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  2. ASSAULT ON BURMA.

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—The battle for control of the east coast of the Gulf of Martaban, in Burma, is reaching its ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. SINGAPORE'S FALL

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—The last message received from the General Officer Commanding the British Forces in Singapore (Lieut.-General A. E. Percival is a dispatch sent to the Allied Supreme Commander in the South-West Pacific (General Sir Archibald Wavell) yesterday ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 860 words
  4. IN WHITE RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Feb. 16—The Russian troops advancing into White Russia are reported to have outflanked big German fortified points and to be ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 847 words
  5. CHURCHILL'S SURVEY

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—In a broadcast speech tonight the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) announced the fall of Singapore, describing it as "a heavy, far-reaching military defeat." The Mediterranean was closed to British shipping, Mr. Churchill said; ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. INDIES DRIVE

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—It was announced officially in Batavia today that in their southward drive post Singapore the Japanese had occupied Palembang, the important oil centre in south-eastern Sumatra. Fierce fighting on the island is still in progress, with the Allied air forces ...

    Article : 1,180 words
  7. AMERICAN OPINION.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The Washington bureau of the "New York Times" states: "In the considered judgment of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 450 words
  8. SHIPS SUNK.

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—The Tokio official radio broadcast last night a claim by the Japanese Imperial Headquarters that 32 Allied warships ...

    Article : 170 words
  9. ALLIED HELP.

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—"The Times" says in a leading article that the sacrifice, suffering and incomparable gallantry of Singapore's ...

    Article : 427 words
  10. LONDON COMMENTS.

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—"The whole nation is behind Mr. Churchill as an inspiring leader, but the nation is perplexed at the other Churchill ...

    Article : 567 words
  11. AUSTRALIA ADVISED

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—The Japanese Prime Minister (General Tojo), in a speech to the Diet in Tokio, said that Australia and New Zealand ...

    Article : 292 words
  12. THE PHILIPPINES.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Fighting on Bataan Peninsula, in the Philippine island of Luzon, is limited to local skirmishes, ...

    Article : 121 words
  13. NAVAL SIGNIFICANCE.

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—The "Daily Telegraph's" naval correspondent says that through the fall of Singapore the Allies have lost the only ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. NEW ZEALAND REACTION.

    AUCKLAND, Feb. 16.—"New Zealand will face courageously whatever situation develops," declared the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) today, ...

    Article : 142 words
  15. ARRIVALS IN JAVA.

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—A dispatch from Batavia this afternoon announced that the Australian nurses had been safely evacuated from ...

    Article : 377 words
  16. A PEER CAUSTIC.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—In a speech to the Hampstead Zionist Society today, Lord Wedgwood (formerly, as Mr. J. C. Wedgwood, a Labour ...

    Article : 228 words
  17. MISSING ON SERVICE

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 16.—An outstanding Melbourne athlete and sportsman, Wing-Commander Joon Margrave Lerew, who has ...

    Article : 174 words
  18. CALCUTTA FUSILLADE.

    CALCUTTA, Feb. 16.—In an article in the "Statesman," Mr. Arthur Moore, editor of the paper, bitterly attacks Lord Beaverbrook ...

    Article : 132 words
  19. R.A.F. BOMBING.

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—Aircraft of the Bomber Command last night attacked the docks at St. Nazaire (in the Bay of Biscay). During the ...

    Article : 112 words
  20. SPANISH AID TO GERMANY.

    MOSCOW, Feb. 16.—A Tass Agency message from Lisbon states that Spain has secretly, agreed to grant Germany 50,000 tons of grain ...

    Article : 87 words
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