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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1950

726 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 37

Jap War Trials Soon

Central Western Daily · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.— The first trials of suspected Japanese war criminals will open at Manus Island on Monday week…

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War Crime Cases Manus Is. Trials Start Soon

National Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday: The first trials of suspected Japanese war criminals will open at Manas Island on Monday week…

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War Crimes Court

National Advocate · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: The president of Manus Island War Crimes Court (Mr. Justice Tarnley) and other members of the court left Brisbane…

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The Cold War Likely to Last

National Advocate · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: The Leading United Kingdom delegate at recent meetings of the United Nations Assembly, referred in Scotland yesterday…

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Many Designs for War Memorial

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

More than 150 British artists have notified the Australian authorities in London of their intention to submit designs for the Commonwealth…

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Govt. Refused Good Land for Soldier Farms

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 11

Mr. C. Cutler, M.L.A. (Orange). said yesterday that the McGirr labor Government had failed to make use of local…

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Boy Wounded by Freak Shot

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 1

URALLA, Tuesday: A pea-rifle bullet fired tu the top of a tree, after a freak ricochet, lodged in the tongue of a six-year-old boy standing under…

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Cold War Described As Devil’s Path

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday. — The cold war was the “devil’s path to destruction” for both Russia and the United States, former U.S…

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Government To Consider Help Towards Malaya War Minister S Inspection

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday. - The Commonwealth Government is considering what help it can give the United Kingdom in dealing with the terrorist…

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War Souvenir Returned

National Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 2

A photograph believed to be of two World War I diggers from Bathurst, has been forwarded to the Mayor (Aid. Parnham) by an English woman…

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Wool Market Aspects Crossbred Clip Up on Pre-War

National Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 8

Winchcombe. Carson. Ltd. report : No signs show of any appreciable decrease in wool consumption nor reduction in the value of the sheep's…

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Wants End to Cold War U.S. Conference Move

National Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 2

VHICAGO, Wednesday: A resolution urging that the cold war with the Soviet Union be ended "through negotiations within the United…

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War Souvenir Claimed

National Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 2

A claimant is believed to have been found for the photograph of two Australian soldiers recovered from a battlefield in France during World War 1…

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Expanding Exchange Indicates City's Post-war Developments

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

Representing the development of the Lithgow district during the postwar years, the local telephone exchange has grown to such an extent that just on 800 subscribers have been connected…

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Acheson Warns of Red Dangers New War Machine Proposal

Central Western Daily · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON Thursday. — Secretary of State, Dean Acheson yesterday told the United States Congress that Russian armaments presented the free world with “a very dangerous situation.”…

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War Crimes Only Memories-says Jap

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 6

TOKIO, Friday (AAP-Reuter) —Arraignment of Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal was “unthinkable and out of the…

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War Crime Trials Jap. Leaders on Murder Charge Los Negros

National Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 3

THREE generals and three admirals are among the 95 alleged Japanese war criminals whose trials begin here on…

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No Fear of War Says Truman; But Hits Russia ‘Make US Slaves’

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.-President Truman told a press conference yesterday that the world was closer to peace than at any time in the last five years…

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Australian Prisoners Shot Without Trial War Crime Trials

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

LOS NEGROS (Admiralty Wands), Monday, from Douglas Lockwood (AAP special representative).—Eight Australian prisoners of war were shot at Tavoy, South Burma on June 6, 1942, without being heard and…

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Pacific War Bases U.S. Naval Resources Equal to Russia

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

TOKIO. Monday: Speaking in Tokio today the Admiral of the United States Pacific Fleet (Admiral Radford) said bases in Japan we not…

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