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Advertising : 9 wordsOn this battlefront, on the southern limit of the shaded area, Japanese planes are carrying out incessant bombing and machine-gunning. Heavy raids are expected on Singapore, and new measures are being taken for the defence of the island. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, Friday.—Intense air activity over Singapore yesterday and this morning is reported. Damage has been done on the island. Singapore communique this a afternoon says two enemy raiders ...
Article : 732 wordsJapanese tanks, halted by the anti-tank gun fire of the A.I.F. in Malaya blaze on a jungle road after an attempt by the enemy to make their way along a road that had been blockaded by fallen trees. The blockade can be seen in the background of the top photograph with an anti-tank gun manned by A.I.F. in the foreground. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Friday.—Russian successes on two fronts occupy chief place in the news from the eastern front to-day. Most important is the progress towards Smolensk. Hitler had his headquarters at Smolensk, but it is reported he ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 402 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The House of Commons gave Mr.Churchill the greatest majority ever recorded in the British Parliament when it voted to-day on the motion of confidence after the war debate. The voting was 464 to 1. ...
Article : 734 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday—A third attack by heavy American bombers on Japanese shipping I in Macassar Strait resulted in ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON Friday.—The problem of reinforcing Australia's air strength with British and American bombers ...
Article : 154 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The battleship H.M.S. Barham, the loss of which was announced yesterday, sank off Sollum exactly 4 minutes 48 ...
Article : 81 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.—The entire war could be lost in the South-West Pacific even if it could not be won ...
Article : 312 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The German Propaganda Minister (Dr. Goebbels) in an article in "Das Reich" on the occasion of the ninth anniversary ...
Article : 127 wordsLONDON, Friday.—"The Daily Herald" says Lord Beaverbrook is leaving the Ministry of Supply to become responsible ...
Article : 65 wordsCAPETOWN, Thursday.—Explosions which occurred at night put out of action 12 electric power lines supplying the Rand from Victoria Falls. ...
Article : 50 wordsLONDON, Friday.—Great Britain, Russia, and Iran have signed a treaty based on the principles of the Atlantic Charter. ...
Article : 38 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO,Thursday—After a plenary session, in which the delegates of all 21 American Republics signed the final act for severance of ...
Article : 131 wordsCHUNGKING. Friday—Announcing that Japan lost at least 56.994 men dead and prisoners in the Changsha battle, the Central Chinese newsagency ...
Article : 55 wordsWASHINGTON, Wednesday.—President Roosevelt conferred to-day with British and American Naval. Army and Air chiefs, including General Sir John ...
Article : 50 wordsBATAVIA, Friday.—A. K.N.I.L.M. plane was attacked and shot down by Jap fighters. Three members of the crew, Messrs. Ten Katen, Ruyter, and ...
Article : 31 wordsLONDON, Friday.—Field Marshal Rommel's Panzers and the British army are fighting fiercely south of Benghazi, according to the latest official advice. Indian troops occupying Benghazi have been withdrawn in face of heavy Axis ...
Article : 277 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Negotiations between the Australian and British Governments on Australia's states in the British War Cabinet are still incomplete. The two outstanding points believed to be at issue are ...
Article : 349 wordsNOT the least absorbing passages of an important book, "Looking for Trouble,"' by Miss Virginia Cowles, an American ...
Article : 182 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.—The U.S. Navy Department announced to-day than an Axis submarine had been sunk to-day, but gave no details. A navy communique, Issued ...
Article : 269 wordsCHUNGKING. Thursday.—British officers, describing to-day the Japanese attack on Hong Kong, said that enemy troops suddenly appeared out of ...
Article : 101 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Although outnumbered seven to one five Hurricanes of the R.A.A.F. squadron in the Western Desert gave battle to an ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Sat 31 Jan 1942, Page 1
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