Soldier Dies After Assisting at Train Wreck LONDON
Three young soldiers helping to remove wreckage from the train smash at Ferryhill station, in which ten persons were killed, were taken ill and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
67 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 4
Criminal Code of German Leaders "Murderous Executions of Prisoners of War" Case Against Keitel and Jodl Nuremberg
The presentation of the cases against Keitel and Jodl were commenced yesterday by a member of the British prosecuting team (Mr. Roberts, K.C.) He said their cases were being taken together…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Snail's Pace In Soldier Settlement Eight Years to Settle 6000
Recently demobilised himself, Mr. W. A. Chaffey (M.L.A., Tamworth), has vigorously criticised the delay in providing land for soldier settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unrest in Italy Twenty Wounded LONDON, Mond[?]
Unrest is mounting throu[?] out Italy in the past 24 hou[?] says a report from Milan. A most violent outbreak wa[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Memorial to Honour War Nurses
The Nursse' Memorial Fund has launched a State wide appeal for £50,000 to build the Memorial. It is hoped the Memorial will take…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Criminal for Canada London
Major General Kurt Meyer, who is to serve a sentence of life imprisonment in Canada for the responsibility of shooting Canadian prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Evatt Decides End of War Date Canberra
A ruling was given today by the Attorney General, Dr. Evatt that September 1945 was the date on which hostilities ended, but it was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ex-soldiers May Wear Uniforms
Servicemen discharged from [?] Army can wear uniform, complete with badges and buttons, up to a maximum period of six months after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Truman's Urgent Plea for Loan to Britain To Relieve Post-War strain Financial stability Essential to World Peace WASHINGTON
The prompt grant of 3,750 million dollars to Great Britain was urged by President Truman in a message to Congress. He said it would lead to expanded production consumption, employment and rising standards of living…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Families to Join Soldiers Washington
It is announced by the War Department that families may soon join soldiers in all overseas theatres providing that housing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Neurosis Victims Unsatisfactory Treatment SYDNEY
The welfare officer of the R.S.L. Mr. G. Grimston, addressing the Executive last night, claimed that returned soldiers suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.T. Telephone System War Time Job
Prior to 1941 the only land line communications to Darwin consisted of the one telegraphic line, stretching nearly 2000 miles, to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Settlements Minister Explains State Scheme Large Estates Now Being Surveyed
Details of the State Government's Soldier Settlement Scheme were explained by the Minister for Lands, Mr. J. M. Tully to the Narrabri Namoi Shire Repatriation Committee on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Patriotic School Pupils Raise 1 1/2 Million During War
SYDNEY, Thursday.—School children of N.S.W. were so patriotic during the war that they collected over £1,250,000 for war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.W.A. Burren Junction's Women's Good War Work Record
Over 5000 articles of clothing were made by members of the Burren Junction C.W.A. branch and despatched to the various receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Funds for Post War Works Minister's Reply to Council Request
Only small amounts are available for grants towards post-war works, said the Minister for Works and Local Government, replying to Council's request for a grant towards construction of the Memorial Pool and Park…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French War Guilt Trials
PARIS, Monday.—Six minor Vichy Ministers are being tried before the Reconstituted High Court of Justice tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazis Hanged For War Crimes
HAMELIN Germany) Monday.—Eight Germans were hanged for torturing and killing Allied prisoners of war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stalin Charges Churchill "He is a War Monger" Moscow Newspaper's Interview
MOSCOW, Thursday.—"Churchill's speech at Fulton last week was dangerous and calculated to sow discord and hinder collaboration between Britain and the Soviet Union," declared Stalin in an interview with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strangest Story of the War Tales of Two Bewildered Men
"The most revealing story of the war" recently told by one of Britain's most dashing and successful generals, who vouched for the truth of it…
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