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  2. Establishment Of 50,000 Men For Voluntary Defence Corps

    An establishment of 50,000 men has been approved for the R.S.L. Volunteer Defence Corps, said the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) today. Of this total it was tentatively estimated that New South Wales would raise 17,000, Victoria 10,000. ...

    Article : 205 words
  3. DEFENDING THE SUEZ

    [?] ...

    Article : 66 words
  4. IRAQI AERODROMES RAIDED—AEROPLANES UNSERVICEABLE

    A British communique issued in Cairo states: “As a result of [?] on [?] aerodromes, the majority of Iraqi operational ’planes have been made unserviceable. Our infantry carried out successful patrols from Habbaniyah on Sunday night. ...

    Article : 619 words
  5. MEETING AIR ATTACK AT SEA

    The 5-inch rapid firing multiple a [?] gun on one of Britain’s greatest battleships goes in to action against an enemy plane. (Commonwealth Department of Information). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  6. Station Hand’s Long Wait For Rescuer: Suffer’s From Thirst

    After lying injured for three [?] hair days in a dry cheek [?] beyond Hawker, jack Mur[?] station-hand, was ...

    Article : 96 words
  7. SHUT UP JAP NAVY IN ITS OWN LAIR

    [?] Pepper, in a speech prepared [?] delivery in the Senate, demands that the United States ger in touch” and occupy with Britain ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. LARGE-SCALE OPERATIONS

    The Air Ministry communiqus states “Enemy airera[?]t operated on a large scale over the British. Islea during the night, the main objective ...

    Article : 330 words
  9. Protection Of Workers Against Air Raids

    Fuit provision for the protection of workers against air raids will be made in any housing scheme near monition factories undertaken by ...

    Article : 127 words
  10. Australian Workers’ Determined Front Against Dictators

    Knowing what had happened to working class leaders and the standards of living in countries controlled by the Nazis and Fascists, the Australian worker was as determined as his fellow unionists in any other part of the British Commonwealth to prevent ...

    Article : 296 words
  11. Mr. Fadden Asks For Action By People: Labor’s Assurance

    Events of the last three weeks had shown the necessity for giving every thing we had towards the war effort said Mr Fadden addressing a huge ...

    Article : 134 words
  12. Requisitioning Idle Foreign Ships In America

    Mr. Vinson, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, speaking in the House of Representatives on the Bill to empower President Roosevelt to ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. WITH LORD BEAVERBROOK

    M. R. D. ELLIOTT who went [?] England at the invitation of Lord Beaverbrook, former Minister for Aircraft Construction, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  14. MENZIES WANTED FOR BRITAIN

    The “Daily Express.” in a leading article, says that some Australian newspapers demanded the return of Mr. Menzies, but the people of ...

    Article : 150 words
  15. Conference Assumes That War Will Last For Four Years,

    The vital problem of distributing Australia’s manpower in the most of [?] manner between industry and the fighting forces was discussed to ...

    Article : 94 words
  16. Disastrous-’Quake Causes Death And Injury

    Acceding to the Harbin correspondent of the Domei Agency a disastrous earthquake rocked Northern Manchuria at 12.18 on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. Soon be Fighting On Many Fronts, Mr. Fadden Tells Legacy

    [?] was the [?] President [?] with [?] ...

    Article : 134 words
  18. PARLIAMENT WILL NOT MEET BEFORE MAY 28

    It is now almost certain that Federal Parliament veil} not meet until May 28 the date originally scheduled. It is pointed out that if the meeting ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. Spreading False Rumors About killed And Missing

    Although no information of individual casualties in the [?] campaign has yet been received by the Army, persons representing ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. Roosevelt Urges Increase Of Heavy Bombers

    March shipments to Britain included 414 planes and [?] engines. President Roosevelt sent a letter to Mr. Stimson, urging him to increase ...

    Article : 72 words
  21. Lead Going To Japan— Mr. Fadden Replies To Newspaper

    A reply was made by Mr. Fadden tonight to a statement in a Weekly newspaper that large quantities of lead were being shipped ...

    Article : 53 words
  22. Enlistments Only Two-Thirds Of A.I.F. Requirements

    Enlistments for the A.I.F. are still only two-thirds of requirements, said officers of the Southern Command today The weekly [?] had been ...

    Article : 100 words
  23. Death Of Foremost Australian Industrialist

    Mr. Philip Charles Holmes-Hunt, a director of Substitute Fuels, collapsed and died in his office in the Commonwealth Bank Building today ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. ACUTER CASUALTY LIST

    The A.I.F. casualty ' list tor Victorian units issued today contained the names of one killed in action 16 wounded in action and four missing ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. “Very Satisfactory” Test Of Cannon

    A flight-lieutenant in a plane over the English Channel was about to [?] cannon, when he sighted two Messerschmitts 600 yards away. He ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. FLASH- BACK

    London, May 7, 1940. — When [?] to address the House of Commons at 3.48 this afternoon, the Prime Minister (Mr. ...

    Article : 140 words
  27. MINISTER TO CHINA

    The Acking Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) said tonight that it was unlikely that any decision on the appointment of a Minister to China ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. No Compulsion Need For Support To WarLoan -Mr. Fadden

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) expressed confidence today that the Australian people did not need compulsion to induce them to ...

    Article : 77 words
  29. HORTICULTURIST’S ESTATE

    John Alexander [?]late of Red Ch[?]left £1033 personal prop[?]ty to his children ...

    Article : 13 words
  30. Mr. Dunstan Will Break Long-Term Record On Saturday

    The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) presided at a meeting of the Cabinet today, for the first time for several months. He is recovering from an illness which ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. Japan Would Stab Us In The Back, Says U.S.A. Politician

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  32. U.S. Steel Production Will Beat Germany

    The United States Steel Corporation on the [?] of the present rate of [?] ...

    Article : 11 words
  33. NINETEEN WORDS OF COMFORT

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    Article : 28 words
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