ever Nearer" Dobbie London. Nov. 10. LIEUT.-GEN. Dobbie, acting Governor of Malta, has warned the people of the Island to prepare for sterner threats. He said in a broadcast that the centre of gravity of the war seemed to be moving towards the Mediterranean and the Near East.
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    SUBMARINE H49 IS PRESUMED LOST
    66 1 London. Nov. 10. TPHE Admiralty announces that the submarine H49 (Lieutenant R. R. Coltart) is overdue and must be considered lost. Lieutenant Coltart was one ot the principal witnesses in the inquiry into the loss of the submarine Thetis. He was naral officer aboard the
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    Speed-up From Eight Planes Daily To 70
    69 1 London, Not. 10. A MESSAGE from New York says that a new factory has been completed for the Cnrtiss Aircraft Company at Buffalo. It is stated that when the factory is completed, production will be increased from eight planes a day to between
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    EXECUTIONS ORDERED BY FRANCO
    63 1 Madrid, Not. It. SENOR Julian Zugazagoltla. former editor of the Spanish Socialist organ El Socialist*, and secretary -general of tne armaments department in the Republican zone during the civil w*r. and Senor Crua Sfclido. former assistant editor of the sanv newspaper and Republican und*r-secretary for war,
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    Washington Attitude To Of American Steamer
    226 1 Washington, Nov. 10. WITH the news of the sinking of the City of Rayville in Australian waters, United States interest in co-operation with Great Britain and Australia in the Far East has become more than academic. The State Department is still awaiting further news
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    Neville Chamberlain Dies: Great Efforts For Peace Recalled
    967 1 London, Nov. 10. MR. Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1937 until May of this year, died peacefully last night at his country home in Hampshire, aged 71. -He retired from the War Cabinet only a few weeks ago on
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    Ministers' Tributes To Ex-Premier
    258 1 London, Nov. 10. QNE of the first tributes to be pau) to Mr. Chamberlain came from Mr. C. R. Attlee, the Lord Privv Seal. As leader of the Labour part;. he was Mr. Chamberlain's chiei opponent for some years. Mr. Attlee said Mr. Chamberlain was elected
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    "Post-War Civilization Proved To Be A House Founded On Sand"
    519 2 "Post-War Civilization Proved To Be A House Founded On Sand" REMEMBRANCE DAY SERMON "TN this moment of reflection— nay, of assessment— l can 1 only say that it is not surprising that we have another war, frankly, because we have not really kept faith with those who have died that
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    BREEZY COMEDY AT ALHAMBRA
    107 2 "PROSS-COUNTRY Romance/' the R.K.O J v Radio film which began at the Alham- bra yesterday, is an amusing story about a million-heiress who jilts a dull bridegroom on the wedding day runs away to become j entangled with a scornful young medico. It is not an
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    NEW JAMES STEWART LAUGH HIT
    92 2 "VTiO Time lor Comedy," by Warner I^l Bros., starring James Stewart and Rosalind Russell, which had a midnight i screening nt the Alhambra on Saturday, is a laugh hit. It tells the story of what happens to a playwright famous for his comedies when h*>
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    "NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE"
    128 2 A DISTINGUISHED cast headed by Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll and ineludinfr Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, j Akim Tamiroff and George Bancroft, makes "North West Mounted Police," which had a midnight* screening at the Cathay on Saturday, one of the best films of that famous constabulary
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    RAINSTORM
    86 2 AFTER a long spell of relatively dry weather, Singapore experienced a severe rainstorm yesterday. Starting shortly after 1 p.m., it continued to rain heavily for about two. hcqrs, affecting practically the whole inland. The Bukit Timah area.^xperienced the full force of the storm. Spectators motoring 'iio the. Grand Prix
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    JEWS CONFIDENT OF BRITISH VICTORY
    410 2 JEWS CONFIDENT OF BRITISH VICTORY Large Numbers Are Joining Up rnHERE is an imazing spirit of ccnJL fidence and determination among Jews and Araos in Palestine to face any situation in the future, remarked Dr. Walter J. Fischel, Orientalist of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who arrived in Singapore yes:erday
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    CERTAIN SUCCESS OF "THE SORCERER"
    207 2 EVEN non -lovers of opera will enjoy and appreciate the S.A.D.C. presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Sorcerer,"' which operfe a season at the Victoria Theatre on Thursday in aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund and The War Fund. A dress rehearsal of the production
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    U.E'S. RECREATION CLUB AT HOME
    149 2 |-|EPARTING from previous practice, Jiilj challenge cups were presented to winners j of the various sports events held during the ■year by the United Engine<rs' Recreation j Club, the winners and runners-up having de- cided to donate all the money which would have bern spent
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    IMPROVED HEALTH IN FAR EAST PORTS
    97 2 AN INCREASED incidence of cholera in (British India) over the past I three weeks is reported in the latest health j bulletin issued by the Eastern Bureau of the i League of Nations Health Organization in i Singapore Rapidly .Unproved. conditions <s*ere mfcirfcuaed^duruiff U*e-w<«fc
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    R.A.F. TURN TARGETS INTO MASS OF FLAMES
    640 3 Bombers Carry Out One Qf Heaviest And Most Widespread Raids Of War r London, Nov. 10. T! ,r rune centre of Bavaria s widespread network of 1 Lrk railways, Munich s four-mile long sorting; yard rail*a> workshops were turned into a "mass of
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    Enormous Bomb For Hitler?
    155 3 London, Nov. 10. THE pilots and crews who took part in Friday night's raid on Munich's railway traffic and marshalling yards all agreed that it was one of the most successful operations of recent months. "Our target/' one pilot said, was almost in the centre of
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    London Denies "Destruction Of Convoy" Claim
    170 3 NAZI SUPPLY SHIPS SUNK BY SUBMARINE London, Nov. 9. "TWO enemy supply ships have destroyed by the submarine Sturgeon, which reports that successful attacks were made while the submarine was searching for and harassing enemy coastal shipping, sen ces an Admiralty communique. Another communique
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    Hitler Made To Feel Striking Power Of R.A.F.
    178 3 Hitler Made To Feel Striking Power Of R.A.F. rvrsii *Q* Cloned whe- ma* his speech In I Munich on Fridav s .j plomatie cori that the fact the ti has been post- leas l su p es s rference by the atjombers while th? i; that it had either to
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    357 Raiders Lost In Last Three Months
    58 3 London, Not. 19. IMB hundred und fifty-seven Ger- mil r.ave been shot down fire during the last r nttng one-seventh erf toUl of ra.de rs destroyed The jwres of a large numdarriA^ed. DK these facts, n Increasing tenurmen to drop their diy and
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    Small Enemy Raids On Britain
    97 3 Aroro»«~ London, Nov. 10. A operating singly or in rmaUons and making use d cover penetrated inland yes-w-ernocn and dropped bombs 1 points in the Midlands and -jr*st and south-west England. «5l J^ that a single airJ2l2 ve<l through the clouds and i a shjrt
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    Chungking Protest To French On Transfer Of Courts To Japanese
    212 3 Chungking Protest To French On Transfer Of Courts To Japanese THE chini, S^ an h ai. Nov. 10. *2r Sf P reign Minister Dr ?k With the French Emlutrh transf er of a second r^h of tl COurt and tne thlrd French K n su hl^ court •Vin g r^J?
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    SWEDISH DEFENCE
    41 3 Stockholm, Nov. 10. TPHE Swedish Government has asked for supplementary military credits amounting to 22,000,000 kroner. The greater part of this sum will be devoted to the purchase of artillerv rraterial and for strengthening the coastal defences.— Reutcr. ;jj
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    "Troops In Middle East In Good Heart"—Eden
    315 3 "Troops In Middle East In Good Heart"— Eden WAR MINISTER HAS TALKS WITH TURKISH MISSION M_ London, Nov. 10. R. ANTHONY EDEN, the British Secretary for War, during: his tour of Egypt and the Middle East, saw and had talks with Haile Selassie, ex-Emperor of Abyssinia and Emir Abdullah of
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    Good Progress Made In Delhi Parleys
    69 3 Bombay, Nov. 10. NEARLY 100.000 men enlisted during the first year of war and about 2,000 cadets, both Indian and British, were training for emergenrv commissions, it was dis°los«»d to the Central Assembly by the Defence Minister yesterday. Meanwhile, the various subcommittees at the
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    Mexican Oil Industry Now Placed Under Government Control
    91 3 Mexican Oil Industry Now Placed Under Government Control Mexico City, Nov. 10. rE Mexican oil industry has been placed entirely under federal jurisdiction. A decree has received the approval of the Senate and Chamber o" Deputies prohibiting any concessions to exploit the nation's petroleum resources by Mexicans or foreigners. Limited
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    Huge Cost Of China War To Japan
    105 3 Huge Cost Of China War To Japan Chungking. Nov. It. JAPAN in three years of hostilities J has suffered 1.000.000 casualties, one quarter of which were killed and the remainder wounded or sick, states General Pai Chun-hsi, chief of general staff of the Chinese army, in reviewing the SinoJapanese military
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    Thanksgiving Day In United States
    85 3 Washington, Nov. It. FR the second year President R >os" volt has fixed thanksgiving onweek ahead of its usual observanc day. The President proclaimed that it should be held on Nov. 21 instead o the customary last Thursday of Nov ember. "May we give thanks
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    35 3 Johannesburg, Not. It. TTHE Finance Minister, Mr. Havensa. is following Gen. Hertzog out of tho Reunited Nationalist party. He told constituents that he expected the actiot to mean the end of his political career. Reuter
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    BRITISH NAVAL PARTY AT WEIHAIWEI WITH DRAWN
    70 3 Hong Kong. Nov. 10. BRITISH activity at Weihaiwei— for many years one of the principal garrison points in North China has been brought to a close at least for j the duration of the war, says a Weihaiwei dispatch. The British naval maintenance
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    The Singapore Free Press and Daily News MONDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1940. Give Generously
    668 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1940. Give Generously WHEN you buy your poppy to-day, give more generously than you have ever done to the Earl Haig Fund, because the need is greater than it has ever been during the twenty years since the last war. To-day the Poppy
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    Netherlands Indies Guard Against Attack
    719 4  - Netherlands Indies Guard Against Attack ROYAL GUNNISON -By who was one of the party of American journalists who recently visited the Netherlands Indies and Malaya on an aerial tour of the Pacific region. This is the further article in a series by Mr. Gunnison which is being: published in the
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    NAZIS BUILD ROAD ACROSS NOBWAy
    34 4 ACCORDING 90 th«from the < Norway to He^en A force of 15.000 *^j£t&*^ employed, under German The Germans, it ir^ for a linking ro.^ ir.ark to the O* nn.xn bor
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    Organization Behind Australia's Navy
    646 4 THE Royal Australian Navy has emerged from the first 13 months of the war with a proud record of achievement both in co-ope-ration with units of the British fleet abroad and in home waters. This would not have been possible but for efficient organization of the
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    Eurasian Youth Movement To Aid Air Raid Victims
    2020 5  - Eurasian Youth Movement To Aid Air Raid Victims MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By Y «nith MoveT a variety Friday at the tre, in aid of flavor. Air Raid rls taking part IlC lred and they r to 18. t m has paid for •navbe the fourV mother and m
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    EIRE'S ARMED PEACE
    37 5 The Eire Government is try ins to obtain arms for a defence force of 100.000. Announcing this, the Premier (Mr. de Valera) said that he was certain t.Vio ru»rmle -orrniiH frinrilv nav the COSt.
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    Only Australian To Meet Japanese Emperor
    563 6 HOW SIR JOHN LATHAM IS TO BE PRESENTED CIR JOHN LATHAM, who leaves for Tokio as first Australian Minister to Japan, will enter the Imperial Palace for his first audience with the Emperor through the Emperor's own personal doorway. This is a rare honour
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    Drink And Collapse Of France
    115 6 WITH the Vichy Government looking for scapegoats for the crash of France, and several of its former leaders on trial, the part that excessive drinking played among French soldiers has been brought to light. In fact, it is contended by the French journal Le Temps
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    NAZIS SUSPEND OSLO NEWSPAPER
    94 6 THE Nazi- appointed Norwegian Coun- cil is trying to stamp out sympathy with King Haakon, who is living in exile in Britain. When a man and a woman were seen in the Royal box at Oslo municipal theatre a few nights ago, the audience shouted protests.
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    They Could Not Cure Hitler
    123 6 They Could Not Cure Hitler UITLER'S love of strong coffee might have caused the present war, according to Dr. Ulric Williams, of Wanganui, New Zealand. The Fuehrer suffered from insomnia, said Dr. Williams in a public address. Specialists from many countries had tried to cure this, without success. Every day
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    RING OF AIR FIELDS ROUND AUSTRALIA
    181 6 QRGANIZED by Air Force and cJvil aviation authorities a big programme that will xiiujAustralia completely with aerodromes is at present being carried out. Existing aerodromes are being adapted for Air Force purposes and new ones are being established in many places. The Minister for
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    Australians In England Going To Egypt
    87 6 APPOINTMENTS of officers to the "9th Division, A.1.F.. will not be made until after the troops now in England go to Egypt and are joined by other units from Australia, the Minister lor the Army (Senator Mcßride) announced recently. This is the first official
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    ONE OF FINEST TEST PILOTS
    202 6 Flt.-Lt. R. C. Reynell Killed Over Thames AN Australian, Flight-Lieut- enant R. C. Reynell, 28, described by "The Aeroplane" as one of the finest test pilots in Britain, was killed over the Thames when leading into action the squadron to which he was attached. Reynell
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    RADIO CURE FOR COMMON COLDS
    101 6 CHORT-WAVF therapy treatment, used at Sydney Hospital to cure common colds, "combats disease by raising the number of red and white corpuscles in the blood." This explanation of the treatment, was given by Mr. J. Van Boss, a Sydney e?ectro-therapist. Blood counts showed that when
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    Production OF Aluminium In Australia
    278 6 /COMMERCIAL production of alumina, from which altAminium is made, is now in operation under a new Australian process at Glebe. Aluminium, produced from local low grade ores, will be manufactured hi a few months, according tc White Metals (Aust.), Pty., Ltd.. owners of the factory.
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    20 6 Sir John and Lady Latham in their Melbourne home. Sir John has been appointed the first Australian Minister to Japan.
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    SOVIET LABOUR SHORTAGE
    326 6 Russia Conscripts Her Youth PLANS to conscript between 800,000 and 1,000,000 Russian boys in the 14-17 age groups each year for labour schools to learn manual trades and railway work are reported by the Daily Telegraph's Moscow correspondent. "After that," he adds, "they will be sent for
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    Alien Missionaries Arrested In Australia
    98 6 Alien Missionaries Arrested In Australia ARCHBISHOP Mannix of Melbourne has protested against the arrest of certain Alien missionary priests and brothers at Kimberley, Western Australia "I have not yet had a satisfactory decision," said Archbishop Mannix. "The arrests are an outrage. "This is the first opportunity I have had of
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    "FAILED TO BE GUIDED "
    31 6 "FAILED TO BE GUIDED Three summonses against Reynolds News and the Co-ooerfrttve Press of Manchester, alleging publication of matter not passed by the censor, were heard at Bow Street Police Court.
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    AIR FORCE WILL WIN THE WAR FOR BRITAIN
    409 6 50,000 Trained Men Will Be Available Annually REINFORCEMENTS under the Empii, lt Scheme will be increased until 50,000 fuUy^nfcM,!?! entering the fight each year and 20 per cent „f t| T come from Australia, states the Department of \in, tin bu| "The
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    TOSSED ABOUT FOR 55 DAYS
    174 6 Terrible Expert Of Two Welshmen TWO youns Welshing been landed by air Nassau, in thr ISuhamas a fw a horrify iii S <•>. whence 'fc open boat when r.tst aHay j their sunken ship. They are Roben <19«. of Card-. in d Wiftm? Widdeccmbe <24
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    SPEAR THROWING RITUAL
    83 6 THE fetUsh" defeated "The tomans' when Bathurst Us al.origines held i spear-tin<M rtual recently TRese were the :..imes the rt^J*' gave to the opposing forces The fight t> d at "pica**' daylight < early dawn) and «H< dusk. While the didgeridoos uuoden pipes kept up an incessant
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    MANY INDO-CHINA OFFICERS PRO-DE GAULLE
    516 7 MAN Y INDO-CHINA OFFICERS PRO-DE GAULLE Escaoe From Colony Entails Risks jgVERAL ARE NOW WITH FR EE FRENCH FORCES tM i fx"^ jt <l! lhm> Friluh nav a* and air force *bt Ht v to Mahya from Saigon in a li^ht in trier to 'lo our duty and offer our
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    Chinese Officials Pass Through Singapore
    127 7 -ti- panj or t Tfh-rhen. chairt Department of u-vprnment who JJiji ;*>rr on Thurs- Kai-shek's ative. were in -;pi period yester- Tien Cnian, I o^> Department j Chu Shin. Vu Teh-chen. and Chinese Consul- ...,aport- q > Mod an to ["he? were mot at Chinese
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    KILLED IN RAID ON LONDON
    71 7 KILLED IN RAID ON LONDON <>r respondent i IVr.in s Nov. 10. HE. Immigration tatng, has received a forming him of the death of ■°«*r. Mrs. E. Roch\ Sh~ was a ■in .\\t raid on London on 2*5? y ni ht Roche was 65 B leaves live sons. One 2
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    NAZI AMORALITY AGAINST CONFUCIAN MORALITY
    778 7 ADDRESSING a large crowd in Cantonese at the opening of the Chinese fair in aid of The War Fund at Bukit Bintang amusement park, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday, Dr. Victor Purcell, M.C.S., contrasted the doctrine of Confucius with the perverted claims of Nazi-pseudo-scientists. After a brief
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    Satisfaction At Progress Of Batavia Talks
    216 7 WHAT JAPANESE TOLD MR. TOYODA t f PHE Japanese economic mission x now in the Netherlands Indie;-. arc expected to conclude their talks soon after the return to Batavia of Mr. I. Kobayashi, leader of the delegation who was recalled to Tokio to report
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    Blood Donors Wanted
    200 7 ANOTHER 3,000 ARE REQUIRED I^ONOKS are still urgently wanted for the Blood Transfusion Service. Only 2,100 volunteers have so far been registered and if effective service is to be given in the event of an emergency in Singapore at least 5,000 are required. It is believed that
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    RAN AWAY FROM HOSPITAL
    225 7 (Ffcom Our Own Correspondent.) Mnar, N«r. It. A EUROPEAN giving his name as R. M. /V Dronz and who said he was a soldier, was today produced before Inche Haron bin Ahmad, Mnar magistrate, and charged with the theft of a bicycle valued at $10. Ocurt
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    ROAD CASUALTY FIGURES
    80 7 RETURNS of road deaths and accidents in Singapore for the week-ended Nov. 7 show that the total of deaths this year up I to that date was 38 compared with 40 fc the whole of last year, while the numb of persons injured in street accidents he
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    BOYS' BRIGADE INSPECTION
    49 7 fITHE eighth annual inspection and display of the third Singapore company of the Boys' Brigade will be held to-morrow at the Anglo-Chinese School hall in Coleman Street «t 5.15 pjn. The inspecting officer will be Mr E. V. Da vies, headmaster of the Rangoon Road School.
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    PARACHUTING RECORD
    94 7 A WORLD'S record in parachute jumps was created recently by George Waltz, chief tester for the Triangle Parachute Company in Chicago. Using two parachutes. Waltz made 38 parachute jumps between 6.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wnile he went aloft for one jump, a packer a man who folds
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    Greater Need This Year
    297 7 CHARITIES HELPED BY BRITISH LEGION "DEMEMBER the Greater Ned- Even More Generously." Such i j the special plea made by the British Region this year on behalf of the Po PPi Day Fund, collections for which Srti; bp made m Malaya to-day A .special instance of
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    "Malaya Ought To Give Generously"
    910 7 GENERAL BOND'S APPEAL FOR EARL HAIG FUND EMPHASIZING the fact that Malaya has been §pmx*& heavy blows" of war. that life here '.roes m very much as usual and that trade b booming in many directions, Lieut-Gen. L. V. Bond, General Officer Commanding, Malaya, in
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      385 8 P.&O. and BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. The best possible services are being maintained by The P. O. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to register
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    Chinese Give Full Support To Poppy Day
    1108 9 By Our Chinese Correspondent TO-DAY is an important day lin the relations between the Chinese and the local authorities for it marks the beginning of greater co-oper-ation between the two in aid of the British war effort. The Chinese are making a special
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    Appeal For Sino – British Co-operation Endorsed
    529 9 Appeal For Sino British Co-operation Endorsed LETTER TO EDITOR STRONG endorsement of the appeal of Mr. Tan Ean Kiam, a Singapore banker, for Sino-British co-operation "for the restoration of good order in the Far East" reported in the Free Press last week, is made in a letter by the Rev.
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    LAW CLERKS' ASSOCIATION
    378 9 New Activities Planned rORMED nearly a ptat afjO th« Singapore Lav/ Clerks' Assccidtisti now assumes officijl Statas wi' i The it mi i nnouncement that It ha- t> exempt' d Iron: registration F:ans arc beine: Bade lor mmencement of literary nd sports v!t:es— a programme i T
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    BRITONS CALM IN NAZI AIR RAIDS
    361 9 Better Shelters Fo-: Civilians Planned UfHILE everybody is in agree with the old soldier's vi m that nobody can get wed the terrors of bombin British cii ians are troin:» B long way *ow: reducing the shocks by accu ming themselves to life underground.
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    "GOD SAVE THE KING" IN NORWAY
    44 9 According to the Norwegian Telegraph Agency, a crowd of 30.000 at a football cup final in a larg? Norwegian city defied warnings, st icd barer! e. ded. and sang "God Save the King. and tiv Norwegian national anthem
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    FREE CABLE SERVICE
    49 9 Cable messages from English, child re:ugees in Australia will be I i*e Their parents in Ensland will also be able to send c oe free mcasi; e a month. The service has been image* by Cable and Wire'.css. Ltd. In BO aaKrw* Itton with Amalgamated Wfreteai
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      274 9 ytNI)KKS ,vUed for the or services tor .--j i.nders Date of ,1 Tender pti isc A. c. VoJ 56 nm Jan. I to Middl t] Dite of i t 1940. I. h Pi Closing. ran I INL rtfl and (i «Dep Nov. Cabrera ;*nJ 0 isit C)i)». 15, ,a n,
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      198 9 PUHIJC NOTICES THE TAPAH RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED 1 Incorporated in the S.S I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 5 per cent., on account of the year ending Dec. 31, I'.HO, has been declared by the Directors and payable to the shareholders on the Register on Uurday,
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      137 9 Post Office I MaiMJst Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY HSm air 4 P»Africa air 4pm Africa (Bouth) surface 11.30 am' ur P a air 4 p.m'. Ceylon air 4p m jPw! air 4 p.m Great Britain etc air 4pm J*** air 4 p.m'. Ja^ a
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      256 9 Law Notice For The Week List of cases for the week Commencing to l£for7the Honble The A*. Chief Justice in Court No. 1: To-day at 11 a m —Summonses in CnambC T^morrow at 10.30 a.m. -Magistrates Appeals— Abdul Razak b. Naina Mohamed vs. Rex. Arthur Derbyshire vs. Rex. Criaran Singh
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    MUNICIPAL SERVICES SCORE 5-2 VICTORY
    607 10 Good Support For War Fund Football Game CLARKE SHIELD PRESENTED TO WINNING TEAM Municipal Services ..5; Government Services.. AFTER missing many early opportunities, the Municipal Services settled down nicely to take their chances and beat the Government Services by five goata to two m vSterday's
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    Chin Tee And Chong Tee In Men's Final
    671 10 Chin Tee And Chong Tee In Men's Final SINGAPORE BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS POR the second time in their T careers. Yap Chin Tee of the Devonshire BP. »«i T Chonj T^ of the Marifold 8.P., will fi*ht out the issae in the men's open stofles in the Singapore badminton ctaamTh^ h
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    HOME SOCCER RESULTS
    305 10 FOLLOWING were the results of English and Scottish league soccer matches played on Saturday. NORTH Blackburn 1 Burnley 1 Bury 5 Stockport 2 Chester 6 Crewe 0 Doncaster 4 Sheffield Wed'day 4 Everton 5 Manchester United 2 Grimsby 3 Manchester City 2 Halifax 3 Hull 0 Leeds
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    SELANGOR STATE FOOTBALL TEAM BEAT AIRMEN
    240 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Koala Lumpur, Nov. 9. THE R.A.F. suffered the flrst defeat of their up-country soccer tour when they went down by two goals to nil to a Selangor tftate team to-day at the Stadium. The game was fought out at a
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    Army Rugby
    63 10 A thrilling game of rugger, In which play always reached a good standard, was witnessed on the padang on Saturday, when Singapore and Johore beat the Army by twelve points (four tries) to three (a penalty goal). The game was one of the Malayan Rugby Union's special fixtures
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    PRACTICE RUNS OVER THE GRAND PRIX COURSE
    748 10 Peng Han Returns Best Time; Phillips 5 Narrow Escape TEN of Malaya's finest racing motorists had their full quota of thriHs when they turned out for practice runs yesterday on the spectacular course where on Saturday and Sunday, the Johore Grand Prix Motor
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    Y.M.C.V. HOCKEY
    127 10 fpHE following have been selected to A play hockey r the /.MCA. vs. on Argylls' team ac 5.19 p.m. to-day, on the Y.M.C.A. ground: V. N. Pillay. F. Weils, V.F. Xavier, R.T.L. Fleming, Goh Chin Chye, S. R. Vickers. Lr>w Huck Yang, 18. Suiata, A. C. Gauiitaun. Lee
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    Road Cyclic Race Won By Chinese
    325 10 Road Cyclic Race Won By Chinese J EADING a thrilli 18-year-oldc hin^ f l h n s third bicycle road r^ "**>&£ annex the cup pre^nt^ 1 The distancr, 3£i, lu by Kwa Chin sw,,* fft, 1 »CM I by Itam bin cyclist. rt J *r.- Kwa Chin Sun lU
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    M.C.U. HOCKEY TEAMS
    56 10 fTVHE following will rfpr JL Medical Coll^: 1 Union Indian As.soc:a':<>r; a; the I.A. grouna it S l5 A. Duray Ratnam; Ong S» Jaswant Singh. Neoh Thw. Hera Sinph. L. Y Alvu Ho Un ft* Kuldip Singh. Abdul Hamid i Armstrong. G N Hughes R^ffm. Sarban Singh.
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      30 10 To-day's Sports Events R»C«*r L°*» b vs H M N T Base CiUm»n Barrack^ Collere Union. ier: A*RC auxnrrwsa SRC Tost Omce Club vs. St. K^vH '"a General Hospi al.
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