LONDON, Friday.--It is officially announced that Benghazi, the capital of Cyrenaica, the eastern portion of the Italian colony of Libya, has been captured. A message from Cairo says that the news that Benghazi had fallen came like a thunderbolt. Even military experts had assumed that owing to the nature of the country Benghazi ...
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Article : 399 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday. -- The House of Representatives adopted the Foreign Affairs Committee's amendment, which means ...
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Article : 269 wordsLONDON, Thursday.--The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Kingsley Wood) asked the House of Commons to agree to a supplementary vote of ...
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Article : 150 wordsSYDNEY, Friday. -- The licence of "Darby" Munro, one of Sydney's leading jockeys, has been revoked by the Australian Jockey Club committee. ...
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Article : 100 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.--To support Australia's Greek Day appeal, the Duchess of Kent will broadcast a special message to this country. ...
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Article : 29 wordsLONDON, Friday.--Their Majesties the King and Queen spent four hours touring the badly bombed areas in Portsmouth. They went into several ...
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Article : 84 wordsLONDON, Friday.--The richest soldier in the army, Earl Inchcape, is to marry the widow of a Royal Air Force officer who was killed on active, ...
Article : 70 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.--The rate of old-age and invalid pensions will be increased by 6d. a week as from April 31, following the rise in the cost of ...
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The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1922 - 1965), Sat 8 Feb 1941, Page 5
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