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The wars & local soldiers, 1942

483 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 25

Churchill Kills the Snake Special Film Tells Africa's Millions About the War

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

Africas native peoples are to be shown up-to-date news reels of the war made specially for them so that they can be understood by those whom a…

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Not a Dishcloth Used In Washing Up After Meal for 7,000 War Workers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

Housewives may well envy the great kitchens which are part of Britain's war factories, serving substantial meals at 1/5 and washing up…

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Forces’ Sweeheart Is War Workers’s Favourite at New Gramophone Shows

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 4

Vera Lynn, the ”Sweetheart of the Forces,” as the" B.B.C. called her, is to-day the favourite singer of men and women workers in Britain’s war…

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War Strategy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 1

Preparations for action by the United Nations have made impressive progress during the five days of discussions between British and American leaders…

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War Insurance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 2

It was disclosed yesterday that ,the insurance companies have paid to the Commonwealth War Damage Commission £1,700,000, collected in…

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Exports For Prisoners of War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 4

Red Cross Stores Department in England has recently prepared for shipment two large consignments of food and clothing for British and…

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The War Important British Victory

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 2

CAIRO.—British troops captured an Italian strong post to the south-east of Tmimi, where they routed a crack Italian battalion and brought…

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Party Politics and the War Effort

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 4

Politicians throughout the Comwealth are to-day making constant appeals for an "all-in" war effort. Whilst Jt is recognised on every hand…

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Duration of War Opinion of Flying Ace New York, Monday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 1

Colonel Edie Rickenbacker, flying ace the Great War, expressed the opinion this war would last a minimum of five years barring miracles, and there wks…

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Anzac Pay

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 2

Acceding to the request of the Government no mid-day parade of returned soldiers Will be held on Anzac Day…

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Exports for Prisoners of War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 1

Red Gross Stores Department in England has recently prepared for shipment two large consignments of food and clothing for British and…

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The War Corriegidor Will Be Held

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 2

WASHINGTON.— "The Corriegidor fortress can and will be held. There can be no question of surrendering this mighty fortress to the…

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“War of Survival” Washington, Wednesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 3

“War of Survival” is President Roosevelt’s tentative choice of a name for this war. President Roosevelt recently told the…

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War News From All Sources China's Virile Moslems

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 3

There are millions of Chinese Moslems who, like their co-believers in other countries, face Mecca four times each day, but their thoughts, linked…

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Hotels to Close on Anzac Day

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 3

It is understood that the Federal Government proposes to issue a National Security order closing all hotels in the Commonwealth all day on…

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No Combined Service on Anzac Day

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 3

The Braidwood Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided at its last meeting not to hold the usual Combined Memorial Service on…

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The War Carrying The' War to Japan

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 2

NEW YORK.—The official radio asserts that the planes with bombed Tokio and other Japanese [?]ies came from aircraft carriers, when…

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Anzac Services

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 1

The Anzac commemorations will be made in the Church of England on Sunday at 7.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. The V.D.C. has been asked…

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No Anzac Day Petrol

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 2

Sales of petrol and oil or other motoring supplies will not be allowed throughout New South Wales next Saturday (Anzac Day), which will be…

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Anzac Day No. Sport or Drink

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 3

A National Security Regulation was gazetted on Wednesday by the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, to ensure that Anzac Day would be…

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