The Straits Times, 18 February 1941

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABIuJHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES pA<.KS. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1941. PRIC E 5 CENTS The Straits Times Ik IM SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      208 1 ML B N CHONG for SMART TAILORING 4r*fl»Mr fmH l*««tb« »*Mv l> hi v <> SHAKK>K I N Ik »»ri r»t— r« 5« < St %-W"* nw Ul« 1 If \ih^ m 'rts-*o^~^ ri CH WHBKY M 'f*. if' m m m m T r k.. r»a m M A.-*
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      7 1 r SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. (PHONE 5471)
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      174 1 X A dainty net-work A very neat, tailorI X/Ar^ X of Gold esh With ss loe so tes y^^ I T^j, 4 stra P Dla vamp and pleated j/^^Km silver or Gold. OT brown. B*y S*^ >£ Scmethlng really Light as a feather >£^^ S AC i new In soft
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      43 2 I, IMI at Uuar Goverr- br] .vert H«ti' Pn «Uu«fatrr of the late Mr. M*hon wid Mr*. M T. kUhon of I County G»lwmy. Irrlani lntrrrnmt In Malacca at 5 P m on Prto. 18. 1»41. R I P TAN mr n
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      254 2 SMALL APST Minimum charge $1. f«r sm« tmiOsn 4 Maw*. More taxaa r**t Mm> 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. f»OM»>TK OCC'URJtEMCBS Kirn lIS M«RRI«OR8. MATHS. NOWUCSOMBOm. ANNOCNCm»I < IBM .rr target fl Mrk cm* l»intl»s> prt lark Orcr I tSM-k ttrtimlM Smalt Ad*, are
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      534 2 PIANOS PIANO WANTED. State make ard lowest cash price Box No 716. Strait* Times. HOUSES FLATS^O LET 1 I I > M RMSHF.D COMPOI M» hoi vk mod. tan. garage. Rant $100. Entry March 1. Apply 21. cmcaden Road. AVAILABUC IMMEDIATELY centre town large bed-rUtinirroom. bathroom Ion* bath H.C. water
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      807 2 BOARD ft RESIDENCE SEA-FRONT— Loral leave and Board-Re7 Double and Single rooms with bathrooms and modern sanitation Katong Grange, 77 Meyer Road, near Swimming Club. TeL 8475J ON fHB SEA. Tn« Orore. 1 103 and 109 Meyer Road. Katonc. jeat 3wunmin« Clue iarte alo rooms tennis, wrdeui- garagea, utractlvt potltloo
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      704 2 _MOTOR VEHICLES M.G. MAGNETTE, Type NA. Can be mi Buller camp, after 4.30 p.m. 1»M TAI.BOT (Sunbeam) 10' sports tourei In beautiful condition, new tyres, .axed MM Insured $1,750. Phone 6603. w\\ni> to riRdMvr i 3 km ntn Please submit full particulars and price u. Bog Wo. 810. Straits Times.
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      391 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC, CONE WITH THE WIND by Marram Milrhrll Price %t rostace extra ENSIGN BOOK STORE, I «7 High si Phong 3IIJ, FOR SALE Reconditioned Heavy Duty DIESEL MARINE ENGINE M. A. f!. 1.200 Brake Horsepowrr at 225 K.P.M. 6 cylinders 20V' bore, 20'.." stroke Four cycle, air injection
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    Radio News In English
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      590 3 For A Holiday Embodying the Maximum of Enjoyment and comfort visit ALBANY WESTERN AUSTRALIA Average Temperature: 74 Deg*. Albanv> reputation as a neaith ana pleasure resort is an enduring one^ rndo^icd by thousand, of Visitors annually. The port also serves a rich and oro^ufuve HimJ^nd producing export Lan.bs. Primary Producto
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      885 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /UPl 9 Mine* (M.M «M Zlin 7.13 me <4I.M m.> (ZHL NHI 6 p.m. Modern Mandarin Music t: 5. 40 P» News in Cantonese: ».55p.m. ok R k e n n M^ sic* 6 05 p.m. News to Hokkien; 6.20 p.m. p m. Helo Hawaiian Orchestra*. 6
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    GREEK PUSH CONTINUES
    167 4 Enemy Harassed By The R.A.F. London, Feb. 18. THE Greek advance is continuing 1 along the whole of the Northern part of the Albanian front except in the Pogradec sector, where a lull was developed, cables Reuters special correspondent on the Albanian frontier. Heavy arti'. cry fire
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    New Powder Puts Out Incendiary Bombs
    121 4 London, Feb. 18. HEADS of Liverpool's civil defence services and business firms saw an r.jendiary bomb extinguished bv a coloured powder at a demonstral.nnat theLiverpodflre brigade headquarters. All other known methods have the effect of merely controlling the bomb. The powder is of the
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    63 4 London. Feb. 17. THE Impeml Tobacco balance sheet for the year ended Oct. 31 shows that stocks declined from £39.936.000 tt £31,782.000, including estimated mounts recoverable for leaf damaged or dpstroyed and advances to leaf buy- ing branches abroad, but even this reduced total Is still considerable A> frcm July
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    New Fire Raid On London Fails
    291 4 Two German Bombers Shot Down London, Feb. 18. /^ERMAN bomber:, were over Great Britain last night, dropping firebombs, some on London and others in open country. One of the bombers was broughi down in the Home counties, and 1U I crew, with the exception
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    Unrest In The Netherlands
    92 4 Many Serious Clashes In Amsterdam M London, Feb. 1&. ORE evidence that the German rule is not proceeding smoothly in Holland comes from Amsterdam. It is reported that there have been many disturbances, much more serious than the newspapers are allowed to sta.e. Nazi sympathisers are
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    Little German Loses Way
    135 4 A WOMAN ambulance driver. Mrs. Sydney Wrinch, told in a wireless broadcast how she guarded a little Nazi pilot-officer who got lost over England. The German had baled out of his blazing plane near a village in the Eastern Counties He knocked on a door shouting.
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    R.A.F. COMMISSION FOR BURMESE
    131 4 London, Feb. 18. A RANGOON university student who abandoned the study of law in favour of aeronautical engineering is the first Burmese to be granted an RAJ. commission. Literally translated his name is 'Sacrificial Hawk," and he obtained a scholarship which brought him to Ei' gland
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    SPANISH SEAPORT GUTTED IN TWO-DAY FIRE
    153 4 Vichy, Feb. 18. CANTANDER, seaport on the north coast of Spain, has been completely destroyed in a fire which raffed there throughout yesterday, according: to a Madrid dispatch received here late last night. The number of casualties is, however small, only two people b?ing
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  • AROUND THE MARKETS
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      Shares Generally Easier: Rubber Quiet
      380 4 Shares Generally Easier Rubber Quiet (By Oar Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 18. THE share market yesterday was quieter and the general trend was slightly easier in all sections. There is still some nervousness lest the war I spread to this theatre although this is not so pronounced as it was
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      DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
      207 4 I THE toiiowing donations to Vtie Was Puna are recorded to-day Transferred from Penai g, being Tilth instalment I of contributions made through Pinanp Gazette and Straits Echo 374.3*1 People of Labuan 161.2? Collections Resident's Office. Customs and Post Office $12.55; Schools. SUIT. etc. $5.40;
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      111 4 Eire quoted per koy?n 40 pit ills. Other rominoditics quoted per pioul r»c«-pt whtre otherwise stated. ouiKapori', p duver» O. Gambler Hamburg Cube Java Cube t 7.50 «12.50 S120C Cot o Mixed $2 25 Sun Dried $2 50 White Muntok White Black N'aiN Floor No I K.UU
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      92 4 Tuesday, Feh 18, noon. •takers Seller Prices Hrtc« N«. IX Ml (Spot loow) 36i,; 3S i^ No IX R.S.S. fob. in rases Feb. -Mar. (Seller* option) 36'j 36*i Ci.F.A.Q. R.S.S fob in oales Feb.M*r. (Seller* option) 36 F.A.Q. R.S.S fob in hairs Feb.-Mar. (Srllt-rs option)
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      EXCHANGES
      179 4 The following are me -reliance <tt«* thl« mcmlng according -o u.i dai*» clrciai u.*uev by the Hoiicxong and i. .anghai Banking Corporation SLUING uouatD r.T a/4 l/ie Lot don demand 2/4 1 ;<y Switzerland <T.T. only) 202.46 New York demand 47.10 Montrealdeniar.il 51.85 Batavia demand 88.71 Samarang demand Calcutta.
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      53 4 London, bcb. 17 TP1N opened strong. The turnover wu 200 tons. Good week-end United States purchases, chiefly of afloat at satisfactory prices together with the continued support of United Kingdom consumers and speculators lifted j>i further. The scarcity of near metal limited trading. After official hours. a further 85 Uuu
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      785 4 LEGAL NOTICES NOTK WOncx is bsraby men that in accordtbc T*— "■Jfiyiithapsil Temptr at Tank Road and (uttitrtnayaga Temple at KTtrrt Balk Itoad, ninrapore. whtcb betasj to the Nat- Mana«er that year H the Afent i t firaaof X.v Alh M n M ha* been appointed to that capacity. The
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    London Stock Exchange
    296 5 Home Rails Advance: Gilt-Edged Steady U>Kk» PHi It. ▼HK Mock aMkMafr to-day «a* dull, apart fra«> wdh jHnrt anttripaUan of ■■Mi ipnSS b.ivin K JX ra"?is«l MM OWKH »rt» aU»djr oik «t«r kraiuiar. ■wltalnm pr>m KaflBrs ware fw, H~»rr1nT of t-tu*m In thr liter Tbr inHoaTwa arc
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    NOVEMBER TIN OUTPUT INCREASE
    330 5 1940*1 Hijrh Percentajff i 'vi Omn Correspondent I London, Jan \t WOR'-. .action for November nated at 21.800 tons, compared with revised figure of 21,000 tons lor October, made the 1940 total to daU- no fewer than 209.830 tons, against only 156,200 tons in the correi-
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    128 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES t PffWl OOf OiO OQCTMpOOOCfH > Um*m. Ml. 1*. pOMMOOITY and pcHa— Mrtcu cumcq v totiowi wits 01 iw— aWMnm IP nnfrnun***- RinnrK: st^dy. Spot 12 11 l«id 12 13 16d (13 13 1M U1»'1M> Mar 15 11 IM 12 13 ltd (12\d 1M) Apr I2«3 1«d U%d
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    NIGERIA'S NEW I.T.C DELEGATE
    195 5 Mr. D. J. Mooney, A Tin Pioneer (From Our Own Correspondent; London, Jan. 9. ll/HEN Capt Oliver Lyttelton. Pre- sident of the Board of Trade, resigned his tin -mining directorships m order to take office In the Oovemn ent it became clear that a new Nigerian
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    DUFF DEVELOPMENT OFFICES "BLITZED"
    117 5 •From Our Own Correspondent' London, Jan. 3. AS your Correspondent cabled you to-day, the London offices of the Dun* Development Co., Ltd. were destroyed during the great German incendiary bombtnc; attack against London on Sunday 'Dec. 29) night. In the offices were warrants in course of
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    JANUARY RUBBER CROPS
    49 5 ■T*HE following crops of rubber were harvcst"d In January ito. Ayer Kuning Rubber 106,000 Badek Rubber Estate 22.700 Bradwall Rubber 55.000 Chersonese Estates 77,000 Dennistown Rubber 51.700 Highlands and Lowlands 197.000 Klabang Rubber 131.700 Krian Rubber Pl?ntations C5.300 Sungei Krlan Rubber 170.000 Sungel Way Rubber 84,000
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    110 5 Prom Our Own Correspondent; London, Feb. 17. The following are to-day 1 "bid" quotations for Fixed Truste:— s. d. British Empire A' not available British Empire "B" not available empire Cumulative not available Kmpire C'prehens-ive not aval. able British Genera] "A" 14 0 1 General "B"' 11 6xd
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    List Of Current Dividends
    217 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Booka OnmPU) Otrtdetu* C\om O*U TV* Payabte Austral Malay 94. 9d. bonus Mar. 4 Mar. 14 Austral Amal. 3d. lVfcd Oonus Hon« Patt 14% flnal Mar. 10 Hong Patt 10% int. Mar. 10 Kuala Kampar US No. 20 Peb 11
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1345 5 MONDAY. FEB. 17. 1MI: 4 ML ■IIVUIO mmtmn tillsrs Ampat Tin (St) 3» Jd 3s 7%d Austral Amal. (5s) 6s Si M c.d. Austrmi Malay (I) J5s 36s &«L Ayer Httam '5a> 20s 31s Ayer Weng ($1> .70 .75 Rangrin Tin if 13s 6d 14s
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    THOSE PATRIOTIC PLANTERS
    176 5 Special Anxieties, Winning Dollars, Army Work (Prom Our Own Correspondent; London, Jan. 8. MALAYAN rubber planters may be interested in the tribute to them provided by a resolution passed at the annual meeting of the Batak Rablt Rubber Estate, Ltd. in London to-day. Proposing the usual vote
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    SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES
    226 5 To-day H W. 2.38 a.m. 9.1 ft; 3.14 p.m. 8.4 ft L.W. 8.48 a.m. 2 ft; 9 pjn. 3.4 ft. To-morrow H.W. 3.22 ajn. 8.7 ft; 4.30 pjn. 1.5 ft. L.W. 9.51 ajn. 2.3 ft; 9.56 p.m. 4.2 ft. Thursday, Feb. 20 H.W. 4.22 ajn. 8.3 ft;
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      754 5 LEGAL NOTICES 1 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby riven that the employment of Mr. Tan Soel Lin with Chop Guan Seng Kee of No 56. Telok Ayer Street. Singapore, has been terminated as from the 10th February. 1941. and he Is no longer authorised to act for or transact any business
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      722 5 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled by THK mmCUnUM BANK <U INDIA LIMITED rhe Company wnich is incorporated '.a the SJS and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties*. EXECUTOR A OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE OF
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      281 6 f H^H POSITIVELY LAST DAY! I sJJM I (Owinp to definite hooking of "SUSAN »X K^jH I (;OD M To morrow, 'EJLORLN „<,n must flt^l CAPITOL j3j 3 1 I PICTURE TO REMEMBER! Produced by the OiflPerent! f^JL "jfi^ man wll "lade Heori- r< *iL "CAVALCADE*— Warming! I Zlp^r Thrilling!
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    SPAIN & PORTUGAL HARD HIT BY TERRIFIC STORM
    505 7 SPAIN PORTUGAL HARD HIT BY TERRIFIC STORM 16 Vessels Lost In Tagus River: Death-Roll Steadily Mounting Ixmdon, Feb. 17. THE Iberian Peninsula has been swept during the week- end by the worst storm in 18 years. Wind in many parts reached cyclonic strength, a speed of 80 miles an hour
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    Hopkins' Conference With Roosevelt
    122 7 Washington, Feb. 17. MR. Harry Hopkins, recently President Roosevelt's special envoy to Britain, was present at a White House conference to-day on the ot the lease and lend bill. Also present were the Secretary of L. s.imson, the Secretary the Treasury, Mr. Henry Moreen thau, the
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    Parachutists Gain Nazi Praise
    85 7 London, Feb. 17. THE greatest infringement of patent rights in history," is how the Naii organ Voelklsrher BeobachUr describes the landing of British parachute troop*, says the official German news agency. Wh>s« patent, however, whether that of Soviet Russia or Germany, is not mentioned. •It cannot
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    GERMANS DISMISS DUTCH EDITOR
    127 7 Ex-Premier Who Would Not Bow To Nazis London, Feb. 17. DR. Hendrik Colijn, 71-year-old former Dutch Prime Minister, has been dismissed by the Germans from his post as editor of the conservative newspaper De Standaard, of Amsterdam, it is learned in London. Dr. Colijn, smy (he
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    ORGANIZING U.S. HELP
    272 7 Special Defence Body Planned New York, Feb. 17. iT*HE passage of the "Lease and Lend" BUI is expected to be followed by the creation by President Roosevelt of an "over-all defence administration" to plan, co-ordinate and supervise the obtaining of supplies in the United States for Britain
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    Old Hitler Aide Dies In Berlin
    87 7 London, Feb. LI. HERMAN Kriebel, who marched at Hitler's side in the Munich beer cellar putsch in November, 1923, and subsequently shared his fortress prison at Lansdberg for five years, died today aged 65, according to the official German news agency. One of Hitler's
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    ALFONSO REPORTED SHOWING PROGRESS London, Feb. 17
    58 7 ALFONSO REPORTED SHOWING PROGRESS London, Feb. 17 A BULLETIN on ex -King Alfonso's illness. Issued at 7 15 a.m.. G M.T., to-day at Rome, says that he passed a I fairly good night and there are InI dications of a lessening of the gravity of certain symptoms." Ex King Alionso
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      336 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight uarkt Tiic ASTfiR DUO i?.°!»£ ATTRACTION HE, AO I UH UUU OANCEIS Winner $3.00. Non-Diners $1.00 SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT slM.xroßF.'S MOST POPLLAR SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS MILITARY BAND CONCERT -8 30 to 10 30 p.m. By the Band of
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      247 7 "Any picture that goes so deeply into the heart* of all human being* i* a notable achievement"— CEClL B. DeMILLE. TAT H A V OPENING TO-DAY VJr E 7.ryb^y Goe, 3.1 5 6.15 9.15 A dog ttory for all dog-lover* I Z^mMlt -3 m 3 *^VS_ ryßml wscwr i EHHff
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. FEB. 18, 1941. (534th Day Of The War.) Dictators' Dilemma
    1102 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. FEB. 18, 1941. (534th Day Of The War.) Dictators' Dilemma It is a legitimate hope that recent events in the Near East, where Mussolini's dreams of an African I empire have been shattered in tht Western Desert and his colony of Albania is being taken
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    "BLOOMERS"
    80 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— I cease. I am still. Let Dr. Johnson himself speak This was a good dinner enough, to be sure; but It was not a dinner to ask a man to." And now for the greatest bloomer of them all Ham still
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      THE CASE FOR UNION
      1283 8 One Method of Eliminating War To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Somebody described this war as the war that nobody wanted. He doubtless spoke in terms of Individual opinions cf all nations, and not from various governments' viewpoints E'sewhere. It has been stated that
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      HONG FATT
      249 8 1940 Production Exceeds Assessment To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— Investor evidently did not read my letter of Feb. 6 with suftVirnt care. I wrote: "The statement that Hong Fatt is the most speculative share in the market because of those varyinq outputs, Ls sheer nonsense."
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      EDUCATION
      135 8 Commercial School For Singapore To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I notice that a busy commercial city like Singapore has not a central Government Commercial Day School. In Penang there is a successful Government Commercial Day School which serves an important purpose tan qualifying boys and girls
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      BOLIVIAN TIN
      349 8 Protest By The ConsulGeneral To the Fditor of the Strait* Times Sir.— l trust you will allow me in my official capacity to take strong exception to the misleading and maligning headline to the article of your London Correspondent dated Dec. 24, 1940 In connection with the recent
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      COLONY'S FOUNDER
      356 8 I Singapore Offered As A Present To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln a rccont issue of the Strata Budget there was a mention of the dispute as to whether Raffles or Col. Farouhar should be regarded Founder of Singapore Alexander Hamilton in his book "A
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      NAZI AIMS
      215 8 The Theory Of Natural Supremacy To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— For the sake of the future at mankina, Naziism has to b3 defeated. If it emerges triumphant from the present struggle, the world will be driven back into the darkness of medieval barbarism. Naziism stands
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      88 8 THE DICTIONABY COMPANION by O. O. Sylvester Mawson LJtt.D.. Ph.D Thto book b to provide a companion to the dictionary by throwing light on obscure piac by making the •pelllng of EngUxh word- raslw to understand Containing 500 Page*. Frit* Mriy M.M. PMtage Me. O. H. KIAT CO.. LTD IrttMW
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    JAPAN'S PREPARATIONS IN PACIFIC NOT READY
    431 9 Chungking View Of Far East Tension h >rces m \ssi;n vi southern lUSKS INSUFFICIENT Must Replenish Her Rice Stores Before Thrust WHILE attaching much significance to the British mining of Malay.* Wltm and the evacuation of Britons in Thailand. weH-informed quarters in Chungking (reports
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    AXIS NAVAL CHIEFS MEET
    306 9 2-1 »a> Talks Held In Italy London, Feb 18 I mounted in Berlin that Grand Admiral Raeder. Commander-in- the German navy, and Admiral ii Secretary of State lor the Italian navy, conferred at Mer*" 0 <n ,m Thursday and Friday last official German news agency I
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    GREEK COMMUNIQUE
    49 9 London. Feb. 18 HKAVY lociJ fighting. In which new enemy por.iticns in Albania were ptured tnd about 100 prisoners Uitci. rted in the lau-st Uretk eom;»ie remmunique adds thut the Gre°ic rec »>as .successfully bombed and h arlrne-Runned tarneUi un the battlej^ Id eek alrrraft rrturnel to
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    Hitler's Suicide Is Predicted
    122 9 London, Feb. IS. U IIIN Hitler has nothing more to offer the Germans, when he realizes he has been cheating the people, he will scuttle himself as he scuttled the Graf Spee." This is the opinion of Sir Neville Henderson. British Ambassador in Berlin at the
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    U.S. To Produce 80-Ton Bomber
    134 9 New \ork. Feb. 17. WHAT probably is the world's largest bomber and troop-carrier will shortly be In production in the United Ptates. This Is the B 19 Douglas bomber which weighs 80 tons when fully loaded with its 18 tons of bombs and ten tons
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    ITALIAN SETTLERS SEEK TO FLEE ABYSSINIA
    104 9 Aden, Feb. 18. SEVERAL thousand Italian settlers in Abyssinia, including women and children have appealed to French Somaliland for permission to enter the country, according to information reaching here from Djibouti. A number of Italian officers are stated to be with the women. The
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    TURKEY & BULGARIA SIGN NON-AGGRESSION PACT
    581 9 TURKEY BULGARIA SIGN NON-AGGRESSION PACT Ankara's Alliance With Great Britain Not Affected FHE British Government would welcome any development of close and friendly relations between Bulgaria and her leiRhbours, declared Mr. George Rendel, British Minister in Sofia, in a statement yesterday. This statement was followed by the announcement of the
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    British Attitude To Bulgaria Outlined
    124 9 Sofia, Feb. 18. THE British Minister to Bulgaria, Mr. George Rendel, yesterday outlined British policy towards Bulgaria. "British policy is ahned at the maintenance of the neutrality and independence of Bulgaria and at preventing war from spreading to Bulgarian soil," declared Mr. RenThe British Government
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    TALK OF WAR IN U.S. '
    311 9 TALK OF WAR IN U.S. Hitler's Defeat Is Demanded Washington, Feb. 17. IF Germany won the war, the United States would face not only a hostile Germany but a hostile world, declared Senator Alben W. Barkley, Democrat leader, opening the Senate debate on the "Lease and Lend" Bill to-day. The
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    DIPLOMAT ARRESTED
    51 9 London, Feb. 18. MORECIANU, Kirmeriy Minister in Berlin, has been arrested lor complicity in the January disturbance in Rumania, according to an official announcement iii Bucharest, says a dispatch to the Italian sews agency. M. Grecianu was appointed last December to succeed M. Sturdaa a* Rumanian Foreign Minister—
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    Italian Dodecanese Bases Now Near Collapse
    309 9 WIDESPREAD FAMINE: ENEMY PLANES GROUNDED: TROOPS URGE REVOLT Athens, Feb. 18. ITALIAN air activity is practically at a standstill, famine and Italian incitement of (i reeks to revolt against the Italians are reported from the Dodecanese islands by a party of 25 Greek refugees
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    BIG FLOOD IN HUNGARY
    222 9 30,000 Homeless Along Danube Budapest, Feb. IS. ni'KES on the left bank of the Danube have burst at live points in the last 48 hours, flooding 200 square miles of countryside 30 miles below near Budapest, necessitating the evacuation of 30,000 people. The situation last night
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    WAR FUND APPROACHES $5 MILLION MARK
    452 10 Less Than $20,000 Needed For Next Objective MORE DONATIONS FROM THE PEOPLE OF LABUAN S than $20,000 is now required to carry The War Fund over the $5,000,000 mark. The total to-day is M JW,7."» I 1 monn the latest donations received is one
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    72 10 O ««rte» have beeu refrn.Jv r7T"? by >v irnm n t It Is not V:; prpr;-,«. purpose uir rehlc:<M mwp 6jm r^ul. .oncd but it is suied th«t ■eilje* for cnifrifency purpises. i( JT* nd r^ hlre P»rchav agreement O.W #tif c r n P"»-'»«'W PaW
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    AMUSEMENTS
    108 10 \tiHU. »»ll IIOJIl •i Heart A: The Blur Lore 'Chtnwe TaikW»> at 7 45 p m OKI *1 v. <■ CmUiiret 9 p m u, Mklni K ht. O^r tiir Moon Sky In My Henrt. HAtm [III VTK» (Hipp, Harld, "-"•a SeuM«: Kid MH uokii aoa Clnetiaa. <~ab«ret Dancing
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    MALAY CHARGED IN MUAR COURT
    167 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. Feb. 17. A MALAY. Ibrahim bin Salim, who is alleged to have committed two nces, one at Rawang and the other Panjong Gadlng. is to stand trial at the next Muar Assizes on a charge of s voluntarily causing grievous
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    CURTISS FIGHTERS IN THE INDIES
    100 10 From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia. Feb. 11. THE Netherlands Indies Army air arm is trying out the new Curtis? nghter aircraft. The planes will shortly d at N.I. bases The first Sikorsky 18-passenger J amphibian plane, ordered by the KNILM. arrived recently. The Importance of
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    U.S. CITIZENS CIRCULARIZED
    48 10 U.S. CITIZENS CIRCULARIZED ■pH* Air. _n COLisulatc -General bu Jus: circularized American nationals resident to tins couivry cilling attention to the Dner.ce R< ?ulations regarding restrictions ot. r lr u ry^ of E^oP^an we men and childrei. h,^. the r,^° :ony the tem 'European- includln? VnJtc-d Sutes clUzena
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    EXAM. SUCCESSES
    65 10 in Vh oU wm e candidates were successful r^rtSE 1 a 1 u o' the Association i led and Corporate Accountants held in Slr^tpcre in June last. tM Part I: 1Jm L* 011 S«n«. of the Co-oper-itlve Socl?tJes Department. Ipoh, and Sam Afi Chow, of Le? Hong cheang
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    Commission's Report On Strike Riot Inquiry
    283 10 T IC Ljnflon, Feb. 18. HE report io published to-day of the I commission appointed to inquire 1 Mt M dl fi urb *nces in the copper £t °Th Nc i" tt M Crn Rn °d"sia in April, J*" i 1 0 IDIl °w-ng
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    "A MATTER OF BUSINESS"
    462 10 Mr. Tsurumi And Iron Ore Trade "JAPAN is exporting iron on. from Malaya as a matter of simple business in a peaceful way," declared Mr. Ken Tsurumi, the Japanese Consul-General for Sinjra pore yesterday when asked regarding: the situation by r correspondent of the Straits Times.
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    JOHORE A.R.P. WORK
    99 10 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb 17 fHZ observation that the people of I "i? 0 8 and certain sections »u LOWn dw?llers realized little or M? g D cf o h »i-» A K Rp means ay Mr. D. O Pritr-hard. director of air .-eport
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    2-PICUL SAFE STOLEN
    105 10 Taken From Shop At Night A N safe weighing about two piculs, and containing $1,200 was stolen from a coffee shop in Keppel Road between 11 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. on Saturday. d£t5 tfiSbS. how many Penooa P TU It is suspected that a vehicle
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    FOUR MONTHS' R.I.
    77 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 17. A RRESTED in his room at the 7th V* mile. Scudai Road, yesterday, with BO bamboo leaves packet containing non-Government chandu Ng Plant Teng pleaded guilty before Tuan Hall Wasslr in the police court to-day. Inche Aziz, assistant superintendent
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    EMPIRE AIR TRAINEES FLY OVER GERMANY
    1010 10 Young Pilots' Success In Combat With Enemy By Wing-Commander L. V. Fraser (The well-known commentator on air subjects) T ur l*»ndon, Feb. Iti. Hh first batch of British Empire airmen trained in Canada under the Empire training scheme are now flying against the enemy
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    Special Cable
    32 10 T»HE Straits Times publish to-day a further spri al cable on the progress of the war in the air by Wing-Commanfer L. V. Fraser, the well-kncwn commentator on air subjects
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    STRAITS-CHINA RATE OF EXCHANGE
    212 11 Chinese Desire Alteration In Conformity With Market CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES MATTER WITH AUTHORITIES A^ a result of discussion* M-veen Mr. Kao Linif-pai, ChinoM Consul-General, and the Covcrnment, a lower tor the Straits dollar against Chinese nal currency is prohahle. The rate, if altered, will he made
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    PARK ASSISTANT CONVICTED
    110 11 PARK ASSISTANT CONVICTED rstol And Secret Society Documents In Room KWEH Jl BA, a iotant at a local amusement park, was con:t yesterday on a rnbe-r of Chean Tan society r charge of being tT i il possession of an automat:, pistol He was sentenced to threj months prisonment on
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    SALVATION ARMY'S WORK FOR TROOPS
    81 11 C;ift Of £5.000 From Malaya Appreciated GAL Carp nter of tne Salvation Army has sent a cable to Lieut H A Lord bead of tho Sa'.vat.on expressing grati- the recsnt gift of £5.000 from Fund to help in n Army's work ..rrr-n^ the aU one
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF GOLD necklace and locket
    68 11 Tmen, Boon Kwang. alias Lim Hup Kip. und Le Ah Seng, were rnarged m the th.rd court yesterday w.th the theft of a g ;d necklace and i.» iu-t vaiu.d at $35 from a woman, Lim Ah Eng. at the Junction cf Balestier
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    POOL MONEY NOT PAID
    418 11 Woman's Alleged Breach Of Trust a WOMAN who has allegedly run tontines from 1935 was on trial in Ihe criminal district court yesterday nn three charges of criminal breach ol :.rust alleged to have been committed ay her in the running of tontines between Oct 1.
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    BABY WHO PLAYED WITH SNAKE
    126 11 No 111-Effects From Supposed Bites PETER Camer.soli. aged 23 months was found by his mother in the back yard of his home at Corrimal, Australia, grasping a brown snake by tbp neck and swinging it round his head. The mother called frantically to the child
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    ARMY DRIVER CONVICTED
    444 11 Caused Death By Negligent Act lAMES BOYD, a motor transport driver in the Argyll and Sutherland Regiment, was sentenced to six months' simple imprisonment by Mr C. H. Whltton in the Singapore traffic court yesterday on being convicted on a charge of causing the death of a
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    With Free French Forces In Egypt
    20 11 Spahi patrol on parade at an inspection of the Free French Force in Egypt.
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    Motorists' Alleged Refusal To Render Help In Accident
    502 11 T*HE behaviour of three motorists, fi ■1 two Europeans and one Chinese, who refused aid to three Indian J soldiers involved in an accident nt the 14 2 mile, Woodlands Road, last J Tuesday afternoon, was described as "scandalous" in the Singapore
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    Commissioner
    14 11 Mr. L. H. Oorsuch who has been appointed Commissioner for Civil Defence, Malaya.
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    DOCTOR'S DASH TO U. S. A.
    204 11 Charters Plane To Catch Clipper A DASH by air covering more than half the world for a holiday in America, is being made by a well-known Indian medical specialist. Dr. P. C j Bharucha, who arrived here from Bombay on Sunday. I Dr. Bharucha,
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    DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL DEFENCE CREATED
    190 11 To Co-ordinate Activities Throughout Malaya A NEW Department of Civil Defence has been created to co-ordinate civil defence plans and activities throughout Malaya. The head of this Department has the title of Commissioner for Civil Defence, Malaya, and the post has been filled by Mr.
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    COURT WARNS SOLDIERS MAY BE WHIPPED
    93 11 pONVICIED last week in the third court when they pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to steal a motor-car parked in front of a bar in Serangoon Road on Feb. 8, two soldier*. Hugh Hamilton and Samuel Smith, were sentenc2d yesterday. Mr. J.
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    SOLDIER CONVICTED FOR THEFT OF MOTOR-CYCLE
    82 11 C. PEARCE. a 24-year-old soldier attached to the Rcyal Art llery, was fined $10* or two Month* 1 rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the third magistrate yesterday, for stealing a motor-cycle from a cinema car park on Feb. 10. Pearce wr.s arresied
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    INTERFERED IN QUARREL
    230 11 Parents Fight Over Children's Dispute UOW a quarrel between children led to a quarrel between their parents, ending with one father breaking his wrist, and the o her fracturing a fln^r, was described in the Singapore- juth court yesterday. Tan Oo Lee was charged with voluntarily cans
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    MEMBERSHIP OF UNLAWFUL SOCIETY ALLEGED
    89 11 MEMBERSHIP OF UNLAWFUL SOCIETY ALLEGED pHONG KIAN MM. aped 42, was charged in the third court yesterday with bein? a member of an unlawful society, th^ Chinese National Emancipation Corps He claimed trial and the em was postponed a week for mention. Bnil of $1,000 was extended. A woman. So
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    "OFFENCE WAS TECHNICAL"
    142 12 Appeal Couit Plea In Finance Case A PLfcA f<w reduction of tbe aenr* ttnm imposed on two Europeans m-tH* d bw T convlct «J by the third S!S? o"" 1^ under th< *««ice. Sir Prrcy MrElwainc. mSFZSSF'J! lU t b«n nncd sff-ss-MSrS us "'.fiift j*t W«dM itouir
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    JAVA FREE FRENCE
    41 12 10.0IM) Guilder* Collected Vt Soitfire Fair Batavia. Feb. 12. A en by aid u cheque London. ed in a 10.000 "u;l' ents MM war funds. :gle day. Popham .nder in-Chief. Far East! trirtly incognita. H ;nied his Australia.
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    The Old & The New In Britain
    20 12 The Old The New In Britain 'ZIX?*? 2/EL" **<*"* modern methods of airfare arebeingjaught beneath the shadow of an ancient castle.
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    EX-CHIEF MACHINERY INSPECTOR CONVICTED
    393 12 J.H.A. Trowell Gives Notice Of Appeal At Batu Gajah (From Our Own Correspondent) •m. J P° h > Feb. 17. W h are now lighting a war to preserve the Empire and if we are fr O inp to be worthy of our Empire we must
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    Half-Hour Practice Black-out In Ipoh
    58 12 (From Oar Own Correspondent) Ipoa, Feb. 17. A PRACTICE blackout will take *l plarc in Ipoh on Thursday from 1» to 19.3* p.m. Air raid wardens have been coins from door to door explaining to residents how to observe the necessary requirements. Observations of the
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    NEW BRITISH CONSUL AT SAIGON HERE
    47 12 I^R E. W. Meiklereid, former British T Consul at Sourabaya who has been appointed British Consul at Saigon has arrived in Singapore en route to Indo-Chlna to take up his n°w post He will be in Singapore for a few days
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    INDIES' FAITH IN BRITAIN
    416 12 Confident R.A.F. tCan Beat Nazis (From Our Own Correspondent) Bate via, Feb. 11. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S magnificent broadcast address to the nation and Empire was received in this country with great satisfaction as showing his unhakeable faith and the stubborn igp of the British people. Nirom
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    CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE SHIPS
    95 12 Australian Government Investigating Scheme DEFORE t he Commonwealth Oovern- ment considers seriously constructing concrete ships, inquiries should be made from American yards that built them during the Great War. Mr. Earl D. Walker, an American shipping man said recently in Sydney. He saw 50 of them
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    HOSPITAL SHIP
    114 12 N.I. Place Oranje At Disposal Of British (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Feb. 12. "THE N.I. Government has offered to equip the liner Oranje as a hospital ship and to place her at the disposal of the British authorities. The Oranje will be used for evacuating sick and
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    MORE CIVIL SERVANTS FOR DUTCH GUINEA
    55 12 (From Our Own Correspondent Batavia. Feb. 10. "piK Netherlands Indies Government is considering steps to meet the Increase demand for Indonesian civil servants as result of the development ot Dutch New Guinea. In recent year* the Government has steadily increased development or the natural
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    MR. A. G. MASSON
    76 12 •THE postponement certificate from continuous training granted to Mr A O. Masson of Dobb and Co Ltd was cancelled by the local tribunal on Mr. Masson "a application. It was explained that the urgent war work for which the certificate was granted was due to be
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    BIG NAZI TROOP MOVEMENTS IN BALKANS CONFIRMED
    961 13 Disclosures By British Minister Recalled From Rumania London, Feb. 17. rE flow of German troops from Rumania to the Bulgarian frontier is continuing and great numbers have been sent to the frontier during the past four days. The British Minister to Rumania. Sir
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    ITALIANS IN U.S. DENOUNCE MUSSOLINI AND KING
    144 13 New York, Feb. 17. •"TWO thousand Italians and Italo- Americans 80 per cent, of them men— attended a big anti-Fascist meeting organized by the Mazzinl Society f.z the Cooper Union Hall to-day. Professor Salvemini, after paying a tribute to President Roosevelt, said: "If
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    Mock Poison Gas Attack Staged At Brighton
    90 13 London. Feb. 17. DEOPLE who neglected a warning to carry their gas masks wept like anything" at the south coast seaside resort of Brighton this morning. Perambulating loudspeakers in the past two days had warned residents to I don their masks when the
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    NEW ZEALAND WOMEN IN AIR FORCE
    112 13 FORMATION of a Women 1 Air Force Auxiliary for full-time duty at trainIng stations ha* been approved by the New Zealand Government, says the Sydney Bun. Use of women In Army and Navy training establishments is now under consideration Members of the Women's Air
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    "War Of Nerves," Say Turks
    223 13 Invasion Of Bulgaria Not Yet Imminent? Ankara, Feb. 17. GERMAN military preparations inside Bulgaria include the strengthening of rail bridges and the laying down oi petrol dumps, according to reliable sources. A German move into that country, however, is not regarded as imminent in Turkish
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    Quisling Regime May End Soon
    103 13 Nazis Are Dissatisfied With Traitor Stockholm, Feb. 17. AN Indication that the days of the Quisling regime in Norway are numbered is given in impressions gained by observers who have Just returned from that country, says the Dagens Nyheter. A rumour that the Germans have
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    H.M.S. SOUTHAMPTON CASUALTIES
    69 13 London, Feb. 17. FE Admiralty announces that 82 officers and nun lost th?ir lives In the cruiser Southampton which ths Navy had to sink after she had been set on fire in the Mediterranean. The Scuthampton was protecting a convoy carrying supplies to Greece and the convoy
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    Nazi Bomber Is Shot Down Off Norfolk
    121 13 London, Feb. 17. AN enemy bomber was shot down in the sea off the Norfolk coast by R.A.P. fighters :his afternoon. Only a small number of German aircraft crossed Britain's coasts during daylight to-day, and none of these came very far Inland, according
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    AUSTRALIANS ON THE MARCH INTO LIBYA
    32 14 a imaiuiyinin in full nursling kil are seen MTSUM.ag .i.iv the army that followed up the tanks and aeroplanes to score victory after victory in Libya.
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    BRITISH PRESSURE ON ALL FRONTS IS INTENSIFIED
    981 14 R.A.F. Plays Important Part In Europe-Africa Offensive A London, Feb. 17. all-round increase of British pressure on the enemy is revealed in to-day's war communiques. No Italians now remain in Egypt, Sudan or Kenya except as prisoners, and in Italian Somaliland the enemy
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    N.I. Not Misled By Nazi Blockade Propaganda
    311 14 London, Feb. 17. pHE Netherlands Indies will not be misbd by German propaganda against the British blockade of German-occupied countries. The Batavia radio to-day spoke in favour of this blockade, the anmuncer 1 stating that 'it is Germany who, by her actions since
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    Hitler's Suicide Order To Japan
    228 14 London Journal On The Far East Tension London, Feb. 17. •TPHE official advice to British citizens that they should leave Thailand must be read as a wise precaution not as proof of imminent danger, declares the Daily Telegraph in an editorial to-day. The journal adds:
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    HALF OF DUBLIN READY TO LEAVE
    99 14 H Dublin Fee .7. ALF the population of Dublin and the Port of Kingston is ready to evacuate into the interior should the need *****. It was estimated that when registration cen.res closed on Saturday night that more than 250 000 people had signed.
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    VS. RAISES DEBT LIMIT TO $65,000,000,000
    32 14 Washington, Feb. 17. /X5NGRESS has sent to President V* Roosevelt for signature hU's uthorizing the increa3* of the federal debt Lmit to $65,000 000 000 Reuter.
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    55 TEAMS TO COMPETE IN LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    318 15 New Entries In All Divisions Of S.A.F.A. Competition FIfTY-FIVE loams have been entered in the various divisions of th« Singapore Amateur Football Association's teftfw competition th-s year. This number denotes an increase of 11 teams over the number that competed last year, and
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    26 15 Sorrer: 8.H.1... Colt' Storage Traction Co., stadium: A.P.C. vs. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Mill, Straits Times vs. Sime Darby. J.( Tennis: V.M.C.A. tournament.
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    Oversea Bank Score 6—0 Victory
    342 15 Oversea Bank Score 6— 0 Victory tm-r- i huifse Bank fc; binkmanns 0 II the Oversea -Chinese Bank had mtdr use of all the easy chances to score given them in yesterday s panic against Brinkmanns in the Business Houses' League at the Fra- < ser and Neave ground, they
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    39 15 John i latter peppery outfielder with the American baseball nine, connects for a smart single in The War Fund tame with the Australians on Sunday Captain Bamberger of the R A AF. is behind the plate.— Straits Times picture.
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB & LOAN TO GOVERNMENT
    294 15 SELANGOR TURF CLUB LOAN TO GOVERNMENT Resolution To Be Considered At Annual Meeting AT the annual meeting of the Selangor Turf Club to be held in ihe Card Room of the Selangor Club at 6.30 p.m. on Feb. 28 the following resolution, proposed by the Committee, will be considered "It
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    122 15 •T'HE Royal Singapore Golf Club's 1 women's monthly February medal and 18-hole competitions were played at BuKlt Timah yesterday. The monthly medal competition resulted as follows: "A" DIVISION Mrs. Paterson 40—6=34; Mrs. S. N. Kelly 42— 5V 2 =36>/2; Mrs. W. J. Holo- han 46—9-37;
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    HAINES WINS ISLAND CLUB'S GOLD MEDAL
    102 15 CJ. A. Haines won the final of the Island Club's Gold Medal cdmpetij tion by beating Dr. T. V. Chi« 5 on,1 3 In the first round C. J. A. Hainea beat M. Sumi 2 and 1, S. Okamoto bea: M. Matumoto 3 and
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    99 15 •THE Royal Singapore Golf Club retained the Wei-Hai-Wei Cup by beating; the Island Cinb by four matches to three in the final played at the Island Club on Sunday morning: Scores, R.S.G.C. players mentioned first, were: M. M. Paterson 1 vs. C. A. R. Bateman
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    Wearnes Score Full Points
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    Harpers Recover In Second Half To Win 3—1
    240 15 Harper (.illillan 3 N.AJUM. 1 SCORING three goals In quick succes- I sion In the second half. Harper Oil- j flllan beat the Navy, Army, and Air Force Institute by three goals to one in a Business Houses' League match playeti at
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    313 15 ANNIE ROONEY SENT UP TO HIGHEST CLASS FOLLOWING her good victory over six furl 'ngs on Saturday, the final day of the S'ngapore Turf Club's Spr'.ng race meeting, Mr*. Lee Kirn Puat's Annie R*>ney has he?n sent un to clas; me, according to the fattst classification list
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    N.A.A.F.I. BEAT SWING BADMINTON PARTY
    124 15 PLAYING last Friday night at the Clerical Union Hall, the N.A.A.F.I. narrowly defeated the Swine Bndminton Party by the odd g.\m« in seven at badminton. Results. HJLJITI. players mentioned nrst, were Singles: William Tan beat Lam Yew Hock 15— 12, 10—15. 15-9; George Tan beat
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    CHINESE WIN FALCONER CUP TENNIS
    103 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat, Feb. 15. BY winning two matches yesterday against the Hospital Club, the Chinese Recreation Club, retained the Falconer Cup for the third year in succession. They have now wen four out of the five matches, the P fth bemg
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    SHORTHAND WRITERS' TABLE TENNIS
    74 15 THE following players have been selected to represent the Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association (Pitman's) in a friendly game of table tennis against the Great Eastern Life Sports Club at the lattsr's premises at 2 30 p.m. on Saturday Llm Choo Ann, Tan Wee Kirn, Young Hal
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    133 16 Tokio Journal On "The Extremely Serious Problem Of Convoys" Tokio, Feb. 17. JXIWNS inJorcst in potential problems of shipping and >i(yl supplies in war. <ri>is or conditions threatening Japan's sea lan.-, i, the rabjed of an editorial in the newspaper Asahi
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    61 16 York. Feb 17 ILfK. Wendrll Willkir. Republican randidat? in the presidential rlntion* who rcrenlljr made an ■>n 'our of war-t me Pntain, li considering a trip to survey conin seel ions of China not 'iinid hy thr Japanese, it is lej»rn<-d in .?utb->riUt ye
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    64 16 London. Feb. 17. rX new Japanese Ambassador to Germany. Gen. Ohima arrived In Berlin to-day to take up his duties. ::njc U> the official Ofrm»n news Ambassador's staff was so large J-.at th* Soviet railways had to provide -arhes at his disposal when he j-avfiw-d
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    45 16 Moji. Feb. 17. f\EFENCE preparations are being rushed in the Philippine Islands with the growing tension in the Far East, members of the cr?w of the Japanese freighter Sh'rahama Maru whi-h arrived here from Palawan Island recently, said to-day— Eastern News.
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    44 16 THK Mediterranean naval forces are 1 on the alert; a 7,C00-ton enemy merchant vessel has been sunk by re- connaissance aircraft of the fleet air arm oft* the coast of Tunis, says a communique issued In Cairo last night.— i Reuter.
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    163 16 Saigon, Feb. 17. THE hope for the conclusion of peace with Thailand under satisfactory terms through Japanese mediation was expressed by Vice-Adm. Jean Decoux, Governor-General 01 French Indo-Chma, in a Press interview, says Eastern News. Asked If Indo-China were prepared to return the Mekong river
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    24 16 Tofcio. r*b. 17. Mr. Morlto Morishlma. an Embassy Counsellor has been appointed Japanese ConsulGeneral In New York according to an official announcement. Eastern New»
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    106 16 Tokio. Feb. 17. •TOE Oaka Mainlchi, In an editorial, says: The true Intention of Vichy Is to maintain collaboration with Germany strictly within the limits of the armistice agreement and, at the conclusion of the war, secure favourable peace terms with the aid of Britain
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    193 16 Guarantee Against Any Soviet Intervention QERMANY is urging: Japan to make a thrust against Britain iin the Far East in February or March, says the Herald-Tribune's Tukio correspondent. "The Germans want this thrust to coincide with an attempted invasion of England," the correspondent says. "German
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    375 16 J^ATEST evidence leads London insiders to believe that Hitler has planned a four-point strategy for the coming months, writes a correspondent in the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney. They expect his moves to be attempted in this order i« 1 T( i, k^ ck out
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    525 16 ADMISSION IN DIET: "MORE TECHNICIANS COMING" N.I. Government Declares It Will Fight If Necessary SURPRISING admission of German infiltration into Japan was made by the Japanese Foreign Minister. Mr. Vosuke Matsuoka, to-day. He stated that German military committees wen already at work and
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    160 16 Business Reasons, A\ vm New York Consulate A MASS evacuation of Japanese women and children from New York will take place late in March states a special dispatch to the Tokio Asahi Shimhun from New York. About 150 members of thp families of Japanese business
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    89 16 Tokio, F_'b. 17. ALTHOUGH admitting that relart tions between Japan and America were tense, Mr. Koli Ishii, acting spokesman of the Information Board of the Cabinet, said to-day that he did not think it would lead to war or other grave consequences. "It gees
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    A New World After End Of The War
    186 16 'i. Feb. 17. IN the course of a speech at Tonjpandy. In Wales, yesterday. Mr. Clement Atttet, Lord Prtvy Seal, stressed to In ihat there couiu bo no return to the pn 1m world, and that the new world have to be
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