Having hastily repaired the worst of the damage she sustained in last Wednesday's encounter with three British cruisers, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee yesterday morning lay in Montevideo harbour apparently ready to attempt to escape. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,417 wordsWhile the Finns have been forced to retire under increased Russian pressure in the far north, yielding the nickel centre of Salmijarvi, and the port of Petsame, they are maintaining their resistance to the invaders on the central and southern froots. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,482 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) said to- day that consultations were beginning between Pan-American countries with ...
Article : 429 wordsLONDON, Dec. 17.—When the German plan for an offensive on the western front fizzled out and the German High Command quashed plans to invade ...
Article : 431 wordsLONDON, Dec. 17.—In the war at sea two British and three Norwegian ships have been sunk by mines and another British tanker, which also struck a mine, ...
Article : 588 wordsLONDON. Dec. 16.—Further details have been made available of the fierce encounter over the Heligoland Bight on Thursday between British reconnaissance ...
Article : 345 wordsLONDON, Dec. 17.—Less than 12 hours after the Heligoland Bight battle a British security patrol of fighters and bombers carried out a bombing attack on the ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, Dec. 17.—This morning's French war communique reports artillery and infantry actions at various points on the western front. A ...
Article : 167 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The Montevideo correspondent of the "New York Times" states: "The Admiral Graf Spee's commander, Captain Hans Langsdorff, ...
Article : 273 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—The Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons (Mr. Attlee), speaking at a Durham conference today, stressed the need for world ...
Article : 149 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—At least three ships were sunk Ly U-boats last week while in Norwegian territorial waters. This new phase of German warfare is ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, Dec. 17.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) began his tour of the British Expeditionary Force in France on Friday. He arrived in France ...
Article : 539 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—The plastics industry is providing as adaptable in war as in peace. Experiments with plastic materials to replace steel in army ...
Article : 144 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—The Admiralty has issued a warning of German mines off the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Tees. ...
Article : 23 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—The Berlin radio, during a talk in English, invited the Queen Mary and Normandie to put to sea in order to see whether the German ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—In the view of the highly-placed officials the Admiral Graf Spee's position under international law hinges on Uruguay's obligations as a ...
Article : 234 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The United States reaction to the German account given by short-wave radio of the South Atlantic naval battle is contemptuous ...
Article : 154 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—The Japanese steamer Sanyo Maru has sailed from Rotterdam with a cargo of German potash and machinery. ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—Remarkable a demonstration of loyalty to the British cause as is the fund amounting to £100,000 raised by the British ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 156 wordsSTOCKHOLM, Dec. 16.—A Hamburg Prize Court, in ordering the confiscation of two seized Swedish ships, ruled that all paper pulp was contraband. An ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—From information gleaned from the officers and men of British freighters she had sunk who were put ashore at Montevideo, officials have ...
Article : 193 wordsLONDON, Dec. 17.—Commodore H. H. Harwood, commodore of the South American division, who commanded the British cruisers in Wednesday's action, has ...
Article : 390 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—The Minister for Transport (Captain Euan.Wallace) today made a journey in the first train to run under the Thames since the war, when ...
Article : 173 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—Broadcasting from Helsinki yesterday evening the Finnish Foreign Minister (M. Tanner) made a plea to the Soviet Premier and Foreign ...
Article : 363 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—The Admiralty yesterday afternoon announced the casualties sustained in action by H.M.S. Achilles on Wednesday. They com- ...
Article : 79 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—The Lord Mayor's Red Cross and St. John Fund rose yesterday to £876,000. Among yesterday's gifts were £4,000 from New York, £25 ...
Article : 38 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—Christmas pre- parations for the British Expeditionary Force in France are being completed. All members of the British forces, including ...
Article : 87 wordsROME, Dec. 17.—A decree orders housewives to declare their copper pos- sessions, with a view to requisitioning. ...
Article : 19 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—In a speech at the Press Club today the British Ambassador to Paris (Sir Eric Phipps) said that France did not believe in the existence ...
Article : 80 wordsMONTEVIDEO, Dec. 16.—Five thousand persons yesterday watched 14 buses containing members of the crew of the Admiral Graf Spee, the German Minister ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—Eighty more Germans have been interned in the Union of South Africa, including Dr. Anton Obholzer, a professor at the University ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 18 Dec 1939, Page 15
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