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Advertising : 44 words"Mercy boats" being built for the R.A.A.F. in an Australian yard. They are shown in all stages of construction, from the bulls to vessels ready for launching. Each is 37ft. 6in. long, will have a powerful engine and will be used to rescue shot down near the coast. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 56 wordsMany reports indicate that the Bay of Bengal may become the scene of a naval conflict between Japan and the United Nations and that the Japanese may attempt landings in Bengal north of Burma. The British station at Trincomali in Ceylon is also preparing ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 52 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday—"The 19th raid by Japanese bombers was made at Port Moresby to-day," stated a war communique issued to-night by the Prime Minister (Mr.Curtin). "No damage was caused and there were ...
Article : 681 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Germans have flung more than 38 reserve divisions into the fighting along the Russian front. This, and reports that the Germans are now using full divisions in a series of counter-attacks, may ...
Article : 455 wordsNEW YORK, Wednesday. — Official reports of limited damage to U.S. defence installations in Hawaii are substantiated by ...
Article : 158 wordsLONDON. Tuesday.—Heavy fighting, with intense air activity, is now in progress in the Toungoo area in Burma where the Japanese are reported is have cut the main road eight miles north of Toungoo. ...
Article : 5 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday—Instructions that men aged less than 20 should not be sent to war operational stations have ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—Heavy fighting, with intense air activity, is now in progress ill the Toungoo area in Burma where the Japanese are reported to have cut the main road eight miles north of Toungoo. ...
Article : 879 wordsOTTAWA, Tuesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) has introduced a proclamation providing for compulsory military training and home ...
Article : 42 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday. —General Wainwright. U.S. Commander in the Philippines, reports a successful ...
Article : 186 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday. —Two more U.S. destroyers are reported missing in the Java area. ...
Article : 209 wordsNEW YORK, Tuesday.—All United States doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeons will, receive questionnaires next week to determine their place in ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—Signs are accumulating that Hitler is doing his utmost to bring the countries of South-Eastern Europe into his plans for a spring offensive against Russia. ...
Article : 254 wordsLONDON, Tuesday — Survivors from the Chinese-owned British steamer Kwangtung, which was sunk ...
Article : 192 wordsVICHY, Tuesday—The inadequate training and wavering morale of the French troops, and the mental rigidity of the older officers, were ...
Article : 194 wordsIn the Middle East the R.A.F. is co-operating with a volunteer branch of the army known as the Special Air Service whose training is similar to that of home paratroops. Members of the S.A.S. are photographed entering a plane. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsDARWIN, Wednesday.—When a Japanese plane was shot down near Darwin on Sunday one of the crew bailed out and was seen by the pilot of an ...
Article : 186 wordsLONDON, Tuesday—Sir John Anderson, Lord President of the council, told the Commons that invasion committees had been established in many parts of ...
Article : 125 wordsLONDON. Tuesday.—Announcing the formation of an Army Air Corps, the War Office discloses that the newest unit of Britain's striking forces is a ...
Article : 77 wordsMEXICO CITY, Tuesday.—The Mexican Navy Department to-day said that the navy had escorted a French. tanker into Tampico, but declined to ...
Article : 62 wordsMOSCOW, Tuesday.—British Hurricanes are operating in many sectors of the Russian front against an increasingly ...
Article : 122 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—Italy's newest battleship, the Littorio (35,000 tons), is believed to have been hit with a torpedo during a Mediterranean naval action. The action, which developed from ...
Article : 362 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The new Minister of Production (Captain Lyttelton) to-day announced the establishment of a General Staff of Production to place Empire war output in step With military plans. ...
Article : 287 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The New Zealand Minister in Washington (Mr. Nash), after a conference with President Roosevelt, said to-day that he felt sure Australia and New Zealand's demands for a Pacific war council in ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Thu 26 Mar 1942, Page 1
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