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  2. Global War At A Quick Glance

    LONDON:—People relax on August Bank Holiday. BRITTANY:—Americans speed on to Nantes, st, Nazaire, St. Malo, Brest. NORMANDY:—British have victories and widen line. Nazis unable to make stable defence line. ...

    Article : 109 words
  3. US Columns Now 30 Miles from St. Nazaire, Nantes; Brest 80 Miles off

    LONDON, Saturday.—New Allied blows in Brittany and Normandy in the past 24 hours have further loosened up the German front. In Brittany, American armoured columns are now 30 miles from the valuable ports of St. Nazaire and Nantes on the Loire, while others have thrust swiftly dawn to within 80 miles of the great ...

    Article : 300 words
  4. Red Army at Prussian Frontiers

    MOSCOW, Saturday.—German News Agency this afternoon announced that the Russians had reached the borders of East Prussia and that heavy fighting was taking place at Wirballen, on the main rail line between Kovno and Konigsberg, the East Prussian capital. Moscow has not yet confirmed ...

    Article : 421 words
  5. Hitler Orders Army Purge

    LONDON, Saturday. — Hitler has ordered a ruthless purge of the German Army. He has appointed a special court ...

    Article : 172 words
  6. PAPERS COMMENT ON ALLIED ADVANCES

    LONDON, Saturday.—London newspapers are devoting considerable comment to the advances in Brittany and Normandy and the capture of ...

    Article : 141 words
  7. Heavy Air Blows Over Europe

    LONDON, Saturday.—RAF and American bombers in great strength have hammered hard at the enemy in the last 24 hours. ...

    Article : 186 words
  8. 8th Army Reach City Area of Florence

    NAPLES, Saturday.—Men of the British Eighth Army have surged into the outer suburbs of Florence, but the Germans are resisting with ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. Victorian District Censor Says Internal Mail Not Subject to Much Censorship

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Internal mail was subject to very little censorship, said Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, District Censor of the Victorian L of C Area, at the Royal Commission into Posts and Telegraphs yesterday. At times he had refused requests ...

    Article : 168 words
  10. Melbourne Author In High Naval Command

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.— A message received from London states that the Melbourne author, Alan Villiers, has been placed in command of a squadron ...

    Article : 62 words
  11. Bonins Attacked?

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.— Tokio Radio reports a powerful American task force cruising near the Bonin Islands, north of the Marianas, and ...

    Article : 104 words
  12. US Carrier Air Group Has Fine Victory

    PEARL HARBOUR, Saturday.—Admiral Nimitz has credited a carrier air group of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet with probably destroying or ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. Rennes—A Living City Once More

    LONDON. Saturday.—BBC reporter with the Americans in Brittany, Robin Duff, has sent back a vivid picture of life in Rennes, the liberated capital ...

    Article : 140 words
  14. JAP SUPREME COUNCIL

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.— Japan has set up a Supreme Council for the conduct of the war. Domel, the Jap news agency, reported ...

    Article : 45 words
  15. Hotels Likely To Open On Referendum Day

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—It now seems likely that all hotels will be open on Referendum voting day. It is announced officially that NSW ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. Luftwaffe Losing Punch Over Germany

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—Losses of American bombers during attacks on synthetic oil plants and other vital centres of production in Germany ...

    Article : 121 words
  17. Japanese in Full Retreat in NG "Jap Losses Will be Calamitous"

    GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ, Saturday.—From Manokwari, from Nabire and from all their former strongholds in Geelvink Bay and the upper Vogelkop, the enemy is in full retreat. They are apparently withdrawing towards the south and west in the hope of ultimate evacuation of their ...

    Article : 323 words
  18. 85,000 Applications For Release From Army

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.— Of more than 85,000 applications for the release of men from the Army, 45,000 are considered to be urgent, ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. Synthetic Rubber May Be Introduced

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—Federal Supply Minister, Mr. Beasley, said to-day that the Australian Mission to inquire into the production of synthetic ...

    Article : 135 words
  20. Unfair Treatment To Returned Men Alleged

    MELBOURNE. Saturday.—Allegations by Mr Abbott, MHR, of unfair treatment to returned soldiers will be investigated by the Repatriation ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. More Good Progress Made on Guam

    PEARL HARBOUR. Saturday.— US forces on Guam have made more substantial gains. The latest US Pacific Fleet ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. Allied Casualties In France 117,000

    LONDON, Saturday.— Allied casualties in France from D.Day to the end of July were 117,000, made up as follows: Britain 39,594, Canada 6545 (910 ...

    Article : 34 words
  23. Young Air Commodore Has Important Job

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Air Ministry announces that a 37-year-old Air Commodore has taken over command of the photographic ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. Stoic Londoners Relax on 5th Wartime August Bank Holiday

    LONDON, Saturday.— The people of England are to-day spending their fifth August Bank Holiday of the war. For most it is "work as usual." ...

    Article : 237 words
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