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Advertising : 204 wordsAlert for the slightest sign of enemy opposition, U.S. infantrymen on patrol duty beyond their own perimeter approach a river entrance which leads to Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea, occupied by Gen. MacArthur's men with virtually no opposition. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsROME (A.A.P.).—All Allies beach-head forces have joined up in southern France on a front 50 miles long. Columns are within 10 miles of the big naval base of Toulon. It was announced at Allied Mediterrancan H. O. yesterday that 500 ...
Article : 613 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—A sensational advance by American forces toward Paris has changed the whole picture of the war in northern France. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 638 wordsSubjected to terrific aerial bombing, Canadian and British armour and infantry attacks, the Germans are crumbling and falling back towards Falaise. Here infantry operates near Cintheaux, nearly ten miles south of Caen. A burning vehicle sends up clouds of smoke. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 47 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—Falaise, on the northern side of the gap to the dwindling Normandy pocket, has been occupied by Canadians. The escape corridor is now almost closed and elements of 14 divisions, including armour, are trapped. ...
Article : 351 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.). — After inflicting heavy losses on the Germans in fierce fighting, the Russians yesterday abandoned the town of Ossow, seven miles N.E. of the Warsaw suburb of Praga. ...
Article : 354 wordsSTOCKHOLM (A.A.P.) — Fighting has broken out all over Denmark as a national protest against the summary ...
Article : 71 wordsCHUNGKING (A.A.P.). — Chinese troops have made new gains in a furious assault on the Japanese in Hengyang. ...
Article : 120 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.). — Experienced pilots praise the efficiency of the new gun sight which is enabling them to bag twice as many enemy planes. ...
Article : 146 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—Allied tank landing ships have been turned into railway ferries and are delivering complete trains to Normandy. ...
Article : 174 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—The King has appointed Sunday, September 3, the fifth anniversary of the war. as a national day of prayer and dedication. ...
Article : 94 wordsALBANY (A.A.P.)—The Republican President candidate (Mr. Thomas E. Dewey) expressed concern yesterday at reports indicating that the ...
Article : 253 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.) — Allied troops who landed on Levant Island, off South France, found German dummy guns made of ...
Article : 84 wordsSYDNEY.—Dragged along rough ground by a galloping horse to which he was tied by a rope 25ft. long Leonard George Mizen (39), miner, ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.) — Maquis forces have started a general uprising against the Germans in Haute Savoie, says a message from Berne. ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—Tens of thousands of French refugees herded by the Germans out of their homes beyond Vire and Mortain and out of the hills ...
Article : 107 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.).—Over 500 enemy tanks have been destroyed or damaged from the air and on land since D-day. Actual figures are 279 tanks destroyed ...
Article : 33 wordsWASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—"Germany will not escape the military occupation she dodged by the armistice in the last war," said President Roosevelt yesterday on his return from the Pacific. The Allies would occupy Germany and Japan, even if they surrendered before their actual borders were entered, he added. ...
Article : 332 wordsTHERE are many people who admit quite frankly that they do not understand the referendum issues. They need have no ...
Article : 128 wordsWASHINGTON (A.A.P.)—The Pacific Fleet communique reports that Army Liberators dropped 50 tons of bombs on Eten and Moen islands in Truk ...
Article : 38 wordsSOMEWHERE IN THE S.W. PACIFIC. — Shipping and airfields were battered and Japanese planes blown up by Liberators and Mitchell medium bombers continuing the offensive against the Halmaheras on Wednesday. ...
Article : 184 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.)—A flying bomb recently landed in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Windows and window-frames in the ...
Article : 110 wordsCOLOMBO (A.A.P.)—The last organised fighting Japanese force has been expelled from Manipur. The main body of the Allied 14th ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Fri 18 Aug 1944, Page 1
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