CAIRO, July 9.—British troops dominate about 3,500 square miles of the Libyan Desert, and are harassing the ...
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Article : 203 wordsLONDON, July 9. — The Royal Navy yesterday took "entirely successful" action against the French battleship ...
Article : 268 wordsOTTAWA, July 9.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) announced in the Commons that he was prepared to invite the Conservative Party leader ...
Article : 224 wordsTHE Packard Motor Comparty has rejected the proposed contract to construct 3,000 Rolls Royce aeroplane ...
Article : 80 wordsCHUNGKING, July 9.—About 120 Japanese aeroplanes bombed Chungking yesterday, destroying about 1,000 houses. ...
Article : 18 wordsMELBOURNE, July 9.—The Ministor for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) announced tonight that he had been informed by cable by the British Secretary for ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, July 9.—The British destroyer "Whirlwind (1,200 tons) was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat. All the crew were taken off by other naval ...
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Article : 274 wordsWASHINGTON, July 9.—Admiral Richardson, Commander-in-Chief of the United State Fleet, after a conference with President Roosevelt, said ...
Article : 61 wordsLOS ANGELES, July 9.—The United States Commissioner (Mr. David Head) has recommended that the District Attorney charge Fritz ...
Article : 125 wordsLONDON, July 9.—Admiral Sir Barry Domville and his wife have been arrested under the Defence Regulations. Sir Barry has been ...
Article : 116 wordsMELBOURNE, July 9.—Pending further conferences, details of the petrol rationing plan will not be announced until later in the week. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Lord Mayor (Mr. J. Soundy), referring yesterday to the criticism regarding the discolouration of water from the Lake Fenton supply, said he ...
Article : 141 wordsSYDNEY, July 9.—Certain officers of the R.A.A.F. complained tonight that their pay was weeks in arrears, and that they had not received special ...
Article : 115 wordsWASHINGTON, July 9.—The Senate. Naval Committee recommended the Senate enactment of the 4,000,000,000-dollar (nominally ...
Article : 48 wordsSYDNEY, July 9.—A. Rolls-Royce motor-car, valued about £2,500, was given to the military authorities today by Mr. C. P. Johnson, of Edgecliff, who ...
Article : 74 wordsOTTAWA. July 9.—The national registration of men and women more than 16 years old immediately follows the appointment of the former ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, July 9.—A message from La Linea (Spain) says that anti-aircraft guns at Gibraltar and on surrounding ships drove off air raiders ...
Article : 93 wordsSYDNEY, July 9.—Patrick Brady (47), shearer, was sentenred by Acting Judge Studdert in the Quarter Sessions tonight to imprisonment for ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, July 9.—The "Daily Mall" says that 500 British nationals who were on an evacuee train which left the "south of Frunce on June 27 were ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 10 Jul 1940, Page 2
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