The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 January 1942
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Title Section14 1942-01-08 1 The Singapore free press so. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, JAM ARY 8, 1942. 5 CENTS14 words
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Article, Illustration532 1942-01-08 1 Foiling Enemy Plans For Nay al Thrust To Indies From P.I. A New York, Jan. 7. SYSTEMATIC Allied bombing campaign is believed to be imminent to baulk the Japanese attempt to make the captured Philippines harbour of Davao their major base for aUnited Press - 532 words
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313 1942-01-08 1 Australia Pledges All Aid To N.I. miSS-HS, Jan. 7. newly appoint- .utenant GmoermmeUi? Netherlands i _> having important discls— d to S Press t .-day that Mr. John j Milan Prime MinisM,cd all aid sought h< viands Indies. Mook will proceed, Melbourne for dis- j ihnical experts on capacity toReuter - 313 words
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Article32 1942-01-08 1 I( hui.gk.n_r, Jan. 7 In sc authorities havi warned the nonulacc tho possibility o! Japond poise n pcs attacks, the present winter searg rcn-cssert!fl reslracuate to the cour. try- ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article44 1942-01-08 1 Washington. Jan. IT is officially stated that heavy fighting has been resumed along the enUre Philippine front with Japanese troops and planes subjecting the defending forces to a continuous bombardment. Several enemy bombers attacking Corregidor Island were shot down.— ReuterReuter - 44 words
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Article63 1942-01-08 1 London. Jan. 7DR. WELLINGTON KOO. the Chinese Ambassador to Britain, to-day spoke of the Chinese victory m Changsha. Pointing out that the city was situated on the Canton-Hankow railway, he said the main object of the Japanese was to gain control of the railway so th?tReuter - 63 words
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146 1942-01-08 1 Why More U-boats Are Going To The Mediterranean London. Jan. 7. GERMAN r 'S recent transfer of U-boaus from the Atlantic to] tlie Mediterranean Is probably due to the marked effort of the British naval operations on the Libyan campaign, and also because, thanks to the more eflective defence ofReuter - 146 words
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Article52 1942-01-08 1 ChJ.-ajjo. Jan. r*n;ii-. RSSU Paris orders! an old I Fr.nchn.an to report for (tUty, says tiie Chlcogo sun He obeyed, laying, '"i would rath! r work for 10.000 German.-. than one Eneli. .lunan." "Optengftd M tri d the Na7_... By the way. what li yur trade?" III.; reply: I'm a52 words
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42 1942-01-08 1 Cairo. Jan. 7. roiUY-FOIK enemy aircraft were destroyed m a smashing R.A.F. raid on the Castel Vetrano aerodrome m Sicily on Sunday, it is announced m today's R.A.F. Middle Fast corn- munique issued here. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article69 1942-01-08 1 Cairo, Jan. 7. -OOOR visibility and stormy weather severely hampered the activities of both of our mobile columns and air forces m the forward areas." says to-day's Middle E.ist communique. Bad weather conditions also interfered with the scale of our ;iir attacks against enemy positions InReuter - 69 words
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885 1942-01-08 1 WITHIN aamm minute-, of the first Uomh dropping on Ipoh and causing a blaze, lire fighters were on the job and M.A.S. ambulances, with mostly women volunteer drivers, were calmly carrying out their duties as though it was just a practice. Telling885 words
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258 1942-01-08 1 Vice-Admiral Layton Leaves Singapore 'To Organize Eastern Fleet' TT was officially announced m Singapore last night that Vice- Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Com-mander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet, has left Singapore "to organize the Eastern Fleet so that the Allies may gain sea supremacy m258 words
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Article112 1942-01-08 1 Canberra, Jan. 7. THE creation of special Army units m defence of Australian aerodromes was recommended by Air Commodore Bladin, m an inaugural lecture to Australia's first Army and Air Co-operation School which was opened yesterday. Air Commodore Bladin also urged that Army constructive units shouldReuter - 112 words
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Article57 1942-01-08 1 London, Jan. 8. CIR EAR.LE PAGE. Australian special convoy to Britain, said to-day: 'We must preserve Singaoore and oi:r possessions m the Far E I t all cost." He •*> his duties m london vers I i nd a workable solution iffecting Australia and Britain about theReuter - 57 words
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Article59 1942-01-08 1 London. Jan. 7. \N Air Ministry communique anno ances: "Aircraft of thc Bomber Command carried out widespread operations last night. Attack* were made on docks at Brest and Cherbourg and on objectives mi west, and north- west Germany •Coastal Command aircraft bombed enemy convoys oil the Dutch coast.Reuter - 59 words
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Article285 1942-01-08 1 Lrnier. Jun. 7. pANDIT Nehru, the Indian N tional Congress Leader, aid Mr. H. G. Weils have been n correspondence m the London News Chronicle, arising from a Statement m that paper lay Nehr u that India would never accept any position m the Empire byReuter - 285 words
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Article164 1942-01-08 1 Civil Disobedience To End Ilardoii, Jan. 7. (.JAN'DHI announced to-day that so far as he could see. the civil disobedience campaign m the sense m which it was launched was unlikely to be revived on behal; of Congress while the war lasts. 'In a purely symbolic manner." he went on.Reuter - 164 words
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Article126 1942-01-08 1 I London. Jan 7. T was announced m London to-day that another raid was made on the Norwegian coast last night by the navy m a combined oncration with the R.A.F. A joint communique issued by the Admiralty and Air Ministry states that the object was to interceptReuter - 126 words
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Advertisement15 1942-01-08 1 HAFFLESJIOTEL -TO-NIGHT-)IN N E R 51 tl-fl mm DAN C E li ..Yi. TO MIDNIGHT15 words
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Advertisement41 1942-01-08 1 ADELPHI |«ii HOTEL GRILL ROOM DINING-ROOM TABLE D'HOTE LUNCH $1.7S r,, DINNER $1.15 ORCHESTRAL SELECTIONS BY THE RELLER BAND SEA VIEW HOTEL ">"^.^"^.^~""— TABLE D'HOTE LUNCH 51.13 DINNER SS. 15 SUNDAY: 11 A.M. 1 P.M. POPULAR CONCERT BY RELLER BAND CURRY TIF.41 words
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Article402 1942-01-08 2 STEPS TO INCREASE SUPPLIES London. Jan. 7. MEASURES to conserve and increase supplies of rubber m Britain have been discussed by the Rubber Control Board of the Ministry of Supply. Owing to the threat to Britain's main sources of supply from the Far East, various methods ofReuter - 402 words
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Article65 1942-01-08 2 Washington. Jan. 7AMERICA has acted to counter the l°* s s of crude rubber from British Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies. Wild rubber m the Amazon region is being collected. The Defence Plant Corporation will produce 40.000 tons of synthetic rubber. 27.000 tons of65 words
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Article54 1942-01-08 2 New York. Jan. 7. AD N.B. 'Official Nazi News Agency) report broadcast over the Berlin Radio intercepted here, states that Tokio has announced the creation of a Japanese "bank for the deveV>pment of the southern countries" to finance the economic enterprises and clarify the exchange situation m the occupied south-United Press - 54 words
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470 1942-01-08 2 Japanese Driven Across River With 6,000 Casualties Chungking, Jan. 7. TT is officially announced that Gen. Hsuth Yueh, commander of the war area m Hunan province, has sent a message to Chungking announcing the complete collapse of the Japanese offensive on Changsha. A midnightUnited Press; Reuter - 470 words
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443 1942-01-08 2 rpilE Japanese forces now tightj ing m the Perak-: Selangor j area belong to the Fifth Division j It came direct from the Woosunf district, near Shanghai, after reOrganisation and landed m the Patanl-fUnggora area south "Iha:lland* on Dec443 words
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154 1942-01-08 2 Unified Command Avoids World War Blunder I Npv. York, Jan. 7. Till. New York Sun COmmeUni OB thc unified command m the Far East, says •The unified military command is held everywhere as a great omen, lhe U.S. and Britain have avoided one of the greatest blunders of the World154 words
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Article87 1942-01-08 2 CHINESE COUNCIL GET TO WORK V'^ 11 inaug" ration, thf Singapore Chinese Antiaggression Mobilization Council has been making every effort to achieve its desired aims, to be executed separately by various departments under its jurisdiction, including committees of general alTairs. enlistment of women, military service, propaganda, protection and labour. TheCentral News - 87 words
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Article103 1942-01-08 2 Cyprus. Jan. 7. A WARNING against complacency and dangers of being lulled into a false sense of security by the German reverses m Russia and the Allied successes m Libya was given by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cyprus m an address to the Cyprus Advisory CouncilReuter - 103 words
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Article58 1942-01-08 2 Reinforcements Stream Into Burma Rangoon. Jan. 7. BRITONS and Americans m Burma are confident of immediate reinforcements which will enable an offensive to he undertaken until Japan is defeated. Indian. Burmese and Chinese reinforcements have for several months been streaming into Burma to guard against an attempt to cut ofTUnited Press - 58 words
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Article453 1942-01-08 2 Moscow. Jan. 7. rIE re apt ire of territory formerly occupied by the Germans m Russia reveals that crimes ol robbery and destruction I and mass murder, committed b> the German forces of occupat on were vast m scope, declares a note Which the SOfle CommissarReuter - 453 words
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165 1942-01-08 2 FACTORIES IN U.S. TURN TO WAR WORK Washington, Jan. 7. jyjK. \V_lU__m H. CUfftoa and Mr Sidney Hlllnuin. directors of the Office of Production Management an- Ul *t IS more different industries have been converted to wir work and are ready to produce $400,000,000 worth of war materia s This165 words
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Article57 1942-01-08 2 A Chungking. j a 7. DM. CHAN CHAK and his party of British and Chinese officers and men who escaped from Hong Kong have reached Shiukwan. capital of Kwangtung It is understood they are preparing to come to Chungking shortly but so Tar no detaiLs or further names of tN>United Press - 57 words
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549 1942-01-08 2 ▼VashiAgtoa v. "II7E are determined to pay whal must to preserve our way of President Roosevelt m his first ir message to Congress, m which ,J,'that total war expenditures v. $56,000,000,000 m the fiscal year over $5,000,000,000 monthly. Thi., comparedReuter - 549 words
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248 1942-01-08 2 ry,..., T> London, Jan. H |tis__ Kusauuu are reported to > making I landings m the Crimea with the I trapping the large German forces I side Sevastopol. To-day's German communique admits Soviet forces have landed nnder protection of warships at Bnpatoria on the248 words
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Article44 1942-01-08 2 Vichy, Jan. 7. COUR persons were sentenced to imprisonment, raging from eight years' hard labour to one year's imprisonment by a special section of the Paris Appeal Court for "Communist activities." says a Paris dispatch to the Vi -hv news agency.— ReuterReuter - 44 words
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115 1942-01-08 2 Nazis Admit Big Russian Operations Sto. knouti. J.in Ql MAN Front h. theii rin. fiie latest German i indeed, orr< i d asking posi Ible I i rupjr such vies* of thi F spirit Official say. however, that a *ii be ann Oerman tr- post ions Th t SOafa mtereReuter - 115 words
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Article64 1942-01-08 2 YO UTHS FEAT 1 ot.doM la ONI o thi hint.-- i• o een and men naw and ashing list of award- Linton of Kllke -1 I Wol vet 18 yean old ed the British Emp his skilful Judgn* nl He ipi al his ship had been I "Duri::. thii IReuter - 64 words
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Advertisement397 1942-01-08 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS TENDER NOTICE The Tender Notice which appeared m the Jan. 1. 1942. issue of this paper. Inviting tenders for Buildings (Third Group) at Khatib. Sembawang Road, Singapore and Klanang Estate, Sepang Road, Morib, Selangor is hereby revoked. Director of Public Works, S.S. PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE FROM FOOD397 words
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Advertisement24 1942-01-08 2 BOARD fe RESIDENCES YORK LODGE Si LLOYD KOAD. SINGAPORE SUPERIOR RESIDENTLM t ESTABLISHMENT. Meil Furnished Rooms and Eireptional Cuisine Dailj oi Monthly Thone 3303.24 words
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Advertisement453 1942-01-08 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA APCAR LINE incorporateo ib iJngiand) LMNSILIK \ND ORIENT AI m m asTnTol C MAU PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE rhe owl poesfblt _errtr___ tkO a N cTfrom ST^i^u. Z_. maintaln <>> to Chtoa Indl. Cey.o- »nd a*uJ?7£*T o^u_22SJ2 \\l£Z?V th^ ~<n.lremenu o.t u___.Hu.nccs -ailing ar. oerforee restricted453 words
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Advertisement70 1942-01-08 3 KERSTENS IN BRITAIN London, Jan. 7. M. PIET KERSTENS, the newlyappointed Netherlands Minis- ter for Economics and Shipping, arrived m Britain from Batavia yesterday. The Minister left the Netherlands Indies after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbcur. Reuter London, Jan. 6. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony F.den. gave a luncheon70 words
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Advertisement215 1942-01-08 3 to-my i 0.30 ALHAMBRA TO-DAY 2 P.M. 4.15 6.30 P.M. Note Revised Screening Times RISKY as a French farcet ZISTY as a stolen kiss! I A laughing letton m romancel I gjgj^^^^%/?e„a/rf COLMANj pfc ~f_mm_L tw i mr m. ANNA IFF nin Katherin« J Leslie Hugh OXenee! MAII CATHAY TO-DAY215 words
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Advertisement323 1942-01-08 3 PHONE WHEN NEEDING Mm SUPPLIES OF THE J5S' litres/ /TITi __\_7^£ik IfT)a/'u_Ao1 fT )a/'u_Ao mmmmmm***********************W****************************»********m*mmmm \^_____^^^^^^*^_W^_____Wa r^ t *T''^i *j^a^^7 SZTtj -_-_-_L -M-i _V^___ _K^ll_N____i fl .o q*- v^^B __r J! Pv aX _>c C7"V_i -WT^tA* _WW l^ (v_r**_* fy i_W_\ H fl W_^m When gets g Bl flfl to323 words
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Miscellaneous814 1942-01-08 3 To-day's Broadcasting SINGAPORE ZHL 825 m. t.333kc5.; ZHP) 30.96 m. 9.69 m cs; ZHPS 48.58 m 6 175 mrs.: 7HPI 41.38 m 7^B m ca ZHJU ZHPI ZHPS. 5.55 a.m. News Signature Music; 6 00 News m Ej^llsh; 6.05 European Music; 6.30 Special News Commentary lor America (ZHPI and ZHP);814 words
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Article216 1942-01-08 4 PARTIAL exemption of actors! from military service, or a iifferent system of call-ups. Is sought by Actors' Equity of Australia. It hai? sent a telegram to the Minister for the Army, Mr. F. M. Forde, asking for a conference. "So many actors and chorus men are likely216 words
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Article166 1942-01-08 4 ANNUAL holidays, even when they involve no Interference with production, cannot now be taken until the Federal Government gives permission, according to the Sydney Morning Herald of Dec. 20. The Prime Minister, Mr. John Curtin. made this clear m a statement Issued In Canberra. Previously,166 words
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Article101 1942-01-08 4 XHE Federal Government 01 1 Australia will further consider granting deferred pay and pensions to members of the militia lorces The Minister for the Army. Mr Forde. recently said that representations had been made to the Government on these matters, ln view of the increasingly101 words
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Advertisement803 1942-01-08 4 A. R.P. POSTS. CENTRAL DIVISION GROUP I. Telephone No. Post No. 1. 182, South Bridge Road 7641 Post No. 2. Southern Hotel Eu Tong Sen Street 2980 Post No. 3 34. North Canal Road 2794 Post No. 4 Kirn Lam Hin Co. 42. Telok Ayer Street 7321 GROUP IL Post803 words
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Advertisement845 1942-01-08 4 GROUP 11. Poet No. 1. Sinn Sinn Football Assoc 25. Burma Road ,04,u Post No. 2. Tan Peng Chu «t*47 37. Kerbau Road BWl Post No. 3. Straits Chinese Methodist Church 3. Kampong Kapor Road w*_«-0 Post No. 4. The New World Ltd. Jalan Besar GROUP HL Post No. 1845 words
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Advertisement757 1942-01-08 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLIC NOTICES. TENDERsT B"*'*8 ORIENTAL GOVERNMENT^ TELEPHONE NOTIFICATION. ELECTRIC CO, LTD. tmtm v d .Incorporated ln the U. Kingdom) i offlce ot the Dlreclo »t U» Works. Strait. .I*2. Notice To Telephone gSf^^J?"' te^ i jyt_s, iur vie touowi] yorki Subscribers l. Fabrication o! SSTfor Bulldln k£*'" Vo757 words
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466 1942-01-08 5 THE Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942. Anticipating Fires hitherto of Lni ary bomb raids on Lst not cause u.s to the Slightest every precaution against the ttemptlng to set m lire. The danger l y bombs to Chinaother congested .ng been realized lighting services, I ready for imi466 words
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Article277 1942-01-08 5 (yvER a week ago the Fiee Controller to facilitate the building up of food reserves m private households. This it was explained, would be good wnniH U u iC morale as P^Ple would know that reserves of 22? T re m their own larders, and it would277 words
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Article85 1942-01-08 5 Singapore JAPAN'S objective is the N.I. for it has vital supplies. But she must remove Singapore first. General Wavell's first task is to cut Japan's supply lines, and beat back the invading army now threatening Singapore The British flag flies over Singa- pore, and British generals are iin85 words
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Article32 1942-01-08 5 _\_lm Beach. Jan. 7. GEORGE BRENT, noted male load on the screen, and Ann Sheridan, the ••oomph" girl of the hims. have announced their wedding, sarprteing the wbol*' Dm colony United PressUnited Press - 32 words
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Article388 1942-01-08 5 C .NGAPORE has not yet luily v adapted it>eif to black-out conditions, and it is no exaggeration to say that the majority of the people are wist ing at least two hours of day^ght every day. Peacetime working hours were approximately from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.388 words
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Article37 1942-01-08 5 I i 1.-.iv Jan. C. JUl<»rtE Portuguese troops have sailed for Madeira and the Azenes from Lisbon m the Carvalho Araujo. Thc «-hlp aLso carried ChrlstOtai comforts for the troe.ps there. (By Cablet.37 words
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Article72 1942-01-08 5 Washington, Jan. 7. piilVA'lE dealers are no longer allowed to sell new oars m thc United States. Tlie Go\ernment will allocate Uie remaining 651, 0^0 ears to tha_e who neid them. Tyres are also rationed, only doctora, ambulances, police cars mail truclt.buses. fuel ond farm ***** can cet72 words
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436 1942-01-08 5 T r,n Chungking, Jan. 7. Jri*, first details oi what happened m Hong Kong during the 18-day siege m which the defenders gallantly held against the invaders have now reached here. Two naval ratings were drowned but no others were injured, according toReuter - 436 words
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Article52 1942-01-08 5 Cairo. Jan. 6. 'pIIE advancing British forces ln IJbya are capturing more and more Nar_i equipment. The enemy has Jettisoned hundreds of planes and millions of pourds worth of war material and supplies. Over 300 serviceable aircraft litter the three aerodromes near Brn^haJ-i and 174 at Benina.52 words
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Article96 1942-01-08 5 Bangkok Radio, Jan. 7. "THE Ministry of Defence an- nounces that all Thais must obey martial law and, since Thailand is m a state of war, all actions against Thai soldiers will be severely punished, even with death. Many Jap soldiers are now96 words
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Article61 1942-01-08 5 Vichy. Jan. 7. MILITARY observers in Vichy are speculating on the possility of a French clash with the Chinese in Indo-China following Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's assumption of the command of Allied forces in the Chinese theatre. In this connection they recall Marshal Petain's repeated assurancesUnited Press - 61 words
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67 1942-01-08 5 (By Cable) Chicago. Jan. 6. ACE uf ihe Rangoon American Volunteer Squadron is an unassuming South Dakota farm boy. He shot down four Japanese bombers and one lighter ln half an hour when 100 enemy planes raided Rangoon on Christmas Day. He bagged67 words
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Article66 1942-01-08 5 I.OH \nj;rlev Jan. LIKE Hitler's blitzkrieg tactics, Japan's rains are not very lmpre.s.«ive. Japan failed to immobilize the U C Pacific Fleet. She captured Wake Island b'P less than 400 U.S. Marines th»ve give them a "hot" time. With only V>ur plane? and a few BOH66 words
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Article94 1942-01-08 5 Honolulu. Jan. 7. ASSOCIATE Judge Owen Roa» bcrt-S. chairman of the committee appointed by the United States Government to Investigate on the tpot the _-tate of preparedness of Hay. iii when the Japanese made their treacherous assault before war was declared, ts holding sessions of the board mUnited Press - 94 words
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Article39 1942-01-08 5 Stockholm. Jan 6. r pHE Germans are retreating m Russia three times as quickly as they advanced, .ays Major-CJen. Golubev. commanding the lied Army area around Malo-Yarosl.'V. tz. r« trained from the invaders (By Cable i39 words
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Article34 1942-01-08 5 Ash melon Jan. 7. 'T'lIE Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Henry Morgmthau. announcer, that the Treasury will refinance over a billion dollars of securities some time next w*»ek. t United PressUnited Press - 34 words
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Article57 1942-01-08 5 London, Jan 6 QUEEN WIIJIEUMINA yesterday decorated the captain of a Dutch merchant ship for gallantry m action. A German plane dropped a 1.000-lb. bomb on his ship. It did not explode. The captain took the ship and bomb Into harbour, placed the bomb ln a lifeboat, towed lt e>nt57 words
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Article367 1942-01-08 5 London. Jan. 7. "nnHE Yanks arc coming* ls singled out by the London Press m enthusiastic comment on President Roosevelt's speech ar.d equally unanimous is the emphasis placed on the overwhelming arms production outlined by the President. "What the Axis pewera hoped to achieve by theReuter - 367 words
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1203 1942-01-08 5 (From A Special Correspondent) THE occupation of Pe.iang *aid part of Northern Malaya by Japanese invading forces has caused many people to wonder what is the position of the resident population under the control of the invading enemy. In1,203 words
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192 1942-01-08 5 London, Jan. 7. rtfKDIUM bombers of Uie R.A.F. 1 carried out a devastating and lightning attack on Sunday on the Castel Vetrano aerodrome ln Sicily whence the German Luftwaffe had been operaUng during the past 15 days m a vain attempt to relieve the R.A.F.Reuter - 192 words
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Article55 1942-01-08 5 < hungkin?, Jan. AM Allied Information Co.mr-i. wai created at Chungking, t is officially announced. It corncrises the Chinese Minister of Information as chairman British. Unit ed States and Dute-.. representatives, who are to bf augmented by representative! other anti-aggression nations Similar councils are being es: bliahedReuter - 55 words
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Article82 1942-01-08 5 AULt the ingredient* that r mtrik c *ovards first dOM MraOf. l»nt**« tafnmetlt are to be found m "Mv With Caroline" which opened t Alh*»rT'b r a Theat-p ve«*erday. B*.»**' blf RoT>*>ld Colman. An^a 1 ar.d Charles Winstar, the iter t~es aroi:n a ne-r lected ar.d rer- tri*82 words
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Article, Illustration1110 1942-01-08 5 Mary Heathcott - Mary Heathcott By A JOURNEY to Johorc these days teemi quite an excursion as it most certainly did m the days not so long ago when the Causeway was a new phenomenon. Now there are quantities of tin helmeted police as well as Customs oflh-k-ls to check1,110 words
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Article132 1942-01-08 6 fruit, pertinence of the warning] recently given to gardener.; to make sure that the fires lit during the day are extinguished before dark— and extinguished so thoroughly that there is no danger of them blazing up again during the night vas exemplified m one up-country locality132 words
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112 1942-01-08 6 1 ppointment of Dr. van M<x>k rs Lieuten nt Ooeornor-Ooneral of the Netherlands Indies has aroused the greatest satisfaction m the country MV cable from Batav a. Ii was more than a century ago tnat lhe last Lieutenant Governor -General WOJ appointed. In the112 words
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Article177 1942-01-08 6 "VERY LOYAL LOT OF MEN" f~|NL. o; the most compute and e:Tici"nt passive defenoo unl r s hi Slnganore is that cf the Government Printing Off.cc. its personnel l^ drawn entirely from a s'aff ohlch is wee*** 4 tnder eatren^ehr heaer premure T**e Government Prin*lng Of-'-e prodoer fr^TOent Htl**** "f177 words
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Article120 1942-01-08 6 A BCB&fARINB off.: er uli boo ho mw a Dutch army bomber 1 I action off the north-WOSt cia t of Born* Through his porl hi wa+ehel the daring attack. "I c uld watch it lust a- clear aa if it bai been oa the screen120 words
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Article123 1942-01-08 6 lIRGING the Chinese m Malaya to, uv .i-c all man-power and stats* rial re i.urces m co-operation v ith the authorities m resisting thc Japane c Gen. v/u Teh-chen, iccretary general to the Kuomintang m Chung- king. .specially emphasized the ssgniflcance of anti-air raid andCentral News - 123 words
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Article61 1942-01-08 6 '■'iIK Malay Training Wing of the Royal Artillery. Singapore. L. enlisting men for training and posting .0 various units. Physically fit Malays over 18 years of age are wanted. Five years* continuous employment Is assured and there are opportunities for rapid promotion. Further details will b° found61 words
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173 1942-01-08 6 A PARTICULARLY vicious rumour, obviously inspired hy enemy agent, was ea tenia*ing m Singapore yesterday. It was to the effect that when an alert is signalled, the sirens m the districts inhabited by Europeans are sounded before those m the districts inhabited173 words
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523 1942-01-08 6 ALTHOUGH it has been m existence only a fortnight, the Chinese Mobilization Council has done much to assist the authorities and the Fighting Services. Large labour forces have already been .supplied by the Labour Recruiting Committee cf the Council to both the Fighting523 words
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Article181 1942-01-08 6 QNE thinij which the M B C. has to do—and do quickly is to find mor-? time for the news and the programmes m Chinese, said Mr. Aubrey Herbert. MB C. Director af Programmes, m a talk lrom Singapore station last night 'Fortunately, there is hope181 words
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Article95 1942-01-08 6 (COMPULSORY opeUng of shops dealing m food L. now an implied condition of the licences issued to them. Food dealers must keep open their premises from 6 to 10 a m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. on every week day and from 6 to95 words
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Article175 1942-01-08 6 QtttifUJUß LAWRENCE, who L. president of the American branch of the E N.S A. (Entertainments National Service Association". has recently arranged a series of programmee for broadcasting entitled "Broadway Calim*." They were recorded m How York, and the first will be re-broadcast from the Singapore station this evening175 words
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Article45 1942-01-08 6 A mber -sf th." L.D.C. was charged m the Singapore Fifth Court vesterdaj with nermlttlng a light lo »>e (.hown i his house In Holland Road during brown -out on Dec. C. He pleaded guilty and was fined $30. m default. J-> days* simple Imprisonment.45 words
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457 1942-01-08 6 Australian Cabled News Melbourne. Jan. 7. •yHK Pedetal Advisory War Council has endorsed the Government's detennin*' ior that Australia shall be adequately represented »>t whatever conference controls the high strategy of the Pacific War. The Council discusred mtanf of achieving the most successful political collaboration.457 words
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254 1942-01-08 6 Call To Civilians At Intercession Service SO far Singapore is standing up well and gradually hardening to the Pacific crisis or a possible succession of crises, said the Yen. Archdeacon Graham White at a united intercession service at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The Archdeacon said254 words
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Article343 1942-01-08 6 Rangoon. Jan. 5. INDIAN ChlasSS and Burmese forces are now working m close cooperation m Burma. They have built a chain of .ortiii eetiono m areas whore; i OOOOay attic., h pos -able. Indian troops [am aLso stationed Burma's eastern] frontiei New Delhi. Jan. 5. 9JfR V343 words
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113 1942-01-08 6 FINED FOR FLASHING ELECTRIC LIGHT T'ONVICTED on a charge of Hashing an electric light from Beach Road to Tanjong Rhu Road during brownout on Dec. '26. two Hokkiens. Tan Chio Hu \nd Tan Kau Sal. were lined $..00 or two months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Conrad Oldham. Singapore Second Magistrate,113 words
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Article218 1942-01-08 6 HPHE responsibility lor looking after boarders will not be undertaken m future by the French Convent m Singapore, the Froe Press understands. The French Convent has m the past been one of the principal girls' j boarding schools, taking m girls olios homes are out of Singapore,218 words
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166 1942-01-08 6 jtlAN.' Singapore ihopkoepan are plastering their windows Witii strip., of ad;: sive tape m tie- »> that tins will pr splintering by bomb blast ThLs belie' l- well founded It is clear that the great dang, r from flying g.uss is not gent rally166 words
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Article67 1942-01-08 6 NY PSI < D Hading a Security Re- g-su atlon identity card, the owner of which L, atx known to him should return it either to the nearer Security's Wardens Post, or place it In a po t-bo Cards placed In oost -boxes will ultimately be ent by67 words
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Article34 1942-01-08 6 AI 1 T M Railway Btagapure. wai to MLss lav S.pu Kheng elde t laughter rf the late Mr and ltrs. i_a.i s«v> Kee btfore the R ot Mar. riaue.s on Tuesday34 words
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Article418 1942-01-08 6 JAPAN'S attack on Malaya has affected, to a large extent. plans by a special committee of I Hollanders m Singapore to look i after Dutch seamcr. here and i provide them with entertainment a^d readi!.'*. material. This committee, which was formed 1 early la t418 words
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Article78 1942-01-08 6 T*OKIO radio has stated that newspapers theie are publishing the latest picturty of Japanese soldier;. KuardhiK the oii-helds m Borneo. The Japanese, however, did not find a _dagls drop of oil m Northern Borneo. 1 hey hopefully brought a big tanker with tfiem. nicy78 words
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Article305 1942-01-08 6 TN order to provide greater security against fire and destruction by enemy action, all bearer bonds Issued by the Governments of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States should be surrendered, with coupons attached to the Financial Secretary through the banks responsible for their issue,305 words
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159 1942-01-08 6 Fined F or Exceeding Controlled Prices 'I WO whOitOtlfTS were charged with selling vegetables to retailers above tbe maximum prices m Lhe Singapore Fourth Court yesterday. Both pleaded guilty, were convicted and lined j $150, m deiault. six months' simple imprisonment. It w;. -.uiied that at 3 a.m. on Tuesday,159 words
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126 1942-01-08 6 THK sto,-. 1 pore hu, Mn it Ls now po poranly the r r on the use „i tinnJ 1 »*wtog esUblbhSen a CMunaniqu ontroller. At the sai. of coffee shops establishment, are again* i ajlM stock, af milk as it wii be necessar.126 words
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Article107 1942-01-08 6 gEVERAL pap lands Indit the unite Pacific ai m the Brit comnur. I The IJ its "Uiu. i plac< d The pap r cornn and do pendent if the 1 i au i > act without knowledi Adm. Helix ich. "M< petition ot the acknowl107 words
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Article29 1942-01-08 6 Mr L. S I Free Pres 1 Mrs De I Mr. P. C C > iDoh. The-. Da] Mr. i: a Mr O. L. Oili haa return* d m Mala29 words
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