LONDON, February 19.—A powerful offensive opened by the Fifth Army has gained two strongly-held German crests west of Cassino, on the main Italian front. New Zealanders and indians from the British Eighth Army are taking part is this new blow, which has followed the ...
Article : 664 wordsThe United Stats Pacific Fleet is exploiting its tremendous power by striking two major blows at one time against the Japanese—bombing Truk, Japan's Pearl Harbour, and invading Ealwetok Atoll, is the Marshall. Marines and Army troops have establishment beachheads on ...
Article : 1,015 wordsAs Australian troops pushed back the Japanese alone the coast of the Huon Peninsula, natives at raffled back to their villages Which had been wrecked by retreating Japanese. Natives fled to the hills when the Japanese first entered the area. Some who could not crape were forced to work in Japanese carrier lines but seized every opportunity to make a break for the hills. As the Japanese retreated, native gardens were ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 304 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—The Germans yesterday failed in their greatest bid since the big raids of 1940-41 to set the capital ablaze. ...
Article : 791 wordsCANBERRA, February 19.—Agreement by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to interpret the charter of the War Council to enable it to embrace ...
Article : 802 wordsStriking evidence of the deterioration of the Japanese position is the South-West Pacific was afforded on Friday by the fact that United State naval units shelled both Rabaul, and Kaviezg. This it the first time since their fall, over two years ago, that these two bases have ...
Article : 650 wordsFive middle-aged Roman Catholic nuns—two German, two Viennese, one Dutch—figured in one of the most amazing escape dramas produced by ...
Article : 248 wordsLONDON, February 20.—The Air Ministry states Bomber Command planes were out last night in very great strength. Over 2300 tons of ...
Article : 127 wordsOn August 31 last year five nuns, two missionaries and a lay brother who had escaped from the Japanese at Wewak, arrived at Port Moresby after a four month's trek through the jungle. The party set out from Wewak on April 28, 1948, and travelled on foot through jungle and once ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 224 wordsLONDON, February 19.—Faced with At threat a new trap, the Germans on the northern front in Russia are fighting desperately to pall up of the area between Pakov and Lake Limen, as the Red Army speeds up its drive on Pakov, 190 miles west of Staraya Russa. ...
Article : 565 wordsCANBERRA, February 20.—A strong indication that the Government's Coal Control Bill may be defeated in the Senate was given to-day, when ...
Article : 478 wordsThe New York "Times" correspondent (Hanson Baldwin), emphasising the success of Pacific operations is immediate, the following balance ...
Article : 180 wordsBRISBANE February 18.-A statement by a union representative in the Arbitration Court that members of his union would not do certain work ...
Article : 259 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 19.—Worried because carp were dying in a dam on her property at Greevale, where ashe lived alone, Miss Henrietta ...
Article : 129 wordsBRISBANE, Feb. 20.—The three victims of the Reeve's Gully (Stanthorpe) shooting tragedy on Friday were buried in the Stanthorpe ...
Article : 224 wordsLONDON, February 19.—Three boys aged between 12 and 14. armed with three Miles and 400 rounds of ammunition, for two days and one night in ...
Article : 190 wordsMELBOURNE, February 20.—A Sydney man arrested in Melbourne, is reported to have confessed to the murder of Mrs. Joyce Pattison (30) ...
Article : 161 wordsNEW DELHI, Fab. 19.—A South-east Asia communique states the Japanese several times unsuccessfully attacked one of our defensive areas at ...
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The Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1909 ; 1912 - 1966), Mon 21 Feb 1944, Page 1
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