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  2. HITLER'S GREATEST GAMBLE

    After seven months of relative quiescence, the war has blazed into a new and dangerous phase. Last Tuesday, Hitler launched the most outrageous of his thunderbolts by invading Denmark and Norway. Since then, hostilities have ...

    Article : 1,612 words
  3. Public Kept in Dark by Admiralty's News Bungle over Norway Sea Battles

    Confidence in the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) as the man at the helm has not ...

    Article : 567 words
  4. Allies Anticipate

    The hazardous position in which Hitler finds himself as the result of what Mr. Churchill and M. Reynaud declare to be his immense strategical error in making an onslaught on Denmark and Norway, is preparing the Allies for the ...

    Article : 814 words
  5. Allies' Quick Counter-Measures Please Public

    While news of Norwegian developments must, in the peculiar circumstances, necessarily lag behind events, there ...

    Article : 291 words
  6. Turkey Seeks Extra Defence Credit

    "The Times" correspondent, at Istanbul says that Turkish defence measures include the Government's request for an extraordinary credit of £2millions. The ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. MORE TAXES FOR GERMANY? SOLDIERS' FOOD DETERIORATING

    "The Times" correspondent at Brussels states it is believed that heavy German tax increases and special duties on ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. D.S.O. for Altmark Rescue Leaders

    The famous rescue of the British prisoners from the German vessel Altmark by H.M.S. Cossack is recalled in the ''London Gazette" by the announcement ...

    Article : 124 words
  9. Nazi "Christian Front" Member Absconds on bail

    Glaus Gunther Ernecke, one of the accused ''Christian Front" members, and a German citizen, has disappeared. His 7,500 dollars bail has been forfeited. The ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. SABOTAGE IN JUGOSLAVIA

    A message from Zagreb states that bombs wrecked several small Slovenian factories making goods for Germany. It is believed the explosions ...

    Article : 98 words
  11. MORE THAN 20,000 NAZI TROOPS NOW IN NORWAY

    The French War Office spokesman expresses the view that German troops in Norway total between 20,000 and 40,000. Norway has officially informed France that she will fight side by side with the Allies against the German ...

    Article : 728 words
  12. Crew of Sunken British Destroyer Try Land Foray

    Members of the crew of H.M.S. Hardy are believed to have started a military expedition of their own near Narvik after the Hardy sank. It is ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. British Financial Review

    Stock markets have displayed remarkable resistance to the latest turn of hostilities. The money and discount markets are almost completely indifferent. A similar sensation last September would have frozen gilt-edged stocks at ...

    Article : 282 words
  14. SIDELIGHTS OF THE WAR SITUATION

    The Ministry of Health has advised London hospitals to recruit volunteer stretcher bearers in the event of air raids. Many more Londoners are now ...

    Article : 239 words
  15. Sweden to Reject Any Demands for Use of Territory

    The Prime Minister of Sweden (M. Hansson), in a broadcast from Stockholm today, warned the Swedish ...

    Article : 255 words
  16. Germans Capture Wireless Operator: Admiralty Informant

    The Berlin newsagency states that the Germans discovered a British radio station at Vestfiord and captured the ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. Britain Takes Danish Ships For Own Use

    Twenty Danish ships of a gross tonnage of 26,000, in British ports, have been taken over by ethe Britith authorities as prizes and places at the disposal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 131 words
  18. Additional Naval Appropriation May Be Found to Speed U.S. Fleet Building

    President Roosevelt, the Chief of Naval Operations (Admiral R. H. Stark), and the Congress Naval Committee chairmen (Messrs. Walsh and Vinson) conferred ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. GALLANTRY AS GHURKA SANK: RATINGS MADE CAPTAIN LEAVE

    "With hands linked, and singing a sea shanty, members of the complement of the British destroyer Ghurka, which sank after a fight with German ...

    Article : 228 words
  20. Former Minister Enlists in R.A.A.F

    Lieutenant Colonel T. W. White, M.H.R. former Minister for Customs, and Major C. O. Fairbairn, a brother of the Minister for Air. have enlisted in ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. 2nd A.I.F Men To Be Taught French, German and Italian Phrases

    Gramophone sets will be used to teach members of the 2nd A.I.F. coloquial French and useful phrases in German and Italian under a ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. American Cartoon Scoffs at Hitler's Blitzkrieg Tactics

    The "New York Sun" publishes a cartoon of a long-necked Hitler protruding from the barrel of a gun marked ...

    Article : 95 words
  23. U.S. Red Cross Relief for Greenland

    President Roosevelt told a Press conference to-day that Greenland was more closely related to North America than Europe. It was proposed that the ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. Australian Restrictions on car chassis hit Canada

    Canadian Government experts describe Australia's restrictions on motor car chassis as most serious. It is estimated that it will reduce the imports by 5,000 ...

    Article : 38 words
  25. Government Supporter Wins Argyle Election

    The result of the Argyle by-election is:-- Major Duncan McCallum (Unionist). 12.317. ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. Swedish Tanker Sunk

    The Swedish tanker Sveaborg (9,076 tons) homeward bound from the United Stales laden with petrol was sunk off the Scottish coast. The crew was saved. ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. Rev. Stanislaus McGee Dead

    The death is announced of Rev. Stanislaus McGee. O.F.M., for 30 years a missionary in the Australian bush until 1926. ...

    Article : 28 words
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