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Advertising : 285 wordsLONDON, Monday.—The breach made in the Gustav Line when the Allied armies yesterday smashed into the German defences south of Cassino, over-running a number of German positions and taking many prisoners in a drive threatening the enemy's ...
Article : 1,219 wordsLONDON, Monday.—There were no important changes yesterday on the Russian front. Fourteen German tanks and 35 planes were ...
Article : 203 wordsDRAMATIC RADIO PICTURE of the new British "human torpedo" of the type which attacked and sank the 5.3 inch gun Italian Regolo class cruiser, Ulio Traino, in Palermo Harbor, and attacked the 8500-tons transport, Vimin ale, which had later to be sunk. Manned by a crew of two, who wear diving suitsand sit astride hte body of the torpedo, the "human torpedo" is about the same size and shape as an ordianry torpedo. The craft is manoeuvred ar slow speed towards the target, under which it dives. After the charges are detached from the main body and fixed to the bottom of enemy ships, time ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 128 wordsWASHINGTON, Monday.—Mr. Stanton Griffith, the Foreign Economic Administration's special representative in Sweden, has been vested with authority to ...
Article : 118 wordsLONDON, Monday.—The Germans are massing in north-western Bosnia, according to a combined Anglo-American press correspondent at Marshal ...
Article : 147 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Editor's correspondent at Allied advainaed headquarters in Italy Bays a South African armored division is in Italy for the first time. ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Many of the intrepid young officers and men who volunteer for "special and hazardous duties" with the British Navy will find themselves on the shores of a lonely northern base. "In these grey, quiet waters," writes a correspondent, "the officers and men who man Britain's two ...
Article : 790 wordsLONDON, Monday.—An enemy strongpoint near Bishenpur, south-east of Imphal, is now almost encircled. The enemy has subjected Allied ...
Article : 271 wordsLONDON, Mon. — Reuter's correspondent with the Eighth Army reports that a wounded German prisoner killed an ...
Article : 89 wordsCHUNGKING, Monday.—Japanese on Saturday broke through gaps in the walls of Loyang in the west, east and north-west, but have been ...
Article : 240 wordsLONDON, Monday. — The "incredible lair" in the Yugoslav mountains where Marshal Tito has his headquarters is described by a British press correspondent ...
Article : 113 wordsWASHINGTON, Monday.—The War Department reports that Allied planes paved the way for the drive in Italy by systematically pounding ...
Article : 225 wordsLONDON, Monday. — The "Daily Telegraph's" diplomatic correspondent understands that the U.S. Ambassador to Russia ...
Article : 68 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Replying to the French Cardinals' appeal that civilians be spared as far as possible in air raids, the B.B.C. broadcast in 21 languages the ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, Monday.—For nearly two hours yesterday shells from British artillery which was over-shooting the targets crashed into the Sussex ...
Article : 89 wordsNEW YORK, Monday.—Referring to the statement by Mr. P. J. Clarey, an Australian delegate to the I.L.O. conference, that Australia was able to support ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Swedish experts estimate that the invasion from Britain will be made by about 100 divisions, with a landing armada worth £360,000,000 and at least 9,300 supporting planes, says the "Daily Express" correspondent at Stockholm. They expect a campaign on the Crete model, with huge, air-borne forces striking inland preceding a coastal landing. ...
Article : 440 wordsWASHINGTON, Monday.—A Pacific Fleet communique says Army Mitchells attacked Nauru on Friday, hitting an ammunition dump, the phosphate works and ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Tue 16 May 1944, Page 1
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