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  3. PROGRESS OF RUSSIANS

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—While combined Russian and Yugoslav forces are driving deeper into their new salient on the west bank of the Danube, a little under 90 miles from Austria, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 412 words
  4. GERMANS PREPARING NEW DEFENCES BEHIND ROER RIVER

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Allied patrols report that the Germans are working hard on the far side of the Roer River preparing defences against the expected Allied ...

    Article : 819 words
  5. WAR FRONT SUMMARY

    Allied forces in the Aachen Gap now hold a seven-mile stretch of the west bank of the River Roer, and the ...

    Article : 366 words
  6. PARACHUTE USED AS BRAKE FOR GLIDER

    Its speed checked by the drag of a 10ft. parachute, a glider of the U.S. Army Air Forces comes in for a test landing. The parachute, which acts as a giant brake, enables the glider to land quickly in small areas, thereby reducing its vulnerability to enemy fire and at the same ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 68 words
  7. Great Task of Clearing Schelde

    LONDON (A.A.P.) — The sweeping of the Schelde Estuary to open the port of Antwerp was the greatest single ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. Another Jap. Convoy Smashed

    AT LEYTE.—Another Japanese convoy attempting to land reinforcements at Ormoc Bay on Leyte has been smashed. In a day and night battle on Wednesday and Thursday the Japanese lost a 9000-ton troop transport and three freighters of ...

    Article : 487 words
  9. Outlook in China U.S. GENERAL HOPEFUL

    CHUNGKING (A.A.P.).— There was reasonable expectation that remedial measures now being taken would turn the ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. British Take Pinwe in North Burma

    KANDY (A.A.P.). —Troops of the British 36th Division have occupied Pinwe, on the road to Mandalay, without ...

    Article : 336 words
  11. NEW BLOWS IN AIR OFFENSIVE

    LONDON (A.A.P).— The renewed Allied air offensive against Germany was concentrated on Thursday night on the important communications centre of Duisburg, now a vital forward base for the German defences of the northern Rhineland. ...

    Article : 281 words
  12. Nazi Bund Lecturer Gaoled

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—Edwin P. Banta, 73, former German Bund lecturer, was sentenced to imprisonment for an indeterminate term, not ...

    Article : 60 words
  13. British Tribute to Australia

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—"Australia, as part of her magnificent war effort, has shouldered fearful burdens. Like Britain, she would never dream of ...

    Article : 150 words
  14. REIGN OF TERROR IN BOLIVIA

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.)—The New York "World Telegram" correspondent says the Villaroel Government has imposed a reign of terror in Bolivia, ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. Gas War Hint SAVING U.S. PILOTS

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—Some quarters believe that the U.S. could compel the Japanese authorities to give decent ...

    Article : 236 words
  16. Gains Near Faenza

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—East of Faenza Eighth Army units have gained some ground between the Lamone and Mon. tone Rivers, says yesterday's Italian ...

    Article : 63 words
  17. PARTIAL AGREEMENT AT WORLD AVIATION CONFERENCE: AIR FREEDOM DEADLOCK

    CHICAGO (A.A.P.).—Though the world air conference at Chicago has abandoned hope of a complete agreement on the "Five Freedoms of the Air" as desired by the United States, the conference is nevertheless considered to have reach-ed a useful measure of agreement on other points. ...

    Article : 276 words
  18. Prisoners in Japan Better off

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—Prisoners in Japan proper seem to be faring better than those in Japanese occupied territories. ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. Australian Planes in Philippines

    MELBOURNE.—Operating in the Philippines for the first dime, Australian-manned Beaufighters and Bostons bombed and strafed Jap. targets ...

    Article : 166 words
  20. NIGHT ATTACK ON ENEMY SHIPPING

    LONDON (B.O.W.)—On Wednesday night and early on Thursday morning Beaufighters. Wellingtons and Royal Navy Barracudas, all operating under ...

    Article : 158 words
  21. U.S. Official Dismissed

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.)—President Roosevelt has dismissed the Assistant Attorney-General (Mr. Norman Littell) for insubordination. Littell accused ...

    Article : 48 words
  22. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    THERE is still no statement as to how far the Federal Government intends to go with its socialisation policy. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. New Polish Government in London Said to be Out of Touch with Reality

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—"The best that can be said of the formation of the new Polish Government in London without the participation of M. Mikolajczsk and the Peasant Party is that the step is so clearly out of touch with present realities and future needs that it cannot be regarded as more than a temporary stopgap, " states "The Times." ...

    Article : 319 words
  24. NEW BIG PLANES BEING OUTMODED BY JET ENGINES

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—"I do not believe there are any big aircraft being made to-day that will not be hopelessly out of date when built, " Lord Brabazon, pioneer English aviator, said yesterday. ...

    Article : 250 words
  25. Battle in Athens

    ATHENS (A.A.P.)—A fierce battle between police and a group of Greeks formerly employed by the Gestapo broke out on Thursday night in ...

    Article : 221 words
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