CANBERRA, Thursday. — A fatigue crack in the weld metal of a lug in the port wing caused the crash of the A.N.A. Stinson ...
Article : 507 wordsAIR TRANSPORT AND PARACHUTE DELIVERY keep up a steady flow of supplies to forward troops in Burma. Parachutes carrying supplies for a 14th Army bridgehead, on the Irrawaddy River had just been released from a R.A.F. Dakota transport when this picture was taken.— ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—A bill to provide income fax concessions Totalling £2,000,000 annually was introduced by the Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. Chifley said me national financial needs and the ...
Article : 524 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—After inspecting parades of the Army and Navy, senior cadets and A.T.C. personnel and the new wing at the Repatriation Hospital at Hobart, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were accorded a spontaneous welcome at a civic reception at the City Hall this afternoon. The ...
Article : 982 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—An assurance that the Government would bring down legislation this session to nationalise the ...
Article : 71 wordsMANILA, Thursday.—American forces have landed on Mindanao, the only island in the Philippines not under their control. The Tenth ...
Article : 206 wordsNEW YORK, Thursday—-Tokio Radio says that atout 60 fighters raided airfields around Tokio to-day, and that at least 100 Super-Fortresses ...
Article : 33 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Anzac Day, which will coincide with the opening of the San Francisco Conference on April 25, will this year ...
Article : 106 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Amid ancient, picturesque ceremonial, the enthronement of Dr. Fisher as Archbishop of Canterbury took ...
Article : 274 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Government applied the gag to the House of Representatives to-day when the Leader of the Australian CP. (Mr. Fadden) sought an immediate discussion on the equipment of Australian troops. ...
Article : 1,264 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Australian troops are now one mile from Maprik, the key enemy inland base of the Aitape-Wewak ...
Article : 197 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — "Dr. Wykham Terri[?]s," a medical columnist on matters relating to women's health, was actually Dr. Norman Haire, a Macquarie Street ...
Article : 153 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The rates of pay for prisoners of war have been increased by Federal Cabinet from £1 per week plus keep to £2 per ...
Article : 213 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Review authorities to which appeals may be made against the decisions of such departments as the Prices Commission and Liquid ...
Article : 100 wordsWASHINGTON (U.S.). — The War Food Administrator (Mr. M. Jones) said that nothing was more important in the entire war effort ...
Article : 252 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — A Japanese fighter plane, flying above and ahead of a lone Liberator, dropped a length of heavy ...
Article : 205 wordsH.M.A.S. Gascoyne, first frigate built in Australia, which helped pre pare the way for the U.S. landings in the Philippines, has returned after six ...
Article : 155 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — Fines aggregating nearly £1500 imposed on more than 500 N.S.W. coalminers have been waived. This is the ...
Article : 146 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—A Bren machine-gun, a sawn-off Japanese rifle and two revolvers, one a U.S. service type, were seized by ...
Article : 264 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Norman Grindal (40), formerly of Melbourne and recently licensee of a city hotel, collapsed in the dock and had to be carried from the ...
Article : 118 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Leipzig fell to the Allies when two American colums met in the centre of the city. The spectacular drive which captured ...
Article : 411 wordsPERTH (W.A.), Thursday.—All 13 occupants were killed instantly when a U.S. service plane crashed into Gooseberry Hill, 17 miles from Perth, in a thick fog at 5.30 a.m. to-day. The two-engined plane, which burst into flames after disintegrating, missed ...
Article : 330 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—A brigadier, who is General Sir Miles Dempsey's senior medical officer, said the Belsen "horror" camp, near Bremen, with its thousands of typhus, typhoid and tuberculosis cases was the most frightful place he had seen. ...
Article : 626 wordsLOS ANGELES, Thursday. — Judge Clarence Kincaid has ordered Charlie Chaplin to pay 75 dollar (£A25) a week for the support of Carol Ann Barry ...
Article : 58 wordsTHE RESCUE of a stranded Catalina crew by anot-her 'Cat The crew of the disabled playing boat was transferred to the rescuing aircraft by rubber dinghy The rescue crew, captained by Flying Officer A. A. Etienne, DFC, of Melbourne, flew through nearly 1000 miles af enemy territory, Dept, of Air Picture. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—From the first pay period in May. there will be adecrease of 1/ per week in the basic wages for Hobart ...
Article : 142 wordsMADRID, Thursday.—Spain has agreed to an American request to prohibit landings of all German planes in Spanish territory. The ban became effective at ...
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