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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 27, 1940
Page
1
The British government maintains Balkan solidarity amid Nazi aggression as it seeks peaceful settlements and guards against exploitation. Romania’s resistance is cited as pivotal to regional peace, with Europe’s safety foregrounded over individual justice after the British guarantee was repudiated.
In Bucharest on Thursday Romania expelled 20 French men who served as directors and engineers for French and Belgian oil companies of Columbia and Concordia. The French Ambassador has protested.
Dr. Funk, Germany’s economics minister, urged Berlin to win European trade on its own terms. He said the United States must abandon forcing conditions on Europe and warned against a free currency or currency union in Europe. He predicted the Reichsmark would dominate Europe and that the dollar would be devalued.
Major General Gwynn said with regular forces, Home Guard could offer an effective defense to air invasion. Enemy airborne troops would face severe danger from anti aircraft fire and fighter planes, making invasion prohibitively costly.
A tripartite Notes exchange signed at the Portuguese Ministry for Foreign Affairs set terms for Spain to acquire wheat for its use and Portuguese colonial products. The British government allows payments up to £600,000 via the Anglo Spanish clearing account to settle these imports and allocates available exchange among Portuguese colonial goods brought into Spain.
A patrol of Ave Gladiators escorting Blenheim bombers shot down five of seven enemy fighters into the sea off Libya. Blenheims raided Derne dropping bombs among 50 grounded fighters. A Gladiator was reported missing and landed on the British side. Italian raids on Haifa and Alexandria caused damage with casualties. Nigerian troops arrived in East Africa.
Washington reports President Roosevelt extended the export licensing system effectively creating an embargo on petroleum scrap metal and other war materials. Morgenthau says all shipments to Spain halted as they could reach Germany and Italy. The Maritime Commission also refused to charter ships for Japanese service to keep tankers in the Western Hemisphere.
Report from Melbourne notes Meknes torpedoed off Portland while repatriating French officers. About 950 of 1,300 aboard landed at Weymouth. survivor describes boats, liferafts, and lingering rescue. Officials urge caution over unconfirmed war rumours and enemy communiques.
Sydney reports that the Budget due to be presented to the Commonwealth Parliament on August 6 may include provisions for higher taxes. The plan could allow instalment payments and defer some levies to later in the year, a move seen as likely by political observers.
Italy imposes strict dining limits with meat bans on Tuesday and rabbit or entrails allowed on midweek days. Government notes millions of quintals of wheat in reserve, expects 4 million quintals to be imported or bread rationed, while corn rice potatoes and beans promise a favorable harvest.
Reports from German wireless claim over 200000 tons of debris have been cleared in Rotterdam in recent weeks. The broadcasts insist damage is light, despite evidence of widespread destruction and loss of life from air raids after capitulation.
The Century reports plans for a national government under an independent prime minister. It cites a Sydney federal executive meeting and a looming Opposition caucus as manoeuvres, naming J Forgan Smith of Queensland as a preferred leader.
Sir Thomas Tait 76, longtime chair of the Victorian Commissioners and official in Canada’s federal service, died this Thursday in St Andrews, New Brunswick. He held roles including director general of negotiation and national service in Canada during earlier years.
The Calcutta Turf Club donated eighty thousand pounds for the purchase of spi vot fires and made a substantial investment in defence bonds.
The Air Ministry says 11 bombers and nine fighters were shot down today with anti-aircraft guns claiming one. The lengthy engagements over the south east coast and Channel involved hundreds of German and British aircraft as raids persisted for hours. A Norwegian boat crew member was injured when a German dive bomber was shot down.
British airmen pressed raids despite severe weather. Targets included docks at Emden Wilhemshaven Hamburg aircraft factories at Weimar and Wenzendorf and seaplane bases at Borkum and Texel. Aerial losses limited damage but pilots reported lightning strikes and instrument failures, yet all aircraft returned safely.
German news agency says the Breton National Council met and declared a new Breton state independent from France with future ties to be set by treaty. Germany claims acceptance by appointing a German government as a counter to England and to counter Belgian and Dutch regions as a barrier to Britain.
Mr. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for War, resigns and is replaced by Robert Porter Patterson, longtime adviser to Stim on. Patterson holds a Distinguished Service Cross and is a circuit judge. Johnson may become Administrative Assistant to the President to oversee the national defence programme.
The secretary to the League of Nations in Geneva Mr venol has tendered his resignation to all member governments.
The Demokraten reports about the Swedish merchant fleet with roughly two thirds of 20,000 tons sailing overseas and facing long delays before returning home.
A housemaid left her air raid shelter at midnight to turn off gas as two air raids over Wales and south west. She confronted an 18 year old German raider who landed beside her and took him into custody until guards arrived. Two other raiders jumped out.
A fragmentary note reports an event in the southeast and England with fighters and casualties not clearly stated. It mentions a total and a location near a town, but details are incomplete and unsure.
The King visits an air raid shelter with naval recruits to inspect the site and discuss civil defense. Officials say the gathering demonstrates readiness and unity amid wartime drills and safety measures.
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