WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—Speaking at the Norwich University, the US Secretary for War, Mr. Patterson, declared that the Army and navy should be merged after the present war into a single military force. "Joint operations in this war have done much to change old divisions ...
Article : 139 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—In their new offensive south of Caen, British and Canadian forces are making outstanding progress in fighting which is said to be the fiercest since D-Day. German defences are being broken and out-flanked, and the Allies are now five miles from the big Nazi base of Falaise, 20 miles to the ...
Article : 686 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.— According to a German report the Americans have reached the town of Le Mans, 110 miles south west of Paris. ...
Article : 87 wordsWASHINGTON, Wednesday.— Lieutenant general Breton Somervell, chief of the Army service forces, told the nation in a broadcast that the battle ...
Article : 94 wordsPEARL HARBOUR, Wednesday. — Japanese forces on Guam island are being steadily pushed to the north east corner and the Americans now ...
Article : 154 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.— RAF Beaufighters, escorted by American Mustangs, attacked an enemy convoy of 14 ships off the south-west coast of ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.— The Prime Minister, Mr Churchill, paid another visit to France yesterday to receive first-hand accounts of the fighting ...
Article : 48 wordsGENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Wednesday.—In the. Aitape-Wewak sector of British New Guinea, the Japanese have been split into three groups as a result of co-ordinated moves by Allied forces. The enemy's position is becoming more serious each day as the Allies cut supply lines ...
Article : 341 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — It was announced today that the American night fighter, the Black Widow, is in action in the South-West Pacific ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, Wednesday. — The London press has directed attention to the splendid work being done in France and Poland by bands of ...
Article : 126 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.— The American shuttle bomber service between bases in Britain, Italy and Russia has been carried a stage further. ...
Article : 83 wordsWASHINGTON, Wednesday. —An oil agreement between Britain and America was signed yesterday and will become effective when endorsed ...
Article : 108 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.— In an editorial, The Times comments on the marked change in the tone of the Japanese Premier, Mr Koiso, who ...
Article : 121 wordsMOSCOW, Wednesday.—A Red Army communique reports that the Russians have broken a wedge into the German defence positions on the East Prussian border. Further north, Soviet troops have resumed their offensive on Riga, capital of Latvia, and heavy casualties have been inflicted on the ...
Article : 331 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — In expectation of an Allied drive from the central Pacific towards the coast of China, the Japanese are ...
Article : 102 wordsMELBOUNRE, Wednesday.—A director of the Allied Works Council, Mr Fleetwood, expects that Australian engineers will become more "plant ...
Article : 84 wordsNAPLES, Wednesday. — Apart from patrol clashes there has been no change in the position at Florence. Fighting has flared up in the central ...
Article : 82 wordsKANDY, Wednesday.— In northern Burma, Allied troops have taken an important hill 12 miles south west of Mogaung. ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—Eight high ranking German officers, including a Field Marshal and three Generals, have been hanged for the part they played in the attempted assassination of Hitler a few weeks ago. They were tried before the People's Court in Berlin and executed shortly afterwards. ...
Article : 229 wordsLONDON, Wednesday. — Flying bombs came over southern England. including the London area, last night and this morning. Damage and ...
Article : 91 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.— Servicemen in the New Guinea area began voting on the Powers Referendum on August 1, and it is expected that the ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Wednesday. — The Finnish radio has announced appointments in the new Finnish Cabinet. They include:— Prime Minister, M. M. A. Hackzell, and ...
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