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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

1,401 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 71

Finland Warned Get Out of the War WASHINGTON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 1

The United States recently renewed its warning to Finland to get out of the war or accept the consequences, said Secretary of…

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Get Out of War! America's Warning to Finland WASHINGTON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

The United States recently renewed its warning to Finland to get out of the war or accept the consequences, said the Secretary for…

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War and Patriotic Movements Activities in Armidale Many Requests for Assistance

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

After considering a number of appeals submitted, by the Patriotic and War Fund, Monday night's meeting of the…

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Sentenced to Death British Prisoners of War in Italy LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

Quoting a dispatch from Rome, the German Newsagency says that Italian police captured and sentenced to death five out of six British…

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M.L.A. Missing Won Election while at War PERTH

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

Flight Lieutenant John Vernon Newton (28), Labour member for Greenaugh in the West Australian Legislative Assembly, has been…

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Jet Propulsion Plane One of War's Best Kept Secrets New York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

During the fourth war bond drive, in a nationwide broadcast U.S. Army Colonel Don Kern, flying over an undisclosed location, presented a…

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Returned Soldiers and Town Beautification Representation Suggested

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

At a meeting of the Inveeril sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League, held in the Memorial Hall on Friday night, a suggestion…

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Marathon Traffic Case Takes Whole Court Day Soldier Convicted of “Driving Under Influence”

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 2

For approximately six-and-a- half hours Mr. F. T. Scroope, Police Magistrate, listened to the evidence in the only case heard in Inverell Police Court yesterday, when John Robert Emmett O’Brien (30), soldier, was convicted of having driven a motor…

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Stolen Army Trucks Gaol For Dealer and Soldiers NEWCASTLE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 1

Gordon Jeffrey Hall (24), motor cycle dealer, was sentenced to five years’ Imprisonment at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day on a…

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R.S.S.A.I.L.A. the Auxiliary. Fine Record of Service On Behalf of Returned Men and Dependents

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 6

The singing of the National Anthem and the recital of the League's motto marked the opening of the annual meeting of…

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German Bestiality Dreadful Treatment of War Prisoners

The Uralla Times · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 2

Further evidence of German beastiality towards prisoners under her control is given in an article in The Sydney Morning…

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Russian Aid ? Regarding War Prisoners in Japan

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—Referring in the House of Commons to the enlistment of Russia's aid regarding war prisoners…

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Post-war Plans Division of State Into Regions

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 6

At its recent meeting the Guyra Shire Council received a map of the State with an area in the extreme north corner marked in red, Guyra…

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Germans Suffer One of Most Costly Defeats of the War

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—In the last ten days 29 German divisions in Russia have either been destroyed or defeated with heavy losses, and the disorganisation of the German UKraine positions has introduced a fundamental change in the…

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Seasonal Leave Soldiers for Potato Harvest

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 6

Soldiers in camp within Australia may be released promptly for the work of harvesting potatoes, providing application is made through…

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Jobs After the War Canberra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 6

Estimates presented to the Government indicate that at least half of Australia's working population of 1886,000 will have to secure new…

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The Wool Industry Post War Outlook

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 5

Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Limited. in a review of the future of the. wool inindustry states:—There is much…

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The Bible in the War Enlightening Pictures

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

An interesting visitor to Inverell over the week-end was the Rev. A. W. Stuart, B.A., General Secretary of the British and Foreign…

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Constitution Bill Post-war Problems CANBERRA

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

Estimates presented to the Government indicate that at least half of Australia’s working population of 1,886,000 will have to secure new jobs…

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Delungra Doings Personal—War Functions—Big Sports Day

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 6

Mr. and Mrs. K. Tonkin and family are enjoying a vacation at the coast. Friends of Mrs. J. McLeod will regret to learn that she is an inmate…

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