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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

2,088 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 105

Public Apathetic Towards Soldiers Editor's Scathing Comment

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 7

The editor of the "Wingham Chronicle" talks straight to an apathetic public: The first soldier to return to…

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Soldiers Embroider for Nerve Trouble Mind Cure in Britain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 5

London doctors are to-day prescribing embroidery for soldiers with nervous trouble. Knitting explains Lady…

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New Badges For Returned Soldiers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

The badge worn by Returned members of this war's fighting service differs greatly from that issued during the last war…

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Work for War Prisoners

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 4

The War Cabinet at its meeting in Melbourne next week is expected to consider further the question of the use of war prisoners on certain types…

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Australia at War Our "Civilian Army"

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

From field, factory and office have come the men of Australia's fighting services who are now fighting in advanced positions the battle for…

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The War Australian Associated Press Message All These Rumors

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—The Secretary of State, Mr Cordell Hull, said to-day that he had not heard anything indicating that the Chinese,…

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Enemy Aliens Discussed by Inverell Returned Soldiers

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 8

Various aspects on the internment of enemy aliens were brought under discussion at the annual meeting of the Inverell…

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Three Soldiers Killed Car and 'Bus Collide PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 1

Three soldiers were killed and sixteen other people injured, one seriously when a motor car and 'bus collided seven miles from…

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Boost War Loan Telephone Slogan?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

"Your money will foe of no use to you if the Mikado comes here." This is one of the statements which, it was suggested at a…

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ASBESTOS Value in Peace and War

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

Asbestos as a raw material is a mineral, occurring naturally as a solid though fibrous material. Yet it has the peculiar property that it can…

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Loan Money To Finance War Economist v. Farmer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 8

A difference of views between Mr. D. M. Shand and a representative of the New South Wales committee of the…

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War Finance Explained By Economist Popular Theory Exploded

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Refuting an argument put forward by Mr. D. M. Shand at a meeting of Armidale and District War Loans and War Savings…

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Russian War Mighty Drives Germans Still Powerful LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

"I have every reason to believe that the Russians are already in Viarma." declares the Moscow correspondent of the Daily…

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War Prisoners to Pick Fruit in Victoria Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 1

The Army Minister (Mr. Forde) yesterday informed the Victorian Premier (Mr. Dunstan) that about 1500 internees would be…

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Huge War Bill Farther Indirect Tax? Two New Loans Pending

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 5

The Commonwealth's war expenditure for 1941-42 may reach £250,000,000, comparted with the Budget estimate of…

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How to Help Win Money For War Effort Armidate Discussion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

"If you can rake up a "tenner" for the war effort buy a war loan bond rather than that much worth of war savings certificates. You…

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Yesterday's News Air Crash - Revolt in South Africa-War Threat-Strikes

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

Two airmen lost their lives on Wednesday night in an air crash at No. 5 Service Flying School. Uranquiney, near Wagga. They were Flying…

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Enlistment of Aliens

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 3

The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said recently that there was no bar to the Enlistment of friendly aliens either in the Australian Militia…

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Blonde and Red Hair Needed for War

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 2

Because genuine blende and red hair are valuable for the manufacture of precision instruments, the Australian Comforts Fund in…

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The War

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 3

The Japanese have thrown fresh troops into the battle on the west coast of Johore, southermost state in Malaya, bat their infiltration tactics…

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