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  2. U-BOAT BASE.

    LONDON, March 24.—Nearly 300 four-engined bombers on Monday night attacked St Nazaire, the second most important U-boat base on ...

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  3. GAINING UPPER HAND.

    CHUNGKING. March 23.—A communique issued here today stated that the Chinese were gaining the upper hand in the Hupeh and ...

    Article : 289 words
  4. RABAUL AERODROMES

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, March 24.—The largest concentration of enemy planes yet seen on Rabaul aerodromes was given a severe hammering by our heavy bombers yesterday. Flying Fortresses in an attack that lasted more than 2 hours dropped ton after ton of bombs on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. BATTLE OF MARETH

    LONDON, March 24.—The Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) in the House of Commons today in a statement on the progress of operations. in Tunisia said: "This great battle now proceeding has by no means reached its climax. Much very hard fighting still lies before the British ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. DEFECTIVE STEEL.

    WASHINGTON, March 23.—Senator Truman, chairman of the Senate Investigating Committee to- day released statements by ...

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  7. RUSSIAN WAR

    LONDON, March 24.—Today's Moscow dispatches show that the Russian offensive aimed at Smolensk, main German base on the central front, continues to progress although more slowly, despite the utmost enemy efforts to halt it. ...

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  8. CAMPAIGN REVIEWED.

    LONDON, March 23.—With the thaw becoming general all along the Russian front from the Kuban to Lake Ilmen, operations are in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. PACIFIC PROBLEMS.

    CANBERRA, March 24.—Australia would have to continue its "holding" war against Japan for an indefinite time because Allied global ...

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  10. ENEMY USE OF GAS.

    WASHINGTON, March 23.—President Booevelt told his Press conference today that he would check up on reports from Chungking that ...

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  11. MOONLIGHT ATTACK

    LONDON, March 24.—The Associated Press correspondent with the Eighth Army .today said that the Mareth break-through occurred at ...

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  12. RAF INTRUDERS.

    LONDON, March 24—The Air Ministry reveals that Fighter Command intruders were over northwest Germany and occupied ...

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  13. ALGERIAN POST.

    LONDON, March 24.—An Algiers message says that Dr Jules Abadie, a close friend of General de Gaulle, the Fighting French leader, has ...

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  14. HIGH-FLYING RAIDERS.

    LONDON, March 24.—Two planes were shot down out of a force of high-flying enemy raiders which crossed the south-east coast of ...

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  15. IN WAR ZONE.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, March 22.—For the first time since Port Moresby became part of the war zone the little organ at St John[?] ...

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  16. RAIDS ON JAPAN.

    NEW YORK, March 23.—The Office of War Information reports that Tokio broadcasts continue to warn the people to expect air raids ...

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  17. KISKA BOMBINGS.

    NEW YORK, March 23.—The fact that American air raids on the enemy base at Kiska Island in the Aleutians total 21 for March ...

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  18. HURLEY'S NEW JOB.

    WASHINGTON, March 23.—President Roosevelt announced today Brigadier General Hurley had resigned the post of Minister to New ...

    Article : 157 words
  19. SWIFT AND STRONG IN THE SKY.

    A Beaufighter, manned by RAAF personal, flying through a cloud-topped gorge in New Guinea after strafing enemy positions. These planes, which were used deadly effect during the recent battle in the Bismarck Sea, are armed with 4 cannon and 6 machine-guns. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. NAZI ATROCITIES.

    LONDON, March 24.—"We are confronted by an evil the horror of which it is impossible to describe," said the Archbishop of Canterbury ...

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  21. THROUGH THE GAP.

    LONDON, March 24.—The "'Daily Telegraph" correspondent at Allied HQ stated yesterday that General Montgomery was pouring tanks, guns ...

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  22. SHISDRA BATTLE.

    LONDON, March 24.—A dispatch from Moscow says that what may prove to have been a significant event was the failure of the ...

    Article : 304 words
  23. MAIN AXIS POSITION.

    LONDON, March 24.—Allied HQ officially stated yesterday that the Eighth Army had established a bridgehead through the main enemy ...

    Article : 328 words
  24. WAR PROFITEERS.

    WASHINGTON, March 23.—The, Associated Press reports that when a Congressional committee was investigating excessive profits made by ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. AMERICA'S SAFETY.

    WASHINGTON, March 23.—The Chicago "Tribune" in an editorial today said: "The strategical pictured dictates the need for the complete ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. THE "ROMMEL LINE"

    NEW YORK, March 23.—The Stockholm correspondent of the "New York Times" says that a Wilhelmstrasse military spokesman ...

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  27. DESERTING SEAMEN

    WASHINGTON, March 23—Representative Bland, chairman of the Merchant Marine Committee of the House of Representatives, told the ...

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  28. RAF IN BURMA.

    NEW DELHI March 24.—A joint communique today said the RAF yesterday bombed Japanese positions at Donbaik. Fighters on offensive ...

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  29. CALM BEFORE STORM.

    WASHINGTON, March 23.—The Secretary of the Navy .(Col P. Knox) told his Press conference today that the Pacific area was very quiet at ...

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  30. WEST AFRICA.

    WASHINGTON, March 23.—The Navy Department disclosed today that a naval operating base had been organised at Casablanca, with ...

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  31. AIR RAIDS ON SICILY.

    LONDON, March 24.—The Valletta communique yesterday stated: "Our fighter-bombers on Monday attacked railways and a factory in ...

    Article : 35 words
  32. GERMAN STORE DESTROYED.

    LONDON, March 24.—The Zurich building in Lyons in which the Germans housed war material awaiting dispatch, has been completely ...

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