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  2. BOMBING OF COVENTRY.

    Thursday night's terri[?] bombing of C[?]ventry, coupled with the almost in[?]essant attacks an London and the Royal Air Force's battering of ...

    Article : 1,117 words
  3. HAMBURG BATTERED BY BOMBS

    The Air Ministry news service to-night issued the following full description of Friday night's R.A.F. raid on Hamburg, when the second largest city in Germany had one of its longest and heaviest air bombardments in a series of raids which ...

    Article : 236 words
  4. AMERICAN EYES.

    The Washington State Department has admitted that the situation at Martinique has been dangerous, declares the "New York Post's" ...

    Article : 181 words
  5. ITALIANS FIRE DOOMED CITY

    The latest report from Athens states that fierce fighting is continuing at Korea. A report of its capture reached Salonika, but Athens states that the Italians are still holding the mountain north-east of the town. Flames from the burning ...

    Article : 236 words
  6. CANADIAN DEFENCE.

    Mr. Henry Macmillan, of Vancouver, who, before the war was the world's largest individual timber exp[?]rter, has been appointed ...

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  7. SHELTER PROBLEM.

    No solution has yet been reached of the air raid shelter problem, and hundreds of thousands of Londoners still are condemned to sleep ...

    Article : 199 words
  8. LIBYAN CENTRES.

    An R.A.F. communique says: "During attacks on Korea yesterday the R.A.F. seriously damaged one enemy fighter. One of our ...

    Article : 178 words
  9. HITLER'S BOMBSHELL.

    Hitler promised that his meeting with the Soviet Premier (M. Molotov) would provide a bombshell. The world still awaits the ...

    Article : 386 words
  10. AXIS THREAT.

    Fighting the first major battle of their war with Italy on enemy soil, the Greeks have captured at the point of the bayonet a great part of Mt. Ivan, ...

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  11. ATTACKED IN TWO WAVES.

    "One raider reported a terrific explosion midway through an attack, and many fires which were set raging. "One great blaze-could be seen from ...

    Article : 499 words
  12. SMASHING INTO ITALIANS.

    The Associated Press Salonika correspondent says that the Greeks are reported to be smashing into the Italian army west of Lake Presba. Military ...

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  13. POSTHUMOUS V.C.

    It was announced to-night that the King had approved of the award of the Victoria Cross to the late commander, Acting Captain ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. NEW CABINET.

    King Faronk, of Egypt, has summoned Hussein Sirry Pash[?] to the Palace, and has requested him to form a new Cabinet Hussein ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. 700 PRISONERS TAKEN.

    A night communique states: "Intense artillery and air activity is continuing along the front. We have taken 700 prisoners, captured 10 guns and shot ...

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  16. TRANSPORT BOMBED.

    A communique from the R.A.F. headquarters in Greece states: "Our aircraft successfully bombed and machine-gunned a moving Italian motor ...

    Article : 307 words
  17. LE HAVRE EVACUATED.

    British bombings have caused Le Havre to be evacuated for the second time, while 7000 German troops concentrated there for an inva[?]ion of ...

    Article : 188 words
  18. ATTEMPT ON WARSHIPS.

    A raider unsuccessfully attempted to bomb British warships last night. Bombs fell on the land, injuring seven and causing slight damage. ...

    Article : 27 words
  19. SPANISH MINISTER.

    The "Observer's" diplomatic correspondent discussing the likely reason behind the visit of the Spanish Foreign Minister (Senor Suner) to Paris and ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. U.S. CORRESPONDENTS BANNED.

    The Government has banned American correspondents sending out news after November 18. because the United States had refused visas for correspondents of ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. HAVOC ADMITTED.

    "L'Action Francaise" says that the R.A.F. attacks on Le Havre caused the re-evacuation of the city. Bombers last night scored a direct hit on an ...

    Article : 68 words
  22. NAZI MERCHANTMEN.

    Two Nazi merchantmen, one of which has been acting as an armed raider, are believed to neve been sunk in one day by British warships in the Caribbean Sea. ...

    Article : 156 words
  23. INFORMATION SOUGHT.

    The State Government has cabled Mr. Weddell, the Ambassador in Madrid, asking for official information of the status of the United States' correspondents and ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. SNEERS FROM GERMANY.

    Masking its account of the R.A.F. raids last night with hollow sneers at the R.A.F's. "lack of courage," the Berlin radio says that the British ...

    Article : 239 words
  25. R.A.F. CONTINUES RAIDS.

    Despite adverse weather, R.A.F. bombers during the night heavily attacked objectives in Hamburg, aerodromes and ports in enemy and ...

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  26. BAN CANCELLED.

    It is announced that the ban against American newspaper men in Spain has been cancelled. The incident is now considered closed. ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. GERMANS LEAVE GREECE.

    All Germans are reporting to their Consular offices throughout Greece. About 500 Germans are believed to have left Athens in the last two days. ...

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  28. MAN WHO REMOVED BOMB.

    Frederick Leighton Morris, a former Guards officer, who was fined £100 on November 8 for having removed a 100lb. unexploded German bomb ...

    Article : 51 words
  29. SWEDISH SHIP.

    A Swedish ship of 3628 tons, loaded with 6000 tons of chrome for America, ran aground and was badly holed off a small island near the New Caledonia ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. INTRA-EMPIRE TRADE.

    The city is expecting a concerted Empire effort to curtail production of goods which do not contribute directly to the war effort. While there is no suggestion ...

    Article : 310 words
  31. BRINDISI ATTACKED.

    A Rome communique states that great numbers of planes last night at tacked Brindisi. The efficient intervention of Italian anti-aircraft batteries ...

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  32. STOP PRESS.

    Hamburg suffered another severe battering by the Royal Air Force last night, and our planet dropped many tons of bombs on the big ...

    Article : 205 words
  33. HOME GUARD TAKES TO THE WATER

    Britain's Local Defence Volunteers—the Home Guard, now over a million strong—is taking over duties on the Thames. Each patrol is fully armed and in a motor-cruiser it responsible for a sixteen mile stretch of the river.—Commonwealth Department of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  34. MOGADISHU BOMBARDED.

    The Admiralty announces that British light forces bombarded Mogadishu. Hits were scored on targets on the shore and shipping in ports. Italian ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. FAR EAST EVACUEES.

    Eight hundred American women and children evacuees from the Far East arrived in Sydney to-day en route to the United States. The only pleasant aspects ...

    Article : 146 words
  36. WAR HALTS PLANS.

    But for the war Australia's most brilliant lawn tennis player. Miss Nancye Wynne, would possibly have joined the professional ranks. Negotiations were in ...

    Article : 141 words
  37. DAMAGE TO INDUSTRY.

    A leading member of the aircraft industry told the "Sunday Dispatch": "While it would be wrong to describe the damage to industry at Coventry as ...

    Article : 493 words
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