The leader of the Stair Opposition, Mr.McKell, said yesterday that, if Germany won the war, most of the gains that the Labour Party had ...
Article : 399 wordsRoyal Air Force bombers made more raids over enemy territory in the week-end, it was officially announced by the Air Ministry. ...
Article : 705 wordsAs part of an intensified drive for recruits for the A.I.F., an information bureau will be opened in Martin Place this morning, and during the lunch ...
Article : 489 wordsBehind the preparations already made or contemplated for President Roosevelt's vast defence programme, the questions of aid for the Allies and of ...
Article : 474 wordsThe Dutch Legation in Paris has issued a statement that at least 100,000 persons—one-fifth of the population—were killed and one-third ...
Article : 425 wordsThe German advance in France has not been stopped, and is now reaching some towns well known to the First A.I.F. The spearhead of the attack appears to have reached farthest westward on a line from St. Quentin to Le Cateau, but has not reached Cambrai or Peronne. A turning movement, either northward or southward, has not yet begun. The new dispositions of the B.E.F. in Beigium are not known and the line must be regarded as being ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 111 wordsThe protection of Government buildings as a precaution against attempts at seizure by enemy parachute troops was intensified over the week-end. ...
Article : 289 wordsThe Italian storm of hate against the Allies is increasing in fury. "The Italian people are getting ready to meet the new task to which they ...
Article : 252 wordsIt is reported from Washington that Germany has made new demands on Sweden, including the right to transport troops across Sweden to reinforce ...
Article : 275 wordsIn an appeal to Queenslanders to put their utmost into the work of winning the war, the Premier, Mr. Forgan Smith, said to-day if each did his or her job with energy ...
Article : 98 wordsLabour's war policy will be revised and postwar problems discussed at a special Federal conference of the A.L.P., to be held on Tuesday, June 17. The conference will be held ...
Article : 85 wordsA record number of 700 men, of whom nearly 300 applied to enlist, provided officers with their busiest day since recruiting began for the Seventh Division at the Flinders ...
Article : 355 wordsThe demolition of all canal bridges and railway bridges by the French Army has interrupted railway communication between France and ...
Article : 77 words"We must increase the national strength and redouble the national vigour," declared President Roosevelt, in a message read by the Secretary of ...
Article : 207 wordsNegotiations are still proceeding between the A.C.T.U. and the Federal Government for the establishment of union advisory panels to co-operate with the Government in ...
Article : 119 wordsWASHINGTON, May 20. The United States Department of Commerce, in a review which is believed to reflect official opinion, states that, although Italy, in 1939. ...
Article : 177 wordsAfter conferring will the Turkish Cabinet on Saturday night, Field-Marshal Cakmak, the Turkish Commander-in-Chief, travelled to Beirut and conferred with the Chiefs of the ...
Article : 39 wordsIt is reported from Mexicali, on the holder of California and Mexico, that 50 people were killed and injured in the series of 15 earthquakes which ...
Article : 99 wordsBoth the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and the leader of the Opposition Mr. Curtin, issued statements to-day expressing confidence that while the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 wordsSquadron Leader Peter Douglass, R.A.F., has been reported missing on the Western Front since May 12. He is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Douglass, of Sutton. ...
Article : 37 wordsA crowd wrecked a by-election meeting in Middleton (Lancashiie), at which the leader of the British Fascists, Sir Oswald Mosley, attempted to support ...
Article : 121 wordsFull air raid precaution are in force throughout the A.I.F. camps in Palestine. An raid trenches and pits have been dug. On an alarm sounding the ...
Article : 311 wordsThe British and the Egyptian authorities have assigned special police squads to watch all persons suspected of espionage ...
Article : 26 wordsA German aircraft, which attempted to bomb a steamer carrying more than 700 refugees, mostly women and children, to England from Belgium, was shot down in flames ...
Article : 141 wordsTwo watchmen, Frederick Peal, of Brereton Avenue, Marrickville, and Martin Duffy, of Henry Street, Leichhardt were near Kettle Lane, Glebe, last night when they heard a ...
Article : 76 wordsAnimated scenes marked the official opening of the Adelaide recruiting depot yesterday for South Australia's quota of 2,200 men for the Seventh Division of the A.I.F. ...
Article : 163 wordsThe death in announced of General Gulllaumat, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces at Salonika, from 1917 to 1918. He was Minister for War in 1925. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 255 wordsThe Navy and Army Veterans' luncheon arranged for May 25 has been cancelled. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office, Mr. Suma, said that Japan attached no importance to the fact that Germany had shown no interest in the late of the Dutch ...
Article : 87 wordsGeneral Weygand, who has been made Chief of the French General Staff and Commander-in-Chief in all Theatres of Operation, is shown (left) talking to General Sir Walter Kirke, Chief of the British Territorial Army, at the Anglo-French military dinner in London last ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 60 words"I would rather go out and turn my back on the Church I love than submit to ordination or re-ordination at the hands of the representative of another Church." said the ...
Article : 238 wordsM.Kalinin, chairman of the Supreme Soviet Presidium, in a speech said that the time for a world revolution was approaching, and the Soviet must be ready for all eventualities. ...
Article : 37 wordsTin was quoted to-day at £269/15/, compared with £200/12/6 on Friday. Rubber was quoted at /11¾ a lb. Mining quotations: North Broken Hill, 28/1½; ...
Article : 67 wordsSenator A. K. Dein and Captain J. R. Patrick, of Scottish House, Bridge Street Sydney were selected by a special meeting of the United Australia Party Council last ...
Article : 227 wordsTown Hall, Y[?]chudi Mcnuhin, 8. Theatre Royal: "The Mikado," 8. [?]veli Theatre: "Cricnlal Nights," 2.13 3 Century Theatre: "The Story of Dr. Eh[?]hch's ...
Article : 383 wordsThe Admiralty announces that H.M.S. Whitley, a destroyer, of 1,100 tons, was damaged by bombs, and was subsequently beached. There were four casualties. ...
Article : 83 wordsAt the annual meeting last night at Manly, of the St. Matthew's Raining Farm for Unemployed Boys, Deewhy, it was reported that nearly 100 lads and young men were ...
Article : 124 wordsAn average of less than 10 points of rain fell yesterday on the main catchment area in the Nepean district, and at 4 p.m. yesterday the sun was shining on almost the whole ...
Article : 121 wordsIt was announced yesterday that 74 police recruits would be called up in the near furure for the New South Wales police force. This will bring the total strength of the force to ...
Article : 106 wordsPandit Jawaharlal Nehru, one of the Congress Party leaders, and former president, declared in a speech that to launch a civil disobedience campaign when Britain was ...
Article : 52 wordsAt the Central Police Court, yesterday 47 Chinese, eight of whom had been remanded for sentence, were sentenced to two days' imprisonment on a charge alleging they ...
Article : 67 wordsProgrammes of Suburban and Country Picture Theatres will be found in the Amusement Advertisement section. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 21 May 1940, Page 10
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