BEGINNING at 9 a.m. and continuing all day enemy squadrons numbering nearly 1,000 machines, successively attacked London yesterday. All were intercepted and broken up by fighters, which had never done such brilliant work. ...
Article : 688 wordsTOKIO, Thursday.—"Yomluri" says that if Britain refuses to continue the closure of the Burma route Japan will not request it, but will resort to her ...
Article : 485 wordsDARWIN, Thursday. — Waterside strikers who had refused to unload coal for the Navy from a vessel equipped with modern unloading ...
Article : 326 wordsWith experience of parachutists gained while they were in Belgium, members of the Black Watch Regiment, stationed on the South Coast of England, have taken steps to see that they are able to deal with troops landed by air. They are ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 284 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday—By the gazettal of special regulations today the Commonwealth Government took action to guard against the export of ...
Article : 190 wordsMELBOURNE Thursday.—In spite of a prodigal expenditure of German machines and pilots the Nazi High Command after three weeks of intensive ...
Article : 370 wordsCHUNGKING, Thursday-Japanese forces which entered French Indo-China overland from China and by sea at Haiphong are advancing in a scissors ...
Article : 139 wordsLeading Aircraftsman L. Fuller, pupil-pilot of Wagga Air Training School, performed an amazing feat when he landed safely two R.A.A.F. reconnaissance machines after a collision at 3,000ft. near Junee (N.S.W.). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 33 wordsNEW YORK, Wednesday.—The National City Bank, analysing war-tune trade, estimates that the Empire is likely to take 70 per cent of the United States' ...
Article : 130 wordsCANBERRA Thursday—Proof that the Nazis are deliberately taking food from countries under their domination is given by figures revealed today by the ...
Article : 170 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—The American reaction to the French proposal to increase the defence of Martinique has been sharp, and the proposal has been ...
Article : 324 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.—The Navy is organising 125 warships in the Atlantic into a new patrol force including units of the Atlantic Squadron ...
Article : 155 wordsCANBERRA Thursday—To speed up the erection of defence establishments the Commonwealth Government has set up special committees in each State to ...
Article : 141 wordsVICHY, Thursday—The Government has announced that an undisclosed number of persons, including M Jouhaux, former Secretary of the French ...
Article : 39 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for the Interior (Senator Foll) has called for a report about charges that electors were disfranchised at the elections through ...
Article : 160 wordsBUCHAREST, Thuisday—Mr A Millar, a highly-placed official of the AstraRomano Oil Co, has been arrested He is the sixth British oil expert in custody. ...
Article : 101 wordsMAHATMA GANDHI in a statement to the Congress Party said that in the future course of action there would no1 be civil ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The commander of, the Free French naval forces (Admiral Musolior), in a world broadcast, said that Admiral Darian, Minister for the Navy in ...
Article : 166 wordsSHANGHAI, Thursday.—Travellers arriving from Wei-hai-wei report that six Japanese destroyers, a cruiser, and a transport are anchored off the island of ...
Article : 156 wordsAn area in Hobart containing sub-standard houses already has been fully surveyed by officers of the Hobart City Council. Information that has been gathered ...
Article : 220 wordsJetties that are to be taken over by the Government as State highways will be repaired and fully maintained by the Transport Commission The Premier (Mr ...
Article : 273 wordsNEWARK (N.J.), Thursday—Sabotage had occurred at the Sun shipbuilding plant at Chester (Pa.) after Nazis and Communists had joined forces, said Mr. Walter ...
Article : 69 wordsTHE wholesale and retail prices of tea throughout Australia will be increased by 2d. lb. from the opening of business ...
Article : 101 words"For a long time I have been very rundown nervous and worried" states Mrs J.T.C., of Muswellbrook. N.S.W. "I had headaches, and any little worry would make ...
Article : 175 wordsLONDON Thursday.—Field-Marshal Lord Milne appealed to Rotary to assist in entertaining Dominion troops Proper arrangements were not made in the Great ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Major-General V. M. Fortune, Commande, of the 51st Highland Division of the Territorial Army, and Lieut. Colonel H.R. Swinbittn ...
Article : 28 wordsREDWOOD CITY (Cal), Thursday. — Wilhelm Muhlenbroich pleaded guilty to having kidnapped Mare de Tristan, the young child of socially prominent ...
Article : 46 wordsOTTAWA, Thursday.—The Canadian Air Ministry has rejected an application by the American actor. Jackie Coogan, to become a flying instructor at an army ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 4 Oct 1940, Page 2
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