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  2. QUIET IN EGYPT.

    LONDON, July 31.—The Alamein front in Egypt remains quiet. To-day's British communique, issued in Cairo, stated: "Our light patrols on ...

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  3. NAZIS DRIVE SOUTH

    LONDON, July 31.—Although Russian resistance in the bend of the Don appears to have stiffened, the threat to the Caucasus has grown even graver with a rapid German advance to the south and south- east of Rostov. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. AIR WAR.

    LONDON, July 31.—Two night alerts were experienced in London last night, making the sixth for the week. The anti-aircraft guns went ...

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  5. PORT HEDLAND HIT

    FROM GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, July 31.—Synchronising with a sudden lull in the ground combat in the Papuan mountain jungles of Kokodo, there was a fierce flare-up of enemy and Allied air activity over an enormous area north of Australia yesterday. Port Hedland, on the north-west coast of Australia, received its first air raid from 9 Japanese heavy bombers ...

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  6. CONVOY TO RUSSIA.

    LONDON, July 31.—The Admiralty has announced details of 2 recent naval engagements amid pack-ice, snowstorms and heavy ...

    Article : 620 words
  7. NAZI SABOTEURS.

    WASHINGTON, July 30.—Argument on the petition of 7 of the alleged German saboteurs for trial by a Civil Court instead of the military ...

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  8. AIR OPERATIONS.

    Although fighters and fighter-bombers were in action over the Western Desert battlefront on Wednesday operations were curtailed ...

    Article : 299 words
  9. KITTYHAWKS' DAY OUT

    DARWIN, July 31.—Vivid accounts of the air battle over Darwin yesterday, when 27 Japanese bombers and from 15 to 20 Zero fighters ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. OFFENSIVE SPIRIT.

    CANBERRA, July 31.—Briefly replying to Mr Abbott, MHR, who had urged the adoption of an offensive spirit in Australia against the ...

    Article : 49 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN PATROLS.

    ALAMEIN, July 30.—The northern sector of the desert front is again unnaturally quiet today. Australian patrols which were busy as usual ...

    Article : 681 words
  12. RAF OVER FRANCE.

    LONDON, Jul 31.—RAF fighters were over France this morning and formations came back at noon at sea level from the direction of ...

    Article : 133 words
  13. TOKIO STORY.

    NEW YORK, July 31.—The Tokio official radio quotes a claim by Imperial Headquarters that considerable damage was wrought in the ...

    Article : 28 words
  14. NAVAL PATROLS.

    LONDON, July 31.—An Admiralty communique issued today stated. "Our light forces which were active during the night had 3 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 271 words
  15. THE COMMUNIQUES.

    An unusually long communique was issued in Berlin this afternoon. It said: German, Rumanian and Slovak troops have crossed the lower ...

    Article : 502 words
  16. "SCOTSMAN" IMPATIENT.

    LONDON, July 31.—The "Scotsman" in the course of a leader says: "The rather long intervals which are allowed to elapse between highly ...

    Article : 131 words
  17. SHIP TORPEDOED.

    WASHINGTON, July 31.—The Navy Department today announced that a Nazi submarine bad sunk a medium-sized merchantman 1,000 ...

    Article : 88 words
  18. TROUBLED EUROPE.

    LONDON, July 31.—A Vichy report says that 11 communists charged with sabotage have been executed at Nancy. The Paris radio ...

    Article : 238 words
  19. NAZI SPIES.

    LONDON, July 31.—A message from Gothenburg says that 3 Nazi spies who are believed to have betrayed to the Germans the departure ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. SUDDEN ATTACK.

    PORT HEDLAND, July 31.—At 7.15 am yesterday a flight of heavy Japanese bombers flying at about 15,000 feet in perfect formation ...

    Article : 162 words
  21. INTERNED GERMAN SHIP.

    MONTEVIDEO, July 31.—It has been officially disclosed that the interned German ship Tacoma (8200 tons) which was seized by the ...

    Article : 98 words
  22. EQUIPMENT COMPARISON.

    NEW YORK, July 30.—Major-General Charles Scott, former US military observer in the Middle East, told reporters on his return to ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. BOMBS ON ALEXANDRIA.

    CAIRO, July 31.—It is officially stated that bombs dropped in the Alexandria area last night killed 4 persons and injured 13. Slight ...

    Article : 84 words
  24. USA PLANES IN BRITAIN.

    LONDON July 31.—A communique issued by the US Army European Headquarters reveals that 4 more American Air Force generals have ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. TOWNSHIP'S DIFFICULTIES.

    With a pouplation of about 600, Port Hedland is a small but important town on the north-west coast situated some 1,060 miles north of ...

    Article : 132 words
  26. MORE CANADIAN TROOPS.

    LONDON, July 31.—A large contingent of Canadian reinforcements and technical units of the Air Force have arrived in the United Kingdom ...

    Article : 29 words
  27. 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 : 31 words
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