LONDON, January 5.-Field-Marshal Goering, already chairman of the German National Council of Defence, has been oppointed supreme director of war industry. In his new position he will have concentrated in his hands ...
Article : 608 wordsLONDON, January 5.—Paris reports indicate that there has been a notable change in movements on the Western Front. ...
Article : 308 wordsLONDON, January 5.—The British Government has decided to requisition shipping in the interests of the efficient conduct of the war. The order applies to all ships on the United Kingdom ...
Article : 683 wordsINFORMal picture of Rear Admiral Sir H. H. Harwood, who commanded the action against the Graf Spee at home with his wife and elder son, Cyprian. They live at Worthing. Lady Harwood celebrated the victory by going to see the film "The Lion Has Wings." ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 104 wordsTHE cables to-day contain further references to a possible extension of the war following the Soviet invasion of ...
Article : 857 wordsLONDON, January 5.—Further evidence of Britain's air supremacy was afforded by an Air Ministry announcement carly this ...
Article : 624 wordsNEW YORK, January 5.—President Roosevelt's defence estimates are the largest In the history of the United States. The naval programme envisages United States supremacy in battleships and heavy cruisers and parity in respect to other types ...
Article : 376 wordsNEW YORK, January 5.-"A terrific German attack on Britain and France by land air, and sea in the spring," was forecast by the British ...
Article : 160 wordsWASHINGTON, January 5.—Reading a variant of the wartime song, "Over There," which runs, "We won't be over till it's ...
Article : 53 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Sir Thomas Gordon, who was recently appointed the representative in Australia of the British Ministry of shipping, referring ...
Article : 121 wordsLONDON, January 5.—Firms are lamenting the closing of the Australian trade publicity department for the duration of the war. ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, January 5.—"The poor child docs not even know that England, is at war," said Lord Redesdale, father of Miss Unity Freeman-Mitford ...
Article : 117 wordsLONDON, January 5.—"President Roosevelt's message to Congress shows how closely the kind of peace that the President envisages corresponds with ...
Article : 160 wordsLONDON, January 5.—How the German liner Windhuk was prevented from sailing from the Brazilian port of Santos by action taken in London is ...
Article : 159 wordsROTTERDAM, January 5.—The German Minister for Economics (Dr. Funk), in a speech at Salzburg, announced that a special savings system ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, January 5.—An Order-in-Council will come into force on Monday, prohibiting the transfer of sterling or sterling securities, whether by ...
Article : 105 wordsPARIS, January 5.—A military tribunal has rejected an appeal for provisional liberty by 28 Communist ex-Deputies, who have been interned in ...
Article : 59 wordsCAIRO, January 5.—Ismahan Shehata, aged 25, a baker's wife, gave birth to female quadruplets. Already she is the mother of triplets. ...
Article : 31 wordsTOWNSVILLE Friday.—A special meeting of the Townsville City Council called to take action to have recognised Townsville's claims as a military ...
Article : 146 wordsLONDON, January 5.—The Berlin radio announces that German girls can marry dead men under a new law. A soldier in the front line can notify his ...
Article : 106 wordsWASHINGTON, January 5.—Mr. James H. R. Cromwell, economist, has been appointed United States Minister to Canada. Mr. John cudahy who ...
Article : 96 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—The £7000, home built by the Commonwealth Government for the Minister for Supply (Mr. Casey) will be converted into ...
Article : 128 wordsLONDON, January 5.—A meeting of 1200 representatives of small manufacturers, whose combined capital is £20,000,000, and who employ at least ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, January 5.—Lord Willingdon, who left England by air yesterday on his way to New Zealand, via Australia, will represent the King at ...
Article : 63 wordsJOHANNESBURG, January 5,—An odd situation has arised at Swakopmund (South-west Africa) where Nazis control the Wartime National Supplies ...
Article : 52 wordsHOLLYWOOD, January 5.—Flora Finch, the English-born stage and film actress, who was a star in the days of the silent films, has died here. ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, January 5.—A trade treaty between Russia and Bulgaria is the latest link between Russia and nearby countries. It is expected that this will be signed to-day or to-morrow. Australain Associated Press ...
Article : 202 wordsDUTCH LINER IDLE.—The 28,000-ton Holland-America line Statendam will not continue her sailings to the United States. Her owners consider the ...
Article : 269 wordsBUENOS AIRES, January 5.—One New Zealand member of the of H.M.S. Achilles was keenly disappointed at one stage of the battle between the Admiral Graf Spec and the British cruisers. It was explained at the celebration ...
Article : 201 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—The Department of Commerce is considering an invitation from America for Australia to continue its representation at the ...
Article : 86 wordsAMSTERDAM, January 5.—Count Godard-Bentinck. who gave a refuge to the ex-Kaiser after the Great War until he established his home at Doorn ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Sat 6 Jan 1940, Page 5
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