LONDON, May 17.—Referring to the escape of the British forces in Burma, the British Official Wireless bulletin says: "It has been officially ...
Article : 808 wordsLONDON, May 17.—This morning the Moscow radio said that the Red Army was still advancing in the Kharkov area and many Germans were surrendering. Axis-controlled sources, including Vichy, says the Stockholm ...
Article : 2,175 wordsCHUNGKING, May 17.—With the flare-up of fighting in the eastern provinces China now faces a war on two fronts. While latest reports from ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 309 wordsWASHINGTON, May 16.—The War and Navy Departments jointly released today a detailed 3,000-word report on the progress of the war. ...
Article : 1,011 wordsMELBOURNE, May 17.—Heavy Allied air attacks on the Japanese- occupied airfield at Lae on Friday and yesterday were announced in communiques issued by the Allied General Headquarters in Melbourne during the week-end. They proved costly to the Japanese, 8 bombers and ...
Article : 326 wordsNEW YORK, May 17.—The "New York Times" says that according to private advices reaching New York, the Italians are evincing ...
Article : 199 wordsLONDON, May 1.—Resuming their sweeps to harass German defences in occupied territory Spit-fires crossed the French coast ...
Article : 504 wordsLONDON, May 17.—The RAP headquarters in Cairo has issued the following communique: "Our bombers last night raided targets at ...
Article : 100 wordsCANBERRA, May 17.—Unexpected but valuable help towards completing the lists of Australian casualities in the New Guinea area ...
Article : 140 wordsVALETTA, May 17.—Two raiders were destroyed, 2 probably destroyed and 4 more were damaged during yesterday's attacks on Malta. On ...
Article : 55 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 17.—Taking the Japanese by surprise, Allied bombers yesterday struck and left a large section of the ...
Article : 866 wordsSYDNEY, May 17.—Mr and Mrs W. J. Keast, of Junee, have received a letter from their daughter, Sister A. D Yeast, who was attached to ...
Article : 255 wordsCAIRO, May 17—Strategists here are taking account of the possibility that should the Germans succeed in their present thrusts in Russia they ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, May 17.—The Chinese Ambassador in London (Dr Wellington Koo) said yesterday that although the Burma Road had been ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, May 16.—A heavy Hudson plane of the Coastal Command. spinning madly towards the sea at over 300 mph after an attack by ...
Article : 329 wordsCAIRO, May 17.—Summing up the results of the supply conference held recently by the Minister of State in the Middle East (Mr R. G. ...
Article : 108 wordsNEW YORK, May 17.—According to the Tokio official radio the ratification of an agreement between Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 113 wordsWELLINGTON, May 17.—Informed opinion in New Zealand is in agreement with the Australian view that, a further Japanese thrust ...
Article : 331 wordsLONDON, May 17.—Yesterday's Rome communique said that Italian torpedo boats escorting a convoy had sunk a British submarine in the ...
Article : 25 wordsWASHINGTON, May 16.—The White House has announced that American shipyards are well on the way to fulfilling President ...
Article : 323 wordsLONDON, May 17.—Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, designer of the Liverpool Cathedral has undertaken to prepare plans for the rebuilding of the ...
Article : 106 wordsLONDON, May 16.—The Admiralty announces that British light forces continue to harass patrols and shipping which are endeavouring to ...
Article : 189 wordsLONDON, May 16.—A dozen small children found wandering in the ruins of Exeter and Bath may never know their real names. These ...
Article : 81 wordsBOMBAY, May 17.—In an interview lasting an hour today the Congress leader Mr Gandhi said: "The performances of the Secretary of ...
Article : 161 wordsNEW YORK, May 16.—The Tokio official radio announced today that Captain Kanji Ogawa had replaced Rear-Admiral Inori Maeda in the ...
Article : 79 wordsWASHINGTON, May 16.—The Navy Department revealed yesterday that tons upon tons of gold and silver and numerous securities were ...
Article : 168 wordsNEW YORK, May 16.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that America is supplying equipment for the ...
Article : 105 wordsWASHINGTON, May 16.—In a step reflecting the rapidly growing importance of air power in, sea warfare the Navy Department today ...
Article : 76 wordsWASHINGTON, May 16.—At his Press conference yesterday President Roosevelt was questioned about the Pacific War Council's admonition on ...
Article : 171 wordsLONDON, May 16.—According to the Finnish radio M Tanner (former Foreign Minister, now Minister for Industry and Commerce) said today ...
Article : 116 wordsNEW DELHI, May 17.—The Viceroy of India (the Marquess of Lin-lithgow) returned yesterday afternoon after four days spent in a, ...
Article : 43 wordsNEW YORK, May 16.—The Information Bureau announced yesterday that the Japanese Government have consented to the Swiss ...
Article : 39 wordsNEW YORK, May 16.—The "New York Times," commenting on the German claim to have sunk an American cruiser, destroyer and ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, May 17.—General Sir Alan Fleming Hartley has been appointed to the recently created position of Deputy-Commander-in-Chief ...
Article : 25 wordsNEW YORK, May 16.—The latest compilation by the Japanese Imperial Headquarters of alleged Allied sea losses claims that Japanese ...
Article : 79 wordsWASHINGTON, May 16.—The Navy Department has announced that Vice-Admiral William A. Glassford, former commander of the US ...
Article : 43 wordsLONDON, May 16.—The Paris radio has announced that Oslo Castle has been destroyed by fire and its contents burnt, including the ...
Article : 29 wordsLISBON, May 17.—It is announced that relatives can now communicate with their families in Portuguese Timor through the Colonial Agency ...
Article : 25 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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