Messages from London declaring that a "scorched earth" policy was followed in Penang have been greeted with mixed feelings here, ...
Article : 421 wordsMr. Churchill's dramatic journey to Washington was made by air, and he was met at an airport near Washington ...
Article : 398 wordsThreat to the German forces besieging Leningrad and to the Finnish forces on the northern front is increasing, to that, unless, as the Stockholm correspondent of "The Times" reports, the enemy evacuates ...
Article : 762 wordsAn increased scale of weekly deductions from wages and salaries for Federal and State tax will become operative on the first pay day in 1942. These deductions are designed to ...
Article : 706 words"The Japanese dropped 12 bombs and scored direct hits on 2 vessels in their first attempt," said a witness of the first Japanese air raids on ...
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Article : 187 wordsA message from Eureka, California, states the U-S bombers answered an SOS from the tanker Emidio (6,900 tons) on Saturday, ...
Article : 48 wordsIn a leader Daily Mail says that the more we read of Malaya the greater must be our uneasiness. It is a serial story of inexcusable ...
Article : 250 wordsLt.-Gen. ter Poorten, C-in-C of the NEI Army, delivered a dramatic address to his troops yesterday. "We knew with undeniable certainty," he ...
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Article : 87 wordsFor l8 months the people of Victoria have been able to help seamen of the Merchant Navy by making cash donations and gifts of warm ...
Article : 119 wordsHenceforth if it becomes necessary to yield any district in Malaya to Japan. European Government officers will remain with the native peoples ...
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Article : 157 wordsSeveral theatres will open for evening performances on Christmas Day. These include the Regent, Capitol, State, St. James, Savoy, and Palais ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 24 Dec 1941, Page 5
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