Coffee stocks in Australia were holding and the present rate of shipments indicated that status quo could be maintained, said the Minister for ...
Article : 186 wordsIn opening the House of Commons production debate, the Minister for Production (Mr. Oliver Lyttelton) said that the British ...
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Article : 204 wordsOn his return from an inspection of the Allied air stations in Queensland, the Minister for Air (Mr. A. S. Drakeford) said there was no ...
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Article : 617 wordsThe Moscow midday communique stated that fierce battles continued through the night in Voronej and south of Buguchar and the whole position on the battlefront is one of hourly increased gravity. ...
Article : 182 wordsThe Under-secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) disclosed to the Press that the Vichy Government had rejected the two ...
Article : 333 wordsThe congress Working Committee has published a resolntion proposing the withdrawal of British rule from India. The resolution ...
Article : 332 wordsThe Allied air offensive is pinning the enemy. Allied airmen on a sortie near the El Alamein battlefield saw a force of enemy tanks escorting 1000 ...
Article : 194 wordsSouth African troops in a position in the vicinity of the battered El Alamein railway station on July 13 withstood a heavy German artillery barrage and ...
Article : 375 wordsThe Moscow radio says that violent fighting at Voronej continued throughout the night. The battle area is still covered with smoke. The Russians ...
Article : 339 wordsThe Belgian Press Bureau, quo[?] ing the Socialist underground newspaper "Le Pe[?]ple," states that a referendum on the reaction of ...
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Article : 96 wordsThe "P.M.'s" Cairo correspondent interviewed Axis prisoners, who unanimously ascribe the halt in Rommel's drive to-the "terrible Aussies, who ...
Article : 43 wordsThe "Svenska Dagbladet" says that the Germans are using planes for dropping 10O lb. blocks, of ice for desert troops. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe correspondent with the Eighth Army cables that the Australian troops. helped by South African artillery on their left flank, held up a strong ...
Article : 165 wordsIn Kiangsi province the Chinese counter-offensive pushed the Japanese back to Linchwan. The fight for Linchwan is an extension of the battle ...
Article : 132 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" correspondent states that the Australians holding the northern El Alamein front beat off six attacks against their positions in 24 ...
Article : 47 wordsIn the early hours of this morning (French National Day), nearly 5,000,000 leaflets were dropped by aircraft of the Bomber Command on Paris, Vichy ...
Article : 296 wordsAlthough the full steam of General von Bock's advance may be interrupted at Voronej by a valiant Russi[?]n counter-attack, the gravity of the ...
Article : 1,005 wordsComplaints in Brisbane by the Shop Assistants' Union secretary (Mr. E. Rusling) that women shop assistants, dismissed because of the clothes ...
Article : 197 wordsThe Axis forces to-day again took the initiative in the north sector on the Egypt front, but the Allies beat off the attacks. The R.A.F. retained ...
Article : 138 words[?]ighter bombers during 16 largescale attacks on the Fl Alamein area yesterday destroyed five German tanks, including four Mark IIIs. by direct ...
Article : 65 wordsThe American Associated Press Chungking correspondent states that Japanese columns plunging southward through the heart of Chaking have ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Navy has issued the first complete review of the Battle of Midway from June 3 to 6, in which it was revealed that 20 Japanese ships were ...
Article : 316 wordsLieut-General Stone, G.O.C. in Egypt, at a ceremony in Cairo decorated General Koenig. Free French commander of Bir Hakheim, with the D.S.O., and ...
Article : 62 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" Stockholm correspondent says from the tone of. preliminary reports from the Russian front it is obvious the Russian retreat ...
Article : 194 wordsGeneral Chen Cheh-yuen announced that the Chinese Government was conscripting 6,000,000 men from 18 to 40 in preparation for a further three ...
Article : 113 wordsThe Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. J. J. Dedman) stated to-day that only 50 persons in Australia were receiving the Government's ...
Article : 59 wordsThe newest British fighter now coming out of production is better at nearly every height that the latest two German fighters, and equal to them at ...
Article : 184 wordsThe Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, with the approval of Lord Nuffield, is devoting £100,000 "for the creation of a chair of social medicine" at ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Moscow radio says that Germans have already killed 800 Jews and political prisoners from concentration camps by poison gas tests. The ...
Article : 74 wordsAn Admiralty communique states that light British coastal forces early this morning intercepted off Cherbourg a convoy consisting of a laden tanker, ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. J. J. Dedman) said to-day that owing to the shortage of man-power and materials, restriction ...
Article : 98 wordsThe change of plans by one hour prevented Sir Dorman-Smith being captured by bandits in Burma and held for ransom to the British ...
Article : 116 wordsComparative calm" was indicated in the first reports of the Bastille Day in France received here. Five thousand endeavoured to march through ...
Article : 72 words"Victory at any price' is and retrains our slogan," the German Minister for Propaganda (Dr. Goebbels) told the heads of the regional propaganda ...
Article : 56 wordsThe General Officer Commanding the A.I.F. (Sir T. A. Blamey) is in western Australia on a 5000 miles tour of local defence areas. He said there ...
Article : 46 wordsThe late Alfred T. Craig, a well-known racing owner, left estate in Victoria valued at £53.129. He was owner of Bitalli, winner of the 19[?]3 Melbourne Cup. ...
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