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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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War Goods to Russia

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

[?] Friday: The [?] of the European operation Administration Hoffman) today assured the…

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Arab States Have Declared War Against Jews In Palestine LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

The Associated Press correspondent at Damascus states that Arab League General Secretariat has issued a formal declaration of a “state of war” against Palestine Jewry…

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War Now in Full Blast in the Holy Land LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 1

With the ending of the British mandate in Palestine and the proclamation of the Jewish State of Israel, full-scale fighting has broken out in the Holy Land. Tel Aviv has been bombed several times. According to the Associated Press correspondent, Haganah, the…

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Said Husband Waged War of Nerves

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.: A wife who said in the Divorce Court today her husband permitted her only to listen to hymns on the radio…

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£6½ Million Spent on Farms for Ex-soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: A total of 174 estates have so far been secured for soldier settlement comprising: 1,267,131 acres at a…

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Assisted Australians During War

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 6

JAMES ANASTASSOPOULOS, a young Greek, who arrived, in Albury on Sunday on his way to Bemboka, NSW, in acceptance of…

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War Risk Grave -De Valera

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tues. — On his return from Perth today, Mr de Valera, a former Eire Prime Minister, said there was a grave…

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6.—Border Morning Mail, Wednesday, May 19, 1948. War-time Promise Fulfilled Sends for Greek Benefactor; Albury Welcome

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 6

The arrival in Albury on Sunday of Mr. James Anastassopoulos, from Greece, was the sequel to a war-time promise made by an Australian soldier, Mr. Ernest Hancock, of…

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Getting His War Service Home

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 2

“One War Service Home has already been approved—the applicant is a very happy man,” said the president ..(Mr Bowen),…

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Soldiers Passes On Rupert Frederick Jane, M.M.

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 1

The death occurred on Wednesday night of MR. RUPERT FREDERICK JANE from heart failure following an immediate serious operation on…

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War Ace Killed

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 13

LONDON. Friday. — The British United Press correspondent in Rome says that the Canadian war ace. George (“Screwball”)…

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"E.r.p. Failure Might Kean War"

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK Fri. The European recovery programme must succeed because failure might well mean a Third…

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Another Estate Foe Soldier Settlement

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 12

SYDNEY, Friday: Pine Lodge Estate, situated near Finlay and Deniliquin in the Riverina, is [?] be subdivided for soldier…

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Wounded Youth’s Long

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.-16-year-old youth last night walked nearly a mile after being shot with an American army automatic…

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M.E. War May Affect Petrol Supplies Here Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 3

The Prime Minister today issued a warning that disturbances in the Middle East could reduce the quantity of petrol available to Australia. He added, however, that the Commonwealth Government would not review the present…

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Police-soldiers in Fierce Battle

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.: The New Delhi radio quoted by Reuter said the Indian Government believed that the attack on…

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Post-War New Models in Albury

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 8

Two entirely new car models have just made their appearance in Albury. CHRYSLER : With fluid drive…

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Jap. War Crimes Trial Verdict in July

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 3

TOKIO, Tues. — No verdict is now expected in the major war crimes trial until at least the middle of July, it was reliably…

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War Memorial Committee

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

A meeting of the Jerilderie District War Memorial Committee was held on Thursday afternoon last. Present.—Messrs. A. B. Lawrance…

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Arabs Announce Stiff Terms for Ending the War in Palestine New York

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 3

It is authoritatively learned that the Arab States’ reply to the Security Council ceasefire order, which the Arab leaders are discussing at Amman, will contain three…

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