S PACIFIC PORT, Aug 17.—Suggestions by American observers that the present naval action in the Solomons may develop on a tremendous scale are viewed with scepticism here. It is thought unlikely that the engagement—or, rather, series of clashes ...
Article : 543 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—Today's Cairo communique says: Our patrols were active all along the front on Saturday night, ...
Article : 732 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—Reports from various centres in India show that the disorders associated with the Congress civil disobedience campaign ...
Article : 605 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—The Admiralty has issued a communique announcing that night coastal patrols last night were engaged in force by ...
Article : 188 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—It was announced officially in Moscow this evening that Mr Churchill and Stalin had met there. Their meetings began last Wednesday and ended on Saturday. The British Commander-in-Chief ...
Article : 1,380 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—Spitfires yesterday again attacked railway communications in occupied France, damaged a number of goods trains ...
Article : 345 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—The strategy of Admiral Sir Henry Harwood (Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean) fooled Axis tacticians ...
Article : 418 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug 17.—The Chief of the US Army Air Force (Lt-General H. H. Arnold) declared before a Press conference yesterday ...
Article : 277 wordsThe announcement from GHQ published yesterday that Allied troops are maintaining organised resistance against the Japanese in ...
Article : 387 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug 17.—After saving his aircraft from destruction by fire in mid-air during a recent operation ...
Article : 292 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—Within sight of her destination and adding more laurels to her already proud career, the Polish destroyer Kujawiak sank ...
Article : 289 wordsA Moscow communique at midnight last night said that in the Voronej area large enemy forces had ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 180 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—The Indian Congress newspaper "National Herald," published in Lucknow, prints a letter from Mr Gandhi to ...
Article : 150 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. Aug 17.—With the exception of the operations in the Solomons, which are outside the SW Pacific area, ...
Article : 565 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 16.—A large Army transport plane crashed and burnt on an isolated peak of the Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts, ...
Article : 119 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—For the first time since February 19 there was no enemy air activity over Malta on Saturday night and throughout ...
Article : 29 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug 17.—Awards of the DFC to 2 RAAF officers and of the DFM to another Australian airman for gallantry in operations ...
Article : 279 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug 17.—RAAF personnel now in Australia will carry forever the memory of their last night in the Western Desert. They ...
Article : 323 wordsSYDNEY, Aug 17.—Sir Earle Page, who has returned to Australia after having acted as envoy of the Australian Government in Great ...
Article : 190 wordsLONDON, Aug. 17.—Brig-General James Doolittle, who led the American bombers in the raid on Tokio in April, has arrived in London and ...
Article : 37 wordsLONDON, Aug 16.—A Labour member of the House of Commons, broadcasting to North America on the Indian situation today, said: ...
Article : 142 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—Enemy long-range guns twice opened up across the straits of Dover before dusk yesterday. ...
Article : 107 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 17.—The Minister for Information (Senator Ashley) said today that he had received a report from the military authorities ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—About 100,000 garment workers in the Ministry of Supply factories in London making uniforms and other clothing for all ...
Article : 392 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—The Tokio "Asahi Shimbun," it is reported from Stockholm, declares that the attack on the Solomons is part of a ...
Article : 85 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 16.—In a broadcast today from Willemstad (Curacao) the Dutch Governor (M Kasteel) declared that Curacao would ...
Article : 96 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 17.—The first coal stoppage to take place on the South Coast since the latest regulations were gazetted occurred today at the ...
Article : 108 wordsJOHANNESBURG, Aug 17.—A meeting of 2,000 Indians in the Transvaal carried a resolution today calling on the United Nations to ...
Article : 50 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 17.—The Federal Government is prosecuting 2 Beaumont (Texas) policemen for having violated the civil rights of ...
Article : 51 wordsCHUNGKING, Aug 17.—Today's communique says that the arrival of 5,000 reinforcements, making a total strength of 25,000, enabled the ...
Article : 170 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug 17.—Booby traps familiar to the Allied soldiers during the last war are again being resorted to by the Nazis and Italians ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, Aug 17.—A message from New Delhi reports that the US Air Force has announced "successful operations in keeping the Japanese ...
Article : 133 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The Lend-Lease Administrator (Mr E. R. Stettinius) disclosed today that all lend-lease commitments were being ...
Article : 74 wordsSYDNEY, Aug 17.—The High Court today granted Sub-Inspector J. R. Birch, of the CIB, Victoria, leave to appeal from the decision of ...
Article : 131 wordsSYDNEY, Aug 17.—After a stormy meeting the bus section of the Tramway Union tonight decided to continue their fight against the ...
Article : 108 wordsDURBAN, Aug. 17.—There was an air-raid alarm here early last night, but the all-clear was sounded within 14 minutes. An unidentified aircraft ...
Article : 33 wordsNEW YORK, Aug 17.—At the Portland (Maine) coast shipyards yesterday there was an unprecedented mass launching of 6 ...
Article : 119 wordsISTANBUL, Aug 16.—It is reported from Athens that the Germans are recruiting Greek workmen for projects in Germany. Crete and ...
Article : 53 wordsBAN FRANCISCO, Aug 17.—A small navy patrol blimp landed without a crew at a street intersection in Daly City and collapsed in a heap. ...
Article : 91 wordsMAYA, Aug 17.—A military van driven by L/Cpl Foley, skidded and somersaulted twice near Maya yesterday afternoon when the wheels ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, Aug 16.—Fighting French headquarters claim that the German Government is negotiating with the Vichy Government with a ...
Article : 51 wordsHAVANA, Aug. 17.—The President of Cuba (Col F. Batiste) is forming a new Cabinet and has named Senator Ramon Zaydin as ...
Article : 59 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 17.—After a week's stiff skirmishing in the Kokoda area the Australian forward troops have been ...
Article : 163 wordsLONDON, Aug. 17.—The Moscow radio says that serious damage resulted from a collision between a heavily-laden troop train and ...
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