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  2. BURMA WITHDRAWAL.

    LONDON April 7.—The British forces on the Irrawaddy front in Burma still falling back to the north. They have evacuated ...

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  3. RED AIR BATTLES.

    LONDON, April 7.—Another smashing victory by the Red Air Force over the Luftwaffe on the Russian front is reported in today's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. FIERCE RAIDS.

    LONDON, April 7.—It is authoritatively stated that British bombers last night attacked the Ruhr and Rhineland, but owing to very bad ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. INDIA ATTACKED.

    LONDON, April 7.—The Japanese made their first attacks on the mainland of India yesterday. Cocanada and Vizagapatam, on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. IN LIBYA.

    LONDON, April 7.—Yesterday's RAF communique issued in Cairo stated that British bombers on Saturday night raided Berka and ...

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  7. AIR WAR IN NORTH

    MELBOURNE, April 7.—The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) issued the following communique tonight: "Allied bombers and fighters attacked Lae early this morning. There was intense AA opposition but no interception was attempted. Runweys ...

    Article : 351 words
  8. UNIFORM TAXATION

    CANBERRA, April 7.—That for the duration of the war and a year afterwards the Commonwealth should be the sole taxation authority in the Australian field of income tax; that a scheme of uniform taxation imposed by the Commonwealth should operate from July 1, 1942 in ...

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  9. PHILIPPINE ASSAULT.

    WASHINGTON, April 6.—A War Department communique this afternoon said that savage fighting was in progress in the Bataan Peninsula ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. AIF MASSACRE.

    MELBOURNE, April 7.—The Minister for the Army (Mr Forde) has asked for a report on the allegation of Japanese atrocities against ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. US SUCCESSES.

    WASHINGTON, April 6.—Further successes against Japanese shipping were announced by the Navy Department today. It issued the following ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. EMPIRE CAPTIVES.

    ANKARA, April 6.—Sixty-six British sick and wounded war prisoners and an unspecified number of protected personnel (doctors ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. ENEMY FLEET.

    CHUNGKING, April 7.—The Chinese military spokesman said today that 13 Japanese transports, 5 warships and 1 gunboat had been ...

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  14. BRITISH FIGHTERS' RECORD

    MELBOURNE, April 7.—Three hundred enemy aircraft have been destroyed by British fighter squadrons in the western desert since ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. RETURNING HOME.

    GIBRALTAR, April 7.—The Italian liners Saturnia and Vulcania, both bearing Red Cross markings, arrived at Gibraltar yesterday en ...

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  16. EXCITING VOYAGE.

    LONDON, April 7.—A Dutch submarine has recently arrived at an Allied port from the Java Sea after an exciting journey including a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. SUMATRA'S DEFENDERS.

    LONDON, April 7.—The Berlin radio broadcast a Tokio report today that the Allied forces in Sumatra had capitulated. It said ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. WAR CONTRACTS.

    WASHINGTON, April 6.—The production chief (Mr. Nelson), testifying before the Senate Appropriation Committee today, expressed the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 152 words
  19. BOMBS OVER BRITAIN.

    LONDON, April 7.—The Air Ministry announces that an enemy plane before dark last evening dropped bombs at a place on the south ...

    Article : 92 words
  20. HONG KONG FORT.

    CHUNGKING, April 7.—The United Press reports that the Japanese have driven more than 1,000,000 Chinese from Hong Kong and ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. GERMAN PARATROOPS.

    LONDON, April 7.—The military correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that Air General Student, the German paratroops leader, has ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. COASTAL COMMAND.

    LONDON, April 7.—Coastal Command planes yesterday attacked two medium-sized supply ships off the Norwegian coast, hitting one with ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. AIR ATTACKS ON MALTA.

    LONDON, April 7.—A report from Malta states that following a number of brief alerts earlier in the day the Germans launched a large-scale ...

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  24. IN NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, April 7.—"Today our immediate task confronts us with perilous urgency. The danger to our country is comparable with that ...

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  25. FINISHED THE JOB.

    CAIRO, April 7.—The last Australian how now said goodbye to Tobruk. Since the relief of the fortress a few months ago a small ...

    Article : 241 words
  26. BULGARIA'S PLANS.

    LONDON, April 7.—A statement to the Press by the Bulgarian Minister for War (M Daskalyoff) that Bulgaria would do all in her power ...

    Article : 184 words
  27. ALEXANDRIA HIT.

    LONDON, April 7.—A message from Cairo states that 8 people were killed and 32 injured in an air raid on Alexandria last night. ...

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  28. GREEK GUERILLAS.

    LONDON, April 7.—Greek Government circles in London say that the news of the King of Greece's tour of the Middle East penetrated ...

    Article : 83 words
  29. BOEING AIRCRAFT.

    WASHINGTON, April 6.—An Army representative, Colonel Griffith, in an Army Day message announced that the production of ...

    Article : 153 words
  30. JAPANESE CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, April 7.—A Zurich message says that according to the Budapest correspondent of the newspaper, "Basler Nachrichten," the ...

    Article : 43 words
  31. NARVIK RAID.

    LONDON, April 7.—The "Daily Telegraph" naval correspondent says that nothing is known in official London circles about a British raid ...

    Article : 75 words
  32. AIDING THE AXIS.

    LONDON, April 7.—The Free French headquarters in London has received fresh evidence of the Vichy Government's aid to the Axis powers. ...

    Article : 79 words
  33. ACTION OFF GREECE.

    LONDON, April 7.—A Rome communique issued last night claims that an enemy submarine off the Greek coast several days ago sank ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. ARRESTS IN PARIS.

    LONDON, April 7.—A message from Vichy says that an unspecified number of sicentists, professors and other intellectuals have been ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. 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 : 32 words
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