WASHINGTON, Aug 10.—The Commander-in-Chief of the US Fleet (Admiral E. J. King) issued a special statement on the Battle of the Solomons this afternoon. He announced that American forces had landed in the Tulagi area. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 622 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—Major-General Spaatz, commanding the United States Air Forces in the European Theatre, stated officially today: ...
Article : 115 wordsSYDNEY, Aug 11.—It seems impossible for Mr Hughes (the Federal UAP Leader) to refrain from distorting what the Prime Minister said ...
Article : 333 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—Serious rioting and disorders continue in several Indian cities following the arrest of Gandhi and other Congress Party leaders by the Indian Government and the launching of the campaign of civil disobedience which the party ordered because of British rejection of ...
Article : 2,126 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 11.—An Associated Press message from Chung-king says that Dr Sun Fo, President of the Chinese legislative Yuan, ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—Although the Germans today claimed no further major gains in their south-easterly drive through the Caucasus, the Axis spearhead thrusting along the Caucasian foothills gravely threatens Russian communications and the important Groznyi oilfield. ...
Article : 1,309 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—The mass disobedience movement envisaged by the Congress Party in India is regarded in London as strategy by ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 588 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—A small number of raiders was over East Anglia and south-east England last night. A mental hospital in East Anglia ...
Article : 156 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—Further details were given today of the Avro- Lancaster, which was described several days ago as the world's largest ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—Observing that the Australian Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) did not mince matters in his speech at the Premiers' ...
Article : 163 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—Australian Air Force Wellingtons fully shared July's concentrated raids against Germany. ...
Article : 375 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 11.—The soldiers of the Northern Territory force had a lot to be proud of in the work they had done ...
Article : 236 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 11.—An attack on 2 merchant vessels which were anchored about a mile off the small village of Beco on ...
Article : 339 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—The special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" in Stockholm says that German reconnaissance planes over ...
Article : 172 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 10.—S American diplomats and other nationals returning from Japan fear that their continent is next on ...
Article : 155 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—The British GHQ in Cairo issued the following communique today: Patrol activity continued all ...
Article : 191 wordsGENERAL MACARTHUR'S HQ, Aug 11.—Allied Headquarters announced officially today that Australian ground troops were not ...
Article : 728 wordsSOUTH PACIFIC HQ, Aug 11.—The fact that Rear-Admiral Ghormley is in charge of the Allied offensive in the Solomons means that the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 214 wordsLONDON, Aug 10.—Major-General Bradley, of the US Army, told Moscow Press correspondents yesterday of his meetings with the ...
Article : 104 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 11.—A full-blooded American Indian, Sgt Ralph Sam, a member of an American ...
Article : 279 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 11.—Joseph Dynan, who was a member of the Associated Press staff in Tokio, says that Japanese sources ...
Article : 99 wordsCHUNGKING. Aug 11.—In a communique from Lieut-General J. W. Stilwell's headquarters it is stated that, in the raid on the port of ...
Article : 201 wordsCAIRO, Aug 11.—At the Fighting French desert headquarters yesterday General de Gaulle reviewed the Fighting French force and decorated ...
Article : 82 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—The "Daily Mail" in a leading article states: "The situation in India is not unlike the 18th century when the ...
Article : 144 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 11.—Air Vice- Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd in an interview today said that Malta would hold out despite continual bombing. ...
Article : 105 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 10.—A Congressional committee which is investigating the manpower allocation for war production today severely ...
Article : 79 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—A Vichy report says that the German military authorities in Paris have announced the shooting of 93 Frenchmen ...
Article : 77 wordsNEW DELHI, Aug 11.—Mr Lauchlin Currie, US Envoy to China, had a long conference with the Viceroy (the Marquess of Linlithgow) today. ...
Article : 28 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 11.—The Labour Policy Committee of the War Production Board today expressed fears that 1,000 war plants might ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—Moscow radio says that 3,000 British, Australian and New Zealand officers and men are fighting with about 30,000 ...
Article : 36 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 11.—Police and special guards searched the Lincoln tunnel for 75 minutes today after a telephone call in which a person with ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Aug 11.—Mr J. Maxton (Lab) has asked the Speaker to recall Parliament to discuss the position in India. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 12 Aug 1942, Page 5
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