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  2. GREAT STRIKE AT JAPAN'S BIGGEST PLANE FACTORY

    GUAM, Sunday.—Before dawn this morning about 225 Super-Fortresses from Guam, Tinian and Saipan launched a great assault on the Mitsubishi aircraft plant on the outskirts of Nagoya. The raiders pounded the plant with high explosive ...

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    At the Air Maintenance Unit Depot where parachutes are packed for dropping supplies to Australians operating against the Japanese in the Aitape Area of New Guinea, Pte. Wally Graham of Kyogle, N.S.W., attaches a parachute to a large case standing on the scales and weighing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. TIGHTENING UP CONTROL OF BUTTER COUPONS

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A tightening up in the control of butter coupons was announced by the Director of Rationing (Mr. J. B. Cumming) to-day. He said it was essential that all butter above the ration for civilians be saved in order to maintain supplies on as high a level as possible to the services ...

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    A Chinese student studying aviation engineering at a U.S. Army air base in the Western United States concentrates on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. AUSTRALIANS HAVE JAPS ON RUN

    MELBOURNE, Sun.—Freely using the bayonet, the Australians made a fast advance to take the Dagua airstrip in New Guinea, and clear out Japanese from an extensive pillbox system near Tokinotu, on Bougainville (Solomons). ...

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  7. Importance of Security Conference

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — On the success or failure of the San Francisco security conference hinged the future of the world for peace ...

    Article : 255 words
  8. LOAN MANTAINS IMPROVING TREND

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — The first two weeks of the £100,000,000 Third Victory Loan campaign will end on Monday, with the rate of ...

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  9. LAST ROUND GOING WELL

    LONDON, Sunday.—In a message to all troops of the Twenty-first Army group before the attack across the ...

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  10. TRAM AND BUS STOPPAGE

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Repetition of the complete stoppage yesterday of Sydney and Neweastle tram and bus sorvices is threatened next Saturday ...

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  11. SOCIALIST PLAN FOR BRITAIN

    LONDON, Sunday.—The National Council of the Independent Labor party, in what it calls "a socialist plan for Britain" for submission ...

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  12. WILL STAGGER IMAGINATION

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.—High Army and Navy commanders have disclosed that the defeat of Germany will mark the beginning of ...

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  13. B.E.M. AWARDED TO BRITISH-BORN JAP.

    LONDON, Sunday. — Soichi Tcraoka, a British-born Japanese, who is a private in the R.A.M.C, was persistently pressed ...

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  14. Inadequate Punishment For Black Marketing

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Claiming that punishment of black marketing, price and rationing offences was inadequate, the Minister for Customs ...

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  15. FISH TRANSPORTED BY AIR

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Making three trips, an A.N.A. Douglas brought six tons of crayfish and fish fillets to Molbourno from Flinders Island ...

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  16. TO MINIMISE POULTRY FARMERS' LOSSES

    CANBERRA, Sunday. — A scheme is being prepared under which the Commonwealth will buy surplus dressed poultry coming on the market and place ...

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  17. Kept Burning Bomber on Its Course

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Squadron-Leader Robert, Anthony Palmer, D.F.C. (24), of the R.A.F., who ...

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  18. PLANE DASH FAILS TO SAVE GIRL'S LIFE

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Flown by plane from King Island to Melbourne vosterday in an effort to save her life, Lola Perry (11), of Currie, K.I., who ...

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  19. Use More Potatoes

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Behind the campaign being launched to step up consumption of potatoes in Victoria is an attempt to change ...

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  20. GREAT SIGHT FOR PEOPLE IN BRITAIN

    LONDON, Sunday. — When armadas of planes swept over the eastern coast of England yesterday morning people ran out into their ...

    Article : 137 words
  21. Danish Patriots Executed

    LONDON, Sunday. — The Germanexecuted seven Danish patriots lmme diately after a court-martial. They were refused the right to appoal. ...

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  22. LAUNCESTON S.H.S. WINS BOURKE CUP

    LAUNCESTON, Sunday.—The Bourke Cup, rowed over a mile and an eighth of the home reach course on the Tamar yesterday, resulted in a comfortable win ...

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  23. COULD SEE NOTHING BUT SMOKE

    LONDON, Sunday. — "Across the Rhine nothing was to be seen yesterday but smoke drifting gently against the bright, blue, cloudless sky," says a ...

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  24. U.S. PLANES ALLOCATED TO AUSTRALIA

    WASHINGTON. Sunday. — The Surplus Property Board has announced the allocation of five Lockheed Lodestar and two Douglas DC3 aeroplanes to the ...

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  25. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE

    CHRISTCHURCH. (N.Z.), Sunday. — Running amok with a rifle, a farmer killed a soldier and an elderly widow before shooting himself at Balearin ...

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  26. GREYHOUND OWNERS' ULTIMATUM

    HOBART, Sunday.—Unless the Hobart Greyhound Racing Club agrees to accept nominations from members of the Greyhound Owners, Trainers and Breeders' ...

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  27. DEMONSTRATION AT REQUIEM MASS

    HOME, Sunday. — Prince Umberto's presence at a requiem [?] for 340 Italians whom the Germans shot aroused hostilo demonstrations. When ...

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  28. REHEARSED IN BRITAIN FOR RHINE CROSSING

    LONDON, Sunday.—The British and American naval forces which ferried Montgomery's forces and heavy equipment across the Rhine rehearsed for ...

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  29. NEW RECORD FOR LABOR PREMIER OF N.S.W.

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — A new record term for a Labor Premier of N.S.W. will be achieved by Mr. W. J. M'Kell to-morrow. His term of office will then ...

    Article : 77 words
  30. Strong Spanish Protest to Japan

    MADRID Sunday. — The Spanish Foreign Minister announced that Spain had sent a strong note to Japan protesting against atrocitie's committed by ...

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  31. Priest Excommunicated

    ROME, Sunday. — Reuter's corre spondcnt at Vatican City roported thal the Pope yesterday excommunicated Don Tullig Calcagno, priest of the ...

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  32. KOISO QUESTIONED ON DEFENCE POLICY

    NEW YORK, Sunday.—The Domei Agency broadeast, quoted by Tokio Radio, says sharp queries on Japan's defence policy were tossed ...

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  33. Australian Destroyers Return

    After eight months with the British East Indies Fleet, the destroyers H.M.A.S. Norman and Nepal have returned to Australia. ...

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  34. R.A.A.F. CASUALTIES

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — The latest R.A.A.F. casualty list contains the names of 118 members serving overseas snd 20 in Australia and the Australian ...

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  35. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Sunday. —The British United Press correspondent nt FieldMarshal [?]'s headquarters says the fighting east of the Rhine is ...

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  36. HIGHEST GREEK AWARD TO GEN. SCOBIE

    ATHENS. Sunday.—The Regent of Greece (ARchbishop Damaskinos) has decorated General Seobie, Commander of the British forces in Greece, with ...

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  37. Only Public Buildings of Urgent Nature May Be Erected

    HOBART, Sunday. — With the serious shortage of homes, only public buildings of an urgent nature could be erected by the ...

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  38. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER OPENS NEW GRAVING DOCK

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Australia made a bold move when at a time that it had no capital ships of its own it decided to construct a huge dock for such vessels, the Duke of Gloucester declared yesterday when officially opening Sydney's graving dock, which is the largest of its kind in the Southern ...

    Article : 297 words
  39. WARNING TO GERMANS

    LONDON, Sunday.—Luxembourg Radio broadcast a proclamation from General Eisenhower, addressed to the German Army, threatening severe punishment for ...

    Article : 32 words
  40. U.S. CARRIER ESCORT SUNK OFF IWO JIMA

    GUAM, Sunday.—Admiral Nimitz has announced that Japanese aircraft Bank a 4000ton escort carrier in the Bismarck Sea on Feb. 21, off Iwo Jima. ...

    Article : 85 words
  41. SONG COMPETITION

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Mr. O. W. Walters, of Manly. N.S.W., is the winner in the ballad section of the Australian song competition organised by ...

    Article : 66 words
  42. JAPS CAPTURE ICHENG

    CHUNGKING, Sunday. — The Chi nese High Command has announced that the Japanese have captured Ich eng, only 55 miles from the America: ...

    Article : 69 words
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