Ii Jap War Criminals Here
SYDNEY.—Eleven Japanese war prisoners, including a colonel, arrived in Sydney today from Rabaul on H.M.A.S. Westralia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 71
Many Uses For War's "Left-overs"
MANY Newcastle people have found that gas masks, tin helmets, aerodrome ground indicator flags and other surplus war goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Ships' Role In Pacific War
SEA POWER still dominates the fate of armies that depend for their victories upon the sinews that the navy alone can bring them. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Trials Near End In Germany; Taut Drama
LONDON, Saturday: In its closing stages, the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial yesterday became charged with all the drama of a great criminal trial, says the Nuremburg correspondent of "The Times."…
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Sir,—I read in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" (5/7/'46) that another £275 has been spent on the Soldier's Point road, after the £1000…
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Japanese prisoners stand on the wharf at Walsh Bay after they had been disembarked from the Westralia. The men are on their way to Singapore for trial as war criminals, and, at right, two of the prisoners leaving the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many U. S. Victims Of War Crimes
WASHINGTON, Sunday.—Incomplete reports show that at least 142,075 Americans and Filipinos were killed as the result…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'Bought Influence in War Contracts' "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, July 25.—The latest development in the war profits investigation is the reported existence of "brokerage" in war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bury War Veteran's Ashes in Atlantic "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 28.—The ashes of Harold Ivan Silver, who is reported to have served with the Australian army in the two Words War,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chemical War Items To Go Domestic
PEARL HARBOR: Housewives and farmers will be particularly interested in the £20,000,000 supply of chemical warfare items soon to be declared surplus, because most of them can be used in homes or on farms…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Japs Look Their Best For War Crimes Trial
TOKIO, Tuesday: While bloody evidence mounts against them Japanese leaders charged with war crimes are looking healthier, cleaner and happier. Two months ago they faced the:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Need More Amenities Soldiers' Point Protest
SYDNEY, Monday.— Residents of Soldiers' Point, in the Port Stephens district, were incensed at the treatment they received from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Plan to Re-enlist Ex-servicemen
LONDON, Monday: The Government's appeal, offering gratuities and bounties for trained men to re-enlist in the fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attlee Asks Peace Envoys to Strive to Banish War Fears
PARIS, Wednesday: The main task of the delegates was to "remove from the minds of the common people the brooding fear of war," the British Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) told the Peace Conference yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Airfields for Civil Planes
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Wartime aerodromes of no further use to the R.A.A.F., but which would be of use to civil aviation would be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council War on Rats Firms Help in City
"A continuous campaign against the rat menace is maintained by the health division of Greater Newcastle Council, supported to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discharged Soldier Lost Wallet
A soldier who was discharged yesterday reported to Newcastle police that he had lost a wallet containing a large sum of money while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jumped Anzac House Counter, Stole £2
SYDNEY, Thursday—A young man jumped over a counter in the office at Anzac House, Elizabeth-street, tonight, and grabbed £2 worth of silver…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scandal Of U.S. Political Corruption Shocks Nation; War Graft Bared Don Iddon's New York Diary
NEW YORK, Thursday: The nostrils of the entire nation are offended as Government investigators dig deep to uncover a new munitions scandal and political corruption which taint…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aid "Gravely Deficient" To Ex-Soldiers
Government assistance in the rebabihtation of ex-servicemen was "gravely deficient," the State President (Mr. McDonald) said in a…
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