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The Reichstag burning. This trick by the Nazis pat Hitler firmly into power as Dictator of Germany, and led to the plunging of the world into a great blood bath. (See story cols 3, 4, 5)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Brigadier General Adlai H. Gikeson, commander of the 312th Fighter Wing of the 14th Army Air Force, fires a British field, gun at a Japanese po[?]ion as troops of an Australian unit lock on. The fighting was in the area of the Shgwell River, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, Monday: The 20th Air Force announced that a record number, over 500, Marianas-based Super-Fortresses blasted Nagoya in daylight today on an incendiary mission. The Super-Fortresses dropped 3500 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some excitement was caused at Coolangatta, near the Queensland Hotel, yesterday morning when a taxi-cab, driven by Frank Arthur,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP).—Fires from Sunday's violent attack on Nagoya were still smouldering last night when another force of more than 500 Super Fortresses from Marianas' bases again enveloped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WASHINGTON, Thursday: Another fleet of more than 500 American Super-Fortresses from the Marianas today poured down fire-bombs from a low level on the Japanese industrial city of Nagoya, on Honshu Island. The attack was directed mainly against targets in the northern sector…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →KATOOMBA, Sunday.âThe country home of James Kirby was partly destroyed by fire last night while the inmates were absent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MULLUMBIMBY, Sunday.—A weatherboard cottage and contents, owned by Mr. Charles King of Myocum, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]eatherboard cottage and [?]ts, owned by Mr Charles of Myocum, was destroyed on Friday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GUAM, Thursday (AAP).—Over 550 Super Fortresses based in the Marianas this morning made the greatest raid of the Pacific war when they dropped over 4500 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo. In an attack lasting more than an hour and three-quarters, over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GUAM, Tuesday (AAP).—Over 450 Super Fortresses based on Guam this morning dropped 3200 tons of fire bombs on the great Japanese industrial city of Yokohama. It was the first major attack on Yokohama. Great fires were left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The 20th Air Force announced that Super-Fortresses in very great strength attached Yokohama today. It was the first major attack on this great port and shipbuilding centre. The United Press correspondent on Guam said the attacking fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Friday.—Experts are to decide whether an Allied ship which yesterday put back to Moreton Bay after catching fire can…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WASHINGTON, Friday (AAP). —A communique from 20th Air Force Headquarters says a very large force of Super Fortresses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, Friday: A 20th Air Force communique says: "A very large force of Super-Fortresses raided Osaka (Honshu) in daylight today." The Associated Press correspondent says that Osaka was set on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Friday (AAP).—After a three and a half hour sitting of the French Cabinet in Paris this morning, it was officially stated on behalf of General de Gaulle that his Cabinet had approved the order for French troops in the Levant to cease fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—The Germans during the last month of the war invented and put into production a rifle which fires around corners, reports the British United Press correspondent in Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GUAM, Sunday (AAP).—Bombed-out residents of Tokyo are building thousands of dug-out homes for the duration, says Tokyo radio. "Cumulative damage from American raids on Tokyo has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday: Another of Britain's antiinvasion defences has been disclosed. It was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CASINO, Tuesday.—Transferred to the charge of Kogarah Fire Station, after over six years as Station officer in charge of Casino…
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