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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 11, 1938
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled timing and numbers, with unreadable names and places. The legible portion hints at a morning schedule or notice but lacks complete details or context. No clear entities or events to identify.
Cardinal Innitzer appealed to Catholics to defend their faith as secret police occupied the palace after a Nazi assault in Vienna. About 1500 youths gathered, attackers entered the building and 11 were arrested. Cardinal Traitwar’s secretary Doc Weinbacher and others faced violence as a man tried to throw him from a window while Father Keavant suffered injuries in the chaos.
In Prague a German demand that Sudeten Germans including socialists and communists return to annexed areas alarms Czech refugees. Reports flag mass fear of concentration camps for 90 percent of those affected, with authorities wary of reigniting German minority issues. Refugees face bleak prospects as Germany’s pressure grows.
A Rome issued communique claims Mussolini ordered withdrawal of 10 000 troops not tied to Nonintervention or Mediterranean politics and says the move was planned before Munich. Only infantry may be leaving while Italian airmen push in Ebro fighting. Belvatn and Belgrano await confirmation of broader non Spanish combatant withdrawal.
Fragmentary report notes British ships bombed during engagement with enemy forces. The text mentions the attack was described as destructive with projectiles and smoke. details on date, location, or involved units are not clear from the readable portion.
London report from Sunday Herald quotes South African mining magnate Tale Bir Abe Halley saying German control of the West Africa colony would be resisted. He argues the colony is valuable chiefly for diamond resources and strategic trade, not for immediate trade gains, while warning Germany may demand possession for strategic purposes rather than trade.
In a lengthy conference with Labour Minister Mr Mair miners representatives agreed to recommend acceptance of a settlement formula for the coal strike. Meetings of the men are planned Thursday and work may resume near Monday subject to conditions. The Miners Federation President Mr C Nelson announced the terms including expediting safety inquiries, handling pensions, and referring industrial matters to arbitration on resumption of work.
Berlin reports supplementary Reichstag elections soon in Sudetenland. Hitler to lead preliminary propaganda. South Moravia to join Austria and South Bohemia to Bavaria. Administrative unit to center at Reichenberg. Czech workers to stay post until Germans trained. Gestapo begins purge in Sudetenland. Concentration camp planned. Reports claim Czech troops fired on Budeten refugees. Slovak cabinet dissolves Capitalist party. Czech evacuation and Polish occupation of Bobumis railway junction. Black Guards appoint upper group leader Henle. Budeten volunteer corps disbanded.
Diplomatic reports indicate Hungary pressed for immediate cession of territory and key towns at a conference with Czechoslovakia. The potential demand risks dismembering Czechoslovakia, according to trusted authorities cited by the Australian press.
British naval demobilisation will not begin until the German army has resumed a peacetime footing. The statement links reductions to the restored balance of force and broader peace arrangements, underscoring caution in postwar scaling.
London reports indicate Romania faces a crucial decision between German economic and political dominance or reliance on British and French finance. Japan moves to expand influence in China as tensions rise around Hankow and the Yangtse corridor.
A Chinese dispatch cites General Chen Chen claiming 750000 Japanese casualties in the Hankow campaign, with 350000 in the Yangtse Valley, and notes 1000000 Japanese troops in China, 600000 on the Hankow drive. It estimates two million Chinese at several fronts, and mentions air raids, gun captures, and fortified Tapien mountains as the conflict intensifies.
Fragmentary report quotes Adolf Hitler urging nations to avoid meddling in Germany and warning Britain about policy shifts. He asserts Germany will pursue rearmament, unity of the Reich, and peace on its terms, while naming British leaders and warning of consequences if foreign pressure continues.
The royal visit to Canada will include the Pacific Coast with many engagements. The national war memorial will be unveiled during the trip. The Princesses will accompany their parents on some engagements but not all events.
Major-General Peeff, chief of the Bulgarian General Staff, was assassinated in the street outside the Ministry of Justice. His aide, Major Stoyanoff, was also killed. The assailant, recently released after a murder sentence, died by his own action.
The Home Office summons contractors to discuss a suspected 500 percent rise in raid precautions material prices. Manufacturers claim government requests to restrain profiteering, while unions warn of inflated charges. Authorities cite dubious figures as municipalities critique the surge.
A garbled dispatch claims Hitler sent a message to Japan's War Minister Mir. Tingalet acknowledging congratulations on a Budeten settlement. It suggests hope the Japanese army would avoid further losses, though the text contains many errors and unclear names.
London reports intensified talks on Palestine between Sir Harold Macdonald and Malcolm Macdonald with renewed meetings likely to continue briefly. British plans include reinforcing the police with infantry battalions armoured cars and artillery while noting casualties, train delays and arson incidents across Palestine.
An Atlantic voyage story reports Captain Hermans Koval leading a first east west steamship in March 1824 with Baron von uenstald and Colonel Pitamaurice aboard. Berlin to trade with South Africa under a new agreement.
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