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  3. 'O' FOR ORANGE COMES HOME

    Taking part in an attack on Leipzig in December, this Lancaster, "O for Orange," was raked with cannon and machine-gun fire from a night fighter, but was brought home safely. Not one of the crew was hurt, though both cockpits were damaged, both gun turrets shot up, and the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 72 words
  4. BIG STUTTGART ATTACK

    LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.) — The most intense week-end of air bombing of the war was rounded off last night by a very heavy R.A.F. assault on Stuttgart, in S.W. Germany. Soon ...

    Article : 465 words
  5. FIGHTING WITH ALLIES

    The 35,000-ton French battleship Richelieu, damaged by British torpedoes at Dakar in 1940, and repaired in New York in 1943, reached Oran in December to serve with the Allied naval forces. She carries eight 15[?] guns, has a speed of 30 knots, and had cost £11,000,000 when she ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 62 words
  6. BASE AT TRUK WRECKED

    WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.).— The usefulness of Truk as a major Japanese supply base and refuelling centre for the Pacific has been smashed. The ...

    Article : 564 words
  7. FIRE RAID ON LONDON

    LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.). —German bombers, in a short, fierce raid on London last night, scattered incendiaries ...

    Article : 254 words
  8. NAZIS' BIGGEST EFFORT SMASHED

    LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)—After resisting for 48 hours a fierce attack from six German divisions, the Fifth Army at the Anzio beach-head has thrown the enemy back and taken hundreds of prisoners. ...

    Article : 525 words
  9. NEW TRAP THREAT FOR NAZIS OUTSIDE PSKOV

    LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)—A new Russian trap threatens to wipe out the German salient east of Pskov and to open the road to the Baltic States, says British United Press correspondent in Moscow. ...

    Article : 469 words
  10. Nazi Files on Jews Lost

    STOCKHOLM,. Monday (A.A.P.).—Information which has filtered through rigid German censorship regarding the recent R.A.F. raids on Berlin reveals ...

    Article : 93 words
  11. Trying to Beat Radio Location

    LONDON. Monday (A.A.P.).— Raiders over England last night dropped "flutterers." possibly to confuse radio location, says the ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. FUTURE OF WAR COUNCIL

    CANBERRA. Monday, — Questioned to-day on the future of the Advisory War Council, in view of the resignation of two of its U.A.P. members, Messrs. ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. GALLANTRY AWARDS TO FIJIANS

    LONDON, Sunday (B.O.W.).—The commanding officer and six members of the first commando Fiji guerrillas have received awards for gallantry and ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. Finnish Peace Talks

    STOCKHOLM, Monday (A.A.P).—It is reliably reported from Finnish sources that M. Paasikivi, special Finnish Emissary to Stockholm, will soon ...

    Article : 37 words
  15. EXPECTS DEFEAT OF REFERENDUM

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Speaking at the annual meeting of the Young Nationalist Organisation to-night on the proposed referendum. Mr. MacFarlan, ...

    Article : 103 words
  16. 6000 Tons of Bombs in 24 Hours

    The British United Press aviation correspondent points out that the R.A.F. and U.S.A.A.F. in a little over 24 hours dropped about 6000 ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. FLY FLAGS FOR RUSSIA

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Flying of flags from Commonwealth buildings on Wednesday to celebrate the Red Army's recent series of victories has been ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. NEW U.S. CARRIER

    NEW YORK, Sunday.—The 27,000 ton aircraft carrier, Shangri-La, will be launched at the Norfolk navy yard, Virginia, on February 24. thirteen ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. Tojo Takes Full Command of Japanese Army

    NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.) —The Japanese Army and Navy Chiefs of Staff have been sacked and Gen. Tojo, Prime Minister, and Admiral Shimada, Navy Minister, have taken command. ...

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  20. RABAUL HAMMERED WITH 1500 TONS IN LAST TWO WEEKS

    Gen. MacArthur's H.Q., Monday—Fifteen hundred tons of bombs have been dropped on Rabaul in two weeks. That total was reached on Friday, when the Vunakanau and Tobera aerodromes were blasted again by Mitchells and Liberators from ...

    Article : 158 words
  21. THREE U-BOATS SUNK IN SWEEPS OFF GIBRALTAR

    LONDON, Sunday (B.O.W.)—Three of a number of U-boats which attempted to make individual passages from the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar to the Mediterranean during a moonless period recently were intercepted and ...

    Article : 519 words
  22. U.S. STRANGLEHOLD ON MARSHALLS

    WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.)— Eniwetok atoll, most westerly of the Marshall Islands, is almost completely in American hands. Its capture will complete the neutralisation of the Marshalls. ...

    Article : 229 words
  23. REST OF NEWS IN BRIEF

    Miss Stella Bowen, a South Australian residing in England, has accepted appointment as an official war artist and took up duty at the beginning of this ...

    Article : 164 words
  24. PITH OF THE LEADERS

    THE British people have a genius for striking a sensible balance between state control and private initiative. This is exemplitied in ...

    Article : 85 words
  25. Butchers' Federal President Fined £15

    SYDNEY, Monday.—In the Special Federal Court to-day, Frederick L. Paul. master butcher, of Bondi, and federal president of the Meat and ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. JAPS. BREAKING IN BURMA UNDER GROWING PRESSURE

    NEW DELHI, Sunday (A.A.P.)—The main Japanese force on the Arakan front is "becoming unco-ordinated" in face of continuous and growing pressure of Allied troops, says to-day's S.E. Asia communique. ...

    Article : 143 words
  27. OVERSEAS

    President Roosevelt has issued a proclamation that a representation of an American flag may be stamped on war goods shipped abroad. This move is ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. DESTINATION—TOKIO!

    LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).—The man who led the first raid on Tokio. Major General J. H. Doolittle, declared in a broadcast to America to-day that ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. MRS. GANDHI VERY ILL

    BOMBAY, Monday (A.A.P.)—It was announced to-day that Mrs. Gandhi's condition has been deteriorating for some days and now is very grave. ...

    Article : 292 words
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