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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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London, May 7. — Colonel Boris Shaposhnikov, 42-year-old son of a Soviet Marshal, has fled to the American zone of Germany bringing what he claims are Russian plans for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney.—A Borneo war hero (Johnny Funk) will be permitted to come to Australia as a migrant. The Immigration Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London, May 8.—Arms alone could not prevent a third world war, Mr. Aneurin Bevan said. Mr. Bevan, former Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Washington, May 8.—President Truman last night denounced on military as well as political grounds MacArthur's plan for winning and ending quickly the Korean war. In a speech to the Civil Defence Conference, Truman gave…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tokio (AAP-Reuter), May 9.—United Nations warplanes today made the biggest air strike of the Karean war against more than 100 grounded enemy jet fighters, airstrips and supply routes. The raid was made on the Sinuiju area on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tokio: Unless Korean Communists try some new trick, the war will go progressively worse for them, Allied commanders now believe. United Press correspondent Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →COMMANDER G. H. CILL, official naval war historian, who has been visiting Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne: There would be war unless an international language came into use quickly to help the interchange of ideas and ideals,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four properties approved by State Parliament last week for resumption will provide 30 farms for soldier settlement. Mr. Renshaw, Minister for Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Admiral Kinkaid of the U.S. Navy who visited Australia during Coral Sea Week, said that although war was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JOHNNY FUNK, Borneo war hero, who visited Australia last year as a guest of the Federal Government, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canberra, May 13—The Commonwealth Government this week, will gazette a list of goods banned for export to Hong Kong and other eastern ports This action is being taken by Australia in conjunction with members of U.N. to stop war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney—The State president of the R.S.L. (Mr. W. Yeo) said today it is a disgrace to any Government that its troops should have to go back into action after having been wounded four or five times…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, May 14.—The United Nations sanctions, committee today agreed to impose a ban on the export of war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Los Angeles: A mah" sought by the Yugoslav Government as "one of the worst war criminals" has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney.—Tram and bus inspectors today launched a ner[?]e war on fare evaders in Sydney. Inspectors are using an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, May 17. — Field Marshal Lord Birdwood died today at Hampton Court Palace, London, aged 85…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide May 17.—The Governor (Sir Willoughby Norrie). while visiting Leigh Creek with the Premier yesterday said that what was happening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY. — Korean veterans field a meeting at the eastern command personne[?] depot yesterday to protest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, May 18.—Lloyd's of London has shortened its odds against a world war. The odds are now 19 to one…
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