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

The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Indo-china War French Claims

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 2

SAIGON, Indo China, Monday: The French High Command claimed tonight to have inflicted 10,000 casualties upon the Communist led Vietminh troops…

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Chamois Believed to Cause War

Central Western Daily · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 6

VIENNA.—A stuffed white chamois presented to the Natural History Museum of Salzburg by the Krupp family is believed by…

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Veteran Soldier's Death

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wednesday. Ala[?] last Confederate veteran of the 1861/64 Civil War, P H. Crom[?], has died at Lincoln, Alabama—nine…

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Gold Output Below PreWar Level

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: Gold production for the first ten months of last year Increased by 1.3 percent on the 1950 figure…

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Council Move to End Korean War

Central Western Daily · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

PARIS, Friday.—Russia yesterday called for a Security Council move to end the Korea war. She urged that a top-level meeting of the Council should be called and that it should also consider measures to remove…

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Fijian Force for Malaya War on Terrorists

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Friday: The arrival of the advance party of a Fijian battallon which is going to Malaya to fight the terrorists is reported…

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Soviet Demand to End War Intervention by U.n.o. Sought

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 1

PARIS, Friday: Russia yesterday called for a Security Council move to end the Korean war. She urged that a top-level meeting of the Council should be called and that it should also consider measures to…

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SELF - Maiming Charge Young Soldiers Charged

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: Two privates of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry weer accused at a court martial in Shrewsbury yesterday of wilfully…

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Last Tributes to an "Old Soldier"

Central Western Daily · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 2

A representative gathering, including many prominent Diggers of both World Wars, old schoolmates and friends of the…

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Licensee Dead, Wife Wounded

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 4

Norman Frederick Batley, 49, liensee of the Grand Hotel, Goulburn, was found shot dead in his bedroom at the hotel at…

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Blind Soldiers at Cricket

National Advocate · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A team of blind soldiers, played a cricket match against an RSL team this afternoon. The ball was made of came with a…

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“Anzac” Essay Contest For Local Schools

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

Orange sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League decided at its meeting on Monday night to arrange an essay completion on Anzac Day among the school children of Orange. Prizes to the value of £5/5/…

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Korean War Us Expert Praises Russian Jet Planes

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

TOKIO, Tuesday: The Commander of the American strategic air force said today that the high performance of the Russian MIG jet…

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Korea War Reds Regain Ground

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

TOKIO, Wednesday: Counter-attacking Communists recaptured two bitterly contested positions in Western Korea yesterday only a…

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Western urope's Fading Fears of World War

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 1

That a major war is less likely in 1952 than it Mas last year is the general opinion in Western…

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Deformed Children Result of War

Central Western Daily · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

BERLIN.—More deformed children are being born as a result of war. Professor Heinrich Gesenius leading West Berlin…

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Atomic Dust As War Weapon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

United States radiological warfare exports are investigating the war potentialities of atomic dust as a weapon to…

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Russia Asked To Account For Prisoners - Of - War

Central Western Daily · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thursday — The United States has formally demanded that the Soviet Union account for hundreds of thousands of German, Italian and Japanese prisoners-of-war…

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“Korea's ,Bitter Air War”

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 3

Air Vice Marshal F. M. Bladin, Air Member for…

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“No War in 1952”

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

“There’ll be no world war in 1952” is the conclusion of distinguished American commentator…

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