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  2. HOLD ON ITALY

    LONDON, Sept 16.—"Heavy Allied reinforcements of all kinds have halted the Germans on the Salerno front and have ended the threat to the bridgehead," stated an American correspondent with the Fifth Army shortly after midnight tonight. "We are breathing more freely ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. CONSOLIDATION.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—Today's Algiers communique is as follows: Naval—Unloading at the Salerno beaches continues satisfactorily. ...

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  4. FIRST ERROR.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—"Competent observers regard the battle of Salerno as the Allies' first offensive error of the war because of the ...

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  5. LAE OUTPOSTS.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, Sept 16.—As one Japanese post after another falls before our overwhelming ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. AEGEAN ISLANDS.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—A dispatch from Ankara says that an Allied' invading force is reported to have occupied the islands of Lero and ...

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  7. BOMBING MAINTAINED.

    LONDON. Sept 16.—Sixteen enemy fighters were destroyed when fighter-escorted Flying Fortresses bombed two aircraft plants and a ...

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  8. ROAD TO KIEV

    LONDON, Sept 16—It was reported from Moscow tonight that Marshal Stalin had just announced the recapture of the Back Sea naval base, Novorossisk, from the Germans. The Red Army is making swift progress along the direct route to Kiev. ...

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  9. WAR'S NEEDS.

    WASHINGTON, Sept 15.—Lt-General McNarney, Deputy-Chief of Staff, testifying before a Senate committee today, warned that any ...

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  10. WEST AUSTRALIANS THERE.

    LONDON, Sept "16.—Australian members of the RAF Stirling Squadron which participated in the attack against factories in north France ...

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  11. SMALL LONDON RAID

    LONDON, Sept 16.—Bombs were dropped in London last night during the first night alert since August 23. Anti-aircraft guns fired a ...

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  12. ONLY A BEGINNING.

    NEW YORE. Sept 15.—The "New York Times's" correspondent at Mexico City says that General G. C. Marshall (Chief of Staff, US Army) ...

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  13. SEA AND AIR.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—The Allied forces in the Salerno zone have been supported as probably no army has yet been supported from sea and ...

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  14. RUSSIANS' PROGRESS.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—The Russians are still silent regarding the actual capture of Bryansk, but Moscow's guns yesterday saluted the Red ...

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  15. DRIVING NORTH.

    LONDON. Sept 16.—With the Eighth Army only 50 miles south- east of Salerno, its push to Join with the Fifth Army will possibly rank ...

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  16. RUBBER FACTORY.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—An Air Ministry communique states: "Bomber Command last night heavily and effectively attacked a rubber factory ...

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  17. THE COMMUNIQUE.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—last night's Moscow communique stated: "The Red Army today in the Kiev sector after two days' fierce fighting, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. SOBERING EFFECT.

    LONDON. Sept 16.—Apparently the terrific German attacks with giant tanks at Salerno have not succeeded in splitting the Allied front ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. THE GREATER TEST.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—"Three man problems are awaiting me in India: Firstly, the need to carry the war against Japan to a decisive victory; ...

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  20. ESCAPED PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—Rome radio broadcast today the following proclamation from the German Supreme Command: "All British and ...

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  21. THE COMMUNIQUE.

    GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, Sept 16.—The following communique was issued today: ...

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  22. UNDER NAZI HAND.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—"The German occupation of northern Italy hangs like a shadow over the people," declares Mr Aldo Forte, a British ...

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  23. BALLOON COVER.

    LONDON. Sept 16.—"From dawn on September 14 to dawn on September 15 between Salerno and Eboll, the North-West African Air Forces ...

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  24. SWISS ISOLATION.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—Swiss radio, in a broadcast from Schwarzenburg to America today, said: "German Customs officers have blockaded ...

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  25. NAVY'S RAIN OF SHELLS

    LONDON, Sept 16.—The Navy is playing a big part in the Battle of Salerno. Great clouds of 'cordite smoke and fumes hang like a ...

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  26. KHARKOV SECTOR.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—The Russians have broken through the German lines at one point between the railways from Kharkov to Krasnograd' ...

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  27. VISIT TO RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—The Archbishop of York (Dr Cyril Garbett). who is visiting Russia as head of a Church of England delegation to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. ITALIAN WARSHIPS.

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 16.—Eleven Italian warships with a British escort have arrived at Alexandria this morning from Malta. They ...

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  29. DALMATIAN COAST.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—Berlin radio, claiming the occupation of Kotor, says the entire Dalmatian and Albanian coast is now in German ...

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  30. COMMANDERS CONFIDENT.

    WASHINGTON, Sept 15.—The Secretary for war (Mr Stimson) told his Press conference that the battle of Salerno was serious, "but ...

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  31. OUT OF THE BLUE.

    COLOMBO, Sept 15.—The Italian naval escort vessel Eritrea (2,200 tons) entered Colombo harbour to- day, flying the black flag of ...

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  32. ARRIVALS AT PALERMO.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—Today's Algiers communique states that 28 further small units of the Italian navy are reported to have arrived at ...

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  33. "CRIMINAL OVER-OPTIMISM"

    WASHINGTON, Sept 15.—Assailing the American public's "foolish, childish and criminal over-optimism," the Secretary of the ...

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  34. NEW PAGES OF HEROISM

    LONDON, Sept 16.—The story of how the Americans came to Italy through a wall of German high explosive has been told by a British ...

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  35. THE POPE.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—According to a Madrid message the Pope has refused to see a special envoy from Marshal Kesselring because "the ...

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  36. BITTER FIGHTING.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—Today's German High Command communique stated: "There was bitter fighting yesterday in the area of Salerno and ...

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  37. "FAR FROM WON."

    LONDON, Sept 16.—The Secretary for Air (Sir Archibald Sinclair), addressing the City of London Squadron of the Air Training Corps ...

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  38. MARSHAL CAVALLERO.

    LONDON, Sept 16.—The German-controlled Rome radio this morning stated that Marshal Ugo Cavallero. formerly the Italian Chief of the ...

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  39. COMMAND CHANGE.

    CAIRO. Sept 15.—It is officially announced that Major-General Ralph Royce, who led the air raid against the Philippines in April, 1942, ...

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  40. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated, the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...

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