The War End Near In Europe
The Alhes on the Western font have crossed the Rhine with great inters and at many places, and are streaming into the heart of the Reich against an the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1945
1,029 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 52
Eight Years For Soldier
Melbourne, March 29.—Charles Hornbuckie (29), a soldier was today sentenced to eight years' gaol for attempting to rape a member of the AWAS at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Cabinet Ministers Asked To Remain In Or Near London Dramatic News Expected But No Peace Overtures Yet From Responsible Quarters Hitler And Colleagues Retreat Into Fastness Of Bavarian Mountains
London, March 29.—Mr. Churchill has asked War Cabinet Ministers to remain in or very near London over the Easter weekend. He will be in very close touch with military events and will curtail his own holiday. Dramatic news is expected from day to day, but no peace overtures have come from any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hitler Told That Continuation Of The War Impossible For Germans German Troops Not Under Control Of Officers
London, April 1.—The German High Command is reported to have told Hitler that a continuation of the war is impossible for the Germans. The High Command stated that German troops in the west were not under the control of officers, and members of the Volksturm were capitulating without attempting to fight. Stocks of petrol were exhausted, and there was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragedy Of War
From James O'Connor, on New Britain, April 3.—The tragedy of war can be seen at its starkest in a casualty clearing post in the forward areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Demands Come Before Housing
MELBOURNE.—Replying to criticism by delegates at the Victorian A.L.P. Conference of the Federal Government's handling of the housing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Libraries for Aust. Prisoners of War
Forty box libraries, each containing 100 Australian books, are awaiting shipment from Victoria to Australian prisoners of war and internees in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rocket Bombs Planned Years Before War
LONDON, April 3.—Contrary to general belief, says "Daily Express" air correspondent, the Germans began experimenting with military rockets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grim Toll of War on Scottish Family
SYDNEY.—Gnr. John Ravenscroft, 21. who played for Amateur Royal Artillery soccer team in Sydney, is the sole survivor of a Scottish family…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Legless Soldier Still Wanted to Fight
NEW YORK, April 3.—A soldier who knocked out two Nazi machine gun nests at Anzio, in Italy, then cut off his shell-blasted leg and still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Will Observe Soldiers' Preference
SYDNEY.—A promise that the N.S.W. Government would observe fully the principle of preference to returned soldiers and women as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Dufferin Killed in Action
LONDON, April 4.—The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava has been killed in the fighting around Mandalay, He had been in Burma six months, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Want Beer For Anzac Functions
SYDNEY.—A resolution profesting emphatically against the action of the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) in enforcing the observance of Anzac Day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Memorial to Dead Civilians
LONDON. April 4.—A memorial to more than 56,000 civilians killed in this war will be erected in Westminster Abbey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Study Of Post-War Products
London, April 3.—Over 1,300 British firms have been given permission to work on prototypes of new postwar products, says the "Daily Express."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hollywood's Contribution to the War Effort
HIGH praise for Hollywood's contribution to the Australian war effort was tendered the motion picture industry by F. MacNeil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Ends Suddenly For 12 Japanese
MELBOURNE.—The war ended suddenly for 12 Japanese working on a 40ft. barge in Piroe Bay when they were caught by a deadly hail of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Post- War Plans For Councils; Some Big Expenditure On Works
AS soon as war conditions ease up municipal'councils will undertake heavy expenditure programmes for local works. The expenditure will be based on the 1937-38 expenditure. This was stated at the recent Sydney conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prisoner Soldier Allotments Stopped
Sydney, April 4.—Under an order which came into effect on March 8, allotments are not to be paid to dependant a of soldiers discharged from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American's Pac[?] With South Australian Soldier Saved Him From Japs
ADELAIDE.—An American captain from Ohio, U.S.A., is saving up a bottle of whisky he took from Bougainville to drink with a South Australian soldier, Sergeant Ronald Allan, who saved his life. The last time, they met was in…
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