Rostock Finished As Producer of War Munitions
LONDON, Monday (AAP).—Information received by the Air Ministry suggests that the four RAP raids on Rostock, on the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 63 of 150
Importance of Air Power in Sea War
WASHINGTON, May 17.—In a step reflecting the rapidly growing importance of air power in sea warfare, the Navy Department to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Want Non-party Government Move to Reorganise N.Z. War Cabinet
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sydney.—A proposal for the reorganisation and strengthening of the War Cabinet with the inclusion of men from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Soldier-struck Girls" at Hotels Deplored
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Hundreds of soldier-struck girls regularly hang round hotels near closing time waiting for men in uniform, according…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experienced Soldiers to Train Army
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Officers and men with modern battle experience are being posted to military training schools in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Check on Soldiers in Strangling Case
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—To assist in locating the strangler of Mrs. Pauline Buchan Thompson, whose semi-nude body was found on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burial of Soldiers' Dependants
Provision is mode in existing regulations for the payment of expenses not exceeding £10 in connection with the funeral of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£2000 Idle in War Funds Money Sought for Soldiers' Huts
Declaring that £2000 was lying idle in the funds of patriotic committees, Mr. W. Chandler, at a meeting of the Newcastle branch of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helping the War Effort
AID FOR BOMB VICTIMS: Lambton Bomb Victims' Auxiliary will display new and reconditioned garments at the carnival to be held in Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"War's Crisis This Summer"
LONDON, May 18.—Everyone in Germany believes that the crisis of the war will occur this summer, says Joseph Grigg. Berlin correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brazil Close to War Footing
RIO DE JANEIRO, Monday (AAP): President Vargas of Brazil has authorised the calling-up of all reserve army officers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Engineer's Dual War Job
The Chief Executive Officer of Northern Coordination Control (Mr. C. G. Schroder) said to-day that he would discuss with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Veteran Soldiers Apply New Warfare Methods
(By Max Newman): On foot and by motor transport, a force of garrison soldiers stationed in a northern NSW defence sector moved off recently on exercises in the field designed to harden them and acquaint them more fully with…
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HOMENURSING CLASSES: New Lambton Red Cross held its depot day at the New Lambton Parish Hall yesterday. Members attended the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Motors Big War Output
NEW YORK, May 19.—General Motors Corporation announced that it had produced 112 million dollars of war materials…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Loam No for Meat Employees
SYDNEY: Chief Judge Piper, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, granted a war loading of 3s for males and 2s for females…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plan For Peace Now, Not After The War
It was necessary to plan for peace before the war was von, Sir Henry Braddon said in an address to-day to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Churchill As Guide to Evatt in Visit to Huge War Plant
LONDON, Tuesday (Our Special Representative): Personally conducted by the British Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) and the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee), Australia's Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers Unloaded Cargo at Dock
LONDON. Tuesday (AAP).—When several hundred dock laborers struck work at a north-cast coast port yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hamilton Returned Men Commended
The State Councillor (Mr. S. Webb) congratulated Hamilton Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night on its progress and the large…
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