In honour of the memory of the late World Chief Scout (Lord Baden-Powell) who died on January 8, commemorative services were held in various parts of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 770 wordsTOKIO, Jan. 18.—The dramatic attack on Japanese policies by the United States Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) during his evidence on the Aid to ...
Article : 704 wordsLONDON, Jan. 19.—Although hampered by adverse weather. Royal Air Force bombers of the Coastal Command on Friday carried out day and night ...
Article : 544 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—In a speech yesterday, the Minister of Shipping (Mr. Cross) said that shipping losses had unquestionably diminished appreciably in ...
Article : 395 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 19.—About 1,400 shippainters and dockers who are engaged on repair work to naval and merchant vessels decided during the week-end to ...
Article : 365 wordsLONDON, Jan. 19.—Probably due to bad weather on the Continent the whole of Britain last night enjoyed a respite from German air raiders. London again ...
Article : 529 wordsInspecting a self-sealing petrol tank, salvaged from a Junkers 88 bomber, shot down over England. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 16 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17.—In an address today to students of the University of Glasgow describing the plan for the formation of new university air squadrons ...
Article : 385 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 19.—Army headquarters announced on Saturday the names of 19 more Victorians wounded, two of them seriously, in the Battle of ...
Article : 134 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 19.—Two R.A.A.F. officers and four leading aircraftmen were killed in flying training accidents in the Central Area Administration ...
Article : 781 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17.—A staff college has been inaugurated in London by General Sikorski, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces. The college is ...
Article : 170 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—The Minister of Home Security (Mr. H. S. Morrison) announcing today the Government's new compulsory scheme for fire-bomb ...
Article : 437 wordsMELBOURNE Jan. 19.—A ban on all overtime work by the 4,000 Victorian members of the Ironworkers' Union will operate from tomorrow. Members of the ...
Article : 122 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—The Rome radio states that the latest Luftwaffe casualty list mentions 4,000 names, including 1,700 killed, 1,357 wounded, and 850 missing. ...
Article : 29 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—While many quarters continue to press for an early statement of Allied war alms, the immediate problems of countering submarines and ...
Article : 342 wordsLONDON, Jan. 19.—German week-end communiques claim that heavy blows have been struck against Britain from the air. ...
Article : 133 wordsCHUNGKING, Jan. 19.—The Chinese National Military Council yesterday admitted that the Communist Fourth Army had revolted. It said the revolt had been ...
Article : 201 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 19.—The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) said on Saturday that he had asked the Commonwealth Commissioner of Taxation (Mr. L. ...
Article : 195 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—It is officially claimed in Berlin that a new all-weather four-engined bomber with a wide cruising range is now operating against British ...
Article : 57 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 18.—The British Naval Attache (Captain D. S. Mc-Grath) today confirmed a report that the French steamer Mendoza (8,199 tons), ...
Article : 428 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 19.—The crew of a steamer scheduled to sail to the tropics walked off the ship on Saturday because; of the refusal bf the owners to meet a ...
Article : 238 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—The "London Gazette" issued yesterday is an epic record of modern warefare in its numerous announcements of awards to civilians. ...
Article : 432 wordsLONDON, Jan. 19.—The Minister of Home Security (Mr. H. S. Morrison) in a broadcast today said:—"The fire-raid must be beaten as every new trick of the ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—The National Catholic Welfare Committee's Geneva correspondent reports that 100,000 insane Germans have been killed on the ground ...
Article : 102 wordsCANBERRA, Jan. 19.—"This is a sad moment; the passing of a great man who by his own personal initiative, energy and imagination, established an ...
Article : 427 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—The French Indo-China and Thai authorities each claim a victory as the result of a naval engagement in the Gulf of Slam yesterday. The ...
Article : 258 wordsMADRID, Jan. 18.—The London correspondent of the newspaper "Ya" says that London is a huge monster, capable of suffering the heaviest blows ...
Article : 77 wordsAvenues for the handling and distribution of sulphur in Australia are being investigated by mining companies and other bodies interested. ...
Article : 253 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17.—The Madrid newspaper "A.B.C." states that R.A.F. pilots recently dropped over Western Germany tickets for a return journey to England ...
Article : 57 wordsADELAIDE, Jan. 19.—At a mass meeting at the Trades Hall today more than 600 members of the Australian Railway Union rejected the reply of the Minister ...
Article : 115 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17.—The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress of Portsmouth were present at the public funeral today of some of the victims of the recent raid ...
Article : 62 wordsVATICAN CITY, Jan. 18.—The organ of the Vatican, "L'osservatore Romano," says that to accord the Pope's solicitude for war victims, Monsignor Duca ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—The Lyons radio announced today that M. Horea Sima (Vice-Premier of Rumania and Leader of the Iron Guard) would leave next ...
Article : 40 wordsLISBON, Jan. 18.—The remaining 79 survivors of the British steamer Nalgora (6,579 tons), which was torpedoed in the Atlantic on January 2, have been landed ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, Jan. 17.—The Netherlands Government has ordered all Dutchmen of the 1921 class at present in Britain to register for service with the Netherlands ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—The Admiralty announced today that H.M.S. Chesnut and H.M.S. Desiree had been sunk without casualties. ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Jan. 18.—The Algeciras correspondent of Havas, the official French newsagency, has reported that violent gunfire was heard at sea of Gibraltar ...
Article : 28 wordsSINGAPORE, Jan. 17.—Major-General L. E. Dennys, formerly of the Indian Army, has taken up an appointment as Military Attache at the British Embassy ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 20 Jan 1941, Page 8
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