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  2. ALLIES EXPLOITING BREAKTHROUGH

    NEAR VIRE (NORMANDY), August 4.—The Germans are making frantic efforts to prevent our swinging east towards the line of the Orne River from the line of the new drive south from ...

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  3. FRENCH WELCOME TO U.S. SOLDIERS

    Elderly Frenchwomen shake hands with U.S. soldiers attached to a tank unit which drove the Germans from Periera in the opening of the new Allied offensive west of St. Lo. (U.S. Office of War Information radio-picture.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  4. NAZIS FALL BACK

    LONDON, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.).— British forces attacking south of Florence have driven the Germans back on a line less than ...

    Article : 389 words
  5. PORTLAND BUS DRIVER BOYCOTTED Conflicting Orders By Police and Official

    PORTLAND, Friday.—There was another development in the industrial upheaval in Portland to-day when miners who work at the Invincible colliery, Cullen Bullen, boycotted Mr. Harold Jones, a ...

    Article : 624 words
  6. MYITKYINA TAKEN

    KANDY, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.).—A South-east Asia communique says that Allied forces have captured Myitkyina, biggest town in ...

    Article : 575 words
  7. WILD SUICIDE CHARGES BY JAPANESE New Guinea Collapse Likely

    G.H.Q., S.-W. PACIFIC, Friday.—The Japanese in the Afua sector of the Driniumor River area of New Guinea are making the desperate suicidal attacks that usually precede a complete breakdown. ...

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  8. U.S. TRANSPORT STRIKE

    NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—President Roosevelt has ordered the Army to take over and operate the entire Philadelphia transport ...

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  9. PLEA TO MR. MIGHELL

    The western miners asked the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner, Mr. N. Mighell, to deal with Mr. Jones, the Portland bus driver. ...

    Article : 167 words
  10. ADVANCE ON GUAM

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.). —A Pacific Fleet communique says that U.S. forces have advanced an average of two miles ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. MR. CURTIN'S ATTITUDE

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, said to-day that he was not requisitioning shops at Portland for any ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. DEPUTY FOR MR. McVEY

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Government is eroing to appoint a Deputy Director of Civil Aviation to handle details in the ...

    Article : 223 words
  13. CHECKING STOCK DIVERSTON

    NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Action by the Deputy-Controller of Meat Supplies Mr. Shute, to stabilise prices of livestock in ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. U.S. ARMY TO AID INDUSTRY

    NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.). —The War Department has announced that experienced heavy tyre workers will be sent back ...

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  15. NEW YORK BUILDING PLANS

    NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Something of the post-war building expansion expected in U.S. cities is indicated by the filing in New York of plans ...

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  16. STALIN SEES POLISH PREMIER

    LONDON, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.).—Marshal Stalin received the Polish Piemier, M. Mikolajczyk, at the Kremlin last night with full diplomatic ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. EXCHANGE SHIP

    LONDON, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.).—The exchange ship Drottningholm has called from Lisbon for Liverpool with 932 British citizens being repatriated ...

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  18. FLYING LORD KILLED

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—Squadron-Leader Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, youngest brother of the Duke of Hamilton, and husband of Prunella Stack, who ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. CHINESE WITHDRAWAL IN HUNAN

    NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.).—The Chinese have admitted the loss of Ningsiang, west of Changsha, in Hunan Province, where the entire ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. VISIT TO U.S. BY MR. ESSINGTON LEWIS

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Director-General of Munitions, Mr. Essington Lewis, will go to Canada and the United States soon for discussions ...

    Article : 93 words
  21. BUILDING RESEARCH DIRECTOR

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—After two years of special technical work for the Allied Works Council, Mr. David V. Izaacs has been appointed director of ...

    Article : 79 words
  22. JAPANESE WARNING ON POISON GAS

    NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.).—According to Tokyo Radio. "Public opinion is growing in Ameiica in favour of using poison gas against ...

    Article : 161 words
  23. NEW PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

    Sergio Osmena (seated), new President of the Philippine Islands, signing the oath of office in Washington last Tuesday. The President's daughter. Maria, is standing on the right. President Osmena succeeded the late Manuel Quezon. (U.S. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. R.S.L. TOKEN FOR LORD GOWRIE

    The State Council of the Returned Soldier league resolved yesterday to present a token to the Governor-General. Lord Gowrie, in recognition ...

    Article : 152 words
  25. DOCTORS 53 TO 39 AGAINST NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—Of every 100 British doctors, 53 are dissatisfied with the White Paper proposals for a national health ...

    Article : 288 words
  26. "MACQUARIE ST. MANSIONS" WITH 13ft FRONTAGE

    Macquarie Street mansions could be built with a frontage of 13 feet, Professor L. Wilkinson, of the Sydney University School ...

    Article : 223 words
  27. WHISKY AGAIN

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—"In Scotland the news that distillers can resume producing whisky has been received with sober satisfaction," says the "Daily ...

    Article : 70 words
  28. BANK HOLIDAY ON MONDAY

    Monday will be a Bank Holiday. Although the law provides that the holiday applies only to banks, it has been customary for many years for ...

    Article : 50 words
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