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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

1,879 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 94

Women Wage War of Nerves Hatred of Germans in France

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: The calculated hatred bestowed by the women of France upon German occupation forces has blossomed into a warfare for…

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Post War Plan Open Letter to the Bathurst Trades and Labor Council

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 3

Gentlemen: In last Thursday Week's National Advocate, I read a report of your, meeting of the previous evening appointing a sub-co[?] to confer…

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Level Crossing Dangers Minister Promises Gradual Elimination Work Held up by War

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Opening a new bridge over the railway on the main western highway at Warrimoo, the State Minister (Mr. O'Sullivan)…

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General News Soldier Fined

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 2

Frank Kebble (4Q), a soldier, was fined £1 when he appeared before the Bathurst court on Saturday on a charge of using indecent language…

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Clothes for War Victims Junior Red Cross Assisting

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

THE British Red Cross Society has accepted an offer from the Australian Society to forward a supply of reconditioned clothing to relieve…

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Berlin Raided Again Heavy Attack on German War Plants

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: RAF heavy bombers were out again early last night and people on Britain's south east coast saw them heading out for…

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Coal Vital to War Effort Official's Appeal to Miners

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The winning of more and more coal to against in feeding the war machine was one was of avenging the Japanese atrocities, said…

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Civil Defence Continuations After War Suggested Close Link with Army

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday Controllers of civil defence organisations in various States conferred in sydney today with representatives of the [?]imed…

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Jap War Crimes Australia to Hold Queensland Judge Appointed CANBERRA

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government of Australia has set up a commission to enquire into Japanese war crimes against Australians,…

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Mair Attacks Menzies' Views Non-labor Leaders at Variance Clash Over Post-war Dealings with Enemy

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Opposition to the views expressed by the Federal leader of the UAP (Mr. Menzies) that a prosperous…

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U.S. Soldier Shares His Dinner

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

Two small hungry Italian children. their expressions showing. their pleasure, wait eagerly as a U.S. Army Corporal prepares to share the food in their mess kit with them. The picture was taken as the Allied armies advanced against the Germans in italy…

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Anzac Agreement Ravified

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The ratification of the Australian New Zealand Agreement by [?] Governments was officially announced today by the…

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Soviet Freedom After War London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

Addressing the Supreme Soviet Council the Russian Premier, M. Molotov, outlined proposals for the establishment of independent army…

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Japanese Atrocities Offals Will Meet Justice After War

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: The US Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) has issued a statement on the attitude of the American Government towards…

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Two Years' Gaol Young Soldier's Bad Record Thefts in Lithgow and Forbes

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

James Albert Battoerford, 19, a soldier, received sentences of two rears' bard labor on several breaking and entering charges…

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Young Soldier's Bad Record Two dears' Gaol

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 3

James Albert Rutherford (19), a soldier, received sentences of two years' hard labor on several breaking and entering charges and 12 months'…

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War's End This Year Says "Monty" LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 1

General Montgomery, in a speech to the troops, said: "This war has been going on for a long time, and it is about time we ended it."…

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Younger Set Social Prisoners of War Fund Benefits

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 10

The monthly" Younger Set social in aid of the Prisoner of War Funds was held on the evening of Tuesday, 18th, in the C.W.A. Hall and…

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Montgomery "Fed Up" with the War London

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 1

"This war was begun a long time ago. I am getting tired and led up with he thing." stated General Montgomery in an…

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