MELBOURNE, May 1.—Sober optimism tempered with a warning that the real struggle was still ahead was the keynote of a message to the ...
Article : 1,137 wordsLONDON, May 1.—The Chinese High Command announced in Chungking yesterday that Lashio, the key centre on the Burma Road, 130 miles north-east of Mandalay, had fallen on Wednesday after a battle in which both sides suffered severe casualties. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 766 wordsLONDON, May 1.—"Fascist Germany and especially its army is undoubtedly far weaker than last June. The German people are becoming ...
Article : 451 wordsALLIED HEADQUARTERS, May 1.—Another smashing attack—the fourth this week—was made by Allied aircraft yesterday on the Japanese aerodrome at Lae. Bombing and machine-gunning heavily, they took heavy toll of a line of 30 enemy aircraft. ...
Article : 301 wordsLONDON, May 1.—For the eighth consecutive day of its great offensive the Royal Air Force yesterday carried out 7 major sweeps between ...
Article : 632 wordsCANBERRA, May 1.—An attempt to force a declaration "that territorial limitations to the employment of the Militia Forces overseas be removed" was defeated in the House of Representatives today by 31 votes to 27. ...
Article : 3,408 wordsFROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, May 1.—The tactics and achievements of the Japanese air force in their attacks on Australia ...
Article : 324 wordsCHUNGKING, May 1.—Several Japanese columns have launched a vigorous attack in the Southern Honan Province, obviously aimed at ...
Article : 53 wordsFROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, May 1.—Details of bitter battles between the Allies and Japanese for command of the air in the skies ...
Article : 321 wordsLONDON, May 1.—A Moscow communique reports that there were no important changes on the Russian front yesterday. Thirty-five ...
Article : 401 wordsCHICAGO, May 1.—The Secretary of Commerce (Mr. Jesse H. Jones) told the United States Chamber of Commerce convention ...
Article : 256 wordsLONDON, May 1.—Today's Air Ministry communique said that enemy activity last night was directed mainly against the north-east ...
Article : 417 wordsNEW YORK, April 30.—The Tokio official radio stated today that due to the complete suspension of the supply route from Burma, the ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, May 1.—It was officially announced in Berlin that Hitler and Mussolini met at Salzburg on Wednesday and Thursday. Their ...
Article : 364 wordsFROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, May 1.—Although a decisive action by either side has not yet been taken tension is increasing in ...
Article : 388 wordsWASHINGTON, May 1.—By 13 votes to 12 the House Naval Affairs Committee yesterday tabled a measure to limit war profits, extend the ...
Article : 166 wordsLONDON, May 1.—The USA Ambassador to the Soviet (Admiral Standley) in a statement in Kuibyshev yesterday said: "So ...
Article : 98 wordsNEW YORK, April 30.—Interviewed by reporters in the offices of the British Information Service here, Mr Graham Spry, personal ...
Article : 371 wordsLONDON, May 1.—"Until their plans for the conquest of Russia went wrong the Germans apparently made no great attempt to turn the ...
Article : 260 wordsLONDON, May 1.—Wilhelm Pieck an ex-member of the Reichstag broadcasting in German from Moscow in reference to Hitler's speech ...
Article : 150 wordsWASHINGTON, May 1.—The Department of the Navy announced that a small Swedish merchantman and a medium United States ship ...
Article : 209 wordsNEW YORK, May 1.—The Tokio official radio asserted yesterday that another wrecked American bomber which raided Japan on April 18 had ...
Article : 45 wordsNEW YORK, May 1.—The Tokio official radio said yesterday that the first general election for the House of Representatives in 5 years was ...
Article : 74 wordsFROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, May 1.—There were 3 raids on Port Moresby on Wednesday, the first by 8 Zeros, the second by 9 ...
Article : 149 wordsLONDON, April 30.—Admiral Harold A. Stark, accompanied by Mr J. G. Winant United States Ambassador in London, who has been ...
Article : 84 wordsLONDON, May 1.—The "Geneva Journal" Berlin correspondent says it has been semi-officially announced that Germany will call off the ...
Article : 40 wordsExcept where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 2 May 1942, Page 5
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