Wallsend Welcome Home Committee
Donations from Wallsend branch of Mrs. Stelzer's Happiness Club £10/10/, Wallsend branch of the Country Women's Association £2/2/, and Mrs. A…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 71
New Face For Wounded Star
Robert Douglas, before the war, was one of the best-looking young leading men in British films and on the stage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Industry Almost Pre-war
NEW YORK, Friday.—America's industrial conversion programme from war to peace is proceeding at unprecedented speed, with output in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Played Nazi in War; Seeks Rehabilitation
HOLLYWOOD, Friday: Helmut Dantine, who played Nazi roles during the war, is getting worried. Hollywood, with many war films still not shown, is eliminating…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japanese War Trials May Last 12 Months
TOKIO, May 31. A.A.P.—General Tojo's American defence counsel, Mr. John Guider, predicted that the trial of the Japanese war leaders will last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Day Without Food, Ill-treated, Says War Prisoner
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A prisoner of war at the Rowville camp said to-day that the camp commandant, Captain J. Waterston, left him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Classes Begin at Showground For Ex-Soldiers
Two trainee classes for ex-servicemen, under the postwar reconstruction training scheme, had begun at Broadmeadow Showground, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ex-Soldier Fined on 4 Charges
The day after his discharge from the Army, on March 7, Keith Raymond Watt, of Telford-street, Newcastle, committed four breaches of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anzac Ball Will Celebrate Victory
An Anzac Ball will be held in the City Hall on August 15, the anniversary of the Allied victory in the Pacific area…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Little Augie' Held to Stop Gang War "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, June 2.—To prevent an outbreak of full-scale war between rival racketeering gangs, police "picked up" and held in custody for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sell Fish to Ex-soldiers R.S.L. Condemns Ban
Recent cancellation of permits of four Tea Gardens fishermen to sell to two ex-servicemen was condemned yesterday by the Hunter Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cars Wanted For Limbless Soldiers In Victory March
Only one reply has been received to the Mayor's appeal for 14 cars to allow limbless exservicemen and nurses to take…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany's Huge War Debt
LONDON, June 3. A.A.P.—Germany's war debt is estimated at 400,000 million marks, which is £10,000 million sterling at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Training in Peacetime
Practice in crossing streams by ropes is continued in the days of peace. Private W. Culph, of South Melbourne, is shown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Aided Vegetable Industry
SYDNEY: The war revolutionised the vegetable industry and by 1945 had doubled prewar production, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interest in Religion War's Aftermath
LONDON.—That war may increase the religious interest of college students is indicated by statistics compiled receipt at the University of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eisenhower Condemns 'Vicious' War Talk
NEW YORK, Monday.—Talk of "how, where and why the next war will be fought" was condemned by General Eisenhower (U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Reprieve for Campers Ex-Soldiers Go to Council
Following an appeal by two ex-servicemen, Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided to defer action until next meeting concerning the decision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier From Greta Found Hanged
SYDNEY.—With a rope around the neck the body of a soldier, Arthur Leslie Underwood, 24, was found hanging from a beam in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Announce "War" On Teen-Age Thugs
SYDNEY: Police have declared war on Sydney's 'teen-age gangs of hoodlums following last night's savage bashing of a man at Waverley by three young thugs. THE gangs range in age from 15 to…
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