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  2. SEE-SAW BATTLES.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—Reuters correspondent with the Sixth Army Group in a dispatch at noon today stated: "In the see-saw battles ...

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  3. GREEK TRAGEDY

    LONDON, Dec 21.—In the course of his reply to the debate on Greece in the House of Commons the Foreign Secretary (Mr Eden) said yesterday that the British Government sought nothing for itself in Greece and had no ulterior motive. ...

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  4. CLOSING IN.

    LONDON, Dec 21--"The Russians today are closing in on three sides of Kosice (Slovakia) with their guns hammering the outskirts," says the ...

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  5. LINE SHATTERED.

    LEYTE. Dec 21.—The destruction of the Yamshita Line on Leyte has been completed and the battle for the island is rapidly drawing to a ...

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  6. ALLIES REACT

    LONDON, Dec 21.—"The situation on the American First Army front is not deteriorating," stated Reuters correspondent at 21st Army Group HQ in a dispatch sent shortly after noon today. "The initial force of the enemy's blow has been blunted and Allied guns and armour are ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. CLEARING ATHENS.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—According to Reuters correspondent in Athens it is authoritatively stated that the British forces have cleared ...

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  8. BURMA DRIVE.

    KANDY (Ceylon). Dec 21—Two important Japanese bases—Wuntho and Nankan—on the Myitkyina-Rangoon railway—have been ...

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  9. RELIEF TOO LATE.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—The last wireless message from the garrison of the RAP headquarters attacked by ELAS forces (including women and ...

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  10. 65 YESTERDAY.

    MARSHAL STALIN ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. CHANGED PICTURE.

    PINLEBU (North Burma). Dec 20.—Advancing at a speed beyond all expectations and by methods un-known to staff colleges. 14th Army ...

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  12. "GAPING HOLE."

    LONDON, Dec 21.—"Lt-General Hodges is fighting hard to establish fronts in the northern and southern ends of the 25-miles gap torn by von ...

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  13. GERMAN ATTACK.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—"The fury of the German attack is still mounting," said the British United Press correspondent with the United States ...

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  14. LIBERALS' ATTITUDE.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—After the debate on Greece in the House of Commons the Liberal Party issued the following statement: "We ...

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  15. MULES HELP IN ITALY.

    A British patrol with their mules led by Italian soldiers, crossing a repaired demolition on the road to Portico, about two miles beyond San Benedetto. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. ON MINDORO.

    LEYTE, Dec 21.—Still there has been no violent Japanese air reaction to the operations of our forces who landed at Mindoro Island last ...

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  17. TITO'S FORCES.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—The communique issued today by Marshal Tito says that the Yugoslavs crossed the Drina River along the ...

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  18. LIBERATED NATIONS.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—Mr Vernon Bartlett (Ind) in the House of Commons today asked the Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) whether, in ...

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  19. STRATEGIC TARGETS.

    LONDON, .Dec 2L—Yesterday for the sixth successive day escorted Flying Fortresses and Liberators from the 15th US Air Force struck ...

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  20. SAAR SECTOR.

    LONDON. Dec 21.—The Americans repulsed two German counter-attacks in a wood north-east of Saareguemines yesterday, says ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  21. MUKDEN BOMBED.

    WASHINGTON. Dec 21.—The 20th USA Bomber Command communique says a substantial force of Super-Fortresses attacked in ...

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  22. THOSE COMMUNIQUES.

    NEW YORK, Dec 20.—The New York "Sun's" columnist, David Lawrence, writes: "General MacArthur is doing a splendid job, but whoever ...

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  23. NIGHT STRIKER.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—A new Mosquito, the Mark 16, against which the Germans have installed special guns for firing predicted flak twice ...

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  24. STILL MOUNTING.

    NEW YORK, Dec 20.—In a dispatch to the "New York Times" from Supreme Allied HQ Drew Middleton states: "The German ...

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  25. WAR SITUATION.

    NEW YORK, Dec 20.—The Ottawa correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the war situation has caused a tightening of Canadian ...

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  26. VISIT TO TOKIO.

    WASHINGTON. Dec 21.—The Associated Press correspondent at Saipan reports that three Super- Fortresses bombed Tokio before ...

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  27. PARISIANS WORRIED

    NEW YORK, Dec 20.—The "Herald-Tribune's" Paris correspondent reports: "The German counter- offensive has filled Parisians with ...

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  28. EAST OF MONTJOIE.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—The 257th communique issued at 9 am today by Supreme Allied HQ was as follows: Fighting continues in the ...

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  29. GERMAN OFFICERS.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—The Exchange Telegraph Agency's correspondent with the American First Army says the Americans have captured ...

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  30. RAIDS ON ASIA.

    MONTREAL. Dec 20.—The Chung- king radio has urgently warned the Chinese over a vast area, including Manchuria. Formosa and all the ...

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  31. ALLIED WEDGE.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—After heavy fighting troops of the Eighth Army have driven a deep wedge into the German positions north-west of ...

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  32. AIRSHIPS TO AUSTRALIA

    NEW YORK. Dec 21—Associated Press says Australian interests have reported considerable progress in the plan to establish an airship service ...

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  33. HEAVILY HIT.

    WASHINGTON, Dec 20.—A Pacific Fleet communique issued today states: "On December 17 Liberators bombed Iwo Jima (Bonin Islands), ...

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  34. RECAPTURED.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—The quisling ex-Premier of Greece. John Rallis, who escaped from a political prison when ELAS forces were attacking it ...

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  35. BORDER MOVES.

    LONDON. Dec 21.—The Associated Press correspondent in Athens in a dispatch today stated: It is reliably reported that EDES forces ...

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  36. INVADERS' PATH.

    LONDON. Dec 21—"Belgian people waiting in locations which the Germans are about to overrun do not remove their Allied flags until ...

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  37. AIR CHIEF'S FATE.

    LONDON, Dec 21.—Extensive search and inquiry have not established the cause of the loss of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford ...

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  38. BONG'S FORTIETH.

    LEYTE. Dec 21.—Major Bong, the US Army Air Force's ace shot down a fighter over Mindoro on Sunday, bringing his total of victims to ...

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  39. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

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