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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jan 07, 1941

Page

3

Vienna finds Hitler out too late

Budapest daily Telegraph correspondent reports Vienna stadium crowd of 50 000 booing German behavior after Austrian and German football match. Governor Schirach’s car tyres were slashed and windows smashed. Anti Nazi sentiment grows as industry costs rise and living conditions worsen.

Vienna Hitler London Budapest Daily Telegraph Viena Boeller Nagi Party Ilegel Schirach Adda

Liner Rangitane’s radio call saves another ship

Survivors in Sydney say the New Zealand liner Rangitane issued a bold radio message to defy the raider, aiding a second barge liner to slip away. Germans aboard the raider claimed the other vessel was in Auckland and pursued after Rangitane. They also noted a continuous radio watch by three operators and targeted ships linked to British phosphate trade.

Sydney New Zealand Auckland British Phosphate Commission Triadic Nauru

Government appoints officers to Commonwealth Investigation Branch

Notification in the Commonwealth Gazette announces three officers assigned to the Commonwealth Investigation Branch under National Security regulations. William Harold Barnwell and Jack Magnusson become inquiry officers in New South Wales, while Stanley Gordon Eyles is appointed assistant inquiry officer in South Australia.

Commonwealth Gazette Commonwealth Investigation Branch William Harold Barnwell Jack Magnusson N.8.w Stanley Gordon Eyles South Australia

Service for Nazi Victims at St Andrew's Cathedral

In Sydney Monday British merchant seamen recently arrived offered prayers for comrades and those lost as their ships were attacked by Pacific raiders. Archbishop Mowll led a service noting the horror of the trials faced by those aboard the sunken ships.

Sydney St. Andrew's Cathedral Mow'l

Raiders May Change Spots In Wake Of Logs From Wolf

Naval authorities warn raiders may hide and change appearance to evade action after prisoners on Emiran Island reveal knowledge. Minister Hughes considers a copied log from the raider Wolf, captured in 1914-18, detailing hideouts and tricks. The log suggests raiders in Australian waters are armed merchantmen with six inch guns. Hughes hopes Mediterranean seas clear after Italy's fall and British forces move out.

Emiran Island Navy Mr. Hughes Australia Bughes Hughes Italy Sydney Harbour

Fire raids devastate London and towns across Britain

German raiders dropped hundreds of incendiaries in London and across Wales and the north. Rescue workers pulled a man, two others from a bombed home where all perished before removal. A church and other buildings suffered in a west cast town, and a South Wales raid caused window damage and limited casualties. The Tate Gallery endured a second incendiary hit.

London South Wales Mild-landa Debria Baldera Tate Gallery

NO STRIKES Pact Aims for Arbitration Across Trades

Thirteen metal trades allied with the American Federation of Labour seek industry co operation to draft voluntary arbitration agreements. They demand guarantees of no strikes and no lockouts. Concurrently President Roosevelt orders 6,306 new housing units planned in 11 localities to ease a facilities shortage affecting national defense.

Washington Metal Trades American Federation of Labour Aes Hes

Spy Scare in New Zealand Stirs Dominion Investigation

Allegations from Australian raider survivors claim spies aided enemy raiders in New Zealand. Authorities will investigate at once. evidence reportedly shows Nazi sympathisers tried evading censorship by sending letters to Germany aboard neutral ships in Auckland earlier this year.

Wellington N.Z Australia New Zealand Dominion Germany Auckland

Australian naval attache named in Washington

R A N Attache at Washington Commander H M Burrell has been appointed Australian naval attache in Washington and will take up duties this week. Sir Frederick Stewart said the appointment shows the growing scope of work at the Australian Legation in Washington and reflects a broad US view on its defence commitments.

Sydney H. M. Burrell Ra.n Washington Frederick Stewart U.S.A Australia United States

NSW Prisons Abolish Early Sentence Isolation

New South Wales gaols will end disciplinary confinement for prisoners in the early part of sentences. The current rule kept inmates in cells for 21 of 24 hours with no contact with others. The move follows a Comptroller of Prisons recommendation and ends a relic of penal days.

Sydney New South Wales Comptroller of Prisons

Europe in Grip of Severe Winter and Shortages

A Pacific wide winter grinds Europe with coal and feed shortages affecting millions. Reports cite 60000 influenza cases in Yugoslavia and new outbreaks in Portugal as storms freeze rivers and close roads from Scandinavia to the Atlantic. Arctic cold and heavy snow paralyze railways, flood Balkan states, and strand ships off Gibraltar.

London Yugoslavia Portugal Scandinavia Tanders Atlantica Siberia Danube Hungary Bulgaria Rumania Balkan States Moscow Scandinevis Hede Stockholm Rhone Valley Leona Vichy Leona Radio

RAF Raid on Brest Ends with Three Direct Hits

Coastal Command planes bombed Brest at dusk scoring three direct hits on an enemy destroyer. Two enemy merchantmen were driven off. one enemy aircraft was shot down and a British bomber is missing. Weather worsened but Hamburg attacks continued with many fires observed.

London Coastal Command Brest Norway Ialao Air Ministry

British grit will win say Exchequer chief

Speaking this afternoon Sir Kingaley Wood the Chan cellor of the Exchequer praised British grit endurance and fortitude in cities towns and villages. He said the Allies fight for liberty justice and civilization against persecution and tyranny and that Britain would prevail.

London Sir Kingaley Wood Wood

Stabbing Charge After Patonga Assault

A 25 year old man was charged this afternoon with grievous bodily harm against 26 year old Alfred Ward following a Saturday night incident in Patonga. Ward was admitted to hospital with wounds to the back. Police report the injury occurred during the altercation.

Sydney Alfred Ward Patonga Ward

Queensland Floods Strike Northern Regions

Brisbane reports Alpha Creek flooding cresting at feet and depths on bridges as the district receives more than seven inches of rain in four hours. Burdekin River also bursts its banks worsening flood conditions across northern Queensland.

Brisbane Alpha Creek Quesas Burdekin

Cold Germs and Indirect Spread Warns Readers

The column urges vigilance against colds and spread through contact. It notes that not everyone avoids illness, especially when others are unwell, and recommends regular bowels and a course of Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills to prevent or treat a cold.

Dr. Morse

Police Station Move Confuses Public After Sign Left

Police warn residents the new station is in the former Hotel Acton building while signs at the old station remain. Algas directing to the old site remain, causing visits to the wrong location.

Acton Police Station

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