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  2. JAP. PRISONERS IN NEW GUINEA

    BEARING THE SCARS OF BATTLE, these wounded Japanese, captured in the final assault on Gona, are being guarded by two Australians— (Dept. of Information). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. JAPS DRIVEN BACK TO LAST DEFENSIVE

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Friday— Allied troops at Buna have overrun the Japanese main defensive positions and driven them back into the last line of defence, about a mile long along the coast and between 500 and 600 yards wide. Centred ...

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  4. R.A.N. MINESWEEPER SUNK NEAR TIMOR

    CANBERRA, Friday— H.M.A.S. Armidale, an Australian mine sweeping vessel of 938 tons, has been sunk by enemy air action in the vicinity of Timor. Announcing this yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said ...

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  5. KING'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

    LONDON, Friday— Broadcasting a Christmas message to the Empire, to day, the King said that the recent victories won by the United Nations enabled him to speak with firm confidence about the future. There were still? hard tasks ahead, but they could be faced with confidence, since Britain no longer ...

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  6. U.S. Leader Forecasts Victory in Pacific

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. Friday.— Forecast of victory in the Pacific as the Allied forces Increase, is made In a special message from the ...

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  7. MUCH TO BE DONE IN NEW GUINEA

    SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Friday— Victory at Buna will be the best news since the fall of Gona, hut it will not be the end of ...

    Article : 302 words
  8. AXIS SPIES ARRESTED IN MEXICO

    MEXICO CITY, Friday— Mexican secret agents have arrested upwards of 20 members of an Axis espionage ring. It is reported that ...

    Article : 199 words
  9. Importance of Bases Gained in Burma

    LONDON, Friday— In a message from Maungdaw, in Burma, a correspondent gives the first account of the result of the operations of ...

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  10. ALLIES PROSPECTS FAR BRIGHTER

    WASHINGTON, Friday— The Secretary for War (Mr. Stimson) told a press conference that the Axis was on the defensive every ...

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  11. JAPANESE BASE IN SOLOMONS STRAFED

    WASHINGTON, Friday— Apart from references to bombing and strafing attacks on the Japanese airfield at Munda in New Georgia, which is ...

    Article : 308 words
  12. MR. CURTIN GIVES FORCES MESSAGE FOR TOJO

    CANBERRA, Friday— The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-night broad cast a Christmas message to Australian forces scattered all over the globe. Thousands of miles were covered by cable, radio, telephone and air mail in getting the message to the Forces. ...

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  13. VICTORIAN LABOR SENATE CANDIDATES

    MELBOURNE, Friday— Senator Keane and Cameron and ex-Senator Sheehan have been selected as the three Victorian Labor candidates for ...

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  14. Christmas Messages From Allied Leaders

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. Friday— The Commander of Allied Land Forces in tho South-West Pacific Area (General Sir Thomas Blamey), ...

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  15. GIRL STRUCK BY CAR

    LAUNCESTON, Friday— Clarice Williams, 14½-year-old cyclist, who lived with a Mrs; Sturzaker, 22 Russell street, died shortly after ...

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  16. POPE APPEALS FOR NEW SOCIAL AND MORAL ORDER

    LONDON, Friday— Asserting that the greater part of humanity to-day was responsible for national errors and the damage that had been done, the Pope, broadcasting from the Vatican, said we owed it to the victims of air attack and to all who had suffered and were suffering to vow to achieve a new social and ...

    Article : 449 words
  17. MALTA REINFORCED

    LONDON, Friday— An Admiralty communique states that in a series of operations, which have now been completed, large reinforcements of war ...

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  18. WIDELY SCATTERED R.A.F. TARGETS

    LONDON, Friday— Fighter-escorted Bostons on Wednesday afternoon bom bed the docks at St. Malo, and other fighters carried out sweeps over ...

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  19. Four Killed; One Drowned in Melbourne

    MELBOURNE, Friday— Four persons were killed in Christmas Eve accidents in "Melbourne last night. To-day a threeyear-old boy was drowned near his home. ...

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  20. STATE SINKING FUND COMMISSION

    HOBART Friday— Transactions by the State Sinking Fund Commission for the year 104½-42 totalled £244,066/15/6 on the receipt side and £118,565/10/5 on the ...

    Article : 147 words
  21. MACARTHUR'S MESSAGE TO U.S. WORKERS

    ST. LOUIS, Friday— Workers at the Monsanto Chemical Co. received the following Christmas message from GenMacArthur: "On this sacred day we ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. Huge Death Roll in Turkish Earthquake

    ANKARA, Friday— Over 1000 were killed and over 3000 injured in the recent earthquake in Anatolia, which was one of the most powerful since ...

    Article : 46 words
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