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  2. SOLOMONS BATTLE

    WASHINGTON. August 15.—Reports reaching here from widely separated sources insist that a week of fierce fighting in the Solomon Islands has brought encouraging success. Washington circles believe that a big naval battle is imminent of is already in progress. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. WESTERN DESERT

    CAIRO, August 15.—A considerable increase in forward movement in enemy supply lines in the Western Desert has been noticed in the last ...

    Article : 326 words
  4. THE V.D.C.

    When a train carrying military supplies was partly derailed on a bridge 13 miles from Rockhampton last June men of the Volunteer Defence Corps ...

    Article : 402 words
  5. CONVOY GETS THROUGH

    LONDON, August 15.—Just as the reoccupation of the Solomons is essential to Allied strategy in the Pacific, so the holding of Malta is imperative ...

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  6. POSITION IN INDIA

    NEW YORK, August 15.—"The paramount consideration is winning the war," says Major Eliot the Herald Tribune's military correspondent. ...

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  7. DRIVE IN CAUCASUS

    LONDON, August 15.—Latest reports indicate that the speed of the German drive in the Caucasus has been slowed down, but hence lighting continues in the two-pronged attack on the key city of Stalingrad. A desperate tank battle in the Kotinikova area gave ...

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  8. POTATO SHORTAGE

    CANBERRA, August 16.—Green vegetables, properly cooked, will supply all the vitamin nourishment contained in potatoes and will tide ...

    Article : 354 words
  9. MESSERSCHMITT DOWNED

    EL ALAMEIN, August 15.—(From Ken Siesor). Gunners of an Australian A.A Battery in the coastal sector of the desert front shot down a ...

    Article : 276 words
  10. PAPAL DISPENSATION

    BRISBANE, August 15.—"The use of meat by Roman Catholics on Fridays, as indicated in the dispensation issued by Pope Pius XII., affects ...

    Article : 226 words
  11. HOMMA IN TOKIO

    NEW YORK, August 15.—The Tokio official radio says Homma arrived at Tokio from the Philippines and received an audience with Hirohito in ...

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  12. PUBLIC RELATIONS AND WAR DEPARTMENT

    WASHINGTON, August 13.—M[?]Stimson has announced the re-organisation of the War Department with various public relations organisations ...

    Article : 314 words
  13. LIGHTERS ATTACKED

    CAIRO, August 15.—Australian and South African Air Forces light bombers on August 15 hit five enemy lighten carrying supplies to Marshal ...

    Article : 63 words
  14. "RATION LIQUOR"

    SYDNEY, August 16.—Sir Frederick Stewart addressed the Housewives Association on Saturday and said that in allowing wet canteens in ...

    Article : 183 words
  15. U.S CANTEENS

    BRISBANE, August 16.—With an unannounced reversal of policy, Australians were allowed into the American canteens yesterday and Americans ...

    Article : 444 words
  16. OLD UNIFORMS

    BRISBANE, August 15—Queensland is ready to set in motion machinery for turning old military uniforms into reserve emergency ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. DAIRY CATTLE

    SYDNEY, August 15—In order to get the actual position of the dairying Industry, a questionnaire was Sent out a few weeks ago to all dairy farmers ...

    Article : 206 words
  18. ARMY PRIORITIES

    BRISBANE, August 15.—Army contract priorities applying to the use of available refrigerated railway waggons for carrying beef to southern ...

    Article : 206 words
  19. TAX DEDUCTIONS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 181 words
  20. NIGHT FIGHTERS

    LONDON, August 15.—The Air Ministry says A. E. Clouston, the New Zealand record long range flyer is new engaged in experiments for the ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. DANGER OF INVASION

    MELBOURNE, August 15.—"The beat possible use of the breathing space which we will probably have for a few months more must be made ...

    Article : 115 words
  22. AIR OPERATIONS

    LONDON, August 15.—From August 11 to 14, air operations over the Alamein area have been on a reduced scale save the Air Ministry news ...

    Article : 149 words
  23. SIR E. PAGE RETURNS

    SYDNEY, August 16.—Sir Earle Page, on his return from England, said there is no thought in England that this war can be lost. The spirit ...

    Article : 77 words
  24. THE SECOND A.I.F.

    BRISBANE, August 16.—A protest against criticism of the conduct of A.I.F. men the made by the State President of the Returned Soldiers ...

    Article : 143 words
  25. CLOTHING TRADE

    CANBERRA, August 15—Commenting on criticism of the decision to require union labor for Government clothing contracts, Mr. Curtin said ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. POOL IN TERRITORY

    A huge natural swimming pool, in which soldiers, lucky enough to be in the vicinity, take full advantage of a dip was round recently by a party ...

    Article : 121 words
  27. LIQUOR TRADE

    BRISBANE, August 16.—Speaking in the Albert Street Methodist Church to-day, Rev. H. Wheeler said a Royal Commission should be appointed to ...

    Article : 128 words
  28. CITY CANTEEN

    BRISBANE, August 16.—Although it had been announced during the week that soldiers could drink in the new services canteen in Desmond ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. CONVOY SYSTEM

    NEW YORK, August 15.—The convoy system, plus Intensive air patrol, is slowly but surely, reducing the number of ship sinkings in the ...

    Article : 90 words
  30. CHILE AND THE AXIS

    NEW YORK, August 16.—The "New York Times" Washington correspondent says there is a definite possibility that Chile will break off ...

    Article : 120 words
  31. RAIDS ON GERMANY

    LONDON, August 16—The German radio station at Bremen want off the air a short time ago, as well as a Nazi station in Holland. This was about the ...

    Article : 91 words
  32. AIR FIGHTS NEAR MALTA

    MALTA, August 15.—A communique states Spitfires to-day shot down a German fighter and two enemy bombers were destroyed last night. There ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. HELD HOSTAGES

    LONDON, August 15.—Germans in Holland are deciding the fate of more than 1000 hostages held for "more guilt" for wrecking a German troop ...

    Article : 56 words
  34. THE PRIME MINISTER

    BRISBANE, August 16—The Prime Minister (Mr J. Curtin) will arrive in Brisbane tomorrow. Included in the Prime Minister's ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. ARMY CHAPLAINS

    CANBERRA, August 16—The Commonwealth Government has decided that Army Chaplains will become officers of the Australians Army and will ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. NEW BOMB AND SHELL

    LONDON, August 15.—The Germans in the Western Desert are using a new type of bomb and shell, both of which splinter 30 feet in the ...

    Article : 42 words
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