LONDON, Sunday.-- Stockholm quotes a report from the Moscow front that advanced Russian forces are 72 miles from the old Polish frontier in ...
Article : 820 wordsBATAVIA, Monday.--It was stated officially that the Japanese had occupied Palembang, the oil centre in South Sumatra. A communique to-day states that the parachutists' attack on Saturday had been followed up ...
Article : 1,516 wordsLONDON, Sunday.--"Singapore has fallen, and the Malaya Peninsula has been overrun," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Winston Churchill) in a broadcast to-night. His announcement was the first confirmation ...
Article : 1,554 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.--In a statement on the Pacific war situation to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said: "The fall of Singapore can only be described as an Australian Dunkirk. The fall of Dunkirk had ...
Article : 1,097 wordsLONDON, Monday.--A message from Cairo states: "Marshal Rommel is believed to be preparing a new push against the Imperial positions between ...
Article : 610 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.--Willi the fall of Singapore further sweeping measures, partly economic and partly military, to prepare ...
Article : 131 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.--"That we want more fighter and bomber 'planes needs no emphasis, but some of the critics who now fill the air with cries for ...
Article : 219 wordsBRISBANE, Monday.-- Registration of aliens for service throughout Australia will end to-morrow. Males who fall to register are liable to a fine of ...
Article : 33 wordsLONDON, Monday.--A message from New York says it is reported reliably that further French and Spanish agreements have been ...
Article : 62 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.-- The authorities of the Australian Red Cross hope that news of Australians take prisoner in the Malayan campai ...
Article : 84 wordsLONDON, Monday.-- Over Britain there was only slight enemy air activity last night. Several coastal areas in north-east England and south-east ...
Article : 53 wordsA picture taken a few days before the Japanese landed on the island of Singapore showing the damage done by Japanese bombings. Fire-fighters are seen at work. --Department of Information photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsFires on the outskirts of the city of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 9 wordsLONDON, Monday.-- Speaking to the Japanese Diet to-day, General Tojo made special reference to Australia. He said: "Australia and New ...
Article : 138 wordsLONDON, Sunday.--To attack Mannheim last night, aircraft of the Bomber Command had to fly through thick cloud, says the Air Ministry news ...
Article : 174 wordsBRISBANE, Monday.--Frank Arnell, on interstate Rugby Union footballer, was killed to action while serving with on February. 8. Born at ...
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The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1922 - 1965), Tue 17 Feb 1942, Page 5
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