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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Soldiers’ Club Rules May Be Changed

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 9

Difficulties which have arisen over the management of the Albury Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Club will be aired at a special general…

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Items of News War on Insects

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

Cockroaches and silverfish at the Albury District Hospital are in for a tough time. At the board meeting last evening it was decided to…

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“No Immediate War Danger”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Tues. : While there was no immediate danger of war, there was a possibility of almost permanent…

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Soldier, Found Dead, Wrote Farewell Note

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday : A fisherman found the body of a young soldier lying face down on a blood-soaked newspaper at…

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War Memorial Committee

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 3

A meeting of the Committee of the Jerilderie and District War Memorial was held on Thursday afternoon last, there being…

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Soldier Settlement

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 2

Up to the present, 47 estates in New South Wales have been acquired for soldier settlement and 512 men settled on them. This is in…

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First Post-war Newsprint From Britain

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun. : Britain’s first shipments of newsprint to Australia since 1938 had arrived and more were on…

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War Memorial Sports All Set for the Big Day Footraces—Cycling—Boxing—Merry-go-Round

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

THE Hay War Memorial Sports Committee are confident of a big attendance at their Anniversary Day Sports on Monday. The sports should start at about 11.30, and will be run off in close order throughout the day. Lunch and afternoon…

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Former Member of Russian Military Governor’s Staff in Berlin Says:— “Soviet Preparing for War” London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

THE Political Bureau of the Soviet Communist Party was making feverish preparations for a Third World War, including a propaganda campaign of hatred against Britain and…

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“War Not Imminent'”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday : War was not imminent, but was “at least a possibility,” declared the Secretary for the Army (Mr…

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“Push Button War” Not Imminent

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.: Sir Robert Watson-Watt, scientific adviser on telecommunications, told the Radar…

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“Everyone Knows Whom Next War Will Be Against”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

ACCORDING to Lieut.-Col. Fogarty, a third world war is a certainty and “everyone knows who it will be against.”…

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15 U.s Soldiers Believed Dead in Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Sunday : Five American soldiers were killed; 10 others are missing, and five were seriously injured in a fire…

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Woman Critically Wounded Accident at Lavington

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 1

A 64-year-old woman was critically wounded at Lavington yesterday morning when a 22 calibre bullet struck her…

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Boy on Murder Intent Charge Man Critically Wounded

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed. : After Robert Baden Smith, 47, a postal employe, bad been shot in the back with a charge…

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America Suspicious of Marshal Stalin’s Peace Offer Willing to Meet Mr. Truman “Renounce Intention Of Resorting to War” WASHINGTON

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 1

A COOL U.S. Government reception to Marshal Stalin’s statement of his willingness to talk peace with President Truman was forecast today by authoritative quarters, states Renter’s…

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Climax to Six Months’ Security Investigations Former Soldier Arrested at Lithgow

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 3

LITHGOW, Tues: The arrest of a former Lithgow soldier on a receiving charge today climaxed six months of…

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U.N. Mediation In China War?

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Thursday : The Chinese language newspaper, “China Times” says it is understood that the United Nations…

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Dutch Continue War Despite Security Council Decision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday : Despite Security Council resolutions the Dutch were continuing the colonial war in…

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“Why Do You Insist on War ?” Pamphlets Dropped By Chinese Nationalist Planes NANKING

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

NATIONALIST planes today dropped peace pamphlets over some Communist armies threatening the Nanking-Shanghai area, asking, “Why do you insist on war ?”…

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