After losing 28 planes in daylight raids on south-eastern England with big formations of bombers and flighters on Wednesday, the Germans continued their widespread night attacks until just before dawn yesterday with single planes or small groups. Much of the ...
Article : 679 wordsWASINGTON, Aug. 28.—The Senate to- day passed the Conscription Bill, which will now go to the House of Representatives, by 58 votes to 31. As adopted by ...
Article : 468 wordsLONDON, Aug. 29.—Berlin, which was raided by the Royal Air Force on Sunday night, when armament factories were bombed, had another raid alarm 24 ...
Article : 1,009 wordsLONDON, Aug. 29.—The war with Italy, both on the Italian home front and in the eastern sectors, continues to be confined almost entirely to the air ...
Article : 533 wordsLONDON, Aug. 29.—While at the moment the chief interest, as regards the Balkans situation, has shifted to Vienna, where the Rumanian and Hungarian ...
Article : 887 wordsLONDON, Aug. 29.—Discussion has been increasing, following the Prime Minister's reference last week to British offensive campaigns next year or in 1942, ...
Article : 608 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—According to the Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press (American), it has been officially announced there that Pilot-Officer Robert ...
Article : 133 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—President Roosevelt said at a Press conference that the Government had 10,015 army and navy planes building and deliveries were ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—Air Chief Marshal Sir R. Brooke-Popham, in a speech at a Rotary Club luncheon today, said there was a great danger of pressing too much ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 276 wordsVANCOUVER, Aug. 29.—The Assistant Attorney-General of the United States (Mr. Norman Littell) announced today that an International Commission for the ...
Article : 93 wordsLONDON, Aug. 29.—Extensive operations by Italian planes in the Eastern Mediterranean and a sharp land encounter on the Sudan-Eritrea frontier ...
Article : 213 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—Aiming to provide a full squadron of Spitfires for the Royal Air Force, Northern Ireland has provided funds for eight machines in 15 days, the ...
Article : 230 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Senator Holt (the isolationist leader) is reported by the Associated Press a7 having declared that he has been informed ...
Article : 171 wordsApart from London there were wide spread raids during the night in the provinces. Enemy planes were reported from 13 towns in the south-east and ...
Article : 482 wordsLondon had its longest air raid alarm of the war. So far as could be judged the enemy .planes again operated singly, but the alarm lasted practically all ...
Article : 1,033 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—An announcement issued today' by the Petain Government at Vichy stated that a "British-Inspired rebellion" had broken out in France's ...
Article : 244 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Mr. H. A. Wallace, in accepting the Democratic nomination for the Vice-Presidency in a speech at Des Moines (Iows) said the ...
Article : 242 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—The Athens correspondent of "The Times" says that further concentrations of Italian troops have been observed along the ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON. Aug. 29.—While inspecting damage done by enemy air raids yesterday at Ramsgate and other parts of the south-east coast, the Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 123 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—The Bukarest correspondent of the British United Press states that a Russian-Rumanian commission is reported to have settled the ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON. Aug. 28.—A reduction in the time of training aircraft pilots and crews under the Empire air scheme as a result of increased facilities was announced ...
Article : 173 wordsLONDON, Aug. 29.—The Admiralty announced today that Skuas (dive-bomber monoplanes used in the Fleet Air Arm) carried out offensive operations yesterday ...
Article : 82 wordsSTOCKHOLM, Aug. 28.—The Minister for Defence (M. Skoeld) in a speech to- day said: "The neutrality of Sweden is an armed neutrality, meaning that if ...
Article : 221 wordsLONDON. Aug. 28.—The captain of a Dutch ship will be decorated by Queen Wilhelmina with the Willemsorde—the Dutch equivalent of the Victoria Cross— ...
Article : 139 wordsNEW YORK, Aug. 28.—Investigators appointed by the Dies Committee which is investigating un-American activities visited the New York offices of the ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON. Aug. 28.—A Glasgow squadron composed of "week-end" (auxiliary) pilots has now destroyed 63 enemy planes without loss. ...
Article : 123 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—The dislocation of industrial life in Germany and the damage to industrial plant and, in particular, German synthetic oil works by ...
Article : 657 wordsLONDON, Aug. 29.—A south-west town, after its 100th raid, has suffered only a few persons killed, and shows no sign of significant damage. An observer who ...
Article : 149 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—The Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull), in a statement issued on the twelfth anniversary of the signing of the Kellogg ...
Article : 200 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—Welcomed by the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Mr. Jordan) a large contingent of New Zealand pilots, air gunners and naval ...
Article : 100 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—Nazi "Red Cross" seaplanes appeared over the Channel to- day, but they hugged the French coast. British naval craft which went out in ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—The Berlin news agency alleges that German Roman Catholic bishops have decided that special ceremonies of gratitude to the ...
Article : 88 wordsMOSCOW, Aug. 28.—Dr. Schnurre. a Nazi trade expert, has arrived at Moscow at the head of a German trade delegation, which includes high officials of the ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—'Am I likely to prejudice my own boy's safety by showing a light to the enemy?" asked the Rev. W. H. Hopkins, a Bedfordshire rector, ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—Signs showing the eight points of the compass are being erected on main highways for the benefit of military convoys. The whole of the ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, Aug. 28.—The Earl of Shaftesbury, chairman of the Dorset County Council, Viscount Cranborne. a former Under-Secretary for Foreign ...
Article : 46 wordsLONDON, Aug. 29.—A message from Rome today states that a Vatican city official has denied a report that the Vatican organ "Osservatore Romano"' is ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 30 Aug 1940, Page 13
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