Canberra Newsagency Listings and Subscription Rates
The Federal Capital Australia Ltd lists subscription rates and postal terms including 4 shillings per annum in advance and 46 shillings per annum. Multiple newsagents are named such as Jackson's Newsagency Capitol Newsagency and Mrs McGlade with locations around Canberra.
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The
Federal Capital , Australia Ltd
Mort Street
City
Canberra
Commonwealth
P. P. Cox
Times
Oe Jackson
Capitol News
McGlade
Davis
Nicholson
Johnson
Jackson
Gilbert
R. H. Brown
Overseas Trade Prohibitions Under Trading With the Enemy Act
The Minister for Customs said Netherlands Holland and Luxembourg dealings were banned without authority under the Trading With the Enemy Act. The rule extended to all German occupied territories with Belgium cautions. No remittances or new commitments without consulting the Customs Department and Treasury. Netherlands overseas dependencies exempt if no Netherlands intercourse. Money owed to firms in enemy territories to be paid to the Controller of Enemy Property.
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Holland
Luxembourg
Senator McLeay
Germany
Belgium
Customs Department
Treasury
Netherlands
Roosevelt urges liberal trade to avert future wars
Secretary Hull reads Roosevelt message at Foreign Trade Week. He says the world faces a black cloud of war and calls for stronger national vigor and ready trade agreement programs to deter conflicts and sustain peace. Public policy hinges on expanding liberal economic policies to support constructive action.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Foreign Trade Week
U A P Senate Team Selected for State Election
Sydney report states Senator A K Dean and Captain James Patrick were chosen as government nominees for the U A P State Senate ticket with a Country Party candidate. The runner up was former Defence Minister Sir Archdale Partridge in a ten candidate pre selection. Patrick is director of James Patrick Co Pty Ltd, shipping owners.
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Sydney
A. K. Dean
James Patrick
U.A.P
Country Party
Senate
Defence
Archdale Parjchill
Prefera
Atrick
James Patrick Co. Pty. Ltd
Weather summary for Canberra reports day readings
The Canberra station lists barometer readings from morning to afternoon with 30.36 at 9 a.m. and 30.22 at 3 p.m. Temperatures reach 44 at 9 a.m. and 56 at 3 p.m. Max 55 by 3 p.m. Min 37.2 on screen and 20 on grass. Winds shift from 6 mph to 8 mph with a 25 mph peak at the aerodrome.
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Canberra
Prime Minister Announces Medical Services Advisory Committee
The Prime Minister Menzies announced the formation of a Medical Services Advisory Committee to advise on technical matters brought by naval army and air force medical directorates. A Foreign Office spokesman said Germany’s silence on the East Indies carries no importance and no hostile response is expected.
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Health Services
Menzies
Navy
Army
Air Force
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Suma
Germany
East Indies
Miss Marjory Foll Arrives in Canberra for Holidays
Miss Marjory Foll will arrive in Canberra from Sydney to visit her parents Senator and Mrs H. 8. Foll of Dominion Circuit Deskin. Miss Shirley Foll, who arrived last week, is spending the school holidays with her parents.
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Marjory Foll
Canberra
Sydney
H. 8. Foll
Dominion
Deskin
Shirley Foll
Canberra Weather Forecast and Astronomical Data
Canberra forecast notes a fine start with a cold frosty night and increasing cloudiness with showers later. South to south east winds. Astronomical data for Tuesday May 21 shows sun and moon rise and set times and major planets Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn with their respective rise and set times.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Call for National Unity Amid European Crisis
The dispatch urges decisive Allied unity as Germany advances in Belgium and France. It stresses citizen contribution on home front and in trenches, warns against panic, and ties freedom to continued resistance, urging Australians to back the war effort and reject division.
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Belgium
France
British Empire
Europe
Britain
Australia
McPhail Sues Government Over Alkali Industry Conspiracy
George McPhail seeks High Court judgment against the Commonwealth alleging a conspiracy with Imperial Chemical Industries to bar him from commercially exploiting Australia s alkali industry. The action was heard in Melbourne on Monday.
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Melbourne
Commonwealth
Imperial Chemical Industries
Australia
High Court
George McPhail
Goebbels Nest Egg Confiscated Revealed
Paris correspondent reports France has seized a nest egg used by Dr. Goebbels to draw dividends via a Luxembourg bank on 100 Suez Canal shares worth over £7,000. The move targets assets tied to the Nazi propaganda chief.
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London
Paris
Dr. Goebbels
Luxembourg
McPhail Seeks Alkalies Plan Rights In Government Case
Glanville South Australia director McPhail claimed years of research produced plans for making alkalies and chemicals from seawater and limestone. He alleged he entrusted the plans to the Commonwealth Government but after a government change the plans were handed to Imperial Chemical Industries. Justice Dixon struck out McPhail's self prepared claim for being out of order and offered a chance to re draft the statement.
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Glanville
South Australia
McPhail
Plana
Commonwealth
Imperial Chemical Industries
Justice Dixon
Paris Newspapers To Print On One Sheet Beginning Tomorrow
French papers announce a shift to single sheet editions starting tomorrow in Paris. The move affects all major titles and reshapes daily print routines across the city.
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Paris
Brussels Burgomaster Defies Invaders
The Brussels Burgomaster M. Joseph van de Meulebroeck refused the German occupation order and vowed to honor Belgian law and The Hague. The German commander then ordered the Belgian flag lowered and the swastika raised.
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London
Brussels
M. Joseph van de Meulebroeck
Hague
Missing plane search focuses on Albury area
The search for the missing Avro Anson from Point Cook to New South Wales is centered at Albury with fifteen aircraft in operation. attentions focus on Corryong while two Avro Ansons scanned Albury Corryong Mt Hotham and two Ansons plus two Hudsons searched the Mitta Valley. Land parties combed ranges near Jamieson and Alexandra without success.
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Melbourne
Point Cook
New South Wales
Albury
Corryong
Mt. Hotham
Mitta Valley
Jamieson and
Alexandra
Minimum grain prices set by Board of Trade
The Board of Trade, acting at the request of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, establishes minimum prices for all future grain dealings at Saturday’s closing prices for wheat corn oats rye and soybeans.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Secretary For Agriculture
Mr. Wallace
Dilution plans to curb wartime labour wastage and boost training
The Commonwealth Government outlines a dilution based training scheme to minimize nonessential wartime employment waste. It aims to reassign workers from woodworking to metal trades, train structural fabricators for shipbuilding, and fast track Air Force and Army needs. Training capacity limits and union acceptance shape expansion, with 1 160 trainees in progress and 2 000 machinists and 500 toolmakers targeted for three shift production.
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Air Force
Army
Frederick Stewart
Allied Pressure in Narvik and Norway Shapes War Outlook
The Admiralty reports continued Allied bombing of German fuel supplies and steady pressure around Narvik, aided by tanks and air strikes. British policy aims to capture Narvik to base forces in Norway, with future actions tied to the France war situation. The piece also notes German advances in France and the broader strategic stakes in the north.
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Admiralty
Germany
Belgium
France
Scandinavia
Narvik
Norway
Royal Air Force
Lord Halifax
No faltering by Australia in war effort
Treasurer Mr. Spender declared no finance limits will hinder Australia’s war effort. He urged using all resources and organisation to support Britain and defend Australia, stating faltering would be treason and failing to pull weight a denial of the sacred obligation.
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Sydney
Australia
Mr. Spender
Great Britain
Navy
Mr. Cameron
Millions Club
Pacific
Jon
Curtin
Germany
Churchill
Ty Commonwealth
Premier backs united effort with war funding plan
State Premier Mair endorsed Treasurer Spender's idea for closer financial cooperation between the States and the Commonwealth to fund defence. He said the crisis facing the British Empire requires all social political and industrial differences be set aside and focus on winning the war. The urgency of raising money for defence outweighed the method.
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Bydney
Mair
Spender
German Gains at Heavy Cost
The article notes German progress comes with enormous losses in men and resources as the High Command bets on a likely victory. Churchill cites Reynaud promising France will not seek a separate peace, while Gamelin’s call to “Conquer or die” boosts Allied resolve amid fierce invasion.
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Westen
France
British Isles
Thia
Duff Cooper
Winston Churchilll
Sun- Day
M. Reynaud
Marshal Gamelin
Allies Formation Unbroken in Withdrawal Says McEwan
Australian External Affairs Minister McEwan stated Allies maintained formation during withdrawal and inflicted heavy losses on the German Air Force. He noted Allied aircraft production and purchases balanced more with German strength while the German Army showed strain from losses amid push for victory.
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McEwan
Enemy Within Communist Threat Speech Sparks War-time Backlash
The South Australian Supreme Court ordered restoration of treasonous documents as Minister Cameron denounces the Communist Party. He claims an internal enemy with 40 branches and strict wartime discipline, urging total national defense and no room for shirkers.
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Mr. Caméron
Communist Party
Tts
Mr. Cameron
Australia
South Australian
Broken Hill
Day of Prayer Observed Across Empire and Allies
Prime Minister Menzies announced a national day of prayer for the British Empire and its Allies to follow the King’s request. Telegrams to state premiers and church leaders prompted special services across Anglican Roman Catholic Protestant Salvation Army Jewish and other religious groups.
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Mr. Menzies
Menzies
Salvation Army
Weygand Named Supreme Command Leader of French Forces
General Weygand receives supreme command marking a peak in a long military career. He led a core group once called by Foch the Military Family and aided Allied victory. He later headed the French Military Mission in Poland in 1920 and served as French High Commissioner in Syria from 1822 to 1924.
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Near Bast
Ankara
Morocco
Poland
Weygand
France
Foch
Russia
Syria
M. Tardieu
Fifth Column remarks on German internment in Australia
The Minister for the Army Mr Street said in Melbourne that only un naturalised and naturalised Germans suspected of disloyalty were interned in Australia. He stressed authorities act only on information received and that not all Germans were interned, only those under suspicion.
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Melbourne
Mr. Street
Australia
Empire calls for service as leaders urge unity in war
Prime Minister Menzies and Opposition Leader Curtin voiced grave but hopeful views on the Allied war effort. They urged calm, decisive action and continued resolve, warning that neutral powers could influence the balance as Germany presses in France and other fronts. Churchill’s stance and Russia’s role were noted as factors shaping strategy while Australia prepares for intensified defense.
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Yesterda
Mr Me
Mr. Curtin
Labour leader warns of future if Hitler wins war
The Sydney broadcast quotes State Labour Party leader McKell warning that victory by Hitler could undo Labour gains and jeopardize world hopes. He calls for a united front and a large scale plan for production and fair sale of war goods to sustain Australia. The Minister for Supply and Development Sir Frederick Stewart notes industry-wide cooperation and a strong push to mobilize resources.
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Sydney
Mosley
State Labour Party
It. McKell
Labour
Ohe Nation
Australia
Frederick Stews
New Hospital Tender Invitations Issued for Canberra
Interior Senator announced urgent plans for a Canberra hospital after a bulking delay. Architects Irwin and Co were instructed to call tenders for construction. Government expected no further delay as urgent work proceeds.
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