Social roundup of Cloncurry residents at mid winter break
MR Kem Morrison returns from Toowoomba Grammar School to spend vacation with his parents. Several locals including L A C George Duffy of the R A A F and Kevin Tier and Kevin D Arcy of town departments are noted visitors or recalled workers. Others attend family visits, mining field tours, and local events while Private Harry Hutton recovers in Tobruk from war wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kem Morrison
C. W. St. Morrison
Stnday
Toowoomba
George Bakhosh
L.A.C. George Duffy
R.A.A.F
Cloncurry
M. O'Callaghan
Kevin Tier
AMPF
Railway Department
Kevin D'Arcy
Gilliat
Glendenning
Les Frantzmann
Post Office
Townswire
Bert Gordon
Mount Cuthbert
Jim Hurley
Cuthbert
Jim Bennet
Bundaberg
J. R. Bennet
Bennet
Tibby Anderson
Anderson
Jim Anderson
Winton
J. Hudson
Melinda Downs
J. G. Rutledge
Chillagoe
Rutledge
Harry Hutton
W. Hutton
Middle East
AIF
Tobruk
Betty McLean
St Anne's School
Townsville
Megistrate
J. D. McLean
J. P. Galligan
Northern Territory
Bedourte
M. J. Reid
Tristrin
Brisbaney
Swacdey
M. Lecaard
H. Williams
Presert ‘Ly
C. Leonard
Woelscour
Julia
Mt Isa
J. May
Eceive
Death of Sergeant Pilot A M McLean RAAF
Deep regret records the death of Sergeant Pilot A M McLean aged 23, son of the Stipendiary Magistrate of Cloncurry. He was killed in action on June 10 while in a heavy bomber squadron after serving in the AIF and RAAF, with a path from Charters Towers to Canada, England, and the Middle East. He leaves a wife, two sisters, and mourning parents. The Shire Memorial Hall flag was flown at half-mast in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.M
Max) McLean
R.aaf
J. D. McLean
Cloncurry
Max
CPS
Gladstone
Charters Towers
All Souls’ School
Yeppoon
A.I.F
Cannda
England
Germany
Italy
Occupied Territory
English Channel
Plymouth
Stirling
Middle East
Malta
Egypt
Benny Bensted
Archie Honeyman
Ross Gregory
Tricketer
India
McLean
C.P.8
Ruby McLain
A. L. McLain
Normanton
Jean McLean
Waafs
Wagga
New South Wales
Betty McLean
Australia
Hagel McLachlan
Ubobo
Lamba
Nambour
How Strong Is Japan and the War Economy
A critical look at Japan's wartime economy argues that while Japan is poor relative to Britain, America, and Russia, it can sustain a long conflict through prewar reserves and self sufficiency in several key materials. The piece urges relentless Allied economic pressure to prevent Japan from replacing losses and to break its war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australa
Japan
Sydney Harbour
Britain
Germany
Noel Barber
Harrap
America
Russia
Pacific
Barber
Manchukuo
Korean
China
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
América
British Empire
Warning on Postwar Reconstruction Sparks Fear of Strife
Wy Mc David W. Smith, chairman of the Building Societies Association speaking in Leeds, warns that failure to tackle postwar reconstruction could trigger social discontent and unrest as housing must be provided for returned service workers and dehousing after air attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orde Wy Mc
David W. Smith
Building Societies Association
St Leeds
Britain
Boy’s Bare-Handed Rescue Earns George Medal
Eighteen-year-old Jim Coulthart of Liverpool became the first street fire party member to win the George Medal for gallantry during a Liverpool raid. He wriggled under a gas stove to free trapped victims, crawled through smoke and debris to reach seven people including four children, and repeatedly returned until collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Coulthart
Liverpool
Coulthard
Pier
Coats from Limestone for Canadian Forces Weather Gear
Canada’s armed forces will gain protection in storms as Rubncoats made from cheap white limestone powder are announced. A Canadian Press message from Ottawa notes the Department of Munitions and Supply has transformed the powder into a polymerized vinyl resin used as a substitute for rubber in making ra lu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottws
Department of Munitions and Supply
Roll Up the Map of the World Idea of Asia Continent
An excerpt argues that continents including America Australia Africa Europe and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans should be reclassified as part of Asia. It cites historic presence of natives and ancient uses to support a single all enclosing Asian geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Italy
Germany
Asia
Europe
Tsunekich! Komato
Kyoto Imperial University
America
Australia
Eurpe
Africa
Greece
Mediterranean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Australian war prisoners and Red Cross access
Prime Minister Curtin stated Japan undertook to follow the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention and to relay information on British POWs and internees via the Red Cross, but Tokyo has barred the Red Cross delegation from reporting in occupied areas, leaving Australians missing in Malaya Singapore and New Britain. He urged patience while Japan’s attitude remained unchanged and noted anxious families in Cloncurry and Biatflet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mir J. Curtin
Far East
International Red Cross
Japan
Commonwealth
Malaya
Singapore
New Britai
Curtin
Cloncurry
Biatflet
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Julia Creek Carrar
Ilfracombe
Edkins Marsh & Company Ltd
Allen Maxwell McLean
Shire Memorial Hall
de Witt
Mre. M. M
DeWitts
Stacey
Stacey Optometrists & Spectacle Makers
Curry
North Queensland
MT Iba
Government
Paton and Baldwin Knitting
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