The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 October 1941

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,452. ESIU. 1833. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, WL 5 CENTS
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    NAZIS CLAIM BREAK-THROUGH TO CRIMEA
    643 1 'Enemy Losses In Region 20, 000 Men In Five F>avs Command claims "^liat- j* the j w ■IT pi the" German forces have smashed^ their _^yJ_L_tou_K to the rimea: ___;i _~~-~v ,t»^^r n -T4> AM 4-^*% j~ i ci 15:11 uays. vi Hurt! n^iltlll^ Thy
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    Nun Struck By Japanese
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    BRITISH NOT DIVIDED ON AID FOR SOVIET
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    Corruption In Nazi Europe
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    GREAT OSLO BLAZE
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    IN WESTERN DESERT
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    Nippon Troopship Sunk By Mine
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    Pay Of Australian Servicemen Increased Under Record Budget
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    New Banking Policy
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION
    162 2 rIE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1, 562 nd auctfci. yesterday where there were catalogued 2,044,410 lb, 912.68 tons; offered 1.892.798 lb, 845.00 ton«; sold 1,336.290 lb, 596. r>6 tons. SPOT London 13% d. New York 23% cents. PRICES REALIZED libbed Stroked Sbeet Cente
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    Nazi Commander's Suicide
    73 2 London, Oct. 29. TN a broadcast from 'ion on i the anniversary of the Italiar. attack en Greece, the ureex Under-Secretary of Information revealed that the German commander m charge of the attacK on Crete shot himself because he had failed to occupy the island m the
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    JAPANESE EVACUEES
    57 2 Tokio, Oct. 29. FIFTY Japanese evacuees from Singapore and Thailand arrived m Kobe to-day aboard a Japanese boat, Domei reports. Among the passengers was Jiro Moki, head of the Singapore branch of the Pilot Fountain Pen Company, who was detained a week by British authorities on a charge
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      263 2 SIMON TEMPLAR, FICTION'S MOST AUDACIOUS HERO, REAPPEARS IN A NEW EXPLOIT! TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 P.M. ALWAMSKA^ THRILLS I GASP LAUGHS I MYSTERY DRAMA \fc J^^^^^^^ 3 1 I L ill I S 9 jnlf S ijK Oa 1 V f|T A V w 1 I < > J«lw
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      121 2 OPENS TO-MORROW PAVILION 3.15, 6.15 9.15 A SLAIN VENTRILOQUIST TELLS NO TALES ...Til a Dummy Spills The Story A When Ellery Queen Pulls The Strings! J& f^rnVmSi Wm>^> '-k^^^^L'.^l Hf*^' Eaw I www* .AmU w^L Wf&W m Vw^i^wrwHrL^vvV 9 I «***f/ B»V *ttfS w|w) |4^w| w^Rw^w^wP %V i(£+ &E^2 Bv!k
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    Sir E. Page On Australia's War Effort
    175 3 Sir E. Page On Australia's War Effort Lisbon, Oct. 29. ALTHOUGH the personnel of 4 th* Australian Government VrJpently changed. Australia's Wort has remain- constant £r cent." said Sir Earle W before leaving Lisbon en IJK* tor London, where he is to Special Australian Government tative. F-irie said he had
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    1,000 JAPANESE TROOPS SAID LANDING IN INDO-CHINA DAILY
    501 3 1,000 JAPANESE TROOPS SAID LANDING IN INDO-CHINA DAILY \fILJTARY Shanghai, Oct. 29. intelligence reports said tp-day that H»iS.rf "ft 6 3 n troops are landing at n^**nJ£ll hCkm t daUy whik 50 transports PhinJ ,JS^ mt oTlngr so «thwards along the thl? th^T* CarryUUr SUpplks t0 tro °P s indicating
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    DENIED IMMEDIATE ENTRY INTO U.S.
    80 3 Miami. Oct. 28. naei mayor of Panama 1 Senor Nicholas Ardita .rnvins h«W by Clipper o route to San Francisco, ::d immediate entry into d States, but was allowed I -o his hotel after PanAirwmyi posted bond on r.igration authorities he would be admitted ftei
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    WINDSORS LEAVE WASHINGTON
    51 3 Washington, Oct. 29. Ttl and Duchess of left Washington for 1 by train yesterday n alter lunching with •n Roosevelt at the White v Roosevelt was not able prcMOt at the luncheon be- had a lecture engageIcago but she met the m the morning before *r Chleasoi
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    38 3 Washington. Oct. 29: IT ..r.der C. R. Welles, W ./.e Service System's dental officer, announced a ■r.e will be inaugurated soon toe the acceptance of regiswiXh remediable physical lencies. wit^ the treatment OCO men having dental United Press
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    "NO COMPROMISE WITH JAPAN"
    115 3 Chungking:, Oct. 29. THAT the United States, determined as she is to meet Hitler's challenge, should not compromise with Japan, is the consensus of Chinese editorial opinion on President Roosevelt's Navy Day speech. A typical opinion is that of the official Central Daily News which draws
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    'Japan Far From Exhaustion'
    169 3 Tokio, Oct. 29. JAPAN is far from exhaustion despite four years of hostilities *n China. Major Mitsui J. Takedo, Army representativ? of the Japanese Information Board, was quoted as saying by the Yomiuri Shim bun to-day The Yomiuri said radio authorities broadcast Major Takeda's speech to
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    GEN. TOJO VISITS A FISH MARKET
    95 3 GEN. TO JO VISITS A FISH MARKET Tofcio, Oct. 39. r*EN. Hidekl To jo promises to become one of Japan's most colourful and popular premiers because of his close oersonaJ contacts with the public In contrast to the former Premier, Prince Sonoye. says United Press. Dome! to-day reported that Gen.
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    CHINESE DENY TALKS WITH RUSSIANS
    40 3 Chungking, Oct. 29. pHINESE officials here L o day laughed off the Domei report that negotiations were going en for a Sino-Soviet alliance. The Soviet embassy said the report was "purely a fabrication." United Press
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    49 3 Louden, Oct 29. AN Air Ministry communique say?: "Before midnight last night a few enemy aircraft dropped bombs at points m the south-west of England. Some damage was caused and, from one of the places a small number of casualties has bwn reported. One enemy aircraft was destroyed."- Reuter
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    Linking Indian & Russian Railways
    128 3 Linking Indian Russian Railways ...<.. a »uil, Oct. Tilt, United States is sending a military mission to Iraq shortly to study the feasibility of the British proposal for the construction of a 100 mile stretch of railway to link up the Persian Gulf with the Turkish railway, it Is reliably
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    Raids Far Into Reich
    126 3 London, Oct. 29. THE R.A.F. penetrated deeply into Germany last night. This was announced m an Air Ministry communique issued at midday, which said: "In a northerly gale four-engined aircraft of the Bcmber Command last night penetrated far into Germany, attacking objectives m the south and
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    SICILY RAIDED
    33 3 Rome, Oct. 29. SICILY was agair raided yesterday, according to to-day's Italian coir>muniqve, the target being Comiso, m the south near Ragusa. The Italians claim to [have attacked Valetta. Malta. Reuter
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    DUTCH AIR LINE EXTENSION
    160 3 rUtavU, Oct. 25. THE Dutch Air lines have now obtain ed their third Sikorsky hydroplane from America. It belonged to the Inter-Island Airways Company of Honolulu, who have now put a number of Douglas planes on the line. The three Sikorskys will probably be put Into
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    MUST CO-OPERATE
    88 3 New York, Oct. 29. •"PHE Briish delegates at the International Labour conference, citin? Britain's wartime exnmple of close co-operation between the Government, industry and labour, last rieht urged other nations to adopt this policy of tripartite collaboration. "Unless we can discover, m every country represented at this conference,
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    Press Comment On Reuter Trust
    520 3 London, Oct. 29. COMMENTING on the creation of the Reuter Trust, the leading provincial daily, the Manchester Guardian, says that the announcement, -'should allay whatever doubts may have existed amongst those imperfectly acquainted with what was proposed for the future of our premier news agency."
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    No Signs Yet Of Major Nazi Success
    213 3 London, Oct. 21). AT the end of the fourth week of the Nazi 1 offensive, the Russian position on the southern front is critical, but the outcome is still m the balance. It appears that the Germans were firmly held In check m
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    GASSED HIMSELF AFTER QUARREL
    186 3 A FTER he nad come home drunk and quarrelled with his wife, John Joseph Cleary, 34, electrician. of Moate -Avenue, Bri^hton-le-Sands. gashed himself, it was stated at the inquest. The Coroner »Mr. E T. Orarn) recorded a finuing of suicide. The widow, Mrs. Jessie Caroline Cleary,
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    VAN GALEN FUND COMPLETED
    137 3 BaUvia Oct. 25. CUNDS for the new destroyer Van Oalen are now complete much scorer than had been hoped. It was on Aus. 25 that Prince Bernhard requested the Netherlands Indies to raise live million guilders out of the 6^2 million required. On Sept. 30 four
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    GALE HITS WALL, MAN KILLED
    130 3 HIT by a gale recently, a brick wall containing 28,000 bricks and weighing 112 tons, fell into Chapel-street. Fitzroy, and burie I an old man who was passing He was dead when dragged out Opposite the wall is the George-street State school, attended by 700
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    SUMMER HEAT IN SYDNEY
    114 3 CYDNEY jumped into summer |«3 conditions on Oct. 20 when a I hot, dry wind from inland made the thermometer leap to 91.9 degrees at bo:h 1 and 2 pjn. With only 14 per cent, of humidity conditions closely approximated those of an outback town. Before
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    Italians Warned "New Sacrifices"
    64 3 Berne. Oct. 29. TELLING the Italian people that they must prepare for real sacrifices. Siffnor Farinacci, the former Secretary of the Fascist Party, said m a speech at Casal Matffiere that the war uorM be a lone one, according to a Milan renort. The British, said
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    Berlin Spokesman On Roosevelt's Broadcast
    109 3 Berlin Spokesman On Roosevelt's Broadcast Berlin, Oct. 29. AN authorized German spokesman to-day professed gratification regarding President Roose velt's denunciation I th: Germai. reaction to his Navy Day speech m yesterday's press conference. "A rough customer neec^s rough treatment," the -^kesman declared. "We are quite ready to prove to Roosevelt
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    APPEAL FOR MORE FACTORY WORKERS
    97 3 London, On 29. TPHE Health Minister, Mr Ernest Brown, speaking m London to-day, said that the* pledges given to Stalin by Lord Beaverbrook British Minister of Supply, meant that a tremendous programme of tanks, guns, aeroplanes and war material of all kinds had to be
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    GUN WORKERS STRIKE
    110 3 Detroit, Oct. 29. PRODUCTION at a new factory, the Kelsey Hayes Wheel Company, which is making ma-chine-guns for military nlane.s. has been halted as the night shift walked out on strike. The Workers' Union has been demanding a wage increase, hut the strike was unexpected as the
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    73 3 London, Oct. 29. U DLEA3E accept our hearty thanks for your kind message. On our return to the motherland we sha!l act on your valuable advice and do all we can to flght ths common enemy." ITiis waa the me^sape tel*<n > aphed to the Minister of labour, Mr. L.
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    Hostages At Bordeaux And Nantes To Die
    237 3 Berlin, Oct. 29. DESPITE Vichy claims that Hii W has ordered tbe suspension of tl.e execution^ at Bordeaux and Nantes of hosta^ess the agency quoted Gen. Stulpnagel, Commander of the German army of occupation, at declaring. "I have informed Vichy that the Fuehrer
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    KING'S MESSAGE TO TURKISH PRESIDENT
    167 3 London, Oct. 29. ITING OBORGE VI, on the occasion of the celebration to-day of the 18th anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic, has sent the following telegram to the President, Gen. Isrret Ineunu: "The anniversary of the pro-larration of the Tur'.:ish Republic affords
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    PAPAL BLESSING FOR GONDAR DEFENDERS
    106 3 London. Oct. 29. RECEIVING m pnvatf UWM 111 Father Leo Zanni. an Italian military chaplain reren ly repatriated on account of severe wounds sustained at Chelga. the Pope bestowed ihe lollowmc; blessing on the delenders of beieatruered Gbndar, according to the Rome radio: "To all
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    52 3 Chucking. Oct. 29 riFTEEN American mtlariologtst sanitary engineers, headed by Dr. F. Haas, arrived at Chefang. on the Burma border, to-day with $1,000,000 worth In medical equipment. They will be Joined by 20 Chungking medical authorities m at? effort to suppre s malaria, thereby facilitating transportation on the Burma Ro*d.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1941. Rubber's Duty
    545 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1941. Rubber's Duty SOME idea of the vital importance of rubber m winning the war was given by Mr. S. B. Palmer, chairman of the United Planting Association of Malaya, m a broadcast talk from Singapore last night. After mentioning some of the
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    ALBANIAN UNREST
    84 4 London. Oct. 23. ACCORDING to reports reaching Britain frcm Istanbul, acts of sabotage tn Albania have multiplied during the last two weeks, and Serbian patriot bands have slipped across the border from Southern Albania to take immediate command of the fighting. The most serious effect of this sabotage
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    Japan's War Supplies
    753 4 EFFECT OF RUSSOGERMAN WAR npHE outbreak of the Russo- German war has only increased Japanese vaMW clamour, at a 2 < *ji for still larger stocks of jui sorts of essential materials. military effort to accumulate still larger supplies continues relentlessly. Of ail the major countries, Japan
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    Burma Road Traffic Trebled In Six Months
    782 4  -  Dr. John Earl Baker By THE newly-appointed Direc-tor-General of the Burma Boad tells m this article what has been done to increase the daily tonnage reaching China over that route. Dr. Baker has been helping China out of traffic tangles since 1915, when
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    Food For Britain
    660 4 THE United States is shipping thousands of tons of food to England. Most of it is m such highly concentrated forms as dried eggs, dried skim milk and cheese, which contain large amounts of essential vitamins and even the more essential acids necessary for the life and
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    Nazis Long For Peace
    300 4 I ..mjnti. Ot: THE growing I lor pcs« among the m red not OB p*r ctteal pea/*Na. i thorns- If gen .me hur. shown by mci which :re now coming from var. capitals ol stai Germany. Thus, Th« 1 acs St correspondent wt 'peace* keeps ri\
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    REFORM IN CEYLON
    30 4 V» Ceylon iM v nial OfM'V arnv fltf The urgency ar.a this reform Govrrnment b Uttle nnanini ntopcsals that i ins v M This wi 1 m
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    ATTENDED SINGAPORE CONFERENCE
    38 5 a etafcfea" was recently held la Singapore aad oAelal photographs L*t j«*t b**" r*lea«e* «*«wi»f Members before the meetin* Tj-bo*o ZZ**t C •n,mander-is>.CWef. Cfctaa State, Admirals* Geoff n£ u«h. S* Crosby Brttfta. Mistfster fc» BaagkolT^
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    RUBBER NEEDED FOR VICTORY AND PEACE
    239 5 ItrginG tne maximum possible production of rubber, upon CD the sinews of war are hinged, Mr. S. B. Palmer, or the United Planting Association of Malaya, from Singapore last night, coined the slogan! •1H help to bring victory and peace." he said, "is not
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    GOOD FILM AT THE PAVILION
    41 5 cf excitement, thrills a---.: hi 'Her F rst r.t the Pavilion :'ure 15 splendid enI af dnt Kut^ilrson. and Maruia O*l>ri£col H and. IflflAcr. make hlnf you wiil remem~ j br cVo-t" |0i a fitting feature
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    ENTICEMENT ALLEGED
    35 5 JOHN Garaell, a Eurasian, appeared m the Singapore second edtrt yeseiciay on a charge of enticing away Florence Ncoh, wife of A. Noon. The cas~ was postponed to Nov. 12. Bail was- extended.
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    DOUBLE TRAGEDY
    100 5 Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Oct. 29. THE police at Kuala Kangsar are in--1 vestiratini: a double tragedy which occurred during the past three days. A 17-year -old Indian girl was found m a cow shed m a jungle off Lengpong on Monday niirtu. She was believe J
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    FOUND HANGING
    41 5 THE Singapore Coroner. Mr. T. A. Randell. recorded a verdict of suicide at an inquiry Into the death of Thangtvelu. a patient of the Tan TVck 5Vr Ho^Dital. whose body vas found hajfing m a ward on Oct. 19.
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    PENANG PORT FACILITIES
    1401 5 Urgent Improvements Are Recommended REPORTING on its recent investigation into delays to shipping m the port of Penang, the committee of Inquiry appointed by Government has recorded the finding that "delays to oceangoing vessels have not yet been serious, but those which had occurred gave warning of
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    F. M. S. £2,000,000 LOAN TO BRITAIN
    95 5 A LOAN of £2.000,000 from the Federated Malay States to Great Britain as a war contribution is officially announced to-day. The Hieh Commissioner has received the following telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies: "Please inform Their Highnesses the Rulers that
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    G.O.C.'s QUESTIONS
    83 5 ♦pHE recent broadcast by the General x Officer Commanding, Malaya. Lieut. Gen. A. E. Percival. from Singapore m the series "Malaya At War" has bcei> published m pamphlet form and was issued yesterday. Attractively printed, the pamphJet brings out the three chief questions Gen. Percival asked m his
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    V.C. Awarded To Aussie
    217 5 Australian Cabled News Melbourne, Oct. 29. THE Prime Minister, Mr. J. Curtin, has announced that I the Victoria Cross has been awarded to Pte. J. H. Gordon, a member of a West Australian battalion, for conspicuous gallantry m the Syrian campaign m July. Pte. Gordon, who
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    DRIVER FINED
    144 5 cANIN bin Basra, who drove a motor car along Orchard Road on Aug. 24 m a manner, which Commander R. H. Shaw, R.N.R.. described as dangerous to the public, was yesterday nned $100 ur three months' simple Imprisonment by the Traffic Judge, Mr. C. H. Whittoa. who also
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    HEALTH REPORT
    91 5 npHE Municipal health statement for the week ending Oct 25 shows that while 223 died during the period under review, 496 were born, giving a death rate and birth ratf of 19.98 and 44.44 a thousand a year respectively. The death rate compares favourably with the average annual
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    DECREE NISI
    107 5 -npHE petitioner is m Stoan^nai and is anxious to marry again," said Mr. P. P. Kinsey m the Singapore High Court yrcterday. Mr. Kinsey. was representing Mrs. Lily Green, who souphi a dissolution of her marriage with hex husband. Walter Henry Green, on the ground of adultery, citing
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    FOR RAID SUFFERERS
    20 5 T*HE Chinese of Layans Layang Johore, have subscribed $450 ifor the relief of British air raid victims.
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    SCHOOL BROADCASTS MAY BE EXTENDED
    304 5 117 HEN the success of schools broadcasts m English has been assured, the question of introducing suitable sessions m Malay and other vernacular languages m addition to English will receive earnest attention, declared the Director of Education, Dr. W. Linehan, introducing the news session m
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    Chinese Procession
    1579 6  -  MARY HEATHCOTT By 17 VERY so often m a Singapore 1-1 street, you hear the clashing of cymbals, the firing of crackers, see banners waving m the distance. "Ah," you say "a Chinese procession," and if you are curious, you try and see more, and stare uncomprehendingly as
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    73 6 '.Mrs. Thin Man" Beconws a Mother And O f than a thild prodigy m the newest "Thin Man" production Myrna Lojr with Dickie Hall, five-year-old youngster who ni the junior 4 Thin Man" m the Mttro-Go!dw>n- Mayer ni m ring: Wiilbm Powell and Miss Loy. Raised hy *hi> :o-yf,r grandfather,
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    ROTARY TALK
    116 6 mrRS. Dorothy Jenner, visiting woman journalist from Australia, addressed Singapore Rotarians yesterday and told them her three ambitions. "My ambitions." she said, "are to meet Madame Chiang Kai-shek because T am a woman and she represent* the liberation of all womankind. Mr. Winston Churchill, to whom I have
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    38 6 Bhopal. Oct. 20. MORE officers for the Bhopal Army will be recruit?!, according to a notification from the chief of staff of the Bhopal forrcs. who asks the people of Bhopal to take advantage of the opportunity Reuter
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    "Scorched Earth" Plans Said Ready
    172 6 a 'SCORCHED carth 1 ptf^fca» general plans and p.epw "already made by th< a:., d 4^ ities m the Par Ea.<T. d-.ciared Singapore conespor l< Exprc^ London, m a cable to 1 newspape- "The British army m Makra c> operating \riUi ether au taken certain
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    British Approval For Roosevelt's Speech
    499 7 ~t*™^~ London, Oct 29. DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S challenging Navy 1 Day speech evokes a, chorus of approval m the London and provincial newspapers to-day. The Times says: "No enc m any pert of the world has grasped more Quickly than the President the full meaning and
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    Nazi Map To Be Kept Secret
    158 7 Washington, Oct. 28. PRESIDENT Roosevelt, speaking at his Press conference, described th 3 Nazi allegation of faking m connection with his statement that he had ft German map skewing Hitler's plan to partition Souch America, as most amusing." He asserted that the map came
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    DEATH THREAT
    38 7 Rome, Oct. 29. rpHE official gazette m Rome publishes a decree Issued by Mussolini yesterday establishing the death penalty for hiding firearms, munitions, explosives and lart?e Quantities of staples m territory annexed to Italy. United Press
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    Tokio Press Comment
    344 7 Tokfct Oet 2f £ARLY editions of the city* newspapers see nothlnf new m President Roosevelt's speech, characteristic m its attempt to get the passage of the bills for the revision of the Neutrality Law and to speed up national defence production. Of the secret documents for German
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    Story Of Sinking Of A Cruiser
    79 7 London. Oct. 29. THE statement m an Italian communique on Monday that German bombers sank an enemy cnrser off the Lybian coast has been elaborated m an Italian wireless broadcast. The announcer said that the cruiser was sighted m dim moonlight, about ten miles
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    70 7 The Am°rican Clipper's cap'ain. John S. Tilton. said m New York yesterday that the Clipper is leaving San Fran* isco to-morrow to inauTJraV the Fiji scivice. The route touches Ls Angeles, Honolulu, PaLny-a, Carton Island, Suva, Noumea and Auckland New Zealand It ls estimated the new route, breaking the 2.090-mil
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    88 7 New York. Oct. 28. THE United States is already under attack by Hitler, "but Jf we are united we cannot be beaten." Mr. Max Sinper, Ccmmander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said to-day In a speech m celebration of the 55th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of
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    Chinese Press Views On Japanese Moves
    443 7 Chungking. Oct. 29. TOE official Central Daily News 1 this morning urged anti-ag-gression powers to remain absolutely calm In the lace of Japanese intimidation ami dissension tactics, which are part of the "fundamental Japanese national policy of achieving victory through bloodless warfare/ The newspaper
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    300-Mile Walk Across Desert
    159 7 m Cairo. Oct 29. THHREE British soldiers *~?lkHt into the military quarters *n the Western Desert on Monday, and, when asked where they haa come from, replied. "Benghazi." Benghazi is 300 miles away across the desert, and they had walked all the way m escaping from
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    PUNJAB WARNING
    151 7 Lahore, Oct. 2«j •THE Governor of the Punjab. 1 Sir Bertranri Glancy congratulated Kangra en its noiaa'e part m the war efforts of Irdii," replying to a joint address o> the District War Committee and the District Soldiers Board of Kan^r-i. His Excellency said: The wai, though still
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    YOSHIZAWA LEAVES
    84 7 Tokio, Oct. 29. KMR Kennel.; Yjsh*za*a AmiVl bassador to French In doChin a, accompanied ty his suite of 60, left Tokio station yesterday en route to his posts After conferring with leca. biuj.iesamen m Osaka and Kobe. cLe party will sail from Kobe on Friday. Commenting on the
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    29 7 London. Oct. 23. A VERDICT of tatt by misadventure was retvnei m an inquest on Mr. T. Carlisle, formerly consul-general In Brtavia. who died after bei~g knocked down.* Reuter
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    Anniversary Of Mussolini's Shameful Crime
    690 7 London, Oct. 28. f\S the occasion of the anniVA versary of Mussclini's unprovoked attack on Greece, the London Press recalls witfi aamiration the unparalleled courage and skill ef the Greek army who, though numerically so much the weaker, not only held the Italian forces but
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    ROYAL ARTILLERY BEAT HIGHLANDERS
    346 8 Keenly-Contested Rugby At Jalan Besar Stadium Royal Artillery 17; Highland Brigade .^..3. A STRONGER set of forwards and speedier A threes gave the Royal Artillery a line victory by nShE (four trie^ and a goal) to three (a Mfiittv) over the Highland Brigade ma keenlyc££ted ™"ger
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    UNBEATEN RECORD MAINTAINED
    372 8 Raffles Triumph Over S.R.C. At Hockey Raffles College 1: SRC 0. DETTER team work ~ave Raffles College a well-earned hocke> victory by one goal to nil over the Singapore Recreation Club on the padang yesterday. Judging by their display against the Recs, Raffles College should complete the
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    221 8 THE following are YJyf.C-A. hockey teams: Against a Field Regiment side on the V.M.C.A. ground at 5.15 p.m. to-morrow: Ec Thian Han; Chan Chim Bock, A. C. Edgar; R. I. Atkinson, Goh Chin Chye, V. R. Sabapathy; S. Yogorajah. W. J. Sanderson, I Hope, Pang, and Low Kee
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    Army Rugby Team To Meet A.I.F.
    82 8 THE following will represent th#> British Army m a ru*fer match against the A.I. F in aid of the sport* funds of the two units at Jalan Besar stadium on iff Roberts: Gnr. I***** (R.A.). Capt. Pierce (R-A-j. cJerrard (RA> Capt. M.thleson imJD: Major
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    TIGERS BEAT R.A.F. AT RUGGER
    113 8 TOE Pulau Brani Tigers beat the Royal Air Force Seletar by six points (a try and a penalty goal) to five (a goal* m a hard and keenly-coittested game of ***** played at Pulau Brani yesterday. The Tigers dominated play m the tight and this
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    31 8 Rajkot, Oct. 2'J. T»HE M tharaja of Gonda has 1 donated £7.500 m aid of Indian f 7inv!ies whose supporters were kii: :d r r incapacitated m the pr.ser.t rar. Reuter
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    Bob Pastor Beats Al Delaney
    105 8 Toronto, Oct. 23. TpHE American boxer. Bob Pastor, beat the Canadian, Al Delaney, on a technical knockout m the sixth round of a ten-round firht. Pastor, who has put on over a stone m weight since losing to Billy Conn last year, weighed 14 st.
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    MANCHESTERS BEAT CLUB AT RUGGER
    320 8 Manchester 11: S.C.C. 5 PLAYING one man short throughout, the S.C.C went down to the Manchester Regiment by 11 points (a goal a try and a penalty goal) to five (a goal) m a rusher m~* played on the padang yesterday Early m the first
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    S.S.C. WATER-POLO
    17 8 •THE Singapore Swimming Club will play water-polo vs. a Naval Team at the Club to-day.
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    Yesterday's Results & Further Ties In S.C.R.C. Tennis Tournament
    317 8 Yesterday's Results Further Ties In S.C.R.C. Tennis Tournament YESTERDAY'S ties m the S.C.R.C. open invitation lawn tennis tournament at Hong Lixn Green resulted: **B" singles handicap: Pung Keah Swee (4-15) beat Tan Wan Liat (scr.), 6 3, 5 7. 6 4; F. Tan <— 30) beat Chua Boon Unn 3),
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    Final Acceptances Cause Betting Market Stir
    374 8 Melbourne Cup OUTSIDERS COME IN FOR CONSIDERA BLE ATTENTION (From Our Own Correspondent) v Sydney. Oct. 29. THE announcement of the final acceptances for the Melbourne Cup. Australia's greatest and most intriguing race which will be run on Tuesday, Nov. 4, resulted in a
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    And Now For The Cup Final
    37 8 picture. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND TEAR %~£??J^f*J** t 'lJi the S.A.F.A. le»ioe eompetiUon. wta «JU be fhreii cl»D« to pun o»J he Cp €Mnp etl- Free Press
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    AMENDED SCHEDULE OF RACING
    136 8 rE following is the amended schedule of racing for the Singapore Turf Club's winter meeting: First day, Saturday, Not. 8: Horses, class one, divisions one and two. six 'urlongs; horses, class one. divisions one anc 1 two, about seven furlongs; horses, class two, divisions one, two
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB COMPETITIONS
    148 8 THE monthly mixed foursomes com--1 petition of the Garrison Golf Club for October, played at Tanglin, resulted m a win for Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Scrimgeour with a net score of 67. The following were the best returns: Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Serlmgeour 91—24=67;
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    MONTHLY MEDAL AT ISLAND CLUB
    85 8 THE following are the results of the Island Club's monthly medal (stroke) played last wee*-«*nd-"A w DIVISION Winner. 8. Matsufcawa 81— 10-71* o'her scores were: W. R. M. Hax worth 80—8=72; T. Surumi 85—13 72; M. S. Martens 86—14=72; S. P. Ho 87—15 72. "B"
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    SATURDAY'S CUP FINAL
    125 8 SATURDAY'S CUP FINAL TOLLOWINGtheSAF A chaLlenge lenge Cup final betweeriS Loyals (champions, and J?Lj! Air Force <Seletar. u^f Williamson, president of Singapore Amateur Football a^ ciation. will present the trcS to the winners and runnen-jj the season's league and cud«* petitions The match Is -rheduled to str at 5 p.m.
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    MERRIDALE B.P.
    82 8 A FRIENDLY badminton mtt* consisting of four woma't singles, three women's dovjies m two mixed doubles will be played between the Merr:daie Badmintot party and the Makepeace Balmton Party at the latter's Newton, at 2 p.m. on Sunday The Merridales team I selected from the fol'.ov Eva Murthv.
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    S.C.R.C. HOCKEY
    62 8 THE following will represent tK S.C.R.C. against the Ra3fc College at hockey at Hong La Green to-morrow at 5 ?m Patrick Yee: K. T Col Gsa Kee Siang: Sww Lim Sw»* Cheah fCim Sw«^. One b>« Keng; Low Hu^k \\n\z. LoirK« Pow. Gan Kee Tt»n Seih Kn{ Slew.
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    767 8  -  Mac By SINGAPORE will stage its first Victor Ball on Not. 28, when the -'Victory Vanities," a comparatively new band of cabaret artists, will hold a danre at the Adelphi Hotel roof garden The organizers not only have an eye to the future, but also are aware of
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      59 8 To-day's Sports Events HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs. R.A.S.C and R.1.A.5.C., S.C.C.; Naval Police vs. Royal Engineers (Changi), Changi: A.C.S. first team vs. second team, Oldham Hall; C.S.C. vs. R.A.A.F.. Balestier; Singapore Colts vs. Indian General Hospital, P.W.D. Rugby: M.C.U. vs. Coast Regiment. Blakan Mati. Tennis: S.C.R.C. open inritation lawn tennis tournament,
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