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  2. JAPANESE INVINCIBILITY MYTH Shattered by Sikhs

    The myth of Japanese invincibility was shattered when the Sikhs charged with the bayonet at Shwe-gyin and Madaiku (situated on the opposite sides of the Sittang River) in Burma. Both towns—strategic road, rail, and river centres—were ...

    Article : 234 words
  3. LOTTERY "RING."

    F.B.L agents operating simultaneously in 38 cities seised 60 members of the largest lottery ring in the United States. The ring had a ...

    Article : 101 words
  4. WAR MATERIALS.

    Lieut-General McNaughton declared that the establishment of a North American Production Council to ensure the greatest possible flow of ...

    Article : 99 words
  5. RUSHING GUNS.

    Tha protection of United States ahlpe against [?] will be increased duirng the next two months This statement was made ...

    Article : 447 words
  6. RUSSIAN DRIVE. ADVANCE 100 MILES.

    The Rasselas in [?] [?] have [?] 100 miles, [?] the Ma[?] radio last night in [?] [?] that tha [?] had ...

    Article : 266 words
  7. AID TO SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC Immediate Increase Urged

    The Australian. Attorney-General (Dr. H. V.Evatt) spent four hours at White House to-day submitting'to President Roosevelt and Mr. Harry Hopkings, the lend-Lease Director, urgent reports ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. U.S. ARMY DAY.

    President Roosevelt has preclaimed April 6 as "Army Day." All the services will participate, he said. He urged the people to ...

    Article : 327 words
  9. LABOUR PROBE IN U.S.

    "Compuision can do nothing that free workers will not give in larger and more generous measure," said the American Federation ...

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  10. ENEMY REPORTS.

    The Berlin radio says that according to Japanese reports from Burma after several days' battle the British were forced to withdraw last night from ...

    Article : 41 words
  11. BOMBS BOUT ELEPHANTS.

    American planes operating in Burma are said to have routed many elephants, which the Japanese are using for transport, by raining incendiary ...

    Article : 295 words
  12. GREAT RADIO WAR.

    The great radio war between Russia and Germany continues, with the Russians, as in the real war, well ahead of the Nazis, with clever and lively ...

    Article : 420 words
  13. REGROUPING FORCES.

    A communique issued at 4 p.m. says that sharp skirmishes along the entire Batan front indicate that General Yamashita is regrouping his forces ...

    Article : 154 words
  14. SUGAR RATIONING.

    Mr. Jobn Hamm, Acting Chief of the Office of Price Administration, announced that all sagar sales in the U.S.A. will be halted ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. NEW DESERT DRIVE.

    There are strong indications. that a large-scale offensive in Libya may soon develop. A conference of British army ...

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  16. SIGNIFICANCE OF CHOICE.

    The "Herald Tribune," in a leader, says, "The fact that Mr. R.G.Casey is an Australian gives a prominent primary significance. The Empire ...

    Article : 229 words
  17. HAMPDEN SQUADRON.

    An R.A.A.F. Hampden bomber squadron, commanded by Wing-Commander G. M. Lindeman, of Sydney, is becoming the R.A.F's. Bomber ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. SOUTH BURMA FAILURE.

    Out-of-date tactics, inadequate communications and bomber support, the inability of the Government completely to support the military, and the ...

    Article : 207 words
  19. AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE.

    Initial plans for the defence of Australia against a large-scale Japanese invasion were discussed at conferences by General MacArthur at the ...

    Article : 193 words
  20. JAPANESE FORCES MASSED.

    Strong Japanese forces ere reported to be massed for a drive through the Sittang River defences to Irrawaddy, where Lieut-General Stillwell's fifth ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. AT LABOUR'S MERCY.

    In one of the strongest castigations of Labour ever uttered by a New Deal official, the assistant secretary to the Attorney-General (Mr. Thurman ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. BRITAIN'S HANDS TIED.

    The "Yorkshire Post" in a leader says: "It is easy to make too much of the controversy which has sprung up with the appointment of Mr. Casey ...

    Article : 275 words
  23. BRITAIN'S POSITION.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Ernest Beven), in the course of a speech today, said: "I offer no apology for Britain in this war. What it has ...

    Article : 217 words
  24. "TOUGH FIGHTERS,"

    The Japanese are tough fighters who go into the battle determined to do or die. said Brigadier-General H. Casey, chief engineer of the United States ...

    Article : 176 words
  25. THIRTEEN RATINGS.

    Thirteen ratings from the Australian naval sloop Yarra, which was sunk by the Japanese naval forces while returning to Australia after the battle of ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. NAZI CRUISER.

    The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen (which recently escaped from Brest and traversed the English Channel) is at Trondheim, in Norway, in a ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. STRENGTHEN STATE SERVICES.

    The Minister for Civil Defence (Mr. E. M. Hanlon) said to-day that he intended to build up every branch of civil defence. To do that he would use ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. GERMAN SPIES.

    Lucy Bochmier, the 18-year'Old German spy, who confessed and was the Government chief witness in the recent trial of seven other spies, was sentenced ...

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  29. AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW.

    Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, the newly appointed British Ambassador to Moscow, arrived at Moscow yesterday. ...

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  30. RESTORING POLAND.

    M. MiKolajezyk, Polish Deputy Prime Minister, told the British Association conference that Polish agriculturalists consider that Germany should, as ...

    Article : 105 words
  31. HOARDING WEALTH.

    The "Sunday Times" diplomatic writer says that German heavy industries provide Hitler with a private income of at least £3,000,00 annually from concealed ...

    Article : 84 words
  32. COMPLETE SURPRISE.

    The "Sunday Times" says that Mr. Casey's appointment came as a complete surprise to military and civil officials here who expected a member of ...

    Article : 75 words
  33. TAX POSITION

    Members of the A.I.F, R.A.A.F. or Navy who returned to Australia before June 30 will not have income tax and war tax instalments deductions ...

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  34. NEW BEEF RULING.

    Sales of Queensland chilled beef, which has been going to Victoria, will be affected by regulations being prepared by the Commonwealth Government to ...

    Article : 109 words
  35. STOP PRESS!

    In the first iniand raid on Australia enemy aircraft attacked Katherine,180 miles from Darwin, on Sunday. Their bombs killed ...

    Article : 128 words
  36. ITALIAN CRUISER.

    If his rear gunner's turret had not jammed at the critical moment, an Australian flying officer from Horsham, Victoria, who is attached to a ...

    Article : 120 words
  37. N.S.W. POLICE ROW

    Steps will be taken by the Premier (Mr. McKell) early-next week to smooth out troubles in the police force. Several days ago the Police ...

    Article : 94 words
  38. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

    Countering the union demands for a blanket wage increase of a dollar daily, General Motors Corporation proposes the establishment of a system ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. MANY FACTORY EXPLOSIONS.

    The Moscow radio states that a number of succe[?] exp[?] occurred in German controlled factories in the southwest of Belgum and the victnity of ...

    Article : 46 words
  40. CRIPPS NOW IN CAIRO.

    The Lord Privy Seal (Sir Stafford Cripps), who is on his way to India, has arrived in Cairo by air. He began a series of conte[?] with ...

    Article : 45 words
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