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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1937
Page
1
Reported turmoil mounts as insurgents push into a key urban center amid shifting control. Military movements and civilian displacements are unfolding as authorities respond to the breach of city limits.
Reports from London and Moscow recount insurgents entering Bilbao within days, with 10,000 casualties on the southern front and civilians sheltering in cellars as Basque resistance and rebel advances unfold. A British correspondent notes confusion over loyalties as Madrid allies face a volatile battlefield.
A hostile report from the defense ministry claims eight Soviet generals conspired to murder Communist leaders and topple the government. The document asserts their goal was to restore capitalist rule under landlords and capitalists, aiming to destroy the Soviet regime.
SYDNEY, - eroes aia I cannot cell any hope of peace in Eas tern Europe, but there is nothing I prevent a change in the near future declared Mr. 8. Roberts, professor of History at the Sydney University, ad dressing the Constitutional Associa ten today. He said that German military opin ion was that if Germany and Russia joined forces, the combination could dominate the world. TL was not poss ible that Herr Hitler would turn to Russa. His army and economists favoured this course. 'Mr. Roberts said that officers of the Rolehnweht have no time for Ttallane.
Messages filtered through Japanese censorship indicate an assassination attempt on the Manchukuo emperor sparked a Chinese soldier revolt near the Chahar and Jehol border. Manchukuwan forces suppressed the uprising as villages were menaced by rebels.
State Commission to conduct a full inquiry into the Canberra Community Hospital Board allegations. Mr. Hughes announced that the commission will have Royal Commission powers, hear sworn evidence, and compel attendance. The inquiry will cover Dr Tyott's claims and administration at the hospital.
Detectives link the killings of Caballano Roselli and Carlo Ro well to a political motive. Four men fled toward Italy or Switzerland after the murder, with a dagger hilt bearing a Fascist inscription found near the bodies. Roselli’s widow says the assassinations were planned by the Fascist regime and lamented the deaths as cowardly acts.
A Warsaw message reports twelve German Community tender groups including eleven Reich officials amid mounting tensions. The note highlights the heated response to German proposals and the ensuing regional reaction.
Valencia notes a new blood transfusion practice during the war. Herman J. Muller leads two months of research with the Canadian Hispano Institute of Blood Transfusion. The method keeps vital elements outside the body and prevents coagulation, enabling transfusion within a fortnight. Russian experiments suggest corpse blood can be used hours after death.
A violent confrontation at Bethlehem Steel left 13 injured after a Black worker drew a revolver during a strikebound departure. The scene drew a milling mob as miners, led by Lewis, demanded action against Republic Steel’s president Girchar. Authorities urged disarmament and arrest.
Mr Lyons proposes a Pacific pact and receives comment from Mr E M Gull a participant in the Yosemite Pacific Relations Conference. Gull notes that American Russian Chinese and Japanese delegates generally opposed regional Pacific treaties but sees changes in the Far East as grounds for considering Lyons proposal. He suggests even without a pact the conference may ease peace dangers.
The Tokyo to Pal Island air route, first stage of a projected line, is reported by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr in the Berlin weekly. He says the service could begin in October with a permanent link between Sydney and California, and notes speculation about travels of aristocrats and relocation of a prominent American actor.
Tokyo announced that the government will strictly follow the Australian agreement limiting wool imports for the 18 months ending June 30, 1938 to 800000 bales. The move obliges sourcing the remaining country needs for the coming season from other suppliers.
Berlin dispatch reports Father Rupert Mayr, Bavarian national hero and chaplain, arrested by Nazis. He lost two sons in the war and faced possible execution rather than have his faith dragged through Germany. Cardinal Faulhaber protests the arrest as a Vatican Concordat breach. calls for immediate release amid fears of violence.
Anna Swanepost, 48, at a hospital in Johannesburg woke after 31 years in bed. She had fallen at age 17 and remained bedridden with limbs withered from long disuse. Doctors describe her as having a childlike mentality while her life is renewed by recovery efforts.
Mrs Amelia Earhart Putnam is recorded arriving in Khartoum at 4.70 am, followed by a subsequent stop an hour and a quarter later near Masawa. The brief notes describe her as she travels with a companion on a route toward Aden, via Mying around the area.
Russian nationals Michael Levinakty and Jan Roman, aboard the Bettiah freighter Bradon, were prevented from disembarking in Sydney after 83 days at sea. They had visited every country refusing permission to land, and ship officers expressed doubt about where they might eventually land.
Two years after the Grand Ghaca war ceasefire the Paraguayan army revolted in Buenos Aires. Forces attacked Gangra Franca to block cession of land under the peace accord while General France’s overthrow was anticipated at any moment.
The Governor General’s speech will outline a cooperative national insurance basis and seek broad support from the Itanwa Party before year end elections. Prime Minister Lyons may push related sections at the Imperial Conference, with focus on improved Commonwealth economic conditions and a favorable trade balance. Royal Military College cadets and militia volunteers are noted among attendees.
Independent UAP candidates AYDNET and Wools Fa. Roy William McDonald is named as an entrant. Harold Mason KC and George Beresform Grant are listed among the final UAP nominees. Nominations closed today with these six readings, reflecting a crowded field at the gelato UA gathering.
The Acting Defence Minister announced 37 cadetships, bringing total cadets for the year to 74. About 27 cadets will begin at Point Cook on July 24, with 90 cadets in total set for training. Of new cadets, New South Wales supplies 16, Victoria 11, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, and other states contributing, and some will receive commissions in the RAAF upon cadet completion in 1938.
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