Big Salvage of Scrap 13,000 Tons from a Steamer
Following three years of work against swift currents and in inclement weather, the members of the Kitagawa Sangyo Kaiun have…
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German Steamer Eisenach To be Reconditioned
The German steamer Eisenach, 4323 tons gross, which was formerly known as the Norddeutscher Lloyd vessel Alda, built at…
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SOUTH AFRICAN BOMBER flying over El Adem (Libya). Bombs from the plane are bursting in an Axis encampment. El Adem, which is south of Tobruk, was captured by Allied forces on December 10…
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LONDON. -- A British merchant ship bound for America and laden with a general cargo, including large…
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LONDON. -- A British merchant ship bound for America and laden with a general cargo, including large…
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LONDON, Saturday. -- The German radio says that Japanese planes heavily raided Darwin yesterday for the second time. Tokio radio claims that harbor facilities were destroyed…
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LONDON, Jan. 4.—It is apparent that some quarters in the City are showing a disinclination to question the desirability of applying a…
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LONDON, Monday.--The dramatic story of six white men and 11 Malays who were marooned on a raft for 12 days and lived by catching the sharks which continually surrounded their raft, was told when a Spanish vessel brought them into…
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LONDON, Monday.--The dramatic story of six white men and 11 Malays who were marooned on a raft for 12 days and lived by catching the sharks which continually surrounded their raft, was told when a Spanish vessel brought them into…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--A native hunter in the swamps near Puerto Suarez (Bolivia) found 17 skeletons, and money and jewellery…
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According to English advices, the Italian steamer Leme (8059 tons) which was to be transferred to Britain under the Lease-Lend…
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A sure-fire combination, jockey E. Bartle and trainer Ray Cashman, landed a ring-wrecking plunge at Randwick yesterday when Sir Andrea, backed from 8 to 1 to 9 to 2, won the Sefton…
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The "Liverpool Journal of Commerce," in its usual review "To-day in the Past, 1914-1918," gives details of an attack by a…
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NEW YORK.--The task of replacing structures destroyed during the period of French participation in the war and…
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The cat is the only animal with which the home-wrecker can be classed. Usually the most docile and sleek of animals, it is apt to make a noise at…
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LONDON.--Two of Moscow's most celebrated buildings, the Bolshoi Theatre and Moscow University, are reported damaged in German…
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LONDON.--Two of Moscow's most celebrated buildings, the Bolshoi Theatre and Moscow University, are reported damaged in German…
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LONDON.--Two of Moscow's most celebrated buildings, the Bolshoi Theatre and Moscow University, are reported damaged in German…
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Suffering from head injuries received when his house collapsed upon him at Wyrallah during a violent storm last night,…
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OTTAWA.--Six survivors from [?] Panama ship said while in open boat for three days they saw two…
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