War Ruins
Sir,—Instead of a subscription fund to rebuild the Benedictine Monastery in Italy suggested in letters to President Roosevelt. I suggest a fund to…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 121
"Rehabilitation Must Begin During War"
CANBERRA, Monday.—Not only men from the front lines, but thousands of others who had never heard a shot fired, but had suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Shortage of Labour After War"—Premier
SYDNEY, Monday.—The funds expected to be available for postwar reconstruction would be large, but they would not be without limit, said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Concert Parties for Local War Loan Campaign
Three concert parties from Sydney will come to Newcastle to help the Commonwealth's First Victory War Loan campaign here. The Northern Organiser of War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pro-nazi Is Now War Minister in Argentina
NEW YORK, Monday.—Notorious pro-Nazi, Colonel Joan Peron, has been appointed War Minister of Argentina. Peron is leader of the powerful "Colonels' Group" which ousted General Pedro Ramirez as President last week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Advice of Life Insurance Coys. on War Loan
SYDNEY.—Life insurance companies sending cheques to beneficiaries are enclosing a letter signed by the Federal Treasurer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Prisoners Treated Well Mr. Forde Surveys Australian Camps
MELBOURNE, Monday.—After inspecting prisoner of war and internment camps, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) expressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Soldier Preference In U.S.
WASHINGTON, Monday.—President Roosevelt has requested the House to enact Iegislation giving veterans of the present war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian War Losses
LONDON, Feb. 29. A.A.P.—In announcing official figures of war losses among the Italian fighting forces, Rome Radio said that more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's War Power Still Vast
LONDON, Tuesday: Germany is well fed to-day and still has an enormous industrial potential. Morale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lack of Building Labour "May Be More Acute After War"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Although thousands of men in the building trades had been released in recent months from high, priority war jobs,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Soldiers Gaoled For Bigamy
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Sentences of six months' imprisonment were imposed on two soldiers, Frederick Thomas Counsell, 32, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quadruplets Born To Soldier's Wife
LONDON, Tuesday.—Quadruplets (two boys, two girls) were born on Monday to Mrs. Nora Carpenter, 23. of Heanor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Yank" Photographer Killed in Action
NEW YORK, March 1. A.A.P.—Staff Sergeant John Bushemi, a photographer for "Yank" magazine, and a prominent character of "See…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rsl Objection to Close Anzac Day
The decision of the Government to make Anzac Day a close holiday was criticised at a meeting of the Merewether sub-branch of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lodgers Hold "War Council"
SYDNEY.—Fifty lodgers in two Woollahra guesthouses to-day held "councils of war" to determine what action they could take to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helping the War Effort
LYSAGHT'S COMMITTEE.—Lysaght's send off and Welcome Home Committee in Lysaght's Hall, Mayfield, on Monday afternoon, will make several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Short of War Planes
WASHINGTON, March 1. A.A.P.—Commenting on the American attacks on the Mearinas and Guam last week, a Tokio Radio…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Post-war "Colossus" Talk Annoys Reds
MOSCOW, Wednesday. — The increase in foreign talk about the Russian "colossus" of post-war Europe has angered the Russian people. More than any people alive they want peace as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bishop Says: "Bomb Where Necessary to Shorten War"
LONDON, Wednesday. — "I favor, without any hesitation, the bombing of all places of military necessity and their…
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