IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 17?0.—Captain Cook took possession of New South Wales at Possession Island. 1808.—Wellington won Battle of Vimeira. • ! 1883.—Tornado in Minnesota,’UiS. A. | hundreds of lives lost. ■ 1912.—General Booth died: 1915.—Hi1l 70, Gallipoli, taken by Suvla Bay forces and lost again; Auzac* took Hill 60. Nazi “ war of nerves ” continues in Europe. • Britain remains calm and ■ unper* turbed. ‘ Germany completes military posse sion of Slovakia. _ . Signor Mussolini supporting 1 Pope • peace move. ’ . ... Tokio talks, suspended till Britain consults other Powers on the currency question. Sir Malcolm Campbell breaks his own water, speed record in Bluebird 11. Flood waters rising rapidly at Tientsin. . ..... ... , England scores 352 irr final cricket test; West Indies one for. 27.
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Evening Star, Issue 23350, 21 August 1939, Page 2
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115IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23350, 21 August 1939, Page 2
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