"Statesmanship To Prevent World War
LAKE SUCCESS, Sunday (AAP).—Nothing less than bold and enlightened acts of statesmanship would halt further deterioration towards another world war, the Secretary-General of the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
258 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 13
Latest Moves In Home-Front War
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two moves on the housewives' front today were: Beans were dumped…
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SYDNEY, Monday. —All States will almost certainly fill their quotas for Korean ground force by tomorrow night. The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) said tonight…
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A former member of the 9th Division, A.I.F., Albert Henry Bull; of the Commercial Hotel, Jamberoo, told the court that…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A man who passed disparaging remarks about the Korean situation at today's Communist…
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LOS NEGROS, Monday (AAP-Reuter). —The War Crimes Court today sentenced a Japanese war criminal to death by hanging and another Japanese to 15 years…
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TOKIO, Monday (AAP-Reuter)—Private John Leonard, of Wollongong, told the Australian Prime Minister (Mr, Menzies) today that conditions at Ebisu Camp at Tokio, were…
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LOS NEGROS, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter). —The Australian War Climes Court which yesterday imposed the second…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — State Congress of the R.S.L. has carried unanimously a resolution expressing appreciation of the…
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The Nowra sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. has been advised by the Minister for Repatriation, Mr. W. J. Cooper, that there were no funds within the jurisdiction of his department to subsidise on…
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DR. EVATT did not exaggerate when he said in his broadcast last night that the steadily increasing cost of living and the declining value of the pound were damaging Australian morale, especially in the middle and lower…
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As troops on their way to the Horse Guards Parade for the recent Trooping the Colours ceremony marched past Clarence House, a young spectator was H.R.H. Prince…
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Members of the Defence Supply Planning Committee discusses Australia's more active entry into the Korean war at a conference in, Melbourne. From left: Brigadier A. S. Wilson, Controller of Army Supplies and Development; Air Commodore, F. R. W. Scherger, Deputy Chief of Air Staff; Capt…
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LOS. NEGROS, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The war crimes trial of five Japanese for the murder of Allied prisoners of war at Ambon took a surprise turn late today…
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A representative of the War Service Home Division will attend at the Soldiers' Club on Friday. Ex-service personnel…
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SOUTH KOREA, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—A North Korean field artillery commander who gave himself up yesterday…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—A 46-years-old crocodile shooter was found by police today wandering through dense jungle about…
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TOKYO, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The decisive stage of the Korean war is rapidly drawing near, writes Julian Valentine, A.A.P.-Reuter correspondent with the American 8th Army…
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Sir,—The filing of the claim in the Arbitration Court by the employers for a 44-hour week, lower margins, less sick pay,…
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PRESIDENT Truman is reported from Washington to be "undecided" whether the American troops in Korea should stop at the 38th Parallel when they assume the offensive…
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