The Straits Times, 18 September 1941

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    37 1 FINAL EPTN, The Straits Times fESTABUSHKD NEARLY A CENTURtI MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 16 PA(iES, SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMKER 18, 1911. PRICE 5 t'KNTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      152 1 GYMKHANA MEETING (open to all, at the Singapore Polo Club. Baiestier Road IN AID OF THE WAR FUND on Saturday 27th September at 3 p.m. The Time has been advanced to 3 p.m. on account of the large number of entries. EVENTS JUMPING MALAYAN KADIR CUP MUSICAL POSTS THE LADIES
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      25 2 BOLMBERG.— The death occurred at the Singapore General Hospital on 15.9.41 ol J C HOLMBERG, formerly of the General Post Office, Singapore. Deeply regretted.
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      562 2 MAXEY— SHtJTTE RAAFP.— The en(?ngfmnit Is announced between Rona Id Johr. only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Maxey ol Bedford, Bedfordshire, and Emily Rose eldest dauehter of Mr. and Mrs. Q. Shutte Raaff of Bloemfontein and Batavla. OABRIEL-NEWMAN.— The engagement Is announced between Alfred Joseph Gabriel of Messrs. Henry
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      528 2 SITUATIONS WANTED ENGLISHMAN Chartered Accountant age 25 at present di-engaßed requires situation. Apply Box No. 294, Straits Times. EUROPEAN can recommend Chinese Amah Bxocllent with infants and also Skilled Needlennn. Available immediately. Reply to Box No. 310. Straits Times. STRAITS-BORN CHINESE with knowledge of English and Chinese seeks employment as
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      531 2 LOST LOST— ONE bunch of keys at Mcßitchie Reservoir on 15.9.41. If found please return o Lebert. 37 Caldecott HIU Estate. Finder rill be rewarded. j ~FOR SALE ONE 1.5 K.W., Shunt Wound Kerosene i Engine operated Lighting set 32/43 volt* 700 R.P.M. complete with 16 Cell Battery. Point of
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      842 2 HOUSES ACCOMMODATION WANTED WANTED Oct. 1. BT European couple furrtished small house or £a'-. nine ***** after six. WANTED Oct 1, m Singapore furnished re or flat. Apply C.M.O. Malacca or ring *****. AMERICAN COUPLE require small modern furnished compound bouse, good location, garage 4c modern sanitation. Phone No. 3031.
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      768 2 AUCTION NOTICES i THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS. ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE 3f essentially modern European llme-pollithed, men-lined, hich-grade frak sitting, dining md bedroom suites (to be sold m cotnple'.e lets). Philco Radiogram 1940 mod<-l. KHvinaor electric re*'!r»'~''or fboth m perfect work- ng order), colourful English centre ea'pK* 3all-Heads, Weftmtnrter Chime 8-day tablr
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    431 4 EASIER TENDENCY IN ALL SECTIONS By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, 8ept. 18 THE share markets opened on <* 1 rather subdued note ihis morons? after yesterday'! quieter conditions ir. wwch y sellei s took the place of buyers Tin shares generally were much Jitter and a eas
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    RUBBER MARKET REPORTS
    254 4 IN a weekly report on the rubb?r market, Jsfued this morning. Lewis and Peat (S.ngapcre) Ltd. write: The Rubber Exchange In New York made a last dying kick on Tuesday when H tons were dealt In. These transactions were authorized for the puroose of closing out ot>-
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    63 4 Singapore Thwaiay, Sept. IS. ■•on. Buyers SHten Price* Meoi No. O. 1.8.8. (Spot Khm) MH No IX LM l*» September »H »X G.F.A.Q. ft.8.8 f o.J a fcaltt September M H 7.A.Q. 8.5.8. M September *'*i HJTUBK QUOTATION! no. a m-sit- mi****** Sept. Oct-Dec. Jsjl-Mu-.
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    NEW TIN CONTROL SCHEME
    89 4 tFrom Our Own Correspondent) L<ondoi Sept. IT. COMMUNIQUE issued after y.sterday's A meeting of the International Tin Committee records th*t progress was made m the discussion ol the terms oi a new control scheme to start on Jan. 1. It states that the delegates unanimously agreed
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    56 4 London, Sept. 17. Fj opened quiet. The turnover was 60 tons. There was a small demand matrly for three month*. Smelters maintained the unofficial limit of £260 but dealers granted concession for umlied <l"l ntlt1^; ,^'v U ruled quiet but e»«ler. After official hours, ihe market was llfele» and only
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    109 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (Prom Ou» Owb OorresocDoenl > London. Sept. 17. fOMMODm and Exchange tn»r«eu cm»«o *> m tnllowt wttl> orerkwn quotttlooi a» OcT ISIUSd 13 13|16d <""2M 13 3;IM Nov. ISIIHM 1313H6d (13 11 1 M 1313ll6d) 13* d <13Hd «%<!) N«w York: Not received COTTON: Closed foi dura mod
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    67 4 Dow Jones Averages N2W York, Sept. 17. rE following were Dow Jones averages on the New York Stock Exchange and Commodity Exchange to-day and l"**^ Sept 30 Industrials 127.43 129 32 20 Rails 29 20 29 49 16 Utilities 1870 18 90 40 Bonds 89 82
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    133 4 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held lU> 1 .55« th •ucU«j vMterdav and there were catalcgued 1.972.083 ft T-«M Z9- tons; offered 1.810.726 Ib. -808.36 ton*- sold 1189.749 Ib.— E3M4 tons. London Spot 13 ll 16d. Ne* York Spot oo ii. etA PUCES KSALJHED Ribbed
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      458 4 PUBLIC NOTICES AVER HIT AM TIN DREDGING, LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) DIVIDEND NO. 45 An Interim Dividend of 10 per cent. le» Income Tax at 10s. In the has been declared on the 10th September 1941. parable In London on the Bth October 1941. NEILL BELL. Loc*! Secretaries. MALAYAN COLLIERIES,
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      286 4 INDIAN BANK LIMITED. liability aembers is United. (Incorporated In British rr*Ma) MADRAS G. FOBM BTATIMENT I ndir seetlOD 136 M the Indian C— pa sites Act VII of 1913) The Share Capital »f the C*»>aay Is Bs. M.M.N« Divided laU M.9M Shares «f tU. 1M each. The number of shares
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      260 4 BE IN OUR PARK TO-NIGHT AND YOU'LL FEEL AS REFRESHING AS WAS THE COOL AIR OF THE BLACK-OUT! TO-NIGHT Tea Dansant I%f After-Dinner Dance 7.30 to 9PJt I V 9.30 to MIDNIGHT^ 7^77 [SUN TALKIESj Opening TO-NIGHT THE MASTERPIECE OF MALAY FILMS! 'PANGGILAN DARAH Featuring DAHLIA-SOERIP-SOETINAH WIDJAJA 9 KRONCHONG 'HITS
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1035 5 WEDNESDAY, 6BT. 17. 1941: 4 P.M. ■MM Ampat (to) 2s IHa Ss Au.si.ral Amal (5s> 7s 7s 3d x.d. Austral Matey ((> 33s 33* Ayer HiUm (to) 16* M 17» M x.d Ayer Wen* ($1) .M .M Baiigno Iin 13* to 14a Batu Selangor ($1)
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    London Stock Exchange
    388 5 Renewed Interest In Rubbers London, Sept. IT. •pilS Stock Exchange to-day was quiet but steadier and there were some bright spots, especially In KiOn. where new buyIng caused a sharp rally In the speculative favourites, and also In rubbers where a revival of interest found supplies short.
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      216 5 *The LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (AUTUMN) 1940 RESULTS, just published award SIXTY FOUR PER CENT, of PASvSES m all subjects for whicN ntudenU of PITMAN'S COLLEGE entered. Of these Sixty-four* per I cent, more than half were j li'll'li. isVml lll ISTbM'bI DISTINCTIONS. Enrol now UJmr?lr^rß#W^ for the new Term
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      149 5 THE INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK LTD., (Inrarpanktaa* ka Britteb ladto) Entrust YOUR SAVINGS with THE INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK LTI., 1, Collyer Quay, Singapore and WATCH HOW IT GROWS Interest at 2\°Jo allowed. Withdrawals by Handy cheques. i BANK OF CHINA (Specially Chartered by the National Government of the Republic of China
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    British And Russian Staff Officers Enter Teheran
    223 7 Teheran, Sept. 18. DRITISH and Russian staff officers entered Teheran, the u Iranian capital, at 7.15 G.M.I 1 yesterday morning, states an Associated Press message quoted by Reuter. The Iranian Prime Minister, At! Furughl, announced in the Iranian Parliament yesterday that Allied troops
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    Shah's Abdication Brought About By Pressure Of Own Ministers
    540 7 I Simla, Sept. 17. IT is pointed out In Simla that the question of the Allied advance on Teheran became urgent owing to the necessity of securing the carrying out of the terms of the Anglo-Soviet agreement with Iran, particularly as
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    Sweden Loses 3 Destroyers
    154 7 Stockholm, Sept. 17. Fis officially stated that 31 persons were killed and 11 injured when explosions followed by fires sank the Swedish destroyers Gothenburg, 1,040 tons, Klas Horn, 1,020 tons, and Idas Uggla, 1,020 tons, this morning at the Maersgam naval base, reports United Press. A
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    FRENCH WARSHIP'S TRIP TO JAPAN FOR REPAIRS
    79 7 Saigon, Sept. 17. COKMALJUY denying reports emanating trir Chungking, the Government declare' to-day that the voyage of the cruiser Lpmotte-Plcquet to Japan was not connected with the Franco- ipi\nese agreement. The cruiser h />n recently for Osaka for repair am di king as
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    STRIKE CALLED OFF
    104 7 Kansas CUy, Sept. 17- A PIER the National Guard of the state of Kansas had been oreded to mobilize, the .strike of employees of the power company, which caused Kansas City to be plunged into darkness laat night, has been called off The city bad been without
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    27 7 Cairo, Sept. n. IT is learned that tbe Egyptian oov- ernmrnt has protested to Berlin and Rome against the bombing of tbe Cairo area yesterday morning.— Ranter.
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      316 7 RAFFLES HOTEL to-night -DINNER and DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight Claret- BUSTER i& MAGGIE PI.NMSB 83.0> NOW-OINEKS >l.f Saturday— LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT -8.30 to 10.30 p.m. By the Band of the LOYAL REGIMENT (By kind permission of LT.-COU
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      189 7 Germans' Anxiety About Iran London, Sept. 17. A MESSAGE from Zuri h states that a leading article m a German newspaper says. "I* would he foolish if we under-estimited the British success m Iran. "Great Br tain now controls r*rj important oil districts, and we must confess that the whole
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      247 7 rATHAY 3 15 6 15 9 15 I ll^A I 'PHONE 3400. EXTRA MORNING MATINEE TOMORROW at 11 o'clock. UNITED ARTISTS. PARA.MOl .VI Hi. :.(.-,>■ >»-.,k.s sho»,nj Uulf Cooper in IS..V on way to East and FOX MOVIETONE NEWS in. ludin* first Indian Oflirrr to win V.C. and A.I.F. arrivals
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1941. (746th. Day Of The War.) Riza Khan
    1199 8 Few people with any knowledge of the details of the career of Riza Khan Pahlevi could have found it possible to suppress a smile as they read the cabled reports of an incident which is
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    NAZIS BAN ROYAL NAME IN THE NETHERLANDS
    72 8 London, S pt. 18. POLLOWINO the German seirure of all proI 1 perty belonging to the Queen of Holland o.i Tuesday, the German radio yfsterday announced a further decree forbidding the use jf tne names of living numbers of the House of Orange-Nassau
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    London Letter DEADLOCK IN AIR WAR?
    781 8 London Letter DEADLOCK IN AIR WAR? ATTACK SOON TO I BE RESUMED (By Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 16. THE first question that Lon- doners now ask as they buy a morning paper on their way to the City after .sleeping undisturbed in bed is "Where were we last night
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    MALCOLM MACDONALD BACK IN LONDON
    69 8 London, Sept. 17. MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD, British High Commissioner m Canada, has arrived m London for important consultations at the Dominions Office. Mr. Mac Donald made the Atlantic crossing at the week-end m the same bomber ns the Duke of Kent. This is Mr. Mac
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    RISING TIDE OF ANTI-NAZI HATRED
    766 8 Nazi Actions Draw Strong Resistance (By a Special Correspondent) EVER since the first shock of the ruccessfui German occupation lost its stunning force, the peoples of occupied Europe, In greater or lesser degree of rapidity, have shown their resentment, and their determination to do nothing
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    SUBMARINE OVERDUE: FEARED LOST
    38 8 SUBMARINE OVERDUE FEARED LOST London, Sept. 18. rE Board of Admiralty announces that H M. submarine P 32 (Lieu* D. A B. Abdey) Is overdue and must be considered lost. The next of *ip have been Informed —Reuter.
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    KING RECEIVES ALLIED MISSIONS TO MOSCOW
    52 8 London, Sept. 18. fllE British and American missions U> 1 Russia were received In audience by King Oeorge at Buckingham Palace yesterday. The members of the missions were Introduced to the King by Lord Beaverbrook and Mr. Averell Harriman, the leaden of the two
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  • Correspondence
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      VICTORY CAMPAIGN
      198 8 Reluctance To Wear "V" Badges To the Editor of the Straits Thnea Sir, The "V Campaign is In full swing a campaign to make us all victory consc.ous. The letter "V" is given prominence everywhere, in posters, in advertisements, in window displays etc. There is nothing lacking In
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      BLACK-OUT
      232 8 Unsatisfactory Dimming Of Car Lights To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Once again Singapore has experienced a so-called comprehensive black-out test, and once again motorists are stated to have shown flagrant disregard for the lighting regulations. And l.ttle wonder, when the authorj itles continue to chop and
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      ALLOWANCES
      280 8 Injustice In Government Scheme Ti» the Editor of the Straits Tiinrs Sir.— I hat2 bavin* to call your attention to the wretched ques.i n of wart. me allowances, since you must have already been deluded with letters of this kind. bu,. there is rne aspect of ihe matter which
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      "TERMITES"
      152 8 A Misprint Started All This! To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I received my Straits Times of Sept. 11 to-night and was greatly interested to see that the secret of one of Hitler's new weapons had been exposed, the TERMITE bomb. The Bismarck is said to have
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      61 8 VICTORY BOOKS! Price $1.75 each or $1.90 Post FREE. 1, Guilty Men. 2, Enlist India for Freedom 3. Churchill Can Unite Ireland. 4, What* At Stake and Why Not Say So? 5, A Key To Victory. 6, Anderson's Prisoners. O. H. KIAT CO., LTD.. (AS. RoMmon Road Singapore. The RAILWAYS
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    U.S. TO CONVOY SHIPS WITH LEASE-LEND GOODS
    322 9 Announcement By Navy Secretary "ONE OF MANY METHODS OF PROTECTION BEING USED" Search For Raiders In S. American Waters THE United States Navy will provide convoys for vessels under all flags carrying Lease-Lend supplies, the Navy Secretary, Colonel Frank Knox, announced in Washington
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    300 FIGHTERS OVER FRANCE
    403 9 Spectacular Raid On Power Plant London, Sept. 18. ]<>KK than 300 British fighters were over Northern France at time yesterday afternoon when y were escorting a large-scale ,;mber offensive on a power plant at Mazingarbe, near Bethune. Pilots from all countries represented in the Fighter Command
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    BOMBS ON GERMANY
    46 9 London, Sept. 17. AN Air Ministry communique states: "Last night aircraft of the Bomber Command attacked objectives m Karlsruhe and elsewhere m western Germany. Many fires were left burnIng "Docks at Le Havre were also bombed. "None of our aircraft is missing." Reuter.
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    DUFF COOPER SPEECHES PLEASE CHUNGKING
    39 9 Chungking, Sept. 18. CHINESE circles are very pleased with recent utterances of the British Cabinet Minister, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, m which he emphasized the imnortuncc of the Pacific and praised Chinese resistance.— Reuter.
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    Germans' Diplomatic Defeat In Turkey
    66 9 Germans Diplomatic Defeat In Turkey Ankara, Sept. 18. I\R Karl Clodius, thi German e-on>mi;- expert, offered to hu> Turkish chrome but was t< hi tli. t mmmJ w uld be dependent <>n British uili'ngn?ss ti surrender their present coutrict f«t ill Turkey's chrome, it was stated yesterday Ihe British obviously
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    U.S. Ship Escorted To Lisbon Harbour
    64 9 r Lisbon, Sept. 17. E s.s. Excambion arrived h.~ yesterday— the first United States ship to be escorted to Lisbon. The United States Coastguard ship Ingram, which has been Derthed at Lisbon for some time, sailed on Monday, met the Exctmbicn on the high
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    SUPPLIES FOR DISTANT U.S. NAVAL BASES
    68 9 New York, Sept. 17. DEAR-Adnvral Adolphus Andrews, Commandant of the Third Naval District, has announced that the United States Navy has arranged to use 17 merchantmen as supply ships to naval bases outs de the continent of the United S.ates. Several have been put
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    More Nazi Forces For Africa?
    237 9 Reported Massing Of Men In South France DOLITICAL* observers link recent movements of troops from southern Germany to France and the presence of German troops at Bordeaux, in occupied France, and in Marseilles, which is in unoccupied France, with German autumn plans for action in
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    Russia Gets Big Credits To Buy Defence Supplies In U.S.
    141 9 Washington, Sept. 17. AT his press conference to-day, Mr. Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Administrator, said that at the written request of President Roosevelt the Defence Supplies Corporation has signed a $100,000,000 contract with the Amtorg Trading Corporation, which is the
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    Scorching The Earth In Russia
    88 9 These pictures from the Eastern Front, tchich have just arrived by Clipper, show the effects of the Soviet policy of "scorching the earth" tn the path of the German invaders. In top picture is seci a village set afire by Red troops before withdrawal, and
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    Chiang Renews Pledge To Retake Manchuria
    359 9 Chiang Renews Pledge To Retake Manchuria Chungking, Sept. 18. QN the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Mukden Incident, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek last night broadcast a message to the nation which was a clear challenge to Japan and at the same time a definite pledge to the nation and
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    Chinese Confident Of U.S. Friendship
    158 9 Chungking, Sept. 18. REPORTS suggesting that there Is little possibility of an AmericanJapanese settlement resulting from negotiations in Washington are carried by Chinese newspapers. Deprecating any settlement In the nature of a Far Eastern Munich." editorial comment claims that the United States will consult China
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    CHINA AIDS BURMA
    43 9 Chungking, Sep.. 18. A TOTAL of 6,000 mules with muleteers crossed from Ch n a to Burma recently, at the request of the British authorities, states the official China Fortnightly. They will be employed on Burma defence projects.— United Press.
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    BRITISH PLANES GO INTO ACTION OVER RUSSIA
    804 9 Germans Claim To Be Menacing Soviet Naval Base At Sebastopol London, Sept. 18. THE R.A.F. wing which arrived in Russia recently under the strategic command of the Russian headquarters has already been in contact with the Germans, it is learned in London, reports
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $6,000
    249 10 Bata Shoe Company Heads To-day's List With $5,000 TO-DAY'S contributions to The War Fund carry the gross total over the five million eight hundred thousand dollar mark, the actual figure being $5,800,687. The latest list of acknowledgments is very short, but it contains
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    JOHORE RIDER CHARGED
    441 10 Sequel To Geylang Road Fatality f JAFFAR bin Mohamed, a young Malay dispatch rider in the signalling c eection of the Johore Military Forces, was on trial in the Singapore Traffic c District Court yesterday before Mr. C. H Whitton on charges of causing aeam by a
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    ATTACK ON DUTCH HOSPITAL SHIP
    197 10 Batavia, Sept. 17. AN attack on a South African boa- pital ship in the Red Sea by a tor-pedo-carrying aircraft Is reported by the Australian newspaper Sydr.-" Morning Herald, according to a p rt reaching here. The Morning Herald says two requests were made to
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    DUKE'S BROADCAST
    25 10 A RECORDING of a broadcast from London by the Duke of Kent last night will be beard over the M.B.C. at 9.30 to-night.
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    25 10 The "Fight For Freedom" exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall has been extended for a further twa days and will now close on Friday night.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    106 10 SINUAPOBK KAVM.I-* HOTEL Dinner Dance 'Informal) S p.m. to Midnight. GRKAT WORLD Cabaret: After Ulnner Dance 9 to Midnight. Olobe: South of Suet. Uuys of Jesse James My Wife's Ki-la! i\. HAPPY THKATRK iHatf) World) Seven sinners. Seaside: Its Oreut To ljc m College. NEW WORLD Talkie Theatres, and
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    PERAK TURF CLUB GIVES ANOTHER $32,000
    139 10 rFrom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 11. THE War Fund In Perafc advanced Dy 1 $32,000 yesterday, a cheque for this amount being rerelved from the Perak Turr Club The donation was made out of tne profits of the June Meeting this year. It
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    MALAYAN MINERS ARE THANKED FOR BOMBERS
    75 10 THE Minister of Aircraft Production hM 1 cabled acknowledgment of the sum subscribed to the Malayan Miners' Bomber Fund m the following terms:— "1105.762 you have sent us for purchase of British bombers magninclently shows d termination of Malay States help with the war.
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    RED CROSS THANKS FOR MALAYAN GIFTS
    114 10 SIR SHENTON THOMAS, as chairman of the Malaya Patriotic Fund* has received from Lord Huntingneld, chairI man of the Overseas Committee of the I Red Cross and St. John Fund, a letter I of thanks for the further donation of £5.000 sent in June.
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    EDITS JAPANESE-MALAY DICTIONARY IN TOKIO
    54 10 AFTER 30 yean of studies, Shoichl Takeloini. 50-year-old Malay language authority, will publish his Japanese-Malay dictionary late In November, states an Eastern Rmn message from Tokio. The dictionary is the first comprehensive work of its kind m Japan and will be more than 1,300 pages,
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    BRITISH AMBASSADOR'S TRIP FROM CHINA
    37 10 Chungking, Sept. 18. ris expected that Sir Archibald dark Kerr British Ambassador to China, who left Chungking on Tuesday for Singapore by air, will be away from China for three weeks.— Reuter.
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    CAR MISHAP NEAR S.C.C.
    289 10 R.A.F. Driver Held Not To Blame AN AUSTRALIAN soldier, Corporal S T. Knight, described In the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday a collision in Empress Place on the evenIng of Aug. 23, when the puller of a, ricksha In which he was riding was Knocked down with
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    PERAK RACE WEIGHTS
    213 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Sept. 18. WEIGHTS for the remaining five races at Ipoh on Saturday, the final day of the Perak Turf Club's Septem- ber meeting, are Honrs. class 3, *W. 1. *>,-, (wm. rtraigfct Prunella 9.00 Scofltaw 8.02 Lady ZenU 8.10 Punter's Pride 8.01
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    Johore Birthday Celebrations
    59 10 A Straits Times picture of the Sultan of Johore and Lady Ibrahim taken after yesterday morning's birthday ceremony and investiture at tht Astana Bernr. On lady Ibrahim's left is Mrs. Manning, wife of Mr. Justice Manning. Below; The Sultan decorating one of a number of Johore officers
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    Public Urged To Co-operate In Town-Cleansing Drive
    313 10 A DRIVE for co-operation by the public m keeping streets, drains and back-lanes clean, thus reducing expenditure m town cleaning—and also m prosecutions m police courts has been started by the Singapore Municipality. Circulars on the subject have been sent to associations, guilds,
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    EURASIAN ASSOCIATIONS COUNCIL TO BE FORMED
    497 10 Rule Approved At Annual Meeting In Singapore WHAT was described as a "cut and dried" scheme to coordinate the activities of Eurasian Associations throughout Malaya, was unanimously passed at the twenty-second annual general meeting of the Eurasian Association at the SRC. yesterday, when a
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    BIG CROWDS SEE "BACK STREET"
    110 10 At The Cinema "BACK STKEET" (Charles Boye». Margaret Salra»ani Universal at the Capitol Theatre. f ARGE audiences were the order at m« Capitol yesterday to see this new Universal presentation of an old favourite, Panr.y Hurst's "Back Btreet" Charles Dover as a man of wealth
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    NEW KARLOFF THRILLER
    59 10 "The Devil Commands" (Boris Kar- 1011, \manda Duff! Colombia. At thr j Pavilion. IKE other Karoff pictures, thin is a thriller i** of the first order. It deals with the research work of a scientist who U endeavouring to establish communication with the dead, with unexpectI ed
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    AERONAUTICAL THRILLS
    54 10 "I'm Still Alivr' (Kent Taylor Linda Hajrs) R.K.O. »t the Alhambra SPECTACULAR stunts In the air by an Intrepid airman with a romance woven Into the story provide the basis for this R.K.O. picture which is brimful of thrills. The supporting fhorte Include War Pictorial News and the
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    SITUATION IN THE PACIFIC
    231 11 Americans Said To Be Puzzled •THE American people are very puzzled about the situation in the Pacific "They Just don't know how to determine the attitude of Japan," according to Mr. Virgil Plnkley, United Press representative, who arrived here yesterday by Clipper en route to Europe.
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    67 11 ADDREBSINO the Rotary Club yesterday A on "Sumatra Thirty Years Ago," Mr. H. R Arbenx gava an account of his experience gained In that country at a time when rubber fetched t«o guilders per pound and many laboure.-s earned as much as a thousand guilders per month. He
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    'NAVY COULD BREAK ANY BLOCKADE OF MALAYA'
    946 11 Far East C.-in-C's Statement At Local Press Conference THE British Navy could break any blockade of Malaya without American naval intervention, and Malaya with her vast reserves of food and ammunition could stand a blockade of six months, or even longer if necessary.
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    PROSECUTIONS UNDER FOOD REGULATIONS
    193 11 C€>UR casej brought by the Food Control Denartment were dealt with by the Singapore Fifth Magistrate yesterday. In the first case. Abdul Razak, of Buona Vista Road private market, who was summoned for failing to display en a ticket the price of beef exposed for sale
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    799 12 THE Singapore market prices here (Wen have been supplied to the Straits Times by the Food Control Office. MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES IN MARKETS MEAT. LOCALLY SLAUGHTERED Beef Steak 34 cts per lb., 45 ct*. per katty: Fillet Steak 70. 93: Sirloin 36, 48: Rump Steak 36.
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    MALAYA-TRAINED AIR CADET'S FINE FEAT
    260 13 Shoots Down German Plane In Combat In Middle East A FIGHTER pilot who was until recently an assistant engineer m the Malayan Public Works Department has shot down his first German aircraft. He is Pilot Officer P. Shelley, who is now with a Hurricane squadron
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    A.I. F. EMBLEM AS GIFT
    399 13 A. I. F. EMBLEM AS GIFT Many Presents For Johore Sultan A MONO the presents received by the of Johore yesterday, when he celebrated his 68th. birthday, was a large emblerr of the A.IJ 1 carved In wood. It was sent by the G.O.C., Australian Forces in Malaya, MajorGen. H.
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    SLIPPERS FOUND NEAR BODY ON BEACH
    81 13 "IN view of the presence of a pair of 1 slippers on the beach. I have reason to believe that the woman lived m that district." said Inspector S. Marsdon at an Inquiry before the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. O. Porter, yesterday, into the
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    RETIRING FUND CASE
    217 13 IN our report of a Judgment of Mr. Justice Ait ken read In the High Court last Thursday In a suit In which a clerk, a former employee, claimed payment of sums standing to his credit In the books of a retiring fun4, from the Asiatic Petroleum
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    RICE RESERVES ARE AT A HIGH LEVEL
    173 13 U/TTH the exception of broken grades, Thailand rice is now dearer in Singapore by a quarter of a cent per ka'ty. The current prices are Thailand Super $17.85 per bag HO cents per katty). No. 2 Soecial $16 95 (9'/ 2 cents per
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    A.A.M. WATCHMAN FOUND DROWNED IN DRAIN
    156 13 TWO police constables on be»t duty at Tyersall Road In the early hours of Sui.d»y morning found the body of an Indian watchman employed by the Automobile Association of Malaya lying In a drain. iliey void Mm bingapure Uorvuer, Mr. W O Porter, at
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    CHINESE DINNER PARTY FOR MR. DUFF COOPER
    78 13 IN honour of Mr. AKred Dv« Cooper 1 British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Lady Diana. Mr. Kao Ling-pai, Singapore Chinese ConsulGen eral, and Mrs. Kao gave an informal Chinese dinner party at the Consulate last night. Other guests at the
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    JAPANESE FINED UNDER ALIENS' ORDINANCE
    61 13 A FINE of $100, or two months 1 rigo- rous imprisonment, was yrstcrday Imposed by Mr. H. Mocr. Singapore Third Magistrate, en Seijun Naka^u, a 31-year-old Japanese who ->leaded ruilty to havlnjr ro^mfftcd an otrenre under the Aliens' Ordinance by failInqr to -"port IS C\
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    Nazis Expect Big British Offensive In Libya
    717 14 London, Sept. 17. IN the silence which has fallen on the war m the Middle East since Sunday, R.A.F. and South African Air Force squadrons, equipped with hoth British and American planes, have been waitinsr for word for close support action with Britain's
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    NAZI THREAT TO PARISIANS
    140 14 Vichy, Sept. 17. THE German authorities, says United Press published a notice in Paris to-day threatening to take hostages "from all categories at the Parisian population" if attacks continue against German military men. The occupation authorities' announcement was made in the Press and by placards, as
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    Nazi Envoy Defies Expulsion Order
    160 14 Buenos Aires, Sept. 16. THE German Amba^ador. von Thermann. to-day defied the Argentine Deputies by admitting his propaganda actlv.tiaj, but refusing to leave the country. The Ambassudcr told the United Press tj-day he had "nc intention of having the Argentine. "That is a question for
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      380 14 Before the war Gibbs Dentifrice came to you m the familiar aluminium metal box. This metal is now urgently needed to further the war effort, so, m the near future you will obtain Gibbs Dentifrice m a substitute container. There will be no change m either the high quality or
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    Sunday's Cricket At The S.C.C.
    124 15 J^ STRONG Singapore Cricket Club aide will meet a team drawn from A.LF. »nd R.A.A.F. players stationed In Sing*. pore In a cricket matcn on the padang •n Sunday, utarting at 11 am. Lt B. IUrnrtt, the Test wicket keeper, will cap. tain the Australians.
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    COLONIAL CUP GOLF
    299 15 THE "Colonial Cup" con.pc.ition played during August at Uie Island Club n suited In a win lor Dr. T. E. Cheah (7) and 8. V. OitUns 18) when they beat. In the final. M C. V. Martia (8) and Dr. Chl» Teck tram (13) four and two.
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    POINTS SHARED AT FARRER PARK
    37 15 F^E** SC> 2: Fon C*«>*»"r 2. OUR goals were ihared m a second division (b) league soccer match between the Airport Sports Club and the Fort Canning played at Fairer Park yesterday.
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    KALLANG AIRMEN DRAW WITH INDIANS
    35 15 THE RAP. (Kallang) and the Indian Association drew three-all In a second division (b) league soccer match played at Parrer Park yesterday. The Airmen led two-nil In the first half.
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    P.B. SAPPERS GET WALK-OVER
    32 15 THE RE (Malays) conceded a walk-over to the RE. (P. 8.) In their second division (a) league soccer match which was to have been played at Chang! yesterday.
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    MICKY ROONEY AND SPUN WOOL DEADHEAT
    2087 15 Second Day's Racing In Perak September Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent) A DEADHEAT for first place m th£ 'third 'rare by two recent importations, Micky Rooney and Spun Wool was the highlight of to-day's racing here m the second day of the Perak Turf
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    RACE WEIGHTS
    32 15 'THE weights f«r the remaining fire races at Ipoh on Saturday, the final day of the Terak meeting, will be found elsewhere in the final edition II received in time.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    62 15 SOCCTB: g.A.F.A. leame. flrrt dW. •ion, S.C.C. n. Manehrsten, Aiuon Road stadium; reserve division, ArrrlU v». M.F.A, Clerical Union k roand: *K-«v<i dhrMcm R.E. (Malay*) t». K "».M.), Ch»n l-. second d.Mslon ib), Stanford Post Oflee, P.O. rroand. Rl'r.BT: U.C.V. w. r M.C.t'. HOCKEY: KhJn AvorUtioa ra.
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    TEAMS FOR RUGBY TRIAL AT S.C.C.
    106 15 TWE following will represent the Colours and Whiles to the first Rugby trial at thr Singapore Cricket dub on Saturday: c P. Burgees; J. Abbott, MrKenXt. Tyson, Matheson; Cesaford. D OullanSJ Wheeler. T. Turner, Blunt BaiW d?^"^. Whites: J. O. Wllloughby; Parker. Milton. Le
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    S.C.C. TENNIS RESULTS
    101 15 HN'-V two ties w«re played yes- terdajr in the 8.C.C. »u umn lawn tennis tournament which is being held on the club courts. The two ties were In the men's tingles and the women'! singles handicap events j In the men's singles J. t. Chester beat W.
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    RUSSIANS NOW IN POSITION TO RETAKE SMOLENSK
    845 16 Reds Score Big Success In Centre As Nazis Resume Push In South Moscow, Sept. 17. A RUSSIAN success north-east of the important town of Smolensk, which the Russians claim to be in a position to invade, is reported by the Soviet Army newspaper
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    "Way To Novgorod Was Hell," Nazis Admit
    105 16 London, S.-pt. IT. "THE way to Novgorod was simply hell," states Dr. Goebbels* newspaper, Voelkisher Beobachter, quoted by the Moscow radio. "It Is a thing nobody will ever forget." the newspaper adds. "The enemy has some reckless soldiers who seem to have no
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    AXIS CONTINUING EFFORTS TO EXTEND WAR TO PACIFIC
    313 16 Canberra, Sept. 17. THE Australian Minister for External Affairs, Sir Frederick Stewart, in a speech in the House of Representatives u>-day, in which he reviewed ihi- *ur situation, declared that the situation was one of continuous suspense and the underlying reasons which
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    "Tokio No longer Sure Of Axis Victory"
    72 16 Washington, Sept. 18. MR. E. V. IZAC, member or the House of Representatives Foreign Allalrs Committee, told the United Press today there are "growing Indications Japan is no longer sure Germany will win" Therefore, Mr. Izac said, the prospeeU are Improved for a
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    140 Allied Vessels Arrive In New York Within 36 Hours
    85 16 New York, Sept. 16. THE New York Daily News to-day published a spectacular aerial photograph of the arrival m New York harbour of a part of a great argosy of 104 British Dutch and Norwegian merchant ships, all of wW
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    Forcing Bulgars To Fight Soviet
    126 16 Zurich, Sept. 17. A CCORDING to a R3m 5 di.<path the Italian Government has be?n informed by the WKhclmstr?s;e that G3rmany considers the moment ha? now arrived when Bulgaria should participate actively in the war aga.nsi Russia. It is reported that the Italian Government has
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    Nazis Plug Hole In Allied Blockade
    139 16 Nazis Plug Hole In Allied Blockade London, Sept. 17. SPEAKING In London yesterday. Dr. Hugh Dalton. the British Minl<t»r 3f Economic Warfare, referred b^th to the help Britain Is sending to Russia and the help Russian resistance Is jfT-Tding the common cause. Previously, he said, supplies fr^m th* Far East
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    19 16 London, Sept. 17. NEW Zealand's ilrst Victoria Cross recipient m this war, SergeantPilot James A. Ward. Is reported missing.—Reuter.
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    CHINESE DENY BURMA ROAD BLOCKED
    25 16 Chungking Sept. 17. CIRCLES here V* to-day denied a Japanese claim that the Burma Road had been blocked. -United Prr«-.
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    'ANGLO-U.S. POLICIES IN EAST SHOULD BE CO-ORDINATED'
    216 16 Canbera, Sept. 17. MR. A. W. Fadden, Australian Prime Minister, addressing the House of R»nre«entativcs tn-doy. «nid the Commonwealth regarded it at* of the highest importance that Imperi il and American policies m the Far East should be co-ordinated. "1 do not regard
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    Japanese Hold Two British Ships
    93 16 Shanghai, Sept. 17. THE Japanese-controlled Shanghai Customs held two British ships to-day on Customs regulations. The departure of the s.s. Zoella Lykes was held up because of an impioper manifest. The ship was stopped when she attempted to sail la.st nißht. The Japanese have also
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    39 16 Shanghai. Sept. 17. IMPLICATED In the shooting of a 1 Japanese gandarme and bombing of the branch headquarters of the Japanese gendarmerie, ten Chnmkine terrorisj have been "severely punished" by court-martial, states the local Japanese newspaper Tairiku Shimpo.— Reuter
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