LONDON. Dec. 25—Christmas Day proved to be one of the grimmest in the history of Spain, for there was no truce in the civil war which has been fought ...
Article : 773 wordsDespite the oppressive weather on Thursday evening and yesterday, Christmas was celebrated with traditional gaiety and good cheer. On Christmas Eve the streets of Perth were thronged with people. Shopping was brisk, and some retailers reported that the ...
Article : 473 wordsLONDON. Dec. 24.—On the eve of Christmas the foreign outlook is clouded by the uncertainty of German policy. Yesterday afternoon a Foreign Office ...
Article : 483 wordsHAVANA, Dec. 23.—By a vote of 22 to 12 the Senate, sitting as a court of justice, expelled the President (Dr. Gomes) from office today and the Vice-President ...
Article : 205 wordsVATICAN CITY, Dec. 24.—Broadcasting a Christmas message to the world from his bedside today, the Pope deplored the many great evils which had ...
Article : 278 wordsThe Premier (Mr. J. C. Willcock) announced yesterday the terms of reference for the inquiry to be held into the charges of corruption made by Mr. T. J. ...
Article : 1,089 wordsTOKIO, Dec. 25.—According to the "Chugai Shogyo Shimpo," a commercial newspaper, the Tariff Commission will meet tomorrow to consider the ...
Article : 182 wordsSHANGHAI, Dec. 25.—It is officially announced that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, the national generalissimo, who has been held captive by revolting troops in Shensi, ...
Article : 130 wordsLONDON, Dec. 23.—The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Herald" suggests that Italy may shortly abandon the hope of a Fascist victory in Spain and ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Dec. 23.—Madrid will fare meagrely on Christmas Day, chiefly subsisting on rice and lentils. All the available meat is going to the loyalists in the ...
Article : 374 wordsTOKIO, Dec. 24.—The Tariff Commission recommends the wholesale revision of import duties. Increased rates on 692 items are proposed and the imposition of ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON, Dec. 24.—The City editor of the "Daily Mail" states that important London financial Interests nave succeeded in evolving a scheme to [?]acilitate barter ...
Article : 279 wordsBUENOS AIRES, Dec. 24.—The Inter- American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace has ended with the Foreign Ministers of Paraguay and Bolivia ...
Article : 151 wordsIn various churches in Perth and its suburbs yesterday was a time of thanksgiving and rejoicing. The central theme of the services was the angels message: ...
Article : 1,684 wordsLONDON, Dec. 23.—While they were passing through a narrow de[?]le in the Khaisora Valley, In Waziristan, recently, British troops were attacked by several ...
Article : 210 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—In a radio address this evening from a public park where he had lighted a community Christmas tree, President Roosevelt ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Dec. 24.—M. Trotsky's wife accompanied him on the oil tanker Ruth when he sailed from Oslo (Norway) for Yucatan, in order to settle in Mexico. ...
Article : 133 wordsOTTAWA, Dec. 24.—The opinion is officially expressed that Compensation Brokers, Ltd., which has been organised in London in connection with foreign ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, Dec. 23.—Commandant E. J. Cronin, the Blue shirts leader, has returned to Cork after a vain attempt to join General Franco's forces in Spain. ...
Article : 156 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Mr. Prank Tait, of the firm of J. and N. Tait, Informed the Associated Press today that In addition to the engagement of Tito Schipa, ...
Article : 149 wordsBERLIN, Dec. 23.—Under the agreement concluded on December 21, regulating mutual trade, German imports from South Africa during 1937 will total ...
Article : 65 wordsLONDON, Dec. 24.—The international committee for the application of the agreement for non-intervention in the Spanish civil war met at the Foreign ...
Article : 790 wordsThursday was a successful finale to the Christmas shopping season. "The best season we have had since 1929," declared the warehouse manager of one ...
Article : 1,050 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 25.—An expedition led by a district officer has been ordered by the Administrator of the mandated territory of New Guinea to visit the ...
Article : 131 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 25.—Five persons were killed and more than 50 others were injured in accidents on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The large ...
Article : 208 wordsLONDON, Dec. 24.—The Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Lang) is heading an appeal on behalf of distressed women and children in Spain, which will be launched ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON, Dec. 25.—The German East Africa liner Pretoria, on her maiden voyage to South Africa, went aground in the Solent today, after embarking ...
Article : 48 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The Federal Relief Administrator (Mr. Harry L. Hopkins) said today that a deficiency appropriation of 750,000,000 dollars (about ...
Article : 83 wordsLONDON, Dec. 24.—Madame SchmederChapellut, who is alleged to have shot Pierre Lallement in the neck while he was piloting a plane, and who, after he ...
Article : 95 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Mr. Vic Oliver, a stage comedian, and Miss Sarah Churchill, a dancer, and daughter of Mr. Winston Churchill, whose romance has ...
Article : 176 wordsMOSCOW, Dec. 23.—The fisheries agreement between the Soviet and Japan has been extended for a year pending negotiations for a new agreement. ...
Article : 41 wordsDALLAS (Texas), Dec. 23.—Five persons were killed when a transport plane crashed near a lake adjacent to the Dallas airport today. The general manager ...
Article : 61 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 25.—Holiday-makers at Southport were awakened at 1 o'clock this morning by a fireball, which, hurtling across the sky with a hissing sound, ...
Article : 72 wordsMOSCOW, Dec. 23.—Thirty-four Germans arrested in Russia are to be tried shortly under charges of espionage and pro-Fascist activities, it is learnt as the ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, Dec. 23.—Postal receipts in November showed the largest increase over the preceding month recorded for any month since October, 1928. ...
Article : 28 wordsLONDON, Dec. 23.—The "News-Chronicle" understands that a naval review will be held at Spithead immediately after the King's coronation next year. ...
Article : 25 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 25.—Geoffrey Barton (2), of South Townsville, died in the Townsville Hospital last night, after having been found unconscious in the tidal ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 26 Dec 1936, Page 9
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