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  2. ONLY A WHISPER

    While at sea, every man in the ship almost lives at his action station. The shells are in the guns and ready to fire the moment the enemy is sighted. An action schedule is worked out, allowing the barest minimum for eating and sleeping. The men make up what they can by snatches during the day, if impossible. A constant look-out is kept not ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 126 words
  3. Huge U.S. Naval Effort for 1942

    WASHINGTON, March 14.--The House of Representatives has approved of a 3,446million dollars Naval Supply Bill for 1942. The vote passed without opposition Mr. James Scrugham ...

    Article : 386 words
  4. Smoke Rose 5,000 Feet from Blazing Hamburg

    LONDON, March 15.--R.A.F. pilots who bombed Hamburg on Thursday night returned with reports of smoke rising 5,000 feet from the blazing ruins of the target areas and fires which were visible for 100 miles. ...

    Article : 330 words
  5. Mr. Menzies To Broadcast To America

    LONDON, March 14.--The Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. R. G. Manzies) will broadcast to America at the week-end, but the time has not yet ...

    Article : 137 words
  6. ITALIAN HOSTILITY TO LEASE-LEND ACT

    NEW YORK, March 14.--The Rome correspondent of the New York "Herald-Tribune" says that the anti-American campaign in the Italian ...

    Article : 493 words
  7. ROOSEVELT UPHOLDS FREEDOM OF PRESS

    BOSTON (U.S.), March 14.--At a dinner concluding functions commemorating the fight for a free Press in America ...

    Article : 166 words
  8. Food Ministry Issues Far-Reaching Instructions

    LONDON, March 14.--The Minister of Food (Lord Woolton) has made an order conferring upon any Local, Authority, except councils or boroughs ...

    Article : 271 words
  9. Italians Say British Navy Ignores Vichy Convoy Threat

    LONDON, March 14.--The Rome radio says that the British, ignoring the recent threat of the French Vice-Premier (Admiral Darlan) to use ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. Lull in Italian Attacks in Albania

    LONDON, March 14.--The Athens correspondent of "The Times" says that the Italian attacks in the central sector of Albania were very feeble yesterday. Whether this short lull is a preliminary to a ...

    Article : 371 words
  11. FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS WITHOUT FLASH

    LONDON, March 14.--Night flashlight photographs, as the result of a new discovery, can now be taken in a blackout without a burst of light. ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. NAVAL FIGHT DESCRIBED IN BROADCAST

    A unique broadcast will be heard over national stations on the A.B.C. network at 9.40 to-night, when a reconstruction of the famous fight of H.M.A.S. ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. Three Soldiers Have Miraculous Escape From Death in Desert

    LONDON, March 14.--After staggering 240 miles in ten days, footless and foodless over the hot sands of the Libyan Desert ...

    Article : 295 words
  14. NIGHT RAIDS NOT YET TOO COSTLY FOR NAZI PLANES

    LONDON, March 14.--Londoners were very cheerful to-day when they learned that fighters had bagged 13 night raiders and possibly more, on Thursday ...

    Article : 336 words
  15. ITALIANS SAY ANOTHER FRENCH FOOD VESSEL STOPPED BY BRITISH

    LONDON, March 14.--The Rome radio announces that the British, ignoring the recent threat of the French Vice-Premier (Admiral Darlan) to use naval convoys, stopped another French merchant vessel loaded with food. ...

    Article : 481 words
  16. ROOSEVELT TO BROADCAST ON AID POLICY

    WASHINGTON, March 14.--President Roosevelt will make a radio address on Sunday at 12.30 p.m. Australian eastern standard time. The ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. Died Without Using £24,000 Raid Shelter

    LONDON, March 14.--Mrs. Ella Rowcroft, 81, a Devon millionairess, died without using the £24,000 raid shelter ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. Foreigners May Not Have Hand in Mexican Petroleum Industry

    MEXICO CITY, March 14.--The United Press reports that the Mexican Government has revised the petroleum law ...

    Article : 108 words
  19. Signal Despatch Riders

    Motor cyclists of Northern Command Signals at Kelvin Grove to-day, awaiting the order to proceed to Lytton for the 90 day camp. In the next nine days 10,370 militia will start training. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  20. Pacific Steamers To Be Used As Troopships

    SHANGHAI, March 14.--The Canadian Pacific Steamship Line cancelled all reservations for the trans-Pacific, routes to-day and announced that it would not ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. CANADA'S NEW WHEAT POLICY

    OTTAWA, March 14.--The co-operation of the provinces in carrying out Canada's wheat policy was assured to-day after the conclusion of discussions ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. Loss of U.K. Goods For Australia Very Slight

    "The losses of British goods en route to Australia have represented an infinitestimal proportion of the total quantities shipped, and, even when a loss ...

    Article : 202 words
  23. Three Brave Women Decorated By The King

    LONDON, March 14.--Three brave women were among those decorated at a recent investiture at Buckingham Palace, when the King talked with each of them. ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. Heads British Forces for Battle Of the Atlantic

    LONDON, March 14.--The Admiralty announced that Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Commander-in-Chief of the China, station, has taken up his ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. Army Medical Services Changes

    CANBERRA, March 15.--Colonel F. A. Maguire is shortly to be appointed Director-General of Medical Services for the Army. He will replace ...

    Article : 76 words
  26. 50 Killed When Powder Magazine Blows Up in Spain

    LONDON, March 14.--It is feared that 50 persons were killed and that 480 were wounded when a powder magazine at St Seville (Spain) blew up this ...

    Article : 48 words
  27. German Parachutist Caught in Ireland

    LONDON, March 14.--It is announced in Dublin that police at Taghmon arrested a stranger who it was stated landed last night by parachute from a ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. K.C.B. for Governor of Malta

    LONDON, March 14.--The War Office has telegraphed to Major-General W. G. S. Dobble, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta, who is ...

    Article : 98 words
  29. N.S.W. AND VIC. CASUALTIES

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  30. BIG EVENTS EXPECTED IN BALKANS

    NEW YORK, March 14.--Information reaching the United Press from the Near East indicates that major events are about to occur in the Balkans. The ...

    Article : 62 words
  31. R.A.F. PLANE CRASH IN EIRE

    DUBLIN, March 14.--It was officially announced that a British plane crashed in County Louth yesterday. The sole member of the crew sustained a leg ...

    Article : 53 words
  32. Matsuoka Warns Against Arrogance

    TOKIO, March 14.--In a recorded speech made before he left for Berlin And Rome, the Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka) said he had no special ...

    Article : 119 words
  33. SIR SAMUEL HOARE LEAVES FOR LISBON

    MADRID, March 14.--The British Ambassador to Spain (Sir Samuel Hoare) left for Lisbon (Portugal) by car. ...

    Article : 24 words
  34. War Savings Organiser Busy in North

    The State organising secretary of the war savings campaign (Mr. A. V. Porter) is particularly busy in the north. He has reported to his Brisbane office that ...

    Article : 83 words
  35. MAILS LOST BY ENEMY ACTION

    LONDON, March 14.--The post office announces that mails lost by enemy action include letters to Australia posted from January 1 to January 9 and ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. Ship Overdue at Java

    BATAVIA, March 14.--The Netherlands East Indies Marine Department states that the steamer Rantaupanjang (2.542 tons) is considerably overdue at Java ...

    Article : 37 words
  37. Advertising

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