The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 January 1942
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Title Section16 1942-01-14 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS UI ESTD. 18?:». WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14. 194! 5 CENTS16 words
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639 1942-01-14 1 Bk Armoured Units Infantry Forces Are Scattered Dispersed' R.A.F. RAIN TONS OF BOMBS ON SINGGORA MAJOR American victory in the Philippines n [s reported hy the United States War Department in a communique issued yesterday. The communique states that columns, of enemy tanks and other639 words
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150 1942-01-14 1 Chungking, Jan. 13. CTORIES ircm the Chinese anci Britons who escaped from Hui.g Kong reveal that the defenders of Kowloon fought against 100 to one odds, but succeeded in killing 3.000 Japanese in the first three clays, according to an official dispatch from Shuikwan,United Press - 150 words
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Article162 1942-01-14 1 Van Mook In U.S. For Talks I', -.t. i>. i.i. Jan. 13. IT is learned thai the Lieutenant Governor-General of the therlands Indies, Dr. u J van, Mook. reached San Francisco jres- terdav en route to Washington, presumably for conferences on the I inter- Allied agreement lor defence of theUnited Press - 162 words
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Article72 1942-01-14 1 Cairo, Jan- IS. THE British have captured Sollum, to-day's Cairo G.H.Q. communique announces. says United Press To-day's Italian communique, quoted by Reuter. states: "Violent attacks made against a stronghold In the area of Sollum met vith fierce resistance from our garrison. Fierco fighting is in progress. "South-eastReuter - 72 words
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Article53 1942-01-14 1 Rangoon. Jan. 13. THEKE Ml two air raid warnings iust before dawn this morning. On the first occasion a few bombs VWO dropped, apparently northward of the city Strong anti-aircraft fire was h^ard and the hostile aircraft beat a hastv retreat. The second alert was very brief apparentlyReuter - 53 words
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Article53 1942-01-14 1 Chungking, Jan. 13. AN American Volunteer Group Headquarters communique issued "somewhere in Yunnan" says that American pilots bombed a Japanese base in Thailand on Jan. destroying nine enemy madiiurs. '1 he next day. with the R-A.F. they bombed another base and destroyed 11 Japanese planes and tlire*United Press - 53 words
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Article146 1942-01-14 1 Batavia. Jan. 13THE Island o: Tarakan. oil the north-east of Borneo, has capitulated to the Japanese, acI rording to a communique issued here to-day. The small garrison ha.s evacuated to the mainland. Meanwhile, units of the Netherlands Indies air forre are t>omhm; the Japanese fleet off Tarakan.Reuter - 146 words
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Article43 1942-01-14 1 London. Jan. 13. A SINGLE OMMQP plane drupp d bombs this afternoon over thp north-east coast of England. Six p.-«>V>le were killed, including live women ar.d several were seriously injured. Theiv were no raids over Britain last night.43 words
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Article44 1942-01-14 1 london. Jan. 13. q"»HE Yugoslav Government has an- nounet d that Prime Minister General Slmovirh lias been replaced by Vice -Premier Slobodan? Yonanovicli. G neral Drazi Mlsajlovitch. now rnrnmandinc the army of Yugoslavia is aopohite-J Minister of War. Navy and Air Force. United PressUnited Press - 44 words
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Article274 1942-01-14 1 Kan j.hmi Jan. 13. THE Burma Press has taken very seriously the incident of lights appearing in the sky over Rangoon during an enemy air raid. according to the Rangoon radio. It is believed that balloons were shot into the air by fifth columnists, to giveReuter - 274 words
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Article, Illustration312 1942-01-14 1 Success Of Fresh Russian Thrust London, Jan. 13. THE Soviet forces on the northern Russian front have launched a new thrust south of Laki* Union. This offensive is admitted in the latest German communique, which reports fighting in the Valdai Hills. This latestReuter; United Press - 312 words
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168 1942-01-14 1 London. Jan. 13. ALTOGETHER 25 generals, including Gen. von Kliest, were arraigned in connection with the dismissal of Gen. von Braucliitsch. former Com-mander-in-Chief of the German army, according to a report from Zurich, quoting an unquestionable source in Berlin, says United Press. An official168 words
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Article76 1942-01-14 1 Darwin, Jan. 13. THE Rajah of Sarawak. Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, arrived here to-day. He had reached Sourabaya on his way home from Australia When he heard the Japanese had captured Sarawak He Is returning to Australia where he Is staying for an indefinite period,United Press - 76 words
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Article60 1942-01-14 1 New York, Jan. 13. THE New York Times states: "The campaign to suppress the Serbian guerillas has failed and the reborn Yugoslav Army is attacking the Germans from the air. The Serbs are said to have several mixed squadrons of British and German made planes,Reuter - 60 words
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Article59 1942-01-14 1 C'alrutta. Jan. 13. INDIA is In the grip of a cold wave. For the second time since records lirve bren k^pt. the temperature of Delhi on Saturday night dropped to f reeling point, being 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the second lowest temperature recorded in Delhi,Reuter - 59 words
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Article49 1942-01-14 1 I <iinl.m. Jan. 13. I^RIMSH submarines have inflicted further l(»sses on A x;s shipping In tlv McUit.iiaucr.n. An Italian nun** swcoivr was torpc doed and sunk and one oi their supply ships was torpedoed and seriously damaged This was last seen In tov ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article96 1942-01-14 1 Ivio de l.tn-iro. .Ijii. 13. Wet met Gulmeren, en route for Buenos Aires, put in here yesterday U» land 20 survivors 14 crew and tbt passengtr:; -from the Swedish steam t Shantung, which waj. sunk during die night H Dec. 23. Tlie sur\ivors -were picked upReuter - 96 words
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Article361 1942-01-14 1 Nazis To Pay For Crimes London. Jan. 1.?. THE first official step was tak- i n in London to-day to ensure that the Germans guilty of such crimes in occupied countries as mass expulsions of defenceless civilians, looting, shooting and deliberate brutality will be punished after the war. Representatives of361 words
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Article231 1942-01-14 1 ondon .'in. i:(. Survivor* reaching a C j»»ili.« i port report th»» I srvrfoin* and «-|nkr» of a l.»i){f -trainer b.T a »übm.i tt< only luO nitlrs oft the < u-t of No 1 Srotia. Ninety-four livrs wrrp 10- 1 The survivors, who in<lud~ 134 Chinese, were inReuter; United Press - 231 words
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450 1942-01-14 3 THE Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1942 People's War I j ipanese army ir 1 Malaya moves tcI Johore arul Singapore 1 I his fortress can- 1 I mistaken. But, a.s the 1 c has declared: ''Sin- 1 I lsi not (all; it snail 1 1 It la the450 words
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Article143 1942-01-14 3 v aircraft shot down ertain and four probi Uu score in Mondaylight raids on when altogether over panese planes were over It is not a high peresa but it is sufficienttng. Thr Japanese did d< Liberate!? to attack area* of the city but d a good many143 words
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Article419 1942-01-14 3 CUFFTrTPAiT u Cdnbcr ra. Jan. 13 bauxite to meet Austraat least 1 J l 1 n ulmniuni requirements for bv a r 2 c has **n disclosed monwcaltb n carricd out by the Comr»ATwoi t/^ Chungking, .lan. 13 circles in Chungking learn in h™United Press - 419 words
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Article256 1942-01-14 3 R London, Jan. 12. EPORTS reaching London regarding conditions in Singapore have increased the people's anxiety. Some British circles are calling for dynamic leadership there to make the Malayan population realize the meaning of total war, and relinquish such plati udes as "we can take it." ItCentral News - 256 words
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Article144 1942-01-14 3 hungking. Jan. 13. SOME units of Japanese troops succeeded in breaking through the Chinese lines and crossed the Milo River in a northward direction. The number of those escaping is not specified but it is said that Chinese units are already engaging them at the northUnited Press - 144 words
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242 1942-01-14 3 Washington. Ja 1. 12. DIPLOMATS say thai free movements anticipating to o\erthrow all the Axis Oovernments nxr Doing formed here. The United States has been carefully watching leaders of these groups and already approved some movement which will probably be registered *itn toe t^.af DepartmentUnited Press - 242 words
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Article80 1942-01-14 3 Washington. Jan. 13. rIE newly-**. t-at"d War labour Board will consist of 12 mrmb-Ts drkwn equally from the public. Industry and ♦■mpioytfs. It aims at MtUuif: labour disputes and avoid strikes and lockouts so that there may be no Interruption of the production of war michlnes and equipment from America's80 words
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188 1942-01-14 3 T Hp d>y a Correspondent) km,Jn aP^ ne Se al 'l consi(le »-«l by many who have the ?orl T b fu°- ne f the <*«»« nature R, h W treachero an.J brutal or evon en> habl^ of hathine 'M™'188 words
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Article318 1942-01-14 3 Ixmdun, Jan. 13. |N an overclouded picture of the Far Fast, the bright spot plows &l Changiha, ugn the Daily Telegraph in a leading article. Here, one o. the five fronts on which Gen. Chiar.g < Kai-shek's forces are makin? headway against the rnpmy. anotherReuter - 318 words
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Article166 1942-01-14 3 .:*ln: fcton. Jan. 13. finLC While House announced sesterI 'i.'iv the crwttftoa of Joint Mexican and United States Defence CommLs- sion. It has txt-ii established through the action Utken by President Rou*>e- velt and President Camarho of Mexico The membership has not yet been rtnnounred butReuter - 166 words
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Article233 1942-01-14 3 London, Jan. 13. THE Japanese invasion of Dutch Ikrnec and Celebes clearly indicates that the enemy is determined to get on while the going h good in order to avoid repealing the German blunder of not invading Biitain immediately after Dunkirk as w»ll asCentral News - 233 words
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Article248 1942-01-14 3 London, Jan. 13. 'JMIE Yugoslav Government has placed a politician instead of a military lrnocr at its head. M. Slobodan Yovanovitch, from Vice-Premier and Minister of Justice, becomes. Prime Minister, whilo Gon. Simovich. hitherto Prime Minister, has been o">rei a post of hish importanceReuter - 248 words
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Article72 1942-01-14 3 Ilio I)e Janeiro, Jan. 13. AN authoritative spokesman said Pan-Ameririn A inn ays plans to inaugurate a new air service between the United Stated-South America and Europe. It is reported the service will be started oy the end of January. The route in general will beUnited Press - 72 words
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Article757 1942-01-14 3 Mary Heathcott - Mary Heathcott |Bv SIX- YEAR old Anthony with an outsize khaki forage cap on his black curls manfully attacked three-vcar-old Scnny Boy who had even larger piece of wood and a tin helmet as well. They shuffled around In their mock fight for a few seconds and757 words
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Advertisement25 1942-01-14 3 SECURITY REGISTRATION IDENTITY CARDS. It is dangerous to be without your Security Registration Identity Card. Carry it with you whenever you are away from home.25 words
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Advertisement374 1942-01-14 3 TO-DAY J. Ilfi X 4pm_ B p m i4 Ripping Comedy to Chase the Blues! 'Phono 3400 TO-DAY 11 A.M. 2, 4.15 6.30 PM. ALH AMRPA box office n p PHOKE 690€ THEATRE ROYAL TWO SHOWS TO-DAY 2.45 AND 545 P M "YAM LA J AT" A BEAUTIFUL PUNJABI PICTURE374 words
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245 1942-01-14 4 Casualties Mostly Caused By Low-Flying Splinters THE importance of taking cover during an air raid was once again driven home in yesterday's Japanese attack on Singapore. "The first thing to do when the bombers come is to take cover, below the surface245 words
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Article61 1942-01-14 4 TWO more black-out lißhting rases came before the Singapore Fifth Court yosterd3y Charged with driving along Ti'mg Bahru Road without having the head lamps of his car properly shaded during an alert on the night of Jan. 5. a Chinese. Choo Chiong Kee. pleaded guilty. Mr R Moor,61 words
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Article42 1942-01-14 4 Tan;; Ifanf Tee, claimed trial on a charge of using a kerosene lamp which was improperly shaded in Ills house in Tiong Bahru Road during an alert in the early morning on Sunday. He was ttned $20 or one month's rigorous imprisonment42 words
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Article130 1942-01-14 4 HOW TO WIN AN AIR RAID Win the Japs bomb Singapore they will have two objectives' '1 1 To destroy buildings and ires 01 military importa»v I lighten and demoraUIC (lie tivil population into throw in,' up the sponge. But every man and every woman in the community can play130 words
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136 1942-01-14 4 lalj a Free Press Reporter) T.li. pretence oi mind of an engine driver who wax in the train w'uch \a- Mttaed by Japanese plane-, on Saturday was revta'ed to me by some o' the evacuees v. h > arere pasaenssn D Ihc traii-. t:-.."136 words
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Article42 1942-01-14 4 P.atavia. Jan. 1.1 H|tJSLIMS In the Netherlands [ndlei are Indignant at the Japai e e desecration o: the Hoiv Kon n In Trengganu. The Islam rsoaper, Kebandugan. says: 1 Mow we know J:id propaganda i 1. c bunch of lios42 words
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Article174 1942-01-14 4 (Fran Our own Gorrespoodtace) Malacca. Jau. 15. MALACCA underwent its first ordeal Oi machine-gun fire cm Saturday when Japanese planes flying over the roast opened fire on shipping in the harbour and boat- moored at Pulm Jawa Troops oeeu| yiiiß the town returned the fire174 words
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Article179 1942-01-14 4 THb- younqest refugee from Per.aiv; 28-days-old Patricia Orant Watson. bM arrived in Sydney by Dutch air i liner with her mother. Mrs. H. C. Orant Watson, her rider tMtOf Annr. who b six. und her uncle. Mr. Austin Mclnnrny. of Batavia. i fttricla tr.wt.-i:. 1 i179 words
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Article32 1942-01-14 4 Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mrs Keith Waller. who left Perak recently f or IS requested to Ret In h with Mrs C. Westerhout. !4. Ct. Michael's Road. Sinsap'Tc.32 words
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Article86 1942-01-14 4 The Egyptian Ooverr.meriVs policy of inwilm more fr>od and less cot' on find> expression In a new decree issued In Cairo prohibiting the cultivation of cotton in all basins of Upper Esopt. as well as the Menufla and GalobLa Provinces of Lower Egypt Another decree compels farmers to cultivate cerealsReuter - 86 words
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Article96 1942-01-14 4 CVERY loud dealer must icccp his premises oi)on for ordinary business lor a minimum period o! seven hours on every day of the week Other than a Sunday or public holiday, and for a minimum period Ol tour hours <ni every Sunday and public holiday This96 words
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Article117 1942-01-14 4 New Delhi, Jan. 12. ONI -uerilla detachment, with 7"> per cent. Indians, has been employed in almost every part of North Western Malaya. When war broke out. it was guarding the Thai border and reported the first enemy plane before it was known that hostilities117 words
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Article174 1942-01-14 4 MEMBERS or the °erak and Sclansor Local Defence Corps who evacuated their up-country posts on military instructions are behi^ allocated to various posts in civil and military defence by the maii-power authority in Singapore the Frep Pre under stands. They in, -hide Asiatics who volunteered174 words
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Article139 1942-01-14 4 "I HOT E AWtnlta vill c^-upcrjie 1 *ith BdMUftl fofCM which are Ml fed ItflCOUy, not onlv for the de- fence of Java, but f^>r tiif d*'fenr»» of, Australia. Tht defence of Ja^a will kr<?\> the battle from A declare J Gen. ter Poorten. C -ln-C..'139 words
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Article48 1942-01-14 4 IJNTIL further notice, between 9.30 am and 10 15 a m. I daily, except Saturdays and Sun- j days, practice dive bombing will be carried out by .single-engined bi-plano.s on vessels berthed in the Inner and Outer Roads, says a notice lrom the Master Attendant.48 words
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Article70 1942-01-14 4 Thk Command* i 'ri rar: I Defen Corps, re peti to nounce tho following casualties i, \\\e result of enemy action. which occurn d while the men were on duty In Ipoh on Dec. 23 la.st: Cpl W H Brufe died of wounds* acd C\>: Ci P70 words
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Article48 1942-01-14 4 N>u Yaffc. Jan. 13. China's man-power is Importiiiit to the > ther Pacific fronts FV>ur and a hall years ot l\shting lias turned thousands ol Chinese into trained and hardened soldiers What they need :is equipment. Their quality has been proved, says the Baltimore Sun.48 words
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250 1942-01-14 4 THE immediate dispatch of Chinese troops to attack Thailand and French Indo-China in order to relieve Japanese pressure on Singapore is urged by a leading Chungking vernacular newspaper. Itein Min Pao. In an editorial Yesterday, says Central News Such a move, the newspaper250 words
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Article130 1942-01-14 4 London. Jan 13. IN a f urth r statement on the German controlled Oslo radio ycstfrday evening it was announced that officer who 'A-ouid be put in prLson as a reprisal for the Allied raids on Uie Norwegian OOtM comprise all former active officrrs iii theReuter - 130 words
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353 1942-01-14 4 Australian Cabled News Melbourne. Jan. 12. TI-TE Munitions Department has announced that Australia will receive equipment, materials, and technical exerts from United States. Expansion of the supply of munitions will bs considerably expedited by this moans. The war strategy in the Pacific received special attention353 words
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299 1942-01-14 4 PLANS FOR PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VEGETABLES DLANS and suggestions for the creation of a "Market Board" which will buy and distribute all foodstuffs growa in Singapore and South Johore, liavc been forwarded to the Government f Ol approval, the Free Pre<s299 words
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Article81 1942-01-14 4 UK. ALFRED DUFF COOPER. Chancellor of the Duchy o; Lancaster. ha r > left Sir.^aoore for Britain. The ftmngementl made in Washington In connection with the appointment of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavc!l as Supreme Commander In the South-West Pacific has ne~c.;.sar:ly brought to an81 words
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Article204 1942-01-14 4 S: fcXJIAL iteut> ::i t<>-<i^y radio ;>n>Crammc from Sineai>ore include a furtlier talk bl the series A.R.P. and You' by Divisional Warden C. E Htidson. at 8 13 j>.m a talk in the series "Matters ot Moment." relayed from London ai 1. 11 p m.; and a204 words
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Article102 1942-01-14 4 lorrl.r} .Ta;i 12. IT is !<*ar::^i that the Nxer.uri Ufl mines ar- f I EMatW t L u fadlltlM for fteotdrtag p'.ant to n orodurtl-vi M BO «*~t M the BmUTO gao. Th»* m> production In Nigeria totalled only M.C57 tor* of tin comriaftd »ith Malava R i102 words
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Article144 1942-01-14 4 MALAYS CARRY on AFTER BOMBIN(. (From Spa m| V friendly ind m will utn at f or a ronMeiM v vort on \nt lean lutma roun 1 >I>1.M:1.; i They even way f'^r a m n who i.vp-i ten u t > at 4 M I144 words
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Article28 1942-01-14 4 IT is undt R;.t.ciiarge of tl I 3 colony st.r. the with thei tal itaH i Snnget B gest aiM most J color 1 ie>,28 words
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Article26 1942-01-14 4 1«:ii: t oi.i na i iei -opcratins to Mala a Brrabilai ;md it La letters addre.vsrd I i where in the e te:26 words
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Article79 1942-01-14 4 A REIJEF committee to ta!;e care of Malay evacuee, !rom Mersinq. organized by Che S. Mustafla. iMt the e\arue»s "vomewhere in Batu Paiiat" every Monday and Thursday. E\rry assLUance Ls Riven by the coir.mittee to th** rvacuees. and it Ls hopvd tliat all M:\lays will sjl\e tne committee79 words
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