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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

2,418 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 121

Police Support for Anzac House Appeal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 5

Support for the Miss Sydney competition in aid of the Anzac House Appeal was promised at a meeting of police, in the Newcastle…

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Children At War Science

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK.—America's most promising junior scientists, 60,000 high school girls and boys, have put aside peacetime studies…

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Netherlands Education After the War

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK.—Gerrit Bolkestein, Netherlands Minister of Education, recently arrived in New York from London to…

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£800,000 for War From Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—School-children in New South Wales had raised £800,000 by patriotic endeavours during the war, said the…

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Mr. Dewey Promises Full War Effort

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 3

CHICAGO, June 29. A.A.P.—Mr. Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York State, who has been nominated as Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States, gave an assurance, in his acceptance speech, of…

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U.S. Plans For War Refugee Havens

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON.—President Roosevelt, at a Press conference, said the United States is studying the question of havens for…

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Hull Confers with Senators on Post-war Plans

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK.—Anne O'Hare McCormick, columnist, writes in the New York "Times": "Eight members of the Senate Foreign…

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Report From Mr. Curtin To War Council on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) will give his comprehensive report on his mission to London and…

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League to Train Almoners "Thousands of Cases After War"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 5

The Returned Soldiers' League will send two service people, men or women, to the University of Sydney to train as almoners, the Northern…

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Uncompleted Tasks For Allies On The India-Burma War Fronts

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 2

KANDY (Ceylon), June 21.—Land fighting over the scatered Indo-Burma fronts, will not cease now that monsoon has arrived—the Allied have too many unfullfilled commitments…

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More Control Over Soldiers' Badges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. —Protesting against any unauthorised use of service badges depicting the Crown, "Rising Sun," and the letters…

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Anzac House Appeal

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

A committee, with the Mayor (Ald. Norris) as chairman, the State representative of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. E. Kitching) secretary…

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War Veterans' Art Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 8

The annual War Veterans' Art Union, with a prize list of £10,000, has been launched. Proceeds will be divided between the Australian…

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Australian War Film for Europe

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

LONDON, June 30. A.A.P.—The Ministry of Information has chosen the Australian film, "Jungle Patrol," written and directed by…

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Wider Regulations on War Deaths

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

CANBERRA, Friday.—War Deaths Regulations, under which certificates of death on war service are issued by service authorities, were widened…

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Argentine Is Defiant "Does Not Care Who Wins War"

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

WASHINGTON, June 30. A.A.P.—The State Department has published the text of a speech by the Argentine War Minister (Senor Peron), in…

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Patriotic Funds "Suspension Would Not Help Fill War Loans"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 3

Patriotic organisations would lose 25 per cent, ot their income ana war loans would not be assisted in the slightest…

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150 Experts Confer On international Post-war Finance Australian Associated Press

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.—At. Breton Woods, New Hampshire, tomorrow, says the "Wall street: Journal." 150 of the United…

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8500 at Work Ultimatum Of Firemen Ends 7 am Monday Prisoners of War in Australia

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE; When four new centres, each employing about 100 prisoners of war. are opened soon at SYDNEY.—The lime limit set by NSW firemen for the issue of overcoats, expires at 7 a.m. on Monday, after which certain…

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U.S. Soldier to Pay Divorce Damages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Divorce Court, all Australian soldier was awarded £175 damages by consent against a United States serviceman…

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