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  2. GRAVE SINGAPORE SITUATION Fresh japanese Landings

    A Singapore communique states:—"The enemy last night succeeded in making further landings on the island in the area between Sungei and Mandai, and the enemy throughout the day maintained continuous dive-bombing and ...

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  3. WAR MATERIALS.

    The "New York Times" Washington correspondent says that the British Ambassador (Viscount Halifax) presented Mr. Sumner Welles with ...

    Article : 127 words
  4. NORMANDIE AFIRE. DISASTROUS OUTBREAK.

    A disastrous [?]are broke out on the transport Lafayette, formerly the luxury liner Normand[?]e. All available fire equipment, including ...

    Article : 338 words
  5. FAMOUS AVIATRIX.

    Opening the trial of Laura Ingalis, the famous aviatrix, on a charge of having failed to register as an agent of Germany, the Federal ...

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  6. INTENSE AXIS PREPARATIONS Full-Scale Spring Offensive

    Information from Europe confirms the intense Axis preparations for a full-scale offensive to the east in the spring. It apparently envisages continuing the strong pressure in North-Africa, vigorous air and sea activity in the Mediterranean, ...

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  7. BATAVIA RAIDED.

    Japanese bombers raided Batavia for the first time since the Japanese war started. The communique says that details are not available yet, and adds ...

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  8. NAVAL BASES.

    The "Daily Mail's" naval correspondent says that it will be well to remember that the optimistic counting up of ships available to ...

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  9. WAR FRONT UGLIER.

    Three developments have made the situation of Australia's Far Northern war front ugller. The first is the growing possibility that ...

    Article : 321 words
  10. IN THE BATAAN AREA.

    A communique issued at 9.30 a.m. stated: "In the Philippine theatre some concealed enemy batteries which were firing on our defences from the cavite ...

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  11. JAPANESE CLAIMS.

    A Domel agency report from Johore Bohra states that the British forces on Singapore Island are falling back from the outer ring of the defences ...

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  12. SMASHING BARRAGE.

    The military position on Singapore Island late this afternoon can only be described as serious. Enemy landings followed a smashing barrage, which ...

    Article : 453 words
  13. WAR PRODUCTION.

    The War Production Board has announced that Canadian companies engaged in war production will in future be placed on the ...

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  14. ROAD SIGNS.

    Powers are being taken by the Government to enable the Home Security and Military authorities to remove road signs in any part ...

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  15. PROBLEM FOR TIMOSHENKO.

    The thaw itself will not give the Russians long to overhaul and repair the tired damaged tanks and other material on the ground between the ...

    Article : 376 words
  16. G-MEN INVESTIGATING.

    One workman died in hospital as a result of injuries. It is revealed that 20 per cent of the 2200 workmen engaged in converting the vessel for ...

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  17. PARACHUTISTS LAND.

    The oslo radio quotes a message from Tokio stating that Japanese parachutists this morning occupied part of a big British aerodrome in western ...

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  18. PHILADELPHIA FIRE.

    A gigantic eight alarm fire, the greatest in the town's history, attracting a crowd of 20,000, destroyed a warehouse, also 70 buildings. The damage ...

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  19. LARGE AREAS MINED.

    The Germans, attempting to hold up the Soviet advance, mined large areas, says a Moscow communique. Soviet sappers, working under heavy fire, ...

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  20. JAPANESE "HAW HAW."

    The Tokio radio has introduced as its newest propaganda feature "Lord Haw Haw of the Pacific," an Englishspeaking Filipino named Ricardo ...

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  21. WOMAN SENTENCED.

    After three days' trial in camera at Old Bailey, Irma Gertrude Sophie Stapleton (36), typist, was found guilty of four offences under the Defence ...

    Article : 196 words
  22. RANGOON BOMBED,

    The Berlin radio, quoting a Tokio report, says that for the fifth night in succession Japanese planes heavily bombed Rangoon on Sunday night. ...

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  23. CHIANG KAI-SHEK IN INDIA.

    Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, accompanied by a party, of staff officers, has arrived in India for discussions with the Indian Government ...

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  24. ADVANCING TOWARD RANGOON.

    Japanese forces last night crossed the Salween River under cover of heavy artillery fire, and despite stiff British resistance they are now advancing ...

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  25. PATROL ACTIVITY.

    A cairo General Headquarters communique states that on February 8 our patrols were active in the area of Mekili and Tengeder. There is no ...

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  26. CHINESE RECAPTURE WAICHOW.

    A Chungking communique states that a smashing Chinese counter-offensive resulted in the recapture of Waichow with heavy Japanese losses. More than ...

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  27. NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE.

    To-night's reports of operations on the Russian front reveal that activity generally was brisker from Lake [?]men to Lage Ladoga, and "The Times" ...

    Article : 398 words
  28. ARMY HEADQUARTERS [?]IT.

    Singapore went to work as usual this morning, although fighting was proceeding under half an hour's drive away. Several residents in the outer ...

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  29. WAR AT SEA.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. A. V. Alexander) in a speech said that the war at sea had taken on extra strain and stress. The navy ...

    Article : 195 words
  30. CONSIDERABLY REINFORCED.

    The Japanese, in addition to inf[?]tration eastwards, have also landed fresh troops overnight in the Krangi estuary. They have been hotly ...

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  31. STUBBORN RESISTANCE.

    A Berlin radio message from Tokio says the Japanese troops which landed at Kranji, on Singapore Island, met their first resistance near Mandi, a mile ...

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  32. JAPANESE MOVE SOUTH.

    Monday's East Indies communique stated that Japanese troops were moving southward from Balik Papan, apparently to attack Banjermassin, the ...

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  33. FOURTH AIR RAID.

    A correspondent cabling from Singapore this evening says that the fourth air raid on the island took place this afternoon. The city, he says however, ...

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  34. JAPANESE TACTICS.

    The Indies officiail war correspondent in Sumatra reports that hardly any town of any consequence in Sumatra was not raided. The Japanese, who ...

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  35. U.S. CONSULATE CLOSED.

    The United States Consul General (Mr. Kenneth Patton) has closed the Consulate, and handed over American interests to the care of the Swiss ...

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  36. SINGAPORE DEFENDERS.

    Sir Malcolm Watson, director of the Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in a speech, said ...

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  37. CAUSEWAY REPAIRED.

    The Domei news agency from Johore Bahru states that the Japanese Engineering Corps worked frantically throughout the night to repair Singapore's ...

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  38. ESCAPED FROM GREECE.

    The "New York Times" Ankara correspondent says that a large band of New Zealanders who were cut off last year in Greece by the German ...

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  39. AIR TRAINING SCHEME.

    Reports from London that the Empire air training scheme is undergoing revision in London were confirmed by the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin). It ...

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  40. SOU[?]ABAYA CASUALTIES.

    The casualties so far in yesterday's Sourabaya raid were 51 killed and 54 injured. Most fatalities occurred when a bomb directly hit a stationary ...

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  41. "GIBRALTAR LAST PILLAR."

    The Paris radio says: "If Singapore falls, Gibraltar will be the last pillar of the British Empire: There are indications that Gibraltar, too, may be ...

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  42. U.S. VOLUNTEERS' BAG.

    A Rangoon message says American volunteer fliers in the Chinese army shot down a total of 136 Japanese planes in the defence of the ...

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  43. "BETKEAT AT END."

    The Vichy radio from Home says it is believed that the British retreat in Libya has now come to an end. ...

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  44. HOSPITAL HIT.

    The Singapore Hospital, plainly marked with a red cross, is reported to have been directly hit during one of to-day's Japanese air raids. ...

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  45. POSITION IN BURMA.

    An army communique states: "Enemy aircraft yesterday morning attacked our positions in the P[?] area on the east bank of the Salween River. Later ...

    Article : 169 words
  46. CZECH STRIKERS SHOT.

    Nazi stormtroopers shot 17 workers at the Skoda works, Pilsen, following a strike at the end oz January. ...

    Article : 28 words
  47. FLEET OFF BERJE[?]MASSIN.

    The Vichy news agency says that the Japanese fleet was observed off Banjermassin, at which it is presumed the Japanese made an attempt to land. ...

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  48. SINGAPORE COMMUNIQUE.

    A Singapore communique says that an enemy landing from boats on the north-west coast of the island occurred between Sungei Kranji and Pasir Laba ...

    Article : 620 words
  49. "SOME FURTHER WITHDRAWAL."

    A special communique admits there has been some further withdrawal of our troops owing to strong enemy attacks, which have been supplemented ...

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