U.S. Soldier Is Hanged For Murder
LONDON, Thursday: United States Army Private George E. Smith (28). was hanged on Tuesday for the murder of Sir Eric Feichman, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 105
Radio Famine Till After War
LONDON.—One-third of Britain's pre-war radio audience has been lost because of a famine of radio sets. More than 3,000.000 homos need…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Record Of British Air Coy
LONDON, Friday.—British Overseas Airways Corporation planes flew more than 55,000,000 miles, carried 271,000 passengers, and more than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →End of War for the Bogarts
LAS VEGAS (Nevada), Friday: Mrs. Humphrey Bogart, the film actress, Mayo Methot, has been granted a divorce here, ending…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Arts Are Also a War Casualty
The supreme tragedy of the war is usually expressed in terms of the loss of human lives and the extensive destruction of cities and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.t.c. to Be Retained After War
CANBERRA, Friday.—The retention of the Air Training Corps as a reservoir of partly-trained cadets for the R.A.A.F. after the war was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Cost British People £35,000 Million "Herald" Service
LONDON, May 11.—As far as it is possible to measure a nation's war effort in terms in terms of money, it is estimated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women Enlist For Service Outside Australia
WOMEN were not being enlisted only for service in Australia, the State Director of Recruiting (Major R. T. Tarrant) told a rally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers' Rentals May Be Exempt From Tax
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Government was considering a proposal to exempt from taxation rental derived from a home owned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Has No One To Care For 6 Children
SYDNEY: With his six children—all girls aged between 15 and three—a soldier presented himself at the Showground (army depot) yesterday and said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Buffet Needs Funds
—Sub-branches of the Returned Soldiers' League have been invited by the State Secretary (Mr. J. R. Lewis) to contribute to an appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appeal Immediately for Lake War Home
AN IMMEDIATE appeal will be launched for funds to built the Lake Macquarie War Memorial Convalescent Home and Rest Centre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Direction of Labour To End After War
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Holloway) said compulsory direction of labour would end when the war against Japan was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain to Release Some Soldiers Now "Herald" Service
LONDON, May 13.—Release from the services for many British soldiers being almost immediately, according to a plan worked out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers on Wharves at 6/- a Pay Opposed
Wallsend R.S.L. yesterday decided to protest to the Minister of the Army (Mr. Forde) against the employment of service…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Diggers Support Anzac Buffet
An appeal for financial assistance for the Anzac Buffet in Sydney brought a ready response at a meeting of Islington sub-branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac Day March Route Change Suggested
The route of the Anzac Day march should be changed so that men would march from Pacific-street, through Steel-street to the Sports Ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Prisoner Safe
Mr. A. G. Mayo, of Toronto, has received a cable from his son, Flight-Lieutenant Tambury Alan Mayo, stating that he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News Of War Prisoner
Mrs. Violet McQuillan, of 55 Union Street. Cook's Hill, has been notified by Australian Army au…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forces Club as War Memorial
Established of a club to serve as a war memorial for active and ex-members of the forces, was suggested by Mr. A. H. Leslie at last…
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