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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

494 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 25

War's Shadow Over the World

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 2

NATIONAL leaders in civil and military life may as well face the fact that any war in which their country is engaged, and which it loses, will result in their execution. Russia has indicated…

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War Expenditure (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 4

Sir.—According to the latest advice Mr. Menzies extended deep sympathy to the victims of the recent devastating floods. He exhorted them not to become…

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War Crimes Trial Three Japs Sentenced To Gaol

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 1

Los Negros (AAP-Reuter). July 11.—Three Japanese were today sentenced to gaol terms ranging from two to eight years for the murder of two Australian…

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War On S.P. Punters

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 8

Perth—Plainclothes police are making a drive against starting price punters. They will arrest men found…

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Beheadings Of POWs. Grisly Story At War Crimes Trial

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 1

Los Negros, July 12. — Evidence of the decapitation of three Australian and one American prisoners of war at Bougainville in 1943,…

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World War Forecast

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 7

London, July 13.—World War III will begin within two months, U Oh[?] Thin, Burmese astrologer, predicted in Rangoon…

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Murderer's Eyes For Soldier

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 5

Paris, July 13.— Two minutes after Michael Watrin, a 20-year-old murderer was guillotined at Metz. at dawn, his eyes were removed…

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Police Guard War Cargo

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 July 1950 · page 5

Sydney.—Four uniformed policemen stood by as three gangs of waterside workers today continued loading supplies ofr the Australian…

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Peace Or War (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 15 July 1950 · page 1

Sir. — Last Sunday the Broken Hill Branch of the Australian Peace Council held its first meeting in the Central Reserve. I. as a member of the audience,…

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A.L.P. Resolution Brands Russia As Korean War Instigator

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 1

Sydney, July 10. — There were only a few dissentients to un A.L.P. resolution today branding Soviet Russia as instigator of the Korean war. The resolution…

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Cominform's War Of Nerves Against Yugoslavia

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 6

London, July 16.—Cominform radio stations and official newsagencies yesterday were maintaining unremitting tension of the war of words against Yugoslavia…

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Readers' Views on Korean War (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 4

Sir.—Your editorial of last Tuesday, in which you blatantly supported Menzies and the war in Korea, has once again forced me to like up the pen in defence…

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Seating Of Red China In Security Council Stalin's Suggestion As First Step to End Korean War

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 1

New York, July 17.—Stalin has suggested that the United Nations should seat Communist China in the Security Council as the first step in ending the Korean war the New York "Times" reported today. This in effect was his reply to Indian…

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Korean Reds Shoot Wounded Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

Tokio, July 18.—Thirty wounded American soldiers were reported tonight to have been shot to death on stretchers by North Koreans after the battle of Taejon…

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War Crimes Trials

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

Les Nitres (A.A.P. Reuter), July 18.—The Japanese had proably executed two Australian prisoners-of-war because they belonged to a commando unit which…

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U.s. 'Pushes Toward Open War'

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 5

Mr. Andreol Gromyko, the senior Deputy Foreign Minister, said recently that the U.S. Government was…

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U.s. Labor Head Sees World War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 5

Washington, July 18.—William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, has demanded "all-out preparedness for any…

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Aiding The Wounded

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

KOREAN NURSE, assisted by an orderly, aiding a wounded soldier of the South Korean Army at a hospital set up near the front lines. She is a member of the Korean Army Nurse Corps, which was organised and trained by the US Army and…

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War Service Settlement

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 2

Today Mr. Austen Brown stated that any discharged soldiers seeking land should bear in mind that for most of them the last day for…

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Korean War (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 6

Sir,—There has been much comment in your paper on the war in Korea: comment which shows that the official policy of the Labor Party does not differ…

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