SIX ships were sunk, victims of German submarines or mines, on Monday. Enemy mines appear to have been located quite near to the coast of England. Germans made still another raid on islands to the north of Scotland without doing any damage. Britain is obtaining excellent training experience for anti-aircraft men in these ...
Article : 94 wordsBEGINNING another submarine wave of attacks, a U-boat shelled and sank a British fishing trawler, three of the crew being drowned. A Norwegian vessel was also sunk. Several British ships, in addition to the destroyer mentioned ...
Article : 323 wordsIF so many Germans are opposed to Hitler, why has no one ever assassinated him? If most Germans favor peace, why do they not rebel against the Government? These questions are frequently asked by people who can have very ...
Article : 991 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- The Berlin spokesman included the liners Queen Mary and Mauretania on the list of English and French armed vessels ...
Article : 169 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 15. -- Australia's war aims were defined by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in a statement in the House of Representatives to-day. The first, he declared, was victory, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 976 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- Four German planes, which raided the Shetland Islands yesterday, dropped at least 12 bombs, ...
Article : 212 wordsBRISBANE, Nov. 15. In Parliament to-day, Mr. Russell (U. A. P.) strongly criticised utterances of of Trades Union leaders on the ...
Article : 111 wordsLONDON. Nov. 14. -- In this war Britain must exercise to the full its recognised belligerent rights. The British Government has, however, ...
Article : 498 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- The torpedoed Norwegian vessel, cabled earlier, was the Arne Kjoode. LONDON, Nov. 14. -- Survivors stated ...
Article : 139 wordsBRISBANE. Nov. 15. -- "Labor in Great Britain and Australia supports the war against Hitlerism, not because Labor is a war-mongering force, but ...
Article : 270 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- Flying Officer Reginald Graveley was awarded the O. B. E. (Military Division) for gallantry. Sergeant Frederick Gardlner ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- An engineer of a trawler which landed six survivors from the destroyer which was sunk in the North Sea said he heard an ...
Article : 104 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 15. -- The construction of important sections of the strategic inland road, at' a cost of £100,000, will be a spectacular part of ...
Article : 48 wordsBERLIN, Nov. 14. The official German reply to the Belgian-Dutch mediation offer was handed to the Belgian and Dutch Ministers. ...
Article : 129 wordsCAPETOWN, Nov. 14. The war footing organisation is achieving remarkable results. Defence force units in all centres are approaching ...
Article : 278 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 15. -- Following protests from the States as to the allocation of the special £2,000,000 Commonwealth grant for defence ...
Article : 104 wordsNEW YORK. Nov. 14. -- New York 'Times' Washington correspondent says the United States Government may pay a premium on aeroplane ...
Article : 99 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- An explosion on the British freighter Matra, 8000 tons, in the North Sea, occurred at 7 o'clock last night. The vessel was visible from ...
Article : 157 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 15. -- Replying to a question in the House of Representatives to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said that the ...
Article : 83 wordsBRUSSELS, Nov. 14. M. Gillon, who was re-elected President of the Senate, told Parliament that Belgium would follow a policy of strict ...
Article : 141 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- The claim circulating through German news channels, which put the A[?]ied losses in the air war at 80 ...
Article : 318 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 15. Outlining in the House of Representatives to-day contracts for war-time sales of Australian wool and commodities to the ...
Article : 168 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- A British official wireless message states that up to November 4 34 British ships of roughly 238,000 tons, seven Allied ...
Article : 158 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 15. The Minister for Customs (Mr. Lawson), in the House of Representatives to-day, claimed that the prices control ...
Article : 73 wordsWASHINGTON, Nov. 14. President Roosevelt has forwarded to the House Appropriations Committee a request for 271,000,000 dollars to finance the ...
Article : 123 wordsLISBON, Nov.- 15. Capt. Sorensen, of the Norwegian freighter, Jenny, reports that a U-boat threatened to torpedo the Jenny unless it supplied ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, Nov. 15. A Berlin message states that while Germany is unable to accept the conditions laid down in British and French replies to ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- The Paris night communique reports great patrol activity. particularly east from the Saar. "As winter begins to grip the Western ...
Article : 60 wordsBERLIN, Nov. 14. -- The 'Voelkischer Beobachter' foreshadows the use of aeroplanes against merchant-men declaring that if a ...
Article : 64 wordsBRISBANE. Nov. 15. -- Mr. V. Feltham, who returned to Brisbane to-day, was sixth engineer in the British oil tanker British Influence, ...
Article : 269 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Nov. 15. -- At a meeting of the Townsville branch of the Australian Comforts Fund to-night, the following motion was carried: ...
Article : 152 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. Members of the House of Commons participated in a debate raised by Mr. E. Shinwell (Labor) on an adjournment motion. ...
Article : 176 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. The 'Daily Telegraph' says that General Pigeaud, who directed the capture and occupation of Warndt Forest on the Western ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON, Nov. 14. -- A Berlin wireless message states that 20,000 Russian troops have begun to march into Lithuania. ...
Article : 27 wordsNEW YORK, Nov 14. -- Sterling is quoted at 3.93½. ...
Article : 17 wordsLONDON, Nov. 15. R. A. F. planes, in the past few weeks, photographed towns, harbors and military objectives from low ...
Article : 138 wordsCALCUTTA, Nov. 14. -- Twenty-one thousand jute workshops have gone on strike for higher wages. A further 10,000 have been on strike since ...
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