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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Our Readers Views Communists and the War to the Editor of "The Land"

The Land · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 7

Sir—Mr. Keith McKenzie agrees with me that the main body of workers have done a good job for Australia. He further agrees with my…

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Bush Fires Take Toll Of Our Breeding Stock North-West Coast Link As Post-War Proposal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 3

Ay any time in the life of a primary producing country the preservation of breeding stock is a matter of great national importance, and more so to-day. Consequently the loss of sheep, cattle and horses in bush fires in Victoria is a call to everyone to exercise thought and care in preventing further outbreaks…

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Grazier Replies On "Soldier Preference"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 10

MR. J. M. DICKSON, Yarrawin, Brewarrina, has sent the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) a letter analysing his recently…

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Shorts from the Talks a Russian Soldier's "Terror"

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 11

"I asked him the obvious question: What was the most terrible moment of your experience in Stalingrad?' He thought for a little and smiled and…

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U.S. Soldier Blamed Road Crash That Killed Five

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A collision between a tram and a military truck at Moorooka, in which five were killed and 33…

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U.S. Soldiers la[?]ore Courts

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 3

"Again, and again cases have had to be adjourned and eventually s[?]uck out through the non-attendance of American…

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Right to Gaol U.s. Soldiers

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.-- Australian police can arrest members of the United States armed…

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Limbless Soldiers

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 3

The Limbless Soldiers' Aquatic Club has secured the services of a cook. Applications are Invited from members who desire to…

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U.s. Soldier Deported After Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.--A U.S. soldier held responsible for an accident in which five people were killed had been deported,…

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Jewish Soldiers of All Armies As Seen In The Middle East By Solomon Itzhaki

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 3

For the thousands of Jewish in the Middle East,” a new world true of the happy and healthy Jew who stand on such good terms…

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Escapees Welcomed by Dutch Soldiers

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 1

(ANETA)—Somewhere on the British coast, a little boat carrying 10 Dutch escapees from occupied Holland arrived recently after…

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Irate Soldier Spanked Wife

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 2

Private Cecil Alexander Uhr said in Manly Court yesterday that because his wife was continually calling him a mongrel…

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War-wounded Minds Being Nursed Back to Sanity

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

Away from the bedlam of battle the war-wounded minds of young soldiers of this war are being nursed back to sanity at Callan Park Mental Hospital. AIRY, sunlit wards, recreation rooms and acres of gardens give…

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War-wounded Minds Being Nursed Back to Sanity

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 8

Away from the bedlam of battle the war-wounded minds of young soldiers of this war are being nursed back to sanity at Callan Park Mental Hospital. AIRY, sunlit wards, recreation rooms and acres of gardens give…

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War-wounded Minds Being Nursed Back to Sanity

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

Away from the bedlam of baffle the war-wounded minds of young soldiers of this war are being nursed back fo sanity af Callan Park Mental Hospital. AIRY, sunlit wards, recreation rooms and acres of gardens give…

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War-wounded Minds Being Nursed Back to Sanity

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 8

Away from the bedlam of battle the war-wounded minds of young soldiers of this war are being nursed back to sanity at Callan Park Mental Hospital. AIRY, sunlit wards, recreation rooms and acres of gardens give…

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Casualties This War and Last War

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 1

THOUGH comparative figures are small comfort to those who have lost relatives and friends in this war, it is good…

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Post-war Vision

The World's News · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 19

THE demand for a better wartime loaf has revealed that if a road is being tarred near a bakery, the bread has a tarry taste naxt day. A dietist, on that basis, suggests that our bakeries…

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Prisoners of War

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 9

AT a committee meeting of the Demobilised Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen's League, held in Sydney on December 29,…

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Forde Praises War Reporters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

Australian war correspondents were praised yesterday by the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) for their reporting of major engagements in New…

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