U.s.a. Troops Pour Ashore in Marshalls' Invasion
LONDON, Friday.—The huge Kwajalein Lagoon, one of the largest anchorages in the world, is reported filed with American warships. American troops are now mopping up in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944
15 stories in New England's papers
Threatened to Wreck Cafe Court Sequel to Disturbance Fines Imposed
A disturbance in a Grey St. cafe had a sequel in the Glen Innes Police Court yesterday, when a soldier was fined, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ominous Note IN Chrchill's War Review Vast Air Offensive To Wreck German Production Centres "No Break Between Nazi Party and Army" Warns Prime Minister London
Mr. Churchill promised the House of Commons to-day a vast stepping-up during the next six months of even the current mammoth air offensive on Germany. "The air offensive constitutes the foundation on which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]Resses' Record Trip to Wreck Fw -190 Factory.—
In their belief that East Prussia was beyond the range at Allied daylight bombers, German defences were caught napping recently, when U.S. Eighth Air Force Flying Fortresses attacked the huge Focke-Wulfe aircraft factory at Marienburg, south-east Danzig,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wreck Strafed Salvage Workers Have Hot Time MELBOURNE
R.A.A.F. authorities are carrying out a thorough investigation of the strafing, of the Orungal wreck. Three salvage workers were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Piecemeal Resistance in Normandy Inferno of Wreckage Strewn Along Front London
The Germans are leaving "bits and pieces," to try to delay the Allied advance in Northern France, but there is no sign of a major enemy stand anywhere towards the Seine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Fighting Retreat From Seine Area Stubborn Resistance Miles of Wreckage Allies Push Forward Cathedral in Danger LONDON
The Germans ore leaving “bits and pieces” to try and delay the Allied advances in Northern France, but there is no sign of a major enemy stand anywhere towards the Seine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Months After Shipwreck Chance Reunion With Doctor Husband
Chance reunion with her husband. Dr. T. F. Rose, of Maitland Road, Mayfield, six months after she and her baby…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Pacific Oil Storage Wrecked Great Blow to Enemy Philippines Attacked
The advance of the Allied bomber line now has made possible heavy bomber attacks on Balikpapan, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Borneo Oil Punt Wrecked Allied Planes Do Thorough Job
The oil cracking plant at Balikpapan in Borneo was wrecked by Allied bombers in a 135-ton raid on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plucky Engineer Prevents Shipwreck SYDNEY
Members of the crew of an Allied freighter relate how their chief engineer, Robin B. Salzern, of Minneapolis, U.S.A., saved the vessel from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →V2 Bomb H0rror Women and Children Buried in Wreck LONDON
Twenty-four hours after a V2 bomb crashed into a store in southern England, rescue parties were still digging to release women and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Lifeboat" Actor's Idea of Dream Come True
No picture in Hollywood history ever came closer to being an actor's dream than Alfred Hitchcocks production of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Village Wrecked By Explosion
LONDON, Tuesday.—Over fifty persons are now known to have been killed and a village wrecked as the result of a R.A.F bomb dump blowing up near Burton-on-Trent, rocking the Midlands…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Home-made Steamer
A steamer in which to make puddings or to steam vegetables can be made out of an old sandwich tin and cake tin…
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