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  2. KESSELRING'S LINE

    LONDON, June 2.—The Fifth Army in Italy has breached Field Marshal Kesselring's Velletri-Valmontone defence line before Rome and is now "cleaning up" Velletri in fierce street fighting. An armoured spearhead of the army has cut the Casilina Way near Valmontone, which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. TRIBUTES IN CANADA.

    OTTAWA, June 1.—The Australian Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) received an ovation when he addressed a joint session of the Canadian ...

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  4. AIR OFFENSIVE.

    LONDON, June 2.—Saumur, a large railway junction on the Paris-Nantes line, was attacked last night for the second night in succession, ...

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  5. BURMA WAR.

    LONDON, June 2.—An up-to-date appraisement of the Burma campaign shows that Lt-General Stilwell's forces have now captured ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. YUGOSLAV UNITY.

    LONDON, June 2.—King Peter of Yugoslavia has promised in a declaration to Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to make contact with all ...

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  7. AMERICAN MIGHT.

    WASHINGTON, June 1.—The Secretary of War (Mr Stimson) at his Press conference today explained that in speaking of overseas ...

    Article : 516 words
  8. COUNTER-BLOWS.

    LONDON. June 2.—The Russians in the Jassy area on the Rumanian front are reported to have launched successful counter-attacks on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. LULL ON BIAK.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, June 2.—Enemy determination to contest every inch of ground that remains ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. BEFORE THE FALL.

    LONDON, June 2.—Bitter tank and infantry battles between Velletri and Valmontone were reported by Reuters correspondent at Allied ...

    Article : 469 words
  11. STUBBORN BATTLES.

    LONDON, June 2.—A Yugoslav communique records: "Stubborn defensive battles" in western Bosnia, where the enemy are in some ...

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  12. AIR AID TO CHINA

    CHUNGKING, June 1.—Lt-General Stilwell's communique today stated that American planes swept 550 miles of the railway from ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. CATALINAS STRIKE.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, June 1.—Catslina flying-boats from an Australian base under RAAF command completely smashed the ...

    Article : 189 words
  14. HITLER'S RAILWAYS.

    LONDON, June 2.—RAF Bomber Command on Wednesday night completed another month of its offensive against the enemy's railway ...

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  15. VIOLENT EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, June 2.—When passing through a small market town an ammunition train caught fire and blew up in East Anglia at 2 o'clock ...

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  16. THE SPITFIRE.

    LONDON, June 2.—Within a few hours of the launching of a memorial fund to the late Reginald Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire, £60.000 was ...

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  17. HILL FIGHTING.

    LONDON, June 2.—"The roar of bombs and the crash of artillery shells blotted out all other sounds in Kohima this morning when ...

    Article : 409 words
  18. WIDESPREAD RAIDS.

    WASHINGTON, June 1.—A Pacific Fleet communique today states: "Army Liberators bombed Guam Island in daylight on Sunday. ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. "THE SACRED SOIL AROUND ST. PETER'S."

    From heights captured near Velletri, American troops can see the dome of St Peter's Cathedral in Rome. The Cathedral, with the Piazza in the foreground, is shown in the centre of the picture. The area inside the white marking is the Vatican City. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. BULGARIA YIELDS.

    LONDON, June 2.—Berlin radio reports that a new Cabinet has been formed in Bulgaria with M Ivan Bagrianoff as Prime Minister. ...

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  21. DANUBE NARROWS.

    LONDON, June 2.—RAF medium and heavy bombers from Italy, striking against Rumania's vital "Iron Gate," the Danube narrows on the ...

    Article : 108 words
  22. ENEMY'S MEASURE.

    OTTAWA, June 1.—"Looking like' a story-book general, slightly stout, with tanned face and a Guards moustache, General Sir Thomas ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. THE BATTLE ZONES

    LONDON, June 2.—Today's communique from Allied HQ in Italy was as follows: "Hard fighting continued all along the front of the ...

    Article : 243 words
  24. FLANDERS AGAIN.

    LONDON, June 2.—The German Newsagency quotes the following-supplementary German High Command report: "The battles in Italy are ...

    Article : 91 words
  25. "ELASTIC."

    LONDON, June 2.—"It must be clear, without mincing words, that the German defence is bound to be an elastic delaying action," said ...

    Article : 83 words
  26. "F FOR FREDDIE."

    LONDON, June 2.—With the rudder control shot away, hydraulics all out of action, the intercomm dead and a fire blazing behind the ...

    Article : 235 words
  27. CONGRATULATIONS.

    LONDON, June 2.—Two Australian Air Force Sunderland squadrons based on Britain are among those who have been officially ...

    Article : 127 words
  28. THE FRENCH COMMITTEE

    LONDON, June 2.—Referring to America's non-participation in the forthcoming Anglo-French talks the "daily Mail" says in a leading ...

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  29. WAR AND PEACE

    LONDON, June 2.—"The events of the past year reached grave and atrocious proportions which horrify all Christian and human feelings. ...

    Article : 327 words
  30. CASUALTIES.

    WASHINGTON, June 1.—In a review of the Italian campaign at his Press conference today the Secretary for War (Mr Stimson) said ...

    Article : 51 words
  31. ENEMY SWITCH.

    LONDON, June 2.—Reuters Stockholm correspondent reports that the Germans, according to the Danish Press Service, are switching troops ...

    Article : 53 words
  32. STRIKING DISTANCE.

    WASHINGTON, June 1.—At his Press conference today the Secretary of War (Mr Stimson) said that in a single month the Allies had ...

    Article : 50 words
  33. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

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