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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Luck In Soldier Block Allotments

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 4

The big part that chance plays in the allotment of soldier blocks was again exempted Thursday by the Weinteriga ballot, which once more highlighted the…

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Yugoslav Plan To Halt War Approved By U.N. Committee

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 4

Lake [?], November 10.—A yugoslav plan to hall any war immediately after its outbreak was overhelmingly approved by the United Nations Political…

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War Crimes Trials

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 1

Los Negros (A.A.P.-Reuter), November 13.—A message received from Tokio today confirmed that former Captain Haruo Watanabe was the prosecutor at…

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First Dfc Since War

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 1

Fit.-Lieut Keith Foster, of Preston (Queensland), RAAF rear-gunner, who has received an immediate award…

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India's Suggestion Re War in Tibet

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 1

New Delhi, November 13.—India is reported to have sent a note to the Perking Chinese Communist capital suggesting a ceasefire be arranged in Tibet. Chinese…

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Soldier Pays Debt of Honor

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 3

The Broken Hill Old Folks' Home will benefit by £2 the result of the payment of a debt of…

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Execution Of Nazi War Criminals Germans Will Protest

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 4

Bonn, November 15.—The West German Government would protest to the Allies over the execution and extradition of German war criminals, the…

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War Threat Grows

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

LONDON, November 16.— The growing threat of world war arising from Korea was emphasised in London…

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Japs Acquitted Of War Crimes

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

Los Negros (A.A.P.-Reuter), November 16.—The Australian War Crimes Court today acquitted a Japanese charged with the murder of an Australian prisoner of…

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Gilgendra Property For War Service [?]

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) has announced that an agreement had been made with the [?] of "Bi[?]er" estate for the [?] about…

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Soldier Blocks Chance Plays Part

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

The big part that chance plays in the allotment of soldier blocks was again exemplified last week by the Weinteriga ballot, which once mere highlighted the…

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ENTERTAINMENTS War Film at Johnson's

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 4

Screening for the last time tonight at JOHNSON'S Theatre is the United Artists film "The Story of G.I. Joe," which tells of American servicemen fighting in…

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Bookie, Chef, Soldier Now Deals in Ganger "Cure"

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 3

Melbourne.—A herbalist told the Bankruptcy Court that he had borrowed 15,000 in two years, including £14,500 from patients, to pay business and racing debts…

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War Martyr's Daughter

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 5

London. November 19—Eightyyear-old Tania Szabo, daughter of the martyred resistance heroine beautiful Violett Szabo, is coming…

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Sharp Clashes in the Korean War

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, November 19.—Sharp patrol clashes occurred today along the north-west Korean front as Communist forces lashed back at the slowly advancing American and British troops…

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"Use atom bomb if Russia starts war"

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 5

New York, The West should use the atom bomb "immediately" if Russia started a war, the…

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More War Materials To Indo China French Cabinet Decision

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 1

Paris, November 19—More troops, tanks, planes and other war materials are to be sent quickly to Indo-China. This…

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Scientist's Views On Atomic War

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 4

London, November, 20.— It was nonsense to believe atom bombs could destroy the world. J. H. Fremlin, British atom scientist and senior physics…

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Life Imprisonment For Japanese Decision Of War Crimes Court

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 4

Los Negros, November 20.—I'm Australian War Crimes Court today [?] three former Japanese Army [?] guilty of murder. It sentenced [?]…

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Deplores Talk Of War's Inevitability Mr. Spender On Our Tasks

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 5

Sydney, November 20.—"I deplore greatly loose talk that we hear far too often about the inevitability of war." the Minister for External Affairs (Mr…

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