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  2. TO-DAY'S OVERSEA NEWS FROM "THE ARGUS" INDEPENDENT SOURCES

    A vigorous offensive in South China, with Canton as the main objective, is believed to be contemplated by the Japanese. A fleet of 20 Japanese vessels, including transports, was ...

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  3. REPUBLICANS' GRIP TIGHTENS

    The grip of the Republican forces on Teruel (Aragon) is relentlessly closing, and the Nationalists are reported to be short of food, drink, and munitions. Only reinforcements can save them, but it is considered unlikely that any ...

    Article : 334 words
  4. Reservoir Destroys One Village and Builds Another

    In the Haweswater Valley, which will become a giant reservoir for Manchester (England), a village was destroyed and the runs will eventually disappear beneath the waters. Near by another village has arisen to house the many men engaged in the task of building the huge dam, which will hold back the stream and raise the water. The picture shows the giant dam. It is 1,550ft. long. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 74 words
  5. PRESERVING PEACE

    A fervent appeal to individual Christians to play their part in assuring world peace was made by the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. ...

    Article : 285 words
  6. DEMAND FOR FREEDOM

    A demand by the President of the Philippine Islands (Senor Manuel L. Quezon) for immediate independence has raised the question whether ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. lSINGING MOUSE EARNS £250

    "MINNIE," the famous singing mouse, ended her first year in radio and in personal appearances with earnings of 1,000 dollars ...

    Article : 83 words
  8. KING VERSUS MINISTRY

    Unless the spirit of conciliation prevails soon to aid the settlement of the constitutional crisis, the country may be faced with a choice ...

    Article : 185 words
  9. 8 LUNATICS DEAD

    Eight mental patients died in a fire which destroyed the dangerous cases' building at the Montredon Asylum, near Lepuy. The asylum ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. OWNER WANTED FOR £1,000

    One thousand pounds in Bank of England notes has remained in the possession of the Plymouth (Eng.) police for a year. Its disposal is to be determined shortly ...

    Article : 189 words
  11. ERROR IN GOLF RECORD

    Max Faulker, one of Great Britain's leading golf players, returned a winning score, only to lose the match by the lostball rule. The lost-ball rule is the most ...

    Article : 223 words
  12. NEW RANGEFINDERS

    The United States Navy is now in possession of range finders which enable a gun to be held steadily on its target however much the ship lolls 01 pitches. ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. WOMAN SHOT AT PARTY

    Louise Campbell, aged 28 years, of Youngstown (Ohio), has been arrested on a charge of having shot and killed her mother, aged 55 years, during a gay ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. NEW KOALA STAMP

    A new fourpenny stamp, which will have a reproduction of the koala as its principal feature, will be issued by the Postal Department ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 420 words
  15. FRENCH BUDGET SURPLUS

    Despite the fact that yesterday was Sunday the Senate met to hear the Minister for Finance (M. Bonnet) announce that the estimated Budget surplus would be ...

    Article : 176 words
  16. A "NEUTRALISED" FACTORY

    The Prime Minister (M. Chautemps) is continuing negotiations with the strikers at the Goodrich rubber works at Colombes, six miles from Paris. The only success ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. INCOMES OF WIVES

    Recent complaints by British wives about their small share in their husband's £500-a-year incomes have amused French housewives—who have to "do" ...

    Article : 417 words
  18. CHURCH REVENUE

    A report prepared by Miss Marion Fitzgerald, with the assistance of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, states that the Church is receiving ground rents from ...

    Article : 154 words
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  20. CIGAR CAUSES DEATH

    At Tallahassee (Florida) a man named A. E Matson, aged 53 years, was found burned to death on a footpath, with his body, head forward, in a barrel of ...

    Article : 76 words
  21. LEIPZIG SHOW CANCELLED

    The Leipzig agricultural show, which is one of the leading shows in Germany, has been cancelled as a precaution against the spread of foot and mouth disease. ...

    Article : 42 words
  22. CHRISTMAS AIR DISASTER

    Three persons were killed when a mail plane, travelling from Prague to Paris, crashed in snow in southern Czechoslovakia on Christmas Eve. ...

    Article : 28 words
  23. ROYAL ASSENT TO WEDDING

    The King held a Privy Council last evening at Sandringham, the meeting being, it is understood, to give the Royal assent under the Royal Marriages Act to ...

    Article : 103 words
  24. BELGIAN KING'S VACATION

    Travelling incognito as the Count of Flanders, Leopold, King of the Belgians, will arrive to-morrow at Kitzbuehel, a Tyrolean mountain resort, 45 miles from ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. 29 TYPHOID DEATHS AT CROYDON

    Another death in the epidemic of typhoid fever which has broken out at Croydon brings the total of deaths to 29. ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. MUSSOLINI A GRANDFATHER

    The wife of Signor Mussolini's son, Signor Vittorio Mussolini, has given birth to a son, who will be named Guido. ...

    Article : 25 words
  27. MAJOR ATTLEE IN SPAIN

    Among the wreckage of Spanish homes. Miss Wilkinson, M.P., and Major Attlee, the British Labour leader, are shown inspecting a building shattered by rebel bombardment during their recent visit to the war front. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  28. RETAIL PRICES

    The Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Roland Wilson) has issued the following list of the average prices of food and groceries in the five selected towns of ...

    Article : 427 words
  29. SICKNESS IN ENGLAND

    More than 10,000,000 weeks of working time are lost by industrial workers in England because of nervous disorders, according to Sir Farquhar Buzzard. ...

    Article : 180 words
  30. FLYING-BOAT FOR AKYAB

    The Royal Air Force London type flying-boat, which will replace the machine which is broken down at Akyab (Burma), left Calshot at 7.35 a.m. It should reach ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. COMMUNIST SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACIES

    Speaking at the congress of the French Communist party the Secretary-General (M. Maurice Thorez) appealed for stronger relations between Great Britain and ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. ORGANIST FOR 50 YEARS

    After playing the organ at Four Elms (Kent) Congregational Church for 50 years, Mrs. Henrictta Waghorne, now aged 73, wants to resign. But no successor can ...

    Article : 81 words
  33. MARCH BABIES LIVE LONGER

    Professor Ellsworth Huntington, the well-known scientist, has produced statistics which show that American babies who are born in March have a better ...

    Article : 47 words
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