27 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 27, 1943
Page
1
Easy to Launder and Very Absorbent flannelette and towel squares sized 26 by 29 inches. Keenly priced with coupons three each. Inexpensive wool jackets machine made with fancy stitch. Small girls flannel coats half lined in pink and sky. Child cosy woollen jumpers and cardigans with coloured stripes at neck sleeves and basque. Chest measurements from 18 inches. Coupons two.
War brief notes Mussolini resigns and is reportedly under arrest with his cabinet. King Victor Emmanuel and Marshal Badoglio take leadership as Allied push in Sicily advances. Reports say Italy may seek peace terms after occupation of northern airfields. Allied successes include Marsala Trepani and Palermo, with 100000+ prisoners taken. Russian front activity also updates with gains along Ore front and Leningrad area.
Allied air forces dropped heavy ordnance on Lae and nearby Japanese positions in a daytime raid, marking one of the largest bombing efforts in the theater. Simultaneously, another American raid struck targets in Norway, signaling intensified operations across theaters.
The society reports £8,660,000 in benefits paid to members and families last year and £141,000,000 in assets. It serves nearly a million people, claims to be Australia’s largest cooperative and empire’s biggest mutual life office, and stresses thrift to keep life assurance affordable. War claims total £2,000,000 with over £31,000,000 raised for National Loans since the war. About 1,600 staff are in national service. the society is nearing its centenary and prides its independence and enterprise.
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