20 Jul 1940
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 20, 1940
Page
1
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Tokyo reacts to Britain’s Burma Road agreement as a potential pause rather than real settlement. The Times cites Konoye and Matsuoka shaping a cautious, pro Japanese line aimed at ending the China war, while press and parliament weigh consequences for Britain and the Pacific balance. Australia and Canada also comment on the move amid wider World War II diplomacy.
Royal Air Force bombers attacked barge concentrations in Holland and Belgium while a Coastal Command plane reconnoitered the Channel. Bomber Command hit Merville and Hertogenbosch airfields and an oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, with a coastal raid on Ghent oil depots. Several fires started as hits were scored but weather hampered night bombing. all RAF crews returned safely. One enemy bomber was shot down. one Allied fighter is missing.
Cecil Heffernan of Queanbeyan passed the second year sheep and wool examination conducted by the Sydney Technical College on Friday in Sydney.
Washington reports that the Secretary to the Treasury says the ultimate disposal of French frozen credits depends on the recognition of the French government. Unison Bethea may be considering withdrawal of recognition from Marshal Petain's government.
The Times aeronautical correspondent reports Germany lost its 200th aircraft over Britain with 157 bombers and 43 fighters down, while Britain lost 23 fighters. Night raids hit south east Scotland and Wales, with civilian casualties and damage including a girls school. RAF bombers and fighters engaged over northern France and the Channel as anti air fire claimed hits on a German bomber. The Air Ministry lists 336 casualties in the thirty ninth casualty list, including 47 dead and 201 missing.
A Royal Australian Air Force Sunderland patrol spotted a lifeboat carrying 20 men in rough Atlantic seas off London. Flight-Lieut. E. B. Courtney signaled for help, leading the aircraft to guide a French merchantman to the lifeboat. The ship rescued the men, including French sailors, as visibility fell and a rainstorm began.
An Italian communique says raids on Gibraltar at 3200 kilometers with difficult atmospheric conditions but bombs hit arsenal and military targets. An enemy ship tried to cross the Strait of Sicily and was gravely damaged and abandoned. A London admiralty communique reports an Italian submarine sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Christchurch Branch of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers Association proposes buying and presenting a Hurricane fighter plane to Britain. They suggest naming it after Ed gar Cobber Kain, the New Zealand air ace with over 40 enemy aircraft, who was killed in France just over a month ago.
German army division parades through Berlin for the first time since the Polish and French campaigns as factories close and bells ring. Dr. Goebbels lauds the troops promising one more fight to win before a new Reich and Europe are built.
Official briefing confirms H M A S Sydney sank the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, 5069 tons, completed in 1932, mounting six inch guns. The action underscores Allied naval reach in the theater.
Bernard Wardle a 50 year old former serviceman was jailed for three months after admitting he attempted to seduce New Zealand soldiers from duty. He told two soldiers you dont want to die in this war. The magistrate called the remarks traitorous.
The Japanese Foreign Office spokesman M. Suma said Japan is not considering inviting a third power to mediate the Sino-Japanese hostilities. Any mediation must be based on Japan's terms.
The Times reports worsening Romania Bulgaria ties over Dobruja as Romanian forces reposition on the frontier. Also Turkish German trade pact prospects emerge with Turkey resisting mineral demands while pursuing non belligerent policy. The Moscow Times notes improved British Soviet talks but no change in neutral stance amid the war.
The Ministry for Shipping says Britain will requisition French merchantmen in United Kingdom ports. The ships will sail under the British flag and fly the French flag as a token of free French participation. Many French officers and sailors will remain aboard on the same terms as British sailors, with ships returned after the war with compensation.
A small raiding party from light mechanised forces captured or destroyed Italian gun and a manhandled lorry in the Fort Capuzzo area. They returned with 12 prisoners. Shelling of a motor transport column destroyed 11 lorries. Italians bombed Mersa Matruh and Sidi Barrani with no effect. The Sudan and Somaliland borders are quiet. Haile Selassie is reported in the Sudan.
The Admiralty says the destroyer A M Imogen was involved in a fog collision near London. One officer and ten ratings were injured. One railing died. Seventeen ratings are missing.
President Roosevelt told the Democratic Convention by wireless that he accepts the nomination for a third term. The convention nominated Secretary of Agriculture Wallace for vice president as Hull endorsed the party’s foreign plank and aims to continue active foreign policy.
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