Air raids at ALF Western Desert outpost nightly
Alexandria reports continue as ALF camps endure nightly air raids with detectors, searchlights, and muffled explosions. Polish officers and Australian troops cooperate under ATF command, while Field Ambulance units staff makeshift hospitals and train Bedouin recruits amid the desert conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
ALF
Mussolin
Attenton
ADP
Misia Amavlanc
Western Desert
Sydney
Ty Archie Cunningham
ATF
Ambulante
Egypt
Goni
New Order in Asia Defined by Admiral Takahashi
New York dispatch details Japan's "New Order in Asia" scope from Manchuria to the Bay of Bengal including Australia and Fiji. Admiral Takahashi, a Supreme War Council member, outlined stages and Paris politics as Tokyo moves toward broader control and invasion of French Indo China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Twdnessay
Japan
Asia
Sankichi Takahashi
Manchukua
Australia
Bay of Bengal
Fiji
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Marshalls
Solomons
New Hebrides
To- Kio
New York Times
Takahashi
Supreme War Council
Order
Indo- China
Hainan
Indo-China
Hongkong
Singapore
Bureau of South Sea Affairs
Atfsire
New Zelland
Thailand
Siam
Max Laya
Philippines
Netherlands Fast Indies
China
Flies Denounced as Plague Spots in Domestic Threat
A vivid exhortation warns that every fly hosts deadly bacteria with counts from 550 to 6,000,000 per fly. It urges thorough prevention and cleaning, urging use of repellents and regular spraying to keep homes free from disease-carrying insects.
Widows with Dependants Entitled to Full HBA Concession
At Kempney on Saturday, the Zone Council of the HBA discussed hospital fund contributions by widows with dependent children. The council endorsed full family rate of 6d per week in the Central North Coast Zone, but only for widows receiving a widows pension to prevent abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B.A
Kempney
Wanes
Hushana
Central North Coast
Bevin Foresees End of Privilege After War
Labour Minister Bevin told nearly 1000 Midlands factory workers that Britain would win the war and privilege would be wiped out. He urged intensive production to defeat Germany and predicted Hitler’s regime would crumble, paving a peaceful reconstruction with knowledge growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labour
Bevin
Britain
Midlands
Germany
Hitler
Germans Repay Kindness Recalled From Great War
An article recounts how Scandinavian civilians aided German children after World War I, the Vienna Children who grew up in Denmark and Norway and later returned to Germany. It suggests German officers spoke Norwegian due to these foster ties, and claims coastal ports surrendered due to orders from foster children, translated from a Danish paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandinavia
Vienna
Denmark
Norway
Germany
Los Angeles
California
Advertising and the consumer in modern markets
Mr J F Hogan addressed the Newcastle Rotary Club on advertising as a path to human satisfaction. He argued advertising should target individuals, not masses, and explained how a car, vacuum cleaner, and other goods gain value when framed by travel, utility, and personal benefit. The speaker cited typical consumer buying, travel, meals, and spending to show the genuine power of advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Coote
Gloucester
J. F. Hogan
Newcastle
Hogan
Roll of Honour Shows Gloucester District Enlistees to Forces
A long list of Gloucester district men who have enlisted paused final medicals and joined the fighting forces with the Air Force and other services. It notes fresh enlistments will be acknowledged and added to the first ranks as they ship out, naming numerous individuals and towns including Gloucester Copeland Barrington Invergordon Belbora and Waukivory among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Invergorcon
M. A. Unger
J. A. Bannister
G. W. Blanch
Bowman
A. R. Curran
Copeland
W. J. Harris
R. Koelner
Barnard River
F. W. R. Phillips
E. H. Richards
K. E. Yoole
HL Roach
H.R. McCheaney
Stratford
J. Martin
Tom Langford
George Watson
Invergordon
D. Chinon
Harry Aspinall
Clift
J. Gordon
J. A. McRae
Belbora
M. Berry
Frank Monro
Herb
F Rudkin
Berrica
W. Knowles
Wiliam Bates
Joseph Clarke
Barrington
Fred. Hambling
Clarence Kellehear
Krambach
Sydney Fordham
Clive Tsase
William Webeck
Eric C. Higgins
Alfred Martin
Edward Langford
Thomas Martin
Lower Bowman
Edward Mackaway
Stroud
Albert Roy Channel
David Aspinall
Geoffrey Charman
Gerald K. Crane
Clarence
Rowe
Barrington B. P. Dawson
Beresford Gibson
Harold R. Monro
John Ronald Smith
Russell Gorton
Percy H. Brindley
Steatford
Arthur Breese
Brett
Jack Vickers
W. ¥. Smith
Waukivory
Stanley Elliott
Pitlochry
Rupert Robinson
J. Hannaford
Knuthi
W. Turner
James Curran
Rawdon Vale
Herb. Wilson
B. Godfrey
James Hayter
Upper Bowman
E. Charlesworth
Lower
Richard Condon
John Francis Franks
John F. Breese
Brett George A. Osmond
Gordon M. Tape
Alien B. Franks
Alex. L. Watson
Ambrose Smith
John Joseph Higgins
Daniel Grady
Lindsay Neilson
James W. Latimore
Ronald W. Turner
Stanley K. Wilson
Tom Bleasdale
Clay Fraser
Cliff Patt
Berbers
Stan Robinson
Ward's River
John Taylor
Durbridge
Jim Davey
Carl Ralph
Albert Hays
Rawdon Yale
Doug. Thompson
W. B. Dare
Wiliam Jones
L. W. Turner
E. A. Bull
Reg
Giddey
P. Naughton
Rockhurst
Ron
Britten
Jack Giddey
Ray Dean
Craven
Gloucester War Chest list notice for fallen sailors
This wartime notice from Gloucester requests authentic corrections for a list of Royal Australian Navy personnel, noting Eric Young Barry Price and Fred Ellis killed at Madagascar while aboard HSMAS Stuart. The Secretary of the Gloucester War Chest Fund asks for regimental numbers and units to be notified to ensure accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Australian Navy
Eric Young
Gloucester
Barry Price
Fred. Ellis
Madagascar
Hsm.a.s. Stuart
The
Gloucester War Chest Fund
Donation Sparks Rush to Aid War Effort After Bomb Near Home
A resident at Trimley Park Surrey reacted with indignation after a German raider bombed nearby. He wrote a single cheque for 5000 pounds to Lor Beaverbrook, Minister Jan Aurentt Production, asking that the funds be used to purchase a Spitfire. An optometrist visit is announced for November 23 at the Commercial Hotel in Gloucester from 2 pm to 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. McDonald
F.B.C.A
Innours Fsmc
London
Webster, Sacie & McDonald
Sydney
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Tes Een
Loe, Ae
Stro
Mak
Homebush
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Im, Ltd
Wincheom
Winchcombe
Sydney House
Bridge Street
Flemington
Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Grain Visa Insurance & Agency Company
Lemington
Advocate
Gloucester Advocate
Barrington ST
New Order
New Guinea
Garden of Roses
Jack Moutzouris
Auvuuivnvuceuve Uate
Sunshine Cafe
E. Patmore
Tom Hicks
Queen Street
Hba
Bimbashi
Woondouma
Shahazada
Arap
Peg Oy Sharan
Ana
Peg
D. H. Bartlett
Woon Dooma Vin Barrington
Golden Gate Cafe
Kendall's Buildings
MRS
E. Young
L. F. Monro
Meret Street
Ucester
Han
W. T. Howard
Pacnes
Taos ST
Cungog
Gloucester Hotel
F. M. Smith
Luk
Willis
Evry Muon Theuild
Privte Budertind
Marth
Amuntrafia
Nrnron
A.M.P. Society
Signenooks
Baeat
Umce
Empire
Samuel Hordern, Kbe
Brecipal
New South Wales
Victoria & Pulteney Sts
Taree
W. B. G. Davidson
T. M. Breckenridge
D. K. McLeod
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