LEYTE ISLAND (Philippines). -- Huge American forces, under the personal command of General Mac Arthur, have landed on Leyte Island, in the centre of the Philippines. The landings, preceded ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 491 wordsNEW YORK. -- The Japanese News Agency Domei has reported the landing by British troops in the Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, which are part of the outer defences of Malaya. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 317 wordsTWO members of the RAAF were kilted instantly and two others seriously burned when a mobile crane they were ...
Article : 171 wordsLONDON.--British Second Army spearheads advanced five miles on Tuesday in their attack along the western flank of the Allied Dutch salient and are now hammering at the threshold of Hertogenbosch, just south of the Meuse River, says Reuter's correspondent. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 302 wordsLONDON. -- British United Press correspondent in Stockholm says it is reported, without confirmation, that British troops ...
Article : 26 wordsCANBERRA.--A permanent Commonwealth works organisation in the form of a Ministry of Works will be created soon to replace the Allied Works Council. Announcing this, the Minister ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 303 wordsLONDON.--Eighth Army tank men, chasing on foot when the tanks could not go further through the swamps, took the ...
Article : 112 wordsLONDON.--Marshal Stalin has announced that Russian forces have torn a gap in East Prussian defences on a front of 90 miles to a depth of 20 miles. One German report says that Russian tanks are 15 miles west of Goldap, making a penetration of almost 35 miles into East Prussian territory or less ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 291 wordsSYDNEY. -- Having known Joshua Smith for more than 15 years, he was a little dumbfounded when he saw the Dobell picture, Mr J. H. Young, formerly acting director of the National Gallery in Sydney, said when giving evidence in the Dobell case (see page 4), the biggest legal smash hit since Ned Kelly. ...
Article : 411 wordsLONDON. -- "The Bed Army has already wan a victory of the greatest strategic importance in East Prussia," States Colonel ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON.--A definite trend towards two or three-child families, instead of one, is believed to be taking place in ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Wed 25 Oct 1944, Page 3
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