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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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Germans Prepare to Try Allied War Prisoners

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: The British United Press representative in Stockholm says that the newspaper Tidningen quotes authoritative…

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£262/18/9 From Prisoner of War Stall

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 5

A prisoners-of-war market stall conducted in Lismore yesterday raised £232 18s 9d. Donations were received as…

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Russian War Finance

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: Moscow Radio states that the Finance Commissar (M. Zverey), in a Budget speech, said: "After two and a…

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"War Excuse To Set Up Bureaucracy"

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Presilent of the Cathoilc Chemist Guild (Mr. G. R. Bown) said at the national conference of the…

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Copland Advocates Continue Controls After War

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday: The continued operation of many of the present direct controls imposed during the war…

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Copland Urges Continued Controls Post-War Plans

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sunday.—The continued co-operation of many of the direct controls imposed during war throughout the period of transition from war to peace was advocated by the Commonwealth Prices…

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More Accounts Of Atrocities By Japs. On War Prisoners Airmen Tortured Alleged

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP).—Indignation has swept the American' nation following the Army and Navy statement outlining brutalities committed on U.S. prisoners by Japanese in the Philippines. Further stories of atrocities committed by the…

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The Life-lines of War

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

Maintenance of Australia's wartime communications system has demanded the maximum use of every available merchant ship…

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New Deal for Aborigines Post-war Need

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday— At St. Andrew's Cathedral last night the Chairman of the Australian Board of Missions (Bishop Cranswick)…

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Skilled Tradesmen Bottleneck In Post-War Housing

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 6

The campaign for an immediate housing programme, and for the preparation of definite schemes for post-war housing, continues unabated. Almost every section of the community that is in any way…

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Investigation of Japanese War Crimes Against Australians

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday: The Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) announced today that the Commonwealth…

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War Agricultural Unit Now Ready for Operations

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 7

At a meeting of the group leaders of the Kyogle District War Agricultural Committee, held for the purpose of forming a committee of producer representatives to control and direct the operations of the State mechanisation unit now in this district, Messrs A. H…

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The Editor Takes You Inside One Of Sydney's War Production Factories

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

Being a munitions worker in a city factory is not all it's cracked up to be believe me. Yes, there's good money in it; but, if you're a conscientious worker, you earn it. What…

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Farewell To Soldier At Wyneden

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

A very large gathering of friends from Kyogle, Afterlee, Tunumbar, Eden Creek and Wyneden attended a farewell to Private Keith Phelps, of…

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Empire Vale Soldier Doing a Good Job in New Guinea

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 5

Almost two years ago Neville O'Connor, of Empire Vale, joined a battalion which was being reformed in Wagga. Today, as a sergeant, he i second in command of a platoon in the jungle of New…

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Great Air Blows Against German War Machine

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: United States headquarters in London announced that USAAF heavy bombers striking from Britain and Italy dropped more than 3900 American tons of bombs on the German war machine during the…

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More Heavy Enemy Loss In Rabaul Air War

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

The air war over Rabaul continues with undiminished fury, says yesterday's communique…

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Disability Due to War Service But No Pension

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

A Lismore man recently discharged from the Army after two years' service, as being medically unfit, applied to the Repatriation…

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Post-war Plans for Welfare of Pacific Natives

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A broad outline of the duties of the South Seas Regional Commission, agreed upon by the recent conference of…

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Indian Statement On Japanese Treatment Of War Prisoners

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—Allied statements on the Japanese atrocities met with general approval throughout India, declares…

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