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  2. TUNISIAN FIGHTING

    LONDON, Dec 9.—News from Allied sources of the operations in Tunisia continues to be meagre. The latest official statement is an HQ communique issued last night, which mentions an action on Sunday night, when the enemy pierced an Allied position in the Teburba area ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. GREECE AND CRETE

    LONDON, Dec 9.—The War Office has issued an official account of the Greco-Cretan Campaign, in which the immortal story of the dogged resistance of the Empire troops against overwhelming numbers of men, tanks and planes is told against a background of the complicated ...

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  4. DARLAN'S POSITION.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 9.—The Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull) in a statement today on the position of Admiral Darlan, said that at ...

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  5. BUNA STRUGGLE.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Dec 9.—American troops occupying the salient they established between Buna village and Buna mission ...

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  6. RAF BOMBS TURIN.

    LONDON, Dec 9.—Bomber Command Stirlings, Halifaxes Lancasters and Wellingtons in clear weather last night made a concentrated ...

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  7. WEST OF MOSCOW

    LONDON, Dec 9.—Today's reports from Moscow agree that despite fighting of great ferocity in which the Germans are employing all available reinforcements, including some drawn from Germany, the Red Army continues to make progress in its offensives on the central front and in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. FEARS FOR THE POPE.

    LONDON, Dec 8.—The "Evening Standard's" representative at Berne says that a spokesman for the Holy See, explaining the Pope's ...

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  9. PARIS RADIO STORY.

    LONDON, Dec 8.—The Paris radio today broadcast a report stated to be from Tangier that the American police have made several ...

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  10. "THE REAL OBSTACLE."

    NEW YORK, Dec 8.—The "Daily News's" Washington correspondent states: "Laymen are puzzled because our motorised troops are not ...

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  11. AIR SUPREMACY.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8.—Lt-General H. H. Arnold, commander of the US Army Air Forces, said at a Press conference today that it was touch ...

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  12. FLIGHT FROM MILAN.

    LONDON, Dec 8.—The "Daily Mails" correspondent on the Italian frontier says that 400,000 evacuees have already left Milan for safer ...

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  13. U-BOAT CLAIM.

    LONDON, Dec 8.—A special communique issued in Berlin today stated: "U'-boats in the north and mid-Atlantic in the last few ...

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  14. BOMBERS v WARSHIPS.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8.—"Land-based bombers can sink any warship, including the fastest destroyers," said Lt-Col Richard Carmichael, ...

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  15. VALUE OF DAKAR.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—When questioned at his conference with Press representatives today concerning the agreement under which the ...

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  16. OCCUPIED EUROPE.

    LONDON, Dec 9.—The drastic new laws against Jews in France were announced over the Toulouse radio yesterday by the Commissioner ...

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  17. RADIO WARFARE.

    NEW YORK, Dec 8.—Tokio official radio states that the Italian and German naval attaches called on the Naval Minister (Admiral ...

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  18. TWO YEARS IN GERMANY.

    LONDON, Dec 9.—"Nazi Germany is Europe's hell," declared Col Mary Booth, granddaughter of the founder of the Salvation Army, on her ...

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  19. AMMUNITION SUPPLIES.

    LONDON, Dec 8.—Among stories of the North African landing is one of how Lt Ger Brown, RANVR, of Sydney, "borrowed" tank landing ...

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  20. TOULON FLEET.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The Secretary of the Navy (Col F. Knox) told the Press today that approximately 25 per cent of the French ...

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  21. NATIONAL SERVICE

    LONDON, Dec 9.—The second reading of the National Service Bill was carried in the House of Commons yesterday by 267 votes to 5. ...

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  22. LOCKHEED VENTURAS.

    LONDON, Dec 8.—The aeronautical correspondent of "The Times" [?]eals that the America Lockheed Venturas have a speed of about 270 ...

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  23. TOJO'S HEROICS.

    The Japanese Prime Minister (General Tojo) told the military leaders that Japan's successes had given her an impregnable strategic ...

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  24. BRITISH REST CENTRES.

    LONDON, Dec 8.—The Minister of Health (Mr Ernest Brown) stated today that there were now 20,000 rest centres ready and equipped to ...

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  25. IN LIBYA.

    LONDON, Dec 9.—British GHQ in Cairo stated in its communique to- day: "Our patrols were active in forward areas yesterday. Our ...

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  26. CHINA FRONT.

    CHUNGKING, Dec. 8.—A Chinese Army spokesman today again emphasised the imminent danger of a Japanese drive into Yunnan ...

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  27. THE ALEUTIANS.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8.—At his Press conference today, when the Secretary of the Navy (Col F. Knox) was asked if the American Navy ...

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  28. ON GUADALCANAL.

    NEW YORK, Dec 8.—In a delayed message the "New York Times" representative on Guadalcanal, Foster Hailey, says that under heavy air, ...

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  29. AMERICAN ANNIVERSARY

    LONDON, Dec. 9.—The Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) and President Roosevelt exchanged messages yesterday on the occasion of the ...

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  30. WESTERN EUROPE.

    LONDON, Dec 8.—The Air Ministry states: "This afternoon Mosquitos of the Bomber Command attacked industrial and railway ...

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  31. "MUDDLED NEWS-SERVICE."

    LONDON, Dec. 8.—In a leading article the "Daily Mail" complains of the lack of real news from Tunisia. "The information received ...

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  32. DEW AND BEETLES.

    CAIRO, Dec 8.—Fighter-Pilot David Borthwick, of Geelong, is recovering in hospital after extraordinary experiences in the desert. He ...

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  33. USA WAR WORK.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8.—At a Press conference today President Roosevelt appealed to employers to treat employees transferred to war ...

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  34. CUBAN PRESIDENT.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8.—The Cuban President (Major-General Batista) has arrived in Washington at the invitation of President ...

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  35. CHAINED CAPTIVES.

    LONDON, Dec 9.—It was authoritatively stated today that the Swiss proposals for the unshackling of war prisoners had just reached Britain ...

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  36. VICHY LEGATIONS.

    LONDON, Dec 9.—Fighting French headquarters announce that the French Consul-General at Malta has resigned and joined General de ...

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  37. TRAWLERS LOST.

    LONDON, Dec 9.—This afternoon the Admiralty announced the loss of the trawlers Canna, Bengali and Spaniard due to explosions after a ...

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  38. "HYMNS OF HEROISM."

    NEW YORK, Dec 8.—Tokio official radio broadcast that the German Ambassador today presented a composition entitled "Hymns of ...

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