Indignant Czechs Resistance Under German Occupation
Report from Prague recounts German crackdowns after November 1939 unrest, with 1200 students jailed and colleges stormed. It describes Czech passive resistance, sabotaged deliveries, and boycotted goods as Germans replace supervisors while Czech foremen remain in charge on the shop floor, signaling mounting defiance beneath subservience.
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Crech
Prague
Leoppa
Pra
Heinrich Himmler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Mayer
Reich
Germany
Protectorate
Gestapo
Cxech
Nad
Hiller
Skoda
Czech resistance grows in face of German occupation
The article details Czech sabotage and non cooperation campaigns against German occupiers. It describes damaged machinery, misdirected shipments, and deliberate misfiling of forms as tactics. Public morale remains defiant despite harsh repressions, with resistance aided by underground literature and symbolic stories broadcast from Prague.
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Vitkoyice Steel and Iron Works
Germany
Clooda
Woailleig
Cuech
Rabbits on the Increase Across New South Wales
Rabbits are increasing throughout New South Wales with a favorable season boosting breeding. Insufficient extermination effort has alarmed districts from Armidale to Inverell and Tamworth. Officials warn landowners to act or face penalties as infestations spread toward the Queensland border and across the Upper Hunter, Denman, and Gloucester regions.
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New South Wales
New England
Armidale
Glen Inenes
Inverell
Tamworth
Queensland
Tenterfield
Hunter
Denman
Gloucester
Irish Sweep Closes Down Amid War Time Restrictions
The Irish Sweep ends operations due to war time currency restrictions. The fundraiser raised £60,000,000 over nine years and donated £14,000,000 to hospitals.
Nightmare Sea Journey of Mines in Wartime Atlantic
Condensed from The Western Mail Cardiff recounts peril aboard a merchant ship surviving Allied minefields. The piece recalls floating mines, German raiders like Kurd Notyer’s Wolf, and the deadly toll as ships and crews faced submerged explosives hid in waves. It notes vast mine-laying by Britain and Germany, with ships lost and lives sacrificed.
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Finis
Uniersea
Mmine
Hampshire
Kitchener
Bombay
Kurd Notyer
Bengal
Germany
Iime
Britain
North Sea
Western Mall
Cardiff
Potatoes From Bellinger River Area Grow Strong
During November and December last year Raleigh railway station dispatched 40 485 bags of potatoes weighing 2 689 tons requiring 244 trucks. The figures illustrate the rapid development of potato growing in the Bellinger River area.
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Raleigh
Bellinger River
Flu End Or Not A Breakthrough In Sulfapyridine Trial
In a Winter case Washington physician Dy. John Henry McLeod treated an eight month old with severe flu and Pneumococcus using sulfapyridine. The baby improved within 24 hours and the drug reportedly curtailed flu germs. Animal tests with mice showed eight milligrams of the drug prevented death, while lower doses failed, though officials cautioned about potential side effects and limited scope of effectiveness against other organisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry McLeod
Washington
Dri McLeod
Pitman
Mosquitoes and the danger of bites
Mosquitoes: male mosquitoes do not bite while females bite to obtain blood for egg development. When a mosquito feeds it pierces the skin and injects a thinning fluid that causes itching and may carry diseases. The advised remedy is to kill pests by spraying living areas, especially sleeping spaces, with an insecticide like Big-Tox to create a protective barrier.
Hitler's Brain and the Paranoia of a Dictator
Sir James Purves Stewart argues in Sands of Time that Hitler shows chronic delusions of grandeur and megalomania. He cites Hitler's self proclaimed Messiah claim and hysterical speeches as evidence of mental instability impacting world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
James Purves-Stewart
Hutchinson
London
Sir James
Jamea
Dictster
Grassland Improvement in Coastal Pastures for Dairying
The article argues coastal New South Wales dairying profits depend on scientific pasture management. It urges maximizing per-acre milk output through varied, well-managed grass and clover pastures, rotational grazing, and seasonal paddock planning. It notes winter and summer grasses and pamphlets from the Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Department of Agriculture
GPO
Sydney
Bundook cattle sale reports steady prices at Bundook and Winchcombe
Bundook cattle sales show J. 8. Robinson selling 11 steers at 13/1 per head, Graham Bros. 11 bulls at 11/11 average, and Bundook reach 10/12/4. Winchcombe and Carson’s Homenuat valuation noted from last Thursday.
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Bundook Cattl J
Robinson
Bundook
Graham Bros. Bundook
An Winchcombe
Carson
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