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  2. AUSTRALIANS' BRAVERY IN SLATER'S KNOLL ACTION ON BOUGAINVILLE

    BOUGAINVILLE.—Few actions produced such a spate of acts of heroism as the series of actions in which Australian troops, greatly outnumbered, destroyed front-line fighting elements of the infamous Japanese Sixth Division. As a result our troops hold the vital Slater's Knoll approach to the Hongarai River along the Buin Road. Extrordinary valour was shown by a NSW corporal when the position became desperate during a heavy ...

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  3. Secret Sappers' Work in Epic Capture of Wesel

    LONDON.—"The Secret Sappers"—the First Assault Brigade of the Royal Engineers, played an "important part in the capture of Wesel. The first to land on the Normandy beaches, the sappers of the Assault Brigade have since played many parts in the European campaign, going from ...

    Article : 356 words
  4. Manila Sprayed to Kill Mosquitoes and Flies

    MANILA.—Transport aircraft sprayed the whole city of Manila on Friday to get rid of the mosquitoes and flies. Householders were warned to cover all ...

    Article : 65 words
  5. Adelaide Flier Leads Squadron in Burma

    MELBOURNE.—In 28 days, RAF Beaufighters sank nearly 700 Japanese vessels in Burma, states a dispatch received from India by the Minister ...

    Article : 123 words
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    A POWERFUL BARRAGE opened the Eighth Army attack in northern Italy last week. This picture shows a night barrage being laid down by Allied ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  7. Pilot's Ordeal in Sea as Yamato Sank

    NEW YORK.—A Navy pilot parachuted into the middle of the stricken Yamato task force off the Ryukyus Islands and watched from the water for ...

    Article : 198 words
  8. Country Party Demands Subsidy Discontinuance

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Discontinuance of the Commonwealth subsidy on imported synthetic fabrics was demanded by the New South Wales Country Party ...

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  9. WILL JAPAN SEEK PEACE?

    NEW YORK.—The belief is growing in some military and naval circles, particularly since the accession of the Suzuki Cabinet and Russia's denunciation of the neutrality pact with Japan, that the Japanese will suc for peace before the Allies are in a position to Germanise Japan, says the ...

    Article : 176 words
  10. Agreement on France's Pacific Future

    PARIS. Sunday.—Agreement is reported to have been reached between Australia and France on France's future in the Pacific. ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. DEATH SENTENCE FOR VICHY CID CHIEF

    LONDON.—A special Paris court sentenced to death Lucien Rottee, chief of the special branch of the French Criminal Investigation Branch under ...

    Article : 97 words
  12. ALLIED PRISONERS IN DEATH MARCH

    LONDON.—A hundred Allied prisoners 100 weak to move were found by Ninth Army men in a shed across the river Leine, says the British United ...

    Article : 150 words
  13. REPAIRS IN AIR BRING LIBERATOR TO BASE

    MANILA.—Patchwork repairs, which threatened to break down at any minute, kept a 13th Air Force Liberator in the air for six hours, and enabled ...

    Article : 130 words
  14. British Dockers Earn £46 a Week

    LONDON.—A select committee on national expenditure, reporting on high earnings, reveals that dockers at a northern port at the Easter period last ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. Long Chase After U-Boat in Indian Ocean

    LONDON.—Close co-operation by ships of the Royal Navy and the Royal Indian Navy, and naval and RAF aircraft, resulted in the destruction of ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. MR. FORDE SUGGESTS EPITAPH FOR HITLER

    LONDON.—The epitaph on Hitler's headstone might well read, "He die not understand Parliament," said the Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. ALLIED PARATROOPS SHOT IN COLD BLOOD BY GERMAN MURDERERS

    LONDON.—Evidence is available that the German order to shoot Allied parachutists had been carried out, the Minister for War, Sir James Grigg, told the House of Commons. "Strong protests have, of course, ...

    Article : 188 words
  18. "Safety Deposit" in Leg

    NEW YORK.—Manhattan detectives who thought that they knew every thing goggled in amazement at a lincup at police headquarters when a ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. New US Tank Plants Will Not be Built

    WASHINGTON.—The War Department announced that it was not proceeding with the building of 12 tank plants which had been planned. ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. American Answer to Nazi Underground Song

    NEW YORK.—Irvin Caesar, who wrote "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" has written an answer to the Nazi underground "Werewolf" song ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. ONLY ONE TUGBOAT LEFT IN DENMARK

    LONDON—Only one tugboat is left in Denmark following the escape of Danish ships to Sweden, reports the Stockholm correspondent of Associated ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. General Eisenhower Seeks Wise Use of Censorship

    LONDON.—To enable the fastest and fullest presentation of news to the public, General Eisenhower has reiterated that, all forces under his command should apply censorship only as demanded by requirments of military security, says the British United Press correspondent at Supreme Alied HQ. ...

    Article : 297 words
  23. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO KILL DE GAULLE

    LONDON.—According to the Paris newspaper Populaire, the French police have discovered a plot to murder General de Gaulle. ...

    Article : 93 words
  24. No Neutrals at 'Frisco

    WASHINGTON.—Some neutral countries, eviden[?]ly Sweden, Switzerland, probably Italy and others, who sought to be observers at the San Francisco ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. BRITISH WARNED OF WAR AHEAD

    LONDON.—New Japanese war posters are now being placarded over Britain. replacing those referring to the European war. ...

    Article : 65 words
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