War News In Brief From Britain and Spain
Britain and Spain discuss outstanding issues via Ambassador Sir Samuel Hoare with General Franco. Burma Road bombed by 36 Japanese planes operating from French Indo China. Kunming and other cities bombed. Five hundred lorries carry plane engines and petrol to Chinese Nationalists. Britain hints at talking to Japan, while US and Britain limit supply routes. London endures a seventh week of air raids as England braces for further blows. Italian forces in Egypt show initiative with motorised patrols probing British positions.
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Spain
Britain
Samuel Hoare
Franco
Burma Road
China
Indo-China
Kunming
Yimnan
Egypt
Sidi Barrant
Sofatt
Italian Probing Moves Signal Desert Tension
London reports Italian troops in North Africa launch two probing movements from defence lines near Sidi Barrani and Safafi to test British positions. One column of 60 infantry, lorries, tanks and aircraft advanced 10 miles along the coast, while British 25 pounders and machine guns harassed another column on Libyan escarpments. Italians rely on air reconnaissance and patrols as Somaliland supplies dwindle, forcing withdrawals and skeletal forces due to food shortages.
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London
North Africa
British United Press
Western Desert
Egypt
Sidi Barrani
Safafi
Bugbug
Somaliland
Women in the Front Line in London Wartime
In a London station during a blackout, a speaker recalls women joining men in danger, knitting, learning new skills, and supporting the war effort. The piece honors brave acts from Edith Cavell to Jeanne Hachette, noting ordinary women rising to extraordinary roles and the evolving wartime spirit in Britain.
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Tim
Joan of Arc
St. Joan
Edith Cavell
Florence Nightingale
London
St. Jeans
Jeanne Hachette
Beauvais
Jeanne
Charwoman
Radio Inspector Pemberton Ends Coff's Harbour Visit
Mr E W Pemberton radio inspector of the PMG department left Coff's Harbour after several days of work finding interference sources along various avenues. He fitted about a dozen condensers to electrical equipment causing issues, and his friendly manner yielded better results than harsher methods. His visit enhances listeners' licenses value and improves reception.
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E. W. Pemberton
P.m.g.’S Department
Coff's Harbour
Pemberton
Coft's Harbor Advocate
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Price
Garner’s Cash Store
Gloucester
Gloucester Advocate
The
P.O. Box
Connelly
Gloucester Hotel
F. M. Smith
Burma
Japan
Arthur Greenwood
United States
Netherlands East Indies
R.A.F
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Mary Gowlng
London Victoria
de Barrie
France
Weil
Tesopeoeti
Belgium
Ann
Duteh
Beliben
Iitding
Sol Vars Seth
Radio Inspector
Gloucester Electric Supply Co. Pty. Ltd
Winugh Chains
Waugh Hanes
Pough Winkers
Phi Keim
Capper’s Pty. Ltd
West Maitland
Glouecester
Nted
Carsons Northern Timber Co., Ltd
Carsonville
Gloucester Berrico Creek
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