Post-war Defence
CANBERRA. — The Navy, Army and Air Force and Munitions Departments will share fifty million pounds a year in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
465 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 24
America Is Planning Factories In Mines Against Atomic War
WASHINGTON, May 8.—Taking no chances of a surprise atomic attack on the U.S., the Army is going full speed ahead on plans to build subterranean war factories. Military experts have already completed an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Building Trades Hold Welcome Home Social
The Building Trades Union held Welcome Home Social to returned servicemen members of the organisation at Tails Masonic Hall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Criminals Receive Death Sentence
Yokohama, May 9.—The Eighth Army tribunal sentenced to death two of nine, defendants charged with the mistreatment of American war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Or Lasting Peace? Views From Both Sides Of The Atlantic
London, May 9.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, warned a meeting of the United Nations Association that the world was in greater danger of was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Politician Found Insane Shot And Wounded Senator
Oklahoma City, May 11.—Country Judge C. Blinn yesterday found [?] the Representative Jimmie Scott who shot but did not seriously wound…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Casualties Among War Service Women (By Air Mail)
OTTAWA. — Seventy- two women died while on active service with Canadian armed forces during the Second World War…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blind Ex-soldier for Council Seat
ADELAIDE. — A 50-year-old returned soldier, who has been totally blind for 17 years, has nominated for a seat in Mitcham…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Likely On Communists
CANBERRA. — The A.L.P. executive today will declare war on the Communist Party to thwart the move for a black ban…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Office Investigates Secret German Marriages
LONDON, May 13.—War Office special investigators left London for Needham Market, Suffolk, to investigate a secret marriage between a local girl and a German war prisoner, performed by Rev. W. H…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charged with War Crimes Age Taken Into Account
Stuttgart, May 13.—The German Denazification Court sentenced Hjaimor Schacht to eight years in a labor camp for having given the Nazi Party extraordinary, assistance in its political, economic and progaganda activities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Gratuities Regulations
War Gratuities Regulations have now been amended to provide early payment to ex-Servicemen needing the money because of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Wounded By Playmate
SYDNEY.—A 15-year-old boy was arrested by detectives at Penrith, some hours after ono of his playmates had been shot in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cookery Secrets for War Brides
OTTAWA.—The secrets of the Canadian kitchen are being revealed to the overseas war brides at Regina. Twenty-five young…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →World Tin Output Half Pre-War
The world tin position is apparently worse than had been foreseen at the International Conference last October. Output for 1947 has been revised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Last War Mistakes' Bevin, In House, Tells Of German Treaty Dangers
LONDON, May 15.—"After the 1914-18 war, Germany had the new stuff; Britain had the old. Thus Germany was able to build up a war potential for the next war—a course which statesmen must not follow again."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germ War[?]are Diseases
NEW YORK, May 19.—Thirty-three diseases of man, plants, and animals possibly useful in bacteriological warfare, are described in a report issued with the permission of the War Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Memorial PIaque To War Nurses
ADELAIDE. — Relatives and friends of nine South Australian nurses killed by the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Not Inevitable View Of U.S. Statesman
Washington, May 18.—If war came it would be because or the incapacity ot those controlling the Governments of the world and not because the people…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Radio-Active Clouds May Prove To Be Next War Terror Weapon
WASHINGTON, May 19.—Experiments with a new atomic weapon—a radio-aclive cloud which could be released from aircraft—are being conducted by the U.S. Army and Navy…
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