"Women Too Apathetic to War Work"
ADELAIDE, Friday.—Apathy of girls and women in South Australia to vital war work has appalled Miss Freda Baker. supervisor of female…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 65 of 150
War Pensions and Cost of Living
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Government did not intend to make war pensions adjustable to the cost of living, as with service pensions, the…
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CAPE TOWN, Friday (AAP): General Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, is to receive a gift of £156,250 from the people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suburban and District Gifts Wanted Soldiers' Hut for Lambton
Lambton Patriotic Committee is seeking the cooperation of citizens for the furnishing and equipping a recreation hut for members of the services. When…
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A soldier and a girl were involved in a collision between a motor cycle and a cycle in Hexham-road, near Raymond Terrace butter…
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Experts attend to tired and aching feet during the Army manoeuvres…
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ABERDEEN, Friday.—Private Victor Mills, 22, who recently returned from the Middle East, was killed early this morning when the truck…
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MELBOURNE. —Detectives investigating the murders of three women in Melbourne, yesterday arrested an American soldier,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blazing Bomber Hit Deck Wounded Men Stayed by Ship
Dramatic stories of their rescue from a blazing vessel after a Japanese bomber had crashed in flames on her deck were told yesterday by injured members of the crew, who have been landed at an Australian port…
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SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED.—Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Solders' League yesterday afternoon and last night entertained over 100 members…
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The war has changed the lives of millions of women. In a world tragedy resulting mainly from man's failure to govern wisely and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last War Diggers in "Action" Again
Vivid memories of fierce [?]25 years ago were recalled by Diggers of a Garrison Battalion when,…
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NEW YORK, May 24.—Mr. Glenn Martin, the famous aircraft manufacturer, predicts that great fleets of 140,000-pound flying-boats, the world's…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Full details of the Federal Government's scheme for the payment of allowances to persons directly disemployed as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm in Britain Over War Hate Propaganda
LONDON, Sunday (Our Special Representative) : We could temporarily delete from the Bible the text "Love Your Enemies," said Commander Campbell, of the BBC, speaking of Nazi brutality…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jobs for U.S. Troops After the War
NEW YORK, May 24.—In a shortwave radio broadcast to American troops in China, Iceland, England and Australia, Mr. Eric Johnston,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mexico to Declare War on Axis Defensive Measures Taken
MEXICO CITY, May 24.—Measures designed to place Mexico on a complete defensive war basis have been taken. The Mexican Congress will meet this week—probably on Tuesday—to make a formal declaration of war against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Still Under Armed Guard U.S. Soldier Held in Murder Probe
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The American soldier detained at the City Watchhouse in connection with the murder of…
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Some of the 50 soldiers who were entertained last night by Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, at Waratah Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sam Of Tel Aviv Remembers Soldiers Three
CAIRO, Sun. (From Kenneth Slessor, Official War Correspondent): Sam Weiner is a waiter and he works at…
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