Wagga Boy Pilots "Wrecks" in England
Attached to the Air Transport Auxiliary, W/O. John ("Judy") Garland, of Maitland, was one of five R.A.A.F. pilots whose Job in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945
37 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
Allied Forces Land on Luzon Big Beachhead Quickly Established General Macarthur Goes Ashore With His Troops Australian Warships Participate
General MacArthur's Headquarters, Wednesday: Australian warships participated when Allied forces quickly established a 15-miles wide beachhead in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seaman's Death Lavish Spending Ashore Young Max on Murder Charge
MELBOURNE, Friday: Lavish spending of money had been indulged in by a negro seaman, Raymond Theodore Combs, 33,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spirit Washed Up From Wreck
Flotsam, washed up recently on a beach on the south coast: of Western Australia, Included; 1000 steel drums, each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War-wrecked Aachen
Gutted buildings and jagged serf ions of walls are interspersed with bomb craters in Aachen, first German city to fall to the Allies, which was captured by the U.S. First Army, October 21, 1944. When the Nazi commander refused to surrender the city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecking Manila
MANILA, Tuesday: "There is little hope of saving the majority of Manila's famous buildings," Colonel White [?]day. The Jan[?]are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marines Fight Way to Crest of Iwojima Peak Flag Hoisted on Mount Suribachi Half Island Occupied Indescribable Wreckage on Beach
GUAM, Friday (A.A.P.): A special communique issued by Admiral Nimitz states: "The 28th Regiment of the Marines raised their flag on the summit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Berlin Burning Terrific Allied Air Blitz City's Centre Wrecked Thousands of Casualties
STOCKHOLM, Wednesday. (A.A.P.): "The centre of Berlin is completely wrecked following Monday's record daylight raid," reports the Berlin correspondent of a Stockholm evening newspaper. "The whole district round the main objective—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Devastation by V-bombs Market Square Wrecked in England
LONDON, Sunday. (A.A.P.) Bloodhounds and trained A[?]sations assisted rescue workers when V-bombs recently wrecked a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The "Wagga" Paddle Steamer
This is a relic of the days when steamers regularly plied the Murrumbidgee River,…
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CAIRNS, Monday: The ketch Priscilla, which was long overdue and for which two naval boats had searched without result, was found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plane Wreckage on Reach Recalls Disappearance of R.a.a.f. Machine
SYDNEY, Thurs.: The wreckage of a plane found at Crescent Head beach, five miles from Kempsey, is believed to belong to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Slave Ship" Human Wrecks From German Camp
LONDON Sunday: The German 'slave ship' Homburg has arrived at Malmo carrying 1379 human wrecks from German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Launch No Trace of Missing Men
SYDNEY, Friday: The search by air, land, and sea yesterday, in which the Navy, Air Force, police, fishermen, and more than 100 medical students…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Seven Days Ashore" at Plaza
Bubbling with mirth and catchy song numbers, R.K.O. Radio's latest tunefilm, "Seven Days Ashore," opens at the Plaza…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lost Plane Found Wrecked in the Alps
LONDON, Thursday: The mystery which surrounds the disappearance in November last of a plane in which Air Vice Marshal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Chief's Body in Wreckage Plane Crash in France Last Year
LONDON, Sat.(A.A.P): Wreckage of the aircraft which was carrying Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory to India…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tiny Vessel Caught in Cyclone Crew Stagger Ashore: One Man Missing
SYDNEY, Monday: After a two hour battle in tempestuous seas, seven members of the crew of the Coweambah (76 tons),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest (Second Edition) Three Landings by A.I.F. in North Borneo Good Progress Against Surprised Enemy General MacArthur Ashore With the Australians
NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.).—The American Associated Press representative at Manila states that General MacArthur announced that elements of the Australian Ninth Division landed simultaneously on Labuan Island, Brooketon and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HITLER Was Physical Wreck
LONDON, Friday: Hitler, during the last years of his life, was almost helplessly addicted to drugs, Dr. Karl Brandit, physician to Hitler's…
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