The Straits Times, 6 August 1941

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    38 1 FINAL EDTN. The straits Times rESTABLISHTO IfBARLT A CKNTURTI MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1941. PRICE h TENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST c, 194 L P!nr»: cents.
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      210 1 See ha E N CfIONG for SMART TAILORING M C«lrm»n St.. Voore. Phnnr 4816 Available Suit Length* "BaefcTiMe" Suiting*— 0.8.A. WAIN Sllir.Ll.'S la Silk and Wool Aba AMFRir.VS SHARKSKIN. In tmriou* eeloan SINGAPORE 140 CECIL ST, CPHONh M7J* Two dent at Ui of 1° to^ tea.. WHIIBREADS r^tC^-A LIGHT BEER
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      209 1 KUALA LUMPUR 24 JAY* XI fPHUNt MM/ 3iH t"^S«6 ,i h—t home, we strongly advise you to see 1 »i dmr/f\iii' r^?r^>*il Fabrics. They're so inexpensive and reliable, every design BM boon ,m i carefully s leeted to meet the lM«dl If you are unable oi the Malj >' ;1
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      7 1 Elsie Mar/ Battery Road. VMornmfc AherocK>n tvpnini
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      922 2 The engagement Is announced between Owen Edward, son of the late Mr. E. W. Crook; said of Mrs. Crooks, of Ipswich. Suffolk, nnd Noreen Ena. youngest daughter of Mr. untT Mrs. F. R. Callaghan of Singapore. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED JAVANESE COOK/BOY for Buigapore household. Write Box No. 934, StraiU Times.
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      867 2 PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTS CONTROLLED. £UD«rvls«d and audited at Inclusive fees: Clients elven every assistance and advice. Power of Attorney accepted. Conpultatioi.s arranged by auallfled Enßllsh accountant with extensive local pracUc-. Box No. 905. Straits Times AGENTS WANTED WANTED wholesale agents and stockists for cloth and hosiery goods Rates very competitive. Terms
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      803 2 LOST LOST Lady Silver A cryrtal FOB watch. Saturday night, New World. Finder please phone *****. Reward. BOARD RESIDENCE KAST ANGLIA. 6 Oxley Rise, cool and quiet Terms modeiate Tele. 4390. $25, SINGLE ROOM, modern convenience, verandah, garden. For office girl or bachelor, breakfast opt. European. 38 Oxley Road. PALM
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      998 2 AUCTION NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS. ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of essentially modern Dutch high-grade TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE well-made ducoeJ rattan verandah suite. Iron garden furniture, one new 1941 a. E. "Golden Tone" radio receiver, Grand-Father cloc!:. O.E.C. electric table fan, Westminster-Chime wall clock. Pfaff treadle sewing machine, fancy electricchandeliers, crockery, glassware,
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      322 2 USED CAfr BARGAMS 1936 AUSTIN 10 SALOON It has Just been completely overhauled from stem to stern. Very attractively ducoed In black with a red trim; it an economical propositiuit. 1937 AUSTIN 10 SALOON llt is newly ducoed dark blue and 19 upholstered in blue leather a very smart combination
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      496 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. incorDorarerl in England) rENINSI lAX VNI> ORIENTAL 8. N CO MA|| PASSFNGKR AND CARGC SERVICE The nest possible nerrtres arr nelnj main' tatneri by the P A O S N Co. from th« Blralt* to their mnal ports ot call In
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      568 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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      312 3 STEAMER SAILINGS Por the Duration rannot ix announce I nor can schedule!" Of puUnhcd. biu as cicarine nouitr tot all such Information, we are m position to advise you now and when to bo tlie lowest fare corrblnatlonh et^ In other »prd.« we will b" Rlsrl to take the 'rnvel'
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      909 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY EMPIRE STATION Kevl»e« »ree.»ent> ictirtatr Casters TransnlwMtB SI" <»m u> lli» OS»-IMl mt/t: I»4M Metre* »o« U8» Illl M M "Urn Kron *06 p» Il-M ■> Gsi>— II".: ■M/t- M5J metre* Nertb Hmtkid I rmn»m«»i»» GSD: G8C <JI mtin oaMi OBI (*l. M m t*» mf*\ .10 p.m.
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    123 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (Prom Our Owe Correspondent) London, Aug. 5. pOMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as fnllowa with previous quotation* n parenthedli-— COTTON: Closed tor duration of war. reppF.RWhite Muntot: 18^d. (t6Vi<S.> Lampong Mack In bond: IVtd. Olid.) TIN: Pinner. Boot: £256-i f£2i«S> Forward: £260 (£359%) New York: 62Va cto. (il\.
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    WALL STREET Dow Jones Averages
    58 4 New York. Aug. S. THE following were the Dow Jones Averages when the New York 8toc« Exchange and Conunoditv Exchange closed tr>-dav and yesterday 10 Industrials 128.17 128.15 !0 Rails 30.60 30 42 6 Utilities I*6o 18.73 10 Bonds 91.51 91.44 Commodity Index unquoted 7843
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    NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES
    79 4 New York. Aug. 5. *T*HE following were the prices ol Straits tin and rubber in ren's per pound on the Commodity Exchanie I to-day and yesterday. Spot August September October November Rt'BPWl Spot September October December January Sales AU(. AUK- a 52}; 52»j 5108
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    84 4 CHAMBER OF COM MERCE RUBBER ASSN. .ncaporr. Wednesday, Aa(. 6, n»«c. Bttycn Men rrtea rrtro Ma. IX R.SS spot hw) MS, M% No. IX It.S.S. f afe raw* Joly-Aac (Sellers opti.ni Stli G.FJL.Q. R-S.S f «.b. hi bales July-Aof. (Seller'! option) 38', M>, F.A.Q. R.S Slob in hate Jnly.Anf. (Seller's
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    175 4 I Mhlls close at the General Pout OZux 1 as follows: ARRIVALS ARRIVALS Mails from Australia Great Britain etc. 1 sin face) general delivery 8. IS a.m. to-day. Malls from Java and Sumatra (air 1 E~ncral delivery 3.30 p.m. to-day. Mails from Sumatra (air) generel drlkrerr
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    93 4 Britich General "A" 15 Oxd British Empire "B" nut available British Empire Cumulative not available British EmpUe C"prehensive not available British General "A- U Oxd British General "B" 12 S ..iiish General "C" 10 3 C .Ad Producers First 18 8 Gold Producers Second 10 3 c>uld Producers
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    JULY RUBBER CROPS
    25 4 THE following crops or rubber were I harvested In July n. Ayer Molek 80,495 Broome Plantations 252,450 Duff Development 366,379 Kempas 362,000
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    452 4 Buyers Hesitant Prices Generally Easier By Oar Financial Correspondent Singapore. Aug. THE share markets were rather hesitant at the opening this mornlnc and there was a distinct Inclination to hold back on the part of buyers. Quiet markets are expected to-day but sentiment may be improved by
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    U.S. SECURITIES FOR LOAN
    200 4 Treasury Wants Title Documents Loncbn, Aug. 5. •THE British Treasury has announced that an order has been made specifying the American securtt.es of which the owners are required to place at the dispcral of U13 Treasury for use as part collateral sscurlty for the loan of
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    112 4 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES RJc* 4votrd per »oy»c 4« pleafc. OUtct* n— ■iiKli>'-« qaotcd per pJrul except vhere •(hrrwtar i4»t*4 Singapore. Aug. 6. murma Ounblff TJO Hamburg Cuba $12 25 J»»a Gab* •L2 00 Conrn Mlaed $140 Sun Dried tSCS Pepnrr White Muatok 116.50 White <1«.M Black 800 Srnon FIomt Lir.eja
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    RUBBER EXPORTS EQUAL QUOTA
    43 4 '"THE domesilc rubber exports In July are estlma'ed to have been 54.000 tons last month, according to figures furnished by the Controller of Rubber Ih- proportionate monthly allowance at 100 per cent, og basic quota Is also Ci.ooo tons.
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    43 4 London, Aug. 5. TIN open;d steady. The turnover was 150 tons. Bei.ter consumer demend absorbed early smelter selling. Alter offl lal hours prices were unchanged and m burlncs was done. United Kingdcm weekly stocks total 4,859 tons, an increase of 454 tens.— Reuter
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    303 4 THE following donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day: I 11. Hall too Prof: E. K. Tratroan (monthly) English College. Johore Bahru, rerliflcates awarded to pupils in lieu of prizes at the annual athle.ic sports 20f T. R. Mutton (monthly) 1M In lieu of
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      173 4 ETHE ORIGINAL, LEADING AND ULTRA-MODERN CABARET IN THE PENINSULA (Where comforts Amenities are always Recognised) TO-NIGHT DANCE 9.30 p.m. to 12 IF YOU ARE SEEKING FOR PLEASURE AND ENTERTAINMENT CALL OVER AT THE N.W. CABARET PACKED OUT NIGHTLY HUNDREDS ARE Coming back to see over aaain! «t the'nEW WORLD BOXING
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      94 4 The Screen's New pair of C rniedy Kioteers! SECOND MIDNIGHT PRE-RELEASE SCREENING SATURDAY MIDNIGHT at 12.10 The Funniest WAR-TIME Comedy yet madeNew Universal's Sensation of the year BUD ABBOTT and LCU COSTELLO and THE ANDREWS SISTERS in the Scream of the Screen "BUCK PRIVATES" General Screening starts August 19th. '"ff
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    London Stock Exchange
    358 5 Firm In Most Sections London, Aug. S. •V*HX BtMk Exchange resumed cheerfully aftfr the holiday with mo6t markets •howintr continued firmness. Oilt-edged continued quiet but Industrials were firm, especially Irons and steels, building shares, textiles, breweries, and tobaccos. Kaffir:, and diamonds were well supported. Shipping shares were
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    BIG INCREASE IN LONDON TIN PROFIT
    492 5 Rise Of £121,014 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. July 8. AS your Correspondent cabled to you to-day, the net profit of the London Tin Corporation for the year ended Apr. 30 last was £358.898. an Increase of £121,014 over the previous twelvemonth's total. Gross
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1367 5 flayer* AcOen Ampat (5s) 28 lO'id 3s lHd Austral Anal <5.«> 7s 7s 4V4 c.d. Austral Malay 33s fid 34s 6d c.d. Ayer Hitam (6a 17s 18s Ayer Weng ($1) .75 .80 BnnirrlD Ttn 80 14s Batu Selangor ($1) 1.39 1.43 c.d. BerJunUl (5s) 10s
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      16 5 i £J I [ml f???i?d^yi Ir^^l &"^ifcfc*w ft. ml "^g^g^g^g^baßa^Lfl 97bSm |f 3Py I E2] ■v*i^SHh4l<St*''S^'
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      165 5 DON'T SUFFER From PRICKLY HEAT!! USE AGNESIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER The Unfailing Remedy. Ask for it You can buy it anywhere. 6MFTOR LABORATORIES LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur A Penang. THAT'S DANGEROUS •LEEDING GUMS! that* the fint «(b dial your teeth are in danger, the first sign M gum-rot ipyorr.ioc* and
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      242 5 INDIAN BANK, LIMITED (Incorporated in British India.) (Liability of Members Limited,/ (Established 1907) Authorised Capital Rs. 60.00.0 M Issued and Subscribed Capital 4?,92,80« Paid-up Capital 12.79.2 M Reserre and other Funds 18,94,41« Total Working Funds as on 31-12-1940, »rtr Rs. 63 million*. Head Office: North Beaek Road. Madrs* Local O
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      54 5 SINGAPOPF TIDE TABLES ro-oay H \V 10.45 a.m. 8.8 ft.; 10.04 p.m. 9.6 R L W. 4.09 a.m. I.I ft.; 4.16 p.m. 4.5 ft. To-morrow H. W. 11.26 a.m. 9.1 ft.; 10.50 p.m. 10 ft. L. W. 4.55 a.m. 0.9 ft.; 5 p.m. 4.1 ft. Auuust Sunrise Sunset 6 6.26
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      172 6 GARR I c X iMMt Ni«ht 7.4S P.M. D— alt Feature Chinese Talkie* "BENG K.IONG LV "SINGING WTTU TKAK3" 10- Morrow Nifht: "DCSTKT TCOT^^ AGAIN" Moraine Showi: S«T"^^S«Br^"^~ BROADWAY" itf-.w|t.»: aU>*. j ti.u* "NAM MOON KUAN" (A Chinese Talkie) To-] Marrow— ?th Aof.: "MENG LEE KOON W NEXT WEEK ALHAMBRA
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      241 6 TO-PAY £^W* CAPITOL phone 5261 m.g.M/S 12-STAR TRIUMPJTT pUtf^Tl a^pMaWT^awia^ai From the lomed novel t From the daring itmgm »aw^^ tin' Now comet a grand {*~^^^St^m\^^m^mWkwßkwM^^^^ cr en entertainment! I ■■BsaßwaßwaßW4 T^BBwflaw^^ Yam aw^aaw^7 E jDlfteniDiceg^ I ,^< Starring BO LAND EDNA MAY OLIVER The garjest, giddiest of all I
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    350 PER CENT. INCREASE IN AUSTRALIA'S NAVY PERSONNEL
    184 7 Strength Of The R.A.A.F. Equals Three Army Divisions, Says Minister Sydney, Aug. 5. MR. P. C. Spender, the Commonwealth Minister for the Army, has given figures revealing the extent of Australia's war effort. He said that upwards of 50 naval vessels, including
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    Navy Bombards Sardinia
    271 7 Navy Bombards Sardinia Buildings Set Alight By Star Shells London, Aug. 5. NEWS of fresh damage to Italian harbours in the Island of Sardinia is given in an Admiralty communique to-day. The damage was done by British destroyers, followed by an attack by aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. The
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    Enemy Ships Hit Off Martuba
    261 7 Cairo, Aug. >• RAJ", offensives on the night of Sunday are recorded in an RAF. communique. One formation attacked the port of Derna causing considerable damage and starting a number of fires. Two buildings at the base of the mole were destroyed. Bombs were also
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    AMERICAN MOTOR FUEL CONSERVATION
    69 7 Washington, Aug. 5. 'THE Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold Ickest, said to-day that he was satisfied with the first result* of the black-out of the east coast filling stations last night, but called on motorists to redouble their efforts to cut down motor fuel consumption
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    BRITISH TRAWLER DOWNS GERMAN BOMBER
    24 7 London, Aug. 5. fPHE Admiralty announces 'hat the 1 trawler Norland yesterday shot down a twin-engined German bomber. Reuter.
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    TAGORE SERIOUSLY ILL
    27 7 Calcutta, Aug. 5. rE condition of Dr. Rabindranath Taßort. famous Indian uoet. who has been ill for some time, is cauilng yome anxiety. --Renter.
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    SABOTEURS ACTIVE IN BULGARIA
    86 7 Ankara, Aug. 5. REPORTS from Sofia and Plovdiv tell of increasing internal difficulties in Bulgaria which, it Is stated, have led to many Bulgarians being sent to concentration camps in Germany. The extent of sabotage is shown by three railway accidents, the report* add. On July
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    BRITISH PATROLS ACTIVE OUTSIDE TOBRUK
    62 7 Cairo, Aug. 5. -BRITISH patrols are continuing their aggressive activities outside Tobruk and In the frontier area," says to-day's British O.H.Q Middle East communique. To-day's Italian communique states that the British forces launched a "Tlolent attack i against Axis positions at Tobruk" and claims that
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    VERY FEW RAIDERS OVER BRITAIN
    33 7 London, Aug. 6. VERY small enemy aircraft made brief appearances over the coastal areas of Britain yesterday, says an Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security communique. Reuter.
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      170 7 RAFFLES HOTEL To-night DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnigrht Cabaret- BUSTER MAGGIE. OINNKR S3.WI NON-UINERB *IM SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT-8 30 to 10.30 p.m By the Band of the MANCHESTER REGIMENT "sea View HOTEL TO-NIGHT THURSDAY SATURDAY [romantic nights I DINNER SERVED ON THE
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      248 7 IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT TAMOUM I OH BOY What a Scandal *^^X BE A ABOUT 4 B^H "The PHILADELPHIA STORY" TO-DAY at 5.30 p.m. Last Performance off "DANCING ROUND THE WORLD" by pupils of the Fay Hamilton School of Dancing at the VICTORIA THEATRE in aid of Malaya Patriotic
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 1941. (704th. Day of The War.) TWO SOLDIERS AND A SAILOR
    1190 8 1 On Saturday last, Mr. Sumner Welles made an official announcement in Washington to the effect that the future attitude of the United States Government toward France will be dictated by the
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    WHAT MALAYANS HEAR FROM BRITAIN
    1699 8 IN the following extract* from letters to Malaya from residents In Great Britain, a woman tells of her experiences during recent blitzes and another woman resident in Hampshire describes a raid on Portsmouth. J A Glasgow resident writing to an I R.A.F. Corporal tells of
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    "U.S. PROJECTING INTO UNDECLARED WAR"
    135 8 Republicans Issue An Appeal To Stop Move Alexandra Bay, (.New York), Aug. 5. STATEMENTS appealing tc Congress to "put a stop to the step by step projection of the United States Into an undeclareu war," were issued from the summer camp ol Governor Lowden by
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    Ex-U.S. Ship Captures Nazi Submarine
    77 8 Ex-U.S. Ship Captures Nazi Submarine London, Aug. 6. FU revealed that the former United States destroyer Hunt Is now H.M.S. Broadway and that she recently compelled a German U-boat to surrender In the Atlantic. The official report said that after two other British warships had forced the submarine to the
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    AMERICA TO INVESTIGATE BRITISH FOOD PROBLEM
    60 8 Washington, Aug. 6. rro officials ot the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Paul Appleby and Mr. R. M. Evans will fly to London within a few days to get a first-hand picture of British food requirements and to tell people in Britain how American farmery
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      FREEZING ORDERS
      446 8 Loopholes I«eft For Vested Interests To the KdiUr of the Straits Time* Sir. British people are winning tills war for freedom. When the war la won. British people must decide the terms of peace. In their hands lies the destiny of future civilization It is a great responsibility,
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      NEW VALUES
      172 8 An "International Situation" Caused by "Self-determination" Hat delivered our rhildogists c blo.o, For an "Axis" is a racket Which becomes, when others back it, "Tripartite"' That's something Euclid didn't know. To establish a "New Order" You send troops across a border. Chaos reians—then "Peace Offensives" are begun: While
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      BLOOD GROUPING
      83 8 To the Editor of the Si raits Tim*Sir, Regarding the letter from M B. Dass in your Issue of Aug. 4. surely; the point Is that anyone who is prepared to accept a gilt of blood should in turn be prepared to make such a gift. If he
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      "SPUDS"-A LAMENT
      55 8 once did throw, upon the jloor The spud 1 could not eat, And now, like many a hungry on«. Id think it quite a treat. 'Tis wilful waste, brought woeful uatUt And now I lite to say "O how I wish I had the spud That once I
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      36 8 TANGLIN CLUB (Members only) Private War Fund Raffle Draw for Member winners of Prizes at 7 p.m. TO-NIGHT AL'GCST 6th— l3th j Engagements as usual TLESDAY. "AUGUST 12th BRIDGE. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician.' 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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    ANGLO-U.S. DECISION ON PACIFIC FORECAST
    364 9 "Hands Off Russia" Warning Planned? BRITISH-SOVIET ALLIANCE MAY INCLUDE FAR EAST Premier's Whereabouts Remains A Mystery fpHE mystery surrounding: the whereabouts of Mr. Winston Churchill, who is reported to be on his way to meet President Koosevelt in the 'Atlantic, continues to arouse lively speculation.
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    Centre Of Blitzed Rotterdam To-day
    98 9 On May 10, 1940, the Germans invaded the Netherlands and a few days later devastated from the air the open city of Rotterdam, which had no anti-aircraft defences. Bombers systematically wrecked over a square mile of the centre of the city, and part of the
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    THAI KEEPING VIGILANT
    243 9 Japanese Forces Near Frontier Bangkok, Aug. 6. THAILAND is watching developments most vigilantly and is unshaken in her determination to defend her independence. That is the keynote of the situation as seen by competent observers. The Japanese-Thai s tuation undoubtedly continues to be grave, but the tension
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    Anglo-Russian Collaboration
    145 9 Axis Press Showing Marked Concern Zurich, Aug. 5. TTHE Axis Press shows marked con- cern over the alleged Anglo-Russian eollabaration regarding Iran and Afghanistan. Considerable dlscrepanclss appear In the figures reported In the German Press of the Germans resident in Iran. The Dentsche Allgemelne Zeitunrv for instance, says
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    REDS CONTINUE TO INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES ON NAZIS
    627 9 London, Aug. 6. DURING yesterday Soviet troops j continued fighting against the Mkttny in the directions of Smolensk, Korosten and Byelaya-Tserkov and on Estonian section of the front, according to the latest Soviet war communique. In the remaining i sectors of the
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    Free French Parachute Corps Formed
    37 9 Free French Parachute Corps Formed London, Aug. C. A FREE FRENCH parachute corps has been organized in Britain to co-operate with British formations or to act as a separate force, according to authoritative quarters here. United Press.
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    Vichy's Reply To U.S. Warning
    262 9 Indo-China& Syria Two Different Problems' London, Aug. 6. MARSHAL Petain's Government replied to-day to the attacks by Mr. Sumner Welles, assistant United States Secretary of State. A formal statement says, "Mr. Welles expressed some doubt about the energy with which France would react in the
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    Burning Freighter Is Abandoned
    64 9 Burning Freighter Is Abandoned C»p- Town. Aug. t. A JVER nghUnf In vain for «v days to cztintrulah a fire, the oOren and crew abandoned the 5.449- ton BiitUh motor freighter Harnington Court wnlch sailed from Table Bay on July 13. Yhe chief er.glnrer and fourth engineer lout their lives
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    RUSSIA AND NORWAY RESUME RELATIONS
    53 9 London, Aug. F\IPLOMATIC relations between tn« Free Norwegian Government and the Soviet Government are to be resumed. Yesterday the Norwegian Foreign Mm I lster and the Soviet Ambassador in London exchanged letters in which I both sides expressed a desire for an I exchange of
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    China's Chief Need Is Economic Aid
    729 9 London, Aug. 6. THE Chinese feel they have gained not lost, by the German a.tack on Russia, says the China correspondent of The Times, discussing the situation In China to-day. The Chinese, he says, are certain of their own abili.y, with material help from
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    "Nazi Blitzkrieg Plans Have Failed"—Moscow
    435 9 "Nazi Blitzkrieg Plans Have Failed" Moscow Moscow, Aug. 6. CAILURE of Hitler's blitzkrieg plans is discussed in the Red Star, Soviet army organ. Fighting on a wide front has been going on for six week," it says. The enemy is not yet defeated, but failure of Hitler's blitzkrieg plans is
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY NEARLY $2,000
    645 10 Another Long i^ist Of Monthly Contributions Acknowledged ADDITIONS to The War Fund to-day amount to about n 52,000 and carry the gross total to $5,731,587. There is another long list of monthly contributions which have been paid direct to the Chartered Bank, another school
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    DUFF COOPER SAID TO BE IN INDIA
    59 10 THK Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Mr. Alfred Duff Cooper, who is on a special mission to the Far East on behalf of the War Cabinet, is stated by a Reuter message from Chungking to be In India at present. The message
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    JAPANESE "MOLEST" U.S. CITIZENS
    100 10 Congressman Reports Trouble In Shanghai Washington, Aug. 5. A MERICAN citizens are "being mol- ested and pushed around" by the Japanese authorities in Shanghai, according to a statement by Mr. Samuel Dlskstein in the House of Representatives to-day. N He said he had received a cable
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    MALAYAN CANTEENS
    128 10 Reports On Work In The Blitz MALAYA is soon to receive news of the splendid work done during air raids by the mobile canteens provided from funds raised in the Colony and F.M.S. It is announced in London that "to meet the requests of Colonial Governors for true
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    NO JAPANESE SHIPS GOING EMPTY FROM JAVA
    55 10 THE Java Bode (Batavia), publishing i 'ports of Japanese shipping movements in Netherlands Indies ports during the past few days, declares j that none of the vessels is to return to Japan empty and adds: "They seem to possess export permits fo. cargo
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    NEW ISSUE OF GRAPHIC
    94 10 ANOTHER attractive number of the Graphic, Singapore's popular Illustrated fortnightly, was placed on sale to-day. Many unique pictures cf war activities in various parts of the world, and a most acceptable collection of readable articles, help to maintain the high standard of this publication. Of particular
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    The C.-in-C. Greets Maharajah
    43 10 The Commander-in -Chief, Far East. Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. greeting the Maharajah of Patiala on his arrival tn Singapore yesterday to carry out a tour of inspection of Indian Army units throughout Malaya. Details in Page 11.
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    HOW FLYING FORTRESSES BOMBED NAZI SHIPS FROM UPPER AIR
    873 10 The Air War Week By Week Special Cable to The Straits Times from Wing Cdr. L. V. Fraser London, Aug. 6. A LONG while ago Dr. Goebbels said that this war would be fought with fantasy." That has come true, in
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    AMUSEMENTS
    137 10 SINGAPORE KAFFLES HOTEL Dinner 8c Dance i Informal! 8 p.m to Midnight. CRKAT WORLD Cabaret: Night Dance 9.30 to Midnight. Globe: Santa Fe Trail. Sky: The Fighting Devil Dogs concluding chapters. BAPPY THEATRE (Happy World) Lone Wolf Spy Hunt. Seaside: Barrier. HEW WORLD Talkies. Theatres and Cinema*. Side Show
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    More Troops For Malayan Garrison
    34 10 Large reinforcements for the Malayan garrison arrived in Singapore yesterday after making the voyage from Britain. Indian Army gunner units joined the convoy at Bombay. Details in Page 11.
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    INDIAN ECONOMIC AID OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
    216 10 Swedish Paper On Empire's Growing War Effort THE importance of India in the British war strategy is stressed by the Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm) which, referring to the prominent role of Indian troops in the Middle East fighting, writes Indian arms production is even more
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    CHUNGKING & ECONOMIC WAR
    217 10 CHUNGKING ECONOMIC WAR Greater Pressure On Japan Urged DR. QUO TAI-CHI ON SITUATION Chungking. Aug. 6. "THE victory of the Democracies will be first witnessed in the Far East, declared Dv. Quo Tal-chi, the Chinese Foreign Minister, speaking in Chungking yesterday. Commenting on the Japanese occupation of southern Indo-China, he
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    JOURNALISTS TO MEET INDIES SULTAN
    63 10 PIE Australian Journalists wno have now arrived in the Netherlands Indies as guests of the N.I. Government, and who will later come on to Singapore, will be received by the Sultan of Sourakarta during their visit. The Sultan will receive them in his kraton (palace)
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    WINSTEDT PAMPHLET ON EAST INDIES
    66 10 SIR RICHARD WINSTEDT, former General Adviser, Johore, and now lecturer In Malay at the London School I of Oriental Studies. Is the author of a new Oxford pamphlet on world affairs. Sir Richard's pamphlet, which will be published shortly, deals with the East Indies. Another
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    MORE MEN ARRIVE FROM BRITAIN AND INDIA
    526 11 Big Contingent Of Airmen, Naval Ratings Gunners f ARGE numbers of British and Indian troops, including R.A.F. personnel, arrived in Singapore yesterday to reinforce the Malayan garrison. Their voyage from a north-western port in the United Kingdom was uneventful, though within a few
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    28 11 One of the raptured lieht Italian anti-aircraft funs sent to Malaya from Libya and renovated by the Ordnance Corps here for issue to defence units in this country.
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    DECREE NISI FOR MAJOR
    247 11 DECREE NISI FOR MAJOR Undefended Suit In Singapore PETITIONING for a divorce on the ground of adultery, Major Douglas Pervy Dewe was granted a decree nisi In the High Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Worley. It was alleged that the respondent, Rosanna Clements Gorrie Dewe. had lived with O. C.
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    GIRL DIES FOUR YEARS AFTER FATAL DRINK
    105 11 THE death of a 17-year-old girl. Tan Yong Chuan. four yean after she had drunk caustic soda by mistake was inquired Into by Mr. W. O. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday. Yew Kee Bee, a relative of Tan, Mid that in 1937 Tan
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    DETAINED ON CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER
    83 11 "rpHE Injured man may die, therefore ■I the police oppose bail," said Court Inspector P. Ball in the Singapore Fifth Court yesterday when Seah Lim Swee, a 46-year-old Hokkien, appeared on a charge of attempted murder. Seah was alleged in the charge, which was
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    FORECASTING THE WEATHER
    195 11 Sir Hubert Wilkins' Broadcast Talk BROADCASTING from Singapore last night, Capt. eir Hubert Wilkins the famous Pdar explorer, described a quest for meteorological data as part j of a definite economic plan which i envisages the use of fore- knowledge of weather conditions toward stabglz.ng production and
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    FOUR MONTHS' GAOL FOR GUNNER
    197 11 Pleads Guilty To Robbing Driver Ot Taxi i rvESCRIBED as a man "who has nerer LJ been a satisfactory soldier and who > has been the cause of a considerable amount of trouble." John Cole, a Euro- < pean gunner, was sentenced to four months'
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    CINEMA SHOW IN AID OF WOMEN'S HOME
    75 11 A CHARITY cinema show will be hclJ at the Roxy Theatre, Katong, at 10 a.m. on Sunday in aid of the Home of the Good Shepherd. This Home Is run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for destitute women and girls of
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    Maharajah Arrives On Visit To Indian Troops In Malaya
    463 11 REARING the uniform of a Lieutenant-Colonel, the Maharajah of Patiala, Farzand-i-Khas. 28-year-old ruler of the largest and most important Sikh State in India, arrived in Singapore yesterday aboard a troopship, accompanied by a staff officer and two servants. The Maharajah, whose
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    BREDA GUNS AUGMENT MALAYA'S ARMAMENTS
    231 11 Captured From Italians I i Libya Renovated Here ITALIAN Breda puns, complete with larirc supplies of ammunition, captured by the British and Imperial forces in the Libyan campaign, have considerably augmented Malaya's armaments. Ordnance experts in Malaya have added modification? to make the puns even
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    BOARD HAS NO AUTHORITY
    353 12 Cannot Reinstate Ejected Tenant "AFTER ejection has become a' fait accompli and the tenant has been sent out we have no authority to reinstate him," said the chairman of the Rent Assessment Board. Mr. Murray M. Jack, yesterday. "We may shed a tear of sympathy for
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    FUNDS NEEDED FOR INDIAN TROOPS' CLUB
    153 12 TWO retired Indian Army officers axe among thase who have already sent to the Indian Troops Entertainment Committee donations towards the fund for the erection on Raffles Reclamation of a central club house for the Indian troop* stationed In Singapore. One, who nun high
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    U.S. Sending Expert To Study Far East Economic Warfare
    322 12 fJtR. Henry F. Grady, an American economic expert, is expected In Singapore next month on a tour of the Far East under instructions to study the possible co-ordination and the potential pressure which the Democratic powers in the Far East could
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    INFANT FOUND WITH FRACTURED SKULL
    112 12 MR. W. O. PORTER, the Singapore Coroner, recorded an open verdict at an Inquiry yesterday into the death of a baby girl who was found in a drain at the Junction of South Bridge Road and Ann Siang Hill on the morning of July 30
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    Never Very Far From Their Guns
    39 12 Day and night, gunners are always ready to man their runs should the necessity arise. Never very far from their guns, men are seen enjoying a came of football s nmewhrre in Britain."
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    CLERICAL UNION VIEWS ON DAYLIGHT SAVING
    187 12 Opposed To Advancing Time By Another 40 Minutes CINGAPORE'S Clerical Union, representing some 3.000 in the city, views with disfavour the suggestion that the clock in Malaya should be put forward altogether by one hour, but finos the half -hour advance proposed by the
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    SEAMEN STRUCK FOR WAR ZONE BONUS
    103 12 SIX members ot Uie crew of a Greek vessel in Singapore were convicted on a charge of refusing to obey the lawful order of the captain when the ship was preparing to go to sea, and were sentenced to 12 weeks' rigorous Imprisonment each
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    BOY DROWNED IN SEA
    243 12 Friend's Evidence Before Coroner AN account of how a youth, Tan j Oh Kee, swimming in the sea off Blakang Mati on the afternoon of July 30 got out of his depth, was given by a friend at an inquiry before Mr. W. G. Porter, the
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    M.B.E. AWARDED TO TWO MALAYAN VOLUNTEERS
    51 12 IT was announced in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette yesterday that the King has made Company Sergeant-Major Leman bin Mamat, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, and Company Sergeant-Major James Dick Donald, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force. Members of the Order of the British Empire (Military
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    JAPAN'S 250,000 TROOPS IN MANCHUKUO REINFORCED
    182 13 "Very Substantial" Forces Sent During The Past Week London, Aug. 5. JAPAN had about 250,000 troops in Manchukuo before she started to reinforce them "very substantially" during the past week, an authoritative source reported to-day. According to authoritative non-British estimates approximately 100,000 troops have
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    BRITISH PURCHASE OF IRAQI PRODUCTS
    53 13 Cairo. Aue 5. niSCUSSIONS are proceeding between represervatives of the Iraqi and British Governments about the proposed purchase by Britain of new cotton and date crops, It Is learned from Baghdad. Other surplus products wlU be Included hi an agreement which Is expected to be
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    Tension Spreads To Burma
    172 13 Tension Spreads To Burma London. Aug. 5. P* VENTS aw developing m the Far East which may bring Burma very much nearer to war than is the case now, declared the Duke of Devonshire. Under-Secretary for India and Burma In the House of Lords to-day, when moving the seccnd reading
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    Tolerance With Japan Near End
    91 13 Tolerance With Japan Near End "Warnings Must Give Way To Action" CPEAKING from London last night, Major Allan Murray, B.B.C. news commentator, said that Japan has the bit between her teeth and, like a bolting horse, is blind to the dangers ahead of her. The tolerance extended to her oyer
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    TOKIO WAR MOVES CONTINUE WITH THAILAND TALKS
    449 13 Shanghai, Aug. 5. COREIGN travellers arriving here from Dairen to-day reported extensive Japanese military preparations there, says United Press. The city has taken on a war-time appearance in most respects, including black-outs almost nightly, the«e quarters said. Heavy artillery and troops move constantly
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    Two U.S. Cruisers Nov. At Brisbane
    65 13 Washington, Ant- 5. rE United Stales Nary Department has announced that the two heavy emisen Northampton aad Salt Lake City have arrived at Brisbane, Australia, en what is described as a training cruise. The commander of the two rnusers is Rear- Admiral 8. A.
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    U.S. ALIVE TO FAR EAST SITUATION
    192 13 London. Aug. 6. rE help given by the United States In blockading the Axis powers was emphasized In the House or Commons last night. Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Lib.) asked for an assurance that the economic sanctions put Into operation In the Far East would
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    U.S. OBSERVERS SEE BRITISH VICTORY
    64 13 New York. Aug. 4. TWO National Defence Research Commission observers returned from a two-month stay In Britain aboard the American Clipper to-day and expressed themselves "confident of a British victory. Dr. George B. Klstlakowsky, former Harvard profes-ar. and Dr. Robert C. Elderfleld. of Columbia University,
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    BIG SHIPMENTS OF BRITISH GOODS ON WAY TO RUSSIA
    460 14 United States Promises "All Out" Assistance For Soviet Defence London, Aug. 5. MAKING a statement on further help for Russia from Great Britain and the United States, Dr. Hueh Dalton, Minister of Economic Warfare, said in the House of Commons to-day
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    Future Of Japan's Trade With U.S.
    368 14 Tokio Is Not Very Opiimistic Tokio. Aug. 5. JAPANESE shipping to tne United States has been suspended lndenni.ely depending on the settlement or the Tatuta Maru cargo case, after which the resumption of shipping depends on whether it would be commercially profitable, Mr. Koh
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    Japanese In Hong Kong Hard Hit
    112 14 Hong Kong, Aug. 4. JAPANESE business here haa been seriously affected by the freezing rrder, and though no instruction to lsave has been issued irom Tolcio, civilians who were badly affected will eventually leave the Colony, said Mr. SMki Yano, Japanese consul- general in
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    Japanese In Ecuador-Peru Fighting ?
    108 14 Japanese In EcuadorPeru Fighting Tokin, Aug. 6. JAPAN has sent a fresh note to Ecuador demand.ng suppression cf pntiJapr.nese sanliment and protection of Jananes? nuti n Is Officials of the Japanese Foreign Offlce all it- thit Ecuador has threatened to expel several Japanese residents on suspicion of esponagc. They add
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    Germans Steal Italian Supplies
    195 14 Greeks Are Starving Under Enemy Yoke London, Aug. 5. "V/E hava evidence that the Ger- man authorities in Greece have been stealing even supplies put in by the Italian occupying forces." declared Dr. Hugh Dalton. Minister of Economic Warfare, In the House of Commons to-day. H-;
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    China May Increase Silk Production
    72 14 Churjjklng. Aug. 8 poLLOWINO United States action In r freezing Japanese assets. Including &ik stocks, Chinese Mlk expert* are urging t.'.e > iunent to Increase silk production In China, They aim at an y arly export to the United States of 500.000 p'-u'- or s-.lk
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    GAME OF MISSED CHANCES AT GILLMAN BARRACKS
    500 15  -  Solitary Goal By Loyals Beat Heavy Gunners lx>yals 1; R.A. (Heavy Regt.) 0. THE Loyals just managed to snatch a one-nil victory over the R.A. (Heavy Regt.) in a keenly contested first division S.A.F.A. soccer fixture at Gillman Barracks yesterday. It was unfortunate
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    22 15 SOCCER: S.A.F.A leaKii?, first division, S.C.F.A. vs. Gordons, Anson Road Stadium; second division (a), Royal Navy vs. S.MR, S.H.R.
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    SINHALESE MEET AT CRICKET
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    USEFUL LADS B.P.
    92 15 Ili.E tseful Lads B.P. will phf a friendly badminton match of four c.r.srles and four doubles against the Btardus'. B.P at the letter's court on Sunday, starting at 2.30 p.m. The following players have been chosen to represent the Useful lads B.P.: Lee Yang Kwang, R. Pasunathan.
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    INTER-POSTAL HOCKEY & BILLIARDS
    49 15 INTER-POSTAL HOCKEY BILLIARDS rrn; Kir.la Uimpur Postal Union beat the Singapore Post Office Club by :\-o roc!s to nil in a hockey match 7'laved at Kuria i^umpur on Saturday. At bi'Unrds. the Singapore P.O. Club boat Vr.e Kuala Lumpur Postal Union y y two fames to one on Sundajv
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    KALLANG AIRMEN GET WALK-OVER
    36 15 THE R.A.F. (Kallang) wers awarded a walk-over by the Fost Office Club in a second division (b) league soccer match, which was arranged to have been played at the P.O. ground yesterday.
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    AUSTRALIAN SPORT
    97 15 Melbourne, Aug. 4. THE Chinese soccer team which has been tourlns Australia created a sensation after the fifth Ttst match in Brisbane by dashing from the ground I without notice. They had received last minute advice that they had to sail Immediately lor home. Flxteen teams comprising 300
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    Bill Edrich Scores 102 At Lords
    141 15 London, Awe. S. WITH the majority of leading players in action, cricket was the main holiday attraction. A crowd of ?4.000 saw 1 -ombined Middlesex and Essex side score 412 for six declared ar*inst a (KinMnfd Kent and Surrey tide at Lords, the outstanding
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    S.R.C. SURPRISE MANCHESTERS
    238 15 Odd Goal Victory At The Stadium S.R.C. 2; Manchester* 1. HPHE Singapore Kcrr»ation Club sprang a surprise at Anson Road stadium yesterday when they beat the Manchester* hy the odd in three in the first division of the S.A.F.A. learue. It marked the Rers' second victory this
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    POSTAL UNIONS MEET AT CRICKET
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    BLAKAN MATI BEAT PULAU BRANI 4-—0
    41 15 THE R.A. (8.M.) beat R.K. (P. 8.) by (our goals to nil In a second division (a) league soccer match played at Blakang Matl yesterday. Scorers for the Gunners were Guest (2) and Rogers (2).
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    COMBINED COLLEGES
    87 15 THE follow.ng have been selected to represent the Combined Colleges n gainst the S.R.C. at 2 p-tn. on the Pa dang on Saturday: R. E Thoy (Raffles College), M. C. Schubert (Raffles College), T. Slvagnanam (Raffles College), Aziz bin All (Raffles College), Kuldip Singh (Medical College), Ho Lian
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    WEIGHTS FOR FINAL DAY OF PENANG RACES
    88 15 Remember Me Transferred To The Highest Class (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, Aug. 5. DEMEMBER ME, who scored an easy victory in his first run with class two horses on Monday, has been promoted to the highest class, and will race with some
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    CUSTOMS AWARDED WALK-OVER
    38 15 rX Customs were awarded a walkover in their second division <b> leaeue soccer watch -iga'nst Air Keadnuarters, which was f o have been ployed at Geylan? yesterdiy. The Airmen failed to turn up In time.
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    Singapore Tigers Draw At Ipoh
    128 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aar. 5. IN a soccer match played on the padang to-day in aid of tHe China l>istre*s Relief hin-1. the Ipoh District Football T.eague drew with the Singapore Tigtr Sports Association, each side scorin; once. Both foals were ■cored in
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    HOT FLASH & CIMON MOST IMPRESSIVE
    160 15 HOT FLASH CIMON MOST IMPRESSIVE To-day 'i Training Notes From Our Cwn Correspondent) Penan?. Aug. 6 HOT Flash 'Daniels i and Clmon <E. Donnelly) were the most lmpres;ive horses a v training this morning vf.en light work vras the order of the day. Hot Plash moved easily over fix furkmm,
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    CHURCHILL MEETING ROOSEVELT IN ATLANTIC?
    558 16 U.S. President's Aide With British Prime Minister London, Aug. 5. 1UR. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, and Mr. Harry Hopkins, United States lease and lend aid co-ordi-n a tor, arc together at some undisclosed point, according to informed quarters here to-day. It is believed they
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    Thailand Recognizes Puppet Manchu State
    64 16 Bangkok, Aug. 5. IT is officially announced that Thailand has recognized the Japanese-sponsored puppet state of Manchukuo. The recognition was made in a telegram from the Prime Minister, Luang Pibul Songgram, to the Manchu Premier saying that the Thai Government was pleased to recognize the
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    Battle Of Russia Now Entering Vital Stage
    403 16 Moscow, Aug. 5. CIGHTING continued in the Smolensk, Korosten and Belaya-Tserkov directions last night, according to the latest Russian communique, quoted by United Press. "Our air force continued to deal blows to enemy Panzer troops and infantry and bombed his aviation on aerodromes."
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    THAI FORCES REPORTED TO BE MASSING ON BORDER
    392 16 Artillery And Infantry Units Moved To Indo-China Border Pnom-Penh, Au.:. 6. JAPANESE artillery and armoured units which arrived here last week-end have left Pnom Penh for an unknown destination, and it is reported there is a heavy ron<en t rat ion of
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