War travel justice urged for POWs and civilians
An ex prisoner of war voices concern over Australian POW treatment versus Germany, Italy, and Japan. He recounts brutal transport in cattle trucks from Greece to Poland, 11 days on the road with minuscule exits, urging an overhaul of rail travel for POWs and civilians and better interstate passenger conditions.
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South Australia
Germany
Japan
Italy
Greece
Poland
R A N R Shipboard Slang On Board Naval Vessels
A fragmentary glossary of naval slang from the Eastern Fleet detailing terms for meals, parades, punishments, and everyday duties. It notes phrases like serum first course, tankey for food, off caps for confinement, rattier for jail, dhobying for laundry, and oppo as a mate, along with leave terms and the risk of losing money on shore.
Rea's Failed Bombing Strategy Acknowledged
Mr Churchall now is ready to admit privately that the experiment of trying to win the war with bombing alone did not work United States News.
Jungle Shadow Patrols and Trade for Watch in Pacific Camp
A cautious Aussie unit guides two indigenous boys through jungle terrain near a Japanese front. They swap a wristwatch for tobacco and info, deliver a bark roll containing instructions, and return to their camp with a coded message. The scene ends with the boys continuing toward safety while mythic shadows loom.
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Hamall Clubring
Owen
Narow
Mary
Australia
Hove
PTD
Roner
Japan
PTB
P.I.B
Churchill Greek policy vindicated by British trade union leader visit
Walter Citrine accepted Churchill's invitation to head a British trade union delegation to Greece. He witnessed Red Cross aid to hostages, the discovery of bodies of 287 victims, and soldiers' claims that public opinion had been misled by critics. Soldiers said mass killings would occur if troops withdrew.
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Greece
Walter
Red Cross
Sir’ Walter
Charehdll
Yearly Declining Coal Production in Australia
Data show coal output in Australia decreasing year by year since 1942 with Wales largely driving the fall. Figures list production by state including Queensland Victoria Western Australia Tasmania South Australia and the Commonwealth totals for selected years.
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Australia
Wales
Queensland
Victoria
Wuestralia
Tasmania
South Australia
Commonwealth
German and U.S. Cartels Linked Through War Gains
Emil Loewe cites a close entanglement between German and American cartels with wartime gasoline sales receipts partly diverted to German I Farben profits. The World Telegram notes the arrangement persisted even during the war, shaping financial flows and corporate influence across nations.
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I. Farben Troat
Emil Loewe
NLY
World Telegram
Cost to Britain of Prefabricated Invasion Ports
The original plan called for two prefabricated invasion ports to secure French ports, one for Britain and one for the American sector. The American port was heavily damaged in the June gale, and all equipment for both sarhours came from Britain at an estimated cost around £25,000,900, per the London Times.
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Britain
London ‘Times
U S War Effort Against Japan Detailed by General Somervell
Lieut Gen Hrehon Somervell reports in the first fiscal year that 40 percent of all army cargo from Los Angeles supported the Japan campaign while 50 percent of the war power moved to the Pacific fronts. The figures reflect the nation’s logistics effort as cited by Washington's Post.
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Army Service Forces
Hrehon Somervell
L.A
Japan
Washington
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