SINGAPORE, Jan. 16.—The Japanese forces driving south through western Malaya have encountered in the area of the southern border of Negri Sembilan (some 120 miles north-west of Singapore) a defence line manned by Austrplian, British and Indian troops. ...
Article : 997 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—"-'Although greatly outnumbered, our troops are holding well-prepared positions with courage and ...
Article : 240 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—It is announced here that a United States submarine in the Far East has sunk a Japanese liner of 17,000 tons, of ...
Article : 344 wordsCANBERRA, Jan. 16.—Allied strategic plans in the Pacific have been extended in a way to give vital protection to Australia and New ...
Article : 325 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15.—The Pan-American conference of Foreign Ministers of 21 American republics was opened here today by the ...
Article : 656 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The Secretary of War (Mr. H. L. Stimson) announced today that the Army had begun expanding to ...
Article : 819 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.—Stiffer opposition is now being offered by the axis forces in the EI Agheila area after having been pushed back from ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 656 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.—Over 14,000 Germans, including a General, were killed on the Moscow front between January 6 and 15, according to a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 825 wordsAn A.I.F. crew, with an anti-tank gun, comouflaged in Malayan jungle beside a road Department of Information photo ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 18 wordsDARWIN, Jan. 16.—Remarkable stories of how an American tank battalion wiped out thousands of Japanese in the battle for Luzon have ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 267 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 16.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) has received the following cablegram from Major-General H. Gordon ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 354 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—In connection with the official announcement that the entire United States Asiatic Fleet had escaped intact ...
Article : 128 wordsLONDON, Jan. 15.—Mr. E. L. Granville (Liberal Nationalist member of the House of Commons) has given notice that if the position in ...
Article : 97 wordsLONDON, Jan. 15.—A communique issued today in Chungking states that Chinese troops have captured Lapao, 30 miles north-west of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 203 wordsDARWIN, Jan. 16.—Night raids on Singapore have been almost completely abandoned by the Japanese in favour of hourly daylight sweeps. ...
Article : 251 wordsBATAVIA, Jan. 16.—It is authoritatively stated that after the town of Tarakan (on an island off the north-east coast of Dutch ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 392 wordsAustralian Bren gun carriers travelling along a Malayan road. Department of Information photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 13 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 15.—The Tokio official radio reports that the Japanese Intelligence Bureau has announced that 442 persons, including ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.—Reviewing last year's work of British airmer. in the Middle East, a senior air staff officer today described 1941 as an ...
Article : 504 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The United States has carried its economic warfare into Sweden, Turkey, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal by ...
Article : 86 wordsMELBOURNE. Jan. 16.—Bombs were dropped by Japanese aircraft in the vicinity of Rabaul (New Guinea) this afternoon, the ...
Article : 217 wordsWASHINGTON. Jan. 14.—The District Court today convicted George Hill, secretary of Representative Hamilton Fish (former ...
Article : 91 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—A delegation of Republican members of Congress which has returned from an inspection tour of England has ...
Article : 54 wordsSINGAPORE, Jan. 15.—The swift move by the A.I.F. to new positions to help block the Japanese advance towards Singapore was one of the ...
Article : 516 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 14.—The Rio de Janeiro correspondent of the "New York Times" states that Argentina is expected to collaborate in the ...
Article : 192 wordsVALLETTA, Jan. 16.—For the second day in succession, there have been 14 alerts at Malta in the last 24 hours. Today's R.A.F. ...
Article : 93 wordsNEW YORK, Jan 15.—The Tokio radio says that British and Americans captured at Hong Kong have been interned in the Peninsula Hotel ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, Jan. 16.—The Berlin radio today quoted a report from Vichy stating that British and French patrols had clashed on the ...
Article : 54 wordsBUENOS AIRES, Jan. 15.—The Argentine Government today ordered an immediate investigation into foreign-controlled organisations ...
Article : 33 wordsExcept where otherwise designated the overseas Intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 17 Jan 1942, Page 5
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