LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) told the House of Commons today that he had no news about the fall of Singapore that had not been published. He declined to have a debate on it in "a mood of anger and panic," but promised to have one in the next ...
Article : 2,899 wordsLONDON, Feb. 18.—A dispatch received here from Rangoon early this afternoon stated that the gravity of the situation on the front ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 833 wordsBATAVIA, Feb. 17.—A communique from General Sir Archibald Wavell's headquarters states that Allied aircraft continued operations ...
Article : 255 wordsLONDON, Feb. 18.—A frank analysis of the Malayan campaign is made by the Singapore correspondent of "The Times" in a dispatch ...
Article : 1,165 wordsNEW YORE, Feb. 18.—The Tokio official radio quotes a report from the Domel newsagency that 15,000 Australian, 15,000 British and 30,000 ...
Article : 122 wordsLONDON, Feb. 17.—The Stock-holm correspondent of the "Daily Express" reported late tonight that yesterday morning advanced ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 921 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Enemy activity in the Bataan Peninsular, the north-west sector of Luzon Island, is again increasing and the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 219 wordsLONDON, Feb. 18.—Figures revealed in London today give the casualties of European civilians in Malaya up to Saturday as 105, ...
Article : 172 wordsBATAVIA, Feb. 17.—To hamper Japanese moving up the Moesi River in sampans and small craft to attack Palembang the captain of a ...
Article : 664 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 18.—Although no news of the A.I.F. in Singapore has reached the Government the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) ...
Article : 75 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The United States War Department has announced the award of the Congressional Medal of Honour—the ...
Article : 139 wordsLONDON, Feb. 18.—A private meeting of Midland Commoners passed a resolution yesterday affirming confidence in, the Prime ...
Article : 565 wordsOne of the American-built Curtis P-40 fighter planes popularly known as "Tomahawks." These planes are serving the Allies in Britain, the Middle East Burma and other war fronts. It is a single-seater lowwing monoplane armed with six machine-guns. Its top speed exceeds ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 50 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 17.—According to the Chungking official radio, under cover of artillery Japanese forces launched a new attack at ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, Feb. 18.—Today's communique from British General Headquarter, Cairo, briefly said:—"Our fighter patrols and mobile columns. ...
Article : 95 wordsAn Admiralty communique issued today stated that, with the object of passing certain convoys through the Central Mediterranean, naval ...
Article : 239 wordsHONOLULU, Feb. 18.—Dummy periscopes made of wood, bamboo, glass, tin cans and coral have been found in the sea off Pearl Harbour, ...
Article : 74 wordsBATAVIA, Feb. 17.—Practically no civilians have been evacuated from Java and no more will be. From the 54-year-old Governor-General ...
Article : 274 wordsBOMBAY, Feb. 18.—The "Times of India" says that evidence of tie mentality in the British Cabinet which is obsessed by the war in the ...
Article : 216 wordsLONDON, Feb. 17.—That there are too many misfits in the British Army is the conclusion reached by Sir William Beveridge's committee ...
Article : 221 wordsCHUNGKING, Feb. 18.—The Minister for Information (Mr. Wang Shih-chieh) reiterated today the official Chinese determination that ...
Article : 180 wordsLONDON, Feb. 17.—A dispatch from Berne states that as part of a gigantic food programme the Germans transferred 400,000 Russian ...
Article : 86 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 18.—During a battle with Japanese fighters over Rabaul yesterday R.A.A.F. Hudson aircraft damaged one enemy ...
Article : 97 wordsSTOCKHOLM, Feb. 17.—Six thousand workers in Norway have been precipitately transferred from their own jobs to assist in the building of ...
Article : 110 wordsBATAVIA, Feb. 17.—The "Nieuws Van Den Dag" says: The whole of the United States Army is now being prepared to be eventually sent ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, Feb. 17.—Mrs. Churchill has announced that her Aid for Russia fund has within four months reached £1,500,000 sterling, of ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Feb. 18.—The Rome radio broadcast a report from Shanghai this morning that Japanese troops had landed on the ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, Feb. 17.—A message from the Swiss radio says that the state of emergency which had been declared in the north Italian ...
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