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  1. AIR WAR IN NORTH

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 25.—Switching from lea which had been the focal point of Allied air attacks for a fortnight, our aircraft yesterday carried out a heavy plastering of the main Japanese aerodrome at Vunakunau, 12 miles south of Rabaul. The attack was ...

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  2. AIR POWER THE KEY.

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 25.—The phrase "air strength in the Pacific," which was used glibly and more or less unthinkingly ...

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  3. AUSTRALIA'S DANGER.

    SYDNEY, May 25.—In an Empire Day address to members of the Royal Empire Society today the Minister for the Army (Mr Forde) ...

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  4. SOUTH PACIFIC COMMAND.

    WELLINGTON, May 25.—In marked contrast to the reception given to the SW Pacific Commander- in-Chief (General MacArthur) in ...

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  5. OVER MALTA.

    CAIRO, May 25.—Yesterday's RAF communique said that night fighters over Malta on Friday night shot down a Breda 20 and on Saturday ...

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  6. 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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  7. MEXICAN FEELING.

    MEXICO CITY, May 24.—Thousands of Mexicans demonstrated against the Axis Powers at a huge meeting in the central plaza here ...

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  8. EFFECT IN PACIFIC.

    CANBERRA, May 25.—A sidelight on the importance to the Pacific theatre of Mexico's declaration of war on the Axis was provided in a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. USA BLACK LIST GROWS.

    WASHINGTON, May 24.—The United States has added 323 firms and individuals in Latin American and neutral European countries to ...

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  10. USA NAVY CHANGES

    NEW YORK, May 24.—Writing in the "New York Times". Mr Hanson Baldwin, the paper's military and naval expert, states: "The influence ...

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  11. U-BOAT VICTIMS.

    WASHINGTON, May 24.—The Navy announced today that a medium-sized US merchantman was torpedoed and sunk off the Cuban ...

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  12. BATTLESHIP STORY.

    NEW YORK, May 24.—The Associated Press reports from Buenos Aires that an official of the Argentine State merchant fleet said today ...

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  13. BEREAVED MOTHERS.

    WASHINGTON, May 24.—President Roosevelt has approved of a plan whereby mothers who have lost sons in the armed services will be ...

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  14. KILLED ON MANOEUVRES.

    SYDNEY, May 25.—John Dallas Gavan (20), of a home defence unit, was accidentally shot dead while on military manoeuvres in the ...

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  15. CHINA STRUGGLE.

    CHUNGKING, May 25.—A hundred thousand Japanese are battering from three directions at the Chinese defences on the outskirts of ...

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  16. RETAKING BURMA.

    NEW DELHI, May 25.—General Stilwell, who commanded the Chinese forces in Burma, has arrived here for a conference with the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. AT MADAGASCAR.

    LONDON, May 25.—A special correspondent of the "Dally Telegraph" says that before the British attack on Madagascar commandos ...

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  18. ITALIAN NAVY.

    LONDON, May 25.—The Berlin radio says that Italy's battleship strength now exceeds her total of June, 1940. The warships damaged ...

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  19. BOMBS ON JAPAN.

    WASHINGTON, May 25.—Brig-General James Doolittle, leader of the recent American air raid on Japan, declared over the radio last ...

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  20. USA ARMY GIRLS.

    NEW YORK, May 24.—The moot question of what army girls will wear has been settled, the War Department having announced that the ...

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  21. AXIS STAFF TALKS.

    LONDON, May 25.—The German radio announced yesterday that Italian, German and Japanese military staff officers had met in Rome. ...

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  22. WESTERN AIR WAR.

    LONDON, May 25.—Two south- coast towns were attacked by enemy raiders last night. "There was some district over coastal districts of ...

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  23. RAAF IN CANADA.

    MELBOURNE, May 25.—Because of their teamwork and determination to put all their energy into their studies, Australian air crew trainees ...

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  24. LAVAL'S FAILURE.

    NEW YORK, May 24.—The "New York Times" says that private advices from Europe predict the imminent removal by the Germans of M ...

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  25. RAID PROTECTION.

    LONDON, May 24.—Recent air raids have demonstrated in a remarkable manner the value of the Morrison indoor shelters. During a ...

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  26. TRYING CONDITIONS

    LONDON, May 24.—A doctor aboard a bucking destroyed in a gale sad to be held wedged against an operating table by another officer ...

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  27. GUN EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, May 24.—One man was fatally injured, 2 were seriously hurt and 2 slightly when a gun exploded at the Denham Film Studios during ...

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  28. KHARKOV BATTLE

    LONDON, May 25.—No major change in the Kharkov bottle is reported. The latest Russian communiques refer to offensive operations and consolidation of positions without making specific territorial claims. It appears that the main fighting is in the Isyum-Barvenkova ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. NAZI LOSSES.

    LONDON, May 24.—A British United Press message from Lisbon says that information has come from a reliable source that Germany has ...

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  30. TURKISH SHIP SUNK.

    LONDON, May 25.—The Berlin radio says that a Russian submarine sank the Turkish motor vessel' Safat 1 mile off Bulgaria. Nine of the ...

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  31. SECOND FRONT.

    LONDON, May 24.—A crowded meeting at the London Hippodrome organised by the "Daily Express" passed a resolution welcoming the ...

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  32. INSIDE GERMANY.

    LONDON, May 24.—The diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph" states that Field Marshal Gering's establishment of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  33. AUSTRALIANS IN ICELAND?

    LONDON, May 24.—A radio report from Stockholm says that Australian troops have arrived in Iceland. No Information in London suggests that ...

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  34. THE POST-WAR WORLD.

    TORONTO, May 24.—In a speech to the Canadian Institute of International Affairs the New Zealand Minister to the United States (Mr ...

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  35. WESTERN DESERT.

    CAIRO, May 25.—Yesterday's RAF communique said that bomber and, fighter activity on Saturday was on an increased scale over Cirenaica. ...

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  36. SPATE OF DISASTERS.

    WASHINGTON, May 24.—In a debris-covered area at Honesdale, Pennsylvania, at least 32 dead have been counted and many others are ...

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  37. RAAF IN BRITAIN.

    LONDON. May 25.—A considerable detachment of members of the Royal Australian Air Force has arrived in England. They came ...

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  38. POLISH TROOPS.

    LONDON. May 25.—The British United Press correspondent in Ankara says that approximately 100,000 Poles from Siberlan prisons will join ...

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  39. GAZA HOUSE.

    CAIRO, May 25.—Gaza House, which is for use by the Australian soldiers in the Middle East, opened its doors last week 25 years after the ...

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  40. WAR GASES.

    LONDON. May 24.—"War gases— their nature, effects and treatment," is the title of a new penny folder issued by the. Ministry of Home ...

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  41. INDIAN STEEL.

    LONDON, May 25.—The "Daily Telegraph's" New Delhi correspondent says that Dr Henry Grady, leader of the American technical ...

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  42. MOULDERS' DISPUTE.

    SYDNEY, May 25.—A dispute at Malleable Castings Pty, Ltd, where a number of moulders were alleged to have ceased work because of a ...

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  43. ATTACKING RABAUL.

    It was a still night with half a moon and a light rain falling among the broad-leaf trees. In the tent alongside me a man stirred ...

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