The Straits Times, 21 July 1941

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY I MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 2 PACJES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY. JULY 21. 1941 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 21. 1941 PRICK 5 CENTS.
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      334 1 For Up-to-dati TAILORING MIEN CHONG It (olrman St.. Spore. Phone 4816 Available Suit l^-nftht '■Kockville' Suitinjra— ISA WAIN SHIKLI.'S. In Silk and Wool AIM AMERICAN SHARK- SINOAPORK, 140 CECIL ST, (PHONE S47t> I SHORT DELIVERIES j[ i r', '7~^^iiß«rtlfflW^^ i-*m-. -yr- QUOTED FOR ter-^vrwr-xi iji m. J lß"jar rT T7l
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      128 1 FINAL EDTN. KUALA LUMPUR 2i JAVA SI CPHONt 161}) FOR ONE WEEK JsB^ COMMENCING TUESDAY 22id JULY SOFT FURNISHINGS SILKS COTTONS COME EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT ROBINSON'S SOFT FURNISHINGS DEFT tells the truth I From Brat to last, the one aim "^^^"^■^■■•^i^b In the construction of Avery yr jUb PlkUorm
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      8 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Morning Atternoon Evening Dresses.
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
      43 2 The funeral of the late Mr. Ong Boon Tat, j J.l'., will take place on Thursday, the 24th July, 1941. The cortege will lea»e "Buklt Hose." 259. Bukit Tbnah Road at 1) am for the family burlM ground at BukK Brown.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      83 2 Mrs. N. A. Marshal] and Family thank all the friends and relatives who sent wreaths, messages of condolence, and attended the funeral of the late Mr. N. A. Marshall. Dr. Samuel PonnampsJam of Kampar. Dr. (Mrs.) L. N. P. Doray of Segunat, Dr. John Pannampalnm of Kuala Lumpur and
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      1877 2 SITUATIONS VACANT SOLICITOR requires Chinese typist and k.se clerk. Only men with experience need apply. Box No. 860. Straits Times. WANTED. Experienced Office Clerk for Rubber Estate Central Johorc. Factory knowledge required. State previous experience ag* and qualifications. Write Box No. 861, 8. T. SITUATIONS WANTED YOUNG LADY, ENGLISH. 30
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      883 2 FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone 3333 MOTOR VEHICLES~ BUY SELL VSED CARS. Phone 4591 Royal Motor Hiring. 156. Middle Road. WANTED FORD SALOON V 8 33 H.P IC4O/41 Model. Reply to No. 49 Armenian Street, Singapore. EDUCATIONAL LEBBONB m French and German by experienced lady-teacher. New quick system.
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      230 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. ro« a o*~0 iiieiiE co -s^^JlV ss?"^" 1* 2 MMICME SPECIALIST MASSAGE HALL MANICURE ANO MASSAGE Mr*. MABU and Wtas HANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. PLANTING MATERIAL. CLONAL SEED. (1) From Isolation Gardens containing clones: BR 2. 8.R.1 Si Ay 152 20 cents per seed TJ.I
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      534 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA |^y_I_JHTTTJ AND APCAR LINE. UncorDo™^ in J.o-m (incorpor.,* v. *n g ,.n<n GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS PENINSULAR AM) OKIFNTAI 8. N CO MAIL PASSENdFF AND CARGO FX)R CUNARD WHITE STAR SERVICt LINE. Th« !>«•« paanlblf tmltf art bciai mal»Ulnoa by tht P O 8 N.
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      488 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 SHOR-. IST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to F reman tie (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare
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      290 3 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m to mrdnicht ASB. BUSTER MAGGIE UINNKB U.SS NO^-I)I>KKS» Saturday LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL SPECIAL ORCHESTRAL COIC ERT by RAFFLES ORCHESTRA SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT-8 30 to 10 30 p m. By tut Ban et Me MANCHESTER
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    276 4 GOOD INQUIRY FOR TINS AT OPENING RUBBER QUIET AND UNCHANGED (By Ow Financial Correspondent) Singapore, July 21. THE share market was steady at the 1 opening this morning with a fair demand for some of the Australian tin shares, such as Rawang Tin Fields, Kuala Kampar and
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    56 4 Stn*»potT. July It. Oambtrr tjl Hamburg Cube $12.34 Cube tlXM Coma Ml*ed $240 8un Dried $3.(5 White Uuntok $16.25 White $M.75 Black J7JJ Sago Flour Nn I.inura $44S $4.45 Pair IK^O Sarawak $4.10 Tavucn Small Flake MOO Pair Flake $7.50 Medium-Pearl $9 50 Small Pearl $915 Jelotong
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    94 4 Sinr&poc*. Monday »l. roan ttujen Sttttn Price* Prica N*. IX R.S 8. <Sp«K lowi 3t\ jtV No. IX R.S.S. «»k in (iw July- Au t iScller't option) 3« T 3> li.K.AQ. KS.S. o o to tataa July- »ue. (Seller'* aptiaa) J8' 4 MU H(l 18
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1404 4 SATURDAY, JULY 19. 1941: UJI P.M. MDnNO Am pat (ss) 3s 3s 6d id Austral Amal (Sa) 7s 3d 7s M Aunrsi Malay iC) I 3» 6d 34* «d Ay«r Hltam (ss) 17s 19* Ayer Went ($1) .ny, ,n% Banirnc Tin it) 13* So 14*
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    NYALAS RUBBER EARNS $104,550
    166 4 Dividend 12 Per Cent: $31,996 To Reserve A NET profit of $104,550 m ed by Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd. in the year ended May last. This romparea with $81.03.1 in the preceding year. The directors r^c< minfnd a dividend of 12 per cent, which, if approved
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    ITALIAN MEASURES TO PREVENT INFLATION
    129 4 Rume. July 20. OTEPB taken by the Italian Government to O prevent lnfHfcrn were m ntlcwd by the Hnance Minister m a apeeeh at Milan yesterday Theae were a «0 per cent, tax on Increases in value of real extat*. acton to keep prices at
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    U.S. PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC RUBBER
    67 4 New York, July 20 THE Standard Oil Company of New Jersey has cut the price of synthetic rubber from 85 to 70 cents per pound The Ftindard Oils r.oattana plant a New Orleans is reported to te operating a synthetic rnW>er plant wl h a
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    135 4 Mails close at toe Oeneral Po»t Office as follows: TO-MORROW Aaacrlra: Canada. Newfoundland, UJSA Central aj.d South America and West India air 4Dm Earape: All destinations »itli rhich postal communications are maintained air 4 o m PaeMe Island*: Guam and Hawaii air 4pm Philippine kla.id* air
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      367 4 "1 TOOK YOUR ADVICE" On the advice of some friend, many men and women have regained health and strength by taking a course of the famous tonic remedy, Dr. Williams 1 Pink Pills. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are first and foremost a blood builder and t'nerein their success lies because
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      495 4 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE. NOTICK is HEREBY given that my mistress CHUA GUEK NKO alias Chlk left my house and protection on the 28th day of June, 1941, and that I shall cot be responsible for any debt Incurred by her or any claim against her. TAN SCO OHI of No.
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      209 5 The Season's Gayest Laugh Hit! TO-DAY 3.15. 6.15 and 9.15 P.M. ■■IPlf|»l.ll BOX-OFFICE f^BUFlluUi:/:! 'PHONE 6909 l^T MmL LaM x ms lh Fd<} '«1« 1 t oul co >"•.*•• if he isn't a daddy V L^f aaaaaa^ month Cranny i jM Laa^faaaaaaaa My* "ll'i cinch V j^^^[ &9aaaai AWa'l AndEddltMys
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      544 5 Lfl»* 3 5/totoi To-day 15 6 is sis rtUHum ESk leslie'howaro P»"^JTI BETTE DAVIS I .'After I DeHAVILLAND ALSO TWO LATEST NEWSREELS. r^ClO \OO IF THEY WERE TURNEO v^V2cU\\ LOOSE FOfl A DAY 7 BTM4I JUiK jfc B^BT^^l V V I^BBBBT I P^^PJtoJ^W li jH^& (+L Would fh«r uir 1
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1941. (688th Day Of The War.) HITLER HAS BEEN WARNED
    1171 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1941. (688th Day Of The War.) HITLER HAS BEEN WARNED Totalitarian war is, first and foremost, a time-table war. It is a war I which begins on a previously determined date after mobilization of the whole military and economic system l for one
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    HOW ASIATICS MIGHT HELP IN BRITAIN
    1164 6 London Letter By Cable Mechanics Needed For R.A.F. And War Factories By Our Own Correspondent London, July 18. MOW tli at General Sir Archibald Wavell has declared, in a published interview, that man power from the United States of America would accelerate victory, it
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      THE SOLDIER'S LOT
      268 6 "Dumped In A Strange Land" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—l have read with interest the letters by "Ex-Serviceman" and a "Bewildered Yorkshire Tyke." I should like to add my views, as it is high time that this subject was brought up for discussion. Although
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      INDEBTEDNESS
      374 6 Views OnThe Government Circulars To the Editor or the Straits limn Sir. From a perusal o' the circular issued by the Johore Government outlining the steps it has taken to solve the indebtedness problem, one ran see that it is a sincere effort on the part of that Government
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      WAR EFFORT
      486 6 Float 5100 ,000,000 Loan Immediately To the Edit >r of the Straits Times Sir.— After the publication of the emrmous surplus revenue of the ccuntry. out of all proportion t> the feeble loan- that have so far be-n raised, w: may presumably now hipe for a more spectacular
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      169 6 i vV'-W Stainless steel watch bands from $4.Rolleti gold watch bands from 7.We fix them to your watch ichile you. tcait. RADIOS for Every Purpose and Every Purse $00/" upwards. Call and inspect our various models of good radiosEasy Hire Purchase terms arranged. Phone *****. M Now Open v most
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      74 6 PENGUIN BOOKS LARGE VARIETY STOCKED BY Sn g% wr church WC O V* Ik* BOOK-SHOP 82. BKAS BASAH RD. SINGAPORE CLOSE TO RAFFLES HOTEL, TEL. 4238 SWIMMING by SM G. Hedffe*. The Contents: include-leanlng Crawl Stroke, Back-crawl, Floating ie Treading water. Fancy Swimming, Water polo. Sea-bathing. With chapters on Diving
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    CABINET MINISTER TO VISIT THE FAR EAST
    985 7 Duff Cooper Coming On Inquiry Mission JOURNALIST APPOINTED MINISTER OF INFORMATION Several Changes In Government Posts IMK. Alfred Duff Cooper, Minister of Information, has been appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and will be coming to the Far East to examine on
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    BALTIC STATES DUPED BY REICH
    107 7 Lisbon, July 21. DEPORTS received from the Baltic States new occupied by Germany suggest that any ide% which these states, which the Germans claim to have "libsrated," may have had of independent freed >m was short-lived. It is being made increasingly <i«ar. these reports indicate,
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    ANXIETY IS FELT FOR THE POPE
    62 7 Vatican City, July 21. SOME anxiety Is being felt for the condition of the Pope's heart, accordr to well-informed quarters here. Quarters close to His Holiness said he s suffering from nrrvous exhaustion. which is becoming more acute, and chat he has been under
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    Japanese Leaving South Africa?
    59 7 London, July 21. THE Japanese colony in South Africa is preparing to return to Japan, according to a Johannesburg report to the Vichy news agency. Well-informed circles" are quoted as stating that the order of return came from the Tokio Government. It is added that the
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    Mass Production Of Heavy Tanks
    195 7 Mass Production Of Heavy Tanks Nen Infantry Vehicle Named After Premier ANEW heavy infantry tank named "Churchill" Is now being turned out In Britain by mass production methcUs. These tanks are probably the most formidable fighting weapons used by any army in the world. They are heavily armoured, giving the
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    PLAN TO OCCUPY DARDANELLES ?
    118 7 PLAN TO OCCUPY DARDANELLES Moscow, July 21. /"•ERMAN plans to seize the Dardan*J elles are on-> of the reasons for continued concentration of Bulgarian and Ocrman troops on th-* Turkish frontier, according to well -Informed diplomatic circle* in Ankara. The Moscow radio commentator la*t night ?aid that, according to Ankara
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    Blitz In Russia Must Fail
    139 7 HillW's Experts vrr Against (iampuign London, July 21 CHARP differences of opinion with regard to the conduct of the war against Russia were expressed at a conference of German generals held on the eve of Hitler's attack on Russia, according to wellInformed circle In Berne,
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    FINLAND MAY RECOGNIZE MANCHUKUO TO-DAY
    33 7 Hs liking, July 21. FINLAND U expected to reeognixe Mnnchukuo to-day, according to official reports here. This would make the fourteenth nation extending recognition to Manchukuo— United Prejw.
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    "V" MOVEMENT SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE THROUGH EUROPE
    782 7 London, July 21. ■ULY 20 will go down to history us the start of one of the most amazing campaigns against tyranny ever carried out in Europe. It Is the organized beginning of the "V" .sign of warfare of millions of peoples In
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    " GERMANS BEWILDERED AND FRIGHTENED"
    97 7 GERMANS BEWILDERED AND FRIGHTENED London. July It. /"«01. V. Britton broadcasting to European V* countries at midnight last night said: "A victory has been woo. Mobilisation of the V army against Germany was a comi plete success. Tfce results have already surI passed all expectations, and a vast army 'now
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    REDS CLAIM RECAPTURE OF VITAL CITY IN NEW PUSH
    320 7 REDS CLAIM RECAPTURE OF VITAL CITY IN NEW PUSH Heavy Losses In flirted On Nazis In Major Fighting In 1 Sectors Moscow. July 2i. THK Soviet newspaper Red Slur reports a "powerful Sovirf counter-offensive somewhere on the front, where the Reil Army has recaptured an important ri<>. the identity <••
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    Leningrad has Vast Defences
    159 7 Itrgion Hsfl Facilities Tor 5.000 PImM LonJon. July 21 I ENINCiHAP teni is described as cne tt the mv i remarkable in thr whuip woiid In an article In thr St. rkholm new<=paprr Nya Daglit Ai^handa md quoted by thr Vichy MOT :i>r< The writer derlß>.
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    GEN. DE GAULLE IN CAIRO
    23 7 Cairo. July 21 rls announced that Oen de Gaulle. leader of the Free French, nrritrdi here yestrrday. Router
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    $450 A Month For M.B.C. Bandsmen
    63 7 450 A Month For M. B. C. Bandsmen (From Our Own < <irrr*in>iii|i m i London, July -'•> Till Crown Agent* for the ('olonir* are advertising in The Times for ln*trumentali!it« for thr Malaya Broadrasttng Corporation. The terms Include a contract for three yean, salary of $550 a month for
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    FIGHTING BEING INTENSIFIED
    90 7 •T"HI i ii' k of war between 1 H\\-- ii 1 'I wiiii nghtiiit- nd totem slty along a f;i 'riv t light line r'-n-h-Ine from th* Hi>lti '•> the Bla-k S Reliable reports here Indicate that the wei'ht nf ».erman pre«»" lM relaxed in the I'onnv
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      74 7 OTIIKK CABLES in page* 10 and 12 Old Devonshire X W I LM F(i £1 WW I ll L aJ IBssssl ALCOHOLIC Add these delightful BrltMi Wine* to your wine list (see Un brio*). R S They are fully alcoholic snri sr» l/H made In Whlteway's own Devonshire Ttiese wines
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  • WAR FUND ADVANCES BY NEARLY $2,000
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      32 8 This advance it due largely to a four-figure gift front (wo Singapore European*— a cheque for $1,000 which has to be acknowledged a* from Mr. Geor?c A. Watt and Mr. F. Akkermans.
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    Good Play By Amateurs
    226 8 At The Theatre "IJOBSON'S Choi.e," a srinooth and entsrtelnlng Lancashire comedy, *a, well presenied by the Sceneshilttrs. the dramatic STciity of the Y.M. C.A.. at the Victom Theatre on Saturday. As in Beat BCajM pr'Kluced by the Scenes hi lt«rs. Urn small parts have I i>een
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    FIRST-RATE TAMIL SOCIAL PICTURE
    234 8 ••i;»madhrnu." (Bab> S»r*ja. Mt«ala and C. Subbalak'hmi). Midrai Tnilrd ArtWei. Al thr ,\Htarakr» Saturday mldtuchi. Tii is 1 perharr. the best Tamil social picture that Sjuth Indfci 1-as p:u€lur*<i f.mi ruirhes a high standard of BSUaV sikl Sengs hove besn cut tv th; lni-.ii-mum and there
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    ANZAC CLIPPER DUE ON WEDNESDAY
    119 8 niTB te Singapore on It* maiden tran»Paciilc crossing on Wednesday, is the Wtm 43 -ton giant flying beat, the Anrtc Clipper. Only recently completed by the Qoeui; Airplane Company, makers of Ine larrorj FJyini; Wjrtreas«6, the Ansar Cipprr will be a permanent addition to the
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    POLICE BAND
    64 8 ■|'HE Band of vie fcM'Rita SetUemerte Police 1 will perform in public at Farre. Park arder the direcnon of Mr. J. C Hitch at .30 p.m. to-owrrow: March. "Distant Greet in-. 1 A. During; Overture, "To Ob'ron." Weber; Fantasia, "Reminiscences of Grieg." Ch. Cd'rey: Vr.lse. "Nights of Gladness.'
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    STOP PRESS
    38 8 Hnii!! kurii;. July 21. A CONVOY of 1") Japanese transports and supply shins weiv sighted off I.antao. outside British waters yesterday. It is Ix'lieved they were movinc from the Pearl River to the M>uth. United Press.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    138 8 ItAM 1.1 S> HOltL Dinner Sc Oance iliiloim..l I) pin. to Miduight. OR£AT WOBLD Calwret: V 30 p m. to Mjdnighl. Ulobe Muiiuy er. U»c B»iuily. Sky: tin <w WlilU- 4c 7 Dwarf*. HAl*rr THEATRE (Baa*J WurU' Flowing Gold. SfxlOt Bad LUUr Angel. NCVf WUKLJ> Talkie-. Tlieaucc ana CiMiuas
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    INDIA TO HAVE AGENTGENERAL IN AMERICA
    505 8 1 m<ni lv regard to the control win I question i of hulmu lcunieraUon Last *Mk, Sir Okrja Sfcuaawr gave a* "at boss*" at Hasla ka koMsr of Mr I N. Baifani. arcaMeat of *he Ccstfral ladtaa Am.hHia of Malayan ftKh^igt 1 no namtlnn
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    MACHINERY MAY BE REQUISITIONED
    74 8 UNDER an order puUisbed in the latest F.MS. Governrnen, Gazette th» Chief Inspector ci Mines has authority to order the examination of .my machinery which in Ma opinion Is not bona Hie In use. and n» may re- i'i.-ltion any such machinery and de- liver it
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    GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EURASIANS
    779 8 Padre Appeals To Young Men To Join Volunteers '"PREPARE yourselves for the supreme tes' of patriotism, so that you, too, can bring to the service of our country in a just war a devotion that knows no bound*." said the Rev. Father Joseph Dia?. vicar of
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    Big Indian Arms Orders For U.S., Says Mission Leader
    355 8 "INDIA needs materials for the production of aircraft and the construction of vehicles and machinery for the Indian Army," said Sir Shanmukham Chetty, head of the Indian Purchasing Mission to America, to a Straits Times reporter on his arrival by air
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    CINEMA CONCESSIONS FOR SERVICEMEN
    366 9 May Shortly Be Extended To Their Wives TO provide further facilities for the entertainment of troops stationed in Malaya, the Kinematograph Renters' Society of Malaya, Ltd.. has passed a resolution ext*ndinff the half-price concession to Malayan theatres to the wives of members of the regular forces,
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    SHIPPING IN PACIFIC U.S. Commissioner Visits Indies
    260 9 SHIPPING IN PACIFIC U.S. Commissioner Visits Indies Batavia, July 17. CAPT. C. H. Getchell, reprebtnta.ive of the United States Maritime Commission in Malaya and the Netherlands Indies, whose headquarters are situat- ed in Singapore, is visi in? Ba'avia. The purpose of Capt. Getchcll's visit to Ba.avia is primarily to improve
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    HONOUR FOR AIR VICEMARSHAL PULFORD
    57 9 AMONG the Kins's Birthday Honour, recipients rhis year was A.r Vice- i Marshal C. W. H. Puford, Air Omrcr Commanding. RAF.. Par East. Airj Marshal Piilford 7 as ap;xiinted a Com-; panion of the Most Honourable Order! of the Batb He suc-eeded Air ViceMarshal J.
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    MORE TROOPS FOR MALAYA
    156 9 Commander-in-Chief Meets Transport MELTING large reinforcements of "•Royal Air Force personnel who arrived ln Singapore on Saturday pfter a voyage from the United Kingdom, the Commander-ln-Chlef Far Kast. Air Chiet M*r.sh»l Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, spoke to a group of Australian ami New Zealand soldiers who were
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    Inspection Of Naval Police
    47 9 Vlc€ «*S llrml Slr ri *°n*r*r Layton, Naval Commander -in-f hie f .Thin* Station, inspecting the Admiralty Po |,<* at the Sin«ap«re B*»V TnnJLi] Al V> <;och SapCTintendent. Natal tU»e roll.-c, inspeetine a iroup of Indian constable* wearing walking nut dre«* Straits Time* pictures.
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    FEWER FOOD LUXURIES FOR MALAYANS
    354 9 Many Consider Themselves Lucky To Have So Much CINdAPORK importers declare that the n<"w rest rictions v placed on importation of table wine*, champagne, Kquers, tinned hors d'ocuvres, pate dc foic gras, cocktail cherries and sausages, biscuits and other "makan kechil" will not mean a
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    FUNERAL OF MR. N. A. MARSHALL
    97 9 TimtC wm a larte (aUiertiMr at Uie I funeral of Mr N A M»r«h*ll at Enladarl OamtUry on Saturday. FaUier M Olromondy Vlrar-CJeneml .otkJ.k^i Uw •ervl«-e bt»tn Bt Uie cfearcn »n-l at U^ i'andlt P. Sairerimuttu «,~r. Tk r """nunity. «"<1 a mark of
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    RADIO TALK ON "STONE AGE IN MALAYA"
    88 9 "THE BtOM Ai« Id M;., tti^ title 1 of the second Ulk in the Hiienre 111 Malaya" «erl«s of *he Bln^ .r>ore .road-^tng station It will be rv^n v"m r H W f- Twecdle. Curator of Rames Museum, at 7 15 pm. to-rtay
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    55,000 TONS OF AXIS SHIPPING DESTROYED OVER WEEK-END
    360 10 Enemy Convoys Repeatedly Bombed By R.A.F. Off The French Coast London, July 20. FIFTY-FIVE thousand tons of Axis shipping have been destroyed by British bombers during the week-end. Announcing this the Air Ministry news service states this figure was reached when a
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    Discovery Of Nazi Putsch In Bolivia
    103 10 La Pax, July 20. THE Bolivian Government last night declared a state of siege throughout the Republic as a result of the discovery of a Nasi putsch in Bolivia. At the same time the German Minister to Bolivia. Krnest Wendler, has received an official
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    Britain To Make End Of Hitler
    98 10 San Francisco. July 20. "I PROMISE you that our people are determined, with your help, to pull this thing off and make an enc! of Hitle.V declared Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to America, when he addressed workers at the huge Todd-Callfornia shipyards at Richmond,
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    100 U.S. TANKERS FOR BRITAIN
    55 10 New York. July 20. OWNERS of tankers registered In the United States have been asJced by the Government to turn over 100 more vessels to Britain and a conference on this subject has been called lot, to-morrow afternoon at the office of Mr. Harold Ickes,
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    JAPANESE RELEASE BRITISH SHIP
    89 10 SI anghai, July 30. frME British steamer detained at 1 Woosung by the Japanese since July 10 for examination of machinery and cargo has been released and has moved to the French Bund. She is expected to sail southward later today. It was previously announced that
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    511 U.S. PLANES SENT ABROAD IN MAY
    99 10 Washington, July 20. THERE was a general decline in the number of aircraft sent abroad by the United States during May, it was officially announced by the Commerce. Department yesterday. During that month 511 were sent abroad to the value of $40,742,000 as
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    COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO WELFARE OF FORCES
    78 10 .-v^iiJon, July 20. I»HE Admiralty, war Otnce and Air Ministry have set up Jointtj a Services Commiti.ee for the welfare of the forces. The Committee will consider questions affecting the welfare of the lighting forces and women's auxiliary services and their families, including
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    FOOD FOR U.K. UNDER LEASE-LEND ACT
    53 10 Lor. lon. July 20. MR Harry Hopkins, cc-ordlnatur of Lend-Lease aid to Britain, is expected to confer w.th Lord Woolton, British Minl.-ter of Food, early next week t i disi'iiis the constant .replenishment of Britain's larder, which ranks high m the United States Lease-Lend
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    Thoy Gets His 100th Wicket
    468 11 S.R.C. HELD TO DRAW BY CEYLONESE 'THE Singapore Recreation Club were held to a draw by the Ceyton Snorts Club in a two-day cricket match played at Balestier over the week-end. Thoy took his hundredth wicket of the season yesterday, his "bag" for the match
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    S.C.C. BEAT AN ARMY XI
    319 11 Last Wicket Stand Gives Club Victory •TrHE Singapore Cricket Club toned 1 aJmast certain defeat into victory when they beat an Army XI by one wicket in a cricket match played on the amdang yesterday. The Club had lost run:' wickets for 124 runs against
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    Singapore Polo Club Win Spooner Cup
    104 11 (Prom Our Own correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 20. rpHE Singapore Polo club beat the Selangor Polo Club by seven goals to three In the final of the Spinner Jiip. Soluigur received a handicap of three goal-. Singapore* goals were scored by span:an (4), Close
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    WATER-POLO
    33 11 •pHE Chinese Swimming Club "A" team beat the Royal Artillery Service Corps' "A" team by eight goals to one In a water polo match played at i the CSC. swimming pool yesterday.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    49 11 SOCCER: SA.F.A. learue, R.A-f. vs. Malays, Anton Road atadiutn S.R.C. vs. Heav> Reeiment. 3 R.C.. se-ond division (a), V.M.C.A. vs. R.A.K (Seletar). V.M.C.A.; HK. (P.B) vs. »uliishers, F. i N.: second divis'on (b), Ai: lf<"uli.Lirters 9\. Airport Ce^inng Medium Irirndly, S.I.M. TS. William Jacks sports elab.
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    Saturday's Home Sport
    374 11 London, Jury 19. BRITISH sport reclaimed some »f its peacetime prominence with first class athletics and lawn tennis, providing well-earned recrea ion for both athletes and spectators, the majority of whom are serving in the armed forces •r civil defence. About 30 internationals, many of them Olympic
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    S.C.R.C. AND TENGAH IN DRAWN GAME
    264 11 THI S.C.R.C. drew with thf R.A.F. (Tengahi In a cricket match played at Tenuah yesterday. The scores were: B.A.F. Thompson b L. H. Tay J9 Qoldsmith Ibw Swee Keng U Smith b Swee Keng 0 Barnes b Thiam Slew 10 Wyrill b Thiam 81ew
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    Army Easily Beat Negri In Friendly Soccer Game
    439 11 Army 4; Nefri Sembilan 0 PLAYING below form as a result of their s renuous match against Johoie uu Saturday, Necri Sembilan offered poor opposition when they met the Army in a friendly soccer match at Anson Road stadium yes erday and
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    INDIANS BEAT POLICE BY 36 RUNS
    211 11 GOOD bowling by Lall Singh, who took seven wickets for 31 runs, was a feature of the cricket match U B»W%iin jMalerdaj m which the Indian Awortatloa scat the Pooee b» M runs. The scores ware: INDIAN ASSOCIATION R 8. Bthamparasn B>w. O Singh
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    BADMINTON RESULTS
    185 11 A START was made over the weekend with the seni >r event* in the Singapore badminton •■lnmpi"nships. There w re no surprise r >ults but two of the four juniir^. P >h Hyr and Neubronner, who were opposed to seeded pliyers. gave t "d a.roonts of themselres, the
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    SINGAPORE TURF CLUB'S JULY MEETING
    1353 11 Good Racing On Final Day A HIGH standard of racing and fast times were a^ain the order of the day at Bukit Timah on Saturday, the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's July meeting, which was attended by a large crowd. The going was
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    REDS PREPARE FOR BIG COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
    789 12 VAST MECHANIZED AND AIR FORCES MASS NEAR MOSCOW Soviet Central Army Fighting Bitter Retiring Action London, July 20. AUTHORITATIVE reports reaching London indicate that the Russians are mussing enormous air and mechanized forces in the Moscow region in preparation for a great counter-thrust a* Marshal
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    "JAPAN CANNOT RELY ON ANY NATION IN PRESENT CRISIS"
    470 12 Tokio Minister Hints At "Changes In Alignment Of The Nation" Tokio, July 20. THE Japanese Minister of Information, Dr. N. Ito, in a 1 broadcast from Tokio to-day, said that further changes in the alignment of the nation are possible. After
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    ADM. DECOUX RETURNING TO HANOI
    66 12 Saigon, July 30. ADM. Jean Decoux. Vichy GoveroorGeneral of Indo-Chlna. is to return to Hanoi from Saigon with the whole of his staff to-morrow, it is announced here. Previously it had been announced that Adm. Decoux would stay in oai^on or Dalat where the Governor-General
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    33 12 Berne, July 30. A SWISS-German economic agreement was slpned at Berne yesterday Including the extension of the Swiss-German accord which expired on June 30. The new agreement will expire In 1941.— Dnlted Press.
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    Tokio Calls Up Reserves
    69 12 NEW MOBILIZATION IS REPORTED Shanghai, July 20. THE Japanese are carrying out 1 military mobilization on a scale never seen before, according to very reliable private foreign advices received in Shanghai. Thousands of conscripts previously classified as unfit for active service are reported to have been
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    11 NAZI TROOP TRANSPORTS LOST
    108 12 Moscow, July 20. PIE claim to have des royed 11 enemy transports and one tanker out of a large German convoy is made in to-day's early morning Soviet communique issued here. The communique stated: "A large convoy of enemy transports tailing under strong escort was
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    CHINESE REDS PERSIST IN ATTACKS ON CHIANG'S ARMY
    227 12 No Punitive Measure Yet Taken Chungking. July 20. rHINESE Communist forces have been persistently attacking Central Government forces on various fronta in the past few months, though the Central Government forces are strictly forbidden to take counter-action, it is authoritatively learned. The
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    NO REPLY YET FROM DJIBOUTI GOVERNOR
    131 12 Cairo, July 20. THE British au.hcrities In Cairo are still awaiting a reply to the demand that women and children be evacuated from Djibouti, capital of Vichy-con-trolled French Somaliland. Britain's only Interest at this port Is the use of the Djibouti-Addis Ababa railway which
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    Whole Towns Razed When Soviet Forces Get Order To Withdraw
    169 12 Zurich, Jaly 30. *T*HE thoroughness of the Rus- sian scorched earth policy i.< detailed by a correspondent on the eas'.em front of the newspapei Tribune. Smolensk has suffered particularly, though some arms and textile factories were only partially damaged. In
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    CAM RANH BAY BASE NOT READY
    139 12 Vichy, July 19. pOLLOWINO a new visit of the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Kato, to the Vichy Vice-Premier, Adm. Darlan, to explain the Japanese Government's changed policy, a Government spokesman declared there has been no change In the Indo-China situation. Vichy refuses to see the
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    British Now Turks' Neighbours
    67 12 Istanbul, July 20. "T*HE Turks are pleased at the estab- lishment of British military authority In Syria because they have become neighbours with their British ally," states the well-known deputy. M. Yaltchln, In the Turkish newspaper Yen! Sabah. Arguing that this fulfils the basic principles of
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    SIX JAPANESE SHIPS HELD IN CANAL ZONE
    52 12 Balboa, July 20. CIX Japanese ships have been anrhored at Cristobal a week awaiting authorization for passage through Panama Canal, it is learned here. Simultaneously, army officials published sketches showing areas at bcth end> of the Canal which are barred to unescorted shljjs.—
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    NAZIS NEED MORE MEN AT FRONT
    90 12 London, July 20. REPORT that Hitler and Musso- lini are to meet at the Brenner Pi-ss in the next few days was broadcast by the Moscow radio last night. The report was attributed to a '■wellinformed source in a Central European country." The report
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    STALIN TAKES OVER DEFENCE POST
    62 12 Moscow, July 20. M. STALIN has been appointed Defence Commissar under a decree issued by the Supreme Soviet ot the U.S.S.R., signed by President Kalinin, chairman. M. Stalin remains Premier. Marshal Timoshcnko, C imnwnder. in-Chief en thj central front, who form Tly held the p
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