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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

These Junior Farmers Keep the Flag Flying for Their Soldier Father

The Land · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

FROM the North Coast comes an interesting story of how two Junior farmers on the Wallamba Rivedr are keeping the flag flying on the farm front while their father is on active service. The story is told by Mr. J. R. Paulett, junior farmer supervisor at Kempsey,…

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Girls Who Wed U.S. SOLDIERS American Citizens After Two Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Many girls seemed to believe that as soon as they married an American serviceman they…

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Denies He Broke Soldier's Tooth

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.--Sergt. P. G. Sichter today described as lies evidence at the Warwick court martial that he had…

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Soldier for Bigamy Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Before Frederick Thomas Counsell, soldier, was committed for trial on a bigamy charge at the…

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Soldier for Bigamy Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Before Frederick Thomas Counsell, soldier, was committed for trial on a bigamy charge at the…

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British War Savings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 10

LONDON, Jan.7 (A.A.P.).— Lord Kindersley, president of the National Savings Committee, says that total savings in the years 1940 to 1943…

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Controls After War Defended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Minister for Labor (Mr. Bevin) expressed the belief yesterday that controls in one form or…

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Frustrated War Effort Denied

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--Lord McGowan, chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries, yesterday denied that his company or its associated companies had done anything that…

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War Danger's Trot Claim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 11

"War Danger has only to run up to his final trial and he will be a real good thing," said prominent reinsman Bill Picken today,…

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Controls After War Defended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Minister for Labor (Mr. Bevin) expressed the belief, yesterday that controls in one form or…

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Goebbels Foresees War's End

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--The war could end this year if a successful Allied invasion could be coordinated with the present…

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Controls After War Defended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Minister for Labor (Mr. Bevin) expressed the belief yesterday that controls in one form or…

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War Danger's Trot Claim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 11

"War Danger has only to run up to his final trial and he will he a real good thing," said prominent reinsman Bill Picken today,…

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"No Measures" on War Aid

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.).--Equipment given by America to airfields throughout the world would be calculated in…

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Paying Tribute to War Hero

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 10

BALMAIN and Waverley cricketers pay silent tribute to former colleague Sgt. John Farthing, who was hilled in action over the Channel last week. Teams observed a minute's silence prior to beginning of their game at S.C.G…

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Paying Tribute to War Hero

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 9

BALMAIN and Waverley cricketers pay silent tribute to former colleague Sgt. John Farthing, who was killed in action over the Channel last week. Teams observed a minute's silence prior to beginning of their game at S.C.G…

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How to Win the War

The Methodist · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 6

We are not, of course, concerned with the military victory; that is a matter for the experts. For military victory will prove nothing except that the side which…

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Paying Tribute to War Hero

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 9

BALMAIN and Waverley cricketers pay silent tribute to former colleague Sgt. John Farthing, who was killed in action over the Channel last week. Teams observed a minute's silence prior to beginning of their game at S.C.G…

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Post-war Slum Clearance Plan

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 4

POSTWAR reconstruction plans providing for slum clearance, the abolition of small dirty lanes, and the creation of parks and…

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Post-war Slum Clearance Plan

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

POSTWAR reconstruction plans providing for slum clearance, the abolition of small dirty lanes, and the creation of parks and…

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