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  2. FOUGHT TO LAST A.I.F.'s Battle at Singapore

    LONDON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).— In an interview at Padang (Sumatra), the G.O.C. Australian troops in Malaya, ...

    Article : 159 words
  3. SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMME Commons Debate

    LONDON, Feb. 27. (A.A.P.)— Strong criticism of the naval and merchant shipbuilding programme and the lack of an ...

    Article : 1,051 words
  4. PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN RANGOON DESTROYED BY FIRE

    Scenes in Rangoon, capital of Burma, which is reporred to be in flames as a result of the British plan to destroy the important parts oi the city. Left: Natives in the shadow ot a giant Buddha, one of thousands of similar images throughout Burma. Right: Parliament House (top) and the Municipal Building (lower), two of the impressive buildings in Rangoon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  5. CHINESE REINFORCE BURMA DEFENCE SITTANG RIVER BATTLE

    It is announced in Chungking that strong additional Chinese forces are moving into Burma, and have already engaged the enemy. The "Herald's" War Correspondent in China describes the movement, ...

    Article : 216 words
  6. PLANS FOR LAST STAND

    BANDOENG, Feb. 27.—Captain Hentry Steel, of the British Army, has just described to me how he found Major-General ...

    Article : 234 words
  7. MUCH HOPED FROM NEW FORCES

    ON THE BURMA ROAD. February 24 (delayed).—For days I have been watching Chinese troops pass along the Burma ...

    Article : 332 words
  8. STARVATION IN EUROPE Nazi Requisitioning Responsible

    LONDON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).— The Allied Governments in London, in a statement on the food position in Europe, reveal that ...

    Article : 393 words
  9. STERNER WAR EFFORT Sporting Eixtures to be Reduced

    LONDON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).— There is already evidence of the more austere war effort which the Lord Privy Seal, Sir ...

    Article : 259 words
  10. REA OW OF AIR POLICY Strategic Bombing

    LONDON, Feb. 27.—Disclosure by the Lord Privy Seal, Sir Stafford Cripps, that the R.A.F.'s long-range bombing policy is ...

    Article : 458 words
  11. INDIA'S FUTURE Problem of ihe Minorities

    LONDON, Feb. 27. (A.A.P.).— The political stalemate in india resolves itself into the question of whether Britain is prepared ...

    Article : 443 words
  12. ALLIED STRATEGY TO SAFEGUARD CHINA

    NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.). —The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the Anglo-American ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 134 words
  13. A.B.C. MANAGER'S ESCAPE

    Major Charles J. A. Moses was among Major-General Gordon Sennett's party that escaped from Singapore, according to advice received by ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. "DEADLY APATHY" AT SINGAPORE

    LONDON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).—Lady Brooke-Popham,. wife of the former Commander-in-Chief in the Far East, Air Chief-Marshal Sir Robert ...

    Article : 285 words
  15. FIGHTER PILOTS SMASH ENEMY

    LONDON, Feb. 27.—The eyes of the world are directed to Rangoon as Allied fighters valiantly combat the Japanese blitzes on ...

    Article : 334 words
  16. LIBYA OPERATIONS HAMPERED

    LONDON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).— One of the worst sandstorms since the desert war began has brought operations in Cyrenaica ...

    Article : 303 words
  17. RANGOON DESERTED

    LONDON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).— The evacuation of Rangoon is almost complete, and only the military forces, the police, ...

    Article : 116 words
  18. LOS ANGELES ALARM

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).—Fifteen aircraft,probably commercial machines, operated by enemy agents, ...

    Article : 183 words
  19. MOTION PICTURE AWARDS

    HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).— The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made the following annual awards of gold statuettes:— ...

    Article : 148 words
  20. NAZIS SAY ENDING TERROR RAIDS

    LONDON, Feb. 27. (A.A.P.).—Milltary experts in Berlin say that no British air raids against German towns, even against Berlin, will entice ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. JAPANESE RAIDERS FORCED Back

    MANDALAY, Feb 27.—British and American fighter pilots have again strewn Rangoon and the surrounding paddy fields with ...

    Article : 525 words
  22. R.A.F. BOMBS KIEL AGAIN

    LONDON, Feb. 27.—For the second night in succession R.A.F. bombers last night attacked Kiel, where one ot the German battleships that escaped ...

    Article : 202 words
  23. MERCHANT NAVY NEEDS

    LONDON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.)—In his presidential address to the annual meeting of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingcom, Mr. Phillp ...

    Article : 127 words
  24. MR..T. L. GARVIN TO LEAVE "OBSERVER"

    LONDON, Feb. 27.—Mr. J. L. Garvin has ceased to be editor of the London "Observer," and will not write for the issue of March 1, according to ...

    Article : 125 words
  25. VENEZUELA TO AID DUTCH

    NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).— message from Caracas states thati Venezuela, which yesterday accepted Holland's invitation to share in the ...

    Article : 92 words
  26. SIAMESE TWINS BORN

    NEW YORK Feb.27 (A.A.P.).— Mrs. Carmine Picciotto has given birth to Siamese twin daughters. The girls are joined, facing each ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. V.M.C.A. VISITORS FOR PRISONERS

    LONDON, Feb. 27 (A.A.P.).—Japan has granted permission to the world committee of the Y.M.C.A. to extend its war prisoners' aid service to ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. THE CALL-UP

    A call-up for employment, appears under "Positions Vacant." ...

    Article : 10 words
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