The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 October 1941

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,441. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1941. 5 CENTS
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  • 687 1 "W "f m m Konoye Again Favoured To Head New Government NAVY SPOKESMAN'S OUTBURST t s .>. Tokio, Oct. 16. the thud Cabinet of Prince Fumimaro Konoyc resigned en bloc to-day amidst nationalistic pressure for a termination of the Japanese-American -peace*' negotiations, United Press reports. An official
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  • 45 1 |L|R Churchill told the House of Commons yesterday that the question of the progress of the war would come up on the third day of the next session but that the Government would not make any Ministerial statement unless there were unexpected develop-^ ments.— Reuter
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  • 287 1 Washington, Oct. 16. WELL-INFORMED quarters today considered the resignation of the Konoye Cabinet as a victory for the Axis elements In Japan. The future of Prince Konoye's Cabinet depended on the conversations which were ma 1 irate two months ago following his direct request to President Roosevelt, and
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  • 326 1 DRITAIN'S attitude to the new situation was reaffirmed m Melbourne yesterday by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. Commander-in-Chief, Far East. He said: u We dc not want war with Japan, but if Japan insists on it we are ready." Sir Robert
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  • 62 1 Canberra, Oct. 16. rE Navy announces the mining: of all opOttJMo*.^fefc- Abe Great Barrier Reef off th* coast of Queensland between Arlington Reef, south of Cairns, and Anchor Bay. near the New Guinea coast. Two minefields also have been laid west of Thursday Island which li^s
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  • 170 1 Melbourne, Oct. 16. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-chief, Far East, interviewed here, said: "The extension of the Japanese air line to Timor to significant bat it is not serious provided the British keep an eye on the situation." The Allied position hi the Far East had
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  • 165 1 How U.S. Is Sending Planes To Britain Middle East London, Oct. 16. HTHAT American bombers are now being ferried to Britain and the Middle East via Florida, the West Indies, British Guiana, Brazil and across the south Atlantic to centres on the west African coast was disclosed by Major-Gen. George
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  • 959 1 Radio Warning Of I "Grave Threat" London, Oct. 16. *A SERIOUS threat to Moscow" has arisen from a German break-through west of the capital, said the Soviet announcer on the Moscow radio, speaking m Russian early this morning. He told the Soviet people that
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  • 165 1 Government Said Leaving Moscow New York, Oct. It T^HE Russian Government 1 offices are being moved from Moscow to Kazan, 500 miles east of Me scow, according to a report from Ankara read by the Dutch Radio m a broadcast, intercepted here to-day by the National Broadcasting Company. says United
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  • 214 1 London, Oct. 16THE Soviet High Command m the next fortnight may be forced to make one of the most difficult decisions of the war— whether to seek a showdown with the Germans on the Moscow battlefront, or withdraw the central Russian armies enstwards, necessitating the destruction
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  • 58 1 Thai Warn ing Bangkok, Oct 16. IWE Thai peopfe "must be prepared to face the danger which is creeping nearer with every German success m the Russian campaign," the Thai Radio warned to-day. The popular radio commentators, Naj Nun and Nai Kong, suggested that the people be ready to sacrifice
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  • 46 2 Washing: 'n. Oct. 15. BRITAIN still needs one billion dollars worth of foodstuffs during the next five months although Britain's wheat stocks at present are tne largest s*nce the war started, Mr. Claude Wickard, Secretary for Agriculture. Vld the Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee to-day.
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  • 47 2 TBatavia, Oct. IC. HE death roll as i* result of the crash of th? bomber which carried the late N.I Commander-in-Chief, Lt.-Gen. O. J. Berenschot, mounted to 30 to-day, when more natives, upon whose homes the plane crashed died In i hospital. United Press
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  • 108 2 V^ tt DarJeeUnr, Oct. 15. OUR deliberations may have farreaching effects. It will be wrong for these deliberations to be carried on any feeling of false security, without the full realization that the who'e future of mankind depends on the successful outcome of the war," said Sir John
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  • 50 2 M Calcutta, Oct. 1\ ti. A. Duff Cooper and 1/ Diana Duff Cooper left Singapore to-day. The Lamas at a Buddhist m r astery near Dar^eling whi^h hPV "i'i'ei ve"t°rday cffer special prayers m honour of thei Yiait and expics^ed the hone thvictory. Reuter
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  • 344 3 EARLY COUNTER-MOVE AGAINST JA PAN IS URGED Timor Air Link Is Termed "Provocative" By Australian Paper Sydney, Oct. 16. gKITAIN may be expected to take cognisance m a form not necessarily limited to a verbal protest, according to the majority of to-day's Australian newspapers, commenting on Japan's latest action m
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  • 74 3 Wendler Nazi Minister To Bangkok Berlin, Oct. 16. -^irkwrrATlVE Germaa quarA^^ueiioned by foreign to-day, connrm- that the former Ger- /JsWtoU Paz. Erich M n £*b,*n appoint G*r r to Bangkok a ame time, these quar-.-rSE that the former .STSSS at San Francisco. ?T Ftiu Wied«mann. has been SftntSl Consul-Genera! at
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  • 111 3 Shanghai, Oct. 16. /CHUNGKING is planning to v establish a military council composed of the Magruder Mission, the British military attache and the recently arrived Soviet military advisers, who will map oat Chinese strategy for the next Spring offensive, according to Dome! reports from Nanking.
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  • 114 3 Details Of TurkoNazi Trade Pact Ankara. Oct. 16. THE Turko-German pact came into force on the day it was signed, states the SecretaryGeneral of the Turkish Foreign Office. M. Menemenjoglu, m an interview with the newspaper Ulus The agreement comprises two lists. firstly. £55.000.000 (Turkish), which covers delivery from Germany
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  • 91 3 H as h in* ton. Oct. 16. COLLOWINO the seizure m New York harbour by the United States of 18 Douglas bombers purchased by Peru, the Peruvian air attache. Armando Revoredo, said "it was a most unfriendly act." He said that probably the hold-up yt the
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  • 64 3 "OLD BILL SON" FULL of wit and humour. "Old Bill and Son" a General Film Distributors production, which began a seaion at the Pavilion yesterday, provides ielightful entertainment. Bttween Old Bill (Morland Graham), t veteran of the last war, and his son fJohn Mills), a British Tommy, who ire serving
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  • 83 3 "U.S. Will Send Another Expediti onary Force" Atlantic City, Oct. 16. DEAR-Adm. Yates Stirling, U.S.N. retired, m a speech here to-day, predicted that the war would last three more years unless German morale cracks. He predicted, meanwhile, that the United States will feel that another American Expeditionary Force to Europe
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  • 550 3 '"THERE can be no doubting what will follow the next Japanese move," declared a commentator broadcasting from the Singapore radio station on the dramatic resignation of the Japanese Cabinet. The commentator said: The Japanese have prepared for themselves a pretext to move
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  • 44 3 Washington, Oct. 16. rpHE Senate Appropriations sub* committee concluded its secret hearings on the lend-tease supplementary bill to-day, after the Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Harold Stark and the Chairman of the Maritime Commission, Rear-Adm. Emory 8, Land, had testified.- United Press
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  • 29 3 npHE American mission to Moscow 1 headed by Mr. Avcrell Harriman, which returned to London from Russia on Oct. 10, left, hv Air trv-riar f«r th# Reuter
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  • 97 3 London, Oct. 16. rpHE Parliamentary Secretary to JL the Ministry of Information, In reply to questions on enemy interference with British broadcasts, said that the BBC had taken steps which had reduced this interference and that ether plans were m hand. The House laughed when
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  • 31 3 London, Oct. 10. FfflHE Postmaster-General said that up 1 to Oct. 4 approximately 3,000,000 of the special air mall postcards for men serving In the Middle East have been IV. Reuter
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  • 317 3 Bangkok, Oct. 16. '"THIS report can only be a deliberate invention and there 1 is no truth m it whatever," saki the British Minister, Slt Josiah Crosby, referring to a Japanese newspaper report from Bangkok predicting a "new diplomatic offensive" by Sir Josiah
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  • 478 3 Tokio, Oct. 16. jy[R. Koh lshii, spokesman for the Japanese Information Bureau, when asked to-day how American convoys m the Atlantic would' aifect Japanese-American relations relative to the speech of the Navy spokesman, Capt Kideo Hiraide, said the Navy spokesman's utterance was presumably made
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  • 258 3 Day Night R.A.F. Raids INVASION PORTS ARE BATTERED London, Oct. IS. pOLOONE was the objective of last night's RAF. raids on Germany, according to an Air Ministry communique to-day quoted by Reuter, which sayt: '•Aircraft at the Bomber Command were over Western Germany last night- There was no improvement m
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  • 62 3 Wash in* ton, Oct. 16 TPHE arming of merchantmen if likely to receive a surprisingly large number of votes from tht Republican members of tht House. According to well-informed Republican circles, the bill will b* pased to-morrow. Apparently, the Republican members during the summer vacation
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    • 157 3 (Hiraide's Speech— Pare 7) POSITIVELY THE LAST TWO DAYS m mo cir: CUMSTANCES WILL THIS GREAT SEASON BE EXTENDED! 'PHONE MM NOTE— Tht 11 a.m. Mtttinec To. morrow will be preceded by a series of 8.M.1. Documentaries Th* most don- SUHing at gerou* gam* wm. am a m* h fl^^S
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  • 1350 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1941. Crisis In Japan THE resignation of the Japan- ese Cabinet yesterday did not come altogether as a surprise for it has been obvious for some time past that all was not well m ministerial circles m Tokio. Prince Konoyes actual decision that
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  • 777 4  -  Sheilah Graham By London, August. HpHE youngest military general m the world is 32 years old, has big grey eyes, is pretty, quietvoiced capable, and has no servant for cleaning brass buttons or leather shoes. And incidental^, is a woman. General Jean Knox is
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  • 659 4  - Big Empire A rmy Massed In Egypt John R. Hetherington By ris a pity that Reichsfuehrer Hitler and Premier Mussolini cannot pay a visit to the Western Desert to-day. It would give them many sleepless nights if they could see the strength of the British defences here. The Imperial land
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  • 37 5 .vjH.rt.int m the aerial defenrc of Malaya is the person ac! the Royal Australian Air Force, flying Am^ri-an LockHudsori> and Australian-built Wirraways. Photo shows flight of R.A.A.F. over some part of Malaya.
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  • 190 5 VERDICT of murder against a person or persons unknown, was recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. (i porter, yesterday when he inquired into the death of a Chinese Liang Kirn Wing, whose "almost mutilated body" found on a small track m an
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  • 41 5 n latham. A;.-tralian Minis- s |i Japan, has been admitted t-neral Hospital where he is ng from the strenuous v-n--..ui on which he travelled > to Singapore. Ist bt-fore reaching Hong aight m a typhoon. The ourney from Hong Kong
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  • 35 5 \:usk>n of a preliminary knta a charge of raping s :r.:u^e girl, a young F.i> Aoeyasekera. was com■l the next asIfr R. Moor, third magistrate. chMfC vas explained r.o reserved his dc-
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  • 34 5 THE importation of all future public--1 the periodical Lefc. purbe published m England I rcny Pub'ishing Co. Ld, ..;bited m the Federated Malay This is announced m a supxlie P. M.S. Gazette.
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  • 229 5 ANOTHER demonstration u f how to deal with lire bombs takes place this afternoon at Raffles Place, starting at 5 30 p.m. This is one of the series of AR P demonstrations which have been uven m Raffles Place every Friday durhig the past few weeks and
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  • 187 5 Australian Cabled News DRESS messages state that the r agreement between Japan and Portugal for the establishment of a Japanese airline between the Pelew Islands and Deli (Portuguese Timor) is seen as an air threat to Australia. COiMFORTS TO MILITIA The Australian Comforts Fund has decided to
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  • 82 5 A committee oi the Singapore Municipality has varied an order by the acting Registrar of Vehicles, Major W. Rose who cancelled the licence of a taxi driver whom he convicted of disorderly behaviour. The driver. Soo Jiew Tiew, assaulted a soldier. For this he was also fined S2
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  • 61 5 rr-HE following have been appointed members of the F M.S. Board of Commissioners for the purpose of hear<ne appeals from any assessment made by a^yWaV Tax Collector: Messrs K. X Benjamin, B. JP. Joaquim. P. RCrmston, H. Scott-Ram and M. T. St T?» <Se' appointments are made
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  • 363 5 POSSIBLE JAPANESE MOVES DISCUSSED (From Our Own Correspondent) A London, Oct. IC. CHAIN of airfields stretching from Burma to New Zealand is the logical defence for the Far East, according to Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, m an interview given to a special
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  • 123 5 New Delhi, Oct. 15, •IF we maintain m 1*42 the spirit and unity of 194.. all will be well. Let us look further ahead and make it our resolve to maintain 4 rt spirit of unity, not only during the war. but after it. Think what
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  • 59 5 A special talk m Tamil on the Deepavall festival and its present significance will be broadcast from Singapore station (41.38 metres or 7.25mp5) by Mr. Ponnuduray at 5.15 p.m. to-morrow. The talk will be accompanied by a programme of Tamil music both before and after, and at 5.30
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  • 82 5 AN order for alimony m the sum of $100 was made by the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, m the High Court yesterday m favour of Mrs. R. Hoahing, who had recently obtained a divorce from her husband, I. H. Hoahing, a Singapore lawyer, on the ground of
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  • 56 5 ALLEGED to have trepas&ed into a military defence area at Alexandra Depot, Sinan bin Yam, a 24-year-old Javanese claimed trial when charged m Che Singapore Fifth Court yesterday The offence was said to have been committed on Oct. 15. Bail of $50 was offered when the case was
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  • 118 5 Pretoria, Oct. IC. THE first press reactions to the report on th 3 question of Indian penetration into the European areas m the Transvaal, strike a sympathetic note. The majority of the papers cordially welcome the Commission's refutation that there had been any widespread
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  • 152 5 A FINE ot $30 which had been imposed on a landowner, K. N .N. Manikam Chettiar, is to be donated to The War Fund as a result of an appeal m the Singapore High Court yesterday. The appellant hac been convicted for theft of a
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  • 191 5 r-HE Malayan Magic Circle has A decided to close down its clubhouse, Karikal Mahal, m Karikal Road owing to various wartime measures introduced m Singapore This docs not mean, however, that lhe activities of the club will cease or that the various shows for the Services which
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  • 127 5 ANY person m Sarawak driving, at- tempting to drive or sitting m the driving seat of a motor vehicle m a public place when under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of proper control, will be liable
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  • 63 5 AN amendment to the Estate Duuty Enactment, which gives effect to an undertaking that a concession granted m the Straits Settlements will be afforded m the State, will be introduced into the Johore State Counqil shortly. A feature of the amendment is an appreciable reduction, as m the
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  • 45 5 Wardha, Oct. 16. IT is understood that a conference of leading members of Congress will shortly be held here to discuss the question of the return of the Congress Party to the Central Legislature and the resumption of parliamentary activities m the provinces.
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  • 40 5 NO further large omnibuses will be introduced for service along Thomson Road until that road has been widened and straightened. This is a decision by a committee of the Singapore Municipality, which is to come up for confirmation.
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  • 41 5 THE following have been appointed members of the Sarawak Supreme Council by the Rajah: Messrs H. E. Cutfleld, T. Carson, F.H. Pollard, A. MacPherson. R.G. Aikman, C. Pitt Hardacre, A. Keir and Abang Haji Mustapha bin Abang Haji Moasili.
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  • 42 5 Mr. Cheok HXian Cheong and Dr. N. Mootatamby have been appointed temporary members of the Johore Executive Council by the Sultan. Mr. i Cheok Huan Cheong and Dr. Mootatamby relieve Major C.H.F. Pierrepont and Mr. B.J.R. Barton, who are away on leave.
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  • 68 5 ARCHDEACON Graham White sends a reminder that Sunday has been set aside as "Hospital Sunday." "Lot us all give a thought, breathe a prayer or make a gift for those poor people who cannot help themselves/ the Archdeacon writes with reference to the complaint made m the Legislative
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  • 194 5 Dragged Sixty Feet By Lorry DRIVER FINED $200 A DRIVER, Teo Kirn Poey, whose lorry collided with a cyclist at the 6^2 mile Changi Road on Aug 13 was yesterday linea TJJO or a montn's simple imprisonment by the Traffic Judge, Mr. H. E. Kingdon. In the collision, the cyclist,
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  • 138 5 CHARGED m the Singapore second court yesterday with having voluntarily caused grievous hurt to a Chinese, Cheng Chin Liang. In Bournemouth Road on Sept. 23. a 60-year-old Indian gardmer, Gnrmapragasam, was bound over f ;>r 12 months m the sum of $100. It was alleged that on Sept.
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  • 74 5 A,^ L New Delhi, Oct. i 6. FTER discussions between mill owners and representatives of the Supply Department, a satisfactory decision has been reached regarding the immediate requirements of the Government for war supplies. The members of the recently appointed panel have undertaken to assist th e Government
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  • 27 5 A PROPOSAL to site a new cinema at the New World, Jalun Besar with direct access from Kitchener Road, has been disapproved by a Municipal committee.
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  • 24 5 CALES of War Savings Certificates m Malaya up to last Wednesday totalled $8,427,540. This was an increase of $226,425 since Oct. 3.
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  • 24 5 CAPT. N. M. Hashirr. will speak on the "The Right Values of Life" a' the Straits Chinese Presbytarian Hall, Princep Street, to-night at 8.20.
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  • 294 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 16. rE death occuired at 4 a.m. this morning of Mr. Alan Loke, at the age o' 44 years after a brief illness. The second son of the late Mr. Loke Yew, he was educated at the Aberdeen
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  • 928 6  - Second Impressions Of Singapore MARY HEATHCOTT By CITIZENS oi Singapore hav\ been like goldfish m a glas.s bowl since the crisis m the Far East. So many people coming up and examining them and the bowl, looking down at them and round them and then going away and writing about
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  • 132 7 Washington, Oct. 16. <k THE United States should immobilize Japan and destroy the Japanese, Italian and French navies," declared Senator Pepper, leading member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, m an interview with the Press. He said that this was necessary as -preparation- for
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  • 275 7 London, Oct. IC. I TNTTL a few days ago the Soviet Union had lost hardly any industrial strength but now comes a great change heavily damaging m its effects, writes The Times diplomatic correspondent discussing Russia's hidden industrial strength. On almost all sections of the front,
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  • 124 7 London, Oct. 16. 'pHE national uprising of 100,000 guerillas throughout Yugoslavia has become so extensive that the efforts of the German occupation authorities are limited to defensive measures, according to information reaching the Yugoslav Government m London Well-known Serbian professors, teachers and lawyers have taken to
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  • 106 7 New Delhi, Oct. 15. IN a personal message to Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai, who is now on his way to the U.S.A. to take up his new post as India's Agent-General m that countiy., the Viceroy wished him success m his mission m watching India's interests
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  • 334 7 London. Oct. 16. THE Times, whv:h yesterday published a lettei from Sir Francis Younghusoand suggesting that Britain should make a definite promise that a year after the armistice she would leave it to the Indians to decide whether or not they wish to remain m the
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  • 91 7 London, Oct. 16. '1 'HE ghost voice of Goebbels was hea 1 d 1 again last night on the BBC home news bulletin. For the most part. it was rfductd to faint murmur and later it gave up altogether. "Hie interrupter's remarks were evert more without humour than
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  • 75 7 Simla., Oct. 16. THE Commander-in-chief, Inciia, Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell p^e yesterday of post-war problems. "Think what a world we could m&ke if we could put into our peace plans the same self-sacrifice, energy and cooperation as we use m the wasteful operations of war," fie said "If
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  • 209 7 (Special Cable) London. Oct. 16. UITLER. new facing his supreme test m the German a sault on Moscow, will find himself up against a far tougher defensive than his army experienced when they attacked Leningrad and failed to take it, says the News Chi
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  • 427 7 Tokio Navy Spokesman's Statement Tokio, Oct. THE Japanese Navy spokesman, 1 Captain Hideo Hiraide, m a lecture at Kyoto last nieht. warned his audience that, notwithstanding the efforts of the Japanese Government's diplomatic representatives. JapaneseAmerican relations have approached the "final crossroads." according to the lead story m the Asahi Shim
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  • 127 7 New York, Oct. 15. SENATOR Guy Gillette, of lowa, *3 and Senator Edwin Johnson, of Colorado, 'are hoping for an early adoption of a resolution seeking an inquiry Into proJapanese activities m the United States.*' the Washington correspondent of the World Telegram. Charles Lucey, reported to-day. The
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  • 30 7 Chvnckng Oct 16. otto MaMycr miv Mr. J Cochran*- MtM and Anxricaa .icl'viitrs to Cii :ia economic coi eiifcs. loft Hont Kr<ng feUH^q £ii Icr Chur.ekjng. United Press
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    • 57 7 BJUey <C Curley A Rank Failure j HON ABOUT^ Vy MAKE rr\ /C^ IK* 0 1 *\=C Owl y /^<Tir^\ 11/ &**> ns «oT*>^h pconOT»*v,\ r^SU 15-0 QPS I AM^WERI STIMGY f CUPS -< I WH X> 13* BIAMEVJ RAWK LJ mLiSSt// 1 CWrrA!W tW V. AJ S \S \J^°^±^y
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  • 505 8 SP ART ANS IN SEMI-FINAL OF S.A.F.A. CUP S.R.C. Unlucky Not To Have Forced Draw Spartans 2; S.R.C. 1. JHE Spartans entered the semi-final round of the S.A.F.A. Cup competition when they beat the S.R.C. by the odd goal m three at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. A penalty goal, half
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  • 44 8 (From Oar Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Oct. 1«. PrKAK S rufger side against Stiangor at Kuala I.umpur on aurday is: Strubell: Bashid Ghows, I>. A. Thorrson (Capt.). Seward, Swe* Kee: Tilbrook. Lieat. <*••**> I'oMrr, Service. Ritchie. Morrison. Lake. <:»rtwri|rht. Law. Wardrop.
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  • 164 8 Sydney. Oct. 5. ROYAL SCEPTRE collapsed when he returned to his stall at Randwick yesterday after winning the First Hurdle Race. "He got over it quickly, and he seems all right now," said trainer. Bailey Payten. last night. "Royal Sceptre's hard race and the hot
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  • 64 8 rr»HE following have been selected to play hockey for the Y^f.C.A. versus the C.S.C. on Anson Road ground at 5.10 p.m. to-morrow: F. Hirst; A. C. Edgar, A. Mohamed Abdullah: G. Newman, Goh Chin Chye. W. Maggs; Lim Chid Ho, I. Hope. I. Suratta. A.
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  • 45 8 j-IIE following will play for Raffles College at hockey against the Punjab Regiment at Seletar to-day: Wong Tong Seng; Tungku Jaffar, C. Wong; B. S. Varma, R. Vivekananda, E. W. !Barker: R. Thoy, A. Aziz, Sheik Hussien. A. Karim and E. Ebert.
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  • 41 8 THE probable R.A.A r Rugby side to meet the Army at Jalan Besar stadium to-mor-row is: Fullback Woods; Threes Grace, Gartside, Angus and Allshorn; Standoff— Gray: Scrum-half Cumming; Forwards McKurdy, llatchelor, Bell, Burns, Brown, Trewin, Peterson and Connie.
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  • 272 8 Q7HO is the greatest all-rounder m the annaLs of modern j flrst-class cricket? A difficult! question to answer and one packed with promise of controversy writes a correspondent rathe Cricketer of Aug. 2. Naturally, perhaps, one immediately thinks of W. G. Grace.; Then it is remembered that
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  • 134 8 «t»HE folio* Ing ar- S.C.C. Ruzby t-.ims for to-day and to-morrow: Aga'.r.st the Police -\t *hr S C.C. today: Lt A J. Martin; O. W W oilers. 71. L. Parker S. Johnson. R. M. Hiu-slev D. W. Le Mare, A. N Other: D A. Blunt. F. W.
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  • 188 8 All-India Hockey Players In Malaya THAI Indian soldiers serviiit, In the various units m Malaya could go to form a hockey team capable of defeating the best combination of civilian players is the opinion of Subadar Melkha Singh of the Indian Medical Service It is not generally known, the Subadar
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  • 65 8 WONG PENG SOON, Singapore and Malayan men's singles champion who is competing m the Selangor open singles championship at Kuala Lumpur, beat A. S. Samuel m the best of three sets 15—4, 5—15, 15—10. m the semi-final round played on Sunday. Wong Siew Hoon. a (former junior champion,
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  • 65 8 |UEWLY- formed, a hockey of ele- yen representing the Ist. Batt Straits Settlements Volunteer Force m Singapore, have had an auspicious beginning by winning their first three matches They beat the JC.S.A. 6-1, and teams from the R.A.OC. <6 o), and R.A.F. i4— o>. The team is
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  • 155 8 MEW books ready for issue at Raffles library from Saturday are: Carmen Sylva. Illustrated. Elizabeth BurgoyneEconomic Warfare 1939-1940. Paul Einzig; Bomber's Moon. Illustrated. Negley Parson; Oil and the War, E. M. Friedwald; The Persecution of the Catholic Church m German- occupied Poland, must rated, H E. Cardinal Hlond;
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  • 440 8 "Russians Will Keep Their Ar mies Intact" London, Oct. 16. THE battle of Moscow and the iron determination of the Russians fcrm the theme of many editorials this morning. ''The battle of Moscow has now raged with unexampled fury for a fortnight and still no one but the German broadcasts
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  • 496 8 Medicos Beaten By 32 Points To Eight IN their final try-out before to-morrow* game against the Army, the R.A.A.F. beat the Medical College Union by 32 points (four ?oate and four tries) to eight (a *oal and a penalty goal) m a Rugby game played
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  • 52 8 Lucrative Wi ns Caulfield Stakes rwN: LocnUlTe 9^ Mcf artrn Tranquil SUr t.9 Sh^ Hirh Caste 9.4 (B»rtl< Fvcr^reen 9.« (C«»k, Alm rw KreMe ar#l( MS. Brtting I^cr.tivr 4 1 r<t Star 4/1; Hifta Cmv jr, J rree« 15 1. Won by t»o 1^ length and throequa.ru. T1 mm. 52H
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 55 8 To-days Sports Events SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Challenge Cup: RJi-F. vs. Airport Sports Club, Anson Road stadium. RUGBY: S.C.C. vs. SJS. Police, S.C.C.; Air Headquarters vs. St. Andrew's 0.8.A., Fairer Park. HOCKEY: SJLC. seconds vs. IJL seconds, SJLC; S.CJt.C vs. ACS., S.C.R.C.; M.CU. Anatomists vs. Biologrists, M-C-U.; Naval Police vs. R.A.M.C., Gillman;
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