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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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War Bride Beats Jap Ban

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 1

IN BRITAIN at last to Hideko (her name means Excellence), Japanese bride of…

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Preference to Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 September 1952 · page 3

Canberra.—A bill continuing for another three years former servicemen's rights of preference in…

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"Textile War Threatened

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 5

Tokio, Sunday—An 'all-out" textile war between Britain and Japan appeared inevitable, Japnese cotton mnufacturers said…

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War Service Land Probe

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 1

Members of the War Service Land classification committee who are in Broken Hill will interview more…

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Soldier Settlement

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 2

Mr. Wattison recently asked in the Legislative Assembly: Has the attention of the Minister for Lands…

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War Widows Want Basic Wage

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 4

Adelaide, September 30.—Payment of the basic wage to all war widows was urged at today's Federal…

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Accepted Senator's Invitation War Widows On Warpath

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 1

Adelaide, October 1.—Following a statement in Parliament last night by the Repatriation Minister…

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Bright Ties for U.S. Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 3

New York, Wednesday.— The American Army in Britain is brightening itself up. Troops have been given…

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Soldier on Bail in Serious Case

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 3

Melbourne—Bail of £500 was alloted a 20-year-old Army private who was committed for trial at Prahran on a charge of having criminally assaulted a woman. The soldier (Barry…

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War Story Honored

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 11

London, Thurs.—"Twenty Thousand Thieves," by Australian Eric Lambert, is to-day chosen as the book of…

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Union War Declared on Bevan

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 6

London, Thursday.— Mr. Arthur Deakin, a powerful trade union leader, today declared war…

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War Widows Guild Amazed At S.A.'s Efforts For Widows

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 1

Adelaide, October 2.—Delegates to the Federal Conference of the War Widows Guild were amazed…

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Money Not for Returned Men

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 5

Melbourne.—People would not pay 2/- a copy for a "Digger" magazine sold in the streets unless they thought it was in aid of returned soldiers, Mr. McLean, S.M., said in…

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Stalin Does Not Fear War [?] Well

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 1

MOSCOW, October 2.—Stalin said yesterday [?] would not [?] West and Wes[?]…

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War Service Blocks

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 4

Mr. Austen Brown yesterday drew attention to the fact that applications for 15 War Service Blocks close…

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War Service Blocks

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 6

Mr. Austen Brown today drew-attention to the fact that applications for l5 War Service Blocks close with the…

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Japs Boo Five Aus. Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 3

Tokio, Monday.—Five Australian soldiers were booed by 5000 Japanese spectators at the Oxford University v. Japanese Universities Rugby match…

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Allied Toll of Chinese Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 1

Tokio, Tuesday.—Allied infantrymen counter- attacked early today against 12,000 Chinese troops who had hurled themselves against the Allied…

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Grim Battles in War in Korea

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 12

Seoul, Wednesday.—The big Chinese push jarred to a halt yesterday on a peak guarding the road to Seoul, but the enemy threw fresh hundreds into the flaming battle…

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"U.S. Pushing World Into Abyss Of Another War."

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 1

Moscow, October 8.—Soviet poli[?]bure member Le Berie claimed last night that the United States "after getting for on two world wars" was pushing the world's peoples late…

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