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  2. FRANTIC BID BY JAPS TO KEEP SOUTH CHINA SEA ROUTE OPEN

    NEW YORK.—"The South China Sea, the ocean high road over which for three years Japan has drawn the sinews of war from the conquered empire of Malaya and the NEI, is now virtually closed to the enemy, and frantic attempts to keep it open are taking heavy toll of the already overstrained Japanese merchant marine, air force, and naval vessels," says the Manila correspondent of the New York Times. "This is the first and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 648 words
  3. RED ARMY GUNS

    LONDON.—Lavrenti Berya, a member of the Soviet Committee of Defence, says that three-quarters of the new types of guns and half the ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. NAZIS MURDER FLEEING TROOPS

    NEW YORK.—Nazi Stormtroopers blew up the Crown Prince Wilhelm Bridge, near Coblenz, while their own companions were crossing it, ...

    Article : 198 words
  5. Wound Took 45 Years to Kill this Veteran

    LONDON.—Death due to enemy, action in the Boer War," was the verdict returned at a Beresford inquest on Francis Barber Limbrick, ...

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  6. British Survivors' Story of Terrible Jap Cruelty

    WELLINGTON.—Attracted by a bonfire on the coast of Luzon before its recapture an American patrol boat sneaked into the shore and rescued four half-starved, near-naked British soldiers. They were among the scant 50 of the 1250 aboard the Japanese prison ship which was sunk. ...

    Article : 376 words
  7. New US Fire Weapon

    CHICAGO.—The US Army's new "white fire" mortar or "goon gun" is cremating hundreds of Germans in foxholes in Germany and has ...

    Article : 78 words
  8. GERMAN OFFICIALS SAY END NEAR

    NEW YORK.—German officials, even Gestapo men, Customs officers, and censors, now estimate that the war will be over in about two months, says the New York Times correspondent in Sweden. British, Turkish, and Portuguese ...

    Article : 185 words
  9. V-BOMB TOLL WAS LOWER IN FEBRUARY

    LONDON.—In February, 483 civilians were killed or missing, believed killed, as the result of enemy air activity, says a Ministry of Home ...

    Article : 145 words
  10. Britain Claims to Have World's Best Tank

    LONDON.—Britain now has the world's best tank, but it is on the secret list, says, a correspondent of British United Press on the Rhine ...

    Article : 68 words
  11. South Australian's Play has American Premiere

    NEW YORK.—South. Australian Max Afford's play "Lady in Danger," which J. C. Williamson's representative, Dorothy Stewart. sold in America, ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. "RED RAIDERS" LEADER KILLED IN ACCIDENT

    MANILA.—The death in an air accident of Colonel Richard W. Robinson, leader of the American "Red Raiders," a bomber unit, has been ...

    Article : 85 words
  13. FRENCH LOST WEIGHT UNDER GERMAN RULE

    LONDON.—A French Government, spokesman in Parts said that nearly three-quarters of the male population and more than half the female ...

    Article : 126 words
  14. Big Strike at Hollywood

    HOLLYWOOD. —Silence descended upon Hollywood's big sound stages one by one last week, as the most serious strike in history threatened. As reported earlier, 20,000 workers ...

    Article : 223 words
  15. US COMMENT ON PACIFIC COMMAND: MacARTHUR'S CLAIMS EMPHASISED

    WASHINGTON.—Associated Press of America says that Senator Taft, Republican, claimed that General MacArthur should be brought to Washington for consultation to help determine the final strategy against Japan. Noting that the C-in-C, Pacific, ...

    Article : 167 words
  16. RAAF-Manned Liberators Set Jap Ships Ablaze

    MELBOURNE.— India-based Liberators with a number. of Australians in their crews sank three enemy ships and set fire to others in the Bay of ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. Two Men Hold Secret

    LONDON.—Only two men know the location of £6,000,000 in gold sunk in the A lantic, and they are both in German prison camps. ...

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  18. PENICILLIN FOR BRITISH CIVILIANS SOON

    LONDON.—In the form of powder, cream, or a pastile, penicillin will be on sale to the British public within three months, says Professor T. ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. British Jet Fighter in Action over Western Front

    LONDON.—The Gloster Meteor jet propelled fighter, which, it previously was officially disclosed, has been successfully used against fly. ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. Cotton Mills to Reopen

    LONDON.—Four Lancashire and Cheshire cotton mills will reopen shortly, says the Daily Telegraph. They will require 12,00 or 14,000 ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. Santo Tomas Internees' Gifts to Liberators

    MANILA.—Internees in Santo Tomas prison camp, in Manila, have presented silver loving cups and letters of appreciation to American ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. HIGH RAAF OFFICER WINS BRAVERY MEDAL

    LONDON.—The Stanhope Gold Medal of the Royal Humane Society for the bravest deed of the year has been awarded to Group Captain ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. Canadian Ace Missing

    LONDON.—Squadron Leader David Fairbanks, top-scoring fighter ace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, is missing. He has destroyed 14 ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. Promotions Recommended

    WASHINGTON.—President Roosevelt has nominated Lieutenant Generals McNarney. Bradley. Spaatz. Kenney, Clark, Krueger. Somervell, and Devers to be ...

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