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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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War Graves in Siam

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 2

Singapore, Wednesday. —The British Ambassador to Siam (Mr. G. A. Wallinger) said here today…

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No Change in Anzac Day

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 1

Melbourne—Former servicemen decided last night that there should be no change in the observance of…

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War Savings Certificates

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 July 1952 · page 3

"Inquirer": Information received from the Commonwealth Bank states: Assuming that the war savings…

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F.a.o. to Draft Plan to Rebuil[?] Korea's War-torn Agriculture

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 3

Rome—A team of experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations is getting ready to leave for Korea to prepare a five year plan for the rehabilitation of that country's war-shattered [?]…

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Un. Losses in Korean War

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 7

London, Tuesday.—Lord Alexander (Defence Minister) told the House of Lords that there was still no sign of the enemy making any preparations for an offensive but they remained capable of launching a major…

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Reds Lied on "War" Diary

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 5

New York, Friday—the United States Army partly lifted the secrecy seal on the diary of Major-General Robert Grow to expose Soviet lies and distortions on the…

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Millionth U.s. Soldier

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 3

Detroit, Friday. — The millionth American conscript since the outbreak of the Korean war was due to…

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Taxation War Wages on Cocos Island

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 5

Melbourne. — An Australian mechanic on Cocos Island has touched off an income tax battle between Australia and Singapore. The mechanic is one of 30 technicians at a Civil…

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Soldier Made Fortune

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 12

Sydney.—A former S.A. Army corporal (Bruce Eden), whose activities in Japan brought him in a…

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Entertainments "At War with the Army"

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 7 August 1952 · page 3

Comedians Jerry. Lewis And Dean Martin have the leading roles in the humorous "At War With the Army," the CRYSTAL…

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Jap War Bride for S.a

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 7

PICTTJREGRAM FROM Sydney of Cpl. Bruce Eden. of Adelaide, and his Japanese bride, who arrived there from Japan Mrs. Eden will be the first Japanese war bride to come to South Australia…

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Reduced Funds For Soldier Settlers "Will Have To Do More Pioneering"

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 4

Sydney, August 7.—Because of reduced funds soldier settlers would have to do more pioneering in their first years than their more…

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Soldiers' Club Opening

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 1

The president of the Broken Hill Branch of the R.S.L. (Mr. A. M. Hayward said today that Saturday…

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Entertainments "At War with the Army"

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 9 August 1952 · page 4

The comedy. "At War With the Army," is CRYSTAL THEATRE'S main attraction tonight. The film stars Dean Martin and Jerry…

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Loan Cut Drastic For Soldier Settlers

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 3

Sydney, August 11.—The New South Wales Minister for Lands Mr. Hawkins) sold today the failure of the Commonwealth…

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War Training in Disguise

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 7

Tokio, Wednesday. — The Kyodo news service said that the Japanese Communist Party was publishing…

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North Koreans Tired of War

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 1

Tokio, Friday.—North Korea's Premier (Kim Il-Sung) said in a broadcast today that his side hoped for an armistice in which there was neither victor nor vanquished…

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R.S.L. Warns Of War

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 4

Sydney, August "13.—The State president of the Returned Soldiers League (Mr. Yeo) said yesterday that relationships between…

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No Anzac Gloom

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney.—New South Wales diggers decided today they did not want a gloomy Anzac Day…

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War on Mosquitoes

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 2

Los Angeles, Sunday—Three hundred towns in California's central valleys will soon be ringed with clouds of D.D.T. and other chemicals to kill mosquitoes which are blamed for an outbreak of…

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