Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun), 21 February 1942
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Title Section12 1942-02-21 1 THE SYONAN TIMES I\o. 2 FEBRUARY 21, 2602, SYOWA 17 5 cents12 words
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290 1942-02-21 1 Australia's Northern Defences Crippled Thirteen Enemy Warships 46 Aircraft Destroyed Tokyo, Feb. 20. THIRTEEN enemy vessels were sunk while 46 aircraft were either shot down or destroyed in Thursday's air raid on Port Darwin by Nipponese naval air force, the Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo announced290 words
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Article130 1942-02-21 1 IN naming Singapore isiana Syonan, the Nipponese Government hopes to bring prosperity to all civilians in Syonan. We think it appropriate to explain the meaning of Syonan. Some of you already know that this era in Nippon history is called Syowa. The meaning of Syo is130 words
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Article93 1942-02-21 1 (From a war base in Burma) Tokyo. Feb. 20. NIPPONESE army air corps in large formations conducted raids on enemy military positions in Northern Burma several times on Thursday, inflicting heavy blows on the retreating British troops. Meanwhile, it is disclosed that the Nipponese army engineering corps93 words
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Article30 1942-02-21 1 HELP to restore the normai life of the city by returning to your trade, re-opening your shops or stores, laundries and bakeno etc., as soon as possible.30 words
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Article60 1942-02-21 1 Shanghai. GEN. Sir Archibald Wavell, Allied Commander-in-Chief in the south-west Pacific, has been wounded, according to reliable British information from Madrid. Gen. Wavell is now under medical treatment. Although the report does not disclose when and how Gen. Wavell was wounded, it is presumed that he was wounded60 words
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Article33 1942-02-21 1 COMMUNICATION with the Malay Peninsula will be restored as soon as possible. The wanton destruction of civilian amenities caused by the retreating British has been enormous but these are being rapidly repaired.33 words
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Article164 1942-02-21 1 Lisbon, Feb. 20. DEFLECTING the great Allied concern over the Nipponese advance, Denis McEvoy, N.B.C. commentator and formerly news correspondent in Tokyo, says in a broadcast that unless large-seal** reinforcements can arrive and arrive in time, the fate of Java is foredoomed. Meanwhile, Press reports from164 words
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Article167 1942-02-21 1 Nanking, Feb. 20. IT has been decided that Gen. Chiang Kai-shek is to be appointed Commander-in-Chief of the forces of Britain and China with headquarters to be established at Mandalay. information reaching Nanking revealed on Thursday. This appointment reflects the British design to let the167 words
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Article139 1942-02-21 1 IFrom a certalVo^olnFeb u™il' N? v p e ?NE^nt arra7 nZ Thursday and bombed Mandalay and Pynmana. Large formations of Nipponese bombers and fighters appeared over Mandalay shortly after 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon and released many bombs on military objectives In the city, inflicting a heavy139 words
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Article55 1942-02-21 1 (Special News Release by Press Agency) A CCORDING to an announcement by a reliable source it was stated that an express train ran between Pnom-Penh (Indo-China) and Syonan last night. This train is only for Army use, but it will be made ava:l--able to all55 words
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Article66 1942-02-21 1 Hong Kong, Feb. 20. AT a ceremony held at the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. General Isogai was appointed the new Governor of Hong Kong. General Isogai was on the stail of the headquarters of the Nipponese Army at the beginning of the Chinese66 words
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Article123 1942-02-21 1 LisDon *eD. U/INSTON CHURCHILL, Bri- tish Prime Minister, has changed his cabinet to only seven members under pressure of public opinion on account of the reverses on the war fronts. C. R- Attlee becomes Vice-Premier and also takes over the Ministry of Colonies. The post of Lord123 words
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450 1942-02-21 2 Tomoyuki Yamashita - Tomoyuki Yamashita erally accepted as an unsurmountable fortress. Ap NiDiion armies, however, have taken a military operation over the mJttJ* JSSJS? they have overwhelmedl the, wtae j«—J <& handle. Oriirinallv the English has entertained extremely egoistic and dogmatic princioles and tAey not450 words
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Article238 1942-02-21 3 This newspaper enters upon its second day of publication but in the short time which has elapsed since the first issue, which was hurriedly prepared and asnt to press, there has been abundant evidence that the public desire for some statement from the Nippon authorities has been238 words
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Article92 1942-02-21 3 When matters relating to the public and ordinary organizations of Syonan have been restored in the near future various amusement centres, cinemas, theatres and cabarets will be thrown open to the public. Apart from these amenities folk customs and dances and operas and dramas of the various92 words
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Article50 1942-02-21 3 DAMAGED Tokyo, Feb. 20. IN another communique issued *on Friday morning, the Imperial Headquarters announced that the Nipponese army air corps, operating in the JavaSumatra sector, severely damaged at Buitenzorg 27 enemy aircraft and shot down two aircaft. In this raid, there were no Nipponese casualties.50 words
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Article218 1942-02-21 3 Peace Returns After Week Of Horror 11/AR clouds still hover cer Singapore, now Syonan Island, as I write my impressions of that fateful week endu? Sunday Feb. 15, during which a mixed British force sought futile ly to stem the terrible might ct the Nipponese military218 words
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Article339 1942-02-21 3 It would be impossible for anybody who was not in Syonan during those three days to picture the utter chaos that reigned in this city. Everywhere one turned the sight of mud and blood bespattered humanity met the eye. Civilians and soldiers alike died by the thousands while339 words
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Article80 1942-02-21 3 Berlin, Feb. 20. THE German news agency reports from Rangoon that Nipponese forces, operating in Burma, have crossed the river Bilin at several points and are at present advancing in several directions. A Vichy message states that Nipponese units have broken through the British defence line80 words
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Article183 1942-02-21 3 At nights the glare from these fires lighted up the city shedding a brighter glow than that from the normal city lights. At times the light from these fires was so powerful that one could have read a book had the inclination to do so existed. Thousand. 0183 words
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Article74 1942-02-21 3 Saigon, Feb. 20. AN A.B.C. radio broadcast inter- cepted in Saigon on Thursday stated that Mr. John Curtin, Australian Prime Minister, commenting on Thursday afternoon's air raid on Port Darwin, stated that the Commonwealth Government considered the attack as being of a grave nature.74 words
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Advertisement73 1942-02-21 3 PUBLIC NOTICE The Nippon Authority of Pulau Shonan desires the following persons to report for duty. 1. Workers and Engineers of Gas, Electric, Waterworks and those connected with Broadcasting. They should report for duty at the Nippon Army Administration Office at the Municipal Building, Singapore, immediately. 2. The civilians are73 words
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Advertisement343 1942-02-21 3 ADVERTISEMENTS Personal or business advertisements will be accepted at the office of The Shonan Times in Cecil Street. To Ngatinah bin Hassan, 33 Jalan Lempan, Kampong Johore, Batu Pahat. From Esmail bin Hassan. 42 Nassim Road, Singapore. We are all safe and well and working for the Nipponese. To Wuck343 words
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Article285 1942-02-21 4 ESSENTIAL SERVICES BEING RESTORED Duty Of People To Burn Bury All Rubbish THE last shot has been fired in the battle for 1 Syonan and the city is once again beginning to breathe freely. v. One of the first orders issued by the Nippon Army authorities285 words
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92 1942-02-21 4 THURSDAY'S RAID ON JAVA Dutch American Air Losses Tokyo, Feb. 20. FOLLOWING an aerial attack on Java on Thursday afternoon, carried out by the Japanese air force on Buitenzorg and Bandoeng, Japanese planes shot down 19 enemy aircraft belonging to the Dutch and American air forces, the Imperial Headquarters in92 words
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Article221 1942-02-21 4 Humanitarian Act By Nipponese Doctor AN example of the great interest taken In the welfare of the people in Malaya by the New Order in Greater East Asia has come to Singapore (Syonan;, serving to illustrate the humanitarian trait in the Nipponese A few days221 words
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Article364 1942-02-21 4 mHE Japanese High Command has issued "•JJJ"^ administrative^ and economic systems id** personnel retaining their PH ni! be restored as Quickly as iSssib?e and all employees should continue in %£i£fi^ broad^g is prohibited lationf are to be strictly enforced with special reference to the control of lighting SthiThourJTol flarkness.364 words
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Article103 1942-02-21 4 rIE fundamental reason* why Singapore capitulated on Feb. 19 as by a special reporter of United Press Batavia are as to"™B' 1 Because the civilian population in Malaya cooperated with the Nippon SoY The British Government failed to protect the inhabitants. When war broke out they gave103 words
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Article337 1942-02-21 4 BRITISH DUTCH ARE EXPELLED Nipponese Occupy Timor Island Stockholm, Feb. 20. fcTIPPONESE army and navy units have landed in Timor Island, according to an announcement from the Imperial Headquarters at one o'clock on Friday afternoon. The announcement disclosed that Nipponese army and navy units at dawn on Feb 20 effected337 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous69 1942-02-21 4 NIPPON LESSON Good morning: Ohayo gozaimasu. Good day: Konnichi wa Good evening: Komban wa Goodbye: Sayonara Thank you: Arigato. How are you? Ikaga desu? I am quite well: Taihen yoroshii It is very warm: Taihen atsui One: Ichi Two: Ni Three: San Four: Shi Five: Go Six: Roku Seven: Shlchi69 words
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