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  2. ROBOT PLANES

    LONDON. June 18.—During yesterday afternoon and evening, last night and this morning the Germans continued to send over their new weapon-pilotless aircraft. Damage and casualties have been reported. Considerable numbers came over early today and a hospital was directly ...

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  3. WESTWARD.

    LONDON, June 18.—Supreme Allied HQ issued its 25th communique shortly before midday today. It stated: "The Allies in the St ...

    Article : 420 words
  4. BOMBING JAPAN.

    NEW YORK. June 17.—Referring to the raid a few days ago on Japan's iron, and steel plants at: Yawata on Kyushu Island if at ...

    Article : 353 words
  5. PENINSULA CUT

    LONDON, June 18.—Reuters correspondent with the Americans in Normandy states: "Field HQ today announced that elements of the American Ninth Division broke through to the west coast of the Cherbourg peninsula along a corridor between six and seven miles wide, thereby ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. ARMOUR IN BATTLE.

    LONDON, June 18.—Among the most significant items of military news is that Marshal Rommel has already thrown in four panzer ...

    Article : 444 words
  7. SAIPAN BATTLE.

    WASHINGTON, June 17.—The latest Pacific Fleet communique dealing with the fighting on Saipan Island (in the Marianas group, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. AIR BASE HAVOC.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, June 18.— At least 50 enemy planes were destroyed on Friday when a strong ...

    Article : 337 words
  9. DEFENCE METHODS.

    LONDON, June 18.—Following up reports from scientists and army experts, General Sir Frederick Pile, C-in-C, Anti-aircraft Command, ...

    Article : 354 words
  10. KING IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, June 18.—"All I saw on my journey and on the soil of France moved me deeply," the King declared in a message to the ...

    Article : 383 words
  11. A BOMB WITH WINGS.

    A drawing of a German radio-controlled winged bomb which appeared in the "Illustrated London News.," on January 15 last. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. HALSEY'S NEW POST

    WASHINGTON, June 17.—A Pacific Fleet Press release states: "As the South Pacific has become relatively quiet, Admiral William ...

    Article : 234 words
  13. THE WOUNDED.

    LONDON, June 18.—A senior American medical officer stated at Supreme Allied HQ that the medical services in Normandy ...

    Article : 235 words
  14. HUGE AIRFIELDS.

    LONDON, June 18.—"The biggest job. of airport construction the world has known preceded the bombing of Japan," says a "Daily ...

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  15. CASUALTY REPORTS

    LONDON, June 18.—Pilotless planes continued to fly over the south of England last night and this morning and damage and ...

    Article : 221 words
  16. STILL UNCHALLENGED.

    LONDON, June 18.—Authoritative quarters state that the Allied air supremacy over the battle since in France and well beyond since ...

    Article : 374 words
  17. ENEMY BOASTS.

    LONDON, June 18.—The German Newsagency said last night: "German military quarters are well satisfield with the new weapon, which ...

    Article : 307 words
  18. MORE TO COME.

    NEW YORK, June 17.—The Washington bureau of the New York "Herald Tribune" states that while General Doolittle's raid about two ...

    Article : 153 words
  19. CHANGSHA ENTERED.

    CHUNGKING, June 18.—The Chinese communique yesterday stated: "There was heavy fighting on Friday in the south-eastern ...

    Article : 131 words
  20. SPEARHEAD.

    LONDON, June 18.—In a dispatch sent yesterday Reuters correspondent with the American forces said that American spearheads ...

    Article : 236 words
  21. INVASION TOLL.

    LONDON, June 18.—An Associated Press correspondent with the Americans in France states that Lt-General Omar Bradley, their ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. BELOW AT BONINS.

    WASHINGTON, June 17.—The Navy has announced that a US carrier task force, reaching to within 600 miles of Tokio, has attacked ...

    Article : 238 words
  23. TELLING THE GERMANS

    LONDON, June 18.—"Our measures for warding of f a decisive enemy attack on our continent are so all-embracing, so thorough, so ...

    Article : 553 words
  24. BEFORE "D" DAY.

    LONDON, June 18.—It is Officially stated that in the two months preceding "D" Day British railways ran 24,459 special troop, ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. 300 MINESWEEPERS.

    LONDON, June 18.—It is announced that an Allied mine-sweeping force consisting of over 300 vessels has been working since ...

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  26. THE CHINDITS

    KANDY (Ceylon), June 16.—An indication of the polyglot nature of the Chindits is provided in a recent group photograph in which there ...

    Article : 367 words
  27. IMPORTANT ALLIED OBJECTIVE.

    A general view of the city and harbour of Cherbourg ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. NOT THE TARGET.

    LONDON, June 18.—"The only Germans who don't duck when Allied planes strafe roads in France are the German Red Cross drivers," ...

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  29. TOKIO TALE.

    NEW YORK, June 18.—Tokio official radio claims that since the initial American landings in the Marianas on Thursday the Japanese ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

    Article : 32 words
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