War Strength of R.a.a.f. Reduced
CANBERRA.—The Government did not propose to keep up all the air defence establishments at full wartime strength…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1948
559 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 28
Seek City Hall For Limbless Soldiers
When an application was before the Greater Newcastle Finance Committee last night from the Limbless Soldiers' Association to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans Freed Of War Charge
NUREMBERG, Oct. 27. A.A.P.—An American War Crimes Court to-day acquitted 13 of Germany's top commanders of having plotted to launch the second world war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →T.U.C. Call For War On Communists
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): The General Council of the Trades Union Congress yesterday called for an all-out war on Communism. In a declaration the council…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stalin Does Not Expect War
MOSCOW, Oct. 28. A.A.P.—Replying to questions submitted by the newspaper "Pravda," Generalissimo Stalin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempts To Buy War Gratuities
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Certain persons were attempting to buy up war gratuities from ex-servicemen at less than their guaranteed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death For 139 War Criminals
BERLIN, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Executions of 139 German war criminals, sentenced to death by American war tribunals, are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Generals Found Guilty Of War Crimes
NUREMBERG, Oct. 28. A.A.P.—Eight more German generals were to-day found guilty of having incited, promoted or ordered the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Crimes
The world will honour the fairness of a decision of the American War Crimes Court absolving 13 German commanders, ranging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Emperor Meiji's Grandson In War Crimes Trial
TOKYO, Oct. 29. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The grandson of Emperor Meiji was included among seven Japanese admirals who were charged to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Causes of War Traced By Films
The series of documentary films to be shown by the 2nd Infantry Battalion (City of Newcastle Regiment) on Sunday nights traces…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Rusty Bugles" Insults Real Soldiers: M.L.A.
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The play "Rusty Bugles" insulted real soldiers, said Mr. Chaffey (C.P., Tamworth) in the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Margaret's Dress Starts "War" In Mayfair
LONDON, Thurs. (O.S.R.): A "cold" war is raging in Mayfair dress salons over Princess Margaret's Australian tour, according to the "Daily Express."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →POP Pre-war Credit
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japan's War Lords Castigated
TOKYO, Nov. 4. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Incident by incident, the International War Crimes Tribunal to-day recounted Japan's long…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rabaul, Pre-war Diamond, Is Now a Dust-heap
RABAUL, Fri, (A.A.P.-Reuter): In pre-war days famed as one of the most attractive towns in the Pacific, Rabaul today is a dust-howl More than 1000 motor vehlces are operating in and around…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan Planned War, Tribunal Finds
TOKYO, Nov. 5. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The International Military Tribunal to-day declared that Japan was guilty of planning an aggressive war in the Pacific from 1937 to 1939…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fake Atomic Explosions In War Exercises
LONDON Nov. 5. A.A.P.—Atomic explosions will be simulated during combined air-sea exercises to be carried out when the Home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tojo Blamed for War
TOKYO, Nov. 8. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Hideki Tojo, Japan's wartime Prime Minister, was named by the International War Crimes Tribunal to-day as the principal figure in a Japanese conspiracy to conquer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vatican Makes Plans For War Emergency
MONTREAL, Monday. (A.A.P.)—The Vatican Had made plans for maintaining the Papal authority in the event of an emergency, said a Roman Catholic priest, who is just back from a visit to Europe…
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