Yugoslavia Frees American Soldiers
BELGRADE, Saturday.—Yugoslavia released yesterday the three American soldiers whom it arrested on September 22 in the Trieste region…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 47
Wounded by Gun-shot Pellet
Albert Smith, 14, of Beresfield, was wounded in the left wrist by a shot gum pellet on Saturday. Smith told Maitland Ambulance he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →People Fear and Dread War
Sir,—Surely Mrs. Isabelle Longworth ("N.M.H.," 24/9/47), is wrong in saying that there is no desire among the people for peace. Peoples of all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pensions For War Widows 'Too Low'
Even with recent increases, pensions to war widows were inadequate, Mr. C. R. Carleton (Melbourne) said at the 19th Conference of Legacy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Says War Would Mean End of Communism
LONDON, Monday: Either an internal transformation or Russia's political system will prevent war, or war will lead to an upheaval in Russia, according to David Dallin, who is described as a former member of the Moscow Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S. Spending Millions On War Research "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, September 28.— The Government is spending hundreds of millions of dollars in preparation for possible war in the…
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LONDON, Sept. 29. A.A.P.—The economic action proposed in the report issued by the 16-nation European Committee of Economic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murdered 1350 Persons A Day, War Court Told
NUREMBERG, Sept. 29. A.A.P. —About 3000 members of the German groups known as "Himmler's murder squads"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Widows' Pensions
The argument between the Minister for Repatriation (Mr. Barnard) and the President of the War Widows' Guild (Mrs. G. Vasey) on widows'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Development Of New War Horrors Hinted "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—A report of the President's Scientific Research Board, which emphasises that American science must be geared for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jap War Trials Will Go For Six Months Yet
TOKYO, Sept. 30. A.A.P.—Almost everyone agrees that the Japanese war trials will continue for another six months of very cheap living and high…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Mr. White (Lib., Vic.) to-day alleged that a returned soldier shopkeeper in Melbourne had been served with an eviction notice…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Civvy Street Air War Training Scheme Proposed
The Air Force Association has offered to place its entire resources, of manpower and nationwide organisation, at the disposal of the Commonwealth Government to create an aerial defence force…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Build Homes For War Widows With One Child
CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Special homes for war widows with one child are planned by the Minister for Housing (Mr. Lemmon)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jilted, Says Wounded Boy
SYDNEY: Shot through the body with a rifle bullet, a 16-year-old boy was found by his sister lying on his bed in his home in Day Street, Marrickville, late last night. The lad told detectives that he had been jilted by a girl friend last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Tried to Air Mail His Blonde Fraulein
FRANKFURT, Friday: An American soldier tried to send his blonde German girl friend home in a box by air mail, but luckily for the girl the ruse was discovered. If she had not been found, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prevention of War
Sir,—How, precisely, does Isabel Longworth suggest that "the people" should stop war? Her own assertion, "I have always fought aggression,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock War Memorial Hall Appeal
Gifts totalling £1200 are acknowledged by the Cessnock War Memorial Building Committee towards the estimated minimum…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Bride Seeks To Block Divorce
RENO (Nevada), Oct. 3. A.A.P.—An Australian war bride, Mrs. Florida M. Pusey, of South Melbourne, is seeking, through an action in Philadelphia,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Moslems Urged To Arm Now For "War Service"
KARACHI, Saturday: An urgent call to the Pakistan Government to train and arm "for war service" every Moslem aged between 18 and 50 was made yesterday by the Moslem League leader, Modhashun Gazdar…
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