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  2. R.A.F. ACHIEVEMENT.

    Extensive serial activity reported in the week-end included as the greatest since the war began. Some plants flew as far as eastern Germany and leaflets were dropped over Vienna and Prague. All the ...

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  3. FINNISH CONFLICT.

    LONDON, Jan. 14.—Fighting is reported from all fronts in Finland, but no new major engagement has been announced. Russian aeroplanes bombed ...

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  4. AUSTRALIANS WITH R.A.F.

    LONDON, Jan. 14.—The Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. Anthony Eden) and the High Commissioner for Australia (Mr. S. M. Bruce), accompanied by Lord ...

    Article : 464 words
  5. WESTERN FRONT.

    LONDON, Jan. 14.—Last night and Friday night were both quiet on the' western front, according to communiques issued in Paris, but early on Friday ...

    Article : 309 words
  6. BURDENS OF WAR.

    LONDON, Jan. 13.—Speaking at Glasgow today the Chancellor of the Ex-chequor (Sir John Simon) outlined the unprecedented sacrifices expected of the ...

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  7. NEUTRALS' FEARS.

    LONDON, Jan. 14.—There is news from both Holland and Belgium of further defensive measures taken in those countries. ...

    Article : 513 words
  8. FRENCH PLANES' FEAT.

    PARIS, Jan. 13.—A second-lieutenant and three sergeants piloted four French planes which engaged 12 Messerschmitts and brought down three of them. Flying ...

    Article : 115 words
  9. BOMBS ON DANISH ISLAND.

    COPENHAGEN, Jan. 12.—The Foreign Office announced today that an inquiry had established that it was highly probable that the three bombs dropped on ...

    Article : 53 words
  10. GALLANTRY ON PATROL.

    LONDON, Jan. 12.—The first decorations for bravery in the field in the present war were announced today, with the award of the Military Cross to an ...

    Article : 137 words
  11. R.A.F. FOUR-GUN TURRETS.

    LONDON, Jan. 13.—The aeronautical correspondent of "The Times" states that the German Press has published photographs of Royal Air Force four-gun ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  12. CANADIAN WAR EXPENDITURE.

    OTTAWA, Jan. 13.—Canadian war expenditure to December 31 was 46,192.000 dollars (about £10,265,000 at the current rate of exchange). The war ...

    Article : 99 words
  13. RAIDER BROUGHT DOWN.

    It was announced officially yesterday that British fighter patrols had shot down a Heinkel bomber off the south-east coast of Scotland, near the Firth of ...

    Article : 418 words
  14. BALKAN SITUATION.

    LONDON, Jan. 13.—A communique issued in Sofia today announces complete agreement between Turkey and Bulgaria concerning the maintenance of peace in ...

    Article : 309 words
  15. FRENCH TAXATION CHANGES.

    PARIS, Jan. 13.—The Government is doubling the sales tax, making it 2 per cent, and is abolishing the patente tax. France's oldest tax, which has been ...

    Article : 48 words
  16. THE "VICIOUS SPIRAL."

    LONDON, Jan. 14—Sir John Simon's speech, in which he called on the nation to take "drastic medicine" to save itself from the more unpleasant disease of ...

    Article : 312 words
  17. SOUTH AFRICAN EXPORTS.

    PRETORIA, Jan. 13.—The Government is instituting export permits on Monday for all European countries excluding the United Kingdom, Eire, ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. VICTIMS OF THE GESTAPO.

    LONDON, Jan. 12.—The Wave of arrests which started in Prague is spreading to the provinces in Bohemia and Moravia. The Gestapo arrested 688 ...

    Article : 118 words
  19. NEW ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHELL.

    LONDON, Jan. 14.—A new type of 3in. anti-aircraft shell developed in the United States has now been made available to France, according to aviation officials ...

    Article : 136 words
  20. LABOUR'S OUTLOOK.

    LONDON, Jan. 13.—The Leader of the Labour Party (Mr. C. R. Attlee), in a speech this afternoon, said that Nazism had no gospel except the worship of ...

    Article : 328 words
  21. PLANES FOR RUMANIA.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says it is reliably reported that 60 German pursuit planes have been ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. SHIPS BOMBED.

    Two German planes on Thursday bombed and machine-gunned the British freighter Pitwines (932 tons) off the Yorkshire coast. Fifty bombs were ...

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  23. INTERNMENTS IN EGYPT.

    CAIRO, Jan. 13.—It was learnt today that 51 Germans had been interned. A report yesterday stated that the police had arrested 27 Germans at Cairo and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. WARTIME PURCHASES.

    LONDON, Jan. 12.—In a statement issued today, the Parliamentary Under- Secretary to the Ministry of Supply (Lieut.-Col Liewellin) said that ...

    Article : 137 words
  25. CANADIAN AIR FORCE.

    LONDON, Jan. 12.—The first squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force ever to be recruited for active service abroad Is now being formed. It will ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. ENCOUNTER OFF JUTLAND.

    The Air Ministry announces that Coastal Command machines attacked three enemy destroyers off the Horn Reefs (25 miles off the coast of Jutland) last ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 432 words
  27. AID FOR THE FINNS.

    LONDON, Jan. 13.—France will permit the transit of arms and volunteer. to Finland from Italy and Spain. Some Spanish quarters have denied that ...

    Article : 161 words
  28. JEWS AS LABOURERS.

    ZURICH, Jan. 12.—The "Neue Zuercher Zeitung" states that thousands of German Jews are being employed in order to make up the labour shortage. ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. EVACUATED BUSINESS STAFFS.

    LONDON, Jan. 12.—In a letter to the London Chamber of Commerce in reply to a request for guidance as to whether evacuated business staffs should return ...

    Article : 90 words
  30. GERMAN CAR EXPORTS.

    LONDON, Jan. 14.—The Berlin radio announces that Germany's exports of motor cars to overseas countries have ceased "owing to the war." It is pointed ...

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  31. IN THE UNITED STATES.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—President Roosevelt has expressed the opinion that Democratic and Republican leaders should confer and agree on a ...

    Article : 75 words
  32. GIBRALTAR PRIZE COURT.

    GIBRALTAR, Jan. 13.—The Prize Court here has ordered the seizure of 90,000 feet of nickel tubing aboard the United States steamer Exiria (5,000 tons) ...

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  33. FRENCH WAR ON COMMUNISTS.

    PARIS, Jan. 13.--The police yesterday arrested 20 persons and accused them of forming a Communist clique in an important aviation factory at St. Denis. ...

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  34. "Stay-in-London" Strike at Ministry.

    LONDON, Jan. 13.—Hundreds of civil servants employed at the Ministry of Health are refusing to go to Blackpool in accordance with evacuation ...

    Article : 39 words
  35. SWISS TAX WAR PROFITS.

    BERNE, Jan. 13.—Switzerland has imposed a 30 per cent tax on war profits. plus 10 per cent on profits more than 25 per cent above the pre-war level. ...

    Article : 65 words
  36. CONTRABAND CONTROL.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—The United Press correspondent at Hong Kong says that the British authorities there have inaugurated a contraband control system. ...

    Article : 44 words
  37. COST OF NORWEGIAN DEFENCE.

    OSLO. Jan. 13.—Norway's defence estimates total £11,800.000 in a Budget of £48.700.000. The Government proposes to double the income lax and place a ...

    Article : 39 words
  38. NORTHERN RHODESIA'S OFFER.

    LUSAKA, Jan. 13.—Northern Rhodesia has offered 200.000 as a contribution to Britain's war effort. It will also train air pilots. ...

    Article : 23 words
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