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  2. CLIMAX IN LIBYA

    LONDON, May 31.—A communique Issued at midday today from British GHQ In Cairo with reference to the Axis offensive in Libya states; "Fighting continued with increasing intensity yesterday in the area around Kaightsbridge (a track centre about 12 miles south of ...

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  3. NORTHERN RAIDS.

    MELBOURNE. May 31.—Extensive Allied night bombing raids against the main Japanese striking bases to the north and north-east ...

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  4. KINHWA FALLS.

    CHUNGKING, May 31.—It was announced officially yesterday that the Chinese had withdrawn from Kinhwa, the provisional capital of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. AXIS SUBMARINES.

    RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30.—Brazilian armed forces are credited unofficially with the destruction of two Axis submarines and the capture ...

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  6. KHARKOV BATTLE

    LONDON, May 310—Berlin asserted in a special communique yesterday that "the great battle of Kharkov has ended." Today the Moscow Information Bureau issued a special announcement in which it said that the battle "is approaching its end." ...

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  7. COLOGNE BATTERED

    LONDON, May 31.—In what may well prove to be the greatest [?] raid of the war to date the Royal Air Force sent considerably more than 1,000 bombers over Germany last night. This vast force of bombers wee more than twice as many as the Luftwaffe sent to England at any one. ...

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  8. MORE SHIPS LOST.

    WASHINGTON, May 30.—The Navy Department has announced the sinking of a medium-sized American merchantman in the Gulf of ...

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  9. A NEW MESSERSCHMITT.

    The Moscow radio said yesterday that the Germans are using a new Messerschmitt, 115, in the Isyum- Barvenkovo sector. One Soviet unit ...

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  10. NEW NAVAL APPOINTMENT.

    NEW YORK, May 30.—The US Navy Department has announced the appointment of Rear-Admiral James Kauffman as Commander of the ...

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  11. NAZIS ATTACK CONVOY.

    LONDON, May 30.—Yesterday's Berlin communique states that the Navy and the Luftwaffe, despite bad weather, continued their attacks on ...

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  12. TROUBLED VICHY.

    LONDON, May 31.—A crisis is believed to have been reached in Vichy as a result of the increasing pressure of Italian claims against France. ...

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  13. AIR-BORNE SUPPLIES.

    NEW YORK, May 31.—The Herald Tribune" Washington bureau says that over a score of big American transport planes are now ...

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  14. Russians Report Success.

    LONDON, May. 31.—It was staged today in Moscow that Russian Fleet Air Arm pilots escorting a large convoy of Russian transports in the ...

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  15. SECOND FRONT.

    NEW YORK, May 30.—speaking at West Point yesterday General G. C. Marshall (Chief of Staff of the US Army) definitely indicated ...

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  16. BLOWS FROM THE AIR.

    "RAF fighters and bombers throughout Friday were intensively engaged in operations in support of the land battle and heavily ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. BURMA CAMPAIGN.

    NEW DELHI, May 310—In an Interview here yesterday General Alexander, who commanded the Imperial forces in Burma said that ...

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  18. NAZI CONVOYS ATTACKED.

    LONDON, May 31.—Further details of the attack on Nazi convoys off the Friesian Islands (mentioned in yesterdays communique) show that ...

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  19. HEAVY RAID ON PARIS

    LONDON, May 31.—On Friday night and early yesterday morning a strong RAF bombing force battered an important group of factories at ...

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  20. NEW JERSEY RAID.

    NEW YORK, May 30.—Federal Bureau of Investigation agents seized a number of German aliens and nationals, a quantity of arms and ...

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  21. BOMBING OF TULAGI.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 31.—An Australian squadron- leader from Adelaide, who holds the Distinguished Plying Cross. for his ...

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  22. MEDITERRANEAN.

    LONDON, May 31.—The EX change Telegraph's representative at Gibralta stated that 6 Italian torpedo-bombers for three-quarters of ...

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  23. BRITISH COAL.

    LONDON, May 31.—The Government and the miners' leaders have jointly issued a dramatic appeal to the 29,000 striking miners ...

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  24. BOMBS ON TOKIO.

    PORTLAND, May 30.—The Undersecretary for War (Mr Patterson) in a Memorial Day speech today predicted that Tokio would receive ...

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  25. WELLINGTON CRASHES.

    LISBON, May 31.—Two members of the crew were killed and 4 injured when a Wellington bomber crashed into the sea near Oporto ...

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  26. AUSTRALIA SQUADRON.

    CAIRO, May 29.—The Australians' only share in the new outburst of Libyan desert fighting is in the air. Nineteen per cent of the Middle East ...

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  27. GENERAL STILWELL.

    CHUNGKING, May 31.—It has been disclosed by a Government spokesman that after the Japanese break-through in Burma, the ...

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  28. EQUIPMENT BY AIR

    NEW YORK, May 30.—The "Herald-Tribune's" Washington bureau says that the chairman of the War Production Board (Mr Nelson) is ...

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  29. JAPAN'S LOSS OF FACE.

    WASHINGTON, May 30.—The Secretary for War (Mr Stimson) told the Press yesterday that the War Department considered a ...

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  30. FAILURE OF ARP.

    CHUNGKING, May 31.—According to the United Press the Chinese Intelligence Department has received reports that several Japanese ...

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  31. ENEMY VERSIONS.

    This morning's Berlin communique stated merely: "Fighting is continuing in North Africa." A communique issued in Rome was ...

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  32. A GRIM PICTURE.

    LONDON, May 31.—Lord Van-sittart in the course of a speech in the drive for civil defence recruits., said: "Massacres and tortures would ...

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  33. GUARDING SUPPLY LINES.

    LONDON, May 31.—An Exchange Telegraph correspondent with the Mediterranean Fleet said that there was not yet any sign of the Navy ...

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  34. INDIA'S FREEDOM.

    BOMBAY, May 31.—The Maharajah of Indore, in an open letter to President Roosevelt. suggests that the United States, China and the ...

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  35. A VICHY REPORT.

    LONDON, May 31.—The Vichy radio broadcast that the battleship Malaya, the aircraft-carrier Eagle, and submarines and. destroyers ...

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  36. ST NAZAIRE RAID.

    LONDON, May 31.—The Admiralty announces that as a result of the raid on the French port of St Nazaire on March 28, two officers of HMS ...

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  37. SINGAPORE BASE.

    NEW YORK, May 31.—According to the Tokio official radio, the commander of the naval forces in Singapore has declared that the ...

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  38. RUSSIA'S RESERVES.

    Observers in Istanbul believe that Marshal Timoshenko trained throughout the winter a reserve army consisting of 100 divisions. They ...

    Article : 93 words
  39. LUFTWAFFE OVER ENGLAND

    LONDON, May 31.—"Fifty Nazi bombers operated against Britain last night, causing only slight damage. Seven were destroyed and less ...

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