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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 56 of 71

Mercy Flight To Aid Soldier In Murder Trial "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 1

LONDON, September 9. — The private aeroplane of Mr. Gandar Dower, a member of Parliament, stands at a Scottish airport ready to…

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Voting Forms For Soldier Minors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1946 · page 2

A returned soldier tinder 21 who had served oversea must apply if he wanted to vote, the Newcastle Divisional Returning Officer (Mr. H. M…

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To Retain War Workers' Homes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA: Temporary houses built during the war for war workers in industrial centres are to be retained indefinitely…

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Search for Escaped War Criminal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sept. 11. A.A.P.—A search is being made for Reinhold Bruchardt, 33, a former member of the Gestapo, charged with war…

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"India on Brink of Civil War"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 1

BOMBAY, Sept. 11. A.A.P.—India was on the brink of ruinous civil war, the President of the Moslem League (Mr. Jinnah) warned…

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Cousens Says Peace Offer in 1944 Would Have Ended Pacific War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: If the peace offer made to Japan in 1945 had been made in 1944, he had no doubt that it would have caused at least revolution in Japan and brought about the end of the war in that year, declared Major Charles Hughes Cousens in Central…

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Sees U.s. Being Led Into War

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Thursday: — British Imperalistic Policy in the near East, combined with Russian retaliation would lead the…

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"Be Ready for Atomic War" More Bombs, Says U.S. Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 3

CHICAGO, Sept. 12, A.A.P.—So long as atomic bombs could conceivably be used against America, the United States must continue…

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Workshops Helped To Win War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 5

A high-ranking Australian officer and a member of General Motors-Holdens staff were having lunch in a Melbourne hotel and discussing the…

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War Prisoners to Leave Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 9

LONDON, Sept. 13. A.A.P.—Britain will repatriate German prisoners at the rate of 15,000 a month, beginning next month. The first to be…

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Red Cross Cares for War Veterans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 8

The Red Cross Society is becoming increasingly conscious of the need for caring for the veterans of the 1914-18 war. One department in the social…

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"World War From France" Warning on Constitution

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 3

PARIS, Sept. 13. A.A.P.—There would [?] a civil war followed by a world war if France adapted the constitution in the forms now before the…

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Wallace's War Speech May Lead To Resignation

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 8

NEW YORK, Friday: Conservative America is reacting violently to last night's speech by the Commerce Secretary (Mr. Henry Wallace). In Madison Square Garden, Mr. Wallace told a Left Wing audience…

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Kotara Welcome Home Social

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 4

The activities of Kotara Patriotic and Welcome Home Committee will conclude with a tea and social on Saturday when servicemen and their families will be…

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Printers Welcome Members Home

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 12

At a welcome-home dinner on Saturday night at the Trades Hall, Newcastle sub-branch of the Printing Industry Employees' Union…

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U.S. Plan To Reduce Pre-War Tariffs Being "Complicated"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Sunday: America's policy to lower pre-war tariff barriers throughout the world has been "complicated," Government officials reveal. Some foreign countries, thev ex-…

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Gaol for Insults to U.s. Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 3

ROME, Sept. 15. A.A.P.—The United States Military Court at Florence sentenced General Kurt Maezler, commandant during the…

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Soldier Governor For Rhodesia

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday: Sir John Noble Kennedy, formerly director of Military Operations in the War Office and Assistant Chief of the Imperial…

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"World War 3 Around The Corner," Says Services Nominee

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 4

"World War 3 is around the corner and we are getting back to the 1939 condition of unpreparedness as quickly as we can, such is the brand of political control imposed upon us," declared Mr. G. H. Bland, Services Party candidate for…

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Return Anzac Day Visits with N.Z.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Fifty members of the Returned Soldiers' League would visit New Zealand and 50 New Zealand ex-servicemen would…

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