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  2. IN MADAGASCAR.

    LONDON, Sept. 24.—A message from Port Louis (Mauritius) last night said that the British had occupied the capital of Madagascar, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. SWAYING BATTLE

    LONDON, Sept 24.—North-west of Stalingrad strong Russian attacks have made progress. Against this, however, has to set an Axis success in capturing several streets in the south of the city. The struggle continues to rage over the whole area with the greatest intensity and ferocity. ...

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  4. DESERT RAIDS

    LONDON, Sept 23.—Official quarters in Cairo steadfastly refuse to disclose details of the mobile columns' raids on Barce, Bengazi and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 611 words
  5. SOLOMONS GRIP.

    NEW YORK, Sept 23.—The United Press correspondent at the Marine Corps headquarters in the Solomons reports that a steady ...

    Article : 638 words
  6. AIR OFFENSIVE

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sept 24.—Continuing their blows against the Japanese lines of communication in Papua, strong forces of Allied fighters and bombers carried out 5 fierce raids yesterday against enemy positions at Buna and Kokoda and along the jungle track which is ...

    Article : 803 words
  7. RAF ACTIVITY.

    LONDON. Sept. 24.—RAF bombers were again over Germany last night. An Air Ministry communique states that heavy bombers last night. ...

    Article : 194 words
  8. SECOND FRONT.

    LONDON, Sept 23.—The BBC has again urged French people to leave the coastal areas in order to avoid useless bloodshed in Allied military. ...

    Article : 107 words
  9. VOICE OF CAUTION.

    NEW YORK, Sept 23.—The NZ Minister (Mr W. Nash), addressing a CIO convention of shipbuilding workers, gave a comprehensive ...

    Article : 137 words
  10. OCCUPIED EUROPE.

    LONDON. Sept. 24.—Problems of post-war relief in enemy-occupied Europe are summarised in a statement issued yesterday. Details are ...

    Article : 526 words
  11. CONVOY ARRIVES.

    LONDON, Sept. 24.—An Admiralty communique last night said that another important convoy carrying large quantities of war ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. OTHER FRONTS.

    Russians pressure has forced the Germans to discontinue their offensive in the Northern Caucasus mountains and give up several positions ...

    Article : 374 words
  13. NEW GERMAN CLAIMS.

    A special communique issued in Berlin today stated: "U-boats attacked a convoy between Spitsbergen and Iceland, when it was returning ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. "REAL ANXIETY."

    NEW YORK, Sept 24.—The "Herald-Tribune" says in a leader that through the official silence which has descended on the south-western ...

    Article : 281 words
  15. U-BOAT MENACE.

    WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.—The chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee (Mr Vinson) asserted today that ship sinkings off the American ...

    Article : 168 words
  16. STIRRING DOGFIGHTS.

    NEW YORK, Sept 24.—An Associated Press war correspondent at an air base in the South Seas says that a stirring tale of dogfights ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. SOUTH AFRICAN REJOICING.

    PRETORIA, Sept 24.—The Prime Minister (Field Marshal Smuts) has sent the following message to General Plait: "Accept my hearty ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. VICTORIA CROSS.

    AUCKLAND, Sept. 24.—Sgt Keith Elliott, the latest New Zealander to be awarded the Victoria Cross for gallant conduct in the Middle East, ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. ADRIFT FOR 32 DAYS.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—John O'Reilly, correspondent of the "Herald-Tribune," writing from a West African port has described the ...

    Article : 234 words
  20. "INVISIBLE BRIDGES."

    The German propaganda agency in Stockholm reveals that the Russians are bringing up reinforcements across the Don at Voronej and across ...

    Article : 94 words
  21. MASS EXECUTIONS.

    LONDON, Sept 24.—The execution of 800 Yugoslavs taken prisoner by the Germans and Italiahs during the fighting south of Brod in Bosnia, ...

    Article : 314 words
  22. INDIAN DISORDERS.

    BOMBAY, Sept. 24.—One person was killed and several injured last night when police fired on an armed mob in a town near Dacca. The ...

    Article : 446 words
  23. JAPANESE ABILITY.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Lewis Sebring, war correspondent of the "Herald Tribune" somewhere in Australia, says that in their ...

    Article : 119 words
  24. IN THE ALEUTIANS.

    WASHINGTON, Sept 23.—-The US Navy had definitely turned the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific, ...

    Article : 242 words
  25. ROMMEL IN GERMANY.

    LONDON, Sept 24.—The Reuters correspondent on the German frontier says that Marshal Rommel is believed to be suffering from throat ...

    Article : 66 words
  26. HITLER'S "EAST WALL."

    The British United Press reports from Stockholm that Hitler is building an "East Wall" in Russia. It is not a continuous line but a series ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. "NOW COOKING WITH GAS."

    NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—The "New York Times" war correspondent somewhere in New Guinea quotes a statement by a US Army Air Corps ...

    Article : 218 words
  28. THE FINNS' ROLE.

    WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—The Finnish legatlon has vigorously denied Moscow charges that Finnish army units are helping the Germans ...

    Article : 112 words
  29. BRITISH RAIDS ON SICILY.

    LONDON, Sept 24.—A communique issued in Rome today said that British planes last night bombed and machine-gunned ...

    Article : 53 words
  30. AT MILNE BAY.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. Sept 23.—The Japanese who landed at Milne Bay last month were so confident of an easy victory that ...

    Article : 231 words
  31. SPANISH STEAMER SUNK.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—The United Press correspondent at Buenos Aires says that the Spanish Embassy said that official reports ...

    Article : 56 words
  32. WAR EQUIPMENT.

    NEW YORK, Sept 23.—At Bridgeport (Connecticut) today Mr L. J. Hartnett, Australian Director of Ordnance Production, who is touring ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. FRENCH MERCHANT FLEET.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—The Vichy correspondent of the "New York Times" says that a merchant marine journal discloses that 30 per ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. MOSCOW IMPRESSIONS.

    LONDON, Sept 23.—Stalin received Mr Wendell Willkie, the US Republican leader today. Their talk lasted 2 hours and M Molotov was ...

    Article : 100 words
  35. JUNGLE ORDEAL.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sept. 24.-—Vern Haugland, American war correspondent of the Associated Press who has been missing for weeks ...

    Article : 185 words
  36. FIGHTING FRENCH.

    WASHINGTON, Sept 23.—The Navy Department announced today that by an agreement with the Fighting French a detachment of ...

    Article : 65 words
  37. THE WITHDRAWAL.

    CANBERRA. Sept. 24.—Australians were very worried about the position in New Guinea, said Mr Abbott (UCP, NSW) in the House ...

    Article : 471 words
  38. SPANISH REGIME.

    LONDON, Sept, 24.—A Berne message says that according to the Madrid correspondent of the "Berner Tagblatt" General Franco has ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. ARMY OF FOURTEEN

    MELBOURNE, Sept. 24.—The NEI Government Information Service has received a report from London that Queen Wilhelmina of the ...

    Article : 93 words
  40. MEXICAN DEFENCE.

    NEW YORK, Sept, 24.—The Mexico city correspondent of the "New York Times" reports that General Abelardo, commander of the ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. IN RUMANIA.

    LONDON, Sept. 24.—The Berlin radio, quoting a dispatch from Bukarest, says that the Rumanian Prime Minister (General ...

    Article : 54 words
  42. OVERSEAS NEWS.

    Overseas news in "The West Australian" supplied by Australian Associated Press. Sources include in England "The Times," "Daily ...

    Article : 80 words
  43. FIGHTING IN CHINA.

    CHUNGKING, Sept. 24.—Today's Chungking communique says that heavy fighting is in progress west of Shanshien near the Honan border. ...

    Article : 44 words
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