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  2. RED ARMY STRIKES

    LONDON, May 14.—On the Kerch Peninsula, in the Crimea, where the Germans launched an offensive last week-end, the Russians have withdrawn to new positions, but Moscow denies the enemy claims. The Soviet forces are retreating in good order and inflicting "tremendous ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. OUT OF BURMA.

    LONDON, May 14.—A dispatch from the Assam-Burma frontier says that the first men of General Sir Harold Alexander's army who have ...

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  4. GAS USED?

    LONDON, May 13.—While the nations of Europe are debating the possibility of Germany's use of gas warfare, it is officially announced ...

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  5. SUBMARINE WAR.

    OTTAWA, May 13.—The Canadian Navy Minister (Mr Angus MacDonald) announced in the House of Commons today that an ...

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  6. RAIDS IN NORTH

    MELBOURNE, May 14.—Taking the Japanese by surprise, a force of Allied planes swept over a Rabaul airfield yesterday and plastered a group of at least 15 grounded enemy bombers. Three bombers were seen to blow up and many others were severely damaged if not destroyed. ...

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  7. USA ARMAMENT EFFORT

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—The president of the American Federation of Labour (Mr William Green), addressing the federation's executive ...

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  8. PACIFIC COUNCIL.

    WASHINGTON, May 13.—The Secretary of the Australian Supply Department (Mr A. V. Smith), who came to Washington with the ...

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  9. OUTSPOKEN ATTACK

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—The Union for Democratic Action and the magazine "New Republic" have jointly launched a political drive ...

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  10. ENEMY'S STRENGTH.

    LONDON, May 14.—A report from Ankara states that Turkish military experts believe that the German forces in Russia consist of 25 ...

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  11. GIANT TANKER.

    PHILADELPHIA, May 13.—One of the largest tankers in the world has returned from the ocean depths and soon will again be serving the ...

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  12. SECOND FRONT ADVOCACY.

    NEW YORK, May 14.—The "New York Times" for the first time in an editorial openly and emphatically suggests the creation of a second ...

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  13. DUBIOUS PRACTICES.

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—Representative Carl Vinson (chairman of the House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committee) demanded today ...

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  14. AXIS REPORTS.

    LONDON, May 14.—The Vichy radio said today that it was reported from Tokio that the Japanese were massing large naval and transport ...

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  15. CANADA LENDS A HAND.

    OTTAWA, May 13.—The Department of External Affairs announced today that the Canadian icebreaker Montcalm has arrived safely in ...

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  16. THE "FIGHTING FIFTH."

    LONDON, May 14.—Seventeen months of unbroken service in the Western Desert has added almost unprecedented laurels to the battle ...

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  17. CAMPAIGN REVIEWED.

    LONDON, May 14.—The Burma campaign was reviewed by the British Commander-in-Chief in India and Burma (General Sir Archibald ...

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  18. ENLARGING USA FLEET.

    WASHINGTON, May 14.— President Roosevelt today signed legislation authorising a 200,000-ton increase in the US submarine fleet, ...

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  19. FRENCH ISLANDS.

    LONDON, May 14.—It was learnt in Vichy today that a French note has been sent to the United States agreeing to immobilise 3 French ...

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  20. ENEMY CLAIM.

    LONDON, May 14.—A special announcement in Berlin today claims that U-boats sank 9 ships in an England-bound convoy in the Atlantic, ...

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  21. ALLIED LOSSES.

    LONDON, May 14.—A German admission that Japan over-estimated the Allied losses in the Battle of the Coral Sea was contained in the ...

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  22. LOST DESTROYERS.

    ALEXANDRIA, May 14.—Commander Jellicoe, nephew of the Admiral was among the survivors from the 3 British destroyers sunk ...

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  23. INCOME TAX EXEMPTIONS.

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives voted today to lower personal income tax ...

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  24. ENEMY LOSSES.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 14.—In defensive and offensive operations against the Japanese yesterday, American aircraft inflicted ...

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  25. MAIN TWO FACTORS.

    LONDON, May 14.—A special correspondent of the Associated Press (American) who was an eye-witness of the Burma campaign from the ...

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  26. POST-WAR WORLD.

    WASHINGTON, May 14.—The Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull), making a statement on the occasion of the opening of National and ...

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  27. NORTH-EAST AUSTRALIA.

    CANBERRA, May 14.—The greater part of north-east Australia was declared to be an area under emergency control by the Army ...

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  28. AMERICAN COMMENT.

    NEW YORK, May 14.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the latest advices indicate the chances more ...

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  29. PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT.

    WASHINGTON, May 13.—The President of the Philippines (Dr Manuel Quezon) arrived by train today. He was personally welcomed at ...

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  30. ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT.

    BUENOS AIRES, May 12.—Dr Ramon Castroviejo, a noted New York eye specialist, arrived here today to attend the President (Senor ...

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  31. HANOI RAIDED.

    LONDON, May 14.—A communique Issued in Chungking today announced that the American Volunteer Group bombed the Japanese ...

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  32. EUROPEAN UNREST.

    LONDON, May 14.—The Ankara correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that new Hungarian mass terrorism has thrown Yugoslavia into a ...

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  33. SEA BATTLE.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 14.—Men who fought in the Battle of the Coral Sea have landed in an Australian port. Their arrival ...

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  34. FUEL RATIONING.

    LONDON, May 14.—The political correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that Sir William Beveridge, the Government's adviser on coal, has ...

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  35. RANDWICK RACING.

    CANBERRA, May 14.—Major racing events are still being held in England and no good purpose could be served by the absolute curtailment ...

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  36. RUBBER FOR JAPANESE.

    NEW YORK, May 13.—The Tokio official radio broadcast today a "Nichi Nichi Shimbun" report that 60 representatives of Japanese rubber ...

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  37. IN MADAGASCAR.

    LONDON, May 14.—The Foreign Office announces that the Free French will play their "due part" in the administration of Madagascar. ...

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  38. EQUATORIAL AFRICA.

    MONTREAL, May 14.—The Free French High Commissioner in French Equatorial Africa (General Adolphe Sice) has arrived here en ...

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  39. OVER MALTA.

    LONDON, May 14.—Enemy air activity over Malta yesterday was on a reduced scale. It was officially stated that on Tuesday 2 enemy ...

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  40. CAUGHT BY RAF.

    LONDON, May 14.—It was learnt today that the German troop-carrying planes, of which the Cairo RAF communique yesterday mentioned, 13 ...

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  41. EARTHQUAKE IN ECUADOR

    NEW YORK, May 14.—At Guayaquil, Ecuador, 20 people were killed when an earthquake of a minute's duration wrecked many buildings in ...

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  42. SHIPS ATTACKED.

    LONDON, May 14.—An Air Ministry communique states that a Coastal Command plane last night attacked and set fire to a ...

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  43. SOON DRAWN INTO WAR.

    NEW YORK, May 14.—The former French Air Minister (M Pierre Cot) predicted today that the Vichy Prime Minister (M Laval) will soon ...

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  44. "A BIT EXUBERANT."

    VANCOUVER, May 14.—For the first time since the war began minor riots occurred last night among Japanese scheduled for evacuation from ...

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  45. DARWIN LULL.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 14.—The absence of Japanese bombers in the Darwin area in the past 2 weeks is now attributed in ...

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  46. SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN.

    LONDON, May 13.—Further Canadian Army reinforcements have arrived safely in Britain. The troops represented virtually all branches of ...

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  47. CRASHED INTO MOUNTAIN

    AUCKLAND, May 14.—All five occupants, the two pilots and three passengers, were found dead when searchers reached the wrecked and ...

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  48. GRAND MUFTI IN BERLIN.

    LONDON, May 14.—According to the Berlin radio Rashid Ali the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, has arrived in Berlin and has been ...

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  49. 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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