Solving War Mysteries
Se[?] K. [?] (left) [?] plans with Captain C. L. Harrison of the U.S. War Graves…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1948
397 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 17 of 20
War Crimes Clemency
Washington, October 7. — A special Army Commission has recommended sparing the lives of a limited number of 139 Nazis sentenced to die for war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Students Cat-Call War Minister
London, October 11.—A number of undergraduates [?] and cat-called when the War Minister, Mr. Shinwell, left Oxford University gymnasium after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Crime Trial Of Italian Marshal
Rome. October 11.—Field Marshal Graziani, former Italian chief of staff. who is charged with responsibility for war crimes as Marshal of the Italian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Silence Commos Melbourne
A group of former servicemen used a van with a loud speaker to break up a Communist meeting, on the Yarra bank…
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Canberra. — An outbreak of war would prevent the proposed Royal tour of Australia and New Zealand taking place next year,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Outbreak Would Stop Royal Tour
Canberra, October 13.—Senator Armstrong, Minister in charge of the Royal Tour in Australia, said today that only the outbreak of war would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Police Attack Strikers One Killed, Two Wounded
Rome, Oct. 17—Due civilian was killed and two wounded in Pistoia—Central Italy—yesterday when police used tear gas and firearms against strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial Oval
The War Memorial Oval Committee made application on September 21 to the Taxation Department for gifts and donations to that body to be tax free…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor Party War on Communism
London, October 17— The Government and Trade Union Congress were today urged to take all necessary steps to remove the Communist control from the trade union movement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Little More Food For Europe Position Still Far Below Pre-War
Paris, October 17. — Europeans in the coming year will eat only slightly better than in 1947 and still far below the prewar standard. This is stated in a 70-page report handed to the Marshall Aid "ambassodor at large," Mr. Averill Harriman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weaver In Long Bay Pathetic Story Of Soldier And Japanese Wife
Sydney, October 19.—Two detectives escorted Frank Loyal Weaver (22) to Long Bay gaol immediately after he returned today by the Westralia from…
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Miami, October 19— Thirty thousand members of the American Legion, attending their annual convention here, have been "disarmed." Their national commander…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divorce for War Bride
Los Angeles, October 20.âMrs. Irene Margelin, 20. a war bride from Sidney, was granted a divorce yesterday from George…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Who Served in War Told to Quit Australia
Perth.—A man who served in Z special force during the war has been, ordered by the Migration Department to quit Australia. He is John Charles Buxton (27), of unidentified…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Model for Britain's First Post-war Motor Show
The International Motor Exhibition, to be held at Earls Court, London, from October 27 to November 6. as in pre-war days, is likely to prove the most…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Rather Than Use To Nazis Churchill In The War
Launceston, October 22.—Mr. Winston Churchill had planned to die rather than fall into enemy hands during the war as Prime Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PALESTINE War Continues
Tel Aviv, October 25.—Frech fighting has broken out in Fale[?] despite the U.N.O. order for ces[?]fire. U.N.O. truce observers reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Widows Hit at Repat. Minister
Melbourne—War widows yesterday supported an attack on the Repatriation Minister (Mr. Barnard) by the State presidents of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Empire's No. 1 Soldier
General Sir William Slims has left his £5000-a-year job of deputy-chairman of the nationalised British Railways…
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