03 Jul 1940
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 03, 1940
Page
1
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Reports note Rumania edging toward the Rome Berlin axis as Singapore prepares coastal defences to a higher state of readiness amid Far East tensions. The measures aim to strengthen lines along the south coast and reduce immediate danger feared in Malaya.
The report says enemy aircraft crossed the southwest coast soon before midnight. Bombs fell in the Bristol Channel area and a town in northeast Scotland. Eleven killed and twenty injured including four children. two German bombers shot down on the northeast coast. Anti-aircraft and fighter responses were reported with several raid points across the region.
Washington reports Secretary Hull defends U S principles of international relations while Japanese policy prompts comment. Miyako and Asahi Shimbun spotlight Indo China Burma East Indies. American fleet departs Lahina Roads for training exercises near Honolulu.
General Sikorski, Polish Prime Minister and Commander, declares in an Order of the Day that Poland stands with the Allies continuing the struggle. He notes new contingents will reinforce and the forces will fight with an iron will until victory.
Romanian cabinet signals policy shift toward the Axis with a renunciation of Allied assistance. Berlin reports urge accepting Soviet demands, while King Carol meets officials amid readings of a rapidly German-leaning foreign policy and troop movements toward borders with Hungary and Bulgaria.
The Navy Office in Melbourne said an Admiralty message today categorically denied Germany s claim that a cruiser of the Orion class had been formed. The denial labeled the German High Command assertion as a repeated falsehood and entirely untrue.
General de Gaulle names Vice-Admiral Muselier commander of free air groups. Muselier, a 1917 1916 collaborator with Clemenceau, previously led cruiser forces in the Mediterranean. Admiral Mugellier fled Bordeaux after learning of a pending armistice and reached Marseilles to rally naval officers, then sailed to Gibraltar and England to join de Gaulle.
Britain pledges to defend Syria and Lebanon while stating actions will not preempt future French mandate boundaries. Reports recount French officers' mutinies and demobilisation orders, with North Africa tensions and debates over de Gaulle and Darlan roles for postwar reconstruction.
An Associated Press report from San Sebastian cites a French army collapse due to lack of equipment manpower and resolve. It notes French air and tank inferiority, outdated tanks, scarce front line planes, and weak Allied manpower compared with German forces on the Somme and Aisne fronts.
The Curentul accuses Russia of planning to destroy Romanian oilfields to block supplies to Germany. German sources say Germany will not let Russia near the oilfields, while Russia claims no intent to seize more territory than North Bukovina and Bessarabia. Russian advance on Dniester fortifications prompted hurried withdrawals by workers.
A Cairo communique reports British naval and air forces in the Eastern Mediterranean sunk four Italian submarines and the destroyer Espero between June 27 and 30.
Lack of determination completes the picture of the French collapse. Marshal Petrin said Frenchmen did not march to the Colours with 1904 enthusiasm as in 1904 because they did not understand the reasons for the war. The feeling that they bore the brunt and that older men fought while Britain had not mobilised added to the strain. Yet individual French soldiers showed bravery under terrible punishment and long waiting)
Despite poor visibility RAF bombers attacked German military targets last night. Oil storage tanks at Hamburg were hit and set alight while Darmstadt, Osnabruck, Ham, and Dulmen railway areas sustained fires from bombing. Nor burney Nor dierney and Dortmund airfields were hit as was an ammunition dump near Haltern. All aircraft returned safely.
Air Marshal Balbo's son is flown to a location in Africa with an escort after funeral rites. The ceremony featured a gun carriage and a white horse. General Graziana is present in North Africa. Rome officially announces Gragiani will resume Balbo's post as Governor General of Libya and command Italian forces in Africa.
In Moscow a decree announces a defence loan of 8 000 000 000 roubles aimed at cultural development and national strength. Every citizen is urged to subscribe as the international scene remains dangerous with potential surprises. Russia is described as an impregnable force in the present moment.
Cairo dispatch reports western desert action near Capuzzo and Sidi Azeiz with Italian forces occupying the fort area, British counterattacks and heavy tank and artillery exchanges as the battle continues. RAF says attacks on Gona Augusta Moyale with negligible casualties. Egyptian premier named military governor to secure order amid front reports.
A government statement denies enemy landings on the British coast and parachute drops in the West Midlands. The notice warns against sensational rumours and notes how misrepresentation and gossip can create false incidents and fear.
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