Guerillas Kidnap U.k. Soldiers
ATHENS, July 28. A.A.P.—The Greek Ministry of Public Order reported that guerillas capture two British soldiers who were driving a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 47
Impressive Tribute To War Dead
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A colourful and impressive ceremony, known as "Beating the Retreat," was carried out by members of the visiting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Fined On Negligent Driving Charge
"I do not see why I should reduce the fine on this impetuous young man who barged through traffic," said Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., in…
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HAPPY ENDING.—The "escape" of this newly-married…
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Sir,—The leading article in the "Newcastle Morning Herald," (26/7/47) states that "Australia is vitally interested in restoring peace in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australia Calls On U.N.O. To End War In Java
NEW YORK, Wednesday: Australia today demanded an immediate meeting of the Security Council to end fighting in Java. The Council's President (Dr. Oscar Lange, Poland)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No War Materials For N.E.I. From Britain—Mr. Bevin
LONDON, July 30. A.A.P.—Mr. Bevin, in the House of Commons, told Mr. Driberg that Britain had prohibited the supply [?] war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Contract "Hangover" Has America In A Ferment Don Iddon's New York Diary
NEW YORK, Thursday: A delayed-action hangover has enveloped high citizens here, and the headache is prodigious. QUITE suddenly a lush story of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jews Hang Soldiers, Set Booby Trap
LONDON, July 31, A.A.P.—The bodies of the two British sergeants who where "executed" by Jewish terrorists were found hanging from a tree in a wood three miles south-east of Nathanya, says Reuters'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scheme Extended for War Widows
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Applications from war widows for training under the Commonwealth reconstruction training scheme will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Links In U.S. War Contracts May Be Unearthed "Herald" Service
HOLLYWOOD, August 1.—Senate investigators may find more links than they bargained for in probing wartime contracts granted the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Secret Stocks Of War Material; 6 Germans Held
LONDON, August 3. A.A.P.—Six leading executives of Askania scientific instrument factories have been arrested as a result of the discovery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Ship Left War Stores
LONDON, August 4. A.A.P.—The Dutch ship Saparoea left Southampton for Amsterdam yesterday leaving surplus war stores unloaded because…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese War Crimes Trial Drags On
TOKYO, Aug. 4.—The International Military Tribunal for the Far East, which has already been hearing charges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Church Magazine Hits At Hasty War Marriages
ADELAIDE, Monday.—A great many wartime marriages of young people should not have taken place, says an article in the current issue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roosevelt's Son Gives Evidence At War Contracts Probe
WASHINGTON, Monday: Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late President, took the witness stand today at the inquiry into war contracts by a Senate sub-committee. ROOSEVELT, who was a wartime…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Both Sides Order "Cease Fire" In Indonesian War
BATAVIA, Tuesday: The Indonesians have followed the Dutch in ordering "cease fire" in Java and Sumatra as from midnight last night. Both parties have thus complied…
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BRISBANE. Monday.—About 40 Dutch soldiers worked the 10,000-ton ship Tjibesar at Pinkenbah to-day. A Dutch Army spokesman said he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →15 Killed, 40 Wounded in Tunisian Riot
TUNI, August J. A.A.P.—Fifteen striking labourers were killed and 40 wounded in a riot near Sfax after they had attacked an army…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weapons in Next War
Sir.—Professor M. L. Oliphant, Birmingham University's atom bomb expert is reported as saying: "it looks now as though we have reached…
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