WHILE it is well-high impossible to pierce the fog of rumour and report surrounding the Far East, it may help to a degree of clarification if certain ...
Article : 544 wordsIncreased tension has been created among non-Japanese in Japan by the belief that Germany's spring offensive in Europe requires, ...
Article : 339 wordsTHIS SPECIAL MAP SHOWS THE DISPOSITION OF PACIFIC NATIONS and their defensive zones. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 13 wordsTen more officers from H.M.A.S. Sydney arrived in Melbourne by train yesterday. Personal friends of the officers, who ...
Article : 179 wordsEmergency plans for the storage of Australian wool here and in the United States are proceeding according to programme. Much valuable work has been ...
Article : 227 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday. — Adelaide gave its 34 men from the cruiser Sydney an unforgettable welcome when they came home on leate to-day and marched ...
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Article : 307 wordsWar correspondents who have recently returned from the central front say the Greeks have considerably advanced their lines in the last ...
Article : 245 wordsCyrenaica is already settling down under British rule. I walked last night round the main streets of Benghazi, and found everything ...
Article : 358 wordsAll the London newspapers give prominence to the warning of the serious danger threatening Australia that was issued by Mr. Fadden yesterday. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe R.A.F. is keeping up its intense pressure against the Italians. During Monday nights raids bombs fell among hangars and the administrative ...
Article : 333 words"If Germany launches an air and submarine attack by moving through Bulgaria," says the "New york Times" Washington correspondent, "military ...
Article : 95 wordsHitler seems to have gone into the art dealing—or double dealing—business. He is arranging to sell in the United States 14 old masters. It appears, states the ...
Article : 210 wordsNewspaper correspondents accompanied powerful units of the Home Fleet, including battle-ships, on a 1,000-mile dash across the North Atlantic on a special ...
Article : 128 wordsPresident Roosevelt has requested the Maritime Commission comprehensively to survey the United States merchant marine's light rearmament defence. ...
Article : 63 wordsImperial forces continue to advance in Eritrea in a three-pronged drive, pushing steadily towards the Red Sea port of Massawa. One column, which has ...
Article : 156 wordsTwo Judges of the Norwegian Supreme Court, Paal Berg, the president, and Erik Slem, have been arrested for reasons not disclosed, says "The Times" ...
Article : 74 wordsLord Kindersley, chief of the National Savings Committee yesterday advised against any forced savings plan, the "Dally Express" reports. ...
Article : 126 wordsSenate debate on the Aid to Britain Bill will open on Monday. With a few changes from the House of Representatives' version the measure, will be ...
Article : 252 wordsGeneral Franco's two meetings with Mussolini at Bordighera (Italy) were held in an atmosphere of strictest and seemingly portentous secrecy, says the "Daily ...
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Article : 45 wordsLondon had another raidless night, although the Air Ministry reports slight air activity near the western coasts. A few bombs were dropped, and slight ...
Article : 55 wordsThe crew of the Orari, 10,350 tons, belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Co. has been awarded £500 for outstanding services in saving the ship and ...
Article : 76 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—More than 600 declarations by Australian women who have married aliens but desire to retain their British nationality have been ...
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Article : 29 wordsMarine circles report that the British liner Orford, 20,043 tons, was sunk by enemy action while operating as a troopship. There are no details. ...
Article : 52 wordsA deportation i nquiry [?] for Harry Bridges, the labour leader on the Pacific Coast, has been ordered by Mr. Jackson, Federal Attorney-General. The hearing ...
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Article : 122 wordsReplying to questions by newspapermen whether Germany had confiscated the Danish fleet, the Foreign Office spokesman answered that Denmark recently ...
Article : 65 wordsFrom Athabasca, Alberta, a police search party left to-day on a 100-mile journey to inspect wreckage of a commercial plane first noticed by Australian ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. Casey, Australian Minister, who has been recuperating after an illness, will return here to-morrow. ...
Article : 26 wordsWhen a mannequin parade was held at Buckingham Palace to-day Queen Elizabeth saw 54 different British models which will later be on view in South ...
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Article : 104 wordsMr. Coles, M.H.R., former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, arrived here yesterday on his way to England. He was the guest of Mr. Sol Bloom, chairman of the House ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 14 Feb 1941, Page 3
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