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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1941
Page
1
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United States vows to supply Britain and Allies with no limit as Navy Secretary Knox warns breaking the pledge would risk a cataclysmic defeat. He cites German and Japanese moves and asks how long the nation will stay isolated while Axis powers advance their plans.
London reports a tense stand as The Times describes a decisive engagement about Athens. German authorities claim rapid advance and orders to crush British resistance while Luftwaffe targets vessels. An X-ray of troop counts and Allied delays hints at strategic aims and possible relief from American help.
London reports German agents infiltrating French North Africa with hundreds of key operatives in ports and airfields. Casablanca and Morocco are central bases with activity spreading to Algeria. the aim is to aid German domination and supply routes to Tripoli via the Tunis coast south of Cape Bon.
The Daily Mail reports discussions in London on forming a Supreme War Cabinet of ministers with no departmental duties and including Dominion statesmen such as Mr Menzies. The move aims to sustain war direction beyond dispute and hinges on Australia’s parliament debate on Anzac roles in the Near East.
Reports state letters sent from the United Kingdom on March 13 and 14 and Empire mail to Australia and New Zealand between March 4 and 6 were lost due to enemy action. The incidents underscore wartime mail disruption affecting overseas correspondence and home fronts.
Ankara correspondent notes Germany may target Turkey as next move in Europe’s crisis. German troop concentrations around Plovdiv rise but not definitively ominous. Rumor says Hitler may avoid Turkey for now while planning major moves in the Near to Middle East.
The Moscow broadcast says Gibraltar is being transformed with an inland moat dug across the promontory and filled with water. Hospitals and installations moved underground in rock chambers, some underwater. New heavy guns are in place as ships with war material arrive. a German armistice is not expected to halt Balkan attacks against Britain.
An early 20th century article mocks isolationists as fools who oppose collective security. It cites Dr. Milliken and figures like Lindbergh and Kip, arguing the idea of Americans avoiding danger invites catastrophe and urges vigilance against complacency.
Secretary Morgenthau presented to the House Ways and Means Committee proposals to raise about 3.5 billion dollars with surtaxes targeting middle income groups. He warned against excess profits and urged a balanced approach, noting America's strength to bear the tax burden.
Assistant Minister Mr Collings urged national ministers to drop parochial aims and form a true national government if possible. He praised unity in the Advisory War Council and warned that quick decisions must rest with the War Cabinet or a fully co operative national effort.
Reports say 밤 London endured Thursday night raids dropping incendiary bombs over southern England while high explosives caused a single major fire quickly controlled. Raids extended to East Anglia and southwest Minglafid with an air alert sounded in London before dawn. A pilot, uninjured, landed in County Waterford amid fog and damaged instructions.
Cape Town reports the government will introduce a standard whole meal loaf on May 1 making white bread unobtainable. The measures follow a short wheat crop last year and anticipated imports of 1 million bags this year, with mixed loaves including rye and beans.
South African troops shattered the mountain barricades around Dessie and routed the attacking forces. Many prisoners were taken as planes of the South African Air Force buzzed overhead. The retreating Italians fled through Kombolcha Pass toward Dessie.
RAF raids on Benghazi ignite more than a dozen large fires with flames visible for miles. Allied forces report heavy air battles over Tobruk, downing Junkers 87s and Messerschmitt 1080s, with losses and pilots safe. Calato, Rhodes, and Tripoli harbours attacked. Tobruk defies German claims, town remaining active despite bombing.
Free French units traveled 5500 miles across Central Africa in six weeks to reach the Sudan and join the fighting in Morty Africa. The operation relied on rapid combined land and rail movement to complete the journey.
Reports from Madrid and Lisbon indicate Germany has shifted from persuasion to threats to move troops through Spain to Gibraltar. Observers say General Franco’s rejection ends German access, reflecting a new coercive approach in diplomacy.
A late edition dispatch reports growing belief that Hitler will not wait long. Times of London notes 2,500 Germans in Madrid and foresees German ground troops and supplies across the country. Reports from Amoy and Ankara indicate Britain and Chungking ties, Chinese troops near Burma, and plans to store war materiel in Burma as Spain edges toward the Axis.
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