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  2. US Fleet Increased Three-Fold Since 1941

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—An estimate of the strength of the US Fieet places the number of ships now in operation in all theatres at three times the figure when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. The fleet is reported to comprise, 61,045 vessels, including 1167 ...

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  3. Germans Driven Back 14 Miles From River Meuse

    SHAEF, SATURDAY.—Powerful blows bows the American First and Third Armies have beaten the Germans back 9 miles from the western tip of their drive into Belgium. A squeezing process against the enemy's flanks is being maintained, while US troops close in on Rochefort, 14 miles from the River Meuse and the ...

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  4. GREEK KING VISITS No 10 DOWNING STREET

    LONDON, Saturday.—After a meeting of the British War Cabinet, which Mr. Churchill and the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, attende[?] on their return to London from Greece last night, Mr. Churchill received a visit at No. 10 Downing Street from King George of the Hellenes. ...

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  5. Fifth Army Stand in Secchia Valley

    ROME. Saturday.—The German counter offensive against Fifth Army troops in the Secchia River Valley near the western end of the Italian ...

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  6. Earthquake Shakes North England

    LONDON.— Saturday. — An earth quake that was described as the most severe for many years shoo[?] northern England last night. ...

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  7. 21st Successive Attack on Iwo Jima

    GHQ, PHILIPPINES, Saturday. — In the 21st successive daily attack on Iwo Jima, 750 miles south of Tokio, US Liberators from the Marianas yesterday caused extensive damage to harbour facilities and shipping. Heavy AA fire was encountered, but the whole of the attacking force returned. ...

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  8. NAVY'S DEADLIEST WEAPON

    LONDON, Saturday.— An official review, published in London. describes the Allied victories in 1944 and the parts in them played by the ...

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  9. SURPRISES FOR JAP NAVY

    SYDNEY, Saturday.— In an interview today, the Commander in Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, said that he had ...

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  10. Australia's Welcome to RN Encouraging—Sea Lord

    LONDON, Saturday.—British officers and men, who had toured in Australia. had been received with great kindness, the First Sea Lord of the ...

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  11. 18 VC's AWARDED TO INDIAN ARMY

    CEYLON, Saturday.— Officers and men of the Indian Army have won 18 VC's since the outbreak of war. The total number of decorations won ...

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  12. DUST BLACK - OUT OVER ADELAIDE

    ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A dense pall of dust almost completely blacked out Adelaide yesterday. A powerful north wind, which swept over the whole of the State, often reached a speed of 50 miles an hour. ...

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  13. Arakan Advance Progresses

    CEYLON. Saturday. — The British 4th Army advance on the Arakan coastal plain in south-west- Burma continues to make good progress. ...

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  14. FOOD SHIP DELAYED

    LISBON, Saturday.— A hitch has occurred in the sailing plans of the Swedish Red Cross ship carrying relief supplies for the still-occupied ...

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  15. Strong Protest from US

    WASHINGTON. Saturday. — A US State Department report announced that America will send the strongest possible protest to Germany against the recent ...

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  16. HAND TO HAND FIGHTING IN BUDAPEST

    MOSCOW, Friday.—Red troops smashed into a new section of Budapest from the west yesterday and began cutting down the trapped Axis garrison in hand to 'hand fighting. In another fierce battle to the north of the city an isolated German force was wiped out and 2000 prisoners captured. ...

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  17. Death of RNI Army Chief

    MELBOURNE. Saturday.— The Acting Chief of Staff of the Royal Netherlands Indies Army, Colonel Jonkheer Sandberg, died in Melbourne ...

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  18. US and Australia Exchange New Year Messages

    CANBERRA, Saturday. — The US Secretary of State, Mr Stettinius, and the Australian Attorney-General. Doctor Evatt, have exchanged New ...

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  19. New ACTU Representative for World Congress

    CANBERRA. Saturday. — The Australian Council of Trades Unions will hold a special meeting during the week-end to consider the ...

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  20. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson Now Field Marshal

    LONDON, Saturday. — General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. the senior British military representative on the Chief of Staff's Committee in ...

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  21. Boy Dies After Penknife Stabbing

    SYDNEY. Saturday. — In a quarrel at Narrandera last night between two boys aged six and four respectively, Stanley Carrol stabbed the other ...

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  22. Tirpitz Victors Bomb Rotterdam E-Boat Pens

    LONDON, Saturday.— The same force of Lancasters which sank the German pocket battleship, Tirpitz, in Tromco Flord, Norway, on November 12. made ...

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