Russians Arrest Five Britons 3 Soldiers Missing
Berlin, Wednesday.—Two British officers have been arrested and three British soldiers are missing, the British Army authorities, announced tonight…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1952
341 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 18
Divorce War of the Roses
New York, Thursday.— Billy Rose, America's biggest show producer, was playing the lead in his…
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London. — The British Army announced today that it is sending women soldiers to Gibraltar to serve in the ranks of regular…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr Leask Tells of Precautions Against New War
The manager of Western N.S.W. Power Pty. Ltd. (Mr. J. H. Leask) said today that European countries were taking what he termed sensible precautions against future wars. Mr. and Mrs. Leask recently returned from a seven months'…
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Melbourne.—The Returned Servicemen's League in Victoria will launch its own hospital benefits scheme…
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SOME CHILDREN are permanently handicapped by the ravages of war. This blind Greek child learns world geography by using a Braille globe. The children of Greece were uprooted first by the Nazis…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State War to Save Lives
Sydney.—The Acting Commissioner of Police in N.S.W. has decided to free as many men as possible from desk work so that more can join in the cam…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Increase for War Widows; Govt. Criticised
Melbourne.—It was better to be an enemy alien than a war widow, the president of the War Widows' Guild (Mrs. G A. Vasey) said. Mrs.- Vasey was comment…
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Sydney.—A young soldier approached Mrs. Molly Brown (63), of Belgrave Street, Manly, when she…
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Bonn, Wednesday.—The West German Minister for Labor (Herr Anton Storch) told Parliament today he was unwilling to treat war criminals released by the Allies like…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Insult Given Widow of War Chief
Canberra.—Mrs. G. A. Vasey,, president of the War Widows' Guild and the widow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Ex-Soldier Seeks Assistance Back To the Wall in House Search
The accommodation problem which has had such a big influence on local living for a considerable period…
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ELEANOR HOLM ROSE arrives at a New York court for round one of the Battle of the Roses, 1952 version. She is the estranged wife of producer Billy Rose. Rose withdrew the charges in his divorce suit, and she was granted a separation order against him. Here she poses for a battery of press…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wounded Police Officer Dies Shot In Family Tragedy
Sydney, September 22.—Senior Constable Edgar Allen Thompson (47), of Casino police died in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Koreans Freed New Status for War Prisoners
Tokio, Monday.—Allied officials announced that about 11,600 Koreans had been reclassified from prisoner of war to civilian internee status, and would be released beginning on October 1…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New jets for Korea war
RAAF TWIN JET METEORS damaged and lost in combat during No. 77 Squadron's recent operations over Korea are being replaced by new planes from Australia. Arriving by aircraft carrier at a RAAF base in southern Japan, the jets are shown being unloaded by men of the RAAF Maintenance…
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Sydney, Wednesday.— The general welfare of Australian troops in Korea was "pretty well covered",…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Waifs Are Adopted by Ausn. Airmen
Tokio, Tuesday.—Australian airmen with 77 Squadron in Korea have adopted a Korean orphans' hospital and are buying food to save war waifs from starvation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Air War In Korea
Seoul, September 24.—American Sabre jets protecting a bomber forces raiding a Communist munition…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Reds in U.s.a
New York Wednesday. — Five Communists, four of them said, by the F.B.I, to…
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