The Straits Times, 20 September 1941

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  • 36 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NBARLT A OENTURtI MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 2 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1941. PRICE LENTS The Straits Times 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1941 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    • 26 2 Mrs A. Rhlnd wishes to thank all those who kindly sent messages of sympathy on the death of her mother, Mrs. Mudes Barber, In Australia.
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    • 536 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo booklnga subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTKKN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $200.00 (Aust. £29.0.0)
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    • 339 3 RAFFLES HOTEL TO DAY'S POPULAR TIFFIN -TIME RENDEZVOUS LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL RIJSTTAFEL ••rod fro-. 12 30 to 2.30 pm ORCHESTRAL COXCERT TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE (formal) 8 p.m to I am cabaret RIIQTPR SL MA(.niF Tllfc l v ATTRACTION DUO I a-il 01 IfIKUUII- HULA C.IRI ROOF VOITB
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  • 330 4 DULL OPENING BUT PRICES UNCHANGED (By Oar Financial Correspondent) Singapore. Sept. 30. T*HERE is little change to report in the share markets this morning. The opening was dull and there was no appreciable price changes yesterday but, generally, in the tin and rubber share sections there are
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  • 51 4 New York, Sept. 19. •ipHE following were prices of Straits Tin m cents per pound on the New York Commodity Exchange to-day and yesterday Ipot leptcmber )ctcber rovember )ecember arju. 10 scpi. 13 52 52 51.85 51.85 51.62 51 6?»/ 2 5155 51.25 5050 50.50 —United
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  • 70 4 AIR mail clos to-day at 12.30 p.m. for I Aden. Africa. Australia, Burma. Ceylon, Egypt. Great Britain. India. Java, Mauritius, New Zea'and. Bumi>tra <Mi dan and Palem- bans) and Thclland. I A special air mall for Sarawak, except Miri, will close at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Air mails
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  • 1384 4 FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 1941 4 P.M. MUTING Ampat (Ss) 2s »d 3a Austral Amal (5s) 7a 7a 3d id. Austral Malay (t) 32s 33a Ayer HlUm (fa) Its M 17a td s.d. Ayer Weng ($1) .85 .90 Bangno Dn i£) l> 6o Id Batu Selanjror
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  • 61 4 Dow Jones Averages New York, Sept. 19. "THE following were Dow Jones aver1 ages on the New York Stock Exchange and Commodity Exchange to-day and yesterday 30 Industrials 128.77 125.95 20 Rails 2940 29.10 16 Utilities 18.92 18.70 40 Bonds 8990 89.78 Commodity Index unrece ved
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  • 1139 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1941. (748th. Day Of The War.) Power Let us be perfectly frank with ourselves. There is nothing cynicaJ m a plain recognition that this Is a war for power. All power corrupts, said Lord Acton. An absolute power corrupts absolutely. And because of
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  • 31 6 London, Sept. 19. THE Texas House of Representatives has passed a resolution advisins Mr. Chirles Lindbergh not to make speeches m the state of Texas.— Reuter.
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  • 963 6  -  Ernest H. Bartlett By How The Battle Of The Atlantic Is Being Won IT'S a different war this time. It is a war in which soldiers go to sea and share their quarters with merchant seamen, naval gunners and, marines. And, as
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  • 465 6 "TOBRUK'S DESERT RATS"— Haw Haw SOLDIERS WHO HAVE SAVED EGYPT IN World War conditions, amicst narrow trenches and barbed wire, and forward observation posts and night patrols, exploits which deserve the Victoria Cross take Dlace almost i every day The men of Tobruk have I come to regard them as
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  • 201 6 Tokio, Sept. 20. AS a first move towards reaching settlement of the issues between Japan and the United States, the two countries should alter their attitudes towards each other, says the Ameri-can-owned Japan News Week, commenting on the American-Japanese conversations in Washington. The periodical
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  • 57 6 Cairo, Sept. 2D. 'nOMBS were dropped In the Sues Canal Darea m the course of an air raid early on Friday morning." states an Bryptlun Mini; try of the Interior communique. "Three people were Injured and the damage done waa insignificant. Alerts
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  • Correspondence
    • 151 6 School Children May Not Come To Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Time* 8tr.— Many Malayan parents of children attending schools In Western Australia are very perturbed at the Immigration authorities' refusal to grant permits (or children over the a*e of ten years to visit their homes
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    • 294 6 Indian Method Of Assessment To the i:dit>r oi thr Straits Time* Sir. The vexed problem of income tax seems ever before the public eye. We hear lmans and g'oans. especially frjm people who s.gn themselves "Prospective Bolyhi': and ether amusing noms de plume. It may b? unfortunate for your
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  • 297 6 Workers Help Russia By Hindering Nazis Special Cable London, Sept. 16. THE Swiss Press publishes comment* on French unrest. The Tribune de Geneve stat?s: "The great outbreak of violence In France during the past week is part of an organized scheme to immobilize the maximum German
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  • 42 6 Melbourne, Sept. 20. AUSTRALIA'S shipbuilding programme is being speeded up »nd considerably exceeds earlier estiraatts. It aims at comple.ion of 50 na :al »ossels. including destroyers, before the end of 1942. Building Uln t.-ogrrsa In four States. Reuter.
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    • 82 6 THE COMMON SENSE OF NUDISM. by George Reley Scott. The author brings clarity of mind and common sense to bear upon a sane, accurate, frank Sc comprehensive survey of the whole Nudist movement. Price *3.M PMtace JO*. G. H. KIAT CO., LTD., 8, Robinson Road— Singapore. Don't Neglect Your Vision!
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  • 833 7 Fierce Fighting In Outskirts Of City OUTER DEFENCES PIERCED AFTER 7-WEEK EFFORT Position At Odessa Said To Have Improved A FTER nearly seven weeks ot ceaseless attacks, and at the cost of enormous losses in manpower and equipment, the Germans have pierced
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  • 189 7 London, Sept. 20. /*«OMMENTING on the latest German claims of immense successes In the Ukrainian sector, a Reuter military expert says: "The German claims can be treated in the light of their previous exaggerations. Thus in matters where there can be no doubt, such
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  • 57 7 Moscow, Sept. 20. MUSLIMS m the Soviet Union arc ITI urged to invoke Allah's wrath against Hltlerism, "the common enemy of religion," and to take up arms Jn defence of the Fatherland. The message was sent to his followers by the Chief Mufti of
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  • 239 7 British Warships In U.S. Waters Washington, Sept. 19. THE United States Navy Department has announced that 12 British warships, including the battleship Warspite, are now in American ports for repairs, provisioning and other purposes. This announcement was made under the new publicity policy. In addition to these 12 ships there
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  • 150 7 Batavia, Sept. 20. TTHE object of his visit is to meet the Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies and lay the foundations for the American-British-Chinese-Du£ch diplomatic front," said Mr. Alfred Duff Cooper, British Cabinet Minister, who is m Java now m the course of his tour
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  • 408 7 London, Sept. 20 yHE most serious development in the fighting in Russia in the past week has been the increased German threat to the Ukraine, where their progress must be regarded as a serious menace to the Russian armies in Kiev area, says
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  • 93 7 Washington, Sept. 19. AT his Press conference to-day, President Roosevelt said that he had no comment to make on a London newspaper report asserting that the United States Navy had sunk an Axis raider. According to an authoritative source m London, the reported
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  • 271 7 State Secrets Alleged To Have Been Copied Canberra, Sept. 20. \4R. John Curtin, leader of the AusI tralian Labour Party, who on Wednesday gave notice of a question bearing on public administration and employment of Government funds and who was assured on Thursday by the
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  • 147 7 London, Sept. 20. THE new Shah of Iran, Mohammed Rlza, ha* confirmed AH Furughl in the premiership, states the Teheran radio. The formation of a new Cabinet is under consideration. The Shah has granted a general amnesty, and a number of political prisoners were released
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  • 92 7 London. Sept. 20. i OLENHEIM aircraft of the Coastal Command attacked a small sup-ply-ship m the Bay of Biscay yesterday morning. Four bombs hit the vessel, states an Air Ministry communique. Fighters carried out a number of offensive patrols over occupied territory and the
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  • 130 7 Japanese Hold U.S. British Ships Shanghai, Sept. 20. TTWO British and one American vessel 1 are reported to be at present detained by the local Japanese Army or Japan-controlled customs authorities, for various reasons. The British ships are stated to be the Jardine steamer Mowsang and another ship named Chintaitzu.
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  • 166 7 Cincinnati, Sept. 19. «THE United States embargo is al- ready beginning to show important effects on the national life of militaristic Japan," declared the Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Hu Shih, in a speech here. "I am confident the American people, once they fully realize the wonderful
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  • 91 7 Thailand Indo-China Accept Proposals Shanghai, Sept. 20. TWE Thailand— Indo-China demiliI tarization committee, at lt> second meeting yesterday, accepted the Japanese proposals relating to the policing of demilitarized zones Involving the size and character of the forces and matters relating to air and other transit over the zone, according to
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  • 182 7 'Murder At Ever} 7 Street Corner' London, Sept. 20. THE German-controlled Vichy radio let the cat out of the bag regarding attacks on Hermans when the announcer said last night: In certain sections of th population, for one person working for the reconstruction of France there
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  • 92 7 "U.S. Navy Operating In Wartime Conditions" Washington, Sept. 19. npHE United States Navy is now operating m actual wartime conditions with an enemy close by." a spokesman of the Navy Department to-day told the Senate Sub-Committee for Naval Affairs. The spokesman urged the speedy passage of a Bill to eliminate
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    • 28 7 £§§1 ltt« \m i SIS *25 One of two 20.000 kW. 3.000 r.p.m. Metrovick Two-Cylinder Turbo-Alternator Sets installed at the Shanghai Power Station. METROPOLITAN-VICKERS ELECTRICAL EXPORT CO., LTD.
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  • 409 8 Money From Baseball Game Prominent In To-day's List ADDITIONS to The War Fund arc below the average to-day, and the gross total is increased by slightly under $1,000 to $5803,812. A very useful sum was raised at the baseball match between the Americans and
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  • 223 8 Proceedings To Be Filmed In Colour PASSENGERS who have booked accommodation on the special K.N.IX.M. Indies air line) plane which Is to travel to Kuchuift for *h e Sarawak cencenary celebrations, include two newspapermen and two passengers who will fl!m tile celebrations in colour, while more newspapermen
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  • 131 8 S.S. (S.) A. EQUALITY IN COLONIAL SERVICE A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Straits Set'lements 'Singapore) Association if. to consider and report on the question of equality of opportunity for all .subjects of Hii Majesty m the Colony. 'I his decision was arrived at following the receipt of a letter from a
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  • 33 8 PROFESSOR T. GREGORY. Economic Adviser to the Government of India, who is now visiting Malaya, will give a broadcast talk from the Singapore station at 9.30 p.m. to-morrow.
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  • 74 8 THE Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association is to inquire from Government whether it is satisfied with the question of manpower and will suggest the desirability ol extending the manpower rcgisUr to include British subjects of all races. At a recent meeting of the Association's committee, a letter was read
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  • 45 8 MR. YEO SIM KANG of the Kandang Kerbau Post Ofllce writes to say that he is not the Yeo Sim Kang Involved m a charge of attempted robbery at Duncarn Road, a report of which aDpeared m the Straits Times of Sept. 17.
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  • 34 8 Pleading guilty to a charge of giving false Information to the Naval B.ue authorities m order to enter the Base, K. Marimnthu alias N. Ramasamy was fined $10 m the Singapore Second Court yesterday
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  • 152 8 RAFFLFS HOTFI SpeclaJ Dinner tc Dance (Formal» 8 ivm to 1 a.m. GRF-AT WORLD Cabarrt: Tea Dance from 7.30 p.m. late Dance 9 30 to 1 a.m. Globe: South of Suez. Sky: Bandits of The Air. B\PPV THKATRF (Ilapoj World) Here Cornea the Navy. Seaside: Slave Ship. NEW WORLB
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  • 54 8 THE committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore* Association has decided, m view ot the difficulties it I might give rise to. not to support a proposal that the Color. y should follow the practice m Hong Kong of declaring one day per week a government holiday for the
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  • 29 8 EVIDENCE given before the Worley Commission on corruption is being sifted and will be considered by the Commission. Further public meetings will be held if considered necessary.
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  • 35 8 The Singapore Buddhist Union will celebrate New Moon service under the liatronage of Mrs. Chew Keow Chtm and Mn. Tan Keng Lock at p.m. to-morrow at 731. Oeykang Road. A discourse on Buddhism will fellow.
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  • 239 8 Alleged Offence "After Hours" "THIS is the first prosecution of 1 its kind and I would like to impress upon the Singapore public ti.at customers are liable to be proi secuted if they ask for beer after Illcensed hours," said Mr. G. C. C. Blafcstad of
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  • 103 8 ALLEGED to have possessed instruments for counterfeiting the trade mark of a company named Friedr Herder Und Sohn on July 14, and secondly with possessing goods for sale bearing this false trade mark. Low Wing and Ciiong Kee Sian were sentenced to nine months' rigorous Imprisonment each
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  • 101 8 THIE DEATH of a prisoner at the old prl- I sons at Outrun Road on the morning ol Srpt it) was inquired into by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G Porter, and a common I Jury yesterday. Kvtdence showed that the prisoner, SS-year-old L:ra
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  • 62 8 IN celebration of the birthday of King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand, the Thai Consul- General In Singapore, Luang Vudhisara Netlnati, is giving a I tea party at his residence in Claymore I Road to-day j A special programme will be broadcast at 9 45 p.m. to-day
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  • 49 8 CHARGED with stealing an automatic pUtol worth $20 belonging to U Bdr Brouse from .he S.V.C. armoury between July 29 axd Sept. 14, last year. Ng Chi Hok cialmed trial m the Singapore Second Court yesterday. The case was postponed to Sept. 26.
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  • 783 8 RAJA MUSA. who said he was a member of the Colonial Legal Service and lecturer in lr.w at Raffles College to Malay probationers, appeared in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday befcre Mr. C. H. Whltton on a charge of negligent driving along Thomson Roac'
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  • 125 8 S.S. (S) A. To Debate Council Reform A SPECIAL itirrtin or the coinmittee of the StrmiU Settlements (Singapore) Association is to be called to fully discus* the subject of the Unofficial majority on the Legislative Council. At the last committee met tin;;, a letter wm read drawing attention to extravagant
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  • 170 8 Methods Of Attack Demonstrated IUST how a machine-gun platoon would go into action was demonstrated to Press representatives "somewhere In Singapore' yesterday by troops from a British regiment. Arriving at the scene of the demonstration in two military trucks, the platoon was immediately deployed lor action. A
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  • 40 8 A CHINESE woman living m a lane off Geylang Road was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon bleeding severely from a stab wound m the leg. A man. alleged to be her husband, has been detained by the police.
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  • 297 8 Held Up To Ensure Reciprocal Treatment For Britishers THE Japanese liner Hakone Maru, which was to have sailed from Singapore yesterday for Japan with about 100 Japanese evacuees from Malaya, was detained in port by the local authorities "pending an agreement for reciprocal treatment
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  • 68 8 *THK Japanese liner Hakonc Mam 1 which has been detained in Singapore with Japanese er»c*eev has been given port facilities and clearance papers, it is officially stated. The Singapore office of the N.V.K., the ships owners, state the liner will saU (or Japan at dawn to-morrow. She is
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  • 287 8 MR. Leonard O. Mosley. British Allied Newspapers war corresi pondcnt, author of a book on experiences In Holland during the German invasion, and one ol the last British newspapermen to leave Berlin at the outbreak of war, arrived in Singapore yesterday from the Middle
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  • 247 9 Ixindon, Sept. 19. THE new German drive to the Crimea foreshadows 1 a possible Axis showdown with Turkey, according to military circles here to-day. Reports reaching here, they said, indicated the German drive through Kherson had cut off the Crimea from the mainland, setting the
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  • 56 9 London, Sept. 19. ANEW type of merchant slip to carry 1,500 tons of cargo fa to be mass-produced on the inland waterways of the United States It is reckoned that these ships can be turned oat m two months. Th« Irst of their
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  • 143 9 Chungking, Sept. 19. CEVERAi. columns of Japanese troops 3 launched a simultaneous drive In north Hunan, pushing southward and crossing the gintslan* River, at the same time effecting landings on the eastern shore of fungting Lake, m the vicinity of Yin~tirn. according to Chinese
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  • 39 9 Tokio, Sept. 19. THE Hime Ministry annc:m;e3 today that a nationwide air defence dr 11 will bs held frr t?n days, beginning from Oct. 12 ins.cad of Oct. 22. The reason for the change was not disclosed. United Press.
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  • 319 9 Germans Impose Curfew In Paris Vichy, Sept. 18. THE German authorities in Paris to-day ordered a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew, effective immediately, as a result of the recent attacks on Nazi military officials, reports United Press. The newspapers published the decree. Cinemas, theatres, and restaurants have been ordered
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  • 54 9 Sydney, Sept. 18. MR. Percy Spender, the Australian Minister for the Army, announced to day that of the members of the A.I.F. posted as missing, over half have been traced. Hundreds have rejoined their units, while others were in hospital. The remainder were prisoners
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  • 44 9 London. S«>t. 19. TTHK leader of the British economic 1 mission to Moscow, Mr. L. Cadbury, is back m Britain. He will confer with Lord Beaverbrook, Miniver of SuDp!y. who is to head the British delegation to the forthcoming An glo-Russian-tnlted States talks— Renter.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 333 9 Broadc asting TO-DAY SINGAPORE 7.I1L tU a >1» a/ea. /.HP.l M.M m S.U a/ea. ZHP.i 4158 m C.17S a/ea. KRP3 II. U m '»a/(t ZHL, ZHF1, 7.HPJ and ZHT3. 10 a.m. "Songs ol the Malaysian Isles" recorded; 11 a.m. Radha Rart party; 11 45 a.m. Interval; 12 noon, A recorded
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    • 47 9 layed from Lor-fon: t.45 p.m. News In Arublc; 9.06 p.m. News In French; 9.30 Hindustani music; 9.30 p.m. Hindustani programme Including news commentary relayed from London; 10 p.m. Malay music; 10.15 p.m. Weekly news review in Malay; 10. 10 p.m. News in Mandarin; 10.45 p.m. Close down.
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  • 304 10 Warning So*nded By First Lord London, Sept. 19. pONSIDERATION of the difficulties "-mounted may rightly give Britain confidence and courage for the stern and testing times which lie ahead, declared the British First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, at a luncheon In London
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  • 220 10 Jackson (Mich.i, Sept. 19. THE possibility that "landplanes," presumably at my bombers, might b». used in the Battle of the Atlantic was Indicated by the Assistant War t Secretary, Mr. John McCloy, in a speech to the Michigan Bar Association to-day, reports Reuter. He declared
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  • 124 10 London, Sept. 19. AURORA Borealis has affected IX wireless reception In munv parts of the world. After having continued 5u r of electrical sunspots. the dis.urbancc snowed no abatement this afternoon, according to observatory officials, who say it is one of the mas' violent ever recorded.
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  • 110 10 London, Sept. 19. rE news that President Roosevelt has asked Ccngress for a further $6, COO, 000, 000 for the Lease-Lend progr.imme was greeted enthusiastically yesterday by the British Press. The Daily Telegraph declared that th- application for surh a stupendous vote is an impressive s quel
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  • 378 10 Teheran, Sept. 19. THE whereabouts of the ex-Shah of Persia are not known, but it is believed he is in the neighbourhood of Isphahan. The police are taking precautions against tribesmen of southern Iran, who are now stalking the ex-Shah, intent on taking
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  • 79 10 London. Sept. 19. THE recent tide of anger against the German Ambassador in Buenos Aires reached its climax to-dav, when two bombs were thrown at the embassy. No great damatre was done and nobody was hurt Earlier this week, the German Ambassador, von Thurmann. hid
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  • 85 10 London, Sept. 19. |T Is oilicially stated that a Dutch sub1 marine operating with the Royal Navy m the Mediterranean has sunk a 1 200- ton Italian falling vessel Ly gunfire and torpedred an Italian supply ship of 6.000 torn which was seen to sink
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  • 640 11 DELOW is given the full card of events at Ipoh to-day, v the final day of the Perak Turf Club's September meeting. The double totes will be on races three and five and seven and nine, and the big sweep will be drawn on
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  • 180 11 SELECTIONS for to-day's race at Ipoh are: STRAITS TIMES Race I: Teddy Boy, Micky Rooney. Race 2: Jaguar. Celloftrt. Race 3: First Ra, Grofmo. Race 4: Mill Rush, Scotch Melody. Race 5: Lined Up, Counsel. Race 6: Moonwin, Tiderace. Race 7: Lover's Fite, Pro Patria Race 8:
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  • 277 11 Spartans Beat Tengah 4— 0 In Cud Game Spartans 4; K.A.F. iren«ah) a. MAKING their debut this seasan. the Spartans ell-nißiUd the R.A.F. 'Tetiirah) from the S.A.F.y riial'wngr Cap competition at Anson Riad stadium yesterday, winning f.-ur-nil. m. impressive at (be start, th* vwrtam revealed fine form mute the Inn
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  • 198 11 S.C.C. TENNIS RESULTS FURTHER TIES rUE loUowing are the result* of yesterday's ties m the B.C.C. autumn tennis tournament: Men's Doubles Handicap: Ft.-Lt A W. i Reynell and W. H. Drooglever (—15.2) heat! M. W. Col? and K. J. Tovey < +2) S— 7. 6—3, 6—3:6 3: N. W. Bcbine
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  • 44 11 II the Y.M.C.A. bad bad a better for1 ward line y-sUre'ay thry mould hare easily beaten the Royal Aim; Ordnance Corps at hockey. As it was they were just able to bold the Corps to a draw of three coals alL
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  • 131 11 TO-DAY SOCCER: KfK»»e dlvfaiwi. R.A.F. vs. Cblnrte Athlrtlr, Ansoa Road SUdiu.n; second division (a), R.A. (B.M.I t«. Moravia, BlaJianc Mali; second division (b), I.A. v«. Naval Base Indians, Farrer Park; Post Office vs. Wanderers, P.O.; KranJI ts. Stamford, Kranjl. The 8.C.C. bare firm the Manchester* a walkover
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  • 233 11 "Seagate Stable" To Have Good Day (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. *>• "CEAOATK Stable's" candidates. Moonwln, Lady iustre, Ualnuin and School Boy. •should be winners to-day, the final day of th« Perak meeting. The going Is food. Moonwin w nt exceedingly well, and 1* 'tronpv fancl-d
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  • 197 11 DETECTIVE Branch and Marin* division, with 15 pcints. won the Denham Cup at the Police Depot last ni£ht. when the finals of the Southern Settlement police ch&mrk>n«hips were derided Mr. O. C. Denham. a former In-spector-General of Police. BS.. who donated the cup many years aaro. nresertpd
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  • 68 11 THE Combined R A. S.C. and K-LA.S.C. 1 im -rd their hockey sexwn wMh a victory by ttr odd cnal In upven aver the KC.RC. at Hong Urn Oreen y»ter«!ay. The Srvl<-« t«im whtrh irclurled lee A l > Lc!:e, a former Perak Stat-
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  • 385 11 THE Singapore Turf Clul/s Winter meeting 1 1941 will be held at Buklt Timah on Saturday. Nov. 8, Wednesday, Nov. 12, and Saturday, Nov. 15, according to the official programme Issued yesterday. Entries will close at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 38. Horses m classes
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  • 228 12 DUFF COOPER GREATLY PLEASED WITH DEFENCES IN THE FAR EAST Batavia, Sept. 19. "/^REAT Drit.iin will not sit idly by and allow the Neth'erlands Indies to be attacked. Mutual understanding between the British and the Dutch could not be better." Thus declared Mr.
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  • 196 12 Bangkok, Sept. 19. "U7E tuke off our hats to Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert BrookePopham, Commander-in-Chief, Far East, for the happy manner m which he ovnro«(>(i hi« nnrtprstanriincr nf he expressed his understanding or Thailand m the course of a recent
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  • 193 12 CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CHINA BURMA GROWING Rangoon, Sept. 29. THE inter-dependence of the security of China and Burma on each other was emphasized by the leader of the Chinese delegation, Mr. T. K. Tseng, at the opening of the Sino-Burmese negotiations on Chinese emigration into Burma this morning. Mr. Tseng, whose
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  • 189 12 Bangkok. Sept. 19. BY 42 votes to 21, the Thai National Assembly this afternoon threw out a private member's bill which sought a ban on the entry cf foreigners of all nationalities into Thailand in view of the present critical international
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  • 149 12 Chungking, Sept. 19. rO Chinese Government scientific parties have completed preparations to observe the eclipse of the sun to-morrow the first lotnl eclinse to be observed in the populous areas of China In 500 years. The eclipse this year will throw a shadow across 51,000
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  • 121 12 I.cndon. Sept. 19. A MESSAGE from T»kio says that more than 50 members of the staff of the Russian embassy there yesterday left with their wires to return to Russia. Anv»ng them was the wife of the Russian Ambassador, M Smetanin. No reason is riven for this
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  • 426 12 GERMANS LOSE 112 PLANES IN DAY IN DOGFIGHTS AND ON THE GROUND Ixmdon, Sept. 19. IN the central sector of the Eastern Front, Marshal Timo- shenko is keeping up his attacks. Many new successes in this sector are reported in the latest Moscow
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  • 103 12 New York, Sept. 19. NEARLY 2M American pursuit planes are frying nish»d u> Russia In response to a Soviet plea for concrete American assistance, n-ell-informed quarters revealed here to-dav. Planes turned over to Britain under the I.enri-Leise Act were released to Russia at the request
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