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  2. CHERBOURG TRAP

    LONDON, June 19.—The 27th communique issued by Supreme Allied HQ shortly before noon today stated: "The wedge across the base ...

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  3. CORDON HOLDS

    LONDON, June 19.—"American infantry and artillery yesterday afternoon beat off a desperate German counter-attack from the north which was designed to break the Allied cordon across the neck of the Cherbourg peninsula," states Reuters correspondent with the United ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. "HELLHOUNDS."

    LONDON, June 19.—"RAF fighters and anti-aircraft gunners after four days of ceaseless effort have evolved a new technique to beat the pilotless ...

    Article : 297 words
  5. BREAK-THROUGH

    LONDON, June 19.—It is officially announced in Moscow that the Red Army in its offensive in Finland has pierced the third line of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. STRUGGLE ON SAIPAN.

    WASHINGTON, June 18.—"Early yesterday morning (United States date) the Japanese launched an amphibious counter-attack against ...

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  7. WAR AND AFTER.

    LONDON, June 19.—The Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) in a speech at a luncheon at the Mexican Embassy today said: "It is a great ...

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  8. NEAR MOGAUNG.

    KANDY (Ceylon), June 19.—To- day's South-East Asia Command communique stated: "Chinese and Chindit troops have advanced closer ...

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  9. MOVING NORTH.

    LONDON, June 19.—Although heavy rain slowed down troop movements yesterday, the Allied line moved forward on all Italian sectors. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. SITUATION REVIEWED.

    LONDON, June 19.—The Cherbourg Peninsula was cut yesterday afternoon by the Ninth United States Division. which captured ...

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  11. CHANGSHA BATTLE.

    CHUNGKING, June 19.—A Chinese communique states that the Japanese yesterday captured Liuyang, Chuchow and Siangtan, ...

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  12. RACES WITH FIGHTERS

    LONDON, June 19.—"Residents on the south coast have watched scores of exciting races in the last few days between pilotless planes and ...

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  13. RAID ON JAPAN.

    NEW YORK, June 18.—The "New York Times" correspondent (Tillman Durdin), writing from a Super- Fortress airbase in China, says that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. RETURN TO SORONG.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, June 19.— With more than 10,000 tons of enemy shipping sunk and at least ...

    Article : 287 words
  15. FRENCH RAILWAYS

    LONDON, June 19.—In Normandy the deployment of Field Marshal Rommel's reserves is being delayed as a direct result of the strategic and ...

    Article : 381 words
  16. "HARD FIGHT."

    LONDON, June 19.—A special communique from advanced HQ in Italy states that the French troops who landed on Elba Island (off the ...

    Article : 325 words
  17. YUGOSLAV UNITY.

    LONDON, June 19.—Algiers radio states that representatives of the Yugoslav Government and Marshal Tito have reached an agreement on ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. R.A.A.F. VICTORY.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, June 19.— An RAAF Kittyhawk squadron which scored a brilliant 10-to-one victory ...

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  19. SURPRISED.

    LONDON, June 19.—'"he Germans in Barneville were taken by surprise and resisted only weakly," says the British United Press ...

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  20. DUTCH GUIDES.

    WITH GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ IN NEW GUINEA, June 19.— Dutch guides, scouts and interpreters, who accompanied the American ...

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  21. NAZI STRONGHOLD.

    LONDON, June 19.—The last German stronghold inside the Allied beachhead was captured yesterday afternoon by British commandos, ...

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  22. PLAYING IT UP.

    LONDON, June 19.—Dr Goebbels is still taking every opportunity of playing up the effects of the pilotless bombers and feeding Germans with ...

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  23. BEHIND THE FRONT.

    LONDON, June 19.—Australian and New Zealand squadrons again joined in large-scale attacks by Mosquitos of the Second Tactical Air ...

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  24. CENTRAL FRONT.

    LONDON, June 19.—A Moscow air communique issued yesterday stated that the Russian air force on Saturday night dealt massed blows at ...

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  25. NAZI PREDICAMENT

    NEW YORK, June 18.—In a dispatch to the "New York Times" from supreme Allied HQ in Britain Drew Middleton states: ...

    Article : 138 words
  26. THE BOMBER THAT JARRED JAPAN.

    How the new Boeing B29 Super-fortress, a number of which bombed japan last week, dwarfs its predecessar, the B17 Flying Fortress, is shown in this diagrammatic picture of the two lethal machines in flight. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  27. INDOMITABLE CASTAWAY

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, June 19.—Displaying indomitable spirit during a period of eight days spent behind the Japanese lines near ...

    Article : 403 words
  28. OIL TARGETS.

    LONDON, June 19.—The 1,300 Flying Fortresses and Liberators which yesterday attacked oil refineries in north-west Germany and ...

    Article : 167 words
  29. INFORMATION LEAK.

    PHILADELPHIA (Mass), June 18. —The United States postal authorities. acting under the Censor's instructions, seized all copies of the ...

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  30. CABLE CONNECTION

    LONDON, June 19.—A new cable connecting France and Britain which was laid after "D" Day is now open for telephone and teleprinter ...

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  31. WAR SECRETARY.

    LONDON, June 19.—The Secretary for War (Sir James Grigg), after a visit to the Normandy battlefront at the invitation of ...

    Article : 75 words
  32. 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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