The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 January 1942

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  • 14 1 The Singapore Free Press no 16.521 ESTD. 1835. MONDAY. JANUARY 19, 1912 5 CENTS
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  • 707 1 Enemy Transport Gets Heavy Battering 7 RAIDERS DOWN OVER SINGAPORE YESTERDAY U.A.K ot the Far East Command continues to batter enemy concentrations of transport m the Comas are;* and the latest official communique report t hat m the Muar area the enemy has midc
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  • 54 1 IT would appear from the position of (.enib that the enemy's next big objective is the important town of Kluang only miles from Singapore, declared the RB-f. last night. It Ls stated unofficially that '.j. week end the Japanese for the tint time dropped
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  • 78 1 Break With Axis Imminent Kio de Janeiro, Jan. 18. A MILITANT front consisting of 20 American nations, ready to •break off relations with Axis nations, as a step closest to war. m defence 01 the Western Hemisphere, has been established on the eve of the Pan-American Foreign Ministers conference. There
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  • 269 1 Troop-Carrying Barges Sampans Strafed AN account of the bombing of Japanese barges carrying troops near Malacca by the R.A.F. was described m an Air Ministry communique issued last night. It says: 'An unwary dash for safety by two Japanese troop-carrying barges off Malacca led bombers of the Far East Command
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  • 160 1 IWr'in Jan. 18. "IWJEVER have our chances been so I^l favourable now," declared Goebbels. Nazi Propaganda Minister, speaking last night at a political rally m the Danzig district. After defending the Nazi attack on Ru&ria and declaring "the decision to act had to be made regardless of
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  • 39 1 London, Jan. IS. "I AST nljliw aircraft of the Bomber Command attacked objectives at Bremen. Lmden and other places m north -west Germany" states an Air Ministry 2cmmunique to day. "Three of our aircraft arp missinT," it adds. Reuter
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  • 187 1 Melbourne, Jan. 18. ■piE Japanese casualties m th battle for Gemas are now conservatively estimated at eight times those of the Australians. A number of enemy tanks were destroyed. This information has been received by the Australian Army Minister. Mr F. M. Forde.
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  • 238 1 More Italian Generals Made Prisoner Cairo, Jan. IK TWO liaiiu'i generals and th» senior German officer at Halfaya surrendered with the garrison yesterday, states to-day's British G. HQ. communique issued here The communique says: Except tor the enemy troops cast ot Eli Agheila, m which area there was no change
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  • 139 1 f-hungk n«. J»n. H. A United rress correspondent who has covered 300 miles overland from Shanghai and has reached Klnhwa after 17 days, states he Is convinced that China is preparing every effort to assist the ABC D. offensive against Japan. "The Chinese." he says,
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  • 112 1 Washington, Jan. 18. CENATOR Tom Connally. speaking *J to Press rrprmnUtiTM to-day. said ft wm Imperative to prosecute war In the Par iAc with the utmoot vigour. He said: 'Jamn mv.it not be allowed to consolidate her gains m that area. We have lon* and tul nerable coastlines
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  • 256 1 Three Enemy Ships Sunk By U.S. Submarines Off Tokio Bay Washington, Jan 18. UNITED STATES submarines have sunk three w enemy merchantships off Tokio Bay, according to a Navy Department communique. Admiral Hart has now assumed control of the Allied naval forces m the Far East, the communique disclosed. The
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  • 367 1 Medan Again Target Of Raiders Batavia, Jan. 18. r>-DAY'S Batavia communique says: 'On Friday, after *he raid at noon, which was mentioned m a previous communique, Medan was again attacked at 3.42 p.m by 13 Japanese bombers which dropped eight bombs round the building of the Golf Club. No casualties
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  • 282 1 Position 'Develops Favourably' In South Burma Rangoon, Jan. 18. TtllE position is "developing favourably" m the Myittha area, m south Burma, where British troops have been m contact with Japanese troops estimated to number 250, says a communique issued here to-day. The Rangoon radio says it is reported from Tavoy
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  • 57 1 Washington. Jan. 18. PRESI 3ENT Roosevelt's secretary. Mr. Stephen Early, last night paid a tribute to the radio and p-ess for their co-operation In keep'nr; Mr. Churchill's movement a close secret "The result speak i for itself Mr Early said. While Mr. Churchill is safely home. the
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  • 89 1 Washington. Jan. IS. A CCX>RDINO to reports by German war correspondents m Russia, the Nari looting of Soviet cultural institutions m the German occupied areas n taken a practical turn. In a report intercepted m Washington a German t orrespondent said that groups of German soldiers had removed stuffed bears,
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  • 105 1 New Delhi, Jan. 18AN important step forward has *»-been made at an aircraft assembly factory m south India, where Harlow training machines and Curtis Hawk fighters are being turned out. Until recently all component parts of these aircraft had to be imported but no./
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  • 146 1 TJ By Our War Correspondent > HE Japanese are still |)Cfittt« in* m their infiltration tactics by mean*, of .anding* or the west coast of Malaya. Fighting ir the coastal area around Ma tr axs Men umtpftratively s.ight and largely limited to actions between British
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  • 320 1 Moscow J aß it. THE death of Field -Marshal von Reichenau Commander of the German Sixth Army m Russia, caused no surprise m some well-informed circles m Stockholm, familiar with the details of the crisis now developing In the German High Command, says a
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  • 112 1 Canberra. Jan. 17. THE Government has taken a 1 strong stand on the question of air support for Australian troops. following the disclosure m Major-Gen. Gordon Bennett's cable from the battlefield regarding the lack of planes m Malaya. Therefore, the cabled references t» air parity
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  • 237 2 DECLARATION BY COMMUNISTS HWILK determination of th<; Malayan Communist 1*3x17 to help the Government to expel thr> Japanese invaders from Malaya v. as reiterated by Comrade Wright, leader of the Party, m a speech at the second session of the Central Executive Committee Of the
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  • 54 2 Rangoon, Jan. 17. A HUMOUR which .started m Tokio and is spreading thr Ii Burma allirrns that armfd Bi-rmans are being billeted In Hypoongy Kyaungs (Buddhist ouacte-ics.) This is completely untrue, says an official statement I'ho statement added that there was no single instance of Hypoongy Kyaun fes being used
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  • 475 2 ALL-OUT BLOW AGAINST GEN. ROMMEL'S ARMY IN DESERT SEEN London, Jan. 18. THE capture of Halfaya, eliminating the last enemy stronghold m ftfttiNm Cyrenaica, is ex*H*cted to inject a new punch into Gen. Auchinleck's ciirpaign to destroy Gen. Rommel's forces farther east, says United Press. The troops, planes and naval
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  • 52 2 GEN. Sir Archibald Wavell. it can now be disclosed, ▼■sited Malays before setting up his headquarters m Java. His visit here lasted some days. He went up to the front line, where he was able to assess the type of fighting and see how the war
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  • 367 2 J^ WEEK before Japar. struck, the Netherlands Indies Navy was already at sen. That Iz one reason for the suctess our useful Ally's warships and aircraft gained at the start. Two mobilizations one m 1939. the other m May. 1940— preceded these operations,
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  • 107 2 Ankara, Jan. 17. (JERMAN -TURKISH trade relations are m the doldrums, it is stated here. The Germans complain It is very hard to do business with the Turks. When a purchase appears m sight some Government department steps m and says the goods cannot be cxl portert.
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  • 80 2 Washington. Jan. 17 XIIE UniUd States M..ritimc 1 Commission announce*! that it had negotiated contracts for the construction of 632 additionaJ merchantmen. These merchantmen will bring the Maritime Commission 1 programme up to President Roosevelt's request for 8.000,000 drad-woight tons of shipping m I<<42 and 10,000,001) m 1943.
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  • 759 2 THE ml h L Moscow. J.in 18. lih Mojaisk salient— lhe last positions held by the Germans on the approaches to Moscow where 100,000 of Hitler's troops stand m imminent danger of encirclement unless they succeed m withdrawing m time through Vyazma towards Smolensk
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  • 49 2 E London, Jan 18. ARLY hist nixht v small number of en«ny aircraft flew over routhwest England," states an Air Ministry ami Ministry of Homp Security communique this morning "A few bumfc-; vere dro|>ped. No one w-ojs hurt but come little damage h«s been reporter* adtls th» communique Reuter
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  • 93 2 Itome, Jan. IK. /^KEAT importance is attached v In the Italian l»re&s to a meetIn at Garmiseh Partenkirehen on Thursday last week of Adm K-u>der, Commander-ln -Chief of the German Fleet, and Adm Rlecrdi, Chief of the Italian" Naval Staff Emphasis is laid on tho close
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  • 33 2 Bombay, Jan. 18. iVtUZ death has occurred of the M a h araja of Cutch, one of tho bigger states of Western India, at the age of 7«._ Reut~r
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  • 48 2 T,^ Canberra, Jan. 17. HE Prime Minister, Mr. John Curtin, commenting on the Japanese propaganda report that some Australian Labour Party members arc seeking a compromise with Japan, stated that this was untrue as tho Japanese report of Major-Oeu. Cordon Bennetts rapture and subsequent death Reuter
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  • 30 2 Bombay. Jan. lg Jib..-. Government hits taken immediate steps to provide th<? necessary eou'pment for 2.5iM) extra bods to b£ prn-ki«Hl hi hospitals m Bmnbav for air rpli r«suulU«. Reuter
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  • 60 2 Chungking, Jan. 18. I'IIE Catholic daily newspaper Hsih Yao to-day forecast large-scale warfare m Inda-China besides the Straits Settlements. Chinese army units m Burma are ready to strike biuk at any Japanese push into Burma leading to the belief that Burma and Thailand and the
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  • 269 2 STATEMENT ON ROOSEVELTCHURCHILL TALKS Wa.shing:ton, Jan. 17. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sad Mr. Churchill have reached a "complete understanding" on the joint planning for present and future military and naval operations, according to a White House announcement made by Mr. Stephen Early, the President's private secretary. Mr.
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  • 134 2 lx>nd#n Jut. It. may. extension of oen. au- n;:. oi > 1 Command to Iraq and Iran increases his responsibility to m hide any preamble future operations lv the c'mKMu\ if th« Oermans r«.o\»r lost frrouod m south Russia aiul re-eita-bliah the threat there or to
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  • 119 2 Law Bera* (Nevada). Jan. Ik. A SEARCH party has reached the wreckage of the twin-motored airliner which crashed and bunvd out on the tablerork Potosl mountains. 35 miles southeast of las Vegas. All 22 occupants. Including the wellknown actress Carole Lombard axe dead, mmt of
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  • 84 2 rhuurking, Jan. 18. THE 51 British officers and men who escaped from Hong Kon« on Christmas Day, and who have been resting at Saokwan after a ten days' walk from the sea coast, are now en route to Rangoon. A message from Kweilin says that
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  • 35 2 Washington. Jan. 18. pRESIOENT ROOSEVELT has issued a st-atemcnt urging hundreds of United States citizens enrolled m foreign armies fighting the Axis powers to continue to 'contribute their k>val and effective service." United United Press
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  • 334 2 Churchill To Reshuffle War Cabinet? I/ondon, Jan. IS. MR. Winston Churchill returned to Britain yesterday as (he Alliert position m the Piir BMI n r> proached a. very grave stage Already, it is considered m Ivmdon, there is a critical menace to thr whole democratic stratv."^ on which Mr. Churchill's
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  • 119 2 U.S. Army War Supplies %>u lortT; Jan. is A KPfcXJiAL article m the Wall Street Journal states that it would not be reasonable to npeet the United States to raise an army of more than 3.600.000 during 1942 because of the concentration on the weapons of war which will be
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  • 66 2 Calcutta, Jan. 18. •JuJE construction of 124 underground reservoirs of various capacities, at a cost of U5. 225,000 it U learnt, is being undertaken by the Calcutta Gorpor.-itkm to ensure a repular supply of unJiltorod water for the lire-fl 'htinp service of the city m an
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  • 21 2 U. Dull Cooper is expected to pay a short visit to the Viceroy, Lord LJnlitligow Reuter
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  • 86 2 Demand For More Planes For Far East 1 jotoi Intc i feature of whose rej K*pond*nta crnnjv.. S T trusting thai Port w,l! Site ■eacc 01 critic! nalnaUoi situation is thr ban/ wi battle of uii-ir SS Sf Sydnt fays th.-.t th< ramnd v oba i Own s!oa blinds Mi
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  • 79 2 AC hi, i XZI'J H. i.\^n Amhi Archibald Clark X BiOO-Brttisll fr:. fUaidiuc ami v Mi m nlMl Thr C htW New* Iftjaj 'A. departuri »ii Important Aiu;i«>-So\l<*l oanfidmt that the* may 1 !•>■ mr.lnr la China ar..l I tinne to work >- Mmdthln, ar.,i i
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  • 80 2 r> ll^Tijr\n. arter :.^.:y nontll |jfrvi>lon. Mjra A. sku). I am n> enOB) ia m..t.y I 1 MIUKN I My to Wl ttt» t the >■ r i- u< lake la it I.'-rr. :i a-hievr Btraraj thr lath truth hi I but steady bill thf bottom
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  • 60 2 Thunikinj. J»» VN official ■im ip« Bhlukwsn Elates t ese prisoner who L a musician pnd *h»> wa b. .1 certain music Tokio before hi n Chin* kl fivini tho Kwanftung il.s name U Tak w;u< raptun »l Bhui December rhen theCl diverted wine for« The
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  • 45 2 Chungking. J jn IF »c> oflk-Ully it»t« n.~u<:i Yueh comn the ChlneM tr opi has ordered i GO .000 yuan for U Knu rtcan for i < arly rro pita! v.-vi bunud oso on Jan. 4 uN'n pied Chanj United Press
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    • 179 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE. A.ll correspondence m connection with the following Companies o: the TRONOH GROUP *iam°ly: ITtonoh JVlinos Limited. Southern Tronoh Limited. Pari Tin Limited. Puket Tin Dredging Limited, fiungei Besi Mines Limited. ftepong I>redgin^ Limited. Shouid m future be addressed t©:-— HARPER, GILI'ILIAN CO.. LTD, P.O Box
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    • 5 2 rrnnirr's \rriTjU- Srr PAIiK i)
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    • 20 2 "PREP" For Painta 8 Used Latherk Under Your Fa ite Soap No Increase m I $1.00 PER nX MEDICAL HALl_^j:
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    • 584 3 fj 0. BRITISH INDIA ft PCA R U|E incorporated id Sngiand) u r^LooUv£ A ihi possiblt Mrvtoea are beta* miinuhi— j TO. c f rom c Straits to theb SS^SS. 2 g^ mHi3 Ccjlar and the United Klnrd«^ oort n (< u>ni' r requested to regtatei th*h t or latest
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    • 591 3 ADVERTISEMEN T S CONSOLIDATED TIN SMELTERS LIMITED. (Incorporated m England) Due to enemy occupation of the wl?Jl f Penan f where the works of our subsidiary company Extern Smeltine Co. Ltd Tare situated the interim dividend on the Seven per cent. Non-Cumu-lative Preference Shares will not d« paid m February
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    • 317 3 PUBLIC NOTICES CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, A. CHINA All enquiries m connection with the undermentioned Branches should be addressed to them at Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place ground floor) where they are now functioning. Telephone No. 5921. Penang Ipoh Alor Star Taiping Kuala Lumpur Sitiawan Klang Seremban SIME, DARBY COMPANY, LIMITED
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    • 308 3 GOVERNMENT OF SELANGOR All officers, senior and subordinate, who occupied duty poets m Selangor m Jan. 1942 are requested to send the following information by letter or post card to the Secretary to the Resident. Currency Cancellation Branch. The Treasury. Singapore: 1 Name 2 Present Address 3. Telephone Number 4.
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    • 105 3 I Brewed and bottled by wkJ^SryZ/m Perth, Western Australia. \l] Wfu C** Z\ I I™^ F^ F^ C m% V£ Masters. AIR RAIDS TWO POINTS FOR THE PIiBLSC 1. You MUST NOT crowd to the place where a bomb has dropped. The enemy may come I back and machine-gun I
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    • 764 4 A. R. P. POSTS. CENTRAL DIVISION GROUP I. Telephone No. Post No 1 182. Bouth Bridge Road 7641 Tost 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 11.
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    • 804 4 GROUP 11. Post No. 1. Sinn Sinn Football Assoc 25. Burma Road w<ib Post No 2 Tan Peng Chu o 37. Kerbau Road 83M7 Post No 3 Straits Chinese Methodist Church 3, Kampong Kapor Road ***** Past No 4 The New World Ltd Jalan Besar 817/ GROUP 111. Post No
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    • 190 4 rhis heal* PILES tops Pain, Itching, Bleeding your piles rr.ay be so swollen and ause such agony and teiTor to replace ;hem, that you have given up hope ol i cure except by operation. Be Per* suaded to try Dr. Van Ylecks Absorptive Pile plasma. It will soothe he pain
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    • 81 4 CATHAY "»«^TTT: 4 P.M. Gf| IT'S THE TUNEFUL, WVI-IM-BICOMFUI HIT! VjanTfraze?^j^^ JANE FRAZEE the m SINGING SWINGING STAR A NEW UNIVERSAL PHONE 3400 TO-DAY 1 1 a.m. II I II ft jM Ix, 4.15 6c 6.30 HLn rim Dn A M mm»%. CHESTER MORRIS j Mf j» ANITA LO'JISE *JF
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  • 737 5 THE Singapore Free Press MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1942. The Battle Rages I aITHOI'GH the news from AtiK 1 fronti might be better, W pports of the Australians' jjl with the enemy ay been most encouraging. anese still appear to advantage of num- uit! that counts for a eal m this
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  • 599 5 SINGAPORE I. beginning to air raids. Heavier attacks come Pa "bL We K k are ""am "o come but by now everyone P^^^n^r^wS had beon bombed The cvU defence workers were still on duty, casualties were being removed and the debris wls being cleared, it was satfcf
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  • 22 5 Washington, Jan. 18. A CAUL. »v issued yesterday for women scientists, engineers and mechanics for work In the Washington navy yard. Reuter
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  • 355 5 A M Washington, Jan. 18. p a K^men t was reached yesterday between thP nrn^f s^ lt and Congressional leaders on oflSr^ttZ 10 P rovide an appropriation fL»ZT f^S^' 000 and $600,000,000 .to provide 2 bout 4-000,000 men expected to be thrown out of
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  • 55 5 Itio de Janeiro, Jan. 18. TAKING no chance of fifth column activities, the Brazilian authorities yesterday arrested three Germans who entered the country' illegally and were holding a secret meeting at a local hotel. Two other Germans attending the meeting escaped and the police are
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  • 226 5 London. Jan. 17 "TITOS oUvii^th ol the Navy is A grow m j, m spite of the heavy And repeated casualties waico r m to be laced m such an m UMislve sou war," suid Mr. A. V Alexander, First Lord ol the Admiralty, -11
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  • 818 5 l/ondon. Jan. 17. Mil. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, Hew from Bermuda to Plymouth Sound m a Boeing flyingboat, piloted by Capt. J. C. Kelly Rogers, veteran British pilot. The tlyinfr:boat Berwick is a four-en^incd Boeing 314, one of three which were bought from Pan -Am eric
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  • 114 5 Bermuda, Jan 17. J)UttINO his short stay In Bermuda, Mr. Churchill Addressed an informal n?eeting of the Assembly and paid a tribute to tho oldest Colonial Parliament. He spoke of the unity of the Empire and of Its ability to meet problems facing it. suid ho thanked
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  • 318 5 Washington, Jan. 18. rjCIE appointment of Mr. William 1 S. Knudsen as LieutenantGeneral m the United States Army, announced concurrently with his appointment as Director of Production for the War Department, is regarded m the capital as having finally solved the grave poblem of lotting the
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  • 120 5 Chungking, Jan. 1* rpiiE Chinese vanguards have A crossed th< SintsiaJig River, continuing the pursuit northward of the retreating Japanese, according to Chinese field dispatches received here from th«» n<>rth Hunan front. The Chinese previously announced Uiat of a total of 70,000 Japanese troops who
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  • 324 5 London. Jan. IV TO-DAY Vftl "Aid-To-Russia" A day m Britain As the biggest sports crowd ol" the war watched the Wembley International m aid of Mrs. Churchill's Ru-ssia Fund, Trade Union conferences m four big cities discussed plans to honour the Trade Union Congress
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  • 40 5 I/ondon, Jan. .7. THE French National Committee here refvtes the Berlin story that a Free French destroyer entered the Bay of Fernando Po and captured three Axis ships. It says that the report is withe ut foundation. Reuter
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  • 140 5 New Delhi, Jan. 17. 'INDIA is watching with the closest interest anc sympathy the gallant resistance of Malaya to the Japanese invader. I am certain that all Indians m civil occupations will gladly emulate the heroism of the Indian soldiers, who won undying fame
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  • 438 5 B rim, Jan. 17 CVDJD-lfaHbftl von MriMMM, v. Wii3 Jl as a result of a tUGX 1 di«*d on Urn vay bac«£ to OVflUUiy. lliUer *ias ordered Goenntf -o j>rsent him at the funeral of von &&JD£ e.j -x a.; Plirhrer of the German
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  • 80 5 Moscow, Jan. I •fI^UK prtacn-Mfci conditions ana A hCDger suffered by the work en have resulted m a corusid- :a.n fall In the pnvJuctivity of 1. m Oerman industry." I his rtatement Vtf made .:i Soviet supplementary c unmi qae last ni«ht which adds: machine tun plant at Bochum, j
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  • 1102 5  -  Mary Heathcott By 0 A FTKt January 25. you will only be able to buy one kind of bread from your baker. Singapore's new "health bread The new bread is full of Uv vitamins we need to keep healthyVitamin B. ai well as iron, calcium
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  • 131 6 VERY valuable contribution to the war effort, for which the recently formed Chinese Mobilization Council is responsible, is the supplyin/ of labour for defence works, and other essential purposes. The Army. Air Force, Municipality. Customs and Health office are now getting 3,000 casual labourers daily
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  • 542 6 MAST-HIGH ATTACKS BY JAPANESE BOMBERS (From A Free Press Correspondent) ATTACKED by Japanese aircraft, flying mast high, and with 40 holes m her sides, a freighter has iust arrived m Singapore. Her arrivai is yet another proof of the courage, endurance and tenacity
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  • 142 6 'THOUSANDS or bicycles were collected by the Police yes<*rdav. The round-up started at i: o dock yesterday morning- hen re-juiar Police and special onstables took up strategic posi:ions m various main thoroughrares both m town and the Practically everybody en a /irycle that appeared serviceole was stopped,
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  • 399 6 "Japan Must, Can And Will Be Stopped" London, Jan. 18. AFTER giving m brief what he thinks is the Japanese plan m the "Battle of Asia/ John L. Garvin t editor of the Observer, says to-day "The moral is plain and inescapable Japan has
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  • 171 6 WITH the Japanese invasion, Singapore to-day is the centre from which the secretariats of the Federated and Un federated Malay States operate. Representatives of the Governments of most Malay States m the Peninsula are now m Singapore where they are engaged principally m setting claims on
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  • 131 6 •»£JINO ANOTHER CHORUS. a Universal picture, which opened at the Cathay yesterday morning, features bright music and a number of ratchy tunes. Jane Prasee. new singing star. ReU-lhe spotlight In a story which affords her opportunity to display her talent*. She Is ably supported by a
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  • 104 6 fro meet th e general demand for practical elementary advice on Or.st-aid, the M.B.C. is broadcasting a series of five-minute talks on this subject at 7 10 every night this week, starting l>;--nieht. The talks will be given by Dr H Allan, of the Malayan
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  • 15 6 BEACH defence artillery practice will take place on Thursday, it is officially announced
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  • 67 6 IMIORTERS of foodstufTs from Australia ar<» asked m a notice published m page 4 to-day If supply particulars of the articles they import, the monthly quantity on firm order, the month of months of shipment and the names and addresses of the suppliers. Importers who lall to supply
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  • 349 6 COURAGEOUS WORK ON AMBULANCE TRAINS (From A Special Correspondent LOCALLY-Recruited Eurasian and Chinese R.A.M.C. personnel, Malay dressers, Indian and British aoctors and British nursing sisters are doing magnificent work, of which the public know little, on the ambulance trails It is by these trains that
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  • 830 6 Home Football Results Undwi. J»n. 17. 'pHE Anglo Scottish cla*h at Wembley Kinpirt- Stadium, which Eng land won two nil. had a sensational opening when Hagan In the first minute put England ahead Player m aid of Mrs. Churchill's "Aid to Rural-* Fund," which Is
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  • 51 6 ALL Eur pean male British subjects under the age of 41 must re-reffister with the Man Powrr Bureau by 4 p.m. on Wednesday next unless they are already serving with one of the fighting services, according to an order made by the Governor, Sir Shenton
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  • 140 6 THE Secretary of State for the Colonies received a telegram from the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, when he was m the United States of America expressing the distress which he was feeling by reason of the enemy invasion of the Malay States, which the
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  • 156 6 \}O more white bread will be baked m Singapore after next Saturday. Its place will be taken by the lew hei'lii bread, wh.-h will be baked and sold by all bakers anJ bread shops m Sin?apore The new Health Bread must be sold at
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  • 61 6 /\NLY 50 Chinese women, child- ren und men evacuees are to be admitted into Australia for the Ume being, according to information received by the Chinese Consulate-General from Canberra Each evacuee is required to hare enough funds for two years' stay, although they may reside
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  • 183 6 A.I.F. Railway Unit Saves Tong Of Supplies 1 petrol lory now occupied t,J h m andmornber.; >t rh Corps are no* a day. In three il dispvnsin- -hem. sa'v *i official war the AIF ln patch pushed Sun. SyThe nuclei. bour Co, ps AIF.Uh. being u< nY siblo for tront-hne
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  • 96 6 MAXIMUM Wlfi Chme.se labooi gazetted They r. four boon' work Dale lab 60 cents prr dl 9 M night, femal-- la per day. 67' eenU per more than r>ur houi than eight hour.V 1 labourers M I -.0 pe. night, female labourei per day. itmplojnnent
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