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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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U.S. Air Fleet Historic Role In European War LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 1

Eighty-four of 130 American bombers which made forced landing's in Sweden were secretly replaced by their crews during…

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Indian Soldiers Conduct Jap. Prisoner to P.O.W. Cage

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 3

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At War with Communists Chungking

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 1

Chinese Communists complain that Chinese Government troops have started a civil war by attacking their forces in Northern…

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Plastics Get a War Release

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 3

Used on every battlefield in the world, where they have successfully survived great extremes of climate, British plastics are…

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Japan War Weary

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 August 1945 · page 2

Reports from non-combatant white people who have managed to get out of Tokyo recently indicate that the Japanese are thoroughly war-weary…

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More Bombs on Way War's Greatest Weapon

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 6

First eye witness accounts of the atomic bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima (population 318,000), desdcribe its terrific…

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Russia Invades Manchukuo at War with Japan 'Peace Efforts Futile' London

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 1

Russia has declared war on Japan. This dramatic news was flashed to the world over the Moscow radio last night…

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Topical Post-War Lighting

The North Western Courier · Monday 13 August 1945 · page 4

Asked to estimate probably postwar requirements for shop window lighting, the Electrical Engineer, Mr. R. Miller, told Gunnedah Municipal…

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Super Microscope Destroyed Scientist Now Classed As War Criminal

The North Western Courier · Monday 13 August 1945 · page 6

LONDON, — For destroying what is described as the world's finest microscope and killing two colleagues who attempted to restrain him…

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Thailand Not at War Washington

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 1

The Secretary of State, Mr. Byrnes, announced the United States acceptance of Thailand's repudiation of its declaration of war against Britain…

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Saw Start and End of War at Same Berth

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 4

An overseas ship in Newcastle on Friday was berthed at the same wharf at which she lay when war was declared…

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New Threat to Ghina Civil War Brewing CHUNGKING

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 1

The Chinese Communist Leader, Chu Teh, has sent a message to Chiang Kai Shek stating that Chiang must act immediately, in…

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German War Secrets Revealed by Allied Scientists Experiments Ahead Of Technicians LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 1

Germany's inner was secrets, including plans for missies with 3000 miles range, also atomic bomb research, were tracked…

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Half-Way House for Prisoner of War

The North Western Courier · Monday 17 September 1945 · page 3

At Hatfield House, the 17th. century home of the Marquess of Salisbury in the English county of Hertfordshire, returned…

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PostWar Prospects

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 September 1945 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report:—It is estimated by the authorities concerned that 13 years will be necessary to clear the wool stocks of…

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Children Trained For Civil War

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 September 1945 · page 3

Poisoning the minds of young Australians is, (writes the Secretary of the Sane Democracy League) one of the regular activities of the…

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The Case of Harley Matthews—Anzac

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 7

Last week, Mr. Justice Clyne, who had been appointed to conduct an investigation into the internment without trial of certain persons in…

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Britain's War Effort How Radar Saved the World

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 6

It is now possible to reveal details of one of the war's greatest secrets—the story of the weapon which, more than any other, helped to win…

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Post War Works

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 7

The New South Wales State Government hopes to launch, before the end of October, a stupendous postwar works scheme which will cost in…

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Soldier-broadcaster

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 2

FRANK LEGG, A.B.C. War Correspondent, assisted James J. Donnelly in the preparation of the A.B.C.'s saga of the New Guinea…

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