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Article : 508 wordsLONG BEACH (A.A.P.).—An Army Douglas C74 Globemaster, capable of circling the world with two stops, was test flown yesterday before military ...
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Article : 516 wordsYOKOHAMA (A.A.P.)—The U.S. 8th Army H.Q. announces that Iva Toguri, known to U.S. troops as "Tokio Rose," has been detained for questioning. ...
Article : 124 wordsTOKIO (A.A.P.).—The influential newspaper "Asahi" said yesterday that the bitter struggle between the Army, and Navy, and also disputes among ...
Article : 153 wordsIT is highly important that all social benefit schemes should be on a contributory basis and that means tests should be ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Fri 7 Sep 1945, Page 1
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