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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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Alleged Fatal Injuries to Ex-soldier

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 September 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday : A post-mortem examination revealed today that an ex-serviceman who was transferred from Callan…

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Liberals Will War Against Communism

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tues. : Federal council of the Liberal Party today, following a meeting of the special committee to consider the…

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Western Union Hurries Along War Preparations Mobilisation Plans Are Discussed Vital Meeting Of Defence Ministers LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 1

RESPONSIBLE diplomatic officials in Washington to-day expressed the conviction that a Soviet attack on western Europe was unlikely, despite the rapidly developing diplomatic show-down…

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Vital Labor Decision on War Policy

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed. : Triennial conference of the ALP today decided to eliminate from its defence policy the principle of raising…

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America Preparing “Phantom Orders” For War Goods New York, Thurs

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

MR Arthur Hill, Chairman of the National Security Board, revealed tonight that “phantom…

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Russia Accused of Stalling Will Not Return U.s. War Vessels

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thurs. The Acting Secretary of State (Mr Robert Lovett) today accused Russia of stalling to avoid trhe…

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“Spies Revealed 89 U.S. War Secrets to Russia” New York

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 14

THE Scripts Howard newspapers said to-day in a copyrighted despatch from Washington that official records showed that a “minimum figure” of 89 important American military, industrial and scientific war secrets had been revealed…

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Dewey Outlines His Foreign Policy “Does Not Seek War With Soviet” Salt Lake City (Utah)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 2

OUTLINING the foreign policy which the world could expect if he were elected to the White House in the November Presidential elections, the Republican candidate, Governor Dewey, last night…

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Three More Farms for Ex-soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday : Three farms on “Tom’s Park,” Woomargama Estate (near Holbrook), are to be made available for…

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War Damage Commission’s Big Profit

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 8

CANBERRA, Sun.—The Prime Minister announced today that the War Damage Commission’s activities had been wound up, with a…

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Mr Chifley Tells How War Might Start Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 2

WAR might result if some nations attempted to win the fruits of war without actually engaging in it, the Prime Minister warned in a joint broadcast tonight with the New Zealand Prime Minister (Mr Fraser)…

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Terrorists Kill Four British Soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sun. : One officer, one NCO and two privates of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment…

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“Monty” Warns of War Danger

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.: Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, speaking at a territorial army recruiting drive at Mansion House today,…

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War Memorial Committee Meeting Assets Total Nearly £4000

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 3

With assets totalling nearly £4000 and more in sight the local War Memorial Committee should have funds in hand when building…

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Racketeers Still Exploiting Ex-soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday : The director of the Commonwealth Legal Service Bureau (Mr F. Wilkins) today appealed to…

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State of War With Austria Ends

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.: State war between Australia and Austria was terminated by the Australian Government as from noon…

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Solving War Mysteries

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 October 1948 · page 14

Squadron-Leader K. Bundle (left) discusses plans with Captain C. L. Harrison of the U.S. War Graves…

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France Facing Gravest Crisis Since War Paris

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 October 1948 · page 1

THE French Government has decided to draft a labor force to keep the coke ovens operating in the strike-bound coal mining area in North Frances, states Reuter’s correspondent in [?] If the ovens are allowed to die completely, many industries in the north will be [?] to shut down for months…

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“May Not Be Possible To Avoid War Russia With Russia” U.S. Minister Warns His Country Declares Soviet Seeks World Domination New York

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 October 1948 · page 3

“WHILE the United States seeks peace, it may not be possible to avoid war with Russia, but we shall proceed on the assumption that it is possible,” declared the…

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War Preparations by U.s. Significant Steps

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sun.: Mr Russell Hopley, Director of Civil Defence, disclosed today that the civil defence war…

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