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  3. FIVE-DAY WEEK FOR BAKERS

    By a majority decision, the Bakers and Pastrycooks' Wages Board decided to-day to introduce a five-day working week of 44 hours from Monday till Friday. The award will apply to breadmakers, biscuitmakers, and ...

    Article : 670 words
  4. TANKS BY MOTOR WAGGON

    New light tanks, which can be rapidly transported by motor-waggon to any point at which they might be needed, are being used by the French Army in their successful operation on the Western Front. The photograph shows the loading of one of the tanks into a waggon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  5. GERMAN BOMBERS MAKE SECOND RAID

    After the raid on Rosyth on Monday, German bombers returned this morning and attacked another naval base at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, off the North-East Coast of Scotland. Two bombs fell near and slightly damaged the former battleship, Iron Duke ...

    Article : 1,370 words
  6. "MAY BUY FRUIT"

    "I believe that the Commonwealth Government will acquire the whole of the Australian fruit crop, but the ...

    Article : 207 words
  7. "STALE BREAD" WEEK-END

    A "stale bread week-end" was forecast by Launceston bakers yesterday; when commenting on the decision of the Bakers' Wages Board to grant a ...

    Article : 317 words
  8. GERMANY'S PUSH AT STANDSTILL

    Germany's Push, inspired by Hitler's desire to eject the French from German soil is now at a complete standstill. It is unofficially estimated that the German losses since ...

    Article : 438 words
  9. CHAMBERLAIN ON THE WAR SITUATION

    Speaking in the House of Commons this afternoon, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) said: "There is nothing I can at present ...

    Article : 539 words
  10. ROYAL OAK CREW

    It was officially announced to-day that the Royal Oak carried 81 officers and 1153 men, of which 24 officers and 786 men were lost when she was ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. BUILDING EMERGENCY BRIDGES

    In case of war emergency a steel suspension bridge can be built in a week to bridge a gulf or to be thrown across a river in the event of a regular bridge being destroyed by bombs or other means. The picture shows one of the bridges almost completed near Slough. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 80 words
  12. GERMANY RUNNING SHORT OF AVIATION FUEL

    The "New York Times" Washington representative says Germany's shortage of petrol and oil, particularly for the vital air force, makes a quick victory imperative. According to army and naval experts here, ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. U.S. PRESIDENT PLEADS FOR REFUGEES

    President Roosevelt to-day urged an inter-government committee on political refugees, which would represent six countries, to speed the present task of helping 300,000 homeless persons because "when this ghastly war ends, maybe not one but twen[?]'y million will enter the ...

    Article : 459 words
  14. SUDDEN RAIDS BY GERMANY FORECAST

    Well informed circles in Berlin forecast a programme of ten days' lightning strokes by air and ...

    Article : 39 words
  15. Hitler "Sacks" Generals Because One Wed Typist

    Sir Nevile Henderson, former British Ambassador in Berlin, declares that the marriage of Field-Marshal von Blomberg, former German commander-in-chief, to a typist caused a crisis in the army and Hitler "sacked" 14 generals. ...

    Article : 395 words
  16. Soviet Does Not Threaten Finns

    M. Kalinin, President of the Soviet Executive, has replied to President Roosevelt's message that the present negotiations between Russia and ...

    Article : 44 words
  17. A.R.P. Officers Die During Raid

    Two air raid Wardens at Wallsend both aged about 60, collapsed and died when hurrying to duty in yesterday's raid. ...

    Article : 28 words
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