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  2. SHIPPING ATTACKED.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 24:—Two American tankers—the Union Oil Company's Montebello (8,272 tons) and the Richfield Oil Corporation's ...

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  3. ALLIED TALKS

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—In the discussions between the British Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) and President Roosevelt on co-ordination of the Allied war effort, special attention is being paid to the Pacific. ...

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  4. HONG KONG'S FATE.

    LONDON, Dec. 25.—The Tokio radio today broadcast an official Japanese claim that Hong Kong had surrendered at 5.50 pm. local time ...

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  5. WAKE CAPTURED.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—A Navy Department communique issued yesterday stated: "Radio communication with Wake Island has been severed ...

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  6. LUZON FIGHT

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—The Japanese have made another landing in force in the Philippines—this time at Atimonan, on the east coast of Luzon, the main island, 75 miles south-east of Manila. On Monday, it will be recalled, a large Japanese force landed on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. BENGAZI FALLS.

    LONDON. Dec. 25.—Continuing its victorious sweep through Libya. the British Eighth Army captured Bengazi yesterday. Advance units are ...

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  8. RUSSIAN DRIVES.

    LONDON, Dec. 25.—The Russians continue to report the reoccupation of towns and villages in their drives against the German invaders. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. HAWAII QUIET.

    HONOLULU, Dec. 25—Army authorities revealed today that large reinforcements of fighter and bomber planes have arrived from the ...

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  10. PEARL HARBOUR INQUIRY.

    WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.—A message from Honolulu says that the Presidential Commission investigating the circumstances of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. DUTCH ATTACK.

    BATAVIA, Dec. 25.—It is announced that Netherlands East Indies naval bombers attacked a Japanese fleet concentration off Davao ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. MALAYAN SKIRMISHES.

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 25.—The British combined headquarters said in a communique issued at 5 p.m. yesterday that there had been some ...

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  13. JAPAN'S FORCES.

    CHUNGKING. Dec. 24.—An official Chinese spokesman places Japan's army strength at 100 divisions, or slightly more than 2,000,000 ...

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  14. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    CHUNGKING, Dec. 24.—Full mobilisation of China's tremendous power to provide millions more men to be thrown into the Pacific war ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 25.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) has sent to Washington, through the Australian Minister there (Mr. Casey), a long ...

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  16. FATE OF DAVAO.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—The Tokio radio broadcast on Tuesday night an official announcement that Davao, on the south coast of the ...

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  17. LABOUR ACCORD.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Labour and management representatives agreed yesterday to forgo strikes and lock-outs for the duration of the war ...

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  18. RANGOON BOMBED.

    LONDON, Dec. 25.—A communique issued yesterday morning in Rangoon, capital of Burma, stated:—"British and American fighters ...

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  19. TRADE PACT WITH CUBA.

    HAVANA, Dec. 24.—The United States and Cuba have signed a supplemental trade agreement. ...

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  20. U.S. PILOTS' SUCCESS.

    CHUNGKING, Dec. 23.—A Government spokesman at Kunming said today that American volunteer pilots on Sunday shot down four heavy ...

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  21. GESTAPO CHIEF'S, SUICIDE.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—A message from Barranquilla, Colombia, says that Wilhelm Baumann, secret Gestapo chief in Colombia, committed ...

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  22. FILIPINO CONGRESS.

    The President (Senor Quezon) has summoned a special session of Congress for next Tuesday to consider "special ...

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  23. CONTROL IN SHANGHAI.

    MANILA, Dec. 24.—The Shanghai radio reports that the Japanese Public Relations Officer today addressed Allied nationals in Shanghai and ...

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  24. DUTCH SUCCESSES.

    BATAVIA, Dec. 25.—Admiralty officials of the Netherlands East Indies navy announced today that one of the navy's submarines had sunk ...

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  25. SUBMARINES' BAG.

    LONDON, Dec. 24.—Six more enemy transports or supply ships have been accounted for by submarines of the Mediterranean Fleet ...

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  26. GERMAN ARMY PURGE.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The Berne correspondent of the "New York Times" says diplomatic circles there believe that Hitler's action in ...

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  27. U.S.A. AND CANADA.

    WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.—President Roosevelt has announced that he and the Canadian War Cabinet have jointly approved of a detailed ...

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  28. GERMAN DISQUIET.

    LONDON. Dec. 23.—The spirit of the Germans in North Africa is deteriorating and the efficiency of the German officers is below ...

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  29. GERMAN ARMY'S TASK.

    MADRID. Dec. 24.—The German Foreign Minister (Herr von Ribbentrop) told the Berlin correspondent of the official Spanish newsagency ...

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  30. NEXT BATTLEFIELD

    NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—The Tokio radio says that General Chiang Kaishek, the Chinese generalissimo, is sending a strong Chinese army from ...

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  31. BULGARIAN TREND.

    LONDON. Dec. 23.—The Moscow radio quotes an Istanbul report that warlike preparations are increasing in Bulgaria where ...

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  32. ALLIES' RESOURCES.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Commenting yesterday on the probable length of the Pacific war, the official Tokio radio said: "It is stupid to think ...

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  33. TOKIO CLAIM.

    NEW YORK. Dec. 25.—The Tokio radio says that Japan has knocked out the Anglo-American plan to blockade Japan and is now in a ...

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  34. JAPAN AND THE SOVIET.

    NEW YORK. Dec. 23.—The Tokio radio quotes the Government spokesman (Mr. Hori) as stating that Japan is conducting friendly ...

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  35. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...

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