U.S. Soldiers On Murder Charge
TOKYO, Aug. 13. A.A.P.—Two American soldiers were arrested by American criminal investigation agents for the murder last week…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1948
559 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 28
Anzac Ball At City Hall
Three hundred dancers stood in silence at the Anzac Ball at Newcastle City Hall while the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police To Wage War On Thugs
SYDNEY: The Commissioner of Police (Mr. J .F. Scott) today ordered an immediate blitz…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Got Wider Knowledge As War Prisoners
The experiences of men as prisoners-of-war enabled them to gain a much wider knowledge than they would have if they had only served…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →End of Greek War May Be in Sight
ATHENS, Tues. (A.A.P.)— Greek troops fighting rebels in the northern mountains report important advances along the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Sergeant May Recover
GLEN INNES, Tuesday.—Doctors fighting to save the life of Police Sergeant Henry Arthur McDonald, who was shot in the…
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LONDON, Aug. 17. A.A.P.—"we cannot hope for breathing space, as in 1939, at the outbreak of another world conflict," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-Soldier "Put Into Street"
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A returned soldier named Fairbairn, and his wife and four children, had been turned into the street because of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →False Step Could Mean War
WE are on a spot that could be the edge of the most ghastly of wars. One has it on the very highest military authority that a false…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Change In War Cultural Centre Plans
Despite criticism, the War Cultural Centre Committee would not deviate one iota from its plan for the building of the centre, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Beam "Push - Button War" Comes Step Nearer
YESTERDAY'S announcement by the retiring Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force (General Spaatz) that America now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joint Plan For Soldiers' Graves
CANBERRA, Monday.—The State Premiers agreed to-night to consider a scheme to insure that all Australian Servicemen's graves…
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Arrangements are being made to hold an annual Rugby League football match between R.S.L. teams representing Newcastle and…
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ADELAIDE.—Federal Executive of the R.S.L., at its meeting in Adelaide today, unanimously expressed strong…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Callous" To War Pensioners
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—In not substantially increasing war pensions, the Federal Government had shown "callous disregard," the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Memorial Art Show On
The third Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre art exhibition will open on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arabs Want War Again in Palestine
CAIRO, Fri. (A.A.P.).— The Arab Inter-Parliamentary Conference at Beirut has sent Notes to all Arab…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Dumps Are "Now 'Ornamental Gardens'
SYDNEY: Surplus war material and jungle growth in American Samoa have brought about the strange effect of ornamental gardens, said men on the American freighter Sonoma, which arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Tension" Stops War Factories' Sale, Says P.m
SYDNEY: International tension is preventing the Federal Government from selling the freehold of its wartime factories at St. Marys, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) has told the local council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Campaign to Avert War
LONDON, Aug. 30. A.A.P.—As part of a campaign to avert war, the Word Congress of Intellectuals at Wroclaw (Poland) announced it…
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