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

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,437. ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, lf>4l. 5 CENTS
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  • 773 1 Battle For Moscow Continues With Unabated Fury REINFORCEMENTS FOR TIMOSHENKO Berlin Claims Vyazma Bryansk Passed T Moscow. Oct. 12. HE great battle on the road to Moscow continued with unabated fury throughout the night, fighting being once again particularly fierce m the Bryansk and V
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  • 41 1 This picture shows some of the newly-arrived R.A.F. personnel waiting, after disembarkation, m a transit camp near Singapore. Sitting among the rubber trees they await orders drafting them to one of the many R.A.F. stations m Malaya.
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  • 167 1 Soviet Nation Being Told T he Truth Moscow, Oct. 12. AU rmgs through al! comments here no attempt to lull by overstressing i that the Russians are a..y counter-ai-m th? Leningrad front, rman moves against have been checked or s situation is slowly ty ol the preKhWs seemingly c Imnns
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  • 132 1 London, Oct. 12. F:hird day running I I F. fighters to-day carried tensive sweep over m France. No official deirc ai ailable yet. Ie on the sea front saw s explode at Boulogne and rt time the area was eed m dense smoke. alter noon one
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  • 54 1 London. Oct 12. A bomber which attacked' •i a* convoy m the North Sea; •ay night was shot down m by HM. shin Shearwater I N. Garwood, R.N.), one I rta or damage was suf- j rrvory or its escort*, states I Admiralty communique i "water ts a
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  • 77 1 Manila, Oct. 12. THE chief of staff of the Netherlands Indies Army, Gen. H. ter Poorten, is arriving here to-morrow for a conference with the American military authorities. The Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army m the Far East, Gen. Mac Arthur. an noun /in* this, expressed the
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  • 214 1 'Hitler Will Cripple himself, Says Greenwood London, Oct. 12. MR. Arthur Greenwood, a member of the War Cabinet and Minister without Portfolio said that Hitler would noi break Hussia but would cripple htmsel m the attempt. He might wm battles m tbe East but he could not win the war.
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  • 17 1 Simla, Oct. 12. MR. Duff Cooper and Lady Di^na left Simla to-day en route to Calcutta.- Reuter
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  • 422 1 London, Oct. 12. rE war on the Eastern Front to-day enters its 17th week and fighting grows ever more intense, writes a military commentator. For 112 days the struggle has gone on uninterruptedly, the Germans hurling the weight of their attack now here, now there, m a
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  • 219 1 London, Oct. 12. AN American war correspondent with the British desert forces m Egypt reports to-day that a considerable number of American tanks have been moved into a forward area manned by British and Greek armoured fighting units. Many more American tanks m Egypt
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  • 195 1 Rome, Oct. I£. TTALY is quietly preparing for a British land- ing and is "rea^y for any attack/ I learned here, writes the United Press staff correspondent m Rome. I toured the coastal areas and found a number of the mast popular vacation beaches, which
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  • 261 1 No Japanese Evacuation Of U.S. Tokio, Oct. IS, QFFICIAL quarters categorica.lv v deny reports that the three ships which are scheduled to 30 to the United States are being sent for the purpose of e vacua iing Japanese residents, according 1 to the Japanese agency. Oilieials pointed out that a
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  • 60 1 TFRnrvßicxc su***gnai. 0.1. 12. Japanese -controlled area fenara'* I IT s£ c Shanghai for^ the Whangpoo River, for tne firs. Urne yesterday when two Chinese gux men shot and killed a Japanese si trU'mTHHS. Mura^- *hile the la: tea vas bearding a train So far there have been no arrest*
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  • 137 1 London, Oct. 12. Attacked throughout Friday n<-'-t f«r S.-WH hours by Fleet torpedo planes and R.A F. bombers, out Italian convay has been ayfi trying to cross the central Mediter. rancan. Three out of four medium to large merchant ships were to. pedoed m 20 minutes as their
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  • 69 1 Saoscow, Oct 12. It is seated here thai three separate landings of parachutists In t*e rear of the Soviet forces oo the vyanws front were wiped out by Soviet troops. Resistance by Soviet forces In the central sab-sector of the Yiaxma front is entering a decisive phase. Large nambers of
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  • 246 2 U.S. PATROL INTERCEPTS NAZI AGENTS ON WAY TO GREENLAND Secret Radio Found On Coast Is Seized Washington, Oct. 12. THE Navy Department announces that a Nazi radio station has been discovered and seized on the Greenland coast and a small Norwegian steamer en route to establish a station m Greenland
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  • 182 2 Merchantman Sinks U-boat In Duel London. Oct. 12. A TORPEDOED Norwegian steamer has limped into port nth thrilling story of a duel wiin a U-boat m the Atlantic, tables Reuters special correspondent at Reykjavik, Iceland. The Nazi commander, evidently Intending to finish off the steamer by shellnre, came to the
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  • 273 2 Tobruk, Oct. 12. POLISH troops are now lighting m the front line m Tobruk, writes Reuter's special r flpondent recently m Tobruk. Th* Poli:h units c emprise artillery "as well as infantry and ancillary troops and they have te»k< n < ver an important sector ol
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  • 287 2 London, Oct 12. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, the British Prime Minister, m a message xo 10,000 people representing 20 nations who attended the international youth rally for victory at the Albert Fall yesterday, said: "In *«Til«"r; *ime^ wars were won by the fighting spirit of the
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  • 228 2 London, Oct. 12. rpHE number of men, women and children massacred m Serbia is estimat?d to be between 330,000 and 340,000, according to an observer who has just arrived m Istanbul from Yugoslavia. The highest religious authority of the country, the Holy Synod at Belgrade, has handed
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  • 274 2 Ankara. Oct. 12. REPORTS from the Turkish frontier— so far unconfirmed —state there is general mobilization m Bulgaria where church bells are ringing and proclamations are being read m th? streets. Turkish circles have no knowledge of such a devekr- nent bu' are of opinion
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  • 89 2 Moscow. Oct. 12. THE Soviet spokesman, M. Loiovsky, claimed that the battle of Moscow has already shown that Hitler's aims could no?De achieved m the present "St**** will not lay down arms; M. Lo*ovsky added until she 'has d«*^ yed m Sov£t Hitlerian bandits
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  • 329 2 Moscow, Oct. 12. IMMEDIATE co-ordination by the British and Russians on all fronts to deal a mass blow to Germany is urged by Sovie, Army organ, Red Star, to-day. "Now the main strength o* vie German army is concentrated m ,the east," the
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  • 36 2 Panama. Oct. 11 RESIDENT DE LA OUARDIA of Panama, m an interview with the United Fiess to-day, pleaded unlimited co-operation with tne United States Cc? resistance to totalitarianism. United Press
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  • 30 2 San Anion; i. Texas. Oct. 11. A FLYING Fortress en route to Albuquerque, New Mexico, crashed into a building on Duncan Field today, killing two and injuring 13. united Press
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  • 46 2 London. Oct. 12. **I*NEM¥ activity over this country d last night was on a small scale, bombs being dropped at points m eastern and south- v?oiein England and m south Wales r ml. ing. m a small number of casualties," says an Air Ministry communique.- Reuter
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  • 35 2 W.is.iington. Oct. 11. IJNITED State, exports during August totalled $:jj.257,00C up about $100,000,000 compared with July, on account of the increased shipments of planes, munitions and machinery to Britain, it was announced to-day. United Press
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  • 51 2 New York, Oct 11. MR. G. A. J. VEEN, a member of the executive committee of the Netherlands Purchasing Committee, has died from injuries received m a car smash. He was a naval officer and head of an important navy yard at Sourabaya. J.iva, before corning to the United St?.tes.—
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  • 58 2 Vichy, Oct. 11. ON a nation-wide radio hookup, Marshal Petain will speak tomorrow to 6.030,000 French schoolchildren at 2.45 p.m. Radio sets will be set up m every classroom and m villnge squares m both zones, to enable Marshal Petain to give the children a moral lesson m their role
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  • 48 2 Cairo, Oct. 12. SIR WALTER MONCKTON, directorgeneral of the Ministry of Information, has arrived here en route to Russia where he will have discussions w'th M. Lozo*'sky. his opposite number there. He 1* acr unpanied by Mr Anthony Greenwood, son of Mr. Arthur Greenwood. Minister without Portfolio.- Reuter
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  • 52 2 New York. Oct. 11. rE Netherlands Admiralty m London to-day, said that it "regrets to announce that the minelayer van Mcerlant, and H.M. trawler and minetwee per Caroline have been lost by enemy action. Minelayer Nautilus sank following a collision. The next of kin of the casualties have been informtxi."-
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  • 73 2 'Washington, Oct. 11. rE formation of a new "board of economic operations" to direct the State Department economic defence functions was announced by the State Department to-day. It is to be headed by Dean Acheson, assistant Secretary of State. The State Department has also established a Caribbean oOice designed to
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  • 92 2 Peshawar, Oct. ll I/" ING MOHAMMED RIZA SHAH of *V. Iran, addressing Iranian deputies at the Maible Palace to-day, emphasized that the King is responsible to the public, according to the Teheran radio. The Shah stressed it is imperative there should be a feeling of cooperation anj unity cf ideas
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  • 94 2 Washington, Oct. 11. Mil. WILLIAM GREEN. Chairman of the American Federation of Labour, to-day telegraphed urging 30,000 strikers of the American Cyanide Company of Boundbrook. New Jersey to "respond wholeheartedly" to the Defence Mediation Board's appeal to return to their work of producing chemicals essential to rubber production because their
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  • 130 2 T Mexico City, Oct. 11. RKA6URY officials are pressing crime charges against a Japanese mercury smuggling ring, which was uncovered yesterday, it was reliably reported here to-day. It was understood the ring included a Mexican army colonel, an Italian aviator, and other "international operators." A responsible United States embxssy source
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  • 89 2 Berlin, Oct. IL J^ SUMMARY court at, Tswutkm scntenc-<l to death 24 Communists. of which 11 were reprieved to five years m prison, the official German news agency reported from Zagreb to-day. Summary courts at Prague and Brno to-day sentenced to death and executed 15 Czechs, including two Jews and
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  • 91 2 V»';,shi.-2on. Oct. pRESIDENT Roosevelt m a statement on the occasion of Co.umbus aa\ which falls to-morrow, declared that the American Governments have advanced to solidarity and unity of purpan never before known on the merican continent on so wide a sciie and with such unanimity of consent. He said the
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  • 96 2 -United Press. I Home, Oct. 11. rpHE first ten days of bread rationing throughout Italy passed with the greatest calm, including Sicily, where the largest amount of bread per capita is normally eaten, the Rom- ratii. annoinceci to-day. The radio added that a survey of the functioning of brea- rationing
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  • 108 2 R«a^«~. Garbayamr. Oct. IL EPORTS contfrrae to reach this town, on the 2hdo-Tibetan border from western Tibet of activities of who are said to be Pathans 25 Yarkand. They have now Patched their tents at Dungling. A force of merely 500 cavalry sent by the Government from Lhasa has arrived
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  • 325 2 Shanghai, Oct. DRITISH and American officials here exj P considerable concern over the forthcnw arrival of Fritz Wied-mai n, former German CfjJ sul-General m San Franc sco, and Herr Stahmen new German Ambassador to Nanking, belies their arrival to be the forerunner of i n
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  • 395 2 Japanese Par achutis ts "Flop" In Hunan Chungking, Oct. 12. ASKED about the Chinese ability to complete tl~ occupation of Ichang and hold it. the military spokesman he**e replied that all strategical factors considered, he would have bean ao:e to give a categorical reply m the affirmative, but for the
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  • 44 2 T^\LT DISNFY'S full-length c«rp :»lwa-'s so dc. and "Tlie Reluctant Drrr was given a midnight showi: Alhamb-a on Saturday. i« no tion. On the c^**"-?-- d! t^an Disney's prev-ou c r time one see* r*"»l n-«r luteal r-e*tior« T! produced m technicolor
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  • 33 2 Ha' m OH IZ. rC IS nor: established thrt dent Arias of PatWM, IH 1 aboard the steamer Cr^p^: l bound for Psrnrrs bu' beint? rh-rulated rh*t Arias r-lre u> Costa Rica Reuter
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    • 81 2 OPENING TO-MORROW 3.15 6.15 9.15 BOOK NOW 5 DAYS ONLY OWING TO CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS THE MANAGEMENT REGRET TO HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO EXTEND THIS SEASON BEYOND FIVE DAYS. fl Jm wkW& I i j sMJ bmP^S^MJK 1 1 *M MANHUNT .^bbbbbbbV HbL
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    • 38 2 RED PALM OIL contains considerable ouantities of Vitamin A. may be used as a cookingr oil or as a medicine. Prevents Influenza. Coughs and Colds. Product of Malaya <per 50 cents bottle. MEDICAL HALL LTD. 3, BATTERY ROAD.
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  • 1314 3 THE Singapore Free Press MONDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1941. Running Short TWO months of virtual block- ade by the British Empire, the United States and the Netherlands Indies have made their mark on Japan. Not only are reserve stocks of essential materials beginning to be drawn upon, but methods must be
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  • 144 3 Tokio, Oct. 11. a RUSSIAN defeat would assume "world-wide importance" because Mie United States will be preoccupied Tith the new battle of the Atlantic, Mie Hochi Shimbun said to-day. The Asahi said: "The United States 's now stumbling into the war step by step. Therefore, Japan should adopt
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  • 782 3  -  Melville Williams [by Lisbon, by Clipper. ]U[R. Jimmy James, the wealthy iVI American organizer of the Anglo-American Ambulance Corps on the French Riviera, who has just arrived m Lisbon, described to me conditions on the French Riviera as they were recently, when he
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  • 429 3 T"H£ following leading article from the New York Times, received by Clipper, gives an American opinion on the new order "p From the obscurely cautious •nanoeuvres within the Japanese government at Tokio to the equal 'y obscure unrest among the workers of Oslo,
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  • 843 3 Mary Heathcott Writes rEV had trouble with the caber again at the Highland Gathering held on Saturday afternoon at the Jalan Besar Stadium. There was no one strong enough among the brawny Scots present to toss it over. A few lumps were sawn off as last year, and someone even
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  • 202 4 Chungking, Oct. 12. MADAME Chiang Kai-shek, m a radio broadcast to North America yesterday, said: L^ng these long weary years we have suffered more sharp agony trom a merciless invasion. "We have suffered also from tne incredible paradox of our friends helping the enemy. We were grateful
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  • 169 4 London, Oct. 11. QUEEN WILHELMINA 0; the Netherlands was to-day made a Doctor of Laws of Rutgers University, Brunswick, United States. The ceremony was performed by radio. This is the first time tha. a ruling sovereign has had a university degree conferred over the air. Rutgers is
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  • 115 4 Shanghai, Oct. 12. »r*ALK of another impending crisis m the Far East as a result of the situation m Russia and the recent Japanese military defats m China are receiving great space m the local proChungking Chinese Press. The belief that the Japan se "frustrated
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  • 65 4 Washington, Oct. 11. pRESIDENT Roosevelt was greatly pleased with the scroll the Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Hu Hsih, presented yesterday signed by 10,000 Chinese stud:nts and teachers m Americansupported Christian colleges m China, authoritative quarters said to-day. The President has ordered the scroll to be placed among important
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  • 49 4 Washington, Oct. 11. tpHE Price Administrator, Mr. Leon Henderson, notified manufacturers to-day that there was no objection to advancing the price of tyres and tubes if it does not exceed nine per cent, over the^evels of June 16. He said the increase would become effective on Oct. United Press
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    • 289 4 RECORD CROWDS DURING THE WEEK-END endorsed the press opinion of «IN THE NAVY' WITHOUT DOUBT THE YEAR'S FUNNIEST PICTURE." SEE IT AGAIN TO-DAT CAPITOL 3.15-6.15-9.15 I Scream at BUD and LOU as they "take over" the NAVY and attend to a little "UNFINISHED BUSINESS" on the Hawaiian front! m^ miMm
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  • 27 5 ]yjR. 8. O. EBNING. American-Consui from Izmir < Turkey), arrived her? ve*t?r«iay on his way back to th< United Stntes. He w*s American-Coi-ml m Penang ll years ago.
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  • 891 5 LEAFLETS DISTRIBUTION SOON ORECISE instructions have been drawn up for residents of A coastal areas of Singapore island who will have to evacuate m the cve of an attack. An official notice, published on page 6 to-day, sets out instructions for residents of the East Coast
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  • 957 5 Special Interviews With Defence Chiefs DRITAIN'S highest naval authority here, Vice-Ad- miral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Commander-in-Chief, China, considers there is no knowing how long the present lull m the Far East may last, and says the future cannot be loooked upon
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  • 95 5 WHEN the acting Financial Secretary. Mr. A. Sleep. introduces the Colony's 1942 budget at the Legislative Council this morning, the estimates are expected to show a small surplus. The estimated revenue and expenditure m 1942 may be expected to show increases on this year's figures at but
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  • 62 5 A VOTE of $2,000 is to oe set aside next year for the Iru-sll Bank Road roundabout for whiu. the Singapore Municipality voted a sum of SI'J.SCC this year. These OffVa aie onl" -<cles, they are net hasowsm which have already been spent or are
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  • 91 5 pREE French circles m Singapore point out that the step taken by M. de Margerie forbidding M. Egal from entering the French concessior m Shanghai where his family an<i friends live and where he has been la business for many years, is UlegaL and arbitrary. "It is so
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  • 57 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Oct, 11. T^HE Johore Teachers' Associatior conference will be held m Muar on Oct. 31. The teachers m Muar Wili eater tain those from Segamat, Bata Pahat, Kluang and Johore Bharu. A sports ircgramme has been dra*n up, and the mooting will conclude
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  • 50 5 AIR mails from Australia will be delivered at 0.15 a.m. to-day, from Java at 3.33 p.m. to-day, and from Java and Sumatra at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow. No air mails were received from the United Kingdom by the Eastbound 8.0.A.C. flying -beat which arrived m Singapore yesterday afternoon.
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  • 60 5 THE Penang Rubber Excnange hai presented a cheque for $3,400 to the Commander of the Penang Local Defence Corps for a mobile canteen. In a letter of appreciation to the hon. secretary, of the Penang Rubber Exchange, the L.D.C. Commander promised to have the name of the
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  • 48 5 "WHAT does Germany's *New Order' Mean?" is the title of a pamphlet just Issued by the Department of Information and Publicity, Malaya, m Jawi (for the Malays) and m Tamil. It sets shows luckily how intolerant life would be for all non-Germans il Hitlerism triumphed.
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  • 40 5 CANGERTHA Vidwan P. Nataraja Pillai, a well-known Indian muscician, who is passing through Malaya, will give a recital at the Sri Rama, krishna Mission Hall m Norris Road, on Thursday, starting at 6 p.m. Admission will be free.
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  • 24 5 rpHE Police band will play at Telok Ayer at 6 p.m. to-morrow, and at tbe Botanic Gardens at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday
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  • 228 5 rjATMNG increasing popularity w 5 sin^apore is "Victory M-rch, a patriotic numbr- composed by Gunner e*lie C Sufhby. R.A., of the Singapore Samson. Wi'hin 24 hours of a broadens- rf the March recently, the com no rr ceived several requorts for p<rmi.< a to play
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  • 155 5 At 7he lafMeMf IN "Bitter Sweet," which had midnight screening a» the Capitol on Saturday. Jen net te McDonald sings aa she has never sung 'before. There is more singing m this picture than m any m which she and Ntison Eddy have ever starred.
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  • 42 5 JT is probable that Mr J. S. CiunieiRoss, "aiing of the Cocos Islands will be appointed magistrate of ihe Islands alter tne new Ordinance, adaotmg the laws ot the Colony to the Cocjs, is introduced at the LfcislaUre Council to-day.
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  • 61 5 /~)NE child and one adult were killed m road accidents during the we* k ending Oct. 8 bringing the toui to date to 80 as compared with 97 for Urn whole of last year. Twenty-three person;- were injured during the same week, bringing tha total u> date u>
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  • 19 5 'THE band and drums of a Punjab battalion will beit a retreat on tha Paoang at 6 pm. to-day.
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  • 448 5 fIE report on war tax on incomes by the special subcommittee of the Straits Settlements Singapore* Association is now being considered by the official War Tax. Standing Committee, of which the acting Financial {Secretary, Mr. A. Sleep, is chairman. This report suggested an all-round increase m
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  • 109 6 'THE following is the draw for the first round of the Royal Singapore Golf Club's women's Autumn Cuo competition which will be played a' Bukit Timah this afternoon: 2.45, Mrs. J. B. Ross vs. Mrs. H Gild: 2 50. Mrs. M. Elrington vs. Mrs S. N. Kelly;
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  • 83 6 SINGAPORE-. JOHORE CYCLE RACE THE Singapore Island Ramblers won 1 the first three places m the annual Singapore to Johore and return cycle road race a distance of approximately 32 miles held yesterday. The results were: 1, Kwa Chin Swee (Island Ramblers); 2, R. Shield (Island Ramblers); 3, G. M.
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  • 1706 6 r\R. E. LAIDLAW THOMSON, Singapore Island golf cham- pion, won the Royal Singapore Golf Club's championship title yesterday when he beat M. M. Paterson at the 38th hole after a very exciting match. The morning's golf was t*c llent and piay m the alternoon,
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  • 543 6 Thrilling Final Decided After Extra Time R.A.F 4; S.C.F.A 2. SUPERIOR stamina and more constructive play gave the Royal Air Force a thrilling victory over the Straits Chinese Football Association when the teams met before a record crowd at Anson Road stadium on Saturday to
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  • 171 6 Inter-Club Ba dminton Semi-Final jjY a narrow margin of 4 hree games to two. the Devonshire Badminton Party beat the Amateur Athletic Union m the semi-final of the Inter-club championship at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday. The Amateur Athletic Union was one up by the end of the three singles
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  • 668 6 HOME SOCCER RESULTS London, Oct. \Z. WHILE the Allied teams, Belgium and Holland, com;,. Dlavers serving m the allied forces m England. mmmmSLw rTi^torv by being the f.rst overseas teams to moi WpmSfev\ famous turf 8 England and Scotland were re-ngho. battle at Blackpool
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  • 115 6 IR.AF. (Seletar) 6: Man.i.. MAKING a splendid recovery second half, the Royal A:b°at the Manchester Regiment I goals to one m a reserve i league soccer match played Road stadium yesterday By virtue of this victory. become champions of the reser\ Ision of the S.A.P.A.
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  • 69 6 THE following hockey pM Singapore teams and thf State team have been a. ranged played m Singapore during 'Deepavall Hcri Haya holi<: Sun. Oct. 19. Perak vs. Br. land Nay;. Mon. Oct Singapore: Tuesday 21. 1 Indian Army and Wedi Perak vs. Combined The Indian Army
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1452 6 PUBLIC NOTICE. Cut This Out And Keep It East Coast (Singapore) Evacuation Area Important Notice The following directions to persons living m the East Coast Evacuation Area. NOT being persons registered to go to the Goven ment Evacuation Camp at V.o* Chu Kang Road, are published for ii.formation and action.
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    • 341 6 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars apply Municioal Tenders Room. Supply of Fuel (Coal or Oil) for St. James Power Station. during 1942. Date of Closing. 12 noon. Oct. 30. 1941. Supply of two Ice Making Machines for
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 40 6 Sports Diary HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs Hornets, S.C.C; S.R.C. vs. St. Andrews 0.8.A., S.R.C; CSC. m\ Medical College, CSC.; I. A. vs. V.M.C.A., V M.CA.; KhaLa Association vs. Indian General Hospital, Khalsa ground. RUGBY: Loyals seconds vs. auHeadquarters seconds, Farrer Park.
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