The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 September 1941

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,412. BSTU 1835. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941 t CENTS
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    LENINGRAD AT ANY COST' IS NAZI ORDER
    764 1 Incmy Still 20 Miles Away From City REDS ATTACK TAKE THREE VILLAGES Budenny's Men Cross Lower Dnieper HELD MARSHAL VOX LEEB, ci^Tb.SS on* the Eastern Front, is reportetl to have issued an order ot the day to his armies to the effect that
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    Base For Nazis' Leningrad Armies Bombed
    113 1 !gGE FIRES AT ROSTOCK n >t pt. 12. ommunique ist nu'ht .lircrail and attacked ra (ornuav I the Baltic port od at cood targets at »f Qrefl bum- tad BootoffM t aervximme ■.::v.y shipping n rwe^taua coasts Twj l BIJ .ships off "her oil
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    Batavia Confirms Ship Overdue
    21 1 I aria shls us most i German raidTdu- U N'avv Alp have V\--"-. in ist United Press
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    STOP PRESS
    58 1 N Dffton, Sept I*. Rail indicated that f 8 i l Mil determint*l I ,t-il St »tes will '■>• ]>•'-'■-... r uaters" in x f. irships will I' rrla/>. Mr. >n'>renre Mr. Ro.xseveKS JJ» »fce mb, d.rmition that ran '•">- m which »ill shoot Gmf ■«»l? Mid of
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    Nazis Claim Big Convoy Attacked
    65 1 Berlin, Sept. 12. THE German High Command claims that U-boats have sunk 22 of 40 ships in a strongly escorted convoy in the north Atlantic and adds that the convoy is still being attacked. Information regarding the foregoing Is not available in London, where it
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    C.-in-C. In Indies
    80 1 Balavia. Sept. 12. 4 IK Chief Marshal Sir Robert ■^■■Brooke -Pop ham, Commanderin- Chief, Far Kast, arrived here yesterday for "a complimentary isi*. to confer with the Com-manders-in-Chief of tlie Nether lands Indies' Arniy and Navy." lie is at present at Bandoeng. The authorities here said he
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    British Planes In Action On East Front
    137 1 British Planes In Action On East Front London. Sept. 12. THE latest types of Spitfires are I among the hundreds of British i planes Mr. Winston Churchill an- nounced had been sent to Russia. j accoiding to a diplomat It is understood sonic of the planes have already been in
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    39 1 London, Sept. 12. A N Air Ministry communique statd that a XXfew enemy aircraft flew over the coastal areas of eastern England last night. Some bombs were dropped, causing little damage and Injuring a small number of people. Reuter
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    Hitler Calls For Home Front Sacrifices
    260 1 Berlin, Sept. 12. •r)UR army is fighting in these historic times for the 'to be or not to be' of the German nation." Hitler told Germany to-day In a proclamation on his war winter help appeal. Hitler added: "As formerly within Germany, so to-day
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    Huge Increases In U.S. War Production
    358 1 London. Sept. 12. "TO obtain the very maximum war production for our joint account'' is how Mr. John Biggers, tall grey-haired director of United States armaments production, described his mission to Britain at a Press conference to-day. Mr. Bikers showed at a sale distance
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    Axis Reaction To Roosevelt Broadcast
    251 1 Axis Reaction To Roosevelt Broadcast London, Sept. 12. BERLIN radio to-day merely dismisses Mr. Roosevelt'/ "shoot on sight" broadcast as an attempt to put the whole blame on Germany. Signor Gayda, Mussolini's mouthpiece however, makes this curious statement: "The Axis does not contest the right of the United States' freedom
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    Napoleon Had This On The Fuehrer!
    60 1 H London, Sept. 12. II UK is due in Moscow to-day on the basis of Napoleon's campaign in 1812. Napoleon attacked Russia on June 23 and entered Moscow on Sept. 14. Hitler attacked on Jnne 22 and is now almost 220 miles awav from
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    U.S. WARSHIPS NOW IN HUNT FOR AXIS RAIDERS?
    325 3 Lval Expert On [Roosevelt's "Shoot On Sight" Order ifHIS IS WAR" COMMENT ON BROADCAST Washington, Sept. 12. ■STU n'lK> between United States patrol forces and an „r Italian raiders in American "defensive seemed inevitable to-day unless the Axis hurriedly r n .m
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    Halifax On 'Most Practical Help'
    364 3 London. Sept. 12. f OK!) Halifax, British Ambassador tr. am Washington, who is in London on a short return visit, addressing the workers or 8 factory producing Halil ax bombers to-day, said President Roosevelt's ■peed) was --the latest example. and the most practical example of
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    56 3 Bangkok.. >t pl j_> THE American Minister to Thailand, Mr WlDya Ped ao no itnJ I v -y hi wife imwi ten bv air thLs aflgpcon. Inter•towed at the airport Mr. iH?<-k said he looked BltW— d with great pleasure u> bk stav la Thi'Jar.d but '"it ta too earlv
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    Situation In Norway'Out Of Hand'
    481 3 Situation In Norway 'Out Of Hand' London, Sept. 12. ALL reports from Norway indicate rk the whole country is at a standstill as a result of a general strike, according to the Daily Mail's Stockholm correspondent. The Quisling leader installed by Terboven, the Nazi gaulieter, is completely without authority and
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    NAZIS SFNTENCE MORE "COMMUNISTS"
    75 3 l.ooHoti S«»nt. 12. A>;,t i^l section -»i the ClennontPerrand court-m »rt k< l has sentenced seven] Communists i^r baving itiemoted to rec institute fho Communist party at Chateau R<>ux. reports tN> I J nr !c radio. Two Commuiujts. Robert M:irsolier i -nd Lemoine, received drath sentences.
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    Full Text Of Russian Protest To Bulgaria
    577 3 -|»HE fuii text of the Soviet protest handed to the Belgian Minister by If. Molutov. Soviet Foreign Commissar. lit now published. The protest dochtres that 'the conduct s,t Bulgarian affairs U not in ronform;ty «l(b normal :i:t rcourse between non-belligerents and points out
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    Discontent Grows In Italy: Duce Calls Prefects
    88 3 Zurich, Sept. 12 jpIE disquieting situation in Italy is mentioned in a message from Rome, which says that Mussolini is continuing his examination and has received ten further prefects from the industrial areas, including the prefects of Genoa. Spezia and Sevona. As a
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    Why No Shelters Have Been Built In Singapore
    737 3 DEASONS why no air raid shelters have been ouilt v in Singapore are given in a Government noti > e issued yesterday. <k The publication of this notice need cause no alarm," it is staled. c; Jt does not mean that Government
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    Tokio Reaction
    115 3 Tokio, Sept. 12. MR. Koh Ishii, deputy Japanese spokesman, questioned regarding the application of President Roosevelt's freedom of the seas principle on shipments of oil to Vladivostok, said: "Japan does not deny the freedom of the seas principle, but the are special cases which must be discussed." He
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    Destroyer Downs Nazi Raider
    60 3 Destroyer Downs Nazi Raider London, Sept.. ±Z. A British Admiralty communique states: An enemy bomber which attempted to attack one of our convoys was promptly shot down m flames by the British destroyer Virmiera. No damage or casualties wore .suffered by our convoy or its »;.scort. "This is the third
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    Indian Steel Industry Meets All Needs
    172 3 Simla. Sept. 12. |N all but special steels, the Indian steel industry is now able to meet nearly every requirement of India's defence forces, with a substantial surplus for Allied countries. Production is not conlined to routine requirements such as rails, and gal- j
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    ANOTHER RAID ON SUEZ CANAL ZONE
    49 3 0 London, Sept 12. NE raider was shot down in flames when British night fighters attacked enomv j aircraft which attempted to raid the Suez Caral zone last ni«ht. Others were inter- cepted and are believed to have b#>on H an aged.I Reuter
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    Spokesman On Japan-U.S.Talks
    110 3 Tokio, Sept. 12. CONFIRMATION that negotiations are proceeding between Japan and the United States was given to-day by Mr. Koh Ishii, Japanese Government spokesman. Asked whether under the triple alliance Japan was keeping the Axis informed of the negotiations. Mr. Ishil replied: "I cannot say." In reply
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    More Japanese Leave N.I.
    69 3 Batavia, Sept. 15. FIVE hundred Japanese evacuess embarked under the direction of the Japanese consulate in Batavia to-day aboard the Tikana Maru, bound for Japan. The ship already had a number of Japanese aboard from Surabaya. The total number of Japanese in the exodus from the
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    New German Drive Seen
    167 3 London, Sept. 12. 'THE fact that the Russians admit the Germans have gained a foothold on the Lower Dnieper may indicate that the Germans are about to make a drive toward the Perekoo Peninsula, joining the Ukraine and Crimea, according to authoritative quarters here to-day These
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    16 3 rpHE Panama Government announces the closure of all Its consulates in Germany and occupied countries. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941. Cleared For Action
    597 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1941. Cleared For Action IN the most vigorous speech that he has made since the beginning of the war, President Roosevelt yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Nazi Germany. The President has finished with warnings and the discussion of theoretical possibilities. He is
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    WORLD-WIDE COMMENT ON ROOSEVELT SPEECH
    800 4 PRESIDENT Roosevelt's announce- ment obviously constitutes one of the most far-reaching and momentous steps which the United States has taken since the beginning of the war. says Renter's diplomatic correspondent. In view ol the late hour at which the text Of the spei en was
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    Time For All Americans To Rally To President's Support
    147 4 Time For All Americans To Rally To President 's Support Washington. Sept 12. pOMMENTTNG on the President' i speech. Mr. Wendell Willfcie said: '"The President spoke as be sh< uld have spoken. He couid not yii Id I n such a fundamental right. Thif the time for all Americans to
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    Chinese Club's Dance For The War And China Relief Funds
    1391 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT By «u Swi mining Club 1 I busy with rthcomklg dance War Pond and Fund. It will e dance, there bu cy dress com- drive, a women's ent and aquatic will play and ng on two floors OD
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    Dionne "Quins" Should Live With Parents
    85 5 Dionne "Quins" Should Live With Parents THE acting Canadian Minister for Education in Ontario, Mr. Harry Nixon, said recently thai; the Dionne Quintuplets should live with their parents and brothers and sisters, "bei cause it would be a more normal life." Mr. Nixon added tha; wh.le the present arrangement had
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    STAGE PLAY HIT AIDS PATRIOTIC FUND
    399 5 (.From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 12. EASILY me of most ambitious efforts seen on the local stage. "A murder has been arranged," the three-act play rrodui-ed bv Helen Kerridge for j the benefit of the Malaya Patriotic Fund, had its premiere here
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    Nazis Mast Give Up Battle Of Atlantic Or Fight U.S. Navy
    437 6 Washington, Sept. 12. DRESIDENT Roosevelt has thrown down the gauntlet and the next move, probably at important as any since she entered the war, must be made by Germany. In the view of competent observ ers here, Germany has
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    Thai Princess Gives Up Her Title
    79 6 Bangkok, Sept. 12. A THAI princess has been allowed to renounce her royal title as she intends to marry a commoner. She is Her Serene Highness Princess Chajayalaya. Relinquishment of the title is obligatory before a royal princess contracts marriage with a commoner. During
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    French Foil Nazis In Alsace & Lorraine
    129 6 French Foil Nazis In Alsace Lorraine London, Sept 11. T*HE strength o: th? resistant in Alsace and Lorraine to 'he Germ in regime is clearly revealed In a new measure o: repression which the Gauleiter, Bu-rckel. has imposed "The way has been open for everyone to mar:h with us." ne
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    PANAMA CONSULATES
    26 6 Panama, Sept. 12. IT is oftkially announced that the Government has closed all consulates In Germany, also in thn orrnnipH /ones c Europ Reuter
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    Tank Warfare In The Western Desert
    45 6 Tanks play an important part in desert warfare. They are hidden when they arrive near the front positions and stand ready to go into aetion. Picture shows a 25--ton tank which has a speed of 15 miles an hour.
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    Australia Laying In Huge Stocks Of Petrol
    293 6 Australia Laying In Huge Stocks Of Petrol CUFFICIENT ships have been obtained in recent weeks to give Australia an additional petrol supply of 21,500,000 gallons, says a .Melbourne message to the Sydney Telegranh. Tie' Minister for Supply (Senator M 'L ty i di cl s d that s x extr
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    Watched Another Dog-Fight After Baling Out
    185 6 Watched Another Dog-Fight After Baling Out FIGHTER pilot who recently baled out over the Channel after shooting; down a Messerschmilt had a fish's eye-view of another dos-fisht, in which two of the <Miemy crashed, while he paddled his parachute dinghy across the f -flannel with his hands nm/VT in latln
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    FRENCH CRUISER FOR REPAIRS IN JAPAN
    58 6 t«ut7 fl i Tokio, Sept. 12 T H L na h f Ip Ct Frenc h fleet ir n J Eastern waters, the cruiser ,'7V Pl 'Quet. 7 249 tons. wffls£l £r fapan to undergo repairs at the Si kurajima uockyard of the Osaka
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    Fighting Reported In Suburbs Of Leningrad
    450 6 London, Sept. 12. THE Germans have reached the wvt stern districts of Leningrad ind street battles are in progress in the suburbs, according to a message received here by the Exchange telegraph from Gothenburg, says Jnited J'ress. Router's special correspondent In Moscow says there
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    COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FOR BURMA ROAD
    113 6 rhunskin-. Sept. U AT Burn n que I tti Chines* Government ha.- agreed to the resumpti d or commerciiJ train or. tte Burma Road and prom ilgated a list of 16 cat gsries i f tnerchand s I b imp- tv.;. according Chinese press reports:
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    25 6 s< A I ANnSE o.<;. 1 i "crushing bl to the Chii Ja n chin< we ocirctad in pL in Uun sUtes thi h.- Reuter
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    Burma's Tough Units Give Demonstration
    16 6 Burma's Tough Units Give De monst ration a unique dem' waters o: rarfaj Interest 51,,, Reuter
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    Corinth Canal Raid Aided Economic War
    38 6 Corinth Canal R aid Aided Economic War view i NormaU: I impon the B] -r kiips up to 1 Si ithei dangcrouj P extensively acuvlty-r are believed f^ then is endeav IKTtfon g relieve 1 and British Wireless
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    AMERICAN SUPPLIES INVESTIGATOR IN SINGAPORE FOR DISCUSSIONS
    574 7 To Meet Producers Officials To-Day p|M I -lONS of considerable importance to British and I) vriun --an collaboration on supplies are to be held in V|ll gporc t<>-<lay and to-morrow between Dr. Henry F ,r > |»residen< Roosevelt's special economic investigator i ir
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    800 Japanese To Leave Malaya
    89 7 Mai li 9. COO tons, is I to be the ship which ling to Malaya to bei nationals in due on Sept. 22. ->ill hr aetommodation for '■"> *m th** estimated nura_9 from Malaya given by e hie. Hm Hakone _.;.<_ re oa Sept. 13.
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    Singapore Films To Be Screened In U.S.
    155 7 RKMARKftWiY Htm cokrar tknos ol t.v b p ta the M tiar lah ol Patb la's recent visit to Bin p"»re ax .o bv ent 1 Ana rtca for i re taken I v Mr Julius Fisher ad are bein tto his bro;ex
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    $5,000 OFFER TO POLICE OFFICER ALLEGED
    86 7 RAIL ol |5,0M v.a.> offered to 12-ywur-oM L;m Ktel LeOOg m the Singapore Th\ri Conrt yesterday tfter a churrre of -'corruptly ?iv:np '$S.CHK> to Mr. I V Poaler. AsM^fant Superintendent of Police," hud bc**n explained to him. Lim was aOcged lO ha'.e ofTerrd Mr.
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    Ready For Defence Of Ships In Port
    72 7 ANEW order, gizetUd as the Merchant Ships Defence and Safety) Order, ensures that every British ship in pirt in the Colony will k-en on hoa~d suTicient m mbers of th« cr?w to man the defensive equipment of the ship and t'J operate «*n
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    TWO HOUSES FOR DUFF COOPER
    164 7 tv.vo houses situated at 104 and loc, A Jerv lia R ad Singapore, have ber-n provided for A Dull Cooper, the Bri*.:sh Cabinet Minister, and hLs statT. Mr Dull Co per and Lady D.ana Duir Cooper, wh are at present stayIng at Government House, will
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    SUBSTITUTED SERVICE OF NOTICE
    128 7 a motion tor substituted service ol rV bankruptcy notice against cm. o»t ,n B former boxing promoter, was imu; 1 by Mr K K. O'Connor In til Singapore High Court before the: Chief Justice. Sir Percy McElwalne. yesterday. It was stated that the petitoning creditors were
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    Indian's $50,000 Claim Fails
    129 7 AN action against the Crown claim- i in% damages for $50,000 for alleged wrongful and malicious acts of Commander C. C. Dix, Master Attendant of the Straits Settlements, and E. H. Valberg, Deputy Shipping Master in Singapore, was dismissed by Mr. Justice Ait ken In the
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    Far East C.-in-C. To Speak In Broadcast
    61 7 A PROGRAMME to commemcrate the *V Royal Air Force Fighter Command's greatest dav. Sept. 15. 1940, is to be broadcast from the Singapore station at 9 p.m i n Monday, the first anniversary, it is entitled "Fighter Command," and will be introduced by
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    EXEMPTIONS GRANTED BY TRIBUNAL
    153 7 A NUMBER of exempt: >ns from training and mobilization with the Volunteers -a tre granted yesterday by the Singapore Tribunal, composed of Mr. J. C Cobbett i chairman i. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron and Mr. R. E. Prenti_. Tlie following were exempted: A. O. Jones
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    Newsreel Cameramen Film Singapore's Large Guns In Action
    603 7 Newsreel Cameramen Film Singapore's Large Guns In Action BRITISH und American newsreel cameramen are keenly interested in Singapore's big guns, one of the greatest secrets of British defences In the Far Bast Though these guns have been filmed for a second time this week and will shortly be seen by
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    24 7 The Prime Minister. Mr. Winston Churchill, is seen inspecting the Auxiliary Territorial Service during: his recent visit to an armament establishment "somewhere in England.'
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    Brilliant Inventors In Australian Industry
    338 7 "MAY SHORTLY SURPRISE THE WORLD" SAYS EXPERT "AUSTRALIAN aircraft designers have one or two things **up their sleeves which may shortly surprise the world," declared Sir Alexander Roger, a leading British industrialist and member of the British Supply Mission to Australia, on his return to
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    Australian Envoy At Chinese Luncheon
    108 7 CIR Frederic Eggleston, first Austra- han Minister to China, who i.s in Singapore on his way to Chungking. and Mr. J. P. Quinn, assistant to Australia's oflicial representative in Singapore, were entertained at lunch by Mr. Kao Ling-pai, the Chinese ConsulGeneral, at noon yesterday at
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    New No-Parking Area In Singapore Sought
    102 7 OUBJECT to the approval of the Legislative Council, Grove Road from its junction with Geylang Rond to its junction with Fort Road will become a no-parking area in common with 11 other streeets in Singapore Regulations gazetted yesterday, which will not come into force
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    Fire- Watchers To Be On Duty
    97 7 Fire- Wa tchers To Be On Duty VALUABLE practice for Rffr- watching squads, m"st o.' taem already well trained, will be obtained d urine the all-Malayan ex rcis.es for the A.R P and o her passive defence services <-n Monday and Tuesday. All fire-waUhing squads in business houses and other
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    COURT CAUTIONS 'PIONEER' WOMAN LORRY DRIVER
    250 7 COURT CAUTIONS 'PIONEER' WOMAN LORRY DRIVER "1 DO not want t. ____60_USgs I 'pioneer:," -aid Mr. C. H. Whiten Singapore Traffic Judge, yesterday when he cautioned and disehargea lliss Jessie Yong, a teacher at ths C.E.Z.M .School, who was charged wi h exceeding the 30-mp.h. speed limit while driving a
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    COLLEGE SENATE: NEW PROVISION PLANNED
    155 7 TO rover n_n____ons in the King Edward vn College ol Medicine Ordinance, Bfn _j to be Introduced in the Legislative C u to provide thot ir. the event of the ab < frrm Singapore of the ftce-chatl min, Senate may declare the appojitrru i and
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    NAVAL NURSING SISTER MARRIED IN SINGAPORE
    42 7 MR. Gilbert Travers of Jdhora Bahru was married to Miss Lucy Young. Naval Nursing Si ter. at the Singapore Registry of Marriages y-\s« terday. Mr. Trav?rs is w:th th- Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in J^hore B..hru.
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      26 7 Co o d Food r o mp t ourt e O U 8 are the recsons tor <ts Increasing Popularity Capitol restaurant i »J>t,oneJ Telephone 4906
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      766 8 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /.HI. Ett oi 1 3tii K/cfe /HIM i0.% m 'j.»..^ m r^ ZHP.2 18.58 m 6.175 m at Z11P.3 11.38 m J 2". m/esk zhi>, zhpi, man, EBVt. G.40 a.m. Opening aiinouiicemenL.' In Ptench; 6.45 a.m. News m Ptench relaj from Loiidou; 7 a.vi. Newt commentai Frtnch;
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    Australia Near Output Limit
    313 9 I Australian News By Cable I M-ifcnurne, Sept. 12. rpHE British Suppiy Mission which re- cemiy exnress the opinion, based on first-hand knowledge, that At.strali.i will deliver tiie good?. Any hesitation there may have been on the pare of the British Government to sanction expenditure should
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    Kluang Rubber Earns $141,136
    257 9 LABOUR is botb difficult and scare? and rates of pay have increased considerably," said Mr. s. Q. Wong. 1 presiding at the annual general meet- j Ing of the Kluang Rubber Co, Ltd., in' Singapore yesterday. The Increased cost of labour, together with the rise in
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    TRADES DISPUTES BILL GAZETTED IN F.M.S.
    284 9 (Fran o_- Own Correspondents K'iala I>umpur. Sept. 12. I)£SIGNED to define the leijittmate sphere cf trade disputes and provide adequate protection for the community and the individual, the Trade Dt^'Ues Rnactment will be introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Council. The Bill,
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    BANNED PUBLICATIONS
    41 9 1*HE East Asiatic League Monthly, Emancipation News (inaugural issue Literary Youth (Nos. 10 and 11) and New Fukien Daily, publisned in Chinese in different parts of China, are among the publications which may not be imported into the Colony.
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    In The Garrison.....
    1711 9  - In The Garrison... MAC BY ANOTHER of the rloomy but very necessary A.R.P. practices will descend en Singapore on Monday and Tuesday and will consequently curtail Garrison activities. Owing to the general difficulties of the exercise and the fact that most units will be participating in it, the vari- ous
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    DEATH SENTENCE ON INDIAN
    233 9 AN Indian named Manikam was sent need to death by Mr. Justies W rl y at the Singapore Assizes yesterday on a charge of murdering a C mratriot, Pclani. On being psked by the judge if he had anything to .L.y, Manikam said he wr.s reserving
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    SIX WEEKS' PRISON FOR SHIP'S ENGINEER
    183 9 "I AM sorry that the facts I told the police earlier have not been taken into consideration," said Mervyn Ge rge Moses, 21-year-old acting fourth i :n«?ineer of a British vessel, after h? had been sentenced to six weeks' simrle imprisonment in the Singapore
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    ACCUSED OF MISCHIEF
    87 9 rpwo Hokklens, Chua Kim Chee, 67, and Chua Poh, 17, were alleged In a charge in the Singapore Fifth Court yesterday to have committed mischief by killing one goat and maiming another by breaking its leg. Both the accused claimed trial and police bail was extended when
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    MOTORIST FINED $50
    89 9 J. MAXEY was fined $50 in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday when he vas found guilty of driving negligently at the junction of Aljunied Road and Sims Avenue and coming into collision with a taxi or. the afternoon of June 17. Maxey told the Court that he
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    OPENING DAY OF PERAK RACE MEETING
    1613 10 OPENING DAY OF PERAK RACE MEETING Dark Encounter And Winchcliff Best REVIEW OF PROSPECTS HARK Encounter and Winchcliff appear to be the best bets at Ipoh to-day, the opening day of the Perak Turf Club's September meeting. A varied programme has been offered, and some really good racing should be
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    127 10 CELECTIONS for to-day's rates at «J Ipoh are: FREE PRESS Race 1: Creme dc Men the. Auhentic. Race 2: Constant Light, Treasure. Race 3: Moonlight Sonata, Prude Race 4: Lord Gray, Rackarock. Race 5: Edelweiss, Prmble. Race 6: Dark Encounter, Lover's Fate. Race 7: WinchclifT. Chiltern. Race
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    Publishers Beat Malay Sappers
    273 10 ODD GOAL DECISION IN INTERESTING GAME I Publishers .">; k.k. (Malays) I'Hll nippy sets ti forwards nr;»\ided keen an:l Interesting Mccei in second dhrision (a) league uutrh at the S.SvH. ground yesterday in which the Publishers brat the Kl!. (Malays) bS thf odd ,«»al in live.
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    ANNUAL MEETING OF RECREATION CLUB
    139 10 4 Li Bui n o n ::> :> norary mi i ibera .-r the s e itl Clul I 'I. d M* A Br r the club's mm meeting >■■■„' »rd ly Br i -.vent on to si] that d spite ui the übl< i
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    J.C.S.A. HOCKEY
    64 10 J.C.S .A. HOCKEY T" tr re been sel- 'ted to 1 toy hoc ce_ for the J C sa. .1 jainst the R i- (p B the r.C S A gr >und i md d< Roaario Kin] Mallei. re Phuan Koon Poh, I Lm Swang! Hajl Abdullah; i Goonasegaram Kow
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    IPOH TRAINING NOTES
    258 10 •■>'• i »i* i i mrrmeme_aAem>W i lp;»h. Sept. 1_. l^" \P\I. TVMMHU, Bold Heiress, Double Scotch. The Port and St. (harles dU lh. most imprcsMvr workouts at this morning'* trainir? in pr-, t.-utin,, io- morrow's races. Kapol itaiUd lkm, but va Ives mora rota down th..
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    R.A.S C BEAT FORT AT RUGGER
    58 10 ITOE R.a:v; heat Fort Canning ly six points (two tries* to three (a try) In a rugger match played at Gillman Barracks yesterday McMillen and Redman wen -,he I scorers for the winners An T L S»H. WIN AT HOCKEY StaS% &.e O s
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    Isolationist States Winning Food War
    252 10 Isolationist States Winning Food War New York. Sem. 12. ■'FT Ls the strongly Isolationist states 1 Ol Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, lowa ana Wisconsin that arc winning the lood war for America and Britain," states a correspondent of the Si York Daily News In a series oi articles the correspondent revealed
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    Dr. Quo Tai-chi Thanks Britain
    76 10 rhiin.jjkinp Sept. 12. Tiih Chinese Foreign Minister. Dr. Quo Tai-chl, to-day sent a letter to the British Ambassador Sir Arcl lId Clark-Kerr. expressing "the Chinese Government's warm appreciation I the kind co-operation nrrf friendly of the British Government ai I as the British Ambassador's personal
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    Chungking Attitude Unchanged
    52 10 Tokio, sept 12, WHI attitude ol the Chungking Gov1 ernment toward Japan has apparently not changed, the spokesman r the [nformat-on Bureau, Mr Koh Ishii. said to-day. He declined to re-' ply to the question whether Japan la hopeful of a Nanking-Chungking r 10I proch m tnt
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE BEAT Y.M.C.A. AT HOCKEY
    56 10 p- Vi their second game ol t tie 1 hoc season, Raffles College Union Leal the Y.M.C.A. by five goals to two on thoir own ground ye.sterdav Qhazali <2>. Abdu! Ash <?> &nd Abdul K;irim were the srorers for the College team while Shaikh
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    71 10 rpHE following have accepted to play hockey for the YMCA. against a Heavy Battery team on the y_MC_A ground on Wednesday. Sept 17* Be Thiam Han; H. I. Atkinson c Edgar; K Y. Spencer. Goh Chin Chye 'Capt.t, Lau Hock Chye: Low Huck Yang, Yow Wah Sang. I.
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    POSTPONED
    59 10 V iE A division league soccer RO e ma S J'VT? the P ***** »nd the SC.C. scheduled to come up for decidav SL t hL^ 1 SS Road sodium tooay. has been postponed The flrst division match between Gordons and the SRC, which ww to have been played
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    22 10 T^ following will represeni the S-C.C. against the mja t n o oile^^"- V C E H »ytor. J. K
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    Manchesters Beat Loyals By An Only Goal
    452 10 RESERVE SOCCER AT T AH( iviancnesiers 1 j oy A SOLITARY goal, wrwwtd five mUtutes' Vftl'V the Manchester to collet t __m th j »W expense of the Loyals in a reserve division *Vi U uC soccer fixture at Tanglin yesterdav SZ The
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    Joey Archibald Knocked Out
    43 10 >L world ai «hamnior, cS r lh n »-«««h, the e w Ml Hni^ r knocked out j^r ilS??" 55 regard Titch.^ I m It aurw u. ue-H terminp ivho s tho l a tampion utlri^ w i Reuter
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    HORNETS BEAT MEDICOS
    65 10 The Ncrm. Ibe Hornets wet had scored »<mttoefo, 'he secor.c The Colle^f had brwi spd] half, hut tUc Hornets deff, sound and *:a\p nothini Pbe n tyle forth their rt Singh the lull-timi dm] w od rd Med.-! B ilasinj Navar an H V A I U<
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      126 10 Week-end Sports Events To-day SOCCER: S.A.F.A. league, first division, Argylis vs. Loyals, Gillman; R.A. (A.A.) vs. R.A.F., Changi; reserve division. Police vs. S. C. F. A.. Depot; second division (a), Signals vs. Moravia, Alexandra; second division (b), H.M.S. Sultan vs. Indian Association, Naval Base; Wanderers vs. Fort Canning, Selerang; Post
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