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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Japs Want War Again

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 7

Tokio, June 12.— The Japanese want another war, Seeichi Miyahara a Tdkio University lecturer, said in a magazine article…

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War Possibility Recedes-Chifley

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 1

Sydney, June 12.—The Prime Minister. Mr. Chifley, said today that he believed that the possibility of war has receded still further but the world…

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Close Talks Needed On War Widows Says Repatriation Minister

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 1

Canberra, June 10. — "If Mrs. Vasey really desired to do something for war widows she would cease this shooting war and commence at a close range…

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War, Economy

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 2

To the A.L.P. Conference Mr. Chifley (Prime Minister) stated that he believed the possibility of war was further away than a year ago, and at that time he had…

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War on Rheumatism

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 3

Lord Horder the King's physician and doctor of the world famous American Mayo Clinic, told an international…

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Ex-dutch Soldiers for Aus

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 3

Canberra.— Settlement in Australia of the demobilised Dutch soldiers from Indonesia will be investigated by an official of the…

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Stalin Is Termed "War Criminal"

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 1

London, June 19.— Marshal Stalin was today called a "war criminal" by the chaunian of West Germany's Social Democratic Party, (Dr. Kurt Shumacher)…

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Mr. A. A. Britton's Will Found In World War I. Pay Book

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 1

Sydney, June 20.—The will of a soldier of World War I, written in pencil on the back of a pay book in Germany…

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Pensions of Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 3

Canberra.—The Federal Government is believed to be considering increasing present rates of former servicemen's pensions, probably…

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Poison War On Gnats

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 2

New York, June 20.—One of the biggest doses of poison ever mixed —nearly 300,000,000,000 gallons of it—is being used to free a famous…

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Red Membership Shrank After War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 8

Melbourne—Communist Party membership shrank quickly after the war and Was down to 12,108 for all Australia at the beginning of 1948, according to evidence before the Royal Commission inquiring into…

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War Cemetery Dedication Service At Labuan

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 6

Labuan (North Bornco), June 27 (from U.A.P's. special correspondent)—Hundreds of Malays and Chinese as well as European residents of Labuan…

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War Made On Ku Klux Klan

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 7

Birmingham (Alabama), June 27.—James Folsom, Governor of Alabama, has declared war on the Ku Klux Kian. Following the recent upsurge of…

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Jap. War Criminals To Test Legality of Detention

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 1

Washington, June 28.—In an opinion handed down in the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice William Douglas said that if convicted Japanese war criminals were…

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Jap War Prisoners Return Home Red Converts Feared

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 6

Tokio, June 27.—Flag-waxing men women and children greeted 2,000 Japanese war prisoners who returned to their homeland yesterday after…

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Soldiers Take Up House Problem at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 4

Broken Hill sub-branch of the R.S.L. has taken up the cudgels for a member living under adverse conditions "because of the failure of the New South Wales Government to give him possession of his home, which…

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Soldier Tenants Aided

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 4

Sydney. — The Landlord and Tenant War Service Bril passed all stages in the Legislative Assembly late last night. The bill…

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Youth Wounded By Shot Condition S[?]actory

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1

Ian McDonald (17) of to Williams Street, was taken to Hospital on Thursday suffering from injures to the chest, it is believed that a [?] which…

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Man Critically Wounded by Rile Shot

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 4

Sydney, July 3.—Games Clifford Moore (31), was shot in the stomach with a [?] in a house in Norton Street. Leichardt, last night while watching two…

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Cod At War With Sovietd

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 1

London. July,3. — A spirited struggle today was in progress between God and the Kremlin; said Field-Marshal Earl Wavell at a…

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