EIGHTH week of the war is passing with no great activity among the armies. More British ships have been sunk at sea, but more German submarines have also been destroyed. Two incidents indicate how hard it will be for America to rest assured of continued neutrality. Mediterranean States appear to be rallying around Turkey. ...
Article : 84 wordsOBSERVERS say that the slow movements of the Soviet army support the commonly accepted view that it is not highly efficient--particularly in transport, in which phase there was much bungling before Poland was entered. ...
Article : 304 wordsTWO more British ships have been sunk, and further German U-boats have been destroyed. An American ship has been captured by the Germans. LONDON, Oct. 23.--Fourteen ...
Article : 145 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 23.--A Moscow message says that the Tass Agency announces that the United States freighter, City of Flint, arrived at ...
Article : 377 wordsWASHINGTON, Oct. 23.--Senator Bennett-Clark, in the Senate neutrality debate, criticised the service on October 22, when President Roosevelt ...
Article : 247 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 24.--Representatives of Australian and British manufacturers are to draft recommendations for the Commonwealth Government aimed at ensuring maintenance of essential supplies to Britain during the war. ...
Article : 183 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.--The British United Press special correspondent with the British Expeditionary Force in France says torrential rain again is ...
Article : 261 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--The Air Ministry announces that a R.A.F. machine is believed to have sunk two U-boats in the North Sea and ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.--The 'Times' Riga correspondent says it is reliably stated from Kaunas that LithuanianGerman negotiations are progressing ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.--The 'NewsChronicle' says the Toronto resident, H. S. Swindley, wrote to a London newspaper describing the sinking of ...
Article : 102 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 23.--The correspondent of the New York 'Times' in Paris says: Rapid Sovietisation, and a general lowering of living standards ...
Article : 252 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 24.--The AttorneyGeneral (Mr. W. M. Hughes) made a whirlwind tour of the military training camps to-day. He inspected men of ...
Article : 181 wordsMOSCOW, Oct. 23.--When the. Finnish delegation arrived at Moscow it was met by a handful of comparatively minor Soviet officials and all ...
Article : 310 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--An explosion, believed to be due to a submarine, sank the Swedish steamer Albania in the North Sea. The crew took to a ...
Article : 194 wordsBRISBANE, Oct. 24.--Only 109 are needed to complete Queensland's quota of 2504 in the new A.I.F. A total of 2395 have been passed as medically ...
Article : 169 wordsMajor-General Drake-Brockman, the general officer commanding the camp at Seymour. Watching activities with him is Lt.-Colonel F. J. Berryman. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 19 wordsGroup-Captain H. F. do la Rue, D.F.C., who will lead Australia's Air Expeditionary Force. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 29 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 24.--"I heard nothing of it", said Mr. Menzies to-day when asked to comment on the hint dropped by the Queensland ...
Article : 57 wordsPANAMA, Oct. 23.--An unconfirmed report says that a United States warship took into custody the German freighter Havelland, off the ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--A Berlin official newsagency denies that Germany is likely to present new peace prosposals. ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--Interesting facts regarding German air losses in the raids on British shipping, compared with the damage done by the raiders, ...
Article : 236 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--The submarine Thetis, which sank during trials with the loss of 99 lives, has been raised to the surface and is now floating on ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--An exchange says there will probably be a general strike in the North Wales coalfields after October 28, when the workers' ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--The German broadcast announcement that in future Holland will only allow British merchant ships to enter Dutch ...
Article : 177 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--Sir Eric Phipps, retiring British Ambassador, made a formal farewell to the French people over the French radio this afternoon. ...
Article : 128 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--The 'Times' Rome correspondent at the Vatican through the Papal Legate at Berlin has protested to Germany against the ...
Article : 97 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--A Paris message states that the French Parliament will meet in November, when the 1940 budget will be submitted. ...
Article : 31 wordsTHE Turkish stand in sympathy with the Allies has influenced neighboring States. Even Italy is now benevolent to Turkey. LONDON, Oct. 23.--A Foreign Office ...
Article : 723 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 24.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) and the Minister for Defence (Mr. Street) to-day made a close inspection of Seymour ...
Article : 110 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--The Ministry of Information in a communique states :--The British shipping losses last week amounted to only 10 per ...
Article : 115 wordsLIMA (Peru), Oct. 23.--In the Presidential election, first returns, Manuel Prado, Rightist Coalitionist, leads by two to one over the Patriotic Fronter, ...
Article : 33 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.--The 'Daily Telegraph's' diplomatic correspondent says Germany is not receiving 17½ tons of Soviet gold bullion which has been ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--Sir John Simon reports that 100 I.R.A. suspects were expelled from Britain up to September 30 and at least a score of others ...
Article : 40 wordsCALCUTTA, Oct. 23.--The AllIndia Congress Working Committee passed a resolution stating that Congress could not possibly support Great ...
Article : 589 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--The correspondent of the 'Times' at Riga says: The Germans at Bromberg executed nine and sentenced to death one, in one ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--In view of the Germans being blamed in the last war for bombing a British field hospital, placed at the angle of two strategic ...
Article : 145 wordsFROM LEFT, SEATED: Major-General C. G. N. Miles, Adjutant-General and second member of the Military Board; Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Blarney; Lieutenant-General E. K. Squires, Chief of the Australian General Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel S. F. Rowell, General Staff Officer 6th Division; Lieutenant-Colonel K. A. McKenzie, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General. STANDING: Lt.-Col. Ferguson; Lieut. C. C. F. Spry, General Staff Officer; ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 144 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--The King inspected the militia training centres of the eastern and southern commands, while the Queen investigated ...
Article : 32 wordsWASHINGTON, Oct. 24.--The world war statute has been re-invoked, requiring shippers to state on oath whether they intend to tranship ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, Oct. 23.--A Madrid message states that General Franco has cordially received Lord Lloyd, president of the British Council. ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Wed 25 Oct 1939, Page 7
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