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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

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Made in Japan Why Ex-soldier Threw Up His Job

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday: Discharged from the A.I.F. as medically unfit some months ago, after serving 27 months overseas, Maxwell…

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Facts and Figures Australia's Shake in the War Comparative Figures

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 2

Australia's female labor force has increased by 205,000 since the outbreak of war, and there are now 863,000 women in full time war or…

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U.s. Soldiers Ordered to Quit Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Because a city private hotel had been placed out of bounds. 20 U S. soldiers were ordered out at 11 o'clock last night. Some of…

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Daily War Diary

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

Through the Pripet Marshes the Red Army was chasing the Germans. It became a rout. A New Zealand pilot captured in…

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The War

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

The tall of Vinnitsa, important railway junction in south-west Ukraine, 25 miles east from the Odessa - Cracow - Berlin railway,…

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Post-war Planning

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

A matter which should not be overlooked by the Tumut Shire Council at its meeting to-morrow in connection with…

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Next Commonwealth War Loan

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

A New Commonwealth Loan of £150,000,000 will be launched on March 28 and will close on May 9. It will be called the First Victory Loan…

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Post-war Aid to Industry Government Plans Outlined

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

The Minister for Post-war Reconstruction, Mr. Chifley, said that the Government was determined to do all it could to assist secondary industry…

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Looks like Political Hocus Pocus Post-War Reconstruction Plans

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

One of the mysteries of the elaborate post-war schemes that have been prepared by practically every council in the Commonwealth is where is the…

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War News American Troops Before Cassino London, Aap

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

American troops have consolidated their newly-won positions in Italy, and forward units have reached the banks of the last water…

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U.s. News Long War Ahead General Macarthur's Aspirations

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday.—Addressing a women's patriotic conference Mr. Norman Lodge American Associated Press war correspondent, said…

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Wagga Red Cross Street Adoption Scheme for Prisoners of War

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

The Prisoners at War street adoption scheme in Wagga has been successfully Punched, and the returns coming in from the streets that are…

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Japanese Alarm Worried by German Disasters May Revise War Plans

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday.—"It is decreasingly apparent that the Japs are deeply worried and shocked by the German disasters in Europe and the…

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Wagga War Effort Parcels Received Letters to Wagga R.s.l. Auxiliary

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

Here are further acknowledgments of parcels and extracts from letters sent to the Women'S Auxiliary R.S.S. and A.L.L.A. These…

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Allied Works Council Story of Activities Huge War Works Carried Out "Army Behind the Army"

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

Construction in Sydney Harbor of a graving dock to accommodate capital ships is one of the highlights in the Allied Works Council's…

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First Victory War Loan Statement By Prime Minister Opening on March 28 New Records Wanted

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday: New record in Australian loan ratable will be asked of the Australian people by the…

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Soldier Settlers Method of Making Application

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

Mr. J. C. Carters, a member of the War Service Land Settlement Committee for Servicemen, furnished us with the following…

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German Soldiers Surrender

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

FOUR German soldiers, one of whom is wounded, walk down a street of Scafati, Italy, under the guard of two Allied infantrymen (carrying rifles). The four surrendered to Allied troops who liberated the town and drove the German forces northward…

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Tito Wounded

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday: According to the Cairo radio Marshal Tito, leader of the Yugoslav partisans, was wounded during operations…

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Army and Munition Workers War Cabinet to Consider Releases

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The bag in the transfer of labor from munitions factories to other essential works of higher priority is to…

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