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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 2 of 22

Air War Chinese Claim Hong Kong

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 4

The New China Newsagency claimed yesterday frontline Communist anti-aircraft fire had brought down four United Nations planes and…

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Merino Rams for Soldier Settlers

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 3

Applications by men on war service land settlement farms for 100 Merino flock rams from the "Bundemar"…

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Soldier Settlement

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 4

The proposed conference between Commonwealth and State Ministers on Soldier Settlement finance has…

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Spy Trial U.S. Soldiers Admit Guilt Washington

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 4

Two former American soldiers pleaded innocent yesterday to charges of spying as members of as espionage ring directed from the Soviet…

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Opening of War Memorial

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 12

Mr. D. N. Garling presided at the War Memorial committee meeting on January 12, when arrangements were…

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Orders For Class War Herald Death Threat

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday. -- The new Stalin directive on class warfare must be stepped up and secret enemies of the Russian people eliminated, Nikolai Mikbailov, member of the Soviet…

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Heavy American Casualty List in Korean War Washington

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

The United States Defence Department yesterday listed 128,971 American casualties in Korea -- a rise of…

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War on Rabbits to Be Intensified

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY; This Afternoon.-- The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture today urged landholders not to neglect methods…

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Soldier on Bigamy Charge Wanted Double Allotment

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 8

NEW YORK, Thursday: A soldier was charged with bigamy yesterday after he had complained to police that the Government had refused to pay…

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Feigned Death to Escape Massacre 39. Survivor Tells of War Crime

National Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 3

BORDEAUX, Friday: A witness told a French military tribunal yesterday how he feigned death to escape the massacre by Germans of the total…

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Stalin Would Fight 'Easy' War U.S. Expert's View

National Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sunday: American foreign affairs expert, Mr. Avarill Harriman, said tonight that Stalin would not deliberately Invite war with the…

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Fearful War Weapon Needs 80 Ton Cannon

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Tests of the new United States atomic devices will be conducted in the Nevada desert, beginning in March. An announcement by the U.S. Atomic Energy…

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Cardinal Blesses Prayer Books for Soldiers

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

MANILA, Tuesday. -- The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Gilroy, is due to leave Manila today by air for Sydney…

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Soldier Charged with Aiding Japs in Philippines

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- John David Provoo, former U.S. army sergeant charged with treason, testified in his own defence…

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Neguib in Defiant Mood "Foreign Soldiers Must Go'

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

CAIRO, Tuesday: Premier Ncguib said yesterday that the dignity of Egypt demanded that the Nile Valley was liberated from…

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Bulls for Soldier Settlers

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 7

The Glen Moan stud at Willow Tree has donated ten Devon bulls to soldier settlers in the Liverpool Plains…

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Frightful Number of U.s. Soldiers Taking Drugs

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

SEOUL, Thursday.--Two United States soldiers were convicted on narcotics charges in separate courts-martiai yesterday. The convictions were made known after a U.S. Far East Command spokesman admitted in Tokyo that there was a "narcotics problem" among American troops in Korea. He…

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Soldier Settlement Property

Central Western Daily · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 10

Mr. John Howse, M.P., for Calare, has been advised by the Minister for the Interior, Hon. W. S…

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War Crime Trial Boy Surviors' Story

National Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: Sixteen years old French Air Force cadet Roger Codfrin told a court martial trying 21 SS troops charged with the massacre…

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Poll Shorthorn Bulls for Soldier Settlers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 4

New South Wales members of the Poll Shorthorn Society of Australasia will give a number of pure bred…

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