On the eastern front in Finland the Russian forces in the Salla zone are being hard-pressed by the Finns following the collapse of the invaders' efforts to drive westward to the Gulf of Bothnia. Russian detachments are being systematically cut off from the main ...
Article : 1,482 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—With regard to the broadcast last Saturday night by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill)—in which he said that ...
Article : 292 wordsTOKIO Jan. 23.—Japan has formally protested to Britain against the stopping by a British warship on Sunday of the 16,975-ton passenger liner Asama Maru ...
Article : 615 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23.—German troops continue to pour into Galicia, which forms part of south-eastern Poland and most of which fell to Russia in the ...
Article : 688 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 23.—It was revealed in Washington last night that the United States Government had expressed serious concern to Britain at the treatment ...
Article : 645 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23.—Five more ships— a British trawler and four neutral vessels —have been sent to the bottom either by Nazi minus or by U-boat. The latest ...
Article : 281 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—An Air Ministry spokesman pointed out today, in reply to a Sydney newspaper's statement that young men should not be criticised for ...
Article : 268 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23.—A message from The Hague states that anti-aircraft guns fired at a British plane flying over Gorkum, in the south of Holland, yesterday, ...
Article : 107 wordsBERNE, Jan. 22.—The "Nouvelle Gazette" says:—"Mr. Churchill need not have tried "to galvanise the neutrals, who have always faced threats. Switzerland is not ...
Article : 109 wordsBERLIN, Jan. 22.—The newspaper "Nachtausgabe" says that news of Britain's marine losses, including the destroyer Grenville, is a resounding box ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON, June 22.—Little credence is given by those who make a close study of shipbuilding matters to the Nazi claims that submarines will be produced this ...
Article : 422 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—Sergeant H. E. Mawby, an Australian has died as a result of injuries received when a Royal Air Force bomber crashed on the sands on ...
Article : 91 wordsBERLIN, Jan. 22.—It is semi-officially announced that Germany is watching closely to see whether the neutrals align themselves more closely with the Allies. ...
Article : 25 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—The German Press, according to reports from Stockholm gives prominence to predictions that President Roosevelt may mediate at any ...
Article : 198 wordsOTTAWA, Jan. 22.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Rogers) announced today that training establishments under the Empire air scheme would be increased ...
Article : 151 wordsOTTAWA, Jan. 22.—The Federal Government has approved of a credit of 100,000 dollars (about £22,000 sterling) to enable Finland to purchase Canadian ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON. Jan. 23.—The lull on the western front continues, broken only by occasional raids from either side. It is still bitterly cold. ...
Article : 240 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23.—A Vatican broadcast last night, reflecting papal sentiments, the Rome correspondent of "The Times" reports, scathingly indicted the ...
Article : 235 wordsCAPE TOWN, Jan. 23.—The introduction of a motion hi the South- African Parliament today stating that the time had arrived for the war with Germany to ...
Article : 479 wordsAMSTERDAM, Jan. 23.—"De Telegraaf" sharply attacks the Government for the censorship it has imposed on foreign journalists. The new regulations ...
Article : 119 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—The British Government has Approved of the establishment of an Empire air training scheme in Southern. Rhodesia. The cost will be ...
Article : 177 wordsMOSCOW, Jan. 23.—The Red Army newspaper "Red Star" today accuses Britain and France of planning to outflank the Siegfried Line through the Balkans. ...
Article : 132 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23.—A message received from Ceuta (Morocco) early this morning stated that guns on Gibraltar had fired for several minutes, after which ...
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—The Archbishop of York (Dr. Temple), in a broadcast address this evening, said that the Government should declare an armistice, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 117 wordsROME, Jan. 22.—The Cabinet has adopted measures increasing preparedness for war, including a law permitting firms to give precedence to military orders. ...
Article : 68 wordsPARIS, Jan. 23.—M. Paderewski, the famous pianist and former Prime Minister of Poland, has been elected president of the Polish National Council, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 23.—According to reports received by the United States Joint Relief Distribution Committee, over a quarter of a million Jews have died ...
Article : 127 wordsBERLIN, Jan. 22.—A spokesman of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, broadcasting tonight, admitted the "stranglehold of the British blockade." ...
Article : 113 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—A Royal Air Force signals officer conversing by radio telephone with a squadron of machines taking off on patrol heard the voice of a ...
Article : 173 wordsBRUSSELS. Jan. 22.—Notices appear daily in Warsaw announcing executions for the possession of arms and for insults to the army. ...
Article : 25 wordsZURICH, Jan. 22.—German fears of sabotage during the nightly black-out are emphasised by decrees proclaimed today, "to protect Germany's military ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON. Jan. 22.—With the war in its fifth month and rationing in its third week a surrey of food supplies and prices shows that many foods are as cheap and ...
Article : 232 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—The Admiralty tonight announced the names of two officers and 25 ratings from the armed merchant liner Rawalpindi who are ...
Article : 175 wordsMOSCOW, Jan. 22.—"Izvestia" (the Soviet Government organ) today attacks the Vatican for actively conducting the policy of the Anglo-French bloc. It says ...
Article : 151 wordsLONDON, Jan. 23.—The diplomatic correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" states that the Russian Ambassador in London (M. Maisky) will shortly leave ...
Article : 33 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—An Empire Press Union delegation, headed by the president (Major Astor) has arrived at the Royal Air Force headquarters in France ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22.—The death has occurred of Chief Petty-Officer Thomas Williamson, a member of Scott's Antarctic expeditions and one of the search ...
Article : 59 wordsTORONTO, Jan. 22.—The Canadian Red Cross is appealing for 1,200 men each to donate a cup of blood every two months for those wounded on the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 24 Jan 1940, Page 13
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