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  2. KULA GULF ACTION

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, July 8.—Further reports on the naval battle of Kula Gulf confirm the fact that the Japanese suffered one of the decisive sea defeats of the war. It is now known that 9 and possibly 11 Japanese cruisers and destroyers were lost, besides one damaged. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. INVASION PORTENTS.

    NEW YORK, July 7.—The Ankara correspondent of the "New York Times" says that Allied offensives are imminent in the eastern ...

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  4. U-BOATS' FAILURE

    LONDON, July 7.—According to Berlin radio the naval spokesman, Admiral Luetzow, has admitted that the Allies at present hold the upper ...

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  5. RECORD NAZI LOSSES

    LONDON, July 8.—Moscow radio broadcast early this morning a special announcement from the Soviet Information Bureau that the German losses in their present offensive have been the greatest ever recorded in such a short space of time, even in this war. In 3 days ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. AIR WAR ON SICILY.

    LONDON, July 8.—Allied bombers with fighter escorts have shot the Axis fighters out of the sky over Sicily during the past 2 days' fierce ...

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  7. MUBO SUCCESS.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, July 8.—More than 50 medium and heavy bombers followed by attack planes pounded Japanese positions ...

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  8. "SALUTE TO CHINA."

    LONDON, July 8.—The Chinese resistance had stirred the imagination of the world, declared the Foreign Secretary (Mr Anthony ...

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  9. ALLIED FORCES.

    LONDON, July 8.—The Berlin newsagency, reviewing the invasion prospects in the Mediterranean, says: "Supply and transport tonnage for ...

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  10. AMERICA'S PLEDGES.

    WASHINGTON, July 7.—President Roosevelt in a broadcast to the people of China today said: "Our friends have long known what our ...

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  11. DEVASTATING RAID.

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, July 8.—So devastating was the raid of over 50 bombers on Mubo this morning that crews of the aircraft ...

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  12. MOUNTING FURY.

    Reuters Moscow correspondent reports in a dispatch this morning: "The Germans are bringing reinforcements by gliders right up to ...

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  13. GENERAL GIRAUD.

    WASHINGTON, July 7.—General Giraud arrived in Washington today and was accorded full military honours and a 17-gun salute as joint ...

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  14. "ZERO HOUR."

    LONDON, July 8.—Paris radio today, quoting Laval's newspaper "Le Moniteur," states: "When zero hour strikes it is imperative that all ...

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  15. LEGION OF MERIT.

    CHUNGKING, July 7.—Lt-General J. Stilwell, commander of the American forces in China, India and Burma, representing President ...

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  16. ANTI-VICHY GROUPS.

    LONDON, July 8.—According to the American Associated Press correspondent in Madrid British and American planes for some time have ...

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  17. FASCISTS EXPELLED.

    LONDON, July 8.—Rome radio states that the Secretary of the Fascist Party (Signor Scorza) has expelled 3 Taranto area chiefs from ...

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  18. DE GAULLIST OATH.

    WASHINGTON, July 7.—The United Press states that the American Government received information today concerning a secret ...

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  19. DAMAGED BOMBER.

    LONDON, July 8.—Reuters correspondent in Algiers states that Flight-Lt Noel Coffey (22). of Sydney, took over the controls of a ...

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  20. AMERICAN TESTS.

    WASHINGTON, July 7.—Tests at an Army proving ground at Aberdeen, in Maryland, have proved that the German "West Wall" is not ...

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  21. ENEMY INTENTION.

    NEW YORK, July 7.—"The Japanese failure to undertake serious counter-moves against the new American offensives indicates that the ...

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  22. U.S.A. BOMBS ON CANTON.

    LONDON, July 8.—Berlin overseas radio states that 20 American bombers attacked Canton. 1 being shot down and another badly damaged. ...

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  23. ENEMY LOSSES LAST YEAR.

    CHUNGKING, July 8.—A Chinese military spokesman today said that during the past year the Chinese forces had inflicted 187,860 ...

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  24. GERMAN CLAIMS.

    The Berlin correspondent of the Zurich "Neue Zuercher Zeitung" states: "The German propaganda line has suddenly changed. They are ...

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  25. OVER EUROPE.

    WASHINGTON, July 7.—The Associated Press states that during the first year's operations over Europe the American Eighth Air Force ...

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  26. Demonstration at Martinique.

    PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), July 7.— The Associated Press states that a crowd 15,000 strong took possession of the streets of Fort de ...

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  27. SOON AFLOAT?

    NEW YORK, July 7.—The removal of sheds housing engineers' equipment, catwalks and other gear from outside the hull of the 83,243 ...

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  28. BERGERET REMOVED.

    LONDON, July 8.—An Algiers message says that General Bergeret, commander of the French Air Forces in West Africa, has been removed ...

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  29. COSTLY FAILURE.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, July 8.—Final reports from Darwin indicate that Spitfire pilots scored much more heavily over Darwin on ...

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  30. UNREST IN SPAIN.

    LONDON, July 8.—The German overseas radio states that 5 national councillors of the National Phalang have been relieved of all their posts, ...

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  31. LOST AMERICAN CRUISER.

    NEW YORK, July 7.—The Associated Press stated today that the lost cruiser Helena (9,700 tons) was one of the ships that the Japanese ...

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  32. AIR RAIDS ON BURMA.

    NEW DELHI, July 8.—Today's joint Allied communique states: "Vengeance dive-bombers escorted by Hurricanes yesterday attacked ...

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  33. MALTA AND GREECE

    LONDON, July 8.—The Colonial Secretary (Mr Oliver Stanley) told the House of Commons yesterday that it was the policy of the ...

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  34. GERMAN WAR INDUSTRY.

    LONDON, July 8.—Two-thirds of the central areas of Dusseldorf containing the chief business and administrative buildings have been ...

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  35. HITLER'S GAMBLE.

    "By starting his offensive at this comparatively late period," says Moscow radio, "Hitler has embarked on a heavy gamble and may be ...

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  36. MAJOR VICTORY.

    NEW YORK, July 7.—"The naval success in Kula Gulf ranks among our major Pacific victories," comments the "New York Times" in an ...

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  37. THE ALEUTIANS.

    NEW YORK, July 7.—A Navy Department communique today stated that on Tuesday evening a US surface task force bombarded Kiska in ...

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  38. GENERAL SIKORSKI.

    LONDON, July 8.—In Gibraltar today the body of the Polish Prime Minister (General Sikorski) who was killed in an air crash an Sunday was ...

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  39. THE WORLD OF TOMORROW

    LONDON, July 8.—The people of the British Commonwealth must always stick together, said the Australian Minister for External Affairs ...

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  40. "YOUNG AMERICA."

    NEW YORK, July 7.—Lt-General Sturdee accepted 2 ambulances yesterday for the Australian Army, the money having been raised by ...

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  41. PLANE LOSSES.

    A special Moscow communique last night said that 229 German planes were shot down during the day. Completed figures showed that ...

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  42. SURPRISE ATTACK.

    NEW YORK, July 8.—George Jones, a United Press correspondent on New Georgia, stated in a delayed dispatch that 2 American marine ...

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  43. CAUGHT IN GULF.

    NEW YORK, July 8.—The Associated Press correspondent at S Pacific HQ stated today: "A numerically inferior group of American ...

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  44. THE DODECANESE.

    LONDON, July 8.—The Ankara correspondent of the Associated Press stated yesterday that the Turkish newspaper "Yenisabah" said ...

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  45. TOTAL NAZI STRENGTH.

    LONDON, July 7.—Moscow radio says that the Germans have now concentrated the biggest army they have ever had on the Russian front. ...

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  46. JAPANESE REPORT.

    LONDON, July 8.—Tokio radio broadcast the following communique: "The Japanese at Salamaua are counter-attacking the Americans ...

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  47. LAND, AIR, SEA.

    NEW YORK, July 7.—Admiral Halsey's headquarters announced today that after the Kula Gulf action the US forces continued to hold the ...

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  48. RAID ON ENGLAND.

    LONDON, July 8.—The Air Minisstry states that 2 enemy fighters. 1 of which was destroyed, machine- gunned an East Anglian coastal ...

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