17 Jul 1940
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1940
Page
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German controlled press in the Netherlands reports the Japanese cabinet resignation under army pressure and a new ministry favoring the axis. Deutsche Zeitung notes a £5000 reward offered for surrender of a large iron box dropped by a British bomber into an Amsterdam garden on July 9, which vanished before capture. Burgomaster issue urges residents to show correct attitude to German troops.
Tokyo reports say the Japanese Cabinet resigned to push a stronger foreign policy and Prince Konoye is likely to resume the premiership. Shintori and Matusaka are named for foreign minister as factions dissolve to aid party organization amid Far Eastern tension.
In Chicago on Tuesday at the Democratic Convention a floor demonstration followed a mayoral nod to Roosevelt. Senator Bankhead told the congregation the world faced totalitarian doom, urging a resolute stand against aggressors and promising no appeasement.
The Admiralty denounces the legations statement as misleading. It cites armistice terms allowing French ships under Italian and German control, with limited roles, and accuses France of seeking to weaponize the fleet against Britain. It notes a delayed British response after French ships prepared for battle and a submarine incident involving the Rigault de Genouilly.
Le Temps reports a German air raid on Rennes on June 17 as the war’s most severe. Four trainloads of munitions exploded, damaging the surrounding quarter, with about 4 200 bodies recovered from the debris.
Havas reports Vichy circles received Churchill’s broadcast coldly. They say his six months of French sacrifice demand stronger British acts. He is urged to show goodwill through deeds not rhetoric while criticizing a former regime.
Cairo reports indicate Italian forces suffered heavy casualties as they pressed raids on Gallabad Kurmak and Ja, with Sudan Defense Force withdrawals after stiff resistance. RAF claims and naval actions limited Italian operations. Haifa notes a Palestine raid by 10 Italian planes causing casualties and minor damage amid joint Arab Jewish air defense efforts.
An Italian communique reports Haifa bombed with fires seen 200 kilometres away. In East Africa Italian troops seized four strategic points near Lake Rudolph, repulsed a British attack, Tobruk harbour attacked, one aircraft downed with crew captured. RAF and South African air forces targeted Tobruk, Vardal, El Gazala, Elfada, Diedawa, and South Assab with hits on stores, camps, and a village.
Secretary for War Attlee told the House that evacuation of children is paused while naval resources are concentrated on national security. He cited the Arandora Star disaster as showing speed cannot guarantee safety and that alternatives would shift responsibility. Offerings from abroad exceed current capacity but overseas aid is welcomed.
Reports from London indicate the Reich Commissioner in the occupied Netherlands has dismissed the entire Dutch Trades Unions council and backed an unknown Dutch figure H J Woudenthal as head of the movement. Germans claim the council pushed a class agenda and faced ongoing conflicts.
The Institute for Advanced Learning at Princeton and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research reported in New York that a paternal national plan related to the war is under study. Secretary-General M. Joseph Avenol has asked for more information and may press the United States for official consent to proceed.
Zurich reports Count Ciano heads to Berlin for a meeting with Hitler and von Ribbentrop amid claims of an imminent ultimatum to Britain. Dispatches note German plans tied to New Europe and potential Soviet participation, with British and Allied warnings of a staged lull before attack.
British Admiralty says the Italian fleet fled behind a smoke screen after initial contact on July 8. The exchange saw battleships and cruisers exchange salvoes, with Italian planes bombing but not renewing combat. three crew casualties occurred from bomb splinters, while British ships and convoys proceeded to safety.
Prince Consort Felix of Luxembourg and his six children travel to the United States aboard the American cruiser Trenton with Geraldine and a retinue of servants seeking asylum.
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