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  2. LEYTE SLAUGHTER.

    LEYTE, Dec 20.—Japanese forces on Leyte are losing 1,500 men a day in killed alone. In the fighting on Monday 1,484 were killed, bringing ...

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  3. SOUTH IN BURMA.

    KANDY (Ceylon), Dec 20—The advance of the 15th Indian Corps down the Arakan coastal strip has been speeded up by a series of ...

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  4. NAZI ONSET

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Heavy fighting continues on the western front, where Field Marshal von Rundstedt's attack has lost none of its strength, but strong reinforcements are moving up to the Allied lines. Reports Indicate that the Germans are not moving ahead as swiftly as when they ...

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  5. NORTH OF FAENZA.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—The communique issued today by Allied HQ in Italy stated: "The Eighth Army against strong resistance made ...

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  6. EASTERN FRONT.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Reuters correspondent in Moscow in a dispatch last night said: "Apart from the official Russian communique there ...

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  7. PLANS LONG LAID.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—"Field Marshal von Rundstedt's offensive has assumed the proportions of the battle of Caen," stated Reuters ...

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  8. BRITISH POLICY.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Mr D. L Lipson (Ind) in the House of Commons today asked Mr Churchill whether there was now complete co-operation ...

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  9. ULTIMATUM.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—British aircraft dropped leaflets over Athens today. In the name of Lt-General Scobie they warned civilians to move ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. LACK OF TROOPS.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Broadcasting from Rome last night an American radio correspondent said: "Congressional representatives who have just ...

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  11. IMPHAL VICTORS.

    KANDY (Ceylon), Dec 20.—Lt-General W. J. Slim, commander of the 14th Army and his three corps commanders—Lt-Generals G. ...

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  12. COUNTER-MOVES.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—"The first Allied counter-measures against the German push into Belgium are in full swing," stated the British ...

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  13. FIGHTING CONTINUES.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Today's Supreme Allied HQ communique (No 256), issued at 9 am, was as follows: "Fighting continues in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. COUNT SFORZA.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—The "Washington Post" has published a letter from a former Assistant Secretary of State (Mr Adolf Berle) in which he ...

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  15. NAZI BRUTALITY.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Moscow radio last night stated that the Germans shot, burnt or tortured to death 300,000 peaceful civilians in ...

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  16. HANKOW BOMBED.

    NEW YORK, Dec 20.—The largest force of United States planes yet used in China on Monday dropped a record bomb-load of over 1,000 ...

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  17. THE REGENCY.

    LONDON. Dec 20.—A Reuters message states that yesterday the Greek Premier (M Papandreou) cabled King George of Greece ...

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  18. ANOTHER DEBATE.

    LONDON, Dec 20—Another debate on the Greek situation began in the House of Commons today. This followed a demand for a debate sent ...

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  19. MINDORO FIELDS.

    LEYTE, Dec 20.—There are no indications yet that the Japanese have recovered sufficiently from the shock of the Mindoro landing to ...

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  20. ATLANTIC CHARTER.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 19.—President Roosevelt has returned to Washington from Warm Springs (Virginia) where he had three ...

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  21. GENERAL BLAMEY.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 20.—In sending Christmas wishes to Allied troops General Sir Thomas Blamey expressed hopes that final and ...

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  22. DEMOBILISATION.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—When asked in the House of Commons today if the EDES in Greece had surrendered its arms, the Foreign Secretary (Mr ...

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  23. THE DEFENCE.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—In a delayed dispatch dated yesterday an Associated Press correspondent with the First Army said: "The situation is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. BID FOR VICTORY.

    NEW YORK, Dec 19.-In a dispatch to the "New York Times" Harold Denny, who is with the US First Army, reports: "Powerful ...

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  25. TRUCE "IMPERATIVE."

    LONDON, Dec 20.—The National Council of Labour at a meeting in London unanimously endorsed the resolution carried at the Labour ...

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  26. NAVAL CHIEFS.

    PEARL HARBOUR, Dec 19.—Pacific Fleet headquarters has announced the arrival of Admrial Sir Bruce Fraser, C-in-C, British Pacific ...

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  27. ROCKET ATTACK ON SHIPPING.

    Rockets speed towards an enemy vessel escorting a convoy off the Norwegian coast, during an attack from a 455 Squadr on Beaufighter. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. NATIONAL GUARD.

    LONDON. Dec 20,—Reuters Athens correspondent says that 4,800 men have so far responded to the Government's call-up in the Athens ...

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  29. AT BAY IN CRETE

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Crete, the bitter battleground of Empire forces in 1941, is in the news again. In the words of a New Zealand official ...

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  30. SEVENTH ARMY.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—"The Germans resisted strongly along the entire Seventh Army front inside the Reich extending about 20 miles," stated an ...

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  31. TOW FROM HORROR.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 19.—A Navy communique has announced the loss of the auxiliary oiler Mississinewa (23,000 tons) in the Central ...

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  32. DEFENDING BELGIUM.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—The British commander in Brussels (General Erskine) has replied as follows to the Belgian resistance movement's ...

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  33. "GRAVE MENACE."

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Replying to a question in the House of Commons today the Foreign Secretary (Mr Anthony Eden) said the recent ...

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  34. GERMAN CLAIM.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Today's German High Command communique stated: "On the entire offensive front in the west yesterday the Germans, ...

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  35. SHIPS DESTROYED.

    WASHINGTON. Dec 19.—Admiral Nimitz has announced the destruction of an additional 14 ships and small craft in carrier sweeps over ...

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  36. NORDEN BOMBSIGHT.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 19.—Attorney-General Biddle disclosed today that a Federal Grand jury sitting in New York had indicted Norden, Inc ...

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  37. AUSTRALIANS IN BURMA

    MELBOURNE, Dec 20.—RAAF personnel who saw three years' service in Burma would have been happier as a self-contained Australian ...

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  38. HIMMLER TAKES A HAND.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—An Associated Press correspondent with the United States Seventh Army asserts that Himmler is ...

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  39. ENEMY ACTIVITY.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—There was enemy air activity over southern England during the 24 hours ending at dawn today, with damage and ...

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  40. RELIEF SUPPLIES.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—Commenting on the withdrawal of UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) personnel ...

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  41. GERMAN OIL.

    LONDON, Dec 20.—The Exchange Telegraph Agency's correspondent in Rome states that Flying Fortresses and Liberators yesterday ...

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  42. WINGED ACTION

    LONDON, Dec 20.—A captured order from a German commander on the western front said: "The super-sensitivity of our troops to ...

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  43. NO FLAGS.

    LONDON, Dec 20,—"With reports yesterday that the German push into Belgium had slowed down, there was some easing of alarm yesterday ...

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  44. FANATICAL.

    NEW YORK, Dec 19.—A United Press dispatch from the Marshall Islands states: "Major-General Woods, commander of Fourth ...

    Article : 116 words
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