WASHINGTON, April 12.—Fierce action continues in the Philippines. The Japanese are meeting strong resistance from the greatly outnumbered garrison of Cebu Island, in the middle of the group, where landings were begun on Friday with the loss of a Japanese cruiser. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,000 wordsLONDON, April 12.—A dispatch from Bombay today states that the Government of Madras has officially advises all who do not need to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 657 wordsLONDON, April 12.—A 40-mile advance in 4 days has brought the Japanese to the outskirts of the Irrawaddy oilfield. Today's Burma ...
Article : 594 wordsWASHINGTON, April 11.—The Navy Department announced in a communique yesterday afternoon that a US submarine while on patrol in ...
Article : 278 wordsCANBERRA, April 12.—"In successful weekend attacks on enemy-occupied positions at Lee (New Guinea), Rabaul (New Britain) and Faisi (Solomon Islands) the Allied air forces destroyed and damaged bombers on the ground, attacked AA gun positions, set fire to buildings ...
Article : 377 wordsLONDON, April 12.—The British proposals for the future of India have been rejected both by the Congress Party and the Moslem League. Sir Stafford Cripps, who brought the War Cabinet's plan to India nearly 3 weeks age and who has had many discussions with Indian leaders ...
Article : 1,235 wordsUp to yesterday Japanese accounts of the Luzon campaign referred to continued fighting in Bataan Peninsula. It was then stated that the ...
Article : 682 wordsBroadcasting to the Indian people from New Dehli yesterday afternoon Sir Stafford Cripps said: "You will have heard that the draft declaration ...
Article : 1,035 wordsWASHINGTON, April 11.—It is officially announced by the Navy Department that the US submarine Perch is overdue in the Western ...
Article : 42 wordsDARWIN, April 12.—There has now been a week's lull in Japanese air raids on northern Australia. One reason for the Japanese inactivity ...
Article : 291 wordsPORT MORESBY, April 12.—With a series of smashing air attacks over an enormous front extending hundreds of miles from the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,653 wordsLONDON, April 12.—The Luftwaffe twice attacked Malta yesterday. The majority of the enemy bombers came in from different ...
Article : 350 wordsLONDON, April 12.—Large numbers of Bomber Command planes were over Western Germany on Friday night, according to an Air ...
Article : 197 wordsNEW YORK, April 10.—According to the Tokio official radio. Captain Hideo Hiralde, naval spokesman, said: '"Britain is certain to lose India, ...
Article : 158 wordsMELBOURNE, April 1.—President Quezon of the Philippines said in a statement issued during the weekend that the fall of Bataan had ...
Article : 271 wordsNEW YORK, April 11.—Commenting at New Orleans today on the British naval losses off India, the British Ambassador (Viscount ...
Article : 113 wordsLONDON, April 12.—The Vichy newsagency states that a British cruiser of the Hermoine type on Friday afternoon arrived at ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, April 12.—The united efforts of 1,000 men saved a valuable Coastal Command aircraft after it had made a forced landing in a tidal ...
Article : 211 wordsLONDON, April 12.—The German authorities have instructed the people of Brest to hold themselves in readiness for a proclamation ...
Article : 78 wordsPORT HEDLAND, April 12.—According to north-western views the heroes during the enemy raids on Broome, Derby and Wyndham were ...
Article : 107 wordsLONDON, April 12.—The Minister for Home Security (Mr Morrison) is permitting members of the national fire service to devote part of their ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, April 12.—The Berlin radio quotes a report from Istanbul that Turkey has recalled 9 of her diplomatic officials, namely, the ...
Article : 66 wordsNEW YORK, April 11.—An Associated Press message from Chungking says that the news about Bataan was received there with ...
Article : 65 wordsLONDON, April 12.—London areas of the Home Guard have received orders to provide several thousand men to man anti-aircraft guns. This ...
Article : 52 wordsOTTAWA, April 10.—The Prime Minister of Canada (Mr Mackenzie King) in a statement today said that reports published this week that the ...
Article : 50 wordsLONDON, April 12.—A Rome message says that Mussolini in a speech at his headquarters to "friends of Japan," said that the Italian people ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 13 Apr 1942, Page 5
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