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  3. THREE MAAS BRIDGES KNOCKED OUT NAZIS FLEE NORTH

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—German troops by boat, bridge and ferry are streaming across the Maas as the battle for S.W. Holland nears its end. ...

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  4. SCENE OF JAP. DISASTER

    The arrows show where the Japanese Fleets were hammered by the U.S. forces. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. WAR FRONT SUMMARY

    The battle for S.W. Holland is nearly over. Bridges and ferries over the Maas River are working overtime to get ...

    Article : 160 words
  6. JAPS. LOSE 24,000 ON LEYTE

    LEYTE (A.A.P.). — The campaign on Leyte and Samar has cost the Japanese 24,000 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. EMPTYING A PILL BOX

    Crouching with his rifle ready for action, an American lieutenant awaits developments after throwing a hand grenade down the opening of an enemy pillbox in Germany. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. R.A.F. Gives Cologne K.O. as Base

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Cologne, already the most devastated city in the Rhineland, received its heaviest raid of the war on Monday night. Bombs rained down at the rate of well over 100 tons a minute in a bid to knock out the city as an ...

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  9. Threat to Budapest on Three Sides

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Budapest, capital of Hungary, now faces a serious threat of encirclement. WHILE two Red Armies push forward in a concerted sweep on ...

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  10. MANILA RAID PLANES SINK CRUISER

    PEARL HARBOUR (A.A.P.). —U.S. carrier planes found damaged Japanese navy units in Manila Harbour at the ...

    Article : 224 words
  11. WORK FOR A.I.F. SOON

    WELLINGTON. — A statement that the re-entry into battle of the Australian Army would not be long delayed was ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. PLANES HIT 28 ENEMY SHIPS

    LONDON (B.O.W.)—Twenty-eight enemy ships were sunk or damaged in attacks by carrier planes of the Royal Navy near Bodo in Norway. ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. JAP. TANKER HIT

    Gen. MacArthur's communique yesterday reported that patrol planes sank or seriously damaged a large tanker and two small freighters off the ...

    Article : 61 words
  14. Refugees Flee Rhineland

    ZURICH (A.A.P.).—Districts around Lake Constance, on the Swiss border, are burdened with thousands of people bombed out of the Rhineland, chiefly ...

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  15. NAVY AWARDS FOR SUMATRA RAID

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Awards have been granted to three men of the Australian Navy for outstanding courage, skill and determination in pressing home ...

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  16. JAP. COLUMN IN GULLY TRAPPED

    CHUNGKING (A.A.P.) — U.S. War hawks trapped in a canyon a two-miles long Japanese column advancing west of the West River bend in the Kwangsi. ...

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  17. EXPLOSIONS RAZE HOUSE WHILE POLICE SEEK LOOT

    SYDNEY.—While detectives were searching a house in the bush at Menai yesterday for property alleged to have been stolen from goods trains in the state, a house next door suddenly burst into flames and, after a series of explosions, the place and all its ...

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  18. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR COLLABORATOR

    PARIS (A.A.P.) — The Assize Court has sentenced Stephen Lausanne, collaborationist editor of "Le Matin,' to 20 years' solitary confinement. ...

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  19. "G. FOR GEORGE" DELAYED

    SAN FRANCISCO (A.A.P.). — The crew of "G for George" is now thoroughly fed up at the continued delay here. ...

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  20. ESCAPE BRIDGE UNDER FIRE

    Already bombed, this 14-span bridge over the River Maas at Moerdik, is the main escape crossing over the river for the fleeing Germans forces in Holland. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  21. NOT OVER IN EUROPE TILL SPRING

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—"I certainly cannot predict the end of the war with Germany before the end of the spring, even ...

    Article : 175 words
  22. CRATER LAKE ERUPTS

    AUCKLAND.—The crater lake on Mount Ruapehu, in the centre of the North Island, erupted yesterday. A column of steam and debris was thrown ...

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  23. Australians on Way Home From Prison Camps

    BOMBAY (A.A.P.).—Six hundred Australians and New Zealanders on their way home from German and Italian prison camps passed through here at the week-end. One hundred are Australians repatriated from Germany for health reasons. The ...

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  24. EXPRESS DERAILED

    PERTH—The engine and three coaches of the Perth-Kalgoorlie express were derailed early yesterday when they jumped the points when passing ...

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  25. EMPIRE CONFERENCE RECOMMENDS SYSTEM OF AIRLINES LINKING FIVE CONTINENTS

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—Proposals decided by the Montreal empire air conference for submission to the international conference at Chicago have been quoted by the "New York Times." THEY include:— (1) An effective international air ...

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  26. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    NATURALLY the port was conspicuous in the discussion at Monday night's meeting at which the new movement was launched ...

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  27. 17/5 On Roosevelt

    ST. LOUIS (A.A.P),.—Latest quotes of the Betting Commissioner James Carroll for the Presidential election are:—17/5 on Roosevelt, 3/1 against ...

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  28. MAQUIS CLEARED FROM SPAIN

    BARCELONA (A.A.P.)—The Military Commander of Catalonia (Lieut.- Gen. Moscardo) claims that Spain has been completely cleared of raiding ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. Sweden Shaken at Events in Norway

    STOCKHOLM (A.A.P.).—A Government statement read in the Rikstag in the first open debate on foreign affairs since 1939 said: "In the new, changed ...

    Article : 112 words
  30. GREEKS LIBERATE TOWN NEAR YUGOSLAV BORDER

    ROME (A.A.P.).—Guerrillas' capture of the town of Arnissa, in Northern Greece, has brought the liberation forces within seven miles of the Yugoslav frontier. ARNISSA is 40 miles beyond the town ...

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  31. U.S. ACE GETS TWO MORE

    LEYTE (A A.P.). — Major Richard Bong's score of Japs. shot down has reached 33. He bagged his last trio during his first 72 hours in the ...

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