War Cabinet to Consider Report on Manpower
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Some of the recommendations made by the various manpower authorities in reports to the Government in recent…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,993 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 150
Silence on Malayan War Singapore View Is Turn Of Tide May Be At Hand
LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.) — While Japan is claiming further successes in Malaya an official announcement from Rangoon tells of the arrival of land and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suburban and District Wallsend Town Hall Control Returned Soldiers in Lively Debate
Negotiations between Wallsend sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League and Greater Newcastle Council for the sub-branch's assuming control of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Savings Certificates Cashed
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Concern is felt by the Federal Government at the sharp rise in the rate at which war savings certificates are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Bridge Repairs War Work"
Claiming that repairs should be carried out as essential war work, the District Council of Progress Associations decided last night to ask…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) announced to-day that there would be a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lindbergh Given A War Task
WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.):' Colonel Lindberg has been assigned ton technical commercial project in which the War…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warning on Letters to War Prisoners
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) emphasised to-day the necessity for writers to Australian prisoners of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Helping the War Effort Hamilton Committee
The Women's Commutes of the Hamilton Send-off Committee will hold a baby show in the Oddfellows' Hall, at Hamilton on January 27…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teachers Spend Holidays in War Work
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Nearly 1000 school teachers in New South Wales had voluntarily given up their mid-summer vacation for war work, the…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—President Roosevelt's appointment of Mr. Donald M. Nelson as United States War Production Chief is approved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pacific Is Now No. 1 War Zone
LONDON, Thursday (From Trevor Smith)—War strategy decisions have been made, I believe, which entitle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.c.t.u. and War Organisation
Newcastle Trades Hall Council decided last night to request the A.C.T.U. to meet to discuss the new war position and to determine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conduct of Pacific War Criticised "Dissatisfaction In China"
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Sixteen leading Chinese organisations in New York have telegraphed to President Roosevelt denouncing the statement made by the American Secretary of the Navy (Colonel Knox)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scathing Report to U.s. Senate on War Production
WASHINGTON, Thursday (Our Special Representative and A.A.P.) — America's war production is seriously hampered by "carelessness, inefficiency, waste, extravagance, fat fees, petty jealousies, selfishness and strikes."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A.C.T.U. Meeting on War Labour Council Move
Newcastle Trades Hall Council will ask the A.C.T.U. to meet to discuss the new war position and to determine again the policy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers' League Secretary Resigns
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Because of ill-health, the New South Wales Secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. J. Black) has resigned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers at New Lambton
Lambton-New Lambton Return, ed Soldiers' League held Its annual meeting in the new club rooms last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Facilities for Soldiers and Airmen on Leave
Open every week night the Servicemen's Hostel in Wolfe Street. Newcastle is not meeting with the response from soldiers and airmen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Wounded Reach Darwin
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A hospital ship carrying more that 200 wounded American soldiers from the Philippines…
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