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Advertising : 159 wordsMap of Sumatra, where the Japanese have followed up week-end landings by further invasion. The map give some indication of the size of the Island in comparison with the Malay Peninsula, now entirely in Japanese hands. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—Rome radio claimed to-day that Japanese troops had landed on the coast of Java. There is no confirmation of this in Dutch circles. Reports that the Chinese are launching the first Allied ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 915 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Manufacture of a large number of non - essential articles ...
Article : 380 wordsPalembang, the chief town of a residency in the south-east of the Island of Sumatra, the greatest oil centre in the Netherlands East Indies, and the oil district in the Allied hands, has now fallen to the Japanese. Natives can been seen walking through the streets ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 67 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Heavy enemy artillery fire from the Caviat shore in the Philippines bombarded the United States harbour fortifications with increasing ...
Article : 151 wordsBATAVIA, Tuesday.—Why did Singapore fall? The following is an attempt to explain—but not to explain away—what happened. Singapore was never a fortress, but ...
Article : 1,099 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—That there are too many misfits in the army is the conclusion reached by Sir William Beveridge's committee on skilled men ...
Article : 88 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday.— President Vargas, of Brazil, is reported to have urged the United States to rush all possible military and naval aid to ...
Article : 177 wordsBERNE, Tuesday.—As part of a gigantic food programme, the Germans have transferred 400.000 Russian farm workers from the Kiev and Jitomir ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—Asked in the House whether, in view of the military situation in Libya and the Far East, he would appoint a Minister for Defence to advise on war strategy, Mr. Churchill said "No!" ...
Article : 216 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Admiralty announces that the German ship Spreewald has been torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat. An S O S reached the Admiralty on ...
Article : 146 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday—A South Australian. Flight-Sergeant Paul Makin, of Adelaide, now serving with an R.A.A.F. Spitfire squadron in ...
Article : 120 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.— Mr. Churchill's statement in the House of Commons about the Navy's reinforcement is ...
Article : 81 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday.— The trial was opened to-day of George Sylvester Viereck, alleged to be the master-mind of German propaganda in ...
Article : 222 wordsTHE DEFENCE of Australia undoubtedly is primarily a matter of air strength. If we had a sufficient number of [?]ighters, ...
Article : 170 wordsSTOCKHOLM, Tuesday.— Six thousand workers in Norway have been precipitately transferred from their own jobs to assist in building fortifications ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—A big battle is expected in the Mekili sector of the Western Desert where Rommel is reported to be massing his armoured forces. British mobile patrols on Monday ...
Article : 192 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—During a battle with Japanese fighters over Rabaul on Tuesday. R.A.A.F. Hudson aircraft damaged one enemy ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—Berlin radio says that a secret document found in the papers of the former French Premier (M. Dalad[?]er) revealed a plan ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Thu 19 Feb 1942, Page 1
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