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  2. TOKIO THREATENS

    NEW YORK, Oct 21.—The Tokio official radio has continued to broadcast threats of severe punishment against US airmen allegedly taken ...

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  3. NAVAL DAMAGE

    WASHINGTON, Oct 22.—Two United States destroyers have been lost in the Solomons—the Meredith (1,630 tons) and the O'Brien (1,570 tons). The Meredith was commissioned in April, 1941, and the O'Brien a year earlier. ...

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  4. AFRICAN OUTLOOK.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—Vichy radio stated today that Admiral Darlan (Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces) has arrived at Dakar by air ...

    Article : 221 words
  5. SNOW AT STALINGRAD

    LONDON, Oct 22.—The first snow has fallen over the Stalingrad battle-zone north-west of the city, according to the latest messages from Moscow, turning the steppes into great fields of mud. Fierce cold winds are sweeping across the battlefields from the heights of the Urals. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. SMUTS'S ADDRESS.

    LONDON, Oct 21.—Nearly 1,000 Peers and members of the House of Commons, including all members of the Cabinet, met in secret in ...

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  7. DRIVE IN PAPUA.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 22.—Heavier fighting is in progress in New Guinea. Although the situation in the Owen Stanley ...

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  8. SEA POWER.

    LONDON, Oct 21.—Today was the 137th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and representatives from the Dominions and 8 Allied nations ...

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  9. IN EGYPT.

    LONDON, Oct 21.—According to the Paris radio a big battle in North Africa is about to start. The lull may end at any moment, it says. ...

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  10. USE OF AUSTRALIANS.

    MELBOURNE, Oct 22.—The Australian Government had not been asked o send troops to the Solomons, which were outside General ...

    Article : 326 words
  11. BERLIN JOINS IN.

    LONDON, Oct 21.—The Berlin radio stated today that the High Command is contemplating severer measures against all war prisoners ...

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  12. LIBERIAN DECISION.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—The Rome radio says that the Republic of Liberia has decided to break off diplomatic relations with the Axis ...

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  13. SINGAPORE PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Oct 21.—The Under- Secretary for the Colonies (Mr Harold Macmillan) answering a question on the food situation in ...

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  14. AIR OPERATIONS.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—Army co- operation planes, the Mustangs, and also Bomber Command and Mosquito bombers, which operated singly, ...

    Article : 339 words
  15. FIERCE 36-HOUR BATTLE.

    SOMEWHERE in NEW GUINEA, Oct 22.—In a 36-hour battle of fiercer intensity and involving greater forces than for weeks past ...

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  16. WAR'S TURNING-POINT.

    LONDON, Oct 21.—In a leading article "The Times" states: "Confirming with his authoritative judgment the opinion expressed by so ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. RESISTANCE TO THE END.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21.—After making his first report to President Roosevelt since his return from Moscow. Admiral William Standley ...

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  18. PERSIA AND IRAK.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—Men of General Wilson's new command are changing the face of Persia and Irak by opening up new roads and ...

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  19. BEATEN BY AN HOUR.

    MELBOURNE, Oct 21.—Admiral Sir Guy Boyle, Chief of the Australian Naval Staff, at the Trafalgar Day luncheon of the Royal Society ...

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  20. PACIFIC COUNCIL.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21.—The Pacific War Council met for 2 hours today. The meeting was largely occupied by the members listening ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. ISLANDS OF THE DEAD.

    S PACIFIC PORT, Oct 22.—Prewar tourists who visited the Solomons in Pacific island cruises would now not recognise the islets of ...

    Article : 192 words
  22. DURBAN PAPER'S FORECAST.

    DURBAN, Oct 22.—The "Natal Mercury," commenting on Field Marshal Smuts's speech, says: "Positive action with the object of ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. BBC GETS IN FIRST.

    LONDON, Oct 21.—The "Daily Telegraph" says that injunctions were issued to the Press that Field marshal Smuts's speech could not ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. MALTA'S ORDEAL.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—Up to October 19 there had been 1,660 bombing, attacks on Malta and 1,069 enemy aircraft had been destroyed. ...

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  25. ENEMY OVER ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—Three raiders bombed a south-east coast town early this morning and wrecked houses and businesses. Rescue squads ...

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  26. GALLANT CHANNEL ACTION.

    LONDON, Oct 21.—A young British naval officer killed in a deliberate attack on a much larger and more Powerful enemy force in the English ...

    Article : 175 words
  27. MEETING IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—A meeting of the Pacific War Council was held last night under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister (Mr ...

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  28. ALEUTIANS DRAMA.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 22.—The Alaska Command headquarters reports that a powerful Japanese radio station on Kiska Island (western ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. OPPOSED TO LAVAL.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—A correspondent of the British United Press on the French frontier reports that Generals Frere and Picquendar have ...

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  30. NAZIS IN NORWAY.

    LONDON, Oct. 22.—A Stockholm message states that the Germans have announced the closure of a frontier zone 60 miles long and 20 ...

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  31. RAID ON TIMOR.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Oct 22.—The Japanese at Maobiase, in enemy-occupied Timor, were awakened unusually early yesterday ...

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  32. REVOLT ATTEMPT

    LONDON, Oct 22.—The "Basler Nachrichten" quoting a report from Budapest says that all Serbia has been placed under military law ...

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  33. BATTLE OF ATLANTIC.

    NEW YORK, Oct 21.—The Battle of the Atlantic claimed its 500th announced submarine victim with today's announcement of the loss of ...

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  34. STRONG RECORD.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 22.—Flying Fortresses in the European and Pacific theatres shot down 130 enemy planes, probably destroyed 92 ...

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  35. CHILEAN CABINET.

    SANTIAGO, Oct 21.—The Chilean Cabinet resigned in order to give the President (Senor Rios) freedom of action in replacing the ...

    Article : 120 words
  36. BACK FROM BURMA.

    CALCUTTA, Oct 22.—As a result of a respite from monsoons, refugees who were cut off for months in the Burmese jungle by torrential ...

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  37. RED SOLDIERS' VIEWPOINT.

    NEW YORK, Oct 21.—In a copyright dispatch to the Chicago "Daily News" from the Rjev front Leland Stowe, who talked with ...

    Article : 342 words
  38. CHINESE ARMIES.

    CHUNGKING, Oct 22.—According to the Associated Press General Chiang Kal-shek told the People's Political Council that the Chinese ...

    Article : 85 words
  39. AN ALERT AT GIBRALTAR.

    LONDON, Oct 22.—A Madrid report says that there was an alert at Gibraltar last night. Search-lights picked up a plane and ...

    Article : 56 words
  40. CRUISERS' NAMES RETAINED.

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21.—The Secretary of the Navy (Col Frank Knox) has assigned the names of 4 cruisers lost in Pacific ...

    Article : 39 words
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