Ban On War Prisoners In Dried Fruit Industry
Action is being taken by the Australian Workers' Union to exclude prisoners of war from working in [?] industry…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
1,029 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 52
Returned Soldiers' Meeting Discuss Memorial Hall Proposal
Returned soldiers pride themselves upon their unity and solidarity, but its presence does not reduce them to "yes men." The meetings of the Wilcannia Sub-Branch one of which was held last Saturday, prove this if the members differ upon a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shot Soldier Hostile Witness
Sydney, February 15.—Private Neil George Johnson, Formerly a laborer, said at the Central Police Court today that he was shot by an unknown man and not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Preference for Seven Years?
CANBERRA.—The Federal A.L.P. executive after a conference with the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) yesterday decided last night to accept the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Complete Railway Paralysis A.R.U. To Pull On Biggest Hold up Since The War
Sydney, February 18.—A complete paralysis of all New South Wales rail traffic will result from a decision to be token tomorrow by the N.S.W. council of the Australian Railways Union. The date of the commencement of the stoppage is to be kept secret, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Why Soldier Did Not Write
LONDON, Feb. 17.—A young English soldier told a woman leader of a Y.M.C.A. canteen in France that his fiancee had written him frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Says Servicewomen Are Being Spoiled As Wives
LONDON, February 15.—A stormy discussion is proceeding as a result of the printing by a London newspaper of a letter Sgt. J. Moran, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gowland Brothers Prisoners Of War
Missing for over three years and now reported by the Red Cross to be prisoners of war are Albert and George Gowland, brothers of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Light Cars After the War
LONDON, February 19.—Another British motor manufacturer to announce post-war plans is the Stan dard Company. Within 12 or 14…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing For Three Years. Prisoners Of War In Ja[?]
Mrs. Untold Osborne, of 167 Mica St., was the happiest person is [?] Hill yesterday as she received advice [?] her two brothers tone the young[?] of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Appeal For T.B. Soldiers
Much can be done to brighten the lives of soldiers stricken with T.B., one of the most lingering evils of war. The privilege to provide this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Stumpy" Wages War Of Vengeance On Japs
AITAPE (Northern New Guinea).—"Stumpy" is not the man his name would indicate. He is 6ft. 2in. of brawn with an intense hatred of Japs, and is the hero of his platoon fighting among scores of native villages on the southern slopes of Torricelli Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women's Wages In War Industries Arbitration Court Inquiry
Melbourne, February 20.— The Full Beach Arbitration Court will decide whether in the national interest it a just sad fair to increase minimum rates of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Allergic to Khaki
NEW YORK, February 20. — Pte. Albert van der Scheuren has been discharged from the U.S. Army because he is allergic to khaki…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unpreparedness Before War
London. February 21. — Anxious about the nation's unprep[?]redances before the war, leading British industrialists tried to pass on the disturbing news, but could…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bazooka Shell In Soldier's Stomach
LONDON. February 21.—In a British sergeant's stomach was a German bazooka shell 12in. long— fully alive and capable of piercing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broken Hill Soldier In Nightmare Fight With Suicidal Japanese
BOUGAINVILLE.—Two desperate hand-to-hand struggles between three New South Wales soldiers and a Jap officer who slashed with his sword in suicidal "banzai" drives, marked an all-night Japanese attack on our positions north of the Genga River, Bougainville…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Court Dismisses Appeal By Dancer And Soldier Against Death Sentence
LONDON, February 21.—Appeals by Karl Gustav Hulten, 22-year-old U.S. soldier, and Maud" Elizabeth Jones, 18year-old strip-tease dancer, against the sentences of death passed on them by Mr. Justice Charles at the Old Bailey last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War In Pacific
Manila has fallen to U.S. forces who continue to make progress in the Philippines, U.S. forces landed on the [?]Iwo Jima island in the [?] 750…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War In Europe
Since last week the Russians have made further advances and at the moment Breslau is being threatened. Many places have been taken in the sweeps…
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