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Hunter Valley · The wars & local soldiers
415 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 21
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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK: British Foreign Secretary (Anthony Eden) as he left for London last night, told reporters that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON: Senior United State officials say that the Soviet Union may step the cold war around Berlin to offset West Germany expected approval of membership in the proposed European…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA: Pay[?] ents of £ [?] to former pri a [?] of war of the Japanes I are expected to be made before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Payment of £32 each for former prisoners of war of the Japanese or their dependants is expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Members of No. 77 Squandren in Korea have "adopted" a Korean Orphans' Hospital and through voluntary contributions are supplying the inmates with carefully selected foods…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mrs. M. S. Mulholland has scored a notable achievement in the success which has attended her appeal for funds to provide comfort parcels for our soldiers fighting in Korea. As the result of cash…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. B. Renshaw) has advised Mr. E. J. Robb, Secretary of the Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOKYO: The Japanese Liberal Government was under heavy Opposition fire to-day for surrendering jurisdiction of a British and an Australian soldier held on theft charges…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK : The United Nations’ political committee yesterday overwhelmingly approved an Indian motion to break the Korean armistice deadlock and deal with war prisoners humanely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War could be prevented by using common sense and International disputes could be settled like industrial disputes, on the Job, Mr. J. W. Crook, M.L.A., said at the annual reunion of the Weston Sub-branch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thirteen soldiers were rescued by surf club members and a crew of an amphibious duck when a troop-carrier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON Economic strength and stability were just as important for the democracies an armed power Australia’s Prime Minister (Mr. Robert Menzies) said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HANOI: Loyal Thai mountaineer, herd-bitten Foreign Legionaires and French-European troops yesterday fought off an all-out Vietminh assault on No-son fortress, 117 miles west of Hanoi, in what…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, A.A.P.: The Defence Department has dropped the word “casualty” from its weekly report of wounds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON: The United States Army has drastically cut back orders for medium tanks and two and a half ton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK: President Truman, who hands over the reins of government to Dwight Eisenhower in January, intervened yesterday in latest American move on the Korean stalemate with a declaration that he should be told at once of an reasonable plan to end the war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A public meeting convened by the Cessnock Council decided to conduct a carnival to last a week at the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →As the Viet Minh Communists weaken. French resistance in Indo-China and threaten still further to expand the Soviet Empire in South-East Asia, the murderous hand of Moscow, still dripping with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Hunter Valley soldier settlement dairy farm opened for application today, the Minister for Lands (Mr…
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