The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 June 1941

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,33*. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, i941. 5 CENTS
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    ALLIES' SUCCESSES IN SYRIA
    799 1 Lake 3 Towns: 30 Miles From Damascus Win Over French Officials Troops In Captured Areas GERMANS ASSERT THEY ARE "NONPARTICIPATING OBSERVERS" FSLi^™- .™*C*B IN THEIR POUR-PRONGED DRIVE^NtoVrIA^RE UNITED PRESS™ RETWEEN M AND 40 MILES FROM DAMASCUS, REPORTS, WORT^«s^i I L, 1 I -S ARNED FROM AN
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    U.S. Army Is Ordered To Seize Plane Factory
    217 1 U.S. Army Is Ordered To Seize Plane Factory FIGHTING AT GATES Washington. June 9. WHUWBn Roosevelt has ordered Iraq feo take over the North it ion Corporation's where the workers are on I New York cable. The -ates of the factory *%ere «pcneii h> the management at 6.30 i time
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    ALLIED ACTION ENDS PALESTINE TENSION
    56 1 Jerusalem, Jane 9. BMBt of the allied entry into! I «d Lebanon yesterday morning J**/ >f tension in Palestine and filterable ™U*< to all communihad been anxiously scanning ?*v rep,>no of German inflitrxtion Into K mandated territory. J? acclaiming the allied action 1 7 f
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    Quo Tai-chi May Arrive Here To-day
    112 1 Manila, June 9. *THE former Chinese Ambassador to London and new Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. Quo Tai-chi, arrived here on the American Clipper to-day and was greeted at Cavlte by Mr. J. B. Vargas, secretary to President Quezon, and the Chinese Consul-General, Dr Young.
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    R.A.F. Batter Libya Bases
    184 1 Cairo, June 9. WHILE RAF. and Royal Australian Air Force planes are giving continuous support to the Allied forces in Syria, the main weight of the R.A.F. bombing effort is still being directed against Axis bases in Libya. To-day's R.A.F. Middle East communique rerorts heslvy raids
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    U.S. Destroyer Drops Depth-Charges Near U-boat
    135 1 U.S. Destroyer Drops DepthCharges Near U-boat New York, June 9. "WHILE President Roosevelt is, waiting for the Germans to shoot, there has already been shooting," says Alsop Klntne? writing in the New York Herald-Tribune. He declares that an American destroyer, while picking up survivors of a British vessel sunk not
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    Axis To Launch Greatest Offensive Yet?
    295 1 Istanbul, June 9. A LONG the Axis-held coastlines from the Black Sea fmt of Constanza to Genoa there is proceeding to-dav a scramble for ships, ships of all sizes and description anything that can be thrown into what i* confidently expected by military and
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    TARGETS IN WESTERN GERMANY ATTACKED
    59 1 London, Jane 9. A IRCHAFT of the bomber command attacked targets in western Germany last night, says an Air Ministry communique. It continues: "Though they were not on a large scale, the operations achieved successful results, especially at Essen and Dortmund, where large fires were
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    Cyprus Said Bombed
    29 1 Cyprus Said Bombed A London, June 9. XIS planes violently bombed port installations and defence works m Cyprus last ni*ht. the Rome Radio announced from Ankara to-day.- United Press
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    G.O.C. For Egypt
    159 1 G.O.C. For Egypt I Mid on. June 9. THE War Office, reports Reuter, an--1 nounces to-day that Lieut-Gen. Sir James Marshall-Cornwall, whose appointment as General Officer Commanding in Chief was announced last week without definition of the duties of the new post, has assumed command of the British forces in
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    DUCE TO SPEAK
    31 1 MUSSOLINI is likely to speak to-morrow lfl evening, according to the Popolo d Italia In announcing this the newspaper says a Government statement will be made tomorrow Reuter
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      268 2 •j[ Best Actress of 1940? f*3MJJPPIIPPI fHKji Cw T ltf E* 19 19 tf^i C 1 V^ C K^ Uwnll A^ JEv JKm C| jam t^p jy^^P^BßiillHMg^^^W^^^^^^^^^^^^^M^K '•GINGER ROGERS GIVES THE BEST B^^BSH^^^^S PERFORMANCE OF HER CAREER WHICH mSßtKm^Sm^^^^m RIGHTLY. EARNED HER THE COVETED MOTION PICTURE ACADEMY AWARD" STRAITS TIMES.
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      283 2 Acclaimed by LAST NIGHT'S CROWDS as ONE OF THE GKKATEST Kl>j < of ADVENTURE EVER SCREENED GENERAL SCREENING STARTS TO -DAY CAPITOL 3.15, 6.15 9.1S MISS BETTY BRYANT has kindly consented to make a personal ifpca^. at the 6.15 and 9.15 performances TO-NIGHT Charles Chauvel's magnificent epic of the AUSTRALIAN
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      93 2 MAIL LIST Malls doee at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY •America:— Canada, Newfoundland, U.S.A. Central and South America and West Indies air 4 p.m. *Ecrope:— All destinations with which postal communicationi are maintained air 4 p.m. Indo-China air 9.30 a.m. •Pacific Islands:— Guam and Hawaii air 4 p.m.
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    Mass Exodus Follows flew Alexandria Raid
    347 3 EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS SITUATION j 4t. i -iwv Alexandria, June 9 p. estimated that 000 persons were killed or wounded I dlir n «m* out over Alexandria Saturday. The r_id lasted five hours, says United PrJT A mass exodus was under way from Alexandria
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    U.S. FACES WAR THREAT
    161 3 Washington, Jane 9. ro iugr* Administration officials id yesterday that the United v the gravest threat in hex and warned Americans that mvc to make sacrifices and .v Ihvc our measure of r. and tears." secretary of War. Mr rs n. asserted, "It may be Germany
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    Hint Of U.S.-Japanese War By Spokesman
    122 3 Hint Of U.S.- Japanese War By Spokesman Tokio. June 9. .0 ooubt as to the efficiency of •«*m *uv\x i ated bv ihe United Sttttt. (.^ptain Hideo Hiraide. Navy spokesPMnaQf in an article in the, Miyafco d-smbes Uie American naval aein ';n>.f-t>!din<? halfway measure awatt•og ooaa war fever reaching the
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    33 3 Loodoo. Jbm t. rO m Qvrm*nj'A new Messerschmitt 109's vhkh were engaged in a sweep of tta* mth-e±,i ro«3t of Britain this afternoon shot down. apparraUj by a single Spitft*. at<> »he Reuter
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    Vichy Protest To Great Britain
    40 3 Vichy, Juno 9. THE French Ambassador at Madrid to-day handed the British Ambassador, Sir Samuel Hoare, the French OoYernment's protest against the Allied forces* entry into Syria, it was officially announced here to-day. United Press
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    Next Few Days To Decide Batavia Talks
    246 3 Next Few Days To Decide Batavia Talks Tokio, Jmmt THE AMhl Shimbttn to-day asserted that the next few days wIU decide the fate of the Dutch But Indies parley for which there Is little hope for a successful conclusion because Foreign Office officials, having scrutinised detailed reports from Bataria, have
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    Juliana, Bernhard To Visit Roosevelts
    89 3 I London, June 9. T is understood in official Dutch circles in Lcndon that President Roosevelt has invited Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard to spend the day with him and Mrs. Roosevelt on the occasion of their forthcoming visit to the United States. The invitation
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    DOIHARA GIVEN NEW POST IN TOKIO
    101 3 Tokio, Joe 9. QEN. Kenji Doihara. member of Supreme War Council, has been appointer inspectorgeneral of the army and air force concurrently, replacing Lieut. -Gen. Yainashita, who has been appointed Supreme War Councillor. Tliis is announced by the War Office to-day. Gen. Doihara was
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    NAVAL LOSSES
    27 3 London, June 9. I*HE Admiralty announces that the anti-aircraft cruiser Calcutta and the destroyer Hereward and Imperial were lost during the withdrawal from Crete.- Reuter
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    34 3 Shanghai. June 8. |T is rumoured that lacal German purchasing agents are engaged in buying up all local supplies of bulk iodine and castor oil and also chemicals, presumably for transport to Germany.— Reuter
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    Arab States "Formidable Bastion Of Defence"
    313 3 I Cairo, June 9. N Cairo's thousands of cafes where tiny cups of Turkish coffee tinkle incessantly and hookah-smokers listen to shrill Arabian music and singing over the radio, the Allied entry into Syria is the main topic of conversation and the Allied action
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    Nazi Raiders Driven Off
    186 3 London, June 9. COR the first time for several weeks, formations of German aircraft attempted daylight sweeps off the south-east coast. All were driyen back by oi'^ fighters and ground defences It L> now clear that the daylight air front is well over the other side
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    Clipper Makes Forced Landing Near Libson
    104 3 London, Jen* S. A FORCED landing by an American Clipper hi the sea off Setubal, 20 miles south of Lisbon, was successfully made last night in a severe rainstorm and heavy mist when the pilot found he was unable to land at the usual
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    "SUSPICIOUS" FIRE
    57 3 Wheefcn?, West Virginia. Jane 9. A FIVE-HOUR fire of "suspicious origin" occurred to day in the Wheeling Machine Products Company plant. It is estimated that the damage totals a million dollars, property and highly specialized machinery beinj destroyed. The machinery was used for the construction of munition components
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    Australian Film's Grand Premiere
    362 3 CELDOM does a film screened in Singapore achieve applause at iU conclusion, but ihia rarity happened at the Capitol iaat night following the highly successful War Fund premiere of a grand tribute to the AustraJian Light Horse— "Forty Thousand Horsemen/ 1 produced and directed by Charles
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      75 3 Cairo, June 10. The progress of the British entry into Syria try the coast route from Tyre and beyond the general line inland is announced by a communique from British Middle East headquarters this evening. It states: ''Penetration of the Allied forces into Syria b progressing. By this morning they
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      145 3 Los Angeles. Jane 9. Tear-yas so— bs were used to break the picket Uses »t the North American Aviation Corporation factory. The pickets retreated tort soon returned an* re- formed their Imes. Meanwhile, however, police had formed two other lines through which workers could reach the factory fates. A company
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      27 3 London, Jane 9. K Is confirmed In authority ire quarters iii I. i.lon, says Renter, that the Iraoi Government lia« broken off dtp««tnatic relations with Italy.— Reuter
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    2 More Enemy Supply Ships Sunk In Atlantic
    131 3 2 More Enemy Supply Ships Sunk In Atlantic London, June t. *raE Admiralty has announced that two more enemy supply ships, which were senring the Bismarck, have been Intercepted and sunk fry the Royal Navy. These are in addition to the three supply ships and an armed trawler announced on
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    COASTGUARD CUTTER'S RESCUE ON PATROL
    106 3 N«w Y«rk. Jim ft. A COASTGUARD cutter back from kM patrol reported they had picked up M of a crew of 80 of the refrigerator ship Marconi, which was sunk 270 miles southeast of Greenland, and took then to St Johns. Newfoundland. The rescued men
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1041. The Aftermath Of Crete
    607 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1041. The Aftermath Of Crete THE British people are determined that the lessons of the bloody battle of Crete shall be taken to heart. That much is clear from the comment from the London Press and views of the man-in-the-street cabled by the
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    The Prime Minister Often Works 18 Hours A Day
    1397 4  - The Prime Minister Often Works 18 Hours A Day H.J.J. SARGIKT By WHEN Winston Spencer Churchill, Prune Minister of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, to give him his formal title, rose this morning, he had no idea when his day's work would finish. He never has. To him
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    MORE EMPIRE AIR FIGHTERS
    214 4 MORE EMPIRE AIR FIGHTERS THE number of pilot officers ana sergeants trained under Britain's Empire Air Training Scheme is now over one-third more than the total originally aimed at. The flrst contingents of them have been posted for active service -in the United Kingdom from the Empire Training Schools which
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      119 4 First in Malaya NUMONT FUL-VUE rhe rennement and symmetry of Numont Ful-vue styling is evident at a glance. Here is truly nandsome eyewear Each of ;ne features oelow is an added reason for selecting Numont Ful-vue for your own glasses. 1. Endpieces not attached to lenses. Numont Ful-vue construction eliminates
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    Hospital Benefit Night At Raffles Nets Nearly $3,000
    1801 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By SATURDAY night saw a big |J crowd at Raffles Hotel foi the dance in aid of St. Andrew's Mission and Orthopaedic Hospitals. It was the final benefit night in aid of Hospital Week and close on
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    "Kitty Foyle" Star
    46 5 GINGER ROGERS, who stars in "Kitty Foyle" the R.K.O. film coming to the Alhambra shor ly- Blue dungarees are combined with a blue and white spotted blouse in her playtime outfit, and note the bunch of field daisies she wears as a buttonhole.
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    Novel Addition To U.K. Merchant Fleet
    197 5 AS part of a plan to tap a new source of merchant tonnage, the British Admiralty is now equipping with up-to-date plant derelict shipyards dismantled during the slump of a decade ago. Vessels are to be huilt in sections at ordinary steelworks inland and
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    U. S. AIR EXPERTS' TOUR OF CHINA ENDS
    70 5 Shanghai, June 9. j^PTER three weeks spent in Free China inspecting the Chinese air force and aviation facilities. Brig. Gen. Henry Claggctt and Col. Harold George, of the United S*a 4 es Army Air Corps, and Com Edward Mcdonnal of the United
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      142 5 |Jhe Visits Wssf) ELIZABETH ARDEN X l\ regularly /Ta^N. She looks younger than her pass- port reveals, for she never misses her weekly treatment at Mavnard's /r fc _^s^ N Elizabeth Arden Salon where her *f, face is studied, her type and beauty f ~~*^^C "^^N. problems analysed. I She's
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    Pilots Who Had "Ring-Side View" Of Naval Drama Tell Story
    664 6 Pilots Who Had "RingSide View" Of Naval Drama Tell Story pROM his lofty seat in the blue," the pilot of a Swordfish torpedo-bomber gazed down on the world-stirring naval drama which ended in the sinking of Germany's greatest battleship, the Bismarck. Torpedoed from air and water. Dombed from above and
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    CANADA'S ORDERS TO U.S.
    78 6 EARLY placement of large orders for C^ nadian munitions, explosives nd light artillery is expected to result trcm a. United States Army survey of Canada's defence industry. A military mission which has just -^turned is dubious whether it will be 2ble to give Canada $300.C00,000 worth
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    Bismarck's Short-lived Cruise
    47 6 Sketch plan shows route followed ftp Bismarck from Bergen, her inter- ception north of Iceland, and the subsequent dramatic chase which ended when she was 400 miles from Brest to which port she was headed in a desperate bid to shake off her pursuers.
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    Vichy Representatives In Australia Are Warned
    379 6 /X)NSULAR representatives of the Vichy Government in Australia were warned by the Minister for External Affairs, Sir Frederick Stewart, recently to exercise the greatest caution in their utterances and activities. He was referring to a statement made in Sydney by the Consul-General for Prance,
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    Mr. Menzies
    177 6 r[E Australian Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) has evolved a "mystery" formula for bringing the political parties into closer and more active co-operation in war administration, says Hugh Dash, Sydney Daily Telegraph Federal political roundsman. He is expected to discuss it in detail with the War Cabinet
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    Formula To
    242 6 u abour Part y !s Prepared for a showdown with the Labcui leader Mr Curtin, unless what it terms the ''present party inertia »is over?ome P r»oUl ere^ are memb <?^ in the Labour IoWAcZ wV^ 6 WUh Mr MenzU?s fioiirf. wr l n lin g. especially in
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    Said To Have Evolved Formula To Achieve Po itical Unity In Australia
    327 6 (1) Mr. Menzles wants to return tc Lonion wLhin the next two (2) He will not contemplate going unless the stability of government in Australia is guaranteed. (3) He believes that it would be futile for other than
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    COUNCIL PLEA FOR^A PERMANENT RESIDENT OFFICER IN DELHI
    1079 7 Shortage Of Indian Labour Hampering Malayan War Effort DESCRIBING the Indian labour shorts *i Uin the country as threatening to cons?kuto pnto, Mr. F I). Risseker, speaking a? the iJrisßlS oumil yesterday, asserted there were strong lS T fo su^estin* thai the
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    Case Ends After Ten-Day Hearing
    314 7 MR. C. H. Whitton, the traffic magistrate and district judge, reserved judgment yesterday when, after ten days of hearing, the case in which Ong Joo Chin has been on trial on a charge of causing grievous hurt to an air raid warden by driving his
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    NAVY IN THE PACIFIC
    29 7 Sir Geoffrey Layton, Com-mander-in-Cbief, China Station, is to broadcast from the Singapore station to-night ct 9.15. He will sperJc on the Navy m the Pac'.nc.
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    52 7 LAM Hoi Tim of Chop Hip Yik. South Bridge Rort. Singapore, pleaded guilty in the fourth court yesterday to a charge of importing restricted goods— 29 cotton curtains and 92 cotton bed flouncing*, valued at $69.25 *was convicted and fliwd $400 or three months' rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. K. Byrne,
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    Daylight Saving: A Compromise
    461 7 THE Daylight Saving Ordinance, which would advance Malayan time seven and a-half hours ahead of Greenwich mean time was one of eleven Bills read for the first time by the Attorney-General, Mr. C. G. Howell, at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday. To put the clock forward
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    Chinese Faces Blackmail Charge At Assizes
    488 7 I ALLEGATIONS that a European who had been indulging m indecent practices had been blackmailed into paying out various sums of money rnn&ing from $5 to $500, were made at the Assizes yesterday before Mr. Justice Manning and a common jury. In the dock
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    Trade Talks In Bat a via
    22 7 n H t HZ %2S SHLME BED.SAPPOINTED with the reply or the Netheriands Netherlands Indies delegation.
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    'No Anomalies In Teachers' Salary Scheme Requiring Consideration'—Dr. Linehan
    378 7 'No Anomalies In Teachers' Salary Scheme Requiring Consideration Dr Linehan the question asked by Capt. N. M. Hashim in the Legislative Council yesterday if Government recognized the anomalies existing in the Teachers' salary scheme and the anomalies in the scheme compared with the General Clerical Service scheme, the Director of
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    TRADES UNION LAW IN FORCE IN THE F.M.S,
    175 7 TRADES UNION LAW IN FORCE IN THE F.M.S, 'From Our Own Correspondent, Kuala Lumpur, June 9. UIHAT has been described as an "instrument for the settlement of trade disputes, the Trades Unions Regulations will come into force in the Federated Malay States to-morrow. One of the aims of the Trades
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    MEMBER OF UNLAWFUL SOCIETY
    121 7 ■^THEN the police raided a hut on the island of Pulau Übln off the coast of Changi on Apr. 13, they found seditious documents under the mat on which the occupant of the hut slept, it was stated In tho third court yesterday. The occupant, Choo
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    Patriotic Spirit In Colony
    564 7 Patriotic Spirit In Colony "I DO hot thinK it is enough for people 1 in this loyal Colony )u*t to be loyal —I think they want to manifest their loyalty not only by anything thev do and say but also by the way in which they deal with others who
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    DEATH OF MRS. ALICE K. C. BLACKWOOD SEWELL
    158 7 THE death of Mrs. Alice Eliza Cocy BUck- wood S< weJ ccurrcd at thr residence of her daughter. Mrs. A. V. Gibbmg.s. at South Perth, Western Australia, on Sunday Mrs. Blackwo.d Sewell was a daughter of the late Robert Donaldson of Peebles,
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    ONLY THROUGH POST
    55 7 NO person may convey into or out of the Federated Mftlay States, other than by post, articles Including newspapers, pamphlets, leaflets, books maps plans, literature f«»r the blind. po<-ta'?e stamps or any other articles recording information by words, signs or otherwise Articles which have been at>;>roved hff
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    U-BOATS WILL BE EXTERMINATED
    93 8 Detroit, lufn GERMAN U-boaU will to dnw» r *J the seas "within a rriinrtk time 1 by the development of a d-vuv catch them on the sun ace at night declared Mr Charles Kettering famous American ensine^rin^ mafnat' and vice -presid out 01 General Mote: In
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    Unpleasant Task Was Forced On Britain
    571 8 PRESS comment on Syria reflects the view that the British acti! taken in response to widespread public demand tha* the A?"" should not be again forestalled by G?rmany. hi Editorials warn that the task of the British forces will not necessarily be easy and
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    TREASURE ISLAND RADIO
    68 8 THE Wireless Station on Tiraiure Island. San FrarxLiCo Bay. (K. G.E.I.' announces that it rill be iff the air for days as from to-day. It is understood th»' the station is being .T.ovcd to anoth r AJ.BC Nems bu!l(»ttn can b* h»*»ro t? M&laya at 3.20 pjn
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    25 8 Chungking. Jm THE British Ambassador. Sir Arch Ibald Clark Kerr is scheduled leave Chungking by air tft-morn i a short trip to Hon* Komi Reuter
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    40 Per Cent. Dividend By Gammons PROFIT DOUBLED
    168 9 40 Per Cent. Dividend By Gammons PROFIT DOUBLED CHAREHOLDERS in Gammon Y (Malaya) Ltd. are to receive a total distribution of 40 per cent, in respect of the year ended Jan. 31 last. The accounts were issued yesterday and show that the net profit for the year, after providing for
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    COURT GRANTS INTERIM INJUNCTION
    116 9 AN Injunction restraining Jacob f* Manasseh and Co., of Arab Street, trom selling or importing piece goods infringing two registered designs of ine Calico Printers Association of England^ was granted by the chief Justice, jSir Percy McElwame, in the High Court on Saturday. The injunction was
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    Alleged Forgery In Letter To Local R.A.F. Authorities
    1077 9 "M cIVER admitted th al he had carelessly signed my name to the letter and handed it in as a sample letter to see whether it was the type of letter the R.A.F. required," stated Leon Britton, Far Eastern Supervisor of R.K.O.Radio
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    In The Garrison
    1287 9  -  MAC BY THL ..avy, the H.A.F. an the newly arrived small con tingent of Wrens combined on Saturday and entertainer guests and friends at a dana held in their station. Owing to the lack of space, admission to the dance was by special invitation only, and, judging
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    MILITARY DRIVER CHARGED
    61 9 AORPORAL E. Woodsworth was u charged in the traffic court yesterday with drivinz a motor-lorry so rashly along Telok Blangah Road on Saturday night that he came into collision with a bicycle and caused hurt to Heng Ah Kan Woodsworth claimed trial and the case was postponed
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      317 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS "SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. are now invited for the -naterials or services For apply Municipal Tenders no Liquid Chlorine for the «t July 1. 1941. to June 30, 1942. rinsing 12 noon. June 10, oi Standard High Pressure rubes Date of Closing. 4 m July 7 1141 110
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      174 9 I Order delicious I I Ice Cream for your next I I "Social"... order it this I I convenient and money I I saving way I HIHH Organisers of social Junctions will rind ordering BHH their ice cream by the gallon both economical and convenient. For instance, one gallon of
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    S.C.F.A. TAKE LEAD IN FIRST DIVISION
    446 10 Recreation Club Beaten Two-Nil At Stadium CHINESE FORWARDS MISS NUMEROUS CHANCES S.C.F.A 2; S.R.C 0. DY heating the S.R.C. hy two goals to nil at Anson Road yesterday, the Straits Chinese Football Association take pride of place in the first division of the league
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    To-day's Sports Events
    55 10 Soccer: S-A.F.A. league, first division, R.A. (A A.), vs. Fortress X.E., Chanti: Manchester vs. Gordons, Tanglin; second division (a). R.A.F. (Seletar) vs. RA.M.C Sel?tar; second division (b). Indian Association vs. Cust ms, Clerical Union; Kranji vs. Post Offtre, S.HJI.; B H.L., Brinkraanns rs G.E.C.. J.CS.ATennis: Singapore championships.
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    Latest Racing Classifications
    187 10 COUNSEL AND PRO PATRIA SENT UP fn>* Kflft »a«i Fro Patria have been ri.»iiNf«ro«l from class two to cUss one According to the latest classification list of horses and ponies Issued by the Straits Racing Association yesterday. The only class one horse under new classifications' is Port
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    OLD BOYS DEFEAT RAILWAY JUNIORS
    221 10 Cricket A. Armstrong Scores 80 OLAYING cricket at Wood&viile yesterday St. Andrew's Old Bovs. Association beat the Railway Youngsters by four wic:;ets and went to score 145. The scares were: RAILWAY YOUNGSTfcfiS S. Cheiliah c Anchant b A. Armstrong 4. G. Pinto b Armstrong 10;
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    DERBY PROBABLES AND JOCKEYS
    94 10 London. June 9. THE following are the probables and 1 jockeys for the Derby, which is being run at Newmarket on June 18: Mister Sawyer (Gomez); Royal Academy Carey >; Cuerdley (Jones); Mazarin <Bartlam>; Devonian (Perryman>: Selim Hassan (Beary): Sollum 'Cliff Richards); Valdavian (Herbert); Starwort (Tayor);
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    ISLAND CLUB
    111 10 THE Island Club's Vice-President prizes competition resulted in a win for Qng Tiang Seng (6) and Yap Thai Chong (17) with a score of eight up on bogey. The cards returned were: One Tianj? Ser»g (G» and Yap Thai Chong »17) 8 up; W H. Walker (22) and
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    CAThOLIC YOUNG MEN WIN BY 60 RUNS
    240 10 rE Cu^ioiic Young Men's Association beat the Bombay Sports Club by 60 runs in a cricket match played on the C.Y.M A. ground. St. George \i Road. The scores were: C.Y.M.A. A. Ferrao b Vakil 0; D. S. Fernandes c and b Nahkoda
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    AMERICAN OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
    159 10 Fort Worth (Texas), June 9. fRAIG WOOD won the American Open Golf championship with score of 73, 71. 70. 70. making an aggregate of 384. beating Densmore Shute (287) with Johnny Bulla and R*n llosran third with 289 each. Shute finished early and was being hailed
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    ST. ANDREWS SCHOOL'S ANNUAL SPORTS
    45 10 ST Andrew's School's annual sports meet will be held on the school ground on Monday, June 16 (individual events) and on Thursday 19 (relay events), from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Mrs. Graham White will distribute the prizes.
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    JUNE MEDAL COMPETITION AT BUKIT TIMAH
    233 10 rpHE Royal Singapore Golf Club's June medal competition was played at Bukit Tlmah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a win for RFC. Markham in "A" division with a net score of 75 and in a win for W. T. Yoxall in "B"
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    Filipino Baseball Nine
    62 10 Filipino Baseball Nine Although this is their first season as an orgrani«ed club, the will have to be watched in the minor division of the Sin a P° re ball League Best-dressed outfit in both divisions, they are: Standin*, left to rfcht, Enrile (captain), Cru«, To e d« Goncales, Ariola,
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    Singapore Lawn Tennis Champi onships
    405 10 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AND TO-DAY'S TIES STRONG breeze interfered a great deal with the playing off of many ties in the Singapore lawn tennis champiqnship tournament which began at the Singapore Cricket Club and the Y.M.C.A. yesterday. Of the 13 ties arranged, five were completed and
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    New World Pole Vault Record
    46 10 Compton (California). June 4. CORNELIUS Warmerdam has attained a new world ifOlc vault r?cord ot 15 ft., 3S in. Since April, 1940, when he was the first man to clear 15 feet, Warmerdam has several times exceeded that height Re uter
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    "Round Robin" Tennis In America
    177 10 "Round Robin" Tennis In America Forest Hiil* June 9. FRED Perry, recent winner of America's professional tennis championship, won the "RoundRobin" tournament, aiding British war relief here, being unbeaten in the series of games Following his first day win versus Tilden. Perry beat Richard Skeen 6 l, 3 6. 6
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    INDIANS AND TEACHERS DRAW AT BALESTIER
    263 10 THE Indian Association drew with the Teachers in a cricket match played at Balestier on Sunday. The scores were: Indian Association: N. Ab'oaiJjhoy c Swee Keng b B. S. S. Varroa 35, B. S. Varma c Swee Keng b Ess 0. Hussein Shah b
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    SOCCER AT CHANGI POSTPONED
    27 10 THE R.A. (A. A.)— R.E. (Changi) first division league game, which was to have been played at Changt yesterday, was postponed until to-day.
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    WALKOVER
    29 10 GUTHRIES Sports Club have been awarded a walk-aver by Bramtoco Sports Club in a Business HJitT*"*' League soccer match, which was t< been played at Parrer Park to-day.
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    Entry Into Syria Was Planned For Weeks
    432 10 THE British entry into Syria was preceded by W eek> careful planning and for the last few days although has been little sign of life on the French side of the bord, e I saw a steady influx of British reinforcements of men
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    Tunis Reprisals Against Egypt Held Unlikely
    243 10 London, June 9. THE Allied iorces are determined to prevent another Dakar fiasco and to complete the occupation of Syria regardless of the weight of resistance, according to authoritative quarters here. As far as the French Army is concerned the newspapers here to-da? claim
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    ST. ANDREWS OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION
    80 10 CRIENDLY tenni* match* b Andrew's Old Boys A School Staff and Present B minncdwill be held at the km ctattH Court. Serangoon Road, during the t!:ird j June It is also propo.v^d to hoid badrm es between the Old and Pm a oir week after
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    AIRPORT SPORTS CLUB WIN 13-1
    36 10 AIRPORT SPORTS CLUB WIN 13-1 THE Airport Sports Club srorra an <werv. :vlniir-£ victory or 13 goal-- '<> <«»«* >v< r the J.C.S.A. in a s^ond division league soccer mauh puved at the J CJ i gTot'.nd yesterday.
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