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  2. CAUCASUS THREAT

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—With the German southern drive still unchecked, the threat to the entire Caucasian region is growing hourly. Today's Berlin communique claimed that the Germans had taken the important industrial town of Stavropol, 200 miles south-east of Rostov and 120 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. EGYPTIAN PAUSE.

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—A great race is in progress in the Western Desert between General Auchinleck and Field-Marshal Rommel to reinforce ...

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  4. DUSSELDORF RAID.

    LONDON, Aug 4.—The Air Ministry announced last night that reconnaissance planes in daylight photographed Dusseldorf, on the ...

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  5. CHINA STRUGGLE.

    CHUNGKING, Aug 4.—It is announced from Lt-General J. W. Stilwell's headquarters that the recent Japanese attacks on the US Air ...

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  6. KOKODA BATTLE

    GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HQ, Aug. 4.—The fate of Kokoda, the strategically important Papuan mountain village, is still in doubt. Australian units and picked enemy shock troops hold certain outpost positions in the hills but with the fluid and sporadic fighting it is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. SECOND FRONT.

    LONDON, Aug 4.—Plans for a widespread revolt of the French people to coincide with the landing of Allied troops in France are ...

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  8. KLETSKAYA BATTLE.

    LONDON, Aug 4.—In the vast battle of the Don bend the initiative in the Kletskaya sector appears to be passing to Marshal ...

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  9. ANXIETY IN BERLIN.

    STOCKHOLM, Aug 4.—Travellers say that Berlin people are convinced that the capital is due for a mass RAF raid and are showing anxiety. ...

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  10. NAZI ACTIVITIES.

    LONDON. Aug 4.—After a raidless night enemy planes over a south coast town this morning were driven off by the intensity of our ...

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  11. PROBLEM OF INDIA.

    BOMBAY, Aug 4.—The Congress Party leader (Mr M. K. Gandhi), his wife and Pandit S. S. Nehru, arrived here today to attend the ...

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  12. NZ COMMANDER'S WOUND.

    CAIRO, Aug 4.—The New Zealand commander (Lt-General Freyberg) was on parade today for the first time since he was wounded at the ...

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  13. SHIPPING LOSSES.

    WASHINGTON. Aug 3.—The Navy Department today announced the sinking of 4 more United Nations vessels. ...

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  14. PRIVATE ARMIES.

    NEW DELHI, Aug 4.—A communique yesterday announced that the Government of India was "not prepared to countenance the ...

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  15. THE FOCKE-WULF 190.

    LONDON, Aug 4.—Britain now possesses the secrets of the Focke-Wulf 190 because one has been brought down in good condition. It ...

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  16. DARING ATTACK.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug. 4.—Allied fighter pilots gave one of their most daring displays of low-level strafing in an attack ...

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  17. TOWNSVILLE RAIDS.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. Aug 4.—Shortwave radio listeners who have visited Townsville as I did during the 3 abortive Japanese air ...

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  18. IN MOSCOW.

    LONDON. Aug 4.—The Associated Press correspondent in Moscow says that the man in the street is avidly reading the "Pravda" back page on ...

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  19. THE COMMUNIST PARTY.

    BOMBAY, Aug. 4.—The Indian Communist Party announced today that Indian Communists were doing their utmost to convince their ...

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  20. CRIPPLED BOMBERS.

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—The Air Ministry said this morning that the crew of a Halifax bomber that was badly damaged by machine-gun fire ...

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  21. USA SUPPORT.

    CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—Delegates to a convention of the United Automobile Workers' Union today wildly cheered the president (Mr R. J. Thomas) ...

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  22. SUBMARINE OFF COAST.

    A 200ft seagoing Japanese submarine shelled and machine-gunned a 200-ton trawler about 20 miles off the east coast of Australia recently. ...

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  23. "I HATE DOMINION STATUS."

    CANBERRA, Aug 4.—"Australia is proud of and completely satisfied with its status and rights as a self-governing member of the British ...

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  24. MUSSOLINI'S ASSURANCE.

    LONDON, Aug. 4.—In a. speech today Mussolini said: "There will be no second front here or probably in any other part of the world. The ...

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  25. BIG SUPPLY DEPOT.

    HAVANA, Aug. 4.—The Secretary of State (Senor Jose Cortina) announced today that the United States had been authorised to ...

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  26. JAPAN AND SIBERIA.

    CHUNGKING, Aug 4.—The Associated Press says that persistent but unconfirmed reports are reaching Chungking that General ...

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  27. SECRET SESSION.

    LONDON, Aug 4.—In the House of Commons today the Leader of the House (Sir Stafford Cripps) announced that the Deputy-Prime ...

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  28. COMMUNISTS ON TRIAL.

    LONDON, Aug 4.—According to the Berlin radio, 53 Communists are on trial at Kustendil (Bulgaria). The public prosecutor has asked for the ...

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  29. AIRMEN IN TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The helping hand given to each other when the necessity arises by widely different types of aircraft is illustrated by the ...

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  30. EXCHANGE LINER.

    NEW YORK, Aug 4.—The Tokio official radio stated today that the exchange liner Tatuta Maru sailed from Shanghai, carrying 276 ...

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  31. USA AVIATORS.

    WASHINGTON. Aug 3.—The Secretary of the Navy (Col Frank Knox) today decorated 21 naval aviators for their exploits during ...

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  32. BAY OF BISCAY.

    LONDON, Aug 4.—The Air Ministry reported this afternoon that Coastal Command aircraft on Monday destroyed a German floatplane ...

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  33. ICELAND BOMBED.

    REYKJAVIK (Iceland), Aug 3.—The US military authorities announced today that a German Focke-Wulf bombed a remote military ...

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  34. CARGO SUBMARINES.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 3.—Giving evidence before the Military Committee of the Senate today, Simon Lake, submarine inventor, said he ...

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  35. NAVAL STRENGTH.

    WASHINGTON. Aug 4.—The Democratic leader in the House of Representatives (Representative McCormack) in a radio address said ...

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  36. ATTACKED AUTHOR.

    WASHINGTON. Aug 3.—The Under-Secretary of State (Mr Sumner Welles). when asked by the Press today concerning the brutal attack ...

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  37. 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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