Firemen from 13 brigades, assisted by 2 fire floats, fought heroically for 5 hours in darkness early on Saturday morning to save a ship berthed ...
Article : 283 wordsA clear idea of the important role which the Volunteer Defence Corps will play in Australia's defence was gained by war correspondents on ...
Article : 467 wordsThe Army has revealed that in the Doolittlc bombing raid on Japan on April l8, the cities of Tokio, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, and ...
Article : 420 wordsThe joint Anglo-American communique on war strategy has been warmly received in Washington, where establishment of a second ...
Article : 552 wordsTREES HAVE BEEN LEFT STANDING WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO AID IN THE AIR CAMOUFLAGE of the hangars being constructed at the Allied Works Council's £3,000,000 aerodrome. The sheeting of this hangar, nearing completion, it corrugated asbestos cement. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 36 wordsAbandonment of Lishul, site of an important aerodrome in southern Cheklang Province, is acknowledged in a Chungking communique. ...
Article : 359 wordsLeaders in the US shipping industry emphatically reject a prediction made by Grover Loening, aeronautical engineer, that aeroplanes will ...
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Article : 366 wordsOnly air activity reported from Northern Australia over the weekend was Allied raids on Lae-Salamaua and on Tulagi, in the ...
Article : 247 wordsMr Trevor C. L. Westbrook, former general manager of Vickers-Armstrong aviation works, who resigned to join the Ministry of Aircraft ...
Article : 259 wordsAlleged to have absconded from ball to appear at Warrnambool Sessions on March 24, 1936, to answer a charge of having been involved in a ...
Article : 233 wordsSYDNEY, Sun: Estelle Williams, 14, who was rescued from the factory fire at Surry Hills on Friday, died in hospital from shock during the ...
Article : 67 wordsMexican tankers Choapas and Tuxpan, former Italian vessels, which were seized when they sought refuge in Mexican harbours, have been ...
Article : 220 wordsReiterated Japanese claims that a US submarine sank the Russian merchantman Angarstroi were branded by Mr ...
Article : 154 wordsA series of concerts of good music will be conducted by the ABC for members of the forces at the Assembly Hall, Collins st, every Friday ...
Article : 186 wordsVice squad police, assisted by members of the US provost corps, raided a 2-roomed house in Spring st on Saturday night and arrested ...
Article : 136 wordsFalling from a tram, a boy was killed on Saturday. It was the only fatal traffic mishap during the weekend; but a man, who was crushed ...
Article : 269 wordsSYDNEY, Sun: An officer and an airman were killed on Thursday when an aircraft from an RAAF station in NSW crashed during a ...
Article : 96 wordsLatest British weapon removed from the secret list is the Sten tommygun, tens of thousands of which are being produced each week. ...
Article : 151 wordsSunday Express says that, despite the elaborate secrecy observed by all concerned, and the precautions taken by the authorities, news of the 3 ...
Article : 157 wordsBrig-Gen Cecil Henry Foott, CB, CMG, died on Saturday at his home at Upper Beaconsfield. He was 66, and had served for 42 years with the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 91 wordsPrince Andrew of Russia, 45, eldest son of the late Grand Duke Alexander of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia, daughter of the late Czar ...
Article : 55 wordsA Turco-Soviet entente is expected to follow negotiations which Mr Sarajoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, has been conducting with Mr ...
Article : 135 wordsMore than 150 volunteers assisted in unloading 2,500 tons of firewood which arrived in Melbourne yesterday from Cohuna, Beaufort, and ...
Article : 174 wordsArgentine Congress, at a joint session, unanimously accepted the resignation of the President, Dr Roberto Ortiz. ...
Article : 58 wordsM-G-M Ltd has bought the film rights of Alice Duer Miller's poem "The White Cliffs of Dover." Ronald Colman will play the lead in the film ...
Article : 104 wordsCol McDermott, New York City Director of Selective Service, announces that he has recommended the local board to reopen the ...
Article : 65 wordsIt can now be revealed that the US Army Air Corps airmen and ground staff personnel are stationed in Britain. ...
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Article : 71 wordsThe first group of 100 friendly aliens will begin cutting firewood on Wednesday morning to augment supplies for the metropolitan area. The ...
Article : 98 wordsCoupons must be surrendered for tea towels and sheets which are cut but unhemmed. This decision was announced by the Rationing ...
Article : 193 wordsA Red Cross ship has left Haifa, Palestine, for Pir[?]us with 4,600 tons of wheat for starving Greeks. ...
Article : 26 wordsLieut Walter Goering, 21, nephew of Field Marshal Goering, has been killed in an air battle with the RAF on the Western Front. ...
Article : 46 wordsDeath has occurred of Brig-Gen Samuel Tillman, 94, whom Gen MacArthur succeeded as superintendent of West Point Military ...
Article : 53 wordsMr and Mrs J.C. Glancy, of the National Bank, Horsham, have been advised that their elder son, Sgt-Pilot Alexander Noel Glancy is reported ...
Article : 181 wordsCary Grant, film star, who was born at Bristol (Eng) in 1904 of English parents, has been granted US citizenship. He says he will ...
Article : 43 wordsSYDNEY, Sun: Supplies of tobacco and cigarettes for civilians in July would be the same as those in June, said a statement issued ...
Article : 84 wordsAt a general meeting of the Demobilised Soldiers' Association last week, it was agreed to approach the authorities to ask for a service ...
Article : 70 wordsMrs Emily Mary Gardner,36,of St Kilda rd,South Melbourne, who was one of 4 occupants of a car who were injured a week ago in a ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 29 Jun 1942, Page 3
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