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  2. AMERICAN LANDING ON OKINAWA

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.—American forces, in the biggest amphibious operation of the Pacific war, have landed on Okinawa, the main island in the Ryukyu group, only 325 miles from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese home islands. ...

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  3. BRIEFING FOR. RAID ON TOKIO

    CREW AND OFFICERS OF AN AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER assembled to learn of a strike against military arne s in the Tokio area as their ship neared Japan. The attack was earned out on February 15 and 16 by a powertulbarrier task force. The Ota aircraft factory north of Tokio was damaged and two engine plants were heavily bombed. More than 500 Japanese aircraft were destroyed or damaged. —(U.S. Office of War Information.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. LABOR OPPOSITION TO SOLDIER PREFERENCE

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The Victorian A.L.P. conference has instructed Victorian Federal Labor members to vote against the Soldier Preference Bill now before Parliament. This decision was made after conference had discussed for three hours the Government's preference proposals. ...

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  5. VICTORY LOAN Only Queensland Figures in Arrears

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Queens, land alone among the States is in arrears with its £100,000,000 Third Victory Loan applications ...

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  6. Many Hurt in Motor Accidents

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Nine passengers were taken to the Manly Hospital and many others were treated on the roadside by ...

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  7. Transport Holocaust

    LONDON, Sunday. — One of the greatest transport holocausts cince the air onslaught of the Falaise Gap blazed upon the ...

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  8. JAP WAR WILL BE LONG AND COSTLY

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Warning delegates to the Labor conference that they would have to face greater sacrifices before the war ended, the Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator Keane) said the Japanese war would be appallingly long, with shocking casualties. ...

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  9. Decisive Victories by Australians

    NEW BRITAIN, Sunday.—Decisive victories by Australian troops on ail dominating features overlooking Tol in the Wide Bay ...

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  10. Public Opinion

    Sir,—I ask potato-growers to pay no attention whatever to the Ulverstone T.P.O. meeting, the report of wihch said that the Potato Marketing Board ...

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  11. GERMAN OFFICER'S ADMISSION

    LONDON, Sunday. — Reuter's correspondent with the Third Army quotes a high ranking captured German officer as ...

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  12. MR. CASEY MAKES HISTORY

    BOMBAY Saturday.—Political history was marde by Mr. R. G. Casey, the Governor of Bengal, last night, when he announced that he ...

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  13. GERMAN SOLDIERS ROBBING OWN PEOPLE

    LONDON, Sunday. — Revelations of German soldiers looting German home: were made in a recently captured or der issued by Hitler in Berlin on Feb ...

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  14. CANBERRA COMMENTARY LABOR NEWS AND VIEWS

    In a report which at the time was confidential, the general manager of an Australian bank forwarded the following statement, anion" others, to his ...

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  15. ALLIES REJECT SOVIET REQUEST

    LONDON, Sunday.—The United States has rejected a Soviet request that the present Warsaw Government be invited to San Francisco. ...

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  16. HITLER WANTS TO BE MARTYR

    LONDON, Sunday. — "Hitler wents to be a martyr," MajorGeneral Hans Boehlen told the Associated Press correspondent ...

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  17. DEALING WITH WAR CRIMINALS

    LONDON, Sunday. — The Pans Radio says the trial of Potain on charges of betrayal of the French Stale will open on April 24, before the ...

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  18. TASMANIAN PROGRESS,

    HOBART, Sunday. — Of a Third Victory Loan quota of £l,483,470, Tasmania had subscribed £550,000 as at Thursday last, according to figures ...

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  19. AMERICANS TAKE CAPITAL OF NEGROS

    MANILA, Sunday. — Units of the American Fortieth Division which a few days ago landed on Negros Island in the Philippines ...

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  20. AR PLUNGES OVER EMBANKMENT

    When a small double-scnter car got out of control whilo descending "Devil's Elbow" hill, about 10 miles west of Wynyard, on the ...

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  21. Japs Strafe Survivors from Sunken Ship

    ALAMEDA (California), Sunday. — Survivors from the carrier Bismarck Sea, which was sunk on March 23, said over 300 of the crow perished. At least ...

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  22. DAY OF PRAYER MAY MARK END OF WAR IN EUROPE

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Government's recognition of the cescation of hostilities in Europe will probably be marked by thanks giving services and a day of prayer. A Commonwealthwide public holiday is most unlikely. ...

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  23. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Sunday,—The German radio, in its home service, said: ' 'A German freedom movement has been formed in the western areas ...

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  24. Over 54,000 Munition Workers Released

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — More than 64,000 workers in Munition and aircraft factories and annexes had been released since the period ...

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  25. FORD WILL NOT MAKE PLANES AFTER WAR

    DETROIT, Sunday. — Henry Ford has announced that he will abandon aviation construction alter the war His Willow Run plant, which at present ...

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  26. JAP AIR FORCE RAPIDLY DIMINISHING

    MELBOURNE, Sunday—The Japanese Air Force is rapidly diminishing in the area west of Dutch New Guinea as the rosult of recent attaeks by ...

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  27. TWO KILLED IN LAND MINE EXPLOSION

    BRISBANE, Sunday, — Jack, Hooper (19), one of five persons injured in the explosion of a land mino at Towns, ville on Friday, died yesterday. Thomas ...

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