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Advertising : 29 wordsThe capture of Kuala Lumpur, pictured here, by the Japanese has increased the menace to Singapore. Much of the town, including the railway s[?]ation in the background, has been destroyed by bombs. Only about 150 miles apart, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore are linked by a modern motor road. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 51 wordsTHE situation in Malaya remains grave. No mention of the land fighting was made in the Singapore communique yesterday, and the most recent official news is the statement on Tuesday night that ...
Article : 881 wordsRUSSIAN forces are only 12 miles from the great city of Kharkov, in the Ukraine. From there north to Orel, where the Germans are trying desperately to avoid encirclement, heavy attacks are being made, and the latest advances ...
Article : 909 wordsAn unusual sight in Sydney this week was this military policeman on point duty at the corner of Pitt and Market streets. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 25 wordsLONDON, Wednesday. — Large Dutch warships are to be placed at the disposal nf thc unified Allied command in thc Pacific, it was ...
Article : 372 wordsSINGAPORE is the weak spot of the war, declares Mr. G. Ward Price in a special article in the "Daily Mail." Britain and America, he says, cannot afford to regard the war in the Far East as separate from the main conflict, for if the ...
Article : 657 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—In the absence of advice from A.I.F. headquarters in Malaya. the M[?]er for the Army (Mr. Forde) does not ...
Article : 142 wordsMEN of the A.I.F. invalided from Malaya who have reached Australia said that Malaya might be another Crete unless action were taken immediately to give the British and Australian forces air parity with the Japanese. All the men are ...
Article : 205 wordsWASHINGTON, Wednesday.—President Roosevelt has established a war production board, with Mr. D. N. Nelson, a member of the Priorities ...
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Advertising : 141 wordsWith thc object of co-ordinating all war emergency measures, the Premier (.Mr. Cosgrave) announced yesterday that he would take over ...
Article : 287 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Wednesday.— The Mexican Foreign Minister (Senor Ezequiel Padilla) disclosed that Mexico, Colombia, and ...
Article : 353 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—The special Australian envoy to London (Sir Earle Page) outlined a plan for improving Empire co-ordination. He is ...
Article : 239 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—The German news agency says that the High Command on November 26 announced that a U-boat commanded by Baron von ...
Article : 59 wordsSenior officers, back from the Middle East, photographed on their arrival in Melbourne, where they were welcomed by other high officers. From left: Major-General S. G. Savige, who will command 3rd Infantry Division in Victoria; Air-Commodore Bladin, R.A.A.F.; Major-General C. A. Clowes, who will command 1st Infantry Division in N.S.W.; Major-General J. H. Cannan, Quartermaster-General; and Maior-General S. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—It is reported from Stockholm that a high German military man said Marshal von Bock, who was recently relieved of his ...
Article : 81 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Next meeting ot the Loan Council is to be held at Canberra on Tuesday. February 3, the Prime' Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 15 Jan 1942, Page 1
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