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  3. GERMANS EVACUATE VITAL BASTION OF RJEV

    LONDON, Wednesday.—German forces have evacuated Rjev (120 miles west of Moscow), the Nazi High Command announced to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. MEETING IN TUNISIA

    American soldiers (in round helmets) making the acquaintance of a French battery on a muddy road in Tunisia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. REINFORCING GUADALCANAL

    Transports lying off the battered Guadalcanal foreshore littered with the wreckage of war. This U.S. Office of War Information picture was taken while reinforcements and supplies were being landed on the island. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. HEAVY BOMBERS MAUL ENEMY CONVOY

    Somewhere in Australia, Wednesday.—Striking fiercely in one of the most dramatic sea-air battles of the S.W. Pacific war, Allied Flying Fortresses, screened by Lockheed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. STILL BIG FIRES IN BERLIN

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Fires were still burning in Berlin last night, 24 hours after the heaviest R.A.F. raid yet carried out on the German capital. It is reported from Stockholm that 10,000 people were rendered ...

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  8. STORY OF H.M.A.S. SYDNEY'S FIGHT WITH RAIDER

    NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Details of the cruiser Sydney's last battle with the Nazi raider Kormoran are revealed for the first time. They are pieced together from reports of the Kormoran's captain, Detmers, and others of the 317 German survivors. ...

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  9. President's Ruling Over-ridden

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Despite the ruling of the President (Sir Frank Clarke) that an absolute majority was necessary in both Houses for the ...

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  10. 400 SUBMARINES IN ATLANTIC

    WASHINGTON Tuesday—There was no evidence of increased enemy U-boat strength, the Secretary of the Navy (Col. Knox) said at his press ...

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  11. Fierce Gun Duel Over Channel

    LONDON, Wednesday.—A fierce cross-Channel gun duel began at 11 o'clock last night. British long range guns opened ...

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  12. Nazi Boast REPRISALS ON AMERICA

    NEW YORK, Tuesday.—The Columbia Broadcasting System picked up Berlin radio describing the bombing of Berlin as "particularly cowardly." ...

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  13. U.S. SUBMARINES SINK 5 SHIPS

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—United States submarines operating in the Pacific and Far East have sunk— Three medium-sized cargo ships, one ...

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  14. Jap. Planes Over Arnhem Land

    Somewhere in Australia, Wednesday.—Japanese reconnaissance aircraft have been active recently over Arnhem Land ...

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  15. WHAT U.S. AIMS TO DO TO JAPAN

    An idea of the aims of the U.S. forces in the battle of destruction with the Japanese was given in two speeches, extracts from which follow:—"DESTROY JAPAN!" ...

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  16. DESTRUCTION BY BIG BOMBS

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Duncan Sandys, joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, said to-day: ...

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  17. RETREAT CONTINUING IN TUNISIA: ALLIES NARROW COASTAL CORRIDOR

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Since occupying S beitla, east of Kasserine, Allied forces have been pressing south towards Faid Pass and Gafsa. They are less than 30 miles from Faid Pass. RECAPTURE of the Pass would mean that Allies had given narrowed the ...

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  18. NEW GOVERNMENT IN FINLAND

    LONDON, Wednesday.—It is announced from Helsinki that a new Government is being formed by the leader of the Agrarian party. The ...

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  19. HITLER—DUCE MEET

    LONDON, Tuesday—Hitler and Mussolini met recently on the Italo-German frontier, according to the Lugano newspaper "Corriere Del Ticino," says the ...

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  20. NEW LOAN WELL SUPPORTED

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Thousands of advance subscriptions, totalling several millions of pounds, had been received for the Third Liberty Loan of ...

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  21. JAPS. ADMIT WAR GUILT

    NEW YORK, Tuesday—The Office of War Information picked up a broadcast by Kazuo Aoki, Japanese "Minister for Greater East Asia," contradicting ...

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  22. CHINESE AID TO U.S.

    CHUNGKING, Wednesday.—Chinese-American arrangement was developed last December under which the Chinese ...

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  23. PITH OF THE LEADERS

    IF there is a real prospect that an almost immediate invasion of Europe would mean an early victory over Hitler it ...

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  24. PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING ANTI-SUBMARINE DEVICES

    LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons to-day, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Alexander) spoke of the development of Allied anti-submarine weapons. "UNDOUBTEDLY there will be ...

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  25. SOLOMONS COMMUNIQUE

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday,—Japanese positions at Munda (New Georgia Islands), in the Solomons, were bombed by Dauntless dive-bombers, escorted by ...

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  26. German Battle Fleet May Soon Put to Sea

    LONDON, Wednesday.—A large, powerful and balanced German naval squadron concentrated at Trondheim (Norway) is believed to be preparing to put to sea. MAJOR units of the squadron have ...

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  27. DEATH OF CAPT. E. A. FITZROY

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The death occurred to-day of Capt. E. A. Fitzroy, Speaker of the House of Commons. He was aged 73 and had been ill for ...

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  28. VITAL RAILWAY LINK IN N. BURMA CUT BY U.S. HEAVY BOMBER RAID

    NEW DELHI, Tuesday.—A vital link in the railway between Mandalay and Lashio, southern terminus of the Burma Road to China, has been cut by a heavy attack by U.S. bombers. BOMBERS attacked the Gokteik ...

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  29. TAX CANCELLED IN CANADA

    OTTAWA, Tuesday.—The Finance Minister (Mr. Ilsley) announced to-day a decision to cancel 50 per cent. of the 1942 Canadian income tax and also the ...

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  30. GANDHI'S FAST OVER

    BOMBAY, Wednesday—After prayers and hymns Gandhi broke his 21 days' fast at 4 o'clock this morning. His wife gave him his first food—a quantity of ...

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