The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 July 1941

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    20 1 UkTE SIHGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. *****. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY. JULY t, 1941 t CBNTB
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    REDS HOLDING BIG GERMAN THRUSTS
    702 1 Enemy Again Beaten Back In Many Sectors BERLIN SAYS STALIN LINE BROKEN AT MANY POINTS Moscow, July 7. THE latest Russian communique issued to-day claims that the Red Army is holding the German invaders at all points, inflicting heavy losses on them and counterattacking with
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    R.A.F. Continues Relentless Day & Night Offensive
    184 1 R.A.F. Continues Relentless Day Night Offensive London, July 7. pit RJLF.'i nonstop activities over enemy-occupied territory continued to-day. IBe llld fighters continuously crossed and re-crossed the Channel this afternoon. Trrrifc expkwiWM and heavy gunfire were heard coming from the direction of BfHfccn France. ater learned that an aircraft factoi-y at
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    R. A. F. Bomb Shipping In Palermo Harbour
    307 1 R. A. F. Bom b Shipping In Palermo Harbour Cairo, Juuly 7. a "PARTICULARLY successful" attack on enemy shipping was rarried out by RAF. bombers yes- i :erday in the harbour at Palermo announces to-day's RAF. Middle But communique. Heavy danUMN mi Illfti Vd on BVCnI vp.':>'> An 8,000-ton >r.lo
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    Information Leak: Minister's Assurance
    137 1 Belfast, July 7. 1 AM very much alire to the geographical points of the situa..>n," said Mr. Herbert Morrison, Miniter of Home Security to-day, annnunc- That he is considering plans to preent leakage or Information from rthern Ireland to Eire. fie added "I am very conscious
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    AIRLINER ATTACKED BY GERMAN RAIDER
    69 1 London, July i. Tin: :i:. m commercial attache, Senoc nzalej, his wife and four children and a nurse were among the panengen In a British Overseas Airways machine which was u*k((i ••ostcrday bv :i Oermaja .'i roplane .vhile on hei 1 Br I tin t.
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    MELBOURNE ADVISORY INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL
    62 1 M 1 bourne, July <. \N advLvjry ;-1 us trial cour.rll rtprest-nta-tive of employers and employees is to M set up. announce Mr. H. E. Hoi'. Mlnistei if labour and National Service to-ri.r The cour.cll will c'e^l WCrpintimtfcWl if Industry for war p'irt*'*^ and sin let
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    STOP PRESS
    49 1 ishinfton. July 7. United States forces liavr arrived in Iceland. Announcing their arrival, l'r<*sident Roosevelt stated that I hey would eventually replace 'he British forces. America, he said, rould not permit strategic outposts in the Atlantic to be used as air or naval base* acafnst America.- Reuter
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    Beirut, Aleppo Demonstrations In Favour Of Armistice
    162 1 Beirut, Aleppo Demonstrations In Favour Of Armistice Ankara, July 7. RUMOURS of a pending armistice in Syria have spread like wildfire and it is reported here that there have been many demonstrations in Beirut, Aleppo and elsewhere in favour of peace. It would i>e premature to state specially the terms
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    R.A.F. Drives Germans From French Ports
    121 1 I,..Miimi, July i. AsieiN that the Germans, following heavy R.A P. raids on French naval ports, are making greater use oi Norwegian harbours Is to be disci rned in a report from Stockholm that the Germans are speeding np fortinc; tin i and harbour
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    TURKS TO REPRESENT FRANCE IN RUSSIA
    80 1 Vichy, July 7. PUB Turkish v.luwnin:ent has consented to .-me charge of French diplomatic IntefCSta in Mosro'v as a consequence of the rupture of Pranes-Sofiet diplomatic relations, it wa-. learned In unofficial quarters here u>-d»y. It was als.> learr.cU from Tarki>l sourcrs that Moscow
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    Reds Waiting To Strike
    42 1 Moscow, July 7. M. LOZOVSKY, chief of the Soviet Information Bureau, answering questions to-day about the German advance, said: "We will not give them a chanee to take breath. As soon as they stoo we are counter-attacking.'- Reuter
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    How Adm. Darlan Fools The French Public
    221 1 London, July 7. GROWING tension between the French people and the German occupation authorities Is indicated by a number of incidents related in letters reaching England from Prance. says the Independent French news agency. A Frenchman named Jacqpes Bonsergent who pushed a "Herman
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    HELSINKI BOMBED
    37 1 HeLsinki. July J. THE city or Helsinki was bombed by Russian planes last night the first time since the inception cf the present war with the Soviet Union. Onlv minor damage was reported.— United Press
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    NAZIS' SHAM TANKS
    46 1 London, July 7 A MOSCOW broadcast to-day state* that the Germans appear to be using sham tanks. It is reported that In a recent engagement it was found that only the* leading tank was real and the rest was made of wood Reuter
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    RAID ON ALEXANDRIA
    38 1 London, July 7. TIE Egyptian Minister of the Interior, in a communique issued to-day, says that two people were killed and 14 others injured in an air raid on the Alexandria area last night. Reuter
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    NEGOTIATIONS TO END SYRIA HOSTILITIES?
    248 3 Signing Of Armistice In Week Expected In Ankara CAMPAIGN IN FINAL STAGE Ankara, July 7. •rui campaign has entered its final stage, in 1 I,, opinion of observers here, who would not be rprised if an armistice were signed within a week. exchange of views
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    Mobilization Is Ordered In Ecuador
    166 3 Mobilization Is Ordered In Ecuador ljuito, July 7. iMHiattlW of the U rial anaj was ordered QJ BU attack by Peruon U lw posus U was Picas. t s bCTC said Peruvian urtiltery and air- Bfuadorlan towns HIM "nuianrom" aa&untai *rttt k>or--w^ qiiet cwerrught. At .-.c Eruadonans said. MM4 ''p
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    NOTHING TO REPORT IN LIBYA & ABYSSINIA
    30 3 NOTHING TO REPORT IN LIBYA ABYSSINIA Cairo, .Inly 7. In L*.Lj?<i and Afcyarinia there li r.othaiß of importance to report, .states lo- day's British Cr.H.Q. communique issued in Cairo- Reuter
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    Boys Cause Fatal Fire On Express
    135 3 t uiuioii July 7. r KJ r*3J BMtCiMi ■fltelfcd '->uf by som" r>t the hoys caused a fire ori l<->mi;>n-NtWCMftIM express tram wh^n six boys ln- ..i two v«r-; of m Wicri >(.. Btlgto'l MtntltTl hMI t^*"ir ItW nil luskn iat hti bv Col
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    EMPIRE AIR SCHEME AIDS AUSTRALIA
    77 3 Melbourne, July 7. 'r."..u:n:.G oi Australian pilots h^:. iacr.-ased a hundredfold under the Unix tus of the £mpir*> air trainrjc scheme and Australia r OW u not only abreast of the oblisatljns mder the schem** but is fceep»"« P*«"" the wrtwlanllai fxpansion. said Mr. J
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    N.Y.K. Ship Held At Manila
    122 3 N.Y.K. Ship Held At Manila Manila, July /CONFIRMING previous reports of detention of the Japanese steamer Noiima Mam, Customs authorities announce they will not clear the ship until strategic materials in the cargo are either unloaded here or delivery to the United States guaranteed. In the latter case permission is
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    Main Russian Forces Not Yet Engaged
    179 3 Main Russian Forces Not Yet Engaged RED COUNTER-DRIVES INCREASE OPTIMISM New York, July 7. l T r Hi: opinion that the Germans have got Into more trouble in Russia than they expected is becoming more widespread in the United States. The New York Herald -Tribune in a leading article to-day
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    U.S. Declines To Look After Soviet Interests In France
    151 3 Washington, July 7Plfci United States lias declined to take over Russia's diplomatic affairs in France, a State Department spokesman confirmed yesterday. However, he cautioned Pressmen against attaching any cUol^matic implications to this measure. The request was relayed to Washington where it
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    Japan Said More Likely To Strike North
    298 3 Shanghai, July 7. JAPAN'S plans vis-a-vis both the Netherlands Indies and J Siberia are being held in abeyance pending a clarification of the European situation and the "important decision" reached at last week's Imperial conference in Tokio was merely a decision to defer
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    FALANGIST VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN GERMANS
    34 3 London, July 7. 'T'HE first contuigiut of Falangist volunteers whj will join the Grrmans L\ the campft^n against Russia left Tehian thb; mornIng, arcordlrg to eht Rome radio.- Reuter
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    23 3 London, Jnly 7. r TKE BritUli naval trawlers Tornio and Rtmiiio have bren Blink, the Admiralty announces. Thnt w^rr no casualties United Press
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    French Ship Abused Turkish Neutrality
    139 3 London, July 7. IT Is learned In London that the Turkish Government has made representations to the British Government in rerrard to damage said to have been caused to Turkish property when the Vichy ileet auxiliary St. Didier was sunk by British aircraft in Turkish
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    33 3 London. July 7. 'ITfREE OMHy aircraft wre destroyixl in raid* ('ii Britain last night. Only a few raiders crossed the coa&t and B small number of people was killed In Ea&t AntfH*- Reuter
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    "Must Clarify Issues In Pacific Now"—McNutt
    614 3 "Must Clarify Issues In Pacific Now"— McNutt Washington. July 7. T*HE Federal Security Administrator, Mr. Paul V. McNutt, for long an advocate of a vigorous Far Eastern policy, on the fourth anniversary of the Sino-Japanese struggle hailed China's successful resistance against Japan. "The time has come Ut clarify issues in
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    Netherlands Breaks With Finland
    31 3 London, July 7. HTHE Netherlands Government has withdrawn its diplomatic representatives from Finland. It is officially stated chat their continued presence there serves no useful purpose— Reuter
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    Shake-up In Tokio Higher Command
    123 3 Shake-up In Tokio Higher Command Tokio, July 7. TTHE Japanese opened the fifth year of the China war by an important shake-up among the higher command. Lieut.-Gen. J. Ushiroku, supreme commander of the expeditionary forces In South China, has been appointed chief of the staff of the expeditionary forces in
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    REPORTED VICHY ORDERS TO OFFICIALS IN CHINA
    94 3 Bone, July 7. INSTRUCTIONS have been given by the 1 Vichy Ambassador in Shanghai for all French officials in China including police and municipal officers la the French Concessions to take the oath of loyalty to the Japanese sponsored GovernmeaU at Pulping, says
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    MANILA TO HAVE FIRST BLACK-OUT
    57 3 Manila, July 7. ARRANGEMENTS have been made for the first black-out in the historv of Manila to be carried out between 11 and 11.30 p.m. on Thursday United States Army p'anes are scheduled to fly over the city to take pictures in order to determine
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    "THAT NIGHT IN RIO" FOR BOMBER FUND
    188 3 ANOTHER successful cinema show in aid of the "Buy a Bomber" Fund In Singapore was staged last night with the special screening at the Cathay of "That Night In Rio." There was a large audience and additional proceeds came from the sale of
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    KING OF HELLENES IN SOUTH AFRICA
    35 3 London, July 7. A MESSAGE :rom Johannesburg states that King Oeorie of the Hellenes arrived in the Union of South Africa to-day, accompanied bv members of his suite- Reuter
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    Francis B. Sayre To Resign?
    87 3 Washington, July 6. •T'HE United States High Commis- sioner to the Philippines, Mr. Francis B. Sayre, will resign scon, according to Mr. Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, radio commentators and columnists, in a radio broadcast here to-night. They said Sr. Quezon had submitted a
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    PRECAUTIONARY STKPS IN SHANGHAI
    69 3 Shanghai. July 7. rpHE International Settlement and French Concession w^re converted Into an armed rampi n order to prevent terroristic acts on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war Additional bambed wire barricades have been erected and the entire police
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    CHUNGKING & KUNMING BOMBING ATTACKS
    42 3 CHUNGKING KUNMING BOMBING ATTACKS Chungking. July 7. JAPANESE aircraft heavily bombed the eastern suburbs of Chungking on Saturday evening. A iinall formation of light Japanese bombers on Saturday made a dive-bombing attack on a factory in the northern suburbs of Kunming.- Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1941 Local Products
    594 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1941 Local Products INCREASING recognition or the importance of crops grown lor local consumption is emphasized in the annual review of Malayan agri- j culture which is published in the June issue of the official Malayan Agricultural Journal. The review which is by
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    8 4 ANOTHER OF THE -BOYS IN THE BACK ROOMS
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    How Daylight Sweeps Are Planned & Organized
    759 4  - How Daylight Sweeps Are Planned Organized JOHN CASHEL By From the defensive position it occupied until recently since the beginning of the present war. the R.A.F. has now become an offensive machine and during: the last few weeks daylight sw eeps over the invasion *-orts ai >\ i-d-tri a*^d other
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    Wool Without "Tickle"
    151 4 A WOOL fixing process which takes all the "tickle' out of garments made from it has been evolved by British textile experts People in countries With strongly contrasting day and night temperatures will therefore be able to wear woollen underwear with comfort daring the day and ye.
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    World's First Toothbrush
    145 4 DRITAin, mben Um vorid toothbrush m rr...0 supplying oveneM c< i more brushes than ev t bi I Last 3'ear she Mported fr per cent, more brushes I i |R war years, when salts totaled lto £500.000 annuallj spi ktl loss of European markets whez Britti brushes
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    PLEA TO BUILDING INDUSTRY
    76 4 PLEA TO BUILDING INDUSTRY Emrst Bcv.n the V: yesterday app> &Jed to tt* '2 In Britain to put !orw»n: Ita In completing and equipping producuon. He s«ad h<- did Ml iMai It that the output per mai. httJ <vV it could br improved He urged people In UK their riTorxs
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    CATHOLIC BISHOPS ON NAZI OPPRESSION
    34 4 CATHOLIC BISHOPS ON NAZI OPPRESSION l.ll'l-l OOMAN Catholic MA yesterday feppea^ed I lowers to hold fast to tin I time when Clir^ a was ftf <;t:\ke The Bishops attack^ N against the Church Reuter
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    PRISON FOR RUSSIAN RUMOUR-MONGERS
    35 4 PERSONS iound prtWf rumours likely to quiet of the popula.it) r. terms of imprisonment 01 five years under a d^ "a Russia accord ng to a V report received last night
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    Guarding Britain's Corn Harvest
    239 4 Guarding Bri tain 's Corn Harvest WITH 12,500,000 acres under the plough this spring— 3.7so,ooo acres more than in 1939— Britain's agricultural leaders are planning how to protect her corn crops from Nazi nre bombs. Last year Germany's air onslaught did not develop fully until the harvest was gathered in,
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    $3,000 For War Fund From Harbour Board Club Fair
    1328 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature Bv THE SOW raised for The War Fund to Saturday's Har- Board Chib Fail- will be ij the region of $3,000. thentkally cheerful atmosgroeted you as soon as you the Fair. A string of outside the
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    Australian Bride-To-Be
    30 5 Miss Jean Rice, Australian fiancee of Mr. William Bennett, who will be making her home out here after her marriage. Miss Rice is at present in Aus ralia.
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      FAIRY TALE NEWS
      234 5 OUTBREAK OF FIRE IN KITCHEN WOLFSKIN COATS IN FASHION Ten Little ***** Boys' Club on Fire Fashionable Guests Have Narrow Escapes Bj II Own Representative") Late: last night fire uroke out at the Ten Little ***** Boys' Cub. the ishion i le rendezvous oJ the moment The
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      TALK OF SOCIETY
      147 5 I HEAR that Mother Goose. Dame HuYoard. and Cinderella's Fain G -dmother are still bad friends ovei the e^g joke played by somebody or Mother Goose. Yesterday, this letter was receivec by the Editor of the Fairy Tal* News" :rom the Fairy Godmother:-- Sir. I see that
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      Mrs. Bunting and Red Riding Hood to Open Shop
      426 5 Wo/faAins a Speciality (In an Interview) 11/IRS Bunting, the wile of the A"* famous hunter, Hunter Bunting, and mother of that remarkable Child Baby Bunting had decided to start a Modes Shop with Eed Riding Hood Last week Nursery Rhymer reported
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    Officers With Fighting Experience To Direct A.I.F. Training At Home
    310 6 CEVERAL senior AJLF. officers will be brought back from u the Middle East shortly to apply their knowledge and experience of modern fighting conditions to operational plans for the home defence forces, says a Canberra message to the Sydney Sun.
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    Hitler Wants Japan To Stab Russia In Back
    361 6 Hitler Wants Japan To Stab Russia In Back LITTLER is exerting the utmo?< oressure on Japan to enter thf war immediately, it is believed in London, and to attack Russia to thr exclusion of all other plans, sav the London correspondent of *h r Sydney Sun, in a cable to
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    U.S. WAR PLANES TO FLY VIA SOUTH ATLANTIC
    106 6 •T*HE Nen York Times says that, at a I recani White House conference President Rooeevelt, the Secretary for vVar. Mr. Henry L Stimson. the Chief of Nav.il Operations. Admiral H. R. Sti>rk. the director of the Lease and Lend Programme, Mr Harry
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    ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS
    44 6 rrlE Observer Corps in future is to b? known as the Royal Observer Corps, though it will remain civilian. As scon as p< s.sible members will be issued w.th a new pattern one-piece uniform. Officers will retain their present unil irm
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    BRITAIN'S WAR SAVINGS
    39 6 FINAL figures for London's Wa r Weapons' Week give C 123 960 000 as the total inve tments. thib surpassing the declared objective of £100.--000,000 by nearly 24 per cent Total war savings now exceed £800.000.000
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    Six-Inch Shells For British Guns
    40 6 A British gunner with a couple of b inch shells. Produced in large quantities for the defence of Britain, these shells may now be used in an invasion of enemy -occupied territor> across the Channel.
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    Food Exports To Be Curtailed To Save Shipping Space
    521 6 THE total shipping space available for the export of Australian foodstuffs daring the third year of the war would be greatly reduced as compared with that available in i the first year, the Minister for I Commerce, Sir Earle Page, told
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    Canadian Navy Keeps Guard
    65 6 The increasing flow of aid to Britain from the United States of America has made men of the Royal Canadian Navy only the more determined to keep the seas clear of U-boats, ficture shows two officers of the R.CN. scanning tht- seas in the course of
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    Reconditioning Trucks Taken Over By Army
    293 6 Reconditioning Trucks Taken Over By Army DECEIVING and reconditioning depot for trucks taken over by the Army, the Eastern Command Motor Transport Depot has become the Army Service Corps' first-line repair shop. Armed with paint i pray-guns and Krease-guns instead of rifles, the depot's engineers. p:me4 beaters blacksmiths, painters carp?nters
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    Mr. Fadden Made Head Of New "Committee Of Action" In Canberra
    354 6 Mr. Fadden Made Head Of New "Committee Of Action" In Canberra TO increase the efficiency of the Federal Cabinet an Econ mic and Industrial Committee of seven Ministry hash formed in Canberra, says the Sydney Morning H«. ra d The new committe will relieve the pressure of work on the
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    Russia's "Secret Weapon"
    107 6 Russia 's "Secret Weapon THE Russians are using "phantom" guns, which operate only at night, according to a German war correspondent, says the London representative of the Sydney Sun. "They are mounted on railways, and come up quickly, fire, and disappear immediately," he says. "I was standing on a watchtower
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    "Aussies" Often "Taken For Foreigners"
    332 6 "Aussies" Often "Taken For Foreigners" U|EMBERS of tin- t.-t AustruJ L fijrhter squadroi i n t h f jJTJ ire often taken for Kif ,h CoWl sis because of th< ir distinct uniform. And sorm w hf. n went rabbit-shoot in;; recenth «I very nearly arrested poachy says a London
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    CLOSING OF CONSULATE IN U.S. ALARMS TOKIO
    34 6 NEWS o! the (fait* i fi closing Derm i "like a bcmbsheU I quarters, stftt I ttu dent ol the Nca y D Toltschus, in a n
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    "UNESSENTIAL GOODS" PROHIBITED FROM TO-DAY
    491 7 Import Ban On Wide Range Of British And Empire Products pAYIARE, pahit delicacies such as cocktail cherries, and biscuits, pate de foie gras, liqueurs of u il .orts, cine cameras and a wide range of what Iff (le>tribed by the authorities as goods" Bit prohibited
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    D.F.C. For Young Pilot LEARNED TO FLY IN SINGAPORE
    147 7 D.F.C. For Young Pilot LEARNED TO FLY IN SINGAPORE D A WnCMB Frank Geoffrey I .s ion of Wing-Commander f 6 3 E D F C has bet?n y C f or his part in reft 'r^rations in Iraq. l«Arrun« to fl* in Singapore he ooumrc his "A" licence while
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    Ceremonies At Consulate-General
    22 7 The Chinese Consul-General, Mr. Kao ling-pai (left) tneakln? at yesterday's "Double Seventh" ceremonies at the Consulate-General. Fr«e Pr*^ picture.
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    Man Arrested With Stolen Trousers
    96 7 A was weanr.s? the mytßi MMBI when ~.*cc kB '-ne S:r.?apore bf Tan A:i Ben. a ■he hi a<:evi i trawen 4 h hfIWM B u MCCUtI I that tho BtO| Ml Ihi d(x>r of a*hcn tM Iff*. QM room minf Bhoft)| ar*^r-*ards nis jml
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    WAR CERTIFICATES SALES EXCEED $6,000,000
    40 7 TtfE acur^ CMff Accounlant, Posus an<i Ttbytmpbm, M»dAya idvlm that $6 270,- 798 worth of War Savings Certiiicau-s ha«l oeen sold up u> Jaly 2. Betwetm June 19 .in- July 2 .^alt-a ejnouri'^C to 8J61.902.
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    M.B.C. LETTER FROM PERLIS THIS WEEK
    30 7 THE Singapore DroadcA&urit; siat.on's "UpCountxy LelUr" conies Ihli wppk htMB PtUs, Malaya's most northerly stat*. It will be read at 9 15 pjn. to-morrow.
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    LOCAL CHINESE OBSERVE "DOUBLE SEVENTH"
    578 7 Archdeacon On "This Gallant Struggle For Rights Of Man" THOUSANDS of blood-red, crepe flowers, offered by 1 hundreds of Chinese boys and girls, were sold in Singapore yesterday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Sino- Japanese war This year's local commemoration oi the "Double
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    Observance In Kuala Lumpur
    196 7 <Krom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 7. T^HE Chinese here, observing the fourth anniversary of the SinoJapaii^se conflict to-day, looked forward to the strur?»e with greater con- ddence in thnr powor U> triumph than ever before. I spoke to business mrn. c-oflce shop keepers, professional
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    WILFUL TRESPASS INTO DETECTIVE STATION
    101 7 ON Sunday evening, a 21 -year-old Cantonese walked into the Detective Branch's charge room and "wandered aimlessly around" studying the notice boards and other articles of interest, when he had no business in the station. He was requested to leave but refused to do so.
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    LICENCE CANCELLED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING
    83 7 y| CHINESE lorry driver, Ang Yan Ohuan, was fined $100 and his driving licence cancelled when he pleaded guilty in the Singapore traffic court yesterday to a charge alleging that he drove his motor- lorry in a reckless manner along New Bridge Road. It was
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    DANCE HOSTESS ROBBED
    210 7 Former Servant Gets Four Months 9 Gaol A HAPPY World dance hostess. Miss Zubaidah, was the complainant in a case in the Singapore third court yesterday in which a former servant of hers, Omar bin Abdullah was charged with stealing $220 worth of her jewellery on May
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    CELEBRATION OF FULL MOON DAY
    56 7 PLLL moon day will Ne celebrated to-day at the Singapore BudJhist Temple. 96. Outram Road, by Mr. and Mrs. C!iua Song nhy« of Singapore. After t! p u c u?l <■•:?"::•■ of flowers, a wmon will hf» o>H v»rt*d by the Ven. Bhikku M M.
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    Governor Assures New Indian Agent Of All Help And Support
    1047 7 \l' i& Mr S Dutt, the OH U D vernmcni ol India of ever] -^elp nd support v Government* tt* n kbomas, at a the \delpbi Hotel DX o' Mr Dutt, said: Bud that there is no! rei »hj rc^turio
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    Magistrate To Refer Case To The D.P.P.
    159 7 PROCEEDINGS in a case in the Singapore second court yesterday in which two men were charged on. two counts of wrongfully conflning and causing hurt to a boy, were halted when the magistrate. Mr. Conrad Oldham postponed further hearing for a fortnight in
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    Pay And Allowances For Defence Volunteers
    214 7 ALL-MALAYAN COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER MATTER DATES of pay, pensions, and service, separation and 1V injury allowances as affecting members of the Malayan active and passive volunteer defence services are to be considered soon by a committee that has been set br the Malayan Governments
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    Alleged Sequel To Cattle Food Dispute
    336 7 Alleged Sequel To Cattle Food Dispute MAN CHARGED WITH MURDEx ALLEGED to have been concerned in the death of a man as a result of a I quarrel between him **nd one of their party over cattle food, five Indiana, Vengadasalam, Bachoo Singh, Mahadeo Singh, A. Abdul Rahman bin Abdullau,
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    BURMA GOVERNOR TO BROADCAST
    41 7 A BROADCAST talk to tx- g.ven from Rai^goon by \hr Governor of Burma. Sr R.-^innid Donnar* ?nuth, ki to cx> rekqmd by the Singapore Station at 2 35 p rr. Ma'.ayai. lime, on Friday. T u'r 11.
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    ALL-STAR B.B.C. CABARET
    55 7 THE 8.8.C. is presenU.^ an International all-star cabaret p: .:nunme, entitled 'Allied Occasions." en TYid.-.y. JWf 11. from 7. 35 to 8.20 p.m. <Mt«iavan time i Amongst those u.kinp pa;t will be Bir.nie HaJ and Richard Tauber, wbOe P*i er.ch song^ f <v r Jhe Pree French
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH
    51 9 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH :jORAY-On Jaly 7, 1941. at 3.2C pjn, a 41 Short Street, Singapore. Mrs. A. ivray. a ed 31 > r>eloved wife of m I EX>ray of Straits Clinic. Sto■apore, Funeral will take place at 4.45 rr. to-day from the above address. f\{ 8 papers please copy. Deeply
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    In The Garrison....
    2090 9 A FAST keen game was witnessed at Seletar when a squadron met "T" Section of No. 2 Area in a Section League match. The teams were evenly matched in the display, which could be counted as one of the best of the season. Shortly after the start,
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      460 9 CLASSIFIED APVEBTtSEMEWTS TENDERS F SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. fuaers 3re now invited for the •;.no*ir.g materials ->r services Por particulars apply Municipal Tendcn I ippt] Galvanized Steel Unsocketed rubes Date of Closing. 12 noon, 1 and o f l>o tW est Quality' 3.. k Lime for Water 'Jcpt. Date: Mtaf 12
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      221 9 DOROTHY L. SAYER'S famous story "BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY" becomes the OUTSTANDING BRITISH Comedy of the Year Book Now THURSDAY.. .AT THE CAPITOL t THRILLS! LAUGHS! I 3's A CROWD ON I ANY HONEYMOON! H How can honeymooners conHE'S JUST I centrate on t ie i r kissing MARRIED? I w eil
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      315 9 PUBLIC NOTICE TALISMAN RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the S.S.) INTERIM DIVIDEND NOTICE s hereby given that an Interim Di «dend of 5% for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1941, has been declared by the Directors payable to the Shareholders on the Register on Friday. Aug. 1, 1941. NOTICE
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      151 9 I Ice Cream for ycur next I convenient and money I < mBBBi 'rgamsers of social functions will find ordeririß 8 IBBMIBBaB H-ir ice cream by the gallon both economical and 8988 convenient For instance, one gallon of deliciou* Magnolia Ice Cream (supplied in hygienic containers and ready to serve)
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    GOAL IN LAST MINUTE DECIDES ISSUE
    597 10 Malays Beat Manchesters In League Soccer Game Malays 2 Manchester* 1. A BRILLIANT goal scored by Awanff Gabos in the moment before the final whistle shrilled out gave the Malays victory over the Manchester^ by the odd goal in three in a first division
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    EURASIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT CRICKET
    235 10 tile Bnraitan Youth Movement field *n Inter ■CCIIOII crick*.-;, match between h.\:>:i^ aid Serangoon nnrlfcui on Sm.day 'at thr pw.i). pound The ..a;r.(. came le i'i (..>.-. .i.g Jin:. 1 when KiUiru: Bectloa i>-at r :>: .1 I b) eight run 1 one wn r Katong
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    AIRPORT WIN 7—1
    30 10 THE Airp art beat U p < met bj n cjoak ■ne m n wooed dfc d n (b) MM al fh* P.vst O;*.>>- yg., n ft y
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    SULTAN BEAT KRANJI
    26 10 fl m.s. Buttan beat KranJ] by three e.uis to nil in :i :?oo!;d dJvJsfcM <b> league fixture j;hiy*^d on th<- latter*! grour.d yesterday
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    THE BOYS' BRIGADE
    38 10 n'KE third annual athletic meeting of the Singapore Battalion or the Boys' Brigadi will b- h !d at Monk'fl Hill School ground on Saturday, starting at 230 pm. M: ("Iraham 'hiu- will distrflxtte tiv? prise
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    GILLMAN SOCCER
    28 10 Jhk r.a o.c. and the ha f. (Tengah) drew r.oL :v ll m ;t keenly contested second dlvld n (a) soccer match at niiirr.nn Earracks yesterday.
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    DRAW AT GEYLANG
    28 10 THK Air Headquart«T>. drew one poal all with ihe Stamford Sp^rLs Club in a second division <bi lt>a*ruc soccer mat<-h play•■d at Qeylang Stsdium yest-Tday
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    Further Hearing In Boxer's Claim For Damages
    739 10 THE^E is a Benevolent s\md in Sin- ganore. operated by ',he Boxin? Board of Control, the object of which M to help destitute tK>xer.s. «aid F B. Brewer. vice-presMent of the Singapore Boxing Association, when he gave evidence befor« Sir Percy MrElwaine the
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    Cup Soccer
    34 10 picture. Tee Sians about to pass to Quan Chong as Singapore attack in their Malaya Cup soccer match against Malacca at Anson Road stadium on Saturday, when Singapore won six-nil.- Free Press
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    Maltby's Good Bowling For Coast Regiment
    267 10 pOOI) bowling by Bdr. Maltby enabled a Coast Regiment side to easily beat a strong Loyals' team in a cricket match played at Changi on Sunday. The Coast Regiment batted first and scored 131, the Loyals b?ing dismissed lor 65 runs. Maltby, a medium
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    Sinhalese Beat R.A.M.C. By 4 Wickets
    393 10 Sinhalese Beat R.A.M.C. By 4 Wickets j|N a i wo mjuiigs g-june playec at Me N air Road on Sunday, the Stnhaii se Ass-cla-tion beat Uv R.A.M.C. by four wlcketo. The scores were R.A.M.C. Ist Innings ReUuun c Jayakoddy b Guonjewardeue 8 Lavr, iyee b Van Rooyan 7 Russell c
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    C.Y.M.A. BEAT PITMAN'S COLLEGE AT CRICKET
    208 10 THE Catholic Young Men's Association beat 1 Pitman's Colegc by 115 runs in a cricket match played on the C.Y.M.A. ground on Sunday: The scores were: C.Y.M.A.: C. Cruz c Nadarajah b Mewa Singh 35; Anandau lbw Velumylum 17; J C O'Souza lbw Velumylum
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    HILL CLIMB RACES FOR CYCLISTS
    66 10 THE Gap Road will be the venue of Mil climb races for cyclist* which will be held on July 27. starting at 7 a.m Two rv nts a one-mile time trial for men and a b^ 'Tovided aSSed Start tOr women The closing date for
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    SINGAPORE BEAT PERAK IN ISKANDAR CUP
    131 10 From Our Owrn C<>rri.-spondpnt I iDOh, filly 7. THE Sultan of P?rak \\a.- arr.ne th< i r-j:': 1 rrjvrd that witnessed the' erak Malays po down to *iie Singapore Malays In Che Inter-State rfalaya lawi tennis tournament for the iskandar ('up played at Ki
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    Blakan Mati & Publishers Draw In Exciting Game
    335 10 Blakan Mati Publishers Draw In Exciting Game R.A. (8.M.) ,2; Publishers A GENEROUS amount of thrills and excttcmei provided in the second division (a) league ioooer at the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday, in which (8.M.) and the Publishers shared four Both the Publishers' goals were scored by Dollah. who was easily
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    July Medal At Bukit Timah
    253 10 THE Royal Mfygn July medal competition at Bukit Timah on Baturd day and resulted in a win C. Markham In "A c... net score ol 70, in a wto for j rier in "B" division with of 72 and in a win for < "C"
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF COMPETITIONS
    64 10 THE Island Club I Akuzawa Os by Cap.. J. D K.*vcl^ score of 65 "1 136 OthfT rards Mtan»d r T. r«tfuk 13 Capt I Uftd «^}V B Wmi S Bayi Mixed Koui-i j., fro:. Mn C A R M »Ith a i at 4 can
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE BEAT S.C.C. AT SOCCER
    32 10 RAFFLES COLLEGE BEAT S.C.C. AT SOCCER D.*J-TT.E6 Cotir>r QnkM CrlrkPt Club tmm h :n a socc«- rr.at^h ftm^mt The Mann Eh* tin I DM 3>. E. W But I irid Razak Cl
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      26 10 To-day's Sports Events COCCER: S.A.FA. learue, first division, S.C.F.A. vs. Police, Stadium; reserve division, Manchesters vs. Gordons, Tanglin; second division (b). R.A.F. (Kalian?) vs. SCF.A., S.H.B.
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