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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Mock Air War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 2

LONDON. Wed. (AAP).-- Giant American bombers capable of carrying atom bombs tried to hammer London and…

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Stockpiling War Materials in Australia

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- The gravity with which the Federal Government views the world position was again…

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War Pension Increases

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sun.--The Minister for Repatriation, Senator Cooper, said to-day the Government would increase war service pensions and C.R.T.S. trainees'…

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Several Enquiries For Enlistment

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1950 · page 2

Several enquiries have been made at the Grafton Drill Hall for enlistment in the Armed Services, following the…

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Unlikely to Be Planning War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 October 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. (AAP).-- The British Minister of State (Mr. Kenneth Younger) thinks that the Soviet Union is unlikely…

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Farms For War Service Land Settlement

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Renshaw, has announced that four farms on "Mary vale" estate, near Boorowa, have been…

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War From One Quarter

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Christian countries of the world must never allow themselves to believe that war was inevitable,…

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Several Inquiries For Enlistment

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 3

SEVERAL inquiries for enlistment in the Armed Services have been received at the Grafton recruiting depot since the visit of the Eastern Command Band. Cpl. J. A. Butcher, who is in…

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War Pension Scheme

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.--The Government intends making provision for certain dependants of incapacitated ex-servicemen of…

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War Fear Overshadows Hopes of Mankind But War Can Be Prevented

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

FLUSHING MEADOW, Tues. (AAP).--Fear of another great international war overshadowed all hopes of mankind, President Truman said to-day. He was addressing the General Assembly on the fifth…

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"Hearth For Kindling New War"

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday (AAP).--Germany again had become "a hearth for kindling a new war," Russia's…

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Service Enlistments

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs. -- Enlistments in the three services totalled 214 in the first week of the official campaign, 294 in…

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Wounded in Korea

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 1

HONG KONG, Tues. (AAP,). --Fifty-seven British wounded from the Korean war front arrived at Hong Kong…

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War Potential Goods

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Tues. (AAP).--The United State is negotiating with Britain and France to tighten up shipments…

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Lt. Col. Green, D.S.O. Wounded In Action

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 2

Lieut.-Col. C. H. Green, D.S.O., 30, Commanding Officer of the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion in North Korea, has been wounded by shrapnel in action…

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No Evidence Of Shooting War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP).--The British Minister for Defence (Mr. Emanual Shinwell), in an…

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Wounded When Shell Hit Tent

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 3

TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--A B.C.O.F. spokesman confirmed to-day that Lieut.-Colonel Charles Green, D.S.O. (30), of Grafton, was severely wounded on Monday evening, north of…

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To End State of War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 1

THE HAGUE, Wed. (AAP)--The Netherlands Government announced yesterday that it would soon introduce legislation…

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Soldiers And Airmen Assist In Search

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

LITHGOW, Thurs.--Defence authorities today placed soldiers and airmen at the disposal of police to help in an unsuccessful search for the two Portland boys, believed lost m rough and…

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Blood Transfusion For Wounded Soldier

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 1

A United States soldier, seriously wounded while serving with United Nations forces in the Republic of Korea, receives a transfusion of live-saving blood plasma as he is placed in an ambulance to be taken to a nearby hospital. The soldier was…

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