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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1940
Page
3
The piece explains RAF selection standards for air crew and ground staff, stressing merit over class and the need for math, physics, eyesight, and physical fitness. It critiques German propaganda, notes Britain's defense tasks, and discusses potential foreign policy concerns with Russia and Turkey in wartime strategy.
A German broadcast on October 13 claimed to have an impression that during this week the nation would carry out a threat of silence. The message indicated potential world impact but provided no concrete action or outcome.
Britain's naval supremacy in the Mediterranean was shown as H M S Ajax, a Leander class light cruiser, sank two Italian destroyers and damaged a third, later sunk. Ajax, noted for River Plate action, is armed with eight 6 inch guns, eight 4 inch AA guns, fourteen smaller guns and eight torpedo tubes.
Rapid Balkan changes divert attention from the Battle of Britain as Hitler faces a setback. British air attacks and new Cherbourg naval action target invasion ports. The enemy threat remains until German forces withdrawn from these areas.
The report argues that German troop moves in Eastern Europe may signal an attack on Turkey or a feint to distract from a potential strike from Northern Africa. It notes the difficulties of invading Turkey, including extended supply lines and careful planning before any action.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, Finance Minister J H Hofmeyr voiced peace aims tied to victory refusing any path but victory. He declared four essentials for peace including freedom within the Commonwealth against Nazi and Fascist aggression and world freedom through a new order.
Mr. G. H. Mitchell of Medindie Adelaide has donated two Miles Hawk training aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force. The low wing monoplanes feature two open cockpits in tandem for dual instruction, have wooden air frames and Gypsy Major engines, with a top speed of 150 mph and a cruising speed of 125 mph.
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