LONDON, March 6.—According S to the Rome radio the Japanese yesterday claimed to have captured Rangoon, capital of Burma, but the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 549 wordsLONDON, March 6.—A The communique issued in Java late today said that the Dutch troops had been compelled to evacuate Batavia, the capital, owing to Japanese superiority in men and planes, and in order to concentrate resistance in west Java. ...
Article : 945 wordsPORT MORESBY, March 6.—After a series of daylight bombing raids against Port Moresby, the Japanese resumed night attacks on ...
Article : 575 wordsSYDNEY, March 6.—Everywhere men of the A.I.F. met the Japanese in Malaya up to the time of the final overwhelming assault on the island of Singapore itself. They held them until their position had become untenable because of withdrawals elsewhere, or until they ...
Article : 1,854 wordsLONDON, March 6.—The recapture of several inhabited localities, including Yukhnov, midway between Viazma and Kaluga and 110 miles ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,064 wordsLONDON, March 6.—The Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm "Dagens Nyheter" reported today that the Germans claim to have ...
Article : 160 wordsLONDON, March 6.—This morning's London newspapers give prominence to R.A.F. photographs showing damage done in the raid on ...
Article : 255 wordsLONDON, March 5.—The Polish Government announces that the Germans in Warsaw have shot 100 members of Polish patriotic ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, March 6.—The British Government has published as a 20- page pamphlet the Notes on German atrocities sent by the Soviet ...
Article : 277 wordsLONDON, March 5.—The total of enemy planes destroyed by British forces in this war has passed the record of over 7,900 established in ...
Article : 340 wordsWASHINGTON, March 5.—President Roosevelt had a three-hour conference today with representatives of the British and American Staff ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 327 wordsLONDON, March 5.—The Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Labour (Mr. M. S. McCorquodale), during a debate In the House of ...
Article : 389 wordsLONDON, March 6.—Group-Captain Helmore, of the Royal Air Force, in a broadcast-talk last night, said that R.A.F. bombers operating ...
Article : 83 wordsPORT MORESBY, March 6.—After having been lost in wild jungle country in Papua for days, the crew of one of our bombers, which was ...
Article : 148 wordsCANBERRA, March 6.—A court of inquiry should be convened to inquire into the circumstances of the escape of Major-General Bennett ...
Article : 184 wordsLONDON, March 6.—The aeronautical correspondent of "The Times" says that the Westland-Whirlwind, a twin-engine, ...
Article : 122 wordsCANBERRA, March 6.—"Reconnaissances by the R.A.A.F. over the New Britain area and by enemy aircraft over New Guinea have ...
Article : 50 wordsCHUNGKING, March 5.—The Chinese Press declares that the United Nations are no longer able to wait to be attacked ...
Article : 88 wordsLONDON, March 5.—Air Marshal Sir Richard R. C. Peirse has been appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief in India in succession to ...
Article : 49 wordsNEW YORK, March 5.—Australia's wartime labour policy increasingly interests the leading American papers. For example, the ...
Article : 205 wordsKATHERINE, March 6.—It is now considered almost certain that the Japanese planes which have been attacking Darwin and those ...
Article : 341 wordsWASHINGTON, March 5.—A former Assistant-Secretary of State, Mr. Henry Grady, has been appointed head of the United States war ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, March 5.—The Lord Privy Seal (Sir Stafford Cripps) stated in the House of Commons today that "no report has been ...
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, March 5.—The New Delhi radio states that the Commander-in-Chief in India (General Sir Archibald Wavell) recently ...
Article : 42 wordsWASHINGTON, March 5.—The Secretary of War (Mr. H. L. Stimson) told the Press Today that material air reinforcements has been ...
Article : 63 wordsCOLOMBO, March 5.—British reinforcements have arrived at Ceylon, which is preparing to meet any possible aggression. The ...
Article : 48 wordsNEW YORK, March 6.—The Tokio radio said today that there was a Tokio air-raid alarm on Thursday when two squadrons of planes passed ...
Article : 39 wordsLONDON, March 5.—The "Daily Telegraph" stated today that the survey of officers' qualifications, which [as announced in yesterday's ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, March 6.—The Paris radio reports that a big air battle is in progress over the Ladrome Islands, in the Pacific, east of the ...
Article : 29 wordsWASHINGTON, March 6.—President Roosevelt has signed a Bill changing the name of Conduit-road, Washington, to ...
Article : 31 wordsCANBERRA, March 6.—After conferences lasting more than a week, complete agreement has been reached between Australia and New Zealand ...
Article : 141 wordsLONDON, March 6.—The Tokio radio claimed today that Batavia had been completely occupied by the Japanese since yesterday afternoon, ...
Article : 114 wordsWASHINGTON, March 5.—A communique issued today gave further particulars of the successful surprise attack by General Douglas ...
Article : 213 wordsLONDON, March 6.—Today's communique from British General Headquarters, Cairo, reported that heavy rain had interfered with activities ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, March 5.—Under a proclamation issued today the age limit of men liable for national service is raised from 41 to 45 years. ...
Article : 27 wordsNEW YORK, March 5.—The Federal Investigation Bureau today raided 350 houses in the New York city district of Yorkville, which is ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, March 5.—Britain's famous Brigade of Guards has been formed into an armoured division which is described as a tremendous ...
Article : 143 wordsLONDON, March 5.—According to a statement today by the Berlin radio a new defence line, described as being like the Siegfried Line, is ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, March 5.—Mr. J. B. A. Kessler, managing director of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, writing in the "Vrij Nederland" ...
Article : 172 wordsCANBERRA, March 6.—At least one senior Minister, and possibly two, will leave Australia very shortly for the United States to deal ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, March 5.—The Norwegian Telegraph Agency reports that 2,000 Danish and Norwegian workers are employed in the ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, March 6.—It was officially claimed in Tokio today that Japanese naval planes which raided Broome on Tuesday destroyed 28 ...
Article : 55 wordsAUCKLAND, March 6.—It was announced today that the total number of New Zealand prisoners-of- war on the official files was 5,903, ...
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