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  2. "BANZAI" ATTACKS.

    SOMEWHERE IN SW PACIFIC AREA, Aug 3.—Desperate Japanese troops hurled themselves against the right flank of the American position ...

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  3. FINNISH PEACE MOVE.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The British United press correspondent in Stockholm states: "Representatives of the Finnish Peace Party have arrived ...

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  4. FLYING BOMBS.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The Germans sent waves of flying bombs over southern England at short intervals all night, also after dawn today, in ...

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  5. ARMOURED ONRUSH

    LONDON, Aug 3.—In Washington today the Secretary of War (Mr Stimson) announced that American Forces had captured Rennes in Brittany. Earlier an American broadcaster from Normandy reported: "The United States First Army is also on the outskirts of Dinan ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. ALLIES' POLICIES.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—In the course of reviewing foreign affairs during his speech in the House of Commons yesterday, the Prime Minister ...

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  7. BOMBS AND BULLETS.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—Bombs and bullets of Eighth Air Force Mustangs. Thunderbolts and Lightnings in dive-bombing and strafing ...

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  8. ON THE FRONTIER

    LONDON, Aug 3.—Russian guns are sending their first shells into the German traffic on Hitler's super-highways leading up the East Prussian frontier," said Reuters correspondent in Moscow in a dispatch this morning describing the Red Army's approach to the border. "They are ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. BATTLE FOR FLORENCE

    LONDON, Aug 3.-The communique issued by Allied HQ in Italy today stated: "South of Montelupo troops of an Indian division ...

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  10. THE PLANNER.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The man whom Mr Churchill revealed In his speech to the House of Commons yesterday, as the planner of the invasion, ...

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  11. "MAJOR SUCCESS"

    LONDON, Aug 3.—"The operation south of Caumont is a major success," stated a spokesman at Lt- General Dempsey's HQ last night," ...

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  12. STIFFER RESISTANCE.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 2—The Navy has announced that Marines have advanced a mile northward in Guam against increased Japanese ...

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  13. BOMBER COMMAND.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—Bomber Command dropped 57,500 tons of bombs during July, of which over 13,000 tons fell on Germany. July was a ...

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  14. GRAZIANI'S ARMY.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—Marshal Graz[?]ani, recently appointed C-in-C of a mixed Italo-German army, has issued an order-of-the-day which was ...

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  15. LUFTWAFFE CHIEF.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The German Newsagency today announced that Reich Marshal Goering had appointed Lt-General Werner Kreipe ...

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  16. GENERAL'S DEATH.

    WASHINGTON, Aug 2.—Today the War Department announced that Lieut-General McNair had been killed by an American bomb in an ...

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  17. ACCURATE BOMBING

    LONDON, Aug 3.—After six Kitty- bombers of an RAAF fighter-bomber squadron n Italy had wrecked the headquarters of a panzer grenadier ...

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  18. "THE FINAL HOUR."

    MELBOURNE, Aug 3.—The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) today made the following comment on Mr Churchill's speech to the British House of ...

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  19. CAPITAL OF POLAND.

    Warsaw, capital of Poland, for possession of which Russian and German armies are locked in fighting. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. FOOD FOR PARIS.

    MONTREAL, Aug 3.—Reports from Paris, according to the Algiers correspondent of the "New York Times," emphasises the danger of ...

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  21. "FIGHTING ADVANCE."

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The Moscow communique issued last night just before midnight stated: "The Russians today west of Rezekne captured 30 ...

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  22. STRIKE EFFECTS.

    PHILADELPHIA, Aug 2.—The War Department in Washington says that the Philadelphia transport strike is vitually affecting ...

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  23. KING RETURNS.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—King George has returned to England by air after his Italian tour. He landed shortly after 7 o'clock this morning after ...

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  24. BURMA CAMPAIGN

    KANDY (Ceylon), Aug 3.—American troops have advanced in the north at Myitkyina and minor gains have been made in other sectors. ...

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  25. TURKISH BREAK.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—According to the German Overseas Newsagency, the German Ambassador to Turkey (Herr von Papen) left Ankara ...

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  26. WARSAW AND PRUSSIA

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The final domination of Warsaw and the crossing of the East Prussian border are at present the most momentous of ...

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  27. STARTLED ENEMY.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—Villagers of Le Beny Bocage told a British United Press correspondent that when the British infantry and tanks arrived ...

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  28. STAGGERING.

    NEW YORK, Aug 2.—The "Herald- Tribune's" London correspondent, Richard Tobin, says that the English regard the appointment of Admiral ...

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  29. ON THE MOVE.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The whole Second Army appeared on the move yesterday," stated the "Daily Mall's" correspondent at Le Beny Bocage. ...

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  30. HEAVY FIGHTING.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—Supreme Allied HQ issued its latest communique (No 117) shortly before noon today. It stated: "Little change was reported ...

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  31. MURDERED BY NAZIS

    OTTAWA, Aug 2.—The Prime Minister (Mr Mackenzie King) told the House of Commons today that 19 Canadian soldiers have been ...

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  32. ALONG THE BYWAYS

    LONDON, Aug 3.—Marshal Rokos- sovsky brought his forces to the gates of Warsaw almost unscathed by counter-attacks by marching ...

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  33. GENERAL STILWELL.

    KANDY (Ceylon), Aug 2.—No explanation of General St[?]wen's promotion is available at this headquarters beyond the statement of a ...

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  34. V2 OR EISENHOWER

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The "Evening Standard's" aeronautical correspondent, commenting on Mr Churchill's statement on the new weapon the ...

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  35. ARGENTINE POLICY

    MONTREAL, Aug 2.—The New York "Herald-Tribune's" Buenos Aires correspondent reports that the Nationalist newspaper, "La Fronda," ...

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  36. POLISH PREMIER.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—The British United Press correspondent in Moscow says that the Polish Prime Minister (M Mikolajczyk), after a ...

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  37. JAPANESE LOSSES.

    LONDON, Aug 3.—From letter exchanges between Air Marshal Peirse and General Giffard it is revealed that five Japanese divisions in ...

    Article : 80 words
  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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