War Reporters Are Freed
LONDON, Friday: Over-running a war prisoners camp yesterday, Allied troops liberated 11 brigadiers and war correspondents…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 105
Helping the War Effort
CESSNOCK RED CROSS: Prisoner of War collections include: Harris Street (Mrs. Scarston £1 8s; Francis and Clare Sts. (Mrs. Hancock) £1 4s 6d; Stephen Street…
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Correspondents report that British and American troops and armour are pouring across the Rhine, that German resistance is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News—Latest Reported Big Trap Has Closed
LONDON, Saturday: The London " Daily Telegraph" says that front-line messages received early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Radio Loan Appeal On Anzac Day
MELBOURNE, Sunday. — From 2 p.m. until closing time on Anzac Day every commercial broadcasting station throughout Australia will…
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AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND DEPOT ROSTER for the coming week is as follows: Tuesday, Methodist Women's Patriotic Guild, Mayfield and Hamilton…
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LAUNCESTON, Sunday.—An aggregate membership of 16,495 was reported at the 50th annual conference of the United Commercial Travellers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Generals Tell Hitler War Lost
LONDON , April 1. A.A.P.—Members of the German High Command are reported to have told Hitler that a continuation of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yearlings to Compete with War Loan
SYDNEY: More than 400 yearlings will interest racing enthusiasts at. this week's sales. Messrs. William Inglis and Son…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Body Found Near Train Line
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The body of Private Leslie Phillips. 51, soldier, of Coniston, who is believed to have fallen from the South Coast train,…
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THEIR. "OSCARS".—The movie industry recently honored its best film performers for 1944 by awards of "Oscars." Barry Fitzgerald (left) earned his for the best supporting role, In grid Bersrnan. for best actress, and Bing Crosby for best actor. NEAR THE END: Hitler (right) returns a salute from sol-…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Decoration for War Correspondents
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Four representatives of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" are among 195 war correspondents, including 33…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Issue Lists of War Criminals
LONDON, April 2. Official Wireless.—It is the intention of the United Nations War Crimes Commission to issue lists of names of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Organiser Resigns in U.s
WASHINGTON, April 2. A.A.P.—President Roosevelt has accepted, the resignation of Mr. Byrnes as Director of War Mobilisation and,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A lot is heard about the new Digger. People say he is the "dead spit of his father." Apart from their slouch hats, their languid insolence, and their courage, they are not alike . . . . When The Soldier Comes Home
He was like his father . . . when he went away. He is not any more. You see, the war is over now. Yes, he was like his father, up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers on Serious Charge
SYDNEY.—A U.S. soldier may die from injuries inflicted by seven Australian soldiers at Merrylands. police said today in Parramatta Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →14 More Jap Admirals Killed in Action
NEW YORK, April 3. A.A.P—Fourteen more Japanese admirals have been killed in action, said Tokio Radio, quoting Domei. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Give Funds to War Wounded
Funds held by the Hamilton Broadmeadow Send-off and Welcome home Committee will be distributed after the War among Hamilton and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Huge War Meat Loss
LONDON, Tuesday.—Britain during the war years has lost 2,300,000 tons of overseas meat through U-boats, bombing and other causes.—A.A.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dramatic War Incidents On Pacific Battlefronts
A DOCTOR WORKS FEVERISHLY to administer a blood transfusion to one of our wounded In the Aitape sector, New Guinea. Prepared blood plasma hanging: from a nearby stick is life-saving God-send. This picture was taken only 100 yards from the enemy. Doctors perform amazing work under actual fire, showing total disregard for danger, which is ever…
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