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The wars & local soldiers, 1947

408 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 21

Joint Resolution On War Propaganda

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.),—Australia, Canada, and France will submit a joint resolution on war propaganda to the United…

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Missing Actress On Intelligence Work During War

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).—According to the girl's lather, Mr. J. B. Gibson, quoted by Reuter in a despatch from South Africa, the…

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American Soldiers Home For Last Rest

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Church bells tolled, flags flew at half mast, a salute of 21 guns boomed over the harbour, and 100…

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Civil War Faces France In Major Crisis

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 October 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Wed. (A.A.P.).—With Communists already resorting to direct action outside Parliament, France appears to be rushing headlong into one of its greatest…

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Soldiers Home From Foreign Graves

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri. (A.A.P.)—President Truman stood with bared head when 20 of the United States victims of the Pacific…

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Boy Wounded Twice With Same Bullet

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—A 14-year-old boy staggered into Castle Crag Golf Club House this morning suffering from wounds in the…

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Police Chief Wounded In Gun Battle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Mon. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—During a gun battle between police and six gangsters who are believed to be remnants…

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War Damage Payments

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).— Cheques and orders from about £100,000,000 sterling are to be sent out on November 10 in the…

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Too Old For Boer War—Died Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

ORANGE, Mon.—A man who was rejected as a volunteer in the Boer War because he was considered too old. died in the…

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Army Enlistments From These Districts

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 7

The Area Officer for this district (Captain Godwin) writes in an appreciation of the interest that has been shown by young men of this…

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Brutal Attack On Sick Soldier

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—A returned soldier who flew from Canberra to Sydney to-day to receive medical treatment was brutally…

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Silence Observed For Man O' War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 5

LEXINGTON (Kentucky), Tues. (AAP).—Racegoers on the courses throughout the United States were asked to observe a one minute's silence this…

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Subordinates To Die For War Crimes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 1

BERLIN, Tues. (A.A-P.).—The United States War Crimes Court which yesterday sentenced to death the former administrative…

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Appeal For Life Of War Blitz Dog

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Two British migrants are to ask the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) to save the life of their five-yesr-old…

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Dead U.S. Soldiers To Be Taken Home

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.—American servicemen buried in Australia are to be taken home. One hundred American soldiers will arrive…

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Speakers Extoll Man o' War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 November 1947 · page 4

LEXINGTON (Kentucky), Wed (AAP).—Nine sneakers extolled the famous American racehorse, Man o' War, in what was probably the most…

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Remembrance Day At the Anzac Memorial

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 1

An impressive ceremony is to take place in Anzac Park on Sunday next, Remembrance Day, when the memorial is to be unveiled and…

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Says Jap Emperor Responsible for War in Pacific

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 1

BOSTON, Thursday (A.A.P.).—If Emperor Hirohito were put on trial as a war criminal he would confess that he was the number one figure responsible for the Pacific war, according to Major-General Riukichi Tanaka, formerly chief of the Japanese…

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Public Alarm Spreading Returned Soldiers Voice Community's Fears

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 5

While the House of Representatives this week has continued the spirited and often bitter debate on bank nationalisation, a gathering only half a…

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Together In War Why Not Now?

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 November 1947 · page 1

MOSCOW, Friday (A.A.P.).—"The Soviet Union, United States and Britain successfully co-operated during the war. The economic systems of the United States and the Soviet Union are different, yet they co-operated. Why can't they co-operate after…

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