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  2. TOWARDS PENANG

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 17.—The latest news of the fighting in northern Malaya is that the Japanese are approaching Penang, the island base off the west coast 375 miles from Singapore. It is confirmed also that Japanese troops have landed in Borneo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. STRATEGIC POSITION.

    LONDON, Dec. 17.—"If Singapore falls into Japanese hands territories around the Indian Ocean will be helpless against Japanese attack," ...

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  4. JAPANESE CLAIMS.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Japanese and Italian broadcasts received in New York report speeches in the Japanese Diet by the Prime Minister ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. HONG KONG SIEGE.

    LONDON. Dec. 17.—A communique issued today in Hong Kong states that the Governor (Sir Mark Young) has rejected a Japanese ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. LUZON DEFENCE.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The Japanese have been unable to make any further progress in Luzon, the main island in the Philippine group, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. AMERICA'S FIGHT.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The fundamental issue in the world struggle, of human liberty against tyranny, was the text of a broad ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. U.S. HOME FRONT.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Both Houses of Congress voted on the voices today to give President Roosevelt all the extraordinary powers ...

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  9. RUSSIAN DRIVES.

    LONDON, Dec. 17.—Special communiques issued late last night and early this morning in Moscow revealed further Russian successes on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. NORMANDIE SEIZED

    WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.—The United States Maritime Commission took over the French luxury liner Normandie today. It was announced ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. DUTCH NAVAL EXPLOITS.

    BATAVIA. Dec. 17.—After a conference with the United States Under-Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) the Netherlands Minister in ...

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  12. AERIAL PROTECTION.

    LONDON, Dec. 16.—The sinking of the battleship Prince of Wales and battle-cruiser Repulse by Japanese planes in Malayan waters last ...

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  13. AGAINST THE AXIS.

    CHUNGKING, Dec. 17.—A Government spokesman stated yesterday that General Chiang Kai-shek (the Chinese national leader) had ...

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  14. PORTUGUESE COLONY.

    LONDON, Dec. 17.—The "Daily Express" states that the Japanese have occupied the Portuguese colony of Macao, west of Hong Kong, at ...

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  15. AIR STRENGTH.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 17.—Passengers who have arrived in Sydney by a flying-boat which had played hide- and-seek with two Japanese fighter ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. IN MID-PACIFIC.

    WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.—The Navy Department announced yesterday afternoon that the Japanese had shelled Hawaii Island, Maul ...

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  17. LABOUR OFFER.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The American Federation of Labour issued a declaration tonight expressing "sincere regret for the destructive ...

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  18. PEARL HARBOUR BLOW

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—President Roosevelt announced tonight that Mr. Justice Owen Roberts, of the Supreme Court, would be chair- ...

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  19. GUAM OCCUPATION

    NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The Tokio radio broadcast a Japanese naval communique this morning claiming complete occupation of Guam the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. R.A.F. RAIDERS.

    LONDON, Dec. 17.—The Royal Air Force yesterday continued the offensive against enemy objectives near and far. During the afternoon ...

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  21. JAPANESE PLANES.

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 17.—It is officially stated that the Japanese are using two types of low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft-the navy ...

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  22. JAPANESE IN THAILAND.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The Tokio radio quotes a Domel (Japanese) news agency report that two contingents of Japanese troops have ...

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  23. GERMAN ARRESTED.

    HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 16:—The Federal Bureasu of Investigation arrested a German, Baron Froelich de Meyers, near the Los Angeles port ...

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  24. NAZI APOLOGIA.

    LONDON, Dec. 17.—A special communique issued by the German High Command from the Fuehrer's headquarters today said: "In the ...

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  25. MEXICAN CO-OPERATION.

    MEXICO CITY, Dec. 17.—The Mexican President (General Avila Camacho) has requested from Congress a Bill permitting military forces ...

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  26. EXCITING JOURNEY.

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 17.—A 6,000 ton passenger vessel has just reached Singapore after an exciting journey from Hong Kong. It carried British ...

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  27. TWO-MAN SUBMARINE.

    WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.—The Navy Department disclosed today that the Japanese two-man submarine captured in Hawaii on ...

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  28. A.I.F. AMUSED.

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 17.—Despite the Tokio radio claim last night that the A.I.F. had been annihilated, the Japanese have yet to meet the ...

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  29. BOND WITH BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Dec. 16.—Dr. George Gallup, founder and director of the American Institute of Public Opinion, which conducts the Gallup ...

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  30. ARGENTINE MOVE.

    BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 16.—The Argentine Government proclaimed tonight a nation-wide state of slege. It permits court-martial proceedings ...

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  31. SINGAPORE PENALTIES.

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 17.-The Legislative Council passed through all stages yesterday a Bill providing the death penalty or life impri- ...

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  32. POCKET BATTLESHIP.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The Montevideo correspondent of the United Press states that the newspaper "ElPais" has reported that the German ...

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  33. EMPIRE AIR PLAN.

    OTTAWA, Dec. 16.—Canada yesterday completed its part of the Empire Air Training Scheme with the opening of the last scheduled ...

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  34. BOMBS IN PARIS.

    LONDON. Dec. 18.—Vichy reports state that there were three attacks against Germans in Paris today. A bomb killed six occupants of Gestapo ...

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  35. PETROL SHORTAGE.

    BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 16.—The important Italian airline Lati has discontinued its service between Rome, Dakar, Rio de Janeiro and ...

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  36. ITALIAN GENERAL KILLED.

    LONDON. Dec. 17.—The Rome radio announced today that General Hugo Detorelli, commander of the Fascist Torino Division on the ...

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  37. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

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