U.S. Minesweeper Sunk First Since War's End
Pearl Harbor, December 31.—The Navy has announced that the American minesweeper Minivet struck a mine and sank 48 miles north-west of Kyushu…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
609 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 31
Soldiers Killed When Ammo Train Blows Up
London, January 2—Twelve [?] are fo[?] to have been killed and many injured when waggons of captured German ammunition exploded at Marlborough…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Service Homes
CANBERRA. — The Minister for Works and Housing (Mr. Lazzarini) has announced that applicants for war service homes who are prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bright Chapter Of Our War Effort
MELBOURNE.—A bright chapter in Australia's war effort will close on January 10 when the British SouthEast Asia Command takes over from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liner Mooltan Leaves Sydney With 1660 Troops; W.A. Soldiers Demonstrate
SYDNEY.—At 11 a.m. today the P. and O. liner Mooltan left Sydney for England with 1660 service personnel to disembark at Fremantle. They expect to arrive late on Thursday night and go ashore on Friday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Shot Dead; Constable Wounded
BRISBANE.—Gloria Kirby, aged 30, of South Townsville, was shot dead, and Constable Claude McPaul, 24, was critically wounded, in Dean…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Horthy Re-arrested As War Criminal
LONDON, January 6. — Adml. Hoi-iliy, former Regent of Hungary, who was recently released from Allied custody in Nuremberg, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unrra News First Ship Since Outbreak Of War Arrives In Syros
The first ship from a producer country to arrive in Syros, a Greek possession in the Aegean Sea, si[?] the occupation was the American Liberty ship "Tabitha…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rumors of Russoturkish War
LONDON, January 7.—The Soviet News Agency is quoted by Reuter's as denying rumors that Russia had declared war against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cheaper Loans for Soldier Settlers
Interest free and low interest loa[?] up to £1,000 will be granted to help establish or re-establish members of the forses in agricultural occupations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian War Graves
On the movement of the A.I.F. to the Middle East, an Australian War Graves Unit accompanied the force for the purpose ot locating and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dilutees And Post-war
Sydney, January 8.—Published statements that by agreement thousands of diluteers were to be thrown out of the engineering trade were to-day strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fantastic Story of the War
NEW YORK, January 8.—One of those fantastic stories of the war that may now be told is that the United States Army toyed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Angry U.s. Soldiers
MANILA, January 7.—Some 20,000 angry American soldiers, disgusted at the delay in their return to the United States, held a street parade today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese War Trials MacArthur Given Wide Powers
Washington, January 10.—The organisation of the trial of Japanese war makers over which General MacArthur has had extensive power conferred on him by the United States Chiefs-of-Staffs, is taking shape in Tokio. Tojo and other war makers may…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ballot For Land For Soldiers
SYDNEY.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) said today that blocks of land would be available to servicemen by ballot by the end of February…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Soldiers In Germany Riot To Go Home
London, January 11—Fifty military police and paratroopers with tommyguns, riffles, and, tear gas were called out at Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Room For 23,000 Soldiers On Farms
Sydney, January 11.—An estimate that over 23,000 farms suitable for soldier settlement could be provided from large estates in the eastern and central…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s Soldiers Now Hold Hands with Japanese Girl Friends
LONDON, January 11.—Members of the Far East Advisory Commission won't know Japan until they have seen it the hard way, says Lachic McDonald, "Daily Mail" Tokio correspondent. McDonald says that the ordinary Japanan will not be met in the comfortable dining rooms of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hint to Returned Men to Take Jobs
SYDNEY.—The Returned Soldiers' League has advised all ex-servicemen who can do so to return to the jobs they had before the war. The…
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