China Blockade Could Shorten Korea War
TOKYO, Sun.—The Japanese Army, officer who planned and directed Japan's unsuccessful blockade…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
156 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 8
To the Editor: Risk Of War For Australia
Sir,—General Eisenhower's policy of egging on the Chiang Kai-shek Formosan troops to invade China's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Balgownie Soldier For Coronation
Sergt Vincent Ward, of John Street, Balgownie, has been selected as a member of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian Fears of Wider War
OTTAWA, Wed.—The Canadian Foreign Secretary (Mr. Lester Pearson) said in the Canadian…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Reds Make New Germ War Charges
HONG KONG, Mon. — Communist China yesterday launched fresh germ warfare charges on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armchair Air Aces Are Science's Latest Gifts to Korean War
SEOUL.—Modern science's most recent contribution to the Korean War is the air ace who does not fly. The Fifth U.S. Air Force's armchair Mig-killers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turks Invited to Anzac Commemoration
CANBERRA, Tues. — A Representative delegation from the Turkish forces serving in Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Would Not Pay Russia
WASHINGTON. Tues. — Senate Republican leader Sanator Robert Taft does not think the Soviet Union…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remodelling at Port Kembla Soldiers' Club
The grounds of the R.S.L. Club, at Port Kembla, are being re-modelled. The surrounding hedge is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russians "Want" War In Korea
NEW YORK, Thurs.—The United States told the United Nations yesterday there was little point in trying to formulate new Korean truce proposals while the Soviet Union was determined to prolong the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thirroul Soldiers Club
The following officials were appointed at the recent annual meeting of the Thirroul Soldiers' Memorial Club:…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rugby League Declares 'War' On Foul Play
SYDNEY, Mon. — The president of the N.S.W. Rugby League (Mr. H. Flegg) today said official…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Court Exonerates War Criminal
MUNICH, Wed.—A German de-Nazification Court has exonerated Colonel-General Alfred Jodi…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tito Thinks War Danger Lessening
LONDON, Wed.—Marshal Tito yesterday expresses the emphatic view that the possibility of war is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Independent Diary Anzac Visit
The news that Captain John McCabe— shall we say of Greece, Libya, Syria, New Guinea, Korea?—is to be in Kiama for Anzac Day is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Famous Army Padre For Kiama Anzac Day
Australia's most famous Army padre of the Second World War, Senior Captain John McCabe, S.A., is to come to Kiama for this year's Anzac Day parade and ceremony on April 19th…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →France Does Not Want Australian Troops in Indochina War
SYDNEY, Mon.—The French Minister for Indo-China (M. Le Tourneau) said today France would not ask Australia to send troops to fight in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Prizemoney in Tug-o'-war at St. Patrick's Sports
A total of £20 in prizemoney has been offered by the organisers for a tug-o'-war competition at next Saturday's St. Patrick's Day sports…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Sprayer for Anti-locust War
A new sprayer produced by a specialist British firm is playing a large part in the war being waged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Korean War Costs Australia More Than Anticipated
CANBERRA, Wed—The Treasurer (Sir Arthur Fadden) today said that Australia's expenditure on the Korean front had proved to be considerably…
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