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The wars & local soldiers, 1947

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Anzac Day Trading

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday—The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) said to-day hotels and wine saloons would not be permitted to…

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Athletics Anzac Day Entries Close on April 12

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 8

Trophies valued at £35 will be presented by Lismore Amateur Athletic Club to winners of athletic events at the Anzac Day sports…

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Nimbin R.S.L. Plans For Anzac Day

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 3

Final arrangements for Anzac Day and the Anzac Ball Were made at a meeting of Nimbin R.S. League. For the Anzac…

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Turks Would Not Enter War

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The United States, Britain and Russia attempted unsuccessfully to bring…

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Turks Rejected Plan to Enter War in 1943 Profound Effect If Constitution Failed

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP).—The United States, Britain and Russia attempted unsuccessfully to bring Turkey into the war against Germany in 1943, the State Department disclosed when it made public the text of an agreement made at Teheran…

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Wardell War Memorial Sports Day

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 9

The Wardell District War Memorial Sports gathering was held on the Recreation Ground. Light rain fell, but sufficient was not…

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No Sustenance for War Prisoners

Northern Star · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 10

Sir,—The Federal Governmenhas decided not to pay the 3s a day sustenance allowance to the surviving prisoners of war from…

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No Nation Can Afford War Now Says Eisenhower

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The Chief of the General Staff (General Eisenhower), addressing the National Press Club, said there was no immediate danger of a deliberately provoked war as no nation now could…

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Fighting on a Column for Ex-servicemen Anzac House

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 9

Last meeting of the R.S.L. State Executive carried a motion expressing "high appreciation of the State Government's gift of £100,000 for the…

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Lismore's War Cemetery

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 6

Sir,—In recent issues of the "Star" were two attractive pictures of Spinks Park, the front entrance to the City of Lismore…

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Ethiopia Begins War Crimes Purge

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) Abyssinia has started the purge of its war criminals with the opening here of the trial of…

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Missing World War One Husband Returns

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 5

BERLIN (A.P.): A woman in Kiel, overcome with grief alter having received recent confirmation that her husband had been…

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Dramatic Turn in War Crimes Trial

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 5

RABAUL, Friday (AAP).—There was a dramatic development in the War Crimes Trial of MajorGeneral Akira Hirota to-day when…

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Red Cross Service Available to Ex-War Prisoners for Life

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

All ex-prisoners of war are eligible for Red Gross service for the rest of their lives…

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Earlier Closure Anzac Sports Nominations

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 6

Nominations for the Lismore Gift, of £120, and the Anzac Gift, to be run at the Lismore R.S.L. sports at I the Recreation Ground on…

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Twin Towns RSL Removes Limits on Anzac Day March

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

A special meeting of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta RSL sub-branch on Friday night decided, with one dissentient, to rescind a motion on the books limiting the Anzac Day procession to returned servicemen and women,…

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Germans Not Thinking of War Guilt

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 3

BERLIN (A.P.): Most Germans lack a deep sense of war guilt and as a result frequently blame the Allies for their…

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Liner's War Memento

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 8

Memento of the war aboard the liner Orion, which arrived yesterday in Sydney. On the starboard side is a plaque bearing the names of places visited by the ship when doing war service as a troop transport. A section of the railings, bearing the carved initials and names of troops who…

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Change In Casino R.S. Leape Anzac Day Plans

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—Casino R.S.L. will not hold the usual dinner on Anzac night. Instead, luncheon will be served in the Memorial Hall, at…

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Paraguayan Civil War a Stalemate

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 8

BUENOS AIRES. Monday (AAF). —After three weeks of civil war, neither the Paraguayan Government nor the rebel forces has been…

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