The Straits Times, 2 August 1941

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    36 1 The Straits Times fESTABUSHTD NBARLT A CKKTURTI MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 2, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1941. PRICK 5 CENTh.
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      288 1 MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING M Co4rma B St. Snore. rkanr 4SI« ATaiUMe Sail Lcnftlu 'RockTlUr- SaMtac*— U.S.A. WAIN SHIKLI S hi SOk una Uml Alm AMBBICA.N BHAMBEIN. Inmlmntoin (Di? tn.ii.ia. I w ii jßr^" i i iii wj J/l//jo^ m^M r^-i I There are several features i bii>jßßpS^**'^^tt I
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 149 CECIL ST. (PHONE H7D
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      27 2 THAMBYAH.— P. W. Thambyah of High School, Malacca, pEssed away peacefully at the General Hospital. Malacca, on Friday. Aug. Ist. Deeply regretted. Ceylon papers ploase copy.
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      598 2 LANCASTER To Jean, wife of W. E. l^ancaster, at Alor star on 30th July a daughter. ITic marriage between Miss Tom Mai Chee iniece of Dr. Mrs. H. M. Soo) and Mr. Lv Yoke Saik eldest son of Mr. Mrs. Lv Si Poh, is to be solemnized at the Wesley
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      581 2 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED, experienced book-keeper immediately for temporary work at Tin Mine, Kota Tinggi, Johore, with prospect of permanent engagement if work is satisfactory after three months. Good salary to light man. Only those who have good knowledge of Mine Accounts need apply with copies of testimonials to Box No.
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      534 2 FOR SALE -COLICY" SMOKEHOI'bE THERMOMETERS: New Models haw. now arrived from England fitted wlto Maximum and Minimum Hands and 12-ft Armoured Cable Undoubtedly the most prat-t<ca> Smokehouse Thermometer ever constructed Further particulars from the Sole Agtutf, The Scientific Instrument Co.. Ltd.. P.O. Box 92. Singapore. BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES
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      786 2 FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or Used. Phone 4331 HOUSES ACCOMMODATION WANTED WANTED self-contained furnished flat fcr one month European couple from Aug. 10th. Farthing, Turf Club. Peuang. EUROPEAN BACHELOR requires small unfurnished flat with central situation. It service available this woulri b<> preferred. Reply Box No. 930, Straits Times. MOTOR
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      455 2 PIANOS PIANO FOR SALE. Excellent condition Apply 5 Arthur Terrace, before 11.30 a.m. ur after p.m. DOGS PEDIGREE BLACK COCKER SPANIELS 2 months old. Apply Mrs. Royston, New Labu Estate, Labu, Negrl Sembllan. MOTORING LESSONS PRACTICAL DRIVING LESSONS taught by "Chambion." My car or yours. Success assured within a few
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      322 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC, JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE~ LENDING LIBRARY 1st FLOOR IK e HATTER Y RD. P.O. BOX 34 SINGAPORF Moderate trrmi: Special rate* OaUUtloa Members Club* and Mnm Opm Dally: t.It AM I* P.M. Sal»rday»: X 30 A.M. to I P.M. EUGENE Permanent W.vlng A EUGENE Hair-recondltiounf. MAISON PERM
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      516 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (Incorporated to Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LLNE. TO SAN FRANCISCO HuHs. Hong Kong, Kobe Tofcshs— Honolala Sa> Praaelae« and I*. Ang*tos Bl KAMAKURA MARU tram Manila Aug. 8 from H'kong Aug. 12 •A YAMATA MARU from Manila Aug. 33 from H'kong Aug. 36 tni
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      561 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Oete* are not guaranteed, all cargo booking* subject to Conference War Clause*. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Frementle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $102 (A £28)
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      258 3 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT SPECIAL CABARET ok BA.LL (f° r tnj»O from 9.45 p.m. PROCEEDS TO THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY EXTENSION TO 2 A.M. DINNER $300 ADMISSION TO BALLROOM $2 .00 BOOK YOUR TABLE TO-DAY'S POPULAR TIFFIN-TIME RENDEZVOUS LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL Rijittifel ttrved frM 12.30 tt 230 pa.
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  • AROUND THE MARKETS
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      QUIET CLOSE ON STEADY TONE
      152 4 By Oar Financial Correspondent Singapore, Aug. 2. •"■"•HE share markets closed on a quiet but steady tone yesterday and will remain closed until Tuesday morning. The turnover yesterday was small as Is usually the case on days preceding holidays but prices were maintained in all
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      WALL STREET
      64 4 Dow Jones Averages New York, Aug. 1. THE following were the Dow Jones 1 Averages when the New York Stocs Exchange and Commodity Exchange closed to-day and yesterday July 31, August 1. 10 Industrials ***** 128 22 SO Rails 3041 3088 6 Utilities 18.60 18.58 10 Bonds 91
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      NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES
      79 4 New York, Aug. 1. *T*HE following were the prices of Straits tin and rubber In cents per pound on the Commodity Exchange today and yesterday: wm Spot Aug. Sept. Oct. Nor. IRRRR Spot Sept. Oct. Dec. Jan. Sales:— 52 K 52 3/ 4 52
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    London Stock Exchange
    306 4 London, Aug. 1. The following are to-days closing middle quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unleaf otherwise stated: I The above are dealers middle prices, brokers' margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included—Exchange Telegraph. t*?n Loan 57« 1944-64... 106% Funding Loan 47* 1M0-M 113 War Loan
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1379 4 FRIDAY, AUG. I, 1941: 4 P.M. ttnvniG B»T*T» ■■■ill Ampat (ss) 3* 10' id 3s lHd Austral Amal (5.«) 7s 7s 4tt c.d. Austral Malay 33s 6d 34s Sd c.d. Ayer Hltam (Ss) 17* 18s Ayer Weng ($1) .774 .«',4 Bangno rtn it) 12« to
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    TIN PRODUCTION RISES IN JUNE
    98 4 London, July 31. THE Tin Research Institute report* world production In June at 27,700 tons, compered with that of May of 22,900 tons makWg the total for the first half-year 125,700 tons, compared with last year's 1115.200 tons. United States deliveries amounted to 14.880 tons
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    124 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES iProfD Our Own Correspondent 1 London, Aug. 1. rOMMODITY and Sschaoge market* doMd u (ollovt with previoui quoUUozu BD parentheeto: COTTON: Closed for duration of war. PFPPCRWhite Muntofc: 16'«d. US'rd Lampong black In bond: 9V.d. (JVd.) TIN: Easier. Spot: £2564 <£2M?») Ponrard: 1258', <£25»'4) New York: S2\ cU.
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
    38 4 *T"HE price of rubber for purpose of assessment of export duty In the F.M.S. fcr the period Aug. 1 to Aug. 7. Inclusive, has been determined at 38 cents a pound, states a Gazette notification.
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    RUBBER COMPANIES EARN MORE
    69 4 LABU 1P.M.8.) RUBBER CO. LTD. earned a net proflt of £70.637 In 1940, compared with £40.617 in 1939. Depredation reserve gets £2,900; estates reserve gets £10.000: taxation reserve gets £35,000 and stockholders get ten per cent. Cheviot Rubber Ltd. earned £81,930, compared with £43.919 in 1939.
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    161 4 Mails close at the General Post Office a* follows: TO-DAY ARRIVALS Mails from Australia, (air) general delivery 9 a.m. Monday. Mails from Java (air) general delivery 1.40 p jn Tuesday Malls from Java and Sumatra (air) general delivery 1.40 p.m. Tuesday. PAN-AMERICAN CLIPPER The Pan-American Clipper
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    RUBBER GROWING
    50 4 THE third talk in the scries of broadI cast talks on lubber-growing, arranged by the Kubber Research Institute of Malaya, will be given from Singapore on Wednesday at 9.15 p.m. by the Director of the R.R.1., Mr. H. J. Page, on the subject ol "Soil Problems in Rubber-Growing."
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      163 4 PUMPS AND m PUMPING MACHINERY FOR EVERY PURPOSE MANUFACTURED BY JOSEPH EVANS SONS (WOLVERHAMPTON) LTD. CULWELL WORKS. WOLVERHAMPTON ENGLAND. OBTAINABLE FROM M Pint Clan Machinery Dealers. TO-NIGHT, 1 P.M.— 9.30 P.M. GRAND DOCBIE FIRST-RUN FEATURES WITH -WOMAN DOCTOR" MATINEES 2nd, 3rd 4th AUGUST WHOLE SERIAL "S. 0. S. COASTGUARD" MIDNIGHT
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      323 4 CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY APPEAL, 1941. TO-DAY Daaee at Raffle* aad eajoy a Colourful Old fjihloßfd Cabaret Ol Alg. 6th Tbe Children 1 0w« Bth Skew" at Melrote, 29. Tomlimon Rd. 6.15 OlAag. 16th Take jour frirndi for a tw of "AD tbe Worlds" Benefit Night at the New, Happy aad
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      608 5 i GRA I\D I lOLID A V WEEK-END A T THE CAPITOL!^ i -■■—i i- t. i i i i i. i_t zjl^t I ACTRJivrn nAY i"TTrm th yiruT 10 in special return engagement LAST DAY TO-DAY 3^ TO-NIGHT at 12.10 TO-MORROW (SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOW) V, mVHRV Wl You'll Love
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG. 2. 1941. (700th Day Of The War.) A DOCTRINE IN DANGER
    1093 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG. 2. 1941. (700th Day Of The War.) A DOCTRINE IN DANGER In the year 1823, Mr. Secretary Adams of the United States informed the Russian Minister in Washington that his country would contest any claims that might be made by a non-American Power to
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    Customs Union Urged For Arab Countries
    70 6 Jerusalem, Aug. 2. CANCELLATION of the customs barriers between Arab countries in the sterling bloc and standardization of the various currencies now existing Is urged In the influential Arab newspaper, Falastin. The Journal expresses the opinion that the unity In trade and finance which
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      INDEBTEDNESS
      385 6 Government Circular Defended To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, A certain amount of protest had been registered through the Press against the circular on Indebtedness of clerks Issued by the F.M.S. Government. The critics allege, inter alia, that the Injunctions contained In the circular are tyrannical and
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      THE BURMA ROAD
      418 6 Important Factor In Far Eastern Situation To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— With reference to my letter on 'Defending Democracy In The East" I published on July 29, I wish to call your attention to the fact that the Demo- cratlc countries in the Pacific
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      THAT M.B.C. BAND
      92 6 To the Editor of the Strait* Times Sir,— Your leader on "Winning the War— with Music is laudable. There is dire need for a good symphony orchestra in Malaya, even In these days. However. lam against the importation by the M.B.C. of a band if It is
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      SALARY SCHEMES
      882 6 The Position Of Technical Assistants To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Of late much has been said about the salary schemes of teachers and clerks. While one must agree that Uieir arguments for their grievance3 I are sound and convincing, it must not be taken for
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      VOLUNTEERING
      78 6 To the Editor of tbc Straits Times Sir,— As an ex-Volunteer who was twice embodied. I attribute Asiatic disinclination to Join the Volunteer movement to one factor and one (actor alone racial discrimination. The question of pay, by itself, is of secondary importance, for most Asiatics, like the Europeans,
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      NATIONAL PARK
      397 6 Few People Interested In Wild Life ,To the Editor of the Strait-, me* Sir,— I beg to submit the following in connection with the National Park, anc; I trust you will see ycur way clear to five the letter publication. The letters written by Mr. T. R. Hubback
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      "LET US SERVE!"
      322 6 Young, Fit Men Who Want To Enlist To the Editor of tbc Straits Times Sir. I have read with interest the letters by "First Hundred Thousand" and "Also 1914." It is, however, a pity that they are not more accurate when they agree that "it is not
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    VICHY AN ALLY OF THE JAPANESE
    83 6 London, Aug. 2. "PRANCE'S attitude towards Japan is that of an ally," writes Marcel Doat, notorious pro-Nazi journalist, discussing in the Paris newspaper lTouvre the Indo-China pact. We cannot distinguish between a defensive and offensive," he continues, according to the German-controlled Paris radio. It
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    MEMBER OF MISSION TO MOSCOW PROMOTED
    54 6 London, Aug. 2. IT was announced in London last night that acting Air Vice Marshal A. C. Collier has been promoted to the rank of temporary Air Marshal He went to Moscow alter the outbreak of the German-Russian war as a member of the
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      255 6 4>. H TMI SULTAN Or SILINGOD P. H. HEN DRY Jeweller Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang. THE TRUE TO'LIFE RADIO Table Model 352 An AC-DC Receiver giving j world wide reception. Guaranteed for one year. PRICE $90.00 Full particulars from EMERSON'S 29 Orchard Rd Singapore. PHONE 4096. Sole Agents: H. L.
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      90 6 Arrived Safely! LEATHERETTE CABINETS OF CUTLEKY. Old English patterns put up in Fancy Gift boxes. Made in Sheffield, ENGLAND. No. 1248. 16 pieces $12.50 No. 4050. 24 pieces 15.00 No. 2020. 24 pieces 19.50 Postage Extra. G. II KIAT A CO.. IT'), 6 8, Robinson Road Singapore. NUMONT FUL-VUE In
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    NAZIS NOW EMPHASIZING THEIR DIFFICULTIES
    348 7 Campaign In East Behind Schedule MORE DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ORIGINAL FORCES Russian Air Units Strike Fresh Heavy Blows fjERMAN military experts continue to emphasize the diffi- culties with which their army on the eastern front is faced, and they state that the campaign
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    Nazi Oil Stores Diminishing
    208 7 Said To Have Less Than Half dear's Supply London, Aug. 2. SO zev'Mus is the situation In Germany with regard to oil that the shortage of lubricating oil is resulting in frequent stoppages of trains and the slowin" up of rail transport. Great interest is taken
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    AXIS LOSES 433 PLANES IN JULY
    176 7 London, Aug. 2. i EXAMINATION ol the published figures of Axis airciaft losses in i operations against Britain during first seven months of 1941 shows that more j than 2,500 have been destroyed by Britain alone. Figures tor July as far j as can
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    RECORD U.S. PLANE PRODUCTION
    67 7 Los Angeles. Aug. 1. •VHE Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce to-day reported an cord production of 1.476 warplanes during June, bringing production for the first six months to 7.723. or more than the entire volume in 1940. Tlie report said hundreds of planes arc being flown
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    ARGENTINA MAY BREAK WITH NAZIS
    193 7 Public Opinion Now Hardening Buenos Aires, Aug. L THE breaking off of diplomatic rela- tions between Argentina and Ger- many is expected to be urged by ArI gentine members of Parliament following disclosures by the Parliamentary Committee inves.igating into totalitarian activities. Mr. Damoitfc Taborda, liairman
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    NEW ATTACK ON SICILY
    22 7 London, Aug. 2. I*HE R.A.F. made another successful attack yesterday on the harbour ol Mesyna in Sicily— Reuter.
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    Famous Aviator Lost After Air Duel
    88 7 London, Aug. 2. WING-COM. Whitney Wlllard Straight, famous American-born promoter ol ovil aviation before the war, is believed to have made a forced landing in France yesterday after being shot down In a doR-fight over the Channel. Wing-Corn. Whitney Straight, who in 1935 married
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    DIVIDING THE NAZI ARMY
    175 7 British Reds Urge Attack In West London, Aug. 2. THE creation of a second front in the west is "a decisive question i of the moment," says a statement issued last niffht by the central committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Mr. Harry Pollitt,
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    Saboteurs Burn Nazi Ships
    161 7 Saboteurs Burn Nazi Ships U.S. Envoy On Bremen Europa Destruetion New York, Aug. 1. SCENEo reminiscent of the return of the nrst soldiers from the Great I War i.i 1919 occurred when the West 'Point decked with the Am \can con- sular party and others from Lisbon. More than 2,000
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    Thai Attitude On Indo-China
    116 7 London. Aug. 2. A JAPANESE Domei agency report from Bangkok states that the Thai Government has emphasized Its intention to observe a strictly neutral attitude in all problems connected with French Indo-China. The Thai Government is resolved to maintain friendly relations with ail powers. The Japanese
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    New Chief Of Staff For N.Z. Appointed
    117 7 Wellington, Aug. 3. PRESCRIBED by the Defence Minister. Mr U P. Jones, as "the most outstanding officer In New Zealand's regular forces," Brig. Edward Put tick has been appointed Chief of the New Zealand General Staff In succession to Major-Gen. Sir John Dugan.
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    "WAR MAY SPREAD TO INDIA" —MR. L. S. AMERY'S WARNING
    239 7 London, Aug. 2. THE war may spread to India In 1 a few months, Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary of State for India, told the House of Commons yesterday. "India is at war and the menace of war may well
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    U.S.-CANADA OIL PIPELINE JOINED
    124 7 High water, (Quebec), Aug. 1. CEREMONIES were performed here to-day marking the Joining of two sections of the 236 miles of pipeline destined to carry oil from Portland (Maine) to Mon:real. They were attended by Mr. C. p. Howe, the Canadian Minister of Munitions and Mr.
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    AMERICA'S HUGE DEFENCE BILL
    66 7 Washington, Aug. 2. £"ASH expenditure on the United States armaments programme during July amounted to almost exactly $1,000,000,000 the largest sum since the Great War. The previous highest was $903,*****0 in May. The July total included nearly $33,000,000 spent urder the Lease and Lend Act. The
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    FINNS BREAK WITH BRITAIN
    200 7 British Minister Told To Return London, Aug. 2. ANGLO-FINNISH diplomatic rclations have been broken off. The Foreign Office announcing this last evening st-.ted, "The linntsh Minister M. Grip? r.";erg, was rccci-. ed this evening a; the Foreign Office by Mr. Anthony Eden p.nd, acting on instructions
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    54 7 Members of the crew of the Italian freighter Colorado, who were convicted at Puerto Rico on charges of sabotage and conspiracy to sabotage their ship, are here seen being led away to serve their terms of imprisonment at a concentration camp in Montana, United States. Their terms ran;e from three
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    U.S. Motor Fuels Only For Britain & Allies
    95 7 U.S. Motor Fuels Only For Britain Allies Washington, Aug. 2. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has ciir1 n ted the Export Control Administrator to prohibit the export ol motor fuels and oils for u.e in aircraft to destinations outside the Western Hemisphere, the Rrit>sli Empire and unoccupied territories of the countries resisting aggres»ion.
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    US. ARMY DRAFT SERVICE COMPROMISE REACHED
    68 7 \vashin?*on, /-v?. 1. I THE controversy in tfr? D tiled State.I I with regard to the ext.m.'ion <<l *hr\ term of service of men drafted to the Army beyond one year has ended in a compromise. Sponsors of Army service extension legislation have L<»reeo.
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    CANADA SENDS MORE TROOPS Third Division In Britain Now
    351 7 CANADA SENDS MORE TROOPS Third Division In Britain Now m, Aug. 2. THE third I ..riaiii.in division lia* j arrived safely in Britain in one of the largest cnnvr;-, ever to rross the Atlantic. This new Car.aa...n division i oinmanded by Major Gen. O. B. Prk-c. They were welcomed by
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    BOMBERS ATTACK ENEMY CONVOY
    108 7 Two Ships Hit And One Sunk In R.A.F. Raid London, Aug. 2. <*|N dayiigb, to-day Blenheim air- craft, escorted by fighters, attacked enemy vessels in a convoy off the Belgian coast." says an Air Ministry communique Issued last evening. "Bombs were seen to straddle two ships,
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $1,000
    625 8 Monthly Contributions Are Feature Of To-day's List MONTHLY contributions are responsible for the greater part of to-day's advance of about $1,200 in The War Fund total, which is now $5,727,239. There arc also further in nieinoriam sifts. Donations which lia.vc been paid direct
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    "Ideas Wanted"
    165 8 A LEADING article published in the Straits Times on Thursday invited suggestions for marking the anniversary of the day in the Battl- of Britain on which ISS German planes were shot down. The date of this anniversary is September 15, and ideas which were put forward for consideration
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    AMUSEMENTS
    153 8 SINGAPORK RAFFLES nOTEL Dtnper Dance 'Informal 1 8 p.m. to Midnight. GKEtT WORLD Cabaret: 8.30 p.m. to Midnight. Olohe: First Rebel. Sky: The lighting Devil Dcgs 1—«. HAPPY THEATKK (Happy World) Oreen Hel!. Seaside: Drums along I the Mohawk. N«W WORLD Talkie. Theatres and Cinemas. Side Show Cabaret. Dancing.
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    CAR CRASH IN GROVE ROAD
    580 8 Vehicles On Fire After Collision A COLLISION between a motor car and a taxi in Grove Road on May 3, in which both vehicle.; c»u;jht flre, the private car overturning and injuring a passrnsor who subsequfntly died of burns, had a sequel in the Singapore
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    ROBBED FROM TAXI DRIVER
    347 8 Gunner Took Man's Watch Cash A EUROPEAN gunner, John Cole, who was said to have engaged a taxi and, after asking the driver for the time, to have relieved him of his watch and some cash, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday to
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    CABARET FOR CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
    68 8 A COCKTAIL dance in aid 01 the Children's Aid Society waa held at Raffles Hotel last night. The dance was enlivened by cabaret entertainment In which old-fashioned tunes I and dances were featured. The j cabaret will be repeated to-night at the hotel, all proceeds
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    ASAMA MARIAS SUDDEN TURN ABOUT ON TRIP
    119 8 lioaolulu. July 31. rE A.juna Maru clocked here to-day and is scheduled to sail for the Untied States to- night Passengers aboard the MM! ssid that on j Saturday the snip turned around and went at fun speed back toward Japan. About 1,000
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    TATUTA MARU WILL UNLOAD SILK CARGO
    52 8 Washington, Aug. 1. THE United States Treasury to-day granted th? Tatnta Maru permis- > sion to unload her cargo at San 'Francisco. Including (3,000.000 wcrth of silk. The Assistant Secretary of the i Treasury said the vessel would be allowed 50 hours to unload.
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    500 JAPANESE IN P.I. TO BE REPATRIATED
    36 8 London, Aug. 2. A MESSAGE from Manila says that the Japanese Consul there Is arranging for the return to Japan of some 500 Japanese fishermen in the Philippines.— Reuter.
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    CHAIN OF AERODROMES READY IN BURMA
    618 8 Squadrons Could Be Moved From Malaya Overnight IN the event of active war spreading (o British territory *in south-eastern Asia, a chain of aerodromes which thousands of men and women have been constructing in Burma during the past few months would allow Gghter and
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    HIGH COURT RULING IN SPECIAL CASE TO DECIDE LORRY "LOAD"
    676 8 |AM interpretation of the word j "load" as appearing in Rule 15a j (I) of the Traction Engines and Motor Vehicles Ordinance was given it the Singapore High Court yesterday by the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine. The point arose
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    FRENCHMEN SURPRISED
    395 8 Developments In Indo-China INCIDENTS ARE LIKELY IN SAIGON EXPERIENCES in Saigon during the days immediately leading up to the occupation of southern Indo-China by the Japaneso were described to a Straits Times reporter yesterday. The French in Sa'gon must have been taken very much by svrpri.<e when the*
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    FURTHER EVIDENCE ON PAVILION'S COLLAPSE
    195 8 'pHE inquiry into tL* deaths <A Ong Boon 1 Tat. well-known Malayan business man. and Low Kirn Swee. a store-keeper (cnployed Lv United Engineers. Ltd., who were fatally injured when a \ul pavilion on Pul«u Dam* Laut collapsed on July 5. was further adjourned yesterday
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    HONG KONG INCLUDED IN STERLING AREA
    356 9 Should Greatly Benefit Trade With Malaya FREER movement of money, with consequential benefits to the financing* of trade between Malaya and Hong Kone:, will be one result of the inclusion of Hong Kong in the sterling area, which was announced yesterday. With Hong Kong's
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    Arctic Explorer
    131 9 ON RESEARCH MISSION Sir H. Wilkins In Singapore (Yti his arrival In Singapore from v Bangkok yesterday in the course of a tour "of social, economic and meteorological research in the Far East," Sir Hubert Willcins, the famous Arctic explorer, told a Straits Times reporter that he Ls
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    COURT INCREASES AWARD FOR LAND
    166 9 Area Was Acquired For Defence Purposes AN award by the Commissioner of Lands for a plot of land which hac. been acquired for defence purpoces was Increased by Mr. Justice Aitken In the Singapore High Court yesterday from $4,885 to $10,600. Tan Chin Tuan, the
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    MOTORIST FINED $100
    80 9 /VIEW TEIK JEN. a motorist, was fined $100 and had his licence endorsed by Mr. C. H. Whitton. Singapore Traffic Judge, yesterday for driving his rar In so negligent a manner as to collide with a Municipal handcart at B'4 miles, Tamplnes Road, on July 17. The
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    WALLET LOST IN TAXI
    308 9 Chinese Officer's Experience £ONVICTED on a charge of criv minally misappropriating $300 and a credit note for UJ3. $600 belonging to Lieut.-Col. Thong Pao Huang, a member of the Chinese Military Mission which toured Malaya recently. Oh Beng Lye, 31-year-old Hokkien taxi-driver, «7as sentenced to one
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    YOUTH "BECOMING TOO TROUBLESOME'
    178 9 •VOU are becoming too troublesome," said 1 Mr. I. L. McFmll. Singapore Criminal District Judge. y«surday to Urn Kau 8ia. an I 18-yeax-old Hoklcien you'-h who admitted be I was one of four hoys who robbed a ricksha I puller of 15 cents Stated to be
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    DEATH IN MALACCA OF MR. P. W. THAMBYAH
    123 9 (From Onr Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 1. TTHE death occurred at the Malacca General Hcspital ta-day of Mr. Farami William Thambyah, «upers:ale teacher at the Malacca *"sh Cchool and form?r headmaster cf Tranqucrah En»lish School. Mr Thambyah wes in his 55th year
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    I.S.P. FIGHTER FUND
    21 9 SUBSCRIPTIONS to the It.cor?orated So. elety of Planters' Fighter Fund received up to last Thursday totalled $29 937.
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    Rule By Tyranny Can Never Be Successful
    473 10 Rule By Tyranny Can Never Be Successful "THE art of governing Is not easy. X 1 Is still more complicated when, as sometimes happens, power falls Into the hands of the inexperienced, or of young people who have not reached the age of reason. English his ory presents us with
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR THE WEEK
    1114 10 III K< II OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.— Sunday 6. SO a.m. Holy Communion; 7.30 a.m. Matins; 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist; 10.15 a.m. Children's Service; 5.30 p.m. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: Rev. J. C. E. Hayter. ST. PAULS CHURCH— Sunday, 8 a.m. Holy Communion: 5.30
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    HOLIDAY SPORTS EVENTS
    289 11 TO-DAY CRICKET: Colony Malay Stat Frnanic; Rest of Singapore vs. Combined Krrvirr,, S.C.C. padang; l.A. vs. K.A.F. (Kallang), l.A; St. Andrew'* School vs. Western Depot, Woodsvillr; Sinhalese Assn. (S) vs. Sinhalese Assn. (K.L.), Koala Lumpnr. SOCCER: Malaya Cup: R.A.F. TS. Malacca, Anson Road Stadium; first division, Gordons
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    ANNUAL CRICKET AT WOODSVILLE
    108 11 THE annual St. Andrew's Past Tcrsus Present encket match for the "Board of •Governors' Shield" will be played at WoodsvtUe on Monday, starting at 11 a.m. sharp. The following will represent ttoe Present Boys: J. W. Anchant (Capt); J. C. Hess; J. Hop?: B. Hope; O.
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    S.C.F.A. Defeat Athletic
    444 11 S.C.F.A. 3; Chinese Athletic I. AVENGING a Brst round defeat, the Straits Chinese Football Association beat the Chinese Athletic team by three goals to two in a fast and thrilling first division league soccer game at Anson Road stadium yesterday. Play began with the Straits Chinese attacking,
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    No Baseball Games This Week-End
    38 11 ALL league baseball games scheduled t>t this week-end have be?a postponed. The major League game between Amoriran* and the Japanese, postponed from last Sunday, will be played at the id of the season.
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    SELECTIONS FOR TODAY
    175 11 rF follow ing are selections for to-day's races in Penan*: STRAITS TIMES Race 1: Suzanne, Stencils Race 2: Bean Court, Mar-hrta 11. Race 3: Pat Burke. pharioL Race 4: Puma. Mediation. Race 5: Jack Dmoe, Crossbow. Race 6: School B^y, Edelweiss. Race 7: Aerial Post, Bib-a-Noh. Race
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR TO-DAY
    927 11 Opening Day Of Penang Turf Club's Summer Meeting DELOW is given the full card of events in Penang to-day, D tire opening day of the Penang: Turf Club's Summer meeting. The double tote will be on races three and five and six and seven, and
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    PUBLISHERS WIN
    40 11 IN the second division (b) SAP A league match played on the Harbour Board ground yesterday, the Publishers beat the r.a.b.C. by four goals to three. Dollah, who played line game netted three of Ms tde'i four goaU
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    LOYALS BEAT S.R.C.
    41 11 TpIE Loyal* had little difficulty Id beating the Singapore Recreation Club by six goals to nil In a first division league soccer match played on the padang yesterday. The scorers were Ball (4), ciaytau and SliuttleworUi one each.
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    MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    981 11 C. K. Pang Registers Only Surprise From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug 1. A GRIM strugsle which wen: to three sets taw what may be termed the only surnrise in to. day's Malaya lawn tennis championships ties when C. K. P*ng of Singapore d?ftatfd a seeded
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE WIN ANNUAL SOCCER
    52 11 RAFFLES College beat the Medical College by two goals to nil In the annual Inter-C3llege soccer match pliyed at Sepoy Lines yesterday. Hon Kuan played a flne game In. goal for the winners, for whom Boon Huat scored in the first half and Razak in
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    To-day's Cup Soccer At Stadium
    83 11 AT Alison Road stadium to-4ay, the R.AF. meet MaLirci in the last (tame of tbc southern sertion of the Malaya Cup com p; til ion. Although the result is almost a foregone conclusion, Malacca should extend the A'rmen if they play as well as they
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    NEW GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN SOVIET RUSSIA FORECAST
    533 12 Nazis Replacing Casualties With Young Boys And Old Men London, Aug. 1. ALTHOUGH the German and Russian communiques issued to-day continue to lack specific claims, it seems evident from the general nature ot the claims that, at the end of the sixth week
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    HOPKINS CONFIDENT HITLER WILL LOSE
    68 12 Moscow, Aug. 1. MR. Harry Hopkins, United States Lend and Lease aid co -ordinator, was alone for thr«;e hour. 1 with Rta.in last nisht In his second conference with the Russian leader. The U.S. Am1 bassadcr. Mr. Lawrence Steinhaidt, was not present Mr. Hopki 5
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    Tokio Unwilling To Risk Break With United States & Britain
    150 12 Tokio Unwilling To Risk Break With United States Britain Toklo, Aug. 2. TNTANGIBLE but possibly significant developments of the last few 1 days indicate that Japan Is still unwilling to risk a complete break with Britain and America. The meeting yesterday between Prince Konoye, the Prime Minister, and Mr. M.
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    NAZIS TO TRY NEW PLAN?
    279 12 Attack OnTurkey Possible Soon London, Aug. 1. THE continued Russian "offensive resistance" in the Smolensk area i barring the path to Moscow led I military observers here to-day tO| believe that the Germans might shortly turn to an alternative plan involving an assault in the
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    Schulenberg Is Put Under House Arrest
    71 12 New York, Aug. 1. MOSCOW radio, in a broadcast picked up in New York by the National Broadcasting Company, alleged that Count Werner von der Schulenberg, the German Ambassador in Moscow until the Kusso-German war started, had Uet.n put under house arrest at Ankara
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    Mr. Shigemitsu Calls On Prince Konove
    78 12 Mr. Shigemitsu Calls On Prince Konove J Tokio, Aug. 1. THE Japanese Ambassador to Britain. Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, who returned recently, called on the Premier, Prince Konoye, at the latter's official residence and conferred with him lor over two hours to-day. Later Prince Konoye summoned Lieut.-Oen Teiichi Suzuki, president of
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    Netherlands Indies & Oil For Japan
    78 12 Netherlands Indies Oil For Japan Ba'-avia, Aug. 1. JAPANESE oil concessions for development, exploration ar.d delivery to Japan remain unchanged pending the institution of licensing regulations, it was announced here to-day. Meanwhile, an authoritative scurcc said economic sanctions would parallel Anglo-American moves. The issuance of snecial licences for matprlils, including
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    Cabinet Changes At Vichy?
    212 12 Announcement By NaziControlled Radio London. Aug. 1. THE attacks on the Vichy Govern1 ment In the German-controlled Paris Press were followed to-day by a statement on the Paris wireless which is also, of course, controlled by the Nazis, that Vichy had ani nounced "important ministerial changes."
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    U.S. ENVOY CONFERS WITH PETAIN
    89 12 Vichy Aug. 1. MARSHAL PETAIN had an important talk with the United States Ambassador, Adm. Leahy, to-day, at which, it U understood, they discussed the Far East, says Reuter. United Press adds that the Vichy, V.ce-Premier, Adm. Darlan, participated in the talks, which also included
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    JAPANESE LANDING IS CONTINUING
    55 12 Hanoi, Aug. 1. THE anti-British campaign has disappeared suddenly from the IndoChlna Press. It is officially announced that the Japanese disembarkation is proceeding "according to plan and without Incident." Thailand is scheduled to complete to-day occupation of ceded territories In Cambodia and Laos. No incident has
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    M.P. Urges Time-Limit For India's Dominion Status
    443 12 M.P. Urges Time-Limit For India's Dominion Status London, Aug. 1. THE recent expansion of the 1 Viceroy's Executive Council In India and the creation of the AllIndia National Defence Council was debated in the House of Commons to-day. Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretay of State for India, said It was
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    MANCHUKUO RECOGNIZED BY THAILAND, TOKIO ANNOUNCES
    501 12 Bangkok Syndicate Japanese Bank Sign Economic Agreement Tokio, Aug. 1. THAILAND has granted recognition to Manchukuo as from to-day, the Japanese Foreign Office announced this evening, reports United Press. Earlier it was announced that Japan and Thailand havo signed an economic agreement whereby Thailand
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    SANCTIONS AS ONLY HOPE OF SAVING THAILAND
    349 12 Shanghai, A*g. 1. HELENTLESS application of economic sanctions against Japan is urged by many newspapers h««re as the only hope of saving Thailand from the fate of Indo-China. Writing on the subject the 'vel!known commentator, Mr. H. G. W. Woodhaad. expresses disappointment that
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    Tokio Journal Talks Of Positive Diplomacy Against Soviet
    288 12 Tokio, Aug. 1. THE fl:st direct reference to the Soviet Union as the object of "Japan's positive foreign diplomacy" along with Britain and America was contained in a heavily-censored editorial appearing in this morn- ine's pro-Axis newspaper, the Hochi. The Journal alleges
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