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  2. TO SERVE 15 YEARS

    LONDON, Friday.—Elizabeth Maud Jones, 18-year-old strip—tease dancer, who was sentenced to death for her part in the murder of a London ...

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  3. PACIFIC "TOBRUKS"

    WASHINGTON. Friday.— Domei, the official Japanese newsagency, says that the Jap garrisons by-passed in the various Pacific islands ...

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  4. ASSAULT TROOPS STORM OVER RHINE

    SHAEF, Friday.—Nine years to the day since Hitler sent his armies goose stepping into the Rhineland, and 72 hours after Mr. Churchill told correspondent on German soil that no river had ever been a barrier to an efficient army, US First Army assault troops stormed their way across the Rhine at Remogen, 12 miles south of ...

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  5. Indians Inside Mandalay

    KANDY, Friday.—The Battle of Mandalay is entering its final phase as Allied divisions close in from north, west, and south, and Indian troops of the 19th Division drive deeper into the heart of the city. Jap resistance varies from slight to fanatical along the front, correspondents report. ...

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  6. MINDANAO LANDING?

    WASHINGTON, Friday.—Tokio Radio to-day reported that a powerful US task force was shelling the north coast of Mindanao, most southerly ...

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  7. Mr. Forde Orders Release of Men Jailed for Mutiny

    CANBERRA, Friday.— The Army Minister, Mr. Forde, has ordered the immediate release from prison of three Australian soldiers who were ...

    Article : 191 words
  8. Advances on Iwo Jima

    GUAM, Friday—US Marines on Iwo Jima have cut their way through to the cliffs overlooking the north- eastern beaches, despatches from the ...

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  9. MACARTHUR MAY LEAD US INVASION OF JAPAN: NEW PACIFIC COMMAND

    WASHINGTON, Friday.-General Douglas MacArthur may lead American land forces in the invasion of Japan, according to military circles in Washington. Admiral Nimitz said in Washington last night that a new command was being set up to control future Allied operations in the Pacific. ...

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  10. Mrs. Churchill's Message to Women of Russia

    LONDON, Friday.—"The women of Britain and Russia know what it means to work hard, suffer heavy losses, be away from their menfolk, ...

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  11. Loan Closes April 27

    CANBERRA, Friday.— The Third Victory Loan which opens next Tuesday will not close until April 27; this is the longest period over ...

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  12. Liberators in Heavy Attack on Hainan Base

    MANILA. Friday.—Escorted Liberators from the Philippines at minimum altitude bombed and strafed the enemy air base at Samah on the ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. US Troops Take Lemery

    MANILA, Friday.—The 11th Airborne Division, with men of 158th Infantry Regiment, have advanced 13 miles east of Bela Bay to seize Lemery, giving US forces control of the greater part of the south coast of Luzon. ...

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  14. GOEBBELS SAYS WAR WILL END SUDDENLY

    LONDON, Friday.—"To say that the war has reached its climax does not mean that it will decrease in violence," said Nazi Propaganda ...

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  15. VC for Dead Orderly

    LONDON, Friday.—Lance Corporal Henry Eric Harden, a RAMC orderly, has been awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for conspicuous ...

    Article : 74 words
  16. AUSTRALIAN SUCCESS ON BOUGAINVILLE

    MELBOURNE, Friday.— Australian troops on Bougainville have reached Waitavalo plantation after advancing east on the north side of Wide ...

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  17. FIFTH ARMY ADVANCE THREATENS VERGATO

    ROME Friday.—US and Brazilian troops of the Fifth Army are now directly threatening Vergato, 21 miles south—west of Bologna. in ...

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  18. RUSSIANS 28 MILES FROM BERLIN

    MOSCOW, Friday.—Berlin Radio this morning claimed that after a terrific rocket, artillery, and bombing attack, Marshal Zhukov's tanks and lorried infantry, supported by waves of Stormoviks, broke through the. first line of defences covering Kustrin. Another column is reported to have broken through to a point 12 miles south- west of Kustrin, and only 28 miles from Berlin. Mo scow has not yet confirmed these claims. ...

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  19. French Warship Lost

    LONDON, Friday. — The famous destroyer. La Combatante which brought General de. Gaulle back to France, has been sunk as a result ...

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  20. "INVASION OF JAPAN MORE THAN POSSIBLE"

    WASHINGTON, Friday.—In a broadcast over Tokio Radio the Jap Premier Koiso, warned the people that a US Navy attempt to Invade ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. Dockers Back at Work

    LONDON, Friday.—London docks hummed with activity again this morning after being idle for nine days when 10,000 striking dockers went ...

    Article : 54 words
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