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  2. WOMEN PEACE OFFICERS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.--Women favored for selection as Commonwealth peace officers should be over 30, tactful, firm, and ...

    Article : 139 words
  3. AMERICAN FIGHTER SQUADRONS IN BRITAIN

    Under the American flag, at his RAF fighter station in England, stands Pilot Officer Malta Leon Stepp, of San Jose, California, USA, a member of the second of the three American squadrons now flying and fighting in cooperation ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  4. POSITION IN RUSSIA GROWS IN INTENSITY

    LONDON, August 5.--Latest reports from Moscow indicate that the situation on the southern front is hourly growing more tense. The fighting, unparalleled in violence, is raging ...

    Article : 1,215 words
  5. AUSTRALIA CARRYING OWN LOAD IN WAR

    Suggestions that the Allies had made great sacrifices in men and materials for the defence of Australia was ridiculed to-day by ...

    Article : 204 words
  6. INDIA'S PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO RESIST AGGRESSION

    LONDON, August 5.--The All-India Congress Working Committee's new resolution, which was adopted, includes the passage: "A free India will assure the success of freedom and Democracy by throwing in all resources into the ...

    Article : 893 words
  7. Another Jap Threat

    TOKIO, August 6.--The military spokesman declared: If the British and Americans continue anti Japanese military activities in ...

    Article : 64 words
  8. Widows' Pensions

    women had made claims for payment of widows' pensions. Of these it is estimated about 30,000 will receive the grant as ...

    Article : 63 words
  9. JAP OCCUPATION OF GONA-BUNA

    THE Japanese occupation of the Gona-Buna-Kokoda region of Papua is "no special threat" to Port Moresby or the Australian mainland. This is the view of the Allied Command. The official spokesman for General MacArthur made this ...

    Article : 815 words
  10. BRITAIN'S GUN PRODUCTION INCREASED

    LONDON, August 5.--The Supply Minister (Sir Andrew Duncan) said in the House of Commons that the Government ordnance factories were producing four and ...

    Article : 196 words
  11. PRODUCTION OF CARGO PLANES STEPPED-UP

    WASHINGTON, August 5.--Lieut.-General Arnold, chief of the army air force, testifying to the Senate military sub-committee, ...

    Article : 192 words
  12. WORK FOR SOLDIERS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.--The Repatriation Minister (Mr. C. W. Frost) announced to-day that the Repatriation Commission had placed more ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. UNITY OF COMMAND

    LONDON, August 5.--The Daily Mail, in a leader, stated it was disturbing to learn from American sources that divergencies arise ...

    Article : 150 words
  14. WAR PENSIONS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.--The War, Financial (Military Force) Regulations were amended to-day to provide that wherever possible, in cases in which ...

    Article : 48 words
  15. WOMEN'S LAND ARMY

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Prejudices against the employment of women in work hitherto regarded as reserved for men are being rapidly ...

    Article : 204 words
  16. SWEEPING CHANGES IN MANPOWER REGULATIONS BECOME EFFECTIVE AS FROM YESTERDAY

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--The promulgation yesterday of amending National Security (Manpower) Regulations marks a new stage in the organisation of Australian manpower, and the Director-General (Mr. W. C. Wurth) to-day ...

    Article : 342 words
  17. OFFENCES AGAINST RATION REGULATIONS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.--Rationing regulations were amended today to provide that where a person is in unauthorised possession of a ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. TSARISTS HATCH PRO-GERMAN PLOT

    MOSCOW, August 5.--Pravda' says former Tsarist officials, officers, and noblemen, hatched a pro-German plot in Leningrad ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. CLOTHING MANUFACTURE FOR QUEENSLAND

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--Plans to organise Queensland's clothing so that factory facilities could be fully utilised and a larger volume ...

    Article : 279 words
  20. AMERICAN "VC" FOR NAVAL OFFICER

    With the award of the Congressional Medal of Honor, America's greatest military decoration, Lieut.-Commander John D. ...

    Article : 107 words
  21. ENEMY ALIENS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.--About 1200 enemy aliens so far have been called up for service under the Allied Works Council, the Minister for the Interior ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. SHELLED TRAWLER

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Six members of the crew of the trawler shelled and machine-gunned off the East Coast arrived in Sydney ...

    Article : 120 words
  23. REALISTIC TANK TRAINING IN BRITAIN

    This picture, taken during realistic tank exercises in England, shows a British "Valentine" tank advancing while explosive charges provide the effect of shell-fire or mines and enable the crews to get used to the din of modern battle. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  24. DESTROYER ESCORT FOR BRITISH AIRCRAFT-CARRIER

    The 1870-ton HMS Eskimo, one of 14 destroyers of the British "Tribal" class, photographed when on escort duty with a British aircraft-carrier. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  25. RAID INSURANCE

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--A meeting of the Union Secretaries' Association decided to seek the cooperation of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions ...

    Article : 107 words
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