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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Disagrees War Inevitable

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.--The Minister for Defence (Mr. Dedman) in the House of Representatives to-day disagreed with statements of the retiring Chief of General…

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Soldier Or Socialist?

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1949 · page 2

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL V. A. H. Sturdee, Chief of the Australian General Staff, is on the verge of retiring from the…

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Minister Condemns Talk Of War

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evaitt) to-night condemned talk about another war being…

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Found Wounded in City Street

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--With five bullet wounds in his body, a man was found critically injured in Essex street city late tonight…

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Wounded Man Dies In Hospital

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Walter Pickford (56), Essex street, Sydney, who was shot five times last night in a city residential, died…

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Nehru Gives Causes Of War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. (AAP).--Racial discrimination was was one of the world's great danger points, India's Prime…

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War Service Land Ballots

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said to-day that applicants for admission to ballots for War Service…

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War Service Land Settlement

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--War service land settlement was being adversely affected by the standard of 12,000lb. of commercial butter…

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Could Direct Tax Refund To Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.-- The Commonwealth could direct that taxation levied on the supplementary pay of men on active…

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Blarney Gives Warning On War Chances

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 October 1949 · page 4

General Sir Thomas Blarney said recently:…

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"War Could Strike Suddenly"

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--In the event of an attack to-morrow, the United States would have almost 100,000 Army, Navy…

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War in 1859

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 October 1949 · page 13

"War has commenced and a sanguinary struggle is now raging in Europe." Thus begins a newspaper editorial--…

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R.S.L. Opposes Anzac Day Sport

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 2

ULMARRA.--A well attended meeting of the Ulmarra subbranch of the R.S.L. was presided over by Mr. C. Thame…

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Have No Idea of War

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 3

Washington, Thurs. (AAP) President Truman said to-day that if the untouched resources in Africa, South America and…

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Roulette Wheels Touch Off New "Cold War"

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 November 1949 · page 3

SAN MARINO.--Italian gambling interests are waging a "cold war" against the Government of Sari Marino, tiny republic among…

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War Hero Arrested

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Fri. (AAP).--A few moments after he had been stripped of Parliamentary immunity in the French National Assembly,…

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War Criminals to Die

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1949 · page 1

BELGRADE, Friday (AAP).--Three Yugo-Slav war criminals convicted of sending more than 10,000 Nazi victims, to their death…

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Grafton Council Favours War Damage Funds For Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 3

GRAFTON City Council last night decided to support a proposal from Taree Municipal Council, that the Commonwealth Government be approached to make available funds held as, war damage insurance, for use in alleviating distress caused by floods…

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Enlistments In Army Special Reserve

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1949 · page 3

The Army is seeking 500 unmarried serving members or unmarried ex-servicemen for full-time enlistment in the Regular…

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Cold War End "Imperative"

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 November 1949 · page 1

CHICAGO, Tues. (AAP(.--The ending of the cold war between the East and West was an "urgent imperative" for…

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