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  2. ALL QUIET IN WESTERN DESERT Ground Fighting Lull

    The lull in the ground fighting in Egypt continued yesterday. To-day's Cairo communique states that land operations were confined to patrol activities, but successful action by our air force was reported. ...

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  3. EGYPT'S COTTON

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that apart from strategical considerations Field-Marshal Rommel's drive toward Egypt was aimed against the ...

    Article : 115 words
  4. WARNINGS UNHEEDED.

    Further remarkable evidence of [?]nalertness on December 7 includes a hitherto unpublished story of an intercepted radio ...

    Article : 526 words
  5. SPITFIRE RAID. ON NORTHERN FRANCE.

    Nearly 200 Spitfires flew over. Northen France late to-day in a mass low-level attack on the coastline 70 miles wide. They shot up ...

    Article : 181 words
  6. SPY SYSTEM.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that following the rounding up of German spies and fifth columnists in the United States and latin America ...

    Article : 110 words
  7. GREAT DON BATTLE CONTINUES Grave Situation In South

    The great Don battle continues. To-day's Moscow communique stated that last night the Russians fought the enemy at Voronej and south-east of Voroshilovgrad. There were no material changes in other sectors. ...

    Article : 220 words
  8. MOPPING UP. CHINESE PROGRESS.

    The High Command states that the Chinese are continuing to mop up the remnants of the Japanese around Hengfeng and lyang. The ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. AIR-RAID DISTRESS.

    The Australian High Commissioner (Mr. S. M. Bruce), in a speech in support of the Lord Mayor's Empire air raid distress ...

    Article : 324 words
  10. DEFENCES OF FORTRESSES.

    The great defensive power of the American Flying Fortress bombers is shown in an engagement described by the U.S. War Department to-night. A ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. TEL EL EISA RECAPTURED.

    The British United Pres[?] rrespondent with the Eighth Army says: We again hold Tel el Eisa railway station. An Australian officer named Hamoer ...

    Article : 510 words
  12. PATROLS CLASH.

    A British light coastal vessel, locked in a collision with a German minesweeper off the French coast on the night of July 9, swept the enemy's ...

    Article : 209 words
  13. DESPERATE NAZI EFFORTS.

    The newspaper "Pravda" says that in an attempt to restore the positions to the north-east and south of Voronej the Germans are making desperate and ...

    Article : 169 words
  14. PRUDENT WITHDRAWAL.

    "The Times" Moscow corresponden says that the Russian withdrawal from Voroshilovgrad was most prudent, because the enemy advance southward ...

    Article : 128 words
  15. GAS WARFARE.

    The Berlin radio states that German troops have never used poison gas, and never will use it. The Allies, and particularly the ...

    Article : 79 words
  16. NAZI EXCHANGE.

    Paris radio states that the first French war prisoners will be allowed to return to France now that some French workers have ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. BRIDGEHEAD CAPTURED.

    The Moscow bridgehead captured by the Russians at Voronej was the chief one for the transport of German tanks and infantry across the river. The ...

    Article : 312 words
  18. NEAR ROSTOV?

    The Vichy News Agency, quoting unconfirmed reports from the Ukraine front, says that the German and Rumanian troops in some places are ...

    Article : 61 words
  19. AMERICAN ATTACKS.

    American attacks on the Japanese in China are reported in an agency message from Chungking, which gives a communique from General Stillwell's ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. MORE SHIPS LOST.

    Axis submarines sank five more United Nations merchantmen in the Western Atlantic with the loss of 77 dead or missing. ...

    Article : 163 words
  21. CAIRO COMMUNIQUE.

    To-day's Cairo communique states: "Our troops on Sunday maintained their positions on all sectors. We have taken 4000 prisoners since ...

    Article : 347 words
  22. CASE FOR ATTACK.

    A new book, "The Coming Battle for Germany," by William Ziff, presents an extraordinary case for the immediate attack and conquest of Germany. ...

    Article : 212 words
  23. MORE BRIDGEHEADS TAKEN.

    The Moscow communique to-night says: "The Russians to-day fought the enemy at Voronej and the south-east parts of Voroshilovgrad. There was ...

    Article : 261 words
  24. GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN.

    Chungking "Central News" states that a widespread and well-organised guerrilla campaign has opened in Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces, where ...

    Article : 39 words
  25. SERVICES CLUB

    To solve the problem of providing accommodation and entertainment for troops on leave in Brisbane, an information Bureau is to be established ...

    Article : 307 words
  26. RADIO SERVICE.

    To conserve man-power, make surplus technicians available for military duties, and reduce petrol consumption, radio servicemen throughout ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. AIMS IN PEACE.

    The Norwegian Government announced three aims for future Norway: Firstly, the abandonment of the pre-war project of a Nordic ...

    Article : 131 words
  28. HELP FOR CONVOY.

    Russian warships and planes went to the aid of a British-American convoy attacked by German planes, which dropped 212 bombs and fired 14 ...

    Article : 383 words
  29. U.S. WAR REVENUE.

    The House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate the War Revenue Bill, estimated to yield 6500 million dollars. In a lively session the ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. MORALE OF ENEMY.

    The "Daily Mail's" Cairo correspondent says there is definite evidence that the discipline in some units of the crack Afrika Korps is being ...

    Article : 577 words
  31. NEW CORTES.

    Laws laying down the composition on the new Cortes is now promulgated. The Cortes will include representatives of municipalities, syndicates, professions, ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. REPORTS UNCONFIRMED.

    Although the Russian abandonment of Voroshilovgrad represents a further important withdrawal toward the main defence line on the lower River Don, ...

    Article : 319 words
  33. SPECIAL A.R.P. UNITS.

    "Svenska Dagbladet's" Berlin correspondent says that Super-Marshal Goering, by decree, has provided for the establishment of special A.R.P. units ...

    Article : 68 words
  34. GERMANS WITHDRAWING.

    The "Daily Express" states that the Allies on the south sector on July 20 were contacting the German rearguards at two points. The Germans ...

    Article : 212 words
  35. BEAN CANNING.

    A deputation from 8-Mile-Plains vegetable growers' Association to-day waited on the Deputy Controller of Foodstuffs (Mr. O'Connell), in regard ...

    Article : 161 words
  36. MR. CURTIN.

    It is expected that the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) will visit Queensland some time during August, probably in the first week. It is not known whether ...

    Article : 73 words
  37. SOLDIER KILLED.

    It was revealed at the Coroner's inquiry to-day that Private William Crittenden was killed in a truck and tram collision only a few hours after ...

    Article : 133 words
  38. LIQUOR LEGISLATION.

    Cabinet to-day decided to instruct the Police Commissioner (Mr. Duncan) to make a report on liquor abuses, as revealed in police evidence in the ...

    Article : 77 words
  39. STOP PRESS!

    The Moscow radio says the Russian break through te the northwest of Voronej enabled the Red Army units to penetrate the rear ...

    Article : 117 words
  40. KING LEOPOLD'S SON.

    The Berlin radio officially announced that at Brussels the wife of King Leopold on July 18 gave birth to a son, Alexander Emanuel Henry Albert ...

    Article : 36 words
  41. U.S. OFFICIAL IN LONDON.

    Mr. William Phillips, former Ambasssdor to Italy, has been appointed chief the United States Office of Strategic Services in Britain. Mr. Phillips arrived ...

    Article : 42 words
  42. GERMAN PRISONERS.

    It is revealed that the 6000 prisoners since the El Alamein battle began include a fair number of Germans. Italian prisoners include grenadiers from ...

    Article : 41 words
  43. FORCED NORWEGIAN LABOUR.

    The Moscow radio says a message from Stockholm reports that 100,000 Norwegians are being forced to labour in Germany. The Germans have demanded the ...

    Article : 43 words
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