The Straits Times, 1 May 1941

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    34 1 FINAL EDTN, fESTABLISHn) MKARLT A CENTURY MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941 I'RIC'E 5 CENTS The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941 24 PAGES, PRICE > CENTS
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      8 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Morning Afternoon Evening Dresses.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      74 2 CHOO —Mrs. Cboo Chwee Hock, nee Kang Cheong Neo, passed uway at 52. Upper Weld Road, on April 28 at 11 p.m. at age of 78, leaving behind her to mourn her loss —3 sons. Hong Bock. Buan Hal. Hong Thlam: l Jaughter. Mrs. Pang Cheng Yean: 4 daughters-in-law:
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      414 2 §Bie Straits Wvms SMALL ADS? Minimum charge $1. r«r Mvt a*t •seceding 4 Haw. Marc tbma fear Mae* 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. MAREUQE8, DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS rrc. CARDS »r* charted S3 each per tnaerUon per Kch Orar I Inch 15
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      477 2 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED: European Assistant for Important Estate Agency House in Kuala Lumpur. Box 334. Straits Times. NOTICE. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS GOVERNMENT. Applications are invited for the appointment of an Accountant on ajrrecment with a salary of $500 per mensem rising by annual Increments of $25 to $550 per mensem. The
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      526 2 FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used Phone 33.«S HOUSES FLATS TO LET TO LET, Bungalow, 4, Tanjong Rhu Road. near Swimming Club furnished. Apply No. 2 TO LET lmmedjately, completely furnished flat off Chancery Lane for short period. Apply Tel. 7152 after 5 p.m. TO LET No. 10 Elliott Road,
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      589 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P. O. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India, Ceylon and
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      503 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, ail cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      1504 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY EMPIRE STATION _t^> A bADC -ASTfcR.N TRANSMISSION will ke na.M SINGAPORE to Malaya on: GS»-I9S« metre* (IS.lt /cat and <.M* ZHL 1.331 Re/t OtS m.l -l«.«i metre. (17.71 e«> rom 113 7.11P1 969 me/i tlt.f* m.l p.m to 8 5t p m l/.HPt C.I7S -ne/t 41.M m.l GSB—
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    RUBBER PRICE ADVANCES
    734 4 SPECULATION ABOUT SHORT PRODUCTION BROKERS' REPORTS ON PAST WEEK IN a weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write:— The market has continued Its firm and upward movement throughout the week following the advices received from New York The demand
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    FREIGHT MARKET
    47 4 London, Apr. 30. INQUIRIES include Indian and other ores to the United States; Calcutta peneral cargo to the United Sates Rangoon rice to Shanghai at $20 and to Hongkong at $24; also any size timecharter between Singapore and China for at least six months. Reuter.
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    EXCHANGES
    171 4 rte following are the exenang* rate* tbk morning according to Uie dally circular issue*. Sv the Hongkong and Shanghai Bhiiliii OorDorstlon:— ssLLma London T.T 2/4 3/33 London demand 2/4 3/32 Switzerland (T.T. only) 202.44 New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand 51.85 Batavla demand 88.71 Samarang demand 88.58 Calcutta. Bombay
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    TAKUAPA APRIL OUTPUT
    65 4 THE following output of tin-ore for Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging Ltd. is reported for April:— Dredge 1, 669 hours. 160,000 cubic yards 319 o.culs ore; dredge 2, 639 hours, 180,000 cubic yards and 538 piculs ore; dredge 3. 582 hours, 78,000 cubic yards and 202 piculs ore.
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    31 4 THE message m this page yesterday referring to the "General Electric Company's requisitioning of television and wireless receivers" came from New York and referred to the General Electric 90. of America.
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    257 4 FE following donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day:— 1 s G. F. Strinefellow. Malacca (farther contribution) 500 Anglo-French and Dendixsens Ltd.. Singapore, Asiatic Staff (eleventh monthly contribution) 154 Asiatic Police Inspectors, Singapore (monthly) 103 Mrs. B. S. Miller and Mrs. N. E. Dm
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    98 4 CHAMBER OF COM MERCE RUBBER ASSN. Tharsday. May 1, mm. Bmjm Sellers Price* t-rtre N» IX Ml <Sp«t Imki 4#*. 41 N« IX U.I. La.h. tB tM M»y 41 if. G.WJLQ. R 8.8. t**. m Mica M»y 4«S 4«S r-a.u. ua i*.*. m mm May 4«U FtTVRE QUOTATIONS N«. IX
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    KAMASAN FINAL DIVIDEND APPROVED
    55 4 AT the annual meeting of Kamasan Rubber Co., Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday a final dividend of five per cent, was approved. The meeting also approved a donation of $500 to the Malaya Patriotic Fund. Mr. M. J. Kennaway was re-elected a director and Nelll
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    60 4 Singapore, May 1. Buyer* oeliert Gambler I 7 50 Hamburg Cub* (13.50 Java Cube $12 00 OHM Mlxtd «J.JS Sun Dried SJ.80 fewer White Muntok $14 25 White $13.75 Black $7.25 Sofft rvom No 1 Unrea $5.90 Fair $5.90 Sarawak $5.90 $5 90 i avuxa Small Plake
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    TIN STEADY IN LONDON
    135 4 NOTE ISSUE RAISED London, Apr. 30. rN opened steady. The turnover was 425 tons. The Ministry's cash selling limit is £269 10s. There was a broad demand on the better tone, the latest war developments and on rumours that the Straits war risk insurance rates to
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    U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP ON BUYING TIN
    919 4 Metal More Welcome Than Gold For Arms Payments (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar 27. «CO the American Government is going to continue buying tin for the duration!" Restriction to be renewed fori five years —why not carry it on from! year to
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    AROUND THE MARKETS MORE BUSINESS IN SHARE SECTIONS
    426 4 AROUND THE MARKETS MORE BUSINESS IN SHARE SECTIONS By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, May I. *rHE share markets gpnerally were slightly better yesterday and there was more buying inquiry than has been the case for several days. It is impossible to account for the improvement other than to say that
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      221 4 TO-N IG HrS DANC E 9-12 COCKTAIL DANCE SVN. 4TH—2.30—5.30 PJt. SINGAPORE GIRLS OLD WALTZ CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN TO ALL LADIES IN SINGAPORE ORGANISED ONLY FOR GIRLS aiRLS PARTN RED Br o:R bon watch how they dakce specially :t has got oomph FOR MEN TO SEE TO-NIGHT HAPPY THEATRE 6.45 9.15
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      308 4 PUBLIC NOTICES OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LTD. 'Incorporated In the Straits Settlements) NOTICE Is hereby given that the Ninth Annual Oeneral Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will be held at Its Registered Office. China Building. ChuUa Str et, Singapore, on Saturday, the 17th day of May, 1941. at 12.00
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    NEW SERENDAH EARNS $84,418
    158 5 Dividend 10ft. War Fund Gets $5,000 A NET profit of $64,418 was earned by New Sereniah Rubber Co. Ltd. in the y;ar ended December last. This compares with $42 288 in the preceding year. An Interim dividend of five per cent, was paid and the directors
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    Malayan Share brokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1366 5 WEDNESDAY. APS. J», 1941: 4 P.M. MINING Buyer- Seller* Ampat Tin (4s> 3s 3s 6d Austral Amal. (s»> 6s 44d 6s 9,1 Austral Mala; (£> S3s 6d 34s 6d Ayi-r Httam (s*l 17s 4V*d 18s lHd Ayer Wen* <$1 > .75 80 Bangrtn Tin
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    London Stock Exchange
    283 5 London, Apr. 30. UTic following are 10-iay's ciosms mic-M quotations Shares are or Si denomination unir** otherwise staled: Oof. Loan 6% 1944-64... !OGVt fuiidniK [000-W 112% +'/4 War Loan 3V4% mi 7:ifl Com Union Assce (Unita> £6% Prudential \ssce -A" 19 Royal vs»c6. 7% xd Ureat Wes'^n
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    150 5 flE 3ui8ufH>rc Chamber ot commerce Rubber Association held 1U l.S36th auction yesterday when there were 2. 431. 103 ib. (1,086.65 tons) J.344.593 Ib. (1,046.69 tons) Solil l.r>38.376 lb. 686.76 tons) Spot London 13 15 16d. rotk 23'- ris. rSICFS RE \UZED Ribbed MnokrJ Sluvt t Mill Per
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    118 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (Prom Our Own Correspondenti J-ondon. \pr. 10. COMMODITY and Exchaofa market* cloaed M followi with previous quotation* In parenthesis RUBBER: Q<llet Spot. 14d 14Vid IlllSlMd 14Sid) June 14d !4',d H3%d 14d JulySept. 14d !44d (13% d 14d OctDec. 14d 14^d (13X14 14d Ne« York: Not rtceivtv. COTTON: Closed
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    33 5 London. Apr. 29. MINCING Lane learns that Java tea prices ex-godown continue to advance on sustained demand from Australia and the United States which are finding difficulty m securing supplies from Ceylon. —Reute'r
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    MM! ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    130 5 at mi oeneni pm Oflk-o I.- TO-DA I 4 p.m. air 9 a in. and 4 p.m. v >:* 'l air 4 p.m. TO-MORROW air 4p.m. Afrte* au 4 p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. air 4p.m. Eg>T< au 4 p.m. Giiv Britain etc an 4 p.m.
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    SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES
    160 5 To-d»y H 'V 00.46 a.m. 8.6 ft.; 1.50 p.m. 7.6 It. L.W. 7 15 p.m. 0.8 ft.; 7.14 p.m. 3.4 It. To-morrow H.W. 1 20 a.m. 8.4 ft.; 2.32 p.m. 7.3 ft. L.W. 7.54 a.m. 0.8 ft.: 7.50 p.m. 3.8 ft. Saturday. May 3 H.W. 1.58 a.m.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    225 5 Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore. Apr. 30. Booka ratal fa Oomoui Olriarae ClOM DM* to Ut? rtl »T)»""ft rMU rot p*ntM« t>»t» to dat« Batu Seiangot 6% May 1 May 8 May 10% Kuchai 10% Hit. May 14 May SO May IS J0% Larut
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      444 5 THE FOURTH DRAWING FOR PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT OF THE 27TH YEAR GOLD LOAN OF HE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1938) SlflUTCl To «Hi: MTOfCI (FINANCE* REGULATIONS i93f>. 1940. K 1011 Notice is hereto given that the above Drawing was duij- held on the iit of February. 1941 Three numbers each were drawn
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      827 5 AUCTION NOTICES NOTICE. The salo of land and h->use fc "Mayneld" No. 448 Pnsir Panjung Road and also two other vacant lands situate at fn-lr j Panjang Road which has jeen fixed to take i place on the 30th April. 1941 has now hern postponed to the 14th May 1941.
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      261 5 YOUR VALUABLES Our BMwmj Ri .our Protection. It Is Impossible for M lntllvldual to provide lor his v.vluea possessions the safely that Li atTorrtrd hy (.ur vaults where we have safe boxes of varioufor hire at modem:" r HIRERS dMBjMHwI holrl the KEYS and ONLY THR <an hare access to
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    SOVIET ARMS BAN HITS NAZIJAPANESE EXCHANGE PLAN
    200 7 German Planes For Warships; Chungking Not Affected London, Apr. 00. THE Soviet Government's decision, signed by the Foreign A Trade Commissar, M. Mikoyan, yesterday, to prohibit the passage of war material through the Soviet Union has caused lively displeasure in Japanese military circles,
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    Tokio Fears U.S. Intervention Difficulties Of Plan To Move Southward
    359 7 Tokio Fears U.S. Intervention Difficulties Of Plan To Move Southward (Straits Times Special Cable) Washington, Apr. 30. A JAPANESE suggestion that Mr. Matsuoka. Japanese Foreign Minister, should visit the United States still arouses some interest In sections of the Press. The Scripps Howard newspapers say that informed circles in Washington
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    "U.S. Already Locked In Mortal Combat"
    68 7 New York. Apr. 30. AMERICA b already itfckeU in mortal roonbat with the Gsmuui nytlrva.' writes the New York Times to-day, adding: "Defence means many things. It means more tban immediate aid to the brave peoples who are now fighting in the front line.
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    Japanese Threat To Patrol The Pacific
    172 7 Tokio, Apr. 30. THE MttaulHi of the American patrol system "to the seven ssas" was a "very dangerous step and could be considered as having a tendency towards aggression," ?ald the deputy spokesman of the Japines? Information Bnard tc-day. Asked if it would become
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    ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE TO BE RESUMED
    30 7 London, Apr. 30. IV is officially announced thai the British trans-Atlantic air service will be resumed this summer for purposes connected with the war.—neuter.
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    Chinese Push Is Being Held Up
    150 7 (Straits Times Special Cable) Washington, Apr. 30. r\R. Quo Tai-chi, former Chinese Ambassador in London who is on his way to Chungking, after seeing Mr. Cordell Hull, VS. Secretary of State, told the Press that Chinese morale was never higher and China would undertake
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MAY 1, 1941. (606 th Day Of The War.) "THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN"
    1226 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. MAY 1, 1941. (606 th Day Of The War.) "THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN" On Tuesday we published a leading article commenting on the speech broadcast by the Prime Minister on Sunday night. We emphasized Mr. Churchill's statement that: I "Nothing, that is happening now is
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      WAR TAX
      685 8 Unjust Treatment Of Partners To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt Is without apology that I write to you to draw attention yet once again to the unjust provisions of Sections 5, 15 and 45 of the War Tax Ordinance. The effect of these provisions is
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      THANKS
      112 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l shall be thankful if you will kindly allow me to voice my feelings through the medium of your valuable paper. I was a patient at the General Hospital, Singapore, lor seven months, suffering from a very complicated disease. I have
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      RUBBER CROPS
      437 8 Why Sale Of Rights Should Be Allowed To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,— ln The Sunday Times of April 27 It was suggested that rubber estates should be re-assessed on the basis of the Jan -June 1941 the argument being that it ia manifestly unfair for
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      WAR BONDS
      224 8 Compulsory Purchase Plan .For Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— From recent articles and correspondence in your paper, there appears to be a general misunderstanding of the true purpose of a War Weapons Week. This is a dr.ve to increase the purchase of War Bonds,
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      WAR NEWS
      166 8 How To Interest Labour Forces To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— lt is of Interest to note that in towns loud-speakers are Installed in open spaces, thereby enabling the poor classes to hear the war news in the evenings. On estates where this is not possible,
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      A FINE EXAMPLE
      1072 8 A "King's Chinese" On Need For Giving To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— May I be allowed to salute the anonymous Englishman referred to in your paper to-aay? I write as one of those "King's Chinese he appealed to among others, and whom he urged
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    B.E.F. LEAVES WITH FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
    465 9 80 Per Cent Of Army Safely Evacuated BRITAIN'S IMPORTANT GAINS FROM BALKAN CAMPAIGN Graphic Story Of Last Days On Greek Front with all their fighting equipment, -1 80 per cent, of the original Imperial forces in Greece have been safely withdrawn, it was officially announced
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    252 Enemy Planes Destroyed In Balkans & Africa During April
    124 9 252 Enemy Planes Destroyed In Balkans Africa During April London, May 1. A TOTAL of 252 German and Italian aircraft have been destroyed in the Balkans and Africa during April. In the Western Desert 81 were shot down by British fighters, 11 destroyed by anti-aircraft fire, and 31 destroyed on
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    ROOSEVELT'S CALL FOR U.S. VESSELS TO AID BRITAIN
    413 9 2,000,000 Tons Of Ships To Haul "Vital War Supplies Overseas" Washington, Apr. 30. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has asked the United States Mari- time Commission to obtain the service of "at least 2,000,000 tons of merchant shipping," to be used to supply all-out aid
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    AIR PROTECTION VITAL IN HOLDING STRONG LINE
    790 9 'piIE ciuef conclusion to be drawn from the Battle of Greece is that a line seemingly impregnable in natural strength cannot be held without full air protection, says a dispatch received from Reuter's special correspondent lately with the Imperial forces in Greece. I
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    8 9 OTHER CABLES in pages 7, 14 and 16
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    Biggest Blitz Sufferer
    319 9 Plymouth Bears Full Fury Of Night Raids Plymouth, May 1. MO provincial city has suffered more concentrated bombing than Plymouth, which on Tuesday night, for fifth time in nine days, I again endured the full fury of the German night bombers. Lady Astor. speaking as the Lord
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    BERLIN TO TURN ON TURKEY?
    139 9 Madrid, May 1. rIE general impression to be gathered here from Berlin messages is i that events will next be f Dcusscd on Turkey. This impression is welcomed in Spain as leaving the western Mediterranean in peace. Messages from Berlin have been given prominence In
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    Nazi Infiltration In North Africa
    114 9 London, May 1. TWO questions were asked in the House of Commons yesterday concerning the extent of infiltration of German personnel and material into French and Spanish territories in North Africa. Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, replied that the latest information showed that numbers
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    BLOCKADE EXTENDED
    42 9 London, May 1. GREECE except Crete is to be regarded as enemy-occupied territory for purposes of the Trading with the Enemy Act and of the blockade, the Board oi Trade and Ministry of Economic War 1 fare announced last night.—Reuter.
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    SUBMARINE'S BID TO SAVE BRITISH ENVOY
    472 9 London, May 1. A DRAMATIC attempt by a British submarine to rescue the British Minister to Yugc ilavia, Mr. Ronald Campbell, at an Italian-occupied port on the Dalmatian coast is disclosed in a British Admiralty communique issued last night. Meanwhile, Mr. Campbell, together with
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    How R.A.F. Smashed Nazi Knock-out Plan
    3284 9 "The Battle Of Britain" GERMAN BOMBERS SHOT DOWN IN HUNDREDS LIOW the German High Com mand planned a knock-out blow against Britain in the autumn of 1940 is vividly described in to-day's instalment of the Air Ministry's description of "The Battle of Britain." The
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    CONTRIBUTIONS TO WAR FUND MORE NUMEROUS
    703 10 $500 Gift From Malacca Is Largest Item To-day MINERS' BOMBER FUND NEARS $750,000 MARK PONTRIBUTIONS to The War Fund are much more numerous to-day, and the gross total is carried to $5,353,666. The largest item in to-day's list of acknowledgments is a further gift
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    100 Perak Chinese To Join R.A.S.C.
    112 10 (From Our Own orr?sp indent i Ipoh, Apr. 30 OVKR 100 applications hare been received by the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce for enrolment in the Perak Chinese Motor Transport Company, R.A.S.C., which was recently formed at a meeting held here. The applicants include
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    OUR NEWEST BATTLESHIP
    352 10 Prince Of Wales' Practice Shoot London, Apr. 30. I HAVE just watched the guns of the Prince of Wales, Britain's newest battleship, prove their power and accuracy in a practice shoot. It was all over In a few minutes of terrifying sound and fury, writes Reuter's special
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    MORE U.S. BOMBERS FOR MALAYA
    56 10 A MESSAGE from Manila reports the arrival in Singapore of a steady stream of long-range patrol bombers. Further precautions have been taken in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, where the AngloDutch naval patrol has been extended in the direction of the zone of the
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    MINES DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL IS ACQUITTED ON APPEAL
    1372 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Apr. 30. I H. A. Trowell, Senior Inspector J of Machinery in the F.M.S. Mines Department, successfully appealed in the Perak Supreme Court to-day against the sentence of four months' simple imorisonment pass- j od on him by
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    AMUSEMENTS
    144 10 SINGAKOBF RAFFLES HOTEL Dinner Dance ilnfotmali 8 p.m. to Midnight. GREAT YVOKI.D Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 it 9 p.m to Midnight. Globe: The Way of All Flash. Sky: Military Academy. HAPPY THEATRE (Hapnv Worldi Kins of the White Elephant. Seaside: Flyins G-Men. NEW WORLD Talkies. Theatres and Cinemas, Side
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    Thanks To The Navy And R.A.F.
    42 10 This U a photographic enlargement of the new coloured Arrived Safely" sticker for use on correspondence Supplies of these stickers can be obtained five of charge from the Department of Information and Publicity, Union Building, Singapore.
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    ISLANDS ARE SENDING SCRAP TO SINGAPORE
    482 10 Public Is Giving Splendid Support To Salvage Week CCRAP material is coming in from the neighbouring islands of Singapore, especially Pulau Brani and Blakan Mati and special arrangements have been made to convoy these materials by launch. The enthusiasm of Singaporeans is increasing and
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    SIR D. RIDOUT DIES AT 75
    166 10 G.O.C. Here During Last War SON ALSO SERVED IN MALAYA THE death has occurred of MajorGen. Sir Dudley Howard Ridout, who was General Officer Comman ling Troops, Straits Settlements, from 1915 to 1921, reports Reuter. Born 75 years ago, Sir Dudley Joined the army
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    QUIET LABOUR DAY IN SINGAPORE
    75 10 IN sharp contrast with the state ot affairs which existed last year. Labour Day to-day was celebrated by the various so-called labour unions in Singapore in a quiet manner—su quiet that the public had no Idea that there was any celebration at all. Up till
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    "MAYERLING" IN FRENCH AT THE PAVILION
    132 10 MaTrrtinc." (Charles Bayer. DaniWlr I Darrteax). A Frcarh fltaa with Esglash >üb-titles. At the Pavilion. rE tragic love »tory of Crown Prlnc» Rudolph of Austria and the youn; Baroness Vetsera is well told against ttm background of Intrigue and unrest in 19th century Vienna.
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    "KANGAN" IS FIRSTCLASS INDIAN FILM
    91 10 ••Kaagaa." (LceU ChMnis and As*«k Kasaar). Bams*y Talkie*. At the Theatrr KoyaL rrs story of a romance between the son of a big estate owner and the voor Caughter of a temple priest, is very good entertainment. Tfce dialogue Is in simple Hindustani and can
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    C.-in-C.'s CONFIDENCE IN MALAYA'S STRENGTH
    863 11 "Should Put Up A Jolly Good Show Against Anybody" FULL PROVISION MADE TO MEET POSSIBILITY OF BLOCKADE I'M perfectly confident that we should win," said Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief, Far East, in Singapore yesterday after he had indicated to American foreign correspondents
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    DROVE AT DANGEROUS SPEED IN TOWN
    131 11 Traffic Judge Suspends Man's Driving Licence ris not right that the public should have to stand for dangerous drivers like you on the road," declared Mr. C. iH. Whitton, Singapore traffic Judge and magistrate, yesterday when he suspended the driving licence of an Indian,
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    50 11 It is requested that persons who bought tickets unmarked "stalls" or "Dress Circle" (or thr variety entertainment ln aid of the Carmelite Conrent Building Fund on May 3 and 5 exchange their tickets for tickets at the box at&ce of the Victoria Theatre any day or on the performance nights.
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    INVOLVED IN COLLISION
    240 11 Had No Singapore Driving Licence AD. CHISHOLJK, a member of the Royal Australian Air Force, was fined a total of $30 in the Singapore traffic court yesterday for driving a motor-car without a licence and a third party insurance policy. Court Inspector A. H. Frew, who prosecuted,
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    "HARDSHIPS" UNDER TAX ORDINANCE
    230 11 Ratepayers' Association Members' Criticisms CASES where hardship would result under the War Tax Ordinance have been referred to by members of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association at a committee meeting. They were requested to either place their suggestions direct befcre the Collector-General of War Tax or send
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    ROCK DISLODGED ITSELF AND KILLED COOLIE
    158 11 WPTTJ*- loading rocks into trucks In a granite quarry, Koh Kham Tau. a 35-year-old labourer, was fatally ln- Jured when he was struck by a piece of rock which dislodged itself from the roof of the cave ln which he was working. The fatality
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    PRIVATE FOOD PARCELS FOR BRITAIN
    121 11 THE Food Controller, in a communique, •I states he has received inquiries trom time to time as to the regulations with regard to the sending of presents of food by post to the United Kingdom. The Ministry of Food have issued a regulation that bona
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    CHINESE MAKES PLEA FOR LENIENCY
    59 11 "I HAVE a wife and children: I ask to be treated leniently," raid 31-year-old Ngoh Seng Kee when he pleaded guilty in the second court yesterday to a charge of stealing 22 pieces of rubber from an estate in Kampong Batak on Monday afternoon. He
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    FALSE REPORT CHARGE
    61 11 pHARGED with making a 'alse reV* port on Mar. 27 to a European officer of the Naval Base Police, in which he is alleged to have stated that a Chinese had assaulted and abused him, Gulab Khan claimed trial ln the second court yesterday. The case was
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    MAY DAY PRECAUTIONS IN SINGAPORE
    284 11 CPECIAL police patrols on foot and on bicycles have been on duty in selected areas in Singapore from early this morning to prevent possible International Labour Day demonstrations such as took place on May 1 last year. Police officers during the past week have been
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    HOW SMALL INVESTOR CAN AID WAR EFFORT
    769 12 'Lend Savings To Government' Says Financial Secretary THE Straits Settlements ha# not reached the stage where a compulsory saving scheme on lines similar to that introduced in Britain recently has to be adopted, said the Financial Secretary, Mr. H. Weisberg, in a broadcast
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    EUROPEAN'S DEFENCE AT ASSIZE TRIAL
    95 12 A 00-YEAR-OLD European civil and mechanical engin?er, H. F. Stalley, denied at the Singapore Assizes yesterday before Mr. Justice Manning and a special Jury a charge that he abetted a Sinhalese boy and a girl in committing ths offence of incest. Stalley, giving evidence on
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    $1,000 FINE
    47 12 CHONG Sam Tee, 37-year-old Hockchew who pleaded guilty in the fourth court lasc week to a charge of distilling liquor in a house in Everton Road on Apr. 22, was fined $1,000, or 12 months' rigorcus Imprisonment, by Mr. K. Byrne, the fourth magistrate, yestjrday
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    16 12 Sub-Inspector Gul Mohamed. late of the Federated Malay States Police, haa been awarded the Colonial Police
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    CASH & HELP REQUIRED Women's Section Of
    333 12 CASH HELP REQUIRED Women 's Section Of Patriotic Fund KMORE knitters, more sewers, more TI money especially to help pay for a big consignment of more than 5.000 yards of flanelette to be made up into nightwear these are the immediate and urgent needs of the Women's Section of the
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    PRISON TERM FOR GUNNER
    265 12 Dangers Which His Action Courted QUNNER ERNEST ALLEN, of the Royal Artillery^ tras sentenced to 15 months' rigorous imprisonment in the second district court yesterday after Mr. Conrad Oldham had convicted Allen for committing what Mr. Oldham described as "the most serious of all the offences
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    FOUND WITH DUTIABLE! TOBACCO IN BASKET
    95 12 BAIL of $250 was offered and sentence postponed for a week when Lim; I Eng Cheng pleaded guilty in the I fourth ccurt yesterday to a charge ot; having in his possession 37 pounds ti\ {dutiable Thai tobacco. j Mr. H O D Lswin.
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    DISCREPANCIES IN EVIDENCE LEADS TO ACQUITTAL
    103 12 rvISCREPANCES in the evidence 01" mJ three detectives who raided a house In Sago Street an the night of Apr. 18 led the acqultal of two of three men charged in third court yesterday with assisting In the carrying on of a chap-Jee-kee lottery.
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    SHE FELT SENSITIVE ABOUT HER FIGURE
    186 12 Kruschen Reduced Her Weight Gave Her New Vitality Any woman who ir, burdened with excess fat is liable to be^em* 1 about her figure. This woman did. and in addition she PuiTercd from v which made her feel dull and MfetaM. But there is
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    GERMAN RAILWAY CENTRE IS BATTERED BY R.A.F.
    263 14 Heavy Bombs Used At Mannheim: Enemy Ships Also Attacked r\r>frmc?F¥ v London, Apr. 30. DRITISH bombers made an attack in force on Mannheim principal commercial and industrial city of south-wesi Germany, says an Air Ministry communique. Thousands of incendiaries and a large number
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    U.S. Aero Parts Output Shows Big Rise
    97 14 Hartford. (Conn.), Apr 30. THE output of aero engines and propellors are "hundreds" ahead of schedule, said Mr. E. Wil> n president of I'nited Aircraft Cor. poration. announrinr a monthly production for Britain and the j£!, te<! stiUes 1.20« <?n;inrs and 2,006 propellors.
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    No Industrial Unrest In Australia
    148 14 fHERK is no^dustrUl unrest 30 li Australia, according to a cajle fron the Australian Trades Union Councl to Sir Walter Citrine, general secre tary of the British Trades Union Coun cil. reports Reuter. The cable insures British trades urJonis' %ZL"?V, 'I**** 1* ">«• «rlous In
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    VS. REPRESENTATIVES PASS NAVY BILL
    44 14 TT Washington. Apr 30 WE House of Representatives has passed the naval appropriations A* .m.m. 0un o tln f €850.000 000 Of thU .€403,000.000 is for new shins a"* ow «IM-WO.OOO is for aeronlane? ■iSSJiisarte'r te the senate for
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    NEW AIR CADET CORPS FOR AUSTRALIA
    68 14 mr.n Melbourne, ADr 30 THE Empire air plan which entered Its second I mrHi year. yesterda 7 to ahead of schedule ac-1 cormng to an announcement by Mr John McEwen. Australian Air Minister The latest plans, states Mr McEwen Include Mti*i>. Ushment of cad«
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    New Heavy Raid On Plymouth Port Shaken By Roar Of A.-A. Guns
    206 14 New Heavy Raid On Plymouth Port Shaken By Roar Of A.-A. Guns London, Apr. 30. OLYMOUTH shook last night to the roar of anti-aircraft Rim» as they put up a tremendous barrage against German bombers Strong formations of the Luftwaff* made the attack, according to the German radio. Bombs were
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    SIGNIFICANCE OF VS. ATTACHE'S PROMOTION
    62 14 Washington, Apr 30 "A DIG at Italy" is the interpretaI 5^ tion placed by some quarters on I the action of the War Department in promoting MaJ William Bentley. 'vnr se recall from Rome was demanded by Italy, from the position of assistant military aUaehe
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    R.A.F. Offensive In Cyrenaica Concentrations Of Troop Planes Bombed
    216 14 R.A.F. Offensive In Cyrenaica Concentrations Of Troop Planes Bombed Cairo, Apr. 30 THE R.A.F. has carried out cunstant convoy patrols over certain areas in the Mediterranean it v officially announced Enemy aircraft attacks are reported to have been repulsed. Concentrations of enemy planes at Btnina aerodrome, In Cyrenaica were heavily
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    29,000 Civilians Killed By Bombs
    124 14 Raid Casualties In Great Britain London. Apr JO. I TP to the end jf March. 29,000 people «-*have been killed and 49,000 inlured throughout Britain by bomnin? Dlsolosln* these figures to-day, thr Minister of Health, Mr. Ernest Brown said that in 400 hospitals and institutions
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    Heavy Tax Increase For Canadians
    153 14 Ottawa, Apr. SO. J|pW taxes and heavy increases on existing taxes were announced by Mr. J. L. Bsley Canadian Finance Minister, in presenting Canada's third war budget yesterday. Personal Income tax will start at 15 per cent, for the first tl.ooo of taxable Income I
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    NEW SHANGHAI COUNCIL MEETS TO-DAY
    103 14 Shanghai. Apr. 30. yHE Provisional Council of the IntcmatloiM Settlement which was voted at a ratepayers' meeting on Apr. 17 has been unanimously approved by the consular body, states an official communique It is understood that Chungking has now given the new Council 'Uc t
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    FORMER DUTCH MINISTER DIES IN GERMANY
    63 14 London. Apr. 30. FE former Dutch Minister of Justice, Mr. Charles Oosellng. has died in Buchwalci :oncentration camp where he was sent by tht 3ermans following his arrest shortly after the nvasion. according to information received bi Dutch circles In London. At the time
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    86 Nazi Night Bombers Downed During April: New Record
    357 14 E IGHTY-SIX Germ^V&m&r, were shot down over Britain In April, writes Reuter's air correspondent. This new all-high record was reached with the destruction of two raiders yesterday by R.A.F. night fighters and r?pr r m a v K an aircr aft.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    44 15 SOCCER SA I .A. league, first division, Malays vs. R.A.F., stadium; second division (a), Publishers vs. R.E. (P. 8.), YM.C.A.; second division (b). Customs vs. Fort Cannin*, Clerical Union; B.H.L. trial, S R.C. cround. TENNIS S.C.C, T.M C.A. and S.C.R.C. tournaments.
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    GORDONS BEAT A.-A. GUNNERS
    217 15 Gordons -2: R.A. (A.A.) 0 I OSING tlie services of Davison five minutes after the start of the tame, the Gordons played with ten men when they beat the R.A. (A.A.) by two goals to nil in a first division league aoccer fixture at Cnanjri yesterday.
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    ARGYLLS COLLECT FULL POINTS
    478 15 ArgyKs 2; Police 0. Cl i'KKIOR in attack and oe- fence, the Argyll* gathered foil I points at the expense of the Police at Anson Road stadium yesterday, j winning: by two poals to nil in a I first division league fixture. In the flrst fsw
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    SIR MERTON PAYS $74 AT KUALA LUMPUR
    1783 15 First Day Of Selangor Turf Club's Spring Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 30. CIR MERTON paid the highest dividend, $74, in the third race at Kuala Lumpur to-day, the first day of the Selangor Turf Cluh's Spring meeting. This was
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    WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    21 15 H/KK.HTS for Saturday's races at Kuala I.umpur will be found elsewhere In this issue if received in time.
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    Rush Milling For Australia?
    98 15 WHITING to Bertie Bell from Sydney, boxing manager Jack Warner, who recently sent for Young Ventruillo and Johnny Morteli. Intimated that he was making plans to have Rush Milling fight in Australia. Ventruillo is already on the way. Mortell is to follow shortly and will probably
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    FAST SCORING BY AUSTRALIANS
    217 15 THE Royal Australian Air Force scored an er..«y victory by seven wickets over Air Headquarters in a cricket match played on the R.A.A F. ground yesterday. Headquarters batted first and scored 112. to which the Australians replied with seme fast scoring, collecting thrir flrst 50 in
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    CHANGI SAPPERS BEAT CRICKET CLUB 13—2
    517 15 R.E IX j THERE was a rout on th Royal Engineers (Changi) Club in a first division Sappers overwhelmed heir Humphries, their centre-fo goals, which must >c the scoring first division soccer ha There were two hat-tricks in ilum- j phries' extraordinary achievement £r
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    2,000 GUINEAS WON BY LAMBERT SIMNEL
    217 15 2,000 GUINEAS WON BY LAMBERT SIMNEL London. Apr 30. nm{£ second wartime classic season opened wJtn gurprlse when the Duke of Wcstminrter's otitrlder Lamt>»rt Simrel. rl-i'len cn^u, nitott. resisted a terrific finishm buTtt m th, j.gt uphU| fur|ong tr beat M,n(irmni saheb of Kholapur's Morrworo by two len^hs lj[r<l port^i^
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    BULK OF THE B.E.F. SUCCESSFULLY EVACUATED
    477 16 3,000 CASUALTIES SUFFERED BY FORCE OF 60,000 MEN Heavy Equipment Left Behind Premier's Tribute To Army AT least 45,000 out of the 60,000 Imperial troops in Greece have been successfully evacuated. The total casualties suffered by the Imperial forces during the whole campaign in
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    TROOPSHIPS AT GIBRALTAR
    242 16 TROOPSHIPS AT GIBRALTAR london Aor 30 g3Bl» J "ported man AlwrudUtwo d stro y yers r^ntly arrived at (;jbralt:lr ,t,t sa and again roa,in and takin food SUnDlics A sham air aUatk vas madf it adds on Gibraltar last nleht. during which planes dropped sandbars to represent bombs and firemen
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    British Withdrew At Request Of Greece To Avoid Useless Sacrifice
    921 16 British Withdrew At Request Of Greece To Avoid Useless Sacrifice as munition*, motor vehicles and aeroplanes I resources v. iuh which It was In any ca.se inadequately supplied from the outbreak cf hostilities. "This state of things makes It Impossible for the Greeks to continue the struggle with no chance
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    THIS GRAND RETREAT MAY BE TURNING POINT OF WAR'
    473 16 |T has happened, but with the breakdown of Yugoslavia it was obvious to every soldier that the evacuation of Greece had to be, writes Gen. Sir Hubert Gough, Reuter's military commentator. Yugoslavia S fall exposed the Greek and British armies and
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      16 1 A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT GHT PAGES. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941. No. 274
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      Mothers With Babies & Their Lives In Britain's Air Raid Shelters
      1293 1 Mothers With Babies Their Lives In Britain's Air Raid Shelters Women And The War THERE is a great deal of talk nowadays about public air raid shelters and the community life people have, perforce, to live in them. So far as MONN with babies are concerned, Dr. Victoria Bennett has
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      83 1 P*M.r".\ Drew shows us the ingenue bob and the perfect gown to go *X "ith it. The dress is or white chiffon and is extremely simple but very feminine. The bodice is gathered with a corded waistline and boasts almost invisible shoulder straps. Miss Drew has one
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      2961 2  -  Nurse Elizabeth By THE difficulties created by social preccciousness in a little girl of four years of age will especially interest readers th's week. "If.H." writes: A friend of mine has IV advised me to write to you about my littlj daughter. Since reading
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