Evidence is accumalating that the Allies propose shortly to tighten their blockade of Germany, and the British Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) is expected to make an important statement on the subject in the House of Commons today. ...
Article : 1,375 wordsLONDON, April 1.—A quiet night on the whole of the western front was re- ported in this morning's French communique. A Paris commentator states ...
Article : 237 wordsLONDON, April 1.—The important speeches made in the week-end by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) and the Soviet Prime ...
Article : 894 wordsLONDON, April 1.—The air still continues to be the principal theatre of the war as far as the Allies are concerned and the British and French air forces ...
Article : 1,339 wordsPALESTINE, March 19.—The men of the Second A.I.F. have got over their teething troubles and have settled down in grim earnest to the job of becoming ...
Article : 1,346 wordsLONDON, March 31.—The measures being taken against espionage are causing comment in the Press and among the general public, following the ...
Article : 434 wordsLONDON, March 31.—An Amsterdam message says that the speech broadcast on Saturday evening by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) ...
Article : 294 wordsLONDON. April 1.—The first batch of Czech volunteers recruited in England will shortly leave for service in France. While in Prance they will receive French ...
Article : 52 wordsLONDON, April 1.—The Air Ministry has confirmed reports that Royal Air Force planes flew over Germany last night. It is stated that all returned ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, April 1.—The Brussels correspondent of the "Daily Mal" says that British warships are reported to have captured a German minelayer, disguised ...
Article : 55 wordsISTANBUL, April 1.—Official sources deny the report (which was attributed to "authoritative Rumanian sources") that Turkey recently agreed to open the ...
Article : 203 wordsWASHINGTON, March 31.—The Foreign Policy Association reports that since the outbreak of the war 90 merchantmen, totalling 364,014 tons, have been ...
Article : 95 wordsBRUSSELS, April 1.—Anti-aircraft guns fired on one British and one German plane at a great height over Brussels today. ...
Article : 23 wordsLONDON, April 1.—General Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief, declared at the opening of the Political Council m ...
Article : 231 wordsAUCKLAND, April 1.—The dairy industry views seriously the accumulation of butter stocks in Britain under Government control. It is considered that ...
Article : 61 words"If we are unable to govern ourselves, then we have no right or title to seek to govern anybody else," declared the Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. ...
Article : 174 wordsSINGAPORE, April 1.—A war taxation Bill introduced into the Federal Council in Kuala Lumpur today provides for increases in estate duties, stamp duties. ...
Article : 94 wordsWASHINGTON. March 31.—The State Department explains that the Soviet purchases of 2,000 tons of tin and 2,000 tons of rubber imported for American ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, March 31.—The Copenhagen correspondent of the "Daily Herald' states that Sweden has ordered from the United States 395 fighter planes capable ...
Article : 138 wordsMOSCOW, April 1.—The Finance Commissar (M. Zverev) presented the Budget to the Supreme Soviet Council today. It totalled £7,200,000,000, or a ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, March 31.—Commenting [?] the declaration by the United States Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) that America would continue to ...
Article : 166 wordsEntire disagreement with the Hands off Russia" declaration of the Easter conference of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labour Party, approval ...
Article : 433 wordsPRAGUE, March 31.—Foiled in their attempts to catch a young Czech student believed to have been responsible for the murder of a Gestapo agent on the ...
Article : 108 wordsLONDON, April 1.—Although there is as yet no indication as to when or how the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) will reconstruct his Cabinet it is ...
Article : 99 wordsLONDON, April 1.—Russian radio propaganda has been considerably changed. The elaborate humorous broadcasts in German which previously were ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, March 31.—Mr. J. C. Wedgwood, M.P, in a speech today, said that the war would not be won entirely by men and machines, but by wits, new ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 141 wordsWASHINGTON, March 31.—The Republican Party's national committee has issued a statement describing President Roosevelt's statement concerning the ...
Article : 296 wordsLONDON, April 1.—The latest Japanese move in China is to put forward five candidates instead of two for the municipal council of the Shanghai ...
Article : 57 wordsANKARA, March 31.—A "good neighbour" pact between Turkey and Syria has been signed. (It was announced on March 24 that ...
Article : 58 wordsMOSCOW, March 31.—Rivers are over- flowing their banks throughout Russia, especially in the Ukraine. Four thousand houses have been flooded at ...
Article : 45 wordsCALCUTTA, March 31.—Ten deaths from cholera have resulted from the strike of municipal scavengers which began five days ago. Disregarding ...
Article : 66 wordsCOPENHAGEN, March 31.—The police today arrested 100 Danish Nazis who attempted a demonstration at Aarhus, wearing uniforms contrary to the law. ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, March 31.—The Istanbul correspondent of "The Tines" says that Nazi propaganda has received a setback in Turkey with the banning of the ...
Article : 72 wordsSYDNEY, April 1.—Mr. W. F. Sheahan, a former member of the Federal Labour Party, said tonight that he had been informed by the Federal president of ...
Article : 182 wordsPARIS, April 1.—France and Italy have reached an agreement for the liquidation of Italy's indebtedness. For trade debts France will collect £22,723 a month from ...
Article : 89 wordsJERUSALEM, March 10.—After nearly a month on foreign soil, the "souvenir kings" of the Second A.I.F. have definitely made their presence felt. ...
Article : 1,071 wordsCAIRO, April 1.—King Farouk is presenting every Australian and New Zealand soldier at his own expense with a signed copy of his message of welcome ...
Article : 97 wordsZURICH, April 1.—It is reported that six people, all Germans, were beheaded in Germany on Saturday. This is a record for one day. Four of them were ...
Article : 37 wordsBAGDAD, March 31.-The Cabinet formed by General Nuri Said late in February last resigned today. A new Cabinet has been formed with Rashid Ali ...
Article : 46 wordsNEW YORK, March 31.—Cora Sterling, a prominent airwoman, took her four children for a joy ride in a plane at Seattle today. The machine crashed ...
Article : 40 wordsMONTREAL, March. 1.—Canadian insurance companies have reduced the war risk rates for neutral ships travelling from Atlantic ports to Australia and the ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, April 1.—A communique issued from Berlin early this morning stated that yesterday German planes shot down seven French machines ...
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