Heroes' Burial For Pacific War Dead
WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—President Truman stood with bared head when 20 of the United States war dead (all victims of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1947
922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 47
Minister Won't. Budge On War Widows' Pensions
CANBERRA.—"I believe very definitely that the pension rate for a widow with no dependants and with full earning capacity should not be…
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Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League decided last night to support the establishment of a central relief fund in Newcastle…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Legislation will be introduced in the Legislative Assembly this session to provide for the purchase of single unit farms for…
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The sugar shortage was worse than during the war, the Secretary of Newcastle Division of the Grocers and Shopkeepers' Association (Mr. W…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A boy staggered into Castle Crag Golf Club House this morning with wounds in one hand and his stomach, caused by…
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THAT LOOK.—Poets have written about it and crooners sung about it. The camera caught it in Margaret McCarthy's Irish eyes when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Malayan C.I.D. Chief Wounded In Gun Battle
SINGAPORE, Nov. 2. A.A.P.—The Chief of the Selangor C.I.D. (Mr. C. T. Dobree) was wounded in the stomach by hand grenade splinters in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man O'war Dies in Kentucky
LEXINGTON (Kentucky), Nov. 2. A.A.P.—Man o' War, America's best-known thoroughbred, died at Samuel D. Riddle's Faraway farm…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Moslem Leaders To Hold "Council Of War" On Fighting Over Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Mon. (A.A.P.): Dominion and provincial Ministers from all over Pakistan have been summoned to a meeting at Lahore today which may be virtually a council of war. This follows the apparent failure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Punches Police Commissioner In Hotel Brawl And Is Fined £34
SYDNEY: An 18-year-old soldier who pleaded guilty to assaulting the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. MacKay) was fined a total of £34 and ordered to pay 15 guineas compensation for offences arising out of a brawl in the lounge of the King's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rejected, On Age, For Boer War, Died Yesterday
ORANGE, Monday.—A man who was rejected as a volunteer in the Boer War because he was considered too old, died in Orange Base…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Propaganda Is Condemned By U.N.O.
NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.).—In less than a minute today the General Assembly of the United Nations unanimously adopted a…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Federal Government had appointed Dr. D. P. Mellor, of Sydney University, to write a volume of the Australian war…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Mr. Chifley has agreed to the Central War Gratuity Board examining the proposed modification of conditions…
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LEXINGTON (Kentucky), Nov. 5.— Nine speakers extolled Man-o'-War in what was probably the most elaborate last rites ever given to an animal…
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ANKARA, Nov. 5. A.A.P.—Three hundred and fifty tons of military material is expected to arrive in Turkey within the next few days on board an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Over Population Britain's Danger In Future War
LONDON, Nov. 5. A.A.P.—The density of Britain's population in the event of another war was an additional reason for giving attention to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. War Office Denies Officers Arrested
LONDON, Nov. 5. A.A.P.—The Board of Management of the Navy, Army, and Air Force Institute and the War Office issued statements…
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Captain Roy A. Farran, D.S.O., M.C. (right), who was recently acquitted by a Jerusalem court-martial of the murder of a Jewish youth, was recently presented with the American Legion of Merit at an investiture at the U.S. Embassy, London. The award was for meritorious service in Northern…
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