Iron to Japan "Ban Might Have Caused Earlier War"
MELBOURNE, Friday.—If Australia had prohibited the export to Japan of materials, whether scrap iron, wool, or wheat capable of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 150
Three Killed at U.S. Army Camp Military Police Fight Negro Soldiers
FORT DIX (New Jersey), April 3.—Three persons were killed and five wounded when white military police fought negro soldiers, following an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Concert for Soldiers To-morrow
The fifth of a series of Sunday afternoon concerts, organised with the object of encouraging citizens to entertain soldiers, will be held in the…
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SYDNEY: American soldiers were described to-day by the Minister for the Army (Mr. Porde) as "equal to our best Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diggers Object Race Crowds, But No Anzac March
Producing a newspaper illustration of the race crowd at Rosehill on Saturday, Mr. Burgess, at last night's meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helping the War Effort
EAST LAMBTON EMERGENCY CANTEEN COMMITTEE is appealing for more goods to assist stock the emergency canteen. A euchre party will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China's New War Taxes
CHUNGKING, April 5.—The Government has decreed a war consumption tax of 5 per cent. on essential commodities, 10 per cent. on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vichy Has 1000 War Planes
VICHY, April 5.—General Bergeret, in a statement to-day, said the Vichy Air Force numbers 1000 modern planes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Real War Ahead Tojo Warns Japan
NEW YORK, April 5.—A warning to the Japanese against over-confidence was given by the Japanese Prime Minister (General Tojo) in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s. All-out War Effort Plans
NEW YORK, April 5.—Brigadier-General Briggen Hershey, Selective Service Director, said that men and women over 45, as well as children,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Outlook on the Pacific War
The Japanese march through Malaya might have been held up, states the Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hamilton Younger Set Entertains Soldiers
Hamilton Younger Set, in conjunction with the Send-off and Welcome Home Committee, represented by Mr. W. H. Rowland, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Audience at Soldiers Concert
The City Hall was crowded yesterday afternoon for the last concert in the present series to entertain soldiers and the public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Killed in Street Accident
Believed to have been struck by a car on the Pacific Highway, almost opposite Adamstown post-office, on Saturday, about 5 p.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →12 Soldiers Injured
TAMWORTH, Sunday.—Twelve soldiers in a party travelling from Spring Ridge were injured when the vehicle overturned near the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Hosts Than Soldier Guests
Public response to the appeal to entertain soldiers in homes has been greater in the Newcastle district than that from the soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Undying Epic of Battle of Rabaul F. C. Folkard, war correspondent in New Guinea, tells the— Diggers Met Odds Of Over Ten To One
The first grim and inspiring story of how the Australians fought in Rabaul, inflicting huge casualties On the Japanese, their magnificent courage in the face of superior numbers, and a hazardous escape to safety over hundreds of miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to Editor Anzac Day
Sir,—We are reminded by the report of the meeting of Wickham-Carrington Soldiers' League how regrettable it is that the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wounded, Burned to Death by Japs
SYDNEY: Two wounded Australians in a native hut were burned to death by the Japanese in New Britain. This is among the atrocities revealed by survivors from New Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Want Anzac March Newcastle Diggers Seek Permit
Newcastle Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to appeal to the authorities for permission to hold the march on…
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