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  3. WINNER OF WORLD'S RICHEST FOOTRACE

    Tommy Deane, an ex-soldier, on Monday won the first post-war Stawell Gift, the world's richest footrace. Upper: Deane with his bodyguard before the race. Lower: How the race was won, Deane is on the right, with E. J. Cumming, who was second, on the left. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  4. ALL-NIGHT BATTLE AFTER GAOL RIOT IN MILAN

    MILAN (A.A.P.).—A fierce gun battle raged throughout Monday night at San Vittore Gaol, between mutinous inmates and police reinforced by regular ...

    Article : 297 words
  5. GIVEN U.S. DECORATION

    Commodore Collins, R.A.N., receiving the U.S. Medal of the Legion of Merit from the U.S. Naval Attache (Captain Tommins) aboard H.M.A.S. Hobart on Monday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  6. TWO KILLED IN MOTOR CYCLE CRASH

    When two motor cycles collided on the Gawler road near Ulverstone about 2 a.m. yesterday, two persons received fatal injuries and three others were injured. ...

    Article : 371 words
  7. EMPIRE TALKS IN LONDON

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Instead of having a preliminary informal meeting as was first intended, the British. Australian and New ...

    Article : 111 words
  8. Mr. Menzies on ACTU Threat

    MELBOURNE.—"Contempt of court and a deliberate attempt by the spokesman of the A.C.T.U. to influence the decision of the ...

    Article : 176 words
  9. SHIPPING BOARD EXPLAINS

    CANBERRA.—There had been no attempt to be unfair in the treatment of Launceston or to give preference to other ports in the allocation of Easter shipping ...

    Article : 387 words
  10. Boy Has Screw in Lung

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.).—Efforts by New Zealand surgeons to extract a metal screw from the lung of Graham Sovervaille, a ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. BRIDES RESENT ADVICE

    SAN FRANCISCO (A.A.P.).—Australian brides of U.S. servicemen on arrival on the Monterey yesterday ...

    Article : 266 words
  12. SPENDING ORGY BY SPINSTER

    TRENTON, U.S.A. (A.A.P.).— Anna Callahan, an elderly spinster was sentenced to five years imprisonment for having ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. Aust. Demands for Peace Pact

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Australia intends to fight to make the Paris Peace Conference decisive, and to carry out the principle that the task of peace-making is one for all and not a few of the United Nations. This was made ...

    Article : 511 words
  14. PERSIAN OFFICIAL DIES

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—Dr. Ali Akbar Daftary, 46-year-old counsellor at the Persian Embassy, died while attending an Easter party. ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. SPEAKER'S CHAIR FOR COMMONS

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The Australian P.M. (Mr. Chifley) yesterday informed Mr. Attlee of Australia's proposal to replace the ...

    Article : 108 words
  16. FIGHTING COMMUNISTS

    SYDNEY—So successful had been the activities of industrial groups set up by the A.L.P. in the metropolitan area of Sydney in ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. PLAN FOR SEA-LEVEL PANAMA CANAL

    NEW ORLEANS (A.A.P.).—Mr. Thomas Thompson, chief Panama Canal geologist, has begun recruiting geologist to make surveys preparatory to extensive alterations to the canal. ...

    Article : 240 words
  18. DUCE'S BODY TAKEN FROM CEMETERY

    MILAN (A.A.P.).—"Mussolini's body was removed by unknown persons from Maggiore cemetery on Monday night," a municipal communique says. "THE theft was discovered by ...

    Article : 201 words
  19. MOLLISON SAFE

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—James A. ("Jimmy") Mollison, famous British aviator, is safe at Bagdad. Reuters correspondent in ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. DON'T BE A "JERK"!

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—The word "jerk" as applied to a person will be included in the new edition of Funk ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. Spain's Case in Reply

    Spain will present its case to the United Nations Security Council if the Australian move for an investigation of ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. PHENOMENAL GOLD STRIKE

    JOHANNESBURG (A.A.P.).—"The gold strike in the Orange Free State is the most significant ...

    Article : 266 words
  23. FILM ACTOR'S DEATH

    HOLLYWOOD (A.A.P.).—The British-born film actor, Lionel Atwill, has died from pneumonia. He was 61. ...

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  24. SUCCESS IN ENGLAND

    The Australian tennis player, Jack Harper, who won the Surrey Hard Courts Championship at Sutton, England, on April 13. He is shown being congratulated by the Victorian Agent-General (Mr. Norman Martin). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  25. FLYING BOAT TAKES 121 PASSENGERS

    SAN FRANCISCO (A.A.P.).—The world's largest flying boat, Hawaii Mars has arrived from Honolulu with 100 injured and ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. Soviet Attacks on U.S. Planes

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—Sen. Bridges (Republican, New Hampshire), telling the Senate that irresponsible attacks by Russian ...

    Article : 93 words
  27. Abandoning Supplies Worth 1000m. dols.

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The Under Secretary for War (Mr. Royall) stated yesterday that he expected that over 1000 million dollars worth of U.S. surplus supplies in the Pacific would be abandoned. ...

    Article : 256 words
  28. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS

    IN its campaign to cleanse the Labour movement of Communism the party and tile unions will find many ...

    Article : 73 words
  29. MORE ARSENIC VICTIMS

    NUREMBERG (A.A.P.).—More German prisoners of war have been stricken with arsenical poisoning in a mysterious attempt to ...

    Article : 119 words
  30. JAPS. USED SOYA BEAN OIL FOR BATTLESHIP

    PEARL HARBOUR (A.A.P.).—An American Naval technical mission has revealed that Japan was so short of fuel during the war's closing months that soya bean oil was used to drive the super-battleship Yamato on her ...

    Article : 130 words
  31. PLOT TO KILL 400 BAVARIANS

    FRANKFURT (A.A.P.).—Eighty former German officers have been arrested in Upper Bavaria for plotting the assassination of more ...

    Article : 54 words
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