Enlistments Increased
Adelaide, July 17.—The Director General of Recruiting, Lt Gen. Sir Edmund Herring. said in Adelaide to-night that enlistments for the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
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Anzac For Japan
Canberra.—The new battle class destroyer H.M.A.S. Anzac will sail for Japan from the Brisbane area on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Doubts On Korean Talks: Feeling Peace Moves May Break Down War May Be Renewed With Increased Force
Seoul (AAP-Reuter), July 20.—The Korean ceasefire talks were not held today because of bad weather. It is expected they will resume at 10 a.m. tomorrow. A showdown on peace or war was expected at today's scheduled meeting. The…
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Melbourne.—A 40-year-old woman was shot dead, and her two sons were wounded at their home in Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, early today. Police later charged the…
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Sydney.—Sixty former members of the German Army, mostly from the Allied sectors of Berlin, arrived here yesterday as migrants…
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A man who was charged with [?]tenners in the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. C.K. Ward, [?] was placed on a [?] bond to be of [?]…
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Melbourne— Wilfred Burchett, Australian war correspondent, who arrived at Kaesong on Wednesday with…
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Captain J. C. Morrew, R.A.N., has returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crisis Feared In India War Seems Unlikely Before October
Karachi, July 30.—While foreign observers in Karachi are confident that war between Pakistan and India is unlikely before October, the Pakistan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blinded Soldier Returns To His Family
Sydney, July 30.—Led by two hostesses Cpl. W. Taylor joined a T.A.A. Convair at Mascot today happy to return home to his wife and children…
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Sydney.— The State Cabinet has announced the acquisition of a number of country properties under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →P.m. Believes Danger of War Grievous Tells Inflationary Conference After 23 Speakers Air Views
Sydney, July 31.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said tonight he believed the danger of war in the world today was "as grievous as any danger that we have looked at short of actual war in our lifetime." Mr. Menzies was making his closing address at the two-day national…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truman Accuses Russia Of Big Double Cross Says Plans War While Talks Peace In Korea
Washington, August 1.—President Truman accused Russia of planning to plunge the world into war at the same time as it talked peace in Korea. He said the Soviet rulers are building military strength at home and in their satellites to a…
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London, August 3.— A British wartime order forbidding strikes and lockouts, which has been kept in existence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Entertainments War Drama at Ozone
Showing tonight at OZONE Theatre is the wartime film "I Shall Return," which tells of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during the last war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Soldier Seized By Communist German Tells Of Incident On Train
Berlin, August 5.—British Army officers in Berlin called a garrison roll call yesterday after eyewitness reports that four Soviet tommygunners had…
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New York, August 5. — The Indianapolis Police Chief, John O'Neal, asked military authorities to impose…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Could Reds stand strain From noted London war Her Iain Colquhoun
THE present military superiority of the Soviet Union over the Western democracies lies not so much in numbers as in readiness. Probably Russia could mobilise more men than the democracies could, but the final test would be Russia's ability to stand up to war strain and heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. A. A. Calwell Spoke of Our War Effort Other Points From Labor Deputy's Fine Address
"On Monday evening at the Civic Reception tendered him at the Town Hall, Mr. A. A. Calwell, Deputy Leader of the Federal Labor Opposition, spoke most enlighteningly on various Australian affairs, one of the main of which was Australia's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bus Seats At War Memorial Request Of Former Barrier Spinners League
Local citizens will be pleased to know that the city council has placed two seats at the bus stop near the War Memorial. The provision of these seats…
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