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  3. SWIFT THRUST INTO RENNES BY AMERICANS

    LONDON (A.A.P.) — Racing unchecked into Brittany, American tanks have liberated Rennes, capital of Brittany, a city of 70,000 people, about half way across the peninsula. Another column striking westward has reached Dinan, 35 miles west of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. INVASION OF GUAM

    U.S. Marines take advantage of natural cover as they hit the beach near Asan, Guam, in the Marianas, as American forces land in a drive to regain the American possession. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  5. RUSSIANS REPORTED OVER PRUSSIAN BORDER

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—Russian troops have invaded East Prussia at two points more than 50 miles apart, unofficial reports say. Moscow announces the ...

    Article : 642 words
  6. ALLIES ARE MOVING

    Map showing progress of American drive into Brittany and British surge south of Caumont. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. JAP. "BANZAI" ATTACKS IN N.G. SMASHED

    SOMEWHERE IN THE S.W. PACIFIC. — Desperate Japanese troops hurled themselves against the right flank of the American position in the Aitape sector of Northern New Guinea on Monday in two typical "banzai" attacks, which were smashed ...

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  8. GERMANS MURDER 19 CANADIANS

    LONDON (A.A.P.) — The cold-blooded murder of 19 Canadians by men of the 12th S.S. Panzer Division on June 8 in the Pavie area was officially revealed yesterday. ...

    Article : 326 words
  9. Jap. Resistance on Guam Mounting

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.) — U.S. troops, fighting in dense underbrush against mounting enemy resistance, advanced over a mile northward on ...

    Article : 146 words
  10. RACE AGAINST SECRET WEAPON

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—The "Evening Standard" aviation correspondent commenting on Mr. Churchill's statement on the new weapon the ...

    Article : 192 words
  11. BATTLE FOR FLORENCE

    ROME (A. A. P.) — Heavy fighting continues S.W. of Florence. INDIAN troops round Monte Lupo ...

    Article : 186 words
  12. NAZIS FLEE FROM SOUTH FINLAND

    LONDON.—Because they realise their inability to keep the Finns in the war, the Germans are withdrawing their forces from southern Finland. REPORTS from Stockholm say that ...

    Article : 219 words
  13. CIVILIAN TOLL

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—It was officially announced yesterday that since the out- break of war 53,000 civilians had been killed in Britain by enemy action and ...

    Article : 28 words
  14. FLEET TO SMASH JAPS.

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.) — "Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser's appointment as commander of the Eastern Fleet is regarded as the British Empire's ...

    Article : 207 words
  15. CHINESE FORCES AVERT CRISIS

    CHUNGKING (A.A.P.) — Repulsing 10 Japanese attacks on Hengyang on Tuesday, Chinese forces recaptured five more points south of the city. ...

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  16. GERMANS ISSUE VEILED THREATS TO TURKEY

    LONDON (A.A.P.) — The "Daily Express" listening post says a spokesman of the Berlin Foreign Office yesterday issued guarded threats regarding the consequences for Turkey of breaking off relations with Germany. ...

    Article : 156 words
  17. FLYING BOMB HITS HOSPITAL

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The Germans sent waves of flying bombs over southern England at short intervals all night and also yesterday morning in one of ...

    Article : 202 words
  18. NEW LINER

    One of the new U.S. Liberator liners, a commercial version of the B-24 Liberator bomber, soars across the sky on a test flight. Designed as a 50-passenger post—war air liner, the four-engined plane has a 110ft. wing spread and its fuselage is 90ft. long. In has a range of 2500 miles, can ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 74 words
  19. NEW SIAMESE CABINET

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.)—Tokio radio says Major Kovie Aphiwongse has been named head of the new Siamese Cabinet, succeeding the Government of ...

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  20. HOW WAR WILL END

    MELBOURNE—When this war ends, there is not likely to be arty formal armistice, with armies facing one another while lawyers confer to draw up ...

    Article : 160 words
  21. Man Who Planned Invasion

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Mr. Churchill revealed in his Commons address that the planner of the invasion was Lieut. General Frederick Edgeworth Morgan. ...

    Article : 161 words
  22. NO UNFAIR GOVT. COMPETITION

    MELBOURNE—The Prime Minister Mr. Curtin) said yesterday that he thought that what the president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce (Sir ...

    Article : 108 words
  23. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    IT is very heartening to Australians to have Mr. Churchill's expression of confidence that the defeat of Japan is likely to come ...

    Article : 116 words
  24. SERIOUS RACIAL FLARE-UP, RIOTING IN PHILADELPHIA

    PHILADELPHIA (A.A.P.)—Fast-moving gangs of negroes beat white men and women, smashed windows and looted stores in the negro section of Philadelphia. THE RIOTING began as the result of ...

    Article : 206 words
  25. PARIS FACES FAMINE

    ALGIERS (A.A.P.).—Reports from Paris emphasise the danger of famine for four million inhabitants in the Paris region if the battle of ...

    Article : 143 words
  26. KILLED BY OWN BOMBS

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.)—The War Department announces that Lieut.-Gen. McNair was killed last week by an American bomb in the intensive ...

    Article : 115 words
  27. R.A.A.F. CASUALTIES

    MELBOURNE.—Included in the latest R.A.A.F. overseas casualty list are the following Tasmanians: Missing air operations—408443 ...

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  28. DESTROYER COMES HOME

    With an impressive record of nearly four years' fighting, from the evacuation of Crete to the recent attack on Sourabaya in the N.E.I., the destroyer, ...

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