Minister Defends War Effort on BBC Broadcast
In a nationwide broadcast Sir Frederick Stewart the Minister for Supply defended Menzies and the Cabinet war effort. He said Allied equipment superiority had weakened though Britain would receive millions of rounds and other gear as factories boost output tenfold in months. He cited emancipation of Europe from Nazi barbarism as the Allied aim.
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Sydney
Frederick Stewart
National Network Tonight
Menzies
Britain
Frederick
Alliea
Europe
Fifth Column Busy in France
Paris correspondent reports increased Fifth Column activity in France with civilians shooting French soldiers in the back. Machine guns held by many. a road sign misled mechanised units. Arrests include a university professor and numerous teenage girls. two so called Sisters of Charity revealed as German soldiers.
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London
Ibrida
Paria
Exchange Telegraph Agency
France
Sisters of Charity
US Cruiser Quincy May Visit Rio De Janeiro
Government officials said the US cruiser Quincy would visit Rio de Janeiro as a substitute for a battleship carrying midshipmen. The Quincy could later be directed to other Latin American ports if needed, as it is a fast ship that might reach American ports sooner if conditions change.
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Washington
United States
Quincy
Rio de Janeiro
Obituary for Elizabeth Margaret Phillips of Braddon
The death occurred in Canberra of Elizabeth Margaret Phillips formerly of Braddon wife of James Jilips of Wyalong. She was a war relief worker active in Parents and Citizens Assoc and deeply religious. Survived by her husband daughter Marie and sons Eric and Neville plus three siblings. Interment at Presbyterian portion Canberra General Cemetery on May 15.
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Canberra
Elizabeth Margaret Phillips
Braddon
Idte
J. G. Jackson
Gunbar
James Jilips
Wyalong
Philips
Associa
Wirraway defect fixed. delivery planes clear of trouble
Minister of Air Mr. Fairbairn announced on Saturday that the Wirraways built in Australia have had a defect corrected and future deliveries will be free of trouble. He denied reports that Moth Minors were stored at Richmond Air Station for structural faults, saying they were used by department officers to maintain flying proficiency.
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Air
Fairbairn
Richmond Air Station
Sali
Weather Report Canbera Weekend Readings
The report lists barometer readings and temperatures for Canberra across Saturday and Sunday. It notes 0 a.m. and 5 p.m. pressures around 30.88 and 30.26 inches, temperatures from 33.2 to 40.3 degrees, daily highs near 54.3 and 50, and lows from 21.9 to 27.0 degrees with grass readings. Wind shows N at two times.
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Canberra
Executives Attended Divine Service in Canberra
Governor General and Lady Gowrie joined the Visce Regal at St John the Baptist Church in Canberra for morning worship yesterday.
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Lady Gowrie
St. John the Baothet Church
Canberra
National Guard to be formed for Commonwealth service
A 60 000 strong National Service Guard will be created by the Commonwealth Government to defend assets and support civil order. Regulations granting official status will be issued soon, with recruitment voluntary and oath of allegiance required. Guardsmen remain in their local areas and serve in free time under police commissioners.
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Sydney
Elementa
Commonwealth
Victory From Defeat in Flanders and Artois
The analysis credits Allied resilience after a dire crisis in Flanders and Artois. It notes Belgian capitulation under pressure, German advances, and the trapped Allied force. It asserts Allied endurance, RAF strength, and British Navy support as decisive, predicting eventual victory despite heavy losses.
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Flanders
Artois
France
Leopold
Germany
Royal Air Force
Hitler
Europe
Empire Air Force recruitment progress noted by minister
The Minister for Air Mr Fairbairn said room for improvement remains in the Empire air training scheme recruiting. He cited progress in recent months and announced oversight at training centres plus plans for extra staff if needed. He also discussed opening camps for awaiting enlistment in the air scheme.
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Air
Fairbeirn
Fairbairn
Scientists urged to form supply aid committee in Adelaide
Professor Kerr Grant of Adelaide University says a committee of scientific men should be formed along the English munitions supply model to assist government supply problems. He believes external scientists would boost CSIR work in physics engineering and chemistry.
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Adelaide
Frederick Stewarts
Kerr Grant
Adelaide University
Council For Scientific and Industrial Research
Camps Offer Voluntary Training and Lectures for Men
Attendance at these camps would be voluntary with men receiving physical training and lectures as part of the program.
Military clothing orders placed with factories
The Supply Department has placed orders totaling £846,000 for military clothing. Sir Frederick Stewart said stock reviews followed heavy enlistments and exports were instructed to give defense orders priority. Deliveries aimed for weekly outputs of service dress and working uniforms plus boots, with detailed delivery and stock figures provided through May 24.
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Supply Department
Sir Frederick Stewart
Commonwealth
Frederick
Publications banned and radio controls tightened abroad
News in brief reports the ban on distributing 16 periodicals outside the UK including The Week, India's radio license cancellations and listening ban to enemy stations, sale of Earl Haig's historic pen for Red Cross, Woolley reelected unopposed in the Barking Valley by election, resignation of Romanian foreign minister, and a fatal car crash in Melbourne where a man died after an accidental gun discharge during luggage unloading.
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London
Earl Haig
The
Red Cross
Caralet
Tonbridge
Melbourne
Beach Forest
George Brooks
Preston
Ingram Muir
Muir
Brooks
Canberra B Grade Basketball Scores Highlight W.C.A. III Victory
Saturday results show W.C.A. III beat Y.W.C.A. II I by 7 goals to 4 in the B Grade Canberra competition.
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Canberra
W.C.A. III
Y.w-C.a. III
War Perspectives From Neutral Observers On France and Germany
Anne O Hara McCormick reports on French resilience and cautious optimism amid war threats. American military experts predict U S entry within a year and note possible swift war outcomes. Edwin L James surveys European nations fearing a German victory and its global impact.
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Anne O'Hare McCormick
France
Germany
Hungry Days Ahead for Germans
Newsweek reports a looming European food shortage due to a severe winter and late spring ploughing. Nations including Hungary Romania Yugoslavia Russia face crop havoc from early cold and heavy snow. Germany bears the heaviest burden as blockade limits imports from Central Europe.
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Europe
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Germany
Newsweek
War Day by Day in Europe Amid Shifting Fronts
British air forces maintain superiority over Germany with a heavy toll on the enemy while Allied forces press around Arras Cambrai and the Somme. German offensives widen gaps as Belgian resistance collapses and a possible channel ports retreat remains under review. No direct strategic shift confirmed despite visits to Moscow and London.
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Western Front
Royal Air Force
Aled Trsopa
Dunkirk
Unioa
Channe
Cambrai-Peronne
France
Flanders
Arras
Cambrai
Somme
Amiens
Ham
Arras-Cambral
Albert
Peronne
St. Quentin
Moscow
Stafford Ctripps
London
Wilfrid Greene
Britain’s Not So Secret Weapon in World War II
Demaree Rose notes in the Saturday Evening Post that the British blockade is the decisive weapon shaping the war. He contrasts U S support with the previous conflict where American obstruction delayed the blockade. The piece argues ruthless blockade use could end hostilities sooner.
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Germany
Britain
United States
Furape
Demaree Rose
Saturday Evening Post
How German White Book Impressed America
Documents public in Berlin alleged found in Warsaw archives of the Polish Foreign Office. They largely comprise second or third hand reports repeating what someone claimed the President said. Secretary Hill calls the reports false for US officials. The documents, from a safe-breaker, will be examined. a New York Times editorial is noted in full.
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Berlin
Ofce
Warsaw
Hill
New York Times
America
Two Corporals Tale Echoes Through History
Edwin L. James in the New York Times recalls Napoleon and Hitler in a sweeping reflection. The note traces Napoleon’s Moscow campaign and exile on St. Helena ending in death from a stomach ulcer. The writer mentions isolation on islands like Yap as a World War II era counterpoint.
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Corsica
Vital
Vienna
Doubliesa
Napoleon
Moscow
St. Helena
Hitler
Yap
Edwin L. James
New York Times
Allies Determined to Fight On
London report states the Supreme War Council reached full agreement on all measures. It declares Allied governments and peoples resolute to pursue the struggle until complete victory is achieved.
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London
Supreme War Council
Hiller Demobilises Dutch Army and POWs
Berlin reports on Saturday that Herr Hitler ordered the release of Dutch prisoners of war and the demobilisation of the Dutch Army. He states those responsible for imprisoning German parachutists and handing them to the British will be shot.
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Berlin
Hitler
British Ambassador Missing in Belgium
Sir Lauthelot Oliphant the British Ambassador to Belgium is missing from Bruges. He was last seen with the British Military Attaché days before Leopold's capitulation and was thought to be with the Belgian Government.
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London
Lauthelot Oliphant
Belgium
Bruges
Leopold
Air Ministry announces Dunkirk re supply in fog
The Air Ministry states nine bombers reprovisioned a force near Dunkirk and returned valuable information. Artillery activity is noted north of Peronne Amiens One and north east from Abbeville.
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Paris
Air Ministry
Dunkirk
Peronne
Amiens
Abbeville
Stabbing Affray in Collingwood Shop Brawl
Five men fought in a Collingwood shop Sunday. Alexander Beveridge of Collingwood suffered a knife wound in the back half an inch long. Joseph Gelale, 29, Italian Ashmonger of Collingwood, was charged at the watch house with grievous bodily harm.
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Melbourne
Collingwood
Alexander Beveridge
Joseph Gelale
Archbishops Ward Defends Conscription in Broadcast
Archbishop Ward argues for conscription in a Brisbane broadcast saying voluntary service is unequal and wasteful. He warns that those with greater burdens have the strongest stake and should bear more of the defence duty, while the less responsible stay aloof.
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Brisbane
Ward
Tg & Hia
Ex-Service Rally in Domain Auckland? No, Sydney
A 30 000 strong Ex-Servicemen's War Association rally in the Domain urged support for the national war effort and the government. Speakers defended democracy, while Communist and ASP members spoke nearby. Afterward, 21 men enlisted at the Canberra Drill Hall with medicals and inquiries from others for training and roles.
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Sydney
Ex-Servicemen's War Association
Aarons
Ing
Australia
Iaw
Berty
Blow Brothers
France
Communist
A.S.P
Inga
ALF
Aang Tongil
Canberra
L. W
Army Medical Corpu
KAA
Volunteers' Wa Committee
Mesdaimnes A.T. Pul
Evacuation claims and Dunkirk raids in German communique
German message reports breaking French resistance and taking 26 000 prisoners in Lille area while advancing alongside British forces near Kirk. It claims air attacks on Dunkirk sank ships and damaged cruisers and merchantmen, with Nelson sunk and 700 crew drowned.
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France
Lille
Kirk
Dunkirk
H.M.S. Nelson
Ontend
Geiman
Nelson
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