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  2. LUFTWAFFE'S BAD DAY

    LONDON, Oct. 5.—The US Air Force struck another heavy blow against the Luftwaffe in daylight operations from Britain yesterday, shooting down a total of 75 enemy fighters, the Air Ministry and USAAF announce. ...

    Article : 379 words
  3. FIRST SEA LORD.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral-of-the-Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, has resigned owing to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 620 words
  4. RUSSIAN FRONT.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—The progess of the Russian offensive along the 200-mile White Russian battlefront has been slowed down by heavy rains. ...

    Article : 573 words
  5. ADVANCE IN ITALY

    LONDON, Oct 5.—The German retreat north of Naples continues. The Fifth Army is still in contact with the enemy rearguards and has occupied the hills dominating the valleys of the Volturno and Calore rivers. Palermo radio last night said the Fifth Army was up against ...

    Article : 530 words
  6. LOW-LEVEL ATTACKS.

    WITH ADVANCED FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, Oct 1.—Only a week after the landing of our forces north of Finschhafen I was able to watch ...

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  7. PRISONER BEHEADED.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, Oct 5.—A grisly account of how the Japanese beheaded a member of the crew of a ...

    Article : 782 words
  8. VALLEY ADVANCE.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, Oct 5.—Australian troops are continuing their advance in the Ramu Valley ...

    Article : 145 words
  9. KULAMBANGRA.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, Oct 5.—It is believed that the Japanese are evacuating Kulambangra Island, in ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. A MASTERLY PLAN.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—Reuters correspondent in a dispatch from Allied HQ states: "The battlefront on Monday night gives a picture of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 426 words
  11. CLARK GABLE DECORATED.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—Capt Clark Gable has been awarded the Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. NOT A WALK-OVER.

    WITH ADVANCED FORCES, Oct 3.— When AlF troops entered Finschhafen at 11.30 am on Saturday they capped 10 days of the toughest ...

    Article : 764 words
  13. GERMAN CLAIM.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—A German High Command communique says: "The enemy yesterday and last night terror-raided the Rhine. The main ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. SPRAY THROUGH WINDOWS.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—With one engine blazing and 20 fighters on its tail a Flying Fortress returning from the raid on Emden dived down in ...

    Article : 209 words
  15. ATTACK ON KASSEL.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—Bomber Command's tactics in sending a force of Mosquitos against Hanover on Sunday night while the main force of ...

    Article : 366 words
  16. BASTIA FALLS.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—Allied HQ in Algiers announced yesterday that French troops had entered Bastla, the port on the north-east coast of ...

    Article : 105 words
  17. CANADIAN AID TO RUSSIA.

    CANBERRA, Oct 5.—The Canadian Aid-to-Russia Fund had sent 85 freight carloads of relief supplies valued at £760,000 (Australian) to ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. BOMBS HIT.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—While leading a formation of RAF Mosquitos returning, from offensive patrol over the Bay of Biscay on Sunday, ...

    Article : 109 words
  19. DEMOCRATIC BASIS.

    LONDON, Oct 6.—Asked at Italian High command HQ whether the new Italian Government would be on a democratic basis, says the Associated ...

    Article : 176 words
  20. SOVIET APPOINTMENT.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—Moscow radio states that M Alexander Gogomlov, Soviet Ambassador to Allied exiled governments in London, has been ...

    Article : 31 words
  21. FIGHTING ON KOS.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—A Middle East Joint communique issued yesterday stated: "The enemy landed at Kos (in the Dodecanese Islands) in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 349 words
  22. ENEMY OVER BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—There was alight enemy night activity over the east and south-east coastal areas. According to A German High ...

    Article : 35 words
  23. MR CURTIN'S COMMENT.

    SYDNEY, Oct 5.—The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) said today that he was sure all Australians would be deeply shocked at the ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. ATLANTIC BATTLE.

    NEW YORK, Oct 4.—Major Hanson Baldwin, military correspondent of the "New York Times," says that the U-boat attack on the two ...

    Article : 219 words
  25. MARSHAL SMUTS.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—The arrival in Britain of the Prime Minister of the Union of B Africa (Field Marshal Smuts) was announced by the ...

    Article : 175 words
  26. BIG BOOBY TRAP.

    LONDON, Oct 6.—The Associated Press correspondent with the Fifth Army states: "The discovery of a 1,700lb booby trap in a Naples hotel ...

    Article : 65 words
  27. AMERICAN FEELING.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 5.—Commenting on the beheading of an Allied airman by the Japanese, Representative Maas, ranking' member ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. "WOOLWORTH" CARRIERS.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—Reuters correspondent in Algiers says it is revealed that the 'Woolworth" aircraft-carriers played a big part in ...

    Article : 172 words
  29. PLANES v. SUBMARINE

    WASHINGTON, Oct 4.—The Navy disclosed today that a German submarine in the South Atlantic engaged five Liberators during a ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. SLAVE LABOUR.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—The "Daily Express" correspondent at Ankara writes: "The Italian embassy states that the Italian army in the Balkans ...

    Article : 106 words
  31. CHINESE APPOINTMENTS.

    CHUNGKING, Oct 5.—The United Press correspondent reports that the Kuomintang has appointed Liang Han-tsao as Minister for ...

    Article : 28 words
  32. BERLINERS' FEAR OF RAIDS

    NEW YORK, Oct 5.—The "New York Times" Stockholm correspondent (George Axelsson) has interviewed a business man who has just ...

    Article : 356 words
  33. WAVE OF SABOTAGE

    LONDON, Oct 5.—Algiers radio says that French patriots destroyed three power stations of great importance to German armament works ...

    Article : 245 words
  34. RUSSIA AND U.S.A.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 4.—The new Russian Ambassador (M Andrel Gromyko), presenting his credentials to President Roosevelt, said ...

    Article : 128 words
  35. TOKIO CLAIMS.

    NEW YORK, Oct 4.—Tokio official radio claims that five Allied transports, one cruiser and ten planes were destroyed during a Japanese ...

    Article : 65 words
  36. TYROL PROVINCES.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—The Stockholm "Afton Tidningen" quotes a message from Berne as follows* "The Italian Provinces of Bolzano, Trento and ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. JAPANESE AIR FORCE.

    CHUNGKING, Oct 5.—Major-General Chennault, commanding the China Air Command, in an interview today said the Japanese ...

    Article : 117 words
  38. 150 MILES' TREK.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—Major-General H. B. Kiopper, commander of the Second South African Division, who commanded Tobruk and was ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. ABANDONED PLANES.

    LONDON, Oct 5.—An Algiers message says, it has been disclosed that a further 133 abandoned enemy planes have been found on airfields ...

    Article : 38 words
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