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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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War Facts in Brief

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 6

Two men in every three, between' 18 and 40 years have served in Australia's fall-time defence forces at some time during the present war…

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Traffic Cases Returned Soldier Charged

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

Robert Stanley Curry was charged at the Police Court this morning with driving an unregistered motor vehicle, and also with being an unlicensed…

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Train Fatalities German Soldiers Killed LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 1

One hundred and eighty German soldiers were killed yesterday when a troop train toppled over a dynamited bridge a hundred miles…

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Secret War News

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON. Tuesdayday.—Senator Barkley has announced that Congress will hear secret war reports from General…

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SUBDUED German View of War Situation

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday—German reports received in Stockholm take a subdued view of the general war situation…

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The Post-war World Pictured by Communist Secretary

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 4

"Work for all, with a rising, standard of living, is possible in the postwar world: it must become the aim of our national…

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Australian Soldier Killed in Greece Reminder to Australia, Stye Col. Bruxner

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 2

"The death of the Sydney A.I.F hero, Richard Turner, from a Communist ballet in Greece, brings home the…

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Anzac Trade

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 6

A forecast of a big increase in trade between Australia and New Zealand was made yesterday, by Mr. S. G. Holland, leader of the…

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Wounded U.S. Pilot Returns

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 1

A U.S. pilot, wounded during a mass attack on the big Japanese island of Formosa on October 11, 1944, is helped from his bomber after bringing it down safely on the deck of its carrier. The attack, carried out by a fast carrier task force of the U.S. Third Fleet,…

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War Reporter's Courage

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 8

"They will never forget this Digger," writes the Christian Science Monitor's' correspondent referring to John Brennan, Sydney…

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Punishing War Criminals

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 4

Suggestions that Britain is disinclined to support a move for the setting up of an inter-Allied Court to try war criminals is, at the moment, a question of academic interest, but if the war ended suddenly it would undoubtedly become a major issue in the "grand setting."…

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War Production U. S. Expansion

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 3

It is a mistake to assume that the current expansion in war production, some phases of which have been announced during the past week…

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South Australia Has More Cars Than Before War

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 7

Since petrol rationing was imposed motor car registrations have been maintained in South Australia at a level which has surprised Government…

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Jap. Treatment of Prisoners of War

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 4

References to the treatment 01 Australian prisoners by the Japanese, made at a meeting of the Deepwater branch of the Red…

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Challenge to Tug-o-war Accepted

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 1

For an old timer Old Joe is certainly chockful of confidence, and as a young blood I question some of his pointed inferences. I will select a…

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British Fleet in the Pacific War LONDON

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 1

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. A. V. Alexander) said that the striking power of the British Pacific Fleet will be formidable…

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£1300 for Soldiers R.S.L. Will Administer Fund

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 7

Among questions dealt with at Friday's meeting of the Guyra sub-branch of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. was that of…

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Three Days on Bread, Water Soldier With "Bumper"

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — For laying a cigarette putt in his possission while under deten[?] at Groveny Camp Bruce…

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Anzac Trade

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 6

A forecast of a big increase in trade between Australia and New Zealand was made by Mr. S. G. Holland, leader of the Opposition in New Zealand…

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War Facts in Brief

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 12

Increases up to 30 per cent. above pre-war annual production have enabled the Australian timber industry to meet unprecedented demand…

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