War Crimes Speed-up
LONDON, Sunday: Speeding up of the trial of war criminals is being discussed at an Allied conference in Paris…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 51 of 105
"War Criminal Trials Soon"
LONDON, June 10. A.A.P.—Early public trials of war criminals could be expected, M. Vyshinsky, Soviet Vice…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Goes on in Abyssinia
LONDON, Sunday.—Troops in Italian uniforms are still fighting British soldiers in Abyssinia. The war ended there officially in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WALLY—His World At War
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Major D. L. Chartres, an Australian doctor who for more than four years cared for his fellow prisoners of war in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Forde to Hear Pacific War Plans
SAN FRANCISCO. June 10. A.A.P.—The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Forde), Lieut.-General Sir John Laverack, and the Assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Seek Say on Hospitals
The Returned Soldiers League State Congress will be asked by Wallsend sub-branch to seek an amendment of the Hospitals Act to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Found on Railway Line
MURRURUNDI, Sunday.—Peter Barbridge, 29, returned soldier, was found unconscious between the rails at Murrrundi railway station about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →41 N.S.W. Estates Marked for Soldier Settlers
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Details of atleast another 20 large estates for requisition either by purchase or resumption, for soldiers settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leave For Soldiers: Reply To A.L.P.
"A continuous programme of leave is being implemented, but there are various factors which make it impossible to grant leave…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two More Years of War Stillwell's Prediction
OKINAWA, June 11. A.A.P.—General Stillwell told war correspondents, on Okinawa that it was quite possible that the Allies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eisenhower Won't Guess On War's End
LONDON, Monday: The Allied Supreme Commander (General Eisenhower) told newspapermen today that he would hazard no guess how long the Japanese war would last. "We want to get as much killing stuff across the Pacific as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unload Ships at Newcastle Soldiers From Sydney
For the first time soldiers are to be used to do wharf labouring work in Newcastle. This is the latest development in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Year Fight for Pension for Soldier's Widow
Although the Repatriation Department considered the case closed. Wallsend R.S.L. and its pension official (Mr. W. Cairns) will continue to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wounded at Bougainville
Mr. and Mrs. G. Pooley, Irrawang-st., Wallsend, have received word that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →30 Wounded in Syrian Clash
LONDON, June 12. A.A.P.—Thirty people were wounded in a clash between Syrians and levies under French control at Jisr[?]el Chagour,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homes For War Widows
A MATTER for the Federal Government's earnest consideration is the unhappily anomalous position in which war widows have found…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yugoslavia Names First War Criminal
LONDON, Tuesday.— The first war criminal officially listed by Yugoslavia is Giuseppe Bastianini, former Italian Foreign Minister and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Laval Fears Trial As War Criminal
PARIS, Tuesday.— The reason why Laval has not yet been brought from Spain is that he "funked it," says the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hitler Declared War On US. Under Delusion
NEW YORK, Tuesday.— Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor caught Hitler completely by surprise and he declared war on America under the…
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