IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1750. —Quebec captured by the British; Wolfe killed. 1882.—Battle of Te-el-Keber; Arabic Pasha defeated by British.. 1933. —Mrs M'Combs, first woman elected to New Zealand Parliament (Lyttelton by-election). British Expeditionary Force joins French on Western Front. Thrust into German territory deepened. Scenes of 1914 re-enacted as “ Tommies ” march through French towns. Nazi drive ,on Warsaw. Poles hold firmly to capital in face of relentless air and land attacks. Russia places war guilt on Germany. Soviet still suspicious of Hitler. Sinking of Athenia brings conflict among Nazi naval and political chiefs. Foreign Office and propaganda officials alarmed at world reaction. Meat and bread shortages in Germany and Austria. Rationing schemes introduced. . , . - Rumania maintaining close watch on frontiers.
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Evening Star, Issue 23370, 13 September 1939, Page 2
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120IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23370, 13 September 1939, Page 2
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