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  2. Advertising

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  3. SINKING OF TROOPSHIP

    Troops and refugees struggling in the water were machine-gunned by the Nazis after German bombers had sunk the troop-ship Lancastria off St. Nazarie (France) on June 17 during the last stages of the evacuation of the B.E.F. ...

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  4. PLANS TO RUIN BELGIUM

    A German plan to destroy Belgium as an independent nation and to create a vast vassal state acting as a ...

    Article : 293 words
  5. ENGINES FOR WIRRAWAYS

    Many valuable and accurate machines are used in the production of engines for Wirraway aircraft at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation's factory in Melbourne. The photograph shows a big boring machine, precise to 1/10,000th of an inch, machining ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  6. FEDERAL TAXES MAY NOT BE INCREASED

    SYDNEY, Friday.—It is expected that no increases in taxation will be imposed during the budget sitting of Federal ...

    Article : 121 words
  7. The War News in Brief

    Nearly 2000 lives — troops and refugee men, women and children-were lost when the troopship Lancastria was sunk ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. FATALITY IN FIRE AT QUEENSTOWN

    Mrs. Gladstone Wright (26) was burned to death and her husband was severely burned when their home in ...

    Article : 234 words
  9. GERMANS CLAIM NEW TYPE OF SILENT U-BOAT

    LONDON, July 24.—The Berlin radio says that Germany is using a new small-type of U-boat, one of which has sunk ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. MR. E. J. OGILVIE RESIGNING

    A political sensation followed the meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party this afternoon. The Attorney-General (Mr. E. J. Ogilvie) is to resign from the Ministry and his place will be taken by Mr. James ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 446 words
  11. Supporters Rally to Help Negus

    Abyssinians from all over the world are gradually converging on the Sudan to join Haile Selassie. ...

    Article : 247 words
  12. SHIPMENT OF OIL TO SPAIN STOPPED

    WASHINGTON, July 25.—Oil shipments to Spain had been stopped because the cargoes appeared to be destined for ...

    Article : 62 words
  13. RATIONING OF PETROL ON SEPTEMBER 1

    MELBOURNE, Friday. — Petrol rationing will begin on September 1 as announced, an official of the ...

    Article : 167 words
  14. Intervention Idea Loses Ground in U.S.A.

    A survey of public opinion conducted by the magazine "Fortune" since France's capitulation discloses that a ...

    Article : 102 words
  15. Five Small Ships Sunk by Planes

    LONDON, July 26.—Five small vessels, totalling 5104 tons, were sunk in yesterday's German attack on a convoy in the Channel. Two British ...

    Article : 130 words
  16. SWEDISH SHIPS ABROAD

    GOTHENBURG, July 25.-The news- paper, "Social Demokraten," estimates that two-thirds of the Swedish merchant shipping, totalling 920,000 tons, is ...

    Article : 34 words
  17. TURF CLUB'S WAR GIFT

    CALCUTTA, July 25.—The Royal Calcutta Turf Club has voted 88,000 for the purchase of Spitures, and has also made a large investment in ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. ARRESTS OF FASCISTS

    LONDON, July 24.—The number of detention orders made against members or former members of the British Union of Fascists was stated in the ...

    Article : 35 words
  19. Roosevelt Lunches With Luxemburg Prince

    WASHINGTON, July 25.—Prince Felix of Luxemburg and his children who flew across the Atlantic a fortnight ago, to-day lunched with President ...

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  20. ESTONIAN MINISTER DISMISSED

    TALLINN, July 25.—The Estonian Minister to London (M. Torma) has been dismissed. ...

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  21. SECT MEMBERS ARRESTED

    SYDNEY, Friday—Scores of "Witnesses of Jehovah" were arrested after more than 2000 of them, some carrying banners and sandwich boards, ...

    Article : 137 words
  22. BRITISH CASUALTY LIST

    LONDON, July 26.—The 33rd War Office casualty list names 72 officers and 860 rankers, of whom 18 officers and 47 rankers were killed, 41 officers ...

    Article : 55 words
  23. BALTIC EVACUATION

    NEW YORK, July 25.—The army transport American Legion will sail to-day to evacuate 650 Americans from Petsamo. The evacuees will probably ...

    Article : 30 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN CRAFT

    Fitting a powerful Australian-made engine to a Wirraway. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. DENIES AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER SUNK

    No Australian destroyer has been sunk by an Italian submarine as claimed in an Italian communique, and ...

    Article : 159 words
  26. ENGLAND CAN DEAL WITH PARACHUTISTS

    LONDON. July [?]6. — Discussing the value of the Home Guard, Major-General Sir Charles Gwynn. military correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," ...

    Article : 135 words
  27. RUMANIAN ENVOY RECALLED

    LONDON, July 25. — The Rumanian Minister in London (M. V. Tiles) has been recalled by his Government. The '"Daily Mail." however, says that ...

    Article : 107 words
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