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Advertising : 38 wordsHis rifle converted into an instrument of mercy, this wounded Marine lies on a stretcher with his head on his pack while a Navy hospital corpsman administers blood plasma. The war in Europe ended about the time this photo was taken on Okinawa. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—Fighting has ceased in Syria and Lebanon and British officers are supervising the restoration of order. The British C.-in-C., Middle East (Gen. Sir Bernard Paget) had assumed command and he has already held ...
Article : 886 wordsMembers of the first big draft of A.W.A.S. to arrive in New Guinea step ashore through shallow water from the landing barge which brought them from their troopship, which may be seen in this background ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 47 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—"Fido" has mastered the airmen's greatest enemy—fog. "Fido" stands for Fog Investigation ...
Article : 241 wordsCANBERRA.—A special release of at least 50,000 men from the Army and Air Force by the end of the year was announced by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) yesterday when giving members of the House of Representatives a ...
Article : 545 wordsGUAM (A.A.P.).—The U.S. 10th Army moved forward on Thursday like a steam-roller and by nightfall had made the greatest gains since the early invasion days on Okinawa. ...
Article : 397 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—Field-Marshal Montgomery, Gen. Eisenhower and Marshal Zhukov, virtual rulers of Germany, are to meet in Berlin within ...
Article : 87 wordsCHUNGKING (A.A.P.).—The U.S. C.-in-C., China (Gen. Wedemeyer) said yesterday that unquestionably the Japanese are withdrawing from the ...
Article : 148 wordsBOMBAY (A.A.P.).—American Air Force units have been withdrawn from Eastern Air Command, which now becomes an R.A.F. formation. Their ...
Article : 224 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—British, Dominion and Allied, excluding U.S., Naval vessels sunk of destroyed to VE Day, comprise: Royal Navy, 730; Canadian, ...
Article : 111 wordsGUAM (A.A.P.).—The Jap. port of Osaka was set on fire by 3200 tons of incendiaries yesterday morning. ...
Article : 142 wordsRANGOON (A.A.P.).—Savage hand-to-hand fighting raged yesterday in the Kama escape bridgehead east of the Irrawaddy. KAMA is approximately 17 miles north of Prome. ...
Article : 137 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.)—A deputation of 70 German officers complained to the commander of a war prisoner camp at ...
Article : 82 wordsBUENOS AIRES (A.A.P.).—The Argentine Government no sooner declared war on Germany and Japan and signed the ...
Article : 236 wordsA machine gun crew of the First Marine Division are interested spectators as flame throwing tanks (left) put a Japanese pillbox out of action on Okinawa. The machine gunners had previously "spotted" the fortifications with their weapons. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsRANGOON (A.A.P.).—A new British Army, the 12th Army, has been formed in S.E. Asia, under the command of Lieut.-General Sir Montague Stopford, ...
Article : 115 wordsMANILA (A.A.P.).—Eighty p.c. of Formosa's industrial capacity has been destroyed. Last year Formosa produced many ...
Article : 75 wordsNEW YORK (A.A.P.)—A woman and five children whom she and her husband were taking fishing near Oregon were killed when one of the children ...
Article : 89 wordsALTHOUGH there was nothing very new in the censure motion in the House of Representatives this week, the ...
Article : 116 wordsSAN FRANCISCO (A.A.P.).—UNCIO appeared yesterday to be bogged down so badly that its chances of 100 p.c. success may be endangered unless the "Big Five" quickly settle their own disputes and then reassert their leadership, says the New York "Herald-Tribune" correspondent at the conference. ...
Article : 260 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.) —First muscat grapes arriving in London are selling at £4/4/- lb. Best quality peaches and ...
Article : 45 wordsNEW YORK (A.A.P.).—The New York "Post's" correspondent in Berne says Marshal Stalin's eldest son by his first marriage, Yasha Djugashvili, flung ...
Article : 52 wordsIt is officially announced that the Allies have notified Italy that they intend to liberate Italian prisoners of war. ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Sat 2 Jun 1945, Page 1
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