Killed Eight, Wounded 20, in 15 Seconds
SALT LAKE CITY. Sunday: Three bursts from a machine gun killed eight sleeping German prisoners and wounded 20…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 60 of 105
Norway Declares War on Japan
LONDON, July 8. A.A.P.—The Norwegian Government yesterday confirmed that Norway was at war with Japan. Acts of war had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pacific War Facts For British People
LONDON, Sunday.—The "Daily Mail" yesterday published on its leader page more than five columns of a dispatch from Fred Aldridge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Assassination Of Hitler Would Have Cut War By A Year
WASHINGTON, Sunday: The first detailed account of the attempted assassination of Hitler on July 20, 1944, reveals that its success would have ended the war almost a year earlier and averted robot bombing of London…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steep Rise in Toll of Japs Australian Gains in War in North
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Scenes of desolation are being found in the wake of the Australian advances in Bougainville (Solomons and Wewak…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Only One U.s. Soldier Shot for Cowardice
WASHINGTON. Sunday.—One hundred and two American soldiers were executed during the war period—all except one for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Change Route of Anzac Day March
A proposal that the route of the Anzac Day march should be from Pacific-street via Hunter-street to the Sport Ground was adopted last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Be No More Anzac Services in Park
Newcastle may have had its last Anzac Day general service in King Edward Park. For the last few years, many returned men have been complaining that, the long uphill march to the park was beginning to be too much for the advancing years of last Newcastle sub-branch is responsible for the organisation of the city commemoration each year. Last night it considered a suggestion that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia's War Expenditure Last Year Was £460,000,000
CANBERRA: The war cost Australia last year £460,000,000. This was £45,000,000 less than was estimated in the Budget. Of the total, £194,000,000 was paid from taxation and other revenue,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"A.c.f. Should Help" Former Prisoners of War
Newcastle Australian Comforts Fund branch will ask Sydney headquarters to take over the work of meeting and caring for returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General MacArthur Sees End Of War In 1946
LONDON, Monday.—General MacArthur thinks that the war in the Far East will be over toward the end of next year. HE expressed the opinion to AirVice-Marshal H. V. Satterly of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Turned Stewards for Duke
Line-up of native soldiers who acted as stewards at a luncheon for the Duke of Glouester during his visit to the Pacific Island force at Nadzab. The tempting dishes they carried were prepared by native troops in a mess on the slopes of the Markham Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers with N Numbers Eligible for R.S.L.
Many returned soldiers of the Milita' and "N" numbers, who had been in combat zones, were not aware that they were eligible for member…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Enlistments for Women's Services
SYDNEY, Monday.— Owing to the shortage of female labour in hospitals and many industries, the Federal Government will be asked by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Search for 15 Soldiers
SYDNEY. — Army and civil police are searching for 15 soldiers who broke out of detention barracks at Tamworth yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protect Soldiers From "Land Sharks"
Action should be taken by the authorities to protect ex-servicemen after this war from the activities of "land sharks" who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian War Bride's Twins
GIFT TO NATION: Mrs. Paul Seymour (right), Australian war bride of a U.S. serviceman, with her five-months-old twin daughters, Sharon and Sylvia. She is met by nurse's aide, Barbara Jensen, after landing at San Francisco on route to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sees Chaos in Mines After War
"Fears expressed by the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) in relation to postwar problems of the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£460M. Spent on War Under Estimate
CANBERRA, Tuesday.— Expenditure on war services for the financial year 1944-45 totalled £460,000,000 —£45,000,000 below the Budget…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blamey Won't Guess on War's End
ADELAIDE.— There was no real evidence that Jap morale had weakened the Australian Commander-in[?]Chief (General Sir Thomas Blamey)…
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