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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Casualties Show Britain's Part in War

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday: Publication of the British Empire casualties recalls Mr Churchill's rebuttal of the Nazi sneer…

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Churchill Says Futile Nazi Drive May Shorten War

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Friday: "I do not hesitate to give it as my own opinion that the decisive breaking of the German offensive in Belgium is more likely to shorten than to lengthen the…

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C.P. Demand Absolute Preference to Returned Men

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: The Federal Council of the Australian Country Party, at its week-end conference, decided to protest…

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Gravest Jap War Crisis

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP).—In a speech to The Diet today the Japanese Premier (Koiso) said the…

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News Of Lismore War Prisoner

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 4

Mrs. M. O'Connor, of Bounty Street. Lismore, has recieved encouraging news of her son, Kelvin, who is a prisoner of war in…

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Welfare of War Prisoners Assured

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: The War Office announced thai the Russian Government had given an assurance on the…

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War Criminals Statement Clears the Air

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: The excitement due to the story that Britain was endeavoring to bring Hitler to trial as a war…

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"Greatest Crisis of War," Koiso Tells Japanese

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday: The Japanese Premier (General Koiso) told the Imperial Diet that Japan was facing the greatest crisis of the "With the American landings…

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Farm Knowledge Needed to Qualify As Soldier Settler

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: The Minister for Lands (Mr Jones) stated tonight that, in its soldier settlement schemes, the Queensland…

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War-Bride Welcomed At Bexhill

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 5

There was a large attendance at a social organised by Bexhill C.W.A. to welcome F/O Alga Virtue. R.A.A.F. who is spending…

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U.S. War Production Board in Australia?

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday: The columnist, Walter Winchell, reports that Mr Donald Nelson may come to Australia, in order to…

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Coolangatta Man Sees War And World Scenes

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

Mr. Vincent J. Conaghan, of the British Overseas Airways Corporation, London, after an absence of six years from Coolangatta, which he spent abroad in Europe, Africa and world waters, is visiting his father,…

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lO-POINT War and Peace Plan

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP). —Moscow radio says a 10-point programme for conducting the war to a successful conclusion and the…

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Few Flying Jobs for RAAF Men After War

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Only a small percentage of RAAF air crews could be employed in the aircraft industry after the war,…

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Former War Prisoners to Tour U.s. Cities

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday: A group of former war prisoners, including men who escaped from Japanese camps, will make a two-months…

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Under Fire From US Girls, Airman Hurries Back to War

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

ST. LOUIS, Monday: Sergeant John Coleman, home from Australia and the Pacific for the first time in three years, made a…

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2,000,000th VS. Soldier In Europe

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: The 2,000,000th American soldier has embarked from Britain for the European war theatre…

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Discharge of Stock Mortgage No Charge Against Soldiers

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 5

No charge is made by the Crown against ex-soldiers for a fee or stamp duty on the discharge of a stock mortgage. This was reported…

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Soldier Preference Opposed by A.l.p

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

The Victorian Central Executive of the A.L.P. has decided to oppose preference to ex-soldiers. The secretary refused to give particulars, but it was…

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Killed in Action

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 4

Pte. Noel Francis Symonds, 19, who was killed in action against,…

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