Prison Break by 16 U.s. Soldiers in Germany
FRANKFURT, Thursday. -- Sixteen American military prisoners escaped from prison at Mannheim by smashing their way through…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1947
4,665 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 234
Prison Break by 16 U.s. Soldiers in Germany
FRANKFURT, Thursday. -- Sixteen American military prisoners escaped from prison at Mannheim by smashing their way through…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Welcome Home Social to Servicemen Association Issue 442 Invitations. Star Artists Engaged for Tomorrow Night
Some of Sydney’s best known artists have been engaged to help entertain the 442 service members of the St. George Cricket Association…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soviet Destroys Nazi War Plants
BERLIN.—Complete destruction of all German war - making potential in the Soviet occupation zone is announced by the four-power inspection commission which has just toured the zone. IT has thus refuted the lie that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Distribution Of War Medal Ribbons
An almost immediate distribution of one and a quarter inches of the ribbon of the war medal (granted for 28 days' service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Mismanaging Germany" Seeds Of Future War Feared
LONDON, Feb. 6 (A.A.P.).— "By our muddle, our mismanagement, and our good intentions we are piling up the seeds of a third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Editorial Mr. Evatt's Chance to Declare War
MR. CLIVE EVATT'S promotion to third place in the new State Cabinet, as Minister for Housing, was hardly necessary to "emphasise" --as Mr. McGirr puts it--"the importance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Present Levels Make Pre-War Taxation Imposts Look Like Small Change
AUSTRALIA, of all the United Nations, has the heaviest taxation; it has the greatest variety of taxes (running practically through the alphabet from an amusement tax to a wool tax); it has probably the most complex tax laws. Everyone criticises the taxes, but nothing sterns to be done. Are the present burdens inescapable or will there be a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sixth Instalment of the "Herald's" Prize War Story the Winds Are Still Chapter 7
THE afternoon sunlight flooded into the kitchen through the open window and lay across the floor in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Action Wanted on Soldier Settlement
Sir,—With men like Mr. A. D. Malcolm, of Leeton ("The Land," 3/l/'47) stating that only specialists in irrigation should be given…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Appeal For Sick Soldiers
An appeal will begin today for £500,000 to build a rehabilitation home for ex-servicemen at Mount Colah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Princes Play Soldiers
To Prince William and Prince Richard boarding the Rangitiki yesterday was a great adventure. Once on board, Prince William took…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Speaking Personally by Soldier's Report
“The British soldier in Palesine is violently anti-semitic, they hink that Jews are all potential gangsters... They are incapable,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ship fares hit an all-time high, comfort an all-time low Pre-war the small man could get to England for £50, now he pays £74
YOU dig deep into your pocket for sea transport anywhere these days with fares for oversea…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Post-war Neurosis "Sapping Morale"
Many men discharged from the Services medically fit had developed postwar neurosis, Group-Captain A. W. L. Ellis, M.C., said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nurse Back From Jap War Trials
SISTER V. BULLWINKEL, sole surujvor of the massacre of A.I.F. nurses by the Japanese in Java, returned from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nurse Back From Jap War Trials
SISTER V. BULLWINKEL, sole survivor of the massacre of A.I.F. nurses by the Japanese in Java, returned from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nurse Back From Jap War Trails
SISTER V. BULLWINKEL, sole survivor of the massacre of A.I.F. nurses by the Japanese in Java,returned from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nurse Back From Jap War Trials
SISTER V. BULLWINKEL,sole survivor of the massacre of A.I.F. nurses by the Japanese in Java, returned from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Churchill To Get £A310,000 For War History
LONDON, Feb. 7 (A.A.P.).— Britain's war-time Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, will receive £250,000 sterling from Henry…
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