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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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Resumption of Palestine War Demand On Arab Governments

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 28 August 1948 · page 1

Cairo, August 27. — Arab Inter-Parliamentary conference of Beirut has sent notes to all Arab Governments demanding the immediate resumption of the Palestine war. Meanwhile observers in Jerusalem fear that a renewal of outright…

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Grip Retained On War Factories International Tension

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 31 August 1948 · page 1

Sydney, August 30.—The Federal Government has informed St. Mary's Council that the international situation preventing it from selling freehold…

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The War In Malaya

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 1 September 1948 · page 1

Singapore (AAP-Reuter), August 31.—A Government communique reveals that since June 16 last 135 bandits have been killed and 72 wounded. In…

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Stop Press Guards Wounded

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 8

Calcutta-Sixty dock guards were wounded in calcutta when police used tear gas and fired on them to rescue two British officials…

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War Veterans' Art Union

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 4

The War Veterans' Art Union prize list has been enriched with the addition of a Jaguar motor car. It is a British product and is…

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War Memorial Hall President's Report and Balance Sheet

Western Grazier · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 1

The Annual General Meeting of the War Memorial Hall Committee was held recently, and the retiring office-bearers were reelected unopposed. There is more activity now than ever in this project, and…

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Appalling Prospects of Another War P.M. Analyses Situation

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 6

Canberra, September 3. — "What force has the Allies in Europe today to prevent three or four million Russians flooding across Europe?" Mr. Chifley asked last night in the House of Representatives when replying to attacks on his…

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War on Hares

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 September 1948 · page 7

Melbourne.—There is "a minor hare plague" in the Wimmera, and local gun clubs are mobilising. There is no lack of guns, but…

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Total War in Malaya

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 September 1948 · page 1

Sydney.—Total war prevailed in Malaya, said Mr. Edwin Gartrell, who arrived in Sydney today from Singapore…

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Key Dispute in Cold War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 September 1948 · page 5

Washington, September 7.—A former Secretary of State (Mr. James F. Byrne) urged the Western Powers to renew negotiations…

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Back FromWar After 32 Years

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 September 1948 · page 7

Sydney.—A man who sailed from Australia in 1916 with the first A.I.F. as a youth of 19, returned home last night, for the first time since then, to see his aged mother, who is seriously ill…

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Third Visit To Wife In Japan Australian Ex-Soldier

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 7

Tokio (A.A.P.-Reuter), September 8.—Australian Military Police in Kure last night arrested an Australian ex-Serviceman when he made his third…

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Alternative London Route "In The Event Of War"

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 September 1948 · page 1

Canberra, September 10.—The Air Minister. Mr. Drakeford, told Parliament that an alternative route between Australia and London is being prepared…

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War Hangs Over Nizam

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

London, September 12.—The Indian invasion of Hyderabad State is deemed imminent, says Reuter's correspondent at Poona. He reported today that at Pooma, which is the headquarters of the…

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Russians Got Some Atomic Secrets During War

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

Washington, September 12.—The House of Representatives investigators have reliable information that Russian spies were able to steal some atomic bomb secrets during the war, said representative Richard B. Vail, Republican of Illinois…

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Captured Soldier's Statement

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 1

Disclosure that enemy operations in Kashmir are being led overwhelmingly by British officers has been made by a Muslim sepoy captured some days ago by…

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Lawyer Cuts War Tax From His Payments

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 5

New York, September 13.—Because the U.S. Government used 34.6 per cent of its budget on preparation for war, a PhiladelpHia lawyer and his wife have refused to pay 34.6 per cent. of their taxes…

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War Controls Year Longer

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 4

Canberra.—The Federal Cabinet yesterday decided to recommend to the-Caucus that the Defence Transitional Provisions…

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Karachi Crowds Demand War on India "Long Live The Nizam"

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 1

London, September 14. — Crowds in Karachi yesterday packed the main streets demanding that Pakistan declare war on India following India's invasion of Hyderabad. The…

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Alleged Soldiers Stoned

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 September 1948 · page 3

Berlin, September 15.—Stating that Russian Soldiers and Russian sector police were stoned during last Thursday's Berlin disorders, the Soviet…

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