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  2. MALAYAN DRIVE.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—Authoritative circles in London today stated that the position in Malaya was unchanged. No further Japanese ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. CHINA'S PLEDGE.

    LONDON, Jan. 7.—The Chinese Ambassador (Dr. Wellington Koo) in a speech today emphasised the importance of the recent declaration ...

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  4. CRIMEAN BATTLE

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—Picked Russian forces, protected by the guns of the Black Sea fleet, and heavily supported by planes, are making still further landings in different points in the Crimea, despite fierce German resistance. In reporting this, the Stockholm correspondent ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. JEDABIA CHANGE.

    LONDON, Jan. 6.—Today's communique from British General Headquarters. Cairo, reported a withdrawal by Axis forces from Jedabia, ...

    Article : 537 words
  6. PHILIPPINE FIGHT.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—There is no news of any major change in the military situation in Luzon. the chief Island of the Philippines. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. TO NORWAY AGAIN.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—A joint communique issued today by the Admiralty and the Air Ministry announced that the Royal Navy, in a combined ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. AMERICA'S EFFORT.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The possibility that the Axis may seek a naval decision with heavy warships in the Atlantic very soon is ...

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  9. WASHINGTON MOVES.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The House of Representatives passed to-day a Bill authorising an increase in the enlisted strength of the navy ...

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  10. FINLAND'S ROLE.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The Berne correspondent of the "New York Times" says it is reported without confirmation in Helsinki that M. ...

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  11. GERMAN MUNITIONS

    LONDON, Dec. 7.—Reports reaching the Ministry of Economic Warfare from various sources show that the overall production of armaments ...

    Article : 353 words
  12. CHANGSHA SAVED

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—Once again the Chinese have decisively defeated a Japanese attempt in force to capture Changsha, capital of Hunan, in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. HAWAIIAN PROBLEM

    NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The Honolulu bureau of the "New York Times" reports that the military headquarters there have authorised ...

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  14. NAZI OUTRAGES.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The Moscow newspaper "Pravda," commenting on the Note sent by the Russian Vice- Premier and Foreign Minister (M. ...

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  15. BANGKOK BOMBED.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—It was officially announced in Rangoon this morning that Royal Air Force planes yesterday heavily attacked military ...

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  16. R.A.F. COMMUNIQUE.

    The R.A.F. communique from the Middle East yesterday stated:—"Our planes in the Libyan desert on Tuesday again encountered very bad ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. SIGN OF RETRIBUTION.

    WASHINGTON. Jan. 8.—Senator Elbert Thomas, a member of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Military Affairs, told the ...

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  18. NAVAL CLASH.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The Tokio radio quotes a statement by the Japanese navy headquarters that "a Japanese fleet is fighting a United ...

    Article : 102 words
  19. TORPEDOED IN BLACK SEA.

    LONDON. Jan. 8.—The Ankara correspondent of the British United Press states that an unidentified submarine in the Black Sea is ...

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  20. AIR WEAKNESS.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—Speaking at the Guildhall today, the Secretary for Air (Sir Archibald Sinclair) said the Allied air squadrons in the Far ...

    Article : 239 words
  21. HIMMLER IN THE EAST.

    STOCKHOLM. Jan. 9.—An official German announcement states that Herr Himmler (the German Police Chief and head of the Gestapo) has ...

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  22. LATIN AMERICA.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The Under-Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) and his corps of advisors will leave tomorrow for Rio ...

    Article : 192 words
  23. GERMAN GENERAL KILLED.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The German newsagency states that Major- General Braun, Commander of the Brandenburg Division, has been killed by a land mine on the eastern ...

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  24. ISLAND BASE.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 8.—R.A.A.F. aircraft yesterday bombed the Japanese base at Kapingamaring (in the Caroline Islands), damaging ...

    Article : 81 words
  25. RIBBENTROP IN BUDAPEST.

    LONDON. Jan 8.—The Berlin newsagency states that the German Foreign Minister (Herr von Ribbentrop) has arrived in Budapest on a ...

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  26. NAZI PLANE LOSSES.

    LONDON, Jan. 7.—It is authoritatively estimated that the Germans have lost between 6,000 and 8,000 planes on the Russian front since ...

    Article : 368 words
  27. ALLIED COMMAND.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—A Reuters report from Singapore states that it is understood that the new Allied Supreme Command in the south-west ...

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  28. JUNGLE AMBUSH.

    SINGAPORE, Jan. 8.—A small body of men of the A.I.F. has been in action in northern Malaya. Although their activities were along ...

    Article : 330 words
  29. CANADIAN OUTPUT.

    OTTAWA, Jan. 7.—The Minister of Munitions and Supply (Mr. C. D. Howe) told the Press today that Canada's wartime production would ...

    Article : 111 words
  30. ITALIAN SHORTAGE.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—Reuters correspondent with the South African troops near Halfaya (Helifire) Pass says that an Italian medical officer ...

    Article : 109 words
  31. SCORCHED EARTH.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—Notice has been given in the House of Commons of several questions relating to the application or otherwise of ...

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  32. EMPEROR AS TARGET.

    BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 8.—The Japanese Ambassador has formally protested to the Argentine Foreign Office against the use of an effigy ...

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  33. "FREE THAILAND" MOVE.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The Batavia radio reports that a Free Thailand movement against the Japanese has been inaugurated. ...

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  34. ROME NAVAL CLAIM

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—A Rome communique states that units of the Italian navy on the night of December 17 penetrated to Alexandria ...

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  35. HONG KONG SIEGE.

    LONDON. Jan. 8.—The Berlin radio quotes a Japanese communique which stated that during the operations in Hong Kong the Japanese ...

    Article : 70 words
  36. BASES IN EIRE.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The "Daily Express" suggests in a leading article that the Prime Minister of Eire (Mr. De Valera) should grant ...

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  37. GOD AND HITLER.

    LONDON, Jan. 7.—The Berlin radio says that President Roosevelt's statement that the world is too small for both God and Hitler obviously ...

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  38. DEFENCE OF AIRFIELDS.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—The "Evening Standard" states that the War Cabinet has decided to complete the reorganisation of airfield defences, ...

    Article : 97 words
  39. FREE FRENCH.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The first issue of the new French weekly, "Pour la Victoire," which is to be published in New York, declares that ...

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  40. PLANE LOSSES.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The Tokio radio in a broadcast today for domestic consumption admitted that Japanese plane losses in the siege of ...

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  41. "MESSAGE OF HOPE."

    BOGOTA (Colombia), Jan. 7.—"El Tiempo" halls President Roosevelt's message to Congress as a message of hope. ...

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  42. TIMOR SITUATION.

    LISBON, Jan. 8.—The newspaper "Voz" in a leading article on events in Timor (the Portuguese part of which has been occupied by Dutch ...

    Article : 73 words
  43. VICHY MINISTER'S ILLNESS.

    LONDON, Jan. 7.—According to a Vichy message, the Vichy Minister for the Colonies (Admiral Platon) is in hospital with a serious illness ...

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  44. BLOODSHED IN BRUSSELS.

    LONDON, Jan. 7.—A Stockholm message says that the "Dagens Nyheter's" Berlin correspondent reports that Belgians and Germans ...

    Article : 78 words
  45. IRAKI UPRISINGS.

    LONDON, Jan. 8.—A message from Bagdad states that a military tribunal there has sentenced to death Rashid All in his absence. ...

    Article : 52 words
  46. FOOD IN JAPAN.

    SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.—The Columbia Broadcasting System has intercepted a Tokio broadcast announcing that drastic food rationing ...

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  47. SOLIDARITY PACT.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Mr. Willibald Ploechl, representative of the Free Austrian National Council, has intimated that the Free ...

    Article : 31 words
  48. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...

    Article : 34 words
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