No War Gratuity If A.W.L.
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Members of the forces will not be granted a war gratuity if on June 30 next they have been absent without leave…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 47
War Trials Chief Slates U.S. Army Paper
TOKYO, May 13.—Sir William Webb. President of the Allied War Crimes Tribunal, opened to-day's session with a scathing attack on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s. War Material En Route to Greece
ROME, May 13. A.A.P.—Two Greek ships Elpis and Popi, have left Leghorn for Greece carrying American tanks, armoured cars,…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday: MacArthur's High Command regards Japan as the "staging area for the next operation," Harold Isaacs (for seven years "Newsweek" correspondent in the Far East) says in his book "No…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.L.P To Declare War On Reds Over Rocker Ban
CANBERRA: The Federal Executive of the A.L.P. will declare war today on the Communist Party to thwart the move fora black ban on rocket range work. The Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) told the A.L.P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Said He Killed Her But Jury Convicted Husband
LONDON, Tuesday: The jury at Leeds Assizes has rejected a soldier's confession of murdering a woman and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hitler's War Scientists Back At Work "Herald" Service
LONDON, May 14.—German scientists in the British zone, including five Nobel prize-winners and many who provided the technical means for Hitler's war, are back at their laboratories. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Ex-Soldier Offers Eye To Blind Man
MELBOURNE.—Bill Tyrell, 24-year-old body-handler at General Motors Holdens at Fishermen's Bend, has offered to give one of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Divorce Ends War Marriage
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A wartime marriage between two members of the services ended in the Divorce Court to-day, when the wife told Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Last World War Debts Paid
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Except for a few outstanding accounts, all of Australia's war debts in relation to the last war had been paid, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£250 More for War Memorial
The Shell Co. of Australia Ltd. yesterday gave £250 to the Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre. The donation brings the fund…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Bell Returns After War Service
SINGLETON. Thursday.—An old-fashioned type of train bell, about 45 years old, has been returned to Singleton Locomotive Depot after having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nuremberg War Trials May End Next March
NUREMBERG, May 15. A.A.P.—Brigadier-General Telford Taylor, Chief United Stated Prosecutor in the Nuremberg war crimes trials, said he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →May Review War Widows' Pensions
CANBERRA, Friday.—Pensions for war widows with family responsibilities will probably be reviewed by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Americans To Take Pacific War Dead Home
NEW YORK, May 16. A.A.P.—Colonel George Bare, Chief of the United States War Graves Registration Division, said that all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Want Better Deal For Ex-Soldiers Ordering Cars
Civic sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to submit to State Congress a motion urging more sympathetic treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Consul Holds Gift For War Bride's Fare Home
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18. A.A.P.—Mrs. Marie Wolverton, of Detroit, who gave 600 dollars to the Australian war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dull Time For Soldiers On Leave
SOLDIERS on leave from Greta Camp found it difficult to fill in time in Newcastle yesterday. Tired of wandering in the city, most of them spent the day sitting in the sun on Newcastle Beach promenade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Malayans' War Aid Recognised
LONDON, May 20. A.A.P.—Malayan native chieftains are among the list of people to whom the King has made military and civil awards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Says Military Occupation Should End War
The object of military occupation is to ensure there will not be another war, and everything we do should be governed by this," Lieut.-Colonel John…
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