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The wars & local soldiers, 1947

922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 47

United States Fear Of Civil War In China

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Chinese Communists continued to refuse all peace offers, General Chiang Kai-shek declared today at Nanking. His statement followed notification…

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Legion Wants Say in Soldiers' Centre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women plans to petition the Premier (Mr. McKell)…

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Helped Charlestown Ex-soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 8

At the annual meeting of Charlestown sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, the President reported that three members had been assisted…

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Soldiers' Families Reach Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 3

TOKYO, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—Lieut.-Colonel S. B. Abbott, Chief of the Australian Reparations Commission, and several families of Australian…

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Plan To Crush German Power For War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—A plan to turn Germany into a State incapable of waging future wars has been set out in a Memorandum tabled in the Canadian House of Commons by the Minister…

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Flare-up in China Civil War Expected "Herald" Service and A.A.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Despatches from American correspondents throughout China indicate that an immediate…

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Single Farms for Ex-Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Large estates bought by the State Government for soldier settlement purposes would be cut up into single farms to settle an…

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"Put Returned Soldiers Before Refugees"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 7

The Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) will be asked by Waratah A.L.P. branch to prevent the entry of refugees into the country until…

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Support Million Post-war Industries Growth

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 12

SYDNEY: Industrial expansion in N.S.W. since the outbreak of war is capable of supporting an additional…

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Tokyo War Crimes Court Adjourned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

TOKYO, Feb. 3. A.A.P.—The War Crimes Tribunal rejected as "not well founded" motions by the defence for the dismissal of charges…

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Some War Crimes Frivolous

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday: Allegations that certain nations had made frivolous charges of war criminality were made…

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"White Policies Might Be Seed of War"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 4

CALCUTTA, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—The racial discrimination implied in the "white" policies of various countries might be the seed of a war more…

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Move to Retain War Controls in United States

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. A.A.P.—President Truman, in a message to Congress, requested an extension of parts of the Second War Powers Act,…

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Some Charges of War Crimes Frivolous

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 5. A.A.P.—Allegations that certain nations had made frivolous charges of war criminality were uttered at a meeting of the…

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Housewives First Shot In War Against Butchers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY: The decision of housewives to boycott butcher shops in the Lane Cove district as a protest against the butchers' refusal to deliver meat, was the first shot in a campaign of open revolt, Housewives' Association President (Mrs. Eleanor Glencross) said…

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Seeds Of New World War Sown In Germany, Commons Told

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.— British policy in Germany was sowing the seeds of a third World War, Conservatives claimed in the Commons last night. "Thirty million human beings are rotting before our eyes and the corruption will…

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War Factory Leases Stop Drift To City

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE: By "carving up" large decentralised Government war factories for use by commercial industries, the Commonwealth Government had done much to stop the drift of workers from rural areas, an official of the…

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Issue 980,000 War Medals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—About 980,000 war medals will be issued in Australia to members and former members of the three fighting services…

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War Memorial Vision Of A Greater Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 5

THERE IS an element of greatness in Newcastle, apart from its size and the wealth it has produced, and that comes from a certain talent for cooperation its citizens possess. The artists and the men of…

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Churchill to Get £250,000 for His War Memoirs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 7. A.A.P.—The New York correspondent of the "Evening Standard" says that £250,000 is reported to be the sum Henry Luce,…

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