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  2. CONDUCT OF WAR

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) told the House of Commons today that he had no news about the fall of Singapore that had not been published. He declined to have a debate on it in "a mood of anger and panic," but promised to have one in the next ...

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  3. BURMA DANGER.

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—A dispatch received here from Rangoon early this afternoon stated that the gravity of the situation on the front ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. SUMATRA OPERATIONS.

    BATAVIA, Feb. 17.—A communique from General Sir Archibald Wavell's headquarters states that Allied aircraft continued operations ...

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  5. MALAYAN DEFEAT.

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—A frank analysis of the Malayan campaign is made by the Singapore correspondent of "The Times" in a dispatch ...

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  6. SINGAPORE'S FALL

    NEW YORE, Feb. 18.—The Tokio official radio quotes a report from the Domel newsagency that 15,000 Australian, 15,000 British and 30,000 ...

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  7. RED SUCCESSES.

    LONDON, Feb. 17.—The Stock-holm correspondent of the "Daily Express" reported late tonight that yesterday morning advanced ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. LUZON ATTACKS.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Enemy activity in the Bataan Peninsular, the north-west sector of Luzon Island, is again increasing and the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—Figures revealed in London today give the casualties of European civilians in Malaya up to Saturday as 105, ...

    Article : 172 words
  10. PALEMBANG'S FIGHT.

    BATAVIA, Feb. 17.—To hamper Japanese moving up the Moesi River in sampans and small craft to attack Palembang the captain of a ...

    Article : 664 words
  11. HOPEFUL FOR NEWS.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 18.—Although no news of the A.I.F. in Singapore has reached the Government the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) ...

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  12. BRAVERY UNDER FIRE.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The United States War Department has announced the award of the Congressional Medal of Honour—the ...

    Article : 139 words
  13. LONDON COMMENT

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—A private meeting of Midland Commoners passed a resolution yesterday affirming confidence in, the Prime ...

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  14. THE AMERICAN TOMAHAWK.

    One of the American-built Curtis P-40 fighter planes popularly known as "Tomahawks." These planes are serving the Allies in Britain, the Middle East Burma and other war fronts. It is a single-seater lowwing monoplane armed with six machine-guns. Its top speed exceeds ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. CHINA'S STRUGGLE.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—According to the Chungking official radio, under cover of artillery Japanese forces launched a new attack at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. LIBYAN FRONT.

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—Today's communique from British General Headquarter, Cairo, briefly said:—"Our fighter patrols and mobile columns. ...

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  17. ATTACK ON CONVOY

    An Admiralty communique issued today stated that, with the object of passing certain convoys through the Central Mediterranean, naval ...

    Article : 239 words
  18. JAPANESE RUSE.

    HONOLULU, Feb. 18.—Dummy periscopes made of wood, bamboo, glass, tin cans and coral have been found in the sea off Pearl Harbour, ...

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  19. CALM IN JAVA.

    BATAVIA, Feb. 17.—Practically no civilians have been evacuated from Java and no more will be. From the 54-year-old Governor-General ...

    Article : 274 words
  20. INDIAN CRITICISM.

    BOMBAY, Feb. 18.—The "Times of India" says that evidence of tie mentality in the British Cabinet which is obsessed by the war in the ...

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  21. ARMY MISFITS.

    LONDON, Feb. 17.—That there are too many misfits in the British Army is the conclusion reached by Sir William Beveridge's committee ...

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  22. CHINESE DETERMINED.

    CHUNGKING, Feb. 18.—The Minister for Information (Mr. Wang Shih-chieh) reiterated today the official Chinese determination that ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. POPULATION TRANSFER.

    LONDON, Feb. 17.—A dispatch from Berne states that as part of a gigantic food programme the Germans transferred 400,000 Russian ...

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  24. R.A.A.F. RECONNAISSANCE.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 18.—During a battle with Japanese fighters over Rabaul yesterday R.A.A.F. Hudson aircraft damaged one enemy ...

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  25. NORWEGIAN FORTS.

    STOCKHOLM, Feb. 17.—Six thousand workers in Norway have been precipitately transferred from their own jobs to assist in the building of ...

    Article : 110 words
  26. AMERICAN AID.

    BATAVIA, Feb. 17.—The "Nieuws Van Den Dag" says: The whole of the United States Army is now being prepared to be eventually sent ...

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  27. MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

    LONDON, Feb. 17.—Mrs. Churchill has announced that her Aid for Russia fund has within four months reached £1,500,000 sterling, of ...

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  28. AXIS IMPATIENCE.

    LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Rome radio broadcast a report from Shanghai this morning that Japanese troops had landed on the ...

    Article : 42 words
  29. MEASURES RELAXED.

    LONDON, Feb. 17.—A message from the Swiss radio says that the state of emergency which had been declared in the north Italian ...

    Article : 34 words
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