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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,489 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 75

Suspected Jap. War Criminals Macarthur Orders 100 Arrests

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

General McArthur has ordered the arrest of an additional 100 suspected war criminals, including the former Chief of Staff, General…

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War Cabinet Wound Up Last Meeting On

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

War Cabinet met on Saturday for the last time and decided to reconstitute the Council of Defence, which is the statutory…

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Post-war Power of Russia and America Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, January 21.— The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” says that Dr. Harold Lasswell, eminent American political scientist, in a book entitled “World Politics Faces Economics,” written for the…

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British Women Stay in War Jobs Ministry for Labour Astonished

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

By staying in their jobs instead of returning to their pre-war existence, 1,000,000 women working in war factories have…

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French Soldier Shot

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

PARIS Jan. 20.— A French sergeant was [?] Uniter States military police dur[?] in a between French and…

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Wasteful a Sacrifice of Soldiers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 1

BRENTWOOD (TEXAS) January 21.—A re-union of American 85th Division troops has demanded Congressional…

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Living War Memorials

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 4

From the National Fitness Council of N.S.W., suggesting that when consideration is being given to the establishment of Soldiers' War…

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Singleton’s Patriotic and War Fund

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

SINGLETON Tuesday.—At last night’s meeting of the Singleton and District Patriotic and War Fund, it was decided to…

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Official End of Jap. War 2nd September Canberra, Mon

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

The Commonwealth Government believes that September 2, 1945, should be regarded as the date on which hostilities…

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Marvels of Plastic Surgery Development of Science Through War Years

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

The plastic surgeon was scarcely known in the last war and in the intervening years was popularly considered mainly as a "face lifter," but the tireless research and experiments of the few interested surgeons have resulted in a perfection of technique which will bring…

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Cessnock Returned Soldiers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

The Cessnock Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has just concluded one, of its most successful years. Like most sub-branches, it…

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Soldier Settlers and Single Farms. Attitude of Ex-servicemen's Organisations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

When the War Service Land Settlement Bill was being dealt with in the Legislative Council, the Minister in charge, Mr. R. R. Downing, said that…

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Returned Soldiers' League Annual Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

The financial meeting of the above was held in the club rooms on Thursday night last, the President (Mr. W. E. Searl) presiding over an…

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Soldier's Visit "Wild Jack" Peterson

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

During the Xmas holidays L.A.C. J. S. Petersen, accompanied by his wife and daughter Fay, paid a visit to their relatives in Cessnock and…

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Private Burial of Soldiers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

Where deceased Australians who are eligible for war graves are buried in privately made graves in civil cemeteries, provision will be made for an…

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Returned Men Fooled Ail The Time

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

During discussion en-the: rehabilitation of soldiers, .Aid J Kandy stated et the .meeting, Maitland City Council last…

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P. & W. Fund Transfers £300 £200 to Welcome Home Fund, £100 to Repatriation

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

Singleton and District Patriotic and War Fund, which functioned with distinction as a branch of the Lord Mayor's Fund of the…

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Affray Between Partisans & Tribesmen 50 Killed and 100 Wounded

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

Fifty were killed and 100 wounded in an affray between partisans and loyalist Zulfaghari tribesmen in Khemas Province, in the Russian…

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War Reporters Had Front-Row Seats

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON . Jan. 22.—Pressmen were let in on most vital top-secret plant during the war, and in one single case did they ever…

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Trainers Pet War Eagle Out of Anniversary

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY Wednesday —The belief among many Sydney racing men that War Edige is a pampered net has not been…

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