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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Post-war Politics in Britain

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

LONDON, Jan. 7 (A.A.P.).—"The Times." in an editorial on post-war political prospects, declares that a coalition with a realistic, policy would…

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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 col' league 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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War Danger Wins £250 Trot Event

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 6

One of the biggest crowds at Harold Park trots for years saw War Danger win the £250…

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Raising Money War and Peace Contrast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 5

The fact that money is forthcoming in any quantity for war, but never on the same scale for the works of peace, has once…

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Weekly Labor Feature Post-War Housing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 10

Last Wednesday's Daily Telegraph carried a story of vital importance to the people of New South Wales…

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Poles May Wage Own War Against Germans

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--"It is incorrect, despite the Polish Government's declaration, to argue that armed resistance by the underground movement in Poland will only go on if an agreement with Russia is reached beforehand," says the semi-official Polish daily…

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Poles May Wage Own War Against Germans

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday.--"It is incorrect, despite the Polish Government's declaration, to argue that armed resistance by the underground movement in Poland will only go on if an agreement with Russia is reached beforehand," says the semi-official Polish daily…

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A Sergeant's Party London War-time Entertaining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

MY son's a sergeant! I say this with far greater pride than when his father became a captain in 1916,…

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Poles May Wage Own War Against Germans

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--"It is incorrect, despite the Polish Government's declaration, to argue that armed resistance by the underground movement in Poland will only go on if an agreement with Russia is reached beforehand," says the semi-official Polish daily…

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Poles May Wage Own War Against Germans

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 8

LONDON Saturday.--"It is incorrect, despite the Polish Governments declaration, to argue that armed resistance by the underground movement in Poland will only go on if an agreement with Russia is reached beforehand' says the semi-official Polish daily…

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Holiday Race Meeting For War Fund Sought

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 9

Permission to hold a race meeting in Sydney on Anniversary Day, January 31, in aid of the Australian Comforts Fund, is being sought by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Bartley)…

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India Looks to Australia War Material for Offensive

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

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's South-east Asia Command was depending upon Australia and New Zealand for…

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Allies Give Germans Bad News Our War Correspondent

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

FIFTH ARMY FRONT, Jan. 7. —As the continued Russian successes and heavy Allied bombings darken the general German…

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The War, Day by Day New Allied Fighters

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

The Anglo-American statement revealing that a propellerless fighter plane will soon be in production draws attention…

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New Guinea Air War Transports' Big Part. General Arnold. Commander-

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

in-Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps, has divulged that during the Buna and Gona battles, Troop Carrier Command in one…

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U.S. Democrats' Policy "Win the War and Plan the Peace"

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

NEW YORK, Jan.7 (A.A.P.). —Mr.Frank Walker, national chairman of the Democratic Party, told the Washington…

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Port As Post-war World Air Terminal Competition for Coastwise Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

Trans-Atlantic air services in the post-war period seems destined to make New York a great world air terminal, the…

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Re-shuffling the Generals A. M. Pooley's War Commentary What's It All About?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 6

THE orchestra is tuning up. The Magnum Opus of 1944 is about to begin. Appointment of General Dwight David Eisenhower to be Supreme Commander of…

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Soldiering in the Tropics 7.—Self-Education in Same

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 7

NOT everything that comes from the Comforts Fund is tobacco, chewing gum, or tinea powder. Their latest gift…

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Soldier-magician Charged Story of a Purple Dress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 11

Private Burton Trenton Howard, the magician of an Army theatrical company was found not guilty at a Distrrct. Court-martial yesterday on a…

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