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Advertising : 372 wordsWHEN THIS PICTURE of Major Richard, Bong (left) was taken, he was being congratulated by General Douglas MacArthur, on Leyte, on having shot down two more making his score 40. General MacArthur recently presented Major Bong with the highest U.S. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Americans in the St. Vith sector, in the centre of the enemy's offensive line, have made a substantial withdrawal from Viesalm, nine miles west of St. Vith, with the result that the Germans now hold a solid salient 37 miles ...
Article : 1,050 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—A plot to blow up General Scobie's Headquarters in Athens was discovered and foiled early this morning, apparently just in time. It was a British guard which discovered three-quarters of a ton of dynamite in a sewer running under the street outside the Grande Bretaghe ...
Article : 702 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—Eighth Army Canadians north-west of Ravenna, occupied Rossetta, and are within two miles of Alfonsine. North of Faenza all enemy ...
Article : 45 wordsCHUNGKING, Tuesday.—The High Command announced that the Chinese, in hit-and-run attacks upon Japanese supply lines north-east and north-west of ...
Article : 50 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—A piece of German flak struck a Victorian gunner, Flt.-Sgt. W. G. Dawes, of Bolton, when the Mitchell in which he was operating ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Allied air forces yesterday again went into action in strength over the area of the bulge the Germans have made in the First Army front and against communications leading to the front. The British United Press representative at ...
Article : 957 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—There are strong indications that Gen. Eisenhower's counter-measures are effectively blunting the ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Australian Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford), replying to a question concerning a report from America that Australian ...
Article : 92 wordsKANDY, Tuesday.—Allied troops continued their advance along the Shwegyin Ye-U road. Loaded enemy sampans on the Mayu River were engaged with ...
Article : 31 wordsCHUNGKING, Tuesday.—The American Air Force was active during the week-end. Mustangs raided a Japanese aerodrome at ...
Article : 140 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Americans announce that they are strengthening the noses of cargo gliders and equipping Flying Fortresses with special electric ...
Article : 110 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—With the Red Army at Budapest's back door, the Germano-Hungarian garrison is practically trapped, says the British United Press. In addition to the fact that all railways west of the city have been cut, the Russians are within ...
Article : 544 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Swiss Radio says it is officially announced that a Swiss anti-aircraft battery yesterday shot down an American bomber over Sargau. Seven ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Queen and Princesses heard the King's Christmas broadcast to the Empire firsthand, being in the same room for the first time ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Wed 27 Dec 1944, Page 1
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