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  2. CENTRE FALLS

    BALIK PAPAN, July 5.—The fall of Balik Papan city has followed swiftly in the wake of our successful drive to the eastward which seized Sepinggan airfield. Today's communique from General MacArthur's HQ ...

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  3. BUILDING ANEW.

    LONDON, July 5.—Between 2,000,000 and 2,250,000 Germans, besides 600,000 Hungarians, will be affected by the proposed deportation ...

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  4. LIBERATED.

    MANILA, July 5.—"The entire Philippines are now liberated and the Philippine campaigns can be regarded as virtually closed," said ...

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  5. BLITZKRIEG.

    BALIS PAPAN, July 5.—A full-scale attack from three directions launched at 9 am met no organised opposition and at midday our forces ...

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  6. WAR'S AFTERMATH.

    LONDON, July 5.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Anderson), speaking at an Independence, Day luncheon in London yesterday, ...

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  7. CANBERRA HUSH.

    CANBERRA, July 5.—The poignant atmosphere in both Houses of Parliament when the nation's leaders today paid moving tribute to ...

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  8. MR. CURTIN DEAD

    CANBERRA, July 5.—Mr. John Curtin, Prime Minister, died at 4 am today in his sleep. The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Forde), in making the official announcement, said the life of the Prime Minister came to an end ...

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  9. AUSTRALIA MOURNS LEADER

    THE LATE MR. JOHN CURTIN. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. KILLED IN ACTION

    CANBERRA, July 5.—Mr William Smith, Information Department war correspondent, and Mr John Elliott ABC war correspondent, were killed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. BATTLE OF RIDGES

    MELBOURNE, July 5.—Forces of the Sixth Australian Division fighting along the ridges behind Wewak in northern New Guinea have linked, ...

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  12. TOKIO'S TALE.

    NEW YORK, July 5.—Today Tokio radio claimed that the Japanese at Balik Papan had repulsed an Australian attack, spearheaded by 50 ...

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  13. LYING-IN-STATE.

    CANBERRA, July 5.—The body of the late Prime Minister will lie in state in the King's Hall, Parliament House, tomorrow. ...

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  14. THE OFFENSIVE.

    MANILA, July 5.—General Mac- Arthur's communique yesterday included the following: "Elements of the Seventh Australian Division ...

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  15. ISLAND FIGHTERS.

    BRISBANE, July 4.—Profound admiration for what Australian troops had done and were doing in the islands campaign was expressed ...

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  16. BOLD SALLY.

    ADVANCED SE ASIA COMMAND HQ, July 5.—The Japanese have made a bold sally westward across the Sittang River north-east ...

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  17. TRUMAN'S TRIBUTE.

    WASHINGTON, July 4.—President Truman said today: "I have learnt with deep sorrow of Mr Curtin's death. He brought to the ...

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  18. CENTRE AND FLANKS.

    NEW YORK, July 5.—"The first Australians to enter Balik Papan from the initial beachhead at Klandasan suburb found the city 60 per ...

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  19. OVER YELLOW SEA

    GUAM, July 4.—Today's communique from the HQ of the C-in-C, Pacific Ocean Area (Admiral Nimitz) was as follows: "Mitchells, ...

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  20. FREMANTLE'S SORROW.

    An naval and merchant ships in Fremantle harbour yesterday flew flags at the half-mast out of respect for the late Mr John Cuttin, ...

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  21. AFTER THE LANDING.

    BALLS PAPAN, July 5.—A miniature Belsen was discovered by troops west of Klandasan. The Japanese burnt a native compound, ...

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  22. HEADS SEVERED.

    BALIK PAPAN, July 5.—A Javanese slave labourer described how he survived a deep neck wound and burial alive at the hands of the ...

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  23. CAUSE OF DEATH.

    CANBERRA, July 5.—It was disclosed tonight that Mr Curtin died from coronary occlusion. This is described by medical men as being ...

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  24. THE FIGHTING.

    ADVANCED SE ASIA COMMAND HQ, July 5.—The highlights of today's communique are: "The Japanese have launched a series of ...

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  25. "INDEPENDENCE."

    NEW YORK, July 5.—The Associated Press states that in an attempt to induce the native population to fight the Allied invasion. ...

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  26. A VITAL SPECK.

    MELBOURNE, July 5.—The capture of Tawitawi, a tiny island off the north-east coast of Borneo, by Allied forces ...

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  27. THE CHALLENGE.

    NEW YORK, July 5.—"One hundred and fifty Mustangs capped the Fourth of July fires and explosions in Japan by circling three Tokio ...

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  28. ALAMEIN TO BERLIN

    LONDON, July 5.—A squadron of the 11th Hussars from the Seventh Armoured Division led the British troops into Berlin in motorised ...

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  29. SMITING TOKIO.

    NEW YORK, July 5.—Tokio radio reported today that 100 Mustangs with nine Super-Fortresses had attacked the Tokio area and airfield ...

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  30. HITLER'S BODY.

    LONDON, July 5.—The charred body found by Russian officers in a shelter under the Reich Chancellery was not that of Hitler, a member of ...

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  31. VAST AIR FRONT.

    CHUNGKING, July 5.—Communiques reveal that China-based American flyers have blasted Japanese communications along the vast ...

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  32. CONCLAVE.

    WASHINGTON, July 4.—The Navy has disclosed that the Secretary of the Navy (Mr Forrestal) Conferred at San Francisco last ...

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  33. PERIMETER HELD

    MELBOURNE, July 4.—Infantry of the Third Australian Division attempting to outflank the Japanese west of the Mivo River in southern ...

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  34. "VERY SORRY."

    LONDON, July 5.—Michael Le-Pelley (17), a student of architecture, whom his father described as "quiet and diligent," was fined £2 ...

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  35. YACHT HITS MINE.

    PARIS, July 5.—Ten were killed, including the captain, when the yacht Internongia struck a drifting mine on Monaco, ...

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  36. 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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