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  2. ATTACK ON NANCHANG

    CHUNGKING, Aug 31.—The High Command announces that Chinese forces are storming the suburbs of Nanchang. This city, which is the ...

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  3. IN WESTERN DESERT.

    LONDON, Aug 31.—A force of British destroyers early on Saturday morning rained shells on Marshal Rommel's tank repair workshops and ...

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  4. SOLOMONS OPERATIONS

    WASHINGTON, Aug 31.—A Navy z Department communique announces that the Japanese made 2 raids on American positions on Guadalcanal ...

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  5. JAPANESE DEFEAT

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 31.—Australian troops, fighting brilliantly, have inflicted the first major defeat on the Japanese. The landing force at Milne Bay (south-eastern Papual has been routed with heavy losses and the Japanese who have not been driven into the terrible, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. NEWS ACCLAIMED.

    CANBERRA, Aug 31.—Commenting on the Milne Bay operations, the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) said today: "I express our gratitude to ...

    Article : 457 words
  7. THREE ENEMY MOVES.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Aug 30.—Sunday has brought a swift change in the weight of Japanese pressure at different points in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. STALINGRAD GRAPPLE

    LONDON, Aug 31.—Latest Moscow reports of the great battle for Stalingrad indicate that the Axis drive is still being held, but a new Full-scale enemy effort is expected at any moment. The Berlin correspondent of a Swiss paper, the Zurich "National ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. RAIDS ON BURMA.

    NEW DELHI, Aug 31.—It is announced that RAP and American D medium bombers and fighters on 2 b, successive days carried out ...

    Article : 194 words
  10. DANGEROUS FOE.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Mr Joseph C. Grew, who before the out-break of the Pacific war was US Ambassador p Tokio and who has ...

    Article : 405 words
  11. DARWIN RAIDS.

    DARWIN, Aug 31.—For the sixth time in a week the Japanese raided the Darwin area early yesterday morning but as in previous attacks ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. "HEAD-ON PASS."

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 31.—"We knocked hell out of the Jap Zeros and bombers. Keep your chin up." This message was ...

    Article : 502 words
  13. FIRST ROUND WON

    WASHINGTON, Aug 31.—The New Zealand Prime Minister (Mr Fraser) said in a nation-wide broadcast last night that the ...

    Article : 391 words
  14. GENERAL CLOWES.

    BRISBANE, Aug 31.—Major-General Cyril Albert Clowes, DSO MC, who is in command of the Australian forces ejecting the Japanese ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. PRISONERS IN JAPAN.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 30.—The chairman of the Red Cross (Mr Norman H. Davis) announced to-day that the Japanese Government ...

    Article : 207 words
  16. FIGHTING FRENCH.

    LONDON, Aug 31.—General Le Gentilhomme, the acting leader of the Fighting French, in a speech at Halifax said that Fighting French ...

    Article : 67 words
  17. MALTA'S DEFENCE.

    LONDON, Aug 31.—During the 24 hours up to 9 am today. Malta's defences destroyed 9 Axis bombers, 3 fighters and 1 floatplane. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. HECTIC ADVENTURE

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 31.—Few pilots in any air force in the world could claim a more hectic few minutes of life than fell ...

    Article : 261 words
  19. TASK AHEAD.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 30.—The American Council of Public Affairs has released a research pamphlet which says that the recapture of ...

    Article : 118 words
  20. NO "CO-PROSPERITY."

    LONDON, Aug 30.—The New Delhi correspondent of "The Times" states: "Information reaching India from south-east Asia indicates that ...

    Article : 127 words
  21. AUSTRALIAN PROWESS.

    LONDON, Aug 31.—The "Evening Standard" says in a leader that however much our minds are rightly obsessed by the supreme contest in ...

    Article : 124 words
  22. PERSIA PREPARES.

    NEW YORK. Aug 30.—The Berne radio reports that a state of emergency has been declared throughout Persia, which lies immediately ...

    Article : 29 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in 'The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...

    Article : 32 words
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