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  2. HEADED FOR TOKIO

    LIFTING ITS HEAVY LOAD OF BOMBS from the runway on Saipan, this Super-Fortress was headed for Tokio in one of the heavy attacks on the Japanese capital. —U.S. Office of War Information photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  3. DEVASTATING SWEEPS OVER SOUTHERN LUZON

    LEYTE, Wednesday.—Fighters sweeping over the southern provinces of Luzon yesterday did widespread damage to warehouses, railway installations and power plants. Medium units operating further north caused fires and explosions af Laoag, and ...

    Article : 502 words
  4. RHINE ONCE MORE IS RIVER OF FATE

    Again the first two lines of "The Watch on the Rhine," Germany's most popular song, have come true: "You hear a call like thunderstorm, From rattling swords and wave clash born...." ...

    Article : 920 words
  5. WIDE PUBLICITY FOR ACTIVITIES OF BRITISH FLEET

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Plans are being made to ensure that the greatest publicity shall be given to the activities of the British Fleet. Despite doubts in some quarters that the "silent service" would continue to live up to its tradition of reticence, the Admiralty has started preparations ...

    Article : 316 words
  6. Australians To Stay With U.S. 7th Fleet

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. — The N.B.C. correspondent in the Philippines, George Folster, says the Australian squadron attached to the ...

    Article : 106 words
  7. Servicemen to Help Out on Melbourne Wharves

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Shipping and service authorities to-day discussed plans for the immediate employment of members of ...

    Article : 105 words
  8. GIANT BOMBERS AGAIN OVER JAP HOMELAND

    WASHINGTON. Wednesday.— A War Department communique says that Saipan-based Super-Fortresses to-day made a daylight attack on ...

    Article : 228 words
  9. BULLDOZER IS FIGHTING WEAPON

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. — Charles Haslet, of the Associated Press, describes the bulldozer earth-moving machine as a real fighting weapon. ...

    Article : 247 words
  10. REFERENDUM VOTES DESTROYED

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Hundreds of unposted servicemen's referendum votes were burnt in an Army incinerator at Larrakia ...

    Article : 152 words
  11. ADMIRAL RAMSAY KILLED

    LONDON, Wednesday. — Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsav, Allied Naval Commander, was killed yesterday in a plane crash in France. His plane ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 300 words
  12. BRITAIN'S MOBILISATION FOR WAR

    The Government White Paper on the United Kingdom war effort astounded the world by its revelations of the degree of British military and ...

    Article : 565 words
  13. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE Unlikely Before Next Federal Session

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—There is little prospect of the Premiers' Conference taking place before the coming Federal Parliamentary session. ...

    Article : 69 words
  14. Youth Dies on Hike: To Be Buried in Ranges

    SYDNEY, Wednesday—A youth who died during a hike in the lonely Black Dog Banges, near Katoomba, on Saturday, will probably be ...

    Article : 236 words
  15. Exchange of Greetings With China

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—New Year greetings have been exchanged between Australia and China. ...

    Article : 136 words
  16. THREE KILLED IN R.A.A.F. PLANE CRASH

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday—A wireless operator and two trainee navigators were killed when an R.A.A.F. aircraft crashed during navigational ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. Unable to Travel from America to Australia

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. — Inquiries in Australian official circles and elsewhere indicate that the light transportation situation ...

    Article : 348 words
  18. FREE EDUCATION IN BRITAIN UP TO 18 OR 19

    LONDON, Wednesday. — Children throughout Britain will be able to continue free education up to the age of 18 or 19 as from April 1. After ...

    Article : 340 words
  19. MINTS INADEQUATE FOR WARTIME REQUIREMENTS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The mints in Victoria and W. Australia have been inadequate to meet wartime requirements, it was stated officially to-day. Coinage has had to be obtained from America and India. ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. Girls and Women to Be Diverted to Canneries

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The diversion of single girls and women between 18 and 40 from all parts of Victoria to city and country ...

    Article : 94 words
  21. REDUCED PRICES FOR TOMATOES

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Reduced maximum wholesale prices for tomatoes of 5d per 1b. in S.A. Victoria and Tasmania and 7d 1b. ...

    Article : 157 words
  22. Method For Protecting Grain From Weevil

    LONDON, Wednesday. — Dr. J. A. Kitchener, scientist in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Imperial College of Science and ...

    Article : 148 words
  23. Prompt Action Saves Two Lives

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday — Prompt action by a ma[?] of 71 resulted in two lives being saved at the Mordialloc bench tins afternoon, ...

    Article : 168 words
  24. U.S. Opposed to Suggested Change in High Command

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. — The War Department opposes the reported British proposal to give Field-Marshal Montgomery or another British ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. Eight Fresh Disputes on Coalfields

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Although three idle collieries resumed work to-day, coal losses in N.S.W rose to 8140 tons as the ...

    Article : 141 words
  26. TWO KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday — When a city-bound car crashed into the side of a tram in Lygon street, Br[?]swiek, soon after 6 p.m., a man was killed and ...

    Article : 179 words
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    AUSTRALIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THE LANDING AT MINDORO, in the Philippines, lined the rails of their ship and eagerly watched the coastline as they drew towards the shore. Digger hats were in evidence among the R.A.A.F. engineers aboard the ship which formed part of a big convov. —Department of Air [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  28. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Wednesday—An American counter-attack near Weberlin, two and a half miles west of Volkllnger, on the Saar River, ...

    Article : 101 words
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