Flax Drive Aims to Boost Allied War Efforts in Australia
Cabinet approves raising flax acreage by 12 000 acres to 20 000 across Australia to supply fibre for British government and civil defence needs. Advisory committee led by J A V Stevenson will oversee planting. state agriculture departments to provide machinery and oversee operation. Messages urge farms to increase production and efficiency.
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Britain
Si Frederick Stewart
Australia
J. A.V Stevenson
Department of Supply An Development
Counci Cor
Agriculture
Hoge
HH. Kinnear
Unis
British Empire urges full effort despite late hour
A London accountant faced a forty shilling fine after failing an invbibriation test revealing he could not manage his trial balance. The message stressed every hoar belongs to the Empire and urged calm under pressure as Britain relies on all resources to win the war.
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Si Frederick
Britain
London
Armistice Signed by France in Compiegne Forest
Paris and London report that Germany and France signed another armistice in the Compiegne forest at 1.50 pm German time, same car as 1918, with terms not published. British plans to finance French colonial troops and mixed reaction within the French government noted amid talks with Italy. Churchill warned France faces German and Italian diktats while some ministers push continued resistance by sea and air.
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London
Germany
France
Greenwich
Forest of
Compiegne
United Press
Standstill in French fighting amid conflicting reports
The Bordeaux accorded news cites a near halt in French fighting while French Radio says a desperate struggle continues against German advances. A Washington dispatch notes chatter that Britain seized the German navy and that France may have blown two battleships at Brest, but no confirmation exists.
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Bordeaux
France
Washington
New York
Herali-Tribune
Iemenceau
Richelieu Cenc
Brest
Onilun
Churchill warns terms endanger France and empire
London reports Prime Minister Churchill says the terms accepted by the Borleang government would put France and its empire at the mercy of German dictatorship. He urges French people outside enemy control to aid Britain in defeating the common foe. General de Gaulle appeals in London for organized French resistance under his leadership.
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Mary
Germany
Britain
Littengaernfeld
Rome
Bordewis
Churchill
London
Borleang
Two Weloek
France
French Empire
Germain
Bordeaux
de Gaulle
M. Reynaud
Ancient Per Temple Begun Three Thousand Years Ago
An explorer notes a temple in Per began three thousand years ago that was never finished. He observes that such projects lacked bazaars or similar features in those days.
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Per
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Sir Frederick ‘Tout
M.L.C
Young
Burrangong
the Farmers and Settlers
Water Service
Gloucester Electric Supply Co. Pty. Ltd
MR. Churchill
Laconia
Capper’s Pty. Ltd
West Maitland
Fathernlaw
Gloucest
Sted
MIN
Carsons Northern Timber Co., Ltd
Carsonville
Berrico Creek
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