Dutch Air Route Talks Set to Extend to Australia
Australia and the Netherlands near an agreement to extend air service from Bata to Australia with Darwin to Sydney flights likely. The plan restricts internal passenger and mail movement between Darwin and Sydney, applying navigation rules to aviation for the first time. Dutch planes would serve the England to Darwin leg using Douglas craft, aiming for a six day journey.
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Sydney
Australia
England
Dutch East Indies
Empire Fying Boats
Basea
Ti Ia
Commonwealth
Ford Factory Big Extensions at Geelong
Ford Motor Co will start immediate extensions to the Geelong works building and plant costing £150,000. It is the largest single addition to the factory since its establishment 12 years ago. Government assurance of stable Canadian imports for two years influenced the decision. Completion is expected in seven months.
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Melbourne
Ford Motor Co
Geelong
Ford
Britain to lead talks on Mediterranean crisis and arms action
London reports a Cabinet meeting planned to discuss the Mediterranean threat. Eden is expected to head the British delegation to Geneva with France Turkey Greece and possibly Egypt invited. Franco and Mussolini telegrams of congratulations over Santander and Italy awaiting invitation are noted amid planned collective naval actions and a proposed universal rescue role for warships.
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Mediterranean
Franco
Sigmor Mussolini
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Eden
Geneva
England
France
Turkey
Greece
Egypt
Rome
Italy
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Spain
Can You Eat 40 Bananas Bet Surprises Sydney Trader
A Sydney fruit merchant wired a £25 to £20 bet that a man can eat 40 ripe bananas in a row. Six injured, survivors rescued by a fishing boat after the Molakiemi sank off France with bitumen. One crew member died. others reached land.
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Sydney
Molakiemi
France
German accuse Valencia Bolshevik plot in submarine attack
The German Press claims British warship attacks were carried out by a submarine directed by Valencia and Bolshevik wire pullers seeking to spark an international incident. This framing asserts external manipulation behind naval incidents.
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Berlin
Valencia
Chinese Hold Strong Against Invasion At Yangtze Front
Shanghai dispatch reports coordinated Chinese counterattacks cutting five Japanese landings into two pockets between Yangtze and Whangpoo. Forces prevent contact between pockets. Lotein contested by both sides. High Command unity and renewed troop vigor cited as key factors in stalling Japanese progress and prompting calls for new divisions.
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London
Shanghai
the Times
Yangtee
Whangpoo
Lotein
Hara Kiri
Severe Fighting at Paoshan and Shanghai Fronts
Severe fighting in the Paoshan and Shanghai region with Japanese warships engaging in night artillery duels. Reports claim Japanese capture of the Lion forts at Weosung while Chinese forces hold Paoshan. Chinese shelling near Canton and at the British consulate. casualties reported among Japanese. Tokyo considers emergency Diet meeting for war funding and crackdown, while Hirota signals readiness to recall expeditionary forces if China shows sincerity.
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Weosung
Paoshan
Tokyo
Diet
Shanghai
Woosung
Canton
Bund
Folume
Hirota
Japan
King's Durbar Visit to India Announcement Expected
The Morning Post reports an official announcement of the King and Queen's visit to the Coronation Durbar at Delhi is expected soon. They likely depart England late 1938 and stay in India for about three months.
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London
Morning Post
Delhi
England
India
Fifteen Jewish youths detained after Arab deaths near Karkur
In Palestine Jerusalem Friday fifteen Jewish youths from the Cherara colony were detained following the death of four Arabs near Karkur. Five members of the Zionist revision committee were also detained. An Arab constable at the High Commissioner's holiday camp was shot dead at the park. The High Commissioner was not in the residence.
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Jerusalem
Chedara Colony
Karkur
Zionist Revision Committee
Flour Taxation Crisis in Sydney Court Case
A Sydney flour miller firm faced a £20,000 compensation claim after a tax dispute over flour duties. The High Court ruled the tax unconstitutional, and the company pursued payment from the Government. They have now agreed to judgment in favor of the Crown, ending the dispute.
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Sydney
High Court
Typhoon Devastation in Hong Kong Reported
Friday reports indicate at least 100 deaths in Hong Kong with over one million dollars in property damage. More than 100 bodies recovered at Taipoo after a tidal wave overwhelmed the area.
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Hong Kong
Taipoo
Saragossa Offensive Fails in Loyalist Areas
Madrid reports the Republican assault on Baragossa failed after a week of fighting. Loyalist lines were restored, insurgents captured Medina with a cavalry charge, then pushed into Belchice occupying the cemetery and bull ring as they clash in the main street.
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Baragossa
Saragasa
Santander
Medina
Madrid
Belchice
Russian Pilots for China Reported by Japanese Spokesman
A Japanese spokesman claimed 70 Soviet aeroplanes arrived at Lagosi for Chinese Communists with 144 en route and 160 pilots arrived. In Shanghai the investigation into the British Ambassador’s wounding is concluded and the report will be sent to Tokyo.
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Peiping
Lagosi
Communista
Shanghai
Tokyo
Infantile paralysis sweeping North America
New York reports a continent wide rise in infantile paralysis with over 200 U.S. deaths and 621 cases last week. Schools in six states closed and about 1.2 million children on holidays while Ontario faces hospital strain with 804 cases and 12 deaths. Five thousand Toronto children treated with magnesium sulphate nasal sprays as a mass test to prevent spread.
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New York
Middle West
Canada
United States
Toronto
Bodies Recovered After Mine Collapse at North Broken Hill
In Broken Hill, miners recovered the bodies of Joseph Kemp and George Martin after a night shift when earth fell in the North Broken Hill mine. Work halted and was not to resume until Monday.
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Broken Hill
Joseph Kemp
George Martin
Two Infant Deaths Reported From Infantile Paralysis
A baby ten months old, Leslie Bollard of Bank Street South Melbourne, died today from infantile paralysis. Tonight another patient, Lorna Hill of 14 Station Street North Carlton, died, marking the 20th death. Four more cases were reported: a 4 year old boy North Carlton, a 1 year 10 month boy South Melbourne, an 8 year old girl North Carlton, and a 4 year old girl from North Melbourne.
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Leslie Bollard
Bank Street
South Melbourne
Lorna Hill
Station Street
North Carlton
North Melbourne
Frontier town bombed again near frontier
Paris reports Pordbau, a frontier town, was heavily bombed by insurgent planes on Friday. There were no casualties as most residents had taken refuge on the French side of the frontier.
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Paris
Pordbau
Collision in fog harms ships off Portugal
In fog off Portugal the steamer Port Chalmers from Australia collided with the City of Oran. The City of Oran was badly holed and taking water in hold one heading for Lisbon. Port Chalmers reports extensive damage above the waterline and a leaking forepeak tank requiring docking.
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London
Portugal
Port Chalmers
Australia
City of
Oran
Lisbon
Epidemic Not Yet at Peak Warns NSW Health Chief
Dr Morris, Director-General of Public Health in New South Wales, said the Victorian infantile paralysis epidemic had not yet peaked. NSW police, initially 100 at the Victoria border, will boost enforcement as showtime begins along the Murray with police on showground duties. He noted 13 NSW cases this year, calling school closures in Victoria unfounded and predicting reopening before the epidemic ends.
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New South Wales
Morris
Victoria
Murray
Morrisaig
Plane Tested at Laverton In Australia Navy 16 Flight
The NA 16 warplane built in America had its first Laverton flight in the presence of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation officials at Fishermen's Bend. The model is to have 14 aircraft produced and impressed observers with its performance.
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Melbourne
America
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Fishermen's Bend
Laverton
Likely Counter to Italian Threat In the Mediterranean
British ministers see Mussolini vow to curb Bolshevism as possible move toward halting piracy in Mediterranean waters. French warships arrived at Algiers to shield shipping as the tanker Woodford, formerly Greek owned, was sunk by a submarine. The Romford steamer, bombed last week, has a crew casualty of one.
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Skyros Island
Woodford
France
Uitish
Chamberlain
Daily Telegraph
Mussolini
Italy
Britain
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Ichigenie
Verdun
Algiers
Ace Steamship Company of
Britcompany
Romford
Flood Evacuations Hit Port Wakefield Amid Wakefield River Burst
About 35 residents of Port Wakefield evacuated at 3 a.m. as flood waters from the Wakefield River swept through a portion of the township in Adelaide. The flood is described as the worst in fifty years.
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Adelaide
Port Wakefield
Inundation Forges Floods at Port Wakefield Across Fifty Years
Bells tolled as the stream rose and Port Wakefield faced the worst floods in half a century. Twenty residents sheltered on a railway platform and in a church overnight while businesses ground to a halt. Government plans to cut racing taxation may press clubs to lower admission fees to courses, with a preferred cap around 10 shillings instead of 14 shillings.
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Port Wakefield
Bowmans
Sydney
Bandits Demand Ransom for Catholics Mission Kidnapping
Bandits who abducted ten hostages from a Catholic mission near_ne are demanding £20,000 for their release, pressing authorities for payment to secure freedom.
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Shanghai
Italian View Rome Says Belligerent Rights for Franco
Italian newspapers argue in Rome that the sole remedy against piracy is granting belligerent rights to General Franco to clarify the position.
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Rome
Franco
Sinking of British Ship Valencia Details
Friday reports from Woodford crew claim no rescue attempt by a submarine after they took to the boats. The submarine ordered a stop, fired two torpedoes sinking the Woodford, and the Admiralty dismisses a seaman’s oil-on-water sighting after depth charges.
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Valencia
Woodford
Hoata
London
Admiralty
Havoc
Wea
Maiden Cruise Girls Refuse Shorts On Ocean Voyage
Report from Naples describes a ship voyage where passengers on the Orcades are advised not to wear bathing suits or light dresses to avoid offending Yugoslav sensibilities. The Bishop of Kirk denounces the display of bare legs by tourists.
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Naples
Yugoslavia
Alma
of Kirk
Ex Kings to Meet Vienna on Friday Visit
Ex King Alphonso plans to meet the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at Wanserleonburg on Friday to discuss recent events and future relations with Vienna and royal circles.
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Vienna
Alphonso
Duke
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