The titanic battle for Stalingrad in the 60th day of issue is still in the balance, but the Russians' position is daily growing more tense. "The Times" Moscow correspondent says that the break ...
Article : 215 wordsThe First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. A. V. Alexander) in a speech revealed that since the outbreak over 530 Axis submarines have ...
Article : 400 wordsM. Laval, broadcasting to the workers, said: "When I asked you several months ago to work in Germany. I did not care whether my ...
Article : 902 words"Although America is siill fighting a two-ocean war with a one-ocean navy, we took the offensive at Tulagi in August and the Japanese ...
Article : 138 wordsTo assist the High Commissioner (Mr. S. M. Bruce) in representing Australia in a series of important talks on post-war problems the Federal ...
Article : 146 wordsContinuing to support the operations in the Solomons, Allied medium bombers under General MacArthur's command made another night attack on Buin, on the southerly tip of Bougainville Island, around which Japanese concentrations of ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Duke of Devonshire, Undersecretary for India, speaking in the House of Lords, said the Government of india had been ...
Article : 288 wordsThe United Nations will never do business with military Japan again," asserted the former Ambassador to Japan (Mr. Joseph ...
Article : 316 words"The Times" continues: "Every type of craft[?] creaking old wood-burning [?], small coracles, fishing boats, launches and improvised rafts are ...
Article : 265 wordsThe "New York Times" Washington correspondent says well-informed circles believe that the American and Japanese naval forces are now ...
Article : 309 wordsHere are two pictures, from different sources, vividly describing the hell that Stalingrad has become. The Moscow radio says: "Stalingrad quakes under ...
Article : 480 wordsThe German "pressing" methods of recruiting foreign labour are followed with equal ruthlessness by the Japanese. The puppet labour provision, ...
Article : 276 wordsThe "Sun's" correspondent, Davi[?]Lawrence, writes: "In an effort to make the Marines' position in the Solomons secure, the United States ...
Article : 313 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Kingsley Wood) speaking in the House of Commons on a further vote of credit for £ for the prosecution ...
Article : 282 wordsA Moscow communique to-night says: "The Russians fought stubborn defensive engagements at Stalingrad. The enemy threw in one regiment and ...
Article : 138 wordsA Cairo communique says there was nothing from the land forces yesterday except the usual patrol activity. Our night fighters on October 18 ...
Article : 291 wordsThe Pearl Harbour correspondent of the Associated Press says that competent observers estimate that at least 15,000 Japanese landed at Guadalcanar ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Moscow radio states that the Germans all day threw in fresh reserves against the Stalingrad factory area and launched attack after attack. ...
Article : 228 wordsThe Secretary for the Navy (Colon[?]Frank Knox) told a Press conference "The Solomons is still a good, sti[?] hard fight. In my judgment the ...
Article : 166 wordsThe "Financial Times" gives prominence to the "thawing" process of practically all Australian Government securities, which had been moving ...
Article : 189 words"At any moment the battle of Guadalcanar could precipitate a major fleet action, which might put Australia in peril, or burst the bubble of ...
Article : 353 wordsThe view to nationalisation of industry is unlikely to be adopted, was expressed by Sir Cecil Weir, at Liverpool, to-day. Sir Cecil, who is a business ...
Article : 209 wordsHow the Japanese used sex as a weapon during the Bataan campaign was described by Colonel Carlos Romulo, of the Philippine army, ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Japanese forward positions south Eora Creek have been isolated by [?] Allied advance forces. In tree desperate counter-attacks to break ...
Article : 369 wordsDuring a storm on Sunday R. C. Richards and his daughter, aged four, were Wiled by a falling tree branch near the head works at the site of the ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Tokio official radio states that the Foreign Office spokesman (Tom[?] kazu Hori), broadcasting to the nation said the Pacific conflict was gradually ...
Article : 102 wordsOnly three out of 40 German bombers which attacked Malta in the final raid at dusk yesterday succeeded in crossing the coast. Spitfires broke up and ...
Article : 141 wordsThe new President of the Queensland Congregational Union (Rev. H. Capern) is following the footsteps of his father, who was President of the Union 21 years ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. Law, Under-Secretary for Fore Affairs, replying to questions in the House of Commons said that [?] request had been received that Fra[?] Hess[?] ...
Article : 100 wordsSpeaking at the annual meeting of the Victorian Employers' Federation last night, the president (Mr. F. Ryall) said that the employers had a strong ...
Article : 185 wordsIt is officially announced that the new battleships. Anson and Howe, are in commission serving with the fleet. The Anson has already been in action while ...
Article : 40 wordsThousands of cattle, part of a big trans-continental trek to Queensland from the Kimberleys, West Australia, which were held up in dried-out stock ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Rome radio states that fresh contingents of American troops arrived in Lebanon, including numerous air units, ordered to occupy Syrian ...
Article : 59 words"Whitinbah" is the name which has been given to the southern end of the State honour farm, In the Nerang district, which is used for certain types of ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Ambassador (Admiral Standley) has arrived from Moscow and conferred with the Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) prior to seeing President ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1965), Thu 22 Oct 1942, Page 5
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