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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 26, 1942
Page
2
D I McDonald FBC A Heours FMC of Webster Jack McDonald Sydney Pty Limited will visit Gloucester on June 5 at the Commercial Hotel. Consultation hours 9 am to 6 pm.
Townsfolk asked to join tonight's parade for updated guerilla warfare methods. War Chest funds report £10 15 raised by Ward's River dance on 8th inst, praised as a strong aid to the War Chest drive. Money is urgently needed as communities rally for support.
Early morning report states a break in the Gloucester Butter Factory cool room. Police arrested a 16 year old lad who allegedly admitted to the incident and other misdeeds. Forbesdale Hall and Ward's River residences were visited, with blankets and food reported stolen, and a Ward's River butcher shop allegedly targeted for meat.
A Monday night gathering at the Majestic Theatre welcomed home A.L.F. members from overseas, and farewelled Privates Howard Hopkins Alf Tonks Jim Wratten and RAF members Fred Hazelwood Bert Saxby. Gifts from the Gloucester War Chest Fund included wristlet watches and wallets with notes.
Gloucester residents are urged to repeat their First Liberty Loan success by investing fully in the Second Liberty Loan. The call notes Gloucester's record enlistments and vows to match fighting men’s efforts, urging the district to show support for liberty through strong financial participation.
A patron leaves a cinema furious claiming the film is rotten while a commissioner retorts with a sharp reply about ever having seen a bad photo. The exchange captures a tense moment between audience and official in a public setting.
London dispatch reports the Ukraine battle continuing with heavy fighting and shifted German plans. Marshal Timoshenko’s offensive disrupts summer operations and Kharkov remains a focal point as Russian and German forces clash with reinforcements and counterattacks. The Red Army announces a withdrawal from the Kerch Peninsula as Sebastopol faces renewed Luftwaffe bombing.
Allied bombers attacked Amboina the Netherlands East Indies harbour aiming at ships. Japanese fighters were repelled with allied losses limited to one aircraft. Concurrent strikes on Lea and Lae damaged enemy bombers and a tanker with several fighters shot down and no allied losses. Extraordinary courage noted from two American airmen in the Lae raid.
Hundreds of German planes massed in the Crimea threaten an invasion of the Caucasus oil lands. Moscow reports a devastating air bombardment that forced a retreat from Kerch. German attacks concentrate near Smolensk as tanks and guns mass. Kharkov fighting shows heavy German losses with many tanks burnt and crews killed.
Japanese forces fight desperately in Chekiang province advancing on Kinhwa the capital. Southward Chinese troops withdraw before a fierce attack on Chuanshih Island at the mouth of the Min River below Foochow.
A May 1 1942 message from French trade unionists in occupied France appeals to workers worldwide. They condemn German occupation, praise General de Gaulle and Allied efforts, pledge sabotage of German production where possible, and express solidarity with British American and Russian workers fighting for freedom.
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