UNIT of the London balloon barrage being sent aloft from the Horse Guards' Parade during air raid exercises. The balloons operate up to a height of 10,000ft. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, August 16.—The Axis Powers apparently are working up a "crisis" atmosphere as a preliminary to submitting a so-called "peace" plan by which Germany hopes to gain her aims without war. ...
Article : 1,452 wordsLONDON, August 16.—Hong Kong was startled this morning by the sound of firing and bombing by the Japanese, on a large scale, along the colony's frontiers. It was learned that the Japanese were cleaning up the Chinese ...
Article : 810 wordsLONDON, August 16.—Air France will open a substratosphere North Atlantic service early in September ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, August 16—"Willie Imperial Airways are excluding passengers because of the pressure of mails on space, aircraft are carrving hundreds ...
Article : 306 wordsLONDON, August 15.—Hong Kong could withstand a complete blockade for nine months, declares Colonel Lewis Robinson in ...
Article : 195 wordsLONDON, August 15.—A Paris message states that a Judge has appointed two doctors to determine the mental condition of Serge Boguslavsky, a ...
Article : 131 wordsLONDON, August 15.—Uniformed guards are surrounding Congress Hall, Clapton, in which the Salvation Army High Council is meeting in secret to ...
Article : 126 wordsLONDON, August 15.—Police are seeking a young woman with an Irish accent who booked a room at a hotel in the provinces where a bomb ...
Article : 64 wordsLONDON, August 15.—The Daily Telegraph says that Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Princess Royal, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess ...
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Advertising : 176 wordsLONDON, August 15.—Reports that leading British rayon manufacturers have requested the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to impose a ...
Article : 137 wordsLONDON, August 16.—The first report of the Colonial Empire Marketing Board, set up in 1937 by Lord Harlech, then Secretary for the Colonies to ...
Article : 190 wordsLONDON, August 15.—Mr. A. C. Crossley, Conservative M.P. for Stretford division, three other passengers— Herr Beuss (a German), Mr. Simonson ...
Article : 171 wordsLONDON, August 16—The influential German periodical. The German Writer, in a review of conditions in England, states: "Public opinion has ...
Article : 69 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—"No one can say what the next few days or weeks will bring forth," said the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) ...
Article : 164 wordsLONDON, August 15.—An antiquarian expert values the treasures found in the burial ship at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk) at £30,000. ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, August 15.—The British United Press representative at Berlin says that German Jews have completed the payment of 20 per cent of ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, August 16.—Gold is quoted to-day at £7/8/7 a fine ounce. Sterling exchange.—New York, 4.68 1-8 dollars: Paris. 176¾ francs; Batavia. ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON, August 15.—The correspondent of the Associated Press at Gibraltar, says the Governor (Lieut.-General Sir Clive Liddle) has by order ...
Article : 82 wordsTOKIO. August 16.—The Japanese forces claim that, during a gun duel across the Khala River, on the Manchukuo-Outer Mongolian border, they ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Thu 17 Aug 1939, Page 5
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