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  2. ESCAPE OF GERMAN WARSHIPS Dramatic Dash for Freedom

    The R.A.F. sent between 200 and 300 bombers and still more fighters to engage the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Prince Eugen and their massive escorting forces when the German warships, penned at Brest for the past 10½ months, made their ...

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  3. ISLANDS' ATTACK.

    The "New York Times,"in an editorial, commenting on the details of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands attack, says: "This feat shows that ...

    Article : 137 words
  4. RECALL LIKELY.

    The Federal Government is considering the recall of a number of Australian airmen now serving in Britain, the Minister for Air (Mr. ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. RED ARMY'S ADVANCE. WHITE RUSSIA REACHED.

    Important Russian successes were announced to-day. Not only have the Russian troops reached White Russia at a point north-east ...

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  6. MESSAGE OFFERING British Allegedly Dispatch

    The B.B.C. interrupted its programme at 12.30 a.m. (Australian summer time, Monday) to broadcast the following message sent by Reuter's special correspondent in London to that agency's Singapore office:— ...

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  7. STEAMERS COLLIDE.

    While heavy rain restricted visibility to a few yards two steamers collided four miles out from North Head, between Sydney and ...

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  8. GALLANTRY OF A.I.F

    The magnificent gallantry of the A.I.F. in Amboins, in the Molucca's, 580 miles from Australia, in bitterly contesting every step of the way ...

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  9. FORTIFICATIONS STORMED.

    The Russians, driving west between Moscow and Leningrad, stormed fortified positions which the Germans had built preparatory to a stand until ...

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  10. QUIET ON SALWEEN RIVER.

    A Rangoon communique states: "The situation on the Salween front has quietened after heavy fighting in the Paan area, where there were ...

    Article : 64 words
  11. PARATROOPS IN SUMATRA.

    Without waiting for Singapore to fall, the Japanese have struck at Sumatra. Palambang, with a population of 120,000, lies 54 miles up the Moesi River, which ...

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  12. SERVICE CHIEFS.

    President Roosevelt conferred with American and British naval and military chiefs at White House to-day. According to Press ...

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  13. COMMERCE RAIDER.

    The Earl of Cork and Orrey in the course of a speech to-day said Japan has built a special type of motor ship designed as a ...

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  14. NO FIGHTER GAUNTLET.

    Again, their fighters not having run the gauntlet of a vast incessant "flak" barrage, could concentrate on the sole task of attacking British bombers and ...

    Article : 278 words
  15. RAILWAY STATION TAKEN.

    Heavier Soviet forces are following in the wake of the cavalry, unit, which on February 4 broke the German defences on the Leningrad front. The ...

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  16. TOKIO DENIES LOSSES.

    The official Tokio radio denied that Japan had suffered a naval defeat in the Marshall Islands raid on February 1, and said that the United States ...

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  17. "CAUGHT ASLEEP."

    Admiral Luetzow, broadcasting, said: "The British propaganda blamed the weather for the German penetration of the Channel, but this is untrue. The ...

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  18. PLANES DESTROYED.

    The Moscow radio declares that Russian dive-bombers attacked a German aerodrome on the Karelian front and destroyed four Messerschmitts and ...

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  19. SINGAPORE BROADCAST.

    The Malayan Broadcasting Corporation, reported at 5 p.m. on Saturday: "The battle for Singapore raged this morning with undiminished fury. Our ...

    Article : 155 words
  20. PRESSURE ON ALLIES

    The British United Press correspondent in Rangoon says that the Japanese are attacking in strength in the Paan area, apparently hoping to reach across ...

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  21. CONCERN IN AMERICA.

    High British and American strategists conferred with President Roosevelt to-day. Informed circles believe that the discussions included the ...

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  22. NEW MOBILISATION ORDER.

    "Pravda," commenting on the new mobilisation order of February 14, says the Red Army must destroy Hitler's boasting plan for the spring offensive. ...

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  23. D.S.O. TO SERGEANT.

    A communique issued at 4 p.m. states: "In the Philippine theatre, General MacArthur has awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant ...

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  24. LIBYAN TOWNS. ATTACKED BY R.A.F.

    An R.A.F. Middle East communique states: "Our fighter aircraft was again active over Cyrenaica yesterday. Enemy aircraft ...

    Article : 121 words
  25. NAVAL COMMANDS.

    The new naval set-up in the Southwest Pacific is: Admiral Helfrich commands all naval forces in the A.B.D.A. area; Commodore J. A. Collins, former ...

    Article : 132 words
  26. SINGAPORE A BLAZING HELL.

    The Tokio radio says that on the night of February 14 British troops at Singapore were still fiercely resisting. The bulk of the defenders ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. QUEENSLANDERS IN RAID.

    Three Queenslanders, Pilot Officers Ralfe Cowan, D. Evans and Harold Whillans were among pilots of the Australian Spitfire squadron who ...

    Article : 240 words
  28. PRINZ EUGEN'S FATE.

    It is believed that the Prinz Eugen has been sunk. The cruiser and one battleship were hit by bombs. R.A.F. observers said that the Prinz Eugen ...

    Article : 232 words
  29. N.E.I. TERRITORIES.

    The Netherlands East Indies Foreign Minister (Dr. Kleffens), writing in the "New York Times," says: "The Netherlands East Indies have become the main ...

    Article : 184 words
  30. MARTABAN FALLS.

    Reuter's Burma correspondent says that the bitterest fighting in the war was in Burma in the last few days after Japanese thrusts across the ...

    Article : 234 words
  31. SELETAR CLAIMED.

    The official radio says that Japanese occupied the Seletar naval base at Singapore at noon to-day. The official radio says that General ...

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  32. SCRAPS IN DESERT.

    A General Headquarters communique states: "Operating over a wide area west of Gazala on February 13 our patrols and mobile columns,supported ...

    Article : 191 words
  33. NO SANTA CLAUS.

    Lord Winster, in a speech, declared: "Victory is not something we wake up and find in our stocking, put there by a Russian or American Santa Claus. The ...

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  34. HEAVY ARTILLERY DUELS.

    A communique issued at 9.30 a.m. states: "In the Philippine theatre there was heavy artillery duelling and aggressive infantry skirmishes during the ...

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  35. PORTENDS MORE RAIDS.

    Charles Murchison, the Regional Director of the Office of Civilian Defence, has warned army officers in charge of civilian defence in the ...

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  36. GERMAN VERSION.

    A German radio broadcasting the account of the Channel action, in a statement compiled from official quarters, said: "The warships left the harbour ...

    Article : 212 words
  37. NAVY INQUIRY.

    The Secretary for the Navy (Colonel Knox) has convened a Navy Court of Inquiry into the cause of the fire on the Normandie. Proceedings have already ...

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  38. THIEVES ACTIVE.

    Hold-up men and window smashers were active in browned-out streets of the city and suburbs last night. A woman was attacked opposite the ...

    Article : 164 words
  39. SERVICING TORPEDOES ON BOARD. A BRITISH SUBMARINE DEPOT SHIP

    Torpedoes, deadliest sea weapon and a submarine specialty, are examined aboard British submarine depot ships at regular intervals. They are "parted" for inspection and given a test on the bench to make quite certain that at the right moment they will not fail to find ' ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  40. CAUSTIC U.S. COMMENT.

    The "New York Times," in an editorial, says: "The successful dash of the three German ships through the English Channel to their home ports is, in ...

    Article : 599 words
  41. AMBASSADORS CONFER.

    The Australian Minister in Washington (Mr. R. G. Casey) conferred for 45 minutes with the Russisn Ambassador (M. Litvinov) in a general exchange of ...

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  42. ACT OF HAVANA.

    The Under-secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Wells) to the Press, said, in his judgment; the Act of Havana does not apply to the islands of St. Piere ...

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  43. FRESH CABINET.

    Mr. E. L. Granville, in a speech, said that nothing short of a fresh Cabinet or national union, composed of ruthless men responsible to Parliament, ...

    Article : 90 words
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    The German battleship Gneisenau, which figured in the sensational dash from Brest to her home waters. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  45. CHURCHILL'S ORATORY.

    The secretary of the London Trades Council (Mr. Willis), in a speech, declared: "We must break loose from the stupefying magic of Mr. Churchill's ...

    Article : 109 words
  46. STOP PRESS!

    The Toki[?] radio broadcast that hostilities c[?]ed at Singapore at 10 p.m. on Snnday following an historic conference between the ...

    Article : 56 words
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