In Washington to-day while the United States Navy was asking Congress for authority to build more ships for the defence of the country, the Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) was giving evidence before the House of Representatives ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,048 wordsAs reports from junior leader pour into the various headquarters many gaps in the complete picture of the three days action resulting ...
Article : 1,038 wordsThe Secretary te the Treasury (Mr. Henry Mergenthau, junior), submitted a statement to Congress showing that Britain during 1941 ...
Article : 157 wordsAlmost the whole of Abyssinia is seething with revolt, according to the "Daily Telegraph's" speeial correspondent from the Abyasinian frontier. The spread of the rebellion is causing Italians anxiety. The Duke of Aosta visited the Fascist troops at ...
Article : 651 wordsManages from Pragus and Norway indicate growing resistance to Germany's new order, despite Dr. Hacha's reported statement that ...
Article : 461 wordsThe Minister for Shipping (Mr. Donald Cross) in a broadcast to America said the splendid Army of the Nile has become the spearhead of Britain's, ...
Article : 164 wordsThe problem of supplies reaching Russia across the Pacific, which will have an affect enabling her to increase her exports to ...
Article : 537 words"The Times," in leader, said that last Friday's daylight s[?]rtie over French territory should not be taken as more than a sign of ...
Article : 546 wordsThe first Australian move towards Tobruk was made on Tuesday week last, when the freshest body of men after the Bardia fighting were sent ...
Article : 574 words"The Times" Sofia correspondent says that the Bulgarian Press gives prominence to the official denial that German troops are in Bulgaria. The ...
Article : 221 wordsThe British Press gives, prominence to the urnest in Abyssinia, and leaflets have been dropped by R.A.F. planes telling the people Haile Selassie would personally ...
Article : 39 wordsThe International Sugar Council decided unanimously to continue the International Sugar Agreement and appointed a subcommittee, including an Australian ...
Article : 260 wordsAustralian troops, who form part of the enclosing circle round Tobruk, have become well used to the reversed mods of life. All day they lie low ...
Article : 492 wordsThe promotion to Admiral of Sir Andrew Cunningham, who commands the Mediterranean Fleet, is announced, together with that of Rear-Admiral ...
Article : 71 wordsFollowing the smashing attack last night by the R.A.F. it is believed Wilhehnshafen will be unable to resume normal activities for some ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Minister for Labour and National Service (Mr. Ernest Bevin) declared open an employment office for Polish nationals in London to-day. ...
Article : 191 wordsThere is no question of lifting the blockade in favour of the French steamer Mendoza, which sailed a few days ago from Montevideo with a cargo ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka), in a speech at a send[?]off to Mr. Hiroshi Oshima, who shortly [?] [?] to Berlin as ambassador, stressed the ...
Article : 95 wordsDefying heavy snowstorms and in tense cold, the Greeks continued to thrust back the Italians in the Klisura area. According to the "Daily ...
Article : 228 wordsThe Mendoza left Uraguay for Europe. ...
Article : 16 words"The Time" Tokio correspondent, referring to the speech of the Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka), says that the absorption of the spiritual aspect of the ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Admiralty announces with regret that the [?]-ton cruiser South[?]mpton which was involved in the action in the Central ...
Article : 121 wordsWriting from near Tobruk on Monday, the Commonwealth Official War Correspondent (Sergeant Fitchett) says: "To-day I visited a regiment of ...
Article : 496 wordsThe first French attempt to penetrate Thai territory in the north-east sector is revealed in a Thai High Command communique which says that the French ...
Article : 130 wordsCommenting on the statement by the Australian Minister for the Army (Mr. P. C. Spender) here, "Austraria has no quarrel with Japan and Australians ...
Article : 112 wordsThe French steamer Mendoza was lighted before dark steaming towards Brazil, but still within the neutrality zone. The British auxiliary cruiser ...
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Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Fri 17 Jan 1941, Page 5
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