U.s. Wants Power to Start War
WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Senate leaders believe the American delegation to the United Nations Security Council should have the right to commit U.S. troops against a potential aggressor…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 61 of 105
London's War-lined Face Needs Treatment; Use Of P.O.W.s? Gordon Gilmour's London Diary
London's war-lined face, and figure badl[?] need treatment in a beautifying salon. There many things be swept away — unaesthetic air raid shelters, unwanted sandbags, useless lumps of concrete and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bringing in Wounded Australians
Trudging over the hilly Numa Numa trail, these sturdy Bougainville natives bring in wounded Australian infantrymen for treatment. Australian Official photograph…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Wounded Flown Home
LONDON July 11. A.A.P.—The United States Air Transport Command has flown 41,000 wounded Americans across the Atlantic, since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Shot Dead, Woman Wounded
CAIRNS, Wednesday.âGuisseppe Anfuso, 46, Sicilian, who was also known, as George Brown, was fatally shot on a tobacco farm at Paddy's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Multicolored Post-war Telephones
MELBOURNE.—Telephones of all colors, designed to satisfy the whims of exacting housewives, are expected as a result of wartime…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South African War Losses
PRETORIA, July 11. A.A.P.—It is stated officially that the total South African war casualties to the end of last May was 37,962, including…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appeal for Japan War Speed Up
LONDON, July 11. A.A.P.—An appeal for more to be done to speed up the war against Japan was made by Lieut.-General Slim, Commander…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to Editor Returned Soldiers
Sir,—Old Diggers stopped sniping in 1918, new Diggers stop when discharged. If Eric Anderson is a member of the R.S.L. he is not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land for Soldiers, Not Aliens, Aim
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The policy of the Returned Soldiers' League was that transfers of land to aliens should be prohibited until all servicemen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bishop Ambushed and Wounded
ROME, July 12. A.A.P.—Unknown persons ambushed ad critically wounded Givoanni Peruzzo, Bishop of Arigento, Sicily…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fast Pace of Air War on Japan "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, July 12.—Japan is getting a heavy bombing from American air forces at a quicker pace than did Germany. The 100,000th ton of bobs hit the Japanese homeland last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Cross Food, Medical Aids Saved Soldiers
Many prisoners of war repatriated from Germany would never have seen Australian again had it not been for the food and medical…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldiers Hurt When Cycle Hit Window
Two soldiers in a motor cycle and sidecar crashed into a plate glass window in Ranclaud's garage. Main-street, Cessnock, yesterday, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.s. Men in Borneo "Unknown Soldiers"
BORNEO, Friday.—Some Americans are beginning to call themselves the "unknown soldiers of Borneo" says American Associated Press correspondent, James Hutcheson. "The communiques tell how Aus-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Escapees Recaptured
BRISBANE. — Eight more of the 23 soldiers under sentence, who escaped from Grovelly Detention Barracks on June 30, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Today's Puzzles War Acrostic
Here is an acrostic whose Initials and finals when read downwards spell the names of two European cities. (1) Conjurer. (2) Sweet-smelling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier Offered Three Jobs B.H.P. Reply to Union
A statement by the Secretary of the Federated Ironworkers' Association that a former blast furnace employee, also an ex-serviceman, had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Recaptured
SYDNEY.—Ten soldiers who escaped from Tamworth Militan' Detention Camp last Monday, were recaptured by a party of armed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italy to Declare War on Japan
ROME, July 15. A.A.P.—It is officially announced that Italy has decided to declare war on Japan…
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