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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Churchill Is Optimistic Danger Of Third World War “Receded”

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Prima Minister Winston Churchill last night painted an optimistic picture of British and world affairs and—for the second time in three weeks —said that the danger of a third world war seemed…

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Soldier Guards Are £6000 Better Off

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Two soldiers on guard duty at the Remembrance Day Service a the Cenotaph won first prize in…

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Britain Has Food "Flying Squads" In Case Of War

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 4

LONDON. — The progress made in Britain in organising emergency feeding in the event of atomic bomb…

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War-time Wage Loadings Waived Pay Reductions For Railway Workers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Full Bench of the State Industrial Commission to-day waived oil provisions for wartime loadings from the building trades awards of the N.S.W. State Railways…

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Energies for War Purposes Described Tragic Anthony Eden Hits Out At Assembly

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: It was a tragedy for all the world that so large a proportion of national energies and resources was consumed on military preparations, British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Anthony Eden) told…

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Wool Growers Told About Fibre Future Stable Post-War Market

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 1

In Manchester last week, Sir- Ben Lockspeiser, Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, issued a warning to Australian Woolgrowers not to underestimate…

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War-time Overseas Wool Sales High Court Dismisses Dealers' Suit Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 2

Mr. Justice Fullager, in the High Court to-day dismissed on behalf of Australian wool dealers seeking a share in the…

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Passing of an Old Soldier William Gordon Pullen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 5

The death occurred at Orange on 4th November of Mr. William Gordon Pullen, father of Mrs. E. C. Cooper, of Merriwa…

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Conference Called On Soldier Farms

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 4

CANBERRA: The Commonwealth Government has decided to discuss the whole position of war service land settlement with the Government of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, because the…

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India's Compromise Plan Announced Prisoner of War Issue New York

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 2

A compromise resolution, for ending the Korean War, made public yesterday by India, proposes that after the armistice…

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Repatriation Commission Proposal by India Compromise To End Deadlock On Korean War Prisoners

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: A neutral four-power repatriation commission is proposed by India in a motion designed to attempt a compromise solution on the deadlocked Korean prisoners of war, issue, the last apparent obstacle to en armistice The motion, which India has made public for the first time, will be introduced…

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H.m. A.s. Anzac Silenced Red Battery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 1

LONDON [?] de[?] H.M.A.S. Anus, which was commi[?] in January, 1961 [?] an[?]…

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War Medical History

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 5

CANBERRA: “Clinical Prob[?]a of War,” the first volume of the official history of Australia in the Second World…

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Bolwarra War Memorial Re-erection

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 4

Lower Hunter Shire Council will take steps to acquire land at Bolwarra for the re-election of the Bolwarra war…

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To-day’s Leader We Get The Crow Every Time India’s Plan for Settling Prisoner of War Deadlock Recommendation Of Special Advisory Committee

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: A conference between Secretary of State Dean Acheson and British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, in a last-minute attempt to harmonise their views on India’s plan for settling the Korean prisoner of war deadlock, preceded the formal submission of India’s proposal to the United Nations’…

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Make War Ob Apathy !

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 2

AUSTRALIANS must strive to defeat apathy, said Lieut.-Colonel T. W. Bartley, in a thought-provoking remembrance address in Maitland. The for peace, for the right to live in peace called…

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Change Urged In Fighting Korean War

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON; Mr. Joseph W. Martin, Republic Leader in the House of Representatives,; said to-day the new…

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Bomb Moscow To End War Says South Korea’s President

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 1

TORONTO: President Syngman Rhee, of South Korea, is quoted here as saying that the East-West struggle cannot be confined to Korea and that “only by bombing Moscow con we and it all.”…

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Attempts To Get Soldiers Released

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 1

TOKYO: Britain It trying to secure the Immediate release of a British and an Australian soldier from Japanese custody…

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To-day’s Leader Encouraging Trends Opening of What Could Be Crucial Battle in War Vietminh Forces Lay Siege To Citadel

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK: Communist Vietminh forces about 25,000 strong yesterday laid siege to the ancient citadel of Nasan, 117 miles west of Hanoi, opening what could be the crucial battle of the war in…

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