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

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.128. ESTD. 1825. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1941. 5 CENTS
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  • 555 1 Reds Hold Bid To Penetrate Bottleneck BIG NAZI LOSSES AT LENINGRAD Enemy Division Routed On Central Front London, Oct. 1. FOLLOWING the Soviet announcement that they iSf« abandoned Poltava, 80 miles south- vest of rkor, news has been received in London, it ilated liiMioritatively to-day,
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  • 355 1 Istanbul. Oct. 1. INTONfiJCU, Rumanian relinquished the Qm German rces ear>t and I Vj and returned according to very i rces recently arrived I i indicating that Rumar .land are now in the I m regarding further n in the war ugiinst l u
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  • 36 1 London, Oct. 1. FE Iraq Government has resigned, according to a Radio Vichy report published by the Exchange Telegraph to-da^. There is no confirmation nf this report in London.— United Press
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    5 1 COL. FRANK KNOX
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  • 303 1 New Blitz On Stettin Hamburg BIG DAY RAIDS FOLLOW London, Oct. 1. POR the second night in succession the Royal Air Force struck at Stettin and Hamburg, Germany's two niDst important ports for U-boat attacks on ships carrying British and American aid to Russia, and also for the ending out
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  • 29 1 Cairo, Oct. 1. TO-DAY'S British G.H.Q. communique says: Tobruk: A dust stDrm again interfered with all activities. In the frontier area there is no change in the situation.— Reuter
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  • 151 1 Chinese Claim Smashing Victory Chungking, Oct. 1. •THE Chinese cordon around 50,000 trapped Japanese was growing tighter to-day as a telephone message from Changsha reports that the Chinese won a smashing victory north-eastward of Changsha this morning. In the Chinese offensive between Kingching and Chunhuashan, the Chinese claim 2.000 Japanese
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  • 39 1 London, Oct. 1. THE Government has proposed to publish this month Gen. Lord Gort's despatches relating to the campaign in France and Belgium, announced Lord Crolt, Joint Under-Secretary for War, in the House of Lords to-day. Reuter
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  • 720 1 BRITAIN is now spending a total of some £13,000,000 'daily, stated Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, explaining to the House of Commons the £1.000.000,000 vote of credit formally adopted by the House yesterday. The Chancellor reminded the House that it had
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  • 75 1 JOINT ANGLO-U.S. POST-WAR FORCE TO KEEP PEACE Indianapolis, Oct. 1. THE United States Secretary of the Navy, CoL Frank Knox, to-day proposed that the United States and Great Britain join forces, "for 100 years at least," to produce, "by force if need be," an effective system of international law. Col.
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  • 240 1 "Some time somewhere an international order may emerge which need not rely on lorce. but in the interim a justly conducted peace-loving t rce must intervene to save the world from self-destruction. Col. Knox said that the foundation of such a force
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  • 258 1 Pan- American To Operate Air Service In Middle East London, Oct. 1. THE conclusion of an agreement between the British Government and Pan-American Airways African Limited for the operation of an air transport service between West Africa and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was announced by the Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, in
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  • 28 1 London, Oct. 1. QUEEN Wilhelmina has just signed a royal decree levying taxation on incomes of all Dutchmen outside their own territories.- Reuter
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  • 68 1 M London, Oct. 1. R. Herbert Morrison, Home Secretary, to-day contrasted the Gestapo and the British police force. Whi'e the Gestapo was a regiment of men whose very name spelt terror, th^» British police were the trusted friend of every ratn and woman m a free community. "Here
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    • 372 2 Supplies To Middle East COMMUNICATIONS MUCH IMPROVED Cairo, Oct. I. QNE of the most important. If not the most spectacular, aspects of Middle East campaigu is the question of supplies and big changes have recently been mad2 In the whole organizaticn of communications, writes Reuter's chief correspondent in Egypt. There
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    • 333 2 A THRILLING NEW STORY By A FAMOUS AUTHOR! feL TO-DAY A T THE CAPITOL g COOD4YE II I L M y HIP ILLB I INGRID BERGMAN, star of "ADAM HAD fn*/*riul A SONS'^ IN HER FIRST M.G.M. TRIUMPH! T RAGE IN J ~h HEAVEN 13 by i THE TRAP OF
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    • 146 2 IMM^ m mi^— m^mmim ii m THE PICTURE THAT HAS WEN THE SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONA!DISCUSSION SENSATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT I CAPITOL I MIDNIGHT SCBEH on SATURDAY Oci. 4th ;<tci s SUNDAY MO^NiNG at 10.i5 12.30 C'cloc 1 The Most Sensational CHIN Picture Ever Made PASSED in its Entirety! "LIGHT OF EAST IN
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  • 387 3 Evacuees Tell Of Difficulty In Leaving Japan Shanghai, Oct. 1. JAPANESE officials have instituted "a nuisance J campaign*' which has seriously inconvenienced foreigners desiring to leave Japan, according to American evacuees arriving here. The American arrivals pointed out that the chief difficulty was to obtain
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  • 112 3 New York, Oct. 1. NATIONAL Newspapers Week. Oct. 1 to Oct. 8. "should awaken in the hearts and souls of all Americans renewed determination to defend, maintain and perpetuate the priceless heritage of the free press," President Roosevelt said in a statement issued to-day. "The maintenance
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  • 176 3 Committees Complete Work GOOD PROGRESS IN MOSCOW PARLEYS Moscow, Oct. 1. rE joint committees set up here to discuss aid for Russia completed their work from 24 to 48 hours before it was originally exijected. At the same time, conferences betweSM. Stalin. M. Molotov. Soviet Foreign Commissar, and Mr Harriman
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  • 106 3 London. Oct. 1. r Director-General of the Ministry of Information. Sir Monckton. who is going to >w shortly, told the Press ;y it was thought we had something to lean; irom Russia ropagar.da and the way 10 learn was to go and "S. No one has
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  • 35 3 a»iimtjton. Oct. 1. COL. KNOX'S reference to Japan is expected to ■se speculation, as rerent ly President Roosevelt and •>ther key Administration oflR- *ls omitted references to Tokio denounrin? the Axis.^ Reut— ter
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  • 18 3 iht s;atr of emergency has been rttended to three more provinces in Bohemia and Moravia, the Prague Reuter
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  • 108 3 MR. Winston Churchill's references, to aid to Russia in his speech yesterday seem to have satisfied most of the papers, who had been most anxious on this subject. The Manchester Guardian says: "Mr. Churchill told no secrets but he was satisfying. He could not answer the great question
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  • 163 3 Canberra, Oct. 1. THE Australian Prime Minister, 1 Mr. A. W. Fadden, announced to-day that the Government is accepting as a motion of censure the Australian Labour party amendment declaring that Labour members are "opposed to the unjust metheds prescribed by the budget, which is contrary
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  • 101 3 Melbourne, Oct. 1. MAJOR-GEN. John Northcott, Commander of the Australian Armoured Corps, announced today that he hoped to visit the Midile East shortly for discussions connected with the Australian armoured formation and to study the latest British equipment. He added that the training of the
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  • 54 3 Canberra, Oct. 1. AUSTRALIA is making elforts to obtain frum the United States under the lease and lend law supplies of steel, non-ferrous metals, potash, machinery, civilian planes, industrial chemicals, and agricultural machinery unobtainable, or obtainable only in insufficient quantities, in Australia or the United Kingdom,
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  • 284 3 Duff Cooper At Naval Base Conference pOLLOWING Mr. Duff Cooper's discussions in Singapore last week on his return from a short visit to the Netherlands Indies, an important conference was held at the Naval Base on Monday. This was announced yesterday. The conference was attended by the following: Mr. Duff
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  • 105 3 "SOMETHING different and very entertaining" will perhaps best describe Prank Capra's latest effort. "Meet John Doe." which opened to crowded houses at the Alhambra last night. The film Ls largely of the serious type and has a theme that can lay little claim to originality but Capra,
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  • 439 3 After saying that Mr. Churchill "used language which should remove anxiety on the score of aid to Russia from the minds of any who may have been misled by glib but ill-informed tongues," the Daiiy Telegraph says: "It is evident that the volume
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  • 159 3 Winter Campaign In Russia Inevitable— Nazi Writer Madrid, Oct. 1. THE Germans have for the first time now been told by their newspapers that the Russian war will last through the winter. Spanish correspondents in Berlin say that all the German newspapers have an article by Col. Scherf, who, according
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  • 164 3 TRAIN DIVES INTO TORRENTIAL RIVER Tokio, Oct. 1. A TYPHOON originating In the vieinity of Guam struck the Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures early this morning without accompanying heavy rains, causing extensive damage to property and crops reports from Kagoshima said to-day. The typhoon disrupted steamer schedules, mostly
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  • 64 3 Bangkok. Oct. 1. fitHE trustee of the late former King I Prajadhipok and Queen Tambhais was ordered to-day to redeem over 4,000,000 ticals by the civil court. The action was brought by the Minister of Finance. Luang Pradist Manudlicrn, two years ago, when he charged that the former
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  • 148 3 265 DELIVERED TO GESTAPO FOR UNKNOWN REASON London, Oct. 1. THE German-controlled Prague wireless early this morning reported another batch of executions. Fifty-nine persons were executed after death sentences had been passed by court-martial in Prague and Brno. The names of only ten perMvs executed have
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  • 78 3 Britain's £50,000 Grant-In- Aid To China London, Oct. 1. F-r learned authoritatively that the British Government has agreed to make a grant-in-aid of £50,000 to the British fund for relief of distress in China to meet expenditure on maintenance of ambulance units for treatment of sick and wcunded soldiers, and
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  • 67 3 Batavia. Oct. 1. rE Netherlands Indies delegation to the International Labour conference at New York left by plane for Manila this morning. The delegation comprised four members, on of whom is a Javanese. It is expected the delegation will do little more than observe and receive opinictris
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  • 187 3 Nazi s Silent On Ankara Talks Failure REICH DENIED OF VITAL CHROME Ankara, Sept 30 /GERMANY'S failure to obtain Turkish chrome, which was the imst important point in Turko-German trade negotiations, was not commented on by German circles here to-day. Ths Nazis hinted last week that Germany might break otf
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  • 829 4 THE Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1041. Two Speeches MALAYANS who yesterday read Mr. Churchill's speech in Parliament and who to-day read Mr. Duff Cooper's speech in Singapore will not fail to notice that both spoke with the same confidence about the war situution. Those who think it dangerous
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  • 193 4 FE Food Supply Officer, Mr. P. H. Burgess, in a broadcast yesterday, said he saw precious little evidence cf any attempt" to "Dig For Victory." He is quite right that much more might be done by Singaporeans to increase the supply of locallygrown vegetables, especially as we shall
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  • 81 4 Simla, Oct. 1. i^AREEB Singh of the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners, has bjen awarded the Indian Distinguished Service Medal for conspicuous gallantry during the fighting outside Damascus, involving the risk of his own life. The a ards given to the Bombay Sappers and Miners are one
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  • 69 4 PRINCES THE WAR Simla, Oct. 1. "AT the moment the primary concern of the princes is the successful prosecution of the war and to contribute the maximum help to India's war effort from the States." said Mir Maqbool Mahcnood, secretary to the Chancrllor of the Chamber of Princes. Mir Mahmood
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  • 56 4 Quetta, Oct. 1. QUETTTA experienced another earthquake shock of considerable intensity in the early hours of yest rday morning. The shock lasted for about 15 seconds and a number of buildings sustained cracks. Some 150 tents have been provided by the Cantonment Board authorities to accommodate shopkeepers from
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  • 47 4 Karachi, Oct. 1. CWARMS of locusts are now moving in a north-easterly direction in Sind. The Sind Government have set up 30 centres for the destruction of the pests in various villages, and large quantities of chemical products to be used for this purpose have been distributed.
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  • 298 4 MO hope of a peaceful outcome to discussions between the United l States and Japan is held by Mr. Hallett Abend, well-kncwn American newspaper correspondent, who visited Singapore early this year. **i H 5« ba les^I es^ nls belief °n the clause in the Churchill-RocseveH Atlantic declaration stating that
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  • 937 4  - Chungking To-Day: A Woman's View Margaret Bourke-White By WHEN I stepped out of the plane from Hong Kong after flying over Japanese-occupied territory during the night, I was startled to find myself standing en a narrow strip of landing held on the bank of the Yangtze river between two towering
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  • 14 4 Washington, Sept. 30. ALL supplies of copper and scrap in America have been placed
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  • 637 4 Mr. Cordell Hull Is 70 To-day JJEXT to the President in the 11 hierarchy of United States officials comes the Secretary of State. The distinguished statesman who now holds this high appointment is Mr. Cordell Hull who celebrates his 70 birthday to-day. The life of Cordell Hull is the American
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  • 1659 5 'Astounding Change 9 In War Situation, Says Mr. Duff -Cooper THE march of the British Empire from the stage 1 where it faced defeat to the present day when great strides are being taken towards victory formed the graphic picture which Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, Chancellor of
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  • 243 5 LARGE QUANTITIES COME FROM INDIA MALAYA among other countries is obtt nin,' war materials from India, w'nose factories are I rowing r??idly In numbers, ic!*h p vust production. nitric- acid plant recently fostslted at a hlfb explosive facI rcw pnssed its aceept- it This marks the
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  • 225 5 Prison Sentence Altered as a result of an appeal, a A young Chinese motorist, Tan Yoe Soo who had b?en sentenced to eight months' simple imprisonment on a charge of causing the death of a comi»tnot by -ent driving, was fined $2OJ a default, two months' lmpriaonment
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    71 5 pHARGED in the Singapore third V* court y sterday with possessing a pistol without a licence, Pretam Sin^h was acquitted by Mr. R. Moor. He was arrested or. July 5 in Jalan besar after he had allegedly threatened tv-o Sikli constables with the pistol in a liquor shop.
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  • 48 5 jHE Perafc Sikh Advisory Board for 1 1942 will consist of the Chief Police Officer, P rak. (chairman*, and Messrs. Oopal Singh. Ipoh; Narain Singh. Ta^pinp: Sardar Sham Singh. Papan; N'ajid Singh. Siputeh; Kishen Singh. Kampar; Ditt Singh, Kuala Kangsar ar.d Si-rr.ukh Singh. Kan? pax.
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  • 54 5 e\TB- lieutenants J. C. Grandsen, A. U. Lind. E. J. H. Hewitt and G. K. Stein of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, have be" n promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and Sub- Lieutenants K E. Holwell. D. H. Christie and J. t« have been promoted to the
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  • 41 5 T-'E fl rs t list of goods allowable from the United States under the Lease and Lend Act has been announced. Th3 United States will not supply individual firms in Australia unless th~ erders hav.? the full approval of the S^vernment.
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  • 210 5 Japanese Said "Sick Tired" AVTVID picture of presentday life in Japan, where the people are "sick and tired of the Chma war," which more and more are coming to belie v 2 they have lo;t, and where rationing cf essential foods and clothing and petrel is a continual irritaticn was
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  • 91 5 •pUBiaiCULOSIS (respiratory typs>, enteritis, pneumonia, convulsions and beri-beri were among the chief causes of the d ath of 222 Chinese and 40 others in Singapore during the week ending Sept. 27, according to the Municipal health statement. Compared with figures for the preceding week and the correspondinsr we*k
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  • 69 5 Th* following is the prr*rramme cf the Police band to-day at Telok Ayer i starting at 6 p.m.: March "Royal i Standard" by J. H. Keith; overture •'Ma-sanlelo'' by Auber; a selection "Ballet Musit in William Tell" by Rossini: a valse "Girls of Vienna" t>y jC. M.
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  • 56 5 TO house General Hospital attendants. a huge block of flats is rapidly nearlng completion behind the Medical College. Estimated to co~t about $500,000. the construction of this bui'ding was a commitment incurred before the present hostilities started. Other new buildings contemplated are quarters for the sisters and a
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  • 37 5 TRIALS were held on Sunday in con- nrction with the evacuation of the battle area in the Bedok-Changi districts. There was evidence of much careful preparation and th'? co-opera-tkm of the residents was most sat:sfactory.
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  • 84 5 AN application to appoint Mr. C. H. Koh a receiver and manager without security to carry on t^e affairs of the law firm of Messrs. Aitken and Ong Siang until the end of the year. was grpnted by the Chief Ju<*ce, Sir Percy McElwaine, in the High Court yesterday. Making
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  • 104 5 PLANS must be made now for extension of hospitak accommodation if war conies to Malaya, said Lieut.-Gen. A. E. Percival, G.O.C, Malaya, in a broadcast from Singapore last night. "Will any of >ou promise to offer us your house or part oi it if hostilities break out?"
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  • 238 5 KEEPING PESTS FROM ESTATES Work Of R.R.I. Experts "TN spite cf the av usually Xav? ur--1 able conditions under *hich rubber is cultivated in Malaya, it i3 liable to attack by many specific fungus and insect parasites, and these are constantly watched by the pathologists of the Rubber Researcn Institute,"
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  • 98 5 THE opinion that the existing rela- tions between Japan and Britain could be preserved, thus preventing an upheaval In the Far East was expressed by Mr. Tr.une M. Goto, correspondent of the Asahi Shimbun, who with Mr. G. Nishino of the Nichi Nichl Shimbun. arrived in Singapore during
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  • 411 5 THE Singapore Rubber Millers' Association and the Chinese Rubber Dealers* Association yesterday unanimous] decided to send Mr. Lee Kong Chian to New York at once, with a view to explaining to the Federal Reserve Company how the Chinese section of the trade can be of special
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  • 550 5 "Empire Requires Your Services" DROADCASTTNG from Singapore last night, u Lieut. Gen. A. E. Perciyal, G.O.C. Malaya, addressed a special call to Asiatics in Malaya. "To-day, the Empire requires your services." he said. ''We rely upon you more and more to take the places
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  • 81 5 'pKE ambulance service of th* Sinfrapore Pire Department attended more casos of motor-car accid nts than cases arising from other causes during lust month. Motor-car accidents called the ambulance out 30 times, motor lony accidents 26 Urns, trolley car accidents 18 times, and motor bus accidents nine times.
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  • 488 5 SIR JOSIAH CROSBY INTERVIEWED THAILAND'S policy is one of declared neutrality: I believe that sincerely, and I think t is a genuine policy and in fact 't is the policy that has been and is being carried nut," declared fc^ir Josiah Crosby, British Minister to Thailand, at a
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  • 174 5 r»XPRESSING rogrrt it having to leave Malaya, more than 550 Japanese evacuees yesterday boarded the O.S.K. evacual.-jn ship Huso Mara which is dm lo \ave Singaror? to-day for Ja^an A strong of In mijrraton officials was on di ty at thr Whmrt when th? evacuees kwinest*
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  • 52 5 CQUADRON Leader R. v;. Bur* of Olene^, South Austria, w la commr.i.dhig the first Au?tra' an Spitfire squadron in Ehglind ha* been awarded the D F.C. Th deco-atjon has been awarded also to Pilot Officer J. P. MeKechnie of Eehuea. Victor*** a member of the le»rlf« v/in«? Commander
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE
    • 92 6 Mrs Regina Wee Cheng Soon passed away, peacefully at 5.30 am. on Sept. 30, 1941. at 425 Paslr Panjans Road. She leaves behind to mourn her loss, her husband Mr. Wee Chens Soon, a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wee Peng Leng, four daughters Cecelia, Elizabeth, Theresa and
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  • 48 6 THE Bataviaasch N'i:uwblad states that 40 Chinese households were <• throughout- the Indies recently. It will be recalled that the searches were made on the grounds tha r B occupants were suspected of i^ns law and order in the CK-:es? community by spreading proN:- v :ing propaganda
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  • 48 6 VISITING AUSTRALIA visit of Australian journalists A to t-he Netherlands Indies at the invitation of the government, which took place la c month, has led to a -?turn invi* I m by the Commonvealth Gc ament. A party of Netherlands urnalis f s vill lenw for "dney shcr:l.
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  • 65 6 GROUP of Net>herlanders, who belong to the Netherlands Fleet \r Ann. arrived in New York re?ntly, and are leaving for th« west oast of America. Tliere, they will oard Catalina flying-boats, which are i be flown to the Netherlands Indies American pilots. Apparently they i'l stay several months
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  • 20 6 Hm Sin<?apore Buddhist Union is ulding a full moon celebration at 731 Geylang Road on Sunday at 8 p.m. I
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  • 1530 6  -  *THERE are no wounded in 1 the military hospitals of Malaya, but the organization which would care for them if there were is all ready. In the meantime, the ordinary sick and ill sailors, soldiers and airmen get the benefit of the
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  • 30 6 New Delhi. Oct. 1. |T is learned that Lord and Lady Linlithgow, accomt>anied bv their tfaucrhte r s end nersonal staff, will arrive here o^ f~*"* A
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    94 6 The Dirt ctor of Publicity and Information. Malaya, Dr. Victor PumU. describes a Melbourne aircraft factory which he has inspect/ d as ultra -r. t ->d iitxa.. efficient. Paymaster Lieutenant a;ni Mrs. Adrian Leslie Sharpe after their wedding at the Naval »a^ church on TucscHv. The bride is a daughter
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  • 16 6 The "Heinskens" Brewery has set up its own bottle factory in Sourabaya. says a Batavia report
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    • 382 6 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MIMCIPALITY Tenders Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars applv Municipal Tenders Room. Supply of Fuel (Ccal or Oil) for St. Janes Power Station,' during 194*4. Date of Closing. 12 r.oon. Oct. 30. 1941. Simply of Lubricating Oils and Grease during
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    • 84 6 I ii King's School Services' Extension Course 111, Oct. Ist Dec. 19th. Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Accountancy and Applied Mathematics. DEAN'S SCHOOL i i For European Children I TANG LIN j I NEW TERM I j COMMENCES ON J Monday, October 6th 1941 9 Senior School Q Junior School j
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    • 278 6 G.P.O. Mail List Mails close at the General Post Ofnce as follows: TO-DAY Aden ai r P m Africa af r J P m Australia air J P- m Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4 p.m. Egypt wr JP-™-Great Britain etc. air 4 p.m. India 4 p.m. Java air
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    • 584 6 To-day's Broadcasting SINGAPORE ZHL 225 m. 1,333 k cs.; ZHPI 30.96 m. 9.69 m cs.; ZHP2 48.58 m. 6.175m cs.; ZHP3 41.38m. 725 m cs. ZHL, ZHPI ZHP2. 6 40 a.m. Opening announcements in French; 6.45 News in *£ench*; 700 News commentary in Frencn, 7!15 Singapore calling, Physical exer- 1
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  • 314 7 Johannesburg, Oct. 1. IN a ceremony unique in the history of South Africa a field marshal's baton was handed to the Union Prime Minister yesterday by the Governor-General. Sir Patrick Duncan, at Government House. At the same time Sir Patrick handed Field -Marshal Smuts a letter
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  • 94 7 Tientsin, Oct. 1. DECAUSE many young White Russians will not register for military training despite two orders issued by the Japanese-sponsored Russian anti-Com-munist committee in Tientsin the r parents or guarantors are being urged to prevail upon them to obey orders or face unutterable consequences." A
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  • 338 7 G_ Shanghai, Oct. I. EN. Hsueh Yuen, commander-in-chief in the Changsha area in Hunan Province, reports that the Japanese have started retreating from the provincial capital, adding that Chinese forces harassed the invaders all the way to Yochow, reports United Press. Initial successes in the
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  • 230 7 Yochow. Oct. 1. COREIGN correspondents were taken on a flight yesterday over Changsha, capital of Hunan province, by the Japanese. "I flew over the city aboard a Japanese plane for ten minutes today." cables the United Press representative. The city appeared to be undamaged, although
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  • 125 7 London, Oct. 1. ITPRISINGS in several districts U cf Bulgaria in protest against German plans to force the country into war with Russia, are reported in the Soviet War News, published in London. Italian divisions were hastily dispatched to quell the movement, says the report. Mutinies have
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  • 124 7 Lcndon. Oct. 1. ITALY'S increasing difficulties in what is left of her Abyssinian po£se*s.ons are revealed in a communique issued yesterday from the British Headquarters ai Nairobi. "Col. Mario Gonella, Italian commander of Wolchefit, his staff end 3,000 prisoners are already in thi hands of
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  • 73 7 Hanoi, Oct. 1. AN armed band, allegedly consisting of guerillas, yesterday evening attacked a train on the Yunnan-Indo-China railway, six miles south of the Indo-Cbina border tcwn of Laokay, The train was derailed and two Frenchmen vere killed in the subsequent exchange of fire. One of them was
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  • 155 7 Teheran, Oct. 1. CONSIDERABLE reforms have already been effected by the Iranian Cabinet since its formation a week ago, and it appears to be winning increasing confidence in the country, reports neuter's special correspondent from Teiieran. The first bastions of the old regime to be attacked
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  • 132 7 London, Oct. 1. CONGRATULATING the Government on its action in Iran, Mr. Lees Smith, leader of the Opposition, speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, said that Britain took an immense risk in the Mediterranean campaign when the whole world thought she could not
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  • 51 7 Vichy, Oct. 1. pARIS newspapers announce that Marcel Pilongery of Orleans has been shot for illegal possession of firearms. The German authorities said Pilongery was a French infantryman who had a carbinero, two hunting guns, two smaller rifles, four revolvers and ammunition hidden under his roof. United
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  • 46 7 London, Oct. 1. THE House of Commons yesterday approved without a vote, another "blanket" grant of £1,000,000,000 for the w?r effort, making to f al of £3,000,000,000 so far voted. The budget introduced on Mar. 7, proposed "blanket" credits totalling £3,i>00,000,000.— United Press
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  • 90 7 Washington, Oct. 1. THE importance of Pacific *to the United States defence programme was stressed by official quarters here, pointing not that over thU route vital materials are bem; transported to the United State* from Malaya, the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines. The route
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  • 161 7 Zurich, Oct. 1. A REMARKABLE tribute to the R.A.F. was paid yesterday by the aviation editor of the Turi.i newspaper La Stampa. wh"> writes, "The British people owb a great debt of gratitude to their air force. "It is a serious mistake to minimize the enemy
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  • 104 7 Vichy, Oct. L pOLLOWTNG its decision to ration bread. !<he Italian Cabinet has decided tc ration the consumption of eras for heating, states a Rome dispatch to the Vichy news agency. A draft law for nationalization of industrial establishments confiscated by the State since the declaration
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  • 257 7 London, Oct. I. DATIONED Britons w.?re Klad t* hear from Mr. Churchill that Britain's food reserves are now the highest since the war starved. They were also glad to know of the newly-resumed air offensive against Italy, where disaffection is reported to be growing Perhaps the
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  • 135 7 London, Oct. I. JJEARTENING news of the Empir* Air Training Scheme was given yesterday by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, High Commissioner in Canada, who is visiting London, when he said that the scheme was months ahead of schedule and had gone tar beyond the original bounds. The
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  • 396 8 Hard Fast Rugger On The Padang SELETAR R.A.F. BEAT STRONG CLUB SIDE R.A.F. (Sclctar) 5; S.C.C 0. HARD and fast rugger was played on the padang yesterday when, after a grim struggle, the Royal Air Force (Seletar) managed to score a goal in the second half to beat a strong
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  • 80 8 Melbourne. Sept. 30. ■yic IOWA: FctVnzHl. a Wiiliamstown Rover, and winner of the fUcasdm Cup for tne As \x\aaons best and fairest player, probably will become captain of N lUwoltfta first eleven. Western Australia: West Perth. 11 17 (83) defeated East Fremantle 5 13 (48> in the Western
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  • 101 8 rE Singapore Cricket Caob rugger team to mtrt tht fHf hlal Ml Brira4c Ml tIM pftAftßc mi Saturday mh JL J. Martin; D. G. MmUgmnnrjCampbell, E. X P. Barley, G. H. Gerrard, J. B. Mathtem; F. I. C. WUM, J. letter; L. 8. V** T.
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  • 224 8 R.I 4: M.C.U. II 1 DISPLAYING a sounder knowledge of the game. Raffles Institution beat the Medical College Union second string by four goals to one in a hockey match played on the M.C.U. ground yesterday. The schoolboys' stickwork and combination enabled them to confine play
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  • 119 8 TIKE Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys 1 m held to a one-all draw at Woodsville yesterday, when the? met the St. Andrew's Old Boys at hockey. The A.C.S. netted their only point in the first half through Lim Swang, and St. Andrew's equalized through Mervyn Kch'hoff in the
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  • 103 8 Washington, Oct. 1. THE Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and President Roosevelt yesterday conferred for one and three-quarter hours at the White House, presumably to j discuss the Far East as well as the general war situation. It is understood they drafted a modification of the Neutrality
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  • 46 8 Washington, Oct. 1. •pHE spokesman of the House of Representatives' Insular Affairs Committee said yesterday that public hearing on the $45,000,000 Philippine Defence Bill would begin next Monday morning. The War Department, it was said, had ur?ed that the measure te expedited United Press
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  • 36 8 Washington, Oct. 1. J?USSIA has repaid $5,651,000 of the $10 .000 .COO recently advanced by Ohe United States against Russian gold shipments, according to the weekly bullion statement issued by the Department of Commerce.
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  • 291 8 R.A.F. (SeleUr), Reserves 4; RA.F. <&auwg > MEETING at Ansoii Road stadium yesfe rday in Mthe preliminary <%££ victory. On the run of the play Kallang Airmen were not so bad as the score suggests and, had their forwards displayed better finishing, their rivals
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  • 102 8 FURTHER ties In the S.C.C. autumn lawn tennis tournament played on the padang yestc.day resulted: Men's doubles handicap: S. C. Woolmer and H. Stokes (+2) beat C. J. Simpson and W. J. M. Warden (—4) 9—7, 2—6, 6—4. Profession pairs handicap: O. R. S. Bateman and J. H.
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  • 90 8 Washington, Oct. 1. THE importance of Pacific trade to th2 United States defence programme was stressed by official quarters here, pointing out that over this route vital materials are being transported to the United States from Malaya, the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines. The route
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  • 67 8 Managua, Oct. 1. ONE hundred and 25 were killed and 72 injured when a Caribbean hurricane struck the village of Cabo Gracias a Dios last Sunday, destroying all the buildings in the town, belated reports from Puerto Cabezas said to-day. The town of Cruta was completely destroyed
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  • 67 8 New York, Sept. 30. NEW York stores were jammed with persons buying furs, liquor, jewellery and other luxury items, which to-morrow will be subject to the new 10 per cent. Federal Excise Tax. It was estimated that more than $1,000,000 worth of liquor was bought yesterday in
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  • 115 8 THE Straits Chinese Recreation I Club's eighth open invitation lawn tennis tournament will be held at Hcng Lim Green from Saturday, Oct. 25 onwards. Entries will close at 1 p.m. on SatUr ThJ' Meeting wUI be conducted under the rules and regulations of the Lawn Tennis
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  • 134 8 TO-MORROW, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club three will be the usual afternoon races for all classes, starting at 5.23 p.m. for "A" class and 5.25 p.m. for other classes. On Saturday, the first race for the dementi Challenge Cup for women will be sailed, starting at 4
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  • 136 8 IN the final of the Rose Bowl competition at the Garrison Golf Club Capt T. K. Murphy (4) and Mrs R. H. H. Stewart ;9> beat E. V. Smith (11) and Mrs. J. W. Pinhey (30) six and four. The monthly mixed foursomes competition of the Garrison
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  • 33 8 THE Medical College Union's first team beat a Coastal battery team by two goals to one in a hockey match played at Changi yesterday. Oehlers scoreJ both the Medicos' goals.
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  • 50 8 IN a keenly- contested rugger game played yesterday the Pulau Bra:.: Tigers beat the Fortress Signals by six points (a try and a penalty goalt to nil. Stanley touched down for the Tigers in the first half, while Pope converted a free kick that was awarded them In the second.
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  • 84 8 Washington, Sept. 30. THE Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, told the press to-day that he had no knowledge of reports that Italo-American political conversation? wer? in progress. The return to Washington of the United States Ambassador in Rome. Mr. William Philips, has no connection with the trip
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  • 33 8 Washington, Sept 30. gRITISH warships being serviced in American navy yards include the cruiser Manchester at Philadelphia, and the destroyer Piredrake and merchant cruiser Csiiforria at Boston.— United Press
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  • 43 8 London, Oct. 1. /GERMAN long-range guns at Cap \JGris Nez opened a lively cannonade across the Straits of Dover in brilliant moonlight late last night, and German raiders dropped bombs on two points on the north-east coast of Eneland.- Reuter
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  • 351 8 London, Oct. 1. UTEMBLEY Stadium, created just before the great Empire Exhibition, has carved a niche for itself in British sport and has been the scene of many spectacular events, not the least of which has been international and cup final football. A good deal of its
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  • 74 8 Joe Louis 9 Ring Earnings New York, Oct. 1. |OE LOUIS, the American J Negro priseflgrhter and heavyweight champion of the world, has amassed ring earnings of more than two million TJ.S. dollars as a result of the $(U.S.) 193,274 which he receired for Monday right's fight. The adjusted grate
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  • 241 8 SH.C. "A" 7: Y.M.C.A. I. AN BM.C. "A H team found little difficulty in beating the Y.M.C.A. by the very wide margin of seven goals to one in a hockey match played on the padang yesterday. The Club were immeasurably superior to their opponents in
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  • 134 8 W. H. BROCKETT won the Royal Johore International Club's President's Prise (for golf) presented by the Tungku Mahkota for 1941The scores were: W. H Brockett 41-41=82—14 68; Dr T. E Cheah 36-41=77—7 70; J. W. Moore 38-41=79—7=72; Ibrahim bin A. Rahman 43-^46 89 15 =74; Isawo Purune 47
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  • 339 8 CLUB XV SIGNALS SUCCESSFUL (From Oar Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. J THE Selangor Rugby League season got under way yesterday when two matches were played, McHughN XV (a SeUng.ir Club side) beating the Polire Depot, and the Signals beating the R~A.r. Both games were played
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  • 73 8 New York, <>ci. T. THE New York Yankorv winners of the American Leaguy who have won seven world cham] ships since 1927. are tw to one on favourites to beat the E? lyn Dcdsers in the baseb-iil series which begins to-dn nesdav Mainly a team of the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 167 8 To-days Sports Events RUGBY: Medical College vs. f ovals, M.C.C. HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs. Punjab Regiment, S.CC; AX S. Ist team vs. 2nd team, Oldham Hall; Post Office ts. F.W.D., P.O. TENNIS: S.C.C. tournament, S.CC. CHALLENGE CUP PROGRAMME fraiß following is the programme for 1 first round of the Singapore Amateur
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