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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

9,843 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

What happens when a soldier leaves the army The things he's given and the things he doesn't get

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1945 · page 4

AFTER five years of soldiering, Private Johnnie Doe is back in 'civvies'…

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Flowers Placed on 150 U.s. Soldiers' Graves

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1945 · page 4

Members of the U.S. Servicemen's Wives and Fiancees' Club in Sydney are paying regular fortnightly visits to Rookwood Cemetery to place flowers on the graves of 150 U.S. soldiers buried there…

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Mister Glee's win birthday gift for soldier-owner

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1945 · page 13

Eric Kramer, a young soldier, won the Second Progressive Stake division at Harold Park yesterday with Mister Glee. Yesterday was his 19th birthday. Mister Glee is trained by Erie's mother, Mrs. E. Kramer…

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Soldiers' suits from shops soon

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1945 · page 10

Under a new distribution system, discharged soldiers will soon be able to get a civilian suit from any clothing retailer…

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"Dairying Helping War Effort"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 4

Mr. E. R. Williams, of Windsor, said the only reason why he remained a dairy iaimer was because he regaided all food…

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U.s. War Office Ignores Spender

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.) .--The U.S. War Department last night refused to comment on Mr. Percy Spender's…

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Delay Likely in War Supply for Pacific

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday.--War supplies to Australia, particularly shipping, will be adversely affected by the Western Front situation, it was learned today on the highest authority…

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War Captives Go Drinking With A Friend

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 6

LISMORE, Monday.--Three Italian prisoners of war, wearing civilian clothes, were arrested on Saturday night…

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Shipbuilding As a Permanent War-time Industry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 1

THE desirability of shipbuilding being soundly established as a permanent post-war Australian industry is beyond question. The modern vessel is a small but complete floating…

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Astronomical Total of U.s. War Loans Finance

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 15

CLOSURE of the Sixth U.S. War Loan, with subscriptions amounting to one and one-half times the fourteen billion dollars asked for, raises the total of U.S. war-loan contributions to 109.435,000,000 dollars…

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Astronomical Total of U.s. War Loans Finance

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 15

CLOSURE of the Sixth U.S. War Loan, with subscriptions amounting to one and one-half times the fourteen billion dollars asked for, raises the total of U.S. war-loan contributions to 109,435,000,000 dollars…

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Astronomical Total of U.s. War Loans Finance

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 15

CLOSURE of the Sixth U.S. War Loan, with subscriptions amounting to one and one-half times the fourteen billion dollars asked for, raises the total of U.S. war-loan contributions to 109,435,000.000 dollars…

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Only by Unity Can the War Be Won

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 2

An unprepossessing military outlook in the West has its political counterpart in the announcement of Russia's recognition, contrary to…

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Astronomical Total of U.s. War Loans Finance

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 15

CLOSURE of the Sixth U.S. War Loan, with subscriptions amounting to one and one-half times the fourteen billion dollars asked for, raises the total of U.S. war-loan contributions to 109,435,000,000 dollars…

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Astronomical Total of U.s. War Loans Finance

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 15

CLOSURE of the Sixth U.S. War Loan, with, subscriptions amounting to one and one-half times the fourteen billion dollars asked for, raises the total of U.S. war-loan contributions to 109,435,000,000 dollars…

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Astronomical Total of U.s. War Loans Finance

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 15

CLOSURE of the Sixth U.S. War Loan, with subscriptions amounting to one and one-half times the fourteen billion dollars asked for, raises the total of U.S. war-loan contributions to 109.435.000.000 dollars…

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Roosevelt Warns U.S. Congress Against Last War's Mistakes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 8

IN his first message to the new Congress, President Roosevelt sharply rebuked those whose…

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Post-war promise of a new deal for children

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 6

IF nothing else comes out of the war, there will be a new deal for children. They will be better educated, better cared for, healthier, better fitted to get jobs…

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Stop Press Post-war Plan for Japs Causes Rift

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 16

NEW YORK, Monday -- The Insitiute of Pacific of Pacific Relation meat[?]at Hot Springs,[?]rted to be sharply divided on…

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A National Life-line Cordage Industry Surmounts War Problems

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 January 1945 · page 4

From slender thread in a soldier's boots to massive hawsers which tow a crippled ship against a storm, the products of the Australian cordage industry have taken on a new significance in the national effort geared for war. ORDINARY ropes and twines, taken for granted in days of peace, are serving in every phase of fighting, and the…

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