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The wars & local soldiers, 1943

3,182 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 160

Soldiers' League

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

The Returned Soldiers' League will hold its monthly meeting to-morrow (Saturday) night. A proposal has been submitted that the Diggers…

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Ex-soldier Fined £10

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 6

SYDNEY Friday.— Evidence concerning a tight between Servicemen, in Hyde Park on Wednesday night was given in the…

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Soldiers in City Brawls

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—A crowd of nearly 100 saw soldiers fight with their [?] in Elisabeth–street last night. A number of brawls…

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War Savings Stamps Campaign

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Saturday. — The Cessnock War Finance Committee has [?]…

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Letters For Prisoners of War

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Sat. — The International Red Cross has advised the Central Council of the Red Cross Society that £30,000 letters for…

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Newspapers and War “Vital Factors in Winning”

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 2

WASHINGTON March 5 — Mr. C. A. Halleck (Republican, in the House Representatives, described newspapers as…

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India’s War Factories U.S. Aids Development

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 4

WASHINGTON March 5.— The Lend-Lease Administration (Mr. Stettinius) said that 295,501,000 dollars worth of goods had been…

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Intensify of Bombing Raids on Germany Fulfilment of Air-Marshal’s Warning to Nazis (Weekly War Commentary issued by the Department of Information)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE Sat.— During this week the war in Europe has entered a new phase with the inauguration of the round[?] the clock bombing of Germany and German-occupied territory…

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Lieut Roosevelt Wounded

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK March 7— The War Department revealed that Lieutenant Que[?] Rooser[?] a! grandson of the late President…

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Wounded In El Alamein Push

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK Monday— [?] frank Kelman son of Mr. and Mrs. [?] J.c Kelman of Mer[?] is rec[?] a warm…

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Red Cross Society's Service Caring for Wounded in Ships

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 3

Red Cross representative, Frank Cayley, had much interesting information to give of the society's service on hospital ships on his recent return…

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Danger in War Souvenirs

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

People who kept dangerous war souvenirs were exposing themselves and others to grave danger, said the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde)…

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Rommel All Out Opinion Of War Correspondent

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

In attacking the Eighth Army, Rommel is throwing in his reequipped panzer divisions in an all-out effort to smash one of…

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Discussions Among United Nations Talks Will Affect Conduct of War

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 4

It is understood that most important political discussions among the United Nations will start in Washington soon, says…

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German Treatment of Russian War Prisoners Those Sick with Typhus Set on Fire

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

Russian war prisoners sick with typhus are shut up in barracks which the Germans then set alight…

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Returned Soldier Honoured Tribute to Bdr. W. E. Dawes

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 3

Bombardier W. E., who was for some years of the Grenridding Agricultural Bureau, was a guest of honour at a card and supper…

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Prisoner of War Effort

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 3

LOCHINVAR Tuesday—Loch Invar Petrolic Committee’s second euchre and social, in aid of the Prisoner of War Fund,…

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Tojo and the War

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

Tokio Radio has indicated that official Japan believes she must win the was in 1943 or face defeat. It quotes General Tojo, the…

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Discussing Post-war Problems

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON March 6— All the United Nations art to be invited to a meeting to be held in the United States before long to…

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A Mammonth War Depot

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 4

There is a mammonth ordnance depot somewhere in Britain. It consists at bedding, cooking utensils, tools and general service stores which…

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