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  2. TUNISIAN DRIVE

    With the Eighth Army little more than a day's march from Bengazi comes news of an Allied column moving against the Axis forces from the Lake Chad area, in French Equatorial Africa. The Morocco radio, which gave this information, has not sated ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. UPHILL FIGHT.

    LONDON, Nov 18.—Salient points in a review of the war given in the House of Commons today by the Leader of the House and Lord Privy ...

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  4. RUSSIAN FRONTS.

    LONDON, Nov 19.—The situation in the Stalingrad area has little changed, although the Germans are again raiding the ...

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  5. BUNA DEVELOPMENT.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Nov 19.—Another dramatic turn in the New Guinea campaign took place yesterday, when with the ...

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  6. RAF OVER ITALY.

    LONDON, Nov 19.—Continuing their raids on Italy RAP home-based bombers last night made a heavy attack on Turin. The Air ...

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  7. LAVAL IN CONTROL

    LONDON, Nov 18.—At Vichy to-day Marshal Petain, Chief of the French State, signed an amendment to the constitution under which he ...

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  8. ROAD TO RABAUL.

    NEW YORK, Nov 19.—Joseph Harsch, writing in the "Christian Science Monitor," says: "Our naval victory in the Solomons can be ...

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  9. MILITIA AND AIF.

    MELBOURNE, Nov 19.—This afternoon there was a feeling among delegates to the Federal Labour Conference that when the next ...

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  10. CRITICISM BY MR FADDEN.

    CANBERRA, Nov 19.—The lifting of the statutory restrictions on the use of militia forces where this was vital to effective defence was strongly ...

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  11. WAR SURVEY.

    WASHINGTON, Nov 18.—After a meeting of the Pacific War Council here today the British Ambassador (Viscount Halifax) said that Mr ...

    Article : 193 words
  12. TO JOIN DE GAULLE.

    LONDON, Nov 18.—General Distier de la Vigerie, a fighter pilot in the last war whose most recent rank is equivalent to air marshal, has ...

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  13. PURSUIT IN LIBYA.

    LONDON, Nov 19.—Cirene (on the Libyan coast, west of Derna) has been left far behind in General Montgomery's relentless pursuit ...

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  14. HOSTILE FEDERAL MINISTER.

    MELBOURNE, Nov 19.—The Minister for Health (Mr Holloway) said today that he was surprised at the Prime Minister's sudden proposal ...

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  15. POST-WAR WORLD.

    NEW YORK, Nov 18.—"The United Nations must start immediately to organise an international order embracing all peoples to ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. OPPOSITION'S INTENTION.

    MELBOURNE, Nov 19.—Mr Mc-Ewen. MHR, who is a member of the War Council, said last night that it was most extraordinary that the ...

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  17. POLISH PROPERTIES.

    LONDON, Nov 19.—Complete ex- propriations of all Polish estates have been ordered by the Governor- General (Herr Prank), who, in a ...

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  18. TASMANIAN LABOUR.

    HOBART, Nov 19.—In well-in formed Labour circles in Hobart the view is held that the Tasmanian executive will endorse the Prime ...

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  19. USA DRAFT ORDER.

    WASHINGTON, Nov 18.—President Roosevelt has ordered the registration for selective service of all youths who have reached the age of ...

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  20. LONDON MEETINGS.

    LONDON, Nov 19.—As a result of informal meetings in which the British Foreign Secretary (Mr Anthony Eden) participated, 8 Allied ...

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  21. THREAT TO CHINA.

    CHUNGKING, Nov 19.—A Chinese military spokesman said today that an imminent Japanese attack against Kunming threatened China's ...

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  22. MR CURTIN'S ACTION.

    CANBERRA, Nov 19.—General MacArthur provided the inspiration for Mr Curtin's request to the Federal Labour Conference for an ...

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  23. "HELL REALLY STARTED"

    LONDON, Nov 19.—A grim picture of war correspondent's job is given by Leo Disher, British United Press representative aboard ...

    Article : 609 words
  24. NEW GUINEA TROOPS.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Nov 19.—The greatest disadvantage of Army life in Port Moresby—the dearth of news about happenings in ...

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  25. BURMA MOVES.

    DELHI, Nov 19.—A GHQ communique issued yesterday stated that: "RAF Blenheim bombers on Tuesday morning hit a group of ...

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  26. AMERICAN LOSSES.

    NEW YORK, Nov 19.—Tokio official radio quoted an Imperial communique asserting that the American losses in the naval battle ...

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  27. OLD IDEAS MUST GO.

    Mr R. G. Menzies, MHR, former Prime Minister of Australia, was interviewed last night at his hotel, In the course of talk regarding the ...

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  28. MACARTHUR IN SOLOMONS ?

    LONDON, Nov 19.—The Berlin radio today quoted Tokio for the statement that the Commander-in-Chief in the South-West Pacific ...

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  29. MR AMERY'S SON.

    LONDON, Nov 19.—Following the German Newsagency report yesterday that Mr John Amery, son of the British Secretary of State for ...

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  30. DIFFICULT SCOUTING

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Nov 19.—With the main United States forces within a few miles of Buna on the eastward and ...

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  31. ECONOMIC BLOW.

    LONDON, Nov 18.—"The United Nations have a welcome windfall awaiting them as a result of their entry in North and West Africa in ...

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  32. SPAIN'S FORCES.

    LISBON, Nov 18.—Although only partial mobilisation has been ordered in Spain the country already has a large number of men under arms. ...

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  33. U-BOAT BASES.

    LONDON, Nov 19.—The headquarters of the European theatre of operations of the US Army announces that Flying Fortresses and ...

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  34. MESSAGES TO USA.

    The Acting-Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs (Mr L. C. Bott) said yesterday that an EFM (expeditionary force messages) service would ...

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  35. PERHAPS "RUSE DE GUERRE"

    LONDON, Nov 19.—Referring to Admiral Darlan in the House of Commons today Mr F. J. Bellenger (Lab) said: "Our people see our ...

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  36. "NO FIGHT LEFT."

    LONDON, Nov 19.—"'We have done something in North Africa which we could have done last July," said Mr F. J. Bellenger (Lab) ...

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  37. MADAGASCAR.

    LONDON, Nov 19.—The Foreign Secretary (Mr Anthony Eden) informed the House of Commons yesterday that he hoped an agreement ...

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  38. ARGENTINE RIFT.

    BUENOS AIRES, Nov 18.—The political gulf separating Argentina's Isolationist policy and the bloc favouring the United Nations has been ...

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  39. OVERSEAS NEWS.

    Overseas news in "The West Australian" is supplied by Australian Associated Press. Sources include in England "The Times." "Daily ...

    Article : 81 words
  40. FILM STARS ENLIST.

    NEW YORK, Nov 17.—The noted film actors Robert Taylor and Oliver Hardy both enlisted in Hollywood today thereby refuting Axis radio ...

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