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  2. NEW U.S. LANDING WITHIN 30 MILES OF BORNEO

    MANILA, Wednesday.—Surging southward 200 miles from Zamboanga, the Forty-first Division of the American Eighth Army has seized the southern tip of the Sulu Archipelago at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. THE DEVASTATED GERMAN TOWN OF WORMS, captured by U.S.

    Army troops in the recent advance. The picture was taken from the cathedral, which was one of the buildings not destroyed by precision bombings by U.S. planes. U S Office of War Information—Beam Wireless, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. TASMANIA'S LOAN EFFORT CRITICISED BY DIRECTOR

    HOBART, Wednesday.—Strongly criticising Tasmania's support for the Third Victory Loan, the Director of War Loans (Mr. C. R. Banfield) said at a civic reception to-day that there had been a progressive falling off in the number of Tasmanian subscribers to war loans. He would not have taken ...

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  5. Reported Attacks on Sumatra and Andamans

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. — A Chungking Radio report picked up here says formidable British fleets are attacking coastal ...

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  6. SOLID BACKING BY INDUSTRY

    MELBOUBNE, Wednesday. — Management and union co-operation, of internal loan committees, and fuller appreciation of the ...

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  7. BACK TO CIVIL CONTROL IN PAPUA

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Steps could now be taken to restore civil administration In the whole of Papua and In part of New Guinea south of ...

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  8. 28 Men in Crashed Aircraft Rescued From Sea

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Within two hours of Jumping Into the sea from a sinking R.A.F. Dakota mail plane forced down 120 miles from Port Moresby, the crew of four and 24 passengers were located by an R.A.A.F. Sunderland. ...

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  9. Food Shortage Developing in U.S.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—A War Food Administration spokesman (Lieut. Colonel Olmsted) told the Senate Investigating Committee that minimum ...

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  10. MEALS AT SCHOOL UNDER NEW BRITISH SCHEME

    From April 1, when the new Education Act will be enforced, school children in Britain will be entitled to have all meals — ...

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  11. Women Directed to Work in Mental Hospital

    BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Manpower has directed a large number of women for work at the Willowburn Mental Hospital, where nurses are on ...

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  12. DROUGHT MAY FORCE RATON CUT IN MEAT

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The allocation of meat sunpplies between civilians and the forces and the British Ministry of Food might ...

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  13. INTER-STATE TRAIN TRAVEL MADE EASIER

    MELBOURNE. Wednesday. — Two steps to make inter-State train trnvel easier were decided upon by the War Railways Committee to-day, and will ...

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  14. EIGHT AWARDS FOR R.A.A.F. MEN OVERSEAS

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Eight new awards to R.A.A.F. men overseas were announced to-day by the Air Minister (Mr Drakeford). Recipients ...

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  15. New Fireproof Building Materials

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—British scientists have produced a new fireproof building material from waste ash, which they claim may ...

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  16. Jap Decorations

    Two Japanese decorations for gallantry were found by Australian infantrymen among the effects of Japanese they had killed while cleaning ...

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  17. TWO AIRMEN KILLED IN TRAINING CRASH

    MELBOUBNE, Wednesday.—While carrying out training exercises in N.W. Victoria last Friday, Sgt A. W. Saunders, of Rose Bay, N.S.W., was killed ...

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  18. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Foul play is suspected in the death of Warwick Terlein (11), son of the manager of Dundoo station, 55 miles from Eulo. ...

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  19. VISIT OF FLYING BOAT

    Advice was received yesterday from the Deputy Director of War Loans (Mr. E. V. Chapman) that if time and other conditions permitted, the Sunderland ...

    Article : 131 words
  20. Crashed Stinson Had U.S. Certificate

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The Stinson plane that crashed at Redesdale on January 31, killing 10 persons, carried an American ...

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  21. SWISS MAY GRANT. ASYLUM TO MUSSOLINI

    ROME, Wed.—The Swiss Government has sent a note to the Italian Government stating that if Mussolini should preseent ...

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  22. NATIONALISATION OF BANKING

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Public Service Association, at its annual conference to-day, adopted a report expressing "the strong conviction that ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. "BREATHING TUBE" HELPS U-BOATS

    The new Schnorkel breathing tube or oxygen must with which German submarines are being equipped is believed to consist of a steel tube which ...

    Article : 490 words
  24. CHARGE PROVED, BUT NOT CONVICTED

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Although the charge was found proved. Dr. Reginald Stewart Jones was discharged without conviction in Paddington Court ...

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  25. NEW TOURIST OFFICE IN MELBOURNE

    HOBABT, Wednesday. — Legislation providing for the purchase in Collins. street, Melbourne, of a property to be used as a tourist bureau is to be ...

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  26. EXPORT LAMB PRICE

    LAUNCESTON, Weclnesday. — "There is a great deal of confusion and misunderstanding concerning my activities to secure to the Australian ...

    Article : 394 words
  27. ARTILLERYMEN'S GIGANTIC TASK IN NEW BRITAIN

    By raining 184 tons of shells (11,641 rounds) on Japanese positions in Waitavolo and Tol plantations (New Britain) in 30 days, Australian artillery has done a gigantic task in support of the advancing infantry. Behind the firing of the shells is a story of bitter slogging in the jungle and days ...

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  28. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The French have captured Karlsruhe, and the Third Army spearheads are seven miles beyond Gotha. ...

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  29. Occupational Survey in Conjunction with Ration Book Issue

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Rationine and electoral officers conferred today on the next ration book issue in June. An occupational survey being ...

    Article : 147 words
  30. Fewer Early Potatoes May Be Required

    HOBABT, Wednesday. — Indicationsa were that requirements of early potatoes for the, current season would not be as great as last year, said the ...

    Article : 235 words
  31. SEALING OF MAIN ROADS TO BE COMPLETED

    HOBABT,Wednesday. — When manpower and materials are available, the Government proposes to complete sealing all main roads in Tasmania. ...

    Article : 89 words
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