New Uniform, Shoes For Soldiers
CANBERRA, Thursday.—New uniforms closely resembling the present uniform of officers will be issued to all ranks in the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1948
559 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 28
Tojo Cashes In On War Trial
As he tried before the War Crimes Tribunal to whitewash Japan's recent war history, General Hideki Tojo commanded all the craft and guile of his race to cash in on the trend of power politics…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greek Inflation May Win War
LONDON, Mon. (O.S.R.): Greece will collapse without the rebels having to fire another shot unless inflation can be stopped. That opinion was expressed…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. Chambers comparisons between the postwar position in 1918 and that of to-day were hopelessly out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jews Sought U.S. War Equipment
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. A.A.P.—Mr. Leonar Weisman, a New York business man, yesterday identified the Jewish Agency for Palestine as the purchaser of nearly 200 tons of high…
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LONDON, Jan. 11. A.A.P.—One thousand British servicemen and 175 Anglo-Indian migrants left in the Asturias for Sydney, says…
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THE REPORT of Lord Nathan, British Minister for Civil Aviation, on action to amalgamate operating branches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yugoslavia Wants Italian War Criminals
ROME, Jan. 13. A.A.P.—The Yugoslav Legation stated that Yugoslavia had asked Italy to hand over 27 alleged perpetrators of war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded by Jap Sword
As R. A. King, a returned soldier, of Church-street, Cessnock, took a Japanese sword from its seaboard to clean it yesterday, it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wounded Whale Attacks Chaser
PERTH, Friday.—A wounded sperm whale attacked the 450-ton Norwegian whale-chaser Thorbrann 2000 miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.S.L. War Effort History Proposed
Civic sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League decided last night to ask the District Council to arrange the compilation of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"No Victory" In Atomic War "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Victory in atomic warfare Is no longer possible. One nation cannot defeat another to-day, says General H…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians Won't Risk War. Says Expert
NEW YORK, Sun. (O.S.R.): Russian leaders do not want to risk a major war, says John Foster Dulles, Republican foreign policy expert. The Communist Party in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Support U.N.O. To Avoid War: Dr. Evatt
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Full support to the United Nations in opposition to secret power politics was the only was to avoid another…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Looking At The World U.S. Showdown In "Cold War"
The Americans in the Mediterranean are staging a showdown in the "cold war." They say the Western Powers won the first round in France, and they are going to make certain of…
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BERLIN, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—Britain's Minister for War (Mr. Shinwell), who is visiting the British Army of the Rhine, said he would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Editor Sneers At Our War Role
CHICAGO, Tues. (O.S.R.): "Certain it is that the English and Dutch never fought well in this war," said Colonel Robert McCormick, editor and publisher of the anti-British "Chicago Tribune" in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Applications For War Gratuities
Many ex-servicemen and war widows eligible for war gratuities have not yet lodged applications…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Brief Goldfish Gyrations As Cure For War Neurosis
Watching the gyrations of goldfish in bowls is diverting entertainment, according to Mr. R. T. Vowless, of King's Cross, Sydney, who says that many ex-servicemen are keeping goldfish to help tore them of neurosis. Mr. Vowless, who is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Service Choir
Waratah-Mayfield sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League intends to obtain a choir and organ for its Anzac Day service at…
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