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  3. KESSELRING CLINGING TO ROME LINE

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—"The Fifth Army is encountering strong resistance from the enemy along a line from Valmontone to the sea, and it is now clear that the enemy intends to hold this ...

    Article : 583 words
  4. FIRST N.G. TANK BATTLE

    Gen. MacArthur's H.Q.—Fierce tank and plane battles, artillery duels, naval bombardments, and hand-to-hand clashes between ground forces are making the battle for ...

    Article : 529 words
  5. ON THE WAY TO ROME

    Allied Forces are closing on Frosinone, key town on Highway Six, which leads back to the Rome defence line. On the left of the front they have advanced along the coast to Ardea. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  6. NO SHORTAGE OF TYRES

    There was no tyre shortage here when this picture was taken in a Japanese motor transport line after the Allied landing on Wakde. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. Allied Planes Break All Records

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—It is estimated that Allied planes based in Britain and Italy have established a new four-day record for the number of sorties flown over Europe. Since Saturday they have flown not fewer than between 24,000 and ...

    Article : 506 words
  8. WORLD ORGANISATION TALK TO BEGIN SOON

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—Shortly after the Secretary for State (Mr. Cordell Hull) had announced that he had invited the Ambassadors of Russia, Britain and China to begin informal talks in Washington as soon as possible on the creation of a ...

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  9. BEAUFIGHTERS MADE IN AUS.

    MELBOURNE—Another milestone in the history of Australian aviation was passed yesterday, when the first locally-built Beaufighter was ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. President Calls Spain Less Than Satisfactory

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.) — Indirectly taking issue with Mr. Churchill's statement on General Franco in the Commons last week, ...

    Article : 155 words
  11. MONSOON OPENS IN ASSAM

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—Messages from the Assam front say that the monsoon has broken [?] imphal area and that the Allied forces are fighting in streams ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. AMMUNITION DUMP EXPLODES

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—The explosion of an ammunition dump in Essex shook the countryside for miles round and necessitated the evacuation of a ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. NAZI ATTACK ENDS LULL IN RUSSIA

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The lull on the Russian front was broken on Tuesday, when strong German tank and infantry forces launched a strong attack just north of Jassy, on the Rumanian front. ...

    Article : 368 words
  14. Jap. Shock Troops from Manchuria Heading New Offensive in China

    CHUNGKING (A.A.P.).—With a spearhead of crack, well equipped shock troops from Manchuria, 150,000 Japanese have been thrown into the new enemy offensive in the border area of Hunan and Hupeh provinces. THE drive has already developed into ...

    Article : 331 words
  15. AUSTRALIAN-U.S. COLLABORATION

    WASHINGTON (A. A. P.) — After conferring with the U.S. Secretary for State (Mr. Cordell Hull), the Australian Minister for Supply and Shipping ...

    Article : 128 words
  16. SIT-DOWN STRIKE ENDS

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.)—The 11,000 Brewster aircraft factory employees who staged a "reverse sit-down strike" when they refused to accept ...

    Article : 194 words
  17. Medals for Tirpitz Attack

    LONDON (B.O.W.) — Twenty-five officers and four ratings of the Fleet Air Arm who took part in the recent attack on the German battleship Tirpitz ...

    Article : 129 words
  18. R.A.N. CRUISERS SHELL BIAK

    OFF Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea, —Australian cruisers and destroyers are playing a prominent part in the Schouten Islands opertaion, while ...

    Article : 151 words
  19. GREAT AIR ASSAULT PLANNED BY MAN WHO ONCE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE

    LONDON (B.O.W.).—A man who enlisted as a private soldier in the last war has planned the details of the great attack which the Allied Air Force is making on enemy communications in North-West Europe. He is Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, K.C.B., D.S.O., who commands the greatest combined air force ever established. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 474 words
  20. PITH OF THE LEADERS

    Like a Jigsaw Puzzle THE military situation in Burma and China resembles nothing so much as a jig-saw puzzle, the ...

    Article : 178 words
  21. NEW PENSIONS TRIBUNAL

    CANBERRA.—Cabinet last night decided to appoint an additional war pensions entitlement appeal tribunal for a year. It will operate in ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. Shimushu and Saipan Bombed Again

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.)—New attacks on Saipan Island at the southern end of the Marianas and on Shimushu Island in the centre of the Kuriles are ...

    Article : 209 words
  23. NEW GAOL AT HAYES

    As soon as material and manpower are available, the Government proposes to begin the erection of the new gaol at Hayes. A slight alteration has been ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. MR. CURTIN TO ADDRESS CANADIAN PARLIAMENT TO-DAY

    OTTAWA (A.A.P.).—The Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday on his way house after attending the Prime Ministers' Conference in London. He will address the Canadian House of Commons and Senate this ...

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  25. LONDON CHIMNEY SWEEP AWARDED GEORGE CROSS FOR RAID RESCUE

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Anthony Smith, a 45-year-old chimney sweep, has been awarded the George Cross for gallantry in a raid during the February-March blitz on London. THE citation states: "Bombs ...

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