At a Press Conference the Secretary for War";(Mr.H. L. timson) indicated that the bulk of the Batan force of 36,853 [?]oops had been killed or captured. President Roosevelt athorised the Philippine commander (General "Wainwright) ...
Article : 260 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr.Winston Churchill), receiving a cheque for £35,000 from Danes in London for the purchase of Spitfires, said: "We ...
Article : 148 wordsThe united automobile workers ot the Committee of Industrial Organisation promised in a letter to President Roosevelt to-day: "We shall ...
Article : 131 wordsA general understanding on the main points between Congress leaders and Sir Stafford Cripps has been as good as reached. It is ...
Article : 386 wordsChinese forces are still fighting on the Sittang front in Burma. They engaged Japanese troops acress the Burms Road between ...
Article : 136 words"The Times" correspondent at Stockholm, says that the lull in Russia, which many regarded as an inevitable concomitant of the thaw, is already proving illusory. Latest information shows that almost the "entire" front is in commotion, ...
Article : 253 wordsA Chinese army spokesman said to-day that Japanese nave dispatched reinforcements to Northern Indo-China, apparently to discourage any large ...
Article : 121 wordsIt is authoritatively stated that it is not clear whether the increased enemy activity in Libya is a prelude to an attack. The Axis ...
Article : 357 wordsWell over bali of the German bomber strength and half the fighter strength are being used on the western and Mediterranean ...
Article : 194 wordsA square mile of buildings in the heart of Mandalay were destroyed by blast and fire as a result of Japanese raids on Good Friday. Two waves of ...
Article : 248 wordsIr. Stimson said that President [?]osevelt's message to General Wain [?]ght had been sent yesterday. The President had expressed full ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Berlin radio reports a continuance of heavy, fighting in the northern sectors. It also admits Russian pressure from the north-east towards ...
Article : 87 wordsFive persons died from heart attaeks and a warden was serlously hurt thronsh falling from a binding during a 111 minute ...
Article : 52 wordsThe War Production Board has further cut gasoline deliveries in the east and west coast curtailment areas from 80 to 66 per cent ...
Article : 50 wordsSir Stafford Cripps is expected to make an announcement on April 10 regarding the outcome of his mission. ...
Article : 23 wordsIt is understood that the new defence formula which Congress is reported to have accepted was passed on to all other political parties. Pandit Nehru ...
Article : 172 wordsA night communique says that there were no important changes on the front to-day. Twenty-five German planes were destroyed on April 8. we ...
Article : 31 wordsThe official radio stated that 60,000 lipino and American troops in Batan [?]d asked for a halt in hostilities after [?] days of fierce Japanese assault. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe San Francisco radio says that the Japanese success at Batan was a hollow victory, for Batan cost them many men, and disrupted their Pacific ...
Article : 55 wordsWith the sinking of an Italian cruiser in the Mediterranean, announced by an Admiralty communique to-day, five of the seven 10,000-ton ...
Article : 44 wordsPress dispatches reveal that Russian forces on the southern front have smashed the strongest German tank attack since the battle for Moscow. ...
Article : 326 wordsThe end of the defence of Batan, as escribed by the United States Secre[?] for War (Mr. H. L. Stimson) is [?]old in a Washingtonmessage Mr. ...
Article : 350 wordsIt is reported that a German officer was among the prisoners captured by the Chinese in Burma. ENGAGEMENTS ON SIAMESE ...
Article : 59 wordsThe British United Press correspondent at Valetta says the Maltese are demanding, "Why donjt we bomb Rome?" The demand is the natural outcome of the ...
Article : 84 wordsCongressional leaders, praising the heroism of Batan's defenders, to-dav spoke grimly of making Japan pay for its temporary victory. Senator ...
Article : 199 wordsFree Norway, on the second anniversary of the German invasion, has 60 warships and 500 merchant ships fighting for the liberty of ...
Article : 397 wordsThe Australian special envoy to Washington' (Dr. H. V. Evatt), in a speech at a Canadian club luncheon to-day, said that the united ...
Article : 328 wordsThe British United Press correspondent at New Delhi says the Congress Working Committee will probably hold a session in another two days to ...
Article : 135 wordsIt is officially announced, that Allied bombers attacked an enemy naval squadron, scoring near misses on an enemy aircraft-carrier, ...
Article : 60 words"The Times" diplomatic correspondent, says that heavy Bulgarian troop movements into Serbia is the first result of King Boris's visit to Germany. ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Secretary for War (Sir James Grigg) in a speech at Cardiff, said: "Our soldiers' spirit is admirable. All of them are longing for the day of ...
Article : 148 wordsIt was announced by the Admiralty early this" afternoon that the aircraft carrier Hermes (Captain R. F. Onslow, R.N.) has been sunk off the coast of ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Leader of the National Congress (Pandit Nehru) issued a sirring apreal in a campaign to arouse Indians inside and outside of India to resist ...
Article : 206 wordsThe Ford bomber plant at Wittowrun, the largest factory of its kind in the world, was opened for Inspection to the Press. Built on a vast site where an ...
Article : 157 words"The Times" correspondent or the German frontier says that a high German officer describes the horrifying sights which appeared almost ...
Article : 223 wordsIntensification of the R.A.F. offensive against German-controlled targets in France, Belgium and Holland is assured by the development of new ...
Article : 109 wordsA Government order prohibits all non-essential building, including homes, highways and utilities, regardless of whether they are privately or publicly ...
Article : 64 wordsTwo British cruisers, the Cornwall (10,000 tons) and the Dorsetshire (9975 tons) were sunk in the Indian Ocean as a result of a Japanese air attack. ...
Article : 261 wordsThe Congress working Committee met this morning, after which Dr. Azad said he expected the Congress reply to the British proposals to be sent to Sir ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Columbia Broadcasting System intercepted a radio message from the Domel Agency correspondent in Batan to Tokio, saying that an intensive ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. S. Rayburn), addressing a unity rally at Sulphur Springs, disclosed that the United States was ...
Article : 100 wordsGeneral Oshima, the Japanese Ambassador, said that his tour of Southeastern Europe was merely intended to increase his knowledge about the ...
Article : 47 wordsPresident Roosevelt in a message to king Haakon, on the second anniversary of the invasion of Norway on April 9, said: "Two years ago the ...
Article : 88 wordsA communique from Washington from General Wainwright stated that all communication between Corregidor and Batan has been cut ...
Article : 116 wordsAnother aluminium fabrication factory will be erected immediately at a cost of £750,000, stated the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) to-day. The ...
Article : 52 wordsThe French Ambassador (M. Henry Haye) presented a bound volume of Marshal Petain's speeches to President Roosevelt-to-day M. Haye said he ...
Article : 83 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" Istanbul correspondent says, that a large motor boat, carrying 236 Greek refugees from the Aegesn islands, including men, women ...
Article : 76 wordsThe news from Batan, and the loss of two British cruisers, had a depressing influence on the Stock Exchange to-day. Prices were lower all round ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Tokio radio says the Domei agency reported that 63 diplomats captured in Hong Kong would, be sent home under exchange agreements. ...
Article : 55 wordsOn the second anniversary of the German occupation of Norway, the Government introduced a Defence Bill In the Riksdag (Parliament) providing ...
Article : 43 wordsLord Besverbrook arrived by plane from Florida for an indefinite period of rest. He dined with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. ...
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