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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Master Plan For War Production

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday.—A master plan for military production on a mammoth scale in the case of all-out war was under way, the Mobilisation Director, Mr. Henry Fowler, said to-day…

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Man Fatally Shot, Woman Wounded

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Monday--A man was fatally shot, and a woman wounded in Prince of Wales Park, Tamworth, this afternoon. Later police charged a 42-years-old labourer…

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Less War Risk, Threat Remains

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.—The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, said last night that the risk of general war seemed to have receded, but the Soviet threat to the free world remained…

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U.N Aircraft Bomb U.S. Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

SEOUL, Fri.--An undisclosed number of American soldiers were killed or wounded by United Nations…

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To Help Win Korean War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wed. -- Fleet Admiral Ernest King had advocated a naval blockade of China, and the…

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Truman Predicts Cold War End

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Sat. -- President Truman predicted to-night that the cold war would end with a change…

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Soldiers Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

TOKIO, Tuesday.--Two Australian privates were sentenced to four years imprisonment and…

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War Of Bafflement

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed.--Cardinal Spellman, of New York, has returned from a trip to the Korean front…

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Soldier Stole Mate's Wife

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A soldier had stolen another soldier's wife when both were mates in the army,…

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US Never Start War, Or Be "Intimidated Conquered"

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wed.--The new Government of the United States would never start a war, but neither would it be "intimidated, subverted, or conquered," the Secretary of State, Mr. John…

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War Veteran For Trial On New Driving Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 3

A Grafton carried who won World War II. honours with the A.I.F., was committed for trial from Maclean Court yesterday on the first culpable driving charge laid in the Clarence River district. The carrier, Ian Alexander McLaren, 32, of 93 Alice street,…

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Race Meeting On Anzac Day

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--Races will be held at Randwick on Anzac Day and recognised ex-servicemen's…

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Armchair Aces In Korean War

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 4

SEOUL.--Modern science's most recent contribution to the Korean war is the air ace who does not fly. The Fifth U.S. Air Force's armchair Mig-killers are radar controllers of…

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"Strong Policy Will Diminish War Risk"

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday.—A positive strong foreign policy will diminish the risk of war and not increase it, Mr. John Foster Dulles said in a recorded interview to-day…

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Population Of One Million Since The War

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Mon.--Australia's population has increased by more than a million persons since…

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Politics In Korean War

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—The war in Korea was just becoming a maze of politics, an Australian soldier said on…

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Grafton Soldier Led Classic Raid

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 3

The night action of 30 men of the Australian Third Battalion, under Lieut. F. C. ("Geoff") Smith, of Grafton, has been referred to as one of the classics of the Korean…

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Global war threat less now

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 4

Major-General R. Bierwith, who has been serving in London for two years as Australian…

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Youngest Team Since War

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The South Australian Sheffield Shield team to play N.S.W. in Sydney to-rmorrow is the…

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Could Raid China Without Big War Risk

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Fri.—Lieut.-General Albert Wedemeyer said to-day that the United Nations could raid the…

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