The Straits Times, 6 June 1941

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    50 1 The Straits Times f ESTABLISHED NZARLY A CSMTUR7I SINQAPO <i* 140 CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471 > EVALA LUHHhIt, 26 JAVA ST. CPHONK HP. MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES BINGAIH)RE, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1941 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1941 PRICE
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      95 1 FINAL EDTN. ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Morning Afternooit Evening Dresses. ■dl Tropper Hr "HAWLXY TROPPET* ran and rain hat 1* waterproof— atr-!n»ul*'«d -feather llcht adjusuble slaad 25 degree* cooler than going hatless! Smartly styled Hawlcy l* excellent for apart*, dre** and outdoor wear. New shipment Ju*t unpacked, cloth corered *3
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      555 2 ©n? Straits Mima SMALL ADS? Minimum charge $1. far *4t\ m* nttmtlat 4 MM*. Mar* tba* low llnea 15 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOME8TIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. MAK&1AGES. DEATHS. ACKNOWLEDG1IENT8. ANNOCTNCKMENTS PPt. CARDS u* chMtcd •3 Htk per UuerUre per Inch Or« I iKk U
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      528 2 LOST LOST, Child's Silver Mug initialled P.M.W. vicinity Government House Oroun is. Reward. 18 Institution Hill Mansions. SITUATIONS VACANT ASIATIC WIRELESS AERATORS. Two experienced men required for service at land stations In North Borneo. Preference will be given to applicants between the age of 25 and 35 years holding a
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      718 2 HOUSES FLATS TO LET TO LET, No. 47 Amber Road. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, seaside Katong. "Beach House" (81 Marine Parade). Apply Meyer Brothers WELL FURNISHED bed-slttlngroom bah m.s, verandah attached. Ceiling fan. Prg: Breakfast opt., European. 38 Oxley Road. TO LET, Seaside Brick bungalow. 743K, Mate Ikan Rd
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      602 2 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OF KICKS at 1 and 4-A Prince St. and S3 Raffles Place. Apply Koo Chew Kee, 129 Kllllnr-y Road. AUCTION NOTICES ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE op limed, ducoed and other stained and polished teak HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ETC. Comprising: polished teak sitting room suite, dining table and chairs,
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      434 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS. EYEGLASSES. EXCLUSIVELY. few oealar ilamals n •ertty diagnosed aaa glass* 'B"*^W •reseribed b» a Hceasea am /w^-^ registered prartlttoaer with I legal ■aaliftratlont If gU»- I 9^X^* :a arc not aeeaod aaac all i~ THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. 4. ARCADE BUILDING R. A. THOMPSON. H.O.Sc. (Doctor of (KiiUr Science).
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      142 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. "GLACIER" Bearing Metals. Phcephoi Bronse, Ett. ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMFUB. FOR A PERMANENT 1* "Tim X KOVt^o-^PKCIAMSTo nV fcAi-**"""^ IN •^•Jit-^"^ PERMANENI HAVING Dilatory of MANUFACTURERS OF AUSTRALIA 1941 $10 KELLY WALSH. LTD Singapore Clrar w*>on Is important, to jour win!*.. pleasure and
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      595 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P 0. BRITISH INDIA 17 KflM|||?|d AND APCAR LIME. ll (Incorporated in England) PEN.NSLLAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CO. MAIL PASSFNGKR AND CARCO p OR CUNARD WHITE STAR S r*K VIC- r*. The btM possible services are being main- LINE, tained by the P. O
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      418 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      165 3 KASABIN COUGH REMEDY. noo-nablt forming and causes no toss of appetite or constipation |*Jt^MH Mtt^a»^9asss»a^^-^ssW_ *"^^^^^ff PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NEW TURK AND BOSTON VIA PENANG, COLOMBO, BOMBAY AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Arrive Spore Sail Spore Arrive N 1. v. PRESIDENT MONROE June 10 June 13 Jv.ly 22
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      196 3 Radio Programmes TO-D^Y SINGAPORE CHL 1.333 net if SEHP1 9.69 mc/i (M.M tn.) (ZUPZ 6.17J d</i 4K.58 m.1 ZHP3 7.25 ne/i (41 .11 mi m. zhpi ran 5 p.m. Pclping Dramas; s.15 p.m. News tn Cantonese: 5.50 p.m. Hokklea music; 6 p.m. News In Hokklen; 6.15 p.m. Warning to Mariners;
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      195 3 from London: 10 35 p.m. The Band of HM Royal Air Force; 10.45 p.m. Close down. MM 5 p.m. Lcgu Melayu; 6.50 P m. Hindustani music 6. OS D.m. News id Hindustani; 6.20 p.m. Tamil music; 8.40 News In Tamil; 7 pjn. The Bohemians; Salon Orchestra; 7 10 p.m. News
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      696 3 EMPIRE STATION Revised frreqaeney -Hchedule: Butera Transmission ■.It rm la IIM p.m. t* Q8T— I7J1 OM/f. If M Metres »o4 G8> 15. 14 aw 19 81 oMtrc*. trass MS a.m. 11.56 pm so* GSl>— ll."» nc/i: tiJI ■HUM. North Amerteaa TranamlssUa OSO: USC <11 asetre mMi »n« GET (31.15 m
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      492 3 NIROM TOB 15.31 me/i 119.61 m..; TDC 15.15 net HIM m.): PI.P I1.H Bet <J7.27 m.); PMN lt.24 me (29 M mi; XDB t.ii BM/S .11.4. B.)s ruD om/> itt.n a.) 4. SO p.m. Programme prerlew. Tea concert; 5. SO p.m. For the Paces; 6.06 p.m. Singing lessons for children;
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    439 4 Moderate Turnover But Prices Remain Steady By Oar Financial on espondrnt Singapore, June 6THE share markets continue quiet but remarkably steady and yesterday there were no price changes of any significance In any section. In the dollar tin section inquiry was almost entirely confined to Hong Fatt
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    U.S. CAR OUTPUT REDUCTION
    73 4 Steel Production Needed For Shipbuilding Washington, June 5. rE Office for Production Management announced to-day the curtailment of the production of sheet and strip steel for automobile and other civiian Industries m order to release rolling mill capacity for ship building, railway cars, etc.. It was
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    TIN-ORE IMPORTS FALL LAST MONTH
    43 4 POREION imports of tin-ore m May totalled 5,218 tons, compared with 6.1« tons m April. Total Imports fci the first five month* of this year were 27,503 tons, compared with 23.024 tons m the corresponding period of 1940
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    EXCHANGES
    200 4 Tte foUowing arc the CTcT>ant» refer O»b mcrnini according to U.t dally drciUai imu*. •>v the Hooflorw ano *»««"«*'V Bitnklia OoTDOT»tlon: ■SIX WO Uxdon I.1 2/4 1,13 London demand 2/4 1/33 Switzerland (T.T. only) M3.4f New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand SI. IS Batavia demand M.71 Samarant demand 88.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    76 4 Friday, Junr C, noon. Bayer* Seflert n*. a vi (Spot loose) 44\ wo IX R.B.S. f.o k n un Jbsm 4* 10\ G r A.Q. RS.S f.eiv m June 39% 3J-.4 VQ R.B.S tot. rr JSM 3S-, 3»% FTTCRB QCOTATIO.Ss No. IX R.B.S. on Rcgtoter't
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
    38 4 •T*HE price of rubber for purpose of assessment of export duty In the F.M.S. for the period June 6 to June 12. inclusive, has been determined at 39% cents a pound, states a Gazette notification.
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    16 4 Mambau Tin produced 311 piculs of tin-ore and Rahman Hydraulic Tlr produced 800 piculs m May.
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    RUBBER MARKET STEADY, QUIET
    368 4 Reports On Past Week's Business Fa weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning. Lewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd., write:— The price in New York during the week has continued to tall back, and there has consequently been an appreciable closing of the gap that
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    148 4 rPHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held Its 1,5415t auction yesterday when there was catalogued 2.319.077 lb., 1.052.M tons: offered 2.2IJ.JSS lb.. 987 61 tons; sold 1.879.193 lb., 838.92 tons. PRICES MAUZED Ribbed Smofcrd Sheet Ceato Per Lb. Standard quality 40H to *0\ Oood average truailty
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    BRITAIN CUTS DOWN TYRE CONSUMPTION
    154 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. ALTHOUGH war has brought to shareholders m Malayan rubber plantation companies a remarkable measure of prosperity, moderated only by 100 per cent, excess profits tax. the consumption of rubber has tn many ways been reduced. For example, the urgent necessity
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    LOWER RUBBER IMPORTS IN MAY
    47 4 FOREIGN Imports of rubber Into Malaya m May totalled 21. 1 751 tons compared wllh ***** tons In April Total imports for the first five months of this year were 114,068 tons, compared with 103,356 tons m the corresponding period of 1940.
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    Order Of Running & Non-Acceptors
    153 4 Order Of Running Non-Acceptors TilE order oi tunning and nT.-| 1 acceptors at Ipoh to-morrow, the final day of the Perak Turf Club* 1 June meeting, are" Race 1: Horses, class 3, <ut. x, t fun. *..-»Jght.— Nil. Race t: Hones, class 3. dtv. J, Mrs.— urlling, Herbc Folle. Hybl».
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    ANGLO-ORIENTAL TIN GROUP
    159 4 ANGLO-ORIENTAL TIN GROUP Output Figures For May THE fd.cwing output figure .'or tto- ere by compan.es m the An?l~Orbntal grjup ar.' reported for May Lonrton Tin opened firmer. The turnover was 125 tons. The (mail buying interest found sellers most reluctant. Aftrr official hours a further 15 tons were traded.
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    173 4 FE following d inatlons Co l'h.? Wai Fund »r» recorded to-day— S O. X Venabtes. Jobore Bahru. (monthly) 15t School Srorts Fund of Ratlin Vas School, e in;-a-tore lVt T. R. Hut ton, (monthly) 10» Cable Wireless Cluh 62 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wynne,
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    RUBBER CONTROLLER NOT TO CONTROL RUBBER
    1285 4 "Will Merely Ensure Supplies To War Factories" (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 2. CIR Walrond Sinclair, newly appointed Controller of Rubber, is not likely in the near future, at any rate, to fake effective control of the importation, distribution and marketing of rubber
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      328 4 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. Hie Exchange Banks will be closed on: 12th June Thursday Tn substitution for King's Birthday (Public Holiday). THE HAMILTON (F.M.S.) RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated m P. M.S.) Naticc of Coxing ot Shan Transfer Boofct NOTICE is hereby fiven that the Transfer Cooks of the Company will be
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    London Stock Exchange
    387 5 Gilt-Edged And Rubbers Steady London, June S. •i-HE Stock Exchange to-day was largely colourless apart from Cape purchase* of non-prod'icer Kaffir stocks. Gilt-edged ruled steady after early fractional declines. Industrials were dull with stores again lower, B. A. T. again fell but Cable and Wireless ords. gained
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    121 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, June 5 POMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations m parenthesis:— RUBBER: Steady. Spot 13-Nd 13% d (l3Vid 13\d> August 13% d 13% d (13 7|l6d 13% d) Oct.-Dec. 13Hd 13% d (13% d 13* d) New York: Not received.
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    WALL STREET
    60 5 Dow Jones Averages Rise Slightly "pHK following were Dow Jones Averages when the New York Stock Exchange closed to-day with those of the preceding day:— June 4 June 5 30 Industrials 117.68 118.13 20 Rails 27.68 27.72 15 Utilities 17.13 17. 46 40 Bonds 91.06 91.02 Commodity lndmc
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    55 5 Malls close at the General Post Office as fol!ows: TO-MOBBOVI New Zealand air 12.30 p.m. Java air 12.30 p.m. Australia air 12.30 p.m. Medan air 12.30 p.m. Pn'emuang air 12.30 p.m. ARRIVALS Mails from Australia lair) general delivery 3 30 p.m. to-day. Mails from Java (air>
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    PAN-AMERICAN CLIPPER
    56 5 The Pan-American Clipper from San Francisco U expected to arrive m Singapore on Tuesday and to depart on Wednesday. The latest time of posting at the General Post Ofllee. Singapore, to cannect with malls despatched by the return flight for the Philippine Islands, Pacific Islands. America and Europe,
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    List Of Current Dividends
    223 5 Oampuar omaend Clam nn Hong Patt 8% Int. June 1 Kamuiitiim Tin t% int. leas tax June 11 Pangnga River 4% Int. leu tax June 11 Raub 3d. tot. June M Talam Mines 5% int. June 13 MMfc* Ba^ett 34 final June 9 Batu LUitang 5%
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1347 5 THVB.SOAT, JUNE 5. 1941: 4 PJC. ■MM Ml 111 Nil k» AND LOANS 6% Maynard and Co. $10,000 Int. Apr. SO Oct 31 90.00 100.00 ootn S1NGATOBE KUNICirAJ. 6% 1901 red. 30 9.50 $400,900 Int. Mar. 31. 8ept. W 110H 113* nom el 4tt% 1901
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      58 5 HELPENGLAND'S NEW HOMELES S 'J^ W\& ''*-tsi HF m HwmT aaaaPr^ 1 6 i Iwl yM i if S A *^P!^^C^§ >|1/-Tb^bV" M MAKE REGULAR MONTHLY Wk iJIyC MA%k\ m DONATIONS TO HELP THIS ■k sv m FUND WHICH ALLEVIATES W AA^VI W THE DISTRESS OF ENGLAND'S W, §BmW^MVW m
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      293 5 HERE ARE SOME OF THE (i(M)ll TONICS FOR MEN for general rundown conditions MAHASHAKTI DATA $4.M b*t BEEF, IRON AND WINE 259 HERBVIGOR PILLS I.M m VITAELINE PILLS (immediate reatorative) 1 .00 ANANDA VILAS '"< mediate restorative) \2M Post ace 30 cts. Wrile for leaflet*. C'HARI CO., R«.hin»on Rd. Singapore.
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      211 5 Home SPA TREATMENT for RHEUMATISM Kidney Trouble By Dr. Qttignon of the faculty «f Medirmr. ParH. r' you are over forty, and subject to rheumatism, lumbago, kidney trouble. eonaUpßttOß or Uvrr disorder, it ls wise plan to make a pr.ictirp of drinkin? alkaline watrr 'simihir to that provided at such
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      140 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To -day H.W. 7.40 a.m 7.4 ft.: 8 p.m. 8 ft. L.W. 1.18 ».m.' 3 ft.: 1.35 p.m. 3.2 ft. To-morrow H.W. 8.D5 a.m. 7.9 ft.; 8.50 p m. 8.6 ft. L.W. 2.30 a.m. 2.1 ft.; 2.40 p.m. 3.5 ft. Sunday, June 8 H.W. 9.57 a.m 8
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      207 6 MYRNA'S GOT A NEW BOY-FRIEND NOW... MELVYN DOUGLAS TO-DAY Uis- 6.i5 -9.15) CAPITOL NjO Girl is half drvssed while her left hand is naked! and so MELVYN made MYRNA "play" at being MARRIED just because position demanded it! ,-^jk y^HWß^^- |S Such Fun t Such Romance! It's Wondmrtul! y W^%s<&ls%
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      182 6 Special Stage Screen Attraction CAPITOL SATUBDAY d W«" I W k SUNDAY MORNINGS June 7th <Sc sth at 1 1 o'clock Special Appearance of ihe famous European Artists THE ALEXANDRE DUO In a Sensational Exhibition of Juggling, Balancing and Musical Novelties. With Specially selected programme of "3 BfeMgN." comedies, cartoons
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    R.A.F. BOMBERS CARRY OUT BIG DAY RAID ON ZEEBRUGGE
    214 7 R. A.F. BOMBERS CARRY OUT BIG DAY RAID ON ZEEBRUGGE Boulogne Port Also Attacked; Ship Blown Clear Out Of Water London, June 5. THE British Bomber Command continues to attack enemy shipping and coastal targets m occupied territory. An Air Ministry communique states that during yesterday's operations a supply vessel
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    "FIGHTING FIRST" IS U.S. TASK FORCE
    125 7 Washington, June 5. THE "Fighting First" UivLsion would be one of the first vnfts of the I'nited States army to morr if America decided to send an expeditionary force abroad, it was learned to-day. Gen. George Marshall, Army Chirf-of Staff. addressing the House of
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    150 Killed And 200 Injured In Air Raid On Alexandria
    356 7 Alexandria, June 5. THE Egyptian government has don1 ated £3.000 for relief of victims in Alexandria's heaviest air raid last night. Flying low, the raiders blasted with high explosive and incendiary bombs the thickly populated Arab districts. The death roll
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    Defence Of Air Bases In U.K.
    128 7 London, June 4. U/ITH the lesson of Crete, the Royal "Air Force has appointed an unnamed Air Vice-Marshal to work m close cooperation with the War Offlc; and to supervise ground defences of aerodromes, the Army being responsible for anti-aircraft guns and aerodrome guards.
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    Admiral Nomura On U.S.-Japanese Tension
    98 7 Admiral Nomura On U.S.- Japanese Tension New York, June 5. ALTHOUGH the Japanese -American rift has widened of late, the present tension is not insoluble, declared Adm KlchUaburo Nomura, Japanese Ambassador in Washington, when he spoke before the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Welcomed by Japanese business men of New York
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    Nazis Reply To Eire's Protest
    120 7 Dublin Bombing Will Be Investigated London, June 6 THE German wireless to-day acknowledges receipt of Eire's protest over the recent bombing of Dublin and glibly says there can be no question of intentional bombing. The German authorities are closely investigating, it was added. Mr. Eamon
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    NAZI SEAPLANES FLY OVER SWEDEN
    69 7 Stockholm, June 5 CEVERAL German seaplanes this morning flew over Swedish territory on the western coast of the island of Gotland. It is officially announced They were driven off by anti-aircraft fire. The island of Gotland lies m the Baltic off the southern tip of
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    "U.S. Now Building Enough Planes To Overwhelm The Axis Powers"
    176 7 Washington, June 5. "AMERICAN mass production methods are now geared to manufacture aeroplanes in numbers iufncient to overwhelm the enemies ;o* Democracy," declared the assist- ant Secretary for War, Mr. Robert r.ovett, in a broadcast last night. "I have returned
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      246 7 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL To-night DINNER DANCE (iitinMi)Bp.».to*idgigi>t SSSSU BUSTER MAGGIE DINNER S3.cc NON-DINERS $1.00 Saturday LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL SPECIAL ORCHESTRAL CORCERI fry RAFFLES ORCHESTRA SUNDAY EVENING Of THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT -8.30 to 10.30 p.m. ly tbe Band of the LOYAL REGIMENT (Bj kind permission of
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      300 7 T 3°is™ Y CATHAY 6.15 P.M. —9.15 p.il. Where Everybody Goes P^Py j ?T \(I i BP'^^ v ici \l\ yr^ Getai Romero, as the Romeo of the j( "tPJR? rackets, thoughtfullr give* nice I things co chorus girts to save them #V^. Wk^^^^^^^ from...ofsll msnp!... temptation. 20th Century Fox
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1941. (643rd Day Of The War.) THE FLAG FOLLOWS TRADE
    1009 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1941. (643rd Day Of The War.) THE FLAG FOLLOWS TRADE Japan's trade with Thailand before 1937 represented a fairly substantial plank in Thailand's economic structure, although it was not of great importance to Japan. In the year 1936-37, Japanese products amounted to almost
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    MALAYAN DONORS TO RED CROSS FUND
    117 8 (From Our Own Correspondent London. MALAYAN donations to the Red Cross and St John Fund acknowledged by the Duke of Gloucester m The Times recently include a covenanted annual subscription of £50 for the duration of the war from Sir John Hay, head of
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      ARM-CHAIR CRITICS
      376 8 A .Pitfall That Must Be Avoided To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I feel that I should suggest at once that the salient points of your leader this evening be conveyed to those concerned In London, especially those concluding words: "There Is nothing to be gained
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      FIRST THINGS FIRST
      685 8 This Is Not A War Between Nations To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, In a letter published in the Straits Times last Friday, under the heading "Unity." I said: "I wish I could say something to support your worth-while efforts to arouse this country from
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      COME IN!
      907 8 Why United States Should Declare War To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Mr. Menzies has returned to Australia from a tour which has been a personal triumph and which has established him as one of the three greatest orators in the English-speak-ing world to-day. Nowhere has
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    SIR GEORGE MAXWELL ON AN OMISSION
    387 8 Urges Gas-Proof Room In Every Home 'From Our Own Correspondent.) London. WHEN war began in Sep.emb.eT, 1939. the first thought of almost everv British householder was V> gasproof a room to protect his family against the aerial po'son-gas attacks which the Germans were expected
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    BOMB KILLS VICTORIA LEAGUE SECRETARY
    459 8 Kindly Hostess Of Many Malayan Students <Frcm Our Own Correspondent^ London. MISS Gertrude Drayton Grimke-Dray-ton C.B.E., Secretary of the Vk I toria League, a kindly hostess In London to many Malayan students, v killed during a recent raid on L ndon. Aged 60, she preferred
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    FINAL U.S. WARNING TO VICHY GOVERNMENT
    570 9 Collaboration With Axis Deplored FRANCE MAY BE TREATED AS PART OF GERMANY Colonies In Western Hemisphere At Stake y\R. Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, r^terday warned Vichy that Franco-German aboration would be "inimical" to the rights 01 the United States and other
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    Mr. Winatit Urging Immediate U.S. Rupiure With Vichy Government
    272 9 London, June 6. DIPLOMATS here who talked with the United States Ambassador, Mr. John Winant, before his departure for the United States, understand he Intended to recommend to President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull that the United States should be ready
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    CAPITAL OF TRANSJORDAN BOMBED BY FRENCH PLANES
    409 9 Colonial Leaders Confer In Vichy On Military Measures THE British Broadcasting Corporation, m a broadcast pick- ed up by the Columbia Broadcasting System, said that French type planes bombed Amman, capital of Transjordan, on Wednesday, reports United Press. The raid was described as
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    DENTZ RELIEVED OF HIS POST
    48 9 New York, June 6. THK French High Commissioner of Syria, Gen. Henri Dentr, has "been relieved of his tominanr! in accordance wi.h orders from the Vichy Government, according to a British radio report intercepted hv the National Broadcast ing Companr here.— I'niied I're^
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    9,000 U.S. Aero Workers Strike
    182 9 New York, June 5. NINE thousand unicn workers employed at the big warplane factory of the North American Aviation Corporation at Inslewcod, California, struck work for increased wages, thus delaying $196,000,000 worth of orders lor the British and United States Government*. The number of workers
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    Allied Nationals In Britain To Register
    67 9 Allied Nationals In Britain To Register London. June 6. REGISTRATION of Allied nationals In Britain under International Labour Forces orders will start next Monday, with males aged 16 to 65. Womrn from 16 to 50 will sign up during the following week. The order relates to all Belgians, C^i-rho-Slovaks. French,
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    HITLER'S DREAM OF EUROPEAFRICA FEDERATION
    163 9 London, June 6. "ITITLER Is now planning an autumn conference at which he will proclaim the federation of Europe with Africa as the supply source, de ..ares ihe Daily Mirror, reports United Press. "This is the German dream. "Hitler's original intention was to make such
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    WHEN BRITISH CAPTURED ASMARA
    51 9 The first of the British Bren gun carriers enters Asmara, communications centre and capital of Eritrea, former key Italian colony. With this as the turning point of the African campaign, the British and Imperial troops then vent on to completely seal the fate of the Italian
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    Tokio Ultimatum To The Dutch?
    190 9 U.S. Stand On Pacific Status Quo Unchanged Washington, June 5. /"OFFICIALS here to-day refrained from any comment on Japanese demands on the Netherlands Indies, but all evidence and official indications showed sustained support for the Netherlands stand. Both President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull. Secretary
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    INTERVIEW WITH THE FUEHRER
    249 9 U.S. Convoys Mean War, Hitler Declares Washington, June 5. A STATEMENT made by Hitler on May 23 to the fomer United States Ambassador In Belgium, Mr. John Cudahy,— now Berlin correspondent of the American magazine Life Is to be published In the magazine to-morrow. In the
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    N.Z. SENDS £100,000 TO EASE LONDON DISTRESS
    30 9 Wellington, June S. THE New Zealand patriotic organizations conference has decided to send £100.000 to Britain for relief of air raid distress. Reuter.
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    $10,000,000,000 For U.S. Army
    254 9 House Committee Makes Recommendation Washington. June 5. THE House of Representatives Appropriations Commitiee to-dav rej commendfd the staggering toUil of $9,826,509,492 for United States Army activities duririT the fiscal year, 1942. reports United Press. This v.culd include money for 12,856 additional planes, which will give United
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    New U.S. Weapon Against Warships
    141 9 Washing .on. June 5 HIGH naval quarters here indicate the United States has evolved a method of attacking enemy warships believed to be superior to aerial torpedo assaults. Details of the new method are being kept secret, but it is be'eved one of its principal
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    NAZIS COMPLAIN OF " MALTREATMENT "
    45 9 NAZIS COMPLAIN OF MALTREATMENT Zurich, June 5. THE Basler Nachrichten reports from Berlin that the Germans are establishing military courts m Crete m order to try franctireurs (guerillas) alleged to be members of the regular British Army who are accused of "maltreating German parachutists."— Reuter.
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    U.S. AIRMEN JOIN UP IN PALESTINE
    89 9 Rome, June 6. ITNITED STATES pilots have Arrived In Palestine for the purpose of joining up with the British air iorce, according to a La Trlbuna report Irom Kabul. Many United States citizens irive arrived In Palestine aboard x United States steamer flying the
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    Turks' Attitude To War In Syria
    145 9 INeulrality Deetarsuoa Sought By Nazis Ankara, June 6. THE attitude of Turkey to a possible outbreak of hostilities m Syria is the main preoccupation of Nazi diplomats here. According to some circles m Aut-rua, von Papen, the Nazi Ambassador, has I already asked the
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    INDO-CHINA TO HAND OVER ARMS FOR CHINA ?
    58 9 INDO-CHINA TO HAND OVER ARMS FOR CHINA London, June 6. i IT Is reported from Toleio that 1 the French Indo-China Govern- men, Uas consented to the removal of mihtary and other s ores destined for the Chinese Government. These stores, it is stated, have been bccumulattng at various points
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    GIFTS TO WAR FUND ARE AGAIN PLENTIFUL
    580 10 Series Of Small Donations Total Nearly $1,000 ANOTHER SCHOOL DECIDES TO CONTRIBUTE PRIZE MONEY CONTRIBUTIONS to The War Fund are again plentiful to-day, but they are mostly small sums and amount to barely $1,000. The gross» total is now $.5,570,596. Notwithstanding tne absence
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    EVACUATION CAMPS PLAN
    213 10 Start Made With Registration EVACUATION camp registration centres began to function atj 8 o'clock this morning throughout i the east and west coast districts of Singapore and m Geylang. and will continue to do ro for the next 10 to 14 days. The centres are manned by
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    BREACH OF TRUST ALLEGED
    214 10 Charges Concerning Cash Jewellery TWENTY-eight-year-old S. A. Dawood appeared m the Singapore Third Court to-day on three charges of criminal breach of trust of cash and Jewellery amounting altogeher to $6,750. Tt-p charges afsainst him were 1 1 > that on Jan. 22 this year he
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    FIRE-WATCHING TO BE MADE COMPULSORY
    96 10 FIRE-W ATCHING TO BE MADE COMPULSORY LEGISLATION has been drafted and will be introduced shortly to make Ore-watching compulsory m certain c ?es. Th« scheme will roughly be on the sanu 1 linr* as that m opern'lon m Britain. The scheme will pi'ly principally to fin;:s with premises m the
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    CHINESE CHAMBER AND WAR TAXATION
    68 10 ENGAGING the attention of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce is the question of seeking amendments to the War Tax Ordinance, which im poses income tax. The Chamber has held a preliminary meeting, and the exact nature of the amendments required is being settled. It Is
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    AMUSEMENTS
    98 10 M-'M.E.S HOTEL Dinner Uanee 'Informal; 8 to Midnight. r*;at woKi.n Caljarn ;iO to S Si 9 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: The Thief oi ad Sky: Spawn of the North. HAPPY THEATRE (Happy World) The Sea' Hawk. Seaside: Whc*. Were Von Born? V|« WOULD Talkies. Theatres and Ctuemas Side Show.
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    "CROOKS' TOUR" IS VERY BRIGHT COMEDY
    149 10 CROOKS' TOUR IS VERY BRIGHT COMEDY At The I'Anema Naunton Wayne, Greta Gynl). British National. At the Pavilion. QNE of the best British musical comedies to v be shown In Singapore for a lons time. this film provides a really worth while evenins's entertainment. Typically English humour is capably put
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    INDEBTEDNESS OF CLERKS
    277 10 Inquiry Likely By Business Houses PUBLIC attention will again soon be focussed on the problem of indebtedness amor.g clerics m Singapore. It Is likely that action will be taken by the business houses of the city on the same lines as the investigation which has for some
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    CHILDREN'S DANCING SHOW BIG SUCCESS
    120 10 I'NDEB U»e patronage of the Governor. Sir shenton Thomas and Lady Thomas. "Dancing Through The World." which was presented yesterday evening at the Adelphl Hotel Roof Garden by youthful pupils of the Pay Hamilton School of Dancing In aid of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital
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    Local Tea Finding Bigger Market In Malaya
    404 10 "OHOULD it be possible to find shipping we have evidence that a ready market could probably be found for Malayan tea m the Middle East," states the Malayan Agricultural Journal, adding that with the present shipping situation, exports other than to the Ministry
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    'DIGGERS' WELCOME A FILM ACTRESS
    545 10 Unofficial 'Guard Of Honour' For Betty Bryant niGGERS of the Australian Imperial Force m Singapore on a brief holiday were at thj Civil Airport yesterday to form an unofficial guard of honour for Betty Bryant, the blue-eyed, 20-year-old Australian star of the film Forty Thousand
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    CONTRACTS INQUIRY
    356 10 Open Sitting This Morning CO-OPERATION OF PUBLIC SOUGHT MEMBERS of the public, public associations and contractors hare not submitted memoranda, nor have they made suggestions or given their views on the system m force for alloting contracts for puolic works m the Colony A statement to this effect
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    ANTI-STRIKE LAWS IN THE NETHERLANDS
    37 10 Lisbon. Juru- j. A DECREE for jiddinj strikes and lu> out* m Holland was published m U) Dutch newspapers on May 25. T» <• aasMl j U prison, hard labour or death. Rt-utrr.
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    "OFFENCES WHICH ARE RAMPANT IN COLONY"
    495 11 Judge's Comment In Sending Contractors To Prison "BRIBERY CORRUPTION VERY DIFFICULT TO DETECT" **THE accused have been convicted of offences which are 1 rampant m the Colony," said Mr. Justice Worley at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, passing sentences of imprisonment and fines on two
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    ORCHARD ROAD FATALITY
    472 11 Signalman's Story Of Accident AN account of how a Chinese woman, m crossing Orchard Road near the junction of Kock Road on the morning of May 30, collided with an Army motor-cycle and died on the way to hospital, was given by Signalman Edward Ernest Hall, of
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    TRAFFIC JUDGE WAS COMPLAINANT
    128 11 {V A. CURTEBS, secretary to the Singapore J* A l *«f ur football Association, was fined W by Mr. C. H. Whltton. District Judge and Traffic Magistrate, yesterday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driring on the afternoon of May 1 by speeding
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    FIREMAN CHARGED
    68 11 TIBI BIN MANSOR, a Singapore Harbour Board fireman, appeared m the traffic court yesterday on a charge of causing the death of Kucblt bin Ibrahim by a rash act not amounting to culpable homicide by driving a lorry m a rash manner on Monday afternoon. The charge was
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    RUBBER CASE AT ASSIZES
    208 11 Trial Of Ex-clerk Of Bata Shoe Co. ACCUSED of committing criminal breach of trust m respect of 314 cases of crepe rubber valued at $30,000, belonging to the Bata Shoe Co., an English-speaking Chinese, Teo Kwee Liang alias Kwee Liang Chong. was on trial at the
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    AGRICULTURE IN JOHORE STATE
    305 11 Animal Husbandry Abo Being Encouraged tPron Our Own Correspondent) Jobore Bahru. June 4. THE total area planted with rubber hi 1 estimated at t54.4T« acres, of which &55.713 acres are comprised In 553 hokungs of 100 acres or over and 394.786 acres In 75.063 small and
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    TO-NIGHT'S BROADCAST ON S.S. VOLUNTEERS
    32 11 A TALK on the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force will be broadcast from Singapore at 7.15 p.m. to-day by Capt. Winsley, m the "History of the Regiments" series.
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    PENANG CHETTIARS
    91 11 AT the seventh annual general meeting of the Penang Nattukottal Chettiars' Chamber of Commerce Mr. PI. Sp Samin&than Chettiar inquired about a promise made by Mr. S. N. A. S. SockaUngam Chettiar some six years ago regarding the presentation of a building to the Chamber The retiring chairman,
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    AUSTRALIANS TO OPEN GLASS FACTORY HERE
    160 11 Will Manufacture Complete Range In Singapore AN example of Australian participation m the industrializa- tion of Singapore is provided by a project to establish a glass factory m Singapore. A leading firm of manufacturers In Australia, the Australian Glass Manufacturers (Pty.) Ltd.. has decided
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    CONTRACTOR CONVICTED
    109 11 SENTENCE of eight months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr W. D. Carew, the Singapore third magistrate, on 54-year-old Lian Oa Sing, a Chinese contractor, for carrying on a public lottery, a "wha hoay," m a I house m Kalian g Road on May 28. Ga Sing pleaded
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    Solicited Subscriptions For Non-Existent School
    607 11 TRAP laid by Dr. C. J. Paglar m his dispensary m Coleman Street led to the arrest of two men who have allegedly, for more than seven months, duped the public by collecting about $400 as "funds" for a non-existent school, it was stated m
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    LOCAL EXPERIMENTS IN FOOD CANNING
    276 12 LOCAL EXPERIMENTS IN FOOD CANNING Encouraging Results Said To Have Been Obtained CONSIDERABLE research work has been carried out recently on canning local and imported vegetables and other products on behalf of the local civilian and Service authorities. canning trials on vegelarly successful, it is stated The results of these
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    DEATH OF MR. E. A. CLAY
    96 12 From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. June 5. T*HE death occurred here tc-day of Mr. E. A. Clay, retired Postmaster and well-l nown Ipoh resident, after an operation for appendicitis. Aged 68 years, Mr. Clay is survived by his wife, six sons and four daughters.
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    IPOH RENT RESTRICTION
    113 12 I From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. June 4 PRESIDING at the first meeting in Kinta of the Rent Restriction Board held there. Major H. J. Cockman stressed the Importance anj necessity that landlord should get the permission of the Board before Increasing their rents even If tenants
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    LECTURE ON "SIKHISM"
    34 12 MR CHANCHAL SINGH will deliver o lecture on "Sikhlsm" at the Ramakrishna Mission. 9 Norrts Road. Singapore, at 7 p.m. to-morrow. Mr. B. O. Sahai will preside. All Interested are welcome.
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    Alleged Housebreaking At A Singapore Hotel
    899 12 1*HE story of the disappearance of 1 $2,016 worth of jewellery from a hotel room was told in the Singapore criminal district court yesterday during the trial of two Malays and an Indian on charges of housebreaking and abetment of housebreaking. The two Malays.
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    BOARD ALLOWS EJECTION
    203 12 Extension Of ShipBuilding Yard THE Rent Assessment Board yes1 terday gave Thornycroft (Singapore) Ltd. permission to eject a tenant of a piece of land adjoining their shipyard m Singapore. Thornycroft's were buildin™ fast craft that could not oe obtained elsewhere locally and it was most important that
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    SUGGESTED RENT FOR ORANJE HOTEL
    182 12 THE Board did net have sufficient I evidence before them to fix t^.C lent of the Orajiicl/ste;, it was stated 4!* 4h?Tuirng"in an exparte application before the Rent Assessment Board yesterday. Mrs. K. Th. van Hlen, a trustee of the Estate of Seth Paul, deceased,
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    INDIAN YOUTH LEAGUE
    39 12 TO-MORROW at 530 pjn. Mr. V. K. Muni1 samy. will conduct a musical entertainment at the Indian Youth League premises. 118. Race Course Road Immediately after this, the music and dramatic section will hold a meeting
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    Reich Already Using Dakar As U-boat Base?
    356 13 FUTURE BRITISH POLICY TOWARD VICHY REGIME HAS BEEN DECIDED London, June 5. GERMANY is already using Dakar, French West Africa, as a submarine base and U-boats from there have practically blockaded the Cape Verde Islands, writes the News Chronicle's naval correspondent, reports United
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    30 More Naval Bases For U.S.
    254 13 Washington, June 5. TiIE House of Representatives yesterday approved a Bill authorizing the Navy Department to spena $50,000,000 on small boat section oases, for which 29 sites have already been approved. The Navy is planning to construct 30 more such bases. An announcement was
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    DR. QUO IN HONOLULU ON WAY TO CHUNGKING
    36 13 Honolulu, June 4. rVP.. QUO TAI-CHI, former Chinese Ambassador to London, arrived here to-day by Clipper. H: route Chunpking to assume oflice as Chinese foreign Minister United Press.
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    Sinkings Off U.S. Coast
    101 13 New York, Jane 9. EIGITT British merchantmen totalling 54,268 tons, were recently torpedoed less than 790 miles off United States shores. This was disclosed by the Maritime Commission yesterday, and the disclosure has driven home to United States officialdom the fact that danger to the Western
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    Multi-millionaire Dies In Yacht
    242 13 New York. June 5. rtE death to announced of Mr. Arthur Curtiss James one of America's 12 richest men His deith frcm pn'Urronia occurred In his yacht. Mr. James' investments were once estimated at $350,000,000. Mr. Jt.me«. who was one of the largest Individual owners of
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    MEXICAN POLICY
    32 13 Mexico City, June I"HE NnMM ogres* today p»»ed k vote of eonMraM In the Premie- 1 f.irnyn policy "putting Mexico on the aici< ■<■ pwgciaci against totalitarian tyrann> "n .1 f-
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    SYMPATHY OF AMERICA
    114 13 Would Support Action In Syria Washington, June 4 THERE is no doubt that whatever s>eps Britain is forced to take m Syria, she will have the whole-hearted approval of the United States as Press and public continue their denunciation of Arm. Darlan policy. In a trenchant eoltorial
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    Vichy Accuses Great Britain
    150 13 Vichy, June 5 •"pHL Vichy Government has officially 1 accused Britain of preparing for action against Syria The statement was issued yesterday alter Marshal Petaln had comerred with the United States Ambassador. Adm. W. C. Leahy, who a.sked for definite information regarding the extent of France's
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    Arab Leader's Loyally
    119 13 Arab Leader's Loyally Calls For Aid For llrihffh Csuse Jerusalem, June 5. "ILfAY the Arab cc untiles realise their national aspirations by the •1 lp of Allah and the aid it Britain, r in it grrit ally. We must be luyal to Bnta:n as she is loyal to us." With
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    HUGE U.S. DEFENCE CONTRACTS
    136 13 Washington. June 5. BRIG. -GEN. Somervell, construction chief of the Qua.-termiS.ei's Division of the Army Department, told the Huus Military Affairs Sub-Committee that he has received orders "w.thln the past 24 hours" to undertake wjrK totaling approximately $1,000,000,000 He asserted that he was not allowed to
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    ESPIONAGE LAW IN PHILIPPINES
    80 13 Manila, June 5. PRESIDENT Manuel Quezon yester- day signed the Espionage B'll. thereby enforcing throughout the Philippines a law similar to the one already m force m the United States. The law Is designed to prevent any possible activity of aliens or foreign agents which could
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    CREEK CONFIDENCE IN FINAL VICTORY
    101 13 Cairo, June 5. TTTER confidence In final victory it expressed by the Greek Prime Minister. M. Tsouderof, m a mersage to the Greek people, "because God and right are with us and Grcere cannot die The message adds, "Th e struggle continues. At the side
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    ADVISORY WAR COUNCIL IN AGREEMENT ON POLICY
    236 14 All Australian Parties Approve Middle East Position Plans Melbourne, June 5. THE Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, announced to-night 1 that after a long discussion on the Middle East, the Australian Advisory War Council at its meeting had approved the forernment's view
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    Roosevelt Attacks Certain Interests
    116 14 Washington, June S. "THE enemies of Democracy are de- veloping every hydro-electric resource and every waterway from Ncrway to the Dardanelles. Are we to allow this continent to be outmatched because short-sighted Interests oppose the development of one of our greatest res3urces?" This message was sent
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    KHAKSARS ARE OUTLAWED
    205 14 Bengal First To Take Action Simla, June 5. THE Bengal Government has been 1 the first to declare the Khaksar movement— a military Muslim body originating on the North-West Frontier—unlawful under pewers given to al! provincial governments by a Government of India communique to do so wherever
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    Ex-Kaiser's Comment On Hitler's Training
    160 14 2 'HE tailpiece to the nrwt broadcast last night by the BBC. toas a story about thi ex-Kaiser and the German campaign m France last year. According to the story the exKaiser was told that Hitler had planned the whole operation. The ex-Kaiser squared his
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    Leading Supporter Of Faqir Of Ipi Killed
    104 14 Simla, June 5. ADVICES received here show considerable improvement in the situation in Waziristan there having been not a single case of kidnapping last week and no incideiv to report. One of the leading supporters of the Faqir of Ipi was killed on
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    RELIEVING U.S. MACHINETOOL BOTTLENECK
    62 14 Washington. June 5. THE reasons for President Roosevelt requesting powers to seize property were explained by Mr. Henry Stimson. Secretary of War. to a Press conference. They were needed he said, to relieve the machine-tool bottlenecks, aluminium shortages and German patent controls on vital defence processes,
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    U-S. SHIPS TO CONTINUE PACIFIC SERVICE
    75 14 \Va*hi:i ;tuu June S. ASI»OKESMAN or ihc American President Sttanuhiu lino.-, lo-dajr *aid the Maritime CorrmiLs'Sian's annoi ti ement riy.ucilng the transler of President I.inc iteanislitpa to the Army and Navjr Depii lineal* was iMMk a io<itin* corJirmMiuu oi vtltn uUcon last wee*. He
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    51 15 SOCCER: S.A F.A. league, first division, Manchester Regiment vs. S.C.F.A., stadium; second division (b). Fort Canning v». R.A.F. (Hqre 5.H.8.; Post Office vs. Stamford, Post Office ground: 8.H.L., Overseas Chinese Bank vs. Hongkong and Shanghai Ba.k, J.C.S.A. Ath'.-tics: Raffles Institution's annual meeting, K.I. Tennis: V.M.C.A. and S.C.R.C.
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    Goal On Time Gives South China Victory
    295 15 Goal On Time Gives South China Victory (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 5. CmKING a goal almost on the stroke of time, the Sout:-. China Athletic Associatiortt's football team neat Perak by the oJd goal m five m a fast and thrilling match played here to-day. The game attracted
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    SAMORY REVEALS FINE FORM
    185 15 Ipoh Training Notes i rrom Onr Owl Cofrempoodr nl Ipoh, June C S AMORT, (.ir-jirtw. Bay Dra*on. lucx. ItrrbT. Bob-a-Nob and Orcbution witt the most impressive at this m«minu's workoot* here In prrpar-ilion for ta-morrow's rvn m the final day the Prrak meeting. cantered round orv-e,
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    MALAYS BEAT S.C.F.A. IN RESERVE GAME
    217 15 Mat S.C.F.A. I. COMBINING speed with tricky play. th* Malay* rained fu» points at the e»MCt»— of Ihe Straits Oh nese Football XssiM'iation m a reserve diV'<.i •< le<"iic soccer p^inc a* the stadium yesterday. Playing uns'ead'Iv at firsi, the Malays struck (Mm m
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    IPOH RACING INQUIRIES
    196 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 3. Tin: rerak Turf Club has created I a precedent by furnishing: details tn its members of inquiries held into the running «»f certain horsrs at yestcriay's (Monday's) r;>.res. The delay before the firth race was Investigated, and the official explanation
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    DERBY TO BEAT NATIONAL IN CLASS ONE SPRINT?
    1676 15 Final Day Of Perak Turf Club's June Meeting MR. Lim Chong Pang's Derby has been selected to beat National m the class one, division one race over the five-and-a-half furlongs straight at Ipoh to-morrow, the final day of the Perak Turf Club's
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    ORDER OF RUNNING
    22 15 The ord«r of running and n«nacceptors for to-norr3w's races will be found m PAGE FOUR if reeirfd In time.
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    WOMEN'S CRICKET
    58 15 ri\HE following will play cricket for tbt 1 Ywe A against the Union Youngsters at Tcluk Kurau School ground at 3.30 tomorrow: Phyllis Eber (capt): Betty Fnguson. FIU-on Frutrtr.ett, Constance Strays, B San. dosham, Sylvia Armstrong, a O. Singh, Araxy Edgar, Jean La Brooy. Minnie UeJ- center. Violet
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    Entries For Taiping July Race Meet
    46 15 rv. closing date for entries for the Taipinr Turf Clab's July Professional me* tint, which will be held on July > and July 5, has been advanced to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, front the original date. Friday, Jane 27.
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    Y.M.C.A. Score Full Points
    280 15 T.M.C..V 4; Malay Regiment 2. SUPERIORITY m headwork and good ball control gave the V.M ('.A. victory by four goals to two m their second division (a) league soccer mat-h played at the Y.M.t .A ground yesterday. The V.M C.A. dominated the game from the start
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    OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE IN WARTIME CRICKET
    91 15 London, June S. /\XFORD and Cambridge have agreed to U meet m an In ter -university cricket match a* Lord* on June 38. This to the first occasion on which the universities will have met In wartime cricket. All proceeds of the one-dr.y match
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    KAMIS AND YADI RETAIN Y.M.C.A. DOUBLES TITLE
    434 15 CHOWING superb form, Kamis and Yadi, Singapore lawn tennis doubles rhamnions, retained their V.M.C.A. title yesterday when they defeated Chin Kee Onn and Chna Choon Leong, 6—2,6 2, 3—6,3 6, fi 1, m the final played yesterday. The handful of spectators who watched
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    HONOURS EVEN AT HARBOUR BOARD
    33 15 PVENI.Y balanced, the RJ\ sr. and the Singapore Harbour Board drew four .ill m a slow second division (a) league soccer game on the lat er's ground yesterday.
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    WILL WOMAN WIN WARTIME DERBY?
    273 15 London. June 5. WARTIME history may well he repeated m thr Derby wnich, only twice hi its long history, been won by a woman owner. Lady James Douglas' Gainsborough trlmphed m 1918. The other occasion was Mrs. Miller's Midday Sun m 1937. Now the brightest
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    S.C.C. CRICKET TEAM
    69 15 'THE following win represent the Rtnuapire Cricket Club against the Ceylon Spona C!Ub m a cricket match a: BalestlT tomorrow and on Sunday: H. L. Ward leapt, i. Major B. K. Castor. Cept. J. M. Hops, Lt. R. Kalßern. Capt. K. A. de L. Young. U J.
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    BRITISH WARSHIPS NOW MASSED OFF SYRIA
    585 16 ALLIES ARE READY TO SEND ARMY OF OCCUPATION Adequate Air Support Assured For Defenders Of Cyprus London, June 5. 4 LARGE concentration of British warships is J reported to be off the Syrian coast, says United Press. It is added that, m view of
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    TENSION RISES AS JAPAN-N. I. TALKS APPROACH DEADLOCK
    177 16 Tokio Likely To Reject Expected Refusal By Dutch Authorities Batavia, June 5. THE Japanese delegates to the economic conference here exnect an answer from the Netherlands Indies authorities within 24 hours, it was learned here to-day. Tension increased m Batavia as the
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    Air Offensive On Japan Planned?
    173 16 Tokio Story Of Anglo-U.S.-China Talks Tokio, June 5. THE Nichi Nichi to-day gives prominence to a special dispatch from its Shanghai correspondent; stating that Britain, the United States and Chungking are rushing military collaboration towards bolstering southern defences on account of their observations that the
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    THAI DELEGATES BACK IN BANGKOK FROM JAPAN
    23 16 Bangkok, June 5. THE Thai delegation to the Indo*Thlna peace conference has returned from Tokio. Reuter.
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    Tokio Warlords Await Outcome In Egypt
    66 16 S>dney. June 5. "CYRIAN policy deeply concerns Australia for strategic as well as more personal reasons." says the Daily Telegraph to-day. "The Australian io'vernment should press urgently for prompt and adequate action concerning Syria because a complete British defeat m Egypt would streng'hen the
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    Conflict Draws Near The Fateful Plain Of Armageddon
    111 16 London, June 6. I ATAKIA, a small port on the Syrian coast, which sprang into the headlines m recent days as the point at which German armoured units were reported to have landed, is only about 200 miles from the Plain of
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    NAIROBI'S MAYORESS GIVES EVIDENCE IN MURDER CASE
    312 16 Nairobi, June 5. THE court, including the jury, was cleared to-day when the trial rf Major Sir Delved Broughton, 53-year-old baronet, charged with murdering Lord Erroll, 39 -year-old peer, was continued. The clearance was for a long legal argument regarding the admissibility of
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    Japan Buys Up Thai Rubber
    218 16 Japan Buys Up Thai Rubber Move To Dominate The Industry Revealed Bangkok, June 5. UOW the Japanese are fast oust11 Ing the Chinese from the rubber estates and rubber markets m south Thailand is revealed by a correspondent of the newspaper Laemthong who says that the Japanese already own several
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    "BEST PROOF OF THAIS' NEUTRALITY"
    68 16 Bangkok, June 5. THE presence of the Premier's three children m Britain and America for studies is the best guarantee of Thailand's neutrality and convincing proof of Thailand's goodwill for Britain and America," said Luang Kaen Songgram. a member of the Cabinet, at a farewell
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    THAILAND MAY ABOLISH BOY SCOUT BODY
    30 16 Bangkok, June 5. THE authorities are considering th? abolition of the Boy Scout organization as a separate entity, it was stated here to-day.— Reuter.
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    SOVIET-THAI EXCHANGE OF MINISTERS
    51 16 Bangkok. June S. UOeCOW hu accepted Phra Mahlthanu- korn. Thai Minister to Prance, a* Minister to Moscow, unofficial sources revealed here to-day. Thailand ato accepted M. Nikolai Jukolf witch as Russian Minister to Bangkok. Simultaneously the Soviet Union permitted Thailand to use the TransSiberian Railway— United
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    Matsuoka Sees Heads Of Services
    51 16 Tokio, June 5. THE Japanese Cabinet met to-day, the meeting being attended by the chiefs of the Army and Navy. Later the Foreign Minister. Mr. Y. Matsuoka, held a conference with heads of the services and the War Minister made a report to the Emperor.—
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    SPANISH LEGATION IN MANCHUKUO
    59 16 Madrid, June 5. WITH a desire to "arrive at the fullest relations with those countries signifying the triumph of a new order In the world." Spain announces she is opening a legation at Hslnklng and will be represented In Manchukuo by the Spanish Ambassador In Toklo.
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    Nazi Bids To Kill Iraqi Regent
    185 16 Jerusalem, June 5. THE Iraqi Regent, Emir Abdul Utah, was bombed and machinegunned repeatedly throughout his four-day Journey to Baghdad, it is now revealed. The first attack occurred a few minutes after he had landed on an Iraqi airfield. Following a long attack during
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    TRANSJORDAN PLEASED AT BRITISH SUCCESS
    53 16 London. June 5. CMIR ABDULLAH of Transjordan has sent a message congratulating the British Oovernment on the collapse of the rebellion undertaken by Rashld All and hb followers In Iraq "without the' *>v affec. InR the spirit of friendship which exists between the Arabs and
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    Belgian Claim On Vichy
    105 16 London, June 5. BELGIUM'S claim of £52,000,000 against the Bank of Prance Is being discussed by American lawyers, according to the Belgian Finance Minister, who has returned from the United States, where he took part m the discussions. The claim refers to gold which was entrusted
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    Vichy Engaged In 'All Out' Assistance To Germany
    126 16 Madrid, June 5. THE Paris correspondent of the newspaper Ya sayi that since the speech of Adm. Darlan, Vichy Vice-Premier, attacking Britain and Turkey, even further giimpsa <>t* the new French policy are discernible. According to this writer, "France desires to conduct
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