Japanese War Fears Stir Pacific Debate
Senator Foll BYDNEY and the Minister for the Navy Mr Hughes clash over Canberra Melbourne administration choice. Canberra is defended as a visit site while Melbourne is proposed as a central hub. Senator Fell is noted for spending much of the year in Canberra and opposing a permanent shift of central administration.
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Bydney
Miniter For Information
Senator Foll
Navy
Mr. Hughes
Melbourne
Canberra
Hughes Challenges Canberra War Cabinet Location Claim
Elder statesman Mr Hughes asserts government from Melbourne is essential to run war services. Dr Frank Lovat notes a ministerial statement is baseless and urges a clear answer to the claim that Canberra is more practical. The exchange highlights tensions over war administration and capital location.
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Hughes
Frank Lovat
Wna
Elbourne
Melbourne
War Service
Hugh
Canberra
Malhourne
Louat
Canberra Meeting Urged By Opposition Deputy Leader
The deputy leader of the opposition urged that all Cabinet meetings be held in Canberra as part of organising Australia s war effort. He criticized past delays in transferring Commonwealth forces and stressed maximizing arms and equipment spending to meet the national emergency.
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Rydney
Opposte
Forde
Canberra
Hughes
Caneerra
Melbourne
Mr. Fords
Australia
Minister appeals to seamen and waterside workers
SYDNEY Tuesday. The Minister for Labour and Industry Mr Holt tonight appealed to seamen and waterside workers to continue their best efforts. He said the Australian shipping programme could only function successfully if the Government received their cooperation.
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Sydney
Meat Shortage Sparks Demands For Ration Cuts in London
London traders urge government to reduce ration coupons as meat supplies tighten. Federation of Meat Traders proposes cutting the ration value in line with scarce meat, with some traders calling for a one third ration. Many traders report allocations cut by half and expect shortages to continue.
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London
Federation of Meat Traders
1941 Crisis Forecast Warns of Pacific War Possibilities
An 1941 crisis alert from Tokyo warns of two possible causes for a Pacific war. A US Germany clash with a renewed blitz against England could involve Japan, or a direct US-Japan clash over Indo China and the Dutch East Indies. The Kokumin Shimyun editorial foresees Britain defeated and the US entering the war in 1941.
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Pacific
United States
Germany
Britain
America
Kilkenny
China
Japan
Nnera
President Line
Air Crews Enlistment Drive for RAAF Opens
The Minister for the Air Mr McEwen launched an enlistment drive in Melbourne to recruit 2200 men for the Royal Australian Air Force within three weeks. The push aims to expand RAAF work and fill roles for wireless operators and other skilled, semi skilled, and unskilled positions.
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Melbourne
Tuesaday
McEwen
RAAF
Tie
Thia
McEiwen
Waa
Tintta
Miniater
butter output falls in Australian production figures
Australian butter production for the three months ended October 31 fell to 1 083 198 cwt, down 200 000 cwt from the prior year. A joint session formally elects Roosevelt as re elected president and he will take the oath January 20. The Navy Dept announces completion of transferring fifty destroyers to Britain in exchange for leases on naval and air bases.
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Washington
Monda
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
NAVAL
Navy Department
Britain
Roosevelts London envoy sails to Lisbon aboard clipper
Harry Hopkins, appointed as President Roosevelt’s representative to London, departs for Lisbon today aboard a clipper flying boat. Other items note US steel mills at 82 percent capacity and a London egg profiteering fine.
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Roosevelt
London
New York
Harry Hopkins
Lisbon
Victoria Park Racecard Narrative Featuring Multiple Events
A detailed collage of horse names, jockeys, and race conditions lists numerous contenders across several events. The page mentions Welter and Handicap races with horses such as Moon Petsewe, Ray Weaver, Keaton, Alluring, Marmont, and Red Shot among others, along with venues and possible bet placements.
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Ray Weaver
Pawavin
Thonne
Keaton
Charlotte Creen
Pauline Wood
Aos Cme
Miami
Mierrelli Caprice
Turambol
Brian Lee Faydate
Marmont
Derelia
Panaray
Mies Poppy Cwlriie Htmy Aay
TON Velruin Ciby Fiveriogad Ayy Rae Ao
Late Lamarck Reenter
Miew
Wireless progress in 1940 expands Australia’s radio network
In 1940 Australia greatly expanded wireless resources for defense and civil needs. Amalgamated Wireless trains personnel for Empire Air Scheme and civil aviation builds 12 new stations at remote towns. AW A develops beacons Cape Schanck Cape Wickham Cape Otway and ships equip with Intent gear. Flying doctors use portable transceivers, boosting medical response. Sydney council boosts wireless cars to 62. new police transmitter underway.
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Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
Marconi School of Wireless
Amalgamated Wireless
Empire Air Scheme
Aiag
Axaort
Department of Civil Aviation
Dalgatera
Camooweal
Longreach
Charleville
Tennant Creek
Alice Springa
Oodnadatta
Mount Eba
Australia Military Forces
A.W.A. la
Merredin
Wear Australia
Perth
Gympie
Queensland
A.W.A
Cape Schanck
Vic
Cape Wickham
King Inland
Order of
New Zealand
Doctor i
Bis
Sydney County Council
Sydney
Newcastle
Sydney Police
Warder's Escape: Prisoner Aims to Shoot Guards
A prisoner, moved from Petridge Gaol to Royal Melbourne Hospital, tried to shoot two warders during transfer. He allegedly concealed a revolver after breaking a finger to aid the plot, but was overpowered before firing. The inmate, serving a long sentence, was handcuffed and subdued.
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Melbourne
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Petridge Gaol
Melbourne Hospital
Growth in Australian wireless industry during 1940
A year of record valve production and expansion at the Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company. Transmitting valves doubled, receivers and dual wave instruments increased training and aircraft instrument manufacture under Sperry Gyroscope. Overseas service links expanded with a sixth radiotelephone line to the Philippines. Free message services for troops and evacuated children were introduced, with prices for extra words. Export trade in wireless apparatus grows despite domestic demands.
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Australa
Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company
Australia
A.W
Commonwealth
Instrumanta
A.W.A
Sperry
Defence Department
Philippine Islands
Australis
Army
Navy
Air Force
Beam Wireless
Imperial
United Kingdom
Let Ainslie furnished room in private home
Woman seeks a furnished room with bed and use of conveniences in a private Canberra home. Suit a lady. Contact MOM for details.
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Ainslie
Canberra
Jehovah's Witness jailed for oath of enlistment claim
Arthur Johnson, 23, of Burwood, was sentenced to six months in gaol by Burwood Court for taking the oath of enlistment. He claimed to be a minister and a Jehovah's Witness, pleaded not guilty, and said he would fight if Germans landed in Sydney to defend his mother and fellow Jehovah's Witnesses, but not for the Devil's crowd.
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Sydney
Arthur Johnson
Burwood
Johnson
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