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  2. AIR SLAUGHTER.

    LONDON, April 20.—The great onslaught against the Axis air lifeline between Sicily and Tunisia which the Americans describe as a ...

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  3. KOEPANG RAID.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, April 20.—Air activity in the northern area yesterday was limited to armed reconnaissance over a wide ...

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  4. LAND LULL.

    LONDON, April 20.—"Intensified patrol activity" is still the only report from the Eighth Army front. Morocco radio states that the First ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. HITLER'S BIRTHDAY.

    LONDON, April 20.—An admission that the war had reached its hardest stage and that its end or relief from its burdens and suffering ...

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  6. PACIFIC POLICY.

    NEW YORK, April 19.—Speaking at a Press conference today the Australian Minister for External Affairs (Dr H. V. Evatt) said that he found ...

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  7. FRENCH UNITY.

    LONDON, April 20.—General Giraud, Civil and Military C-in-C of African France, has Issued a summary of the memorandum of ...

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  8. KUBAN BATTLE.

    LONDON, April 20.—Despite 6,000 casualties in an abortive counter-attack In the water-logged Kuban valley, the Germans are still ...

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  9. STILL UNCONQUERED.

    LONDON. April 20.—Hundreds of Australian, New Zealand and British troops are still fighting in Greece and Crete, where 42,000 ...

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  10. AIR WAR INTENSITY.

    NEW YORK, April 19.—The military correspondent of the "New York Times," Major Hanson Bald-win, who is in London, cables as ...

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  11. A "GHOST VOICE."

    LONDON, April 20.—A host voice calling on the German people to throw out Hitler and the Nazi gang broke in on Berlin radio's ...

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  12. GENERAL BLAMEY.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, April 20.—The commander of the Allied land forces in the South-West Pacific (General Sir Thomas ...

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  13. EXECUTED POLES.

    LONDON. April 20.—Reuters Moscow correspondent states: "The Polish Government's application to the International Red Cross for an ...

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  14. BIRDS HAD FLOWN.

    LONDON. April 20.—A British United Press correspondent with the British fleet, in a delayed dispatch dated April 16, says that the British, ...

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  15. FIGHTER-BOMBER ATTACKS.

    LONDON, April 20.—"All day yesterday," says today's Algiers communique, "fighters maintained sweeps. Patrols over forward areas ...

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  16. R.A.F. COMMUNIQUES.

    LONDON. April 20.—A Zurich message quotes a report from Berlin that the German army spokesman surprised neutral correspondents at ...

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  17. CANADA'S HOUR.

    OTTAWA, April 19.—The Prime Minister (Mr W. L. Mackenzie King) in a broadcast when opening the fourth Victory Loan said it was more ...

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  18. RE-EQUIPPED FRENCH.

    NEW YORK, April 19.—"Several divisions in North Africa have received the latest American equipment, including Sherman tanks, 90 ...

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  19. AXIS POSITION.

    LONDON, April 20.—Comparisons are being made between the Axis position in Tunisia and the defensive episodes connected with the ...

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  20. ENEMY ISLAND BASES.

    WASHINGTON. April 19.—Further bombing raids on enemy positions in the Solomons area and in the Aleutians are reported in today's ...

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  21. "INVASION BOMBS."

    LONDON, April 20.—The mounting weight of the hammer-like blows Allied bombers are delivering against vital Axis targets in ...

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  22. SOVIET ALLEGATIONS.

    Moscow radio today quotes a Tass newsagency statement that the "Pravda" editorial (published in yesterday's issue) concerning the Polish ...

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  23. CHINESE WARNING.

    CHUNGKING, April 20.—The "Central Daily News" in an editorial stats that from all the indications Japan's imminent offensive against ...

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  24. NAZIS WORRIED.

    LONDON, April 20.—Berlin radio yesterday admitted the "extremely great" housing difficulties because of the increasing number of people ...

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  25. R.A.F. OFFENSIVE.

    LONDON, April 20.—Royal Air Force Mosquito bombers and Beaufighters kept up the offensive last night over a wide area of Europe, ...

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  26. QUESTION OF SUPPLIES.

    NEW YORK, April 19.—The New York newspapers continue to debate the question of war supplies to the Pacific area. The "World Telegram" ...

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  27. THE TOKIO ATTACK.

    CLEVELAND, April 19.—The aircraft carriers, from which the Mitchell bombers under Major-General James Doolittle bombed Tokio a year ...

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  28. SWEDEN ANGRY.

    LONDON, April 20.—The Stockholm radio states that a German merchantman fired on the Swedish submarine Draken on Friday in ...

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  29. R.A.F. PLANES v. U-BOATS

    LONDON, April 20.—RAF Coastal Command planes and U-boats fought one of the most bitter convoy battles of the war for 4 days ...

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  30. MYSTERIOUS FIRE.

    LONDON, April 20.—Biter will not receive a birthday present which Joseph Terboven, the Nazi leader in Norway, Intended to send him ...

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  31. "FORTRESS OF EUROPE."

    LONDON, April 20.—The growing weight of the Anglo-American strategic air offensive against the Germans has once more increased in ...

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  32. TAKEN UNAWARES.

    NEW YORK, April 20.—The New York Times" Stockholm correspondent says it is reliably reported that the German espionage chief (Herr ...

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  33. GUERILLA WARFARE IN CHINA

    NEW YORK, April 19.—The Chungking correspondent of the "New York Times,'' Mr Brooks Atkinson. stated today that although ...

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  34. RUSSIANS WATCH AFRICA.

    LONDON, April 20.—According to the "Daily Telegraph's" Moscow correspondent, Russian publicity is now more engrossed with the African ...

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  35. LEAFLET HABIT.

    GENEVA. April 20.—The "Gazette de Lausanne," commenting on the RAF's raids against Germany, says: "RAP flyers have not lost the habit ...

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  36. EXCHANGE PROFITS

    NEW YORK, April 19.—"The Treasury Department is investigating large foreign exchange profits which are reported to have been ...

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  37. SICILIAN TARGETS.

    LONDON, April 20.—A Malta communique states that fighter- bombers from Malta attacked railway sidings at Ragusa. Sicily, states ...

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  38. BRITAIN'S BELLS.

    LONDON, April 20.—In the House of Common today the Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) announced that the ban on the ringing of church ...

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  39. ARTILLERY DUELS

    LONDON, April 20.—Today's German High Command communique says: "We repelled local enemy attacks against mountain positions on ...

    Article : 93 words
  40. OVERSEAS NEWS.

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

    Article : 81 words
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