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    DRAMATIC PICTURE of a blazing Japanese cargo ship caught off Palau, in the Western Carolines, by bombers of the U.S. Navy carrier task force which carried out a heavy assault on enemy bases. In a three-days attack 46 Japanese ships were sunk or damaged.—U.S. Office of War Inf.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. VIRTUAL END OF N.G CAMPAIGN

    S.W. PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS, SUNDAY.—AT DAWN YESTERDAY AMERICAN TROOPS LANDED ON THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF BIAK ISLAND, IN GEELVINK BAY (DUTCH NEW GUINEA). After overcoming initial Japanese resistance, they are now driving on the island's three ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. N S. WALES RETURNS LABOR GOVERNMENT

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Overwhelming endorsement of the M'Kell Labor Administration, which was returned to office with practically the same personnel it had in the last Parliament, and failure of the Opposition parties to consolidate their positions were the main features of the N.S.W. State elections yesterday. ...

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  5. FIVE KILLED IN AIR CRASH

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — When two aircraft living in formation crashed into high ground near Mt. Disappointment, north of Whittlesea on Thursday, two ...

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  6. MUST USE SYNTHETIC RUBBER FOR TYRES

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.—The Australian Minister for Supply and Shipping (Mr. Beasley) said that his talks with British and American rubber ...

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  7. YUGOSLAVS PINNING FAITH TO MARSHAL TITO

    LONDON, Sunday.—"The successive Royal Yugoslav Governments in London seem very far away to these peoples of liberated territories," writes the correspondent representing the combined British and American press at Marshal Tito's headquarters. "They have proved a stumbling block to Allied ...

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  8. 10 HURT IN TRAIN CRASH

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Steel and woodwork of an electric train were shattered, part of one train was derailed and ten persons were ...

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  9. MEN ON RAFT SEIZED BY SHARKS

    SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday.— Schools of sharks attacked exhausted survivors of the torpedoed troop transport Cape San Juan in the South ...

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  10. Goebbels Rails at Allied Airmen

    LONDON, Sunday.—Goebbels, in an article in "Voelkiseher Beobachter," says that Allied airmen, not content with haphazardly bombing residential ...

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  11. MR. ROOSEVELT MAY GO TO LONDON

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.—It is believed that a highly placed American official, possibly President Roosevelt himself, will participate in the ...

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  12. 11 MORE NORWEGIANS FACE FIRING SQUADS

    LONDON, Sunday.—German firing squads in Norway have executed 11 more Norwegians, three of whom, aged between 20 and 22, were arrested ...

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  13. NEW JAPANESE DRIVES IN CHINA

    CHUNGKING, Sunday.—A communique states that after sweeping through the Honan Province in the past 40 days, the Japanese ...

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  14. ENEMY POSITIONS POUNDED

    Communiques from General MacArthur's headquarters state: SATURDAY Dutch New Guinea — Geelvink Bay: ...

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  15. SNEAK THIEF GETS £19,000

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Detectives to-night are searching for a sneak thief who found an old man's heard of £19,000 in banknotes when he ...

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  16. PARTISANS ATTACK IN SLOVENIA

    LONDON, Sunday.—Authoritative reports reaching London state that the Germans are moving three divisions from the Eisonza Valley, ...

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  17. GERMANS THOUGHT MONASTERY HILL WAS INVINCIBLE

    LONDON, Sunday.—"German parachute detachments in Cassiuo had enough ammunition for at least a fortnight, and food for another 10 days. ...

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  18. Employes Warned Against Leaving Jobs

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — A warning to employas against leaving their jobs because of Wednesday's decision of the State Full Court in N.S.W. invalidating ...

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  19. New industries After the War

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — The Commonwealth Government is enlisting the assistance of big private businesses overseas for the establishment of new ...

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  20. THREAT TO JAPAN ADMITTED

    NEW YORK, Sunday.—Allied gains in the Pacific had already, so to speak, set fire to one end of Japan and were about to reduce ...

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  21. New League of Nations Will Be Powerful

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The present war could have been prevented by the League of Nations if the great Powers had supported it, Mr. W. ...

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  22. HENRY FORD'S WARNING

    DETROIT, Sunday.—The present wa[?] would only be a rehearsal for a more terrible combat unless greed were eliminated, religious disunity overcome, and ...

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  23. YEAR-OLD SECRET

    LONDON, Sunday.—Details of an R.A.F. secret a year old were revealed with the announcement that British planes had been attacking land ...

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  24. Immigration May Not Check Decline in Birth-rate

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—With a net increase of 40,000 migrants a year, which some authorities believe is the maximum that can be absorbed, it is estimated that Australia, at the best, can expect a population of another 2,000,000 by the year 2000. This is an important element in the statistical background ...

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  25. Great Welcome to Repatriated Prisoners

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Swedish liner Gripsholm, carrying over 900 British, American and other sick and wounded ex-prisoners of war, yesterday ...

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  26. Air Gunners to Change Badge and Name

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—In future wireless operator air gunners are to be known as wireless operators (air) and will wear a single-winged breast badge ...

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  27. Geelong Man Has Family of 14 Under 16

    GEELONG, Sunday. — Mr. J. Turley, of Swanston st., Geelong, a goods checker at Geelong railway station, believes he is the father of the only ...

    Article : 152 words
  28. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Sunday. — The Fifth Army is within three miles of the stronghold of Valmontonc, the capture of which would jeopardise the ...

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