LONDON, Dec. 11.—An Air Ministry communique issued this afternoon stated that although the weather last night was most unfavourable Royal Air Force ...
Article : 266 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—Broadcasting from Athens last night, a Greek official spokesman announced that the Greeks had continued to advance along the whole ...
Article : 817 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—For the first time since the Nazi total air attacks on Britain began, London has enjoyed a period of nearly 48 hours free from raids. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 239 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The. Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) called high officials together today and presented to them a picture of Britain's ...
Article : 383 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—An official list of the casualties suffered in the 10,000-ton British cruiser Berwick during the action between a British squadron and an ...
Article : 315 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—Those in London who listened yesterday to the broadcast of Hitler's address to armament workers in Berlin had the impression that the ...
Article : 682 wordsIn a communique issued from the British General Headquarters in Cairo yesterday it was announced that all operations were progressing satisfactorily in the Western Desert of Egypt, where the British forces launched a large-scale attack against the Italian armies at down on ...
Article : 1,191 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—It was announced tonight that the casualties in the submarine Rainbow (1,475 tons), which was reported overdue on November 20 and ...
Article : 40 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 11.—Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, who is leading the British attack in the Western Desert of Egypt, has been General ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 303 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) announced in the House of Commons today that a secret debate on the shipping position would be ...
Article : 33 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" reports that disagreement has arisen between officials of Trinidad and ...
Article : 137 wordsMONTEVIDEO. Dec. 10.—The British armed merchant cruiser Carnarvon Castle (20,122 tons), which has been undergoing repairs here following her ...
Article : 41 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—In reply to requests for an assurance that control of the Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force would not pass from the Air ...
Article : 242 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—The Rome radio states that Admiral Raeder (Chief of the German Naval Staff) today inspected the battleships Bismarck and Von Tirpitz ...
Article : 139 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The British Ambassador (the Marquess of Lothian) announced today that Britain had rejected plans sponsored by private ...
Article : 154 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The Los Angeles correspondent of the "New York Times" says that 20,000 employees of the Lockheed Vega companies have made ...
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, Dec. 30.—"In recognition of distinguished services in recent operations," His Majesty has conferred the Companion of the Order of the Bath on ...
Article : 141 wordsAUCKLAND, Dec. 11.—Commenting on the steps taken to cope with the merchant raider menace, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Jones) said today that ...
Article : 129 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—Hitler's speech in Berlin yesterday is considered remarkable for three things. Firstly, it is regarded generally as a ...
Article : 650 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull), in a statement today on the question of food relief for Europe, said that the matter ...
Article : 138 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—A thousand women are employed on the London Transport Board's new shelter refreshment service. Every afternoon at 6 o'clock "tube ...
Article : 64 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—A communique issued in Rome today contains the first Italian reference to the British attack in the Western Desert. It admits the ...
Article : 139 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—The following communique was issued by the Berlin High Command today:—"Bad weather last night confined our air force ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—Stating that it was not the policy to reveal changes in flag officers immediately they happen the Admiralty announced today that a ...
Article : 138 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—Zeiss optical equipment, long regarded as the last word in that sphere, now takes second place to British equipment in aerial ...
Article : 160 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The part of the Royal Air Force in the Greek successes against the Italians is discussed in a message, cabled last night from Athens, ...
Article : 425 wordsLONDON. Dec. 10.—Heavy gunfire from British and German guns across the Channel tonight shook Dover for 35 minutes. Several houses in the Dover ...
Article : 40 wordsWASHINGTON. Dec. 10.—In a message he sent to a conference of the Farm Bureau Federation at Baltimore today, President Roosevelt said that from the ...
Article : 242 wordsADEN, Dec. 11.—It was stated officially today that the Royal Air Force was believed to have seriously damaged the Addis Ababa-Jibuti railway line near the ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—The American Red Cross has given Britain £257,000 sterling in cash and ever £2,000,000 worth of medical supplies and comforts in the ...
Article : 69 wordsALEXANDRIA, Dec. 11.—The custodian of Italian property in Egypt has handed a cheque for £15,000 (Egyptian) to the Egyptian Government to pay for ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 106 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—The Lord Mayor of London's air raid distress fund has now reached a total of £1,667,000. A further £2,800 has been received from ...
Article : 50 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 11.—In spite of reports to the contrary in overseas broadcasts, the official attitude at Canberra is that the absence of authentic news ...
Article : 153 wordsLONDON. Dec. 11.—The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (Mr. J. M. Andrews) arrived in London this morning to confer with British Ministers. It ...
Article : 66 wordsDUBLIN, Dec. 11.—The Prime Minister of Eire (Mr. De Valera) said in an interview with the Associated Press (American) today that it was wrong to ...
Article : 66 wordsBUENOS AIRES, Dec. 11.—An official report on anti-Argentine activities in the Misiones territory describes the nucleus of a German colony "which is ...
Article : 68 wordsANKARA, Dec. 11.—Turkish political circles believe that the British offensive in the Western Desert of Egypt indicates that the tide has begun to turn against ...
Article : 150 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—Reports reaching' Belgrade from Berlin and Sofia suggest that Bulgaria and Turkey are planning a non-aggression pact, under which ...
Article : 137 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—Receiving foreign newspaper correspondents in Berlin yesterday the German Propaganda Minister (Dr. Goebbels) promised a new ...
Article : 97 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—The Secretary for War (Mr. Eden) stated in the House of Commons today that three British women who served with a mobile canteen ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, Dec. 10.—Italian casualties figures for November were issued in Rome today. The figures given for Albania were 772 Italians and eight Albanians ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—The Australian Associated Press understands that the dispatches about the now world-famous Press conference given by the British ...
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