LONDON, July 5.—Dispatches from Tokio state the British Ambassador (Sir Robert Craigie) visited the Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr. Arita) yesterday ...
Article : 323 wordsNEW YORK, July 4.—President Roosevelt gave a further indication of his views on the neutrality question to a Press conference this afternoon on the lawn of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 408 wordsLONDON, July 5.—It became known last night that the Soviet Government's reply to the latest Anglo-French proposals for a three-Power anti-aggression pact ...
Article : 1,163 wordsMELBOURNE, July 5.—Progress made in the defence works involved in Australia's £78,000,000 three-year defence programme and in the increased activities ...
Article : 405 wordsLONDON, July 5.—A group of Conservative members of the House of Commons, consistent supporters of the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain), whose ...
Article : 238 wordsPARIS, July 4.—The British Secretary for War (Mr. Hore-Belisha) made a striking declaration on the unity between Britain and France in the course of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 297 wordsLONDON, July 5.—The situation in Danzig remains quiet but there is no cessation of the disturbing military activity and the surreptitious accumulation of ...
Article : 300 wordsLONDON, July 5.—Lieut. H. G. Woods, one of the four men who escaped from the submarine Thetis when she was lost off Birkenhead on June 1, was further ...
Article : 751 wordsLONDON, July 5.—The Tokio correspondent of "The Times" says the Japanese claim their forces in Manchukuo have annihilated 4,000 of the Mongol invaders ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 188 wordsLONDON, July 5.—The extent to which apprehension of war is gripping the British public is reflected in a widespread cancellation of holiday bookings. ...
Article : 256 wordsSHANGHAI, July 5.—With the opening of the Tokio talks still delayed, the spotlight in China is likely to be switched from Tientsin towards South China. ...
Article : 132 wordsMELBOURNE, July 5.—The first batch of Australian-built Wirraway war planes to be allotted for permanent duty with a Royal Australian Air Force unit will ...
Article : 544 wordsLONDON, July 5.—The slow rate at which Britain's battleship building programme is progressing is indicated by the announcement that the 40,000-ton ...
Article : 205 wordsLONDON, July 4.—Asked in the House of Commons today whether it was still the policy of the Government to support the exchange value of the ...
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, July 4.—The War Office announces Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan has been appointed Director of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, Army Branch, ...
Article : 165 wordsLONDON, July 5.—The Berlin correspondent of "The Times," analysing the' half-yearly report of the Reich-Kredit Gesellschaft (a banking organisation ...
Article : 216 wordsZURICH. July 5.—In his presidential address today to the International Trade Union Congress, Sir Walter Citrine (general secretary of the British Trades ...
Article : 104 wordsAUCKLAND, July 5.—Stormy weather is sweeping New Zealand, with the barometer very low. A sensational incident occurred at ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON. July 5.—The Alexandria correspondent of the Associated Press says that several British warships have gone to Greek waters and are not expected to ...
Article : 79 wordsLONDON, July 5.—The significance which diplomatic circles attach to the negotiations now progressing satisfactorily between the German and Italian ...
Article : 282 wordsSYDNEY, July 5.—The body of Mrs. Enid Face (32), of George-street, Rose Bay, was recovered from the harbour off Dobroyd Point by the water police today ...
Article : 184 wordsAUCKLAND, July 5.—Residents of Levin are very. indignant over the proximity of the Weraroa training farm for delinquent boys. Frequently inmates ...
Article : 200 wordsLONDON, July 4.—Further progress has been made with the organisation of transport in time of war. A scheme for the control of road passenger services ...
Article : 52 wordsLONDON, July 5.—Two New Zealanders-Captain J. W. Burgess and First-Officer Oscar Garden-will set off tomorrow to take out the flying boat ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, July 5.—A report today on the attempts to salvage the Thetis said strong south-east winds in Liverpool Bay had prevented the placing of lifting wires ...
Article : 44 wordsCANBERRA, July 5.—Vincent Ledgwedge Lawlor, who was arrested in London recently for firing a shot near the Duchess of Kent in Belgrave-square, is ...
Article : 142 wordsSYDNEY, July 5—Police who have been investigating a small fire at the home of the Japanese Consul-General (Mr. Akiyama) in Wolseley-road, Point ...
Article : 248 wordsNEW YORK, July 5.—Despite a wide- spread campaign for a safe and sane Fourth of July holiday, violent deaths totalled approximately 600. ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, July 5.—Thirty villages were plunged into darkness when the mooring wire of a runaway Royal Air Force observation balloon, which had drifted 200 ...
Article : 49 wordsMELBOURNE, July 5.—The Minister for Supply (Mr. Casey) said today that heavy increases in the output from the Commonwealth small arms ammunition ...
Article : 76 wordsHELSINKI, July 5.—In the general elections the Fascist-minded Patriotic National League lost seven of its 14 seats in the Diet. The Government bloc ...
Article : 77 wordsROME, July 4.—Italy lost 14 airmen today; nine were killed in a collision between military planes over Viterbo and the five occupants of a naval seaplane ...
Article : 50 wordsJERUSALEM, July 4.—A collective fine of £1,000 has been imposed on the Jewish quarters in the north-western section of the city in respect of recent outrages ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, July 4.—The Dominions Secretary (Sir Thomas Inskip) told the House of Commons today he had recently received from the South African ...
Article : 219 wordsSYDNEY, July 5.—Mr. Justice Cantor, of the Industrial Commission, has called a compulsory conference of parties to the dispute between the Australian Gas Light ...
Article : 91 wordsSYDNEY, July 5.—Plans to make primary industry independent of supplies of fuel oil in the event of a national emergency have been discussed between ...
Article : 166 wordsAUCKLAND, July 5.—Although permanent buildings will not be available for some time, the Musick memorial radio centre at Bucklands Beach, Auckland, ...
Article : 151 wordsPARIS. July 4.—The United States Ambassador (Mr. William C. Bullitt), speaking today at Chalons-sur-Marne at a ceremony in commemoration of the ...
Article : 129 wordsPARIS. July 4.—General Vuillemin (Chief of the Army Air Force) said to-day that war planes were now being turned out from French factories at the ...
Article : 61 wordsANKARA, July 4.—The President (General Inonu) received today Brigadier Lund, leader of the British military mission. which will be engaged for several ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, July 5.—Deanna Durbin, the young film star, who recently signed a £200,000 Hollywood contract is coming to London early in 1940 to sing at ...
Article : 88 wordsAUCKLAND, July 5.—When David Armstrong (30), of Auckland. who was staying at Mt. Tongariro and had gone tramping alone, failed to return, search ...
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, July 5.—Mr. Ness Edwards (Labour) today won the by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the House of Commons. He received 19,847 votes, as ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, July 5.—It is revealed that a Vickers-Wellington twin-engined bomber which is now being extensively produced could, when specially equipped, ...
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