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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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French Bombers Killed 15 French Wounded Claim by Reds

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 1

Honoi, May 19: French bombers attacked the main Vietminh supply line and killed 15 wounded French soldiers, a…

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"Guerrilla War" at Steel Works

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

Sydney, May 20. Metal Trades Unions had attempted industrial Guerrilla Warfare or Hadfiefds steel works, Federal Conciliation Commissioner, J. M. Golvin said today…

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Did Churchill Confuse Navy War Activity?

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 8

London, Thurs.: An official British history of the war at sea, published today, accuses Sir Winston Churchill of having confused naval operations in the Norwegian campaign…

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Fight cold war, urges U.S. Admiral

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 4

Democracies must fight the Reds in all cold wars, U.S. Fleet Admiral William…

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Jail for Man Who Posed as War Hero

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A man who posed as a Korean war hero to ger money from women was sentenced yesterday to six months in gaol…

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Hanoi Jittery Nerve War Launched by Rebels

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 1

HANOI, Sunday: The French High Command mounted extra armored patrols in jittery Hanoi today, after the Vietminh had increased their war of…

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Atom Bomb in Use Next War

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

Paris, Monday: In the event of war both sides will use atom weapons, FieldMarshal Viscount Montgomery believes. The Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in…

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New Plan to End War in Indo-china

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

Geneva' Monday: A new plan to end the Indo-China war has been presented by the French Foreign Minister (M. Bidault)…

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Wounded Taken Out

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

Two unidentified soldiers carry a wounded man on a stretcher from a helicopter on the flooded Luang…

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War Leaders to Meet

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 1

Geneva, Wed.: Representatives of the two opposing high commands in IndoChina are likely to meet at…

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Course to Aid Soldiers in War Capture

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 7

Washington: The U.S. Defence Department may introduce special training courses of servicemen facing…

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War Heroine Honored in Paris

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 1

Paris, Tues.: Cheering crowds at Orly airport, Paris, today mobbed the pretty 29-year-old heroine…

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US Army Not Ready For War, Congress Told

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 6

Washington, June 1.—The U.S. Army would not be ready to fight a global war at any time in the…

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Operation on Wounded Man

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 5

The doctor in charge of Mr. Kenneth Thompson, victim of the shooting incident at Tibooburra on Saturday…

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Gift Of Rams For War Service Settlers

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 10

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawking, has announced that eighty merino rams have been donated for men on war…

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U.K. Soldiers Run Amok

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 5

Vienna, Thurs.: Austrian police said today that two aimed British soldiers, who ran amok in the British sector…

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Death Sentence Killed Sister-in-Law, Wounded Wife

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 4

Sydney, June 4: A farmer who shot dead his sister-in-law and wounded his wife, was today sentenced to…

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Atombomb Call U S. Feeling on War on Reds in Indo-china

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 1

Washington, Sunday: A caf I for the United States to use the atomic bomb in Indo-China was made today by a Republican senator. He was Senator Styles Bridges, who said the A-bomb should be used rather than American troops…

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Veteran Ship of Last War

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 6

Melbourne: The visit of the 12,000ton tanker Myonia to the Shell Refinery at Geelong renewed for Captain Robert Allen (the company's marine superintendent) an…

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U.s. Close to War in Recent Weeks

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 12

Washington Wednesday: Twice within recent weeks the United States had been within a hair's breath of openly intervening in the Indo-China war, said Senator Kefauver, a leading Democrat today…

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