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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

6,874 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Big Post-war Influence Power Of Russia And U.S.A.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (A.A.P.). —The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says that Dr. Harold Lasswell, eminent…

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Navy Trebles Strength Heavy War Losses Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 20.—The Royal Navy trebled its strength during the war, although it lost as many of the larger ships as it possessed…

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Japanese War Plants Commandeered Assistance For Aggression Victims Stern Measure by MacARTHUR

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 5

TOKIO, Monday.--In one of the most sweeping directives of his reign here, General MacArthur has ordered the faking over of about 400 Jap aircraft plants, army and navy arsenals…

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Private Burial of Soldiers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA, Sunday.—Where deceased Australians who are eligible for war graves are buried in privately made graves in civil…

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Tragedy Awaited Homing Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Donald Kennedy returned to his home at Rochester on Saturday night after three and a half years'…

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Limbless Soldiers Can Head Queues

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 7

Members of the Limbless Soldiers' Association are now entitled to take their place at the head of any bus queue…

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14,000 Soldiers Beat Their Wives

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday.--Fourteen thousand American servicemen beat their wives when they returned home, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office…

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Veteran of Two Wars Wants, to Re-enlist American United Press

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK.--Walter Hines, 46, of Indianapolis, a veteran of both world wars, has applied for re-enlistment in the Army…

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Pen Points From the People Homes For Returned Men

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 10

MOST of our soldiers are on their way back home, and many are already discharged, camp canteens, huts, officers' quarters, etc., are no…

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Pen Points From the People Homes For Returned Men

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 10

MOST of our soldiers are on their way back home, and many are already discharged, camp canteens, huts, officers' quarters, etc., are no…

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Pen Points From the People Homes For Returned Men

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 10

MOST of our soldiers are on their way back home, and many are already discharged, camp canteens, huts, officers' quarters, etc., are no…

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Pen Points From the People Homes For Returned Men

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 10

MOST of our soldiers are on their way back home, and many are already discharged, camp canteens, huts, officers' quarters, etc., are no…

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Pen Points From the People Homes For Returned Men

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 10

MOST of our soldiers are on their way back home, and many are already discharged, camp canteens, huts, officers' quarters, etc., are no…

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France's Great War Leader

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 4

WITH the end of the war two great leaders who had earned the trust and thanks of their countries…

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Soviet Ends War Taxes

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

MOSCOW.—The Soviet Government has abolished all war taxes, as from January 1, 1946…

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Civil War Threat In Greece

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 1

ATHENS, Tuesday.--The Greek Communist party has called on Greeks to be ready for a general…

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Soviet War Plants "Leapfrog" Secret

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 5

MOSCOW—The “leaprog” war factories have come to town to show Moscow just how the industrial marvels of the first phase of…

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When Did or Will the War End?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

At last and at least we know, officially, when hostilities ceased. Reports of Japan's capitulation were confirmed from Canberra yesterday, the…

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How End of War Affects State Finances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

When the seven Treasurers of the Commonwealth meet in Canberra to-day the highly complicated problem of Commonwealth-State relationships will be at the basis of much of their discussions. Nowhere is this problem more important…

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War Bride, Sick Babe Reach United States

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- Mrs. Rona Robison, 25-years-old Australian war bride, and her two-months-old daughter, Cherylene Helen, arrived in San Francisco yesterday after an 8000 miles emergency flight from Brisbane…

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