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  4. R . A. A. F. GROUND STAFF LEARNS ABOUT LIBERATORS

    Shoo Shoo Baby is a Saucy Lass!. "What about one for the records?" was the cry from the mixed party of R . A. A. F. and American technicians after the successful teat flight of the Liberator bomber on which they had worked. At extreme right is Pilot-Officer Norman A. Champion, of Melbourne (Vic), engineer officer in charge of the B . A. A. F. party, who are learning all about the Liberators at a Northern base. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. JAPS LOSE AIRFIELD IN NORTH BURMA

    LONDON, May 18.— South-east Asia headquarters announce that American and Chinese troops have captured the main aerodrome near Myitkyins, and are now attacking the town, which is the largest ia North Burma. ...

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  6. "GERMANS ABANDON CASSINO"

    LONDON, May 18.— The German Newsagency says the German defenders of Cassino have evacuated their position, according to plan, to retire to a shorter line in conjunction with the movement south from their lector. The move was carried out without interference from the ...

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  7. FINAL SPEECHES AT P . M. CONFERENCE

    LONDON, May 17.— The conference of the Dominions' Prime Ministers in London has ended without the issue of any formal statement, but final speeches were ...

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  8. BATTLE OF BOMBS IN RUSSIA

    The Russian war at the moment has become a battle of bombers, says the British United Press Moscow correspondent. ...

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  9. MINERS SILENT ON SECOND SHIFT

    SYDNEY, May 18.— The Central Council of the Miners Federation would give no assurances that it would agree to the working of a ...

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  10. REWARD URGED FOR MORE VIRULENT TICK DIP

    BRISBANE, May 18.— A reward for the discovery of a more virulent dip than that with an arsenic basis for the destruction of ticks, was ...

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  11. 80,000 PARATROOPS READY FOR INVASION

    LONDON, May 17.— The Paris radio's commentator. Paquis, says neutral reports have disclosed that General Elsenhower has massed 50 ...

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  12. COUNTRY BIRTHS EXCEED CITY FIGURES

    CANBERRA, May 18.— Figures gathered in preparation for the discussion of Australia's birthrate by the National Health and Medical ...

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  13. GUILTY OF RECKLESS DRIVING

    BRISBANE, May 18.— Not guilty of manslaughter, but guilty of reckless driving was the verdict of a jury in the Criminal Court to-day at the ...

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  14. I. L. O. DECLARATION SIGNED

    NEW YORK, May 17.— President Roosevelt, after witnessing Mr. Nash and the I . L. O. acting director, Mr. J. Phelan. sign the I . L. O. ...

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  15. THE C. C. C. STRIKE

    A meeting of a big body of men of the C . C. C. was held at starting time on Thursday morning and there men, who had been on strike from ...

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  16. DROUGHT AREAS FACE CATASTROPHE

    BRISBANE, May 18.— "If a major catastrophe is to be avoided in areas affected by drought, some rapid thinking and equally rapid action on the part of the authorities will be ...

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  17. COMMITTAL ON PETROL BREACH

    BRISBANE, May 18.— On a charge of dealing with a petrol ration ticket, otherwise than in accordance with the National Security Regulations, ...

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  18. COL. KNOX'S SUCCESSOR

    WASHINGTON, May 17.— The Senate has confirmed Mr. Forrestal's appointment as Secretary of the Navy. ...

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  19. BEDLAM AT SEDITIONAL TRIAL

    WASHINGTON, May 17.— The United Press save bedlam broke out at the sedition trial as the prosecutor (Mr. Rogge) opened his statement ...

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  20. AUSTRALIANS IN WAR PRISONER EXCHANGE

    LONDON, May 17.— The Foreign Office, announcing the arrival of war prisoner exchange ships at Barcelona says that so far as is known. ...

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  21. TWO KILLED IN CAR-TRAIN COLLISION

    SYDNEY, May 18.— Two men were killed and a third injured critically when their car collided with a stock train at the unfenced Tubbul Road ...

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  22. DELIVERY OF NORTHERN CATTLE HELD UP

    BRISBANE, May 18.— The manpower shortage in the north and north-western portions of the State will prevent the delivery of many thousands of cattle during ...

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  23. U . S. WAR COSTS BELOW BUDGET

    NEW YORK, May 17.— Actual requests to Congress for appropriations for war expenditure were 8,300 million dollars less than the original ...

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  24. CENSORSHIP DISPUTE SETTLED

    SYDNEY, May 18.— A settlement of the newspaper censorship dispute and a four point code for the guidance of censors and newspapers ...

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  25. THIRD YEAR OF LEND-LEASE SIGNED

    NEW YORK, May 17.— President Roosevelt has signed the third LendLease Act until June 1945. Simultaneously he issued a ...

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  26. BLOCKADE AGAINST JAPAN

    LONDON, May 17.— Lord Elibank, in the House of Lords, asked the Government to issue a White Paper, explaining the proposed closing of the ...

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  27. "ARMY AND NAVY BREAKDOWN LIMITED"

    NEW YORK, May 17.— The American Press Washington correspondent says Mr. Josephus Daniel, Secretary to the Navy ...

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  28. JAP AIR POWER VANISHING IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA

    The latest Allied raids over Dutch New Guinea reveal that the Japs' air power in the sector has dwindled into ineffectiveness. Allied bombers and fighters on Tuesday ranged almost at will over the Wakde-Sarmi area, and enemy bases in Geelvink Bay. Over only ...

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  29. CIVIL CONTROL OF LIBERATED TERRITORIES

    LONDON, May 17.— Britain, America and Russia have reached indentical agreements with Norway, Belgium and Holland on the ...

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  30. JAPS FORCED MISSIONARIES TO BUILD ROADS

    With hosts fashioned from a tiny store of flour and wine jealously guarded from the Japanese vandals, Roman Catholic missionaries of many nationalist celebrated Mass each day while prisoners at Hollands. Drawn and thin after 16 months' semi-starvation in Japanese hands. ...

    Article : 458 words
  31. NAZI CONVOY DAMAGED

    LONDON, May 17.— Carrier ignore planes of the Royal Navy have score a success off the coast of Norway. ...

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  32. KAI-SHEK AND COMMUNIST LEADER TO CONFER

    CHUNGKING, May 17.— The chairman of the Administration of Communications in China, Lin Thohan, has arrived by plane for ...

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  33. JAPS DESERTED SICK AND WOUNDED

    Ghastly examples of Japanese callousness have been revealed at Bougainville in the Solomons. Troops pushing out from the ...

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  34. EARLY RELEASE OF ARMY RIFLES

    BRISBANE, May 18.— The release of 2000 .303 army rifles and the necessary ammunition to graziers was expected soon. ...

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