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  2. ALLIED POWER.

    MELBOURNE, May 1.—Sober optimism tempered with a warning that the real struggle was still ahead was the keynote of a message to the ...

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  3. LASHIO FALLS

    LONDON, May 1.—The Chinese High Command announced in Chungking yesterday that Lashio, the key centre on the Burma Road, 130 miles north-east of Mandalay, had fallen on Wednesday after a battle in which both sides suffered severe casualties. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. STALIN CONFIDENT.

    LONDON, May 1.—"Fascist Germany and especially its army is undoubtedly far weaker than last June. The German people are becoming ...

    Article : 451 words
  5. LAE HIT AGAIN

    ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, May 1.—Another smashing attack—the fourth this week—was made by Allied aircraft yesterday on the Japanese aerodrome at Lae. Bombing and machine-gunning heavily, they took heavy toll of a line of 30 enemy aircraft. ...

    Article : 301 words
  6. RAF OFFENSIVE.

    LONDON, May 1.—For the eighth consecutive day of its great offensive the Royal Air Force yesterday carried out 7 major sweeps between ...

    Article : 632 words
  7. AUSTRALIAN MILITIA

    CANBERRA, May 1.—An attempt to force a declaration "that territorial limitations to the employment of the Militia Forces overseas be removed" was defeated in the House of Representatives today by 31 votes to 27. ...

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  8. POOR PERFORMANCE.

    FROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, May 1.—The tactics and achievements of the Japanese air force in their attacks on Australia ...

    Article : 324 words
  9. IN CHINA.

    CHUNGKING, May 1.—Several Japanese columns have launched a vigorous attack in the Southern Honan Province, obviously aimed at ...

    Article : 53 words
  10. BITTER AIR WAR.

    FROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, May 1.—Details of bitter battles between the Allies and Japanese for command of the air in the skies ...

    Article : 321 words
  11. OREL CAPTURED.

    LONDON, May 1.—A Moscow communique reports that there were no important changes on the Russian front yesterday. Thirty-five ...

    Article : 401 words
  12. USA WAR EFFORT.

    CHICAGO, May 1.—The Secretary of Commerce (Mr. Jesse H. Jones) told the United States Chamber of Commerce convention ...

    Article : 256 words
  13. RAIDS ON BRITAIN.

    LONDON, May 1.—Today's Air Ministry communique said that enemy activity last night was directed mainly against the north-east ...

    Article : 417 words
  14. TOKIO STORY.

    NEW YORK, April 30.—The Tokio official radio stated today that due to the complete suspension of the supply route from Burma, the ...

    Article : 61 words
  15. DICTATORS MEET.

    LONDON, May 1.—It was officially announced in Berlin that Hitler and Mussolini met at Salzburg on Wednesday and Thursday. Their ...

    Article : 364 words
  16. TENSION INCREASES

    FROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, May 1.—Although a decisive action by either side has not yet been taken tension is increasing in ...

    Article : 388 words
  17. PROFITS AND LABOUR.

    WASHINGTON, May 1.—By 13 votes to 12 the House Naval Affairs Committee yesterday tabled a measure to limit war profits, extend the ...

    Article : 166 words
  18. COMMITMENTS TO SOVIET.

    LONDON, May 1.—The USA Ambassador to the Soviet (Admiral Standley) in a statement in Kuibyshev yesterday said: "So ...

    Article : 98 words
  19. DEFENCE OF INDIA.

    NEW YORK, April 30.—Interviewed by reporters in the offices of the British Information Service here, Mr Graham Spry, personal ...

    Article : 371 words
  20. FRENCH FACTORIES.

    LONDON, May 1.—"Until their plans for the conquest of Russia went wrong the Germans apparently made no great attempt to turn the ...

    Article : 260 words
  21. HITLER'S CRIMES.

    LONDON, May 1.—Wilhelm Pieck an ex-member of the Reichstag broadcasting in German from Moscow in reference to Hitler's speech ...

    Article : 150 words
  22. U-BOAT TOLL.

    WASHINGTON, May 1.—The Department of the Navy announced that a small Swedish merchantman and a medium United States ship ...

    Article : 209 words
  23. TOKIO BOMBING.

    NEW YORK, May 1.—The Tokio official radio asserted yesterday that another wrecked American bomber which raided Japan on April 18 had ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. JAPAN'S RULERS.

    NEW YORK, May 1.—The Tokio official radio said yesterday that the first general election for the House of Representatives in 5 years was ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. ENEMY'S TROUBLES

    FROM AN ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, May 1.—There were 3 raids on Port Moresby on Wednesday, the first by 8 Zeros, the second by 9 ...

    Article : 149 words
  26. ADMIRAL STARK.

    LONDON, April 30.—Admiral Harold A. Stark, accompanied by Mr J. G. Winant United States Ambassador in London, who has been ...

    Article : 84 words
  27. TRUCE FEELER.

    LONDON, May 1.—The "Geneva Journal" Berlin correspondent says it has been semi-officially announced that Germany will call off the ...

    Article : 40 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

    Article : 32 words
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