Recruiting of 1,000 women for the Australian Corps of Signallers will commence at Victoria Barracks on Monday. Recruits must be between the ages of 18 and 30, with no dependants under the age of 16 years. After three months' training they will replace men in vital, military communications in rear areas, thus being the first women to be employed by the Australian Army on operational duties. These pictures show two of the duties which the new unit will ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 115 wordsLONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— During determined enemy attacks to prevent the passage of two convoys in the Arctic, the ...
Article : 463 wordsLONDON, May 8.—Messages from Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland picture two mighty armies assembling for a life and ...
Article : 192 wordsExecutives of the large retail stores in Sydney said last night that they were surprised that sales had been restricted. ...
Article : 297 wordsWASHINGTON, May 8.—The naval battle in the Pacific bears out forecasts made here that United States warships would be ...
Article : 653 wordsLONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— Russian forces on the Murmansk (Arctic) front haye penetrated the German lines distances of ...
Article : 412 wordsThe British clothes rationing system, which began on June 1, 1941, allowed every person 66 coupons for the next 12 months. ...
Article : 157 wordsLONDON, May 8.—A report that the Germans are massing troops in southern Russia focusses attention on the ...
Article : 745 wordsLONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— An air-raid warning was sounded in one London area early this morning, but no aircraft ...
Article : 364 wordsLONDON, May 8.—The R.A.F. Ferry Command is now helping the United States to ferry American-built aircraft to Australia ...
Article : 525 wordsLONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— British warships are reported to be anchored at the naval base of Diego Suarez (Madagascar) ...
Article : 481 words"We must restrict spending—every one of us," said the Minister for Air, Mr. Drakeford, last night, in a national broadcast, in which he urged ...
Article : 96 wordsWASHINGTON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of the Treasury, in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Minister for War Organisation of Industry is examining the restriction of retail shopping hours. The Retail Traders' Association has ...
Article : 76 wordsNEW YORK, May 8 (A.A.P.).—The Golden Rule Foundation has named as "American Mother No. 1 of 1942" Mrs. Elizabeth Vize Berry, 52, of ...
Article : 55 wordsMore than 3,000 persons attended a Pontifical Requiem Mass for pioneer bishops and clergy at St. Mary's Cathedral ...
Article : 229 wordsLONDON, May 7.—The finest minds in Britain and America are trying to achieve better co[?] ordination of the direction of the ...
Article : 155 wordsA memorial service to Brigadier-General John R. Royston, well known to Light Horse men as "Galloping Jack," will be held to-morrow at the ...
Article : 63 wordsRIO CUARTO (Argentina), May 8. (A.A.P.).—Camila Rocha de Vasconcellos, said to have been 141 years of age, died yesterday at a San Jose ...
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Advertising : 0 wordsNEW YORK, May 8 (A.A.P.).—The War Department has announced that two outstanding heroes of the First World War have been commissioned ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).—An astonished group of agricultural experts at the Rothamsted Experimental Station saw a demonstration ...
Article : 93 wordsVisiting prelates leaving St. Mary's Cathedral after the Requiem Mass for the pioneers, held yesterday to mark the centenary of the establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Australia. In front are the Archbishop of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 88 wordsNext Friday the New South Wales division of the Australian Comforts Fund and the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund will co-operate in a ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).— Major-General Sir William Dobbie, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, has ...
Article : 184 wordsNEW YORK, May 8 (A.A.P.).—The Swedish liner Drottningholm has sailed for Lisbon, with 948 Axis diplomats, including the German Charge ...
Article : 59 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Reports to the Federal Minister for Health, Mr. Holloway, indicate that the spread of dengue fever in northern New South ...
Article : 108 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister for Munitions, Mr. Makin, will inquire whether workers in aircraft annexe can get liquor and tobacco when they ...
Article : 49 wordsNext Thursday being Ascension Day special services will be held in St. Andrew's Cathedral. Addresses will be given by Archbishop Mowll at 11 ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 9 May 1942, Page 10
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