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  2. ISLAND BATTLES.

    MELBOURNE, July 20.—For every shell the Japanese have landed recently among advanced troops of the Third Australian Division in ...

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  3. N.S.W. PLANE TRAGEDY.

    SYDNEY, July 20.—Examination by Royal Navy and Air Force experts today suggested a possible cause of the RAF Transport Command plane ...

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  4. BURMA CLASH LOOMS.

    SE ASIA COMMAND HQ, July 20. —The large body of Japanese, estimated at between 6,000 and 8,000 isolated in the Pegu Yomas Mountains ...

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  5. POISON GAS.

    LONDON, July 20.—Thousands of tons of poison gas buried underground in the 331-square-mile German chemical warfare experimental ...

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  6. LAND INVASION.

    CHUNGKING, July 20.—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, interviewed by the '"Yank" magazine's correspondent, Sgt Walter Peters, ...

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  7. BALIK PAPAN

    MANILA, July 20.—General MacArthur announced last night that Australian troops of the Seventh Division had captured Sambodja ...

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  8. RECORD RAID.

    GUAM, July 20—Four towns were hit yesterday in the heaviest rain's yet launched by American Super-Fortresses on the Japanese mainland ...

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  9. LEOPOLD'S DENIAL

    LONDON, July 20.—"I am human and have made mistakes, but they were mistakes in method. not principle," said King Leopold of the ...

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  10. SECRET TALK

    LONDON, July 20.—It was disclosed today in Berlin that Mr Churchill, Generalissimo Stalin alone, except for interpreters, held a ...

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  11. PACIFIC SWEEPS.

    MANILA, July 20.—The communique issued by General Mac-Arthur last night stated: "Elements 'the Australian Seventh Division have ...

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  12. PREMIER'S ATTACK.

    LONDON, July 20.—The Belgian Prime Minister (M Achile van Acker), speaking in the Chamber of Deputies in the debate on the ...

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  13. "FORMIDABLE BASE."

    BALIK PAPAN, July 20.—Australian engineers have begun the long- range job of transforming Balik Papan into a formidable base. It is ...

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  14. AUSTRALIANS LANDAT BALIK PAPAN

    Australians aboard American-manned alligators during the landing at Balik Papan, Bomeo. In the background can be seen smoke from the ruins of enemy position and from burning oil wells. Shore installations were subjected to an intensive naval bombardment before the landing. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. "ROARING FARCE"

    LONDON, July 20.—The "Daily Mail" in a leading article says that Potsdam is the most crucial conference of modern times yet in some ...

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  16. RIVER AMBUSH.

    BALIK PAPAN, July 20.—Japanese aquatic activity observed on the upper reaches of the Riko River, which enters a bay two miles north ...

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  17. MR. CHIFLEY'S ELECTION

    LONDON, July 20.—"In all my experience with Australian authorities they have always been careful to observe the correct procedure in ...

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  18. CO-ORDINATION.

    MANILA, July 19.—The C-in-C, South East Asia (Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten) has held a three-day conference with General ...

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  19. RUSSIA'S INTERESTS.

    PARIS, July 20.—The Russian language newspaper "Russian News." which interprets the official Russian viewpoint, states that the ...

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  20. PEACE FEELERS.

    WASHINGTON, July 20.—The Chinese Ambassador to the. USA (Mr Wei Tao-ming) after a conference with the Acting Secretary of ...

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  21. NEED FOR LABOUR.

    LONDON, July 19.—Steps being taken to build up the depleted labour force of some British industries which meet primary needs of civilian ...

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  22. DANGER PASSES.

    HALIFAX, July 20.—As the explosion danger waned last night, 80,000 evacuees from the northern end of Halifax and the suburb of ...

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  23. OVER THIS YEAR?

    CHUNGKING, July 20.—The Premier of China (Dr T. V. Soong), addressing the Peoples Council expressed the opinion that the war ...

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  24. SUICIDE BAKAS.

    CHICAGO, July 19.—Commodore Dixie Kiefer, captain of the stricken aircraft-carrier Ticonderoga (which suffered severe damage and ...

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  25. VATICAN ON SOVIET.

    ROME, July 20.—The Vatican newspaper, "Osservatore Romano" in an editorial declared that the Roman Catholic Church could not approve ...

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  26. ON OKINAWA.

    NEW YORK, Jul 20.—A correspondent of the American. Associated Press on Okinawa says it is estimated that 10,000 Japanese troops ...

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  27. SHANGHAI RAID.

    MANILA, July 17.—Shanghai, the largest Japanese-held city and shipping centre in China, received its first full-scale air attack of the ...

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  28. WAR DAMAGE.

    LONDON, July 20.—War damage claims for the last year of raids on Britain are likely to be the heaviest of the war, says the "Evening ...

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  29. NERVE WAR.

    MANILA, July 20.—The dropping during June of more than 16,000,000 leaflets inviting the Japanese in Luzon to surrender led to the capture ...

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  30. "EVIL SHADOW."

    LONDON, July 20.—"The prospect of mass unemployment lies upon the whole social life of Britain like an evil shadow," said the ...

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  31. BERLIN "MENACE"

    LONDON, July 20.—The four Allied commanders in Berlin have decided to take joint action to eliminate the black market which the ...

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  32. A FREE POLAND.

    WASHINGTON, July 20.—The Acting Secretary of State (Mr Joseph Grew) replying by letter to a series of questions, assured Senator ...

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  33. FINNISH PLOT.

    LONDON, July 20.—It was officially announced in Helsinki today that the police had arrested a number of Finnish Army officers charged ...

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  34. RUMANIA'S KING.

    LONDON, July 20.—Bucharest radio announced today that the commander of the Soviet forces in southern Europe (Marshal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  35. U.S. WAR SECRETARY

    WASHINGTON, July 20.—Representative John Rankin (Democrat) said in the House of Representatives today that the Secretary of War (Mr ...

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  36. FAMOUS 32ND.

    MANILA, July 20.—The famous American 32nd Division, fighting against scattered Japanese resistance in northern Luzon, today ...

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  37. ARRESTED BY REDS.

    LONDON, July 20.—The Russians have arrested the president of the Vienna Jewish community, Dr Richard Lowenherz, for collaboration ...

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  38. BOAST AND PLAINT.

    NEW YORK, July 19.—Tokio radio states that Lt-General Saburo Endo, aircraft ordnance director, said that plane production in Japan had made ...

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  39. BRITAIN'S COAL.

    LONDON, July 20.—The chairman of the British Mining Association (Mr Robert Foot) announced today that the coal-owners had accepted ...

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  40. JUNGLE STRUGGLES

    BOUGAINVILLE, July 20.—With rain pouring down on southern Bougainville at the rate of inches daily the Third Division drive to Buin ...

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  41. SLOW IN PAYING.

    NEW YORK, July 19.—The Herald-Tribune's" Washington bureau reports that the Acting Director-General of UNRRA (Mr Roy ...

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  42. DIVIDED COMMAND

    NEW YORK, July 19.—In a dispatch to the "New York Times" from Guam W. H. Lawrence states: "The Pacific war theory of divided ...

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  43. FRENCH TRAITOR.

    PARIS, July 19.—Andre Baillet, Director-General of Information in the Vichy Ministry, of the Interior, has been executed. He testified ...

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  44. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

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