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

The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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About War

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 3

General Eisenhower yesterday told two Senate Committees that the Russians would be fools to declare war…

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R.A.F. Fly Wounded Turks From Korea

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 10

Flying ambulance "Hastings" aircraft of the R.A.F. Transport Command recently flew from Singapore to Habban[?] airfield in Iraq, with a cargo of wounded Turkish soldiers returning to military hospitals in their homeland. The…

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"War Won't Pay Reds"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

General Lucius clay, former American military governor of Germany, stated recently that Atlantic Pact nations…

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U.s. Oil Man Wagers £44,500 Against War

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

Mr. Andrew Jergins, a retired oil man, has offered to wager 100,000 dollars (A£44,500) that Russia will not attack America…

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"War" Off

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Seventy-three-year-old Mrs. Norah Murphy who had refused to leave her home at Essendon Airport has…

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Commons War Goes on

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Jeers marked attempts in the House of Commons last night to call an armistice in the "war to the…

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Welcome Home Concert Bishop May Speak On Tour Overseas

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

With courage that, is highly commendable, the newly formed Catholic Youth Club has generously undertaken…

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Soldiers Escort Policemen

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 3

TEHERAN, Thursday: Persia celebrated its New Year yesterday with Teheran under martial law, but the capital was…

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Construction of New Soldiers' Club to Commence Shortly

Boorowa News · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 1

The construction of the proposed new Ex-service men's Memorial Club building at Boorowa, it is expected, will be commenced shortly. At the meeting of the War Memorial Committee…

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1951 Anzac Day In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 1

Extensive preparations have been made for Goulburn's Anzac Day celebrations on Wednesday, April 25. Celebrations will take much the same form as in previous…

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"Bell of Peace" for War

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

TOKYO Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Hiroshima's "bell' of peace" has been stolen. The bell which was hung in a…

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Welcome Home to Bishop Spirit of Charity For Those in Need

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 1

RESPONDING to addresses of welcome on his return from abroad. Bishop G. Young, Auxiliary to His Grace, the Archbishop…

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Is Third World War Just Over the Horizon?

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wed.: Declaring that "non-Chinese" troops were assembling in Manchuria, Representative Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said thath the United States faced "a terrible danger that may be the beginning of a third world war."…

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Korean War

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 3

The Commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, Lieut-Gen. Ridgway, said yesterday that peace could…

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War Cross

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 3

The State Governor, Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Northcott, yesterday unveiled the first Cross of Sacrifice…

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Medals, Uniforms In Anzac March

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 1

Goulburn ex-servicemen will be permitted to wear medals and uniforms in this year's Anzac March, for the…

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Commonwealth Jubilee Ball for War Memorial Disappointing Attendance

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3

Notwithstanding the elaborate preparation which was given to the Commonwealth Jubilee Ball, conducted in the Crookwell Literary Institute last Friday night in aid of funds for the projected war memorial…

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Tin Hat Day Soldiers’ Appeal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 5

As a prelude to Anzac Day, the United Returned Soldiers’ Fund is distributing miniature Tin Hats, which will be sold, to help those…

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P.O. ARRANGEMENTS Anzac Day, April 25th

Boorowa News · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 7

On Wednesday, April 25 (Anzac Day) the following arrangements will be observed at the Roorowa Post Office:—…

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Ridgway Is Definite War In Korea

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: General Ridgway, the United Nations' supreme commander In the Far East, told…

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