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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Vital Gain On Italian War Front

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday. -- British and U.S. troops of the Fifth Army in Italy have won and consolidated more vital…

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500 Cease Work at War Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

Five hundred employees at a war factory struck as they went off shift on Monday night and yesterday. They are protesting against transfer…

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Germans Withdraw War Factories From Poland

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- German war factories previously moved to Poland and White Russia to avoid bombing from Britain are being…

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EDITORIAL We Are At War Mr. Policeman

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 1

THE Premier (Mr. McKell) says the Police Association Conference on Monday was calculated to give a distorted idea of his attitude to the force. He was accused of delaying replies to association…

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Guildford Communists Post-war Suggestions to Council

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

Guildford Branch of the Communist Party has submitted the following list of w[?] services, with appropriate suggestions and comments, to Granville and…

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Police Reply to Criticism Association War Effort Stressed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

"THE statement made by a delegate at the Association Conference that the police were on the verge of revolt was purely the opinion of that individual member. The executive has never even discussed the…

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Police Reply to Criticism Association War Effort Stressed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

"THE statement made by a delegate at the Association Conference that the police were on the verge of revolt was purely the opinion of that individual member. The executive has never even discussed the…

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Police Reply to Criticism Association War Effort Stressed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

"THE statement made by a delegate at the Association Conference that the police were on the verge of revolt was purely the opinion of that individual member. The executive has never even discussed the…

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Police Reply to Criticism Association War Effort Stressed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

THE statement made by a delegate at the Association Conference that the police were on the verge of revolt was purely the opinion of that individual member. The executive has never even discussed the…

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The Turf Yaralla's Fast Trial War Effort's Run

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 10

Yaralla galloped impressively over five furlongs on the middle grass track at Victoria Park yesterday. He maintained an…

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What Will Women Workers Do When War Ends?

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

WHAT will our great new army of women war workers do the war is suddenly over? Will they go back to the…

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Roosevelt's 5 Points to End Complacency on War

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Passing of a National Service law for the duration of the war is the first of a five-point programme which President…

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The War, Day by Day Battle for Smyela Bulge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 6

The immediate interest in the fighting in south Russia centres upon the fate of the German armies in the northern bulge…

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New Laws Sought Roosevelt Aiming To Speed War Effort

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- A National Service Act, coupled with legislation to regulate food prices and restrict wartime profits, was proposed by President Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress…

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New Laws Sought Roosevelt Aiming To Speed War Effort

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- A National Service Act, coupled with legislation to regulate food prices and restrict wartime profits, was proposed by President Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress…

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New Laws Sought Roosevelt Aiming To Speed War Effort

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- A National Service Act, coupled with legislation to regulate food prices and restrict wartime profits, was proposed by President Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress…

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New Laws Sought Roosevelt Aiming To Speed War Effort

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- A National Service Act, coupled with legislation to regulate food prices and restrict wartime profits, was proposed by President Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress…

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United States As an Oil Importer Post-War Shortage Foreshadowed

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 4

The prediction that, because of excess war-time production, the United States will become an oil importing country after the war…

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Mechanical Equipment Plays Its Unusual Part in World War No. 2

Construction · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 3

Right.—AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE MOVES ASHORE IN NORTH AFRICA. An American locomotive moves ashore on…

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"Ashamed to Be an Australian" Returned Soldier on Charge of Language Says Police Told Him to "Go Home or Go In"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1944 · page 1

When charged at Auburn police station with having used indecent language, Sydney Francis Connelly (46), a returned…

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