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Cloncurry Advocate

Location

Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

Date

Oct 25, 1940

Page

3

Youth in Chains and Nazi Youth Propaganda Rise

The article discusses Nazi youth policy and its impact on education and family life, citing Goebbels and Baldur von Seckbach. It notes rising youth diseases in the Reich, parental resistance, and concerns over moral depravity, with anxieties about German children and the home under National Socialism. It also mentions British and colonial viewpoints and public talks in Australia.

Dr. Goebbels Michael Munich Goebbels Hitler Germany Deutschland Reich Martin Gumpert Berlin Baldur von Sechbach Hitler Youth Dangiger Verposten Sidewick and Jackson German Freedom Party

West Indies debt to Britain expressed by Daily Gleaner

The Daily Gleaner reports that the West Indian colonies express loyalty to Britain and gratitude for imperial administration. It argues the colonies cling to England and would rather perish with her than flourish with enemies, stressing economic and material ties.

Daily Gleaner Jamadai Britain British Empire

War Service Appeal Fund Aims to Aid Australian Armed Forces

The M C A War Service Appeal expands across 52 centres including Darwin with a new secretary, and operates in Near East and Britain with huts, marquees, and mobile canteens. It highlights past losses in France and appeals for 27 500 to cover wartime expenditures for Queensland troops at home and abroad. Contributions to Colonel F W G Annand in Brisbane are requested.

Omoc.a Darwin Defence Department Near East A.M.C. A AT. F Feanglane Crovely Cowan Caloundra Archerfield Great Britain B. BE. F Flanders Boulogne Dunkirk Normandy Brittanny G. Annand D.S. C V. D M.C. A War Service Appeal Brisbane

Emden Scrap in Singapore Junk Store

In a Singapore shop backyard on Victoria Street lies a twisted mass of metal, the scattered remains of the Emden, once the most destructive sea raider in Eastern Waters during the Great War.

Victoria Street Singapore

A Voice From the Past on Britain's Unconquered Fortitude

In echoing the 1814 Edinburgh Review after Napoleon's abdication, the passage lauds Britain for never being conquered and for preserving liberty and national independence. It highlights England as the sole nation to resist the conquering power, maintaining the sacred flame of freedom amid global upheaval.

Edinburgh Review England

Expansion plans boost pilot intake at Initial air force schools

R A F expansion aims to raise the initial trainee intake by 25 percent and add 40 pupils monthly under a supplementary scheme sending training overseas. Bradfield Park Sydney work delays shift the Somers site, costing about £15,000 for building extensions. September intake totaled 520 to Somers and 295 to Bradfield Park, with 250 pilots. October projections include 320 pilots, 66 observers, and 214 gunners.

United Kingdom Bradfield Park Sydney Bradfiel Somers

Morale of air reservists praised by RAAF

The Directorate of Public Relations notes the air crew recruits on the reserve display exceptional esprit de corps. Though scattered across the Commonwealth, their morale is excellent as they transfer enthusiasm for air combat to pre enlistment studies to be well prepared when called up.

RAAF Directorate of Public Relations Commonwealth

Australian Made Gypsy Engine Passes Flight Test

Tests on the first De Havilland Gypsy engine made in Australia were entirely satisfactory. The engine, installed in a Sydney airframe, flew over Essendon airport and was judged "as sound as a bell" by experts.

de Haviland Australia Aero Aircraft Sydney Essendon

Further News Time Changes Explained by ABC BBC Switches

Listeners puzzled by radio airtime changes due to ABC adjustments driven by BBC shifts and the English winter time change. A further rearrangement affects several slots including 6 45 am news 3AR 1 00 am National news 2FC 6 55 pm State news and 12 55 pm National Stations. The weekday first news service reduced to five minutes.

2FC SFC

Music Helps Factory Work With Afternoon Radio

Australia wide push to ease work fatigue through 3 45 p m broadcasts labeled Music While You Work on ABCs programing from Monday to Friday. Factories install radio sets to boost mood and productivity with catchy tunes like Whistle While You Work. Workers on repetitive tasks report improved morale and efficiency as sessions continue.

Ita Australia

Eyes in the Majority health talk teased by BMA spokesman

The BMA spokesman teases next Wednesday night’s health talk with a pun titled The Eyes in the Majority, broadcast across Australia’s Nations stations to radio listeners. The phrase hints at a political debate angle or public discussion theme to be explored in the program.

Australia Enid Lyons Mary, G. Bruce Linda Littlejohn Ab.c Mary Grant Bruce Yorkshire Littlejohn Austraia The Empire

Wings Over New Guinea: Aerial Transport Inspires Prospectors

The article chronicles how gold seekers faced head-hunters, jungles, and fevers in New Guinea and notes aerial transport now brings wealth to the territory. The story will be told to Queensland schoolchildren on Tuesday, October 29.

New Guinea Queensland

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