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  2. RUSSIAN STORIES OF HEROES

    Many stories of individual heroism among soldiers and airmen of the Red Army and successful activities of troops operating far behind the German spearheads are contained in the colourful official Russian ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. ARMISTICE TALK IN BLACKOUT

    An extraordinary scene took place last night during the formal initialling of the armistice agreement between Vichy French and Allied forces in Syria. At 10.20pm, after the Armistice Conference had been sitting for 11 ...

    Article : 955 words
  4. CHEERY JACK DOPING

    Sensational doping of Cheery Jack, GN Steeplechase favourite, was investigated at the weekend by CIB detectives called in ...

    Article : 615 words
  5. THE ARGUS, MON., JULY 14 [?] DAILY DIGEST

    For 20 years the high militarists of both Great Britain and France thought only in terms of defence— the continuous front, the impregnable ...

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  6. 3 DIE IN RAAF COLLISION

    One officer and 2 airmen trainees were killed on Saturday when 2 aircraft from a training school in SA collided over Mt. Gambier. They ...

    Article : 137 words
  7. CAPITAL SERENE AND NOT RATIONED

    With a battle raging a few hundred miles away, Moscow is strangely screne, writes Alexander Werth, Sunday Times correspondent in ...

    Article : 420 words
  8. SYDNEY'S WIDESPREAD BLACKOUT

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — During the biggest blackout yet attempted in Sydney 9 municipalities were in darkness for half an hour tonight. ...

    Article : 259 words
  9. £2,000 FIRE DAMAGE AT MILLS

    Valuable machinery was damaged by a fire which caused £2,000 damage to flourmills of Jackett, Howard, and Co., Bridge road, ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. HOW VICHY ENVOYS CAME TO ACRE

    The Syrian fighting ended in early hours of Saturday. At a minute past midnight the Australian batteries fired their last shot. Desultory ...

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  11. SOVIET FRIENDSHIP

    More than 4,000 attended Friends of Soviet organisation meeting at Princess Theatre yesterday, and in a resolution strongly urged Federal ...

    Article : 156 words
  12. CAR OVERTURNS

    Five people had narrow escapes when a car got out of control on Calder Highway, near Diggers' Rest early on Saturday, and came to rest ...

    Article : 91 words
  13. INTRUDER IN HOUSE

    Miss Marjorie Gilbert, daughter of the late Web Gilbert, sculptor, was brutally attacked by an intruder at her home, Westgarth st., E. Malvern, ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES

    Struck by a motor-truck in Bridge rd., Richmond, on July 7, Richard Johnson, 75, of Docker st., Richmond, died in Royal Melbourne Hospital on ...

    Article : 28 words
  15. SPITFIRE'S 3-MILE DIVE TO VICTORY

    How a Spitfire pilot narrowly averted collision with a parachuting German whom he had shot down over northern France is told in an ...

    Article : 188 words
  16. BOYS' BAND AT ZOO

    Ballarat Orphanage Boys' Band played at the Zoo yesterday. A large crowd enjoyed the programme. The boys were entertained at luncheon ...

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  17. CLASH WITH ME's WAS "ONE OF BEST PARTIES EVER"

    A wing-commander who shot down one Messerschmitt and damaged others described British fighters' work over France today, in which 6 Nazis ...

    Article : 161 words
  18. BRITISH TO LEAVE ICELAND

    Col. Knox, U-S Navy Secretary, and Admiral Stark, Operational Staff Chief, explained at length to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee why ...

    Article : 267 words
  19. WOOL CONSUMPTION

    It is thought by some wool men that aggregate world wool consumption is likely to increase as a result of Russia's entry into the war. While ...

    Article : 121 words
  20. 3 MEN KILLED

    Three pedestrians were killed by cars on Saturday night. Several others were injured. Charles Priestley Ackroyd, 77, of ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. BRIDGE OF DEE RAN AND FELL

    Bridge of Dee, whose lessee and part-owner, Mr. E. O'Brien said on Friday night would not be a runner in the GN Steeplechase, started in ...

    Article : 192 words
  22. REPORT THAT U S DESTROYER ATTACKED U-BOAT

    A mysterious and unconfirmed story of a U-S destroyer dropping a depth charge near a German U-boat in the Atlantic was told to reporters ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. TROUSER BAN FOR ITALIAN WOMEN

    Italy has banned shorts or slacks for women. Commenting on the order, [?] Telegra[?]o, of Leghorn, describes the fashion as "one of many ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. GERMANS FEAR INVASION

    German newspapers are telling readers that if the British land troops on the Continent "to relieve Russia" considerable German forces ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. TRACK DRUM TO HOUSE

    Marks on grass and asphalt made by a rolling petrol drum were tracked for several hundred yards by Brighton detectives on Saturday, and a man ...

    Article : 75 words
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  27. DUTCH SUBMARINE'S SUCCESS

    A Netherlands submarine, operating in co-operation with the British Navy, sank a heavily laden 8,000 tons enemy tanker in the Mediterranean. ...

    Article : 27 words
  28. FRENCH POLICE FIGHT JAPANESE

    French and Japanese relations were strained today by a gun fight in the French concession at Hankow between French Annamite police and ...

    Article : 331 words
  29. SERGEANT FIGHTS ARMOURED CAR

    A Gold Coast sergeant's singlehanded bayonet fight with an Italian armoured car in Abyssinia is described in a despatch which has just ...

    Article : 113 words
  30. U S TAKES OVER l8 SHIPS

    Seventeen more Italian ships and one German vessel have been taken over by US on the grounds that the owners have forfeited their rights ...

    Article : 74 words
  31. EFFORT FOR RED CROSS

    Geelong branch of the Red Cross has found a new way of raising funds for its work. On July 21 a special train will bring members of ...

    Article : 83 words
  32. NAZI PROPAGANDIST GAOLED IN U S A

    Dr. Friedrich Ernst Auhagen, former Columbia University professor and head of American Fellowship Forum, a Nazi propaganda ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. WHAT WILL POSTWAR EUROPE BE LIKE?

    Curiously, there is developing in Washington] an astonishing majority of opinion against a formal peace conference and against any kind of ...

    Article : 236 words
  34. STRENGTH OF U S PACIFIC FLEET

    New York Times commenting on reports that Japan is pleased by the belief that USA has weakened her Pacific fleet, says—"If such ...

    Article : 230 words
  35. BRITAIN BUYS GREEK SHIPS

    Two 5,000 tons and 2 4,000 tons Greek ships, sheltering here since the German invasion of Greece, have been purchased by a British firm, ...

    Article : 43 words
  36. PHILIPPINES DEFENCE

    It is understood Gen Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, has advised Congress leaders that it will be difficult to garrison the Philippines ...

    Article : 96 words
  37. "SOBER SATISFACTION JUSTIFIED"

    "Three matters justify sober satisfaction at present," said Mr. A.V. Alexander, First Lord, in a speech yesterday, "First, the serious ...

    Article : 95 words
  38. GERMAN AIR CLAIMS

    Berlin News Agency says:—"Lu[?]twaffe bombers on July 11 sank a British submarine south-west of Plymouth and 2,000-ton merchantman ...

    Article : 58 words
  39. AUSTRALIANESE

    Mr. Churchill in his speech in the war debate in the House of Commons said that the Germans met their "prop" at Tobruk. In the context ...

    Article : 267 words
  40. U S CAR PRODUCTION "CUT"

    Journal of Commerce states that in order to avert labour dislocation, curtailment of automobile construction is not likely to reach 50% until ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. TRUCKING EXPERTS FOR CHINA

    Three US trucking experts have left here by plane for Chungking, to help the Chinese Government reorganise traffic for an increased flow ...

    Article : 39 words
  42. TOKIO FLOOD DAMAGE

    At least 19 people were killed, many are missing, and more than 20,000 houses are inundated in the vicinity of the city following 72 hours' rain. ...

    Article : 37 words
  43. SCENE AT ELSTERNWICK PARK

    oval yesterday afternoon, when Mr Fadden, Federal Treasurer, was addressing a great patriotic rally in which Caulfield, Brighton, and St. Kilda VDC battalions, as well as local ARP, AWL, and other units, took part. There was a huge ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
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  46. AIR RAID ON SUEZ CANAL

    Six people were killed and 14 injured when bombs fell in the Suez Canal area. Some material damage was done. ...

    Article : 40 words
  47. BIRDS OF A FEATHER

    Count Ciano went into rhapsodies when returning from Berchtesgaden, he reported to Mussolini. "It was wonderful," said Ciano. ...

    Article : 88 words
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