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Advertising : 16 wordsAUSTRALIA'S position in relation to the Pacific war is believed to have been strengthened infinitely by far-reaching strategical developments which the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) was able to ...
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Article : 951 wordsTHE White House Secretary (Mr. Early), asked whether President Roosevelt's use of the word "redeem" in his broadcast ...
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Article : 329 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—A graphic account of the British warships' attack on the defences of Vaagso Island, off the Norwegian coast, and ...
Article : 337 wordsTHE Russians continue their progress on the Eastern Front, and, conflicting with the Berlin claim that in retreating the Germans are merely correcting their line, the German line is stated now to be assuming a crinkly shape. ...
Article : 735 wordsTHE Navy Department discloses that the "handful of defenders" on Wake Island before the Japanese invasion sank ...
Article : 91 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday. — Special baffle walls will be erected in vital war factories to protect plant against the blast of bombs. The walls will ...
Article : 172 wordsBATAVIA, Tuesday.—A K.L.M. aeroplane, which was destroyed in a Japanese raid on the aerodrome at Medan, the capital of Sumatra, contained 31 bags of ...
Article : 65 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Federal political observers can see no immediate prospects of a National Government being created as a ...
Article : 375 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Minister for Home Security (Mr. Lazzarini) said today that all State Premiers had ample power to take all steps necessary for civil ...
Article : 85 wordsEngaged in the task of ridding Northern Africa of Germans and Italians, the crew of this British tank are on the lookout for any sign of the enemy. [?]artment of Information 10700 ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—A vital objective in Western Germany—the great chemical works at Huls, near the Ruhr—was turned into an inferno ...
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Advertising : 3 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—A message from Vichy says that 50 persons are reported to have been killed and many injured in a railway accident near Hazebrouck ...
Article : 33 wordsSINGAPORE, Tuesday. — The establishment of martial law throughout Malaya is considered inevitable and is believed to be ...
Article : 505 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—As part of Australia's defence preparations, barbed wire was being erected at a number of places on the coast, the Minister for the ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 31 Dec 1941, Page 1
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