Anzac Ready For Sea
Canberra.—The Australian destroyer Anzac, which was built at the Naval Dockyard, Williamstown, Melbourne, is to be…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
415 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 21
Anzac Destroyer in Commission Today
Canberra, March 13. â The new battle class destroyer Anzac, which was recently completed at the naval dockyard. Williamstown. will be commissioned…
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Los Negos (A.A.P.-Reuter). March 13. — Twenty Japanese watched three Japanese naval officers dissect an Allied prisoner-of-war's corpse and remove the gall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russians Would Be Fools to Start War Now General Eisenhower's Opinion
Washington, March 13. — General Eisenhower told two Seriate Committees in secret testimony recently that the Russians would really be fools if they declared a war now, reports the United Press Washington correspondent…
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Wellington. — Veterans of two world wars will comprise this year's Anzac delegation from New Zealand to Australia…
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London, March 14.—Law "banning" war propaganda as a grave crime against humanity and declaring that anyone guilty of it will be treated as a common…
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MELBOURNE. — Seventy-year-old, Mrs Nora Murphy, who had refused to leave her home adjoining…
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Sydney.—"The number of Girl Guides throughout the world has increased tremendously since the war, especially in occupied countries," said the Chief Commissioner for the British Commonwealth and Empire, Lady Stratheden and…
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Sydney.—The Chief Justice (Mr. K. Street) in the Cenrtal Criminal Court sentenced a 19-year-old soldier to five years'…
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Tokio, March 16.—Allied staff officer in Korea said today that they believed the fighting would be over this month when the United Nations forces reached the 38th Darallel. There is a general belief that…
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New York, March 16.—General MacArthur said the United Nations troops must continue their war of manoeuvre in Korea because there were no natural defences near the 38th Parallel to hold against the enemy. In a cabled reply to a…
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Los Negros (AAP-Reuter), March 19.—The Australian War Crimes Court today, sentenced to death a former Japanese naval officer for his part in…
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Tokio, March 19. — A stubborn band of Japanese on Anatahan, a tiny isle in the Marianas, are still…
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The R.S.L. will hold a dawn service and a march of former servicemen as part of its Anzac Day celebrations this year…
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London March 20.—First victim of the two weeks bitter "war to the death" in the House of Commons between the Labor Government and the Conservative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Communists Have Colossal Armies Details Issued By War Office
London, March 21. — The War Office has issued details of Russian and Chinese Communist armed forces giving a combined strength of over 8,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danish nurses meet British soldier
NURSES of the Danish hospital ship, Zutlandia, on the way to Korea, meet a British soldier in Singapore. The nurses, both from Copenhagen, are Lieuts. Bodit Vaernet (left) and Aase Fabricius. The soldier is Harry Cotterill, of Worcester, who has been jungle fighting in Malaya as a member of a RAF Regiment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Macarthur's Offer to Red Leaders to Meet Him to Settle War Without Further Bloodshed But UN Troops Will Cross 38th Parallel If Necessary
Tokio, March 25.—On Saturday General MacArthur invited the Commander-in-Chief of the Communist forces in Korea to meet him in the field to settle the war without further…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Gets Twenty Years Attempted To Sell Military Information
Tokio (A.A.P.-Reuter), March 30.—A general court martial has sentenced a 20 years old U.S. Air Force corporal, Carl E. Mille, of Sayre. Oklahoma, to…
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New York, April 1.—The Chinese would never regain the initiative in Korea but the war could be ended only by diplomacy. This is the opinion of…
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