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  2. AMERICAN ATTACK

    LONDON, July 3.—"The American troops went over to the attack at 5.30 o'clock this morning, pushing down the west coast from the base of the Cherbourg peninsula," stated a United States broadcaster this morning. "Drenching rain fell during the night and our infantry were again ...

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  3. PRESSING NORTH.

    LONDON, July 3.—The Allied' armies in Italy continue to make good progress on all sectors of the front. In its drive up the west coast ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. HENGYANG HOLDS.

    NEW YORK, July 2.—Today's Chungking communique states: "Japanese planes rained incendiaries on Hengyang but the defenders are ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. FLYING BOMBS.

    LONDON, July 3.—Flying bombs were reported over southern England continuously last night and they were still coming over this ...

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  6. HUGE ADVANCES

    LONDON, July 3.—In what is described as one of the swiftest advances of the war, Red Army forces have bypassed Minsk, capital of White Russia, to the north and south and have cut the two German escape routes behind the City. Troops of the Third and First White Russian fronts are now ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. ALLIED AIRPOWER.

    LONDON, July 3.—Allied bomber aircraft operating every night but one last month over Germany and occupied territory dropped a record ...

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  8. SAIPAN BATTLE.

    WASHINGTON, July 2.—The Navy has announced further advances on the entire Saipan Island front, ranging from 500 yards to a ...

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  9. HEADLONG PROGRESS.

    LONDON, July 3.—"General von Bosch's armies on the White Russian front, after losing 195,930 men in the first week of the Red Army's ...

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  10. 11 NAZI DIVISIONS.

    LONDON, July 3.—Official sources reveal that there are 11 enemy divisions in the Tilly-Caen area—five S ordinary divisions, two SS panzer ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. BUDAPEST BOMBED.

    LONDON, July 3.—"Upwards of 750 Flying Fortresses and Liberators yesterday attacked the railway yards at Rakos, on the north-east edge of ...

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  12. "STAGING POST."

    LONDON, July 3.—Aircraft of the RAF Transport Command have flown the first complete "forward staging post" to the front line in ...

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  13. SPIRIT STRONG.

    NEW YORK, July 3.—From China the Associated Press reports that the US Vice-President (Mr Wallace) left for home today after a visit to the ...

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  14. JUNE BALANCE-SHEET.

    SOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, July 2.—Japanese plane losses in the SW Pacific area in June were seven to one of ours. The ...

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  15. FIRING CEASED.

    LONDON, July 3.—The British United Press correspondent in Normandy states: "For a few minutes yesterday evening, the front was ...

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  16. FONTENAY BATTLE

    LONDON, July 3.--"Forming up with them in a wood north-east of Tilly and marching with them to the starting point in darkness I have ...

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  17. ODON BRIDGEHEAD.

    LONDON, July 3.—The 65th communique issued by Supreme Allied HQ this morning was as follows: "Our Odon River bridgehead was ...

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  18. FAR AFIELD.

    LONDON, July 3.—The Mediterranian Allied Air Force during June destroyed 480 German planes over Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, ...

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  19. FINNS' ATTITUDE.

    LONDON, July 3.—Last night Berlin radio, reporting a broadcast by the Prime Minister of Finland (Prof Linkomies) to the Finns, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. NEW U.S.A. SUPER-FORTRESSES.

    The new U5 B-29 Super-Fortress bomber which was used in the recent in the attack on Japan. Two of these huge four-motored bombers are seen in formation with a B-17G Flying Fortress (top left) which is only two-thirds as large as the super-bombers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  21. RAILWAYS CUT.

    LONDON, July 3.—In an order-of-the-day issued yesterday, Marshal Stalin said that troops of the Third White Russian Front captured ...

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  22. U-BOAT FLEET.

    LONDON, July 3.—"The fact that for 27 days a mass of Allied ships of every description has lain off the Normandy beaches, comprising a ...

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  23. BLOWS TO COME.

    NEW YORK, July 2.—The Washington bureau of the "New York Times" states: "The statement by the Secretary of the Navy (Mr ...

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  24. QUIET DAY.

    LONDON, July 3.—"British troops yesterday were patrolling south of the Odon River in the area of Evrecy and Esquay, but the Germans were ...

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  25. RETURN OF PEACE.

    WASHINGTON, July 3.—The Associated Press states that there is a growing possibility that, contrary to history's pattern, this war may not ...

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  26. UNDER THE NAZIS.

    LONDON, July 3.—Asked if during the occupation there was much Inter-marriage with the Germans, the Mayor of Cherbourg, M. Renault, ...

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  27. DANISH STRIKE.

    LONDON, July 3.—A British United Press report from Stockholm states that the general strike at Copenhagen has ended after an ...

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  28. REINFORCING BURMA.

    COLOMBO, July 3.—It is known that the Japanese have transported many thousands of reinforcements to Burma via the railway from Siam, ...

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  29. AT LONG LAST.

    LONDON, July 3.—"Thousands of Germans who have lost touch with their units and hidden in the forest have met their fate at the hands of ...

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  30. FIGHTING FRENCH.

    LONDON, July 3.—Reuters correspondent with the United States forces in Cherbourg last night said: "Fighting French officials in the ...

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  31. RAILWAY TARGETS

    LONDON, July 3.—The continuation of the Allied air attack on French railway targets to stem the movement of reserves is the result ...

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  32. WORLD MONETARY FUND

    NEW YORK, July 2.—The United States Treasury's Director of Monetary Research (Dr Harry White) told a Press conference at ...

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  33. FALL OF CECINA.

    LONDON, July 3.—It was officially announced yesterday that the Fifth Army captured Cecina (on the west coast of Italy. 30 miles south of ...

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  34. MASSACRED.

    LONDON, July 3.—In a dispatch from Moscow last night the British United Press correspondent described the terrible massacre when the ...

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  35. SAVAGE REVENGE.

    LONDON, July 2.—Reuters correspondent with the Fifth Army states that the Germans on Thursday killed 50 Italian civilians and 10 ...

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  36. UKHRAL THRUST.

    KANDY (Ceylon), July 3.—To-day's South-East Asia Command communique was as follows: "On the night of June 29 a raiding party ...

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  37. "GREAT BURDEN."

    LONDON, July 3.—Hitler's speech at the funeral of General Diet, commander of the German troops on the Arctic front who was recently killed ...

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  38. 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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