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Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1946

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Prisoners of War and Soldier Settlement

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

Criticising the delay in setting ex-Servicemen on the land, Mr. J. T. Reid (C.P., Casino) said in the Legislative Assembly that the…

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Mungery Welcome Home

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 1

Eleven ex-servicemen from the Mungery district were guests of honour at a welcome home dance in the Mungery Hall on Boxing Night…

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War Service Homes. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 1

Canberra.—The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Lazzarini, announced that applicants for war service homes who were…

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Welcome Home to Servicemen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 4

The Secretary of North Dubbo Progress Association, Mr. W. J. Schmidt, reported to last Thursday's monthly meeting that £1/1/ had been sent as a…

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Trial of Japanese War Criminals Seen Through an A.I.F. Soldier's Eyes Ex-dubbo High Schol Boy's Impressions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

Writing to the Dubbo "Liberal" from Morotai, N.E.I., on December 23, Pte. Ranford Cunningham, of 172 Aust. F.O.D., A.I.F., gives his impressions of the Japanese psychology, as he sees it, after witnessing trials of war…

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German War Criminals Nazi System Laid Bare Inner Workings Revealed in Evidence a Region of Terror

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Friday.—Calmly, but completely, Major-General Otto Ohlendorf, small, hunched man in a rumpled grey suit, yesterday bared the inner workings of the Nazi security police system, which controlled occupied Europe for…

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Delay in Soldier Settlement Federal Control Attacked

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 4

Referring to the delay in spending the £4 million set aside for soxlier settlement in this State, Mr. J. A. Lawson (C.P., Murray)…

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U.s. War Leader Dies

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

General George S. Palton. former commander of the United States Third Army, whose death followed serious injury in a car…

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War Material Sold States' Share of Cloth

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Various types of buildings used by the fighting services during the war years are now being passed over to the Disposals Commission for sale…

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Russia and Turkey Rumors of War London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

The Soviet Newsagency, quoted by Reuter, denied the minors which the French newspaper, "Paris Matin," was allegedly spreading, that Russia had…

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German War Trials Damning Evidence Against High Command Goering's Passionate Outburst

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Tuesday.—Flushed with anger, and losing his customary mocking smile, Goering cursed General Zelewski, and called him a dirty dog and a traitor, when the wtness was giving damning evidence, incriminating the…

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Soldiers' Demonstration MANILA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

Twelve thousand protesting soldiers packed the shell-battered ruins of the Philippine' Hall of Congress last night, and thundered approval of the…

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Geurie Welcome Home

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 14

On Friday night last a welcome home social was given to Jack Hart, Les Campbell, Aub McGuire, Nathan Payne, Leo…

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Welfare Committee President Tells of Activities Big Welcome Home Being Arranged

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

Mr. P. Rogers, president of the Coonabarabran Soldiers and Sailors’ Welfare Committee, writes to the “Watchman” as follows:…

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Wool and Its Competitors War-time Experiences

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 11

No country in the word publicised the production of artificial fibres and their uses to a greater extent than Germany…

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Mr. Renshaw Offers Advice on War Service Land Settlement Bill

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3

Sound advice was given by Mr. J. B. Renshaw) when he addressed the Legislative Assembly on the War Service…

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Use of War Machines for Peacetime Tasks Planes to Spray D.D.T.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 6

"Two activities of the services which should be put to immediate peacetime use are the air spraying of D.D.T. by Beaufort…

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German War Trials Report Contains Allegations Against Royal Air Force An Amazing Document

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—A report by the Nazi Foreign Police Office, boasting of strongly pro-German activities by anti-Communists in the "general staff" of the R.A.F., was disclosed by the American prosecution at the Nuremberg…

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Open Column a Suggested Post War Work Combined Show Ground. Race Course and Recreation Ground (To The Editor)

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3

Sir,—Here is a post war plan which I hope will be taken as a suggestion and not as a criticism by those bodies concerned…

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Soldier Settlement Outlined by Minister

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

When Mr. G. Christie, of Gilgandra, expressed disappointment that the Premier (Mr W. J. McKell) had made no mention of Soldier Settlement in his recent broadcast speech at Dubbo, the Premier said he…

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