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  2. REPLACING LOSSES.

    SYDNEY, Aug 20.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr Makin) said today that the reports received by the Navy Department indicated that the ...

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  3. BERLIN VERSION.

    LONDON, Aug 20.—The following special announcement was Issued last night from Hitler's headquarters: "German coastal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. DIEPPE COMMANDO

    LONDON, Aug 20.—In a statement on yesterday's raid on Dieppe issued last night, Combined Operations Headquarters refute enemy claims that it was on invasion attempt which was frustrated. The official British statement continues: "Some tanks have been lost ...

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  5. CANBERRA SUNK

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 20.—HMAS Canberra, 10,000-ton heavy cruiser and flagship of the Royal Australian Navy, has been lost in action in the Battle of the Solomons. It is the third and largest cruiser lost by the RAN and the seventh surface warship so for ...

    Article : 519 words
  6. FLAGSHIP'S STORY

    HMAS Canberra was the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy for many years and carried the flags of all the admirals of the Australian ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. DON BEND CRISIS

    LONDON, Aug 20.—Moscow reports today say that the situation on the Don bend, south-east of Kletskaya, is graver than at any time during the 4 week's battle there. A little earlier the Moscow radio had stated that the Russians in a ...

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  8. WAITING FOR NEWS.

    SYDNEY, Aug 20.—There were pathetic scenes this afternoon at a wharf at which relatives of the Canberra crew were waiting for the ...

    Article : 158 words
  9. SOLOMONS PROGRESS.

    NEW YORK, Aug 20.—The "New York Times" says in an editorial that the latest Navy Department communique resolves all doubt that ...

    Article : 337 words
  10. RED BOMBS ON PRUSSIA.

    The Moscow radio states that on Tuesday night the Red Air force attacked Danzig, Konigsberg and Tilsit. A number of fires broke out ...

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  11. RAIDERS RETURN.

    Men of the Allied commando, their faces bregrimed and smeared with the sweat of battle, marched singing through the streets of a southern ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. A NIGHT ATTACK.

    SYDNEY, Aug 20.—The survivors of the Canberra, more than 600 of them, arrived at an Australian port. Almost all of them were dressed in ...

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  13. MOSCOW VISIT.

    NEW YORK, Aug 19.—The "Herald Tribune" correspondent at Moscow says that Mr Churchill immediately before leaving had a ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. SHIP'S OFFICERS.

    The commanding officer of HMAS Canberra, Captain Frank Edmund Getting, who died of wounds received during the action, was born ...

    Article : 452 words
  15. RAIDS FROM AUSTRALIA

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 20.—American Flying Fortresses of General MacArthur's command attacked Japanese warships off the ...

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  16. AS AMERICANS SEE IT.

    NEW YORK, Aug 20.—The American Press has unanimously interpreted the Dieppe raid as a dress rehearsal for a second front. The ...

    Article : 166 words
  17. ALEUTIANS AREA.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 19.—The Navy Department announced in a communique this afternoon the sinking of another Japanese warship in ...

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  18. AIF PRISONERS.

    NEW YORK, Aug 19.—How French people are keeping thousands of Australian prisoners alive at Saigon is told by Relman Morin, ...

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  19. BRISBANE ALERT.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Aug 20.—Allied Headquarter announced today that Brisbane had a short air-raid alert this morning. ...

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  20. PRINZ EUGEN.

    NEW YORK, Aug 19.—The "New York Times" states that the German surface raider is believed to be the cruiser Prince Eugen. She has been ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. R.A.N. LOSSES.

    The 2 Australian cruisers lost previous to the sinking of the Canberra were the sister ships Sydney and Perth. The Sydney was lost in ...

    Article : 106 words
  22. JAPANESE MOMENTUM.

    MOSCOW, Aug 20.—An article in the Red Army newspaper, "Red Star" by Col Tolchenov says: "During 8 months' military operations ...

    Article : 53 words
  23. VICEREGAL WELCOME.

    CANBERRA. Aug 20.—The Governor-General (Lord Gowrie). accompanied by Rear-Admiral G. C. Muir-head Gould, welcomed the survivors ...

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  24. 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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