In an interview carrying the endorsement of the Secretary for War (Mr. Oliver Stanley), the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (General Sir Edmund Ironside) declared on Friday that the Allies would welcome an attack on the western front. "We are sure of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,603 wordsNotes setting out the Allies' attitude to Scandinavian neutrality in the light of recent developments have been sent by Britain to Sweden and Norway. According to an authoritative Swedish source the Notes declare ...
Article : 782 wordsLONDON, April 7.—"Today the whole German nation knows that the struggle is for its national existence. Therefore Germany is prepared for any sacrifice," ...
Article : 395 wordsLONDON, April 7.—The latest developments in the war in the air include a raid by British aircraft on the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven, attacks by ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 763 wordsOSLO, April 6.—Speaking in Parliament today, the Foreign Minister (M. Koht) declared:—"We can save ourselves from war only by following a policy of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 431 wordsLONDON, April 7.—The latest victims of the German submarine war are the Norwegian vessel Navarra (2,118 tons), which has been sent to the bottom, and ...
Article : 310 wordsNEW YORK, April 7.—All the officers and half the crew of the German pocket battleship. Admiral Graf Spee, states the Government irritation at breaches of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 279 wordsA British Official Wireless bulletin issued last night said:—"It is expected that the British Ambassador at Ankara and the British Ministers at Athens, ...
Article : 324 wordsLONDON, April 6.—The Rome radio has broadcast throughout Italy the first details of the reorganised Supreme Defence Commission. These were set out in ...
Article : 118 wordsLONDON, April 7.—Only one small incident has marked the land operations on the western front in the last 24 hours. In the course of a reconnaissance a ...
Article : 84 wordsCOPENHAGEN, April 6.—The "Berlingske, Tidende's" Berlin correspondent affirms that binding promises have been exchanged between Russia, Germany and ...
Article : 55 wordsAMSTERDAM, April 6.—A Dutch patrol consisting of a sergeant, corporal and eight privates who were guarding the frontier at Swalmen vanished ...
Article : 47 wordsBERLIN, April 6.—"England's bow will crack if it is drawn much tighter," declares the German Press, scoffing at the blockade. ...
Article : 121 wordsWASHINGTON, April 7.—The quadrennial convention of the Socialist Party adopted today its traditional anti-war and non-intervention resolutions, but a ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, April 7.—Five British prisoners-of-war broadcast from Bremen after the, midnight announcer had described one who gave his name as a ...
Article : 150 wordsAfter a whole-day conference on Friday between the British Minister of Economic Warfare and the French Minister for Blockade, M. Monnet said:—"The Allied ...
Article : 380 wordsROME, April 6.—"The Allies' blockade plans are highly dangerous," says the "Relazioni Internazionali." "They contain a serious risk of widening the ...
Article : 48 wordsTHE HAGUE, April 6.—Following the conclusion of the new Anglo-Dutch trade agreement, decrees have been issued designed to ensure that the re-export of ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON. April 7.—The Secretary for War (Mr. Oliver Stanley) received representatives of the Home and Empire Press on Friday and apologised for the Ministry ...
Article : 446 wordsLONDON, April 7.—A thrilling story is told of how a Supermarine Spitfire pilot, after shooting down a Heinkel raider in one of several engagements over the ...
Article : 306 wordsCAPE TOWN, April 6.—The Prime Minister (General Smuts) said in the House of Assembly today that no members of the South African forces were ...
Article : 125 wordsLONDON, April 6.—A total of 314,430 men were registered for military service today. Those registered were men of 25 years and 20-year-old men not previously ...
Article : 70 wordsBRUSSELS, April 6.—Negotiations will start in London on April 15 for Anglo-Belgian commercial exchanges. A German economic mission has ...
Article : 38 wordsCAPE TOWN. April 5.—Fifteen women passengers and stewardesses from the German liner Watussi, of 9,521 tons. which was scuttled to avoid capture ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, April 7.—Mr. A. P. F. Chapman, the well-known cricketer, who captained the English Test team which visited Australia in the 1928-29 season, has been ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, April 6.—A revised scale of allowances for the children of men in the armed forces has been put into operation. The new scale is as follows:—Six ...
Article : 75 wordsBELGRADE, April 7.—The German freighter Ankara has been ordered by the harbour authorities at Ragusa to leave port within three days. She has engaged ...
Article : 112 wordsLONDON, April 6.—The German merchant vessel Uhenfels (7,603 tons), which was captured in the South Atlantic, was brought into the Thamas today. She is ...
Article : 39 wordsSINGAPORE, April 6.—It will be proposed at a meeting of the Executive Council on April 22 that a further gift of £1,000,000 should be made to the ...
Article : 34 wordsBUKAREST, April 7.—Thirty Italian airmen have arrived here, to demonstrate the operation of aeroplanes received by Rumania from Italy and to instruct ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 8 Apr 1940, Page 9
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