LONDON, Feb 27.—The aviation correspondent of the British United Press conservatively estimated yesterday that over 10,000 planes, mostly heavy bombers, hit vital German targets in the past week during the biggest air onslaught of the war. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 598 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—Front line reports yesterday indicate that the general lull in Italy continues with only small-scale German infiltration ...
Article : 282 wordsNEW YORK, Feb 26.—The Santiago (Chile) correspondent of the New York "Herald-Tribune" states that the Governments of the ...
Article : 440 wordsWITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ. Feb 27.—American troops moving along the New Guinea coast from Saidor are within four miles by ...
Article : 268 wordsNEW YORK, Feb 27.—The London correspondent of the "New York Times" quotes neutral sources for the assertion that Russia has invited ...
Article : 303 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 26.—A Pacific Fleet communique yesterday stated: "Admiral Mitscher's task force was detected approaching ...
Article : 276 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—"General Meretskov is pushing en from Porkhov to meet General Govorov's army approaching Pskov from the north and General Popov's troops in the more southerly approach to the Baltic States have advanced over 18 miles west of Sokolniki," said the Moscow ...
Article : 375 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—The USAAF announced yesterday that American, British-based and Italian-based bombers and fighters destroyed a ...
Article : 250 wordsSmoke rising from one of the six ships in the enemy convoy which was heavily attacked near New Ireland on February 16. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—Allied HQ in Algiers states that the German casualties in the beachhead area since January 22 are estimated to be ...
Article : 181 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—The Russians covered the 16 miles from Duo to Porkhov after two days of heavy fighting in which they did not ...
Article : 243 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—The diplomatic correspondent of the British United Press quotes reliable diplomatic circles in London for the ...
Article : 45 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 26.—The United States Senate, by 72 votes to 14, yesterday overrode President Roosevelt's veto of the controversial ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—"In the Pskov sector Russian troops broke into the town and large railway station of Porkhov on the railway from ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 411 wordsNEW YORK. Feb 26.—The Santiago (Chile) correspondent of the Associated Press says that the Director of Investigation announced ...
Article : 113 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—Today's South-East Asia communique said that in the Arakan area after hard fighting the Allied forces occupied ...
Article : 166 wordsGENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, Feb 27.—Today's GHQ communique was as follows: NORTH-WESTERN SECTOR— ...
Article : 421 wordsWITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ, Feb 27.—For the third time in a week the Japanese base at Kavieng at the northern tip of New Ireland ...
Article : 273 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb 26.—At a Press conference after receipt of the Pacific communique the Secretary of the Navy (Col Frank Knox) ...
Article : 255 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—On February 24 the military commentator of the German Newsagency stated that Rogachev had been completely ...
Article : 197 wordsSYDNEY, Feb 27.—Efforts to have the Federal Government call another conference with all south coast miners were made at the weekend by ...
Article : 195 wordsMONTREAL, Feb 27.—A Chungking communique yesterday said that the Chinese expeditionary force in northern Burma captured ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—All four Australian squadrons operating with Bomber Command participated in the double attack on Augsburg on ...
Article : 519 wordsCHUNGKING, Feb 27.—A communique issued by Lt-General Stil-well, commander of the US forces in China, India and Burma, stated ...
Article : 97 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—The "Daily Express" states that the Ministries of Health and Home Security are carefully watching the effect of the ...
Article : 458 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—"General Rokossovsky's troops have captured the entire German line on the west bank of the Dnieper River between ...
Article : 185 wordsSYDNEY, Feb 27.—Charges against Amos Hindley, manager of the Hebburn No 1 colliery, were dismissed by Mr Atkinson, PM, at a special ...
Article : 204 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—A Tokio message quoted by Berlin radio yesterday said that a fierce battle was raging between the Japanese ...
Article : 42 wordsNEWCASTLE, Feb 27.—Following a hold-up on A ship on yesterday morning 14 seamen pleaded guilty at a special sitting of the Newcastle ...
Article : 196 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—An Australian Mosquito destroyed a Junkers 88 over an enemy airfield in north-west France at dusk on Friday. The ...
Article : 70 wordsNEW YORK, Feb 26.—The New York "Herald Tribune's" special correspondent, Major Eliot, suggests that the Japanese fleet may have ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—It was learnt here yesterday that Capt Randolph Churchill, son of the British Prime Minister, arrived in yugoslavia ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—Mosquitos patrolling over central France yesterday afternoon destroyed a Nazi glider-tug and also two gliders in ...
Article : 83 wordsBRISBANE, Feb 27.—Mt Isa mines have been closed for the past three days because of coal shortage. All miners are idle and pumping to ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—Moscow radio announced today that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet had awarded the Order of Suvorov first class to ...
Article : 65 wordsCHUNGKING, Feb 27.—General Hsien Ming, spokesman for the Chinese National Military Council, said the Japanese had built 10 ...
Article : 74 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Feb 27.—A gruesome graveyard of 80 dead Japanese piled high on top of one another was found by an ...
Article : 305 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—A USAAF spokesman today, dealing with the British and American strategic bombing attacks, said: "The past ...
Article : 220 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—The German Newsagency has released a speech by the German Minister of Propaganda (Dr Goebbels) on the ...
Article : 134 wordsNEW YORK, Feb 26.—Domei Newsagency reported yesterday that Ms Jose Laurel, the puppet President of the Philippines, had signed ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, Feb 27.—Today's Helsinki communique was as follows: "With several hundred planes the enemy last night again violently ...
Article : 55 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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