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Churches, 1947

2,274 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 114

The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

The Archbishop-Elect of Perth, the Rev. R. W. H. Moline, was formerly a bush brother in Queensland. No fewer than twelve…

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Eden May Replace Churchill

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- Mr. Churchill has handed some of his duties as Opposition Leader to Mr. Anthony…

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Armenia And Its Church

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

ARMENIANS, in most Australians' minds, are associated vaguely with memories of atrocities and authors. The atrocities, said to have…

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[?] While a great American expedition slashes its way through the Himalayas, five months out from Shangha on a mission to buy back the freedom of five American airmen held as slaves by the warlike Lolos, a small qroup of men who escaped the same fate have at last reached civilisation. These men—like the ones now being sought—were survivors of a crashed Superfortress that smashed itself to pieces in the Himalayas back in 1944 Like all white men who fall into the hands of the Lolos, they spent months working as slaves. The story of their escape is packed with thrills, and the tale they tell of enslavement by the Lolos spurs on American attempts to recover other countrymen still held

The World's News · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 3

FOR centuries the primitive Lolo tribesmen in the wild Himalayan fastnesses of south-western China were almost unknown to all…

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Doncaster as autumn mission for Tamaroa

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 February 1947 · page 19

Owner Mr. Fred Joseph announced yesterday that Tamaroa's autumn mission would he the Doncaster (1m.) to be run at Randwick on Easter Saturday. He made the announcement…

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Parson allegedly razes church MILWAUKEE

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1947 · page 1

Tall, dignified, John Lewis, 60, a Presbyterian minister, was arrested and charged with attempting to burn down the huge…

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Catholic Priests Suffer Torture

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Vatican Radio, reporting on anti-Catholic persecution in Albania, quotes the newspaper Italia as saying that two priests…

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Catholic Priests Suffer Torture

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Vatican Radio, reporting on anti-Catholic persecution in Albania, quotes the newspaper Italia as saying that two priests…

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Catholic Priests Suffer Torture

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Vatican Radio, reporting on anti-Catholic persecution in Albania, quotes the newspaper Italia as saying that two priests…

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Catholic Priests Suffer Torture

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Vatican Radio, reporting on anti-Catholic persecution in Albania, quotes the newspaper Italia as saying that two priests…

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Catholic Priests Suffer Torture

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Vatican Radio, reporting on anti-Catholic persecution in Albania, quotes the newspaper Italia as saying that two priests…

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Catholic Priests Suffer Torture

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Vatican Radio, reporting on anti-Catholic persecution in Albania, quotes the newspaper Italia as saying that two priests…

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Catholic Priests Suffer Torture

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Vatican Radio, reporting on anti-Catholic persecution in Albania, quotes the newspaper Italia as saying that two priests…

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Catholic Priests Suffer Torture

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Vatican Radio, reporting on anti-Catholic persecution in Albania, quotes the newspaper, Italia as saying that two priests…

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Churchill's Brother Dead

The Sun · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—The death has occurred of Major John Churchill, DSO, a brother of Winston Churchill, at the age of…

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John Churchill Dies in London

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- Mr. John Churchill, brother of Mr. Winston Churchill, died in London yesterday…

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John Churchill Dies in London

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- Mr. John Churchill, brother of Mr. Winston Churchill, died in London yesterday…

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John Churchill Dies in London

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 14

LONDON, Monday. -- Mr. John Churchill, brother of Mr. Winston Churchill, died in London yesterday…

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Catholic Action Youth Leaders Are Trained To Be Labor Spies And Pimps

Tribune · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 6

The Catholic Weekly, which has featured cooked-up stories of “Soviet Espionage in Canada” should look nearer home for real evidence of pimping and spying in the Australian Labor Movement. A fully documents exposure of how Catholic Action Youth Leaders are trained as Labor…

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Big Decline In Churchgoing Worries Clerics

The Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 3

Decrease in all Church attendances will be revealed by this year's national census, the retiring president of the Methodist Church in NSW (the Rev. Richard Piper) believes…

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