Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun), 20 April 1942

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  • 21 1 THE SYONAN TIMES 140 Cecil Street, Syonan-to j Telephone 5471. No. 52 MONDAY, APRIL 20 KOKI 2602, SYOWA 17 5 Cents
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  • 465 1 Enemy Loses 120 Planes Vast War Materials RECONSTRUCTION WORK IN RANGOON COMMENCED Tokyo, April 18. THE remarkable war successes gained by our forces operating in Burma were announced in the latest communique issued by Dai-Honyei (Imperial Headquarters) on Saturday morning. The communique states that after
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  • 84 1 From an undisclosed Base April 19. (Domei). AUR troops, continuing their moppingv up campaigns in Billiton Island, cast of Sumatra, occupied Mangar and Tandjong Pandan up to April 10. Our forces interned approximately 40 Dutch as well as assumed complete control of the tin mines on the
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  • 66 1 (From an undisclosed base) Tokyo, Apr. 18. THE spirit of Nippon Bushido was exemplified recently when one of our submarines fen the point of releasing: a depth charge on an enemy ship withheld the discharge immediately on noticing: that it was an enemy hospital ship,
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  • 72 1 Bangkok, Apr. 18. PLANS have been formulated lor the transfer of Thailand's capital from Bangkok to another appropriate city, and leaders of the Thai Government already have started an inspection of possible sites, according to the Bangkok Chronicle, an Englishlanguage paper in the
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  • 118 1 Hsinkin*. Apr. 19 (Domei). IT is officially announced that, in view of Manchakuo's rising position in the world and her important role in the Greater East Asia war, the Bureau of Foreign Affairs will be elevated to the status of Ministry. The Imperial ordinances in
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  • 441 1 Prom the PI. front, April 19 (Domei). QUR air reconnaissance revealed that v our forces which landed on- the noithem and southern shores of Panay Island on April 16 had already neared the centre of the island yesterday morning. It was disclosed
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  • 306 1 Heavy Warships And Merchantmen Losses Stockholm, Apr. 19. BRITISH shipping schedules have been thrown into extreme confusion by the sudden increase in shipping losses caused by Axis naval offensive in sea lanes throughout the world, especially in the Carribean Sea and the Indian
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  • 80 1 Berlin, Apr 19. GERMAN planes on Thursday carried out an intense bombing attack on Soviet harbour installations in the Kerch Peninsula causing considerable damage, the German High Command announced on Friday. Referring to the Battle of Britain, the communique said that German fighter planes shot down 11
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  • 202 2 Lisbon, Apr. 18, (Domei). IT is reported from Washington that the United States War debarment announced that approximately 65,000 Filipino and American troops were presumed to have been captured by our forces in the Bataan Peninsula. The announcement added that the United States forces
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  • 152 2 Hanoi, April 18 (Domei). OUR Ambassador to French Indo China. Mr. Kenkichi Yoshizawa. i returned at 2 p.m. to Hanoi by plane from Tokyo to resume his post after conferring with the Central Government authorities on the various matters under his jurisdiction. In an interview with
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  • 86 2 Shanghai, Apr. 18. BEING driven by the necessity of a paper shortage created iby the Nippon blockade, the Chungking authorities are said to have hit upon the idea of using silk tissue notes replacing the paper notes of Chungking. Due to the acute inflation
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  • 121 2 i THE Young Malay Orchestra which i was fanned a fortnight ago will be !on the air at 10 o'clock (Tokyo time) to-; ight from the syonan Broadcasting Station (wavelength 25 metres). This oichestra had its last rehearsal on Friday at the Cathay in the presence
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  • 165 2 Berne, Apr. 19. THE Chungking regime is now faced with the grave problem ;ol how to deal with a great numI ber of Chinese merchants who have returned to inner China under Chungking's control from Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong and Java after the outbreak
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 264 2 THE DOLLAR DRESS-SHOP newly opened. Cotton morning Flocks at $100 to $2 50. Afternoon Dresses from $2.00 to $3.50. it's surprising but true Silk stockings at 75 cents per pair House-coats, knickers, brassieres, hats, fancy butt(>ns. Dress-length materials at half-prices. Crepe-de-Chene at 50 cents per yard, compare our prices with
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 234 2 NIPPON LESSON No. 50 (Nippon-Go) English Nippon-Go Pronunciation I have good news yoi shirase fa yoy sheerasay gah for you arimasu ahreemahs what is it nan desu ka? nahn dehs kah? the mail service yubin ga kyo kara .voobin gah keeoh kahrah opens to-day tsuji masu tsoojee mahs is that
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  • 534 3 I Opportunity To Pay Homage To Our Brave Servicemen jL|K. KAORU TOYODA, Deputy Mayor, Municipality of Syonan, made the following statement to the Press in regard to the celebration of Tentyo-Setu. At proclaimed by the Mayor in f M.A.D. Notice No. 40 Tenno-Heika's (H.I.M.
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  • 134 3 Shanghai, Apr. 19. A MARKED decline in morale and discipline among the Chunging forces, and friction j between them and the civil-1 ians were hinted at by Yu! Ping-fu upon his return from! the front, according to in- J formation received here from; Chungking.
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  • 54 3 THE Thai Premier, Luang Phibul; Scnggram. in his speech at a! formal session of the extraordinary' Diet on Thursday stressed closer co-1 operation with Nippon as well as other j friendly powers. He also pointed out' that there was no danger whatsoever I in regard
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  • 53 3 Hsinking. Apr. 19. THE Board of Foreign Affairs of! Manchukuo will be promoted to the status of Foreign Office in the i light of thu important role of the state of Manchukuo in the current war. A formal announcement purporting to this was made by
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  • 66 3 Tokyo. April 19. <Domei>. 'pHE Chugai Shogyo Shimpo reported I from Rangoon that Indian residents in Rangoon have been fully cooperating with our military authorities in the rehabilitation work in the Burmese Capital since Its fall into our hands. It said that observers attach great importance
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  • 285 3 Chiefs Of Sumbawa Bima Co-operating With Nippon Sourabaya, Apr. 18 (Domeh. IT is learned that deeply impressed with the orderly re- construction programme being carried out by our forces in Java. I the Sultans of Sumbawa and Bima Islands in the Sunda i Archipelago, recently despatched j four emissaries to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 316 3 EDUCATION DEPT, NOTICE Those in charge of various Churches are to meet at the Education Department of Syonan Tokubetu Si on the 24.4.17 at 11 a.m. to discuss the programme for the celebration of Tentyo-Setu (our Emperor's Birthday). By Order, CHIEF OFFICER OF EDUCATION. 52—53. M.A.D. Notice No. 41 DEPARTMENT
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    • 367 3 MAD. NOTICE No. 40 TENTYO-SETU Our Emperor's Birthday Notice is hereby given that the 29th of April 2602, being Tentyo-Setu (the Birthday of Tenno-Heika), is proclaimed to be a public holiday. All house-holders in Syonan Island and the islands adjacent thereto are to hoist Hinomaru the National Flag of Nippon)
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  • 230 4 Made To Believe Home Made News (At a Nippon base in Timor Island.) Tokyo, April 18. UNDER-ESTIMATION of Nippon's fighting strength was, the biggest mistake Australia had ever committed, according to a captain of the Australian air force taken prisoner by the Nippon forces
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  • 105 4 Saigon. April 18. epEAKING to Press reporters at San "Francisco on Friday, van Mook, former vice Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, who escaped from Java Island at the time of the Nippon attacks, reproached the Allied powers for sacrificing the East indies, which was
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  • 255 4 Officers Men Of Our Army Navy To Be Entertained I ELABORATE arrangements have been made by the Overseas 4 Chinese Committee to celebrate Tentyo-Setu (the birthday of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Nippon) which falls on April 29, 2602. The Association has urged all
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  • 58 4 Berlin, Apr. 18. THE Chilean, Ambassador to the United States has informed the U.S. Department of State that Mr. Baros Herpa, newly-appointed Chilean Ambassador to Berlin, regrets he cannot accept the U.S. Government's invitation to visit Washington, saying that he is fully occupied with state
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  • 498 4 Vichy, Apr. 19. F>LLOWING the formation of hi<! Pnhinpr Piprrp I,aval new sented the list Of the new Caolnet Ministers to Marshal Petain, Vichy Chief Minister of State. Previous to the announcement of the line-up of the new Cabinet, j
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  • 104 4 EXAMINATION of the Syonan Post Office Bank books by the Nippon postal authorities under the supervision of Mr. A. Sugiyama, former official of the Tokyo Communications Ministry, has revealed that deposits amounting to $20,000,000 received under the former British rule were missing. In order to
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  • 343 4 Tokyo, April IS. rli Board of Information through its research staff engaged in compiling enemy propaganda reports dis- closed interesting findings on the aliened suicide of the Nippon Comman-der-in-Chief of the Imperial forces in the Philippines, Lieut Gen. Masaharu Honma, who was conveniently removed
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  • 38 4 j^S the Indian Delegates to Tokyo have not yet returned to Syonan, the Condolence Ceremony fixed to be held on April 21, 2602, is postponed to a future date which shall be announced later on.
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  • 38 4 Medan, Apr. 19. A MEMORIAL service for our soldiers killed in action in northern Sumatra was held on Saturday at Medan under the j auspices of the military authorI ities.
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  • 275 4 -K. T. Fmany people the Nippon Spirit seems rather difficult to understand. But, about 430 years ago, a famous Portuguese, Admiral d'Albuquerque, had already acknowledged at least an element of it. He was the first European to meet the Nippon-jin (Nippon People). On his voyage
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  • 178 4 Tokyo, April 18 (Domei). OUR Prime Minister, Gen.-Toju, who left Tokyo yesterday on a two-day inspection tour of Tochigi, Ibaraki and Gumma Prefectures, North of Tokyo, and spent the night at Utsunomiya city on Tochigi Prefecture, return cd to the capital arriving in Uenj station
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  • 100 4 rwwrm Vichy, Apr. 19. THE French Government 1 authorities do not seem to regard seriously the recall of the American Ambassador. Admiral Leahy, although undoubtedly it is an indication of a change of attitude, according to Vichy diplomatic circles. In view of the greatly
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