The Straits Times, 8 August 1940

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    37 1 The Straits Times (ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY j MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1910. I'HICK r, CENTS. The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940. lMtll'K 5 CENTS.
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      197 1 Fo. Up-to-date TAILORING.. MIEN CHONG You are assured of real satisfaction n m Coleman St. Singapore —Phone 4816— SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST CPHONE 547 L Wig K^"* W r«Kfl U SPECIFY STAR type Km! :^W\ .;V® HH 1^ Pumps for heads up to Xii 60 feet and capacities \w*2k A
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      175 1 Jjll^g^^. DISTINCTIVE k HrSfllJ ifff WL- FABRICS To add Charm to the Bungalow or House 1 LE ll^fe i |r^^3lfe^ Vo "'H be amazed how attractive ti SS_J<" LjL J lir rooni> can l)e niatle with the i. -"v 3^ oJdition of new curtains provided they are rrad ith the
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      201 1 FINAL EDTN. Smart I ut and fit Take your Materials to 'ELSIE MARY' She specializes in orders executed at short notice Interesting models of her own are displayed at Mattery Road. Phone 4772 KUALA LUMPUR 25 JAVA ST. (PHONE 36S.{' FAR EAST MOTORS LTD. SOLE AGENTS C. A. V. LTD.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      IN MEMORIAM
      37 2 Otto Schiffner von Zurich geb. 28. Apr. 18&1 gest. 8. Aug. 1933 Von der Arbeit zur P.uh, all ru friih, doch Gottcs Wille. Den Semen unvt-rjrrsslich. Insrrted by his sorrowing family in s'p^re and Switzerland.
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      521 2 QfaSkriate Wanes SMALL APS. Minimum charge $1 for adv« not exceeding 4 lines. More than four Unet 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. DEATHS. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS A P. PC CARDS are charged S3 rarh per insertion per inch. Over I Inch.
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      547 2 FOR SALE \r\II.I\KV YAWL for sale, tatffc 26 eet. Engine overhauled as rew. Box 467, Straits Time.;. PRINTERS PLEASE NOTE. Hand Cutter for sale Thursday and Friday only. Price $175. Seen at 78 Bras Basal. Road. FOR SALE, well established European Ladies Halrdressinp Saloon. Central Position. Price moderate. Also three
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      913 2 l-V&T LOST Wire Haired Fox Terrier ***** about 7<4 mile Siglap on Seaside. All white with black and tan markings on head. Will finder kindly return to 165 Nallur Road or ring 5861 BOARD RESIDENCE BELLEVILLE. 15 Scot Us Road, Phone 4274 large A airy rooms Prlv. verandah, mod san.
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      631 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Of one male and one female Alsatian Dogs. To be held at the saleroom of .Messrs Cheong Koon Seng Co.. Ltd. No. 10 Chulia Street un Saturday, 10th Anpist, 1944 at 11.30 aun. On view on the day of sale CHEONG KOON >EN<3 CO.. LTD. Auctioneers.
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      348 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC FOR SALE GOODWILL of well established GUEST HOUSE In very quiet district near town. For particulars Phone 7237 or Call 10-B Institution Hill after 6 p.m. J CLOSING DOWN SALE NOW ON 18, Battery Road, Ist Floor Phone 7143Singapore- PUBLIC NOTICE THE KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED. Incorporated
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      1054 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare
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      140 3 Isa r <^^P^B An HL 1 SINGAPORE COLOMBO EAST AFRICA S. AFRICA S. AMERICA Five New Luxury Liners m.s. Argentina Maru Speed 22 knots. 13,000 G. loss. m.s. Brasll Maru 22 13,000 m.s. Hokoku Maru 21 11,000 m.s. Aikoku Maru 21 11,000 m.s. Kokoku Maru 21 11,000 Express Cargo and
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      777 3 i Broadcasting TO-DAY PENANC SINGAPOPS £lIJ bUH rat> 6.30 p.m. Indian prosramnic; 549 p.m. ZIIP* Jkt 3 mrV tif^'i News ln Tamil; U pm Maloy P r °Bramn>e; ZHP a.6» nci ,3U.»hm.» 6j o pm News n Malay: 620 p.m. Chin** 1.15 p.m. Light musict; 1.30 p.m. Warning programnv G.
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    Trial Of French Statesmen
    192 4 Petain's Search For Scapegoats London, Aug. 8. DEUTER learns that the supreme court to try Frenchmen regarded as bring: responsible for the declaration and conduct of the war opens to-day at Kiom, ten miles to the north of Clermond-Ferrand. There is apparently at present no official
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    Absorption Of Seized Regions
    105 4 Hitler's Decrees For Alsace Lorraine London, Aug. 8. INDICATIONS of Hitler's plans in re- gard to the absorption of Alsace and Lorraine and Luxembourg Into the Reich are contained in two decrees issued by him yesterday, whereby the entire administration of AM ice and Lorraine and
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    GERMAMZATION OF LUXEMBOURG
    31 4 TN future the official language in law courts and schools in Luxembourg will be German. Newspapers will appear in German and all streets are to be renamed. neuter.
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    RUBBER HARVESTS FOR JULY
    18 4 Rubber harvests for July are reported as follows: lbAyer Molek Rubber 25.304 Kempas 286,600
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    Egyptian Cotton Agreement
    418 4 Britain Goes To Aid Of Her Ally Londen, Aug. 7. MR. R. A. Butler, Foreign Undersecretary, made the following statement in the House of Commons at question time: "Anxiety has for some time been growing in Egypt regarding the disposal of the 1940 cotton crop, the picking
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    Sergeant Gets Bar To D.F.M.
    65 4 London, Aug. 8. AMONG the R.A F. awards announced to-day is a bar to the Distinguished Flying Medal to FlightSergeant William Henry Franklin, formerly a laboratory assistant in the east-end of London who has shot down ten enemy aircraft and has assisted in destroying a
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    London Stock Exchange
    348 4 London, Aug. 7. THE Stock Exchange vas generally easier on lack of support, though no selling pressure was noted Hfsitance was due to Near Eastern developments but It was noteworthy that Egyptian bonds remained very firm throughout the session, 'ilt-edged and most Industrials were fractionally easier and
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1320 4 WEDNESDAY AUG. V, 194«: 4 FM. MIXING Oajvn Seller* Ampat Tin ss) 3s 6d 4s Austral Amal (6s) 6s 3d Sh 9d c.d. Austral Malay <£) 35s 37s c.d. Ayer Hitam (ss) 19§ I'M Ayer Weng ($1) .65 .60 Bangrtn Tin t£> 17» 18s Batu
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    93 4 Malls close at the (ft Mm! Pom Oflire as follows: TO-DAY Australia (Eastern. Southern and Western) air 5 p. bo Java air 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. New Zealand air sp.m. Port Darwin air 5 p.m. Sarawak surface 11 a.m. and p.m. Thursday Island air sp.m.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    224 4 Singapore, Aug. 7, 4 pjn. Book* Company DtrMeno Cloo* TIM Austral Amal Dlv. 3d Austral Malay Dlv. 9d Bonus Is 3d Kampong Kamuntlng Dlv 3d Bonus Is 3 Aug. 13 Mural 40% Int. Aug. 19 Pungah Tin Olv. 9d Bonus 2a 3d July 27 Southern Klnta
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      183 4 -LAWN MOWERS 1 Sr oil m requirements Any^o, LAWN MOWERS La ten Mower supplied, from /^^^B^*n^_ jm motor driven _-^^^if""" to the small r9 vjkj^^^ quality. vft*S < **""^**Tmsß *^^^v RANSOMES GANG MOWER. •V. afiaflfiii rJ\\ Triple. Quintuple, Septuple. MOTOR MOWER. fel^^liiLfc Sizes 14 in 42 In, iPwSv Prices on
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      85 4 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE nwia? H. W. 1.01 a.m. 10.3 It.; 1.4) p.m. ».4 ft. L. W. 7.19 a.m. 1.5 ft.: 7.34 p.m. 2 5 ft Tomorrow H. W. 1.50 a.m. 9.9 ft.; 2.19 p.m. 9.3 ft. L. W. 7.58 a.m. 3.1 ft.; 8.25 p.m. 2.5 ft. Saturday. Aug. 10 H.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    799 5 Most Sections Easier Industrials Irregular :?v Our I inancial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 8. 1 price of rubber rose one-sixteenth In London yesterday to 13'.8d. The New York was down a quarter ut 1'"- cants. The Spot tin price was unchanged at £266 10s. and the three quotation
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    86 5 Thursday, \ug. noon. Buyers Seller* Price* Price* No. IX H.S.S. (Spot loose i 36* 36 No. IX B.S.S. f.o.J. in cases August 91% 38 G.t.A.Q. B.S.S. f o.b. In bales \u S u 36', 36 H FAQ. R.S.S. fo.b. (n bales August 35.; SSH riTLRt
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    LARGER OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS
    76 5 U.S. Arsenals To Work Three Shifts Washington, Aug. 7. MR. H L. Stimson, the VS. Secretary for War, has ordered six army arsenals to adopt a three-shift basis from next Saturday in order to increase the production of munitions by at least 65 per cent. Mr.
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    172 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES 'From Ou' Own Correspondent* London, Aug. 7. COMMODITY ana Exchange mark»ts closoa v as follows with previous quotations to paranthesls:— RUBBER: Firm. Spot 13', d 13\d (13 1 16 d 13 3 16d Sept 131 13'» d (12 15/16 d 13 l/16d) Oct-Dec 12»id 12 7 d 12
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    EXCHANGES
    175 5 The following are the -xcange i»tes this morning according to the lally circular Issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T. a/4 1/16 London demand 2/4 1/10 Lyons demand Switzerland demand 2064 Hamburg demand New York demand 46 15/16 Moutreal demand 51 11/16 Batavia demand 88H
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    NO DIVIDEND FOR MOUNT AUSTIN RUBBER
    60 5 From Our London Correspondent Although the profit of Mount Austin Rubber Estates Ltd., to March 31 was £50,579 compared with the previous year's £33,858 when a five per cent, dividend was paid, no dividend will be paid this year as the Company is controlled
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    47 5 The monthly traffic returns of the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd. show the income for the month of July to have been $*****0 an increase of $31,000 over last year. The aggregate for the ten months Just ended Is $2,323,000, an Increase of $264 000 over last year.
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    RAID ON PARIS AIRPORT
    498 5 Further Blows By The R.A.F. London, Aug. 6. AN Air Ministry communique states that on Tuesday night RAF. bombers, hampered by low clouds and poor visibility, were forced to abandon many of their primary objectives. In spite of this, an oil plant at Homberg, a supply
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      161 5 No. 2 MYLETO i Pi wW± HAIR COLOUR RESTORER WILL RESTORE GREY OR FADED HAIR TO ITS NATURAL COLOUR SETTING LOTION FOR LADIES HAIR CREAM FOR MEN OTHER MYLETO PRODUCTS INCLUDE: TONQUIN SCURF LOTION OBTAINABLE FROM: ALL DISPENSARIES ANO STORES. DISTRIBUTORS. GRAFTON LABORATORIES LTD. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. The most
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      244 6 ANOTHER GREAT STORY FROM THE PEN OF 1 A. J. CRONIN WHO GAVE THE SCREEN THE PRIZE WINNING 'THE CITADEL* to-day ALHAMBRA 3.15,6.15*915 ANNE BRIAN CAROLE SHIRLEY AHERNE LOMBARD Al JH *3fc THRLK GREAT STARS. TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. REACHING NEW DRAMATIC HEIGHTS IN THEIR INSPIRED PORTRAYAL OF 'VIGIL
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      198 6 WW^ m* J Mil f\P^ MIKT SPFt ■_.rj ••vv^cMmSK r# iriE H wl*HZj'J!3 Zj ft I 0 f V Booking From OPENING TO-NIGHT 6.15 !»15 WKIRI) AND WONDROUS ■■■VQP4PVPH BEYOND YOl'R MOST DARING W w V DREAMS! 1940S BIGGEST M I(.A/^ THRILLS I The Mightiest Movie Of All ■■■■■■■■■■■■■I Cwin^
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      101 6 Other cinema and Entertainment announcements appear on pages 2.7 15. GREAT WORLD n a nrr SATURDAY, AUGUST 10th r\ D 1* I YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENJOY THE Tcnight 9pm. to midnight HORSE RACING 11 A COLOSSAL FLOOR CARNIVAL ENTERTAINMENT HANDSOME AND VALUABLE PRIZES GIVEN AWAY BY INCLUDING "DESTY GEO"
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      253 6 "GLORIA JEAN'S Rendering- oi "Little Grey Home in the West" is one of the finest ever heard on the screen" Straits Times. Ever since her first Picture Everybody's been asking for her! DON'T MISS THIS! TO-DAY 3.15- 6.15-9.15 AT THE CAPITO L THAT WINSOME LITTLE SINGING STAR WHO STOLE YOUR
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    CHINESE FORCES MOVING TO INDOCHINA BORDER
    182 7 MiUtary Action To Be Taken If The Japanese Establish Bases There Shanghai, Aug. 7. IT is reported that the Chinese have warned the French authorities that they will take military measures if the Japanese are permitted to establish bases in Indo-China. The Chinese Press
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    SOVIET FLEET IN THE PACIFIC
    43 7 London, Aug. 7. ACCORDING to a broadcast from Moscow, the Russian fleet has begun what is described as largescale manoeuvres in the Pacific. The announcer said that submarines, light and heavy units, and aircraft were taking part —Reuter.
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    N. L To Have Naval Institute
    50 7 London, Aug. 7. A ROYAL Naval Institute Is to be opened in the Netherlands Indies to-day. The institute is opened for the first time to train cadets for service for the Netherlands Royal Navy. A military academy is to be founded at Bandoeng.— Reuter.
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    865 JAPANESE LIVE IN BRITAIN
    50 7 London, Aug. 8. THE number of Japanese registered with the police in Britain is 865, of whom 762 are males, stated Mr. O. Peake, Under-Secretary of the Home Office, In a written reply to Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas Moore (Conservative) in the House of Commons.— Reuter.
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    Malaya Invited To New Delhi War Production Parley
    100 7 IT is reported in London that the Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, has invited representatives from Malaya, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, East Africa and South Africa to take part in a conference which may be convened in New Delhi in October. The
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    TRADE TALKS WITH U.S.S.R.
    205 7 Statement In The Commons London, Aug. 7. ANSWERING a series of questions in the House of Commons about Anglo-Soviet trade negotiations, Mr. I R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secretary. scid that Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, recently sent instructions to Sir Stafford Cripps, the British Ambassador, to seek
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    Burma Ex-Premier Is Released On Bail
    46 7 Mandalay, Aug. 7. DX Ba Maw, Prime Minister oi Burma until February last year, who was arrested on a charge under the defence regulations, has been released on bail. Hearing of the case has been flx?d for Aug. 10.— Reuter.
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    RABINDRANATH TAGORE HONOURED
    77 7 Santniketan (Bengal), Aug. 7. DR. Rabindranath Tagore, the 80--year-old Indian poet, has received the degree of Doctor of Letters of Oxford University at a special convocation of Oxford University held here. This la believed to be the first time a special convocation has been held outside Oxford.
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    33 7 Canberra, Aug. 7. MR. R. O. MEN7IES, the Australian Prime Minister, announced to-day that the Labour party had rejected his ofTf r of fly«» or six seats In the new National Government. Renter.
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      331 7 TO-KIGHI DINNER DANCE p.m. to midnight Dinner #3.00 NO BALLROOM ADMISSION CHARGE I>AII,Y IN TIIF. VERANDAH OB 111, int'lUi DISH FROM SILVFR WAGON 51.50 Sened from l?.3O to ?.3O p.m. RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS ADELPHI |li|li HOTEL ROOF GARDEN TO > NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE CABARET KNTERTAIN.MFNT PKOVIDKD BY
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUG. 8, 1940. (340th Day Of The War.) Dictators
    1111 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUG. 8, 1940. (340th Day Of The War.) Dictators Dictatorships come into being as a consequence of excesses at opposite extremes— excessive weakness or unnecessary ruthlessness on the part of rulers. Dictators arise either when a belief is spread that the common people are unable
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    SOVIET TAKES OVER ESTONIAN NAVY
    55 8 London. Aug. 8. •THE Moscow radio states that the Soviet flag was hoisted on Estonian warships in the port of Tallinn yesterday when the Estonian navy was taken over by the Red fleet. Fifty- thousand workers demonstrated In Tallinn to mark the Incorporation of Estonia
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      ITALY'S ROLE
      865 8 Grim Outlook For Ciano And Mussolini To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Hitler's gift of a heavily armoured train, complete with a staff "entirely made up of Germans", can hardly be really acceptable to Mussolini, suggesting, as It does, that tha latter may soon nsed protection
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      PRAISE 6? PROTEST
      613 8 A Traveller's Adventures In Singapore To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— May I claim some of your valuable space to relate an experience v.'hich nay be of Interest to transit passengers and others in Singapore? Returning irom leave recently, in transit to Bangkok, with a
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      EURASIAN RECRUITS
      238 8 Practicability Of The Scheme Questioned To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Allow me to congratulate the Penang Eurasian Association on inaugurating a fund whereby, any Eurasian who enlists in the R.A. or R.A.F. will, on demobilization at the end of the war, receive a maintenance allowance
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      EARLY MARRIAGES
      321 8 Not Responsible For Infant Mortality To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir,— May I congratulate Lady Noble |of Ardkinglas for having brought forward a very important question which has much to do with the social life of all nations in the world? Many have condemned early marriage
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      COMMUNISM
      165 8 Refugee Question Is "A Minor Detail" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have read often in your columns letters from readers, who, being naturally scared of fifth column activity, demand that all German refugees and their like be interned. Whether this has been done or not
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      FOOD SUPPLIES
      161 8 More Destruction In North Johore To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln continuation of my letter in reference to the authorities in North Johore and their refusal to permit the interplanting of food crops on small owner areas, I shall be glad if you can afford
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      WAR LOTTERIES
      97 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is most disappointing and discouraging to realize the illogical and disagreeable attitude ol the Malayan governments towards war lotteries, in spite of the great material support of the people of Malaya. I see no justification why a war lottery
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      81 8 PITMAN'S ENGLISH A SHORTHAND DICTIONARY. (New Era Edition) Contains concise definitions and shorthand forms, fully vocali2ed. for over 60.C00 woruv. an Appendix containing lists of Latin am. Greek prefixes, commercial terms and phrases In f:ve languages. The definitions are supplied by Arthur Reynolds. Price $6.03 and Pocket size $150 Postage
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    GERMANY CANNOT STARVE OUT GREAT BRITAIN
    1972 9  -  Mr. Greenwood By Nation s Measures For Long War WARNING OF POSSIBLE BIG NAZI AIR OFFENSIVE Reassuring Statement IF the enemy hopes he can starve us out, he is very greatly mistaken. The starvation of the people of Britain is impossible. Nothing could be
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    "U.S. May Be Embroiled In War With Japan"
    64 9 London, Aug. 8. "117E cannot rely tn nm-h on the United States, who might be embroiled in a war with Japan. It is better to assume that we must rely on ourselves and organize accordingly." Thus said Mr. E. Shinwell (Labour) in
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    RUMANIA AND BULGARIA
    131 9 Call For Mutual Concessions Bucharest. Aug. 8. RUMANIANS have always desired friendship with Bulgarians, it is stated in well-informed circles here, and in this spirit Rumania is ready to solve the disputes existing between her and Bulgaria. But, these circles added, it must be remembered that solution
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    Molotov Sees British Ambassador
    45 9 Moscow. Aug. 8. MOLOTOV, the Soviet Prime Minister, received Sir Stafford Cripps, the British Ambassador, last evening. Late on the previous day, Sir Stafford had had a brief interview with the Foreign Trade Commissar, Mikoyan. Reuter. (Further details in page 7)
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    125 NARVIK BRITONS BACK HOME
    54 9 London, Aug. 3. A SCOTTISH steamer arrived at a Scottish port from Petsamo. Finland, with 125 Britons who had been interned in Sweden after being cut off between Trondhelm and Narvik, when the British army was evacuated. The party consisted mostly of troops, a few
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    LEVER SUNK BY U-BOAT
    342 9 450 Survivors In England London, Aug. 8. THE Elder Dempster liner Accra (9,337 tons) was sunk in a submarine attack on a convoy on Apr. 26 off the west coast of Eire, it was disclosed last night. Nineteen persons are missing. More than 450 survivors from
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    MINE-SWEEPER LOST
    23 9 London, Aug. 8. TTHE Admiralty announces that the mine-sweeping trawler River Clyde (276 tons), has been sunk by an enemy mine.
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    ITALIANS TAKE 3 TOWNS IN BRITISH SOMALILAND
    576 9 Defence To Begin In Hilly Region Beyond Occupied Positions London, Aug. 8. THE three Italian columns advancing into British Somali- land have occupied Zeila, Hargeisa and Odweina, it is officially admitted in a Cairo communique. It is stated in authoritative quarters in London
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    "PLANNING FOR SECURING FINAL VICTORY"—BEVEV
    558 9 "PLANNING FOR SECURING FINAL VICTORY"— BEVEV London, Aug. 8. CPEAKING after Mr. G r eenwooti In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. E. Shii well (Labour) urged an exhaustive survey of the country's economic possibilities. He asked, "Assuming the war lasts two or three years, has the Government estimated its
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      43 9 OTHER CABLES in pages 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13 and 14 UJRTER-PROOFIIIO CEmEIIT PRIM" 'TMIIS modern, sciintific lor .;;ion is in Powder Form anil Kadi only to be mixed with water For EXTERIOR DECORATION and the PROTECTION of CONCRETE I PLASTER WALLS.
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    WAR FUND REACHES $3,284,391 TO-DAY
    753 10 Singapore Chinese Chamber Of Commerce Circular APPEAL TO COMMUNITY FOR EXPRESSION OF LOYALTY THK War Fund has to-day reached a total of $3,284,391, an increase of $4,099 over the total reported yesterday. Several Chinese bodies throughout Malaya are organizing drives on behalf of The War
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    AMUSEMENTS
    120 10 BIMOAFOM K \l I I Is IK) I 1 I Dinner i Danro 8 p.m. to Midg\kc;<k im\rKfc GKtutNG Abdul Wahab in Happy '.).i\^. An :i 15. kl ttUHIII Cabaret: 9 p in. to Mi(ini",;ii. A chump at Oxford. Sky. Boy Trouble. urn vvckiii and Other Frei Attractions. Happy
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    15 10 for the b!ac!:-out in Singapore on Sept. 2. 3, aid 4 are published In th- <
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    54 10 Pvli It I AISMFNTS :ii>d other Imictiuns :!rr.:iieed in aid of The U.trhuml will he listed in this diary. >>ut r b a t mdi'iion of inclusion in thp list that the entire proceeds Oi;ili li» ti> th? lund. To-ir. rtov. BJI Boxing, Happy \\.»rld. I ue-.«lay
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    GRIPPING DRAMA AT THE ALHAMBRA
    199 10 At The Cinema "Vitfl in the MM," (With Brian Ahernc, (arolr Lombard and Anne Shirley i, K.K.O. At the Alhambra. QEPICTING with irrlm realism the conditions which members of the medical and nursing professions have to undergo at times In order to save other human
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    23 10 Mr. Mrs. Lim Chong Pang and children will be leaving on Saturday (or Cameron Highlands on holiday and will be away two weeks.
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    LOCAL BORN FOR R.A.F.
    455 10 Big Opportunity For Technicians /"\NE ot the most important branches of the Royal Air Force is to be opened to British non-Europeans, particularly pupils and graduates of the four trade schools in Malaya. Recruits are required for enlistment In what Is to be known as the
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    Mines Dept Officials Charged At K.L.
    598 10 (From Oiu Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. A E P. Kershaw and A. O. Macdonald, both of the F.M.S. Mines Department, appeared to-day in the First Magistrate's Court before Mr. W. J. Thorogood on summonses. Four charges were preferred against A. G. Macdonald,
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    The Lioii Bats Far Freedom
    33 10 One of London's many new wartime posters, seen outside the Gaiety Theatre in the Strand, as part of the National War Savings Campaign. It is by Tom Webster.
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    AMERICAN EXPORTERS & EXCHANGE CONTROL
    513 10 AMERICAN EXPORTERS EXCHANGE CONTROL THE majority of American exporters fully appreciate the reasons for the British wartime control of purchases in countries outside the sterling bloc, according to Mr. Richard T. Aldworth, vice-president of the Knox Company, American manufacturing chemists, who is at present in Singapore. Mr. Aldwor;h, whose company
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    PINEAPPLES FOR FOOD RESERVES
    120 10 GOVERNMENT considers the reserve of pineapples for food supply satisfactory. This has been intimated to the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, which has been discussing a proposal that Governmnt should take steps to save the pineapple crop which might be wasted because of the
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    LETTERS FOR ENEMY TERRITORIES
    80 10 MEMBERS of the public who wish to communicate with friends and I relatives in enemy-occupied France are informed that their letters can now be accepted by Thos. Cook Son., Ltd.. Singapore, in the same way as letters for other European countries which are in enemy rccupation,
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    BIG RADIO SCHEME
    290 10 Powerful Station For Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 7. IMPORTANT developments in radio broadcasting, affecting the whole of the Fi\r East region, are likely very shortly. Singapore will be the site of a new nnd powerful station. Mr. Eric Davis, who is to be directorgeneral
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    ROAD SINKS THREE FEET OVER WEEK-END
    106 10 A SINGAPORE road which "sunk" three feet during the week-end has necesslst« ated the diverting of traffic. The road runs outside Slme Darby and Co.'s godowns In Robertson Quay, and the "sunken" area extends for a distance of 310 feet. Pedestrians and motorists using
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    MALAYA TO PARTICIPATE
    49 10 TTHE invitation from the Viceroy of India to Malaya to attend a conference at Delhi was received here a few days ago, it is understood. Government is now deciding who should represent Malaya at the conference. A decision will probably be reached shortly. (See Pace 7)
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    34 10 Mr. O. A. R. Aunachalam Chetttar, editor of the Tamil Kodl. Malacca, will give a talk in Tamil on "Bharathiar and India" at th? Indian Youth League, Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. on Aug. 11.
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    BREACH OF TRUST BY EX-ASSISTANT BAILIFF
    462 11 More Than $950 In Rents Put To Own Use REMARKING that he was taking into consideration that the accused had a good character and had been serving the Colony by undergoing training as a Volunteer, Mr. Conrad OkUtam sentenced Chan Khek Beng, former assistant
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    ANOTHER BORNEO GIFT TO RED CROSS
    69 11 A liutiur 1.000 has been remitted i\v the North B( I War Relief Fund to the Lord Mayor's Fund I and St. John Appeal, and also a further a; 100 to St. Dunstans. A telegram in acknowledgment from the Lo: t London has tx
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    BLOOD TRANSFUSION
    36 11 A LEAFLET has been published to Khr details of the emergency blood transfusion service in Singapore. Copies of this leaflet can be obtained witrnut charge on application to the Department of Information, Fullerttn BuildJne.
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    LOST GRIP ON ROPE 50 FEET UP
    204 11 Aeoolie working at the Municipal Quarry at the 11th. mile. Mandai R \id. described how a felbw worker lest his grip on the rjpe he was hold--1 n he had ascended 50 feet up a. cllfl and fell to hu death, at an
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    25 11 'THE estimated export of dry rubbor from Malaya, Brunei and Labuan for July is 49,400 tons, says a statement by the Controller of Rubber, Malaya.
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    American Oilmen's Experiences
    218 11 A GROUP of 13 Americans who left Haifa "of their own accord," after the bombing of the pert by Italian bombers nearly a fortnight ago, arrived in Singapore by a special chartered plane yesterday. The proup consists of oilmen and their wives who were among 300 other
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    CONDITIONAL INCOME TAX
    363 11 Pan-Malayan Plan Stipulated ANALYSIS of the voting on a referendum regarding a war tax on incomes taken among members of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association shows that a very large majority supported the tax subject to its being, firstly, pan-Malayan, and secondly, expressed as I temporary tax
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    SCHOOL MENTIONED IN SOCIETY CHARGE
    66 11 ALLEGED to have assisted in the management of an unlawful society, "The Students Anti-Enemy Backing-Up Society," at the Serangoon Rr.p.d English School on Tuesday. Foo Ah Kiang, a 26-year-old Hainanese, claimed trial when he was charged in the Singapore third court yesterday. Court Inspector D.
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    MALAY CHARGED WITH THEFT OF BICYCLE
    72 11 A 22-YEAR-OLD MALAY. Harsan bin Sulong, was charged In the Singapore fifth court yesterday with theft of a bicycle valued at $63 belonging to P. A. Rahman at Telok Blangp.h Road on July 16. An alter- j native charge of dishonestly retaining stolen property
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    BANISHMENT RECOMMENDED
    273 11 Society Member's Escape IJESCRIBED as one of the leaders in the tyre repairers section of the Singapore (Red) General Labour Union," Ng Ah Choon, a Henghwa tyre and tube repairer, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and recommended for banishment by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, Singapore third
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    SEAMEN UNABLE TO COLLECT WAGES
    103 11 PUR Danish seamen, stated to have been employed in a French vessel, j appeared before Mr. J. G. Rappoport, (Singapore third magistrate, yesterday on a charge of being vagrants without visible means of subsistence. The men, Nielson, 29, C. V. JargenIsen, 17, O. Simmonson. 29.
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    41 11 Under the auspices of the Tamil Epworth League. Mr. A. K. Isaac, lay drlt'eatc from Malaya to the Methodist General Confirmee In America, will deliver a lecture on "Impressions of the Tour" at l Short Strrct, at I 6.30 p.m. to-day.
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    Latest War Fund Gifts
    576 11 S its. Liverpool Rifles 1,000 Automobile Association of Malaya, Singapore 309.08 Gross proceeds of sale of Grandstand tickets $292; and Praser Neave, Ltd.— lo per cent of gross takings on sale of refreshments $17.08. Asiatic Staff, and Labourers (Tamil and Chinese), Beruntong Estate. 209.10 K. D.
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    18 11 Children selling peanuts at Alexandra Barracks in aid of the War Fund effort of the Garrison Sergeants' Mess.
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    MPERSONA TION OF FOOD OFFICER ALLEGED
    721 11 Monthly Returns Of Stores Required By Government A YOUNG English-speaking youth named Yong Loke ri Kheng, employed as a canvasser for Bee and Company, Singapore, claimed trial in the fifth court yesterday to a charge of impersonating a member of the Food Supply Office
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    BRITAIN IS PREPARED FOR EVERY FORM OF ATTACK
    336 12 "Position Revolutionized," Says The First Lord London, Aug. 7. TIIK First l,ord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, speaking at a Ixindon luncheon to-day, said that our defence plans provide a counter to each and every possible method of attack. The
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    Port Of London Is Busy As Ever
    56 12 London, Aug. 7. THIS morning: some of the London newspapers published an effective repl; to the German claims that their bombing had clcsed the port of London. This claim is utter nonsense. Pictures are published which show the docks filled with ships unloading
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    When Peace Comes
    72 12 must be greater and ever greater intensification of our war efforts." Concluding. Mr. Alexander said: •There is much talk about war alms. Here is one of them which brooi^s no denial or delay our working men and women have responded magnificently to any and every call made
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    38 12 To enable relatives to attend in force, the first open air investiture was held at Buckingham Palace recently when the King conferred decorations on the war heroes in the quadrangle. Picture shows the King decorating an R.A.F. officer.
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    MORE HITLER SPEECH LEAFLETS ON BRITAIN
    58 12 London, Aug. 7. r[£ Ministry of Home Security announces that during the night enemy aircraft dropped incendiary bombs on two districts in Scotland. More leaflets giving Hitler's recent Reichstag speech and a smajl number of bombs also fell in the Bristol Channel area. Damage
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    VAST INCREASE IN BRITAIN'S SHIPPING STRENGTH
    303 12 10,000,000 Tons Extra Since The Outbreak Of The Conflict London, Aug. 8. AS a result of the German invasion of Poland, Norway, Denmark and the Low Countries and the collaps? of France, the shipping strength of Great Britain and the Dominions has been increased
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    PACT WITH DE GAULLE
    123 12 Disposition Of French Forrcs London, Aug. 8. *¥*HE memorandum of an agree- ment between the 'British Government and Gen. dc Gaulle, commander of the free French forces in Britain, issued last night, states that the French force assisting Britain will never be required to take up
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    BRITAIN'S PREPARATIONS FOR LONG STRUGGLE
    432 12 Washington. Aug. 7. British purchasing mission has ini'ormed Mr. H. Morgenthau. secretary of the U.S. Treasury, of the British Government's intention to place large orders in the United S tanks, field artillery and many other supplies not previously purchased in America. This was revealed by
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    Evacuation Of Children
    144 12 I Government Statement To Be Made Soon London, Aug. 6. MR. GeoiTrey Shakespeare, underm Secretary for the Dominions, said that the Government had deliberately come to the conclusion that they ought not, in the existing circumstances, to take responsibility for sending children overseas unless they go i:j
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    American Ships For Evacuation
    62 12 American Ships For Evacuation Washington, Aug. 7. THE House of Representatives has passed and sent to the Senate legislation authorizing United States ships to enter belligerent waters to evacuate child refugees. The House accepted amendments Intended to assure that children should not become public charges and to forbid nurses and
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    WOMAN CAPTURES NAZI AIRMAN
    124 12 ix>ndon, Aug. 7. A GERMAN airman who landed by parachute and has been at large for nine days was naptr.red in the Bristol area to-day. Th 2 German airman surrendered to Lady Buckland, v.idow of Lord Buckland, who was out motoring at the time. The airman
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    KING DECORATES OVER 300 ARMY MEN
    29 12 KING DECORATES OVER 300 ARMY MEN London. Tli£ Kins r.Cid another investiture at Buckingham Palace to-day, at which he conferred more than 300 decorations on Army men. -British Wireless
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    BY-ELECTION RESULT
    41 12 1 p-Jon. Aug. 7. MR. Harconrt Johnstone (Liberal), :"tary to the Department of Overseas Trade, was returned unopposed at the by-elect ten at West Middlesboroußh in place of Mr. Klnss!ey Griffith, who has been appointed County Court Judge.— Reuter.
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    AXIS ESPIONAGE AGENTS SWARM INTO AMERICAS
    196 13 Revelation In Crime Conference Su b-Committ cc's Report l/onrion, Aug. 7. pKKMAN and Italian espionage agents masquerading as diplomats and business representatives have swarmed into the United States and Latin America since the war began. This ia revealed in a report drawn up by
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    MOBILIZATION IN HUNGARY
    177 13 Talks To Begin ith It mnaiiia Budapest, Auy. 7. iy| BOSSY, the Rumanian Ambas- sador ;i; Rome, has arrived ;is a special envoy to begin the preliminary talks with the-! Hungarian Government. It la officially announced thac ho had a conversation with Count Toiokl i and Count
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    RooseveltOiiPan-American Unity
    173 13 RooseveltOiiPanAmerican Unity Hyde Park, New York, Aug. 6. AFTER lunching here to-day with four Latin American statesmen who had attended the Pan-American Conference at Havana, President i Roosevelt sr.id that unquestionably i Pan-American unity was more of an accomplished fact than ever before. Reviewing the results of the conference, the
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    U.S. Tribute To British Morale
    98 13 Ne« York, Auff. 7. ADMIKATION for the British people's coolness while awaiting invasion is expressed by the New York Tinr*s. which sujs: "The waiting islanders arc not terrorized. They bear the suspense so jauntily that the British Government has deemed it necessary to warn the
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    Scene Of A Nazi Bomber Crash
    57 13 One house, out of a :ow of colliery dwellings, teas completely demolished when a German bomber recently crashed into them in a northern town of Britain. The occupants of one of the house were killed. Picture shous the damage to the house, part of
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    Acute Food Shortages In Occupied Areas Certain
    453 13 ONLY INCAPACITY AND INABILITY OF MZI MACHINE TO BE BLAMED London, Aug. 8. 11/IIII.K authoritative Louden circles still maintain their previous standpoint that acute local food shortages in Europe this winter may become a distinct possibility, they assert that if such famine should
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    FOOD SHORTAGE IN FRANCE
    68 13 London, Aug. 8. THE Qennan wireless broadcast in Rumanian to-day, declaring that the food situation in France is serious. This was one of the many attempts made by the Germans in the hope that other countries v.-ould send food i to Europe. An agency message from
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    U.S. INDIGNATION AT CUDAHY INTERVIEW
    149 13 Washington, Aug. 7. THE Mate Department has asked the U.S. Ambassador in London, Mr. Joseph Kennedy, to supply a complete text of the interview given to the Press in London yesterday by Mr. John (udahy, the United States' Ambassador to Belgium, defending King Leopold's decision
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    R.A.F. DAMAGE IN GERMANY
    135 13 Nazi Admissions To A Neutral Journalist A NEUTRAL journalist, who has been allowed to see some of the damage caused In Germany by the R.A.F.. said that Duisberg had been attacked 20 times and Dusseldorf 18 times in the last three months. Officials told him that
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    BALLOON BARRAGE EXTENDED
    26 13 *TMiE balloon barrage is being sLcadliy extended In all parts of Britain, it was announced in the House of Commons yesterday.— British Wireless.
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    20 13 Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary for India, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace yesterday. British Wireless.
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    GRAVE STATE IN GERMANY REVEALED BY A TURK
    155 13 London, Aug. 7. A TURKISH business man who has Just returned to Istanbul from Germany reports a shortage of many essentials of life in Germany and the increasing deterioration of German civil morale as a result of constant British air raids. According
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    ALL IS QUIET NOW ON THE EGYPTIAN FRONTIER
    878 14 But Italian Attack From Libya Considered Imminent THERE is no foundation for the report that Egyptian 1 territory has been invaded by Italian forces, Reuter reports from Alexandria. It is, however, believed that an Italian attack from Libya is imminent. American reports
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    No Alarm Among Egyptians
    158 14 Rome, Aug. 7. T*HE vigilance of the Royal Navy is I believed here to have caused Rome to decide to launch at once a combined offensive from Abyssinia and Libya. The Italians realize the difficulty of maintaining their military establishments in these areas and are deter-
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    Espionage Agents In Turkey Arrested
    71 14 Istanbul, Aug. 7. IT is reported that a foreign archaeologist and former professor at the i Historical Institute of Ankara and several other persons have been arrested and charged with espionage. The names of the arrested persons have so far not been disclosed but the
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    Dutch "Economic Life And Nazi War Needs
    128 14 'THE Germans have promised that they would not hamper Dutch ec nomic development as far as compatible with German war economics, but everything is b?lng done to adjust Dutch economic life to the Nazi war needs. Transport .s difficult as the Germans themselves
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    WHEREABOUTS OF THE BELGIAN GOVT.
    57 14 London, Aug. 7. ASKED In the House of Commons today for Information on the present whereabouts and attitude of the Belgian Government, Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secretary, told the House that Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, was awaiting certain information. In the meantime he preferred
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    The Growing Confusion In Balkan Politics
    689 14 London. Aug. 7. GROWING disillus onment in the countries immediately concerned In Hitler's plans for reorganizing the Balkans Is reflected in dispatches from newspaper correspondents in these and other neutral countries. The Times in a leading article, says: "Hitler's ostentatious undertaking to square the
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    Some Progress in Sofia Talks
    67 14 Some Progress in Sofia Talks Sofia, Aug. 7. THE visit of M. Cadera, Rumanian Ambassador in Belgrade, as special envoy to discuss the Dobrudia question with the Bulgarian authorities has resulted in some progress, according to well-informed circles here. M. Cadera has now gone to Bucharest to report. An invitation
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    ACCOMMODATING REPLY TO BRITAIN ?
    59 14 ACCOMMODATING REPLY TO BRITAIN Bucharest, Aug. 7. A NOTE replying to the British protest made at the end of July against the anti-British action of the Govorn- merit has been under consideration and. it is believed, will be accommodating. The question of mobilization of BriItish shipping on the Danube is
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    LEAGUE STAFF IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
    55 14 Berlin, Aui/. 7 PRTY members of the L?au'u Nations staff were involved in motor bus accident near Grenoble when |en route to Lisbon to embark for tha i United States to establish the economic and financial section of tim League at Princeton. Three were severely
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    TRAWLER CASUALTIES
    60 14 London, Aug. 7. IT is officially announced that casualties in the trawler Ifanona iwere one officer killed, one officer an l i ten ratings missing, presumed killed, and .six ratings wounded. The casualties in the trawler Finisterre were one officer wounded, one rating killed, and eight ratings wounded.
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    Sin Kie & Hughes In Malacca
    139 15 Sin Kie Hughes In Malacca •lroin Our Own Correspondent) Malaca. Aup. 7. Klin SIN KM and Pat Hughes, the Wimbledon and Davis (up players, figured in exhibition (tames at the Malacca Club courts in aid of the War Fund this afternnon. Roth wiin tluir singles matches very e;isil> although Chan
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    Draw For Colonial Cups Golf
    220 15 f|>HE draw and starting times lor the 1 qualifying round of the Island Club's Colonial Chips competition on Saturday nre as follows: FIRST TEE ,>:n.. L. Langdon Williams «7) end F. R. Martens <12> vs. B. Woodall '<n and F. Jcnes <8». 245 pm.. Dr.
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    SATURDAY'S RUNNERS GIVEN SLOW WORK
    146 15 <ta Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 7. r T"HE majority of horses running at Penang races on Saturday were given light work this morning. Among the first out were Miss Zipp, j Lucky Prince, Dangerous Lover. Dover and Sweet Collete. Pretty Quiet was also given
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    MORAVIA SCORE 3—2 WIN
    61 15 "TTOE fine opportunism of their inside left. Ah Nam, who scored all their threa goals, gave Moravia victory over the Customs in a second division (b> soccer fixture at the S.H.B. ground yesterday by three goals to two. The victory by Moravia was all the more
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    V.M.C.A. CRICKET
    61 15 THE following have been selected to play cricket for the V.M.C.A. vs. Raffles College on the College g-round at 2 p.m. on Saturday. J. P. Chrysostom. A. P. Raja K. C-oldsmith. V. F. Rand. F. W. March, S. Hose. V. R. Sabapathy, E. Le Merer. Kwick Sam York
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    MANCHESTERS REVERSE FIRST ROUND RESULT
    392 15 Malays Beaten By Odd Goal In Five At Stadium THE Manchester played good football to beat the Malays by three goals to two at the stadium yesterday in the first division of the league, thus avenging a first round defeat when the Malays got the
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    33 15 SOCCER: first division, R.A (A.A.) vs. Police, stadium; reserve division, Royal Navy vs. Loyals, Naval Base; S.K.C. vs. Fortress R.E., sn.C; second division (a), R.A.F. Torpedo vs. Malaya Signals, Seletar.
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    ARMY CRICKET COMPETITION
    189 15 Sappers Meet The Signals 'PHE Fortress R.E. Changi met the I Malaya Signals in the semi-flnal round cf the Army big units knock-out cricket competition at Changi yesterday. The match will be continued today. Yesterday's scores were: R.E. Ist. Innings Farrant c Fulcher b Ingham 3 S.
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    WOMEN'S GOLF MATCH AT BUKIT TIMAH
    143 15 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club will meet the Sepoy Lines Golf Club in la women's match at Bukit Timah toj morrow afternoon. The draws and starting times are ■given below, with the R.S.G.C. players I mentioned first. First Nine 3, Mrs. J. W. Muncey
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT THE YACHT CLUB
    98 15 TO-MORROW, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, there will be the usual races for all classes, starting at 5.25 p.m. On Sunday the "C" class will sail the second race for a Club Burgee, starting at 9.50 a.m. The "A" class will sail the
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON TIES FOR WEEKEND
    109 15 SINGAPORE badminton ties for the week-end are: SATURDAY Tan Chwee Hock and Chan Khek Eng (U.C.A.) vs. Wee Ghim Tee and Loh Ngian Hin < Marigold 8.P.); I. J. Vass and Victor Tee (Police S.A.) vs. Leow Kirn Lee and Pang Eng Guan (Playfair 8.P.);
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    FINAL DAY'S WEIGHTS IN PENANG RACE MEETING
    352 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 7. rVHE following are the Weights for the last day of the Penang races. Scratchings and the order of running will be released on Friday. Horses; "lass 2 Dl?. I—61 6 Furs.: Eelgrass 9.00 Solar Time 8.06
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    90 15 D. C. W. Nunnetey at the wheel of his S.S. Jaguar 2663 c.c. at the star; of the Class 10 event (for sports cars from 1550 to 3000 c.c.) at the A.A.M. Gap Hill Cl:mb on Sunday in Singapore. He (mi lied third
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    BASEBALL IN AID OF WAR FUND ON AUG. 18
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    ANNUAL SPORTS AT WOODSVILLE
    418 15 Results In House Events SOME good sport was seen on the first day of St. Andrew's School annual athletic meeting at Woodsville yesterday. Twenty -three events most of which were house relay Ok-ents. were gone through «i'hout a hitch. One record wis broken, that woo la
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    S.C.C. TEAM AGAINST COMBINED COLLEGES
    64 15 THE S.C.S. cricket team to meet the Combined Colleges to-morrow at 5 p.m. and on Saturday at 2 p.m. on the S.C.C. is: W. K. Jagger <Capt), E. G. Strumton. Capt. B. K. Castor, Capt. Hope, Capt. A. J. C. Rose, A. C. Simmons. H.
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    SOCCER AT S.J.I
    75 15 THE following will represent the Combined Brothers' Schools in their annual soccer fixture against the Christian Brothers' Old Boys' A:s.x:iation at 5.15 pm. to-day on the S.J.I. ground:— D. Baptist 'S.P.S.), Lav Hens? Fook, Captain < 5.J.1. Sui Hin (5A.8.5.1, A. Jeltes '5.J.1.), Hoon Teng ISPS), Heng
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    1583 16 Further Evidence In Loveday Case 10 PER CENT ALLOWANCE MADE IN TENDERS HOW a rinjr of contractors was formed at the suggestion of Capt i/oveday and the part he took in its formation and management was related by Soh Hun Swee, a Chinese salesman of
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    2766 16 $10,000 Bribe Offered To Army Officer By Chinese AN account of how an Army officer offered a bribe of SIO,OOO, arranged that a conversation between himself and the man who offered him the gratification should be listened in by his superior officers, was related by
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      17 1 tn A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT KIC.HT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940. No. 236.
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      Measuring 'Average Woman'
      260 1 Measuring 'Average Woman' Tn provide manufacturers with a key to the proper sizing: of women's clothes, the United States Government has undertsk^n a survey of the dimensions of the ration's women. Washington has surveyed the ocean's depths, the surface of the country, and the distance to the planets, but this
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      Servants Have Only One Pair Of Hands
      723 1  - Servants Have Only One Pair Of Hands "K" By CERVANT troubles furnish an ever current topic for women's conversations in the East. And strange to say, while the servant's shortcomings are expatiated upon fully, it seldom occurs to the mistress that perhaps she also is at fault. Some time ago
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        120 1 Afternoon and Dinner Gowns from U. S. A. Capitol Bldgs: S'porc: rl.onr i%Z%. Two-Piece Nightgowns 7^ l if W TWO-PIECE nightgowns are new. A georgette bolero top, pin-tucked, (left) is given a crepe-de-Chine wrap- flaaf^ around skirt, finished with a georgette Simplicity is the mark of the tailored crepe-de-Chine nightie
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        119 1 CLOSING DOWN SALE Now On 18, Battery Rd. Ist Floor Phone 7143. Singapore. these Mothers and their lovely Babies Yes, the/ are some of the man/, man/ Mothers who willingly paid O little more for something a good deal better. They are the Mothers who bought Cow Gate because they
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      Problems Of Babies
      3087 2  -  Nurse Elizabeth By T^HE subjects of this week's letters are diet and care required during pregnancy, and the diet and routine of a little girl of eighteen months who has been suffering from boils. If.GM. writes: My wife ts five months pregnant and I shall be obliged
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        427 2 JUMBLE SALE Organised by the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LADIES WORK PARTY will be held at THE TOMUNSON HALL ON FRIDAY AUG. 16. at 230 p.m. Admission: 1O cts. Gift* of unwanted Clothing etc. will be gladly received at the Hall. I DON'T BE WAR-SCARED s^CEGBt*. Although costs of j/r^£&y9T\ rliemiraLs und
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      These Things Are New In London's Homes And Shops
      451 3 These Things Are New In London's Homes And Shops COME of the newest gloves arc made of print to match your dress, and have deep gauntlets of black or navy blue corded ribbon according to the colour of your accessories. So, if you are something of an amateur glove maker,
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      W. A. A. F. Stockings May Be Thinner
      70 3 AMONG Air Ministry Standing Orders "promulgated" "for information and guidance and necessary action, by command of the Air Council." dated June 6. 1940. is one containing 147 words divided into five numbered paragraphs. It is entitled AM.Os A. 364— W.A.Af. stockings (A.
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      Shabby Frames
      49 3 /^•ILT pic.ure frames which have become tarnished can b 3 improved, if not tco badly s:iled, by rubbing them with a soft cloth dipped in mil!:. Badly stained frames may need a rubbing over with warm turpentine, heated by standing the Jar of "turps" in boiling water
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      Weddings
      74 3 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Francis, whose marriage took place last week at the Church of St. Peter, Bunga Raya. Malacca. The bride was formerly Miss Angela Agnes Rodrignes, and is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. Rodrlgucs, of Malacca. Mr. Llm Eng Stew, eldest son
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        297 3 An Announcement THE fact that Britain is at war makes it necessary for the Proprietors of Ovaltine to adapt themselves to certain conditions. Sometimes we are compelled to do things which are somewhat inconvenient, nevertheless, in the general interests, we must do our utmost to accept the ('ifflculties that arise,
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        472 3 AND EXCLUSIVE MATERIALS WHICH BRING OUT EXCLAMATIONS LIKE THIS WHEN WORN: "HOW CHARMING MY DEAR YOU LOOK PERFECTLY GORGEOUS IN IT!" COME SEE THEM TO-DAY: AT Z^ TAKE A MILLION P PICTURES A DAY! y If nf^** 4y %Y«r ol |B AH Hollywood's movie cameras never /f"7 It /'qM BcVisW
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        608 4 THEY are back in England now the women who bore, with the 8.E.F., the terrific German bombardment on the shore at Dunkirk, and were bombed and machine-gunned even on board hospital ships, writes a Daily Mail reporter. Judge their bravery by these stories.
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        "Would Not Have Missed It For The World"
        417 4 TWO British women who went to France to work for the Y.W.C.A. and faced 17 consecutive nights of bombing raids told me when I ?aw them in London (writes a Daily Herald reporter), "We would not have missed it for the world."'
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        Telephone Girls Escape After Ordeal In Battle Area
        309 4 Telephone Girls Escape After Ordeal In Battle Area TRANCE has reason to be proud of a little band of heroines who, having survived a series of frightful ordeals of the battle area, are now in London, writes a Daily Telegraph reporter. Formerly engaged in French post offices, these young women,
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        Nurse Swims Out To Destroyer To Save 150 Wounded Men
        548 4 MADAME Casimir-Perier, the "angel of Dunkirk," has arrived in London, writes a Daily Express reporter. She had been resting on the coast after saving 300 wounded soldiers from Dunkirk, and then swimming to a British destroyer to obtain help for
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        Rescues 300 More
        223 4 Rescues 300 More lengthened. T.ien an English trawler, the King George, came in. I helped get the poor fellows aboard, .irid waved to them as they steamed away. "After that I went back to have another look at the road to the o.her hospital, where 150 of the most seriously
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        The Modern Turkish Girl
        143 4 Istanbul. I EADING Turkish families, throwing aside the strict customs of fifty years ago, are n'-w eager for their daughters to receive their education in modern colleges under Western influence. The veil has disappeared and the modern Turkish girl wears shorts or pull-overs and skirts Instead.
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        Borax Here
        63 4 NEXT time you are washing hnndkerchlefs, put a de;sert-spcon off b: rax in the watpr to whiten the cambric and add Just the right amount of stiffening tj mak the handkerchiefs crisp and fresh. With coloured handkerchief i you will dy well to add so it to the
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        261 4 Mother, does baby wake and cry at night? Chafing and Irritation are usually to blame After his evening bath, ,^h c baby You can tiuk him up as snug as a dainty afl-ovei dusting with can lie and rest assured that he «."uticura Talcum, then you wfll will sleep, absolutely
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      Girls Of The A.T.S. Relax
      52 5 All work and no play makes Jill a dull girl," so many sports and pastimes ar? carried out by members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Service during their spare time. The two pictures above show A.T.S. girls helping with the hay-making and playing a game
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      Two Weddings
      74 5 The weddin.-r 'ook place on June 2«i at the Chelsea Registry Office of Wing Comma Isr E. B?ntley K.-:uim:ui and Assistant Secti n O.Ticcr K B. M. J 'iii-s of the Women's Auxil'ary Air Force. The wedding took place at St. Mary's Churrh, P i ley, Hampshire, t
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      Their Swimming Pool Is Always A Popular Place
      41 5 At tne of the Women** Army Auxiliary Service centres In England the girls are lucky in having an indoor miming pool and th« two pictures above show them making good use of it.
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      Bill's Cake— And The Girls On The Land
      1026 6  - Bill's Cake— And The Girls On The Land Victoria Chappelle By MY village at home is laughing, rather tenderly and with a hint of tears behind the laughter, at the story of young Bill's missus' cake. Young Bill and his missus were married just three months before he went out
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      22 6 Three charming and-girls dressed in workmanlike clothes, take time off' to pose for the camera before continuing; with their important wartime work.
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      48 6 DECORATIVE little Jars of glass, with airproo? tops each Jar being hand painted in a different yet gay design are useful for holding mdiii vidual porti.ns of sugar fcr the i family. Thsy ~.dd quite an a 4 tractive *r 1 perr.MT": to the tnble.
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      Super-Soup For Supper Sometime Soon
      374 6 Super-Soup For Supper Sometime Soon Washington. THE women of the Agri- culture Department Bureau of Home Economics, who are paid to think up appetising new dishes, suggest super-soup for supper sometime soon." If you say it real fast it sound.* like a ivnvention of soup-eaters, but the Government cooks who
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        229 6 Glaring Sunlight is hard on your lookjl In strong sunlight, deep shadows sharpen your face, little faults show up more. Smart girls guard their charm with .Pond's "■Glare-proof" Powder shades. Especially blended to reflect only the softer rays of the sun, they give your skin a lovely soft look in
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        252 6 FDR RACES ®QUnIITV GUfIROIITEED PRICES mOOERRTE REPAIR UItDERTfiKED High Blood Pressure Kills Men Women Twiro nil many women r.i r-en suffer from High Rlood Pressure, which 1 1 n mysterious disease thai Harts about the tlma Of Change of I.lfe and is th real \uise iruch heart trouble and 'it«T
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      "Grown-Up" Clothes I For Girls In Their Teens
      725 7  - "Grown-Up" Clothes I For Girls In Their Teens Ruth Penney By TH E battle of the century is never fought in a prize ring. It's bitterly battled out in most that possesses an average mother and a teen age daughter. Cause of the battle is clothes. Mother wants to keep
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      White Voile For The Evening
      45 7 Eetty Field, Paramount star, wea s this girlish uthile voile dancing frock with black ribbon Inter-woven into the waist, neck, putte i si ;?vcs and frilled rcallops on the very flared skirt. Blac': bows and shoulder flowers finish It o/T.
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      SHE WAS A HUMAN POISOiN FACTORY
      196 7 Knees Swollen With Rheumatism If jour knees swelled up with rheumatism "Just like puddings," you would do anything to get well. This woman had all her teeth out— but still she suffered. She writes I had rheumatism in both knees. They were very swollen
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        125 7 \y^y J "No, Gir! he tticl: ,'t nivc the pa. c sv.\,.-d •j>^ 'cause he had a bad throat. I might have y but I (inve him .on Al'.epbi.rys tfflc instead." Allenburys Pastilles (.l.weriiie ;m>(l lUatk Currant) i luice o. rirje black currants and pure glycerine TRY THEM They are
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        306 7 fr |LM trrause U is the ;ynh ted tsxnlial vitamins. be ■<«> P° vAfT W US Vi cream. &t Innoxa foUier brad for r fc' fc jrcret, or Fr the youn-rer woiiian, Inroxa Vltormooe Cnatn price ss.oo i hlfhry conccntratod thuii 'Uouble Sinnuth Viormone." •ributors for M:M:iyr IMB i i
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      Flower Holders
      102 8 IT is s an ..-tiinjs difficult to arrange 1 a i>w timers tj the best advanui a bowl or wide-necked vase jul the task is simplified by using a 1 iv.- -r holder made from soft metal n the shape of leaves the colour of la^ural leaves and
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      132 8 W:. unnot afford to have tired Great relief is afforded if t your feet at the end of the day in h t sea water. When seaer is not available you can buy all ;t Uu chemist's and make nWll. MEWEST trinket has teeth In It— a necklace
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      Jungle Jewellery Is Now The Latest Thing
      533 8 Jungle Jewellery Is Now The Latest Thing lEWELLERY, says the J dictionary in its limited way, is a collection of precious stones. The man who wrote the book should really go shopping at the modem jewellery counter. He'd find a heap of rhinestones, a few hunks of rubber, bits of
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      For Brighter Bedrooms
      363 8 TX these days few can afford to discard old furniture Bl readily as they would once have done. But as we retain our pride in our home, here are some suggestions for giving to bedrooms a new and brighter complexion in present circumstances. Iro:i bedsteads are being
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        171 8 NOW ON DISPLAY A larßc shipment of NEW CHINESE EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS, LAMPSHADES in various attractive design*. Your Early Inspection Invited C. K. TANG 241. River Valley Road, Phone No. 2181 SINGAPORE SUPERFLUOUS HAIR REMOVE IT WITH "BALDWIN" HAIR REMOVING GLOVE S:ifely removes unwanted hair without razors, pastes or dangerous chemicals.
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