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

The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Butlers Shot Dead Titled Woman Wounded

National Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: A butler and assistant butler were shot dead and lady Derby grazed by bullets in a shooting at Knowlesley Hall near…

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Four Wounded in Koje Rising

National Advocate · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 1

TOKIO, Sunday: Trouble broke out again yesterday in the Communist prisoner of war camp on Koje Island off the Korean south coast…

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Show on an Anzac Day Further Debate By Diggers

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 2

The recent protest entered by Orange sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League against the Orange Show Society holding the third day of its annual show on Anzac Day next year has been endorsed by Cowra…

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Soviet Supplies Many Planes in Korean War

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--Russia has supplied more than 4,400 aircraft, including jets, to the Chinese and North Korean Communists since the outbreak of the Korean war, the…

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British P.m. Believes World War Unlikely

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--Prime Minister Winston Churchill said last night that he thought a third world war was unlikely--because it would be accompanied by horrors previously unknown…

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Big Cuts in War Service Lands Strong Protest By R.S.L.

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 1

At Monday night’s meeting of Orange sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League it was decided to enter an emphatic protest through…

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Merino Flock Rams for Soldier Settlers

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 6

A third leading Merino stud owner hag given 100 Merino flock rams for distribution to soldier settlers…

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World War Unlikely Churchill's View

National Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday: Prime Minister Mr. Churchill said last night that he thought a third world war was unlikely—because…

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Red Aircraft in Korean War

National Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Russia has supplied more than 4,400 aircraft, including jets, to the Chinese and North Korean Communists since…

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Churchill Thinks Third War Unlikely

Central Western Daily · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.— Prime Minister Winston Churchill said last night that he thought a third world war was unlikely — because it would be accompanied by horrors…

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U.s. Ready for Atomic War on Korean Front

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- The United States' Defence Department is ready to recommend use of atomic weapons against the Communists in Korea if and when "major" and "appropriate" targets developed, an anonymous, but highly placed military official told United Press today…

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War Works Slowed

Central Western Daily · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON. Thursday. — There is substantial evidence that Russian war…

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120,000 Homes Since War

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: A ceremony on October 25 will mark the completion of the 120,000th permanent home built in NSW since the end of the…

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War by End of 1952 Predicted

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 10

Soviet leader Marshal Stalin will die in 1954 according to a forecast by Indian Nostradamus, Pandit…

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Anzac Week Competitions

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 6

A series of competitions for 1952-53 in music, art and literature, have been arranged…

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War Memorial Committee Meets

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 18

On Thursday last the War Memorial Committee met to discuss matters concerning the opening of the Memorial…

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Many Enlist For Benefits

Central Western Daily · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 2

There has been as much as a 50 per cent. increase in applications for membership of hospital benefit schemes since the announcement of the end of free hospitalisation…

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War Pensions Dispute Ex-Servicemen Seek Action

National Advocate · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Thousands of ex-servicemen are urging ex-service bodies to take action on the non-observance of the onus of proof' clause…

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War on Polio U.S. Research

National Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1952 · page 3

CLEVELAND, (Ohio), Friday: The National Poliomyelitis Foundation will take steps to prevent infantile paralysis as well as assist those already…

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Outburst by Released German War Prisoner

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

VERDUN (Germany), Monday.--Men of the former Nazi Waffen S.S. -- Hitler's elite troops-- shouted "Eisenhower filthy swine" as one of Germany's former generals bitterly criticised…

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