It is officlally revealed that Japanese parachute troops were used to effect landings in Minahassa, in the north of Celebes Island. A few days ...
Article : 455 wordsFighting on the Muir River front on the weat coast of the Malayan Peninsula is developing into a big battle. The Japanese are moving south of Muar itself. ...
Article : 351 wordsAUCKLAND, Thursday. — Steps for the enrolment of personnel for emergency precautions other than the civil defence service, were ...
Article : 276 wordsHigh official circles have expressed the opinion that if Singapore and NEI can hold out for 30 days the united nations will have air ...
Article : 601 wordsOf the 5 AIF officers who have been appointed to Gen. Wavell's staff (see page 1), 3 are Duntroon graduates, and all have served in ...
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Article : 25 wordsPan-American conference is expected to approve a gigantic war production plan for the entire hemisphere, and including abolition of ...
Article : 145 wordsAs soon as the Italian people have been freed from Nazi Fascist oppression they will choose their own political institutions, Count Sforza, ...
Article : 165 wordsIn view of the serious war position the annual conference of the Liberal Country party will not be held. Nominations for election of ...
Article : 75 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — A cigarette butt, accidentally dropped into a box containing several hundred feet of film, is believed to have caused a fire ...
Article : 112 wordsRed Cross officials said yesterday that, in view of the war position, the training of Red Cross personnel as hospital visitors overseas had ...
Article : 56 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday. — During his 40-minute stay in Adelaide on the way to Perth today Mr. Curtin, Prime Minister, commended the ...
Article : 85 wordsDr. Wang Chung Hill, secretary of General Chinese Supreme National Defence Council, said today that any division of the war into 2 ...
Article : 94 wordsThe RAF will create soon a new rating — flight-engineer — who will take his place as a designated member of an air crew alongside the ...
Article : 117 wordsA special car was needed for floral tributes at the funeral of Mr. B. J. J. Hosking, president of Northcote Football Club and Northcote ...
Article : 198 wordsAustralia is an ideal base for action against the Japanese as it comprises the world's best example of an area for defence in depth, with 1,000 ...
Article : 176 wordswith area occupied by the Japanese marked by shading. The latest Singapore communique reports contact with enemy forces north of Mersing, on the east coast, and heavy fighting in the west. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 36 wordsWhen a service aircraft in which he was doing solo night flying dived into the sea near Point Cook, LAC Kingsley Holman Sampson, 23, was ...
Article : 98 wordsThe German Army in its plans to capture Moscow was beaten; its old offensive had gone, and it would never be able to gather strength ...
Article : 267 wordsMr. Churchill announced in the House of Commons yesterday that as there had been much difference of opinion about his motion on ...
Article : 429 wordsPlt.—Off. J. L. S. (Jock) Willox, RAAF, of East Malvern, who has been reported killed as a result of air ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 90 wordsParticipation of NEI In the Eastern Group Supply Council was announced today. The council, which has its ...
Article : 115 wordsReply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, said that reports concerning the sinking ...
Article : 61 wordsOnly relatives and a few close friends attended the funeral of Carole Lombard, film star, and her mother, who were killed with 19 ...
Article : 106 wordsWhen the motorcycle he was riding collided with a truck at the intersection of Greville and Perth sts., Prahran, last night, Stanley ...
Article : 47 wordsMarie Ney, the actress, is safe in Singapore. Among the plays in which she appeared in Australia last year was "Ladies in Retirement." ...
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Article : 75 wordsSir Earle Page addressed a private meeting of members of all parties, including several Ministers, in the committeeroom of the Commons. He ...
Article : 55 wordsThe 40-hour week in Government departments has been sweptt aside to meet the gigantic task of winning the war. The average working week ...
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Article : 133 wordsA report received in Vichy from Paris states that the Germans yesterday shot 2 Frenchmen convicted of activity favourable to the enemy. ...
Article : 108 wordsA war communique states that U-S and Filipino forces north-east of Manila have counterattacked the Japanese, driven them back, and ...
Article : 49 wordsStory of Britain's desperate shortage of aircraft in the early stages of the war, and of how the "Scarecrow Patrol" operated to bluff the ...
Article : 169 words"Somewhere in England" there are 5 Joneses in one Spitfire squadron. Three of them are Australians — Pilot-Officers M. J. (Mac) Jones, of ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 23 Jan 1942, Page 3
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