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The wars & local soldiers, 1947

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Career Soldier America's Chief Diplomat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 8

States Ambassador to China, Marshall, at Truman's request, laid aside the dream of retirement, and became the President's personal Emissary to…

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Rare stamps were spoils of war

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 3

Early in the war the Gestapo ransacked dealers' shops and private homes in Germany for stamp collections…

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TODAY: Presenting... Servicemen told of war-killed marriages

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 24

THE serviceman whose married life consisted of a few leave periods, a few letters, and little else, is a familiar figure in the post-war divorce courts. And this week, as four Acting-Justices struggled…

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TODAY: Australia He nearly started Cricket War II

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 23

The present generation will remember Test Umpire Jack Scott as the man who almost started Cricket War II…

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Doubts on Divorces Rights of Australian war brides BOSTON

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 1

RIGHT of a local court to grant an American soldier a divorce from his Australian…

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Hood Was Gay Hurdle Caballero Turned Up Saddle For War Work Now Rides From Seat in Stand

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 4

Freddie Hood, who trained the winner of the last race at Randwick yesterday, Cavalero is an ex-hurdle jockey. He said after the win "I'd rather be training them than putting them…

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Soldier dies, five hurt in Army truck smash; Speedway rider killed

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 1

KENNETH McCULLOCH, 23, soldier, of Liverpool - street, Darlinghurst, was killed yesterday when the 15- cwt. "blitz waggon" in which he was riding collided with a car in Camperdown. Mervyn Prince, of Maitland, died in Newcastle hospital last night…

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Two soldiers were handling Russia

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 2

General George C. Marshall is now the full- back of a military- diplomatic team unique in modern history…

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Blind Soldiers Need Homes

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 6

More than £30,000 is needed to provide homes for blind servicemen, say officials of the NSW Blinded Servicemen's Welfare…

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US Army men were casting big shadows A soldier was now America's spokesman

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 19

EXCITEDLY, Washington was asking: Was the Army taking over the job of shaping US foreign policy? The excitement fizzed up…

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Old soldier knows his pennies

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1947 · page 2

In his change this week a customer at a city hotel received one of the rarest coins in circulation in Australia--a King Edward VII penny. The customer, a returned soldier, got excited…

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Witness At War Trials

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

This fine-looking young Australian soldier, Pte. John Thomas Lawton, was photographed on the witness stand…

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Witness At War Trials

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

This fine-looking young Australian soldier, Pte. John Thomas Lawton, was photographed on the witness stand…

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Witness At War Trials

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

This fine-looking young Australian soldier, Pte. John Thomas Lawton, was photo graphed on the witness stand…

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Witness At War Trials

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

This fine-looking young Australian soldier, Pte. John Thomas Lawton, was photographed on the witness stand…

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Witness At War Trials

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

This fine-looking young Australian soldier, Pte. John Thomas Lawton, was photographed on the witness stand…

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Witness At War Trials

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

This fine-looking young Australian soldier, Pte. John Thomas Lawton, was photographed on the witness stand…

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War with Soviet Seen by Wallace

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Mr. Henry Wallace, U.S. Secretary of Commerce until last September, declared yesterday…

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War with Soviet Seen by Wallace

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Mr. Henry Wallace, U.S. Secretary of Commerce until last September, declared yesterday…

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Grapes, Rare Wines For 3 Fascist War Criminals LONDON. —

Tribune · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

Hated war criminals Pavelic, Horthy and Degrelle are living luxuriously under Anglo-American protection alleges famous Soviet writer, llya Ehrenburg. “READERS in western Europe were…

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