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  2. American Search for South-west Pacific Bases Coming into Open

    NEW YORK.—America's search for bases in the South-West Pacific after the war is now coming into public discussion in Washington. The Chairman of both the Senate and the House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committees declared that the United States would fight now and at the ...

    Article : 497 words
  3. Tragic Death of Lovely Lupe Velez: Poignant Stories Told at Inquest

    LOS ANGELES.—As reported earlier, film actress, Lupe Velez, was found dead at her home in Beverley Hills last week. At an inquest the coroner said she apparently took an overdose of sleeping powder. Former wife of Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe died five days after breaking her latest ...

    Article : 419 words
  4. BRITAIN NOW HAS BIG WOOL HOARD

    LONDON.—Britain owns today the largest store of wool ever known, amounting to 13,000,000 bales, and weighing 4,000,000,000 lbs., which ...

    Article : 187 words
  5. RECORD FLIERS MISSED WELCOME

    LONDON.—The RAF Lancaster which arrived after making an Australia-England record of just more than three days, was the first RAF ...

    Article : 147 words
  6. AIRLINES "GRAB" BY NZ GOVERNMENT FORESEEN

    WELLINGTON.—Refusal by the Government to release an available aircraft to Union Airways for reinstatement of the air service to the ...

    Article : 96 words
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    A GROUP OF CHINSE AIR CADETS watches one of them looking through a batch of mail from home. They are members of a large detachment of Chinese trainees receiving ground and flight trainig at a USAAF base In America Soon they will return to China to assist in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  8. BRITAIN TO BUILD HUGE MOTOR ROADS

    LONDON.—Post-war motor roads 20 feet wide will be required in Britain at a cost of about £100,000 per mile at pre-war rates. ...

    Article : 88 words
  9. COTTON SALES TO JAPS BRING CRITICISM

    WASHINGTON.—Mr William K. Clayton, millionaire cotton merchant, whom President Roosevelt nominated as Assistant Secretary of State, ...

    Article : 221 words
  10. Farm Work to Keep Nazi Prisoners Tractable

    LONDON.—Thousands of German prisoners who are now to work on farms in Britain will get from three to six shillings a week, states the ...

    Article : 178 words
  11. Bruce Stresses Value of British-US Agreement

    LONDON.—The vital necessity of British- United States co-operation in facing the problems of peace was emphasised by the Australian ...

    Article : 150 words
  12. LONDON PLAN TO MOVE 1,000,000 IN BIG DECENTRALISATION SCHEME

    LONDON.—HM Stationery Office has published a 200-page booklet outlining a Greater London plan and containing proposals for the decentralisation of more than 1,000,000 persons to other districts. ...

    Article : 234 words
  13. WALKERS MUST RAISE ARM BEFORE TURNING

    TORONTO.—Pedestrians in Toyanto, capital of the province of Ontario, ar required to raise their arms as a signal when bout to make a turn. ...

    Article : 110 words
  14. Australian Takes Over From Hughie Edwards

    LONDON.—Wing Commander Keith Parsons, DFC, of Tasmania, raided Essen last week leading his Australian Lancaster Squadron for the last ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. BRITISH WAR ON STREET BEGGARS

    LONDON.—Members of the House of Commons have urged the Government to prohibit all street begging. They declared it was degrading to Britain that beggers should prey on the kindheartedness of American troops and other visitors who did not know of the machinery for relieving distress. ...

    Article : 266 words
  16. MAN WITH TORCH STABBED WAAF

    LONDON.—A masked man crept through a hut full of sleeping WAAF's, shining a torch on each girl in turn. ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. US Ambassador to Spain Hands in Resignation

    WASHINGTON:—Mr Carlton Hayes, US Ambasador to Spain, has resigned. President Roosevelt has nominated ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. Troops Fire on Italian Demonstrators

    LONDON.—Reuter's Rome correspondent says that during, demonstrations outside the Italian, Army, recruiting offices at Catania, a bomb ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. Roosevelt To Broadcast

    WASHINGTON.—President Roosevelt will broadcast an address on Christinas Eve, the hour in Australia being 7.15 on Christmas morning. ...

    Article : 23 words
  20. Forced Landing Foiled US Soldier's Leave Bid

    LONDON.—A sergeant from the US Ninth Army got a leave pass to go to Birmingham. He went—to Birmingham, Alabama. ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. Schubert Scores Win Over Sinatra in Melbourne Factory Experiment

    MELBOURNE.—In the large messroom of a munitions factory last week the clatter of knives, forks and tin pannikins died down as three musicians began a programme of light classical music. There was close attention to the programme arranged by the new Council for the Encouragement of ...

    Article : 251 words
  22. Famous Airman is Going Back to Sea

    NEW YORK,—The Australian Hier, Harold Gatty, who flew around the world with the American, Wiley Post, in 1931, is going back to the sea. ...

    Article : 58 words
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    SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO. 28 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. Tokio Claims NG Success

    NEW YORK.—Domei News agency claims that the Allies' positions at Mega, at the extreme western tip of New Guinea, were wiped out on ...

    Article : 63 words
  25. Ban Urged on Radio Horror Programmes

    OTTAWA.—The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is urging private stations not to renew contracts for horror programmes. ...

    Article : 40 words
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