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  3. WAR FRONT SUMMARY

    The Germans admit they have been forced to fall back to strengthen positions to meet American counter-attacks. Allied ...

    Article : 173 words
  4. FLAIL TANK LANDS

    British commando troops invaded the island of Walcheren at the mouth of the Scholdt. The attack was preceded by heavy air, sea and land bombardment. The picture shows a flail tank coming ashore from a L.C.T. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. VALUABLE GAINS MADE ON SALIENT FLANKS DEEP IN BELGIUM

    LONDON (A.A.P.) — The Allies are gradually winning back the initiative in Belgium. A spokesman at Supreme H.Q. said yesterday that the disposition of ...

    Article : 736 words
  6. HIS MAJESTY SPEAKS

    H.M. King George VI. making his world broadcast on Christmas Day. —British Official Radio ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. Reds on 90m. Front Facing Austria

    LONDON (A.A.P.). — The main might of the Red Army in Hungary has swung westward toward the Bratislava Gap, gateway to Vienna, leaving other forces behind to annihilate the garrison in Budapest. ...

    Article : 347 words
  8. Will Liquidate Jap. Fleet Within Year

    PEARL HARBOUR (A.A.P.). —Forecasting that the Japanese Fleet would be liquidated within a year, Adm. Mitscher, Task ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. Jap. Leyte Remnants Given No Respite

    AT LEYTE.—American troops on Leyte are giving remnants of the defeated Jap. force no chance to reassemble for any organised resistance. They are rapidly clearing isolated pockets and continue to inflict heavy casualties whenever the ...

    Article : 392 words
  10. LONE GURKHA WINS V.C.

    LONDON (B.O.W.). — "His name will live in the history of his regiment as that of a very gallant soldier," says the ...

    Article : 360 words
  11. HITS ON JAP. AIR PLANT

    SPAIN (A.A.P.). — Photographs taken after the latest Super-Fortress raid on Tokio clearly show 12 bomb-bursts on ...

    Article : 294 words
  12. CLUB TO KEEP WAR TIES

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The Air Vice-Marshal, D. C. T. Bennett, Queensland, Chief of Bomber Command Pathfinders, is president of the newly-formed ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. NAZI PUSH IN ITALY HELD

    ROME (A.A.P.).—The German attack along the Serchio River Valley, 15. miles inland from the west coast of Italy, has been held at least ...

    Article : 169 words
  14. HUMBLE BUT EFFECTIVE

    The out-stations of British Overseas Airways Corporation along the British air routes, which have been kept open throughout the war, are sometimes scattered in the most desolate and remote places. The picture shows a native canoe with patchwork sail and two men poling, gilding by a B.O.A.C. The flying-boat is at her moorings on the lagoon at lquio airport in Lagos Nlgeria, after a flight across the South Atlantic. ...

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  15. HUNGARY SEEKS ALLIED TERMS

    LONDON (B.O.W.).—While the garrison of Budapest is being relentlessly liquidated in the inner defences of the city, ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. LUFTWAFFE CUT TO 2300

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The estimated total strength of the Luftwaffe in Western Europe is only about 2300 aircraft. ...

    Article : 105 words
  17. RAILWAYS' JOB FOR INVASION

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Ten weeks before D-Day a "tarpaulin" armada began to move across Britain. says the railway executive committee. ...

    Article : 190 words
  18. U.S. NAVY NOW HAS 1167 WARSHIPS

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The U.S. Navy at present has 1167 warships and is still growing, according to a departmental review of ship production for 1944. DURING the year 39,971 vessels, of ...

    Article : 224 words
  19. V-BOMB LETTERS

    LONDON.—It is suggested that the Germans' chief aim in sending in V- bombs letters purporting to be from British prisoners of war is to get ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. British Open Assault in Athens : Greeks Agree on Regency Plan

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—British troops at 7 o'clock yesterday morning opened an offensive against ELAS positions in S.E. Athens and in the remainder of the stadium area, using mortars, artillery and tanks. MORTAR BOMBS glowed orange and ...

    Article : 328 words
  21. Allied Manpower Reallocation

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The Ger man counter-offensive has shown the Allies an important lesson fraught with military and political implications ...

    Article : 148 words
  22. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    ANOTHER wartime year has closed with emphasis on the unwisdom of complacency. Germany still has punch. The defeat ...

    Article : 134 words
  23. U.S. WAR PLANTS SEIZED

    CHICAGO (A.A.P.).—For the third time the army has seized the Montgomery, Ward Company's retail and mail order properties in seven cities. ...

    Article : 169 words
  24. "HITLER LONELY GENIUS WHOSE HEAD IS BOWED"

    LONDON (A.A.P.). — "If the Fuehrer's head is slightly bowed it is because of his continuous study of staff maps," writes Goebbels in "Das Reich." "His bedroom is not as big as the ...

    Article : 218 words
  25. EYE-OPENER FOR GERMANS

    LONDON (A.A.P.). — The German - sponsored Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau says: "Von Rundstedt's offensive has ...

    Article : 76 words
  26. Bing Crosby Most Popular Star

    HOLLYWOOD (A.A.P.). — The "Motion Picture Herald" most popular stars of 1944, based on box office receipts are Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. U.S. SUBMARINE LOST

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The navy announces that the U.S. submarine, Seawolf is overdue, and must be presumed lost. The Seawolf carried a ...

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