The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 August 1941

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.3W KBTU 1835 FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1941. 6 CENTS
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    "CEASE FIRE" ORDER TO IRANIAN FORCES
    867 1 First Act Of Premier Of New Cabinet BRITISH RUSSIANS IN PEACEFUL OCCUPATION Aii T Umdon, Aug. 28. resistance in Iran lo the British and Russian forces has ceased following a "cease fire" order to the Iranian force* b> the Prime Minister of a newly-formed
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    Thais Tighten Precautions
    72 1 Thais Tighten Precautions Bangkok, Aug. 28. THO urgent bilk* sponsored by the Government, one specifying wartime duties of the Thai people and the other increasing the penalty for anti-national activities in the interest of other powers, were accepted by the National Assembly this afternoon. The Minister of Justice, introducing the
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    Mr. Menzies Resigns
    142 1 Jadden is new PREMIER Canberra \u* iB. I Lgned Mini tei L'mted rties baa until :iow Premier j.nd rtet i;.d tn i v ii nil Mr Menzies la-- i'. 4 l':-^ n>nferenc€ »a» that *an* i.- amoriic hb» cols.'.-^ -:i --l .11 he wa> unW*.ir imon? a
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    SHAH IS REPROACHED BY BERLIN
    33 1 London, Aug. £8. BERLIN ha^ reproached the Shah for his lack of vision although only yesterday Berlin was praising him lor' his great courier and military' genius Reuter
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    Laval: Condition Graver Than At First Thought
    232 1 Berlin, Aujj. 28. JHE Injuries suffered by Pierre Laval, pro-Nazi former Vichy Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, when he was shot at Versailles yesterday afternoon, are more crave than was thought when he wa.s transported to hospital. Tills was learned this morning trom the
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    Message To Iranians
    113 1 Simla. Aujr. :!8. '"lITE do not want your food. Wo will bring food for those v/ho need it as we are doinc in Syria." declares a pamphlet copies of which are dropped on towns ami military stations in Iran, addressed to the Iranian people. "We do not
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    "Rock" Is Ready To Repel Any Enemy Assault
    297 1 Gibraltar, Au«. 28. /MBR ALTAIC is very much a going *J concern and its defences are daily becoming more formidable, writes Reuters special correspondent. The lessons of Crete, he says, have been carefully considered and, although conditions are very different, every effort
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    REDS SAID TO HAVE RECAPTURED GOMEL Heavy Losses Inflicted On Nazi Division
    437 1 REDS SAID TO HAVE RECAPTURED GOMEL Heavy Losses Inflicted On Nazi Division London, Aug. 28. DUSSIAN troops have recaptured Gomel after a two-day 1V counter-attack, halting the German attempt to take Kiev from the rear and threaten Kharkov, the Daily Mail's Stockholm correspondent reports to-day. The Soviet High Command, however,
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    Activity In Ankara
    176 1 Ankara. Aug. ?8 INTENSE diplomatic activity was noticeable here to-day, the first caller upon the Turkish Foreign Minister, M. Sarajo^lu. this morning being Sir Hughe KnaUhbuil-Hu£ros.sen. British Ambassador. He was followed by the Ambassadors of the United States, Iran. Italy and Germany. Much speculation La-s been aroused
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    STOP PRESS
    95 1 Washington, Aug. 28. The Japanese Ambassador, in Washington. Adm. K. Nomura, delivered to President Roosevelt to-day a personal message from the Japanese Premier. Prince Konoye. Adm Nomur.i deduied to Rive any information regarding its Pester. »"M Hull. IS. Secretary of StaU\ indicated the Tutted States may hold I
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    AIR HEADQUARTERS BEAT INDIANS
    288 2 Clayton's Goalkeeping Feature Of The Game FINE goalkeeping by Clayton featured the second division (b) league soccer match on the J.C.S.A. ground yesterday in which Air Headquarters beat the Indian Association by the only goal scored in the match. The Indians were hard triers and never,
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    N.A.A.F.I. BADMINTON
    63 2 THE following have been selected to represent tlie N -A. A .F.I. against the A. PC. Sporta Club in a b;:d--p D*on friendly. comprising three s an<i two doubles, to be played at the Haw-Par Gymnasium hall. Rangoon Road, at 3 p.m. on Sunday. William Tan. Koh Keng
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      130 2 WHAT DO THE BRIDE and 'Gncci7^S TO THEMSELVES (NOT TO EACH other, THEY APPROACH THE ALTAR? BK aie iw 0 q* vit\» COOS© iM^i a n U« a S&P. >0^ JOAN BENNETT FRANC HOT TONE— JONS HU3BARO /^PAVILION TO-DAY 3.15 gib s is Xgß^ HORNING SHOWS AT 11 A.M. TO-MOKMO*
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    NEW CRISIS BREWING IN JAPANESE CABINET
    400 3 Konoye Must Make Decisive Move In Fortnight Or Resign a moth™ u Shanghai, Aug. 28. crisis is brewing in the Japanese Cabinet, at cording to reports received from Tokio by non-Axis diplo matic quarters in Shanghai. The reports said the crisis is brewing over
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    Tokio's Bluff Is Called
    222 3 iID TO SOVIET WILL CONTINUE I undun. \u*. 28. v sort of right to in- -he relations f:^" r V a nd the United! v .v^nV Daily Telegraph. that she can ransport of goods be- i:'- J L U xv. umazin* novelty tee: em mo is
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    Japanese Diplomatic Offensive Urged
    72 3 i kta, lag St. r m Its n m l ShO« ing t-o pasta rfTenslYC om (or a peace B rhl Shimbun r-i MuU) said to-day. •r rack a settle- Government > .mill, if time !r^ds Ol i t 'n^le benefit must rr.ak^ a ■id While
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    RAIDS ON BRITAIN CONTINUE SMALL
    28 3 RAIDS ON BRITAIN CONTINUE SMALL II ondon. \u< IH. KHIK? ol a an ?.\SI I U At Bone S f y p Lnta h it« been destroyed Reuter
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    NEW JAPANESE ENVOY TO THAILAND
    9 3 -x Japm- Tsubi>Fhalland Reuter
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    Nomura To Meet Roosevelt
    139 3 Washington. Aug. r l^Hfc Japanese Ambassador to the 1 United States, Adni. Nomura, is expected to see President Roosevelt to-day for a personal conference which observers believe may have a vitally important bearing on conflicting American-Japanese view* retarding the Pacific There is no information as to
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    Thai Answer To Japanese Propaganda
    131 3 Bangkok. Aug. 88. IN bia tirsi press Intavtevi stnoe ho j Basmned thr OfBCC Ol Foreign Minister, Nad Direk. Chairnam replied ti a question by Reuter's correspondent regarding Japanese Pres^s reports that r he Thai Government Intends to keep mechanized forces in the newly-acquir-ed Cambodian
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    NAZIS SEND FORTUNES TO SWITZERLAND
    83 3 London. Auf. 24. SEVERAL hmh Nazi personages, including Dr. Ley. Labour Miniitor, have transferred iheir private fortunes from South America to SwiUerlani. says a dispatch from the German frontier to the Indepenaent French agency, in their alarm at recent t^.ents in South America, particularly the
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    33 3 Cairo, Aujj. 28. r 1 is ortieialiy announced here that in an air raid last night in the Suez Canal area seven people were killed :tnd 90 injured The damage was slight Reuter
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    To Go?
    4 3 PKINCE KONOYE
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    Further Thai Credits For Japanese
    237 3 Further Thai Credits For Japanese Bangkok, Aug. 28. IT IS officially announced that an 1 agreement has been signed between the Yokohama Specie Bank and the national banking bureau of the Ministry of Finance for the purchase by Thailand of 25,000.000 bahts worth of pold from Japan. If Thailand desires
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    Heavy R.A.F. Attack On Mannheim
    97 3 London, Aug. ZS. •*ALRCRAI' V I of the Bomber Com- mand a^ain made a heavy attack, upon Mannheim last night." states an Air Ministry communique. "Small raids were also made upon other targets in western Germany and docks at Boulogne. Otend and Dunkirk "None of
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    Petrol Shortage In Rumania
    107 3 INTERNAL SITUATION DETERIORATING Lisbon A us;. 'IS. DEI.IABI.iE news lias been received from Bucharest that the Soviet bombardment of oil wells and refineries which, incidentally, emptied oil tanks at Constanza, hus created a petrol shortage in Rumania. The use of petrol has been officially prohibited except
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    27 3 Washinrton, Aug. 28. PRINCE LOUIS MOITNTBATTEN. has left Washington to take over command erf the aircraft-carrier Illustrious which is undergoing repairs at a Lmitod States port.- Reuter
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    British Operations In Iran Described
    548 3 London, Aug. 28. TAKING the initiative jointly with 1 Russia, it was in order to thwart the Germans' clear intentions to seize the Persian oilfields I and use the country as a springboard for attacking India and the Middle East that British and Indian troops
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    "Shots At Laval Will Echo Far Beyond Versailles" PROOF OF WIDESPREAD UNREST IN FRANCE
    256 3 "Shots At Laval Will Echo Far Beyond Versailles" PROOF OF WIDESPREAD UNREST IN FRANCE New York, Aug. 28. THE shooting attack on Laval, pro-Nazi former Vichy Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, is regarded by some American newspapers and radio commentators as striking proof of deep unrest in France and possibly indicating
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    Has Germany Made Mistake?
    176 3 NAZI JOURNAL ON WAR IN RUSSIA Zurich, Aug. 23. "THE German tactics are being dif- ferentiated more and more from the conceptions of the Blitzkrieg we saw in France," says the Berlin correspondent of the Gazette de Lausanne. The Germans have given up deep penetrations of
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    Chiang Orders Offensive?
    103 3 Tokio, Aug. 16. GEN. CHIANG KAI-SHEK has issued orders for the opening of a general 1 offensive In north, central and south China on Oct 10 -the Double Ter.th 1 festival— the Yomiuri Shimbun reports from Hong Kong to-day Quoting reliable sources, the newspaper said the present
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    PLENTY OF ACTION IN "DARK COMMAND"
    127 3 DACK£D with action and thrills, "Dark Command," a Republic production, with undying love for its theme, opened to crowded houses at the Alhjunbra yesterday John Wayne and Walter Pkigeon fulfil their roles with credit, and Claire Trevor deserves special mention for her fine performance
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    BEERY AT HIS BEST IN "WYOMING"
    109 3 WALLACE BEERY travels a merry, bate, terous and exciting road in M.G.M's '•Wyoming" which opened a* the Capitol Theatre yesterday, and those who travelled the same road with him can hardly fail to be well pleased about It. The picture gives us U>e Beery
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1941. Why Hesitate?
    654 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1941. Why Hesitate? 1 7*HE Netherlands Indies Press reaction to Mr. Churchill's speech is important. The initial welcome i for the strong note of warning to Japan, and in particular the "it must Stop* 1 reference, has given place on! further reflection to
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    Air Raid Experiences In Chungking
    1687 4 Air Raid Experiences In Chungking CHUNGKING, in many ways resembles Hong Kong In Ita geographical aspects. Like H rag K< ng, the city is all length and no bres dth, strong out at the foot ol hills On ne side Ol the hills is the Yangtze River and d the
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    Americans & Far Eas
    442 4 Americans Far Eas AM EIICII S P EIEI Should Li nmn tokokltf* nou ever <c tt< fa .JH No 31 r r I nAttM Wi This American-compiled diagram is Mteudcd democracies could hold tbcir own at m H tibtl kid doci American public optaJon .stand to-day or. the crisis m
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    Why Britain's Arms Factory Girls Are Happy
    541 5 Why Britain's Arms Factory Girls Are Happy .\a> it gxeiti 10- factory "SomeWomen were nskiOed work, and minds about Victoria ChapWhy women factories". said it didn't Cor women >rk. Their elders abort the girls e during the Great I good job of it tirst wcman j on a light D9
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    MALAY GIRLS' SCHOOL
    185 5 THE 1941 prize distribution of the Ro-hore Malay Girls' School (the :or sele.-ted RirLs from the Malay vernacular s-hooLs> will be held Saturday. Se:;t. 6. at 9.30 a.m.. at t::e Rorhore S.-hooi in Palemban 1 Road Che' S.odah bint: Haji Md S lai] ha.> --onsented to oresent
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    Singapore Sea Scouts At Training
    10 5 a boat after launching it.
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    FAMILIES OF FOUR STILL KEEP NINE SERVANTS
    212 5 J^ANY people are flouting the Labour Ministry's appeal to curtail domestic staff, says a London message to the Sydney Sun. L-4?J e Mfnlster lor Labour has now written to all employers of dDmestic latour. demanding details in an attempt to find out whether
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    MALAYAN MAGIC CIRCLE SHOWS
    164 5 T"HE Magic Circle show at Gillman barracks on Tuesday night was very successful and had an enthusiastic reception. Artistes taking part were Messrs. Sartin. Gilroy, Duckworth Tan Hock Chuan. J. Shaw. A. Barnes W Urquhart. and Miss M. Reid and Miss Gay Cawdery. To-morrow evening the
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    26 5 jyf.AKV Heathcott who conducts the ninular Free Press feature which appears daily on this pa<*e is ;ndisnosed. He r feature will be resumed in due <»urse.
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    LATEST "CENT A PLANE A DAY" COLLECTIONS
    150 5 I ATEST bankings including tins re- ceived up to Aug. 21 in the "Cent A Plane A Day" Fund art- as follows: Hooglandt and Co. per Miss E R Shutte-Raaflf $62.17, Asiatic Petroleum C i Pulau Buk im per Mrs D. R HowglU
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    REFERENCES IN CHURCH TO WAR SITUATION
    124 5 DROTEST should be made against 1 vague announcements by Ministers that ,he war situation had become more serious, says the Church Standard, weekly newspaper of the Church of England. "Recently an announcement was made that a Minister had some impor:ant secret news,'' it says.
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    MOSCOW RADIO TELLS NAZIS BITTER TRUTH
    134 5 *£ORE than 2.000.000 men, brothers, .sweethearts ar.d fathers have been lost on the eastern front. You will never see them again solely because *Titlnr forced them fcc fisht against the Soviet workers and peasants. Th.U message has been broadcast to the young men and
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    Hongkew Wave Of Terrorism
    141 6 Shanghai. Aug. 28. SERIOUSLY perturbed by the growing terrorist crime wave in occupied arras in Shanghai the Japanese authorities are reported to be planning to enforce a mutual guarantee system among the 400,000 Chinese residents in Honukew Japanese- Dccupied portion of the International Settlement and scene
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    Philippine Re-Exports Controlled From U.S.
    160 6 Washington, Aug. 27. PRESIDENT Roosevelt to-day issued an executive proclamation placing re-exports from the Philippines under tighter control, thus plugging :he leak in foodstuffs and other products from the Philippines to the Axis nations. The proclamation accomplished the object of legislation which was submitted to
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    Fortress Bombers Can Now Climb To Heights Undreamt Of Before
    570 6 Fortress Bombers Can Now Climb To Heights Undreamt Of Before TN a review of recent double daylight attacks on the enemy warships, the Air Ministry News Service points out that British bombers had to fly much farther from their base than the German bombers which attacked London and the south
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    Shanghai Arrests Of Alleged Terrorists
    92 6 Shanghai, Aug. 28. A CCOMPANIED by a party of municipal police. United States marines and Japanese gendarmes late on Tuesday night raided a house situated in, the central part of the International Settlement and arrested four Chinese alleged to be important pro-Chungking terrorist leaders here.
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    Exercise In The Northern Command
    33 6 A large number of troops and Home Guard* took part In the Northern Commandi Picture shows -oldiers ?*■"■"<£?*** stopping and checking the identity of all ranks in army vehicles.
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    Leningrad Defenders Are Preparing Resistance
    582 6 Moscow, Aug. 28. PEOPLE arriving in Moscow from Leningrad describe the city's tense, heroic atmosphere where every house is like a fortress, reports Reuter's special correspondent. Throughout the day and night firewatchers are on every roof, while factories are working at a more intense tempo
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    N.Z. Prime Minister To Visit Canada
    58 6 Ottawa. Aug. 28. MR. Peter Fraser. New Zealand Prime Minister, has accepted the Canadian Government's invitation to visit Canada and will arrive by air from the United States, it is officially announced He will arrive in Ottawa on Tuesday, spending five days in Canada
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    CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS BANNED
    147 6 THE Australian Minister for Education. Mr. H. V. Evatt, said recently that he did not propose to enter into a controversy with the president of the Teachers' Federation, Mr. A. McGuinness, who had complained that the Minister had not consulted him before deciding to abolish
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    Sailor's Gold Haul Upsets Market
    150 6 Rome, Aug. 28. A MODERN treasure hunt on the Greek A coast ending In fishermen finding several large cases of gold coins is reported by the Italian Stefani news agency in Athens. A group of fishermen along the Angplico coast recently sighted a strange ship
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    CHINESE MINISTER'S DEATH IN GENEVA
    114 6 Shanghai, Aug. 28. DR Wang King-ky. Chinese Minister to Poland since 1935, died ot stomach ulcer in Geneva on Monday. R<Vuer learned fcci-day. Dr. Wang was trapped in Warsaw chiring the ruthless German air bombardment of the city, but managed to escape with his lamily
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    39 6 Tokio. Aug. 28. HOUSES, schools and other property valued, at $2 000 000 ana belonging to an American Christian church at Pyuang iHopehi will be turned over to the Nanking Government, according to a Japanese report, from Kaileng.- Reuter
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    Death Sentence By Paris Court
    66 6 Vichy, Aug. 28. •■•HE former secretary of the Com- mtraist newspaper Humanite was sentenced to hard labour for life at the first session of a special Paris court charged with suppression of Communist propaganda. One death sentence was imposed together with various terms of hard
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    Alleged Hostility At Tientsin Customs
    128 6 Peiping, Aug. 28. BRITISH officers in the Tientsin Customs are hostile towards Japan and as a result the Japanes- authorities and Japanese members o* the North China Political Affairs Commfcs?ion have requested Mr W R Ifyen British Commissic ner of Customs Tientsin, to take drastic
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    Indian Territorials Join Regulars
    153 6 Simla. Aug. 28 AS lrom Sept. 15 the Indian Territorial Force will cease to exist for the duration of the war because thp overwhelming majority of them will henceforward be members of the regular army, says a press note "When the scheme for raising new units
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    NORMAL CONDITIONS ON BALUCHISTAN BORDER
    105 6 Quetta. Aug 28 I*HE dLsclosure that conditions on either side of the Baluchistan -Iranian border are perfectly peaceful was made to Router by Lieut. -Gen. Norton. Commander of Hh Western > Independent i District with headquarters at Quetta He expressed satisfactmr w.ith arrangements for the
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    Imperial War Cabinet Plan Impractical
    19 6 Imperial War Cabinet Plan Impractical ■> enormous difficulties^' sair. 1 -I 1 >| Prim, Oth. '..,;J bar-,. -iic:, critu: i« Reuter
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    Parliament Protest At Vichy Evacuation
    30 6 Parliament P rotest At Vichy Evacuation T HL V. J^jU Ben iiprote. 1 P 'r3iJ! to ev. the i C Liami 8■" ■IM ee Adm Governn -.'t 1 Const:- I
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    INDIAN GOVERNMENT REPLIES ON DEFENCE COUNCIL RESIGNATIONS
    540 7 premiers Asked To Serve In No Other Capacity Simla, Aug. 27. -m iiuvi-rnment of India has promptly replied to a dement made by Sir Sikander Hyat-Khan, Premier j he Punjab, on resigning from his seat in the National nf-mv Council. lV!l ,nts reply
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    N.I. ENTHUSIASM FOR SERVICE
    59 7 Volunteers Exceed Conscripts' Total itavia, Aug. 25. lands inches Affairs, com- id I People's ihUsiasm among ilation for conllitia as well as laid, apphca- uneroufl that d the number ha a result, the ::ra-.v lota i 4 ra ba Java I Mi oado were with the
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    Political Reforms For Dutch Empire THREE STAGES PLAN ANNOUNCED IN N.I.
    76 7 Political Reforms For Dutch Empire THREE STAGES PLAN ANNOUNCED IN N.I. K.u.t\ia. Xuj:. 2,">. ■g< the Nether London plans reforms *>re rlandfl indie.s foe General -\-.n Voilisraad B stages. The prominent urta ofl -he the re■riU ncorporate the parts oi bj than. the meeting lei the rei iti the stateWUhehnina
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    Saw Carpenter Dying From Poison
    58 7 ft sci oy drinking i ronkd by the r. Mr A' G Porter. the death irpenter, Wu Wai V In Ma room the .i.t rn-on of a cook ..v.i. 4 in the lence that while in ■1 meone saying istic soda. Run:.e round him >•
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    Examination Service At Kuching
    36 7 Examination Service At Kuc hing has been Sarawak. are stationed Sunsei Seol in UMI be. ween Po f -he Sarawak rages :re be•c Rtvcn in the nd between Morata- s rawafc R.vcr. ait displayei > M V
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    12 7 ■■> Year;- M,-ns Will ue held pitniLsr^ in r tuamm The mbBusfcal iriectlona.
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    CAFE LICENSEE APPEALS
    226 7 UNDER sentence of imprisonment and with his cafe licence cancelled. Tan Kee S.an?. licensee of the Modern Cafe in Jalan Besar. appealed against <he decLirn of the lower court before the Chief Justice, S.r Percy McElwaine. yesterday. Dr. C H. Withers Payne appearing for Tan Kee Sianp.
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    $2,700 IN BREACH OF TRUST ALLEGATION
    72 7 CHARGED with committing rnrninal 0! trust in respect 0f52.691.88 while employed as a clerk in Chop Tew Joo Hcng Lim Kheng Chung claimed trial to the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday. The offence was alleged to have been committed between July 29 and Nov.
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    Looking Over A Messerschmitt
    29 7 An R.A.F. officer examining one of the cannons of a Messerschmitt 109 which was practically undamaged when brought down and captured in the Western Desert.
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    R.A.A.F. Chief's Tour In Malaya
    122 7 r\l'RlM; his stay in Malaya, Air U Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stewart Burnett, Chief of Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force, flew to air stations in northern Malaya to inspect R.A.A.F. units. Both he and Lieut. -(ien. V. A. H. Sturdee, Chief of the Australian
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    PEDESTRIANS' VIEWPOINT Uncle's Statement At Death Inquiry
    195 7 PEDESTRIANS' VIEWPOINT Uncle's Statement At Death Inquiry witness whose nephew had been kn_vk-d down with fatal conse.uences, by a motor-bos in Queen Street on Aug. 19 told the Singapore Cor >ner. Mr. W. G Porter, yesterday, "There would be fewer ratal accidents if motorists would exercise gre iter care when
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    48 7 THE honorary organizer of the "Buy A Bomber" Fund, Mrs. B. Church, has informed the Services Entertainment Committee that part ot the proceeds of a special "Faith in Victory" Flag Day will be allotted to the funds of the committee for the purchase of an>cnitits for the Services.
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    Help On Way To Oppressed
    167 7 N.I. INTERPRETATION OF CHURCHILL'S SPEECH Batavia, Aug. 25. DRACTICALLY the entire Nether- lands Indies listened to the latest speech of Mr. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. Nirom broadcast extracts and subsequently relayed records made of the speech. "Those who had believed that the eight points
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    $10,000 GIFT FOR SCIENCE CLASS
    114 7 THE recommendations of the McLean Commission on Higher Education in Malaya have encouraged an anonymous Chinese to pay lor the equipment for the teaching of the full general science course at St. Andrew's School. Singapore. A cheque for $10,000 has been handed to the principal
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    COLOURED PETROL
    36 7 THE Free Press is informed authorita- tively that there is no truth in rumours that the new orange-coloured petrol on sale in Malaya gives a smaller mileage per gallon than the type sold previously.
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    51 7 Mr. K. T. K. Tangamani was admitted to practise in the Colony as an advocate and solicitor, by t»he Chief Justice. Sir Percy MeElwaine, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. J. C. Cobbett made the applicatdon on behalf of Mr. Tangamani, and Mr. E. R. Kock represented the Bar
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    Search For Local Offices For Mr. Duff Cooper BRITISH MINISTER MAY ARRIVE ON THURSDAY
    331 7 Search For Local Offices For Mr. Duff Cooper BRITISH MINISTER MAY ARRIVE ON THURSDAY WHEN Mr. A. Duff Cooper, British Cabinet Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, arrives in Singapore by Clipper next week probably on Thursday on his special mission for the War Cabinet, he will stay
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    JUDGMENT RESERVED IN TRAFFIC APPEAL
    80 7 lUDGMENT in the appeal by Ong Joo J Chin, who is under sentence of seven months' simple imprisonment for an alleged traffic offence was reserved in the Singapore High Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Worley. It was alleged that One: Joo Chin knocked down an
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    N.I. Establishes Imports Centre
    149 7 THE Director of Economic Affairs, Dr. H. Van Mook. announced in the Volksraad on Monday that an organization had been formed irhidi was to act as a central purchasing organization of certain kinds of goods on behalf of the Netherlands Indies. in order to provide as
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    COMMITTEE SUGGESTED FOR SERVICES CLUB
    141 7 AT a mee ing uf the Services Enter* tainment Committee at thf committee's office in Raffles Museum imdec the chairmanship of Major-Gen. Keith Simmons it was decided that the projected Services Club in Singapor* .should be placed under control of management committee. Th? 1 following
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      301 7 Tuning In To Home News Ten Minutes "Later" SEVERAL Changes in Singapore's! 8.30 to 8.45 a.m. Headline News, .Views basic programme timings have b^\Tt%k recede, .naming been necessitated by the 10-minute concert. advance of Malaya's clocks, effec- 62 s to 6.30 p.m. Singapore Calling; Protive from Monday, which brings gramme
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    Afghan Interest In Iran Developments
    92 9 Simla, Aug. 28. P VENTS in Iran have aroused interest in Afghanistan whore. according to reports received here, there are about 100 German males mostly employed in the public works department on the roads, irrigation works 1 various manufacturing ventures such as cotton and sugar.
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    AUSTRALIAN AIR MINISTER'S AIM
    94 9 AUSTRALIAN AIR MINISTER'S AIM Canberra. Aug. 2S. KS r.ir training turps of 78 squadron with IS wo eadeta n« d 16 t^ 13 in training is rh* AnstnJbuo Air Minister, Mr. J. MrE^m'f. aim Bquadrom would b^ formfxi la th* 1 capita!. dtia and larga country centra wrh ttgrita and
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    48 9 Alleged to have commuted criminal breach of trust in respect of $111. the property of Sudani Singh, between Va- 8 anl 9. DliMUtftt, L>3->var-oJd Indian claimed trial in the Singapore Fifth Court yesterday. Police bail was extend d when the case was postponed to Sept. 11 for mention.
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    British Attitude To French Somaliland
    182 9 TT Cairo, Aug. 28. |l is the earnest desire of the British to end the unhappy situation in Djibouti. Food, wine and medical supplies are waiting to be rushed into French Somaliland. This is the authoritative comment in Cairo on accusations broadcast from Djibouti to
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    Nationalization Of Medical Profession
    118 9 Brisbane, Aug. 28. A GRADUAL decline of private medical practice with the entire nationalization of the medical profession in Australia is forecast by Sir Raphael West Cilento. He said that group practice under state control would be inevitable as a result of a protracted war. Nationalization
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    UNAUTHORIZED FLIGHT ENDS IN DISASTER
    123 9 Manila, Auj. 28. CEKGEANT William D. Rowland, 32 years of age, was seriously injured to-day v.hen a two-engined army bomber crashed into a bouse near Nichols Field, killing two Filipinos and striouslv Injuring two others during what the army a horitir.- U.rmed an unauthorized night.
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    DUKE'S VISIT TO AIR TRAINING CENTRE
    89 9 Jarvis (Ontario). Au*. 28 TIIF. I>_ikc of Kent ar.d his party were gupr.ts of honour at a ffpww piv n a-t the officers' men it a bombing r>nd punner>' schx>i of the Royal Canadian Air Force here. They then vtvt.i the night, at the
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    Split In Anti-War Faction?
    134 9 Split In AntiWar Faction? NEW DEVELOPMENT IN S. AFRICA Johannesburg, Aug. 28. A MOOT important political development in the Union of South Africa since Gen. Hertzog's retirement last year is indicated by a demand which Dr. Malan, leader of the re-united Nationalist Party, has addressed to leaders of the Ossewabrandwag
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    A.I.F. Support Fund For Allied Forces
    128 9 A USTRALIAN troops now in Malaya ■£»> have made what is perhaps the first direct contribution from the A.I.F. to the Allied forces in Great Britain. This came about through a raffle organized on a troopship during the j voyage from Australia to Singapore.
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    NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM LIBRARY
    140 9 THE following nev.ly added nonfiction and fiction works will be ready for issue at Raffles Library o:\ Saturday: Dusk to dawn-, A Warden— A. R P.. Palestine railing. W. M. Christie. Memories of a scientific liie, Sir Ambrose Fleming, I Gathered No Moss. Illustrated, John
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    STICKERS AND STAMPS REALIZE $300
    73 9 A TOTAL of $297.70 was collected during an hour's sale of car stickers and stamps for the September "Faith In Victory" Drive, at a Rotary Club dinner on Wednesday. The collection was made by helpers of the "Buy A Bomber"' Fund, who realized the follow-
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    German Army Feels Strain
    86 9 Zurich, Aug 28. GERMANY S need of manpower is lurther indicated by report* irora the Berlin correspondent of Neue Zuercher Zeitung which states that, according to official circles in Berlin, former Polish subjects who obtained German nationality since the conquest of Poland are being conscripted for
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      318 9 r i \!>i-:us Singapore Ml M( MWUTY ,rp pg* IttilHd for the r services i^r render pipes and Special 5.:?-; d Oct. 1, 1941 to -e of Closing. 12 S 941. miorme loi period H sept 30. 1942. Date Sept 10. 1941. and drains at E> posit So0». 11 1°
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      123 9 STRAITS TIMES for 1941 Better than ever the Straus Times Annual for 1941 is now m course of production. A lavishly illustrated! volume which includes many sections and plates in full colours. An ideal Christmas Gift for your friends Overseas. AU previous issues were quickly sold out. ORDER YOUR COPIES
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      939 9 Broadc asting MA A my ,p.m. Headline News; 10.20 p.m. "World A%3*mMtfLM Affairs "--A UJk by H. Wickham Steed 1 1 London t; 10.35 p.m. Songs by John McSINGAPOKE Cormack (records); 10.45 p.m. Close down. /HL. »25 m- 1333 tt cs. ZHP3 ZHP.I. 30.96 m 9ti m c\ 5 p
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      399 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST I MaiLs close at the General Po^f Office U follows TO-DAY 'Australia 4 p rr-. 'Java air 4 p.m New Zealand air I p m Medan at' II a. IB TO-MORROW Aden ME 122Q p m Africa Ut U 3j p m. Australia a;r L2JJ p.m
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    CRICKET CLUB GO DOWN FIGHTING
    502 10 Better Finishing Gives Loyals The Day FIRST DIVISION SOCCER AT THE STADIUM Loyals 4; S.C.C 2. ALTHOUGH beaten by four goals to two by the Loyals in a first division league soccer match at Anson Road stadium yesterday, the Singapore Cricket Club came away from
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    Singapore Race Weights For To-morrow
    425 10 Singapore Race Weights For To-morrow iuf.KiHTS for all eight races at Bukit Timah to-morrow, tho third day of the Singajx>rv Turf Club's Autumn Gold Cup' meeting, arv Horses ("lav. 1. l>i>. 1 furlones WittOnti 9 04 Bridge I.uu 8.01 Derby 8.13 Kat TBW a 01 D, i\ 8 06 Bouklaw
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    M.A.S. SOCCER
    74 10 THr. Following have been selected to 1 represent the Medical Auxiliary Service 'Farrer Park Depot .it BOCCer against the P?:~ir Pan inn"; Roven at Parrel P;irk to-morrow. Slthambaram; m. Stan! Q. Ifuthu- sumy: B. J Layman, Mahalingam, V. Suppiah; 8 Ramaian, Urn Kim Kiat Krishna fCapt) S v
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    53 10 T:ir Hawing hav< jeca selected to' i> iv soccer for the y.m.c.a. against the r k. Malaya on the Anaon Poad grounrj at 5 i>> p m to-day: o. Mai^o.,; ,1. Woodbridge, V. Saba- •v thy; J. Mox.-n. J. Karirn. Orton; J Shrpherd. I, Day. Ralnh. X. and
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    HAMPSHIRE XI SOCCER
    50 10 TfiK foUowinfl playen will represent! 1 the HampMiirr XI against the Royal Navy in a lricndlv soccer match at Farrer Park ut 5.15 p m., to-day: Sith.unparam. Sinniuli. Raja Gopal. Ahmud. Layman rCapt.), Ismail, Gar- j retr, Crana^esnr' Kri-;hp;i. .Suppiah and A run. Koserves: luny and Noordin
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    S.A.O.B.A. TENNIS
    61 10 fpHK following are the results 01 lirst round ties iii St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association's tennis tournament: < Hr Lai En Foh beat Cheong Eng 2^ n n 4l f, 2 P()On LiP beat < Ngo Beng Huck 6-3, 6--1; Lee Kim Ek beat F Thomas 1. 6
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    To-morrow's Heats In Y.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival
    518 10 npftE ioiiowiiik beats ta the y.m.ca. swimming carnival will foe swum in the order given below, starting at 4.30 p.m.. at the Y.M.C.A. pool to-morrow: MEN'S 120 YARDS MEDLEY BELAY Ist Heat: Chinese Swimming Club; Overseas Chinese Swimming Union; Singapore Cantonese Swimming Union; Youiik'
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    ANNUAL REPORT OF HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
    314 10 Urgent Need For A Ground Stressed TPHIS year's North v*rsu* South hockey encounter will probabh be played in Singapore if the decision of the committee of the Stnrapore Hockey Association, M Dut forward in the annual report for the year ended June 30, meets with
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    An Easy Winner
    50 10 picture. DANIELS LANDS GOLDEN GLIMPSF an easy winner in the third race at Bukit Timah on Wednesday, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting. Contango, ridden by Woods, was a fast second, with Flying Column, on the rails, a tiring third.- Free Press
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    Pulau Brani Sappers Take Lead In Second Division (A)
    449 10 K.h. (Pulau ttrani) 3; Moravia 2. A HAT-TRICK by Fitzgerald gave the R.E. (Pulau Brani) a three-two decision over Moravia in a second division (a) league soccer fixture on the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday. The victory puts the Sappers at the top
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    First Pan-Malayan Hockey Carnival
    76 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Slpoh, Aug. 28 HOl'Lli arrangements materialize, the first pan-Malayan hockey carnival will be held in Koala Lumpur during the comim Deepavali and Hari Raya holidays The Perafc Hockey Association is taking the initiative and circulars have already been sent to v*rioua hockey
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    MANCHESTERS WIN RESERVE GAME
    27 10 T!HL Manchester Regiment beat the i R. E. by fcur goals to nil n reserve division leagSe sweer match played at Changi yesterday
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    To-day's Important First Division Game AIRMEN MEET S.C.F.A. AT ANSON ROAD
    561 10 To-day's Important First Division Game AIRMEN MEET S.C.F.A. AT ANSON ROAD Soever NoiiT^ WITH the completion of the H|| s y^. ff tion, which for the twelfth time" sin a aj cessfully for Singapore, all attention I i 1] <!1^ the Singapore Amateur Football \.< <f n K U «'^J*
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    To-day's Sport
    18 10 division, n U !irs «"ad sUdium ,J C 5* Mala- div »SWB a '—v H p
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    MAKEPEACE ROVERS
    50 10 THE fol] nrin 1 repre^e: t the Mali "B" team match aga.: Badn*ten Party a\ G> night Kane Soon 4 A. V. Cbrdeir r* Joseph dr Bora, C I drutT, Vinci S L_s; Tan. Joeephii 9oi Mildred Rufus Reserve^: Q\uv fTheseira. Mr- I. V. Ru* 'Hi Hilda PfaUipß.
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