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  2. R.A.F. PRESSING HOME GAINS

    British aircraft are consistently and successfully bombing points far to the west of the recently reduced Tobruk area. A communique from the R.A.F. Middle East headquarters states: "In Libya a raid was carried out on Maraua aerodrome ...

    Article : 244 words
  3. FAMOUS PILOT.

    Flying-Officer John Cock, D.F.C the South Australian pilot whose combat tally numbers eight planes officially shot down and five ...

    Article : 167 words
  4. RUMANIAN REVOLUTION FAILS

    After five days of very confused reports the fog is lifting from the tangled events in the Rumanian revolution, which was a straight fight between the Premier (General Antonescn) ' and a strong body of Iron Guard legionaries, led by M. ...

    Article : 306 words
  5. A.I.F. PRAISED.

    "The0 Australians have not even began; the world will hear much more of their magnificent exploits," said Major Fielding ...

    Article : 799 words
  6. SECRETS STOLEN.

    Secrets of the Royal Air Force and Woolwich Arsenal, secret documents relating to rifles, R.A.F. uniforms, and Bren guns, and ...

    Article : 188 words
  7. AMAZING STORY.

    An Australian airman who was a prisoner at Tobrak eight days before the town f[?]ll has given a graphic description of the battle s[?]n from ...

    Article : 628 words
  8. CONTROL OF ITALY.

    Hitler, on the Italians' own admission, has practically taken control of Italy. Mussolini's newspaper, "Popolo d'Italia," of Milan, ...

    Article : 585 words
  9. THAI WARFARE.

    The Thai and Indo-China Governments have formally accepted the Japanese Government's proposal to settle the border disputes ...

    Article : 112 words
  10. ITALIANS LEAVE DERNA.

    The British United Press correspondent at Cairo declares that an air reconnaissance shows the Italians left Derna as British patrols approched. ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. CITY OF CHAOS.

    A special addition of the "Cuvantul" asked the legionaries to go home, because of the virtual cease fire. For 24 hours longer, however, numerous ...

    Article : 669 words
  12. "30 TO 50 YEARS."

    The Foreign Office has announced that Thailand and France have accepted the Japanese proposals for a truee, and also an offer of mediation. ...

    Article : 216 words
  13. PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY.

    A general Headquarters' communique states: "Our advanced forces contacted the enemy about three miles east of Derna yesterday and dispersed a column ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. EMPEROR'S RETURN.

    The story of Emperor Haile Selassie's return to Abyssinia has now been revealed. He flew from Khartoum to the Sudan-Abyssinian border in an R.A.F. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 274 words
  15. VICTORIOUS ADVANCE.

    The Imperial Army of the Nile continues its victorious advance. In Libya, British armoured patrols, it was announced to-day, are nearly half way to ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. PEACE TALKS DENIED.

    As official statement broadcast by the Bangkok radio last night emphatically denied a Vichy report that peace negotiations had been entered into by ...

    Article : 203 words
  17. BATTLE FOR MALTA.

    The "Sunday Times." aeronautical correspondent says that Malta appears likely to face the fiercest attacks in itS stormy career in the next few weeks. This new ...

    Article : 148 words
  18. STOP PRESS!

    Mr. Wendell Winkie, the prominent American, has arrived in Britain. He expects to be here three weeks and he intends to see ...

    Article : 159 words
  19. U.S.A DEFENCES.

    Prompt upon the heels of his acceptance of Congress' restrictive amendments to the Loan and Lease Bill, President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate ...

    Article : 295 words
  20. CLEANING UP AT TOBRUK.

    The cleaning up at Tobruk goes on. Thousands of prisoners are trekking eastwards, and thousands of troops are pouring westward, straining at the ...

    Article : 222 words
  21. ROME COMMUNIQUE.

    A Rome communique states: "The enemy overcame the last Italian resistance in the western sector of Tobruk yesterday. The Italian forces totalled ...

    Article : 115 words
  22. GERMAN BOMB.

    By the use of a cabin chair an R.A.F. flight lieutenant and a Royal Engineers subaltern, shared the experience of securing a loose enemy bomb aboard a ...

    Article : 251 words
  23. SIR CHARLES BURNETT.

    It is announced that Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett has arrived at Singapore and will discuss matters of mutual interest with Admiral Sir ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. NATIVE GIRL.

    An aboriginal girl flown by Australian Aerial Medical Services to hospital at Wyndham complained of an abdominal pain, and said that some one had ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. SUPERIOR PLANES.

    Donald W. Douglas, the airplane manufacturer, in a broadcast, said that the planes being produced for the United States and Britain were second to none, ...

    Article : 61 words
  26. AMERICAN HELP,

    The Minister for Shipping (Mr. Ronald Cross), broadcasting to America, said: "Our call to-day is the call of Nelson, the call of Paul Jones—a ...

    Article : 229 words
  27. POWERFUL ADDITION TO ROYAL NAVY

    Britain's newest battleship the King George V, in which the Ambassador to the United States (Lord Halifax) crossed the Atlantic. The King George V is a vessel of 35,000 tons, and is the largest and the most powerful battleship in the Royal Navy. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  28. CORRESPONDENT'S STORY.

    The Tobruk action is over—over in unbelievable time. Bardia and Tobruk, two actions 70 miles apart, were completed within the short space of 20 ...

    Article : 695 words
  29. EMPIRE GIFTS.

    The Legislature of Bermuda has authorised the raising of a local loan of £200,000, the proceeds to be lent free of interest to the British Government, ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. CHURCHES HELP ASKED.

    Mr. J. Francis, M.H.R., expressed the hope to-day that the Churches would co-operate in helping to have discontinued the somewhat cold and indifferent ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. SUBMARINE BASE.

    The Air Ministry states that in spite of bad weather yesterday the Coastal Command carried out usual patrol and reconnaissance flights. A small force of ...

    Article : 50 words
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