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  2. INVISIBLE MEN OF HOME GUARD IN BRITAIN

    The art of camouflage that blends armed men with the countryside. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. BLITZ ORPHANS FOUND IN RUINED CITIES

    LONDON, Saturday — A dozen small children found wandering in the ruins of Exeter and Bath may never know their real ...

    Article : 71 words
  4. FIRST U.S. TROOPS IN AUSTRALIA

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.— The fact that the first American forces to arrive in Australia were actually on their way to the Philippines when Japan attacked the United States, and were thereupon diverted to ...

    Article : 1,033 words
  5. SIX ZEROS SHOT DOWN IN THREE MINUTES

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday.— It too less than three minutes for three American bombers to shoot down six Zeros when a whole swarm of Japanese fighters intercepted them over Rabaul on Thursday, and to-day I ...

    Article : 564 words
  6. DEATH-SPIN INTO SEA

    LONDON, Sunday.— A heavy Hudson 'plane of the Coastal Command, spinning madly to-wards the sea at over 300 miles ...

    Article : 330 words
  7. GOING AHEAD WITH UNIFORM TAX, DESPITE OBSTACLES

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Despite continued opposition from some states, the Commonwealth will proceed with its uniform income tax plan, bills for which were introduced by the Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) last week. ...

    Article : 259 words
  8. Offensive Against Serb Patriots

    LONDON, Friday.—The Yugoslav Government in London reports that Italian, German and Croat forces launched an offensive ...

    Article : 68 words
  9. U.S. ARMY NEEDS ALL AVAILABLE TRANSPORT 'PLANES

    WASHINGTON, Saturday—Discussing the decision that the army should take over all commercial air transport. President Roosevelt to-day explained that ...

    Article : 82 words
  10. Three German Escapees Still at Large

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Three of the six German prisoners of war who escaped from a Goulburn Valley ...

    Article : 215 words
  11. OSLO CASTLE DESTROYED

    LONDON, Friday.— Paris radio says that Oslo Castle has been destroyed by fire and the contents burned, including the library of 54,000 volumes. ...

    Article : 26 words
  12. EMERGENCY SERVICES

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—More than £1,000,000 has already been spent on national emergency services in New South Wales, the Minister for N.E.S. ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. "The Examiner" Overseas News

    Overseas news in this issue is from the Australian Associated Press, of which ''The Examiner'' is a member. All rights are reserved in Australia and New ...

    Article : 55 words
  14. President Releases United States Communist Leader

    WASHINGTON, Saturday — President Roosevelt has commuted the four-year sentence of Earl Browder, former general secretary of the ...

    Article : 258 words
  15. FIGHTERS ROAR OVER CHANNEL AGAIN

    LONDON, Sunday. — The R.A.F.'s daylight offensive over the north of France was in full swing this morning when a very large force of 'planes ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. UP ALL NIGHT

    Being on night duty means extra strain for a nurse, especially in this weather, when it's a so easy to pick up a chill if you get over-tired. Nurse Bullen says, ''When you've got a dangerously ill patient in the ward, you ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 127 words
  17. NEWS FOR WOMEN

    Fighter ''hospitals'' where damaged aircraft are reconditioned for further service, or dismantled and used as parts for replacement in other machines, are part of the efficient organisation of the Ministry of Aircraft Production. This picture, taken of one of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  18. America Will Have Adequate Essential Supplies

    NEW ORLEANS, Saturday.—The Price Administrator (Mr. Leon Henderson) declared to-day that, despite necessary wartime sicrifices, ...

    Article : 260 words
  19. Crimean War Guns to Help Russia

    LONDON, Saturday. — The Bodmin Town Council has sold the Ministry of Works two guns captured at Sebastopol during ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. Coventry Cathedral to be Rebuilt

    LONDON, Saturday—Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the well-known architect who designed Liverpool Cathedral, has undertaken to prepare plans for the ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. FATALITY AT QUARRY

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.— A quarry worker was killed, another was injured and one had a narrow escape when a premature explosion took place ...

    Article : 46 words
  22. TO-DAY'S SUMMARY

    LIGHTS ON VEHICLES—4.50 p.m. to 7.19 a.m. HIGH TIDE—2.43 a.m., 3.6 p.m. Picture Theatres — Princess, 2.20 and ...

    Article : 98 words
  23. AMBASSADOR TO NORWAY

    LONDON, Saturday—The diplomatic status of Britain's representative to the Court of the King of Norway is to be raised form Minister to Ambassador. ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. CABLES IN BRIEF

    The United States Navy has announced that an enemy submarine torpedoed and sank a large United States cargo vessel near the mouth ...

    Article : 331 words
  25. WOMEN OF CHINA TO-DAY

    IN China's history—that history which stretches so far into the past—women have had some real influence, and that in spite of the many ...

    Article : 386 words
  26. SUN, MOON, TIDE

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 words
  27. Russo-Jap. Border Agreement

    NEW YORK, Friday.—Tokio official radio reports ratification of an agreement between Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia, ending the border dispute ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 567 words
  29. Boxing Retains Lightweight Title in Unusually Close Bout

    NEW YORK, Saturday — Sammy Angott (1[?]lb) won in close decision over Allie Stolz (13[?]lb) in a 15-round boot, thus retaining the lightweight championship. ...

    Article : 213 words
  30. Germany Facing Grim Spectre of Starvation

    LONDON, Friday. — Germany enters a decisive phase of the war faced, as in 1917, by the grim spectre of approaching starvation. Competent observers consider ...

    Article : 157 words
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