Soviet Army gains on multiple fronts with large booty
Moscow communique reports key advances on central front with four more centres captured. Vast booty cited from Kalinin sector include 133 small tanks 180 guns 1300 trucks and 250000 cartridges. Southern front ten villages recaptured while Leningrad front sees intensified German losses. Soviet ships sunk three enemy vessels and a submarine was rammed by a coastguard boat. Munition works construction rapid with a plant erected in 13 days and another in 40 days.
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Red Army
Moscow
Kalinin
Leningrad
Vata
Pravda
Agrees to Set Up New Australian Industrial Relations Council
Canberra hosts a conference on industrial peace endorsing a Commonwealth authority to handle conciliation arbitration and wartime labor issues. The proposed Australian Industrial Relations Council would include a ministerial chairman, deputy, employer and employee representatives, an executive officer, and staff to advise on war production and national security matters.
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Canberra
Commonwealth
Australian Industrial Relations Council
Ipoh Focus in Malaya Tin Battle Holds Line
Reuters reports Malaya aims at Ipoh the tin heart as enemy reinforcements move in and a larger clash appears likely. Raids on Kuala Lipis damaged government offices and a mosque. The Chinese Government with Britain’s consent has placed all Malaya nationals at Britain’s disposal for peninsula defense. The stretch north of Ipoh has remained held since revived resistance a week ago.
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Malaya
Ipoh
Reuter
Kuala Lipis
Britain
Peninsula
Teacher's Residence at Baker's Swamp Under Inquiry
Mr Geo Wilson M L A Educ reports that the Baker's Swamp School teacher's residence issue is under investigation. He will inform if there is any definite progress.
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Geo. Wilson
M.L.A
Educ
Baker's Swamp School
Baker’s Swamp
Bombs Due to Fall Warns Australia Faces War
Former Prime Minister R. G. Menzies warned at a Sunday Methodist gathering in Melbourne that Australia stands in actual physical contact with war for the first time and would be foolish to think bombs would remain unheard. He cited Russia in the context of escalating global tension.
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R. G. Menzies
Australia
Lyceum Theatre
Russia
Men
Matinee at Macquarie features Come With Me and West Point Widow
A Wednesday matinee at Macquarie showcases two影ite titles Come With Me and West Point Widow. The program offers varied fare likely appealing to local patrons.
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Macquarie
West Point
Fire at soldier's lane cottage sparks quick local aid
Friday night residents responded to a fire in a back room of a cottage on Soldiers' Lane off Lee Street. The Gar dell estate property saw light damage after bystanders and the local brigade used a garden hose to control the blaze before it gained hold.
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Pathbraak
Soldiers’ Lane
Lee Street
Gardell
Unclear Libya Front Dost Mortar Uncertain War Tactics
In fragmentary notes the author questions German gains in Libya and suggests Britain could have suffered harsher losses in Luasia. The former Prime Minister warns the Empire might be near a decisive war loss if Germans had faced greater casualties.
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Libya
Tran
German force in Abya fights a slow retreat toward Tripoli
A WW2 Libya advance report states General von Rommel's main force endures heavy fire while attempting a covering retreat to Tripoli. Italian units south of Benghazi struggle to join, with air support aiding British efforts as enemy air losses exceed British losses by about two and a half to one.
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Libya
von Rommel
Tripoli
Malaya GHQ reports fierce fighting on Perak frontier
Malaya GHQ says forces on the Perak frontier engaged the enemy with patrols beaten off and heavy losses. British artillery harassed lines of communication and disrupted river crossings while northeast Malaya artillery destroyed five enemy lorries along the coast. Some Japanese dressed as Malays were captured yesterday. Night bombing hit Sungei Pandi aerodrome destroying at least two aircraft on the ground and damaging several others. fires spread but were eventually seen from the air.
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Perak
Perak River
Malaya
Sungei Pandi
Matinee Showings Include The Macquarie Oklahoma Kid
The matinee program lists The Macquarie Oklahoma Kid and Three Men From Texas as feature presentations, inviting local audiences to enjoy classic western double bill.
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Texas
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