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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Land for Soldier Settlement

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 6

When the Legislative Assembly was dealing with a motion authorising the resumption, by agreement, for soldier settlement, of parts of…

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Reds Prepare for Sea War

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 3

Viscount Hall, First Lord of the Admiralty, described in the House of Lords recently Russian preparations for a…

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Chamber of Commerce. to Enlist Aid of Other Bodies

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

At a meeting of [?] Management Committee of the Chamber of Commerce held last night it was decided that that body was[?]ot in a…

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Soldier Had No Time To Write

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK: A worried negro mother who had not heard from her soldier son in Korea for some months asked…

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Clarence Town and District 1939-45 War Memorial Fund

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held at the School af Arts Hall. Clarence Town, on Monday 7th May. Attendance was poor…

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Planning for Korean War

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

TAIPEH (Formosa); The newsagency, the China Union Press, said yesterday that a Russian general had presided at a…

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Danger of World War Iii

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK : There would be danger of World War III. If Britain sent troops to Iran to protect her off interests, republican…

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Hope for Negotiated Peace in Korea Proposal Through United Nations To End War

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON: The United States Military high command hopes that a Korean peace eon be negotiated in United Nation, General Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of…

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Case of Polio Proves Fatal Ex-Scone District Soldier

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 2

The first case of polymolitis was reported in Gilgandra on Thursday last, and the victim passed away the following day…

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The War in Korea

Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

Working in conjunction with the United State Navy and Marine Force, a party of Royal Marine Cannonades recently made a daring attack on enemy supply lines in North Korea. The Royal Marine landed from [?] craft and during…

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"Dark Ages If War Breaks OUT"-Truman WASHINGTON. Fri

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

—The world would go back to the dark ages of a third world war broke out, said President Truman yesterday…

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World War Threat. "Back to the Dark Ages." Washington

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

The world would go back to the dark ages if a third world Mar broke out, said President Truman yesterday. At a Press conference he said he was…

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Anzac Day—stroud

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 2

The Anzac Day celebrations were held at Stroud with all the usual enthusiasm of former years—this year's probably more outstanding than the…

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British War Pensions Visit of Representative

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 5

Mr. H. P. Calder, representative in Australia of the British Ministry of Pensions, is making a tour of New South…

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Plan For Korean War Being Mapped Out

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON: General J. Lawton Collins told Senators yesterday a new plan of campaign for the Korean war was being mapped out by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Collins, Army Chief of Staff, was testifying…

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Wounded His Son With Shotgun

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Arthur Edward Wilson, 52 of Edensor-road Edensor Park pleaded guilty at Central Criminal Court to-day to…

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India Mobilise For War Against Famine

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 2

The entire nation is being mobilised for a life-and-death struggle against famine. Appeals hove gone forth for foreign old. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has personally…

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Sir Thomas Blamey, War Chief, Dead

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE— Australia's wartime Commander-in-Chief, Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blarney, died in Heidelberg…

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Few Think There Will Be War This Year

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 3

Only six out of every 100 Australians expect a world war this year, but people are evenly divided on the chances of…

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To-day’s Leader: Diet and Health Koreans Cared For English Soldier

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

WESTERN FRONT (Korea): Greek Infantrymen, who over-ran the hills where the British Gloucestershire Battalion made its…

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