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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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“Total War” on Raiding Locusts Several Countries Are Menaced With Famine

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 1

ROME: Food supplies from Africa through the Middle East to Asia are threatened by the worst plague of desert locusts for 100 years. A “total was” on an international scale is being…

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Released From Bond To Enlist

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY: Judge Lloyd, in Quarter Sessions, released a young man from a bond an that he could enlist for…

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Truman’s Fears of Losing Cold War

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 2

WASHINGTON: Speaking at the annual dinner of the Civil Air Patrol, President Truman said that they were winning the cold war but might lose it if United States Congress continued its efforts to cut his…

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Miles Patrick's World News Commentary Are We Close To War

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 6

In a statement submitted to the Full High Court in Melbourne on Tuesday, the Federal Treasurer, Sir Arthur Fadden, declared that Australia must be prepared for possibly mobilisation for hostilities by the end of 1953…

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Comfortable Destroyers Not Able To Withstand Any Atom War Blasts (By Normon Cribbens, Reuter Correspondent)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 5

LONDON: Eight monster destroyers —six of them still under construction in British yards—may be the last conventional-type destroyers built for the Royal Navy…

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War of Nerves

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (AAP)— Allied patrols on the autobahn between Berlin and Western Germany are again…

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Post-war Boom Has Subsided

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 3

In its current review the of New South Wales refers to the fact that the six year post war boom has…

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£30 Million Bill For War Pensions

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 May 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA.—War penions covering both world wars now cost the Australian Government more than £30…

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Freedom Without of War Truman Optimistic

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK “I believe we ore well on the way to preserving our freedom without paying the frightful cost of world war,” President Truman yesterday told the nation…

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Wounded with Gun

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE:. A man was found in his bedroom, at Mayfield this morning with a gun shot wound in his forehead…

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War of Nerves

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Monday (AAP)— Allied patrols on the autobahn between Berlin and Western Germany are again…

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Cold War Battle in Modern Vienna

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 7

VIENNA: Vienna has superseded mediaeval Belgium as the cockpit not only of Europe but of the modern world. Here, to-day, the great powers are fighting one…

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£30 Million Bill For War Pensions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA—War penions covering both world wars now cost the Australian Government more than £30…

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Anti-insect Air-war in the Middle East

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1952 · page 4

The use of aircraft for spraying crops is not new, but to this effective weapon has now been added a new and potent Insecticide spray. Two ounces of it in a gallon of water will rid an acre of ground of locusts…

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Greek War Memorial Damaged

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 3

ATHENS.—The Commonwealth War Memorial, unveiled by King Paul of Greece a month ago, was…

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War Bridge Afternoon

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 2

A special war bridge afternoon proceeds from which will be devoted to helping the permanently stabled…

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Soldier’s Applications For Review

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY:- Ex-servicemen, seeking soldier settlement farms, whose applications for qualification certificates had…

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Eligibility On War Medals Extended

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) announced an extension of eligibility for the award of…

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Miles Patrick's World News Commentary Let's Prepare for War

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 4

Lightning and dramatic moves in Europe have sounded an ominous warning to the entire world. The threat of a sudden outbreak of war is Closer today than at any time during the past five depressing, much…

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R.S.L. NOTES. (By ex-Serviceman). Boer War Veterans

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

Boer War veterans from Muswellbrook, at the invitation of the Scone branch, will journey to Scone to-morrow (Saturday)…

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