Describing their attack as a reprisal for R.A.F. raids on Western Germany, the enemy launched against London on Sunday night and of the heaviest assaults the city has experienced since the big-scale raids of last September. ...
Article : 1,720 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—Royal Air Force bombers again raided targets in Germany and German-occupied territory last night. An Air Ministry communique issued ...
Article : 336 words"Important new strategic positions" in Albania were occupied by the Greek armies on Sunday, an Athens communique stated. They included Argyrokastron, which was the chief Italian base in the western sector. The Italians admit the withdrawal from Argyrokastron. ...
Article : 992 wordsTOKIO, Dec. 9.—Another exposition of Japanese foreign policy was given by the Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka) today when he received foreign ...
Article : 307 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—The resignations of Marshal Badoglio (Chief of the Italian General Staff), General De Vecchi (Governor of the Dodecanese and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 492 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—That the lull in the western desert has been shattered at last was indicated in a brief communique issued today from the British General ...
Article : 434 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—Considerable interest is taken here in the appointment of Mr. Kumataro Honda, a former Ambassador in Berlin, as Japanese ...
Article : 346 wordsMONTEVIDEO. Dec. 8.—Fifty ship- workers began work at 10 o'clock last night to repair the damage suffered by the British armed merchant cruiser ...
Article : 201 wordsCAIRO, Dec. 9.-The Arabic news- paper "Al Abram" states that the Egyptian Government has strongly protested to Italy against the bombing of ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—It was announced in Rome last night that General Pietro Pintor and General of the Air Force Albo Pellegrini had been killed when a ...
Article : 77 wordsALEXANDRIA, Dec. 8.—This Christmastide, for the first time in history, Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity will be blacked out Picturesque ...
Article : 173 wordsNEW YORK,. Dec. 8.—The Mackay radio network reports having picked up distress signals from two vessels in the south Atlantic, off the North African ...
Article : 121 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—The resignations of Admiral Cavagnari, Chief of the Italian. Naval staff, and General De Vecchi, commanding the Aegean bases. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 387 wordsCHUNGKING, Dec. 9.—The President of the Legislative Yuan (Mr. Sun Fo) is proposing to the Chinese Government the confiscation of all rice stocks ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—The Berlin news- agency stated this morning:—Last night London was the objective of the most violent air raid since the 'blitzkrieg' ...
Article : 210 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Conflicting reports obscure the fate of the German freighter Idarwald (5,033 tons) which, with the freighter Rhein (6,031 tons), left ...
Article : 227 wordsHONG KONG, Dec. 8.—The Australian Minister to Japan (Sir John Latham), who is on his way to Tokio, broadcast an address tonight on Australia's war effort. ...
Article : 298 wordsSINGAPORE, Dec. 9.—Inquiries by Reuter at General Headquarters, Malaya, elicited the reply that there was no knowledge of any negotiations in progress for ...
Article : 35 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—Both French and Thai official sources report further fighting in French Indo-China and Thailand, each accusing the other of unprovoked ...
Article : 493 wordsANKARA, Dec. 6.—The resignation of Marshal Badoglio sent a knowing chuckle through official Turkish quarters and gave added strength to Turkey's ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Flight-Commander C. G. C. C. Olive, D.F.C., of Brisbane, shot down an enemy fighter-bomber into the Channel today, this being the R.A.F.'s ...
Article : 323 wordsISTANBUL, Dec. 8.—The newspapers "Tan" and "Tasviri Efkar" have been suppressed indefinitely for cartoons insulting Italy. ...
Article : 20 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—A message from Copenhagen states that 350 Danish Nazis were arrested yesterday after a three-hours' fight with police at Haderslev. The ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—It is officially stated in Bukarest that Rumania has promised to deliver 3,000,000 tons of oil to Germany in 1941. This amount is 60 ...
Article : 104 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—Mr. P. Dupuy, a member of the staff of the Canadian Legation in Paris up to last June, has proceeded to unoccupied France to ...
Article : 43 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—According to authoritative information from France General Dentz, Commander of the 15th Army Corps in the Marseilles district, ...
Article : 69 wordsATHENS, Dec. 9.—A Government White Book published last night gives in detail evidence of Italian war guilt. It begins with the rape of Albania and ...
Article : 149 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—It is authoritatively stated in Berlin that there are 1,410,000 prisoners of war in Germany, including British, French and some Poles. They ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The leader of the Free French Forces (General de Gaulle) has recently inspected naval bases in England which are being used by Free ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The Ministry for Home Security announces that 157.200 bunks have been provided for dormitory shelters in London, excluding tubes which ...
Article : 29 wordsLONDON. Dec. 8.—The Rome radio states today that Germany's new West Wall has been completed. It extends from Norway to the Bay of Biscay, the ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—The leader of the German Labour Front (Dr. Ley) in a speech at Dresden today, said that the time would come when the effect of the ...
Article : 99 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—Riots are reported to have broken out in Milan, Florence and Trieste, following Italy's recent naval and military losses. It is ...
Article : 357 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—The Paris radio stated today that the Germans had executed a Bordeaux wine merchant for violence against a German soldier. ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, Dec 8.—The Prime Minister (General Antonescu) speaking today at a mass meeting of ex-servicemen. said that Rumania must not forget that many of ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 10 Dec 1940, Page 7
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