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  3. WAR FRONT SUMMARY

    The orderly German retreat to the Maas, in Holland, is being pursued relentlessly by British and Canacian forces. ...

    Article : 179 words
  4. ADM. NIMITZ SAYS JAPS. DECISIVELY BEATEN, ROUTED

    PEARL HARBOUR (A.A.P.). — The Second Battle of the Philippines Sea cost the Japanese 58 warships sunk or damaged, Adm. Nimitz, the Pacific Fleet C.-in-C., ...

    Article : 1,113 words
  5. JAPS. BURN IN MANILA BAY

    With huge black plumes rising from an enemy tanker in the centre, a curtain of smoke from burning Japanese ships covers Manila Bay after an attack by planes of the U.S. Third Fleet. Other enemy vessels are manoeuvring through the churned-up waters in an attempt to escape the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  6. WHEN THE AMERICANS FIRST LANDED ON LEYTE

    Americans bound for Manila wade from landing craft to the American beach-head at Leyte Island. The pre-invasion naval and air bombardment opened the way for an assault with a minimum of casualties. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. Allies Nearing Maas Crossing in Pursuit of Fleeing Germans

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—In the words of Invasion H.Q. communique yesterday, the Allied forces in Holland "continued their advance along the whole front south of the Maas." They are within three miles of the river at one point and fighter-bombers are attacking fleeing German transports. ...

    Article : 602 words
  8. Russians up Against New Defences

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—A bewildering profusion of German defences has slowed down the Red Army in East Prussia, says Reuters. GERMAN resistance has stiffened as ...

    Article : 381 words
  9. MUSSOLINI'S HOME TOWN FREED

    ROME (A.A.P.). — Polish troops have captured the little town of Predappio—Mussolini's birthplace. ...

    Article : 224 words
  10. BURMA Advance of 50 Miles Revealed

    COLOMBO (A.A.P.) — A two-pronged drive from Myitkyina, in northern Burma, was opened a fort-night ago. ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. Germans Conscript Boys of 15

    LONDON (A.A.P.). — Fifty thousand German" boys, aged 15 and 16, have been transported from Berlin and ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. FIRST SNOW ON EASTERN FRONT

    MOSCOW (A.A.P.)—The first snow is falling on the central sector of the Russian front and in mountain areas to the south. ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. WET CUPBOARD!

    BRISBANE—In the Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. Rillie, S.M., the police said they had found 594 bottles of liquor of all types in the flat ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. Soviet Oil Rights in Persia

    MOSCOW (A.A.P.) — Russian and Persian relations remain friendly, but "Premier Saed's disloyal attitude to the Soviet Union preclude further ...

    Article : 126 words
  15. Hunt for Filipino Collaborators

    Gen. MacARTHUR'S H.Q. — Stern measures are already being taken by the Philippines Government to seek out and punish. Filipinos who ...

    Article : 87 words
  16. CONQUEST OF LEYTE, SAMAR NEAR END

    LEYTE (A.A.:.).—The liberation of one and a half million Filipinos on Leyte and Samar Islands has virtually been accomplished, Gen. MacArthur announced yesterday. HE SAID that two-thirds of ...

    Article : 206 words
  17. BIG U-BOAT PACK HELD OFF

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The victory of Coastal Command aircraft over U- boats lying in wait to attack Allied invasion craft carrying troops. and ...

    Article : 120 words
  18. Russia Will Not Discuss Aviation

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Moscow radio yesterday quoted a Tass official News Agency statement that Russia would not participate in the Chicago civil ...

    Article : 102 words
  19. BOYCOTTING COAL TRIBUNALS

    SYDNEY.—The general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. G. W. S. Grant) said last night that the Miners' Federation would not go before any ...

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  20. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ

    SERIOUS DAMAGE TO BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  21. Tremendous A.A. Defence

    LONDON (A.A.P.). — Even near-misses with 12,000-pounders would have staved-in plates of the battleship Tirpitz and ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. ON OUTSKIRTS OF KWEILIN

    CHUNGKING (A.A.P.)—The Chinese High Command announces that fighting on the outskirts of Kweilin is growing in intensity. ...

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  23. DUNKIRK ATTACK

    LONDON (A.A.P.) — German reports say an all-out assault on the isolated German garrison at Dunkirk has begun. ...

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  24. HAVOC IN RUHR CITIES: ESSEN ALMOST WIPED OUT, COLOGNE BOMBED AGAIN

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Essen, home of the great Krupps armaments works in the Ruhr, is now almost entirely destroyed, reports the Air Ministry. PHOTOGRAPHS taken after the R.A.F. attack last week show heavy ...

    Article : 265 words
  25. British Home Guard Stand-Down

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The War Office has announced that the Home Guard will be stood down as from Wednesday "as it is no longer required to ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    GERMANY and Japan believe that democracies are morally and mentally weak, and the failure of a war loan in Australia ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. ALLIES HAVE WEAPONS TO BRING GERMANS TO KNEES

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Duplicates of the Siegfried Line fortifications were built in Maryland. (U.S.A.) to try out American ammunition that was to blast the pillboxes. THIS was revealed to correspondents ...

    Article : 134 words
  28. EX-GREEK DICTATOR ARRESTED

    ATHENS (A.A.P.).—Greek police detained Theodore Pangalos, aged 70, former Dictator of Greece, as he was preparing to visit Gen. Sir Henry ...

    Article : 65 words
  29. NEW JAP. ARMY RATION

    LONDON (A.A.P.)— The German news agency correspondent in Tokio says the Japanese War Ministry has adopted a novel food, which is one-tenth of the weight and one-eighth of ...

    Article : 63 words
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