Press Claims Of War Widows
Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to ask the State Council of the R.S.L. to press the claim for an…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 47
Ex-Soldiers "Adopt" Orphan
ADAMSTOWN sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League plans to adopt a seven-year-old orphan boy, Edward Gary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Millions Of Medals For U.S. Soldiers
WASHINGTON, Monday.—The U.S. Government is to issue 18,000,000 Victory and Defence medals beginning on August 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Declares War on Rats
Greater Newcastle Council's Health Department has declared war on rats. Announcing today that a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery Man Urged "Liberation War" "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 15.—A mystery man, who claimed to be the deputy commander of the Stern Gang, conducted a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Widows Seek Basic Wage
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Pensions to war widows should equal the basic wage, with additional allowances for those with children, the Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Widows' Protest on Minister's Remarks
SYDNEY: War widows intended to forward a strong protest to the Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Barnard) over remarks he is alleged to have made about some war widows. Mrs. Vasey, widow of General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plan To Enlist 50,000 In New Citizen Forces
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—It was planned to enlist 50,000 men in the Commonwealth Military Forces the Chief of the General Staff…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Palestine Mine Kills Soldier
JERUSALEM, Thursday.—A British soldier was killed and another injured yesterday when a mine exploded under a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Doctor's Theory On Forceps Found In Soldier's Body
SYDNEY: A pair of five inch forceps found in the body of a man were either swallowed or entered by another means, probably the latter, said a doctor at the Burwood Coroner's Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toy Soldiers Aid Dollar Quest
These hand-painted toy soldiers and other cast metal novelties form part of Britain's export trade to the United States to bring in valuable dollars. Soldiers being inspected and finished in the London factory before packing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. War Secretary's Resignation
WASHINGTON, Friday: The White House announces the resignation of the Secretary for War, Mr. Robert Patterson, from July 24…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Acquitted Of War Crimes: Given Banquet
NANKING, July 18. A.A.P.—A Chinese Military Tribunal acquitted 14 Japanese officers, who had been charged with war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Halsey's Memoirs Of Pacific War "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 18.—In language as direct as his personality (Admiral William Halsey) describes his brushes with such formidable personages as General Douglas MacArthur and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Danger Is Still Strong in Java
BATAVIA, Saturday: Yesterday's speech by Re publican Premier Sjardifuddin (in which he promised the end of Republican hostilities if the Dutch would withdraw their ultimatum) seems to have done little to lessen the danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Said To Be Near "Shooting War" In Greece
WASHINGTON, Friday: "The U.S. is witHin sight of a shooting war this minute in Greece," Charles Eaton, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, declared today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Nice Things About a Soldier
London in the last century is seen in Sir Alexander Korda's film "An Ideal Husband," being filmed at Shepparton Studios (England). In this picture two Victoria misses on the Hyde Park Corner set indicate that the nearest way to a Guardsmen's heart…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bevin Sees No War Danger
LONDON, July 20. A.A.P.—"There is no danger of another war in this generation, as far as I can see," the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Ernest Bevin) told miners at a rally at Morpeth (Northumberland)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No "Neglected War Graves" at Tenterfield
TENTERFIELD, Sunday—"Neglected war graves," about which Tenterfield Returned Servicemen's League protested, are not graves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Helped In Its War On Rats
Business people in the city were cooperating to the fullest extent with field officers of the Greater Newcastle Council Health…
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