Shorter Skirts And Fewer Curves For Post- War Dress
LONDON, Wednesday. — Fewer curves for women and no tails for men has been forecast as post-war styles. James Laver. London fashion expert, made the forecast in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1944
2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 121
Moscow Expects Finland to Be Out of War Soon
LONDON, March 1. A.A.P.—Observers in Moscow believe that Finland will be out of the war in a matter of days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazi War Industries 25 pc Destroyed By Air Raids
LONDON Wednesday. — One quarter of the target area on which the great bulk of German war industry is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Negro Soldier Court-martialled
BRISBANE—A 16-year-old girl to-day told a court-martial of her association with a negro private and of later bearing a child to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →League Says Returned Soldiers Getting a 'Raw Deal' on Housing
In the Newcastle district there are probably some hundreds of returned soldiers, and also the dependants of men still away fighting, who are unable to find a place of their own to live in, according to the State branch representative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Rsl Anzac Day Protest
Lambton-New Lambton subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League, at its general meeting last night, decided to support the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Helping the War Effort
[?] NAMES.— An appeal was made by Carrington Send-on [?] welcome-home Committee for names o[?] from the suburb who have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Service Penalises a Pensioner
After her husband, a totally incapacitated war pensioner, had had his allowance increased to £2 10s a week, a Waratah old-age…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conduct of Italian War Criticised by M'sP
LONDON, Thursday. — The appointment of a select committee, continuously to review the military conduct of the war, was sought in the House of Commons yesterday. This request was made by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More N.z. Men Overseas Than in Last War
AUCKLAND, Thursday.—Figures quoted in Parliament reveal that New Zealand has sent 100,000 men overseas in the armed forces in this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Settlement Needs Finance
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State programme for the settlement of returned soldiers on the land was waiting for the Commonwealth to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increased Pay Demanded For British Soldiers
LONDON, Thursday.—A heated debate took place in the Commons yesterday on a motion demanding Increases in British Army…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suggested Priorities for New Homes; Soldiers and Workers
First priority in the occupation of new homes, proposed under the Commonwealth Government s wartime scheme, should be given to returned soldiers who have suffered disabilities entitling them to pensions, in the opinion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Stilwell Reported Wounded
NEW YORK, Friday.—Allied air and submarine action has forced Japan to suspend shipping services between Formosa and Hongkong,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"No Mistake About War This Time"
LONDON, Friday.—"We mean to get Into Europe, get at Germany. take the German army by the throat and shake the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Build Two Queen Elizabeth Type Liners After War
NEW YORK, March 3. A.A.P.—Beneath the British shipbuilders' proud announcement that two new giant liners of the Queen Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Saved Car From Fire Extensive Damage at Motor Works
Backing away the door with axes, three soldiers pushed a car out of a fire which caused extensive damage to the trimming shop of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounded Airman Stayed at Post
LONDON, Sunday.—With the lower part of his right leg and foot shattered during a raid on Berlin last month, Flight-Sergt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Anzac Day Is a Farce," Says Rsl Official
"Anzae Day, in my opinion, is a farce," said the President of Wickham - Carrington Returned Soldiers' sub-branch (Mr. R. Rose)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aviation After The War
IN their welcome to Lord Knollys Chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation, the people of Australia pay tribute to…
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