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The wars & local soldiers, 1946

6,874 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Black Market As War Memorial

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 15

LONDON.--A grotesque memorial to troops who fell at Cassino during the Italian campaign is rising from the ruins of the battle, a blackmarket…

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Party For Orphans Of War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 9

LITTLE CAROL MARCHAND (4) whose father, PO. Roy Marchand, R.A.F., was killed in the Battle of Britain, has just given a party for 150 children she did not know, but with whom she shared a common bond. Thev all lost parents or loved ones during the war…

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Big Hopes Of Ending China War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

CHUNGKING, Tuesday. -- Good progress towards achieving peace in China was made at a three-hour conference in…

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Big Hopes Of Ending China War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

CHUNGKING, Tuesday. -- Good progress towards achieving peace in China was made at a three-hour conference in…

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Reds Deny Report Of War Talk

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Moscow Radio last night quoted a bitter attack by the Russian Tass Newsagency on alleged…

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Poland Wages War on Anti-semites

Tribune · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

WARSAW. — The well known leader of Polish Jewry, Dr. Emil Sommerstein. who is a member of the Polish National Council, said…

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Air Power Major Factor in War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Air power was the key to victory, said the newly-appointed Vice-Chief of the General Staff…

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Big Hopes Of Ending China War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

CHUNGKING, Tuesday. -- Good progress towards achieving peace in China was made at a three-hour conference in…

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Big Hopes Of Ending China War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

CHUNGKING, Tuesday. -- Good progress towards achieving peace in China was made at a three-hour conference in…

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Big Hopes Of Ending China War

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

CHUNGKING, Tuesday. -- Good progress towards achieving peace in China was made at a three-hour conference in…

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"Traitor," Yells Nazi Leader At War Trial

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 12

NUREMBURG, Tuesday.--" You're a -- traitor screamed Goering at the Nuremburg war trials yesterday. THE ex-Reichmarshal was addressing former S.S. General Erich…

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"Traitor," Yells Nazi Leader At War Trial

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 12

NUREMBURG, Tuesday.- "You're a -- traitor, screamed Goering at the Nuremburg war trials yesterday. THE ex-Reichmarshal was addressing former S.S. General Erich…

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Hirohito's White Stallion Now American War Trophy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

YOKOHAMA, Monday (A.A.P.).--Emperor Hirohito's white stallion. First Frost, is being shipped to the United States as a war trophy. The horse is going to Dick…

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Execution of Commandos Nazi Leaders' War Crimes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

NUREMBERG, Jan. 7 (A.A.P.). —As part of the case to prove that the German High Command was a criminal organisation, a German…

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"Traitor," Yells Nazi Leader At War Trial

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 12

NUREMBURG, Tuesday.--" You're a -- traitor, screamed Goering at the Nuremburg war trials yesterday. THE ex-Reichmarshal was addressing former S.S. General Erich…

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Wool Led Rivals In War Use Tests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

Despite pre-war claims for her artificial fibres, Germany clothed her fighting forces in as much wool as possible…

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A Soldier’s Plea for Australian Talent

Tribune · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

I wonder how many realise the shameful, heart-breaking fight that young Australian writers have to put up in an effort to compete with the tide of imported books. Many of these are good—a lot are trash…

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Grandmother Dies In Soldier's Arms

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Johnny Jones, of the Welch Regiment, returned to Nelson (Glamorganshire) from Burma…

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Gambling Traps For Soldiers

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Complaints that returned servicemen were being enticed into two-up schools and preyed upon by men…

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Soldier Killed By 80ft. Fall

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Sergeant Frank Arthur Cox, 32, AIF, was killed instantly last night when he fell 80 feet from the…

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