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  2. MATEUR CAPTURED

    LONDON, May 4.—The important rood and railway junction of Mate[?]r, about 20 miles south-west of Bizerta, has fallen to American troops, who are also reported to be only 9 miles from Teburba, another large junction about 20 miles west of Tunis. From the west French ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. U.S.A. COAL CRISIS.

    NEW YORK, May 3.—With the miners gradually returning to the pits to resume interrupted production for 15 days, the president of ...

    Article : 284 words
  4. OPPOSING EQUIPMENT.

    LONDON, May 4.—Analysing the African campaign with a view to the application of its lessons to the second front, 2 Reuters ...

    Article : 276 words
  5. STUPID COMPLACENCY.

    "I cannot say that all is well in Australia," said the Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) at a reception tendered to him by the executive of the ...

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  6. UNDER THE NAZIS.

    LONDON, May 4.—"Guerillas throughout Greece, following a meeting of leaders, are combining into organisations called 'National ...

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  7. LOSS OF SPITFIRES.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA May 4.—Later reports dealing with the Japanese raid on Darwin on Sunday indicate that most of the RAF ...

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  8. KUBAN FIGHTING.

    LONDON, May 4.—The silence regarding their Kuban operations may mean that the Russians are adopting their usual practice of not ...

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  9. RUSSO-POLISH RIFT.

    LONDON, May 4.—The Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr Anthony Eden) in the House of Commons today made a statement about the ...

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  10. ORDER TO DISOBEY.

    LONDON, May 3.—The Dutch prime Minister (Professor P. S. Gerbrandy) made a further broadcast today calling on the Dutch people ...

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  11. OFF TO TOKIO.

    An American bomber getting the signal from the starter (right) on the flight deck of the carrier Hornet to take off for the bombing raid on Japan on April 18, 1942. The raid was led by Lt-Col James Doalittle. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. FRENCH FRONTS.

    LONDON, May 4.—French and Moroccan troops have made a further advance in the mountain region between the sea and Lake ...

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  13. "TIGER" TANK IN TUNISIA.

    The new German Mark VI tank, the Tiger, armed with an 88mm gun and two 7.92mm machine-guns. Note the spare tracks carried across the front of the tank, a common German practice. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. IDENTIFYING VICTIMS.

    LONDON, May 4.—Berlin radio yesterday stated: "A commission consisting of representatives of Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, ...

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  15. BATTERED FOE.

    LONDON, May 4.—A German front line reporter last night broadcast a description of the Tunisian front which he called "a witches ...

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  16. PUSHING ON.

    LONDON, May 4.—"The Americans are pushing on along the mountain front while somewhere in the hills behind them German ...

    Article : 155 words
  17. POLES IN RUSSIA.

    LONDON, May 4.—A message from Teheran says that M Stanczyk, a Polish welfare officer, who is visiting Persia, states: "The best way to ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. RUSSIA AND ALLIES.

    LONDON, May 4.—"The Times" Moscow correspondent writes: "It is undeniable that some Russians have a deep-rooted suspicion that Britain ...

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  19. EX-POLICE CHIEF.

    LONDON, May 4.—Berlin radio announced yesterday that a man and a woman concealed behind a staircase shot dead the ex-president ...

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  20. FLYING FORTRESS.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, May 4.—Flying Fortress squadrons in New Guinea maintain a greater percentage of planes in commission ...

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  21. MYSTERY MINES.

    LONDON, May 4.—After the discovery of methods of rendering magnetic mines innocuous by degaussing (scientists discovered an ...

    Article : 152 words
  22. GERMAN MORALE.

    LONDON, May 4.—A sidelight on the German determination to resist as long as possible in North Africa is provided by the publication of a ...

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  23. FRENCH AFRICA

    LONDON, May 4.—Algiers radio announces that General Giraud has asked General de Gaulle to meet him in North Africa as soon as ...

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  24. GERMAN EVASIONS.

    LONDON, May 4.—"You liar! The Americans have captured Mateur!" stated a "ghost voice" on Berlin radio's overseas service when the ...

    Article : 183 words
  25. IN COLD BLOOD.

    LONDON, May 4.—"The Germans have murdered at least one prisoner of war—a sergeant who was captured in northern Tunisia." reports ...

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  26. "POLITICAL SYMBOLS."

    LONDON, May 4.—"Despite General Giraud's patriotism and courage and despite the frankness of his May Day speech and its note of ...

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  27. STALIN'S ORDER.

    NEW YORK, May 3.—Reviewing the reaction in Washington to Stalin's May Day Order-of-the-day the "New York Times" ...

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  28. CAPTURED AIRMEN.

    LONDON, May 4.—Calling for reprisals on captured Allied airmen and threatening America with bombing, Signor Gayda, in an article in ...

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  29. JAPAN'S STRATEGY.

    NEW YORK, May 3.—The "New York Times" in an editorial says: "The renewed heavy Japanese raids against Darwin has increased ...

    Article : 282 words
  30. SUNK OR USELESS.

    LONDON, May 4.—According to Reuters naval correspondent, between 150 and 200 Axis ships have been sunk or so severely damaged as ...

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  31. SUBMARINE LOST.

    LONDON, May 4.—The Admiralty has announced that HM submarine Turbulent (Commander J. W. Linton, DSO, DSC) is overdue and must ...

    Article : 303 words
  32. U-BOAT WARFARE.

    LONDON, May 4.—The Berlin radio commentator, Capt Sertorius, discussing U-boat warfare, says: "It cannot be denied that the United ...

    Article : 72 words
  33. AXIS LAND MINES.

    LONDON, May 4.—The Secretary for War (Sir James Grigg) replying to Mr F. J. Bellenger (Lab) in the House of Commons today said ...

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  34. BOMBS ON GERMANY.

    LONDON, May 4.—The Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) has received the following personal message from Stalin: "I welcome the bombing of ...

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  35. FIGHTER ESCORT.

    LONDON, May 4.—Today's Cairo air communique states: "Our fighters escorting shipping in the east Mediterranean at dusk on May 1 ...

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  36. SHIP PRODUCTION.

    WASHINGTON, May 3.—The Maritime Commission today announced a new record of merchant ship production for April. A total of ...

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  37. BOOMERANG BOMBS

    MELBOURNE, May 4.—RAF and RAAF Mosquito and other light bombers flew so low over their targets that they frequently had to ...

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  38. ARAKAN FRONT.

    NEW DELHI, May 4.—A joint GHQ communique issued today said that there was patrolling by both sides on the Arakan front yesterday, ...

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  39. BLASTING KISKA.

    WASHINGTON, May 3.—Today's Navy communique reported that in the North Pacific on Saturday formations of Army planes carried out ...

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  40. ALLIED CONCENTRATIONS.

    LONDON, May 4.—According to Berlin radio's commentator, Capt Sertorius, huge Anglo-American army reserves are massed in Algeria and ...

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  41. VICEROY'S COUNCIL.

    LONDON, May 3.—The India Office announces that the King has approved of the following appointments to the Viceroy's Executive ...

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  42. RAID ON HOLLAND

    LONDON, May 4.—An Air Ministry communique states: "Fighters escorted Boston and Ventura aircraft on Monday afternoon, when ...

    Article : 140 words
  43. WAR PRODUCTION.

    NEW YORK, May 3.—The Washington bureau of the "New York Times" states that the Under-Secretary of War (Mr Robert P. Patterson) ...

    Article : 102 words
  44. WAR IN CHINA.

    CHUNGKING, May 3.—A communique states that close-quarter fighting is continuing east of the Taihang mountains. Most ferocious ...

    Article : 63 words
  45. CROSSES AND COFFINS.

    LONDON, May 4.—"The green wheatfields hereabouts conceal places where many have fallen," says a "Daily Express" correspondent in ...

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  46. SHELLING MATEUR.

    LONDON, May 4.—Before the capture of Mateur a report from Reuters correspondent in that zone stated that American long-range guns ...

    Article : 166 words
  47. BROWNSHIRT CHIEF'S DEATH

    LONDON, May 4.—Berlin radio reported yesterday that Victor Lutze, Chief of Staff of the Brownshirt Storm Troops, had died at Potsdam ...

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