Describing the death and burial of one man, John stutter, of Perth, officers' steward, said that he was so badly burnt from head to foot ...
Article : 650 wordsCANBERRA, May 18.—Japan's action in sinking the Australian hospital ship Centaur off the Queensland coast on Friday was scathingly ...
Article : 574 wordsWASHINGTON, May 18.—A Navy communique issued today stated: "The military situation now permits of the announcement of some details ...
Article : 268 wordsLONDON.—Millions of tons of water are swirling down the Ruhr valleys in western Germany, sweeping away bridges and flooding vital areas as a result of the damage wrought by Lancasters of the Bomber Command when they mined and breached key reservoirs in the Ruhr ...
Article : 1,155 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 18.—The treacherous and inhuman sinking of the Australian hospital ship Centaur (3,222 tons) which was torpedoed without warning 40 miles east of Australia in darkness last Friday morning while en route from Sydney to New Guinea ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,186 wordsLONDON, May 18.—Reuters quotes a Stockholm message that the German underground radio station "Atlantic" states that Hitler ...
Article : 213 wordsLONDON, May 18.—The Air Ministry states that Australian, New Zealand. Canadian and other pilots last night participated in the ...
Article : 518 wordsLONDON, May 18.—"The Times" says: "Demands for water from the industrial Ruhr are enormous. A Coke oven uses 2 cubic metres of ...
Article : 100 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 18.--Sister Eleanor Savage, of Gordon, Sydney, the only survivor of the 12 nurses aboard, was still ...
Article : 759 wordsLONDON, May 18.—News from both sides on the Russian front becomes more extraordinary every day. Both admit there is a lull in the ...
Article : 438 wordsThe Eder dam had a capacity a little more than twice that of the Canning dam, and the Mohne about 1½ times as much, said the Director ...
Article : 807 wordsLONDON, May 18.—In a message to the AOIC of the Bomber Group to which the Lancasters belong, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 108 wordsCapt George Alexander Murray was born about 50 years ago in Buckie, Scotland, his father being in the trawling business, Capt ...
Article : 245 wordsLONDON, May 18.—London had brief alerts tonight, once before midnight and twice shortly after midnight. Bombs fell during all 3 ...
Article : 137 wordsSYDNEY, May 18.—The Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr Fadden) said today: "The Australian people will share with members of ...
Article : 198 wordsLONDON, May 18.—"Our fighting pilots and crews are living beside their machines, ready to take off day and night," declares ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, May 18.—The "Daily Mail" in a leader states: "No more sensational feat has been accomplished in this or any other war ...
Article : 160 wordsLONDON, May 18.—"A famous German-Jewish medical specialist exiled from Germany pointed out to me that the Mohne and Eder dams ...
Article : 288 wordsWASHINGTON, May 17.—The sinking of 6 Japanese ships, including a destroyer, is recorded in the US Navy communique issued today. ...
Article : 99 wordsMatron S. A. Jewell, who was in charge of the nursing staff on the ship, was described today by the matron in charge of the AANS (Col A. ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, May 18.—It is officially announced that large formations of bombers of the Eighth US air force made heavy attacks on targets in ...
Article : 179 wordsThe above pictures show the great Mohne (top) and Eder dams whose walls were breached by the early on Monday morning. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 29 wordsThe Centaur was a former Blue Funnel passenger, cargo and cattle-carrying motor vessel built in Britain in 1924 for a special trade ...
Article : 248 wordsLONDON, May 18.—Today's Algiers communique says: "Strategic Air Force Wellingtons last night attacked the port and airfield at ...
Article : 125 wordsLONDON, May 18.—"Mines were used against the massive concrete dams because they could be swirled against the sluice-gates," states ...
Article : 88 wordsCommenting on the sinking of the Centaur, General MacArthur said: "I cannot express the revulsion I feel at this unnecessary act of ...
Article : 136 wordsSYDNEY, May 18.—The Leader of the United Australia Party (Mr Hughes) said tonight: "The callous sinking of the Centaur will fill every ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, May 18.—The British United Press points out that the Mohne reservoir was about 5 miles long and the rush of water through ...
Article : 83 wordsLONDON, May 18.—Today's Tokio High Command communique states: "We occupied the enemy base of Maungdaw at 2 pm on Friday, and ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 19 May 1943, Page 3
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