Speeding End Of War Against Japs
CHUNGKING, Thurs.--General Wedeymer, after a 10-day 5000 mile plane and jeep tour of six Chinese provinces, is now more…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
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Thanks To Anzac War Relief Society
CANBERRA, Fri.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, sent a letter of thanks to the Anzac division of the British War Relief Society,…
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CANBERRA, Fri.—If possible the war could not have been won but for the existence and co–operation of British colonies, said…
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MANILA, Fri.—John Cashman, International News Service war correspondent of New York City, was killed in a plane crash…
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At a meeting of Ulmarra sub–branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. the president (Mr. D. B. McLachlan) extended a…
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DELHI, Wed.—Allied general headquarters in India has issued an order prescribing 42 days' home leave for 60,000 British and…
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Australian prisoners of war, harshly treated by their Japanese warders during their internment at Labuan Island, were…
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The towering skyline of lower New York City is a welcome sight to 14,526 American lighting men returning from Europe. They crowd the decks of the British transport Queen Mary, as the former trans–Atlantic luxury liner moves up New York Bay…
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Rotarians of Fleetwood, Lancashire, recently drank a toast to the health and well–being of the Rotary Club at Grafton…
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Now that Russia has entered the eastern war, Japan's capitulation shortly is certain. The alternative is mass suicide. Though the Nipponese war lords will try every trick to save their prestige and future, the cards are stacked against them. No…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clothing Boon For War Victims
Dr. W. B. Sutch, of U.N.R.R.A., says that although many people in the countries liberated by the Allies are wearing rags for…
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LONDON, Thurs.—The war against Japan is expected to end within a few weeks, says the Press Association's…
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LONDON, Thurs.—Russia has declared war on Japan. This dramatic news was flashed to the world over Moscow radio last night. So far there are no reports of any actual fighting, but…
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Her decks jammed, the great liner Queen Elizabeth steams into the harbour of New York City on June 29, 1945, carrying more than 13,000 American soldiers and over 1,000 civilians returning from Europe. The total of 14,810 was the greatest number of passengers ever…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Charged
SYDNEY, Thurs.—At a District Court-martial to–day, Lance Sgt. John Colin Delaney, A.I.F., was accused of improperly disposing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Memorial Grafton Plans
Last night the Grafton sub-branch of the- Returned Soldiers' League announced the opening, of an appeal for funds to establish a war memorial at Grafton. The Memorial will form part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Okinawa Base for Air War
Quiet and stillness of Okinawa In the Ryuku group, as known to Okinawans and Japanese, has ceased to exist, and there are…
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Mr. J. Philip Boyd, of the United States War Production Board, who is just back from Europe, where he headed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Must Be No Next War
WASHINGTON, Fri.--"What are we doing to Japan now even with the new atomic bomb is only a small fraction of What would happen to the World in the third…
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KING GEORGE VI. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. QUEEN ELIZABETH…
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