The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 August 1941

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  • 20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 1G.397. KSTD 1805 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1941. ft CENIS
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  • 62 1 RAPID Only LABOUR DEMANDS MENZIES RESIGNATION anl rrra. Ausr. 2t». I ibo caucus proposal ior a and demandthe Mensies ting way ior a By« hoy meeting:. > .-lit. i.tlly s.ateJ aid hi >- 1«IM definitely \i, < •owrnmrnt uoulu l o.er to the La- Laboui caucus ea .n a letJ.
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  • 76 1 London, Au». 26. RBROOK, BritLOi k V.: :■!>• who has re- nlted States, said I I U)-day: Britain and ii >::unue helping Lx.i T.TIOSt. :pr iduction, he dishave a tank which la smaller than ruisei tanks Uk^y IQ (Q to B rerbrook he did i :-r.:air. he was
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  • 64 1 Hush-Hush On IndoChina Troop Moves B r_ I undon. \nj. 26. telfoa state the ma autl rttlea have issued 5 the transmission Japanese occupy- gpuw trooo v l that no immediate h|M i> rxpprtrd. Most j h lf hiaa and the whole 5 n up IIJ lh<> hai frontier r
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  • 16 1 < -*iro. Au| 26. mrd and siujh*. mM OB Alexan- to da nfflcia] Reuter
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  • 740 1 Slight Resistance Offered Allies BRITISH ENTER OIL DISTRICT TOWNS; AXIS SHIPS SEIZED Tnr n i I-ondon, Aug. 26. MJt ISntisli and Russian forces are making rapid progmt m Iran with, apparently, extremely slight resistance. The first communique, issued m Simla, describing v r* P u° 1
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  • 571 1 GRIM BA TTLES AS RUSSIANS STEM ONSLA UGHTS noiYt v 4#i London, Aug. 26. TKIiM battles are still raging; all alon? the Eastern front from the Baltic to the Black Sea. In these uattles the Russians speak of stubborn fighting, it is •tated m London. There are indication? the main
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  • 142 1 Simla. An* 26. THE creation of a new military command for East Africa m view, it is explained, of the virtual termination of operations m that theatre of war and In order to enable the Cornmander-in-Chief. Middle East. Gen. Sir Claude I Auchmleclc. to devote
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  • 39 1 London, Aug. 26. PROFESSOR Casimil Bartel, former Prime Minister oi Poland, is reported to have been yhot by the Gestapo m Lwjw, according to news received by the I'olish (iovernmeni. m I i.nrlnn Reuter
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  • 183 1 INTERVIEW WITH AMBASSADORS London, Aug. 26. THE Shah personally intervened m j the Iranian situation although i the nature of the intervention is not yet known. It is learned m authoritative iquar'ers m London that the Shah asked the British and Russian Ambassadors to see him
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  • 24 1 THE Berlin Government has informed the Mexican Charge d 'Affaire* of its decision to withdraw quarters from Mexican cousub I m German y. Reuter
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  • 37 1 Washington. Aug. 26 President Roosevelt has decided to send a military mission to China. Reuter london, Aug. 26. A special Nan Hi^h Command communique claims the capture of the bridff*hr»d and town of Dnepropetrovsk. Reuter
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  • 254 1 London, Aug. 2G. BERLIN messages published m the Swiss Press on the subject of the Allied entry into Iran indicate- that Germany is compensating her Inability to offer direct help to exerting fresh pressure on Turkey. Thus the Axis Telepress agency, m a despatch
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  • 63 1 Moscow, Aug. 26. A DISPATCH printed m the Red Siar reports enormous German losses at Odessa and claims the total or partial destruction of at least five Rumanian infantry and two German tank divisions. The Red Star sa>s that m the course of one battle
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    • 423 2 Musical Comedy At The Cathay IIRIGHT iMisical number, ar.d bttarlqua au.i;:^!., make "iiif Qreat Amerisan Broad ast" a 20tta Osßtury-Fos Dim, featu Lng Mice Fuyf, Jack Oakte and taho hit 1 1 m: a•• at tb< c. thaj j Lerday, a delightnil musical comedy. [Ik :.'..>.<. tnaket fine Bcreen entertaii
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  • 198 3 "Japan Missed Chance Year Ago After Dunkirk" BRITAIN'S FIVE VICTORIES LAST SEPTEMBER a 23? t :rr z 1 £*-i uttered by Mr "nt J" at the P resen Juncture >vas wealth Ch.h i Dv Coo r the CommonMr iwr r- S n
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  • 111 3 l\>kjo, Aug. 26. ihe spokesman y> meat Information to confirm or deny 3-" 7 SUtM is at pre- with Japan for i .-.ipprochement. as Churchill indicated m Sunday. replied to all questions pm to-day -I H welcome such mid come to a which would
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  • 28 3 MOSCOW DENIES TALK WITH CHINESE kM.WtV, Mg, 2b. I .v. rilil re- early August a rred aft Chita I ;.e Soviet -at attended by which proMrmi d -••i.s.sed
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  • 34 3 it dedtaei to asi Churctiiira to Mr Koh the JlHtrfKlC but J-ipan- i •presented t a ataur edttorlala he Jstpane m riJi and se- late w> United Press
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  • 58 3 i..- bCtfMM the T. Si .."> Ustri rtJ ba 9 uogb dv ktaraw A.-v.rd ||m :r> xr 1 MM third ittadi In fom c limh Shlnkichi Kiaakahc MoklchJ Budo bofk J i :.-->* Vrmy. .-.-1 r )v :n- the r^:\:. f the Jirv<ir.e<e et?ht
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  • 31 3 itatton. ap- In Bohemia, the CV" -h.s dstau -c to the 'Radio I r.s. s ihxtC the 25- HUd he i-ou fJ ild broadcast In extreme
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  • 16 3 I I TO, \U~. ?fi. rtiiterj Ore botta :r at) t un.a d ba )-dj.y"s Reuter
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  • 116 3 London, Aug. 26. THE anti-Nazi interrupter continues to sprinkle German wireless bulletins with Insulting comments on German veracity In spite of all efforts of tru: Propaganda Ministry either to drown or locate the unknown voice. The bulletins are now read by three different announcers on
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  • 54 3 THE Paris monument to Nurse Cavell. n^ar the Pla^e de la Concord**, has been destroyed by the Germans. They have also destroyed two other Paris monuments one eomm^moratins the part taken by French Colonial troops m the list war. and one commemorating the establishment of CiecboSlovuKia
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  • 125 3 Chungking, Aug. 25. TIIE Ta Kur.n Puo to-day called for closer collaboration <M the Deniocrac.es to nail Axis -ikV' s.si>>n m Europe and Asia Commenting on Mr. Winston Churchill's la.st Sunday, the newspaper said the currurtf winter, when no seven- batUrs are xpected In Rim'a
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  • 49 3 Shan rhai, Aus. 2f>. THE Japanese 1 Navy spokesman to-day said the cr.nstn.ict' on of barricades around the International Settlement by the Japanese was purely to prt-vent terroristic activity ard tl^erefur? roulrl not be construed a.s preDaratlons lor a blockade of Shanghai.— United Press
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  • 70 3 Ankara, Vug. 2£. QREAT WM Unk tactcs are being adopted by the Germans, according to observers at the Russian tront. Tanks are now advancing with infantry and the maximum dbtance between tanks and infantry must not exceed 15 minutes. At night all tanks must mire
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  • 100 3 Muslim League's New Step Bombay. Aug. 16. FOLLOWING Ita demand for the resi^na ion of three premiers from the National Defence Council, the Working Committee of the Moslem League has parsed resolution cal.ing on Sir Sultan Ahmed, member des.gnaie of the Vkerogr'a ExecuUve Council. Nmwab Chattan and Shah Nawaz rrembers
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  • 74 3 London. Aug. 26. O.AF. bombers last night attacked objectives at Mannheim and Karlsruhe, s^ys an A:r Ministry commaniqae. Though the weather was mainly unfavourable there wer? clear Intervals ever both targets, where large Urea were k l| burning Six British aircrafi are missing Mannheim and KarLsruhe
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  • 66 3 London. \us. It). CT7CCXSBFUL attacks by Swordflsn air -rait Vi the FU-et Air Arm on. military objectives north and south of Templo, m the Hand of Sardinia, arc recorded In an Admiralty communique. The targets, It says, were leit burning fiercely. Dunn; these operations
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  • 67 3 GERMAN CLAIM THE FACTS I- >ndi>n. Auf. M |N ItM German attack on a British convoy rtpo.tHl ;n messag s from Lisbon, it l-> aacerta nrd thai six merchant vesf^ls and are tug w-re sunk, the tonnage totalling It is pointed aut m authoritative circles m :i .1 cler'""»n rla'Ti
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  • 353 3 Heavy-Handed R. A. F. Action Being Avoided In Iran London, Aug. 26. HEAVY-handed RAF. action m Iran la no doubt being avoided m favour of the kid-glove approach, which masks the punch if this is required, writes Reuter's air correspondent. Th\s method follows that whi-h wr>s mJ inilv adopted m
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  • 106 3 i.angkok, Aug. 26. THE inited States Government has agreed to sell dive-bombers to Thailand, according to local Press reports. The first group of ten planes is arriving shortly, according to these reports. The American aircraft are said to have been already transported to Manila but
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  • 85 3 M_ Baltimore, Aug. 26. R. Peter Frascr, New Zealand Prime Minister, has arrived here m a British flyingboat He left almost immediately lor Washington, saying he expected to confer with President Roosevelt at the White House to-day. In an int rview with the Press he revealed
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  • 89 3 Washington, Au«. 26. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S broadcast on Monday will be the climax of a 60-minute Labour Day programme arranged by the Office for Emergency Management. Mr. Ernest Bevin, British Minister for Labour, will broadcast from Lonflon as purt of the programme which la tc be tarried by
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  • 52 3 Manila, Aug. 26. r^O Philippine Army pursuit plunea collided mid-air tc-clay while practicing dogftghtlng and one crashed into a house m Quezon City, near Manila, killing Miss Pclagia Conde, 21 years of age. The pilots of the two planes baled out and escaped injury.
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  • 30 3 Ankara. Aug. 26. THE British and Soviet Ambassadors saw M. Sarajoslu, Turkish Foreign Minis. er. t>day, informing him of the latest developments m Iran. Reuter
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  • 54 3 Nt-w York. Aug. 26. CIXTY-live to 75 jxr cent, of the city's largest lndu^Uy wa.s halted to-day as !.200 dr as shops li^ktiJ out 60,000 employees m a dLspute bctwen contractors and jobless men as to how much each should pay towards ■the rocent t?n txt cent.
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  • 34 3 Ilatavia. Aujf. 32. AN' Sept. 1, the day on which the Queen's birthday will be com- memorated, a V-march will be or«anizetl In Batavia. The Goveriior General will watrh the march-past.
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  • 42 3 London. Aug. 26. AN OFFICIAL Norwegian naval communique status that the lormer American 1 destroyer Bath, manned by the Royal Nor--1 we"ian Navy, has been sunk. All possib'e stfps sir" beir;g taken to advfce the next o* ktn of the casualties. Reuter
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  • 1181 3 London, Aug. 26. DRITAIN and Russia, m entering Iran, took the only course that remained open to them since the Iranian authorities either would not or could not recognize the danger to their country from Nazi agents inside
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  • 246 3 •rPHE joint Anglo-Sovi.a c.» ry Into Iran has the double i ierit of the alliance between Britain and Russia and pnntchiiMg ft /cry dangerous potential tnreat uotri X) the Caucasus and to Britain !*£iddJe East position." writes thp newspaper Palestine Vcusi Observing that then* could
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  • 750 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1941. America MANY people must have noticed the way m which Mr. Churchill, m his broadcast speech, phrased his references to the very important pan which the United States is playing m the Far Eastern situation. After telling Japan m the plainest possible
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  • 873 4 Ixmdon, Aug. 24. 'THIS Is not the first time that Iran has been the centre of Nazi intrigues. At the end of 1915 an antiBritish confederacy organized by the German agent, Was^muss, had secured control of the Swedish-officered gend-r-rmeric at Shiraz. The BrLLsh Consul there
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  • 349 4 "Bush" Artillery At Tobruk (In this account of an unorthodox form of gunnery used by Australians m the besieged garriso?i at Tobruk, 'bush" is used m the Australian sense of "makeshift," as are many of the methods to which outback peoj)le m Australia must resort.) (From lan Fitchett, Asst. Official
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    14 4 ADOLF; "LOOKS AS IP YOU MIGHT BE WANTING AN EXTRA KAftVECT HAND rn>\ 7T""
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  • 240 4 ATLANTIC BATTir NOT YLT WOK two ajeai *j J* Admin ai.d Ma 5 ofShippin, made cheerin tfOO at s commenut 1 of the i 1 ta Jill] toveat I kuqsl did n :.< hc.ri f n call AtlantJ tnere was a tei a tun
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  • 26 4 THE C ■■■•> hfi r;un r,t ItM M Umi Hli ChlBW forelCTi assets U unfre«ing of su H«nk >f C.lnsi Reuter
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  • 29 4 I At Itfmfc m spit, and mortar Bre. On< [during the da; di~ onlj the frooUer then n fire and MM patrol a&clal commuiilqj' United Press
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  • 1515 5 Caring For Women Who Stand Behind Men Who Stand Behind Guns Woman And The War By Free Press London Woman Correspondent Ijomfwy Aug. l. :vs me of the m the Middle East v sisten out there t::d wounded Ser- Beggi New D Young- Wo- ttan General tor many years. s1
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  • 87 5 me or suffer weakness. and h»-a!th In which re- Ity quicker :::ple horr.^ o ered by an hjurmtofli and :.d most pow--10 science. It ■X r.f-rves, and Pure blood, and and feel new -t to 4S hours. B glands and memory and ngly,
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  • 37 5 Anne, above, at harmonium and Stephen with his violin. Two blind inmates of St. Nicholas Home who will benefit from the charity .dance and oabaret to be held at the Sea View Hotel on Saturday.
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  • 331 5 rjIARIES captured from German soldiers show both the ruthlessness with which the Nazis are fighting and their dismay when they realized the strength of the Russian opposition, says Ilya Ehrenburg. Daily Herald correspondent m Moscow. I have two such diaries before me. The
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  • 822 5 Women's Feature MARY Heath?ott who conducts the popular Free Press feature which appears daily on this page is indisposed. Her feature will be resumed m due course. ARGANIZERS of the "Faith m Vie- tory" flag day on Sept. 3, are pleased by the number of clubs, general
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  • 660 6 Ankara, Aug. 26. uTT is learned m Ankara from Moscow and Baghdad that the Iranian army resisted at all points attacked," said Martin Agronsky, the National Broadcasting Company's correspondent broadcasting from Ankara. The Russo-British plan of battle is j believed to bo as follows:
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  • 62 6 Melbourne, Aug. 26. IT is officially announced that the number of munition workers since the outbreak of war has increased by 2,000 per cent. A sum of £34,000,000 capital expenditure has been approved. A machine tool and precision tool industry has been created, rifle output doubled
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  • 321 6 London, Aug 26. SOME resistance has been offered to British forces landing at Bandar Shapur, at the head of the Persian Gulf, according to the latest information reaching London, says British Wireless. According to information available m London, the army ofi Shah Reza Pahlevi, him>elf a
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  • 60 6 Buenos Aires. Aug. 25. SIXTEEN Italian merchantmen to-day sent up to the masthead the flag of Argentina as the purchase agreement was tinned by the Argentine Government at the Foreign Oltice. The Italian officers and crew, who will bt permitted temporarily to reside In
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  • 92 6 Flight Lieut. Layer of the R.A.A F. demonstrating and testing the RJLJI.F. water purifier. Water is being: drawn from a dirty canal by the roadside and pumped into the unit. The water is filtered and mixed with chemical salts and half an hour after is
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  • 19 6 The United States War Department yesterday awarded a $75,000,000 airplane contract to the Bell Aircraft Company, says United Press
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  • 184 6 Bombay, Aug. 26 THE British and Soviet action m Iran is greeted with a chorus of approval by the Indian Press. Newspapers generally emphasize the necessity of a closing up of the tanks for the defence of India "now that the war is reaching
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  • 85 6 Bhopal, Aug. BS. A PERFECT spirit of comradeship and mutual respect prevailb^iween the British and Indian troops on the fronts th?v are tighting shoulder U shoulder, declared an Indian officer who is n«»\v on leave from active service m the Middle East He added that
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  • 176 6 London. Aue. 2u. ROYAL Air Force bombers swept across the Frei,ch coast last night says a United Press report from th< Channel coast. Fn m t>ie direction of Boulogne and Dunkirk the sky was 1 I up with bursting anti-aircraft shells tracer buLets and search"..
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  • 87 6 London. Aug. '25. A "BRITISH Restaurant." when good meal may be obtained lid., was opened In the London suburl of Edmonton to-day. Opentng the restaurant. Lond I Divisional Food Ofheer *>aid that stocks of food m London are larg< r now than ever before during
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  • 81 6 Honolulu, Aug. .'.'> MR. Nelson Johnson, former Unite States Ambassador to China and newly-appointed Minister to Australia who arrived m Honolulu to-day ab the liner Mariposa. said United States policy m the Orient has net changed "The United States has a fixed p
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  • 62 6 New York, Aug. 25. MEMBERS cf the People's Arm (guerilla fighters), m Russia have become such a problem that the Germans are offering 40 Reichsmarks for every guerilla captured alive and 80 marks for each one brought m dead, according tD a Moscow Radio report
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  • 23 6 Philippines To Allow Exports To Russia T: \"1 noun "Q; \1 I It -v -i So' "p^J beca: pen m I unw Reuter
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  • 20 6 Lend-Lease Request Of $6,000,000,00 a-l:in£t*>n. ku PU -:J -i ~J 1 5 S 3 obtaii a i ci ■I Reuter
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  • 10 6 Japan Not Copying Nazis Says Kokumm N "-■A I < Reuter
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  • 18 6 CONVICT RECAPTURED AFTER FIFTH ESCAPE -I *i iff 1 "'7 I him m S larcen; he bad Reuter
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  • 9 6 NAZIS CLOSE CUBAN AND HAITI CONSULATES 1D as Reuter
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    • 58 6 IN SICKNESS AND 7 a/ Cc C/>or '/> O< CONVALESCENCE OR T^ W wh E N Yo u FE E L jSjj^ :,^:r lit^q TIRED OR LISTLESS M J^ M M "T GUARDS AGAINST NIGHT I^o3^ ff#lflf mmmm^ starvation, you will e ■i-ilß^^\ fwmj/mfm mm wk sleep soundly, wake If
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  • 667 7 pamphlets Explain What f 0 Do In Case Of Air Raids Or Sea Attack HlU svM>- *i leaflets written m several languages md entitled. What to do if war conies to Singapore," redi^ribt^ during the week-end, and will be distriIU throughout the coming
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  • 209 7 Alleged Theft In Grove Estate YOUNG MALAY CHARGED mitted two I Estat >. one uf a ted al ISO, and the kta content! l u> ut $80, wait] fa] Malay, whc tressed, ai the mmltted the very much teers neatf," ap- WCQOd c >urt al.n^ a silver N Chens Len§
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  • 78 7 SIKH'S BODY FOUND FLOATING IN CANAL A trot Officer F. M Sii ','ap^re Airport I Mr \V i bile driirins alontc Bukit Timah on t I p ople on m front o: the i>t» I and |ou*g a n Boat- ..I- g •»> th Into U e death or I
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  • 115 7 rIE export of cinema films produced m Malaya ka banned except under authority of the office! m Charge ,t the nlm section of the Far Eastern Bireau of the Ministry of Information. The nlms covered by the ban are: Exposed cinema films, including features xleW
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  • 59 7 A MIDDLE- AGED Chinese woman Nr Ah Cheng claimed trial m the Singapore i^urth court yesterday to two charges of ft-rmentin-r rice and Dossession o! a still without licences at Sungel Senokok, oil the 13th mile. Seletar, sometime this month. The ca.se was postponed to
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  • 35 7 - ■4 ibn '.;!e dints'. Wi ..■>: :.i<vi: up it«J i j r e war, n:c<i and ri.#'r bovd 'jj'* i P frt I f 1'ni Nh by x c JO. JO.
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  • 78 7 PHUAH Eng Lee alias E. L. Pan was acquired without his de-fence being called upon m the Relief police court by Mr. 8. H. Cheah, the magistrate, on a charge of cheating the Singapore Turf Club on July 1« by giving the Club a name other than the
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  • 161 7 A ROYAL Air Force lorry m taking a road bend at the 11th mile, Yio Chu Kang Road on Aug. 11, skidded, overturned and pinned under it a passenger. Aircraftman Benjamin William Page, it was stated at an inquiry before the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W
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  • 90 7 THE export or slaughter 4 goats m Singapore, Penang and Malacca, is prohibited-—except by permission by ;<r. order published m the Government; Qaxette. Powrr is also given to the Veterinary Oflicer Sin^apore, to requisition any gi at and "fbl the purposes of any such
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  • 71 7 Bail of 11,000 m <>ne surety was offered Onp Ten alias Or." Kow Hoo m tlie Singapore third :ourt yesterday when be appeared on a charge of having m his possession two s.s. $10 notes which he knew to be forged and which lie Intended
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  • 87 7 1*::k following la thr programme for military band concert t<> i>' gtven at iv- pies Park, Singapore, to-day: Man-h, Murcii'incr. Ku:! 1 2. Overture, learning, Noon aud Night, Supp.*; 3. Walts, Dreaming, Joyces 4. Selection, Snov Wliito Sz the SeTeo Dwarfs, Disney; .V Melodic, On Pe>;
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  • 194 7 'THE recent visit to Malaya of two Thai officers. CoL Sura and Flight- Lieut. "•we*, is the subject of a message received by the Commander -in- Chief, Far tZf'J!* Brooke-Popham, from Uie Prime Minister of Thailand, Luanr Pibul Son^ram. It is as follows: -It is
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  • 183 7 CHINESE .YOUTH BOUND OVER STOI'PING a motor-car which was' being driven m "a rather uncertain manner," the occupants of a Singapore j traffic patrol car discovered that the driver of the vehicle was IG-year-old dan Scow Jin, who did not hold a! driving licence There was
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  • 48 7 ur, m. a. Dunarrt. manager of the local ■'•branch of the ki,m-k.n.i.i,.m. airttne, is leaving Singapore on Friviay on a fortnight's holiday m Batavia. Mr AnUm Marzer-Bruyns, who l~.a^ been connected with the Netherlands Indies passenger and tourist business since 1928, will act for him.
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  • 283 7 BOY DRIVER BOUND OVER IN COURT Took Father's Motor-Car Without Permission "IT is a very dangerous thing to drive 1 a motor-car if you do not know anything about it," declared Mr C. H. Whittcn, traffic judge, addressing Tan Chye Chang, 15, who was alleged to have driven his father's
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  • 32 7 The Brigadier who was m charge of a surprise movement against the Nads m the Tobruk area, explaining the plan of attack to some of his Staff officers.
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  • 265 7 "War Is Now Literally At The Door Of India, Says Bengal Premier Simla, Aug. 25. UR. Fazlul Hug, the Bengal Premier and Muslim leader, m a speech this evening, declared that the war was literally at the door of India. Political unity should be restored and India should present a
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  • 182 7 More Medical College Results Announced FIVE students have qualified as doctors and one as a dental surgeon at the August professional examinations at the College of Medicine. The new doctors, one of whom is a European woman, who have been awarded the College of Medicine
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  • 93 7 EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION LABOUR CONDITIONS THE European Association of Malaya is "far from satisfied with the present state of labour conditions In this country and is agreed that strong recommendations should be made as soon as an opportune occasion arises This resolution was made at a committee meeting of the Association
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  • 28 7 AS Monday. Kept. 1. has been declared Aa national holiday (Labour Day) m America, the local American Consulate will be closed to business on that day.
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  • 723 7 FACING 23 charges in connection with a motor-car accident, A. Veerasamy, an army truck driver, was senU need to 15 months' simple Imprisonm< nt In the Singapore Traffic and District Court yesterday In what was described as "a vcrv bad case.''
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  • 73 7 I lEUT.-Gen V. A. H. Sturdee, Chief of t'«- i Australian General Staff, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stewart Burnett. Chief of Air Staff. RA.A.F., are now In Malaya. They arrived by air from Australia They are having talks with the heads of the fighting
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    • 433 8 i^— Mi < 1 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA APCAR LINE (inoorporateo 0 eng'tnd) PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL N. CO MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SEBVU'fc. rhe twat possible service* are eeia* mamiamea o» the f A O N. C«from the Strmlto U theii uul port« off c«U u> China India Cerloo and
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    • 710 8 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE m zHi~« s m. tm urn ..^ji ZHP.I. 30% m %Xi m/et ZHP.2 4«M m. €175 mca. L,v r Sfc ZHP.3 41.M m 7.25 me*. 3 °Pfc's ZHL. ZHPI. ZHR A ZHP3 SXATlftk «.S0 a.m. Singapore calling 6.35 am l Nf V ews m French (London): 650
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  • 10 9 I isg H IHli v- s London.
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  • 164 9 JAPAN SAID AhADY TO ALLOW PASSAGE W— T Tokio, Aug. 26. ELL-INFORMED quarters m Tokio understand the Japanese Govern mem has decided to tolerate temporarily the passage of American war materials and oil via Vladivostok through Japanese controlled waters, according to a Vichy news agency dispatch
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  • 96 9 Decently, a forged io cents Malayan currency note was found m &V&P l n Whlch the P° r^ rait cad a PP"ar.^, on the right i.ind 1 side of the note Instead ex the leit hand side, as on genuine m c notes, and th«
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  • 145 9 Haxtq v Melbourne, Aug. 26. ANb Bertram, who crashed near Wyndham. on the west coast c. Australia, alter a fliaht from Germany, m 1932, is again m the Comm.m- wealth— this time as a major m the I Luftwaffe, among prisoners ol it from
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  • 88 9 '•■lorn Our Own Correspondent^ Ipoh, Aug. 26. CHOP-KEEPERS In Ipoh and Meng- lombu Unanimously resolved to "rm a Qre-flghtinß service among themselves to safeguard property against rusk-.s ot fire during an emergency, at a meeting ht id at the Perak Chinese Chamber v: Commerce to-day
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  • 80 9 I EAVE m the United Kingdom for Government officers is to be stop- ped. At a committee meeting of the European As^jociation ot Malaya, reference was made to a letter from the j Colonial Secretary, Mr. S. W. Jones, on I the subject
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  • 64 9 Torpedo-Planes For N. I. Navy. Baiavia, Aug. 22. 'THE proposal io add a unit of torpedo--1 planes to the N.I. Navy is to be put into execution as soon a^ possible. p.e's Council has just received suj plementary budpet for 1941 m wJ b an additional credit of about 16
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  • 192 9 INDIA TO CONSIDER "INVENTIONS" New Development Committee Formed A FRESH step, designed to give full range to any assistance the general pul of India can provide lor her de- n and to make full use of its m•- I uity m bettor equipping her armed I forces, has been taken
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  • 137 9 DAILY PRICES CUSRENI Aajf. ?6, I? o'clock noon Ravers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose. 38'- 38*4 No IX R S.S FOB ID coses Aug. -Sept. (Sellers option 33 7 s 39 S D.F.A.Q. R. 8.8 POD m bales Aug. -Sept. (Sellers opMon> 38 38*.
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  • 510 9 New Delhi, Aug. 15. THE Indian Press is tilled with columns of tributes to Dr. Tagore and his work, from all parts of the world. Hearing of Dr. Tagore's death, Maha'ma Gandhi said: "In the death of Rabindranath Ta^ore we have not unly
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  • 128 9 Batavia, Aug. 26. THE Netherlands Indies does not intend to aid the 1 Japanese war machine further with N.I. raw materials, Dr. van Mook, head of the Economic department, told the Volksraad to-day. He said it would be necessary to establish a central
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  • 198 9 Recruiting Of Musicians From Britain •GRAVE CONCERN' AT M.B.C.'s MOVE QECLARING that it "views with grave concern" the intention of me Malaya Broadcasting Corporation to bring to Malaya musicians from Britain, the European Association ol Malaya is to ask the Colonial Secrej tary, Mr. S. W. Jones, what proporj tion
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  • 305 9 Tokio Reaction Te Churchill's Speech A STEADYING EFFECT LIKELY (From A Correspondent WHAT Mr. Churchill's 'It Musi 6top speech is going to h'.ve a steadyIng effect on the Japanese is shown by the weakness of Tokio's reply snd by the bitterness of Japanese prop -v r an da utterances on
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  • 50 9 Before all Jad res At 10 am. Summonses m Humbi'ii etc. Before the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Worthy At 11 a.m 5.105<'41— K. V. A. L. etc. vs. Powell Co. etc. (if not con<-'ud^d i Thereafter S. 62 '41— Arj&n F r"L vs. TTasnim Angiilia etc.
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    • 520 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLIC NOTICES RUBBER REGULATION. It is hereby notified for general m. Lubber, Malaya, has fixed the rate ol imX of °on the 4th QUar^ S« at r I \P f one quarter of the Standard Production of all holding to Ma?aya. It is also notified that arrangements 82
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    • 154 9 Watch For Warner Bros. Grand Musical Comedy Hit NEXT WEEK AT THE A L HAM BRA Are They In The f l»»r \\V* Money! «^W^A V |IJk p f PRISCILLA LANE y^^i^o^ 1 ©ir. (i. d by CURTIS BERNHARDT A WARNER BROS..F .r»» Not I PUt W r« &|jsp A
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  • 1635 10 Possibility Of Maiden Victories To-day SECOND DAY OF GOLD CUP RACE MEETING rLITTER and Ordination should make the best bets at v Bukit Timah this afternoon, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn (Gold Cup) race meeting. The going is likely to be
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  • 103 10 THE following are selections for to-day's races at Bukit Timah: FREE PRESS Race 1: Vintage, Quebec. 2: Glitter, First Lady. 3: The Second Devil, Nicotine. 4: Green Howard, Cumberland. n 5: Baffler. Cambalong. 6: Kalo, Yule Call. 7: Scarlet Tiger, Antnim. H 8: Ordination, Maid of the
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  • 52 10 These three women students were first, second and third respectively m the egg-and-spoon race at the Raffles College annual athletic meet on Saturday: from left to right, Miss Gracia Tay (who won all the women's individual events at the meet;, Miss Hope Rodyk and Miss
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  • 286 10 R. A. O. C. B eat Harbour Board 11-1 R.A.O.C. 11: S.U.B. 1 THE R.A.O.C. scored an overwhelming victory by eleven goals to one over the 5.H.8., who played with four forwards, m a seoond division «a> league soccer maU-h at the Clerical Union •-.round yesterday. The RJi O.C. p'.ayed
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  • 68 10 THE Royal Air Force <Seletar> seconds boat the Tiger Swimming Club seconds by one goal to nil m a waterpolo league match played at the Haw Par pool yesterday. The game was very fast and evenly contested, and the Tigers were unfortunate not to have
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  • 26 10 IN a hockey match played yesterday, the Singapore Fortress Signals beat the H.K S., R A., by five goals to three.
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  • 47 10 THE following players will represent the Hampshire XI against the Royal Navy m a friendly soccer match at Parrer Park at 5.15 p m.. on Friday: Sithamparam. Sinniah, Raja Oopftl, Ahmad. layman, (Capt.). Ismail, Garrett, Ganagesan, Krishna, Suppiah and Aron. Reserves; Tony and Noordln.
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  • 26 10 RE. (MALAYS) beat the RAM C. by three goals to nil m a second division fi> l^accue soccer match played at Changl yesterday.
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  • 240 10 Malacca Retain Trophy (From Our Own Correspondent > Malacca, Aug. 25. PLAYING on the Klebang Courts on Saturday and Sunday, the Malacca Chinese Recreation Club, who are the present holders, beat the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club m the Lai Tet Loke cup tennis competition
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  • 72 10 THE following will represent the Sin--1 halese Association against sin SRC team captained by R. H Bain m a cricket match to be played at the Sinhalese Association ground on Sunday starting 10.30 a.m. J. N. Fernando (capt.\ S Goonewarriene, C. Senlvaratne, F Van Rooyan S. A.
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  • 104 10 S.C.R.C. CRICKET TEAMS THE following are S C R C. cricket teams for week-end gam s Against the Railway Juniors at the SC.RC. at 2 p.m. on Saturday Chua Boon Unn; Swee Lim Swan? Lav Hock Chye; Ong Swee Keng; Tan Guan Klat; Robert Loh; Philip Loh; Ong Chwec Bee;
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  • 18 10 TIIE cricket matoh between the YM.C.A and the RE < Chang: fixed on Saturday, has been cancelled.
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  • 331 10 Chinese Athletic Score Full Points FERGUSON 3 WES Sfir FROM BIGGER DEFEAT Chinese Athletic 2; s.Kr TOOD goalkeeping by Ferguson > a \,d th u ßecreation Club from bi^er defeat when 1 >ln Chinese Athletic team at Arisen R<>a Stadiu '^i were beaten by two soals to nil m the
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  • 51 10 To-day's Sports Events Changi; second di>^ n V s S t(^ w Office Po D Ihe first divis,., n (r d R >ac IJe JrgylU and t h V' l'^ «h..h v^a> arranged f at An,on X,, ad Ud Boj, Ka,.s M.r-apore 1l Autumn G«ld (UD SM«»nd da> Rukit Timah
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  • 133 10 FORTS OVERWHELM VICTORY F «>rt mmh«| ORT<-ni..,,_ r frfC I u'Mmine Stamford N P r! luh m «>n the suu'.n Rarb w\Z er -nrt yeM d v > ,m h*" without gettuii; p SMIi Fi formidable I j wste con ren c ra J half, wh
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