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  2. V-E DAY VERY NEAR

    LONDON, May 6.—"The announcement of the end of the war in Europe is coming very soon," says the Exchange Telegraph's political correspondent. "The declaration when it comes will give the news that the Germans have laid down their arms everywhere, including Norway and the Channel Islands, and are surrendering unconditionally to Britain, the United States and Russia. The fear of Russian retribution has delayed a German surrender to the Red ...

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  3. JOYFUL DANES.

    LONDON, May 6.—In a dispatch from Copenhagen the Associated Press says that British troops crossed the Danish border at 1 pm ...

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  4. THE CAPITULATION

    LONDON, May 6.—"When the German plenipotentiaries came to Field Marshal Montgomery's headquarters on Thursday to talk terms," ...

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  5. PRAGUE REVOLT.

    LONDON, May 6.—Czech patriots have risen in revolt against the Germans in Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia, but a welter of conflicting ...

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  6. INTO TARAKAN

    BORNEO, May 5.—Against bitterly sustained opposition the Australians have fought their way into the town of Tarakan and now dominate the town and the Pamoesian oilfield, round which it is built. Two small pockets on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. FLAMETHROWERS

    BORNEO, May 6.—Flamethrowers are being used by the Australians on Tarakan to clear the immensly strong pillboxes and tunnels ...

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  8. UNYIELDED NORWAY.

    LONDON. May 6.—Major Quisling, head of the puppet Norwegian Government, broadcasting over the Oslo radio last night, declared that ...

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  9. PATTON'S NEW DRIVE.

    LONDON, May 6.—"Powerful forces of General Patton's tanks and infantry launched a new offensive into C[?]echoslovakia along a ...

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  10. TUMULTUOUS WELCOME

    LONDON, May 6.—"After a wild day of confusion, punctuated, by frequent skirmishes between Patriots and Nazis as efforts were made to ...

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  11. RUSSIAN ARMIES.

    LONDON, May 6.—Russian armies under Marshal Malinovsky and Marshal Tolbukhin are probing south-east of Prague and Marshal ...

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  12. HANDING OVER.

    LONDON, May 6.—The surrender talks between the Canadian commander (Lt-General Foulkes) and the German commander in Holland ...

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  13. EARLIER CONTACT.

    LONDON, May 6.—The German break-up began on May 2 when a German officer with a white lag came through the British lines, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. NAZI GARRISON.

    LONDON, May 6.—"The Times" correspondent at Field Marshal Montgomery's HQ said yesterday: "For technical reasons Norway, with ...

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  15. "MONTY'S" HOUR.

    LONDON, May 6.—The battlefield surrender of more than 1,000,000 Germans to Field Marshal Montgomery (announced in the second ...

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  16. SLOPES OF DEATH.

    BORNEO, May 5.—Two deeds of great gallantry marked the capture yesterday of Tarakan Hill, which has given the Australians virtual ...

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  17. BURNING ARCHIVES.

    LONDON, May 6.—The Norwegian Telegraph Agency today stated that the German authorities in Norway had started burning their ...

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  18. JAPAN'S COURSE.

    NEW YORK, May 6.—Tokio radio reports that the Foreign Minister (Mr S. Togo) said to his Press conference: "Evidently Germany intends ...

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  19. CAPTURED.

    LONDON, May 6.—A French communique announces that ex-Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany has been captured by French troops. ...

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  20. CONGRATULATIONS.

    LONDON, May 6.—Field Marshal Montgomery has sent the following message to his army commanders: "The German armed forces facing ...

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  21. NAZI U-BOATS.

    NEW YORK, May 6.—The Washington Bureau of the "New York Times" states: "Although official silence is maintained on the number ...

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  22. IN COLD ENGLISH.

    LONDON, May 6.—Today's communique (No 394), issued at 9 am from Anglo-American Supreme HQ read as follows: "The Allies have ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. "NO SCUTTLING."

    LONDON, May 6.—Kalundborg radio quoted this order-of-the-day yesterday from the German C-in-C (Field Marshal Keitel): "There must ...

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  24. "THE TRUCE."

    LONDON, May 6.—Flensburg radio, located north of Kiel, today quoted this announcement stated to have been received from Admiral ...

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  25. THE CEASE FIRE.

    LONDON, May 6.—British liaison officers with signal equipment were yesterday morning flown to Field Marshal Busch's HQ, which is now ...

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  26. WILHELMINA.

    LONDON, May 6.—Queen Wilhelmina, making her first broadcast at Eindhoven from Dutch soil, thanked the Allies for liberating her ...

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  27. WHY NAZIS LOST

    LONDON, May 6.—The biggest single reason why Germany lost the war was the Allies' tremendous air superiority, declared Field Marshal ...

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  28. OBSTINATE S.S.

    LONDON, May 6.—"An ultimatum has been delivered to the few thousand obstinate SS troops who are holding out on the main roads ...

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  29. "WHIPPED"

    LONDON, May 6.—"On land and sea and in the air the Germans have been thoroughly whipped," said General Eisenhower. "Their only ...

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  30. THE LEADERS.

    MELBOURNE, May 6.—It was announced today that the Tarakan operations were carried out under the general direction of Maj-Gen ...

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  31. HITLER'S HOME.

    LONDON, May 6.—Berchtesgaden has been captured and cleared, says the correspondent of the British United Press with the Seventh ...

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  32. NAZI SUICIDES.

    LONDON, May 6.—Moscow "Red Star" disclosed that on the eve of the capitulation of Berlin a large number of SS and General Staff ...

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  33. NO EXIT.

    LONDON, May 6.—The British United Press correspondent Copenhagen reports that crowds stopped the car in which the ...

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  34. U.S. BROWNOUT TO GO.

    WASHINGTON, May 6.—The Chairman of the War Product on Board (Mr Krug) has announced that the nation-wide brownout [?] ...

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  35. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

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