CANBERRA Friday.—A liberalisation of the Federal Government's child endowment scheme to include £1 a week beyond £300 a year for widows and 10/ ...
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Article : 342 wordsDECLARING that the British Fleet stood as the only obstacle to German control of the Atlantic, and without it America would be in great danger of invasion, the Secretary for War (Mr. Stimson) told the House of Representatives ...
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Article : 137 wordsLONDON, Friday.—General Sir Archibald Wavell, commander-in-chief of the British forces in the Near East, in a cablegram to "Reveille," states: "The ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 18 Jan 1941, Page 2
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