Naval escort for shipping in the Mediterranean unsafe
Reports from London and Valencia describe escalating naval activity as several vessels in Mediterranean lanes face attacks. Rebel forces deny involvement in aircraft incursions while a Dutch observer attributes a rebel aircraft to attacks near Greek and Italian ships, with damage sustained aboard the Mongiola and casualties including Captain Bolari.
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London
Ali
Salamance
Sitneks
Bruin
Mongiols
Mongiola
Bolari
Italy
Madrid Allows Private Worship Licences For Priests
Madrid reports the government will permit Catholic worship in private by issuing licences to many priests enabling thousands to wed and baptize. Reopening churches will be slow as many spaces are now government stores. The Justice Ministry notes anticlericalism could not be prevented early in the Civil War, but worship is being reopened.
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Madrid
Peiping Japs in Control Peiping
Sunday report says four thousand Japanese troops in Peiping occupied the main Chinese barracks in the Temple of Heaven as thousands of Chinese lined the streets. Japanese forces moved with cavalry, tanks, heavy guns and supply cars, while Chinese authorities in Hankow evacuated concessions and Feng Yub-Liang warned of mobilization and a potential Chinese response.
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Peiping
Puiping
Temple of Heaven
Hankow
Nanking
Feng Yub-Liang
China
Japan
Hina
Road Safety Council of NSW Draft Constituent Outline
Sydney report outlines a Road Safety Council of New South Wales with up to 100 members from 45 road related organizations. The interim committee will be chaired by the Minister for Transport, with the Commissioner for Road Transport as vice president and nine ex officio members
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Sydney
New South Wales
Road Safety Council of
N.8.w
Wit Conmiar
Neg
Soviet Navy orders battleship construction in United States
The New York Times reports the Russian Naval Commission aims to have a 35,000 ton battleship built in the United States with nine 16 inch guns. Preliminary talks also cover buying three similar vessels at 100 to 200 million dollars and inviting American technicians to help set up Russian plants.
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New York
Mond
Russian Naval Commission
Uni
Premier denounces ban on broadcasts amid national debate
Queensland Premier Forgan Smith charges political discrimination after his broadcast ban while Federal Treasurer Casey uses the national network. Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane reports note disagreements over permitted topics and timing of speeches on national airwaves.
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Queensland
Forgan Smith
Anglican Communion
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MY. Ganoy
Melbourne
Australian Broadcasting Commission
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Palley
Mosey
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Malbourne
Casey
Brisbane
Munday
Queynaland
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Imperial Conferenci
Italian Move in France Signals Shifting UK Ties
In Paris on Monday Italian Ambassador Signor Cerulli discussed with Premier M. Chautemps the Walloon Government's view that improving Anglo-Italian relations should be paired with better Britain and France ties. The exchange hints at a shift away from prior policy aimed at isolating England.
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Paris
Signor Cerulti
Promer
M. Choutemps
Wallan
Soldiers Shot by Officers Gun Runs Training on Retreat
Fragmented OCR reports a hostile critique of British generals and soldiers in a new book alleging cowardice and surrender during retreat. The author, cited as Chorier, questions leadership and discipline, implying blame on top officers for strategic failures.
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LaNdon
Geanorah
Che Fripk
Crain
Chorier
Wevarst
Meribew
emMeer
Crexur
Declan
King Carol's Hasty Return Home
A chaotic report from London describes King Carol returning from holiday after a Rumay voyage. Cabinet crisis grows as croster claims officers failed in 1914 and again from 1915. Monash praised by some for readiness, while others note missteps, machine guns, and a controversial exchange with British troops.
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London
Rumay Carol
Labour plans ahead at Canberra Council of Advice meeting
The Labour Council of Advice meets in Canberra on Thursday to map the election campaign. Policy focus includes a 40 hour week and a national insurance scheme. Delegates seek government commitment from Curtin to implement these if adopted.
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Council of Advice
Canberra
Federal Lander
Labour Party
Curtin
Wcheme
Commonwealth
Queensland
Tesmasilan
Western
Adelaide
Flying boats service delayed until June in Australia
Melbourne reports conflict over Empire flying boat airmail start. Defence minister had said January commencement, but circles indicate a June launch due to base establishment challenges between Darwin and Sydney and delays in boats for Sydney to Auckland.
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Melbourne
Defence
Sir Archdale Park- Kill
Darwin
Bydne
Ot Paine
London
Bys
Ney
Te i
Bydney
Auckland
Quadruplets stir in Suffolk births fivefold joy and tragedy
In Brandon Suffolk Olive Lingwood gives birth to quadruplets two infants die while the remaining four are fed with breast milk from London. The town crier announces the birth with quivering pride as the father, a rugby player, notes the four names Adrian Bernard Conrad and wid. Local reaction spans Thetford to cinema screens with telegrams of congratulations for the rugby player father.
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London
Sunda
Brandon
Suffolk
Thetford
Olive Lingwood
John Clark
Ke ‘K Company
Twandhia
Adrian
Bernard
Conrad
Vital day in coal dispute owners terms awaited
The compulsory conference between minors and colliery proprietors will reconvene tomorrow as owners submit revised proposals in response to miners wage and condition demands. If talks fail, miners threaten a general strike, with plans for a lengthy stoppage under way. Lithgow Colliery also halted work in protest of denied origin time.
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Sydney
Lithgow
Miner strike at Lithgow Valley colliery delays award talks
About 160 miners at Lithgow Valley colliery began a one day strike claiming undue delay in wage negotiations for a new award. Meanwhile work resumed at most pits in the northern fields, though Pyton and Branford Main No 2 remained in dispute.
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Sydney
Moniay
Lithgow Valley
Collery
Elds
Pytton
Branaford Main No. 2
Moneylenders Loans to Public Servants
Judge Curtewia criticizes high interest rates charged by moneylenders to public servants as perjury case unfolds against financier Spurr. Crown alleges Spurr falsely stated delivery of a summons to Wallace Glanwington, a federal public servant, at Collins Street. Accused found not guilty on incomplete evidence.
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Curtewia
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Collinstreet
Alexandria
Glassington
Townaville
Ottawa Treaty South Africa View Not Shared at Canberra
The Commonwealth Government does not support the South Africans and will abandon the position due to the pending Anglo American trade agreement.
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Canberra
Commonwealth
Britain’s hottest weekend strands Portland to Weymouth line
The hottest weekend in four years tied up the Portland to Weymouth railway line causing two hours of crowded traffic disruption. Similar events have not been seen in Britain, with Bundy noted in London as a reference point.
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London
Portland
Weymouth
Britain
disappearance of Mary St George belied by broad police search
A large police dragnet extended from Bradley's Head to Cronulla to locate Mary St George who vanished over a week ago after leaving home for a picnic. Police rule out no theory while noting she took no extra clothes and did not communicate with family, fueling murder rumors.
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Sydney
Bradley's Head
Balmoral
Cronudla
Mary St. George
Mian St
Naval Men's Thrill Minister’s Action of No Avail London
Milan correspondent reveals a Madrid murder of Cristobal Colon, aged Duke of Veragum, descendant of Columbus. He loved sport and books, kept a stable near Toledo, and had ties to Aran Boreea. A naval drill off Jure Vin Bay ends with sharks nearby as crew are rescued. Britain contemplates a conference outcome with Australia and Argentina shaping policy.
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Milan
Times
Madrid
Tye
Cristobal Colon
Veragum
Christopher Columbus
Aran Boreea
Vste
Toledo
Ydney
Dex Atroyer
HLM
Waterhen
Jure Vin Bay
Illcera
Rea
Wees
Uelr
Surance
Margie Avila
Australia
Britain
Kingdom
Dulbe Og of
France
German Agents Clean-Up in Britain
A London report says British authorities tighten actions against Nazi networks amid Home Office measures. Scotland Yard has gathered evidence since 1939 to justify official steps, with trains and broadcasts noted as focal points of propaganda.
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London
Scotland
England
Scotland Yard
Home Office
German Threat to Britain Over Press Expulsions
Berlin cautions that Britain’s refusal to allow two Berlin newspaper correspondents to stay in Britain will trigger reprisals. Wilhelmstrasse signals actions to be announced soon as German officials denounce what they call unfair expulsions harming Anglo German relations. Local paper Lokal Acitir notes the ban on its English representative.
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Germany
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Wilhelmstrame
Lokal ‘Acitir
Graf Reich Schach
Smauntinng
Fraudulent betting slips seized in raid at town court
Police produced pad impressions from a July raid showing betting slips swallowed in paper. J Malley, 43, pleaded not guilty as investigators alleged he kept the documents to support their case. The magistrate convicted him and fined him a sum. the proceedings noted a lack of commitment for perjury.
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Heiley
Bela
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