During a tour in Scotland, King George shakes hands with the "Readiness" Squadron of the British Royal Air Force Station that brought down the first enemy raider on British soil. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 64 wordsIndications that some unions would oppose the present proposals of the Government for speeding up the production in ...
Article : 300 wordsThe Home Secretary (Sir John Anderson) has announced that there is every prospect of an early call on the civil defences and the services should be fully manned in readiness and with full efficiency. Members of the A.R.P. auxiliary ...
Article : 694 wordsThe tremendous effort by the R.A.F. to assist the beleaguered B.E.F. is described in the Air Ministry announcement to-night, covering operations on May 27, 28, and 29. It says the main forces of the R.A.F. concentrated on ...
Article : 691 wordsIn a remarkable despatch, in which it declares King Leopold's treachery was not only military, but was an organised and ...
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Article : 315 wordsWelsh miners announce that 9000 unemployed miners will be immediately available for work. The miners arc determined to take ...
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Article : 243 wordsPresident Roosevelt has sent a message to Congress urging additional appropriations of over 1000 million dollars for the army and ...
Article : 215 wordsThe Belgian Cabinet at a meeting decreed that as King Leopold is in the power of the invader it is impossible for him to reign. ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Associated Press Berlin correspondent says it is reliably reported that Hitler summoned Goebbels to general headquarters to "prepare a ...
Article : 147 wordsAddressing the Foreign Press Association in London to-day, the Minister for Information (Mr. Duff-Cooper) said that during the seven years since Hitler assumed ...
Article : 247 wordsThe Government is submitting a bill authorising the Finance Minister to obtain £50,000,000 as a national defence loan from the State Bank. ...
Article : 52 wordsA German newsagency threatens the intensification of submarine warfare. It says that the training of additional crews has been completed ...
Article : 52 wordsThe correspondent of the 'Popolo di Roma.' who is with the German army. says the B.E.F. is still Intact and is defending itself with the ...
Article : 46 wordsV There could be nothing more • unsatisfactory than to have a number of influential bodies, without definition or. authority, com- ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Admiralty states that the Royal Navy is giving all possible help to Anglo-French forces operating in the vicinity of the Franco-Belgian coasts under heavy pressure. The warships are giving covering fire for the troops, and are ...
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Article : 122 wordsThe Government has called up the last of the 25 per cent. of recruits who became liable for service In 1939.also the first 25 per cent. liable this year. ...
Article : 84 wordsThe British Embassy and Consulates are advising inquiring military-aged Britishers not to return to England. ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Sat 1 Jun 1940, Page 7
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