WASHINGTON, Sunday. — A fast American carrier task force on Friday approached the Bonin Islands, which are only about 600 miles from Tokio, and its aircraft swept over Two Island. The planes shot down more than 60 enemy aircraft. A ...
Article : 903 wordsSmoke swirls skyward from a Japanese freighter, trapped off Palau by planes of a U.S. Navy carrier task force.— (U.S. Office of War Inf.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 24 wordsU.S. soldiers, landing near Hollandia, on the northern coast of New Guinea, await orders which are being received by one of their group (centre) by means of a "walkie-talkie," a portable, two-way radio.— (U.S. Office of War Information.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 38 wordsThis is being written as a heavy transport plane of the Royal Canadian Air Force takes us north over Canada's Pacific Coast to the Arctic Circle. Along this coast in the past two years Canada has strung a chain of airfields that will become stepping stones to Tokio when the war in Europe ends. Many ...
Article : 985 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—Federal expenditure in the last days of June is rising to unprecedented levels as the result of a Treasury campaign to pay as many Federal accounts as possible this financial year. From about £1,500,000 per day a little more than a week ago expenditure ...
Article : 187 wordsS.W. PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS, Sunday.—In less than a week Allied bombers have sunk or seriously damaged nearly 20,000 tons of Japanese shipping in Dutch New Guinea waters. These figures exclude substantial Japanese losses of coastal vessels and ...
Article : 1,081 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday — Even before the Powers Bill was passed by Parliament, advance operational areas were turned, into rostrums for party ...
Article : 154 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — For the third time in successive week-ends, the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) to-day made a personal appeal to N.S.W. ...
Article : 162 wordsAlthough Smelters led until half-way through the third term of the roster football match at Quenestown on Saturday, its players could not maintain the ...
Article : 262 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Mrs. Gertrude Harris (46), was found dead near a gas oven at her home at Balgoelath to-day, six days after the death of her ...
Article : 118 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Three people were injured when a small Japanese bomb brought back from the front was dropped and exploded at a ...
Article : 102 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Caught in a heavy sea after one had been swept by waves from a rock, two brothers, one trying to rescue the ...
Article : 179 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Geissler, chief of the Gestapo in southern France, has been executed by patriots, according to authorised French circles in ...
Article : 68 wordsSir,—After reading the statement by the Chief Electoral Officer my feeling was, as I had only written say four short notes and did not call, see, or ...
Article : 440 wordsPITTSBURGH, Sunday.—Whole districts were devastated by a terrific tornado that swept through Pennsylvania and West Virginia. At ...
Article : 185 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Diphtheria, measles and seabies have broken out in Manilla, a north-western township. For more than [?] weeks 1400 of the 2000 ...
Article : 72 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Abandoned by companions, although suffering from a fractured leg, Ronald Wright (32). of Undercliffe, remained helpless in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 277 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A man working alone in a garage at Petersham at 2 a.m. yesterday was attacked, bound and gagged, and robbed of £5. He is ...
Article : 104 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—Enginedrivers in battle areas in Russia were issued with small oaken plugs. If the boilers were holed by ...
Article : 218 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—John Mortimer (81), of West Ryde, was drowned in four inches of water at Ryde to-day. Walking along the bank of the ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—"We ere pledged—and it is no hollow pledge—to bring the full impact of Britain to hear against Japan, but in fulfilling ...
Article : 415 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — A Navy communique says that United States submarines have reported sinking 16 vessels in the Pacific and Far Fast, 11 ...
Article : 50 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — An overwhelming majority of Australians spent all their clothing coupons during the past ration year. ...
Article : 155 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Moving shots of British seamen being machinegunned in the water were taken by a Japanese submarine officer after a ...
Article : 304 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.—Asked at a press conference about the State Department's expulsion of the Finnish Minister (Mr. Procope) and Finnish Attaches. ...
Article : 84 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.—Rapprochement between Poland and Russia may evolve from a plan which the Polish Prime Minister (M. Mikolajizk) brought ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—Charged with the wilful murder of her father. Otto Goschnick, at Moffatville, 10 miles from Murgon, on June 22, Constance Myrtle ...
Article : 143 wordsNEW YORK, Sunday.—A document issued by the German High Command and captured in Italy showed that seven German officers were executed for a breach ...
Article : 56 wordsMELBOURNE. Sunday. — The State Parliament will open on Tuesday, after a long recess. The Opposition is adopting a very critical attitude towards the ...
Article : 118 wordsNEW YORK, Sunday.—The British Ambassador (Lord Halifax), in a speech at Brunswick (Maine) emphasised the responsibilities that lie on ...
Article : 241 wordsLONDON, Sunday. — Reuter's correspondent with the Americans south of Cherbourg says American patrols which last night entered the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 wordsZURICH, Sunday.—As a result of negotiations conducted by the Swiss Government, the British and German Governments have agreed to exchange by stages ...
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Advertising : 73 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—The planning for the assault on Europe began in 1940, while plans for the present Cherbourg operations were ...
Article : 253 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—A Norwegian naval, communique says that during recent patrols in northern waters the Norwegian submarine Ula sank a 2000-ton supply ship, ...
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