NEW GUINEA, Thursday.—The rescue of 621 former prisoners, including Australians, Americans, Dutch, Chinese, Filipinos, Poles, CzechoSlovaks, and 462 Sikhs, is announced to-day in General ...
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Article : 420 wordsLONDON, May 11.—Although the House of Commons yesterday agreed to a motion accepting a joint statement by expert ...
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Article : 485 wordsThe chairman of the Milk Board, Mr. Watson, yesterday said that the Commonwealth Department of Health would issue ...
Article : 126 wordsAn Australian officer who was present when 50 Indians were brought into a U.S. unit's headquarters at Humboldt Bay, ...
Article : 356 wordsLONDON, May 11 (A.A.P.).— The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, has issued a statement preparing the clergy for ...
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Article : 554 wordsNEW YORK, May 11 (A.A.P.).— Miss Moina Michael, who originated Poppy Day in 1918, after reading Colonel John McCrae's poem "In ...
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, May 11 (A.A.P.).— Light British coastal naval forces in an offensive sweep off the Dutch coast this morning ...
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Article : 56 wordsLONDON, May 11 (A.A.P.).—Vice-Admiral Thomas E. Wardle, who was in command of the Royal Australian Fleet from 1924 to 1926, has died at ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 12 May 1944, Page 3
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