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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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Girls Who Wed American Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE Friday—The Flald Director of the American Red Cross Mr. William F. Enders, stated that many girls seemed to…

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Warning to Awl Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday.—The president of a court-martial warned soldiers who went absent without out leave that they could be sent…

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Local and General News Soldiers Acknowledge Xmas Hampers

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

About the end of last October a dance was held at Carrow Brook, and the proceeds enabled the residents of that centre to send, through…

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Parcels for Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 2

Cpl. H. Alfred Les, a member of a apply depot in New guinea, has written to Mrs. [?]cIlwain, of Park-st., Lorn, thanking her for…

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Greater Wealth After The War

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON Jan. 9.—Sir William Beveridge, in a speech, said that the people of the United States did not talk “like some of our…

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War With Wild Beast Of Asia

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON January 9.— “We Knew the defeat of Germany alone will not be the and of the business. We shall still be at…

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Pictures From the World at War

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 4

Allied boats are massed at a shore base in Sicily just before United Nations troops began the historic landings on the European mainland on Sept. 3 by storming through an ever-widening beachhead on the Italian peninsula. More than 40 towns and villages surrendered…

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Plans for Nazi Leaders After the War

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK Jan. 9.—[?] formed Berlin circles say that Nazi leaders have already arranged for the Party to pass…

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Germans Kill Red Prisoners of War Kirovgrad One of Greatest Victories of War (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON Jan. 9 — Not pausing to rest on their laurels, General Koniev’s forces, which burst into Kirovgrad, have now fanned out from the break-through point and are streaming west-ward over a 70-mile front, leap-frogging forward without respite in…

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To-day’s Leader: Blood Transfusion Service Third War As Alternative

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON Jan 9.—The alterative to the conference at MOSCOW was the dread certainty of a third world war Mr. James…

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“She’s the Apples” Famous Boston’s Air Record (Commonwealth Official War Correspondent, Kenneth [?])

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

NEW GUINEA Mon—“She’s the Apples” is the name of a Boston bomber which is famous through the south-west Pacific…

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Soldier Charged Alleged Assault and Robbery

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 3

Noel Aloysius O’Connor, 22, a soldier, was charged at West Maitland court to-day with having, on December 25, assaulted…

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Soldiers Beat Civilians

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

A Gladstone (Q.) hotelkeeper asked military police to declare his hotel out of bounds so that ha could let civilians get a drink. As soon…

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War Effort Equal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 1

There is another point that is insufficiently stressed. The average American, fighting man knows from experience that there is…

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Expenditure On The War

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA Tues.—At the end of the first six months of the financial year Australia had spent £231,994,000 on the war…

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War Savings Stamp Campaign

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 1

The vigorous non-stop War Savings Campaign, conducted by War Loans and National Savings Campaign, is certainly hearing fruit…

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Letters For Prisoners of War

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Tuesday.—National Headquarters of the Australian Red Cross Society has decided to continue to supply suitable…

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Post-war Plans in Britain

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON Jan. 10—Another important step In the unfolding of the Government’s post-war programme in Britain is being taken…

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Soldier Sent to Gaol Stealing From Tent Mates

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

Keith Chidgey, 16, a soldier, was sentenced, to 21 days imprisonment on each of three charges of stealing by Mr. I. Beavers, PM,…

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Soldier Adoption

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1944 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Tuesday.—Sixty-nine adoptions were secured yesterday when the organising secretary of Newcastle branch of…

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