War Decision in West Rommel Tells Army London
It has been announced by Berlin radio that Field-Marshal Rommel, during a recent visit to the "Atlantic Wall" defences, told soldiers that…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1944
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Mammoth Vote for Army To Wage War in 1945 Washington
President Roosevelt has asked Congress for new Army appropriations totalling over 15,500,000,000 dollars, bringing the total military expenditures to 49,000,000,000 dollars for the fiscal year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Annual Wool Review Record Revenue for Season Big Increase During War Years
The war-time record of the Australian wool industry is without parallel in its history. Production of the sheep's staple and the revenue derived from it have eclipsed all previous figures during the five seasons in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Proud Record Four and a Half Years of War the Navy Always on the Job
The Royal Australian Navy, like the Royal Navy and the Navies, great and small, of the Dominions and Allied countries, has increased to a remarkable extent in the four and a half years of war…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →He Controls Australia's Mightiest Victory Garden Yanco Farm Has Turned To Vegetable Growing As a National War Job
The Murrumbidgee River Welfare Farm is now the largest vegetable production holding in the Commonwealth. Of the 2045 acres comprising the wellknown Yanco property, an area of 640 acres is being used for the production of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Daily Summary Of The War
Monday.—Berlin was again heavily bombed in daylight during the week-e`nd, and rides on Europe by bombers based on Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Telegrams 621 Former War Prisoners Rescued in the Admiralty Islands and Hollandia Report Japanese Cruelty. Jap. Cruelty in Malaya
From our correspondent: Incredible stories of Jap. cruelty to prisoners of war captured in Malaya, were told by Indian troops rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-soldiers' Car Purchases
The N.R.M.A. is co-operating with the Repatriation Commission by inspecting and reporting on secondhand motor vehicles prior to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL Curtin Eptomises War
AUSTRALIAN John Curtin epitomised the war and all that it implies when he made his speech in the Guidhall after being granted the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Prisoners To Help Fight Noxious Weeds
Talbragar Shire Council has received a grant of £100 towards its programme for the destruction of noxious weeds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germans Now Lagging In War Repair Work Washington
Despite their efficiency in repairing damage, improvising communications and resorting to new tactics to preserve their strength under unremitting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nz Soldier Acquitted on Murder Charge Auckland
A jury in the Criminal Court today found a New Zealand soldier, Thomas Rex Beagie, not guilty of murdering an American soldier on March 28…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bruxner Distinguished In War and in Peace
Few men in Australian politics to-day have had such a long and distinguished cancer as the loader of the NEW Country party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval War Auxiliary
Naval War Auxiliary members are reminded of the stall on Saturday, 3rd June. It is the intention to dispose of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Post-war Housing Canberra
Following a conference of Commonwealth and State representatives, it was officially announced that an agreement had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missed Out Gilgandra and War Loan Quota
Set a quota of £25,000, from 250 subscribers, in the First Victory Loan, Gilgandra and district failed by a narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burrendong Dam Commission's Recommendation Second Post-War Work
The proposed construction of the Burrendong Dam appears to be nearing finalisation. It was stated at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Battle of Bombers Marks Russian War London
The Russian war at the moment has become a battle of bombers, says the British United Press correspondent in Moscow. Russian and German bombers nightly are hammering bases behind each other's lines—the Russians in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Stabbed Sydney
Thomas Joseph Tansey (29), Australian soldier, was stabbed by an American negro soldier in Flinders Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daily Summary Of The War
Monday.—The Fifth and Eighth Armies in Italy axe both making headway against the Gustav line. Bad weather has hampered air…
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