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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 23, 1940
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text provides unclear phrases about a service divided into six parts. Names, places, or dates do not emerge clearly, yielding an incomplete record with minimal identifiable facts.
The Stockholm Times correspondent reports German papers in Poland announce the execution of four Germans from a Danzig anti Nazi group, alleged to have formed prewar to undermine Nazi power. A decree reportedly divides Warsaw into German Jewish and Polish zones with the best areas reserved for Germans. Warsaw holds about 90,000 Germans, many civil servants under German administration. the rest are troops and Gestapo members.
Two doctors warn in The Times for a comprehensive policy to meet air attack and winter hardships in East London. They urge condemning damp shelters, improving disinfection sanitation and ventilation, and extending medical supervision for shelterers as winter approaches.
Prime Minister Churchill delivers a broadcast to the French, denouncing Hitlerism and Axis tactics. He urges French resolve, vows to beat Hitler, and notes Britain’s wartime ties with France, air power, and naval command as 1941 approaches.
The speech calls Hitler a monstrous threat aimed at erasing France and its culture. It urges French and British unity to resist invasion, promising Allied action in air and sea and a shared vow to cleanse Europe of Nazi tyranny.
Speech highlights support for France during wartime with calls to remember a French leader's urging to persevere. Churchill’s remarks heard but his French lines miss the crowd as listeners unite for liberty and the common people advancing globally.
The Kokumain Shimbun reports Mr Kobayashi returning from Batavia as Anglo American pacific cooperation prompts cabinet changes to be announced early next month. It says Mr Kenji Metretary says Kobayashi is returning to Tokyo under orders for Empire anniversary consultations.
Batavia reports Japan’s demands for Dutch East Indies oil contracts are nullified and new terms rejected. Dutch will only sell after existing contracts are fulfilled, with limited oil available. Japanese envoy Kolonnai says oil purchases are essential and hopes for smooth talks and a successful conference.
London reports rising concern over Japanese aims in the Dutch East Indies. Questions in the House of Commons focus on oil contracts with Japan. A Batavia dispatch says no contracts have been signed, while Bremen Radio alleges Kobayashi planned a Besavia visit and warned that oil wells and refineries would be blown up if the islands were attacked.
Karachi reports that Sind Premier Mir Moslem condemned Mussolini for airmen flying over Mecca during Ramadan. He called the act an unforgivable sin and a strike at Islam, noting Bahrein neutrality and East insult while urging Muslims and Indians to unite. Ramadan is a sacred month with fasting from dawn to sunset.
In the early hours Monday several British motor torpedo boats tried to reach the Channel coast and attacked an outpost boat with machine guns. The German boat responded quickly and coastal batteries sank one British craft while driving the others off.
A communique says ground patrols in Somaliland met enemy patrols with light casualties. Enemy planes bomb Habaswelin and Gi rasab with no material damage. RAF attacked an enemy aerodrome and camp at Diredawah causing damage. Naval action noted in the dispatch.
Delhi Times reports the Empire Defence Conference unites Britain’s east of Suez allies to form a full war basis supply system. The plan aims self sufficiency among dominions to back Britain’s needs with resources from India and other realms, including arms, vehicles, drugs, fuel, and aircraft.
The First Lord of the Admiralty A V Alexander calls for a ruthless campaign against those choking life lines and asserts daily convoys of ships, troops, and supplies reach theaters of war. He insists the fight must continue until victory is secured.
Reports say raiders operated singly bombed 16 British districts by Monday afternoon, 11 in London. A Hampshire raider was shot down with four crew killed, and 10 people died at a YMCA headquarters blast where 325 residents sheltered in a gym. Buildings damaged include Holland House in Kensington and a seven-cottage street in Barrow. Many bombs fell in Dover and the southeast coast, with 1,000 incendiaries dropped on a London district in a recent raid.
London reports that Germany likely has reached maximum sustained bombing effort against Britain. Winter weather may modestly affect raids but indiscriminate bombing continues. British experts pursue bomber location devices while the RAF strengthens forces in the East and home fronts.
Chinese workers have partially repaired bridges bombed by Japanese naval aircraft on the Chinese section of the Burma Road. Repairs are organized like the Canton-Hankow railway construction, and should be finished within a day.
Ottawa reports that Japan Germany and Italy near forming technical commissions to study the pact. The plan calls for an economic and military expert panel to convene in Berlin and Rome to negotiate aspects of the alliance.
The New York Post cites an official source stating nineteen United States Navy aircraft are being deployed to Martinique. The report notes naval air units and mission scope as part of ongoing Caribbean operations.
Fragmentary text references Nazi actions and Libyan forces with mentions of tactics and difficulties. No coherent event or entities clearly identifiable.
Fragmented report claims Italian forces attacked a convoy in the Red Sea sinking six ships. The account references torpedoes and fire from warships, with British naval action and shore batteries noted, though details are unclear.
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