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  2. GOERING SAYS WINTER CAMPAIGN WAS TERRIBLE

    BERLIN Thursday — This war is the hardest that Germany has had to fight. There are two fronts, the external and home fronts. The winter campaign has been terrible, and the Fuhrer suffered deeply for his troops, but he knew he must not yield. We had to ...

    Article : 266 words
  3. FIRST FREE FRENCH FIGHTER SQUADRON IN BRITAIN

    Free French atrmen, [?] distributed among Royal Air Force squadrons, have how been formed into the first Free French Fighter Squadron, under the command of General de Brigade A[?] Martial Valin. “Flying Sp[?]es this “Lorraine” Squadron ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. GERMANS ON KHARKOV FRONT “GIVING IN EVERYWHERE”

    LONDON Thursday — A despatch to Moscow from the Kharkov front this morning stated that the Germans were giving in everywhere, and that the fields, and roads of the Ukraine were littered with the wreckage of their machines. This morning’s Russian communique states: ‘The Russians last night continued their offensive operations in the Kharkov direction. Intensive fighting continued ...

    Article : 588 words
  5. Timely Success To Years Of Research

    SYDNEY Thursday—Dr. James Chapman, a surgeon who has been experimenting for eight years with the extraction of oil from coal, ...

    Article : 97 words
  6. Scottish Women Do Forestry Work To Further The Allied War Effort

    To free men for the Services, Scottish women have supplied the now urgent need for more fores[?] workers, and are making a splendid job of clearing wooded areas in the Highlands of Scotland to supply timber required for Britain’s war effort. Women ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 75 words
  7. 6000 Tons Of Bombs On Malta In April

    LONDON Thursday—Six thousand tons of bombs were dropped over Malta during April, which is more than the total dropped on ...

    Article : 80 words
  8. City Murders: Arrest Likely By Weekend

    MELBOURNE Thursday—Detectives were more hopeful today in their inquiries into three recent city murders, and there is now a ...

    Article : 110 words
  9. Wheat Payment Proposal Full Of Anomalies

    MELBOURNE Thursday—The president of the Wheat Growers’ Association (Mr T. W. J[?]) said today that the proposal of the Minister for ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. US Army Wishes To Deal With Its Own Offenders

    MELBOURNE Thursday—Where American Soldiers commit offences civil authorities have been asked to follow the practice in America ...

    Article : 160 words
  11. A VERAGE WOOL PRICE HIGHER

    MELBOURNE Thursday — The aver[?] app[?]sed price for wool throughout Australia this season was 12.38d a in which is the higher than for the ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. EXAMPLE OF JAPANESE LIES

    MELBOURNE Thursday — Giving examples today of Japanese mendacity the NEI Information Service stated that among Dutch losses which ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. Prisoners’ Letters Were Censored

    (From Our Special Representative) CANBERRA Thursday — Letters dropped over Po[?] Moresby by the Japanese contained little information ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. AUSTRALIA’S HOUSING PROBLEM

    CANBERRA Thursday—The immediate appointment by the commonwealth of a National Housing Planning. Authority was urged by the ...

    Article : 147 words
  15. DOUBLE TRAGEDY ON SUNBURY FARM

    MELBOURNE Thursday — Returning home to his Sunbury farm yesterday after a period of five or six weeks in hospital suffering from a gastric complaint, Victor Andrew Kelly (40), farmer murdered his wife, Johanna Kelly (38), and then took his own life. ...

    Article : 197 words
  16. Youth Convicted Of Manslaughter: “Horrible Case”

    MELBOURNE Thursday—Leslie Edward Mansfield (15) was convicted in the Criminal Court today on the manslaughter of his father. ...

    Article : 269 words
  17. Payments To Those Who Lose Employment Through Rationing

    (From Our Special Representative) CANBERRA Thursday — The Prime Minister announced today that the Government had decided as a ...

    Article : 125 words
  18. SOLDIERS UNLOAD WAR CARGOES

    MELBOURNE Thursday — Australian soldiers formed into dock operating companies are now employed at Australian ports unloading cargoes of ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. Pilot Killed When Kittyhawk Shot Down

    MELBOURNE Thursday—Attacked by enemy fighters while returning from an operation over Lae Harbor in April, a Kittyhawk plane piloted by ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. Timor Raided By Allied Air Force

    MELBOURNE Thursday — Both Dilli and Koepang, in Timor, were attacked by our Air Force, stated a communique issued ‘today by ...

    Article : 98 words
  21. 35,000 MEN NEEDED FOR LABOR CORPS

    MELBOURNE Thursday — The working of the Civil Constructional Corps was explained today by the Director-General of Allied Works (Mr E. G. Theodore). It was disclosed that during the next few months 35,000 more men would be enrolled in the corps, ...

    Article : 131 words
  22. BRITAIN INTENDS TO OPEN SECOND FRONT IN EUROPE

    LONDON Thursday — There were enthusiastic cheers in the House of Commons when Sir Stafford Cripps, winding up today’s bate, declared: “Britain intends to invade the Continent as soon possible.” The Lord Privy Seal added: “The value of the ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. “FLYING TIGERS’ ” APRIL TALLY 53

    CHUNGKING Thursday — An American Volunteer Group communique states: ‘The Flying Tigers’ destroyed at least 54 Japanese planes during ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. Plenty Of Wood But No Transport

    MELBOURNE Tuesday — Plenty of firewood was available in the country, but it was impossible to obtain sufficient transport to bring it to the city, ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. Warden Had Light Showing From Shop

    MELBOURNE THURSDAY — While on duty as a warden detecting others offences, Harry King, tailor, Footscray, had a light showing from his ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. Reduced Duty Sought For Soviet Films

    SYDNEY Thursday — Representatives of the Friends of the Soviet Union Aid to Russia Fund and the NSW Russia Committee today asked ...

    Article : 78 words
  27. Ilied Production greater Than Axis

    NEW YORK Thursday — Mr J. Carlward. president of the Fairchild [?]ine Aeroplane Corporation, told National Metal Trades Asociation ...

    Article : 93 words
  28. ITEMS NOT RATIONED

    CANBERRA Thursday—Mr. Dedman announced tonight that sewing thread. darning wool. buttons and other haberdashery items were not ...

    Article : 42 words
  29. SHOPPING RUSH BAD AS EVER

    MELBOURNE Thursday — Shop assistants, who have been trying for nearly a fortnight cope with the scramble to buy clothes, were given a ...

    Article : 80 words
  30. THREE COAL MINES IDLE

    SYDNEY Thursday — Three mines, employing 600 men, were idle today through strikes. The Minister for Transport (Mr Brooker) today ...

    Article : 66 words
  31. Britain’s Parachute Troops Are Ready

    Britain [?] for instance attack [?] trained as quick silent killers they are chosen [?] and [?] fearless determination, bulldog tech[?]olty,cold, [?] and intelligence above the [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. Australia’s Rise To Second Rate Power

    (From Our Special Representative) CANBERRA Thursday—By mobilising her industrial strength for defence, Australia had risen from a ...

    Article : 81 words
  33. Adequate Supply Of Boots And Shoes

    MELBOURNE Thursday — An officer of the Department of War organisation said today that there would be an adequate supply of leather boots ...

    Article : 32 words
  34. Railways Revenue Shows Big Increase

    MELBOURNE Thursday—The Victorian Railways Railways revenue to May 14 amounted to £12,299,456, an increase of £2,451,675 above receipts for the ...

    Article : 59 words
  35. FLASH BACK

    LONDON, May 22, 1941: With the German request to the United States to withdraw diplomatic representatives from Paris, the ...

    Article : 124 words
  36. AUSTRALIANS WIN DSC

    MELBOURNE Thursday — The Na[?] has received advice that the King [?] approved of the award of the Distinguished Service Cross ...

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  37. Heavy Consignment For Mannheim

    LONDON Thursday—The Air Ministry states that the fact that one detachment of Stirlings alone carried over 40,000 incendiary bombs in ...

    Article : 42 words
  38. TEXT FOR TODAY

    “Come into me, all [?] that labor and are heavy lad[?]n and I Will give you rest.” ...

    Article : 24 words
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