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  3. WAR FRONT SUMMARY

    At least 150 miles of the Eastern .Front is aflame and the German High Command, admitting fighting near a town ...

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  4. GROWING RUSSIAN AVALANCHE NOW 26 MILES FROM GERMAN FRONTIER

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—The greatest offensive in the history of the Red Army, which is spreading hourly to every sector of the long Eastern Front, has gained momentum in Central Poland ...

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  5. TOWER TAKEN OVER

    In a town on north-west Leyte, American soldiers found a concrete observation tower, which the Japs, had built, slightly marred by shelling, but serviceable. Here two A.A. men scan the skies for Jap. planes. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. ADVANCE IN SNOW

    British infantry advance through snow in Ardennes salient. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. Japs. Fight to Hold Manila Highway

    LUZON.—Americans have made a further advance of four miles down the central plain of Luzon, and are now 32 miles from the coast, but still the Japs. will not come out in the open to ...

    Article : 629 words
  8. British Attack in Southern Holland

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—The new British armoured attack across the southern "neck" of Holland is continuing in appalling weather. Its aim is to wipe out the German bridgehead west of the Roer River below Maeseyck. ...

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  9. Crisis in Tokio Koiso Regime Opposed

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—Tokio radio yesterday indicated public opposition to Gen. Koiso's regime. "Opinion runs strong among the ...

    Article : 136 words
  10. BERLIN, BUT NOT YET!

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—Military observers warn that, despite the might of the Russian offensive, it would be too optimistic to expect ...

    Article : 160 words
  11. SALONIKA OCCUPIED

    ATHENS (A.A.P.).—British troops yesterday occupied Salonika without incident. The ELAS forces continue to ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. SUICIDE BOATS NEVER USED

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—The Japanese in Luzon conceived a fantastic plan to destroy the American invasion ships by hurling suicide boats against the ...

    Article : 133 words
  13. RECEPTION (?) FOR MacARTHUR

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The War Department relates how a certain eminent officer recently got wet feet. The signalman on a Leyte beach. ...

    Article : 109 words
  14. PORTUGUESE COLONY IN CHINA BOMBED

    LISBON (A.A.P.).—It is officially announced that unidentified planes on Tuesday morning bombed the Portuguese colony of Macao (South China) ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. BOMBER BOMBS BOMBER

    HAWAH (A.A.P.).— While an Army Liberator was carrying out a night attack on Chi-chi-Jima (Bonins), a half-ton ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. FRANCE'S PEACE CLAIMS

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—Clarifying France's position regarding the Russo-Polish frontier question, the Foreign Minister (M. Bidault) declared that ...

    Article : 89 words
  17. GENERAL'S BLOOD

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Responding to an appeal for soldiers assigned to Supreme H.Q. to give blood needed at the front, an officer walked briskly to ...

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  18. JAP. DEFENCE OF SUMATRA

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The Japanese are strengthening the defences of Northern and Western Sumatra. According to an enemy broadcast ...

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  19. U.S. CARRIER SWEEPS ANOTHER 30 SHIPS, 86 PLANE BAGGED

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.).—Adm. Halsey's Third Fleet, ranging the seas from Formosa to Indo-China, has destroyed hundreds of Japanese aircraft which otherwise might have been used against the Americans on Luzon. ...

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  20. LEGENDARY "ONE-MAN ARMY" AMBUSHED, KILLED BY JAPS.

    LEYTE (A.A.P.).—Capt. Herman Bottcher, the "one-man army of Buna," was killed by Jap. mortar fire when his small reconnaissance party force operating far behind the enemy lines was trapped by 300 enemy troops. ...

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  21. Ps.O.W. Recaptured

    MELBOURNE.—Both of the German prisoners, Hans Schuster and Fritz Karcher, who escaped from Buffalo Forest P.O.W. camp on January 4, have ...

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  22. HITLER LIKE AN OVERFED PIG: EVIDENCE OF INSANITY

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—A Hungarian general says he would rather have gone through a battle than a stormy interview he had with Hitler in September. THE STORY of the interview was told ...

    Article : 442 words
  23. British Diet Down 2 p.c. on Calories

    LONDON (B.O.W.).—An enquiry into food consumption levels in the United Kingdom, the U.S and Canada reveals that the people of the U.S. and ...

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  24. CHIANG ONLY LEADER WITH SUFFICIENT PRESTIGE TO CARRY CHINA THROUGH WAR

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).— Representative Mansfield (Democrat), who recently returned from a tour of India, Burma and China as President Roosevelt's special observer, told the House that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's position is now weak in many respects, but he remains the only leader with sufficient prestige to carry China through the war. ...

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  25. DIGEST OF THE LEADERS.

    THE Tasmanian Treasurer (Mr E. Dwyer-Gray) will resume his battle with the Commonwealth Grants Commission in ...

    Article : 112 words
  26. SHIPS FROM U.S. FOR BRITAIN

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The sale or transfer of a substantial amount of America's merchant fleet to Britain is receiving serious consideration by high ...

    Article : 165 words
  27. FOOD RIOTS IN PARIS

    PARIS (A.A.P.).—About 7000 workers demonstrated outside the Paris Labour Exchange against the latest cuts in electricity supply and clamoured ...

    Article : 140 words
  28. Over 1200 Bombers Hit Important Oil Targets

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—R.A.F. bomber Command sent over 1200 aircraft in attacks last night on targets from Czechoslovakia to Western Germany. IT WAS a night of strategic bombing. ...

    Article : 194 words
  29. BIG EXCHANGE OF Ps.O.W.

    BERNE (A.A.P.)—Switzerland is making possible the biggest exchange of prisoners during the war The total includes 1357 Germans, 2500 ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. MORE RELIEF GOODS FROM U.S.

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).—The U.S. State Department has announced that shipments of goods to Europe for civilian needs will be increased ...

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