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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 20, 1944
Page
3
Fragmented OCR yields sparse scores and names across events. Mentions include Bartolini, Radcliffe, and Braddon with narrow margins and varying placements. Team and individual totals appear across divisions with several times and marks garbled.
An inspection of Dawson City and the Yukon frontier recalls Australian sourdoughs who flocked to the Klondike in 1890s and early 1900s. The piece profiles figures from Coolgardie to Sydney, noting their roles, journeys, and lasting ties to homeland as they live in remote mining towns above the Yukon River.
A preliminary report from a French detention camp details severe starvation effects on inmates. Doctors observed extreme emaciation, pallor, fainting, and inability to walk. Many patients suffered convulsions, limb jerks, and coma, with deaths occurring despite brief treatment.
A wartime inquiry examines the Australia First Movement led by Miles and its links to anti English, anti Semitic, and pro Japanese sentiment. Key figures include Adela Pankhurst and J A Mound, with evidence of propaganda networks, secret papers, and attempts to align with German or Japanese interests during 1914-18. Evidence suggests some members were respectable yet misled, while others held extremist views and direct foreign influence.
Washington reports a new high command created within the armed services to foster aggressive war planning and innovative ideas for future conflicts. Led by Charles Ke Wilson, the panel includes J C Hunsucker, V Jewett, Karl Canty Muse, and M A Tuyo, with navy and army divisions chaired by Julius Conedinttor and General We Tempka.
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