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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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"Korea's Bitter Air War"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 1

Air Vice-Marshal F. M. Bladin, Air Member…

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Menzies Appeals For "War" On Inflation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) today called for national unity and a common effort to defeat inflation…

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War crimes chairman here

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 5

Lord Wright (above) who was chairman of the United Nations' War Crimes Commission arrived in…

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Youth Centre As War Memorial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

A 10-acre site for a War Memorial Youth Centre organised by the Youth Department of the Churches of Christ in…

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Soviet Submarine Menace in Event of New War

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.).—Admiral William Fechteter, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, said today the…

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"No War in 1952"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

"There'll be no world war in 1952" is the conclusion of distinguished American commentator…

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"Gospel of Class War Harmful"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 7

CANBERRA, Mon.—Australian production had suffered greatly because of the close link between…

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WHO Teams of Experts Cover the Globe in War on Disease

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 11

The World Health Organization's fight against disease is being carried out on every continent of the world, wherever its services arc needed. Above right, a British member of a WHO team in Istanbul instructs a nurse…

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Pavilion Entries Best Since War Flowers, Fruit and Vegetables Show Excellent Quality

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

The pavilion at Kiama Show was crammed with entries which were considered by spectators of many years standing to compare favourably with some of the best years. They said this year was easily the best since the war for number and quality of…

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Soldiers' Families Coming Home

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tues. — Fifty-five families of Australian servicemen would leave Kure for Australia aboard…

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War Book Causes a Stir

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 2

Chester Wilmot, former Australian journalist and during the war, one of the BBC's bravest and most…

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Waring to Soldier Settlers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 11

Soldier settlers were warned today by the Acting Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, that firm action should be taken against…

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Good Progress with Cub Lair War Memorial

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 11

Last weekend was a busy one at the site of the War Memorial Cub Lair at the Scout Camp at Mt. Keira…

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Adelaide Cricketer Shot Dead; Another Wounded

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wed.—An Army captain was shot dead and another man seriously, wounded on a…

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War Memorial Cub Lair

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 14

Lest weekend was a very busy one at the site of the War Memorial Cub Lair at the Scout Camp at Mt. Keira, when a large team of voluntary workers put the finishing touches to the foundations and prepared the road for the…

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War Stopped For King

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 2

TOKYO, Fri.—At a given signal, the Korean War stopped for officers and men of the…

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Cannot Combine Peace, War Economy (To the Editor)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 8

SIR,—Two world wars and a depression have been experienced within the lifetime of our people…

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War Memorial Cub Lair

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 28

Last weekend, work on construction of the War Memorial Cub Lair being erected at Mt. Keira Scout Camp was advanced a further stage when the foundations were poured and the preparatory work carried out the bricklaying…

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Don't Known The War Is Over

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 3

MANILA, Wed.—Nobuhiko Jimbo, former Lieut.-Colonel in the Japanese Army, flew to…

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"Invasion Unlikely In Global War"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.—If war came on a global scale, it would be won or lost outside Australia, the…

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