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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Huge Estimate for U.s. War Goods £A22,321,428,550

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

The United States Director of Defence Mobilisation (Mr. Charles Edward Wilson) said that 50,000 million dollars,…

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Bayonet Fight for Vital Hill District Soldiers in Heavy Fighting

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

An Australian platoon last week fixed bayonets to dislodge a Red machine-gun post on a vital hill in Korea…

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War Service Land Settlement. Qualification Certificates

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 8

The only extension of time granted for applying for Qualifying Certificates for war service land setlement was a short one to bring State…

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Australian Labour Party Soldiers' Point Branch

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Soldiers' Point Branch of the Australian Labor Party was held on Monday, 12th inst., the President, Mr. W. G…

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War Won’t- Pay Beds”

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 3

General Lucians Clay, Former American military governor of Germany, stated recently that Atlantic Pact nations…

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Korean War Hero Leads Amateur Show

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 1

President and Mrs. Truman Joined an audience of 4000 Americans at the Very important Persons (VIP) armature show in…

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Franco’s Civil War Losses Saragossa (Spain)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 1

A memorial tablet invited here to the fallen of the Nationalist Army during the Civil War gives the figure at 70,581 dead…

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Death Of Civil War Veteran Lebanon, Oregon

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 1

James W. Smith died here yesterday, aged 108. He was believed to lie the oldest Civil War veteran In. the…

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War Service Land Settlement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 4

Mr. L. J. Failes, M.F., Member for Lawson, in seeking to clarify the agreement between the Commonwealth Government and the…

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Latest War Weapons

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 1

Members of a United Nations 40-millimetre anti-aircraft gun crew stand guard as a United States Far East Air Force C-119 "Flying Boxcar" takes off from an airfield in Korea with a load of ammunition and supplies. More…

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Diggers Discuss Anzac Day

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

This week’s business meeting of the East Maitland sub-branch of the RSSAILA discussed in the main plans for the ceremonies…

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Newspaper War Ended

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Metropolitan and country newsagents hove decided to resume handling and the distribution of/Sydney papers. The prices margin strike collapsed last niglit,, end, today…

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War Wiped Out Over 3,000,000 Germans

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 1

BONN: More than 3,000,000 Germans were killed on the battlefront and in air raids during the last war. This number…

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Rewards for War Inventions

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA: The Commonwealth Government will pay a total of £2500 to two Victorians for inventions used in World…

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War on Road Offenders

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Department of Road Transport will consider the appointment of road wardens to artist police catch road…

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R.S.L. Makes Plans for Anzac Day Dawn Service Again This Year

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

Main business of the general meeting of the Maitland sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. concerned the commemorative services to be held on Anzue Day. Hopes ore-high that this Jubilee year march will be the…

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Land For Soldiers Government's Policy

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 4

(Report of Speech made by Acting Minister for the Interior, Hon. H. L. Anthony, in House of Representatives on 16th March) "The action taken by the Socialist Government of New South Wales in the matter…

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British, Australian Soldiers Advance “I Surrender” Pamphlets Distributed By Reds

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 1

TOKYO (A.A.P.-Reuter): British and Australian troops advanced within two miles of the 38th parallel yesterday, after ousting Chinese rearguards from 1000-foot ri[?]ges overlooking North-Korea…

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Warning on Assembly of Non-chinese Troops “May Be Beginning of Third World War

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Doctoring that “non-Chinese” troops were assembling in Manchuria, Representative Sam Rayburn, speaker of the House of Representatives, said that the United States faced “a terrible donger that may be the…

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Foot Soldiers Widen Parallel Bridgehead Soviet Fell Down On Its Undertaking

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 1

TOKYO: American tanks drove five end a half miles into North Korea yesterday, white foot soldiers widened the bridgehead across the 38th parallel from 10 to 15 miles. An armoured strut sent second American division…

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