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  2. MERCHANT SHIP CONVERTED TO AIRCRAFT-CARRIER

    An unusual picture taken from an aircraft as it left the deck of H.M.S. Archer, one of the first merchant ships to be converted into an aircraft-carrier for the Royal Navy. These small carriers are patrolling the Atlantic to combat submarine attacks on convoys. The ship was adapted for aircraft duty without sacrificing the comfortable accommodation for officers and crew. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  3. PAY GRIEVANCE IN R.A.A.F.

    LONDON, Aug. 15.—Attempts have been made to build up the current R.A.A.F. pay grievance into a political sensation, but ...

    Article : 561 words
  4. ALLIED AIR RANGE No Nazi Area Safe

    LONDON, August 15 (A.A.P.). —No point of German-held territory is now immune from air attack. This is shown by ...

    Article : 374 words
  5. RELENTLESS PURSUIT IN SICILY "l8 MILES TO MESSINA"

    LONDON, August 15.—Allied troops are relentlessly and swiftly pursuing the remaining Axis forces in Sicily into the evacuation area of the Messina peninsula, ...

    Article : 226 words
  6. CHINESE PEACE MOVE DENIED Japanese Rumour Responsible

    NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (A.A.P.). —Chungking Official Radio has announced that rumours circulating in some Allied countries ...

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  7. CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT MEET IN U.S.A. Quebec Conference Prelude

    NEW YORK, August 15 (A.A.P.).—Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt have already held a preliminary meeting somewhere in the United States. Canadian officials at Quebec have permitted ...

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  8. WIDESPREAD AIR RAIDS

    Communiques issued from south-west Pacific headquarters yesterday and on Saturday disclosed almost continuous Allied ...

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  9. INTEREST IN TOTAL OF PRISONERS

    LONDON, Aug. 15 (A.A.P.).— Chief interest in the closing stages in Sicily now lies in the number of Germans who will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 494 words
  10. MOSQUITOES BOMB BERLIN

    LONDON, August 15 (A.A.P.). —Mosquitoes bombed objectives in Berlin last night. The Air Ministry also reports that ...

    Article : 51 words
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  12. ANGLO-CHINESE TALKS

    LONDON, Aug. 15 (A.A.P. and Official Wireless).—The Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. T. V. Soong, recently visited Britain ...

    Article : 132 words
  13. ATLANTIC CHARTER RIGHT CITED

    In Washington President Roosevelt made a statement on the second anniversary of the signing of the Atlantic Charter. ...

    Article : 227 words
  14. VICTORY GAINED AT LOW COST

    ALGIERS, August 15.—The Sicilian campaign has been a remarkably economical victory. Our casualties have been less than ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. SEVEN U.S. ALUMINIUM PLANTS IDLE

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (A.A.P.).— Seven new West Coast aluminium plants, capable of making 21 million pounds of aluminium a month, have ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. CHILDREN EAT RAT POISON

    Two brothers, Gregory O'Shea, three, and Graham O'shea, 20 months, died after having eaten rat poison at their parents' home ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. QUICK WIN VIA SOVIET FRONT DOUBTED

    LONDON, Aug. 15 (A.A.P.).— Among offensives at present weighing down Germany the great Russian one so far seems ...

    Article : 218 words
  18. R.A.A.F. PLANES MEET HEAVIEST FIRE

    ALGIERS, Aug. 15.—Australian fighter-bomber squadrons in Sicily haye been flying through the heaviest anti-aircraft fire ...

    Article : 284 words
  19. NEW S. AFRICAN PORTFOLIOS

    CAPETOWN, Aug. 15 (A.A.P. and Official Wireless).—Mr. C. Sturrock has been appointed Minister for Transport in the South African Union ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. FLYING PIONEERS MEET IN NORTH

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday.—Two Australian long-distance flying pioneers, Squadron-Leader S. J. Moir and Wing-Commander H. ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. YOUTH ESCAPES FROM CELL

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Using a 10-inch bolt as a lever, Robert John Thompson, 17, wrenched the lock from the door of a cell ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. MUNITION OFFICERS TO VISIT SYDNEY

    Mr. F. S. Daley, Acting Director of Ordnance Production, Ministry of Munitions, and Mr. B. A. Kimber, Assistant Controller of Agricultural ...

    Article : 53 words
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