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  2. RED PROGRESS.

    LONDON, March 17.—Advanced Red Army units are reported by the Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Express" to have cut the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. DARWIN RAID.

    CANBERRA, March 17.—"The raid on Darwin by Japanese aircraft yesterday was directed at Royal Australian Air Force objectives and ...

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  4. RHODES BOMBARDED.

    LONDON, March 17.—A combined British air and naval attack on the Italian island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, off the west coast of ...

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  5. BATTLE FOR BURMA.

    LONDON, March 17.—It is authoritatively stated that the British forces in Burma are on a line roughly from Shwegyin (90 miles ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. PACIFIC SUCCESS.

    WASHINGTON, March 16.—The sinking of two enemy vessels was announced in a Navy Department communique issued today. The ...

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  7. AMERICAN AID

    WASHINGTON, March 16.—An announcement that United States army units are now in Australia has been made by the Secretary of War (Mr. H. L. Stimson). He said that the units included bath air and ground troops in considerable numbers. ...

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  8. LIBYAN BATTLEFIELD.

    LONDON, March 17.—A continuance of increased activity in the forward area in Libya was again reported in today's communique from ...

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  9. R.A.F. OFFENSIVE.

    LONDON, March 16.—A Royal Air Force offensive in what was "promised to be the heaviest to date and which was to begin as soon as ...

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  10. ATLANTIC COAST LOSSES.

    NEW YORK, March 16.—The Chilean steamship Tolten was torpedoed and sunk in six minutes 37 miles from New York on Friday ...

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  11. NEW GUINEA AREA.

    WASHINGTON, March 16.—A War Department communique issued this morning said that in the New Britain theatre last Friday a single ...

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  12. BOMBS ON TURKISH TOWN.

    LONDON, March 16.—The Vichy radio today broadcast a message from Ankara, capital of Turkey, stating that unidentified planes had ...

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  13. BIG GERMAN SCHEME.

    LONDON, March 16.—The Berlin radio stated today that tens of thousands of foreign workers are building gigantic air-raid shelters for ...

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  14. POLISH DESTROYER WINS.

    LONDON, March 17.—The Admiralty announced today that the Polish destroyer Kujawiak, on the evening of Saturday last, had saved ...

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  15. LONDON COMMENT.

    LONDON, March 17.—The "Daily Mail" says in a leader: "We in this country desire with all our being to help Australia in her imminent ...

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  16. MIDDLE EAST OIL.

    LONDON, March 17.—The "Daily Express" correspondent with the 10th Army in Irak states that British Army engineers are using ...

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  17. REFUSAL TO GO TO SEA.

    OTTAWA, March 16.—Fifty-four Chinese sailors rescued from torpedoed ships refused to sign on other ships. They argued that when they ...

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  18. PORT MORESBY QUIET.

    PORT MORESBY, March 17.— After three days' air inactivity over Port Moresby, a large Japanese twin-engine bomber descended through ...

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  19. A LONDON ALERT.

    LONDON, March 16.—There was an air-raid alert in London this morning, the first in daylight for several months. A large number of ...

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  20. U.S. WAR MEASURES.

    WASHINGTON, March 16.—A message from San Diego, California, states that Consolidated Aircrafts' new mechanical assembly line today ...

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  21. BACK FROM FAR EAST.

    CANBERRA, March 17.—"Most of the R.A.A.F. personnel who have been serving in the Far East have returned to Australia," said the Air ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. BOOTY IN JAVA.

    LONDON, March 17.—The Tokio official radio broadcast a Domei report yesterday claiming that 400 American troops had been captured ...

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  23. AIR COMMANDER'S FEAT.

    LONDON, March 16.—A fighter squadron commander's navigating feat in crossing the English Channel in a rubber dinghy was ...

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  24. INDIAN PRINCES.

    NEW DELHI, March 16.—The Viceroy of India (the Marquess of Linlithgow), addressing the Chamber of Princes today, paid a tribute to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. CALL FOR UNITY.

    NEW YORK, March 16.—British, Russian, Chinese and Netherlands envoys tonight joined with President Roosevelt in calling for unity ...

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  26. HITLER'S LIES.

    WASHINGTON, March 16.—The Assistant Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles), in a statement to the Press today, said that Hitler's ...

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  27. PALESTINE-SYRIA LINK.

    LONDON, March 17.—A message from Beirut states that the new railway from Halfa to Tripoli linking Palestine with Syria is nearing ...

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  28. RAIDS ALL DAY ON MALTA.

    VALETTA, March 17.—Malta was subjected to enemy air attacks all day yesterday. Few casualties were reported and little damage was done. ...

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  29. LABOUR SOLIDARITY

    NEW YORK, March 16.—The Washington bureau of the "New York Times" reports that British trade union leaders have made ...

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  30. FRENCH MOROCCO.

    TANGIER, March 17.—The authorities in French Morocco have ordered the immediate internment of all British subjects aged from 18 to ...

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  31. CURIOUS VICHY ERROR.

    LONDON, March 17.—The announcement by the United States Secretary of War (Mr. Stimson) that American forces were in Australia ...

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  32. BELGIUM AND FRANCE.

    NEW YORK, March 16.—Dr. Gilbert Fletcher, formerly of Brussels University, who arrived from Lisbon today, said that the Germans in ...

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  33. ENEMY DIPLOMATS TO GO.

    WASHINGTON, March 16.—The Assistant Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) announced today that the Swedish liner Drottingholm ...

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  34. AXIS RUMOURS.

    LONDON, March 17.—The Berlin radio said yesterday that it was reported from Tokio that Japanese forces in New Guinea, after ...

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  35. A WARNING.

    MELBOURNE, March 17.—While every form of military equipment that the General Staff considered necessary would be sent to Australia ...

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  36. A BLACK RECORD.

    LONDON, March 17.—The "Daily Mail" says that revelations of German atrocities in Norway, which resulted in the banning of 17 Swedish ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND'S DANGER.

    AUCKLAND, March 17.—The increased danger of a Japanese thrust to Fiji and New Zealand as a result of the rapid deterioration of the ...

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  38. UNITED STATES MISSION.

    WASHINGTON, March 16.—The White House announced today that Mr. Louis Johnson, who will head the United States mission to India, ...

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  39. NAVAL LOSSES.

    LONDON, March 16.—The naval correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that with the Java losses the Royal Navies, including Australian ...

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  40. SHIPPING MONTHLY CEASES.

    NEW YORK, March 16.—The American Bureau of Shipping today announced the suspension of publication of its monthly magazine, ...

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  41. CONSERVATION OF ASPHALT

    OTTAWA, March 16.—The Department of Munitions and Supply today ordered a sharp curtailment in road construction and ...

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  42. CEYLON PREPARES.

    COLOMBO, March 16.—Ceylon is now "defence minded." There is no comparison between Colombo, which today is a city without ...

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  43. ITALO-GERMAN TRADE.

    BERNE, March 16.—The 1942 trade agreement between Italy and Germany involves £50,000,000 a year. It was signed by Dr. Clodius, the ...

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  44. JAPAN AND CHILE.

    SANTIAGO (Chile), March 16— Two leading newspapers publish a story that a certain belligerent nation whose trade with Chile has ...

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  45. WARSHIP WEEK.

    LONDON, March 16.—A stirring appeal made by Charles Dickens's grandson, Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens, resulted today in the ...

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  46. DUTCH OFFICER'S FUNERAL

    LONDON, March 17.—The Funeral service for Lieut.-General G. B. Noothoven van Goor. Inspector- General of Dutch Forces in England, ...

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  47. LULL IN PHILIPPINES.

    WASHINGTON, March 16.—This morning's War Department communique said that there had been no activity in the Philippines. ...

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  48. DETENTIONS IN BRITAIN.

    LONDON, March 16.—The number of persons detained under Regulation 18b at January 31 was 603. Detention orders during January ...

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  49. MANCHUKUO GOVERNMENT.

    NEW YORK, March 16.—Chang Ching-hul, head of the Manchukuo Government, has arrived in Tokio for a week's visit, during which he ...

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  50. JAPAN'S STAFF IN VICHY.

    NEW YORK, March 16.—The Domei (Japanese) newsagency reports that Lieut.-Col. Ichiro Sakurai has been appointed to Vichy to assist ...

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  51. SWEDISH SEA LOSSES.

    STOCKHOLM, March 17.—It is officially stated that eight Swedish merchantmen, totalling 27,000 tons, were lost in February. They mostly ...

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