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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

185 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 10

The History Of Anzac House

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 4

The history of negotiations to build Anzac House in Sydney, were detailed by the State Secretary of the R.S.L., Mr. J. R Lewis, in a circular to sub-branches…

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War Talk 'Out of Fashion'

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- "As the New Year comes to us we find acute problems of international relations are still unresolved. War talk and prophecies…

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War Criminal Paroled

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun. -- The Western Allies have agreed to parole a major Japanese war criminal, General…

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Best Year Since War For Most

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun.--A Melbourne dispatch to the New York "Times" said yesterday that British…

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Prisoners Of War On Murder Charge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

PANMUNJOM, Wed.--Eight anti-Communist North Korean prisoners of war appeared before an Indian…

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Atom Bomb China if War Again

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs.--President Eisenhower plans to use the atom bomb on China if that country…

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Could Start Shooting War

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 1

SEOUL, Sunday.--Any Communist intervention in the demilitarised zone of Korea on January 23 might well start the whole shooting war over again, Eight Army…

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War Declared On Starlings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON.--A recent National Geographic Society news bulletin reports that officials in the Fiji Islands, alarmed as increasing numbers of starlings…

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Would Have Led To World War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 5

BERLIN, Wed. -- Two Soviet Ministers recently told the East German Deputy Premier (Herr Otto…

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Partners Do Not Go To War

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

ONE of the intangible but very important consequences of international meetings when a spirit of friendship and co-operation is ever…

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Kept Out Of War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Wed.-- The United Nations had kept the United States out of a third world war, Mr. John…

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War Service Homes Deferment

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

The War Service Homes Division has advised South Grafton R.S.L. Sub-branch that the deferment of the…

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War On Phone Faults

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 4

In any telecommunication service, there is always the possibility that, due to the existence of some…

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Oil Supplies In Event Of War

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sun.--Australia could be completely cut off from oil supplies in the event of war, Senator…

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Coffs Harbour Soldiers in National Guard

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

Lientenant Lyle Campbell and Sergeant Bob Smith have been chosen as members of the CMF National Guard which…

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Agricultural Production Above Pre- War

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Overall agricultural production is now about 20 per cent. above the average level for the three years ended 1938-39,…

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Tug-o'-war Contest

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 5

A tug-o'-war championship amo[?] Clarence River district teams is planned by the Grafton District Cycle…

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Train Soldiers As Farmers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 3

CEYLON.--Ceylon Army personnel are to be given a vocational training in rice cultivation, it was…

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Atom War Threat Opposed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 6

CHICAGO, Tues.--Dr. Harold Urey, noted atomic scientist, said the United States should not adopt the…

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Red Pilots Fought In Korean War General Clark

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 4

NEW YORK, Fri.--General Mark W. Clark, onetime Commander of the United Nations in Korea,…

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