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The wars & local soldiers, 1944

12,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

Japanese "Striving For Protracted War"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.).--The Japanese General Staff is revisiting its war plans to fight the longest delaying action passible, says Frank Kluckhohn…

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Interest on Deposits War-time Decline

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

Yesterday's reduction in bank fixed deposit rates is the fifth during the war. These reductions are symptomatic…

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Post-war Problem: Employment of Airmen

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

What is going to be the position of our young airmen after the war who, prior to war, had no trade or profession? This particularly applies to air crews, moreso than to the ground staff, because their technical training is of a high standard, and the…

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War Bonds As Basis of Prosperity

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 10

WASHINGTON, Monday. -- American war bond holdings may prove the soundest basis tor post-war prosperity…

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War Costs Now Five Times 191419 Expenditure FINANCE

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 8

EXPENDITURE by the Commonwealth on World War I, during the actual period of hostilities between 1914 and 1919, amounted to £265,448,000. Commonwealth expenditure on this war up till the end of November last, official figures…

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War Costs Now Five Times 191419 Expenditure FINANCE

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 8

EXPENDITURE by the Commonwealth on World War I, during the actual period of hostilities between 1914 and 1919, amounted to £265,448,000. Commonwealth expenditure on this war up till the end of November last, official figures…

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U.K. Commercial Corporation Outline of Post-war Activities

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

The post-war role of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation has been outlined. The corporation was formed…

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The War, Day by Day Soviet Offensives in North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

The fighting which has flared up in the Novo-Sokolniki region, at the northern end of the White Russian front, is…

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Battle for River Bug 'Most Crucial of War' Desperate Nazi Stand

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The great armored contest for the River Bug crossings in southern Russia has developed into one of the most crucial…

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Battle for River Bug 'Most Crucial of War' Desperate Nazi Stand

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The great armored contest for the River Bug crossings in southern Russia has developed into one of the most crucial…

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Post-war Shipping Position Time to Reach Agreement with U.s.a

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

In a debate on co-operation within the Empire in the House of Lords recently Lord Craigmyle, in urging the need for the building up of our economic relations with the outside world, raised the question of Britain's position in shipping relative to…

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Record War Loan Announced "Victory" Appeal For £150,000,000 Opens In March

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 7

A £150,000,000 war loan, Australia's largest, will be opened on March 28. Closing date will be May 9. Announcement of the loan, which will be known as…

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"Greatest Battle" of War Raging for River Bug German Bid To Save Lifeline

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tyesdcay. -- The great armored contest1 for the River Bug crossings in southern Russia has developed info one of the most crucial battles of the war, states Moscow…

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"Greatest Battle" of War Raging for River Bug German Bid To Save Lifeline

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The great armored contest for the River Bug crossings in southern Russia has developed into one of the most crucial battles of the war, states Moscow…

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Post-war Collaboration I.—Need for an Empire Lead Australia and New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

Our democracies went to war because we were attacked and had to fight or surrender. But now, being in the fight, our purpose in the war is to handle both war and peace problems in such a way as to make sure that we create a world…

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"Greatest Battle" of War Raging for River Bug German Bid To Save Lifeline

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday, -- The great armored contest for the River Bug crossings in southern Russia has developed into one of the most crucial battles of the war, states Moscow…

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"Greatest Battle" of War Raging for River Bug German Bid To Save Lifeline

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The great armored contest for the River Bug crossings in southern Russia has developed into one of the most crucial battles of the war, states Moscow…

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Closer Links with N.Z. Now and After War Important Conference Opens in Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 7

CANBERRA, Monday.—The biggest and most important conference ever held between the representatives of Australia and New Zealand opened here this morning, with notable speeches by the respective…

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Big Reverses for Japanese Australians Take Sio Nine Enemy Ships Damaged From Our War Correspondents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 5

Japanese sea, ground, and air forces in the New Guinea-New Britain area have each suffered fresh heavy blows at the hands of the Allies…

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Soldiers Fight Fires Near Cootamundra Heavy Loss of Stock and Fodder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

Nearly 1,000 men, including several hundred soldiers and airmen, were fighting a big bushfire near Cootamundra last night. It is estimated that at least 10,000 sheep have…

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