Helping the Wounded
Japanese planes have repeatedly dropped bombs on Singapore in the last four weeks. Department of Information picture shows first-aid helpers carrying wounded to safety…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 150
Dutch Allege Nazis Kill Own Wounded
LONDON. Friday (O.S.R.): The allegation that the Germans are killing their own wounded on the Eastern Front is made by the…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—There will be no delay, in completing emergency plans for limited evacuation from target areas following the decision by…
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MELBOURNE.— A cable has been received by the central Red Cross Bureau stating that quantities of food and clothing have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pacific War Council Now in Existence
LONDON. Friday (A.A.P.).— President Roosevelt has disclosed that Pacific war councils are now in existence in Washington and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Satisfied with U.s. War Policy
NEW YORK. Friday (O.S.R.): The vast majority of Americans are at present satisfied with the Government's conduct of the war,…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—The effect of the decision by the British Government to give Australia Cabinet representation is that Sir Earle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Higher Pay for British Soldier
LONDON. Friday (Our Special Representative).— Britain's soldiers will soon receive higher pay, but. In the case of single men at…
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The Returned Soldiers' Preference Act does not apply in the case of men returning from service in the present war, according…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded Pilots' Courage Brought Damaged Plane Back
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Although seriously wounded in a 10,000 feet encounter with a Japanese fighter over the Bismarck Archipelago this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Adamstown Methodist War Comforts Society Entertains Soldiers
The Adamstown Methodist War Comforts Society last night entertained 69 soldiers at tea in the Methodist School Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Repairing France's War Damage
LONDON, Feb. 8.—Vichy Radio, giving details of the repair of war damage to the end of 1941, claimed that 587 road bridges had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Burden for the Thirsty
THIRSTY citizens who like to take an occasional "quart" home in case someone drops in after dinner, or to refresh themselves after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intermediate Students And War Reactions
Influences of the war on school studies for the Intermediate Examination have not been as marked as might…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australia: Russia in Key War Roles
NEW YORK, Sunday.—Australia and Russia have key roles in the war, says Colonel Frederick Palmer, military correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance. He said that America's attention must centre on aid to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eire Suffers Effects Of The War
LONDON, Dec. 28.—Ar. riving in Dublin from battered, grim London, one has the impression of dropping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping The War Effort Kotara Younger Set
A dance arranged by the Kotara Younger Set was held in the Progress Hall on Saturday night. Mr. D. Connolly (president), Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unite War Effort Chief of Staffs Group Formed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The War Department announced the establishment of a "combined chiefs of staffs group," composed of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cripps Wants War Fought in Less Gentlemanly Way
LONDON, Sunday (O.S.R. and A.A.P.): Britain's "gentlemanly" conception of methods of waging war was attacked last night in a speech by Sir Stafford Cripps, former Ambassador to Moscow. There were still some people,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan's March South Creates a Shortage of Raw Rubber for War Industries
One of the highest stakes in the Pacific war is rubber. It is i military necessity. The Japs want it, so do their Axis partners—Hitler and Mussolini. Britain and her Allies control most of it, however. About four-fifths of the world's production comes from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies…
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