The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 August 1941

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  • 22 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore free press AND DAILY NEWS NO. ls.iS: 1 EST l). |835. MONDAY. AUGUST 18, 1941. 5 CENTS
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  • 858 1 NAZI DRIVE TO LENINGRAD BEATEN BACK Weds Fighting Strong Rearguard In Ukraine ENEMY LAUNCHES NEW OFFENSIVE ON CENTRAL FRONT London, Aug. 17. yuWUb m the I krame sector the Russian forces are fighting a strong rearguard action against the advancing German hordes, on the northern front the Russians are reported
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  • 75 1 Gen. Chiang expected In Moscow tug i" gj :ted renng to lent oi the 1_ i r Ri >ld_ I l Geo it iry problems ad adds U Gen. r al.v.puadent ti threateniag by >. Rasaia >*"u!d b? angan huaese pact 1' linkin; up ir -.ur:: K-il \rmy and mena
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  • 189 1 mVU wwfe ol »a«i m m bit tl BV_» ii men. thoiv >-l ri Uanfcs and (ua- h_v a *ns_| «L »c- U»f --ni-an^ with a* Srs *j -:._i BBWSSI Bl th«nr d*- _-Bfh. th- mm i >i Vaassaaav, on v i ~i -i„i rr\ bis i Bl
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  • 76 1 Washington, Aug. 17. PRESIDENT Roosevelt returned here to-day and immediately .summoned Mr. Cordell Hull. U.S. Secretary ot* State, for a conference. It is understood Mr Roosevelt tii.s--rll rigid with Mr Cordell Hull at the White House Ihe international situation, particularly as regards French ties with Germany
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  • 108 1 Wellington, Aug. 17. THE opinion that an Imperial war cabinet might be useful m aitording an opportunity for a direct examination of the actualities of the conflict was expressed by Mr. W. Nash, acting New Zealand Premier, when explaining that Mr Petei Fraser. the Prime Minister,
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  • 57 1 Sydney. Aug. 17. Mil Perry Spender. Australian Army Minister, announced today that the War Cabinet has authorized the es ablishment of a Women's Home Army with the object of releasing from certain military duties men whose work can be done by women. It is not
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  • 262 1 R. A.F. Do Great Damage In Raid On Catania Cairo. Aug. 17. A SUCCESSFUL raid on Sicily on Friday night is reported m today's Middle East R.A.F. communique, which states: Sicily: Heavy R-A.F. bombers carried out a successful raid on the port of Catania during Friday night. Many bombs were
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  • 122 1 London, Aug. 17. THE British ana Soviet representatives have made a new demarche to Iran, it Ls learned m authoritative quarters m London, where it is stated that the British and Soviet representatives at Teheran have again drawn the attention of the Iranian Government to
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  • 91 1 Mexico City. Au«. 17. f THE Mexican Government is proceed- ing with the immediate construction of a railway across the Isthmas of Tehuantepec from Coatzacoalcos m the north to Salina Cruz m the south. This step has been prompted by the possibility thaf America
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  • 114 1 Mexico Relations With Britain Mexico City, Aug. 17. THE restoration of diplomatic rela--1 tions between Great Britain and Mexico Ls urged m a resolution passed by the majority grcuo m the Mexican Senate The statement say*: "At this grave moment of collapse of human values of civilization, the restoration of
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  • 102 1 Manila. Aug. 17 OUR0 UR count r y k a democracy and we i believe m the democratic way of life We therefore go with America m life and death,'" declared President Manuel Quezon of Philippines, appearing for the first time since hLs illness m response
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  • 40 1 Japanese Infiltration Into Thailand Ban^uou, Au£. IT IT is taid that from Bangkok down to Songkla one sees Japanese everywhere, says a writer m the newspaper Supabburus under the heading Exit Europeans, enter Japanese' Upper class seats m the city's
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  • 85 1 Big Forces In Latest R.A.F. Raids London. Aug. 17. i AN Air Ministry communique toi**day says: "Last night, although I the weather was bad. considerable forces of aircraft of the Bomber Command attacked targets m thp Rhineland and the Ruhr. Their I efforts were mainly concentrated on j objectives m
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  • 64 1 Denials Of British Demands On Thailand Page 7 cinemas that used to be occupied by Europeans are now fuil of Japanese the writer add_. At week-ends Japanese are seen m parks and restaurants. Houses on many roads are occupied by Japanese, who are paying high rents which Thais themselves cannot
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  • 111 1 Bangkok. Aug. 17. DR. Hugo Gladney Grant. American Minister m Bangkok, m a stalement to the Press 10-day, said: "Published reports regarding my 'resignation* as United States Minister to Thailand, which was submitted last December along with the resignations of all chiefs of ihe mission
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  • 274 2 Moscow 7 Aug. 17. "IT is possible to say without ex- aggeration that a new stage begins m the development of collaboration between the three great powers," says the Pravda, organ of the Communist party, m a long editorial on the Churchill-Roosevelt
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  • 141 2 Washington, /Lug. 17. Ir Ls learned reliably that the United States Is arranging to send a 16--j member medical cottimissioti to China to direct health and sanitation measures for 250,000 coolies building a railway trom Lashio Burma, to Suifu China. The railway runs parallel to the
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  • 92 2 American Woman Strangled By Japanese? Shanghai, Aug. 17. PRIVATE reports reaching; here, so far w'thout confirmation, state that an Ameiican woman missionary belonging to the United States Presbyterian Mission m n3rth Kiangsu province has been strangled. No news to this effect has reached either the local office of the mission,
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  • 56 2 Pretoria, \Uij. W« FIELD-MARSHAL SMUTS, Prim* Minister ot South Africa, Hew to Cairo last Sunday to visit South African troops and confer witn Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief. Middle Fast, it Ls announced m an official bulletin. This was FieldMarshal Smuts, first visit to South
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  • 98 2 A DELIGHTFUL film, with com:-dy as Ka strangest point, The Perfect specimen." which was shown at the Pavilion yesterday, should appeal to all Brrol Ptynn and Joan Biondt :i fill the principal roles, and they are ably supported by a One Ia Si The
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  • 66 2 CP. ANC PRANCHOT Ton- Bus credibaj the unusual of a cowboy In Urn Trail of the Vigilantes," a Men UnivenaJ production bowed at a n idnJghl pretnien al th* C pito on Saturday. The picture is turned with a pictaveaque background of Wild West ranches,
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  • 40 2 COI_LBCTOR"S CORNER" :s the titlr of a new series of broadcast talks. the first of which, on "Medals." Is to be given from the Singapore station by Mr W. R. R^id to-day at 7 15 oja
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  • 627 3 ROOSEVELT ON 'EMINENTLY SUCCESSFUL TALKS' full Agreemsnt On All Aspects Of War PRESIDENT'S HINT THAT HE MIGHT VISIT BRITAIN Kockland (Maine), Aug. 17. that he and Mr. Winston Churchill, tvithb I'nno Minister, had reached complete agreer ,n all ai>pe*-t* r tno war situation was made by "^'dent K«H>>evi'll m the
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  • 35 3 Nan Pedro. Aur. 17 Tilt American tanker 1.. P. St. (lair sailed from here for Vladivostok to-day with a cargo ot r, 5.000 gallons of aviation ua.suline United Press
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  • 171 3 Washington, Aug. 17. AT a threes ct nferenee yesterday, Mr. Cordell Hull. Secretary ot State, declined to comment on the London report that as a result of the ChurchillRoosevelt conference the United States is expected to become the chief guardian of the Pacific." Mr
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  • 63 3 I PRESIDENT Roosevelt', confidence that the Russians will hold out throughout the winter *s supported by stories reaching Sweden from Berlin that the Germans have placed enormous orders for skis. The Berlin correspondent of a StocKho!m newspaper quotes a denial by a military spokesman m
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  • 314 3 Tokio Forbids Evacuation Of Private U.S. Citizens Washington, Aug. 17. »J»HE State Department has disclosed that the Japanese Government refused to grant clearance papers for the American liner President Coolidge if it sought to remove 100 private American citizens now m Japan. The State Department announces that the Japanese Foreign
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  • 223 3 ANGLO-U.S.-SOVIET UNOERSTANOING Tokio. Aug. 11. "\F Japanese -Soviet relations be- come worse, the Kremlin alone must bear the burden of responsibiliry," declares yesterday's Hochi Shimbun commenting on the reports that Britain, the United States and Russia have reached an understanding regarding the distribution of war materials
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  • 37 3 Beaverbrook, Halifax Hull Confer Washington, Aug. Hi. ORD Beaver brook, British Minis- ter of Supply, and Lord Halifax, British Ambassador, conferred with Mr. CordeU Hull, the United States Secretary of State, to-day for 15 minutes.- United Press
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  • 178 3 Vichy Sees Concerted Action Vichy, Aug. 16. THE Vichy Government's great caution 1 and reserve regarding the AngloAmerican eight-point peace aims and other consequences of the ocean meeting of the leaders of the two great Democracies, did not prevent the French press to-day from expressing polite doubts that the British
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  • 178 3 "Britain Has No Need Of US Man-Power" New FOlic, An;-. 16 z\ > assurance thai Britain las no «if-- i ol United si ites man-power to am tlie war was iven by Lord Bcaverbrook to deft m c officials m ;i shert "o£f-the-record" tall: al .1 luncheon given m lon
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  • 83 3 London, Aug. 17. A GERMAN bomber was destroyed and two others severely damaged yesterday evening when a number of enemy aircraft made a determined but unsuccessful attack on on-> of our convoys.' says an Admiralty communique. The enemy was met by gunfire both from ships m the
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  • 31 3 Cairo. \ug. 17. AT Tobruk our patrols continue their activity, inflicting casualties on enemy working parties. In the frontier area the situation remains unchanged," states to-day's official Middle East communique. Reuter
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  • 225 3 CONDITIONS m occupied countries In Europe was one of the matters about which President Roosevelt expressed concern when he returned yesterday from his Atlantic conference with Mr. Churchill, British Prime Minister. The latest messages show that the people of these countries are fiercely
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  • 322 3 HOW AUSTRALIANS ROUTED EIGHT MESSERSCHMITTS London, Aug. 17. MINETEEN German fighters are now known to have been destroyed during yesterday's R.A.F. offensive operations. Four British fighters are missing. The pilots of ont Australian squadron shot down six Messerschmitt m as many minutes while
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  • 78 3 Washington, Aug. 17. TtffE United States Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, expressed interest m dispatches from Rio de Janeiro stating that Brazil had refused the Vichy Government's request to permit the resumption of operations oi the Air France Line, which formerly operated from France to
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  • 241 3 IncreasedRubber Imports Exports MALAYA'S OVERSEAS TRADE RISES INCREASED exports and imports of rubber are responsible for the rise m the value of Malaya's overseas trade m the first half of this year, compared with the corresponding period of 1940. Statistics issued on Saturday show that the total value of trade
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  • 53 3 Manila, Aug. 17. FOUR members of the crew of the French liner Marechal JofTre will quit the ship to join Gen. de Gaulle. Free French leader. The vessel was scheduled to sail for Japan yesterday but delayed its departure until to-day. The passenger list includes many Japanese women, children :md
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  • 60 3 Moscow, Aug 1" REPLYING to a query regarding a German report that German forces were within 100 miles ol Dniepro-Petrovsk, the vital metallurgical centre of the Ukraine, the Information Board spokesman. M. Lozovsky, said: "This belongs to the same category of German claims
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  • 703 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1941. Japan's Choice 7,^E view that the Far East was among the subjects discussed by Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt, and that a general line lor Anglo-American policy In the Pacific was agreed upon, finds increasing acceptance as one studies the world reaction
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  • 1520 4 Engineer's Diary 0f U-boat Attack In Atlantic AFCMJNG ireneliinan. ser\inp a«an pnpin^er on a British tan 1 er. wrote this diary. It tells «.f a round-trip \tlantie crossing of the tankrr M'Lady \V »hi«h weathered a submarine attack on a British convoj of thirteen sliips A IS T DAY Once
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  • 1440 5  - "Bowl Of Rice" Party To Be Held At American ConsulGeneral's Home MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By Bowl I P?!**' by the China 1 men's Com- men* the .V, k Patton on a f-nal effort .y.pamn which are organizing IS to 20 for the nd il will be v les
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  • 238 6 Chungking Sees "Showdown" In The Pacific Chungking, Aug. 17. A "SHOWDOWN" m the Pacific In the near future m view of alleged Japanese plans for an attack on the Soviet Far Eastern Army and deterioration of relations between China and Vichy is forecast ln wellinformed quarters here. Chinese sources say
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  • 82 6 Peshawar. Augr. 17. DETERMINATION to stand side by side with the British Government m case of invasion of their border and full faith and confidence m the present policy of the British Government, particularly its friendly attitude to the Islamic world, was expressed at
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  • 71 6 Bombay, Aug. 17. A LARGE brochure containing signatures and thumb prints of 3,000 workers pledged to support the Empire's war effort and promising their utmost to increase production of army vehicles was presented to Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy, when he inspected the General Motors assembly
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  • 157 6 Japanese- American Wa r Dange r Expected To Increase Shortly Washington, Aug. 17. THE danger of a Japanese-American war is expected Ato reach a new high within a fortnight because of German advances m Russia and the arrival of American military aid for Siberian forces opposing Japan, according to the
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  • 119 6 Beirut, Aug. 17. I)HE friendly relations between Britain and the people of Lebanon were the subject of a speech yesterday by Addas Kaid Bey, member of one of the leading Druze families, at a function held m honour of the Australian forces m Syria.
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  • 78 6 San Jose (Costa Rica), Aug. 17. A MEETING of the anti-Nazi front and workers of trade unions here decided to unite and work together against Nazi- ism Their first move was to offer the fullest support to the President o. the Republic m measures
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  • 71 6 Washington, Aug. 17. MR. SIDNEY HILLMAN, Office for Production Management labour co-ordina-tor, has asked the representatives of seven major California aircraft companies and the representatives of three aircraft unions to meet with Government officials at Washington to-morrow to discuss the stabilization of labour conditions. Mr
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  • 106 6 Manila, Aug. 17. MR. FRANK GRADY has been appointed special economic m investigator for President Roosevelt to make an economic survey of the whole of south-east Asia, according to the Manila Bulletin. The newspaper adds that Mr. Grady's survey
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  • 218 6 Kunming, Aug. 17. ALTHOUGH not attacked on so large a scale as Chungking, Kunming is experiencing the worst raids m her history. Yesterday the city was subjected to a heavy bombardment by 27 Japanese planes one queer sidelight is that it is
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  • 136 6 Ankara, Aug. 17. A DECISION appears to have been reached m the diplomatic dispute over the application of the Italian tanker Tarvisio for permission to pass through the Dardanelles to the Black Sea. As the Montreux Convention relating to Turkey's control over the navigation
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  • 146 6 |PDWARD Wallace Dingle, second officer of the armed merchant cruiser Port Brisbane, which engaged i a German surface raider m the Atlantic last November and thus gained time lor the convoy which it was es- corting to escape, has been appointed as a Member
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  • 60 6 RJ|R. Dudley d'Auvergne Wright, for 50 years honorary surgeon at the London Homoeopathic Hospital until he retired recently, is now a prisoner of war m Germany. He was with his wife m the Egyptian liner Zamzam, sunk by a German raider m the South Atlantic
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  • 56 6 NEWSPAPER SUSPENDS PUBLICATION BECAUSE of the rationing of newsprint the Rockhampton Evening News, which was founded as the Northern Argus m 1863, suspended publication recently for the duration of the war. This is the second afternoon paper m Queensland which has closed because of the war, the Townsvllle Star having
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  • 62 6 DISCUSSING a suggestion that Australia should trade with Russia, the Minister for Commerce, Sir EarlePage, said recently "We are ready to send Russia anything she wants, and Which we can spare, it the shipping is available." The prospect of trade with Russia was remote unless the
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  • 136 6 More Women For Services In Britain London, Aug. 17. STRESSING Britain's need for 100,000 additional women for the Services, the War Secretary, Capt. David Margesson, speaking at New-castle-on-Tyne yesterday, said that Germany had an infinitely greater pool of manpower to draw upon and the only practicable way for Britain to
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  • 61 6 Washington. Aug. 17. TIHE United States Government will probably take over the strike-bound yards of the Federal Shipbuilding Drydock Company at Kearney. New Jersey, within 48 hours, according to the prediction of a high defence official. About $493,000,000 worth of naval and merchantship construction
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  • 51 6 Vichy, Aug. 17. ONE of his first acts as National Defence Minister was for Adm. Darlan to promote Gen. Jean Barrau from a corps commander to army commander. Gen. Barrau. as the supreme commander of the Prench forces m West Africa, will defend Dakar. United
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  • 39 6 Moscow, Aug. 17. rE Information Board spokesman. M Lozovsky, at a press conference yesterday, exhibited an appeal of 26 Armenian notables addressed to Armenians throughout the world urging unification to defeat Hitler. United Press
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  • 194 6 X "A CHARTER of liberties foi alt' i: world" is how the joint decla ation of I Churchill and President Roosevelt statement issued yesterday by the I\. behalf of the Council of Ministers ami peonl? ft J v <
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  • 104 6 Moscow, Aug. 16. STALIN'S eldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvilli, commander of a batten,-, distinguished himself m the 30-day battle of Bitebsk and Smolensk, it was announced here to-day Gen. A. Yeremenko telegraphed from the front that "Battery Commander Yakov Dzhugashvilli showed a remarkable example of
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  • 61 6 CANNED trout may be the next war time dish The success of the perth-canning venture has led Mr. 8 Smith, vice-chairman of the Yorkshire Fishery Board, to urge that the trout hatcheries should produce millions oi yearling trout for canning. Canned trout would be exceedingly nourishing and tasty: tastier. I
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  • 116 6 Latest Model Nazi Fighter Bench-Tested ■Bhter.theMesserschiJ, *ere yarned In lh X v when Captain Roll p^-g German ace. was shot 'fa* Kent b> a bomber. seeking further laurels y! tempted to chase acroi nel. l Kneel broke i Luftwai air :n fl over en< ol being shot d< 'V* secret,
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  • 796 7 Rumours From Japan Described As "Typical Flight Of Fancy" x MMhatk denial was i-sued in Singapore yesterday r <hitt Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, mantKrin-Chiof (Far East), reerardinjjf the rumours rnm laoan that he had threatened Thailand ff hi u^e of force.
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  • 515 7 Middle Eastern Situation Is "Satisfactory" A.I.F. OFFICER'S IMPRESSIONS a f D r over F I I recently renae Deputi Qcsieral H days, Bnl an m the GOC AIF rdon B -..net. and gaporc .id a Free l report Ffcej lave BM t»ery ■I ai good ai lurtralis ra m .he
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  • 38 7 picture. Senator Foil. Australian Minister of the Interior and Minister of Information (right) and Mr. Williams, acting Director-General of the Ausralian Department of Information, pl'ctographed m Singapore. They are accompanying Australian I*res> delegation.- Free Press
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  • 277 7 "Lay Down Your Life If Needed" INDIAN OFFICER'S ADVICE TO SON pULLY auive to the dangers besetting the a rid, a retired Indian officer has written an inspiring letter to his; SOU, a so'.dier In an Indian army battalion m Singapore. "I consider it my duty to show you the
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  • 66 7 THE Indian Youth League of Smga- j pore celebrated its third annlver- j Sari yesterday at its premises m Race j Course Road, and also at the residence Ln Broadrlck Road of its president, Mr 8. C Goho. Mr. Goho delivered a presidential address. Speeches were
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  • 55 7 STREET ACCIDENTS IN SINGAPORE THfcIKK was <::e ioad death duruig the week ending A<n:. 13 and ?2 people were injured In traffic accidents, as Bgafnrt live mad rtratbn and 29 Injured during the preceding week. The total number of road death* this rear, to date, i; 83; that of thOM
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  • 428 7 IIAIiD-HIT by the copra slump, Selangor Malay peasants have found a more lucrative occupation than planting coconuts m the breeding of goats, for which a demand has arisen with the arrival ot Indian troops m Malaya Ooat-breedins has become widespread, particularly nm^ng rayats In the
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  • 385 7 ABOUT 400 A. HP. wardens and scores of members of the Medical Auxiliary Service and Auxiliary Fire Service took part m a full-scale practice one of a series being held m Singapore for the Passive Defence Services when Orchard Road was presumed to
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  • 1493 7 Indian War Industries Increasingly Serving Forces Of Empire j WANT you to realize that India's war effort has never been confined to the needs of troops on Indian soil and that the products of Indian industry have, for many months, gone m an increasing stream to serve the overseas forces
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    • 310 8 BURNS PHILP LINE j (Incorporated m Australia) FOR BRISBANE. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWaN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Monthly sailings by s.s. MARELLA (7.375 tons) and m.v. MERKUI (ti.OOO ions). Both vessels are fitted mtb Cabin-de-luxe single and double berth cabins, swimming baths, luxurious public rooms. Single Return Ist class
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    • 622 8 Broadcasting" TO-DAT EMPIRE stAw SINGAPORE ZHL LM> sc/t I2^t aa CSSV <- 1; ZHPI 9.69 oc/i CJt.9fc m (,s F X (ZHP2 6.475 a»c 48-ft Ba. GSTJ ZHP3 M 5 BC/i (»l.:u BSal f NORTH \\u ci, v 6.30 a.m. Singapore Calm v. 6.J^ -«n. f,s i. afKj News, m
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  • 177 9 ■3*tT"~ Shanghai, Aag. 17. ACCORDING to a Japanese report from Hankow, the incident m the Hankow French Concession on July 12, when one Japanese was killed and another wounded by Annamite constables has been amicably settled as the result of an agreement between the Japanese and
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  • 175 9 Washington, Aug. 16* Tin: c B. Baeratan tba Navy, OoL Pr -..< K'h.x. r.v.da; announced that aa unidentified American naval obserrer *a;> a!*..*rd the Brttieb seaplane on May ?f> when i the Qenaaa battleship Bismarck: «a.scut- coven (i ihadowed ib American obatrvct' aboard tbe
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  • 51 9 Caieatta \uk 17. rpHE Mabomedai E tin bi Indian Football a elation shield kwo- afilltary tran: u•. ted their sixth All-India trophy, the othen being the Cup, rh^ Bon^bnv and Dclh: FA. the Durarifl Cup. the Dew ntCu] I r.d Calcutta nry tUlot in^ uitft '.i'-iD,-
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  • 92 9 New York. Auir IT rpHE c ire. h consul-general has made A public .i cable which the Greek Prime Minister, M Tsouderos, sent to E*resident Roosevelt from Cape Town m which he end >rses the Churcl 11lRoosevelt declaration. messages added: 'Ye all still fighting lor
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  • 107 9 Itichmond (California), Au&. 1* TWO ships every day lor the next two years.'' was given as the aim of the United States by Rear-Adm. Emery Land, chairman of the United States Ccmrr.is.sion. speaking at the launching cf the Ocean Vanguard yesterday Rear-Adm. Land declared
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  • 68 9 MF^. SUHIMAL DUTT. Ag at of the Government of India In Malaya was among those present at a outlet party Mr 5 C Goho. acting president of the Central Indian Association of Malaya, gave at his residence last night In honour ol sir B.
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  • 34 9 Manila, lug. IT. PRESIDENT Quezon and Vice-Presi-dent Osm have beer nominated ,unai Lmously *"<>r re-elccti m by the Nationalist Party after pi ffirmin stand fo» PI ilion'nc Indenendenci :n 1O n 1 1! Reuter
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  • 523 9 r pHt' following are tat vdgbts for aH elgbt :?r<^ on Baturday Aug 23. tbe first day of Urn Singapore Turf Club's Autumn (.Gold cap j nacatlng: HORSKS fJLASa 1 Hi*. 1 ti furs. National 8 ot PattttcD 8.02 Darby 0 Kgjstic bfusic 7.13
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  • 259 9 Anglo-U.S.Challenge To Nazi Plans London, Aug. 17. HESCRIBTNG the Churchill-Roosevelt declaration as a clear challenge to Hitler's new order m Europe, the diplomatic correspondent of the Sunday Observer says there seems to be no longer much doubt that the blitzkrieg uoon Russia having failed the German plan now is at
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  • 64 9 U.S. Credit For Uruguayan Arms Montevideo, Aug. 17. THE Iniled States has granted Uruguay a 517,000,000 credit for financing the country's rearmament programme, it is authoritatively learned. Approximately 50 per cent, discount is being granted by the I'nited States on Uruguay's purchases and thus the country only will be payin?
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  • 66 9 Dutch Submarine Sinks Two Enemy Ships London. Aug. 17. THE official Dutch news agency Aneta says that a Netherlands submarine operating with British naval forces m the Mediterranean has sunk a 5,000--ton enemy supply ship and an enemy sailing vessel oi about LOGO tons. It is added that the Dutch
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  • 107 9 TORPEDOED BRITISH TANKER Pernambuco, \u, r !T. rpHE Brazilian steamer Cuyaba which A is cine here to-day will land 15 survivors of the British tanker Horn Shell which wis torpedoed on July 26 They were picked up 300 mil s west of Madura The Horn Shell Ls a vessel of
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  • 39 9 Madrid. Vug: 17 A statement affirming that all reports m the foreign press ol German troops passing through Spam are "fables was issued Iv-re yesterday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reuter
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  • 56 9 London Auf. 1 1 CEV.' enemy aircraft operated over toe coasts of eastern and south-east England baft myht." says i Air Mlnisto communique. "Some f>: them r.m fur ber Intend. &in.b- w<>r.- droppi d ai several points. Thes« o.usd some damage but the number of casualties reported
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  • 121 9 IVMI > PRICES CfTRKENI Aur 1 1 ii mm ft noi ii Ba/ecs SHters Nt IX R s.s. Spot loose 2P. 2B\ No IX R.B B i O B :e a.-<-5 Auir.u-T 38 39', .OPAQRS.S FOB m bales August :8U IS 1 Q RS S
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  • 371 9 World's Complete Hospital Ship CONVERSION OF. THE ORANJE (Prom Our Own Correspondents Batavia. Aug. i". JPHE eonversicn of the Dutch ocean uner Oranje into the world's most complete hospital ship has been a major Dutch war effort. The alteration of luxury iounges into spotless wards, trie installation of a tcvrge
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  • 211 9 '".real Admiration Fer Heroic Resictancc T}:L sti lian people are anx us loser relati Chin s;,;ci L J X Waller fin cretary to M Australi m I ratio whicb Ls being bushed m Chungking, m an rvi w win the Fr* Press on his rrival
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  • 151 9 THE oand uf ti I li the direction if Mr J C Bit* I On Tu*si ay t Park I [ai h "With Sword ad Lao Ov-iiii'" Robber*:." Su- Selection. "Songs of tlv N S •'and.' Hume; V T alse. "Dene* the 1 Coa^e* an S
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  • 18 9 Bar R. C. Maley, representative c tr*i Australian Associated Press, arrived In Singapore j tir [rem Australia yesterday
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    • 147 9 1 1 NDERS ".^.l-/ Ttoam 3 l nation eposit toO). noon, Aug. 22, I al on F sing. 12 C noon. NCAN se -re-ary. T |„v V\r\XT SIGNALS i j even me nr. .re of Pi Bl it SOTlj ES NOTICE SIEEL ENGINEER" I tilled that aers s I the
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    • 182 9 MAIL LIST AKRIV MS Mail 'rr. Australia (air) e^nerai deliver] I 1 1 a. at, to da] BdaUt from Java .c.r r'r.cra. .I. •'.;•.•■>• 3 T;0 ai >-day BaaOß loom lasa tad Buasatra air) ejen ral I delivery I i p no to-morrow. PA\ IMF.RKAN Paa-Aaterlcan Cnpper from Ban Pranciaca
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  • 406 10 Wong Peng Soon Enters Another Semi-Final Badminton U/ONC* HENG SOON and Mrs. I'hionh llioaa Chat each qualified tor two tinals m the open badminton championship*- of Singapore %%hen they won their ties tt the Clerical t'nion Hall over the we^W-eiid. Pent Boon uiio entered UM Bnal < s l thi
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  • 271 10 S.C.C, EASILY BEAT AN R.A.A.F. SIDE Rea, Waites And. Downer Score Freely THE Singapore Cricket Club proved much too strong 1 for an K.A.A.F. side m a cricket match played on the padang yesterday. The Club, declaring when 257 runs had heen scored for the loss of only six wickets,
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  • 48 10 (SOCCER: SA.i.l league, re.cne dlrtisian, Rfancbesstars ta. Malays. Anson Road SLidiam: second di\i;ion (a), U.A. (Malays i vs. K.A.I. dentil), Changi; VLA. <BM.» vs. It. \.F. (Seletar), Alexandra: set-ond division 'b>. Naval Base Indian-, vs. Kr.inii. Nava! Hi'.e and i: stoma vs. vTanderers, I. N
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  • 249 10 Till". S.R.C. beat the Old Rafliesian* Association by «*7 runs m a cricket match played on the K.R.C. ground yesterday. G. Clarke (42) and F Marten., r3B retired) were the highest scorers for tbe SRC. while Outschoorn and Traill shared eight of the o.n A. wit
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  • 93 10 MORE than 100 members and guest.; attended the houa^waxniing ol tht> Chinese Sports Association s new premiaea at Ann Siam,' Hill on Saturday night. A Chinese dinner was served j and music by the Silver Moon Musical Party enlivened tJ.e function. Speaking during dinner Mi Kwanl Yang
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  • 40 10 THE second team ot the Chinese Swimming Club beat the R.A.F. <Tengah> by six goals to one m a water-polo match m the Singapore Amateur Swimming Assoc! ition leamie. The mate! 1 was played at the club's pool.
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  • 73 10 MALA YALEE ASSOCIATION BADMINTON r THK following uea m the nsTalajalni Aasodation's badminton banrnament will be played at the Clerical Union Hall •on Saturday, starting ..t 7 p.m. Singles. P. T. Paul VB. P. J. i.ande:r K. r. Ramanath vs. J. c. Korut.hu; H. a. Kernander. vs. CT P. Ramakruhnan:
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  • 31 10 THF cricket match between t h c 1 Medical College Union and the R A.F (Seletar*, which was arranged to have been played at the M C.U. ground yesterday, was cancelled
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  • 1462 10 Singapore Win Malaya Cup Final For Third Consecutive Year year- Irom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 16. In their second appearance m the 1 Malaya ("up final m M years. Penang made gallant efTort to wrest the Cup from Singapore to-day and create Malayan football history by taking the
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  • 59 10 THE following were thy scores at the end of the first day's play at Tan glin yesterday m the semifinal of the Army large Units cricket competition between the H.K.S.. R.A. and the Fortress Signals: H.K.S.. R.A.: 101 iljnness 33, f;ould 24. Holdcn six for
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  • 332 10 SABAPATHY HITS OUT FOR 76 RUNS THE Ceylon Sports Cluh took the honours m a drawn cricket game at Hong Lim Green yesterday when they met the Straits Chinese Recreation Club. j V. R. Sabapathy's line imungs oi 7G runs, which included six .-ixe.s
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  • 151 10 1 London. Au* lb. ML/11 ILK bowlers dominated the L*>rd"s match between the Royal Air Force and Sir Pelham Warner's eleven, an inter-county game at Trentbridge brought two centuries. Nottinghamshire declared at '-'iX) icu fosa and Leicestershire had lost two wicket.s fot ;55 m the available
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  • 221 10 |NT£RBBTINa nickel was sees i Medical College Union ground yratfTdaj I wh^n the Biologist.s beat the Beat by "til runs. Bhupaian and Balaatngasn, who paeh i captured six wlckeh* for 30 and 35 runs resj pectively, were the mosr successful tx>-*;.rs of the day scores were
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  • 568 10 (From Our Own (<>r»t., i laip.ii a TO-DAY'S racing m the final da\ (»i the T• 1 Club's August profe^ional mcxtini: Ttgf the success of the veteran traine had three winners. Hoy Cullen. u}> for the meeting, Authentic aud Tr i* An
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  • 19 10 'TM'aon •.:;> a; IV C Stt and ie WtU k r ■atrfct* *kto assj r.M < a !>
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  • 17 10 LEAGUE BASEBALL RESULTS j lafkion 1.. Sag to tW :;rj Minora I i six at s- A
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