The Australian Government has agreed to release Mr. Casey from his present post, but the Prime Minister (Mr. Cu[?]tin) made it clear last ...
Article : 557 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) last night confirmed stories of heavy Japanese losses in ships and aircraft in battle area around New Guinea. No details of the action were released in Canberra ...
Article : 949 wordsGeneral Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the Anzac area, will arrive in Victoria during ...
Article : 161 wordsBesides tightening the ring around the German 16th army at Staraya-Russa, the Russians are driving wedges in order to split off parts for easier destruction, says the Stockholm correspondent of "The Times." ...
Article : 635 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced yesterday that the first Netherlands Minister to Australia (Baron van ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Japanese navigated the Irrawaddy River by boat on Sunday and landed at Teindaw and Tharrawaw, but withdrew after contacting ...
Article : 143 wordsFurther major changes in Allied strategic command is expected as a result of General MacArthur's promotion to the ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Vichy radio claimed that Hazebrouch was again bombed last night, for the second time within a fortnight, and that considerable damage ...
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Article : 99 wordsA Chinese communique states that American volunteer bombers made a surprise attack on the aerodrome at Mou[?]mein and elsewhere in Southern ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Assistant Secretary for State (Mr. Sumner Welles) said that the torpedoing of Chilean, Uruguayan and other ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. McKenzie King) announced that unity of command of the Canadian naval, military and air forces on the east and west ...
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Article : 28 wordsThe American Commissioner in the Philippines, who arrived to-day, stated that the American forces in the Philippines were going through hell ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Congress President (Mr. W. Azad) after a meeting of the executive of the Party, said that he would meet Sir Stafford Cripps, after which ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—The Berlin radio states that five Norwegians were executed for attempting to escape to Britain. A German patrol ...
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Article : 70 wordsGeneral Mittelhauser, the former commander of the French Army, giving evidence at the Riom trial, declared there were no French tank ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Fri 20 Mar 1942, Page 1
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