NEW YORK, Dec 10.—The naval engagement reported in yesterday's Solomons communique (which stated that a Japanese cruiser or destroyer ...
Article : 194 wordsCANBERRA, Dec 11.—The Federal Parliament rejected today the amendment by Mr Blackburn (Ind Lab, Vice) that "This House opposes the imposition of any form of compulsory service outside Australia and the territories of the Commonwealth." He had moved the amendment ...
Article : 415 wordsLONDON, Dec 11.—Reuters correspondent on the Tunisian front, writing yesterday, states that after their short vicious lunge at Teburba, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 828 wordsLONDON, Dec 11.—While both Russians and Germans claim the initiative on the central front and in the Stalingrad area it seems clear ...
Article : 908 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Dec 11.—Australian troops who had overrun the main enemy positions at Gona on Wednesday completed the mapping-up of the area early yesterday. Later forward patrols were advancing eastward along the beach towards Cape Killerton, which is ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 382 wordsLONDON, Dec 11.—November has shown the greatest result of the war of the U-boat campaign. This is the opinion of naval experts who ...
Article : 508 wordsLONDON, Dec 11.—General de Gaulle, the leader of the Fighting French, in a speech at a London luncheon of the Anglo-American ...
Article : 401 wordsNEW YORK. Dec 10.—In a dispatch to the "New York Times" from an advanced South Pacific base Foster Hailey writes: "Another ...
Article : 286 wordsLONDON, Dec 11.—In the House of Commons today, Mr Aneurin Bevan (Lab) asked the Foreign Secretary (Mr Eden) for an ...
Article : 78 wordsA vigorous denunciation of Mr Calwell (Lab, Vie) for his "disloyalty to the Prime Minister" was made by Mr James (Lab, NSW) when the ...
Article : 1,251 wordsThe following delayed dispatch, dated December 7, has been received from our special representative on Guadalcanal Island: "In a ...
Article : 535 wordsCHUNGKING, Dec 10.—The Chinese military spokesman made the charge today that Japan was building a large native army in ...
Article : 181 wordsLONDON, Dec 11.—Crossing the Alps RAP bomber crews saw fires ahead of them in Turin on Wednesday night. No bombs had. ...
Article : 334 wordsEncouraged and possibly inspired by the Australian capture of Gone the American troops hammered the Japanese defences round Buna with ...
Article : 491 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. Dec 10.—Australians who wiped away the last vestige of Japanese resistance in the Gona area— ...
Article : 1,005 wordsCANBERRA, Dec 11.—Opposition senator today criticised the Government for its failure to merge the AIF and the Militia. ...
Article : 423 wordsWASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—The Director of the Office of War Information (Mr Elmer Davis) said today that although chaos was increasing ...
Article : 132 wordsLONDON. Dee 11.—Swiss radio says that the Swiss Minister in London has been instructed to strongly protest against the RAF's ...
Article : 53 wordsMONTEVIDEO. Dec 10.—The Inter-American Committee for the political defence of the hemisphere, alleges that Axis agents are ...
Article : 154 wordsLONDON, Dec. 11.—The story of how a complete railway train disappeared in a short tunnel 40 miles north-west of Paris is told by ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, Dec 10.—The Berlin radio quoted the official German news agency today as stating that General Zeitzler, who is Herr ...
Article : 154 wordsCANBERRA, Dec 11.—The Federal executive of the Australian Seamen's Union today unanimously decided to support the proposal of the ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON, Dec 10.—Berlin radio today quoted a Tokio message as stating that yesterday Japanese naval planes bombed the port and, ...
Article : 110 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Dec 10.—It can now be revealed that a few nights ago a small Australian patrol west of Gona ...
Article : 259 wordsCAIRO, Dec 10.—Greek guerillas by a ruse destroyed the vital Gorgop bridge over the Vardar River, 50 miles south of Larissa. The ...
Article : 164 wordsBRISBANE, Dec 11.—After a debate throughout the day and until 11.30 pm the Queensland central executive of the ALP decided ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Dec 11.—Details of the new Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 engine fitted to the improved Spitfires now operating with the RAP reveal that ...
Article : 139 wordsLONDON, Dec 11.—Berlin radio gives a report from Vichy that General Dupont has been appointed governor of French Somaliland. ...
Article : 22 wordsLONDON, Dec 10.—German prisoners in British hands are to be unshackled on December 12. This is announced in a Foreign Office ...
Article : 72 wordsAt a meeting on Thursday night of the metropolitan council of the Australian Labour Party it was unanimously decided to instruct its ...
Article : 86 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Dec 10.—During Monday's attempt by the enemy to intervene in the north Papuan fighting with a heavy ...
Article : 254 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 10.—Writing in the "New York Times" Harold Callender says that General Franco's recent speech is interpreted in ...
Article : 75 wordsNEW YORK. Dec 10.—The first year of the war cost the United States over 46,000,000.000 dollars (£11,500,000.000 sterling) exceeding ...
Article : 51 wordsBerlin and Vichy radios quote Japanese naval HQ as stating that further Japanese forces have been landed in the Philippines. Vichy ...
Article : 53 wordsCANBERRA, Dec 11.—Protests were made by several Opposition members today when the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) moved the ...
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