The Straits Times, 31 July 1941

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1 8 The Straits Times
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    38 1 The Straits Times rESTABLISHKD KEARLY A CENTURTI MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES FINAL EPTN. 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. JULY 31, 1941 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 PAGES PRICE 5 CKNTH, SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941
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      285 1 For Qp-to-dati TAILORING MIEN CHONG It t olrm.D St.. S'pvrc Phon* 411 ATaUabk Salt Lrnfths ■Rockrillc" Saltißfs— USA WAIN SHIELL'S. In Silk »nd Wool Abo AMEHICAN SHARKSKIN In various rolouri ENGINE! THE': ENGINES INCORPORATE ALL THE ABVAN- M TAGES OF THE TWO AND FOUR CYCLE SYSTEMS t WITHOUT THE RESPECTIVE
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      861 2 The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES The engagement Is announced between Captain Frederick H. Vtning. Royal Indian Army Srnrice Corps. and Miss Enid Vendrell, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Vendrell of Basseln, Burma. file engagement Is announced between Mnjor Ian Rollo Graeme, Royal Artillery, eldest oou of Colonel
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      742 2 I SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED IMMEDIATELY assistant Bookkeeper, also two Canvassers preferably Hnklen and Cantonese. Good Salaries to rirht men. Apply with references etc. to Box No. 929, Straits Time*. TALLY CLERKS, Four reliable men wanted for Government i*lour Pool Preference given to Government pensioners. Apply immediately In writing to 0.P.0.
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      409 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. PONGGOL CAFE for Holidays, picnics, sea-bath, boating. Fresh Fish Crabs. The only resort built above the sea. CHILDBEI'S AID SOCIETY APPEAL, 1941Oi July 31st Goto the VictpruTheitre for. Display of Dtnc-g. five, bf Fay Haaiiltea'i P-pib. Oat perf ermaxe •»ly $2. $1. OlAtf. lit Take T— C«cku3i
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      534 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated la Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAW FKANCIBCO Manila. Hoos Kang, Koke lokohama Haoolala Saa Praselar* iM La* Aag^tea ma. KAMAKURA MAKO from Manila Aug from H'kong Aug. 12 SJ. YAMATA MARTJ from Manila Aug 23 from H'kong Aug. 26 ms. ASAMA
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      527 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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      841 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE /111. 1.333 kc i (225 m.) ZHPI 9.69 mc/f (26.96 m (ZHP2 C.17S me/i 41. S* sa.) (ZUP3 7.25 (41.38 m.) ZHL, ZHF.1. /.IIP 3.00 p.m. Cantonese music by the Kwang Ting Musical Party; 5.35 p.m. News In Cantoneae; 5.50 p.m. Recorded Hokklen music; 6 00 p.m.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    451 4 Sentiment Improves And Some Prices Rise By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, July 31. •THE local share market opened on a rather better note this morning and with the improvement recorded on the London Stock Exchange the local market is expected to follow the lead and thus the
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    WALL STREET Dow Jones Averages
    63 4 New Yorlc, July 30. THE following were the Dow Jones Averages when the New York Sloe* Exchange and Commodity Exchange closed to-day and yesterday July 29 July M 30 Industrials 129.19 ***** 20 Rails 30.57 30.52 16 Utilities 18.57 18 55 40 Bonds 5)1.48 91.47
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    CHINESE ASSETS IN INDIA FROZEN
    253 4 Bombay. July SO. TUX Indian Government hu decreed the fret-ring of Chine* assets la India. The Res rave Bank of India has issued Instructions to all banks that accounts of all persons and firms resident m China. Including Shanghai, and accounts of all firms and
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    TYRE PRICES RALSED IN AMERICA
    104 4 Akron 'Ohio). July 30. •■pHE Goodyear, Goodrich and General Tire comnanles to-day announced increases m dealer list prices of tyres I and tubes which trade circles reported will mean a price advance of about 5 per cent, to retail buyers. The trio announced an immediate
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    PATALING RUBBER EARNS £216,186
    67 4 PATALING RUBBER EARNS £216,186 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 30 DATALING RUBBER ESTATES LTD earned a trading profit of £216 186 m the year ended December last. This compares with £140.029 m 1939. Excess Profits Tax absorbs £56.000 and income tax £12.000, compared with £3,000 and £9.C00 m 1939
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    MARKETS TO CLOSE
    19 4 THE tin, rubber and share markets will be closed on Saturday and Monday, belnc bank holidays.
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    STOCK EXCHANGE IS CHEERFUL
    168 4 London. July JO >fHE Stock Exchange owned quietly cheerful on the robustness of Mr. Churchill* speech. Gilt-edged, oils, stores and tobaccos were firmer. In- j duatriaLs were steady. Kails were firm j and Japanese Bonds were a further halfpoint up. Chileans were good while diamonds continued
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    104 4 Singapore, July 31. surer* iMMt Gambler 1« Hamburg Cuba $12.2S Java Cub* (12.00 Copra Mixed $2.40 Sun Dried $2.85 Pevpci White Muntok $16 50 White »l««> Black 800 Saga Flour Lingsa M.SO i Fair $4.25 Sarawak $410 i Hhmi Small Flake $7-75 Fair Ftal« VIM Medium-Pearl $».S0
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    84 4 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. Slncapore. Tharsd&y 31. noon. Buyer* Sellers rrlcct Prted No. IX CSS. (Spot loooe) StK No. IX R.S.S. fob. m rue* Joly-Aaf. (Seller's option) J«% 3«H G.F.A.Q. RS S fob. In bales Jnly-Auc. (Scllrr's option) JB' 38'» Ay. CSS to m bale* July-ABf. (Seller's options 31%
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    EXCHANGES
    189 4 j rr.e foUowtni an UM iieMnb raU» Oil morning according the daily clrcclat tuu». I ov the Honckoo* *nc Shanrta 1 Bknkln> '."orDoratlon tikXLINO jLcodocT.T 2/4 J/J2 London demand */4 3/32 Switzerland iT.l only> 202 48 New York demand «.I0 UontreaJ dwnand Sl-85 Batavla demnnd 88.71 Same rang demano
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    RUBBER MARKET FROZEN ASSET
    283 4 REPORTS ON PAST WEEK'S BUSINESS IN a weekly report on the rubber market, Issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. write: The freezing of Japanese assets Is an event which. In the usual way, might be expected to have serious repercussion on the rubber market,
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    FRESH PROBLEMS BEFORE SYRIA
    242 4 Damascus, July 31. THE establishment of a new regime In Syria and Lebanon, following the departure of the Vichy authorities, raised a number of political problems The relationship between Syria and Lebanon and between these two territories and their Arab neighbours also has to be settled.
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    NAZIS RAIL TO RAISE ANTI-RED FORCES
    81 4 London, July 31. GERMANY S attempt to obtain foreign volunteers (or the fighting In Russia has proved to be a failure. So few have volunteered m Spain that regular troops have had to be sent. In Denmark, only ICO men were available; In Norway
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    MORE FOOD PARCELS FOR WAR PRISONERS
    39 4 Ottawa, July 30. •THE Canadian Red Cross is Immed1 iatcly increasing its weekly food parcel shipments for British prisoners o' war from 10.000 to 30,000. Each parcel will contain 18 food items.— Reuter.
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    BRITAIN'S PALESTINE POLICY UNCHANGED
    43 4 London, Juiy 31 THERE has been no change iv tht 1 policy of the Brttli>h Government with regard to Palestine, said Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister In the House of Commons yesterday m answer to a question. Reuter.
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    DR. TAGORE UNDERGOES OPERATION
    25 4 Calcutta. July 31. DR Rabindranatb Tagore, the 80-year-old Ind.an poet, has undergone an operation. His condition Is described as satisfactory —Router.
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    30 4 London. July rN opened dull. The turnover was 150 U>n«. Smelters were willins to meet buyers. After offlclal hours thmarket was steadier and a further 15 tons were traded— Reuter.
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    33 4 London, July 30 TTHE whole of the "territories formeny 1 known as Italian East UHa" being In British occupation, they will henceforth be exempted from trading with the enemy provisions, tt te announced.—Reuter.
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    London Stock Exchange
    310 5 London. July 30. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations. Shares are ot £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Con. Loan 6% 1044-64... 106% Funding Loan 4% 1960-90 113% War Loan 3<A% 104 13>1« +1|16 Com. Onion Assce (Units) 7W Prudential Assc* "A".. 20 •> Royal Assce 8
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    114 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES tFTom Our Own Correspondent i London, July 30. COMMODITY and Exchange market* closed as follows with previous quotations to parenthesis:— RUBBER: Steady. Spot 13 7il6d I3%i (13 7ll6d 13Hd) Sept. 13Hd 13%d (13Hd 13Hd) Oct. 13V4d 13*d (13<4d 13Hd) Nov. 13M 13ttd (13V4d 13%<S) New York: 23 cts.
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    157 5 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held Its 1, 549 th auction yesterday when there was catalogued 2.290.379 lb. 1.022.49 tons; offered 2.102,644 lb. 938X8 tons; sold 1.670.268 lb, 745 65 tons. SPOT London 13 7/16 d. New York M' 4 cinU. PRICE> Rt.AI IZEIt Ribbed
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    NEW YORK TIN. AND RUBBER PRICES
    92 5 New York, July 30. T^HE following were the prices of 1 Straits tin and rubber in cents per pound on the Commodity Exchange today and yesterday: TIN July 39 July 30 Sptt 54 2 53 August 53 30 52.00 September 53 00 51.75 OctDber
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1378 5 WEDNESDAY. JULY 30, 1941: 4 T.U. MIMING Ouvert Sfllrr» Ampat (5s) 3s ioy.d 3s I4d Austral Amal (5m 7s 7s 44 c.d. Austral Malay i£> 33s 8d 34s 6d c.d. Ayer Hltam <5si 17» 18s Ayer Weng ($1) .75 .80 Bangnn Tin (t) 12» So
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    103 5 Mails close at the Oeneral Post Office as follow!; TO-DAY A e air 4 p m Africa air 4 m B^ma air 4 Oeylon air 4 m Egypt air 4 p m Great Britain ice air 4pm India air 4 g m Mauritius air 4 S'm'
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    PLANTING TOPICS TO APPEAR ON FRIDAYS
    24 5 CTARTING this week and until further notice our Planting Correspondent's Saturday feature "Planting Topics" will appear on Fridays.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    194 5 O»»P«n» DtrVtend ?S5 fm Aust. Amal. 3d. No* Hid. boaus Aust. Malay »d. No. 53 9d. bonus Batu Selangor 5% No. 25 Aug. 12 Horgkong Tin 10% Int. less tax Kampong Kamuntlng 3d. No. 69 M. bonus Aug. 12 Petaling 25% Int. July 28 Pungah 8d.
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      248 5 aP^3<^i jible ror .to individual to provide for his -.allied possessions the safetj that Is afforded by our vaults where we have safe boxes of various sires for hire at moderate rates. HIRERS themselves hold the KEYS and ONLY THEY ran have access to these safe boxes so that SAFETY
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      185 5 INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK, LTD. (Incm-poratfd m Britis't India) I. COLLYER QUAY. SINGAPORE Tele: 317S Heajf Office •I'M i !.l> INDIA lit ll.l)l\<;s.IWLAWAIH M \mr \s. Branches Pnijuvr Kul> Lumpur Ran r o«« KsraJkndi Sivacuif* Pudukottah DnKitUUi (annanore nlmbatorr and TellirhflTT iwh-offirr AuthoriMd Capital Rs 50.00.000 Issued and Subscribed C»p(Ul Rv
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      127 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day H W. 2.59 a.m. 8.9 ft; 3.33 p.m. 8.7 ft. L W. 9. 05 a.m. 2.9 ft.; 9.39 p.m. 31 ft. To-morrow H W 4.04 a.m. 8.3 ft.; 4.27 p.m. 8 6 ft. L. W. 9.5ii a.m. 3.8 ft.; 10.52 pm. 3.1 ft. Saturday. Aug. 2
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    WASHINGTON MAKES FORMAL REPRESENTATION TO TOKIO
    435 7 U.S. Warship Damaged In BigScale Air Raids On Chungking Washington, July 30. THE United States has made a formal representation to Japan on the bombing of the United States gunboat Tutuila during an intensive Japanese air raid on Chungking. One bomb hit a few
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    JAPANESE SHIPS EMPLOYED ON ESPIONAGE WORK?
    487 7 Washington, July 30. THE disclosure that 19 Japanese fishing boats were seized last j spring m Hawaiian waters was made by the Treasury Department to-day. Although the vessels were seized by Customs agents on charges of false registry. authoritative officials m I Washington alleged
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    BRITISH SHIPPING LOSSES DECREASE
    95 7 London. July 30. SENATOR Walter George, irhalrmnn of the Foreign Relations Commit|tee, declared m Washington to-day: "Britain is slowly winning the Battle of the Atlantic. It Is apparent with the help of the United States naval patrols Britain Is slowly gaining the upper hand." "Although there
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    LARGE PARTY OF ITALIANS ROUTED
    155 7 Garrison Patrol At j Tobruk Very Active F Cairo. July 31. BRUK garrison patrols were very active on Monday night. One routed a large party of Italians over! two miles from the British lines This news was given m a British General Headquarters communique which
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    AMERICANS FLOOD NORTH IRELAND
    55 7 Londonderry, July 30. THE second contingent of over 400 American technicians, workers and labourers arrived here to-day and immediately filled the city's streets searching probably for post offices, eatine; shops ar.d barbers -stabiirhments. This contingent brings the number of Americans here to over 800. Another group
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    NO AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN EGYPT
    62 7 London. July 30. TT is learned m London that there Is no L truth m the rumour that nearly 20.000 American soldiers are already In Egypt. The only American service personnel In Egypt are a few observers who are there In connection with considerable deliveries
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    Nazi Dive-Bombing Attack On British Shipping Repelled
    162 7 Cairo. July 30. A OERMAN dive-bombing at*- 1 on British shipping off the coust of Cyrenaica yesterday was driven off by R. A. F. fighters, which shot down six enemy planes, according to an RAF. Middle East communique. A strong formation of Junkers
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    SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 31. 1941. (698 th Day Of The War.) Ideas Wanted
    1330 8 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 31. 1941. (698 th Day Of The War.) Ideas Wanted Suggestions were put forward m the correspondence columns of the Straits Times a few days ago for marking the second anniversary of j the outbreak of war. It was proposed that a flag day should be held;'
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    London Letter By Cable BRITAIN'S NEW ARMY IS STARTLINGLY EFFICIENT
    1179 8 London Letter By Cable BRITAIN'S NEW ARMY IS STARTLINGLY EFFICIENT Supply Of Munitions And Equipment Now At Flood (By Our Own Correspondent) London, July 29. MO doubt many Malayans x^ have been regaled with tales of the blimpish inefficiency of the British Army High Commands tales to which the Norway
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    GROW MORE FOOD
    493 8 Campaign Which Should Be Revived To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, For some time past, the cry of making Malaya self-supporting m her I food supply, has subsided. In fact. this campaign for growing more rice has for the time being, been allowed ;to sink
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      TIN FINANCE
      415 8 Why Local Merchants Are "Kicking" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.—Tut, tut, Mr. Editor! You must be more careful absut your leading articles. Your article of July 25 headed "Tin Finance" Is really too bad. If you are net more careful yju will upset a lovely
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      M.B.C. BAND
      380 8 How Can It Help To Win The War? To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— I take off my hat to you lor the manner in which you have denounced extravagance and undue expense at a time like the present. It is unbelievable that the M B.C.
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      77 8 ANONYMOUS I'm going to writc'to the papers, And use words like "salient" and -vandal," I shall "trespass on valuable space" and "Expose" an ••iniquitous scandal" As "subscriber for twenty-five years" I shall wax "very justly indignant" On nurses and "dumb volunteer;," and Call Civil Servants "malitjnar.t;' Oh yes. I shall
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    SOME NAZI UNITS THROWN BACK 100 MILES
    464 9 Growing Success Of Red Counter-Attacks GERMAN ADVANCE NOW HALTED EVERYWHERE Big New Raids On Oil Fields Of Rumania TN the gigantic battle which is still raging around Smolensk. the Germans are still being held m their attempted thrust to Moscow, says the latest
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    Britain Keeps Pledge To Assist Moscow
    106 9 Britain Keeps Pledge To Assist Moscow London, July 31. t AM glad to say that much progress has been made m fulfilling the promise of economic assistance given by the British Government to Russia, and considerable quantities of goods are now on their way to Russia from various parts of
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    Nazi Propaganda Wedge In Tokio
    56 9 QUESTIONED about a Nichi Nirhi (Tokio) report that the Germans had driven a wedge into I rningrad M. I.ozovsky. deputy chief of the Soviet Information Bureau, replied that far from the Hermans driving a wedge into I.rningr.-id. it looked as if German propaganda had driven
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    Finns Regret Break With Britain
    91 9 London, July 31. •TTOE Finnish radio last night broad- cast extracts from Finnish newsi papers, expressing regret that dlploI matic relations have been broken off 'with Britain. "We have had no cause to destroy good relations with Britain," says one newspaper. "We went to war
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    BIG JUMP IN U.S. AIRCRAFT ORDERS
    79 9 Deliveries To Reach £27,500,000 Monthly New York, July 30. STATISTICS quoted by the magazine Aviation show that unfulfilled airI craft orders in the United States Jumpled by $1,500,000,000 (£375,000.000) in July to $6,030,000,000 (£1,508,000,000). This compares with $2,145,000,000 i £536.000,000) in July last year.
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    2,300 MISSING 'DIGGERS' LOCATED BY RED CROSS
    58 9 Sydney, July 31. THROUGH the Australian Red Cross, 2,300 members of the Australian Imperial Forces previously reported missing have been located, according to Mr. Percy Spender, the Defence Minister Of the total, 550 are reported taken prisoner while the majority of others reported
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    COALING STATIONS CLOSED TO JAPAN
    74 9 London, July 31. /^•REAT Britain's action m withdraw- ing ships' warrants from Japanese shipping lines is understood to mean that the Japanese lines will be unable to utilize British-owned coaling stations and similar facilities m various parts of the world. Japanese ships will also be
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    FIELD-MARSHAL KIETEL'S SON KILLED IN ACTION
    35 9 London, July 31. LIEUT, von Kietel. younger son of Field-Marshal von Kietel, chief of the German High Command, is reported to have been killed m action m Russia.— Reuter.
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    Heaviest Raid Yet On Chungking
    64 9 Tokio, July 31. IN the largest raid yet staged by the Japanese air force against Chungking, damage to a fuel depot, a power magazine and many factories is claimed. Both the Vichy and British Embassies were again damaged during the raid on Tuesday says a
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    CHUNGKING EMISSARY FOR MOSCOW
    40 9 Hong Kong, July 31 /CHUNGKING- reports state that the Central Government has decided to send a special emissary to Moscow soon to revive relations between the two countries, which have been allowed to lapse— United Press.
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    DEATH FOR SLACK MOSCOW WARDENS
    124 9 Moscow, July 31. i SOVIET determination to combat all j Nazi attacks is further emphasized by drastic punishment of slackness m flre-flgrting In Moscow. Three high officials of the Moscow ear parts supply trust and a respon- i Bible fire warden of the trust have
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    162 American Pilots Serve Britain
    50 9 London, July 31. IT was revealed m Parliament yesterday that 162 American pilots have been recruited into the British Air Transport Auxiliary Service. They are en a yearly contract and their salary is £1.937. 17s. 9d. a year, free of United Kingdom income tax. —Reuter.
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    MAIN FORCES OF RED ARMY NOW COMING INTO ACTION
    229 9 Moscow, July 31. QFFICIAL reports from the eastern front state that Soviet counter-attacks on the Smolensk front as well as increasing guerilla activity behind the Nazi front lines is forcing a diversion of German tanks, armoured cars and motorcycle corps. "The
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    PRICE-FIXING FOR U.S.
    562 9 PRICE-FIXING FOR U.S. Inflation To Be Forestalled Washington, July 30. PRESIDENT Roosevelt, in a message to Congress, on Wednesday, asserted that inflationary price increases were threatening to "undermine our defence efforts" and asked Congress to authorize him to establish ceilings for prices and rents. "We face inflation," declared the President,
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    Konoye On Nazi-Soviet War
    468 9 Konoye On NaziSoviet War Fresh Complications For The Japanese Toklo, July 31. rE Rosso-German war has brought about new complications requirlnj Japan to cope with the chen^ing situation for which reason a "swift determined execution of national policies" Is neeossjiy. Thus declared Prince Konoye, the Japanese Prime Minister, when he
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    TOKIO UNLIKELY TO MOVEBELIEF IN WASHINGTON
    229 9 Red Forces Outnumber Japanese In Manchukuo And Korea Washington, July 30. THE Japanese arc still heavily outnumbered by the Soviet armies m Eastern Siberia and face considerable obstacles m any move southward from Indo-China, Government officials told pressmen to-day. Speaking on basis of detailed
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    ADVANCED BASES FOR AUSTRALIA
    59 9 Melbourne, July 31. AUSTRALIA is to establish a strong string of defence and reconna:^- sance air bases as a buffer against in vast on This was reveal: d .asi night by u:e Minister of Air, Mr. J. McEwen. upon his return from a comprehensive Investigation of
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    U.S. RECOGNIZES FREE CZECH GOVERNMENT
    34 9 Washington, July 30. rE State Department to-day announced that the United States recognizes the Fre« Czecho- Slovak Government now m London under the presidency of Dr. Benes.— United Press.
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    ILLUSIONS ABOUT JAPAN NOW GONE
    266 9 The Times On Need To I Pull Her Up Sharply I. nclon, Ju;y 31. HOWEVER good the results may b« for Jap.n, sh? mu.'t new rerliza that her latest cggrejs.on in obvious complicity with th; aggrecs^r powers in Europe has finally d?:troyed any illusion which
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $4,000
    628 10 Two Four-Figure Donations From E uropeans FIGHTER BADGE SALES RAISE $9GO ON MALACCA ESTATES THE War Fund has taken a new lease on life. In the past 24 hours the total has advanced by more than 54.000 to $5,720,615 and the latest list
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    AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISTS
    136 10 Party Due Here Next Month SENATOR FOLL, the Australian Minister of Information, will be arriving in Singapore in the near future, leading a mission of Australian journalists. Leaving Australia next week, they will travel first to the Netherlands Indies and then come on to Malaya. It is expected
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    TRENGGANU IS NOW MUCH HEALTHIER
    126 10 A REMARKABLE improvement in public health in Trengganu was reported by Dr. J W. ScharlT. Chief Health Officer. Singapore, in a talk to the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday. 1 1 Home visits by health nurses, provision of maternity and inlant welfare facilities ana j intensive
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    MUSICAL SOCIETY IN NEED OF SOPRANOS
    160 10 THE Singapore Musical fcociety is on the look-out for sopranos for its next concert. Women .ire urgently required to join and to attend the re- j hearsals which are held every Tues- j day at 5.30 p.m. ?.t the Victoria MemorUl Hall. There Is
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    28 10 The Malay Mail is officially informed that there is no truth m rumours to the effect that the F.M.S. Transport Board is shortly to ration motor car tyres.
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    22 10 The management committee of the Indian Youth League has approved the formation of a sub-committee to aid the Malabar Flood Relief Fund.
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    Alma Baker Aircraft On Service In The Desert
    79 10 This is one of the fighter aircraft presented to the Royal Atr Force by the late Mr. C. Alma Baker, pioneer Perak planter and miner. It is being overhauled after taking part m fighting m the Western Desert. In a codicil to
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    ALLEGED FORGED SHARE CERTIFICATES
    113 10 CIX weeks pnttponwat was granted yesterday by Mr. R. C. Redman. the additional First Magistrate. Kuaia Lumpur. In the case agalnsc Khoo Boo Thye. Khoo Boo Tiong, How Sow Chens and Khoo Boo Gong, who are charged j with using as genuine two forged share certificates.
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    HEALTH STATEMENT
    66 10 There were 40 deaths .':cm tuberculosis while 71 other cases were sported, according to the Municipal Health statement for last week. Other chief causes of mortality were pneumonia (35 deaths', enteritb (23) land beri-beri <1G>. I The infantile death rate w:v 209.2 per mille per annum compared with
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    AMUSEMENTS
    103 10 RAFFLES HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. GREAT YVOKI l> Cabaret: 8.30 p.m. to Midnight. Globe: The First Rebel. Sky. The Door with 7 Locks. HAPPT THEATRE (Happy World> Green Hell. Seaside; Kentucky Moonshine. NEW WOKLII Talkks Treaties ana Cinemas Bide Shov Cabaret. Dancing. tU'EENS. GFYLANG Pah
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    C.I.G.S. Praises Malta Gunners
    120 10 London. July 30. THE break-up of the Italian mystery boat" attack on VaIf Ita harbour, Malta, is the subject of a telegram of congratulation* from the Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, Gen. Sir John Hill, to the Conunander-in-Chief of Malta, Lieut.-Gen Sir William Dobbie.
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    DUTCH QUEEN BROADCASTS
    300 10 N.L Will Fight If Menaced QUEEN Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, broadcasting from Britain to all Dutch people, said her Government was determined to fight if Dutch territory in the Far East were threatened by armed force. Owing to the threatening danger of war in the Netherlands Indies
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    Indies Defences Strong & Ready For All Eventualities
    252 10 Indies Defences Strong Ready For All Eventualities "IA/ITH complete faith m our TT strength and that of our allies, we m the Indies are awaiting further developments. The past months have given us time to put the Outer Possessions m particular) Into a powerful state of defence," j writes the
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    COMMITTEE TO COMBAT FOOD PROFITEERING
    270 10 SEVEN unofficials are serving on the committee appointed by Government to combat fcod profiteering in Singapore. The committee is now completed, and will hold its first meeting next week. It is hoped that with the ap- pointment of the committee, members of the public victimized
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    VOLUNTEER ALLOWANCES
    219 10 Interim Report By Committee SCHEME TO OPERATE IN NEAR FUTURE AN interim report to the Government is beini{ prepared and will be sent in soon by the Worley committee on rr.tes of pay, pcnjions and service, separation and injury allowances for members of the activ» and passive volunteer
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    SHIP'S FIREMAN IS FINED $3,000
    187 10 A SHIP'S fireman. Lee Ah How. 2$ was sentenced to one day's simp> i imprisonment and fined $3,000. or 12 j months' rigorous imprisonment, m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday when he was convicted on charge of beine m possession of $900 worth of
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    TRAFFIC POLICE CEASE ISSUE OF NOTICES
    476 11 Result Of Chief Justice's Ruling In High Court Case OFFICERS MAY INSTEAD USE THEIR "WIDE POWERS" THE Singapore Traffic Branch yesterday stopped the issue to motor-vehicle owners of notices demanding particulars of drivers alleged to have committed traffic offences, and of their driving licences.
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    BLACKMAILER SENTENCED
    263 11 'Vilest Of Offences/ Says Judge "1 CONSIDER blackmail the meanest and vilest of offences," said Mr. Justice Aitken at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, passing sentence of five years' rigorous imprisonment on a young English-speaking Chinese, Tan Ah Lck. who had been convicted on three charges of extortion and
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    HIGH COURT ALLOWS MAN $2,000 CASH BAIL
    183 11 f\S the application of counsel (Mr v X E. W. Hatchardi, a Chinese, Ang Ah Oeok, who had been detained In the civil prison on charges of extortion and being a member of an un- lawful society, rince his arrest early m .uiy,
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    NE W FIELD AMB ULA NCE UNIT IS PROFICIENT
    333 11 Already Capable Of Handling Most Serious Cases ALTHOUGH the members of the Malaya Field Ambulance units a company of Eurasians whose task it is to save wounded men and get them back to dressing stations and hospitals for immediate medical attention
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    247 11 XriE following donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day: S Or. Si Mm. R. Hall, Km; .m Johnrc t.uN E. N. Taylor I.OM The Malacca PUnten' \ssnciation, pro<;ceds of sale of "Fighter" badges hy estates at! 30 I>«idu, RcmbU and Krubong Estates, $173 W.
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    110 11 Lim Hong Chua. Lim Cheng 800 and Tay Ching Teng claimed trial m the Singapore Second Court yesterday on a charge of cheating Joy Cheong Chcah on Apr. 14 by inducing him to give them $388 on the pretext that they had forged currency notes to sell to him. Bail
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    Prison Term For R.A.F. Driver Involved In Collision
    395 11 STATING that there was evidence to show that the man was not m a fit, state to drive at the time of the collision, Mr. C. H. Whitton, the Traffic Judge, yesterday sentenced Muthu Veloo, a lorry driver of the RAF. (Seletnr).
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    LOCALLY GROWN FOOD TO BE EXHIBITED
    320 11 To Encourage People To Grow Their Own Vegetables THE Education, Medical and Gardens Departments, the Rural Board and the local canning industry will cooperate with the organizers of a four days' *Crow Moro Food Exhibition" to be held in the Victoria Memorial Hall in
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    U.S. STUDENTS ON TOUR
    195 11 OTUDYING the wartime economy of countries in the Far East, two American University students who are bound for Chungking via the Burma Road, arrived in Singapore 1 yesterday by the Hakone Maru. The two students. Mr. Robert Sheets and Mr Maurice Binford, o! the Univcr.ily cf
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    ELECTRICITY FOR MINING
    415 12 Record Output Of Power In F. M.S. BOTH Government and public and private electrical power stations in the Federated Malay States generated a record of 618.000,000 units last year to provide for a 91 per cent, increase in the consumption of electrical energy for tin mining, str.tes
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    MORE HOME GARDENING STILL NEEDED
    162 12 THE community service committee of ihe Singapore Rotary Club has appointed a sub-committee to go Into the question of market gardening with a view ta ascertaining whether the club might make special efforts to help the "Grow More Food" campaign. In the course of a
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    COLONY'S WAR LOAN GIFT TO BRITAIN
    67 12 THE Government of the Straits Settlements has made a gift of $10,100,000. being the proceeds of the recent $10,000,000 Straits Settlements .Var Loan, *****0, to His Majesty's Government By arrangement vith the Treas ry j m Lcndon payment of this amount has been made
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    14 12 "Diggers" Guard Nazi Prisoners A croup of German Army prisoners and their Australian guard
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    FURNITURE COMPANY SUES ENTERTAINER
    753 12 Court Dismisses Claim And Allows Co unter-Claim JUDGMENT dismissing a furniture corrfpany's claim for $1,618.16 but allowing an entertainer's counter-claim for $2,082.24 was given m the High Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Aitken m the civil action m which Paskoe's, Ltd., claimed $1,618.16 from Lynn Freeman
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    Ratepayers' Watch On Rents Cases
    88 12 BECAUSE Government U unahfc to accept a proposal to make provision for a right of appeal in the Increase of Rent < Restriction* Ordinance, the Singapore Ratepayers Association is sending a representative to every meeting of the K 'nt Board with a view to considering
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    CONCERT BY A.C.S. OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION
    121 12 THE first con;:r; to b? pre euted by the Old Boys' Association ct the Anglo-Chinefe School m Singapore was I enthuiastlcally received by a larse audience on Saturday evening The' concert, which was under the direction of Mr. Gho Soon Tioj, featured th Old
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    GUILTY OF CHEATING
    54 12 r«ONVICTED or cheating by imperV sonation, 25-year-old Chong Yeo Chho who admitted m 4 he Singapore Third Court yesterday that to gain employment m the Naval Base he had shown the Deputy Controller of Labour a testimonial which had been Issued for another person, was sentenced to
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    "CAR STEALING IS SERIOUS"
    298 12 Gunners Warned By Magistrate "I LOOK upon car-stealing as serious offence; you are European soldiers and you should have known better. I will certainly not grant bail to you," said Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore Second Magistrate, yesterday, when the question of bail arose in a case
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    INDIAN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
    117 12 rE hon secretary o! the Central Indian Association of Malay i announces that Mr. K. S. Ot ar Singh 1 and Mr. Sardara Singh Sandhu, whej were re;ommended by the Association for free scholarships m the University |of the Punjab, are being admitted ,o the D A.V.
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    WOMAN'S FALL FROM HEIGHT OF 60 FEET
    102 12 TtiE death ot a Ch.neoe woman. Max Ah San. who !ell off the scaffolding on the third F.ocr oi a bu.ldlrg m Cantan Street on July 25, was inquired into by Mr. W.O. Porter, th. Ph Coroner, yfsterda'-. Seah £•> Heng. a sub-.--
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    JAPANESE SHIP CALLS AT SINGAPORE
    91 12 T'iiE first Japanese ship to call a'. Singapore sir.cc the freezing of Japanese assets m the British Empire arrived here yesterday from Horn; Kong en route to India. The vessel, the NY X s passenger liner Ha kone Mam is scheduled <o leave to-day. Sh?
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    FORMER CANVASSER PLEADS GUILTY
    88 12 LIM ENG GUAN, 34, pleaded guiliy m the Singapore third cou»t yesterday to a charge that he committed criminal breach of trust In respect of $7 80 when employed by Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Products. Ltd. as a; canvasser and bill collector on May 18. 1938.
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    "Japan Needs No Indo-China Bases"—Mr. R. G. Menzies
    468 12 "Japan Needs No Indo-China Bases"— Mr. R. G. Menzies Melbourne, July 20. A USTRALIA has always stood and still stands for peace m th i Pacific but the presence of her troops m Malaya and the vast preparations she has made for home defence, munitions production and m the economic
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    POLISH LEGION FOR RUSSIA UNDER NEW PACT
    1945 13 600,000 Prisoners In Soviet Territory To Be Released London, July 30. DUSSIA and Poland have agreed to bury the hatchet and diplomatic relations will be resumed forthwith under the terms of a general agreement between the two countries signed this afternoon at the
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    387 13 Washington, July 30. MR. HARRY HOPKINS, President Roosevelt's coordinator for the Lend- Leas* BUI, ha* tone to Moscow to expedite the supply of needed war materials to the Soviet Union at the special request of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Sumner Welles, US. Under-Secretary of State, revealed at to-day's Press conference. He
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    German Blitz Tactics Fail
    252 13 Russians Stiffening Their Resistance Moscow. July 30. GERMANY'S bli.z tactics have failed and the Nazi offensive is gradually weakening as the Russians stifTened the r MKMHI to-<i»y, Pravda asserted. The present Russian counterattacks might be the start of larper ones, though evidence m London of a
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    SOVIET ALSO HAS A-SECRET WEAPON
    127 13 SOVIET ALSO HAS A -SECRET WEAPON Moscow, July 30. "THE existence or a Soviet set ret weapon was revealed to-day with the an--nouncement that Stalin had received Its Inventor, M Kostikov, and expressed high praise of the new weapon. The weapon has taken M KiniHrcrr and a croup of engineers
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    SEPARATE DUTCH NAVY MINISTRY
    187 13 London, July 30. MEW ministerial appointments m the I Netherlands Government have been approved by Qurrn Wilh»lmlna, it is I announced m an offlriaJ decree. The only alteration soade is the n-estah. lishment of a separate naval mirt-try under 1 the direction of Vlce-Adm. Puerstner Welcoming
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    NEW EVIDENCE OF SPLIT IN RANKS OF NAZI LEADERS
    278 14 Quartermaster Of Luftwaffe Ends Life After Arrest By Hitler London, July 30. MEW startling evidence of dissensions m the ranks of the Nazi leaders caused by Hitler's rash gamble m ordering the invasion of Russia have come into my hands from
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    Djibouti Reply To British
    223 14 Djibouti Reply To British Offer To Evacuate Women Refused London, July 30. 1»HE Governor of Djibouti, French 1 Somallland. has replied to the note recently sent by the British authorities It Is learned. No Indication is available of the contents of the note, but it Is understood that the colony
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    Japanese Meet Resistance
    111 14 Japanese Meet Resistance Vichy Forces Aid In Putting Down 'Revolt' New York, July 29. rE National Broadcasting Corporation to-day heard a broadcast from Tokio which reported from Saigon that Japanese troops landing m Indo-China met "slight resistance from isolated rebel garrisons, who were easily dealt with by Japanese contingents assisted
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    TOKIO STORY OF "ENCIRCLEMENT"
    126 14 Tokio, July 30. A SEMI-OFFICIAL dispatch issued here sta'os the reinforcement of Japanese troops in Indo-Cliina is seen a feature of telf-defen^e both for Japan and France against annirrlement by Chungking, Mnlaya and Burma. The measure is also considered a fatal blow against Chungking which Is
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    Japanese Closing Of British Agencies
    157 14 London, July 30. IN the Housz of Commons today. Sir John Wardlaw Milne askpd Mr. /nthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, whether he was .iwa r e tint the enforced closing down at the instance of th<; Japanese authorities r«f the only Brit s>i news agencies
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    CHANGES IN CEYLON CONSTITUTION
    92 14 London, July 30. THE Under-Secretary of Stace for Colon.es, Mr. O. H. Hall, was questioned In the House of Commons lo-day regarding the position In respect of discussions for changes in the constitution of Cevlon. It was stated that the Secretary of State Is stl'l in
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    Iron & Steel May Be Rationed In U.S.
    91 14 Iron Steel May Be Rationed In U.S. Washington. July 30. r\EFENCE officials here to-day pre*J dieted that the Iron and steel Industry will be plared under a rigid rationing system in a few days t > alleviate the shortage of materials hindering the defence programme. They declined to say whether
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    COLLIERY EXPLOSION KILLS 22 MINERS
    42 14 Wakeneld (Yorkshire), July 30. TWENTY-TWO miners were killed m an explosion at the Criggle;on colliery last night. Sixteen bodies were brought to the surface to-day and rescuers are s ill digging for the other six.— United Press.
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    Agents In Iran & Afghanistan
    311 14 Agents In Iran Afghanistan Fifth Column's Work Against Russia London, July 31. "A VAST German fifth column" is In Iran and Afghanistan, according to the "Eastern correspondent" of the independent French news agency. I The correspondent says, "Diplomatic i representatives of Great Britain and i Russia a-e at present engaged
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    Iran Is Told Of Infiltration
    144 14 Reports from Ankara in the pas', few days talk of a -rowi.i? numlrr of Gem. an iMhiUMM in Han. There la reason to beli»- e that the Iranian Oovernir.f" t vf to the representations made by the Bri'ish Oovernnm* in i i. .> diplomatic correspondent.
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    NANKING GENERAL DIES IN AEROPLANE CRASH
    59 14 Hankow. July 30. Major Oen. Hsiao Chi-cliar.g Chief -of -Staff of the Nanking Oovemments Pacification Corps. dlci haw last evening at the Municipal Hospital following an aeroplane accident. Oen. Rvai was seriously Injured *h -n a plare In which he was travelling crashed while
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    WORKERS SEIZE VITAL WAR PLANT FOR THREE DAYS
    398 14 Ottawa, July 30. PHREE hundred men seized control of the gigantic Avrlda (Quebec) plant of the Canadian Aluminium Company last Thursday and he.d it for three days, leaving voluntarily on Sunday afternoon. This was revealed at a Press con- ference yesterday by
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    U.S. FORCES FOR OVERSEAS
    140 14 Gallup Poll Result New York, July 30. THE latest Gallup poll reveals 1 that 37 out of every 100 citizens of the United States are ready to vote for dispatch of American troops for service overseas despite the fact that the United States Is still at
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    420 15 Quinn Saves Soldiers From Heavier Defeat R.A.F. Reserves 2; Arpylls 0. QUINN'S tine goalkeeping was largely responsible for savin? the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from greater defeat than by ivo clear goals when they met the R.A.F. m a reserve division league soccer match at
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    British Wightman Cup Girls Beaten
    54 15 Em'. Hampton, New York, July 30. THE British Wicbtraan Cap girls, Valerie Scott and Nina Hnwn. lost in the opening round of the women's invitation tennis tournament .Shirley Cotton (California) beat Miss Scott 6—0, ft— 2, while Hope Knowles (Philadelphia) won 6 1, 6 2
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    Kallang Score 11—1 Victory
    321 15 Kallang Score 1 1—1 Victory R.A.F. Kalians- 11: J.C.S.A. 1 (THANKS to the brilliance of Bon*- field, who scored six coals, the Kallang Airmen were able to register a handsome victory by 11 coals to on? over the Junior Civil Service Association m a one-sided second division (b) league game,
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    CUSTOMS WIN 3—2
    30 15 THE Customs beat Fcrt Canning by 1 three goals to t*o m secund f'ivi- «on <b> league soct«r mat-h pUyed a f the F. N. ground jesterday.
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    JOHORE BAHRU MALAYS' TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    107 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 30. i OESULTS of matches played m the Johore Bahru Malays' tennis tournament during the week-end and yesterday are as follows: Handicap Singles semi-final: Talib bin Awang <— to> beat Mohd. Nor bin Mohd. Salleh (—3O) 6—2, 6—l.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    48 15 Soccer: S A.F.A. league, first division, Gordons r*. Malays, Anson Road stadium; reserve division, S.C.F.A. vs. Fortress R.E., Geylang stadium; second division (a), R.A.M.C. vs. V.M.C.A., Y.M.CA.: R.A.F. (Tengah) v«. Royal Navy, Tenpah; second divi(b), Stamford vs. Kranji, Clerical T'nlon; Indian Association, vs. SGJX J.CS.A.
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    TRAINING NOTES FROM PEN ANG
    207 15 The Needles Shows Good Form (From Our Own Correspondent) I' riane, July 31. AMONG the most impressive gallops at this morning's fast work m preparation for the Summer meeting, which starts on Saturday, were those done by The Needles, Spring Girl, Juliet* and Hot Flash.
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    LOCAL TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    165 15 AT a pntnl committee meeting of the Singapore Table Tennis Association held on July 25 »t the Straits Chinese ReI creation Club's premises. New Bridge Road. I the committee decided to run the offlrttl rhampiom hip tournament for 1941 and U>e Inter-club league for the Haw-Par
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    TABLE-TENNIS TOUR
    153 15 rE August Badminton Party of Singapore Is travelling up to Kuala Lumpur during the August holidays la play a s ries of friendly table-tenni*. matches in the FVderal capital. Holders of the local 'nter-club championship title lor manv years, the August BP. is represented by neaily all the
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    SELETAR RANGERS
    53 15 THE following players haw been selected to represent for the Seletar Rangers in a friendly soccer match against the English College, Johore Bahru on the College ground on Saturday: Tan Gong Chew, N. Seng. Lee Kow, R iimith, Jumaat Neechee bin Ismail, Siiee Seng. Othman, Dollah, Hassan, and
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    WEIGHT-LIFTING
    22 15 THE Singapore amateur weight-lift-ing championships, which were to be held on Saturday, have been postponed owing to insufficient entries being received.
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    24 15 THE annual general meeting of the 1 Singapore Chess Club will be he!d at the Adelnhl Hotel at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8.
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    HARBOUR BOARD STAGE GOOD RECOVERY
    326 15 Seletar Airmen Beaten After Scoring First Goal S.H.B 3; R.A.F. (Seletar) 1. DECOVERING splendidly after an early setback, the 4 Singapore Harbour Board scored three goals in quick succession to beat the R.A.F. (Seletar) by three goals to one in a second division (a) league
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    NEW HORSES & PONY REGISTERED
    106 15 NEW HORSES PONY REGISTERED rREE new harscs and *nc po«y have b-en registered with the Strai Racing Association Two of the horses, Avant Tout, a four-year -old bay AustraUan gelding by liad*8.war oat of Volume, and Spun Wool, a three-year-old chestnut Australian gelding by WaUtare out of I 6-»un Sttk,
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    PLAYFAIR BADMINTON PARTY
    129 15 r'E eighth ajinu J anniversary of the Playfair Badminton Party will be held at the Poncpol Cafe on Saturday and Sunday. The Party's Marrteds beat the Single Ly five panes to two at the Clerical Un-on Hall on Tuesday night Results (married team mentioned first) Koh Ken*
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    S.S.C. WATER-POLO
    52 15 THE following will represent the I Singapore Swimming Club in a water-polo match versus the R.A., Chanel, to be held at the S.S.C. to-day, starting at 5.15 p.m. J. A. Gagan, Dr. M. C. Bain, P. Henrichsen. P. Druldlng, D. W. Kleinman, L. H. Cbater and F. W.
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    30 15 THE first division league soccer fixture between the Royal Engineers and the Royal Artillery (Heavy Reptment), which arranged to be played at Changi yesterday, was postponed.
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    Substitute "Glorious Goodwood"
    94 15 London, July 31. rxcKPT for the title* of the races there were few siirm that substitute "glorious (;-> dwood" race meeting was being held. There were fewer people than at any previous Newmarket meeting this aracon. The main event was the Steward ■a»dira». substitute t n the
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    TIGER SPORTING ASSOCIATION
    164 15 THE Tiger Sportlne Association's soccer and basketball teams, led by Mr. Aw Chow, will tour Penang. Ipoli and Kuala Lumpur durinc U.e August Bank Holidays. The team will leave Singapore for Pcr.ang to-rr.orrcw. The soccer team will play two matches In Penang, am their opponents will be
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    JOHORE MILITARY FORCES BEATEN BY CUSTOMS
    255 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 29. THE Johore Military Force* were unfortunate to have their unbeaten league record broken to-day when they went down to the Customs by the narrow margin of four goals to three, a last minute goal deciding the
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    786 16 "REFLECT WHILE THERE IS YET TIME," SAYS MR. EDEN Envoy Confers With Adm. Toyoda On Far Eastern Situation London, July 30. CANNOT believe that statesmanship m Japan is entirely dead or blind and I sincerely trust that those responsible for the destinies Of the
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    148 16 Japanese Naval Concentration Vichy, July M. COINCIDENT with the signing of the agreement between France and Japan legarding "Joint defence" of Indo-Cbina, the Paris press this morning reported that a concentration of the Japanese fleet is massed between I ormosa and Hainan hence between Manila and Hong Kong and also
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    Suspension Of Oil Shipments Denied
    53 16 Toklo, July 30. ■THE Netherlands Indies authorities dlsI claim having suspended the Japanese oil agreement, as previously reported from Batavla, according to an official statement issued m Batavla to-day. However, the Japanese are still uncertain how the application of the freezing regulations may affect shipments
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    RESTRICTIONS EXTENDED TO BORNEO
    37 16 Tokio, July 30. RESTRICTIONS on transactions between foreigners and Japanese In accordance with the Japanese Government's freezing of British assets will be applied to Borneo, effective to-day, the Finance Ministry announced. Eastern News.
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    FRANCE MAY RECOGNISE NANKING GOVERNMENT
    38 16 Nanking July 30. OBSERVERS here believe that France wUI formally recoßniz* the Japanesesponsored Wang Chtng-wel Government after the conclusion of the Japanese-French Pact for Joint defence of French Indo-Chlna. according to Eastern News.
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    TOKIO DEMANDS ON THAIS ONLY MATTER OF TIME
    457 16 Japan Seeking Further Bases And Control Of Tin, Rubber Rice? Bangkok, July 30. U/HILE authoritative circles fcere deny that Japan has offered Cambodia and Laos as quid pro quo if Thailand joins the Now Order, well informed observers believe it is only
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    120 16 THAILAND has given the best posj sible answer to Japanese allegations of British threats to Thailand. A special broadcast by the Bangkok radio station yesterday morning I affirmed that relations between Britain and Thailand are closer than ever. Economically and strategically there Is no reason
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    FEELING BEING STIRRED IN TOKIO OVER N.I. OIL MOVE
    378 16 Tokio, July 30. THE suspension of the Japanese oil agreement by the Netherlands Indies oil companies is causing grave concern throughout Japan. Should the United States take similar action, Japan would be placed m a most difficult position. I The question
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    77 16 Batavia, July 30. THE Commander-ln-Chief of the i Netherlands Indies Army issued a decree to-day stating that all ships must obtain a permit for bunkering and provisioning, decking and repair In N.I ports. Generally, these permits will be granted only to ships sailing under friendly
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    773 16 Tokio Lie Is Exposed STEPS LEADING TO INDOCHINA ENTRY London, July 30. /CONCURRENT with Mr. Eden's oral statement In the House of Commons on the Far East, a written statement was circulated to the House. This read as follows: "The occupation by Japan of bases in south TndoChina Is a
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    Britons Advised To Quit N. China
    53 16 BRITISH and \:neri< an residents of 1'eipin* have once again been advised by their respective embassies to evacuate the former capital, reports *in (hew Jit Poh. Business iir. les fear that all foreign banks in Peipine will soon be placed un-icr the control of
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      17 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941. No. 287.
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      Relief Work In Britain For Norway's Men & Women
      3090 1 Relief Work In Britain For Norway's Men Women Women And The War By Straits Times London Woman Correspondent London, Apr. 29. A FEW days ago I went to visit Norway in London," as I call the Norway Relief Depot ard Norwegian Red Cross British branch. The Norwegian flag was fluttering
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      3189 2  -  Nurse Elizabeth By MURSE Elizabeth has had expert training m the care of infants and young children. If you ha' c any problems connected with babies or young children and would like her help write to Nuise Elizabeth, c/o Women's Supplement, Straits Times, Cecil
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        166 2 \you must not hesitate n\ to buy TOOTALS YOU GET EVERY GUARANTEE >w >^ >. >^ AND THUS S S S YOUR MONEY IS ■F <*#•*• W* 91 Lflr ■S fE 552 W.irins 9 aHaw The JVay of Loveliness Constant care of the complexion i» /^^Ba^BPCr' beauty's insistent demand. *MB
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        310 2 NO REGRETS tit Is very often hrard that a lady regret* after naving her hair permed m b cheap beau.y shop. Why not perm at KAYES and feel happy afterwards? Rates: *6.. *10. and H2.SO KAYES BEAUTY PARLOUR SpecialMn In Permanent Waving. IM-A. Kirn Sent Komd. Near Great World ttmin
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      1053 4  - Sadie Snake's Party For The King Elephant Barbara Murray Winkledav Adventures Special Feature For Children By T HAD a horrid sort of feel- ing when I woke up last Winkleday, that I wasn't awake at all There was the sort of noise going on that you usually hear in nightmares
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      61 4 striking example of the new supple brim style is this stunning navy shantung straw worn by Jeanne Kelly, appearing m Universal's riotous comedy, "Buck Privates." Cornflower blue under-lacing bjrders the rim, which shoots upward on the left side. A long sheer navy veil, with patterned border.
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      Cardigan For A Girl
      539 5 Cardigan For A Girl A CARDIGAN jacket, like the one sketched, for a girl of about seven years old, takes 4 ounces of 3-ply wool. Work with a pair each of No. 11 and No. 10 needles. The jacket Ls knitted in one piece as far as the armholes. Cast
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      74 5 To the Editor or the Women* Supplement. Madam, —I have some very nice glasses, specially ordered from Europe, stored away, but last week when I had occasion to bring them out, most of them had gone frosted. I have tried various methods of cleaning them, but do not
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      Cruise Suit
      56 5 r*DITH Head's cruise suit design looks like this on Barbara Stanwyck In Paramount's "The Lady Eve." Note the slight improvements Miss Head effected when the dressmakers went to work stripes on the skirt are horizontal instead of vertical as originally designed, and the band around the waist has
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      Bringing Last Season's Clothes Into The Present Fashion
      755 5 7 By Straits Times London Woman Correspondent I AST year's frocks, coats and suits, need no alterations to bring them up-to-date, except that the length of the skirts should be shorter. Inches have disappeared from the length of skirt, as worn a
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      A V FOR "VICTORY" VOGUE
      103 5 WHY not a llttIe patriotic Influence in our dress today? Unusual and smart is victory V embroidered on the pocket of your blouse, or on the sleeve of your new linen frock. A white or red V on a navy handbag would add a chic
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      Malayan Wedding
      179 6 Mr. Patrick de Costa, of the Technical Branch, P W.D., Singapore, was married to Mkw Mildred Mary KUum, eldest dsothter of Mr. Harry D. Klaus of the Colenlal Secretary's Office, at the Church »f St. Joseph Singapore. The Rn. Father Mas conducted the service. The bride was riven
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      Spring Cleaning Hints Which Help To Make Work Easy
      668 6 Spring Cleaning Hints Which Help To Make Work Easy From Our Woman Correspondent. London. AT this very instant the husband of one of my neighbours is looking at me with admiration because I've just remarked that I loathe spring cleaning. He returned Good heavens, I thought every woman revelled in
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      435 7 Cameo Brooches Are In Vogue Again From Our Woman Correspondent London. TAMEO brooches are much m vogue at the moment, which is fortunate for anyone who happens to possess such things as sentimental relics of other days. Many of these brooches need polish; and the jeweller will repair them, and
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      366 7  - Four Ways In Which Rabbit Can Be Served More Tasty Than Usual Ellen Ainsworthy By DABBIT is invaluable as a substitute for butchers' meat or fish on the menu. And there are many different ways of serving it apart from the usual rabbit stew." One excellent method is to curry
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      Washing Colours
      90 7 COLOURED materials used for clothes and furnishings should be very carefully washed, though their dyes are guaranteed fast. For instance, you should never soak the "coloureds" and always wash them without rubbing one part against another, using lukewarm water and a mild soapy lather. Then, when clean, squeeze,
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      Don'ts For Ironing
      64 7 IN Ironing coloured materials, there are some important rules to be remembered. Do not iron them doable, and make a point of leaving the Iron to cool a little before using it. With undies, wash them after, say, every second wearing; then they can be washed quickly
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      64 7 AS a rule, you will find cotton up- holstery can be cleaned by vigo- rous brushing, and an occasional application of the vacuum cleaner. But silk upholstery, incluJinp silk repp on chairs, and cushions, is a more delicate proposition. A paste of breadcrumbs-and-methylated spirits over the material,
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      66 7 INOLEUM wltfcr- has still a lot of hard wear m it, but which has had the surface rubb:r off, can be made as good as new asain if you paint it over with some kind of preparation which gives it a fresh surface. Choose a
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      Many Seams
      28 7 THIS r.ttractive suit, sofUy made with many seams to give a ray effect from the wide shoulders to the gored hemline, looks smart in most materials.
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      769 8 THE Singapore market prices here given have been supplied to the Straits Times by the Food Control Office. Maximum Retail Prices In Markets MMI LOCALLX SLAUGHTERED per lb. perkatt? cts. cts. Beet S.eak 3* Fillet Steak *J Sirloin 'S I! Rump Steak 30 48 Mutton
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