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Advertising : 461 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Mr. Churchill announced in the House of Commons to-day that Diego Suarez, the French naval base in Madagascar, had fallen, and organised resistance in the island had practically ceased. A protocol had been drawn up between the commanders in Madagascar, and the British Fleet was expected to enter the harbor of ...
Article : 703 wordsIt was stated in London yesterday that General Alexander's forces were still battling their way back along the Chindwin River (shown on the above map) towards Assam. The Japanese claim to have captured the Burmese port of Akyab. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Stuttgart, in Southern Germany, was attacked in force last night for the third night in succession. Docks in Western France ...
Article : 689 wordsBUFFALO (N. York State), Wednesday.—The Curtiss-Wright Corporation to-day demonstrated to the press the latest American plane, the "Warhawk ...
Article : 120 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—"The Times" correspondent at Delhi says that, although the British and Chinese armies in Burma have been forced to withdraw rapidly, both are intact, and Japanese attempts at encirclement have been prevented. The Chinese are ...
Article : 495 wordsNEW YOKK, Wednesday.—Naval headquarters to-day revealed how an aged United States destroyer surprised a German submarine off the Atlantic ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—The "Star," in a leader on the warning by the Australian Envoy (Dr. H. V. Evatt) that the Pacific is not a sideshow, says: "It ...
Article : 236 wordsNEW YORK. Thursday. — "The New York Times" Berne correspondent says Dutch sources disclose that the Japs have executed in the Netherlands East Indies ...
Article : 42 wordsMADRID, Wednesday.—M. Marcel Deat, president of the Rassemblement National Populaire, at a press conference in Paris, told the foreign ...
Article : 128 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Four Messer-Schmidt 109's early this morning made a hit-and-run attack from a low level on a south-east coast area. A bomb ...
Article : 67 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday. — The Prices Administrator (Mr. Leon Henderson), addressing a conference of State representatives, said that ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Thursday.— The Vichy Radio, quoting a report from Bangkok, says that Japanese from Akyab ...
Article : 54 wordsWASHINGTON, Wednesday—The Navy Department announced to-day that the light cruiser Marblehead, which the Japs repeatedly ...
Article : 224 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — The whole Russian front, as reflected in Russian and German announcements, appears to have been stagnant since the week-end, when operations even in the northernmost sectors were at a standstill. Large forces have been ...
Article : 368 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—Vichy reports that thirty more French hostages have been shot at Caen and ten at Romorantin for attacks against ...
Article : 116 wordsTORONTO, Wednesday.—A training plane stolen from Barker Field this morning crashed soon after only a quarter of a mile distant. The ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Fri 8 May 1942, Page 1
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