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Article : 521 wordsAustralia would be providing large numbers of pilots and observers and wireless operator-gunners to Britain with a few months, the ...
Article : 151 wordsLondon had its fifteenth raid this morning, but no bombs fell in the inner portion of the capital. The raiders flew at a great height and dropped many parachute flares. A member of the staff of the Australian Associated Press, touring the ...
Article : 230 wordsNegotiations between Hungary and Rumania over the question of Transylvania are reported to have reached a deadlock. The Hungarian ...
Article : 335 wordsThe Minister for Shipping (Mr. R. H. Cross), broadcasting, said: "Our shipping resources are great, but they cannot be too great to ...
Article : 344 wordsIn the raid on Dinard aerodrome the surrounding woods were set on fire and the intensity with which they burned indicated that a large petrol store in ...
Article : 631 wordsThe last of the British big guns destined for the defence of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus have arrived in Turkey. Some ...
Article : 87 wordsGreatly increased quotas of air force trainees will go to Canada before the end of the year, following the decision to speed-up ...
Article : 91 wordsThree bombs in a thickly-populated south-west of England district demolished two houses, trapping several under the wreckage. Ambulance men ...
Article : 232 wordsAs a result of Sunday night's broadcast appeal from Sydney that persons with waste goods such as paper, old cardboard and other goods, should ...
Article : 206 wordsInformed circle in Berlin admit that British planes flying over in at least four waves dropped incendiaries in Northern Berlin suburbs last night, ...
Article : 104 wordsIt was officially reported at 9 o'clock to-night that at that time 25 enemy planes had been destroyed to-day. Four of our planes are missing, but ...
Article : 1,155 wordsRobert Sherwood, American playwright and Pulitzer prize winner, in a broadcast to the British Empire, denounced Henry Ford and Colonel ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Germans are believed to be again shelling Dover, where three loud explosions were heard. Watchers on the south-east coast saw searchlights ...
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Article : 474 wordsVirtual agreement has been reached between Britain and Spain, whereby Spain will comply with the British blockade regulations and in return will ...
Article : 251 wordsThe policy of the Government was to build well and build truly, said the Minister for Health and Home Affairs (Mr. Hanlon), in opening Gympie's new ...
Article : 271 wordsIt is officially announced that the Royal Air Force bombed armament factories in Berlin last night. ...
Article : 24 wordsA Hong Kong message states that, according to Chinese reports, 400 Japanese women and children are evacuating Hong Kong, starting next ...
Article : 65 wordsThe crew of a British motor tor[?] boat with their anti-aircraft guns which are always trained skywards, ready for instant action should a German bomber appear. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 33 wordsIt is officially stated that 10 British planes were lost in yesterday's battles, but one of the pilots is safe. ...
Article : 26 wordsMore German planes were shot down over the English coast to-day. Since Saturday well over 100 enemy planes have been destroyed. ...
Article : 192 wordsThe High Command states: "We destroyed 64 British planes yesterday. Twenty of ours are missing. Our air force successfully continued ...
Article : 217 wordsThe Commonwealth Government is making preliminary preparations to go on the market soon for another war loan, probably of £20,000,000. Financial ...
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Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Tue 27 Aug 1940, Page 5
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