On the Central front in Russia the "Soviet forces have steadily increased the threat to Smolensk. In the last 24 hours the Russisas, have announced the capture of more than 24 settlements. Dispatches confirm that fighting in the region of ...
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Article : 610 wordsThe British in the Mareth sector are regrouping according to the Paris radio. This follows a Berlin statement that there is a lull in operations, and ...
Article : 154 wordsMajor-General Eaker, on the United States air force successes in the Vegesack raid, said: "Fortresses and Liberators proved their worth. They can ...
Article : 259 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Winston Churchill), in a statement in the House of Commons on the progress of operations in Tunisia, said: "The great ...
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Article : 129 wordsAn Army spokesman said to-day the only available sources for the new man-power to the army were the 18year-old group and a comparatively ...
Article : 189 wordsConcerned about the effect on the war effort of coal stoppages in New South Wales, representatives of the Miners' Federation and Southern District ...
Article : 274 wordsAn Algiers communique says that fierce fighting continued all day yesterday in the Mareth area where the Eighth Army successfully repulsed ...
Article : 65 wordsA White Paper tabled in the House of Commons announces the resignation of the chairman (Mr. Clive Pearson), also three of the four other members ...
Article : 109 wordsAllied Headquarters reports that the Americans stood firm under a heavy German counter-attack launched early yesterday morning, 15 miles east of El ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Minister for Air (Mr. A. S. Drakeford) announced last night that applicants for W.A.A.A.F. will in future be enlisted for the duration of ...
Article : 285 wordsCommenting on the postponement of the franchise measure by the Senate, Mr. Curtin said the Senate Opposition had behaved contemptuously ...
Article : 92 wordsThe United Press correspondent at Pearl Harbour (Frank Tremaine) reports the growing indications that the Japanese and Allies are taking up positions ...
Article : 127 wordsThe American Associated Press correspondent at Calcutta says that the Allies in Burma after their failure to crush the Japanese positions on the ...
Article : 115 wordsReuter's correspondent with the Eighth Army says that Rommel's tanks and infantry fiercely counter-attacked in the Mareth area for 24 hours, but ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Greek Information Office announced that 20,000 nationals have been slaughtered since the occupation of Greece. Bulgarians massacred ...
Article : 92 wordsThe working man to Britain works harder than his counterpart in Germany, declared a Berlin radio commentator denouncing grumblers. "Many ...
Article : 106 wordsThe decision of the Industrial Magistrate, Mr. O'Kelly, that men employed by the U.S. Army were not subject to the provisions of the Queensland ...
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Article : 29 wordsThe Director of the U.S. Office of War Information (Mr. Elmer Davis) told a Press conference that hot and heavy fighting in Tunisia was still some ...
Article : 98 wordsTwo were shot down from a force of high flying raiders which crossed the South-east coast this morning. Bombs were dropped on a south-eastern town ...
Article : 67 wordsA Chungking communique says that in the new operation 140 miles northwest of Nanking the Chinese forces have made substantial gains. In ...
Article : 51 wordsMany French diplomats in Spain hitherto loyal to Vichy have resigned, including the Madrid Embassy Counsellor and First Secretary, also French ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Fri 26 Mar 1943, Page 5
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