LONDON, November 7.—The most concentrated and unremitting night attack on London for weeks followed a quiet day ...
Article : 610 wordsLONDON, November 7.—While the 14,000 civilians dead and 20,000 maimed in air raids show the menace of bombs, the shipping position, although receiving, less public attention, is probably a more serious threat to Britain. Mr. Churchill, in the House of Commons yesterday, did not attempt to conceal the gravity of the shipping losses, for, although British tonnage is not much below the figure at the outbreak of war, conditions render it less than normally ...
Article : 512 wordsTwo anonymous telephone, messages, which, he said, showed concerted action to influence him in the sentence he might impose on ...
Article : 521 wordsThree new trailer pump units, of the type being used successfully in London to fight fires caused in air raids, were tested at Fire ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 225 wordsWHEN a scheme for the improvement of three former waste areas in Brisbane is completed by the Government and the City Council 272 acres will have been added to the recreation and playing spaces of the city and provision made for 18,000 people. ...
Article : 409 wordsBy Christmas the workshop of every civil aircraft company at Archerfield will be employed at full pressure on the maintenance and repair of Air Force ...
Article : 289 wordsWASHINGTON, November 7.—The War Department has opened the way for larger imports of Australian and South American wool ...
Article : 167 wordsLONDON, November 7.—"Although generous praise has been bestowed on the R.A.F., few people yet know the full measure of its achievement, and in the future light of history the observer ...
Article : 548 wordsThe revised list of reserve occupations just issued widens the exemptions for many people engaged in the production of munitions. It follows ...
Article : 149 wordsLONDON, November 7.—The motives underlying Spain's action in taking over the international zone of Tangier (Morocco) is not fully understood in ...
Article : 187 wordsLONDON, November 7. — British bombers attacked enemy troops and motor transport concentrations at Bardia, Fort Maddelena, and Gardel ...
Article : 142 wordsLONDON, November 7. — Flying Officer John Cock, D.F.C., of Renmark (South Australia), is believed to be the first Australian fighter pilot to be ...
Article : 206 wordsLONDON, November [?].—General Hertzog, Leader of the South African Opposition, has resigned the leadership of the Orange Free State United ...
Article : 114 wordsThere will be a fete from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Mater Hospital grounds to-morrow to augment the building fund. It will be Officially opened by ...
Article : 97 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government has reappointed the three members of the Literature Censorship Board for three ...
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Advertising : 241 wordsLONDON, November 7.—The R.A.F. last night again raided the French coast. Shells were seen bursting, and loud explosions shook buildings on this ...
Article : 283 wordsHOLLAND FIGHTS ON. — Prince Bernhard, of the Netherlands, broadcasting to South Africa, said that almost the whole of the Dutch navy ...
Article : 342 wordsLONDON, November 7.—The British Government is giving careful attention to the temporary leasing of air naval bases in Eire says the Daily ...
Article : 100 wordsSANTIOGA (Chile), November 7.—The Government of Chile has claimed all Antarctica between the 53rd and 90th meridians west of Greenwich. ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, November 7.—The Rome radio has repeated a confirmed German statement that Italian submarines have passed the Strait of Gibraltar ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Fri 8 Nov 1940, Page 5
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