Moral Decline in Occupied Japan Flotsam of the War (From Deals Warner, AAP-Reuter Correspondent)
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 3
TOKIO: In the first winter of the peace the draughty [?]usages of Tokio’s Ueno Station were filled each night with the emaciated flotsam of Japan’s lost war. Beggars, soldiers, bombed-out householders, orphans…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Results of War for Germany Far-Reaching Consequences(From Lyford Moore Reuter’s Correspondent)
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 4
BERLIN.—Some of the most serious results of the war for Germany are now beginning to weight upon the country according to a comprehensive statistical study of the German census made by the Population and Survey Branch of U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Revision Of War Gratuities Urged
Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2
Members or the local subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League, at their monthly meeting on Friday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase in War Gratuities Suggested
Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2
SINGLETON, Monday — At the monthly meeting of the Singleton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League it was decided,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Charged With Stealing
Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3
Allan Wallace Tborne, 19, soldier, was charged at West Maitland court yesterday afternoon with having at Greta on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day Holiday
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 2
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Because Anzac Day falls on a Sunday, the following day, Monday, April 26, will be a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day Holiday April 26
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 2
Because Anzac Day this year falls on a Sunday, the following day. Monday, April 26, will be a public holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners’ Council Hits U.S. Foreign Policy “Must Lead To Atomic War”
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 4
SYDNEY, Thursday —The central council of the Miners’ Federation yesterday declared that America’s dollar imperialism and expansionist policy, if persisted in, must lead to an atomic war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Against Erosion
Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4
SYDNEY, -Friday.—“The war against soil erosion is be carried right into the devastated lands of western New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Against Grasshoppers New Weapon Used
The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 5
The use of imported insecticidal sprays and dusts opened up new possibilities in the control of grasshoppers, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Echo of Boer War. Perth Man Nursed by Ghandi. Perth
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2
Arthur Green, of Bassendean, has vivid memories of the late Mahatma Gandhi. Green was wounded during the Boer War and was nursed back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Field Marshall Praises Ninth Divison Vital Role in Epic of World War Ii
Singleton Argus · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1
The vital role played by the Australian Ninth Division in the Battle of Alamein is emphasised in the despatches of Field-Marshal Viscount Alexander, covering the North African campaign from August 10, 1942, to May 13, 1943…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldiers' League. Annual Meeting: Friday Next
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1
The annual general meeting of the Muswellbrook sub-branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. will be held in the Returned Soldiers' Clubroom at 8 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Injured
Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 5
Believed to have been knocked down by a vehicle on the New England Highway near Greta last night. Private H. B. Dagls,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General News Soldier Hurt Near Greta
Singleton Argus · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4
Private H. B. Davis. 40, cook, at Greta Military Camp, received an incised wound to the left buttock, lacerated wound to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →400 Million Tons of Debris In Germany Toll of the Air War (From Guy Bettany, Reuter’s Correspondent)
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3
FRANKFURT: Some 400 million cubic metres of debris, roughly equivalent to the same number of tons, is the toll of the air war, on German towns and cities in the four occupation zones in Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Former Gloucester Soldier Decorated for Finschafen Exploit
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3
A former Gloucester soldier was among a number decorated at an investiture at Admiralty House by the Governor-General, Mr. McKell, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded with Pea Rifle
Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 2
CESSNOCK; Monday—Police are investigating the Shooting of Hector Jacobs 35, of Catherine-street, Cessnock, at Sweetman’s Creek, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plot To Use Surplus U.S. War Material
Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — The FBI has arrested six Americans, Including two former RAF pilots, for alleged complicity in a planes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →People Don’t Want War Says Tito
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1
BELGRADE, February 10.—“There will be no war because the people de not want war,” said Marshal Tito In a speech last night. America, with the Marshall plan was trying to wage…
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