This little group sprawled in the shade outside St. Paul's Cathedral while mother shopped. Weary feet were glad to gain relief ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 164 wordsWhen the British tanker San Alberto (7,397 tons) was cut in half by a German torpedo on December 9, members of the crew scrambled ...
Article : 167 wordsRoyal Air Force planes yesterday bombed two Nazi destroyers and eleven German patrol vessels near the German coast. Other ...
Article : 316 wordsMilitary correspondents in newspapers pay tribute to the skilful tactics of the Finnish high command. ...
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Article : 172 wordsOn the hottest day that Victoria has experienced this summer thousands of holiday-makers flocked to the nearer beaches yesterday to ...
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Advertising : 362 wordsRoderick Menzel, now an enthusiastic supporter of Hitler, sneers at Australian efforts to entertain him during Christmas, 1934. ...
Article : 187 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday. — Adelaide sweltered in its hottest day for the summer, when the temperature for the second day in succession passed the century. It ...
Article : 88 wordsCosting about £1,000, another Army tuberculosis X-ray outfit left Melbourne for Sydney last night to replace the apparatus damaged earlier in the week. ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Anatolian earthquake put seismographs out of action thousands of miles away from the centre of the shock. ...
Article : 68 wordsDespite protests from Catholics all over the country, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed President Cardenas's bill to socialise education and ...
Article : 50 wordsAn agreement has been signed between the United Kingdom and Sweden, with the object of adapting the existing Anglo-Swedish trade arrangements to war-time ...
Article : 74 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday. — To join the Second A.I.F. as a private, Constable Joseph Sampson, of the Northern Territory police, chartered a plane from his ...
Article : 80 wordsWhen you are tired of four walls and a ceiling—weary of dishes and dusters— bored by gas-stoves and the eternal planning of meals, when you feel all ...
Article : 78 wordsA Japanese military spokesman admitted that 100 Japanese soldiers, including a colonel, had been killed and many wounded in recent fighting at Paotow— ...
Article : 54 wordsThe short-wave broadcast to the world, in which the leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament (Mr. Curtin) will tell why Labour has supported Australia's ...
Article : 49 wordsIt is officially announced that 198 people lost their lives in the Genthin (Prussian, Saxony) railway disaster on December 22. Of the injured 128 have ...
Article : 37 wordsFruit machines still in hotels, clubs, shops, and cafes will be seized by the gaming police early next week. A new act has made the possession of a fruit machine ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 29 Dec 1939, Page 3
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