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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

452 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 23

To the Editor Anzac Day Observance

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 4

Mr. B. V. Miles, President of the Inverell Bowling Club, writes: “I regret that a correspondent in your last issue inferred that…

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Minister to Consider Delungra War Memorial Site

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 4

Acquisition of more land to provide a playing area at the Inverell boys’ hostel would be considered by the Minister for Education…

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Canadian Freedom Endangered Commons Member Slates Communism Foresees War in Europe OTTAWA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 1

[?]ian foreign policy mu[?]based on the fact that Communist aggression endangered Canadian freedom…

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British Soldier Killed By Yugoslav Guards; Wife Collapses

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 1

VIENNA, Friday.—Mrs. Ingo Burke, wife of Lieutenant John Edmund Burke, whom a Yugoslav frontier guard shot dead before her eyes last Sunday, collapsed when the Yugoslavs handed her over to the British. She was taken to…

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Anzac Service

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 2

The Soldiers' Memorial Hall was wreathed in Aural tributes in honoring "fallen comrades'' at the combined service on Monday last…

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Ex-soldiers Want to Go to Palestine

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — Twenty-one ex-servicemen said yesterday that they wanted to enlist in the Arab forces because they…

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Ex-servicemen Seek Palestine Agents Want To Enlist In Arab Army Life "Drab and Disappointing" SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

Twenty-one ex-servicemen said yesterday that they wanted to enlist in Arab forces because they were finding life…

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Dollar Shortage and World Economy Historical Background Of Foreign Exchange Impact of War on World's Monetary System

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 1

The dollar position, which is universally conceded as being one of the most important factors in present day world economy and one of the least understood by the man in the street, was explained to members of the Guyra…

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War Gratuity Board's Report

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA. — The Central War Gratulty Board reported to Parliament that £5,400,000 had already been paid, of which…

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U.S. Warns of Oil Shortage For Another War

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday. — The House of Representatives Subcommittee in a report on the relationship of petroleum to…

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R.s.l. Views Wanted on War Memorial Site

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 4

The views of the R.S.L. sub-branch on a proposal to move the South African War Memorial to Anzac Park will be sought by Glen Innes Municipal Council…

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U.s.a. Has Not Enough Oil for Another War

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—The House of Representatives Sub-Committee in a report on the relotionship of petroleum to the national defence, to-day warned “with deep conviction and concern” that the United…

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U.S.A. Is to Build 1000’s of War Planes

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—By 74 votes to two the Senate yesterday approved a bill authorising expenditure of 3,233,200,000 dollars on building a seventy group Air Force for the United States…

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Legion Told 3rd. World War Has Begun

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 4

"The third world war has begun, and I don't want to see this country white-anted as France was in the last war,"…

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Illegal Jewish Armies Used in War Against Arabs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 13

The Jews have started their fight for a State with two armies, one on the borderline of legality, one still…

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Skeletons in Plane Off Coast Believed U.S. War Casualties CAIRNS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 16

Skeletons, believed to be those of American fliers who lost their lives in the war were found in the wreck of a twin-engined aircraft…

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Referendum Vote for Soldiers

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 4

A member of the Forces on active service including any Serviceman on leave) may vote as an ordinary or absent voter-provided he…

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War Gratuity Early Payment Conditions

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 3

Many inquiries are being made as to the Condition under which, mw gratuity payment can be obtained in…

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One-man Housing Board Aid For War Veterans

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 13

More than 1000 homeless desperate pebple in a mid-west U.S. city have found living quartets because an invalid had an idea and a…

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Appeal to Inverell For “The War’s Forgotten Men”

The Inverell Times · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 4

For various reasons the committee formed at the public meeting called by the Mayor before Easter, failed to function and the…

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