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  3. BIG RAID ON JAPANESE

    R.A.F. bombers flying from Burma, heavily attacked military objectives in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on Wednesday. Huge fires were seen. All the planes returned. Rangoon, capital of Burma, had an air raid alert on Wednesday ...

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  4. JAPANESE SHELLS NEAR KUALA LUMPUR IN BIG ATTACK

    JAPANESE artillery is almost within range of Kuala Lumpur, big Communications and tin-mining centre in Selangor State, Malaya. The city has been partly evacuated. ...

    Article : 908 words
  5. Coastal Cave As Gun Post

    MACHINE GUN nest in a sand-bagged cave on the New South Wales Coast, where militiamen have taken up battle positions. This post commands a wide stretch of water, and is typical of the strengthening of our coastal defences since Japan came into the war. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 95 words
  6. Flying Boat Rescues 49 Men From Ocean

    BANDOENG (Java), January 8.—The rescue of 49 members of the crew of an American freighter bombed by the Japanese last week ...

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  7. MILITIA MUST GO ABROAD WHERE NEEDED

    The Federal Opposition is still urging the Government to amend the Defence Act to enable the militia to be sent abroad in the defence of ...

    Article : 377 words
  8. ALL FRONTS AT GLANCE

    Highlights of the news from the war fronts last night were:—THAILAND.—R.A.F. makes heavy raid on Bangkok, starting big ...

    Article : 188 words
  9. JAPANESE DRIVEN FROM CHANGSHA: 5000 LOST

    THE Japanese now admit that their forces have withdrawn completely from Changsha, capital of the Chinese province of Hunan. Chinese claim that the enemy has lost another 5000 men in an engagement on a river bank. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 497 words
  10. YEAR'S GAOL FOR THEFT OF TYRE

    WASHINGTON, January 8.—A sentence of a year's goal for the theft of a motor tyre is included in a Bill now before Congress. ...

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  12. GREAT ASSAULT ON HALFAYA

    British forces are maintaining a relentless attack by sea, land, and air against enemy strongholds between Sollum and Halfaya Pass. The final ...

    Article : 244 words
  13. CANADIAN TO ATTEND WAR COUNCIL

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—An important precedent will be established by the War Advisory Council when the newly-appointed High ...

    Article : 282 words
  14. NOISES OF BATTLE IN ARMY TRAINING

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—In future large-scale army manoeuvres, battlefield noises, and the atmosphere will be introduced to accustom troops to ...

    Article : 164 words
  15. DEATH SENTENCE ON RASHID ALI

    BAGDAD, January 8.—A military tribunal sentenced Rashid Ali. former Premier who led the Iraq rebellion last year, to death in his absence. ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. JAPANESE IN CHINA ACTING LIKE BEASTS

    PERTH, Thursday.—Japanese in China were acting like beasts. said Major H. M. Woodland, of the Salvation Army, Shanghai, and formerly of ...

    Article : 89 words
  17. RUBBER PLANTINGS URGED IN AMERICA

    NEW YORK, January 8.—The Department of Agriculture is urging Congress to take immediate action for the production of the Guavule rubber ...

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  19. DE GAULLE'S FORCES

    NEW YORK, January 8.—The first issue of a new French weekly, "Pour la Victoire, declares that General de Gaulle now commands an army of ...

    Article : 43 words
  20. RUMOURS OF FINNISH MOVE FOR PEACE

    NEW YORK, January 8.—Berne correspondent of the New York Times says it is reported from Stockholm that the former Minister to Moscow ...

    Article : 80 words
  21. R.A.A.F. BOMBS JAP BASE AT GREENWICH IS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—An R.A.A.F. communique issued to-night stated: "R.A.A.F. aircraft yesterday bombed the Japanese base at ...

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    Black zones on this map represent areas owned or conquered by Japan. In Malaya the occupied area is represented by stripes. Changsha, where the Chinese inflicted a major defeat on the Japanese, is shown in relation to the rest of the Far Eastern war area. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. TREASURE ISLAND OF OIL THREATENED BY JAPANESE

    BANDOENG (Java), January 8.—Perhaps the most menaced point of the whole Dutch Empire in the East Indies is Tarakan, a tiny, palm-fringed island, fabulously wealthy in oil, which lies off the north-east coast of Borneo, in a lonely, exposed position. ...

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  24. BRITISH AIRMEN SAVED BY ITALIAN'S MERCY GESTURE

    LONDON, January 8.—Reuter's correspondent with the South African forces near Halfaya Pass, says that an Italian medical officer, under a white ...

    Article : 114 words
  25. SINGAPORE'S PLACE IN ALLIES' PLANS

    SINGAPORE, January 8.—With the transfer from Singapore to Java of the supreme direction of the Allies' Far East and Pacific strategy, it is logical ...

    Article : 180 words
  26. AMERICA'S WAR POLICY

    NEW YORK, January 8.—The Under Secretary for State (Mr. Summer Welles) and corps advisors will leave Washington on Thursday for Rio de ...

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  27. BREST AGAIN ATTACKED

    LONDON, January 8.—The R.A.F. made another attack last night on the docks at Brest. There was no enemy activity over Britain. ...

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