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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

1,392 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 70

Belgians Sentenced to Death Worked With German Secret Service Escaped War Prisoners Betrayed London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

Three Belgians, Jules Renault, Marie Simoens and Jan Schmidt have been sentenced to death for espionage…

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Professor Copland Returns "Price Stabilisation "Outstanding Feature" Essential to Carry on Total War SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

The Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor Copland) returned to Sydney yesterday in a R.A.F…

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War Prisoners on Farms Returned Soldier's Views

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 4

Mr. D. W. Cameron, Stonehenge, writes to the Editor: would you please allow me space to reply to Mr. Blains…

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Banking in War and Peace

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 6

Spokesmen of the Government have defended the proposed banking legislation by pointing out that the regulation of…

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Argentina Wool Stocks Post-war Prospects

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 6

The importance of making world-wide arrangements for the gradual offering of accumulated wool stocks in…

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Spare Parts For War Vehicles Elaborate Packing System

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

An unusual exhibition was recently held in England. It was an Anglo-American Services Exposition illustrating…

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Measuring the Length of the War in Europe

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 6

By the capture of Cologne the Allies have hammered another nail in the coffin of Nazi Germany. Interment should be possible soon after the great Rhine River has been crossed. Although the achievements of the British and Canadian troops in the…

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Churchill Speaks On German Soil Near End of War LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

“Soon we may be across the Rhine and anyone can see that one good strong heave all together will end the war in Europe,” Mr…

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Churchill's Visit to Battle Front Stirring Call to Highlanders "One Strong Heave Together Will End War" LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

"Soon we may be across the Rhine, and anyone can see that one good strong heave all together will end the war in Europe," Mr. Churchill said on Sunday during a speech on German soil…

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Soldiers Severely Burned Petrol Ignites on Water Barge BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

Covered with burning petrol, two Australian soldiers dived into the Brisbane River yesterday to extinguish the flames…

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Killed in Action L/Cpl. E. W. Mould, A.I.F.

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 1

It is with regret that we have to record that L./Cpl. E. W. Mould, of Tenterden, was killed in action on February 17. This promising young…

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War Prisoners on Farms

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 3

I have had a wonderful response by the general public of Glen Innes and surrounding districts re my letter on P.O.W…

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Nudism Would End War

The Uralla Times · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

If all soldiers were stripped of their uniforms, the war would end, leading US. nudist Alois Knapp said. "I am convinced nudism is the only…

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War Prisoners The Help the Red Cross Gives Is the Help We Give

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

Time is passing, and consideration must soon be given to closing this appeal…

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District News Gum Flat Welcome Home Function

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 6

On Saturday evening last a pleasant ceremony took place in the Gum Plat hall when many of the friends of Sergt. N. W. Baldwin recently…

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War Facts in Brief

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 5

In the five years of war to Sepmber, 1944, Australian women infully employed or in the forces d increased by 164,000—25.5 per…

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Miss Bebe Scott Helps British and Australian War Orphans

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

Miss Bebe Scott, well known radio star, is the British Orphan’ Adoption Society candidate for the N.S.W. United Charities’ quest for Miss 1945…

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Television After War Has Come to Stay, Says Report LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 8

Television services should be resumed immediately after the war, says the report of the Television Committee, presided over by Lord…

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Returned Soldiers’ Ladies’ Auxiliary

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

A pre-dated meeting of the Returned Soldiers’ Ladies’ Auxiliary was held in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday afternoon with a fair attendance of…

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Allies Across The Rhine Men and Materials Pouring Over River "Stupendous Happening of Profound Implication to Sirategy of the War" London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 1

The Allies are across the Rhine in considerable strength. A firm bridgehead has been established across the river south from Cologne, and men and materials are pouring on to the eastern bank. The liftin of the security blackout revealed that the crossing of the Rhine…

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