LONDON, March 4.—The Japanese forces in Java have made further progress, despite fierce resistance by the defenders. Tonight's communique from the Dutch General Headquarters in Bandoeng said: "Our troops, fighting with great stubbornness in an ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,402 wordsWASHINGTON, March 3.—The Australian Minister (Mr. R. G. Casey) conferred today with the Under-Secretary of State (Mr. ...
Article : 533 wordsCANBERRA, March 4.—Darwin experienced its second assault this afternoon, when R.A.A.F. installations and the town itself were attacked with machine-gun fire by Japanese type-O fighters. No casualties have been reported but some damage was caused. ...
Article : 528 wordsBANDOENG, March 4.—The departure from Java of General Sir Archibald Wavell (who has resumed the post of Commander-in-Chief in ...
Article : 958 wordsWASHINGTON, March 4.—A successful engagement in which United States warships and aircraft, for the loss of two planes, shot down 16 ...
Article : 151 wordsLONDON, March 4.—The Royal Air Force last night bombed factories in the suburbs of Paris, the principal objective being the vast ...
Article : 617 wordsLONDON, March 3.—The Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that according to a Moscow report the Russians are ...
Article : 1,216 wordsLONDON, March 4.—Last night's communique from the British General Headquarters in Rangoon said that on the Sittang River front in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 465 wordsBRISBANE, March 4.—Many prospectors and miners who were evacuated by plane from New Guinea had to discard their gold belts, in some ...
Article : 103 wordsNEW YORK, March 3.—The Tokio official radio today quoted the newspaper "Kokumin Shimbun" as saying that Australia would be shown ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, March 4.—Yesterday and today the Japanese made mass air attacks on Bandoeng, the new seat of administration in Java. ...
Article : 277 wordsLONDON, March 3.—The Prime Minister (Field Marshal Smuts), speaking in the House of Assembly today, said that the Japanese drive ...
Article : 129 wordsNEW YORK, March 3.—According to the Tokio radio, Imperial Headquarters, summing up the week-end naval battle, claim ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 396 wordsLONDON, March 4.—The tactics of Royal Air Force cannon firing fighters in attacking French factories working for the Germans were ...
Article : 423 wordsLONDON, March 4.—No important developments have been reported from the Libyan front. Yesterday's Cairo communique stated ...
Article : 345 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Willcock) said yesterday that through the Civil Defence Council and after consultation with the army authorities ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, March 4.—Among the latest Tokio claims is one that Japanese troops have occupied a strategic railway point between Batavia ...
Article : 89 wordsCANBERRA, March 4.—The Australian Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said today that he had had no news of the Australian Imperial ...
Article : 51 wordsWASHINGTON, March 4.—The lull in the Bataan area in Luzon Island continues according to the United States War Department's ...
Article : 119 wordsLONDON, March 4.—The Delhi radio said last night that although General Wavell was already in India he had not yet taken over from ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, March 3.—In moving words, broadcast by her Minister for Naval Affairs, Queen Wilhelmina paid homage to the achievements of the ...
Article : 204 wordsCANBERRA, March 4.—R.A.A.F. aircraft attacked Japanese-occupied aerodromes and shipping at Gasmata (New Britain) last night. This ...
Article : 133 wordsLONDON, March 4.—The German military authorities in Paris have announced that 20 "Communists" and Jews will be shot as a reprisal ...
Article : 154 wordsCAIRO, March 4.—A party from a desert patrol which set out on Christmas Day and returned to our forward lines on January 10 ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, March 3.—Major-General H. D. W. Sitwell is now in command of the British forces in Java, which, it is authoritatively stated, ...
Article : 65 wordsWASHINGTON, March 4.—Accounts of the heroic stand being made by General Douglas MacArthur's troops in Luzon Island ...
Article : 88 wordsCANBERRA, March 4.—"The enemy is at our gates; he batters them at will; he moves with staggering speed; where next he will ...
Article : 222 wordsWASHINGTON, March 3.—In a statement to the Press today the Under-Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) indicated that ...
Article : 56 wordsMONTREAL, March 3.—Twenty survivors from an Allied merchant-man which was torpedoed and sunk in the western Atlantic with the ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, March 3.—His Majesty the King today gave an audience to the Australian High Commissioner in London (Mr. S. M. Bruce) on the ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, March 4.—It has been announced that the Duke of Aosta (whose death was reported in yesterday's issue) died at a nursing ...
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