Daily Mail, 17 augustus 1942

Daily Mail, 17 augustus 1942 ‘ Tokio sounds warning note on Solomon battle. Jap fleet is pulling out.’ ‘ Germans in oil centre. Russians admit fall of Maikop. Fierce fighting’ ‘ Leaflets for Jap troops’ ‘ Battle near climax. Gains at Tulagi’ ‘ RAF clear the Malta sky’ ‘ America disturbed by Aleutian Japs’ ‘ Spitfires hit trains’ ‘ Vichy to make Axis explosives’ ‘ Rommel loses 3 supply ships’ ‘Poles torpedo three Italian ships’ ‘ Yanks marriage ban lifted’ ‘ ‘One-arm Sutton’ is held by Japs’ ‘ US have planes stores here’ ‘ US told ‘ Egypt serious’’ ‘ Big battle raging in Caucasus foothills’ ‘ US launches 8 ships in a day’ ‘ Solomons: Jap fleet regroups’ ‘ Laval’s Vichy Dash. Crisis over Invasion’ ‘ US planes in sweeps’