Chinese Advance From Changteh Drives Japanese Out
Chinese forces at Changteh regained the town after a brief loss and launched a counter attack to drive the Japanese away. They reoccupied six towns in the area and routed two divisions. Another thrust hit the eastern suburbs of Ichang after capturing two nearby towns. Diversions yielded Tafig and Kingmen with further gains west of Lake Tungping.
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London
Changteh
Ichang
Hankow
Tafig
Kingmen
Lake Tungping
Military Offensive Report From Orsha and North Ukraine
wartime dispatch notes a fresh offensive around Orsha with heavy tank and artillery concentrations. battles also reported near Gomel, Mohilov and Motila while front lines advance near Kremenchug and northeast of Krivoi Rog according to radio sources.
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Jlobin
Dasbenu
Mohilv
Moti
Kremenchag
Krivol Rog
Giermén Holds Position Near Orsha Amid Ferocious Fight
Giermén forces defend near Orsha after a bold attack on the second line, but heavy pressure forces a partial fallback as they yield some ervunid ground.
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Orsha
Allied Bombers Hit Madang Cape Gloucester Areas
A wartime communique from General MacArthur reports air operations in New Guinea and New Britain. Allied bombers attacked enemy installations at Madang and Gasmata, dropping seventy tons at Madang and two tons near Cape Gloucester.
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Madang
New Guinea
Gasmata
New Britain
Geo. Macarthur
Cape Gloucester
Three Rescued Through Window in Mount Gambier Fire
Residents helped recover a family’s belongings after a blaze in Mount Gambier. No injuries were reported and specialists from Tan tanopia and Mount Burr freighting units aided the effort. The shop stock including cash register, typewriter, scales and fixtures were destroyed. The fire began earlier in the evening and was said to be extinguished when the family retired. cause undetermined.
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Tantanopia
Mount Burr
Plane crash in New Guinea kills Allied personnel
A transport aircraft crash in New Guinea last Friday killed Lieut. Cal. C. Ferry of the British Military Mission and 14 others including Major J. F. McCarthy ALF Lieut.-Col. J. B. Bodger ALF Lieut.-Col. E J. Marston ALF war correspondents R Lewis H Poage Captain W G Campbell First Officer J Henderson Engineer K Little Flight-Sgt Leslie Harold Jenke RAAF Neil Grosvenor Evan RAAF and four additional Allied personnel.
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Melbourne
Pervans
Sachanting
Royal Australian Air Force
Cal. C
Ferry
New Guinea
J. F. McCarthy
ALF
J. B. Bodger
E J. Marston
R Lewis
H. Poage
W. G. Campbell
J. Henderson
K. Little
Leslie Harold Jenke
RAAF
Point Pass
South Australia
Sin Neil Grosvenor Evan
Rosslyn Park
South Austral
Victory Plans Shaping Allied Strategy For Japan
Five day Cairo conference among leaders and a military adviser drafted a Pacific victory blueprint and a postwar settlement plan for the Far East. The talks aimed to force Japan's surrender unconditionally and outline a new offensive from China and the South-West Pacific. Discharge notes report Mr Hyde leaving Pirie Hospital to continue treatment in Adelaide.
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Cairo
Stalin
Reuters
China
South-West Pacific
Japan
Discharges From Pirie Hospital Snapshot of Local Ward Activity
Multiple patients leave Pirie Hospital wards after varying stays. Discharges include Mr. Ostolan after arm injury, Mr. L. Clements from Port Germein, Mr. R. Norton from Pirie West, and several others with illnesses, operations, or recoveries. Mr. Amato and two merchant seamen also noted among recent admissions and releases.
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A. Ostolan
Pirie ‘Hospital
Pirie Hospital
L. Clements
Port Germein
R. Norton
Third Street
Pirie West
Amato
Cappo ‘Bros
Alexander Street
H. Hallett
N. Christie
A. G. Tunstall
Wandearah West
J. Boyne
Wallet Theft Case In Pirie West Court
A guest’s wallet and cash vanished from a coat at a Pirie West home leading to a Pirie Police Court trial. The airman defendant pleaded not guilty but was found guilty and fined £4 with costs and witness fees, in default 14 days imprisonment.
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Pirie West
Pirie
Messrs
A. H. L. Goode
E. T. Cornish
Wee
W. V. Virgo
Honatan
Wigan
Tibet
Dak
Doreuwed
Sue
Lajir Teunis
Wits
LE O'Fuck
Wil
Kennedy
WC Am Wirsthnel
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