The Straits Times, 23 August 1941

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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY 1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 23, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS, The Straits Times 12 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 23, 1941. PRICK 5 CENTh.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS
      28 2 Th death has taken place at Vaddukoddai c.ylun on the 21st Aug., 1941 of Dr. THILLYAMPALAM RAMASAMY late Of the Ceylon Medical Department. (P.M.B. papen please copy).
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    407 4 BANKS AND UNIONS ADVANCE SHARPLY (By Oar Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Aug. 23. "THE feature of the share markets yesterday was the Increased turnover In the industrial section and the demand for Hongkong Banks and Union Insurance. The inquiry for the two named shares was occasioned by Invxment
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1391 4 FRIDAY, AUG. 1941: 4 P.M. MM Bayer* grttars Ampat (is) 2s 7%d U Austral Amal <5s) 7s 7s 3d c.d. Austral Malay (ti 33s 6d 34s 6d c.d Ayer Hltam (5s) n» IBs Ayer Weng ($1) .65 .70 Bamrnc Trn <O 12» so 14s Batu
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    London Stock Exchange
    297 4 London, Ant. 23. The following are to-day's closing middle quotations Shares are of (1 denosnlnattoc unless otaerwise stated: The abort art dealers middle prices, brokers* margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not Included.—Exchange Telegraph. Ceo Lou 9". 1M4-M... Jin? Puadmc Loan 4% iMO-K 114% t« Lou 10S
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      494 4 AUCTION NOTICE Ordinance No. 61 (Pawnbrokers.) UNREDEEMED PLEDGED GOODS ASD JEWELLERY FROM THE FOLLOWING PAWNBROKERS' SHOPS. No. SI. New Bridge Road, Chin Chong Pat and chin Shee Teclc (Chop Thye Sheng). I No. 135, New Bridge Road. Lam Chin Gee i (Chop Ju Thung). No. IS9. South Bridge Road Lam
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      119 4 PUBLIC NOTICE THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated In Queensland.) NOTICE OF DtC'.ARATION OF SXCOND INTERIM DIVIDEND. NOTICE is hereby given that a Second Interim Dividend of three pence per share for the financial year endli^ 31st March. 1942, has been declared by the Director* of the Company
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG 23, 1941. (720th. Day Of The War.) Italian Tragedy
    1238 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUG 23, 1941. (720th. Day Of The War.) Italian Tragedy To Mussolini falls the distinction of being the one figure of world prominence in the present war who is merely ridiculous. Hitler is ruthless and brutal, but clearly a man who has moments of extraordinary
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    MALAYA'S BIG GUNS IN BRITAIN'S FRONT LINE
    1327 6 Cannon From H.M.S. Malaya Join East Coast Battery U7HEN the Straits Times Correspondent, O. R. Tonkin, was invited to watch a big gun night shoot by a coastal defence regiment in Eastern England recently, he found that by an amazing coincidence the battery
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      INDEBTEDNESS More Opposition To The Circulars
      606 6 INDEBTEDNESS More Opposition To The Circulars To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Simultaneous with the introduction of a Bill in Johore, the Governments of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States Issued a circular on Indebtedness to their subordinates. Evidently, these governments are anxious about the welfare
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      LIVING COSTS
      273 6 "Everything Up Except The 'Gaji'" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— No one will dispute the lacl that things are much more expensive to-day than a year ago. Some firms have taken this Into account, and have Increased their employees' cost-of-llvlng allowances. Other firms however and
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      EDUCATION
      553 6 Defects In Malayan Chinese Schools To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— It gives me great pleasure to learn that the Singapore Chinese i Teachers' Association has collected the I views of Chinese schools on education for the Investigation of Mr. Yu ChlnI hslen. Director of the Education
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    IRANIAN REPLY HELD TO BE UNSATISFACTORY
    704 7 Message To Britain Being Studied NATION IS BEING USED AS CAT'S-PAW BY GERMANY Anglo-Russian Accord On Policy Noted "IRAN'S reply to Britain's memorandum on the increasing number of Germans in various Iranian services has been received in London and is now under consideration," reports
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    WILL FIGHT ANY AGGRESSION. SAYS IRANIAN MINISTER
    204 7 Washington, Aug. 22. "IRAN will fight any aggression even if the opposing force German, British or Russian is ten to one against ours," declared the Iranian Minister in Washington, Mohammed Chayesteh, after a conference with Mr. Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State
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    Nazi Threat To Massacre French
    251 7 London, Aug. 23. ALL Frenchmen under arrest in o>r»apied France "for any cause" are now considered as hostages following the killing of a Nazi suldier in Paris on Thursday. A "number corresponding to the gravity of the crime will be shot if another act cf
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    FIGHTING ON WHOLE FRONT
    400 7 Finns Claim New Advance In North London, Aug. 23. THE Soviet midnight communique broadcast by Moscow radio states During all of Friday our troops waged stubborn battles along the whole front. "Accordine to precise data, on Wednesday in the course of air battles not 21 but
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    45 7 Chungking, Aug. 23. THE Chinese goodwill mission to Burma will leave Chungking for Rangoon at the end of August, it is officially announced. Among its members will be the director of the YunnanBurma Railway, the Vice-Minister of Overseas Affairs and representatives of women's organizations.— Reuter.
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    190 Allied Ships Aid British Navy
    95 7 London, Aug. 23. 'TWERE are now 190 Allied ships, 1 of which nearly 50 are French, fighting side by side with the British Navy, stated the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, broadcasting last night. "So the Allied navies are not
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    ROOSEVELT GIVES FIGURES OF PRODUCTION INCREASES
    440 7 Hyde Park (New York), Aug. 22. UUNDREDS of tanks had already been shipped to Britain and j Egypt, while American war production was on the average up to esti- mates though It has never been completely satisfactory, President Roosevelt told his Press conference to-day.
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    Rainy Season In Russia Soon
    352 7 Rainy Season In Russia Soon German Claims Indicate Huge Soviet Resources London, Aug. 23. IUEITHER the Russian nor Oerman communiques reveal any substantial modification of the front in the last 24 hours. But both agree that fighting has been goin? on uninterruptedly day and night, writes a Reuter special military
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    BRITISH TRIBUTE TO RED AIRMEN
    111 7 London, Aug. 22. *AI/E have a rendezvous over Ber- lin," says Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Chief of the Air Staff, in replying on behalf of the R-AJP. to recent greetings from Soviet airmen. Writing to the Russian Press, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles
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    Japanese Relaxing Freezing Order
    116 7 Tofcio, Au«. 33. rE Japanese Finance Ministry announces that a further relaxation of the freezing regulation* is to be effective from to-day. Foreigners holding deposits In Japanese banks and post offices or In banks In Japan of countries not affected by the freezing order will be
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    TIMOSHENKO AT THE FRONT
    27 7 Marshal Timoshenko, Commander-in-chief of the Soviet army in the i central (Moscow) sector, voatching operations from a trench at the front, j 1
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    Repatriating Americans From Japan
    66 7 Washington, Aug. 22. rE Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, to-day indicated that some arrangement has been made with Japan for gradual repatriation of American citizens from Japan and of Japanese nationals from the United States. He said there would likely be movement ot smail groups
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    PREMIER'S BROADCAST
    70 7 MR. Winston Churchill's broadcast on his meeting with President Roosevelt will begin at 8 p.m. Sunday O.M.T. (3.20 a.m. Monday, Malayan time). It is expected to last 25 minutes.—Reuter. Reproductions of the broadcast will be given on Monday at 5.45 O.M.T. (1.05 p.m. Malayan time), on Wavelengths gsb.
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    PRICE OF 'AID" TO TURKEY
    128 7 Passage For Nazi Italian Armies Stockholm, Aup. 23. "THE latest German diplomatic negotiations with Turkey Ml aimed at obtaining a definite statement on Turkey's position in the event of peace in the Near East, meaning Iran, being disturbed, says the Berlin correspondent of the Swedish
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    BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
    292 7 Ascendancy Over Nazis Gained London, Aug. 23. "AT least a temporary victory" was how Major Sunde. a Norwegian shipping owner, described the recent improvement in the Atlantic shipping position, in a broadcast from London last night. "Without exaggeration it is possible to say that during the lait
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    Manila Bay Waters In Defence Area
    75 7 Hyde Park (New York), Aug. B. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has signed an order prohibiting unsupe--vised navigation in Manila Ray nnri warning violators that they would be subject to "attack by Inited Stiles armed forces." Portions of that :-rea were mined same weeks ago. This new
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    RENEWED APPEAL FOR SUPPORT OF WAR FUND
    742 8 Amateur Actors Sponsoring Novel Scheme For Aid A RENEWED appeal for support for The War Fund was made in a leading article published in the Straits Tiroes yesterday. Depressing evidence of the need for such a reminder has come quickly, for to-day's additions
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    "GO SLOW" ORDERS
    157 8 New Motto For The "V" Army v A FTER all, why should you sweat for the Nazis?" asked Col. Britton, in another broadcast appeal yesterday to the V Army in Europe to go slow." Working for yourself and family is good, for the country is better, but
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    THAI LEGATION STATUS IN TOKIO ELEVATED
    168 8 Toklo. Aug. 22. THE status of the Thai legation In ToUo has been elevated to that of an embassy according to a communication under date of Aug. 21 reaching the Japanese Foreign Office lrom the Thai Government. This Is in accordance with the agreement
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    INCREASING STOCKS OF ANTI-MALARIAL OIL
    105 8 AN inquiry r>y the secretary of the Malaria Advisory Board has revealed that abcut three months' stocks of anti-malarial oil are held by many estates, and Government departments are increasing their stocks to the equivalent of six months' supply. It Is stated that the available
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    FEW GERMAN PLANES OVER BRITAIN
    54 8 London. Aug. 22. •WITH few German planes operating, raids on Britain during last night continued on a very small scale. Activity was confined to the eastern side ol the country and enemy aircraft did not penetrate very far Inland. No reports have rec. lved of
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    DAYLIGHT OFFENSIVE
    29 8 Folkestone, Aug. 22. THE Royal Air Force again carried out an offensive over northern France to-day with a large force of bombers pscortcd by flghtsre participating.—United Press.
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    37 8 Syed Shaikh bin Abdul Rahman Alkaff. Ron of Syed Abdul Rahman Alkaff, senior partner of Alkrff and Co., Singapore arrived here by air from Srypt yjsterday with his wife and four-month-old son. He la proceeding to Java.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    150 8 RAFFLES UOTFL Dinner Dance (Formal) 8 pa. to 1 a.m. GREAT WORLD Cabaret: Night Dance 8.10 to 1 a.m. Globe: The Son >f Monte Crlsto. Sky: The Westerners. HAPPY THEATRE IHappj World) Ski Patrol. Seaside: And/ Hardy Gets Spring P*ver. NEW WORLD Talkies. Theatres and Cinemas. Side Show Cabaret
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    ALLEGED CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST
    86 8 rpHTRTY-one-year-old Ngun Joo Hal ■I claimed trial la the Singapore third court yesterday to a charge of committing criminal breach of trust of 281 sacks of sago valued at $1,686 between July 27 and Aug. 1 of this year. It was alleged that he was
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    TRAPPED IN BLAZING CAR
    147 8 Chinese Dies In Night Collision 'TRAPPED in a blazing car after its collision with a military lorry, S. A. Chee, of the Malayan Weighing Machine Co., was burnt to death in a motor accident which occurred in Tkong Bahru Road last night. It appears that the
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    N.Y.K. TO TAKE AMERICAN OFFICIALS FROM KOBE
    122 8 Tokio, Aug. 22. THE N.Y.K., apparently under pres- 3un« from the Foreign Ornce. has accepted bookings for 26 American officials on the Tatuta Maru, which sails frcm Kobe for Shanghai on Aug. 28. it was learned here to-day. The party includes nine navy,
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    BURMA SQUADRON SENDS HEINKEL TO ITS DOOM
    190 8 London, Aug. 31. A HEINKEL 111 which was trying to escape toward the Dutch coa&t this morning was chased out across the North Sea and then shot down CO miles off the English coast by two Sghter pilots of the Burma squadron. The
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    INDO-CHINA FRONTIER COMMISSION SESSION
    96 8 Saigon, Aug. 23. WITH speeches by Mr. Tan*. M. Delrns and Luang Stddhi Sayamkar. respective heads of the Japanese, Trench and Thai delegations, professing mutual goodwill and desire to co-operate, tbe joint frontier delimitation commission commenced formal sessions at the Saigon town hall yesterday. The first
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    U.S. MARINES ARE NOT LEAVING SHANGHAI
    58 8 Shanghai, Aug. *2MAJOR G. D. Hamilton, Intelligence Officer of the U.S. Fourth Marines, declared when contacted by telephone yesterday that "we're not moving out." drnylng a Yomiurl Shlmbi£i report that the Marine* were withdrawing from Shanghai. He denied any preparations were under way for
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    MOSCOW EVACUEES REACH TOKIO
    49 8 ToUo. Aug. 23. A PARTY of eight Britons and Americans evacuating Moscow arrived here to-day alter a gruelling all-day and all-night trip around the northern route. They Intended to continue to America but will apparently Join the other stranded Americans and Britons here.— United Presav >
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    FIRE FIGHTING LECTURES
    220 8 Passive Defence Among Indians •THE Indian Passive Defence Committee of the Singapore Indian Association has, in recent months, organized a series of lectures on fire fighting and other subjects of an allied nature in English, Tamil and Hindustani, states the annual report of the Association. The membership
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    DR. VICTOR PURCELL ON LEAVE IN AUSTRALIA
    141 8 IF nations vitally concerned In the Pacific made a Joint statement ot their attitude towards Japanese acgrescloa. Japan mifht be in such fear of consequences that the would climb down, said Dr. Victor Pureell. Director General of Informatics and Publicity, Malaya, on arrival
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    SGT. PILOT N. W. BERG KILLED IN ACTION
    53 8 SOT. Pilot Norman William B-Tg, formerly of the firm of Henry Waugh and Co., Ltd., Singapore, has been killed in action. Set. Pilot Berg, who was a fighter pilot, was a member of the first batch of Malayan cadeU who did so
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    FINNISH SHIP ABLAZE IN NEW YORK HARBOUR
    75 8 New York, Aug. 22. npHX Finnish motorship Aupn, 2,801 tons, L which has be-n In New York since her arrival on July 36 from Curacao, caught fire eaxly this morning it her anchorage in the Hudson River Just above Manhattan. Fire boats and
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    WOMAN WHO POSED AS WIFE OF ARMY OFFICER BOUND OVER
    595 8 A LLEGED to have falsely represented to the proprietor of a provision shop that she was the wife of an army captain and dishonestly Induced the proprietor to deliver her provisions worth $75.90, Mrs. Patricia Weston, 31. pleaded guilty to
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    VALUE OF A POWERFUL MALAYA TO CHINA
    784 8 Mr. Tan Kah Kee's Address At Chinese Public Meeting THE value of a powerful Malaya to China and to tf»a prosperity of the Chinee* h'vinp; in Malaya itself was stressed by Mr. Tan Kah Kee, chairman of the Federation of China Relief Fund
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    ANTI-MALARIAL WORK IN THE ARMY
    144 8 ANTI-MALARIAL overseers are brin? trained for the army in Malaya, following an inquiry from the array headquarters liaison officer whether there is any central authority which could undertake to train these men. Trained men are at present difficult to get and they are in demand
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    INSOLVENCY DUE TO STANDING SURETY
    100 8 ADJUDICATED bankrupt in 1933. O. D. Newbronner was examined in the i High Court yesterday before Mr Justice Worley. NewUrouier explained that the examination h*d been adjourned In order to give r.im an -»rtuntty of 'settUnc with his ciV Attrttratlng liis ir standing surety for
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    BURMA PREPARED FOR ANY EVENTUALITY
    330 9 Official Here To Study Civil Medical Defence Schemes CPECIALLY sent here by the Burmese Cabinet to study the civil medical defence schemes and the Medical Auxiliary Services, with a view to adopting them in Burma, U Tharrawaddy Maung Maun?, Burmese Minister for Health and Public
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    KELANTAN MALAYS' FINE SPIRIT
    183 9 Strenuous Defence Job Done Voluntarily HOW several hundred Malays vohinteered for a strenuous defence Job In Kelantan was described last night. Telephone pole lines required urgently for defence purposes had to be constructed In Kelantan, and part of the job proved difficult as large Quantities of
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    CHIANG THINKS CHINA WAR WILL END IN 1942
    88 9 ♦•M7IIH the r,t;p of the Chinese in ''Malaya, I have been able to carry on the war for so long, and I think that the conflict will be over next year. But among the Malayan Chinese there are a few who do
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    BROADCAST TALK ON PETROL RATIONING
    81 9 MR. H C. ttendle. Oil Controller, Is to al live an Important talk on petrol rationing from the Singapore broadcasting station at 8.40 p.m. to-morrow. It was stated last we- k that changes in the petrol rationing scheme for Malaya win be announced m a
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    EXAMINATION RESULTS
    156 9 Singapore College Of Medicine THE first result* of the Au^ast proI fessional examinations which began al the College of Medicine on Monday for medical and dental students have been annour.cbd. The following medical students who sat for the second year Part I examination 'biochemistry) have passed: Abu Bafcar
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    HIGHLANDS TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS
    133 9 CERTAIN types of motor vehicles may not be driven on specified roads leading to the Cameron Highlands, plates an announcement In the latest issue or the FVM.S. Government Gaaette. i Except with the written permission 1 of the State Engineer, Pahantf. no person may drive a vehicle
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    FUNERAL OF MR. F. D. BARRETTO
    152 9 'THE death oocurred on Thursday at hk residence at Thomson Road, Singapore. of Mr F D Itarretto. proprietor of the Barre(U) etitpDtnt; and Tti'l Co., at the nr* of C 7. The funeral which took place ytstei it;. sfternnoTi at Bldadarl Cemrtery was well
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    NO JOHORE-SINGAPORE SPECIAL TRAIN
    75 9 A SUGGESTION to run a special Johorc Bahru-Singapcre passengot tratn se. vice to cope with the Increased public demand for transport accommodation has t#en turned 'down, the Stra'ts Ttones understand*. reason for this is that already a heavy call is made on the railways, and no
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    TRUST HOUSES IN RACE COURSE ROAD
    41 9 TtHE rent for the new houses at the Race Course Road has been Axed at $35 a month, announces the Sin pore Improvement Trust. Allotment 'of the houses Is to be made by ballot, j
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      231 9 Part": An analysis of ocnnan propaganda London j; 50 p.m. "Calline the British Forces In the Par Bast" (London): 7.30 pn. Full Singapore Race Results; 1.25 p.m. Saturday Evening Popular Concert; 8.30 p m News and News Commentary (London); 8.15 p.m. Interlude; 8. 45 p.m. A Variety Progiamme of English
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    Menzies' Resignation Offer To Mr. J. Curtin
    163 10 Canberra, Aug. 22. MR. R. G. Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, announced to-day that he had offered Mr. John Curtin, the Labour leader, a National Government with equal Cabinet representation, under the leadership of Mr. Curtin or anyone selected by Parliament, says United Press.
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    810 10 London. Aug. 23. I ORD HALIFAX. British Ambassador to tbe United state*, arrived at British airport In a bomber this morning, paying in first visit to Britain since he succeeded the Ist* Lord Lothian at the beginning of the year. Arrangements were made some time ago for him
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    Best Russian Forces Await Germans
    145 10 IN Berlin informed quarters, a winter campaign in Russia Is spoken of i not only as a possibility but a probability, United Press reports. One usually wen-informed German source said the Russians are known to have held back their best cavalry regiments with the apparent
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    1051 11 First Day Of Singapore Turf Club's Autumn Meeting DELOW is given the full card of events at Bukit Timah to- day, the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting. The double tote will be on races six and eight and
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    135 11 TO -DAT SOCCER: BA/.A. learue; first division. S.UC. vs. S.C.C., Anson Road Stadinm; serond division (a) R.E. (P. 8.) rs. 5.H.8., Pn'.an Braal; second division (k), Airport vs. Naval Bate Corinthians, Farrer Park. CRICKET: S.C.R.C. n. M.F.A.. S.C.R.C.; S.C.C. »s. J.C.S.A.. R.CC.; YM.C.A. vs. R.A.0.C.. V.M.C.A.
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    S.C.R.C. RUGGER
    29 11 THE following have been elected to hold office Jor the S.C.R.C. for the forthcoming rugger season: Cheng Weng Choon (captain), Ong Esig Khuang (vice-captain), Patrick Vee (convenor).
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    168 11 'ion; following are seteetions for to-day's races at Bokrt Timah: STRAITS TIMFS Race 1: Harpo, Sm^ke Dresms. Race 2; Lined L'p, Raqsccmbe. Race 3: stonechat. Time Tells. Race 4: The Needles, Ralo. Race 5: The Sirdar, Lord Tomnoddy. Ravw 6: Booklaw, Depot Race Remember Me, Counsel. Race
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    TO-DAY'S TRAINING NOTES
    248 11 HAJtro (SJbbritt). wh« la rasaiac ta taw trat race to-aar, waa tW Ant stars* m( at thai asaraixe's tralalsn at Bakit Timah. and shewed a tresnendoas bwrst mi rprrd trnr twa fartonrs. The gelding looks a winner all over, but «U1 encounter itronc opposition from Smoke Dreams
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    RESULTS OF OTHER SOCCER MATCHES
    47 11 I*E followtnc are the results of ether 1 league soccer matches played TestrrtW. Second division (a). Jtavr beat V.M.C.A. four-oil: Sscnala beat R.A.F. '8) atx jne Second dlvlaion (b). Kran)l beat An- Htjra. two-one; Sultan beat B.C.F.A. three-nil; Wanderers w.o. J.C.S. A.
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    S.C.F.A. Defeat Gunners 5—1
    325 11 S.C.F. A. Defeat Gunners 5 1 S.C.F.A. 5; R.A. (A.-A.) 1. LEADERS in the first division of the S.A.F.A. league, the Straits Chinese Football Association slrenjthenert their position by beating the Antl-Arrrraft Oannen at Anawti Road stadium yesterday, winning by five goals to one. In the first round the Chinese
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    EIGHT CHARITY RUGBY GAMES THIS SEASON
    235 11 THAT there will he Bight special Ragby 1 fastball gMsm hsMaTiar eaavttisa thai ii-—. hastaa* at 17 aa laat yaar. was annowared at the aamaal Bsighr asecttng af the KDntaawe Crtehet Clwk j*»terday. Mr. O. W. Oilmour said that the Malayan Rugby union, at
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    BLOODIEST BATTLE OF WAR BEGINS NEAR LENINGRAD
    789 12 Bulk Of Ukrainian Army Said To Be Safe Across The Dnieper MOKE than 1,000,000 Soviet troops, it is estimated, arc engaged in the defence of Leningrad, says a dispatch to the Vichy news agency from the Soviet frontier. The big battle which is
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    Rumours Of Hitler-High Command Split
    84 12 Rumours Of HitlerHigh Command Split London, Aug.. 22. RADIO Moscow to-day said: "Two captured G -rrrun solclers, Koch Schreber. and Carl ReLss, ftat?d there I are persl-tent rumours among the troops of serious dissension betwetn H.t'.er and the German Supreme C:mmi)nd Thesj rumcuro were said to have added to Hitler's
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    Tirpitz In Baltic Sea Trials
    57 12 Tirpitz In Baltic Sea Trials london, Aug. 22. IT was stated in London tv-day that the new 35,000-ton Orm.in battleship, Tirpiiz, sister ship of the Bismar.-k. is believed to have bren completed and is undergoing trials in the Baltic. There is no confirmation .>f reports that she has been engaged
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    Soviet Swear Vengeance For Nazi Atrocities In Seized Towns
    231 12 "|>LOOD for blood, death for death" Is the title of an editorial in Pravda, organ of the Communist Party, giving details of atrocities perpetrated by Nazis on Soviet citizens. Almost unspeakable horrors carried out by the Nazis in their search for
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    U.S. Meets All Soviet Requests For Aviation Gasolene
    233 12 U.S. Meets All Soviet Requests For Aviation Gasolene Washington, Aug. 22: THE Soviet Union has placed war orders totalling I'SSI.OM.MO.M*, 1 of which 1* per cent, will be delivered within the next few weeks, authorized sources revealed here to-day. All Russian requests for aviation gasolene have been met, it was
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    London Denies Tale Of Iran Invasion By Wavell
    268 12 London, Aug. 22. JOINT Anglo-Russian military action in Iran is believed to be appreciably nearer as a result of the extremely unsatisfactory nature of Iran's preliminary oral reply to the representations from London and Moscow on the presence of German agenta in
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    TURKISH ENVOY CALLS ON THE FUEHRER AT HIS H.Q.
    301 12 TURKISH ENVOY CALLS ON THE FUEHRER AT HIS H. Q. Ankara, Aug. 22. THE Turkish Ambassador in Berlin recently saw Hitler at the Fuehrer's field headquarters in the Ukraine, according to reports here. This has evoked considerable interest in view of the factors in the background. These are: Firstly, the
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    51 12 Moscow, Aug. 22. SOVIET bomber., in the course of three successive sweeps routed feet trar.'po.t? carrying reinf tc»--mpnts for the Ukraine off the Rumanian coast, announces the official Soviet news agency. Ie adds that at lexst two trm-p rus 1 w^re sunk, another set en fire and I others hit.
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