Destruction in the Italian Fleet Engagement
The article details a two-part engagement with the Italian fleet. The cruiser Orion lured the Italians toward the British battlefleet as planes attacked near and within close range. The British pursued, with the Warspite delivering decisive damage to cruisers. The Pola and Vittorio Veneto suffered heavy losses, and Italian sailors were seen surrendering as the British recovered from the battle.
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Orion
Pinnes
Fleet Air Arm
Perth Gains Honours In Battle
London reports The Times correspondent notes H M A S Perth disabled the Italian cruiser Zara with a torpedo after a heavy broadside. Perth is credited with aiding in sinking three Italian destroyers amid a large fleet engagement involving British and Italian forces.
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H.M.A.S. Perth
London
Athen
the Times
Perth
Yugoslavia morale holds despite nerve warfare
Reports from Belgrade and London say Yugoslav morale remains high as the public backs a government committed to neutrality and independence. Dispatches note cautious reactions to nerve warfare signals and discuss Balkan, Italian, and German positions amid ongoing wartime tensions.
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London
Belgrade
German War Goods Seized From France For Nazi Effort
London reports reliable sources reveal French rail priorities under transport plans to move materials aiding Germany. Readied 8,000 tons magnesium for south and central Germany, 2 200 tons Chilean nitrates, 4 hundred hectolitres petrol, and 20,000 tons bauxite shipped from occupied zones to western Europe.
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London
Germany
France
Spitfire Pilot Downed Enemy Plane Without Firing
A Fighter Command Spitfire pilot destroyed an enemy fighter this morning without firing a shot. He was attacked by four Messerschmitts high above the Channel when a dive at extreme speed tore his canopy and whipped off his goggles. He broke away from the pursuers, leaving one enemy craft out of control and crashing into the sea, then returned safely.
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London
Fighter Command
Saamy
Chaninel
London Revenue Surpasses Estimate on Year End Figures
London reports revenue for the year ended March 1 at £1,408,867,087, £48,676,087 above the estimate, while expenditure at £3,067,245,800 is £115,780,680 under the forecast. Revenue rises £208,781,000 from the prior year with expenditure up £2,540,272,815 and income tax showing a £135,204 increase.
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London
Emden Bombed as RAF Raids Hit West Germany
Fragmentary report notes RAF bombers striking Emden and other western German towns with incendiaries and explosives. One pilot cited losses and fires reported amid widespread German counterclaims of damage and casualties.
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Agghentin
RAF
West Gomeny I
Combi
Attack on Brest German Warships Targeted by Bomber Command
British air forces attacked Brest in the night aiming at the German surface raiders Scharnhorst and Gneisenau berthed in the port. Bombs struck the harbour area, with heavy focus on the docks and berths, while no direct hits on ships were claimed. An earlier raid on Calais docks also reported useful results.
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London
Atlantic
Brest
Bomber Command
French
Air Ministry
Cras
Blockade thwarted German steamers as burning ships return
New York reports German steamers Leipsiz and Moensersts attempted to break the blockade at Calleo with cotton cargo. Cruiser Colonel Balognesi forced their surrender causing them to return, after which German crews set their ships ablaze, burning fiercely this morning.
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New York
Leipsiz
Moensersts
Calleo
Acrimonious Debate on Endowment Pay Roll Tax
Parliament rushed the Payroll Tax Bill to finance the Child Endowment scheme amid a hostile session. UAP MPs opposed the tax while Labour and government supporters defended it, arguing it funds the scheme. critics warned of equity issues and impact on industry.
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U.A.P
Prowse
Labour
Francia
Anthony
Senate
Duncan Hughes
Ward
Lab
Curtin
Mr Nairn
Australia
Mr. Curtin
Charles Marr
Price
Beck
Francis
Spooner
Matsuoka Arrives as Axis Shifts in World War II
The article notes Japanese official Matsuoka’s arrival aligns with Axis reversals. It contrasts his Berlin visit during a turn against Nazi intrigues and his Rome talks as Fascist resistance weakens in East Africa. The New York Herald Tribune highlights Admiral Cunningham’s naval successes and March as a turning month for Hitler’s era.
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Japan
Matsuoka
Berlin
Balkan
Rome
East
Africa
New York “Herald- Tribune
Sir Andrew
Cunningham
Hitler
Mussolini
Nagis
Caesar
War era social reform push faces endowment limits
Sydney women urged to extend the Child Endowment Scheme with widow benefits and a woman commissioner. Minister Holt dismissed changes to payments for the first child citing £11,000,000 extra cost while promising a home economics bureau to aid women in war conditions. Sir Frederick Stewart noted plans to broaden social services beyond endowment.
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Labour
Matt
Sydney
Holt
Bureau of Home Economics
Frederick Stewart
Italian Communique Claims Albanian Front Attacks Thwarted
An Italian communique claims to have repulsed local attacks on a front line target on the Greek sector of the Eleventh Teleian Ain, describing successes on the border of Albania and Greece.
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Albania
London
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