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  3. R. A. F. HAS ITS OWN DEFENCE REGIMENT

    A new R.A.F. Regiment has been formed in Britain for the defence of aerodromes. officers will be provided both by the R. A. F. and the Army. The photograph shows a member of the newly formed regiment armed with a tommy gun covering the passengers of a car while they submit their passes to a Duty Service police fort inspection. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  4. NEW RIFLE AND SHORT BAYONET

    Britain's new rifle is fitted with a bayonet only six inches long compared with the 17-inch bayonet previously issued to the troops. The new bayonet tapers to a needle-like point and has four fluted sides. The new rifle is the No. 4 Mark 1 and is very similar to the old Lee ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,145 words
  5. RUSSIANS STEM ENCIRCLING MOVE BY GERMANS

    LONDON, Wednesday.—In the great battle for Kharkov and the zone to the south-east of the city the Russian are holding their own. On both sides, aircraft are being employed on a scale hitherto ...

    Article : 782 words
  6. CHECK TO JAP. PLANS NEAR KINHWA

    CHUNGKING, Wednesday—The Japanese forces attacking Kinhwa, capital of Chekiang province, were thrown back from the very walls of the city to-day, losing 300 men, when they attempted to storm the defence. The situation is still very grave. ...

    Article : 665 words
  7. MEETING LABOUR DEMAND

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Of the 318,000 additional men and women needed for Australia's new war commitments, it is estimated that about 269,000 are men and 48,500 women. ...

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  8. KNOCKED DOWN BY LORRY

    Mr. Alfred Brock Bryan (about 74), formerly chief clerk and accountant of the Mines Department, was killed when knocked down by a motor lorry at the ...

    Article : 263 words
  9. MORE AID FOR RUSSIANS

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Russia is to get greater aid from America under new Leaselend arrangements. ...

    Article : 321 words
  10. Norway Coast Evacuation

    LONDON, Wednesday.— Vichy radio, quoting a message from Stockholm, says the entire population of the west coast of Norway will shortly ...

    Article : 31 words
  11. JAPANESE USING "PEAR BOMB"

    MELBOURNE. Wednesday.—Use by the Japanese of a "pear bomb" devised to destroy 'planes in the air was announced by a military ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. CANADIANS ARRIVE.

    Further Canadian reinforcements, including engineers forestry and ordnance units, have arrived at a British port. ...

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  13. ROOSEVELT

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday.— President Roosevelt to-day declined to be drawn into discussion of an Allied second front. ...

    Article : 307 words
  14. SILENT ON WAR AIMS

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The United States destroyer Blakeley (1090 tons, 23 years old) has been damaged by a torpedo in the Caribbean Sea. An American Associated Press message from St. Lucia ...

    Article : 86 words
  15. Hitler Will Not Resign as C.-in-C.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—British United Press Moscow correspondent, quoting a Stockholm message, says that Hitler has summoned leading generals to inform ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. ITALIANS ON FRENCH FRONTIER : MEDITERRANEAN FLARE-UP SOON?

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Over 300,000 Italian troops are massed on the French frontier, ready, it is stated, to move against Nice and Corsica if Mussolini's demands on Vichy for the cession of those territories are refused. The British United Press ...

    Article : 508 words
  17. PITH OF THE LEADERS

    A FURTHER sign of the enthusiasm in Federal Government circles on the subject of nationalisation of industry is seen in the ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. VICTIMS AFTER HEYDRICH

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The German-controlled Prague radio announces that an attempt has been made on the life of Heydrich, second ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. JAP. COLONISTS

    NEW YORK. Tuesday.—Tokio official radio reports that the Japanese Government has announced a large-scale programme to send Japanese colonists. ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. Frenchmen Leave Madagascar

    DURBAN, Tuesday.—A large number of French officers and officials, with their families, and also some soldiers and sailors, have arrived here from ...

    Article : 145 words
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