09 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1943
Page
1
Advertises washable flannel napkins and towels 26 by 29 inches, keen prices, three coupons. inexpensive wool jackets machine made with fancy stitching, two coupons. hand knitted bonnets and bootees, bonnets one coupon, bootees one coupon. small girls flannel coats with pink and sky linings, seven coupons. cosy woollen jumpers and cardigans with coloured stripe necks sleeves and basque, chest 18 inches, two coupons.
A broad wartime digest notes Soviet artillery hammering German tanks and panzers, while Germany brings up replacements. Japan's navy suffers a defeat at Kulakula in the Solomons as Allied forces push Munda airfield operations. In New Guinea the campaign advances with Japanese degradation in Komita n Muba. Evatt defends island hopping as essential. Sicily bombings continue heavy. Polish-Soviet tensions may delay a political solution. Martinique joins the French Liberation. Chiang Kai-shek urges Allied action and intensified war effort. US production lags, with ordnance at 40 percent of goal and planes at 35 percent through June 30.
The correspondence recounts mothers seeking more milk for babies as part of a program overseen by Health Minister Kelly. Letters express need for forms, eligibility for reduced price milk, and inquiries about timing, with notes of large families and prior submissions.
Seven Japanese planes were destroyed and two probably destroyed when the enemy raided Darwin on Tuesday. The Allies lost seven planes, but three pilots were saved and three others were seen to bail out and may be safe.
The Minister for Navy and Munitions Mr Makin said Australian ports have repaired and maintained a monthly average of 1,000,000 tons of shipping since the introduction of a coordinated departmental scheme.
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