LONDON, Dec. 6.—Reviewing the effect in the first three months of the war of the German campaign against Allied and neutral merchant shipping, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,123 wordsA Russian claim to have broken through the main Finnish defeuce-line in the eastern sector of the Karelian Isthmus on Wednesday is categorically denied in Helsinki, where it is stated that all Russian attacks were repuised. On other fronts Russian ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,343 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.— The newspaper of the Russian Communist International asserts that minorities and workers in Rumania are being oppressed and exploited. ...
Article : 499 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Air Ministry announced today that yesterday evening Air Force units made a successful flight over North Germany. It denies a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 267 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—Four neutral ships were reported today to have been sunk, with considerable loss of life, while one British vessel was stated to be missing and ...
Article : 277 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—Touring the British Expeditionary Force front yesterday, on the second day of his tour in France, the King met for the first time Royal Air ...
Article : 811 wordsPARIS, Dec. 7.—A French communique issued last night stated that there were no events of importance to report at the front, and that there had been activity ...
Article : 173 wordsBERLIN, Dec. 6.—Coinciding with the first open admission by the German newspapers of the utter failure of the campaign to woo France from Britain, the ...
Article : 227 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—Speaking in Paris today the Chief British Censor (Vice- Admiral Usborne) said. "I am not one who believes that the war will be short. ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—It is officially announced that eight enemy aircraft approached the Scottish coast shortly after noon yesterday, in the Firth of Forth ...
Article : 137 wordsLONDON. Dec. 7.—The Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Eden). speaking in the House of Commons today, quoted a reliable authority as having expressed the ...
Article : 158 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Fascist Grand Council has been summoned for tonight for the first time ...
Article : 54 wordsTHE HAGUE, Dec. 7.—A semi-official statement made today in reply to Germany's demand that neutral States should resist the Allies' blockade ...
Article : 186 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Associated Press correspondent at Vatican City states that when the Pope received Signor Dino Alfieri (Italian Ambassador- ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Bergen (Norway) correspondent of the Copenhagen "Dagbladet" reports that a sea battle has been waged all this morning outside ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Bukarest correspondent of the "New. York Times" states that because of the shortage of railway waggons Germany cannot fully ...
Article : 117 wordsLONDON. Dec. 6.—"The Queen's Book of the Red Cross" has been published, the frontispiece being a striking new photograph of Her Majesty, together with s ...
Article : 141 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—"The Times" says that it has been established that 20,000 bodies of civilians who were killed in the defence of Warsaw have been found ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Moscow radio last night warned Italy to keep out of the Russo-Finnish struggle. "Italy wants to turn Finland into a second Spain," ...
Article : 116 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 6.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states:—'It is authoritatively reported that the United States Note to Britain ...
Article : 90 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 7.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) will deliver an answer at 9 o'clock tomorrow night to propaganda that is being broadcast by the ...
Article : 70 wordsNEW YORK. Dec. 6.—The United States Ambassador to Britain (Mr. Kennedy) arrived here today from Europe. He said that the British Government had ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—The Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade (Mr. R. S. Hudson) stated in the House of Commons today that various matters ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—The Ministry of Economic Warfare states: "On December 2 80 neutral ships were in the three contraband control bases in the United ...
Article : 421 wordsLONDON. Dec. 6.—A remittance cabled to London brings the total amount subscribed by Fiji for war relief purposes to £34,000. ...
Article : 26 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 6.—In Washington today President Roosevelt conferred with the Federal Loan Administrator (Mr. Jesse Jones) and the chairman of the ...
Article : 170 wordsLONDON. Dec. 6.—The Lord President of the Council (Earl Stanhope) stated in the House of Lords today that the Government had decided to hold a secret ...
Article : 91 wordsPARIS. Dec. 7.—The Polish Prime Minister (General Sikorski) is accompanying King George on his tour of the western front. ...
Article : 24 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—There was a lively debate today at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons on proposals that "in order that peace and harmony in the ...
Article : 136 wordsLONDON. Dec. 6.—Mr. W. Dobbie (Labour member for Rotherham) apologised today for his violent outburst in the House of Commons yesterday, when ...
Article : 62 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 7.—The Minister for External Affairs (Sir Henry Gullett) said today that Australia would be represented at the meeting of the League ...
Article : 90 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—Attacking in the House of Commons tonight the selection of Ministers before the war by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain), Mr. ...
Article : 128 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Polish submarines Wilk (980 tons) and Orzel (1,110 tons), which escaped from the Baltic in September, have joined the British Navy. ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, Dec. 6.—Addressing the annual meeting of the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company today, the chairman 4 Sir William Currie) described the ...
Article : 236 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Tokio correspondent of the Associated Press states that it is reliably reported that negotiations for a non-aggression pact between ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—Two of three men beheaded at sunrise in Berlin today were accused of espionage on behalf of Britain. ...
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