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  2. MILNE BAY VICTORY

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sept 1.—With the violent and spectacular Battle of Milne Bay virtually over except for mopping-up operations, the Australians and Americans gave the enemy no respite yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. STORY OF BATTLE.

    LONDON, Sept 1.—Walter Lucas, war correspondent of the "Daily Express" in New Guinea, was the only journalist to witness the Milne Bay ...

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  4. AFTER THE LANDING.

    [In the following delayed dispatch written last Friday, ear special representative in New Guinea describes the early fighting in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. IN THE SOLOMONS

    S PACIFIC PORT, Sept 1.—There is no official information but well-informed circles believe that further serious Japanese resistance in the ...

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  6. WESTERN DESERT.

    LONDON, Sept 1.—A communique issued by British General Headquarters in Cairo today states: For some days there have been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. AMERICAN NAVY.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Speaking today at the Bethesda, Maryland, at the dedication of a naval medical centre at the observance ...

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  8. STALINGRAD BATTLES

    LONDON, Sept 1.—Fierce battles continue in the struggle for the key city of Stalingrad and the latest reports from Moscow show that in the fighting to the north-west the Russians are strongly repulsing the enemy, but in one sector to the south of the city they admit having ...

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  9. KOKODA FIGHTING

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Aug 31.—The satisfaction felt among the New Guinea forces about the Japanese check at Milne Bay has ...

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  10. TENSE MOMENT.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Robe Miller, United Press war correspondent at Guadalcanal, reports in a delayed dispatch that the marines on ...

    Article : 268 words
  11. ADMIRAL KING'S VIEW.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 31.—The Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet (Admiral E. J. King) told the Chamber of Commerce at ...

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  12. JAPANESE SUPPLIES.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—The Japanese attempted to drop parachutes bearing food and ammunition to their beleaguered forces in the ...

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  13. MASS SHIP LAUNCHINGS.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 31.—The Navy will celebrate Labour Day on September 9 by launching or laying the keels of 150 vessels, which is an ...

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  14. RAIDS ON BURMA.

    LONDON. Sept 1.—A communique issued in New Delhi states that the RAP bombed Japanese river craft at Akyab (Burma) on August 30. ...

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  15. SOVIET FLEET.

    LONDON, Sept. 1.—The Soviet Black Sea fleet without loss carried out a night raid on a port in which the Germans had accumulated a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. FOURTH WINTER.

    LONDON, Sept 1.—A report from Berlin says that Hitler in a statement issued from his headquarters appealing for voluntary sacrifices for ...

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  17. BLOW TO JAPANESE.

    NEW YORK, Sept 1.—The "New York Times" says in a leader that the Japanese have taken another hard blow in their defeat at Milne ...

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  18. PILOT MISSING.

    MELBOURNE, Sept 1.—Acting-Squadron-Leader Peter St George Bruce Turnbull, DFC, one of Australia's foremost fighter pilots, has been ...

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  19. TOKIO BOMBING.

    NEW YORK, Aug 31.—The Washington bureau of the "New York Times" says that the ex-American Ambassador to Japan (Mr J. C. ...

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  20. ADVANTAGE OF SECRECY.

    LONDON, Sept. 1.—The "Daily Telegraph" says in a leader that much may be learnt from the Japanese defeat at Milne Bay. The ...

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  21. THIRTY YEARS' WAR.

    LONDON, Sept 1.—According to a Berlin message, to mark the third anniversary of Germany embarking on war. the "Voelkischer ...

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  22. FINNISH ARMY.

    LONDON, Sept 1.—The Moscow Tass (Russian) Newsagency says that desertions from the Finnish Army are so widespread that the ...

    Article : 126 words
  23. SECOND FRONT.

    LONDON, Sept. 1.—The Moscow newspaper "Pravda," in an article on the third anniversary of the out- break of the war, urges the ...

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  24. NEW BRITAIN LANDING.

    NEW YORK, Sept 1.—The Tokio official radio broadcast yesterday a Domei report that a small Allied force recently landed in New Britain ...

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  25. JAPAN'S CABINET.

    NEW YORK, Sept 1.—The Tokio official radio announced today that the Foreign Minister (Mr Togo) had resigned. The Foreign Affairs ...

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  26. "TRUE ANZAC SPIRIT."

    CANBERRA, Sept 1.—"The Milne Bay victory is an indication that we are definitely on the offensive at last," said the UAP Leader and ...

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  27. COASTAL COMMAND.

    LONDON, Sept 1.—The Air Ministry states that a Coastal Command Beaufighter yesterday encountered 3 float planes in the ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. CHINESE ADVANCE.

    CHUNGKING, Sept 1.—In their advance in Chekiang Province the Chinese have reoccupied Sungyang, 30 miles north-west of Lishui. Half ...

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  29. 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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