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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 121

Astonishing War Output

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON. Friday.—Some astonishing figures of American war production for 1943 were telensed to-day…

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More Benefits For War Widows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—Additional moratorium protection to widows of members of the forces who die while on war service, was provided by…

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Supplies for War Against Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Dec. 31.—The Allies have outgunned, outfired and outgeneralled the Japanese, according to Major-General J. S. Lethbridge,…

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Canada Takes Evidence on War Crimes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The Canadian Government has taken steps to collect evidence of war crimes against Canadian nationals and…

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Nazis Had Party Here Before War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday.—A branch of the Nazi Party was firmly established in South Australia before the war said the Assistant Deputy…

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How Dairymen See the War Time Farm Labor Problem

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 2

Days of real plenty in food may come back only with day of peace but meanwhile we and our fighting forces can have enough to eat or not enough according to whether the Government shows or otherwise in handling the production machine…

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Bishop Bought 150 WIVES (From L. O'DWYER, "Newcastle Sun" War Correspondent.)

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 1

To save aboriginal girls from being sold tn the Japanese. Dr. Gscll. Roman Catholic Bishop of the Darwin Diocese, has. in…

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The War in 1943 Axis Went From Defeat to Defeat (British Official Wireless.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Dec. 31.—Perhaps the most notable feature of the war in 1943 is the German-Japanese alliance throughout has…

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The Jap Soldier Is Not So Good After All He is Tough, But He is Stupid, and He Can't Bluff the Australians

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 4

WHAT kind of a fighter is the Japanese soldier that Australians are meeting in New Guinea to-day? Is the magician…

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Keeping Vigil Over Wounded Comrade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 1

A leatherneck stands guard over a wounded comrade on a jungle track in New Guinea.—U.S…

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War Trials in Russia

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday.—The Moscow journal, "War and the Working Class," predicts new trials of war criminals soon, and adds:…

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More Soviet War Trials Expected Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 2.—The Moscow journal, "War and the Working Class," predicts new trials of war criminals soon. It adds: "The…

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U.s. View on War's End

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday.—Most American people support the prediction of General Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, that…

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Fish Supply For Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) is making arrangements which it is expected will result in an improvement of fish supplies to…

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War and the New Order

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

The common man who during the war had conceived a proper intolerance of unemployment, poverty, and preventable disease…

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Honors For Civil War Workers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—Recognition of the valuable part which men and women on the supply front are playing is given in the…

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Enemy Patents Free To U.S. War Industries

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK.—About 40,000 enemy-owned patents have been seized by the Alien Properly Custodian. They disclose some…

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"Monty" Says End of War "Is in Sight"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—Standing alone on the stage of the opera house of a little Italian town, General Sir Bernard Montgomery bade farewell to his Eighth Army. He is now in England to take command of the British…

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Canadian Soldiers and Post-war Jobs

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 1

VANCOUVER, Tuesday.—of 348.000 Canadian servicemen who were asked what they wished to do after the war. only one young…

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Helping the War Effort

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 4

PATRIOTIC CONCERT.—New Lambton Send-off and Welcome-home Committee will hold a concert in the New Lambton Parish Hall to-morrow night…

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