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  2. PACIFIC WAR

    CANBERRA, April 14.—"One enemy fighter was shot down for certain, 2 others were probably destroyed and a fourth was damaged during Allied operations over Lae (New Guinea) and Keopang (Timor) on Monday," stated a communique issued by the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) ...

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  3. NEW NAVAL POSTS.

    LONDON, April 14.—The King has approved the appointment of Admiral Sir James F. Somerville as Commander-in-Chief of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. RUSSIAN FRONT.

    LONDON, April 14.—Reports show that the Russians are attacking at various parts of the whole front and not allowing the Germans any ...

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  5. BRITISH BUDGET

    LONDON, April 14.—Presenting the Budget in the House of Commons today the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Kingsley Wood) said that American Lease-Lend assistance to all countries to February totalled nearly £650,000,000 sterling. Most of it was given to the United ...

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  6. VICHY CABINET.

    LONDON, April 14.—It was announced officially in Vichy today that M Laval was entering the Vichy Government. Admiral Darlan, who ...

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  7. US SHIPBUILDING.

    WASHINGTON, April 13.—Admiral Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission, testifying before the Naval Committee of the House ...

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  8. COAL CONTROL.

    CANBERRA, April 14.—Under new regulations issued today governing coalminers, if a miner falls to work at his usual occupation on any ...

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  9. WASHINGTON MISSION.

    WASHINGTON, April 14.—A Chinese military mission of 8 persons under General Hsuing Shin-hul has arrived in Washington from ...

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  10. FUTURE OF INDIA.

    NEW DELHI, April 14.—Referring to the statement by the Lord Privy Seal (Sir Stafford Cripps) on the future status of India that any ...

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  11. KOEPANG RESULTS.

    FROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, April 14.—In another raid on Koepang last night our planes attacked shipping in the harbour, the ...

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  12. ATTITUDE TO FRENCHMEN.

    WASHINGTON, April 14.—The State Department has informed Vichy that the policy of the United States toward Frenchmen everywhere ...

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  13. USA AND HAITI.

    WASHINGTON, April 13.—The State Department announced today that the United States and Haiti have signed four agreements. ...

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  14. BURMA FIGHTING.

    LONDON, April 14.—Today's communique from the British headquarters in Burma announced that the Japanese had occupied the village ...

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  15. SOLDIERS KILLED.

    LONDON, April 14.—During combined exercises yesterday in the South of England there was an unfortunate accident in which 19 ...

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  16. MADRAS PRECAUTIONS.

    MADRAS, April 14.—The Government of Madras today declared a public holiday for all banks in the fortress area to enable them to move ...

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  17. COST OF THE WAR.

    NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13.—Mr Emil Schrame, president oft the New York Stock Exchange, in a speech to the Board of Governors ...

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  18. LONDON VISIT.

    LONDON, April 13.—The diplomatic correspondent of "The Times" states that after spending the week-end in the country with the Prime ...

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  19. JAPAN'S COURSE.

    NEW YORK, April 14.—The "New York Times" says in a leader that Japan's apparent concentration on an Invasion of India by land and ...

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  20. RED CROSS STAFF.

    WASHINGTON, April 13.—Red Cross Headquarters has announced that Mr Wayne Clark has arrived in Australia to assume the post of ...

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  21. LIBYAN PATROLS.

    LONDON, April 14.—Today's Cairo communique said: "Our columns and flghting patrols in Libya engaged enemy artillery and tanks ...

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    Captured and destroyed German tanks near Sidi Resegh in the Western Desert. Department of Information Photo ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. WAR GIFTS.

    WASHINGTON, April 13.—The treasury disclosed today that since the United States entered the war on Dec 7 last, it had received 5,589 ...

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  24. FIGHTER SWEEPS.

    LONDON, April 14—For the second consecutive afternoon and the third in 4 days Royal Air Force fighters were over enemy occupied ...

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  25. CORREGIDOR STAND.

    WASHINGTON, April 13.—In the Philippines, the Corregidor Island fortress at the entrance to Manila Bay continues to undergo a sustained ...

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  26. CERMAN ARMY IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, April 14.—According tot the Free French Headquarters in London, the Germans are transferring the best troops of their French ...

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  27. RETURN TO DUTY.

    MIAMI BEACH. FLORIDA, April 13.—Lord Beaverbrook ended his holiday today and departed for Washington to resume his duties as ...

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  28. IDLE MINES.

    SYDNEY, April 14.—Three mines were idle and 1 partly idle because of strikes and 2 resumed work on the New South Wales coalfields ...

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  29. "UNITED WE STAND"

    NEW YORK, April 13.—The "Saturday Evening Post," "Time," "Life" and other national magazines, for the first time in publishing history, ...

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  30. ENEMY CLAIMS.

    LONDON, April 14.—The Tokio radio claimed yesterday that during the raid on Colombo on April 5 Japanese naval aircraft shot down 57 ...

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  31. BRITISH NAVAL SPECIALISTS

    LONDON. April 14.—The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent in Stockholm says that British naval specialists, including dockyard ...

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  32. DR EVATT IN AMERICA.

    NEW YORK, April 13.—The Australian Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) told an Australian Associated Press representative tonight ...

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  33. A SECOND FRONT.

    NEW YORK, April 14.—Opening a victory rally here, via the Atlantic telephone, in honour of the Soviet army, Dr Howlett Johnson, the ...

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  34. IN NEW YORK.

    NEW YORK, April 13.—The Mayor of New York (Mr F. La Guardia), who has been frequently criticised for his handling of the ...

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  35. BELGIAN HOSTAGES.

    LONDON, April 13.—A report from Belgium states that after the Germans had discovered that the railway track at Grimberghen had ...

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  36. BRITAIN'S FOOD.

    LONDON, April 13.—The Government is limiting meal prices in restaurants and hotels where it is introducing menus without fish, ...

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  37. HEROISM OFF CRETE.

    ALEXANDRIA, April 14.—Many members of the crew of the destroyer Hereward, which was sunk off Crete last May, lost their lives ...

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  38. CHURCH AND QUISLING.

    LONDON, April 13.—According to the German newsagency an Oslo report says that Quisling has established a church council under his ...

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  39. LUCKY CORVETTE.

    LONDON. April 14.—The corvette Heather (Commander J. G. C. Gibson, RN), which docked recently, is a little ship with a big war record. ...

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  40. GERMAN TROOPS IN NORWAY

    LONDON, April 14.—A message from Zurich, quoting an Oslo report, states that General Falkenhorst had been reappointed ...

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  41. FIGHTERS FROM FIJI.

    SUVA, April 14.—Mr and Mrs S. H. Ellis, of Suva, have donated £5,500 to the Fiji Fighter Fund for the purchase of fighter aircraft for Britain. ...

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  42. PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL.

    WASHINGTON, April 14.—The Canadian Prime Minister (Mr Mackenzie King) will visit Washington to attend a meeting of the Pacific ...

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  43. "WAR GUILT" TRIAL.

    LONDON. April 14.—According to Reuters correspondent the Vichy decree suspending the Riom "war guilt" trial is for the purpose of ...

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  44. CHINESE ADVANCE.

    CHUNGKING, April 14.—A communique issued last night announced that the Japanese had been driven back on the North ...

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  45. NANKING SETTLEMENT.

    LONDON, April 13.—The German radio states that the Japanese have handed the British settlement at Nanking over to the Nanking Puppet ...

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  46. 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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