German War Criminals Hanged in Riga
MOSCOW, Mon.—Seven Germans found guilty of war crimes by a Riga war crimes court were publicly, executed according to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
525 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 27
Nazi War Criminals Now Unwilling To Accuse Each Other
LONDON, Mon.—Although several Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg at first promised to testify against former colleagues, Goering strongly exerted persuasive powers and convinced fellow criminals that it would be better to "hang together…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Relieve Soldiers In the Islands
CANBERRA, Sun.—Action is being taken by the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) to have low points personnel from base…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welcome Home Social At Upper Corindi
A large crowd assembled at the Upper Corindi Hall when Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Cunningham gave their son, O/S. T. C. Cunningham, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Patriotic Committee Plea to Assist War Widows
MACLEAN, Tues.—A letter from Dr. H. W. Charlton, suggesting that the accumulated money he used as a fund to provide homes for war widows and needy mothers of killed soldiers, was read at a meeting of the Patriotic and War Emergency Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Contracts Cancelled
CANBERRA, Wed.—War contracts valued at more than £17,500,000 were cancelled by the Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home At Grafton Baptist Church
A welcome home to servicemen and women was held at the Grafton Baptist Church when the following were welcomed home:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coutts' Crossing War Auxiliary
Citizens of Coutts' Crossing intend to hold a function to wind up their Auxiliary's activities in connection with the A.C.F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soviet System Withstood Trials in War
MOSCOW, Sunday.—"The war did not come about by chance, but as the inevitable play of economic forces. It was the result of monopolistic tendencies and factors arising from the capitalist system in a group of capitalistic countries which considers itself…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Expenditure on War
CANBERRA, Mon.—Of the estimated war expenditure of £359,931,000 budgeted for in in 1945-46 a total of £274,121,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strikes In Spain First Since Civil War
BARCELONA, Monday.—Sit-down strikes for higher rations and wages have spread to important metallurgical industries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Arrested After Wedding
SYDNEY, Mon.—Arrested immediately after his wedding in a Newtown Church on Saturday afternoon, Leslie Gordon Beard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Applications For War Service Homes
CANBERRA, Tues.—There has been a phenomenal increase of applications lodged during the past two years to the War Service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers' Wives Not For Japan
SYDNEY, Tues.—No consideration had been given to the possibility that wives of Australia servicemen on duty with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Welcome Home At Karangi School
A welcome, home social evening was tendered service personnel at the Karangi school. There was a large gathering of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Move To Organise Welcome Home
MACLEAN, Friday.—"In view of the fact that the cessation of hostilities has resulted in the discharge from military service of the majority of the boys who enlisted from Maclean, the time will soon be opportune to extend to these boys a fitting welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. War Secret Revealed
PHILADELPHIA, Fri.—The War Department to-day revealed one of the top wartime secrets was "Eniac," which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vital War Dispatch Delayed In Australia
WASHINGTON, Fri.—Colonel Rufus Bratton, Chief of the Army's Far Eastern Section of Military Intelligence, told the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home At Chatsworth
ONE of the largest gatherings ever seen at Chatsworth assembled at the Temperance Hall to give a final welcome home to all service personnel in the Chatsworth Auxiliary area. The function also concluded activities of the Auxiliary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woodford Leigh's Final Welcome Home. a Gebat Success
There was a tremendous crowd at Woodford Leigh Hall on Friday night when the local Auxiliary staged a Until welcome home to returned men. It was…
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