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  2. Australians in Second Shaggy Ridge Battle on New Britain

    NEW BRITAIN.—Australians have fought another Shaggy Ridge battle. A section advanced 100 yards along a razor-back track four feet wide with sheer drops on either on either side. It was attacking Cake Hill which overlooks Waitavalo plantation, an important Jap stronghold on the Gazelle Peninsula. ...

    Article : 469 words
  3. NELSON'S GUN HIT TRUCK AT 20 MILES

    WASHINGTON.—That the British battleship Nelson, firing at almost 20 miles range, exploded a truck load of German ammunition with a direct hit from a 16-inch shell, was revealed here by the ship's commander ...

    Article : 93 words
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    TYPICAL OF RAF PILOTS OF MOSQUITOES hammering Berlin is Squadron Leader D. C. S. MacDonald, of Vancouver, Canada, photographed in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  5. Nazis Caught US Planes on Big Soviet Airfield

    NEW YORK.—Unopposed German bombers destroyed an American-built Russian air field and 47 grounded Flying Fortresses in a two-hour attack on June 21, 1944. ...

    Article : 115 words
  6. DISAPPEARANCE OF CATTLE ALLEGED

    CANBERRA.—Allegations that 40 percent of the cattle driven from the Northern Territory to Queensland to form a war cattle pool three years. ...

    Article : 146 words
  7. 300 SHIPS CLOG MANILA HARBOUR

    NEW YORK.—At least 300 sunken ships are clogging Manila Harbour, says Commodore william sullivan. who salvaged the Normandie, and also ...

    Article : 84 words
  8. JAP PRISON CAMPS IN TARGET AREA

    WASHINGTON.-The State Department, says the Associated Press of America, has made repeated protests against the Japanese practice ...

    Article : 131 words
  9. Nazis Bomb Frankfurt

    LONDON.—Focke-Wulf 109's scattered by Thunderbolts last week jettisoned their bombs on their own city of Frankfurt in their hurry to get away. ...

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  10. Roosevelt May Intervene in American Food Crisis

    WASHINGTON.—A suggestion that the united States should cease meat shipments to Britain and Europe and reduce supplies to the armed forces has caused a first-class crisis which may call for president Roosevelt's ...

    Article : 152 words
  11. JAP CHILDREN GIVEN BAYONET TRAINING

    NEW YORK.—Japanese schoolchildren in fifth and sixth grades are being trained in bayonet charges. The children are enthusiastic. ...

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  12. BING CROSBY BEST ACTOR OF YEAR: HIGH AWARDS FOR "GOING MY WAY?"

    HOLLYWOOD.—More than 5000 yelling fans jammed Hollywood Boulevard to hail screen heroes and heroines as they arrived at Grauman's Chinese Theatre to attend the ceremony of awarding the statuettes presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and sciences for the best performances. ...

    Article : 239 words
  13. Beauforts Hit Japs Hard

    MELBOURNE.—RAAF Beaufort bombers, operating in the Aitape Wewakares of New Guinea, have flown 1058 sorties since the Beginning of the Year. Northern New Guinea wing of Northern Command dropped 46,119 bombs, of a total weight of nearly 8,000,000-lb last year. ...

    Article : 169 words
  14. Canada Silent on Opening Empire to Fighting Poles

    OTTAWA.— The Canadian Press Association says that no information is available about the canadian attitude to the British preposal for ...

    Article : 90 words
  15. YUGOSLAVS SAVE 1000 ALLIED AIRMEN

    LONDON.— One thousand Allied airmens who have bailed out Over yugoslavia have been saved by yugoslav aid, it is officially revealed. ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. Japan Simpler to Blockade than Germany

    LONDON.—The blockade of Japan would be Germany, the Minister for Economic warfare, Lord selborne, told the Rotary club. ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. LIFE SENTENCE FOR FRENCH ADMIRAL

    PARIS.—The High Court Sentenced Admiral Jean Esteva, aged 64, former Resident-General in Tunisia, to life imprisonment, military ...

    Article : 99 words
  18. British Airman Weds German Rescuer

    LONDON.—An escaped British war prisoner—Flight sergeant Donald Meese, of sheffield— has arrived at a Middle East port from odessa with his German bride. ...

    Article : 175 words
  19. Von Metaxa Killed

    LONDON.—The German News agency said on Friday that von Metaxa, the Austrian Davis Cup player had been killed on the Western Front. ...

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  20. MARJORIE LAWRENCE MAY WALK ALONE

    NEW YORK.—Confidence that Marjorie Lawrence, Australian opera singer, and infantile paralysis victim, will walk unaided within six months, was expressed by her husband, Doctor Thomas king. ...

    Article : 188 words
  21. San Francisco Conference No Second Versailles

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.— The US Under-secretary of State, Mr Joseph Grew, who was a former US Ambassador to Tokio, has compared the ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. Nazis' Cinema Outburst

    MELBOURNE.—Part of the audience at a Berlin cinema recently interrupted the performance by standing up and shouting, ''Let the British ...

    Article : 107 words
  23. TAIL-GUNNER ALONE 150 MILES OVER REICH

    LONDON.—A Flying Fortress flew pilotles[?] for 150 miles across Germany with one wing on fire before the tail-gunner discovered he was the only man on board. ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. RAAFISLAND AIR AMBULANCE

    MELBOURNE.—The RAAF operates an air ambulance system from the Australian mainland to far-flung pacific islands. The range includes Bougainville, Morotai, Biak, and Noemfoor Island, and probably covers a wider. ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. NEW COMMANDERS FOR OVERSEAS SQUADRONS

    CANBERRA.—Two Australian squadrons in Britain have new commanding officers. The Minister for Air, Mr. Drakeford, ...

    Article : 82 words
  26. EX-SOLDIER AWARDED £38,125 FOR ACCIDENT

    NEW YORK.—A soldiers who was discharged from the US Army rafter having been- injured by an under- ground train, war awarded 38,125 ...

    Article : 97 words
  27. Lord Reith in London

    LONDON.—Lord. Reith, former Director-General, of the BBC has returned from a- 50,O000-mile tour of inspection of, Empire . tele-communication's. ...

    Article : 69 words
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