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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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German Generals to Be Tried As War Criminals

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: Moscow Radio announced the impending trials of the war criminals, the German Generals Forst,…

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Tregeagle Soldiers' Welfare

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

At a meeting of the Tregeagle Soldiers' Welfare Association, held on Saturday night, there wtere present Mesdames Buckley, Thomas,…

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Tick Board Dismissals Returned Soldier Preference Raised By Grafton R.S.L.

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 2

A number of questions were raised at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Tick Control, held in Lismore, regarding the policy which is being adopted in connection with the dismissal of returned soldiers…

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McLean's Ridges War Service Fund Ball

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 4

A ball in aid of the McLean's Ridges War Service Fund was successful. A novelty dance was won by Miss Beryl Scott and Mr…

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Murwillumbah Court Three Soldiers Committed for Trial Alleged Assault On Bus Driver

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 4

At Murwillumbah Court of Petty Sessions yesterday three Australian soldiers--Victor Allan Pettygrove, Albert Henry Brighton…

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War Savings Campaign

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 2

The total value of war savings certificates sold at Murwillumbah to January 10 amounted to £69,612, being an increase of £152 in a…

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Card From War Prisoner

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 2

Mrs J. C. Carroll, of 18, River Street, Murwillumbah, has received a card from her son NX71966, Pte Jack Carroll. The card, dated…

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Pacific War Council Meeting

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: After three months' inactivity the Pacific War Council met to-day. The New Zealand Minister (Mr…

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Violinist's Ear Aids War Work

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 3

Godfrey Ludlow, Australian-born violinist whom the American National Broadcasting Company rates among its musical stars, has put…

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German War Prisoners in U.s

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 1

German prisoners of war are shown working in the editorial offices where they publish a weekly newspaper, "Die PW Woche" (The Prisoner-of-War Weekly), at a come in the Southwestern United States. German prisoners of was in the United States are paid for…

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War Brighter, But End Not Near

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).—After three months of inactivity the Pacific War Council met to-day. The New Zealand…

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Museum Explosion By Last War Grenade

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday. — A German mortar grenade, which has been lying in an Australian museum since last war,…

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News Items From Cedar Point News of Prisoners of War

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 5

A message picked up by a Ballarat listener on December 12 on short wave and forwarded to the parents of Private John Booth, prisoner of…

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Will Women Workers Go Back to Home Life After War?

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 3

Do you want to keep your job or go back to full-time homemaking after the war? The United States Women's…

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59 Bombers Lost Fighter Factories Smashed In War's Greatest Day Raid

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (AAP). — Fifty-nine heavy bombers and five fighters were lost from a force totalling over 700 Flyjng Fortresses and Liberators, with fighter escort, which…

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Soldiers' Thanks for Hampers "Good to Hear Their Voices, Laughter"

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 1

"...I have thirty lads here. It is good to hear their voices and their laughter this evening. I wish their loved ones cauld hear…

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Bodily Harm Charge Against Soldiers

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 4

At the Murwillumbah police court three Australian soldiers, Victor Allan Pettygrove, Albert Henry Brighton and Rupert Rennis Nesbit,…

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Roosevelt's War-to- Peace Plan

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday: President Roosevelt's annual budget message to Congress for the period up to June 6,…

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Average War Cost to Australians £186 Each

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: Basic changes in Australian economy in the two years since Japan entered the war were shown in a summary issued today by the Department of Information…

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U.S. Budget "For War And Peace"

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP).—President Roosevelt's annual budget message to Congress for the period to June 30, 1945, is…

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