The Straits Times, 4 August 1941

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    38 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times rWTABMStnD MKARLT A CKNTVUTI MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES J2 PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY. AUGUST 4. 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 12 p.\(;::s SINGAPORE, MONDAY. AUGUST. 4, 1941, PRICK 5 CENTS,
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      16 1 KUALA LUMPVR rPHOM ms> il(fr<. 0/ Th 4 General tlectrie CO.. £M. fn^biiU "ifo/nji House-." Si»?a
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      8 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Morrunfc Attemoon Evening Drense*.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      34 2 RICHARDS.— On Sunday. 3rd August. 1941, at 5 15 a.m. Theresa Elizabeth nee Zcchariah beloved wife of Mr. Cyril Richards. Trafalgar Estate, Ponggol. Singapore. The funeral took place the same evening at 5.30.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      29 2 Utc, W. McLatchle desires to thank all friends who sent wreaths and attended the funeral of her husband^ Lt. Col. and Mrs. H. A LORD. SALVATION MMI P-t
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      853 2 SITUATIONS VACANT CABARET TURN REQUIRED. Small and lively for short appearance at 10.45 pm. Saturday. 30th August, at a European private Club dance In Singapore. Preferably dance couple or musical turn. D«nce orchestra will be In attendance. State terms and previous recent appearances to Box No. 948. Straits Times. WANTED,
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      539 2 PIANOS ~PIANO rO» RALE. Boellent condition Apply 5 Arthur Terrace, before 11.30 a.m. or after 5 p.m. FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR— New or VtA. Phone W3 EDUCATIONAL FAR EASTERN MUSIC SCHOOL l-A KJrfe rerraec. Sbtcap«re MALAYA'S PRKMIEB SCHOOL OF MUSIC The Hlrhot SUBdmr* of tattiaa. ■In4ertartea fraaa a«e WH»"" (ml aartimc
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      404 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS. EYEGLASSES, EXCLUSIVELY im3mp/on nqptical c2 4. ARCADE BLDG.. PHONE 3¥>! R A. Thompson. Dr. of Ocular Science 35 ye-r»' ETppean Clinical Eapertence. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE. Notice te hereby (tren that Miss IMrr Goei of No. Buckley Road. Singapore. 1 applying to the Governor lor naturalization and that any
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      39 2 BUSSNESS CARDS ETC. FOR A _^-*£si^ ?o llieil l^-r^L-1 MMICURE MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs MAHU •<*•••. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. I OUR QU^LJFIEtI~OCCUL.IST I fr—— Jp JTv JC C 111 1 OTHKR TVBLIC NOTICES ATTKAR PAGE FOUR
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      503 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS I m.WM fMM M ITT 3 (Incorporated in Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARP WHITE STAR LINE, TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA through fares to North %mertc« to Europe via •unetira and Round Tour* In the Pariflt quoted In U.S. S on applklttlon. To California from the Orient na
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    U.S. RUBBER RATIONING WILL NOT HIT GROWERS
    942 4 Big Importers Let-Down American Government (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 28. I ONDON representatives of the Malayan rubber plantation industry are not alarmed by the U.S. Government's decision to cut American "civil" rubber consumption from the current rate of about 820.000 tons
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    STERLING RUBBER CO. EARNINGS
    115 4 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. f* OLDEN Hope Rubber Estate Ltd. >* earned r. 9 1,780 In the year ended February last. This compares with £52,570 In the preceding year. Excess Profits Tax absorbs £55,000 and shareholders are to get six per cent., the
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    FIRST INSTALMENT OF U.S. LOAN PAID
    105 4 Washington, Aug. 2. THE first Instalment of $100,000,000 of the recently authorized $425,000,000 loan was paid to Britain yesterday against a deposit with the New York Federal Reserve Ban* on behalf of securities listed on Wall Street with an approximate value of $145,000,000. The
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    MAIL ARRIVALS
    86 4 Mails from Australia (air) general delivery 9 a.m. to-day. Malls from Java (air) general delivery 1.40 p.m. to-morrow Malls from Java and Sumatra (air) general delivery 1.40 P.m. to-morrow. PAN-AMERU AN CUPPER The Pan-American Clipper from San Francisco is expected to arrive in Singapore to-morrow and to depart
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    U.S. To Control Tin Price
    55 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. I JNCONFIRMED reports received in London express the view that the United States Government views the prevailing high tin price with very strong disapproval and it is expected that steps will be taken to control the American purchasing
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    PLEA FOR NO PAR VALUE SHARES
    119 4 "Present System Creates Confusion" A PLEA for the adoption of the nc par value share system with its dividends of so much a share rather than a rate per cent, is made by "Candldus" in the Investors' Chronicle. "The present system," says the writer,
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    WALL STREET
    63 4 Dow Jones Averages New York, Aug. 2. THE following were the Dow Jonet Averages when the New York Stocc Exchange and Commodity Exchange closed to-day and yesterday .'Hi. i nui. 10 Industrials 128.22 128 21 !0 Rails 30.88 30.76 6 Utilities 18 58 18 58 10 Bonds 91.58
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    SOUTHERN KINTA PAYS FOURTH INTERIM
    61 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. "TIE directors or Southern KinU c ruolidaUed Ltd. have declared a fourth interim dividend of flye per cent, on account of the year ended March last, making 25 per cent, fcr that year to date. The company is
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    96 4 Singapore, Aug. 1. ■mart aeitT^t OamfeteT 1760 Hamburg Cuto* $13 2? ->«v» Cub* $12.00 Copra Mixed $2.40 Sm, Dried fl 85 Pepper Whit* Muntak $16 50 White $16 00 Black f 8.00 iaeo Hour uom mm Fmlr $4.25 Sarawak $425 J< Tantcrn Small Flake 81 75 Pair
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    EXCHANGES
    186 4 Singapore, Friday. ;r.e following arc (ba ciuwi| C nw u>l mcrnlng according to uu d*Uj circular Imu*. In Urn Boiwknnf and Shanghai Bkoklm OonJoraMoo:— •SLUMO Looaon T.r 1/4 Ml London demand 1/4 1/13 i Switzerland (T. 7. only) 102.4* > New York demand D/.47.16 I Montreal demand 61. U
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    JULY TIN-ORE OUTPUT
    26 4 *r>HE following outputs of tin-ore an i reported for July Hours Yardage Pels ore Satupulo bB9 145,000 542 Tongkah Compound 667 137,000 9«3
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    NO AIR MAIL FROM UNITED KINGDOM
    35 4 tffHK Postal Department advises that no air mall from the United Kingdom etc. was received by the Eastbound British Overseas Airways Corporation flyingboat Which arrived In ■> mpore yesterday afternoon.
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      477 4 PUBLIC NOTICES THE TOWN BOARD ENACTMENT (No. 118) JOHORE NOTICE CNDER SECTION 117. A draft town plan of the Township ol Pontlan KeehU la* been orrpared and approved by tile Town Board and may be lnrpected by the public on an* workinp day except Thursday between the boura ol 10
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      253 4 SATURDAY NlGti 1 S UNPRECEDENTED CROWDS WORE The V sign OF VICTORY HAPPINESS FOR EN6LANB CHINA? To Patrons and especially those from up-coontry WE THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THIS 'SPOT' of SPOTS DURING THE HOLIDAY TO-NIGHT Tea Dance from 7JO Late Dance from 9_lo GLOBE THEATRE 7.15 TO-NKHT 9M PARAMOUNTS
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      58 4 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES ro-a»y H W. 8.52 a.m. 7.9 ft.; 8 08 p.m. 8.7 It. L. W. 2.04 a.m. 3.4 ft.; 2.14 p.m. S.2 ft To-morrow H. W. 9 56 a.m. 8.4 ft.; Til p.m. S.S ft. L. W. 3. IS a.m. 1.8 ft.; S. 25 p.m. 4.9 ft. August
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      175 5 POSITIVELY LAST 3 SHOWS TO-DAY 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 ALHAMBR A The season's gayest laugh hit presenting 3 popular stars i «j^H kiF JSmw V^^ fll fla s^y J v JV Art x 'S^VaJ m Tke Yrari K-icw Vlr'Jßstlfl +*^FW 8 M IaTWMI»4I-aer#iilHk! Jft iS with ItALPII nRLLAMY -GECRGE TOBIAS—
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      239 5 J^ COLUMBIA'S 7% v&my sERHMDtf 3 WEEKS AT THE J» RADIO CITT MUSIC HALL NEW YORK i X (WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF 6,9—) H*5S 1 L 77ie Grandest Holiday Attraction of them all! J? 4 SHOWS TO-DAY tp AT 11 A.M. 3.15 6.15 9.15 (W I PAVILION I fftfc.
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      211 5 THE CAPITOL'S specia/ Holiday Attraction* TO-DAY at 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 SPECIAL RETURN SCREENING The Picture Hundreds Are Waiting to See Ajjain < JV tut mns u« k«t iftm* S^l < a^ The Great I gflg DICTATOR j. CHARLIE CHAPLIN H V PALLtTTF. CODDNXU ISM JtctOan Iliixr Dinn.' HpN|H%h. MiMKiMonniai
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUG. 4, 1941. (702nd Day Of The War.) THE WARNING TO IRAN
    1176 6 Hitler's plans for eliminating Great Britain from the Middle East consist mainly of a pincers movement against the Suez Canal. In the West, Libya is the base of operations. In the East, Iraq
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    London Letter By Cable WHY BRITAIN DOES NOT INVADE CONTINENT
    1381 6 London Letter By Cable WHY BRITAIN DOES NOT INVADE CONTINENT Preparations Being Made For Attack Soon By Our Own Correspondent London, Aug. 1. AFTER Mr. Churchill's warn- ing that the invasion season opens on Sept. 1 there is much speculation here as to which side will get a cross-Channel invasion
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    BLOOD GROUPING
    147 6 Necessary Precautionary Measure To Uie Editor of the Straits Tim Sir,— l do not know from whose book a leaf was taken when the authorities introduced blood grouping in the rank i and file of the M.A3. in Johore But I I do know that such a course
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    WANG IN CANTON
    26 6 Canton, Aug. 4. WANG CHINQ-WEI, chairman or the puppe, Nanking Government, has arrived here to attend the East Asia Press meeting.— United Press.
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      LIBERTY BEFORE ALL
      638 6 The Most Stirring Of All Watchwords To the Kditor of the Straits Time* Sir,- The letter headed 'September 3rd." in Thursday's Straits Times, contains a good suggestion to merit the second anniversary of this war in some way or another, except that probably a few of your
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      NATIONAL PARK
      279 6 Newcomer's Views On Wild Life Problem To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir,— The following is in conne.tion with the National Park, and if you consider it worthy of publication. I would be obliged if you would pub'sh it The two letters published recently in the Straits
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      201 6 mm i Arrived SafHv: LEATHERETTE CABLNETS OF CUTLERY. Old English patterns put up in Fancy Gift boxes. Mi<up in ShefSeld, ENGLAND. No. 1246. 16 pieces $1250 No. 4050. 24 pieces 15.00 No 2020. 24 p:eccs 19 50 1 .:-ce Extra. G. H KIAT CO.. LTD.. tig, Robinson R4wd Singapore. VF.V4'
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      31 6 PENGUIN BOOKS LARGE VARIETY STOCKED BY Sn f if church W* Hi BOOK-SHOP St. BRAS BASAH RD. SINGAPORE CLOSE TO RAFFLES HOTEL, TEL. Hit JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.
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    BRITAIN NOW ABLE TO SEND FLEET TO EAST
    338 7 Australian Navy Chief's Disclosure TRANSFER MADE POSSIBLE BY UNITED STATES AID Mr. P. C. Spender Calls For Preparedness TOE help which the United States is giving Great Britain in the Atlantic would enable Hiir to send her fleet to the Pacific if
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    Thai Talks On Manchukuo
    103 7 Bangkok, Aug. 3. I REUTFR understands that I Thailand's recognition of the < Manchukuo and Nanking regimes is j Imminent. The Tokio Foreign Office announced on Friday night that Thailand had tlrcady granted de Jure recognition to Manchukuo. Informal talks uiming at Thailand's recognition of Manchukuo
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    MUCH DAMAGE IN RAID ON CRETE
    237 7 I\irol And Munitions Dumps Blown Up Cairo, Aug. 4. A LARGE number of Junkers divebombers, escorted by Messerschmitt lighters, at.acked British warships ofl the North African coast on Saturday, Btatea the Royal Air Fore- Middle East communique. British lighters intercepted the enemy formations shot
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    Nazi Ultimatum To Petain?
    266 7 Vichy, Aug. 3. THE Vichy Government has sent 1 word to Paris stating that it will keep its word not to provide French military aid to Germany. It is reported that the contents of a message carried to Paris by a Vichy 'delegate— Ferdinand de Brinon—represented
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    WAR IS ENTERING DECISIVE STAGE
    215 7 Moscow, Aug. 4 PIE struggle of the Fascist hordes to entering a new phase of violent and decisive battles, but It is already i manifest that Hitler's blitzkrieg trump on which he staked everything is beaten," writes the official organ Izvestia, reviewing the situation on
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    NAZI ENCIRCLING TACTICS DEFEATED BY RED ARMY
    229 7 Zurich, Aug. 4. IN the great battle which has been] raging for the past fortnight along a 1.500-kllometre !ront, the Germans have carried out encirclement after encirclement but Russian attempts to break through have been constantly successful, reports the Berlin correspondent of the
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    Marshal Petain About To Make Vital Decision
    94 7 Vichy, Aug. 4. MARSHAL Petain, faced with the choice between French quisling and Nazi pressure and a stern warning from the United States, has declared he is ready to give up my popularity for the salvation of France, according to the Minister of
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    MAIN FIGHTING SHIFTS TO NEW UKRAINIAN FRONT
    509 7 Germans Admit Fierce CounterOffensives By Soviet Forces THE main line of fighting on the eastern front appears to be taking place in the Ukraine, where a great new battle flared up on Saturday. The Germans admit that Russian troops in the area are
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    NAZIS' SELF-ASSURANCE HAS BEEN GREATLY WEAKENED
    685 7 Moscow. Aug. 4. i THE atmosphere in Moscow grows j more and more inspiring as the so-called blitzkrieg moves Into its i seventh week, says Reuter's special correspondent. German propaganda, with stories that the rear must be cleared before any spectacular sue- cesses, seems
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    MR. HOPKINS RETURNS TO LONDON FROM MOSCOW
    59 7 London, Aug. 4. MR. Harry Hopkins, United States Lend and Lease aid co-ordlnator arrived back in London from Moscow last night. Mr. Hopkins was in Moscow on a special mission for President Roosevelt In connection with sending United States war supplies to the
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    French Ship Held Up
    41 7  -  N.I. Warcraft By Bitavia, Aug. 4. ris officially stated that a Dutch warship intercepted the French steamer Dupllex. of 7,135 tons, coming from Indo-Chlna, and conducted her to Tanjong Prlok for further Inspection of her cargo. Reuter.
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    "NAZIS UNLIKELY TO LAST UNTIL WINTER"—GEN. GOUGH
    856 7 "NAZIS UNLIKELY TO LAST UNTIL WINTER"— GEN. GOUGH Possibility Of British Return To Continent Is Again Raised By GENERAL SIR HUBERT QOUGB (Reuter's Military Commentator London, A up. 4. IT is now admitted by the Germans themselves that their great attack on Russia has been brought to a halt along
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    STAGGERING NAZI LOSSES IN RUSSIA
    76 7 Moscow, Aug. 4 IN the first thre? weeks alon? of the Rus*o-German fight.'nc the German casualties and prisoner* .im un'ed t > 1.046,000 men, while 2.300 pi ire*. 3.000 t-inks and manr of the b**t ficrman divisi«.is w"re destroyed, state* the monthly miC»«ine Communist International,
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $1,000
    445 8 $500 Donation From European: Gift By Insurance Company NOTWITHSTANDING the holidays, additions to The War 11 Fund over the week-end jire well over $1,000, and the gross total is now $5,728,330. The latest list of acknowledgments includes a further gift of $500 from
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    WAR GIFT OF A FIGHTER
    374 8 Proposal By Ceylon Tamils In Malaya i From Our Own Correspondt nt > ICuala Lumpur, A'lg. 3. THE question of presenting a fighter plane to the British Government on behalf of the community will be discussed at a public meeting of Ceylori Tamils from all
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    MALAYA'S DEFENCES IMPRESSED INDIAN JOURNALISTS
    1114 8 TIIE party of journalists .rom India who toured Malaya's defences recently came to the conclusion on their return to India that Britain is 'taking no chances should Japan cease to be a sleeping partner in the Axis and strike at Singapore." "Malaya is armed u>
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    AMUSEMENTS
    158 8 SINGAPORE I! AI I I s HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal > 3 pm. to Midnight. <■!'.! M (VOR1.I) C Tea Dance 7.30 Night j Dunes 9 3i) to MldnlKbi. Globe: Ran|tn Ride Again. Sky: i P [tatlllg Devil Dogs tonclud- cl ntilM IiIRATXK (IlanpT fVorM' ti Hell. Seaside: Drum«
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    Burma Also Has A Navy
    30 8 Bnrmans and Britons serving together on a minesweeper of the Burmese Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, vrhich ha* rendered good service in the past txco years.
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    LOCAL QUOTA FOR SUGAR EXPORTS TO THAILAND
    191 8 Japan Believed To Have Been Buying In Bangkok Market ABNORMALLY large exports of sugar from Malaya to Thailand have made it necessary for the Government to re-introduce a quota system applicable to all future shipments of the commodity destined for that country. The
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    WRITS AGAINST TATUTA MARL LIFTED
    39 8 San Francisco. Aug X THE federal Court has lifted the writs taken out by three Seattle importers against the Tatuta Maru and the NY K. Line announced the vessel Is sailing to-day.— United Press.
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    ARAB DOUBLE WEDDING
    177 8 i Well-known Local Families i MALAY royalty attended the first public reception last night of I the double wedding of brothers and sisters of two well-known Arab families in Singapore. The couples married according to Mohammedan rites were Syed Mohj sein bin Tahar AlsagofT and Sherif ah
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    MR. CORDELL HULL
    43 8 Washington. Aug 2. THE State Department to-day said 1 Mr. Cord-11 Hull, United States Secretary of State. U recovering after more than a month's rest at White Suphur Springs. He has maintained constant t?lephcnlc contact with the Department.— United Press.
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    VOLUNTEER DINNER FOR MAJOR A. CHAMIER
    96 8 /"iFTICERS ol thr lit Batt.uisn. Th; Straits Settlements Volunteer Force on Saturday night gave a farewel 1 dinner at the Sea View Hotel to Major A. Cttamier. who has relinquished j command of the battalion t-> take up duties at Fort Canning. Major T.
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    U.S. SEEKS TO PREVENT UNEMPLOYMENT
    80 8 Washington Aug 2 THE Office for Production Management ordered rayon yarn manufacturers today to set aside one-tenth of their production and yarn stocks for hosiery at silk factories "in order to pievent widespread unemployment and economic dislocation It had been feared that many of 175,000
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    PICKED TROOPS SENT FROM MALAYA
    361 8 Detachments Go To Burma For Bush Warfare Training PHOSEN for their agility and powers of endurance, picked mcr. from British and Australian troops in Malaya arrived in Rangoon yesterday afternoon to undergo intensive training h the art of bush warfare, reports Reuter fron* the Burmese
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    "THE SEA WOLF"
    252 8 At The Cinema The |SB Wolf" (Edward G. Kobinw. Ida Lupino aad John GarncW). Warner 1 Brc Midnnbl premiere at the Alhambra BASED on the famous story by Jack London, this film has all the virtues of a thrilling and exciting sea drama Edward G. Robinson steals
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    10 8 Mr Andrew Oilmour has been appoint?* SJ.lpptnij Controller. Stmlts Settlements
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    FOOD CONTROL CLARIFIED
    367 9 Supply Officer's Broadcast Talk ITHE provisions of the various orders made by the Pood Controller were Summarized by the Food Supply Officer. Mr. P. H. Banwa, in a broadcast talk liom Singapore on Saturday. Hr sr.id for those who were not familiar with tr>e Gazette, it was
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    LATE MILS. G. CHAINE'
    135 9 THF. dcatii occurred at her residence In i ,'Hlan Eunos on Saturday, of Mrs. Grrakla Chain* 1 me* Ada Gregory p. at the ugc of 26 years. She is survived by her husband and four children. Tli' f'ineral which t**>k pla<v j-fsUrday nfu-rnoon was preceded by
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    CASUALTY CLEARANCE IN EMERGENCY
    242 9 Singapore Arrangements Have Been Completed ARRANGEMENTS for the reception of civilian casualties in the event of an emergency have been completed in Singapore. In principle, casualties from Katong and Serangoon areas nill ?>c taken to Tan Tock Seng's hospital, from central areas to Kandanp Kcrbau and
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    FUNERAL OF MRS. T. RICHARDS OF PONGGOL
    256 9 THE death orrurrcd at her residence in Trafalgar EsUte. Poi'iruol. early yester- I day. of Mrs. T Richards, wife cf Mr. Cyril Ruharil*. at the age of 52 years. Th? funeral whirli took place In the afteri"»>n was preceded by a service at
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    MR. L.W. GEDDES RETIRING
    143 9 Twenty Years With Wearne Bros THE directors and senior stall of Wearne Bros.. Ltd., gave a dinner at Sea View Hotel on Sr turday night to Mr. L W. Gc'des on the occasion of his retirement from the board o." directors Mr. Geddes' service of 20
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    LOCAL DEFENCE CORPS APPOINTMENTS
    66 9 T"HE latert appointments in the local Def«^jce Corps m MaUtj-a. have be«i announced. Mr. B. A. R. (later is Deputy Commissioner for Malaya and as gl\en a commlSßion a: lleut -colonel. Mr. W. H. Woid U gaxettrd captain and Mr. S. Dant lieutenant In thr M-ilayan
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    CHINESE BOY SAID TO HAVE BEEN STABBED
    68 9 A CHINESE bty who was taken to O >iiTal Hospital In a critical con- ditirn last ninht, was said to have been stabbed by a neighbour when he Inter- I vened in a flf?ht in Cornwall Street The b)y received injures in the
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    POLICE BAND
    69 9 THE band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform in public at THok Ayer at 6 p.m. to-morrow under the direction of Mr I J C. Hitch: 1 March "With Sword find Lance" Her- i n.»nn Staxke; 2 Overture '-The Secret Marriage" D. Clmarr-sa: 3 Selection •'Plnocchio" I/i?h
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    FLOUR POOL IN SINGAPORE
    284 9 Adequate Stocks Accumulated IJLOUR pool warehouses in Singapore r are in Damar Road and Trafalgar Btreet. A cess is parable on white wheat flour '5 etlfa per bap of <91b.) and on AU* Hour <15 cents per bag of 1601b). Regulations h?vo now been enforced controlling
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    SINGAPORE RADIO CALENDAR
    237 9 Sincapare praframme »i«Uu«hts. Ao«. 4—1*. Ta-day: 7 15 p.m. Fnui nwinr re. Halts; ».45 p.m. Far the Australian form; S 15 a.m. Science In XaUyi. «rrend talk by U. W F Tweadle an The Stonr Mr la Malaya; f.35 p.m. Landan relay, The Stone* Cry Oat. Tomorrow:
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    BIG UPSET IN MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    797 10 Australian Pair Put Sin Kie Kee Onn Out Of Doubles (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. THE men's doubles provided the biggest upset to date in the Malayan lawn tennis championship tournament, Kho Sin Kie and Chin Kee Onn. who wtre expected
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    Annual Cricket At Kuala Lumpur
    72 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. 'THE following are the scores in brief in the annual rrick-t match between the Ceylon SporU Club s>nd the T.P.f T.P.f V 174; (C. Jayatllike 48, V. S. Pillay 47). CSC 57 I 'r 5 (Sam ant
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    INTER-Y.M.C.A. SPORT AT KUALA LUMPUR
    181 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. FE Ipoh Y.M.C.A. who ar 3 on a visit to Kuala Lumpur were- engaged in several ,<port ng fixtures with the Kuala Lumpur Y.M C A. yestirday. In a cricket match between the two associations, the visitors,
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    CHINESE BEAT AIRMEN BY FOUR RUNS
    239 10 fOOD bjwl.ng by Keiig Slew and Swee Keng. u who each look live wickets (or 41 aud 27 respectively, enabl'd the S.C.R.C. to beat the R.A.F. (Seletar) by (our runs In a encket match pl»>«.u k; c:?lc\ar yesterday. The scores w re: S.C.R.C: Oan
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    ANNUAL MEETING OF TENNIS ASSOCIATION
    67 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. AT the annual general meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, held here this morning, it was decided to hold the next year's championships «t Ipoh. Mr. Tay Lian Teck was re-elected president with the presidents
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    LISHEEN & THE NEEDLES BEST FOR TO-DAY
    1233 11 LISHEEN THE NEEDLES BEST FOR TO-DAY Review Of Runners' Prospects T ISHEEN and The Needles should make the best bets in Penang this afternoon, the second day of the Penang Turf Club's Summer meeting, when a further card of eight events will come up for decision. A review of the
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    SINGAPORE SUCCESSES AT IPOH CYCLING
    296 11 From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. J. I SINGAPORE cyclists swept the board in cross-country road rare from Ij.oh t« I limit h In by the Perak QcMf Clab »hU morn- i inc. Sunny weather prevailed throughout the competition. whi;h attracted 40 entries, including Reggie
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    NO PLAY IN PADANG CRICKET MATCH
    47 11 THERE was no play on the padang yesterday in the cricket match between the Rest of Singapore and the Combined Services. The match will be continued to-day. The Services, batting first on Saturlay, compTct-d their first innings with lay, scored 160.
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    173 11 TilK following ere selections for to-day's races in Penang: STRAITS TIMES Race 1: L'sheen. Kit. Race 2: Shoot Up, Spring Girl. Race 3: School Boy. Sir Me-ton. Race 4: Mar.-heta 11, Lady Lustre. Race 5: The Needle.", Dn«Mi> Fs-o. Race I lei tra, Rrm*mb?r Me. Race 7:
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    Holiday Sport At Home
    394 11 London, Am«. 3. DKITISH sno.l^inan will nut be denied holidu> recreation even in wartime and memb'.rs of the forces, who ni:tde their naTics famous on the various sports fields, are playing in a 1 if prorrimmt (or the August Holiday week-end. F O Dan Maskrll (prof
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    FRIENDLY BADMINTON AND SOCCER
    52 11 •THE Changi r.Var Dept.) ChMan Sports Club beat the Alexandra (War Dept.) Civilian Spcrt* Club in a friendly game of badminton at Changi yesterday. Chanel won all the ties, consisting of three singles and two doubles Changi also beat their opponents by eight goals to nil
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    SOCCER AT NAVAL BASE
    29 11 IN a- friendly game of soccer held at th^ Naval Base ground on Thursday the Selstar Rancrei- defeated the R.A.A.F. 0y two vo&lf. to one.
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    ONLY GOAL DECIDES WAR FUND SOCCER MATCH
    357 11 Combined Services 1 Combined B.H.L. 0 A MAGNIFICENT goal scored by Ball shortly after resumption enabled the Combined Services to beat the Combined 13-jMiKSK Houses League team by an only goal in the soccer game in aid of The War Fund at Anson
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    FIRST DAY'S RESULTS IN PENANG RACE MEETING
    1071 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 3. THERE were three upsets here to-day in the first 1 day of the Penan? Turf Club's Summer meeting, the horses responsible being White Gardenia ($6l) in the first race, Robelus (ss<>) in the third race and
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    Barnes Scores 115 Not Out
    438 11 COLONY IN STRONG POSITION IN PENANG (Fr©» Oar Own Corresp^Bd'at) Penaair. Aa«. 3 AN and* (rated centmrj by B? rites uid mi anbrnken Lait-wicket partne-ship of 97 rans by Barnes and Andres were features of the Cotoay-Malajr SUtM 'ri ket ma'ch whi -h becan on
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    117 11 KICK FT: Colony r». Malay States, Penan?: Rest of Singapore vs. Combined Services. S.C.C padan*; St. Andrew's Past *s. Present. Woodsvil!e: C.S.C. ts. T.P.C/%., Koala Lumpur. SOCCER: Annual trophy mat. h, S.C.C. vs. Selanror Club, S.C.C.; S.A.F A. league, first division, R.K. vs. Argylls, han?i: reserves, Arryll*
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    BIG FORCE OF R.A.F. HEAVY BOMBERS ATTACK BERLIN
    668 12 Hamburg And Kiel Also Battered Powerful New Missiles Dropped tendon, Aug. In A STRONG forct of four and two-engined bobbers attacked the h»\:rt of Berlin lost toigM with Britain's heavies! Jx>inbs>. The Air Ministry news service giving I this newt, says Berttn'i
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    COMPLETE CHAOS' IN NAZI LINES
    118 12 Ankara, Aug. 2. "pOMPLETE chaos" Is the descrlp- tion applied to the position behind the German advance in Russia by competent military ob- j servers here, who point out that German claims of encirclement have been shown up by the fact' that one large Russian
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    22 Nazi Armoured Divisions Have Been Badly Mauled
    154 12 London, Aug. 3. COVIET reports of the destruction of ten German Panzer divisions provides striking evidence of the size of the war raging along the entire Russian frontier. It is twice as big as the entire armed forces in last year's Battle
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    Japanese Army & Navy Moving In North & South
    553 12 Japanese Army Navy Moving In North South London, Aug. X JAPAN'S mechanized army and her navy wore on the move on two iVonts last ni?ht as British Empire and I'nited States officials conferred in Washington on the latest turn nt events in the Far East cri«i>. While Tok o anxiously
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    BIG BRITISH NAVAL FORCES CONCENTRATE IN ARCTIC
    639 12 Co-operating With Large-scale Soviet Operations In Far North Stockholm, Aug. 3. THE presence of large British naval force* in the Arctic, combined with big Russian troop concentrations, is reported by the Finnish PROM, which sii{i«« >ts thin indicates that the British bombing of
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    To Be Bogged In Russian Winter?
    138 12 THE German High Command is preparing for a third Blitzkrieg in a bitl to break down the terriiic resistance of the Soviet armies, it is thought in authoritative circles in London to-night. It is considered that this third pa. i hy the Nazis might
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    987 12 REST OF THE HEWS IN BRIEF AMR. R. G. Men/irv the Australian ITI prime Minister, in a speech at Melbourne yesterday, said: "The pros,,eet of a major German attack against Britain in 1941 has probably cone, and we are entering a phase in
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    Nazi Technicians Are Now Leaving Iran
    46 12 Ankara. Aiif. 3 SIXTY German technicians and in dustri-i lists fr >m Teheran arc •n theb way to Turkey Some h&ve already arrived and it is beli'v^d that m.un othrr Germans arr shortly leavinc Iran when the.r visas expire.— Reuter.
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