The Secretary for the Interior (Mr. Ickes) told 250,000 people at a meeting in Central Park that the United States "not only will fight for democracy, but will ...
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Article : 859 wordsTHE French in Syria are not pro-German, but pro-Petain, and in the event of British land operations against Syria it is believed they will obey ...
Article : 723 wordsAUTHORITATIVE sources scout Moscow and Washington reports that Japan may offer to mediate in the war. ...
Article : 49 words"This scheme has saved the fruitgrowers of Tasmania from certain disaster, and, instead of being satisfied with it, they are allowing the whole scheme to ...
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Article : 453 wordsThe State Parliament will be opened by Commission at 3 p.m. today. The Commissioners will be the President of the Legislative Council (Mr. Murdoch), and ...
Article : 196 wordsACCORDING to a message from Zurich (Switzerland) the Munich newspaper "Neueste Nachrichten" says: ...
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Article : 140 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Cosgrove), referring to editorial comments in "The Mercury" yesterday, which criticised the action of the Federal Government in ignoring his ...
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Article : 78 wordsIT is announced officially that enemy bombers raided the Suez Canal area on Saturday night. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 20 May 1941, Page 2
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