Wounded Police, Then Suicided
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Stephen Henry Cunpingham, 24, who shot himself dead on Saturday afternoon after an affray in which…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1945
2,061 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 104
Greek War Sidelights
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—Some of the queer happenings in Athens during the recent fighting are related by the British United Preas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beer Essential To War Effort
WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP).—Ruling that beer was essential to the prosecution of the war, the War…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Protection For Persons Missing on War Service
CANBERRA, Saturday.—New regulations confer further protection in the cases of members of the forces who are believed to be alive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Soldier Sentenced To Death
LONDON, Sunday: An American court-martial sentenced to death by hanging Private Georce Smith of Pittsburg, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lismore Anzac House Art Union
The date of drawing the Lismore Anzac House Art Union has been extended to February 26, said the Promoter (Mr. C. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extension of Soldier Preference Urged 'Tragedy Of Last War Near Repetition'
An extension of the Soldiers' Preference Act to apply to soldiers returned from the present war, as well as those of the 1914-18 conflict, is sought in a motion adopted at the annual meeting of the Kyogle sub-branch of the R.S.L. on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letter From War Prisoner
Mrs Jim Hatton, of Hartigan Street, Murwillumbah, has received a letter from her husband, who is a prisoner of war in Osaka…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pacific War Gathering Speed
LEYTE, Monday: "The Pacific war is moving at a quicker tempo daily, so much so that as each move is planned the American forces seem to accelerate it more and more ahead of the date scheduled for the operation,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Impressive Array of War Vehicles
SYDNEY, Monday: Row on row of trucks, trailers, Bren gun carriers, armored cars and tanks, awaiting frontline action,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Laxer Morals After War Predicted
WASHINGTON, Monday (AAP).—Dr. Winifred Overhelser. Superintendent of the St. Elizabeth Federal Mental Hospital, told a representative of the United Press that a period of lax moral and undress, exceeding even the riotous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indolence Retarding War Work
Australia's war situation was more grave now than at any other time—worse even than when the Japanese were coming close to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Subdued German War Reports
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—German reports received in Stockholm take a subdued view of the general war situation One report said:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Weather-bound in Italy
LONDON, Tuesday: Deep snow and poor visibility have interfered with patrolling on both the 5th and 8th Army fronts in Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1000 German War Prisoners Being Repatriated
LONDON, Tuesday: About 1000 German war prisoners, including a dozen women, who were brought to Liverpool on Sunday by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Wives Protest to War Office
LONDON, Tuesday: Over 400 registered letters daily are arriving at the War Office from young wives who want to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Lost 2101 In Greek War
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—In the House of Commons this morning Mr. Churchill revealed that from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to The Editor Treatment of War Prisoners
Letters to the Editor must [?]e Limited to Approximately 350 r Words. Sir,—With my own two sons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murders in Prisoner of War Camps in U.S.
NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAP).—The New York "Times" Washington representative says War Department investigations reveal six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strange Methods In Rehabilitating British Soldiers
LONDON, Tuesday: Fifty-six British soldiers who were rescued after three years of hardship as Japanese! war prisoners in Malaya and Siam are the subjects of an extraordinary experiment in rehabilitation at barracks in…
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