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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1938
Page
1
Friday a British steamer and a French vessel were bombed by rebels near Valencia and Alicante. Captain Guyot, master of the Thrisbane, died of wounds making six deaths. The St Wilfred was abandoned and is a total wreck. Rebel air raids dropped large bombs killing 25 and wounding 60.
London reports that daily attacks on British shipping in Spain are shifting opinion away from polite protests to Franco and Mussolini. Experts support drastic action, with a British warship off Cadiz warned to bomb the citadel after a short evacuation period. Advocate: W Spence of the National Union of Seamen.
Two RAAF planes collided in the air over Point Cooy near Melbourne on Saturday. Pilots escaped injury. one landed by parachute from a disabled craft. Air Cadets Barton and Bell were aboard at about 2200 feet when Bell cut into Barton's tail, causing the tail to shear. Barton jumped, his parachute landed him safely. Bell’s plane crash landed but remained operable, with Bell bringing it down safely.
It is understood that the Japanese Government may claim indemnity between £5,000,000 and £10,000,000 over the embargo on iron ore ports. The claim would cover capital investments by Japanese interests, damages for breach of contract, and anticipated profits over five years.
A fragment recalls the famous Falleni murder trial of 1920 involving Jean Ford who passed away last night. Ford, who posed as a man and was convicted of murdering a woman, was discharged from prison years earlier and faced a death sentence later commuted to imprisonment.
In Hawkesburn, a house used by boarders for a Test broadcast caught fire while residents listened to the program. A passerby warned occupants as the upper floor burned, two children were rescued, a border was injured by falling debris, and a fireman fell but saved himself by grabbing a beam. The house suffered severe damage.
Adelaide coroner ordered James Mark Watherston 27 committed for trial on a murder charge. He allegedly harmed Elisabeth Mary Neilsen 12 after she failed to return home from school. Watherston reportedly said he fed a sheet around the child’s neck and she died within minutes.
Birthday honors announced on the King's birthday list include three New South Wales residents. Mr A C Davidson general manager of the Bank of New South Wales, Mr T B Gordon chairman of Birt and Co Pty Ltd, and Dr R B Wade surgeon in Sydney were named knights.
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