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  3. Prisoners Held Up in Manila

    MANILA.—Another group of 487 Australian Ps.O.W. has arrived at Manila from Japan. THERE are nearly 900 Australians ...

    Article : 410 words
  4. RELEASE OF 200,000 SERVICEMEN BY NEXT JANUARY

    CANBERRA.—As a first stage of demobilisation, the Government has approved of the release of 200,000 servicemen by January of next year, the Minister for ...

    Article : 430 words
  5. BOOSTER OF MORALE

    Most remarkable story of the compound Kuchinq was that of W./O. I. L. Beckett, Enfield, London, who constructed a wireless set from pieces of wire, a mess tin, a damper off a Norton like for dial, and generator made of scraps. This wireless operated for practically the whole of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 78 words
  6. LOADING UP TO MOVE OUT OF CHANGI PRISON CAMP

    A general scene of the loading. The men were tabbed and checked inside the huts and then moved out to the ambulances while the less lucky ones milled around, sending messages home by any who lived near their own towns. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  7. Non-Stop Record Bid Fails

    CHICAGO (A.A.P.)—The bid to create a world record. by a non-stop flight from Japan to Washington, failed when the three ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. Quarter of Original Occupation Army

    NEW YORK.—The War Department fixed 900,000 as the U.S. occupation force for the Pacific theatre based on estimates given earlier by Gen. MacArthur. GEN. MacARTHUR declared this ...

    Article : 443 words
  9. Early Freedom For India Forecast

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—"The British Government is determined to do its utmost to promote in conjunction with the leaders of Indian opinion the early realisation of full self-government for, India," said Lord Wavell, Viceroy of India ...

    Article : 434 words
  10. BRITAIN TO PAY CASH

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—"The Government has decided that Britain must do without almost everything involving spending dollars, and that even ...

    Article : 270 words
  11. Marking Italian Frontier

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—The Council of Foreign Ministers met twice yesterday, when a further examination was made of the terms of the peace treaty ...

    Article : 136 words
  12. FUTURE OF JAP. BATTLESHIP

    TOKIO (A.A.P.).—Navy officials announced yesterday .that the Jap. battleship Nagato would be towed to Pearl Harbour and thence to San ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. GREEK POLL SOON

    LONDON (A. A. P. )—A statement from Britain, America and France yesterday dealing with the discussions in London with the Greek ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. BID TO THWART EMPEROR'S SURRENDER

    TOKIO (A.A.P.).—The newspaper, "Mai-Nichi," disclosed yesterday how Japan's war effort ended in a fantastic cloak and dagger finale. REBELS attempting to thwart the ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. SIX DIE ON HOSPITAL SHIP

    BRISBRANE—Six deaths occurred during the voyage from Hong Kong of the hospital ship Oxfordshire, which passed through Brisbane yesterday. ...

    Article : 70 words
  16. Airman Shot After Mock Trial by Japs.

    HONG KONG (A.A.P.)—Liberated Camp Stanley prisoners have reported that an American airman who parachuted at Hong Kong last January was ...

    Article : 67 words
  17. N.G. OFFICIALS MISSING

    CANBERRA—one hundred members of the New Guinea Administration staff, swallowed up in the Japanese invasion of early 1942, were still ...

    Article : 179 words
  18. NEWS TRAVELS

    Sergeant Charlie Crouch, Brunswick, Vic., rescued P.O.W. from Ambon, at Morotai with a copy of "The Examiner." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  19. Seized Island in Jap. Perimeter

    MELBOURNE.—For five months early this year, 21 members of the R.A.A.F. and specialists of other Allied Services occupied a small ...

    Article : 239 words
  20. STORY OF MALAYAN GUERRILLAS: FORCE BUILT UP BY LANDINGS FROM SUBMARINES

    SINGAPORE.—During the whole of the occupation of Malaya there were men at large in the country secretly organising guerrillas, reporting by radio enemy strength and movements, dynamiting meeting bridges, cutting railways and ambushing Japs. ONE OF THEM, a New Zealander, ...

    Article : 592 words
  21. REAL FREEDOM FOR KOREANS

    SEOUL, Korea (A.A.P.).—American occupation. forces have revoked Japanese laws which for years have denied Koreans right of free religious worship, ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. Urges Prompt Arrest of Jap. War Criminals

    CANBERRA.— Australia should be responsible for the arrest and bringing to trial of Japanese guilty of war crimes in our area, said the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) last night. ...

    Article : 342 words
  23. U.S. TO RETAIN FLEET OF 300 NEW WARSHIPS

    WASHINGTON" (A.A.P.).—The Navy Secretary (Mr. Forrestal) suggests that there should be an active U.S. peacetime fleet ready for battle consisting of 300 modern combat vessels. THEY should include 11 battleships, ...

    Article : 379 words
  24. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    THE splendid conception of enshrining, in a community centre of beauty and use, our gratitude for the deeds and qualities ...

    Article : 117 words
  25. MASSACRE OF CHINESE

    BEAUFORT (N.W. Borneo).—Jesselton, which surrendered to the Ninth Division, was almost recaptured by Chinese guerrillas on China's national ...

    Article : 102 words
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