Stripped of all the illusions and fond hopes with which they watched the year 1940 come in, Britons said good-bye to the Old Year while the smoke of the burning ruins of London's most beautiful and most ancient monuments filled their nostrils. ...
Article : 162 wordsThe metal trade unions threaten to ban overtime work in munitions and other heavy industries unless their over-time pay is exempted from the ...
Article : 897 wordsDramatic accounts of the sinking of British ships by German raiders in the Pacific were given yesterday by survivors who have reached Australia. They described conditions aboard the raiders, in which they ...
Article : 111 wordsIt would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which Americans have approved President Roosevelt's call to the nation "to increase the ...
Article : 772 wordsApart from isolated attacks by single aircraft near the coast, no raiders have visited Britain since dusk on Monday. ...
Article : 667 wordsReviewing the air war during 1940, a high official emphasised the necessity for constantly bearing in mind that the threat of an invasion still exists, and ...
Article : 712 wordsA survivor of the crew of the New Zealand coastal steamer Holmwood described how his vessel was attacked by German ships south of New Zealand ...
Article : 271 wordsDespite the succession of shattering blows rained on Britain since last May, Mr. Churchill's ringing phrases are regarded as the truest description of the ...
Article : 876 wordsLooking cheerful in spite of his harrowing experiences, Captain Walter W. Fish, of the Komata, told the story of the sinking of the vessel to-day. ...
Article : 625 wordsA detailed log was kept by one survivor fiom the time his ship was attacked on November 25 until he was taken from Emira Island by flying-boat. ...
Article : 1,111 wordsPublication of the monthly figures of shipping losses does not allow the public to overlook the fact of the relentless German counter-blockade. ...
Article : 1,289 words"For England none now need express the hope that she will find dignity or greatness. Both stand out starkly, as the still triumphant tower of Coventry ...
Article : 295 wordsBritish bombers attacked targets in Germany and the Low Countries yesterday, states the Air Ministry. The weather was unfavourable, but bombs ...
Article : 79 wordsThe aviation editor of the "HeraldTribune" states that informed sources in the U.S. aviation industry believe that American aircraft production, ...
Article : 443 wordsDuring 1940 more than 3,500 German planes were destroyed over Britain and around her shores, states the Air Ministry. ...
Article : 130 wordsNineteen forty-one began yesterday with a grey day, and, instead of migiating to bush or beach, thousands of holiday-makers sought entertainment ...
Article : 286 wordsThe Town Clerk of Manchester, Mr. R. H. Adcock, revealed yesterday that about 500 persons were killed during the large-scale raid on the city on ...
Article : 65 wordsHitler, Reich-Marshal Goering, FieldMarshal von Brauchitsch, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, and Grand Admiral Raeder, ...
Article : 294 wordsDuring London's ordeal by fire on Sunday night, Guy's Hospital was the scene of gallantry unsurpassed in the institution's long history. ...
Article : 153 wordsDescribing the sinking of the Rangltane, a survivor said that suspicious vessels were sighted on the night of November 26. Almost as soon as the ...
Article : 510 wordsDiplomatic sources in Moscow state that the Soviet has agreed to continue the Russo-Japanese fishing agreement. The Moscow correspondent of the German ...
Article : 104 wordsAll rail traffic in the Berlin area w[?]s held up for hours as a result of the fire at the Anhalter station. All the windows of the station were blown ...
Article : 64 wordsSuch of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and conducted entirely by "The Sydney Morning Herald'' ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 2 Jan 1941, Page 5
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