China War Communists Sweep on
Peiping Communist radio reported last night that two Kuomintang peace preservation regiments in the East River area…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1949
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Hopes of End to Cold War
PARIS, May 30.—The French Foreign Minister (Mr. Robert Schumann) said yesterday that he hoped the Four-Power talks would prove…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foundations For Waging War In Arctic Experimental Station at Fort Churchill
The most intense series of cold weather tests yet under taken have just been completed on these windswept, barren lands by Canadian, British and United State's soldiers and scientists…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.S.L. Will Help Pension Drive. League To Aid Disabled Soldiers
Singleton Returned Servicemen's League subbranch will support a nation-wide League drive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farms for Soldier Settlement
CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The Minister for Post-war Reconstruction, Mr. J. J. Dedman, has agreed the Inclusion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yugoslav Soldiers Killed
LONDON, May 31.—Yugoslavia has officially reported that a Greek Royal Air Force Spitfire has bombed and machine-gunned the small…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Committed for Trial Charge of Maliciously Wounding
Clarence James Hortcher, 26, soldier, of Adam-st., East Maitland, was committed for trial at Maitland Quarter Sessions on July 11 on a charge of having at East Maitland on April 14 maliciously wounded Kenneth Hamilton…
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LA PAZ (Bolivia); June 2. — Bolivia stands on the brink of civil war, and with a country-wide state of siege al reedy is operation end general mobilisation ordered, the Government is hourly expected to proclaim martial law…
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LA PAZ (Bolivia), June 3.— Despite spreading labour tension, Bolivia was quiet yesterday, and there have been no reports of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scone and District War Memorial Swimming Pool Public Appeal
In launching this appeal to the general public, it is intended to supplement the efforts of the general committee and subcommittees, whose initial record of achievement in bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Weave Her Way Around World Australian War Widows Objective
A war widow who claims literally to weave her way through England, Scotland, Norway, and Sweden, left in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Teaching Soldiers to Be Good
It pays to be a good soldier in the U.S. First Army. Pour soldiers—'"the best four boys of the month" -are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Widows’ Pension Claims
SYDNEY: The Federal conference of the War Widows’ Guild will present the Federal Government with a petition,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prevented Theft of War Secrets
WASHINGTON, June 7.—A Bell Aircraft Company librarian told the House Committee on Un-American activities yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Permit for Soldiers’ Hall
At the monthly meeting of the Maitland sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League, advice was received from the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: Displaced Persons and Hospitalisation Atlanticpact to Avoid War
WASHINGTON, June 8.—The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for ratification of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Not Decent" War Widows' President on Repat. Clause
The Federal President of the War Widows Guild (Mrs G. A. Vasey said at the guild's annual conference that no clause…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hoarding Of War Funds
SYDNEY: Several, funds collected for families of men who served in the Boer War had not yet been spent, the Federal president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese War Criminals Hanged
TOKYO, June 13. — General MacArthur announced the hanging at Sugano prison of 15 Japanese war criminals, including…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Payments for War Pensioners
CANBERRA, Monday. — The Government is paying almost £20,500,000 a year to war and service pensioners from the two…
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