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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Prisoner-of-war Letters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 3

National Headquarters of the Austialian Red Cross Society has decided to continue to supply suitable stationery for writing to prisoners of war…

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Big War Divorce Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

The number of divorce petitions lodged since the war began is approaching 12,000. The total for the years 1940 to 1943…

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Beaverbrook As War Cabinet Tip

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday. -- The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Beaverbrook) is reported to be joining the War Cabinet. Another…

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Beaverbrook As War Cabinet Tip

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday. -- The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Beaverbrook) is reported to be joining the War Cabinet. Another…

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Beaverbrook As War Cabinet Tip

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday. -- The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Beaverbrook) is reported to be joining the War Cabinet. Another…

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War Prisoners' Right to Star

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--Time spent as prisoner-of-war will count in qualification for the 1939-43 star…

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Beaverbrook As War Cabinet Tip

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday. -- The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Beaver brook) is reported to be joining the War Cabinet. Another…

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War Booty in Naval Display

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 5

"War material, including parts of Japanese midget submarines, depth charges, and anti-aircraft guns, will be shown at a naval…

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War Facts for Miners Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Sunday.--Talks I had with three coalminers on a train today convinced me the job waiting to be done on the coalfields by the Department of…

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Ramu Valley Gain Our War Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 5

RAMU VALLEY, Sunday.— The most forward Japanese elements are still pinned down on the northern razorback of…

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Jap War Seen Going Until 1946

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- "Conversations in Washington lead me to believe that the end of the war against Japan is not expected before 1946," says J…

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Nazi Party Plans 'Underground' After War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 5

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (A.A.P.).— Well-informed Berlin circles say that Nazi leaders have already arranged for the Party to pass…

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"Take Time to Wipe Out War Centres"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 5

NEW YORK Jan. 9 (A.A.P.).—At Fort Worth, Texas, the Chief of the United States Army Air Corps, Lieutenant-Geneial Arnold, said he…

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Hollywood Actor "Sick" of War-film Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday. -- "Hollywood has lost its imagination," Hollywood film star George Raft told the Sunday…

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Hollywood Actor "Sick" of War-film Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday. -- "Hollywood has lost its imagination," Hollywood film star George Raft told the Sunday…

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Post-war Aviation Prospective U.S. Legislation

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 3

The "most far-reaching legislation ever conceived in the 40 years of American aeronautics" —a post-war plan of…

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Post-war Jobs for 60,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.).-- Employment may have to be found for 60,000,000 people after the war, to maintain American standards and…

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Disabled Men Back From War Learn New Jobs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Seriously wounded returned soldiers whose war injuries prevent them going back to their old jobs ore being taught new trades…

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The War, Day by Day Fall of Kirovograd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 4

It is not surprising that, following the loss of Kirovograd, a German official spokesman should be speaking about the…

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Air Bombings' Effect on War From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Jan 9.—It should soon be possible to gauge the precise effectiveness of heavy, consistent bombing against…

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