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  2. LARGE-SCALE DRIVE IN BURMA Against British and Chinese

    The United press correspondent in Ghungking says that Japanese parachute troops, bomber-squadrons, and artillery units, to-night appeared to be starting a big-scale drive against the British and Chinese forces in Burma. ...

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  3. QUICK DECISIONS. DESIRED BY MINISTER.

    The Lord Privy Seal (Sir Stafford Cripps), in a statement, said: "There is no time to lose—no time for long discussion. I am ...

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  4. SUPPLY QUESTIONS.

    Dr. H. V. Evatt's activities to-day indicated that big supply questions are being discussed with American officals After seeing the ...

    Article : 132 words
  5. RUSSIAN CONVOY. IN SEBASTOPOL HARBOUR.

    A Moscow message says,that a Russian convoy with reinferee is reported to have entered Sebastepel Harbour on March 21. ...

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  6. SUSPEND OVERTIME

    Mr. Donald Nelson, War Production Chief, addressing a meeting of C.L.O leaders, said that labour must suspend for the duration of ...

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  7. GERMAN PRESSURE IN BALKANS Temporising Annoys Nazis

    Turkey is keenly watching developments of the situation regarding Bulgaria, Rumanis and Hungary, which is equally unsatisfactory from the Axis viewpoint. "The Times" Instanbul correspondent says that the Bulgarian Cabinet, after an obscure ...

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  8. GERMAN DIFFICULTIES.

    "The Times" Stockholm correspondent reports a Berlin spokesman implies that the Germans on the east front are now undergoing the most difficult ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. MAXIMUM OF NEWS.

    "I want your help; wtthout it we cannot get the maximum out of the situstion, and we need the maximum in order to win. To that end ...

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  10. SWEDEN PREPARING.

    The "Daily Express" says that Sweden, fearing an invasion in the spring, has ordered the complete mobilteation of the army, to meet ...

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  11. LINES BROKEN THROUGH.

    The Berlin radio says that the Japanese have broken through the American lines at Batan Peninsula, and have isolated several American units. ...

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  12. MR. CASEY'S POSITION.

    The Casey-Churchill-Curtin affair continues to receive prominent publicity throughout America. Miss Dorothy. Thompson, the noted columnist, ...

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  13. CHINESE IN ACTION.

    A communique issued by the commander of the Chinese army in Burma said that there was light artillery fire yesterday against the Chinese south of ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. ULTIMATUM TO AMERICANS.

    The United Press correspondent at Batan, in the Philippines, reports that several copies of the ultimatum to LieutGeneral Wainwright were dropped ...

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  15. FEARS OF TURKEY.

    There is a feeling that the German Ambassador's (von Papen) hurried departure on March 21 to Bulgaria, from where he goes straight to Hitler's ...

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  16. NIGHT RAIDERS.

    Night raiders attacked a town on the south-east coast of England last night, including dive bombing, and extensively damaged ...

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  17. INDIA'S VIEW.

    Gandhi, in a newspaper article, says the Government would ease the situation and allay anxiety if it unequivocally declared that it ...

    Article : 72 words
  18. PERMITS EXTENDED.

    Because of the interruption of communications between Australia and China, the Federal Government has decided to suspend for three years the ...

    Article : 187 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN PILOTS.

    in unarmed and comparatively slow machines Australian civil pilots have run the gauntlet of enemy bullet and bombs and saved hundreds of lives of ...

    Article : 192 words
  20. ENEMY SHIPPING.

    British submarines sank two U-boats, two supply ships, six schooners and a naval vessel in the Mediterranean. This was revealed in an Admiralty ...

    Article : 136 words
  21. CIVILISATIONS FATE.

    The Australian Minister to the U.S.A (Mr. R. G. Casey) in a broadcast declared that the fate of civilisation for a long time to come may hinge on the ...

    Article : 156 words
  22. PEASANT LEADER RELEASED.

    Doctor N. G. Ranga, former President of the All India Peasants' Conference, has been released after two years' goal. He was goaled under the ...

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  23. ALIEN SEAMEN.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. Biddle) has ordered a nation-wide round-up of 8000 alien seamen who have deserted their ships, thereby hampering the ...

    Article : 251 words
  24. CLOSE COMRADESHIP.

    Another sphere of Australian and American collaboration is proving the comradeship between the two nations to be of the highest order. Australian air ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. WINCHELL'S HUMOUR.

    Walter Winchell, in his famous radio gossip column, relates a story over the short-wave radio of a conversation between two Japanese. One was telling ...

    Article : 89 words
  26. AXIS CONTROL.

    The "New York Times",reports that Germany end Italy have established control commissions throughout unoccupied France, whose activities, in ...

    Article : 226 words
  27. SHIP SHELLED.

    The navy announced that a small United Nations' merchantman has been torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. Survivors said that the ship was sunk on ...

    Article : 49 words
  28. JAPANESE SWORD.

    Mr. Francis Sayre, American High Commissioner to the Philippines, arrived to-day and presented President Roosevelt with a sword formerly ...

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  29. CYRENAICA RAIDS.

    A Cairo communique gives further details of the raid reported in yesterday's communique. The landing grounds at Tmimi and Martuba were ...

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  30. BITTER STRUGGLE.

    The "Dagens Nyheter" states that churches throughout Norway were crowded on Sunday when the bitter struggle between the Church and the ...

    Article : 170 words
  31. ITALIAN LINER.

    Reports have reached New York that the 13,000-ton Italian liner Victoria, a fast motor ship and one of the prides of the Italian merchant marine, has ...

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  32. LADY GROOM.

    Lady Groom, wife of the late Sir Littleton Groom, died at the Canberia Hospital yesterday after a short illness. She will be buried in Canberra ...

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  33. BRITISH PLANES IN CUBA?

    The State Department and military, establishment said that they had no information regarding British planes arriving in Cuba, and declined to ...

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  34. ARMY INVENTIONS.

    At the request of the Array Minister (Mr. F. M. Forde), the Director of the Army Inventions Board (Dr. Woolley) is in Melbourne inspecting two ...

    Article : 57 words
  35. HUMAN GUINEA PIGS.

    Over 500 volunteered to be blistered by mustard gas for the purpose of assisting the London Homeopathic Hospital's research for an antidote. ...

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  36. BRITAIN STORES U.S.-MADE BOMBS FOR DESTROYING THE NAZI POWER

    The work of the Maintenance Command of the British Royal Air Force, of which little is heard, is of vital importance in the struggle against Germany as it supplics all service requirements, from a split pin to a complete aircraft Huge reserves of bombs are also ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  37. CHINESE WELL SUPPLIED.

    Dr. John Baker, an American inspector of the Burma Road, who arrived from Singapore, declared that China now-has 30 to 40 months' supplies. ...

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  38. NEWSPAPER POSTERS PROHIBITED.

    A regulation was gazetted to-day prohibiting the use of newpaper posters. It operates immediately. ...

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  39. KRUPPS' FACTORY.

    The Moscow radio states that production in the barrel department of Krupps works at Essen were stopped for several days as the result of ...

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  40. RAIDS ON MALTA.

    A Valetta communique says that the R.A.F. to-day, without loss, destroyed two Junkers 88 and one Heinkel 111 probably destroyed two, and damaged ...

    Article : 131 words
  41. JAPANESE FORCES.

    The Tokio official radio quoted Colonel Kikusaburo Okada, a member of the War Ministry's planning bureau, when interviewed by the "Asahi" ...

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  42. BRITISH WARSHIPS REPAIRED IN AMERICAN PORTS

    Twenty-four British warships, including the battleships Resolution, and Malaya have recently undergone refitting in American ports. Britain's thanks for the hospitality showered upon their personel in the United States were voiced by Mr. A. V. Alexander,the First ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  43. BAR TO D.F.C.

    The second bar of the D.F.C. has been awarded to Acting Wing-Commander F. B. Carey, former R.A.F. rigger. Carey, after he became a pilot, ...

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  44. REDUCE STRIKES.

    Mr. J. S. Garden, former M.H.R who began duty to-day as liaison officer between the Trade Unions and the Federal Labour Minister ...

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  45. DOUBT IN CEYLON.

    The "Daily Express" correspondent at Colombo says that although Government officials assert that 99 per cent, of the Ceylonese are intensely loyal to Britain, ...

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  46. PROMOTIONS RECOMMENDED.

    President Roosevelt has nominated Brigadier-General John Marston to Major-General; Brigadier-General Alexander Vandergrift Commander-General ...

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  47. FISHERIES PACT.

    The Tokio official radio said that negotiations were continuing for a long term flsheries agreement with Russia similar to the terms of the working ...

    Article : 71 words
  48. COMMUNISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH.

    The Madrid radio says that six Communists were sentenced to death, nine sentenced to life and 24 given shorter terms after the discovery of a ...

    Article : 43 words
  49. BUKA ISLAND OCCUPIED

    The Berlin radio states a message from Tokio says that the Japanese on March 10 completely occupied Boka Island, in the Solomons. ...

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