The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 September 1941

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  • 20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,402. GSTI> |835 TUESDAY, SEITEMBER 2, 1941. S CENTS
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  • 581 1 We Sha II Do All In Our Power To Crush Hitler jS NAVY CAN HELP TO GUARANTEE FREEDOM OF SEAS Hyjlo Park (N.Y.), Sept. 1. Ui all working men and women through:(i States to subordinate all private i; supreme effort to rearm the United States
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  • 156 1 Nome (Alaska). Sept. 1. TWu Russian seaplanes carrying a total of 47 men en rouu> 10 Washington from Moscow on a mysterious mission alighted here for refuelling after a rou^h crossing of Siberia and the Bering Straits, says Router. All the men ure said
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  • 119 1 "UNDISCLOSED POST AT SEA 11 Tokio. S<-pt. I. A RESHUFFLING of the Japanese naval general staff is officially announced. Rear-Adm. Seiichi Ito is appointea Vice-Chief of Naval Gtenera] staff, succeeding Rear-Adm. Nobutake Kondo, who ha.s held the post since October. 1939. Real Adm. Kondo has been appointed
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  • 193 1 R. A.F. Bomb Krupps Works As Russians Raid Berlin London, Sept. 1 OVERCOMING bad weather and persistent cloud, a considerable force of British bombers last night attacked objectives in the Ruhr and Rhimland, states an Air Ministry communique. The principal targets were in the Eusn and Cologne districts. E.ssen is
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  • 778 1 London, Sept. 1. AN admission of fresh cowjter-attacks by Marshal Budenny's forces south of Kiev and on the lower course of the Dnieper and of* severe fighting in the central sector of the Eastern Front is made to-day by the official German
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  • 1003 1 Ankara, Sept. 1. DART of the great numbers of British and American 1 planes now arriving in the Middle East will be diverted to Russia across Iran almost immediately and later will be followed by regular units of the Royal Air
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    • 95 1 BiGiA TEA Kl KRtSHNESS nwoRANa of rm tl 10 KOUK HOMt RAFFLES HOTEL I^night DIMNER DANCI informal) H p.m. to midnight BUSTER MAGGIE LUNCH TN""THE~ BALLROOM GRILL BLIND BALL SPECIAL CABARET SICBOLAS MOMI K)R BUMO C HI! OITI DANCE HOSTESSES TENSION TO 2 A.M. BOOK NOV Admission to Ballrocm $1.00
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    • 71 1 THERE IS NO BETTEK TEA IHAx\ BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA sea View HOTEL PERFFCTI,? tIRCONDITIONEI) R\ SfAUKKIAFS BALL -BOOM TO-NIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE Dinner $3. Admission to Rail-Room free of charge DINNER and DANCE MUSIC BY RELLER'S BAND FRIDAY 6t SATURDAY NIGHTS DINNER SERVED ON
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  • 307 2 ANE thousand Singapore Chines<\| representing numerous local associations and guiids, provided an enthusiastic opening yesterday to the Aid-to-Britain Campaign, organized by the Federation of China Relinf Fund Committees to help the Lord Mayor's Air Raid Distress Fund. Gathered at a mass meeting in
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  • 341 2 i From Our Own o trrespondent > Seremban, Aug. 31. WOMEN wardens <>i Beremban a.R.p services were among the witnesses i the Seremban magistrate, Mr. i J. A A. Faith, held an inquiry into the JiiiduiK oi b Chir.rse, Tan Ah Sa-m, with multiple injuries,
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  • 96 2 GERMAN THREAT TO FRENC H FARMERS Vi'hy. Sept 1 p KHMAN occupation authorities to day threatened French farmers t< sell their hf rses to the German a~my it over market prici s or have th< m u Quisitioned The Par^s Press announced that at the request of the German authorities,
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  • 78 2 Washington. Sept. 1 I'llE newspaper columnLst^i, Drew Pearson and Robert All-:n. charged on tlieir radio prjjrramm^ la. c t night j that "pro-Vichy and pro-Nazi" agents in the United States had been ordered I to sabotage 11 French ships in American hr»rb')ur.v Coast Guard and
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  • 49 2 From Our Own Correspondent) l*enanK, Sept. 1. THE death took plare this morning at the Grneral Hospital of Lieut. Comd. J. C. Derrick. Harbour Master. Penang, aged 53. Lieut. -Com. Derrick leaves a wi;e nnd iwo children. The funeral took place this evening.
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  • 47 2 Venice, Sept. l. Joseph Goebbels, Reich Propaganda Minister, arrived here yesterday bv plane to attend the Intern'ati.mal FLir Show He was g.v n a wild ova; ion and inspected a guard of h msur He will remain in lia)y for several days United Press
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    • 231 2 GREAT BRITAIN ENTERS THIRD YEAR Opf^l THRILL to the VOICE of VICTORY**'! DEANHA SINGS "THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGuf J^m B^Bx BS M SHE ff B^BBlW^k 1 Iff G cim, VX. '^L ;.S^B Ufk BV- jflHk -^BVB^ v jjfi/ bbT fIH > v^' ---v bI Ik^^^JEß ROMANTIC ESCAPADE. ®ll r
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  • 249 3 TOYODA URGED TO ADOPT "GIVE TAKE POLICY" MR- Ritsu Kivo^aua ™m«i i Tokio, .Sept. 1. and Liberal t.^' y known P oli tical commentator addrei an^Vn Slr m to S^ *">■* Toyoda" pointing out thL t F orei gn Minister, Adm. roads of war or Se Pa 1S at the
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  • 74 3 White Russians Perturbed By Japanese Order tYking. Sept. 1. Riwtlhm coramun- iiy perturbed by oy the head of r.ired •'Anti-Com-Oi Russian I s rrth China that all members 7 and 42 are to Tientsin for Waiu Russians til China regardOf dependents Moslems and Etfc affected in rted that 500 are
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  • 50 3 I iiiiuii. Sept 1 t- Uea ..iv. been in--1 ran m consuls I have been gas- M ordiiii; to th-j Independent >-■ German trcn~ > i^^r 1 lot the Main d u> i i Fair whi ija cn>ena ujrmed thej will •i ichca md will not -<
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  • 17 3 London. Sept. J. liimafi dropped !xla ;;r.d the Suez md 43 injured in +--re no cxsuai- Reuter
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  • 147 3 Shelter Wrecked When Hull Is Blitzed iitttt v- London, Sept. 1. H no rth-east coast British P? rt which has already been in the forefront of the Luftwaffe's L^t ni^ get had an thei^Son Many high explosive bombs were dropped. Anti-aircraft defences engag ed the raiders for over an hour
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  • 62 3 M.-_ Moscow, Sept. 1 ANDA A, plenipotentiary of the Tuva People's Republic of Central Aiia bordering the Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic has arrived in Moscow. He was officially greeted by the head of the Protocol of the Foreign Commissariat and others. Tuva, like
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  • 546 3 J-iiin&ur^h. Sept. I. ■:n Russia as an ally Manchester), I reaa at th? nion C ■■nsrex.s at thia did nut 9 Ith Bri- ider lions these n the |ow< I th Bril lid Mr Gibson F be an bnpeflaS Iv June
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  • 51 3 London, Sept. 1. TWK British aircraft industry last week put up the best figures >e* achieved. Every possihlr record was broken British fa^torie^ produced more complete planes, more engines, more airframes. mort? accessories, more equipment ;md repured mo^ planes than in any previ<m> week
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  • 624 3 London. Sept. 1. T'HE need :^r increased production nor < nly In Britain and the Allied Countries but also fa th« United States, coupled with u. warning against lethargy and waiting for the plums of victory la drop into 'our open mouths," is
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  • 113 3 U.S. Will Resist New Aggression In Pacific TT>ronto, Sept i. HE New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Peter Fraser, told pressmen here that he was convinced, after conferences with President Roosevelt and other high United States officials, that the people of the United States would not stand by complacently while any
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  • 224 3 London. Sept. 1. fTHR United Stau* Ambassador in London, Mr. John Winant, said to-day he had no knowledge of any Russo- Finnish peace feelers. United Press reports. (Stockholm press reports alleged that Mr. Winant was acting as Intermediary between Russia and Finland for a
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  • 33 3 London. Sept. 1. yoN PAPEN. German Ambassador to f Turkey, will shortly leave for Vienna, where he is to undergo a surgical operation, says an Istanbul message quoted by the Vichy radio. Reuter
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  • 396 3 "In 1942 We Shall Begin To See Victory "—Menzies <<nplTT London, Sept. 1. •THERE is a strand of steel in the fibre of the British people," writes Mr. R. G. Men zies, former Australian Prime Minister, in the Daily Mail to-day. Mr. Menzies continues: "For two years the war has
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  • 72 3 London, Sepi. 1 •pHIS week-end Turkey hu been celebrating its war of independence of 1922. The celebrations Included a display by Turkey's naval and military air forces. Military and naval attaches of almost all powtrs saw Turkey's pilots demonstrate their skill in aerobatics over roof tope in Istanbul. There was
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  • 673 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1941. Pacific Talks OPECULATION regarding the trend and likely outcome of the United States-Japan conversations is of little value since the statesmen concerned have refused to give the public even the slightest inkling of what they are discussing. We know, however, that the
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  • 710 4  -  John Gordon By '•'T'/zr Royal Air Forces daily offensive u-agcd r^entiettlp throughout the summer "cached a new peak on Sundai/ tohtm fighters, sometimes escorting bombers, crossed and re-crossed the Channel from darcn :o dusk. "Spitfire pilots icere reminded of the hectic dat/s of the Battle of
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  • 393 4 DAREDEVIL PATROLS A T TOBRUK I- rum lan Fitchett, A.I.F. War < orrrsponden t Cairo, Aug. 20. rpoWARDS sunset each night in Tobruk, an uncanny stillness sets in. Now and then the quietness Ls broken by distant shellftre The plumes of smoke flung up by bursting shells, and clouds of
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  • 30 4 P.I. ARMY RESERVISTS ARE MUSTERED M the duration' l In LO n Islan ass !<•: Phey sivel; in espi the Th Induct M.ij.i the Pra d a United P< United Press
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  • 310 4 A.I.F Role In Malaya SHOCK TROOPS [The follow in n spruu rresj fr* I P«»re wa- pu N Sydne, Mo, M ;-i which It will n to Ifalaya tUman i 1 defence Mice, .'.dor J Genera] Go, where thej With wi parti shock tr Should action, it will J Bo
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    • 269 4 RICHMOND BREWERIES -/Z^K MELBOURNE j||L ?&jm%-. -$L CALD BECKS fly Special appointment Lstablished fi§& ;872. lEWEST DESIGNS IR DIAMOND JEWELLERY Necklaces Bracelets Brocchee Rings Clip Watches. tncrmjoratee m r :*vumi SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG. NURSE SAYS V -^^M B A #1 1/ A #1 U t l* Wius i>;iis a: c
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    • 23 4 NUMONT Modern Rimless glasses by NAN SIN OPTICAL HOUSE 325, North Bridge Rd., S'pore. Phone 6363. 113, High St., Kuala Lumpur. Phone 3054.
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  • 529 5 Communal Kitchen Scheme Fills Need Maintains Morale England is na of war- did not show nal kitchen" ailed, In the trant habit ad the eomwhieh all heir lunch they can Lve already writes m London. is a means 0 might be Intense air In London provinces eding centiea ntS) KB
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  • 178 5 lihe Singapore is itifying to |O show goodwill to pr nred the v :or the Distress Fund cond anniverSuch a step by trengthen the two are fighting •ry equality i hemispheres n a Hle-and- O-rmany. s live peacefully inderstand thai her own r
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  • 137 5 SPECULATORS m bombed sites who nuped to make huge profits after the war have bought white elephants The commute sitting recently under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Uthwatt to consider this question suggested legislation which would fix the price oJ bomb-.d sites at their pre-war;
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  • 69 5 ThHREE pronnent Nazis were recently 1 arrested as pessimists at Konigsberg 'Prussia', says the New York Times Stockholm correspondent. Several women, he says, have also been detained. Delays In ttie Nazi campaign against the Russians aw increasing the tears ot German people," the correspondent adds.
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  • 69 5 A SCHEME for introducing a more strict discipline into the wholetime air raid wardens organization recently in Britain. This will become necessary when men called up are conscripted for A.Hi duties instead of being sent into the 63 result will probably be the introduction of
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  • 75 5 pictures. Children of the Dutch School in Orange Cirove Road, Singapore, yesterday celebrated Queen Wilhelmina's birhday. In an address to them, the Consul-General for the Netherlands, Mr. 11. M. J. Fein, (above) spoke of the Queen's life and emphasized her courage in the present days of
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  • 337 5 "THE fad that 100 jx*r cent, of your donations goes to the object of any Buy a Bomber' Fund appeal is a thought I would like to leave with you to-night," said Mrs. Beatrice Church, hon. organizer of the "Buy a Homt>er Fund in the course
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  • 92 5 Chinese Gives$ 1,000 To Churchill Tank Fund CONTRIBUTIONS to the Churehnl Tank Fund for the week ending Aug. 30 include: Madam Jo Butter $185, Lt. Gen. A. E Percival, $50, Tan Hong Tek $1.85, "A Few Seafarers" $39.20, Dr. W. R. Duff Taiping $185, Collection Boxes $199.35, Anonymous $9.25, "Anonymous"
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  • 478 5 Chiang Kai-Shek' s Nephew Is Ferry Pilot In Britain "TALLING Mr. Chang. Calling Mr. Chang. Will you please go to Operations Room immediately You are required for a cross-country flight." Mr. Chang— nobody knows him by any other name rose from a deep armchair in the rest room at the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • 422 6 London, Sept. 1. AS the war gathers momentum in Eastern Europe, two main aspects of the situation confront observers Germany's preparations for her next Black Sea thrust and the readiness of Turkey to meet any challenge. With Turkish cities only a few
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  • 263 6 New Evidence Of Nazi Labour Shortage FRESH evidence Ol German labour shortage is revealed by the Essener National-Zeitung. which says. "Many German workmen have been obliged to exchange to is lot the rifle. The Jewish population ot Warsaw will be round suitable work in German industry under supervision." Another Grrman
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  • 121 6 London. Sept. 1. SOVIET forces have evacuated the Karelian Isthmus north of Leningrad, the Daily Telegraph's Stockholm conespondent reports. The correspondent states that Marshal Voroshilov abandoned practically without resistance the mighty chain of fortifications in the lakes and forests stretching from Talplae. on Lake Ladoga,
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  • 147 6 Moscow. 5> pt 1. 'THE Red Arm? fcught the Invading hordes of Qmaany throughout la-st night along thi entire front, this morning's Russian communk|ue announced Meanwhile, the liiti«M>'n special correspondent on the Antic front, the playwright Nicola] Vtata, reported fierce fighting in thr
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  • 52 6 Sydney. Sept 1 rE congress on friendship and aid to Russia passed a resolution urpinß Australian representation at all Anglo-Soviet talks in which thr PariftV and Middle East ■TC involvei and also an exchange of ambassadors and military, naval and air missions with the
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  • 22 6 Moscow. Sept. 1. •T*HE Soviet Defence Commissariat announces that the popular defenre fund now totals 276.000,000 roubles United Press
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  • 61 6 'THREE timers have boon ruinclod up and shot by police in tho Prrtupup^p town of Guarda. They had escap rl from a cirrus cage. A lorrv containing lions, tigers, panthor^ and hyenas was turning a cornor in tho city on tho way to the
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  • 17 6 bcini adiuMeU in phStiSSh whirh\h Arm3 t A rOCk head dr^ i?
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  • 29 6 Tanks play an important part in warfare in the Western I>esert Picture shows a tank going into action against the German advance.
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  • 71 6 IT Is announced in the Danziger Vorposten that b Polish Red Cross nurse, Valeria Marzejewska, aged 28. has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisi nment with hard labour for having furnished an English prisoner of war with food and clothes to help him to escape.
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  • 330 6 Wakehurst 's Book On "Bolshevism In Perspective" rys a shelf in a public Library in Sydney is a book of special interest to-day, called "Bolshevism in Perspective," written 11 years ajo by J. de V. Loder. T«-day he is Lord Wakehurst, Governor of New South Wales. He vLsited Russia m
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  • 358 6 London. Sept. 1. A DECIDED negative to those who contend that all wars are unjust and opposed to Christian principles was given by Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop of Westminster, addresYng Catholic members of the Canadian forces serving In Britain at Aldershot yesterday Cardinal
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  • 345 6 Ahwaz (Iran). Sept. 1. A BRITISH army officer summing up the campaign in Iran, told Reuter's j special correspondent, "We are all glad the armistice has been concluded, saving unnecessary loss of life on both sides. We had a job to do
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  • 183 6 Moscow. Sept. l. MESSAGES from Tabriz. Iran, ,state that from conversation with the population in a number of villages in northern Iran, it is learned that German agents had been feverishly busy in those regions, especially since the outbreak of fighting on the Eastern
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  • 85 6 rfENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SecondLieutenant Peter Blake, of the Somerset Light Infantry, seemed to be enjoying himself. It was an afternoon dance for officers at a big London hotel. Blake had the last waltz with a Red Cross nurse. Then he asked the party to excuse him, "to make a telephone call." He
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  • 33 6 Bomber Output Months Ahead Of Schedule AMERICAN lore the hu g net N n^ Ypsiiant. Foro \h MW.Or r., r sub-assembli resuu of Ford r: bomb oi th<- umi /.go which United Press
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  • 286 7 Motorists Urge Use Of Headlamp Masks -iALNTS l>> Malayan motorists against the present hfin restrictions in black-outs and brown-outs |t niotor-tars has resulted in a decision by the f st council of the Automobile Association of Malaya i* ul the authorities to permit the use
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  • 70 7 ,t iHiper. British f v, s t«f and lh*n- ar hr t of Lancaster, ->;;/ by trarvs-PacWe r hi -netwl "nt^on for 'u,nni- \H--n Xh V h^ Hr.toh Kmbasjy 'V' u .uo Imi faMl *e«k :,Vw son time thts i. t t -r.nJ: k
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  • 73 7 L baa been pied by Sembilan ation room gramophone, Dotepaper, an Indian Fund ::r R B. ol Indian ind bi the >enelit Irmj n >^e I a he lc the ti opfl a-i i rf •f!i; v > British ihe pre- Indian lie
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  • 62 7 DHOBY'S GRANDSON PAWNED A WATCH -*n v ear-Old man, vno was "d 11 pieces o' r, jn by trn to istom- -se Third a 'barge oi ert- i watcn ated 11 pawn h:rn and the chat he bad been tent lend d ft so many which bis JJ*^ I*-*1 -ad
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  • 24 7 SOLDIER ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE eri Gray, of a -"fd t i have •■< r: Hal'.ey in S;nga- at act not mentioned nd nt yesteff-
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  • 161 7 PR. Hugh GLidney Grant, retiring United States Minister to'. Thailand, arrived in Singapore last night by the international express: from Bangkok He is going on Immediately to Washington Discussing ihe Thai situation, Dr. Grant said hr thought that tension in Barig.-.uk. bad recently decreased, and the Thais wor
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  • 84 7 •I PREfER to be a vagrant rather -nan thief." sMd a Malay. Ahmad Am oar. to the Singapore Third MfegiStr: tc yesterday when he was charged with being a vagrant. I* was stated dv Couri Insnec:or Reddi.-k that the accused surrendered himself to the police
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  • 70 7 ALLEOED to have stolen two goJd A rln s r s and $150 cash from a corpse. 27-year-old Chau Cheon* appeared in the Singapore Second Court yesterday. The offence was alleged to have been committed at coolie lines in the Nava B~se on
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  • 52 7 Lord herwall (formerly Profess 3r Lindemann), the ertentfet, and personal assistant and close friend of the Prime Minister, who \.as m ade a baron in the King's Birthday Honours List, is here seen with Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Ksyes at an artillery demonstrate a
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  • 110 7 Karachi, Sept. 1. "IF 1 were given a choice of troops 1 in front of my battery I would choose Indians every time/' said a senior artillery officer who has seen service in France, the Western Desert, Greece, Syria, to a Renter correspondent. The officer
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  • 231 7 LANCE- BOMBARDIER Ivor Richards, Royal Artillery, stated in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesierday that, driving a military motor-car along Tanglin Road towards Alexandra on the morning of Auk. 22, the ear came into collision with an Indian ridins on a bicycle at the junction o!
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  • 67 7 INDIANS ON UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY CHARGE BAIL of $500 was allowed for each of foirr Tamils. Kasudan, Vayanapan, Letchunan, and Somoha. In the Singapore Third Court yesterday when a charge or" being members of an unlawful assembly wjls explained to them. It was alleged that the lour men were armed with
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  • 40 7 iTHERE were 315 accidents in Singa- pore last month, 91 of which were traffic accidents involving motor-cars, lorries, buses and trolley buses. Forty accidents took place outside Municipal limits, according to figures released by the Accident Ambulance Service.
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  • 217 7 Slouch Hats For All Troops In Malaya Melbourne, Sept. 1. DEFERRING to reported resent- 1 ment by the A.I.F. in Malaya I at the decision to issue the Australian slouch hat to all Imperial troops there, Major-Gen. C. H. Brand said that the use of the hat was not confined
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  • 76 7 THE Automobile Association of Malaya is approaching Government again w?th a view to the incorporation of the off-side rule in the highway codes of Malaya. It was pointed out at a recent meeting of the executive council of the Association that many motorists have voluntarily
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  • 86 7 From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Sept. 1. THE Yang-di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan and the British Resident were represented at the funeral to-day of Mr. Chang Seng Long, former Negri Sembilan State Councillor. The funeral procession was a mile long and headed by many
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  • 31 7 DR. D. A. B. Hopkins, of the Medical Auxiliary Service, will address the Singapore Rotary Club to-morrow on the work of this unit of the passive defence organization.
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  • 19 7 A feature programme entitled "Fires of London" will be presented by the Singapore Broadcasting station at 9 p.m. to-day.
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  • 73 7 NEXT Sunday, which is the Sunday following the second anniversary of the outbreak of war (Wednesday, Sept. 3>, will be observed as a National Day of Prayer in Malaya in common with the rest of the British Empire. A special public service will
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  • 83 7 THE Don Basin with its Dnicprostroy Dam is not the only industrial area of Russia. The economic focus of Russia is no longer in the Ukraine, but a thousand miles further ea.'-t. and correspondingly farther from the Russo-German battle line At 7.45 this evening
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  • 59 7 CHARGED with possession of forged $1 notes, 50-cent piev.es and 20--cent pieces, a Hainane.se, Tan Ah Swah, was acquitted at the Singapore Assizes yesterday by Mr. Justice Worley, the jury returning z. unanimous verdict of not guilty. The accused was undefended, and Mr. E.
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  • 36 7 BRITISH NAVAL AIR ATTACHES IN BANGKOK i GROUP-CAPTAIN Roy Williamson j Chappell. MC. the new British Air I Attache, and Commander R. W S I Stirling-Hamilton, R.N.. the new British Naval Attache, have arrived in Bangkok.
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  • 45 7 PLEADING guilty to a charge of importing 299 pairs of shoes and slippers from Bangkok without a permit, Tan Chew Song, described as a trader, was fined $100. or two months simple- imprisonment in the Singapore Second Court yesterday.
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  • 53 7 Ngo Ah Moi, a ricksha puller, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Court yesterday on a charge alleging that he caused hurt to J. Huggins with a kandar stick at the Junction of Jalan Eesar and Desker Road on Sunday. The case was postponed to Sept. 8 for mention. Police
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  • 203 7 WITHOUT calling upon him for his defence, Mr. K. K. Oon, Singapore Fifth Magistrate, yesterday acquitted William David Drennan, a 43-year-old Australian, who had been on trial on a charge under the Defence Regulations. Drennan was alleged to have 'spread a report relating to matters
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  • 214 7 Third R. A.F. Cadets Squad From Singapore Receive "Wings" In Canada MEMBERS of the third squad of Singapore-trained Royal Air Force cadets have just received their "wings" at an advanced training centre in Canada, the Free Press understands. The men will now be looking for- I ward to an early
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  • 120 7 Raffles Institution Announces Classes FOLLOWING closely on the King's School Teachers' Association clashes for Servicemen comes an announcement that another important educational institution in Singapore has arranged dosses for Eritish Servicemen. The classes have been organic ci by the principal and stall of Raffles Institution and
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  • 93 7 From Our Own Correspondent 1 Ipoh, Sept. 1. THE death occurred to-day at his residence in Chamberlain Road of Mr. Arthur Cecil Ferdinands, of Ipoh at the age of 75 years. He came irom a Dutch Burgher family in Ceylcn and has
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  • 93 7 WHAT is alleged bo have been a trap set by the police had a sequel at the Singapoe Assizes before Mr Justice Worley ye.su rday when a Chinese and two Japanese, Ch^ong Ah Lam and Mimoru Sakazi and Mitso Hirata. claimed trial (<n a
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  • 97 7 Richmond. Calif.. Aug. 31 LAUNCHED in a stiff pale to-day, th. 10,000-:on freighter Ocean VlgfL seing built for Eritain. drifted across a quarter of a mile of water in Richmond harbour and crashed into the skte o' the moored Russian freighter tfbnfc, 2,600 tons.
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  • 72 7 Saigon. Spi 1. The report that .< Qertnjua mrawintf was opened hero on Aug. 25 proves i~> b Inc >rr«.'ct Allh tugh nil the Saigon newspapers form;. 11 y announced its opening, it is DOW understood that the office opened bv the German consular official,
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    • 286 8 BrogdcastS^ TO-DAY j SINGAPORE I, /111- 22$ nk 1333 k'fi ZHP.I 34.96 m. 9.t3 me* ZHP.2 48.58 m. 6.175 m cs. ZHP.3. 41.38 m ?J»5 m/c*. ZHL, ZHPI. ZHP2, and ZHP3 lOajn. LaguSair; 10.20 a.m Lagu Gambos- V' 10.40 a^n. Lagu Ronggeng; 11 am SoutL ixj 4 <^ dian dancers;
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  • 73 9 nested Tron? SS^a-g^^L^SlC^ «2£ s^rro, ss^-ssi Kr?rf y h p rch:ls «< from America o.™ < and Bre^» B»^--to authorized \nmt explained the aircraft for the celebration without weakening key air defence posts. A thousand soldiers, sailors and marines marched, while others displayed tanks, combat
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  • 1470 9  -  MAC BY THE position of tne Division 2A league leaders shows the very keen competition which is manifesting itself in current enagements. The Navy have risen to the top, but this looks only like a temporary triumph and they may soon be relieved by the team which,
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  • Australian News By Cable
    • 32 9 Melbourne, Sept. 1. IT. -COL, WHITFIELD, DirectorGenera] of Recruiting, said that recruiting in August was better than in July and a still higher figure was expected for September.
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    • 47 9 WHEN RuK'oy League officials at a maU-h in Sydney sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" for the Prime Minister, Mr. A. W. Fadden, who was ;.:i'.-t>nt. Mr. Fadden said he wondered whether they would think the same when they received their tax assessme nts.
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    • 24 9 THE death has o.vuived of Sir Thomas Bavin, former Premier of N.s.w.. and subsequently a Supreme Court Judge. His ape was 67.
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    • 19 9 poiiT Melbourne's score of 43 to 2y against Sandringhaxn on Saturday broke a rt^ord for senior football.
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    • 81 9 G. C. H. Wilkinson, aged 23, a descendant of Edward 111. and one d the mast brilliam tennis players in Queensland, ha.s ocen killed in a R.A.AJ. plane crash. Wilkinson was a law student before the war. and intended to follow in the footsteps of distinguished forebears
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    • 29 9 AIRMkN from Great Britain say that R.A.A.F. Sunderlands hold the re(<;rd for the number of U-bpats sunk by the Coastal Command. One Sunderland shot down four Junkers.
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    • 15 9 THE death has occurred of Mr. Gregan MVMahon. well-known Melbourne repertory theatre producer.
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    • 60 9 Randwick: All Love just, beat Paralla in the Hobartville Stakes. Warwick Stakes— -High Caste 1, Freckles 2, Kinj dergartcn and Lucrative <dead heat) 3. Flemington: Underwood Stakes— Sun I Valley 1, Tranquil Star 2, Tea Cake 3. J Badser, who rode the winner, was dis- qualified for a
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  • 147 9 Tnnr of Market Quiet Idlest Cable: London Spot Shoet cloeed. Nt Yprk Spot Shert/ U.S. closfd. No. IX R r Spr>t Ooosp) Averse buj"crs price for August, is 38.53 ct*. Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S Spot loose 38* 38\ No IX R.S.S FOB in cases
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  • 87 9 To-night. Whist Drive at R.A. Married Families Club (Changi) and at Nee Soon Sergeants' Mess. To-morrow. Tombola at No. 1 Area Sergeants' Mess R.A.F. Whist Drive at R.A. (Changi) and Alexandra Sergeants' Mess and at Presbyterian Services Club. Thursday. Whist Drive Fort Canning Juniors' Mess (8), and at
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    • 327 9 I SsinS 43VERTISEMEIITS_ I n NDKICS I rjTiTxroKK I m, IPAUTI M o» invited for the M r services For nnal Trnders I 1 :^<r period 1942. Date 9 Sept. 1 I, 1941. 9 uod drams at H 1 Depostl $50 >. fl 12 n n. Sfp:. 8. fl vV
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    • 261 9 FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS NOTICE. nMnSlof^^^^^^^^S^ road P-tionuf through Allowing slightly incr??sed^e? n Camcron Highlands will be at the p er Car accommodating 4 passengers. From or To Single Retarn Return Tapah Road journey journey j within?™ D same day. month. Railway Station $;cts. ts. t ts. Tapah 12(J I
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    • 172 9 I Order delicious I I Ice Cream for your next I I "Social"... order it this I I convenient and money I I saving way I Organisers of social functions find «.»rueriTiK HflnS their ice cream by the gallon both economical and fonvenient. For instance, one gallon of delicious Magnolia
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  • 32 10 ppH£ reserve divisi n League »ccei match between the Fortress K v. and the Chinese Athletic, which was to have been played at the F and N ground yesterday waa postponed
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  • 275 10 D! OND MILLING MAIN BOUT A( 111 > N in plenty ;tnd ni.inv rinse dt*i i*»i« l ii% ar,> prwslhfd by th.- attvaeihra boxing ar d .irr um«*tt hv pr'Hir ter B. T;in. urn' the auspii es of tbe SH A sfhicll will
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  • 33 10 I&B Publishers beat the M-r.via Sporta ciub by three -;>.>..■ to '*u' ':i nd division 'a 1 1 "iisnt 1 aoccef aatch f4ayed on thi V M C A iround iterd
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  • 31 10 IMHE Royal Mavy b tat the R E Malays) by two goals to ml kn a second division i) eague soccer match played at the Waval Base yes-:--d
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  • 55 10 AFTER a very close game, with fortune favouring lirst one team and then another, a heavy battery of the Royal Artillery, Changi. beat the RE. (P.B by one goal to nil in a semi-final soccer match for the Bond Cup. The winning goal was scored by
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  • 435 10 Young Frisco Beats Aussie Champion (From Our Own Correspondent) Sydney, Aug. £1. SENG APO RE middleweight Young Frisco, scaling list. 7 Mb., defeated the lightheavyweight champion of Australia, Cecil Overall 12st. 41b. in what has bren described as one of the greatest heavyweight contests seen in Queensland for years. The
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  • 30 10 I'HE first division league soccer match between the Police and Man- ch*\sier RoKim<-nt. which v/a.s to have I bseu played at the Police i>epnt yesterday, was postponed
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  • 107 10 THE Royal Singapore Golf Clut>'.s mixed foursomes competition for August was played at iiukit Timah on Sunday afternoon and resulted in a win for Mrs. J. J. Sheehan and J. B. Ross with a net score of 35 1 The following cards wtp returned: Mrs.
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  • 77 10 TWENTY cards were taken out lor the Keppel Golf Club's August mixed foursomes, which resultedMrs. G. Kerr and H. Irving Jones' 6 34; Mrs. H. K. Rodgers and T. A Boucher 44- 9 1 34 1 Mrs K E Karle and J A. Barr 43—8% 34U. rE
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  • 417 10 ARGYLLS COULD HAVE WON BY DOZEN GOALS Argylls 2; Malays 0. TF the Argylls had had anything like a forward line 1 yesterday they might have beaten the Malays by at least a dozen goals, so many were the opportunities they had and so
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  • 1009 10 CONTRIBUTIONS to Uic Lord Mayor London's Air Haul Reliel Fund through the Singapore Chinese Reliel Fund's Aid Britain sub-committee Include the following donations which add v\) t > nearly 130,000, the bulk ol which la from members ol the Hokkien
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  • 52 10 S.A.F.A. league, ftrsl division, R.AF. vs. Chinese Athletic, Anson Road stadium: reserve division Loyals vs. Argrylls. GiMman: Malays vs. Manchester Regt, SHB.; second division (b), Fort Canning vs. H.M.S. Sultan, Clerical Union; N.B. Indians vs. R.AF. (Kalians), Naval Base: Kranji vs. Wanderers, Kranji. Tennis: S.C C vs
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  • 301 10 Tall Scoring In Non-Benders' Cricket iFrom Our Own Correspc/uutn;. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. Ttifc.UK was some tall scoring on the padan? yesterday when two teams, captained by N. Grenier and A. H. Flowerdew respectively, met in the Malayan Non -Benders' reunion cricket match. Taking first lease of the wicket. Grciiier's
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  • 284 10 (From (Kir Own Corn- p i.rient Ipoh. \ur 31. TmcwJg utre iwo bi*; tUTpriKI in The flDah i.f Uif* Perak badminton champioi I ■>• which concluded here to-day. iiy beating Itab Beng Ehooi bolder for tt.»- past two years, Choy i: fc. Wafa Hong Kong badminton chunplon,
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  • 59 10 THE Lsiand Club'i women's August Stableford's competition resulted i Mrs Tan Chin Tuan 13 1 4 IT 1 Mrs. Poh Chee Juay 13 l 2-"l5 l j: Muss IK. C. Padday 13%- 2 h>'-; Mrs. G Argyll 13* b 1-14U: Mrs. B MacFariano 7% 6=13%;
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  • 158 10 ENGLISH "PIMPERNEL" IN FRANCE t^hk Gestapo lias Joined the ftench Surete at Caen in an attempt to truck down an English "Scarlet Pimpernel." John Hopper, who Is stated to have shot his way out o\ two police ambushes. The Purls Soir described Pimpernel Hopper as "one of the most active
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  • 96 10 ■"TRAVELLERS arriving at Shanghai from Tokio say that Japan's internal economic condition Is serious, says a New York message to Australian papers. Iron fencing, railings, and nates have been removed from buildings in an effort to meet the shortage of scrap metal, and
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  • 587 10 National Set 9.4 To Carry In Gold Cub Race WEIGHTS FOR rO-MORRnu, AND SATURDAY MATIONAL heads tssc weighu i n n H which will l>e run at Uukit Timah m lJ final day of the Singapore Turf ClubV \t m u} Cup) meeting, while Mystic Musir. last tear' the Singapore
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