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  2. SILENCE FALLS OVERT JAVA COMMUNICATIONS BROKEN

    No direct news has been received from Java since 11.45 p.m. on Saturday, when the Java wireless station ceased transmission. The last messages to leave Bandoeng all emphasised that ...

    Article : 378 words
  3. JAPANESE REINFORCE BURMA SALIENT BRITISH HITTING BACK

    LONDON, March 8 (A. A.P.).—Japanese reinforcements are pouring into the Pegu River salient, 60 miles north of Rangoon, states a message from Mandalay. ...

    Article : 180 words
  4. CHINA AS ALLY Views Conflict on Strength

    WASHINGTON, March 8.— The position of China as a combatant and her potentialities in the future crucial stages of the ...

    Article : 766 words
  5. JAPANESE LANDING IN NEW GUINEA SEA AND AIR ATTACKS

    PORT MORESBY, March 8.—At 2 a.m. to-day an enemy force landed from Japanese shipping at Salamaua, on the north coast of New Guinea. This was the first landing on the New Guinea mainland. ...

    Article : 182 words
  6. TANKS INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES

    ON THE SITTANG FRONT, March 5 (Delayed in Transmission).—British tanks, in repulsing the Japanese advance west ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 625 words
  7. BLITZ ON PORT MORESBY EXPECTED

    PORT MORESBY, March 8.— Japanese forces have made further progress toward Australia. At 2 a.m. to-day an enemy force ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 332 words
  8. LAST MESSAGES GIVE GLOOMY REVIEW

    "If reinforcements had arrived in the middle of February, Java could certainly have been held," said Aneta, the ...

    Article : 745 words
  9. MILITARY TARGETS UNDAMAGED

    PORT MORESBY. March 8.— In their fourth heavy daylight raid on Port Moresby, ten Japanese heavy bombers raided the ...

    Article : 248 words
  10. R.A.A.F. COMMUNIQUE

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—The following R.A.A.F. communique was issued on Saturday night: "Port Moresby (Papua) and L[?] ...

    Article : 153 words
  11. RECORD WAR BILL IN U.S.A. £10,238,125,000

    WASHINGTON, March 8 (A.A.P.).—President Roosevelt signed the largest War Appropriation Bill in United ...

    Article : 154 words
  12. GERMANY'S NEW BATTLESHIP Arrival in Norway

    The fourth German 35,000-ton battleship to be built since the war began, the Graf Zeppelin, has been commissioned, and has ...

    Article : 112 words
  13. ENEMY PLANS QUICK CONTROL OF JAVA

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—I left Djokja (south-western Java) at 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 1. It was my second swift getaway ...

    Article : 357 words
  14. ENEMY CLAIMS

    NEW YORK, March 8. (A.A.P.).— Tokyo Radio's latest official summary claims that the United Nations' losses since the start of the "Greater ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. U.S. GENERAL MAY JOIN CHIANG'S STAFF

    CHUNGKING, March 9.—It is expected that the American Lieutenant-General Joseph Stilwell, now in Chungking, will be appointed to ...

    Article : 274 words
  16. "WHAT NEXT?" LONDON QUERIES

    LONDON, March 8.—With such headlines as "Java's Tragedy" and "Java's Radio Goodbye." Sunday newspapers warned ...

    Article : 327 words
  17. B.B.C. STATEMENT

    The B.B.C. stated last night that the Australian Government had announced that Japanese troops had landed at Salamaua. ...

    Article : 25 words
  18. RUSSIAN BULWARK AGAINST AXIS

    LONDON, March 8. (A.A.P.).— "While the ABCD zone is crumbling and the United Nations shift their resistance to Australia and ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. SIX CONVICTED OF SPYING

    NEW YORK, March 8 (A.A.P.).— Five men and one woman convicted of espionage for Germany in the first spy trial since U.S.A. entered the war ...

    Article : 161 words
  20. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH

    Injuries received from burns when their clothing caught alight resulted in the death of a child and the admittance to ...

    Article : 190 words
  21. ENEMY ATTACKS END MISSION

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—It was revealed to-day that an important mission undertaken some weeks ago for the ...

    Article : 195 words
  22. ALASKAN HIGHWAY

    OTTAWA, March 8 (A.A.P.).—The Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, announced in Parliament on Friday that Cabinet had approved the ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. NIGHT RAIDER DOWN

    LONDON, March 3 (A.A.P.).—An enemy aircraft was destroyed over Britain last night. One person was injured and there ...

    Article : 147 words
  24. OVERSEA NEWS

    Such of the oversea news in this Issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or"Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney ...

    Article : 172 words
  25. JAPANESE VISIT TO MADAGASCAR

    CAIRO, March 8 (A.A.P.).—If is reported that a Japanese naval and air mission has arrived in Madagascar, large Vichy-controlled island off ...

    Article : 54 words
  26. NEW SUPPLY LINE

    CHUNGKING, March 8 (A.A.P.).— The United Press correspondent at Chungking reports that China's new supply line from India is now ...

    Article : 96 words
  27. GIRL GUERILLA KILLS 13 JAPANESE

    LONDON, March 8 (A.A.P.).—We[?] Ching, a 16-year-old Chinese girl guerilla, who fought through the Malayan campaign armed with a rifle ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. TRAWLERS SUNK

    LONDON, March 8 (A.A.P.).—The naval trawlers, Sorta and Claughton Wyke, have been sunk, with some casualties. ...

    Article : 21 words
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