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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1940
Page
1
The fragment lists players and positions including forwards wings and backs with names like Petunia Dawnont Rae Flad Leod and others. Officials such as referees Graham McCaffrey and the game committee are named along with reserve players and terms like school games.
London reports intensified civil defence measures and readiness across England as Allied forces pull back from Flanders. Authorities warn evacuation plans and post safety protocols remain in effect including ARP and auxiliary services. Weathering invasion threats, coal miners pledge full production while factories brace for renewed war effort and security steps.
Reports say half the British Expeditionary Force has returned to England while large Allied troops retreat behind a French British line. Dunkirk defense holds as German pressure increases with air and ground attacks across the Yser and Cassel corridors.
Washington reports a 2.7 million dollar offer for tarines and bombers in recent skirmishes, added to 1 million dollars already spent. Allied figures show 7,700 planes purchased since January. Paris says American planes enter wear of battle without waiting for wear patents, while a German Stella crashes near Ut Pissed, killing a gunner.
The Premier Mr Maier urges the government staff and workers statewide to join the war savings effort. He promotes a broad voluntary campaign to support national defense and financial backing for wartime needs.
In London a Friday report states Imperial Airways denied claims that its Rome star was ordered to return. The airline clarified the situation, asserting no personnel move to pull staff from the Italian capital.
Eye witnesses say the final Allied assault on Narvik lasted 24 hours, with capture achieved amid heavy German fire. British warships shelled German positions while French Polish and Norwegian troops attacked from multiple avenues. German planes bombed ships and hospitals as Norwegian and British forces pressed a northward counter effort. Civilians endured lighter casualties due to rescue crews as mopping up operations continued along the Narvik railway.
An order ages the Hawaiian detachment of 30 warships into the United States fleet. Navy circles interpret the move as signaling the fleet will not use the California base in the future.
Von Ribbentrop delivered a formal note via Sweden accusing France of ill treatment of German airmen held as prisoners and threatens severe measures. France denies the charge and warns of reciprocal action if reprisals occur. German radio accuses British officers of maltreating prisoners and claims defenceless Germans are subjected to robbery, chaining, and exposure to artillery.
Major General Gwynn stated to the Australian Associated Press that the first phase of the war is over. He said Hitler has lost advantages and faces the resources and staying power of free democracies, with Allied sea routes secured and the French army in a strong defensive position along the Somme and the Aisne.
The Bertin AP correspondent says reliable informants report Herr Hitler summoned Dr. Goebbels to General Headquarters to prepare a sensational announcement. The informant believes the statement concerns Italy joining the war, but no other sources verify the story.
Readable fragments discuss special arrangement for information sources used by overseas intelligence services. Mentions Australia and New Zealand as reserved areas.
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for more than 1 billion dollars in urgent war funding for army and navy, boosting defense spending to 4.4 billion for the next year. He after a Defence Commission meeting said full war production should arrive within six months and stressed expanding civilian training programs and youth services to prepare one million youths.
A statement from a Pre derided state ment to day east ssite his own ambition urges the nation to drop tradition and back Roosevelt for a third term. He says leadership offers the best hope for peace and hopes he accepts the nomination.
A summary of essential military tasks including cooking first aid road building signaling and other duties reflecting discipline and moral conduct for the service. The passage outlines duties and the integral role they play in unit readiness and civic service.
A German news agency reports the submarine war will be expanded with new crews trained and crews ready. The U boat fleet will concentrate actions on British sea routes as Eastern England ports remain blockaded.
Paris reports the Belgian Cabinet decreed Leopold cannot reign as he is under alien control. Paris Soir notes five days earlier two motor cars carried his private jewels and crown with the Royal Chamberlain. Attempts to recover the jewels faltered as capitulation was announced.
London dispatch reports a French mechanized division repelling a German push with close range tank exchanges. A French general's son claims he knocked out a dozen enemy tanks in twelve minutes as German infantry launched counterattacks with heavy losses.
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