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  2. CLASH EXPECTED IN NEW GUINEA VERY SOON

    CANBERRA, Friday.—A clash is expected at- any moment in New Guinea with Japanese forces in the Markham Valley. Air reconnaissances show that thc Japanese have been moving in force from Salamaua and Lae for several days, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. Anzac Commander

    General MacArthur ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. Mac ARTHUR'S PURPOSE

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—In Adelaide to-day the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces In the South-West Pacific Zone (General MacArthur) ...

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  5. RELUCTANCE TO RELEASE MR. CASEY

    A special representative of Associated Press in London says that although there is still no further information concerning the appointment of the Australian Minister in Washington (Mr. R. G. Casey) to be British Minister in the Middle East, the forthright ...

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  6. U.S. Naval Patrols To Be Increased

    WASHINGTON, Thursday. — The U.S. Navy Secretary (Colonel Knox) told pressmen in New York yesterday that tho number of patrol vessels ...

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  7. EQUAL PAY FOR MILITARY FORCES

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The principle of uniform pay for members of the A.I.F., militia and permanent military forces ...

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  8. Army Minister Impressed With U.S. Military Corp

    MELBOURNE, Friday. — Making his first official inspection of a United States military camp in Australia, thc Minister for the Army ...

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  9. U.S. WORKERS' PLEDGE TO. AUSTRALIANS

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The president of the American Federation of Labor (Mr. Green) has sent ...

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  10. BIG AXIS PLOT CRUSHED IN BRAZIL

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Thursday.— The Brazilian Government has crushed another gigantic Axis espionage plot, and arrested several ...

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  11. DESPATCH OF FOOD TO MALAYA

    CANBERRA. Friday.—The des- ' patch of a food ship for the relief of the Australian soldiers in Malayn is being held up until the ...

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  12. HUGE COST OF WAR

    LONDON, Friday.—Sir King sley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, launching London's "Warships Week" said Britain in ...

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  13. DARK PERIOD

    CHUNGKING, Thursday.—"We are now going through tho darkest period of the war, though recent enemy, blows have fallen mainly on ...

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  14. Two More U.S. Ships Sunk in Atlantic

    WASHINGTON, Thursday. — It is officially announced that two moro American merchantman have been sunk ofl the Atlantic coast, ...

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  15. Australia is News in U.S.

    NEW YORK, Thursday. — While a few months ago many Americans hardly knew Australia that country now conspicuously dominates American life. ...

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  16. Escaped in Speed ' Boats

    NEW YORK, Thursday. — The Chicago " Sun" to-day published an article from its correspondent in Melbourne saying that General ...

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  17. MOUNTED UNITS FOR COAST DEFENCE

    SYDNEY, Friday. — Mounted men were likely to be put to important use in defending coast areas, a Commonwealth official ...

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  18. TO RENEW BRITISH CONTRACTS

    LONDON, Friday.—It is announced from No 10 Downing Street that the British Government attaches high importance to Lord Beaverbrook's ...

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  19. Nazi "Purge" Victims Said to Have Reappeared

    BASLE (Switzerland). Thursday.— The "National Zeitung's" Borlin correspondent says almost all tho German Army commanders and generals who ...

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  20. Special Prayer For Allied Cause

    LONDON, Thursday.—The Archbishop of Canterbury, at the King's request, has designated the following prayer for the National day of Prayer ...

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  21. Nazis Admit Devastating Raids on Essen

    ANKARA (Turkey), Thursday. — Local German circles say that the last R.A.F. raids on Essen were tho worst of the war. It was estimated that ...

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  22. PETROL RATIONING IN U.S.

    WASHINGTON, Thursday. — The Petroleum Co-ordinator (Mr. Iekcs) announced to-day that a rigid petrol coupon rationing system would be ...

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  23. FRENCH CASUALTIES IN R.A.F. RAIDS

    LONDON, Thursday. — According to Vichy, since the armistice about 3100 French civilians and 9500 military personnel have been killed or-wounded as a ...

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  24. LACK OF AIR POWER BLAMED FOR, FRANCE'S COLLAPSE

    LONDON", Friday.—The question of the French Army's lack of planes and tanks predominated at the Riom trial yesterday. General ...

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  25. AGGRESSIVE TACTICS WILL BE USED

    MELBOURNE, Friday. — Encouraged by tho arrival of General MacArthur, and ably assisted by other United States officers, Australia was ...

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  26. DISPUTE AT RAILWAY WORKSHOPS

    LAUNCESTON, Friday.—Because of the transfer to the boiler shop at the Launceston railway workshops of a man who joined the N.U.R., the rival organisation, about 50 boilermakers' assistants, all of whom belong to the A.R.U., ceased work to-day. ...

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  27. S. Africa May Have Own Navy

    CAPE TOWN, Friday.—The South African Government is considering the reorganisation of its defence force, under which tho South African ...

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  28. Another 11,000,000 Men to Register in U.S.

    NEW YORK, Friday. — A proclamation has been issued ordering about 11,000,000 men between the ages of 45 and 64 to register for ...

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  29. LONDON NEWSPAPER INDICTED

    LONDON, Friday.—The Minister for Homo Security (Mr. Herbert Morrison) in the House of Commons bitterly attacked the London "Daily Mirror," ...

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  30. Increased Enemy Activity in Libya

    LONDON, Friday. — To-day's Cairo communique reports that enemv activity in Libya was on an increased scale yesterday, and considerable movement ...

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  31. MR. CURTIN MAKES HISTORY

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) made history yesterday, 'when he countersigned the original Royal instruments under the ...

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  32. ORDNANCE LOSSES AT SINGAPORE NOT HEAVY

    LONDON, Friday.—We did not suffer very heavy losses of ordnance stores at Singapore, as they had not been built up for new troops, said ...

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  33. TURKEY STRIVING TO KEEP OUT OF WAR

    LONDON, Thursday. — The Vichy Newsageney says the President of Turkey (Dr. Ineunu), in a speech at Izmir, said Turkey was striving to remain out of the ...

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  34. FATALITIES IN N.S.W.

    SYDNEY, Friday. — The body of an elderly man. believed to lie Thomas Paton, of Cootamundra district, was recovered from the Murrumbidgee river ...

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  35. PAYMENT OF ALLOTMENTS TO CONTINUE

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Makin.) announced to-day that in accordance with the Government's policy, payment of ...

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  36. U.S. TORNADO HAVOC

    MEMPHIS (Tennessee), Thursday. — An American Red Cross survey showed that 589 homes were destroyed by Monday's tornadoes, while 98 people were ...

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