Russia and the Balkans and World War Speculation
A London Observer view argues much wartime speculation about Russia entering the war reflects wishful thinking. It notes Allied and Soviet maneuvers in Europe and the Far East, with analysis of Roumania and Moldova, and questions whether Germany gains from any division of Roumania while Moscow aims to undermine capitalist powers through war.
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Balkan
Far Eastern
Russia
London
Ruashin
Indo- China
Far East
United States
Japan
Antonescu
Berlin
Germany
Black Sea
Tunasia
Roumania
Ter Wanysl
Becauae
Hitler
Mossun
Europe
Chile
Moscow
Britain
Anwrica
Rogsin
Ukraine
Nun Uermany
Escape from the Nazis aboard a British collier
An account recalls seven British refugees fleeing France aboard the Sabbersgate, crowded in a hold as Italian bombs struck nearby. The voyage included subsistence rations, near-drowning chaos, and a perilous Mediterranean passage ending in Gibraltar after hostile confrontations.
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France
Ogilvie Birkbeck
Navy warns Singapore loss would threaten Pacific defense
Washington reports that the United States views a Japanese domination of Singapore as an catastrophic blow to American defense. The Navy argues British and Dutch bases guard Pacific routes from Australia to Singapore, and loss could allow Japan to sever Allied supply lines and threaten Australia and New Zealand.
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US. Navy
State Department
Washington
Singapore
America
Australia
Pacific
Jones
East Indies
United States
Japan
Hivers
Advick
Millay Peninsula
Iial
War News From Desert Fronts and Civil Air Raid Tales
A chaotic wartime letter from Brisbane Telegraph’s Spectator recalls light horse charges in Palestine, Turkish resistance, and flying-boat bombers. It contrasts old cavalry prowess with modern steel, while a London woman describes a night air raid, helmet improvised from a steel bowl, and sheltering civilians on a London street and school grounds.
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Troltans
Ferot
Attatrolla
Beershebn
Cortun Dérrain
Tan Thriess
Palestine
London
Ms ix
Sandgate
Bern Hhiawna
Abe
Magnetic German Mine Threat Lofty Warning Target Near Melbourne
A damaged OCR fragment describes a German magnetic air mine feared to detonate from proximity to steel helmets. It recalls a Melbourne resident noting a mine removal after 40 hours, with reports of large evacuations and expert teams assessing the device’s danger and dismantling.
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London
Melbourne
Lamia Niles Mamn
Ti Ta
Pellee
Stepiey
Uribe
Howie
Jess
Nav. dl
Mussolini era aims in Libya and Pan-Italian colonisation
A critical examination of Graziani and Balbo in Libya outlines Mussolini's empire strategy. It argues Libyan colonisation serves Italy's population growth, economic self sufficiency, strategic reach, and a theater of dominance, framing colonial policy as coercive and racial.
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Graziani
Mussolini
Libya
Syrian Desert
Toule
Algiers
Bilbya
Weroplinex
Certa
Thang Balbo
Grazian Balbo
Italy
Balbo
Tdhya
Rabo
Linty
Marsalini
After hour beer trade grows as bars close
A Brisbane correspondent notes hotel bars facing early closures spark after hour beer trade. Some keepers risk illegal sales via door signals phone orders or discreet parking, with prices around 1/84 per bottle. Police intensify patrols but public tolerance and past betting crackdowns echo in the new pattern.
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Ife
Brisbane
Reward offers for info on cattle thefts and killings across properties
A list of rewards up to £500 is announced by multiple landowners and companies including Wharton & Co Birrales, The Bear Pastoral Company, Ferguson Burwin Station, and J. Gordon & Sons. The rewards cover information leading to committal or conviction for killing stealing or illegal use of cattle or horses, with specific payments for possessing unsatisfactory hides or beef and for convictions. Names and properties span Birrales Lolworth Strathmore Woodbourn Breadalbane Kirknin Moss Vale Emu Plains etc.
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W. T. Wharton & Co
Birrales
Lolworth
Guahbriet
Watt & Cunningham
Strathmore and Woodbourn
Ukalunda
Pott
Burnfoot
Major's Creek
T. BR. Moore & Coy
Pretty Bend
A. BP. Vaughan
Clarina
B. Heatley
Lisger
J. A. Howas
Uramah
Berglau Asia
London
Longton
Pandavus Creek
Bourke Brok
Dryads
I. T. Bridbon
Chesterfield
Mrs. Bell
Lornsleigh
Mr. Mc Connell
J. Fox
Mynna
M. Cortella
Moning. Downs
Patrica
J. Fott
Boundary Croek
A. V. Gough
W. BH
Gough Glenore
Strathdon
Victoria Dowma CO
Victoria Downa
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Bowen Independent
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Balbo's Colony
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