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

The wars & local soldiers, 1953

426 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 22

"War of the Worlds"

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

A grotesque display of horror is vividly depicted in Paramount's "WAR OF THE WORLDS". This startling Technicolor film shortly to be released in Australia, is a terrifying account of an invasion of Earth by monstrous…

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Kelso War Memorial Hall Social

National Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 2

Kelso War Memorial Hall Committee will conduct a social evening in the Convent Hall Kelso, tonight at 8 o'clock. A feature will be the…

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Fate of War Criminals Hoards to Decide

National Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 1

BONN, Wednesday: The Three Western allied high commissioners yesterday ordered the establishment of three Allied-German boards to…

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New Town Hall to be Memorial to Local Soldiers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 16

The hall to be built in Gulgong is to be known as a memorial to district soldiers of both World Wars and…

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For War Against Grasshoppers

Central Western Daily · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 3

THE picture shows a low column spray boom in…

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Merino Rams for Soldier Settlers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, this week issued a reminder that applications by men on war…

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Check Sought On "Missing" War Prisoners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 1

PANMUNJOM, Mon. -- The United Nations Command today prepared a stiff demand on the Communists for the return or…

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Korean War P.o.w. Exchange Ended

National Advocate · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 1

PANMUNJON, Sunday: The exchange of prisoners-of-war in Korea ended today. Among the last Allied prisoners returned were…

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Torture Used to Gain Germ War Admissions

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 3

PANMUNJOM, Mon. --The Chinese had used diabolical treatment to make them confess to gerin warfare charges…

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R.S.L Welcome For Veterans Of Korean War

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 1

Four Orange servicemen, recently returned from Korea, were given a “welcome home” by R.S.L. member at their monthly mating on Monday night…

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Kelso War Memorial Social

National Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 2

The Kelso War Memorial Committee will conduct another popular social evening in the Kelso Convent Hall tonight. The committee…

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Increase In War Service Homes

Central Western Daily · Saturday 12 September 1953 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. C. B. Cutler (C.P. Orange), vigorously contested charges that the Federal Government had failed to provide war service homes for…

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Hospitals' Danger In War

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 4

The State Minister for Health, Mr. M. O'Sullivan, said yesterday that five major hospitals near Victoria Barracks could be…

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Jim Dent Has Made Good on His Soldiers' Block at Havilah

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 3

Soldier settler, Mr. Jim Dent, plans to run four sheep to the acre on his Havilah war service land settlement block. He will do this through…

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War Criminal Released

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 2

HANOVER, Monday. — Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, once sentenced to death for war cri[?]…

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Young Soldiers In Tactical Exercises

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 3

Moving under cover of darkness in a feint attack on "enemy" defensive positions in the hills above the Cox River on Saturday night, a diversionary patrol was completely "wiped out" when…

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Says Soviet Has Lost Cold War

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 1

BONN, Wednesday. -- The West German Chancellor (Dr. Konrad Adenauer) told his victorious Christian Democrat…

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Soldier Settlement Block Available in Boorowa District

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 3

A 1044 acre soldier settlement block in the Boorowa district will be open for application on Monday,…

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Malik Claims Prisoners- of -War Sent Home ‘Long Ago’ Protest Rejected

Central Western Daily · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday.—Russia’s Jacob Malik, told the General Assembly’s steering committee yesterday that repatriation by the Soviet Union of German, Japanese and other World…

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Russia Asked to Help Ease the Cold War Policy Speech

Central Western Daily · Saturday 19 September 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday. — American Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles in a major policy speech in the United Nations’ General Assembly yesterday said that the Soviet Union…

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