Germans Lose 60 Planes In RAF Raids On England
London reports British air force strike crippled German air power with 60 planes down after mass raids totaling around 400 bombers. Port land and Weymouth attacked, oil tanks burned then extinguished, ships and shore facilities damaged. Casualties minimal, two pilots rescued, other planes forced to crash or abandon. Alliance press notes RAF counterattacks over Dover, Portland, and the coast.
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Australian Associated Press
London
Royal Air Force
England
Portland
Weyouth
Weymouth
Holls
Seri Busly
Daimage
Portia
Straits of Dover
Purilind
Dover
Ndi
Ure Hacbor
Southampton
Carterbury
RAF
Amulber Messerschmitt
Messerschwaitty
Messer JSON
Pain Sles
Sta Snflen
Ikousuit
Arbitration Hears Union Claims For Higher Basic Wage
Melbourne Monday judge Sir George Beeby considered union demands for a higher basic wage. He noted wage scales must reflect national production and industry capability, seeking a practical standard from other regions. The court faced limited production data and weighed accepted distributions to approximate a fair working wage.
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Melbourne
George Beeby
Australia
George Beeb
England
Merle
Great Losses of Planes and Submarine Sinks
Reported three days of heavy air losses with 111 lives lost as a submarine sinks and transport damage occurs. Bombing at Channel ports cited as part of strategic damage. British and Allied defense authorities assess invasion challenges.
Failures and raids mark German effort to subdue Britain
German air raids continue on the Channel and England with Britain counterattacks on German bases. Portsmouth hospital sustains damage as an oil tank burns and two warships take bomb splinters. Barrage balloons downed, two planes reported shot down, and German towns suffer damage. A sinking submarine near Britain is reported, with two doctors aiding evacuees among the missing. Vr. Dery warns Hitler must seize Britain to win the war.
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Portsmouth
Germans Hide Guernsey Planes in Safer Quarters
London dispatch reports successful RAF attacks on airports while German planes were moved to safer quarters in Guernsey, channel island under occupation. The piece notes heavier Allied blows targeting Germany’s war industries amid ongoing air war.
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Londus
Guernsey
Channel Islands
Fragmented report of explosions and air attack aftermath
A chaotic passage describes a sequence of explosions in a fortified area near Koobague and Wyoma. It mentions bomb detonations, fires, and airborne plumes, with references to a pilot bombing Sebipl and subsequent attacks on urban targets amid heavy retaliation.
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Euinsu
Mniculiusis
Faubed
Larae
Furning
Thames
Cherubsa
Ausltins
Hitler's Impossible Task and Britain in Wartime Crisis
In London and Blackpool reports, Mr. A. Amery warns that Hitler will try to overrun Britain as the war nears a critical year end. A crank warning on behavior in case of invasion is discussed among British toy holders, with Amery noting Britain faces the coming storm alone.
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London
Hitler
S. Amery
India
Amar
Blackpool
Britain
Mr. Pure
Inia
Heated scene at Pirie Football Association meeting
A club delegate lambasted the Five Football Association tribunal calling it an "Acorn Court" prompting a heated meeting. My H H Aiwell Solomontown chairman faced pointed remarks and the chairman and others intervened to prevent further disorder amid calls for disciplinary action.
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Pirie
Football Association Disputes Tribunal
Acorn
Association
Local Notes On Officials Families and Military Movements
Miscellany of Pirie and Whyalla residents with updates on transport, elections, and community figures. Mentions Mr. Carr of West Croydon and Cr Coles amid political chatter, theatre impresarios Miss Heather Gell and Madeleine Clarke’s engagements, RAAF trainees, and hospital updates for Len Flink and others. Also notes travel of D McDonald and C Roge to Adelaide for air force enlistment and Vienna ballet arrangements.
State Basic Wage Case Adjourned Until August 26
Adelaide Mooday. The Board of Industry adjourned consideration of the living wage case to August 25 to align with proceedings in the Federal basic wage case. At the preliminary meeting President Kelly noted counsel retained by the Employers' Federation and various unions are engaged in Federal Court.
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Adelaide
Mooday
Board of Industry Today
Kelly
S.C. G. Wright
Employers’ Federation
E.R. Dawes
Trates and Labor Council
Defence value study guides Australian loan plan
In Canberra Sir Harry Brown heads a Loan Council meeting with state premiers and treasurers. Secrecy surrounds the plan to coordinate defence works across Australia. The proposal favors pruning nonessential loans while directing larger allocations to essential defence projects.
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Canberra
Munaay
Harry Brown
Throghout Australia
Memorial Oval Home Defence Corps march at night
Returned soldiers of the Home Defence Corps formed three platoons for a route march from Memorial Oval. Diggers moved briskly with W. McPhest on bagpipes and L. Craigie on the sidedrum guiding three paths toward Risdon Park Pirie West and northward.
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Home Defence Corps
Memorial Oval
Messrs
W. McPhest
L.craigie
Risdon Park
Pirie West
Car Crashes Into Shop Window in Blackwood
A driver named Read, who had been cranking a car, mounted a street and crashed into a shop window on Pulteney Street this afternoon. Read was admitted to Hoya Adelaide Hospital where medical staff treated injuries. Police investigate the cause as onlookers describe a sudden, noisy impact with shattered glass and damaged storefronts.
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Blackwood
Read
Hoya Adelaide Hospital
Te Seno Beeste
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Iatinguy
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Teibunal
Atwell
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Romark
An Mir
Degan
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Atwell Sle
Mireedgold
Imairnan
Memlino
Aimee
Aon
Sean
Wwe
Miyanss
Hussey Am
Guyer Wise
Guinean Airways
Adelle Whiguily
LC. Carr
West Croydon
Joy Chive
Wiyalla
Carr
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the Terrace
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Aurolian Films
My S Hodson
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Railways
Die Ty Einatchy
Heather Gell
Madeleine Clarke
A J. Tait
Perth
Viennese Ballet
Western Ane
Barrie del
D. McDonald
C. Roge
Royal Australian Air Force
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National Bank
Errol Burdents
Hae
Murray Knight Beer
RAAF
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Milc
West Coast
Len Flink
Whyalla
Pirie Hospital
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Yester- Lins
My. du J. Anders
Pirie High
Hards
ALF
Pate West
Kral
T. , Guan
Xeon
G. G. Edwards
J. W. B. Oates
Petton
Pike Home Defence Corps
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