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

The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Murder of Sick Pow War Crimes Evidence Los Negros

National Advocate · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 2

An Australian prisoner of war shot by the Japanese beside a road in Dutch Timor, in 1942, had been too sick to take back to Koepang, former…

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War Criminals Released

National Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1950 · page 5

DUSSELDORF, Friday: Twelve are war criminals were released yesterday from the fortress of Landsberg Bavaria under the new American…

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Korean War U.n. Forces Launch Attacks on Two Fronts

National Advocate · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 2

TOKIO, Sunday: United Nations forces launched attacks on two Korean fronts today north of Taegu. American and South…

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Soldiers' Pensions Should be Reviewed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 9

President Bill Yeo, speaking at the R.S.L. congress in Sydney last week, said he was concerned at the Federal…

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Land for Ex-soldiers

National Advocate · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) announced that two sheep blocks, one at Walcha and the other at Condobolin, have been made…

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Korean War. Heavy Losses by Invaders American Plain Bomb Seoul

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Monday: General MacArthur's communique tonight says there is evidence the North Korean casualties in the bitter…

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War Service Land Settlement

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 14

The War Service Land Settlement Classification Committee will visit Orange next week. The committee will be at the…

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British War Pensions Under Review

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 11

Australian and New Zealand representative of the British Ministry of Pensions, Mr. H. F. Calder, M.C., will visit Orange next month. He is anxious to contact…

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War to End in February U.s. Official View

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The Secretary for Defence (Mr. Johnson) estimates the Korean war will end by about February if…

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Korean War Invaders Forced Back Heavy Attacks Fail TOKIO

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 2

NORTH Korean troops have failed again in an attempt to break through on the Western Front. At dawn today they launched…

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Subs. and Cold War Activities

National Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Atlantic Pact naval chiefs now are certain that the "unidenti-fied" submarines which keep bobbing up in various parts of…

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Warning by Malik 'War May Spread'

National Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday: Soviet Russia last night threatened that the dispatch of new troops to aid the South Koreans would…

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World War Danger Menzies' Comment Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

THE Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), returned to Sydney this afternoon with a warning- to Australia that the international…

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Despite Some Successes North Koreans Have Lost Zest For War

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

TOKYO, Thursday.--There is growing evidence that the North Korean Communists--now that they have lost their trump card of manpower preponderance and superior armor--are also losing their stomach for war…

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Churchill's Son Wounded

National Advocate · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 2

TOKIO, Thursday: Randolph Churchill, son of the British Conservative leader. Mr. Winston Churchill, was wounded in Korea yesterday…

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Randolph Churchill Wounded In Korea

Central Western Daily · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 3

TOKYO, Thursday.—Randolph Churchill, son of the British Conservative leader, Mr. Winston Churchill, was wounded in Korea yesterday while covering the war as a correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph…

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Old Fairbridgians Enlist for War Service in Korea

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 1

Two Old Fairbridgians, Corporal J. Eshlin, and Sergeant T. Mitchell, who are well-known in the Molong district, were the first men to enlist in Orange,…

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Korean War Reds Preparing New Offensive

National Advocate · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 2

TOKIO, Thursday: In Korea, there is growing optimism among army leaders following the smashing of yesterday's Communist drive…

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War Danger in Europe Germans Ask for Increased Forces Washington

National Advocate · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 3

THE United States, Britain and France are weighing an appeal by the West German Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer, for an…

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“Nothing Certain” in Korean War

Central Western Daily · Saturday 26 August 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.— President Truman yesterday declined to predict when the Korean war was likely to end…

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