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  2. SINGAPORE'S FATE

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Tokio official radio announced tonight that the British forces in Singapore Island had surrendered unconditionally Hostilities would cease at 10 o'clock (Singapore time) tonight. The Tokio radio had earlier broadcast a Damei (official newsagency) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. BURMA FIGHTING.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—Yesterday's Rangoon communique on the Japanese offensive against Burma said:—"After two days' fighting, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. RED ARMY DRIVES

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Russians are reported to have recaptured Krasnograd, 70 miles south-west of Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine. According to the "Daily Telegraph's" Stockholm correspondent they flung back a German counter-attack before taking the town and broke ...

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  5. ALLIED NAVAL FORCES.

    BATAVIA, Feb. 15.—The new naval arrangement in the South-West Pacific is that the Dutch Vice-Admiral C. E. L. Helfrich commands ...

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  6. NEW INVASION.

    BATAVIA, Feb. 15.—Without waiting for Singapore to fall, the Japanese have struck at Sumatra. aiming to capture the important oil ...

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  7. CHANNEL DASH

    LONDON, Feb. 14.—Berlin claims that the 26,000-ton battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the 10,000-ton cruiser Prinz Eugen have reached the safety of home waters after passing through the English Channel on Thursday, and this is not contested in London. ...

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  8. "VALUE OF ATTACK"

    NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—The "New York Times" commenting editorially on the detailed description of the damage caused during the U.S.A. ...

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  9. GERMAN VERSION.

    LONDON, Feb. 14.—A Berlin communique issued yesterday with reference to the Channel battle repeated the claim made earlier by the ...

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  10. SOVIET MOBILISATION.

    LONDON, Feb. 14.—The chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. (M. Kalinin) is reported by the Moscow radio to ...

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  11. ISLAND SURVIVORS.

    HONOLULU, Feb. 14.—It was revealed here today that a U.S.A. destroyer rescued on January 31 six starving and almost naked men, ...

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  12. AMBOINA BATTLE.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 15.—The magnificent gallantry of the A.I.F. in Amboina (the Dutch naval base 650 miles to the north of Darwin) in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. PEARL HARBOUR DAMAGE.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Speaking at a Republican rally at Lapeer, Michigan, Representative Jesse Paine Wolcott declared that eight ...

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  14. PHILIPPINE FRONT.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Reports of the fighting in the Philippines state that there has been sporadic action on the Bataan Peninsula ...

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  15. IN NORTHERN WATERS.

    LONDON, Feb. 13.—One Russian submarine has sunk seven enemy transports in northern waters. ...

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  16. VON BRAUCHITSCH AGAIN?

    NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—The Stockholm correspondent of the "New York Times" says Hitler has unexpectedly summoned General von ...

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  17. TRANSPORT BURNS

    BATAVIA, Feb. 15.—A 20,000-ton transport, a former luxury liner, was dive-bombed seven miles off Singapore yesterday. Hit amidships three ...

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  18. WARSHIP BOMBED.

    DARWIN, Feb. 15.—It is reported in official circles here that an Allied warship was attacked by a single twin-engine bomber on Friday. The ...

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  19. WASHINGTON CONFERENCES.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—President Roosevelt and the Soviet Ambassador (M. Litvinov), in the course of a private luncheon today, ...

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  20. AMERICAN BOMBERS ACTIVE

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Bombing of enemy shipping was reported in tonight's communique dealing with operations in the Netherlands ...

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  21. ONLY WOUNDED WITHDRAWN

    LONDON, Feb. 14.—An Exchange Telegraph correspondent cabled from Batavia today: "I have just arrived from Singapore, where the ...

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  22. SERGEANT'S HEROISM.

    WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.—In a communique on the Philippine theatre tonight it was announced that General MacArthur had awarded ...

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  23. REPROACHES DEPRECATED.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—The Dutch Foreign Minister (Dr. van Kleffens), writing in the "New York Times," says that the Netherlands East ...

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  24. MILITARY RULE IN PAPUA.

    PORT MORESBY, Feb. 15.—In preparation for any eventuality, the entire territory of Papua came under military control today. At noon ...

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  25. WOMEN AND CHILDREN TAKEN

    LONDON, Feb. 14.—Information has been received from the Governor of the Straits Settlements (Sir Shenton Thomas) that, among women ...

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  26. FILIPINOS CONFUSED.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Mr. Clark Lee, correspondent for the Associated Press, with a touch of grim humour, tells in a delayed ...

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  27. ANGLO-SOVIET UNION.

    LONDON, Feb. 14.—A national conference for a British-Soviet union was held today in London. Delegates representing every ...

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  28. R.A.A.F. IN ATTACK.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 15.—In the face of attacks by enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire R.A.A.F. bombers made another attack on ...

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  29. SALE OF SWEDISH WARSHIPS

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Berlin radio yesterday broadcast a report from Stockholm that Sweden was selling five old warships, including ...

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  30. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...

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