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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

1,410 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 70 of 71

"Talk of War Decreased" "Herald" Service

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

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.— Talk of War haul decreased in recent months and was seldom mentioned in United Nations'…

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Soldiers Protest Against Churches on Subdivision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1946 · page 2

A PROTEST against Greater Newcastle Council allocating blocks in the Mayfield West subdivision to religious…

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War Memorial Ward Executive Deadlock

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 December 1946 · page 5

Members of the Newcastle Hospital War Memorial Ward Executive are divided on whether they should wait until the southern…

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Stalemate on War Memorial Ward

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 December 1946 · page 2

A MOTTON by Mr. W. Murdoch at the City Hall last night that "Newcastle Hospital War Memorial Ward Executive accept an…

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"World Danger in China War"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—The United States Government would persist with its policy of helping the Chinese people to bring about peace and economic recovery in their country, President Truman…

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24,365 Tried for War Crimes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—A total of 24,365 persons have been tried for war crimes in Europe up to December 1…

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Soldier-Statesman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1946 · page 2

GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kaishek, China's Soldier-statesman, is only 59, but he has known nothing all his life but war…

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Soldier Attacked, Left Unconscious

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1946 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—A young soldier from Queensland was robbed and knocked unconscious in Redfern to-night. He was unconscious in…

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Grand Mufti's Threat Of War On Jews

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

JAFFA, Monday: The Arab Defence Army Chief, Mahommed el Hawari, said yesterday that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem had told Palestine Arabs to prepare for war on the Jews…

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Soldiers On Leave Slept On Newcastle Beach

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

Because they were unable to obtain accommodation in Newcastle, about 80 servicemen on Christmas leave on Saturday night slept at Newcastle…

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Soldier Gave Cigarettes For Valuable MS. "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—A valuable Petrarch manuscript belonging to the Trieste Library, which was stolen during the war and sold to an…

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Quads Born To War Bride

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 1

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23. A.AP.— Quadruplets, comprising three boys and a girl, have been born to a British war bride, Mrs…

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War Tangle Over Baby Is Settled

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 6

LOS ANGELES, Monday. — A wartime love triangle reached a strange climax as an Army veteran agreed to adopt the baby his…

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Arabs Told To Prepare For War On Jews

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 23. A.A.P.— The Grand Mufti had told Palestine Arabs to prepare for war on the Jews, according to…

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Famous Star Gazer Looks More Like Soldier "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 23.—The Astronomer Royal (Sir Harold Spencer Jones) is leaving Australia by air early in February. One of the…

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Boy Wounded by Toy Pistol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 2

George Clarke, 13, of Robert-street. Wickham, was accidentally hit in the left eye by the head of a nail. fired from a toy pistol at his home…

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Soldiers Recapture Third Gaol Escapee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Victor John Travis, 20, gunman and housebreaker, who escaped from Boggo-road Gaol with two other criminals on December 11, was recaptured at Redbank military camp…

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Woman Found Dead; Italian Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mrs. Ella Beatrice Gleeson, 40, proprietress of an apartment house in Barnard-street, Bendigo, was found dead…

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War Prisoners' Christmas

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON Thursday.—War prisoners were permitted to emerge from their camps and participate in Christmas revels…

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Yugoslav Protest on War Prisoners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 4

BELGRADE, Dec. 26. A.A.P.—The newspaper, "Borba," claims that the British in Austria are holding Dr. Ante Pavelitch, a Croat Quisling, and…

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