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  2. GERMANS RETREAT AT TWO POINTS

    Russian forces, which have strongly counterattacked, are claimed to have forced Marshal von Bock's shock troops to retreat locally in both Mojaisk and Malo Yaroslavetz sectors, reports Ossian Goulding, ...

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  3. JAPAN "MAY BE FORCED TO ACT"

    USA and Japan must arrange at least a truce in the economic war if dangerous situation were to be avoided, said a high Japanese ...

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  4. CONTROL OF RENTS IN ALL STATES

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — New regulations to control rents effectively are contemplated by some Federal Ministers, whose plans ...

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  5. "EXCELLENT FETTLE" OF MALAYA AIF

    "Speaking as a doctor, I can say that Australian troops in Malaya are in excellent fettle," said Sir Earle Page, MP, when he arrived here ...

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  6. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF BANKS

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Regulations to give the Commonwealth Government power over operations of trading banks, as foreshadowed in ...

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  7. DEARER BEER, SMOKES..AND "PERRY"

    Inevitable increases in retail prices for beer, tobacco, spirits, and "perry" —if anyone can find any perry to buy —so far don't seem to be worrying ...

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  8. MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR RUSSIA

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Certain medical equipment, of which there is a surplus in Australia, is to be sent to Russia as part of a general ...

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  9. DAILY DIGEST

    What is taking place in the world today is not war in the old sense of the word, but a definite revolution against the civilisation for which the ...

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  10. NOTHING LEFT IN KHARKOV

    In last nights midnight communique admitting withdrawal from Kharkov, the Russian High Command says the Germans planned to ...

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  11. US LABOUR UNREST

    "Every item of the defence programme is under the shadow of labour trouble," states the Wall Street Journal. ...

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  12. CREDENTIALS OF MISS M. HEAGNEY WITHDRAWN

    The credentials or Miss Muriel Heagncy as technical adviser to Australian delegates to the ILO conference in New York have been ...

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  13. GERMANS' HURRIED HUNT FOR WINTER SUPPLIES

    Hufried requisitioning by the Germans of tents, camping equipment, sheets, ski boots, and blankets suggests that the Nazis have been ...

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  14. ALIENS MAY ENLIST FOR HOME DEFENCE

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Appointment or enlistment of allens for service in the military forces for home defence is permitted under an ...

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  15. 40 SECRET NEWSPAPERS IN BELGIUM

    One of the most curious signs of the spirit of resistance in Belgium against the Nazis is the growth of the number of secret newspapers, of ...

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  16. USA MAY KEEP NAZIS GUESSING

    In order to keep the German Navy guessing USA may follow the policy of the British and not announce the sinkings of Axis submarines destroyed ...

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  17. BUDGET "ESCAPEES" SHOULD AID WAR LOAN DRIVE

    Commenting on the Budget yesterday, Mr. A. D. Broad, organising secretary of the Victorian War Loan Committee, expressed the hope that ...

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  18. NO ARMY SALUTING OFF PARADE

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Obligation of members of the military forces to salute officers when not on parade has been abolished by ...

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  19. SABOTEUR FOUND IN US AIRCRAFT PLANT

    Michael William Etzel, 22, son of German parents and an employee at the Glenn Martin Aircraft Company at Baltimore, has been arrested ...

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  20. STEEL HELMETS FOR OUR FORCES

    If the British War Office accepts the modified design for steel helmets now being tested in the British military forces it is likely that the ...

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  21. RED CROSS ACTS FOR PRISONERS AT BENGHAZI

    Immediate action was taken by the Australian Red Cross Society yesterday to investigate the report received by cable from London that ...

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  22. M P's FOR BRITAIN TO PAIR

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Voting strength of Federal Government and Opposition parties will not be affected by the departure shortly of ...

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  23. MR. CURTIN'S POLICY

    A statement by Sir Keith Murdoch in Los Angeles was incorrectly reported in The Argus yesterday. Sir Keith Murdoch, when questioned on ...

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  24. DEATH FROM BULLET WOUND

    Found at his home last night with a bullet wound in his head, John Hooker, 29, of Marne st., St. Kilda, was taken to Alfred Hospital. He ...

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  25. 40,000 QUINNAT SALMON

    Liberation of 40.000 quinnat salmon in Western district lakes, where they have done remarkably well, is proposed shortly. Mr. F. ...

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  26. TANKERS RETURNED TO USA

    Mr. Ickes, Secretary for the Interior, sald yesterday that 12 of the 40 U-S oil tankers which were loaned to Britain and had now been ...

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  27. TENSE QUIET REIGNS ON DESERT FRONT

    A strange, tense quiet, similar to that which was in evidence in France at the beginning of the war, reigns along the desert front, states the ...

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  29. US SOLICITOR-GENERAL

    President Roosevelt hos nominated Mr. Charles Fahy, Assistant SolicitorGencntl to be Solicitor-General. ...

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  30. CHARCOAL PROJECT REJECTED BY COMMONWEALTH

    A Victorian request for Commonwealth financial support for a Forests Commission project to place the charcoal burning industry on a ...

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  32. "ADVANCE GUARD OF US TROOP TRANSPORTS"

    Resuming the debate on the Neutrality Act revision, Senator Nye sold that the first armed U-S ship carrying war materials to Britain would ...

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  34. GOVERNMENT PETROL SAFEGUARDED

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Special precautions are to be taken to ensure that motor spirit owned by the Federal Government is not disposed ...

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  35. JAPANESE ADMIT CHARTER OF "MYSTERY" SHIP

    Japanese naval authorities admtted here today that the former German merchantman Quito, which, manned by a German crew, but flying the ...

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  36. RATION-TIN LID SAVES BOMBER CREW

    How the lid of an iron-rations container used as a heliograph by the crew of a wrecked British bomber afloat in a rubber dinghy in the ...

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  37. ATTLEE ADVISES ACTION AGAINST SCEPTICISM

    "There will always be sceptics who say that high alms proclaimed in times of stress will be forgotten when the emergency is past," said Mr. ...

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  38. YOUTH'S BODY FOUND AFTER 3 YEARS

    The body of Ronald Finlayson 16 who was reported missing 3½ years ago, was found yesterday afternoon in dense scrub less than half a mile ...

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  39. MR. ROOSEVELT TO CONFER WITH MR. MACKENZIE KING

    President Roosevelt and Mr. Mackenzie King, Canadian Prime Minister, are expected to discuss this week the possibility of co-ordinating ...

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  40. BABIES IN OWN HOTELS WHILE MOTHERS WORK

    "Children's hotels," where youngsters aged between 2 and 5 can sleep while their mothers are on night work at war factories, were ...

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  41. INTERSTATE CUP MOTORISTS WARNED

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—If a motorist can obtain sufficient petrol to drive to Melbourne for the Cup and return. there is something wrong either with ...

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  42. KING AND QUEEN VISIT FACTORIES

    In a tour of 4 large factories in the North of England yesterday, the King and Queen watched parts of the new secret anti-tank gun being ...

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  43. SIR KEITH MURDOCH

    Sir Keith Murdoch arrived here by plane yesterday from Los Angeles. He dined at the Australian Legation. ...

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  44. EXTRA PAY FOR SERVICE WOMEN

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Increases in the active pay rates of all ranks of the nursing services and to members of certain women's ...

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  45. 2 BRITISH TRAWLERS SUNK

    An Admiralty communique states that HM trawlers Kostwentyane and Emilion have been sunk. There were some casualties in the first-named ...

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  46. FIGHTER PATROLS ACTIVE

    RAF fighters patrolling over Belgium yesterday attacked barges, canal lockgates, and gun positions. Other fighters over northern France ...

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  47. SINGLE RAIDER OVER ENGLAND

    An enemy plane dropped bombs at a point in south-west England in the early part of lost night, says the Air Ministry. No damage was ...

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