14 Jan 1944
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1944
Page
1
SEMI TUB KITCHEN CHAIRS IN MEDIUM OAK WITH SADDLE SEAT OFFERED. STRONG AND COMFORTABLE CALL AND INSPECT AT GARNER S. BEDDINGS ARRIVED FILLED WITH INDIAN KAPOK ALL SIZES IN STOCK. COT AND MATTRESS COMPLETE IN MEDIUM OAK WITH DROP SIDE. STRONGLY BUILT LARGE STOCK OF"}
Moscow reports stiffened German resistance on the River Bug with heavy tank and infantry battles near Berdychev and Vinnitsa as Axis forces try to shield the Odessa Lwow Warsaw rail line. Soviet divisions press a Dnieper Bend push in the Krivoi Rog area coordinated with Koniev’s Kirovograd advance. Roosevelt recommends a National Service Act and Atlantic Charter aims amid debate. US bombers clash with fighters over Germany. 123 shot down per German claim. In the Pacific, Rabaul attacked. 21 Zeros downed as Australians near Sio in Huon Peninsula. Balkans tension noted. Romania seen as wary of Stalinist alliance. In Italy, Fifth Army gains high ground. Americans within two miles of Cassino base. Ciano de Bono and three others executed for treason in Verona.
In the far north an outpost of the Volunteer Air Observers Corps located a De Havilland transport plane overdue at its base. A broken strut forced a landing on a remote strip and the occupants were safe. A native runner relayed the news to a town ship and VAOC observers relayed it to RAAF, preventing an unnecessary search. Engineers were dispatched from Cairns to repair the damage.
At the outbreak of the European war women were under ten percent of munition workers. Today they constitute slightly more than twenty five percent of all workers in war production in factories, encompassing both government and private sectors.
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