LONDON. Feb 24.—"London is still Britain's largest industrial centre," the Minister of Labour and National Service (Mr Ernest Bevin) said ...
Article : 272 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Feb 24.—Retaining the initiative in the air Allied bombers struck at Japanese positions over a wide area ...
Article : 365 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 23.—At a Press conference today a reporter suggested to President Roosevelt that Stalin's Order of the Day indicated ...
Article : 221 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—Today's communique from Allied HQ in Algiers stated: "Anglo-American forces after heavy fighting during the last 3 days north and north-west of Kasserin (central Tunisia) in which they successfully held the enemy's attack, have forced him to withdraw from ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,096 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—In view of the latest Russian progress in the direction of Orel the Stockholm correspondent of "The Times" suggests the possibility of the virtual isolation of the city. It was regarded by the Germans, he says, as one of the chief cornerstones of their defences north ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,171 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—Today's New Delhi bulletin on Mr Gandhi's condition was as follows: "There is a slight improvement in Mr Gandhi's ...
Article : 193 wordsWASHINGTON. Feb 23.—The Department of the Navy today announced the sinking of a German submarine in the Atlantic and a ...
Article : 380 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 23.—The Lend Lease Administrator (Mr Stettinius) told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee ...
Article : 291 wordsLONDON, Feb 23.—Urging the need for a second front in Europe Lord Beaverbrook said today in the House of Lords: "Opinion here ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 660 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 23.—The Director of the Office of Economic Stabilisation (Mr James Byrnes) in a recent speech told newspaper ...
Article : 212 wordsToday's Algiers communique reports the following air operations additional to those over battle areas: "On Monday night we raided ...
Article : 75 wordsFROM AN ADVANCED SOUTH PACIFIC BASE, Feb 24.—An Associated Press correspondent writes: "An Allied convoy of transports and ...
Article : 215 wordsCLEVELAND, Feb 22.—"I'll never forget the sight as long as I live," said Robert Welkart, a navy signal man, whose vessel first reached the ...
Article : 141 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 23.—Questioned at a Press Conference today concerning Finland the Under-Secretary of State (Mr Sumner Welles) ...
Article : 257 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—The following special communique was issued in Moscow last night: In the Ukraine today Russian ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 265 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—The Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom in its annual report states: "Shipping losses continue to present a grave ...
Article : 330 wordsCHUNGKING, Feb 24.— Yesterday's communique said that despite determined Chinese resistance in south-western Yunnan the Japanese ...
Article : 78 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 23.—Today's navy communique was as follows: "In the North Pacific on Monday morning Liberator heavy bombers ...
Article : 77 wordsNEW YORK, Feb 23.—Charles Hurd, Washington correspondent of the "New York Times," states: "The fighting in western Tunisia, which ...
Article : 217 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—Three million gallons of Axis petrol, probably sorely-needed aviation spirit, went up in flames and smoke on Sunday ...
Article : 154 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. Feb 24.—In describing the United Nations' Papuan campaign as "a military nightmare" Lt-General ...
Article : 536 wordsPITTSBURG, Feb 23.—The United States must have an army of 8,200,000 and a total of 10,800,000 men in the armed forces before the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 220 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—'Today's New Delhi communique was as follows: "Our Blenheims yesterday attacked the villages of Nyanungbwe and ...
Article : 138 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—The German Mark 6 tank known as the "Tiger," now being used in Tunisia, has an 88 mm gun which weighs ...
Article : 167 wordsNEW YORK, Feb 23.—Pan American Airways announced today that the Yankee Clipper which crashed while landing on the River Tagus ...
Article : 128 wordsCAIRO, Feb 23.—An official announcement states that Air Vice Marshal H. Broadhurst, DSO, succeeds Air Vice-Marshal Coningham ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—Last night's Berlin High Command communique stated: The far-reaching aims of the Russians in the great winter battle ...
Article : 191 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—An Associated Press message from North Africa says that the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies ...
Article : 70 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 23.—The Secretary. of the Navy (Col Frank Knox) revealed today that the 45,000-ton battleship Iowa had been ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.— Turkey's reaction to the war was summed up in Turkey this morning by President Inonu who said that whether ...
Article : 93 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 23.—The Wax Department today listed Pilot-Officer W. T. Smithson and Sgt H. V. Lamb, of the RAAF, among the 25 missing ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—The German occupied zone along the coast, says the Belgian news agency, has now been extended in depth and the ...
Article : 81 wordsLONDON, Feb 24.—Vichy radio says that Vice-Admiral Fenard commander of the French battleship Richelieu (35,000 tons), which ...
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