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  2. MALTA BLITZ MAY BE CRISIS All-Out Air Offensive

    The Luftwaffe is flinging in every bomber it can spare in an all-out blitz against Malta, as Field-Marshal Rommel shows unmistakeable signs of moving in Libya. The bombing of Malta has been going on in growing intensity for 16 days and ...

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  3. THOUSANDS OF BODIES. FOUND IN THE SNOW.

    "The Times" Stockholm correspondent states the German Press reports that thousands of bodies are being found on the Russian ...

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  4. ANIMAL TRAIN.

    Thousands of elephants, camels, mules and horses are ready to open three new transportation circuits for war supplies to China, via India. Mr. ...

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  5. BATAN DEFENCES. BELIEVED OVERCOME.

    A War Department communique states: "A message from the commander of the American forces in the Philippines (General ...

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  6. PACIFIC COAST.

    The Defence Minister (Col. L. J. Raiston), who returned from a Pacific coast inspection, said to the Press suggestions that the Canadian ...

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  7. JAPANESE DRIVE ON CALCUTTA Major Forces Employed

    The Berlin radio declares that a message from Tokio states that a Japanese expeditionary force, supported by cruisers and destroyers, landed on the coast of the Bay of Bengal simultaneously with an air attack on Ceylon. ...

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  8. DEFENDERS RETIRE.

    A communique issued at 9.30 a.m. says: "Philippines theatre: In order to rectify the fine at Batan, which had been penetrated by the Japanese, our ...

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  9. "IN GOOD SHAPE." AUSTRALIAN POSITION.

    Replying to an interviewer's question whether he was satisfied with the arrangements in Australia, General Marshall, Chief of ...

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  10. INDIAN PROBLEM. NEG0TIATIONS CONTINUE.

    Reuter's New Delhi correspondent stetes that last night's cheerful view of the negotiations has been well maintained, and was even ...

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  11. ACTIVITY IN LIBYA.

    It is authoritatively stated that an increase in enemy activity is evident in Libya. "Something more may soon be heard about it." ...

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  12. R.A.F. TOLL.

    It is officially stated there were six mass raids on April 8, all strongly fighter protected. The main objectives were the harbour and aerodromes, on ...

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  13. COLOMBO RAID.

    The Colonial Secretary (Viscount Cranborne), referring to the Easter Sunday raid on Colombo, in which 27 Japanese aircraft were destroyed, five ...

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  14. MOSLEM LEAGUE VIEWS.

    The working committee of the Moslem League passed a resolution declaring that solidarity and unity in India were essential for the common ...

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  15. NAVAL BATTLE

    The "Daily Mail's" Calcutta correspondent reports that the British and Japanese navies are preparing for a decisive battle for control of the Bay ...

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  16. CANADIAN LEGATION

    The Canadian Associated Press says that the Government contemplates raising the status of the Canadian Legation at Washington ...

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  17. THRUST FROM SIAM.

    Reuter's special correspondent " states that the Japanese are preparing for a thrust from Siam, with the object of cutting off the ...

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  18. ALLOCATE MAN-POWER.

    The select committee on national expenditure, reporting on the distribution of man-power, recommends the creation of a special independent ...

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  19. RECRUITING LABOUR.

    The resentment felt in the occupied countries of Europe at the Nazi methods of recruiting labour for use in the Reich finds expression in the ...

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  20. JAVA BATTLE.

    The Tokio official radio states that Imperial Headquarters claimed to-day that Japanese forces in Java [?]d captured 82,618 prisoners, including ...

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  21. U.S. AID TO RUSSIA.

    Admiral Standley, in a statement, said the flow of American supplies to Russia will fulfil commitments under the Moscow protocols by the end of ...

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  22. JAPANESE CLAIM.

    The Tokio radio claimed that scores of Allied Nations' vessels have been sunk by the Japanese naval and sir units since Sunday in the Indian Ocean ...

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  23. GRAFT UNCOVERED.

    The Extraordinary Grand Jury for the investigation of graft has uncovered the greatest corruption scandal in the history of the New York police. It has ...

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  24. PRISONERS EXCHANGED.

    The British United Press correspondent at Ankara states that 129 British soldiers, most of whom are survivors of the Greek campaign, and many ...

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  25. HAVE REACHED PROME.

    The Berlin radio says a Tokio message states that the Japanese have reached Mindun, 45 miles northward of Prome. ...

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  26. NO IMPORTANT CHANGES.

    The Moscow night communique says: "There were no important changes on the front to-day. Fifty-one German planes were destroyed yesterday. We ...

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  27. TRUCE ALLEGEDLY SOUGHT.

    The Berlin radio states that a message from Shanghai declares that General Wainwright has asked for a truce in Batan. ...

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  28. SHOWING RESPONSIBILITY.

    The following excerpt from viscount Halifax's speech on India in the New York Town Hall is strongly stressed in the American Press. "If, however, ...

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  29. CRUISERS SUNK.

    The cruisers H.M.S. Dorsetshire and H.M.S. Cornwall were sunk in the Indian Ocean as a result of a Japanese air attack. There were 1100 survivors, ...

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  30. GOOD RECORD.

    Australian Spitfire squadrons have destroyed 10 enemy planes, and probably destroyed many more since March 9 when they consider the spring fighter ...

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  31. NORMAL MISSION.

    The White House Secretary (Mr. Stephen Early) explained that the visit by General Marshall and Mr. Harry Hopkins to London was "a perfectly ...

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  32. TALKS MAY CONTINUE.

    The British Envoy (Sir Stafford Cripps) has postponed his Press conference, this time indefinitely. One report says that the new formula has ...

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  33. IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

    The "New York Times," in an editorial, comments on General George Marshall's mission to London, and say: that decisions of the highest ...

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  34. JAPANESE NEED.

    The Tokio official radio states the Premier (General Tojo), in a speech at a conference of technical research men, said that there is imperative need ...

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  35. AUSTRALIAN ISSUES.

    Stocks on the Exchange generally continue mixed with a small turnover, but Australian Government Issues were again well favoured with rising prices, ...

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  36. BENNETTS REPORT.

    It Is understood that the Government received a report from Major-General Gordon Bennett on the surrender of Singapore. The report is only ...

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  37. BRITISH ADMIRALS.

    The Admiralty announced the following promotions to date, April 6, 1942: Vice-Admiral Sir J. F. Somerville (retired) to Admiral on the retired list; ...

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  38. NORWEGIAN SHIPS.

    The High Command announced that German naval forces had saved and taken prisoner 136 of the crew of the Norwegian ships which tried to dash ...

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  39. DR. EVATT.

    The Australian Minister (Dr. Evatt) has arrived. Dr. Evatt told the Canadian Press: "I am pleased to accept the invitation of your Prime Minister to visit ...

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  40. GUERRILLA BANDS.

    The Defence Minister (Col. Ralston) to-day said to the Press that small guerrilla formations, eventually totalling 150 units, were being organised ...

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  41. MEN OVER 45.

    Except for a few who might be required for defence construction work, men over 45 will not be required for military service. Announcing this ...

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  42. MERCHANTMEN SHELLED.

    The Navy has announced that enem[?] submarines shelled and torpedoed two additional merchantmen off the Atlantic coast last week, with the probable ...

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  43. ITALIAN CRUISER.

    An Admiralty communique states that a submarine under the command of Lieutenant-Commander E. P. Tom kinson torpedoed and sank an Italian ...

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  44. LINK WITH LAWRENCE

    An Australian Company of the Royal Engineers salvaged part of a Turkish train which Lawrence of Arabia had wrecked on the Hejaz railway 25 years ...

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  45. VICHY PROTEST.

    The French Ambassador to Washington (M. Henry Haye), under instructions from Vichy, has protested to the State Department because the United ...

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  46. ENEMY ALIENS

    The Attorney-General (Mr. F. Biddle) announced to-day that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had arrested 7805 alien enemies up to ...

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  47. TWO SPECIAL "DAYS."

    President Roosevelt has designated Sunday, May 17, as "I am an American" Day, and urged its observance an impressive manner, emphasising ...

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  48. RESIGNATION OF CLERGY.

    A Stockholm message states that the Quisling party's retaliation for the Norwegian clergy's resignations consists of a new law, under which ...

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  49. ITALIAN SHIPS.

    The Vulcania and Saturnia sailed westwards last night. They were the first Italian surface ships to pass the Strait of Gibraltar since June, 1940. ...

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  50. BOXING.

    Although he held a substantial lead George Elliott (10.6) was lucky to gain a points decision over Jimmy Dundee (10.0) at the Leichhardt Stadium ...

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  51. BIG GRAVING DOCK.

    For the graving dock to be constructed at Capetown at a cost of £2,000,000, Britain is providing all the machinery and caissons and also ...

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  52. R.A.F. FIGHTERS.

    A squadron of R.A.F. fighters carried out a sweep over the Calais and Boulogne area early this morning. A few enemy fighters were seen. One of our ...

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  53. FORMER PREMIER'S ARREST.

    lt is officially stated in Cairo that Nahas Pasha has ordered the immediate arrest of the former Premier, Ali Maher Pasha "for reasons of public ...

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