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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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World War 2

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 1

At the City Council meeting on Tuesday night, Aid. Hilyard asked if anything had been heard regarding a suggestion…

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ACCOMMODATION War Veterans’ Hotel Proposal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 2

The discussion on the accommodation position in Yass at the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Friday night, has. revived interest…

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America Determined to Win Cold War

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday: President Truman told his weekly press conference here that the United States should use every means at its command to win the cold war. The President was defending…

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One Weapon Will Not Win Next Great War

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday: Military leaders throughout the world have now generally discredited the idea that a war can be won by any one weapon, including the atom bomb, because defence is catching up with offence…

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Manildra Wants War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 5

A public meeting has 'been called at Manildra for May 12 in an effort top finalise details for a World War II memorial…

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Three Die In Worst Darwin Motor Crash Since The War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 5

DARWIN: Two men were burned to death and one killed instantly on Stuart Highway, near Darwin airport, before midnight last night in the worst motor accident in the Northern Territory…

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Big Three Efforts to End "Cold War" U.S. Officer Arrives In Moscow For Talks

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday: The Foreign Ministers of the Big Three—Britain, the United States and France—have taken the view that Communist victories have altered the balance of power in Russia's favour. The Foreign Ministers, who…

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Sydney Jockey Wounded by Terrorists

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Monday: The Australian jockey, Ted Harper, of Sydney, was wounded, not seriously, in the chest and hand…

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Taralga War Memorial

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

Two meeting of the Taralga and District War Memorial committee have been held recently, business transacted…

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War Gratuities Application Necessary

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

The date for the payment of war gratuities is now less than 12 months away—March 3, 1961. The War Gratuity Act, 1946…

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U.S. Losing Cold War Declaration By Dulles

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Sunday: Asserting that the United States was losing the cold war against Russia, Mr. John Foster Dulles, Republican foreign policy spokesman, declared to-day that the…

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"Cold War"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 4

The United States was losing the cold war against Russia, the Republican Party's spokesman, Mr. John…

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Lie, Stalin and Cold War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 5

MOSCOW, Tuesday: Stalin Yesterday, received the United Nations' Secretary General, Trygve Lie, who has…

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War Fear Is Caused by Russia, Says Scientist

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: A leading physicist, Dr. D. F. Martyn, said yesterday that most scientists felt Russia was responsible for the present worldwide threat of war…

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War Memorial Architect To Visit Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 9

A Sydney architect, Mr. William Brown, of Brown and Mowbray, well-known city architects, will be visiting Crookwell at…

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Soldiers’ Club Draw for Tournaments

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

The following is the draw for the first round of the Soldiers’ Club Russian pool and snooker tournaments, which must be…

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Soldiers' Memorial Tablet Unveiled at Rye Park Ceremony Performed By Col. Anderson, M.H.R

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 2

The ceremony of unveiling a Memorial Tablet to servicemen and women who served during the Great War was…

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Soldier Blocks

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 1

Goulburn repatriation and ex-service officials have received details of two properties which have become…

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Opinions Differ on Cold and Hot War Warning Given By Adenauer

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Two conflicting views on the cold are were expressed yesterday in the United States and West Germany…

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Soldier Settlement Federal Govt. Says No Delay

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 3

Mr. Charles Anderson in the House. Has the attention of the Minister for the Interior been drawn…

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