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  2. BATTLE FOR RIGA BEGUN:100 MILE FRONT IN FRANCE

    LONDON, July 13—The battle for Riga has begun, and Russian troops and tanks are pouring through the breach made in the German defences by Gen. Yeremenko's new assault. ...

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  3. A COMPARISON—THE NEW SUPER-BOMBER

    This picture of the new U.S. B-29 Super-Fortress shows the giant fourmotored bomber next to a small target plane on an airfield in the United States. On June 15, 1944, the U.S. War Department announced that B-29's described as being able to carry a greater bomb load faster, farther ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. British Recapture Maltot

    LONDON, July 13.—The British recaptured the hotly disputed Maltot, thus improving their positions for massing guns and tanks in the triangle between the Orne and Odon Rivers. The Allies now have a front extending 100 miles ...

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  5. JAPS ROUTED BELOW UKHRUL

    KANDY (Ceylon), July 12—To-day's South-east Asta communique reports that stubborn fighting at Chepu (south-west of Ukhrul) ...

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  6. GERMANS GAMBLE ON VICTORY IN FRANCE

    LONDON, July 12.—Further striking information about German troop positions and strength. on the different fronts was mady ...

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  7. AUSTRALIA HOUSE HIT BY FLYING-BOMB

    LONDON, July 12.—Australia House suffered damage, estimated at £6250, by blast from a flying bomb. ...

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  8. MORE ALLIED GAINS IN ITALY

    LONDON. July 13.—The Algiers radio stats Eighth Army troops in the Upper Tiber Valley occupied Colledifabriu and ...

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  9. THE NEW EX-SERVICE SUIT

    CANBERRA, July 13.—The £6.10. suit to be issued to discharged servicemen will be available in 32 sizes compared with 18 sizes of the ...

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  10. 2½ YEARS FOR PETROL BLACK-MARKET

    BRISBANE, July 13.— Thomas Cleaver, 29. garage proprietor, was to-day sentenced to 2½ years imprisonment with hard labour on a ...

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  11. STOP PRESS

    LONDON, July 13.—Reuter's Moscow representative says the Russians have broken the German Baltic line almost all along the front. Russian ...

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  12. JAPAN EXPANDING MUNITIONS PRODUCTION

    NEW YORK, July 12.—The "Times" Washington representative says that despite setbacks in the past year. Japan is still expanding her munitions ...

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  13. CENSORSHIP COMMITTEE MAY BE REVIEWED

    CANBERRA, July 13.—The Federal Cabinet on Friday would consider any recommendation made about the constitution of the Parliamentary ...

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  14. FAREWELL TO LORD GOWRIE ON MONDAY

    Lord Gowrie, who will return to England shortly, will be farewelled by Federal Members at a dinner at Parliament. House on Monday In the ...

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  15. GERMANS MISCALCULATED SOVIET STRENGTH AND MOBILITY

    LONDON, July 12.—The military correspondent of the "Times," Captain Falls, speaking at the Royal Empire Society in London, yesterday, said: "The Germans have made up their minds that their only hope is to inflict a crashing defeat on the Allied Expeditionary Force and ...

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  16. MRS. AGOSTINI BURIED

    MELBOURNE, July 13.—Fifty-three people, mostly women attended the purial of Mrs. Linda Agostini in the Church of England section of the ...

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  17. COLONEL LINDBERGH IN AUSTRALIA

    Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, the first airman to fly solo across the Atlantic, arrived in Australia this week from New Guinea. ...

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  18. "BIRDIE" WISHES HE WAS 20 YEARS YOUNGER

    BRISBANE, July 13.—The wish that he were 20 years younger, and able to sake his place with the A.I.F. is expressed by Field-Marshal Lord ...

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  19. N.Z. COMMISSIONER IN BRISBANE

    BRISBANE, July 13.—The New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia (Mr. J. Barclay) arrived in Brisbane to-day. ...

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  20. AIRMEN INJURED IN LEVELCROSSING COLLISION

    BRISBANE, July 13.—Two R.A.A.F. men and a woman were injured though not seriously, in a cllision between truck and a train at Cooper's ...

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  21. ARMY MINISTER TO VISIT NEW GUINEA

    CANBERRA, July 13.—As soon as ministerial duties permit' him, Mr. Forde will make his second visit to New Guinea. He wished, as early as ...

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  22. NEW GUINEA'S BLOODIEST BATTLE EXPECTED AT WEWAK

    One of the bloodiest battles of the New Guinea war is expected to develop soon in the Wewak-Ailape sector. Abandoned by their High Command, an estimated 45,000 enemy troops are mailing there for a desperate bid to break out of the Allied ...

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  23. JAP PUBLICATIONS SUSPENDED

    NEW YORK, July 12.—The Tokio radio has announced the Government has suspended all publications of two leading Japanese publishing houses, ...

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  24. FRANCE'S NATIONAL DAY

    CANBERRA, July 13.—To celebrate the observance of France's National Day to-morrow, Mr. Curtin has ordered the flags of France, Britain and ...

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  25. BRISBANE SOLICITOR STRUCK FROM ROLL

    BRISBANE, July 13. The chairman of the Statutory Committee of the Queensland Law Society announced to-day the committtee had ordered the ...

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  26. Q.C.E. TO SUPPORT POWERS VOTE

    BRISBANE, July 13.—The Queensland Central Executive, the governing body of Labour in Queensland, decided unanimously yesterday to ...

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  27. M. HERRIOTT'S DEATH ANNOUNCED

    LONDON, July 13.—The German3 Newsagency announces the death of M. Herriot, aged 72. a former Prime Minister of France. ...

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  28. REFUELLING BARGE CATCHES FIRE

    BRISBANE, July 13.— The crew of a flying boat refuelling barge dived overboard into the Brisbane River to-night, when petrol fumes from empty ...

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  29. UNUSUAL REQUEST TO MAGISTRATE

    BRISBANE, July 13.—When Stanley Ryan was sentenced to 14 days goal to-day for having unlawfully sold a bottle of wine, he asked ...

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  30. EXPLOSION IN SEWERAGE SHAFT

    BRISBANE, July 13.—Houses half a mile away were shaken by an explosion which seriously injured two City Council employees. ...

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  31. TOKIO EVACUATES 30.000 CHILDREN

    NEW YORK, July 12 The Tokio radio states approximately 30,000 school children have been evacuated from Tokio since July 8 as air raid ...

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  32. PICK-A-BACK PARACHUTE DESCENT

    LONDON, July 12.— Two members of the crew recently leaped from a burning Liberator with one parachute between them and landed safely on ...

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  33. U.S.-MEXICAN AGREEMENT

    WASHINGTON, July 12. Mr. Cordell Hull and the Mexican Foreign Minister, Padilla, in a joint statement said they had reached complete ...

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  34. MR. FORDE MAY VISIT OVERSEAS

    CANBERRA, July 13.—The possibility of a visit to London and Washington late this year by Mr. Forde to supervise the rehabillation plans ...

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  35. SWEDISH IRON ORE TO GERMANY HALVED

    LONDON, July 12.—The "Stockholm Allehanda" says Sweden delivered 3,000,000 tons of Iron ore to Germany in the first six months of 1944. This ...

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