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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Stalin’s Reported Price for Ending Korean War New York

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 3

Stalin has suggested that the United Notions should seat Communist China in the Security Council as a first step in ending the Korean war, the New York “Times” reported to-day. This, in effect, was his reply…

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Soldier Crushed to Death

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Driver Terance Morley, of No. 1 Transport Co., R.A.A.S.C., Puckapunyal, was crushed to death by a…

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“Comrades” Prepare For War

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A two page leaflet headed “Comrades. Prepare for War” has been found at Ballarat…

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Indonesians Begin War Against “Rebels”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 20

DJAKARTA, Tuesday : The Indonesian Defence Ministry today confirmed the starting of military operations against the…

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Korean War Seen, As American Affair

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.: Any likelihood of a special Australian expeditionary force being sent to Korea seems to have been dispelled by…

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Truman to Speak to Nation on Korean War

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: President Truman will send a message on the Korean war to Congress at 4 p.m. tomorrow…

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U.s. Will Not Settle War on Stalin’s Terms

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tues.: The United States will reject Russia’s bid to seat Communist China In the United…

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Turning Point in the Korean War Is Reached Allies Now Ready to Take Offensive; Reds Halted South Korea

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

The turning point has been reached in the Korean war, and it may be said that the Allies are now ready to turn from the defensive to the offensive…

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Wounded Slaughtered by North Koreans New York

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

Thirty wounded American soldiers were reported last night to have been shot to death on their stretchers by the North Koreans, says the Associated Press…

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Wounded Boy’s Condition “Slightly Improved”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

“Slightly improved” was the bulletin issued at noon today on the conditions of 15-year-old Mathoura boy, William…

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America Now on War Footing

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: President Truman yesterday put the United States on a war footing to meet the threat to world…

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Brick Production Near Pre-war Figure

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 13

CANBERRA, Thurs.: Monthly production of bricks in August almost reached the pre-war figure, according to a bulletin…

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No African Soldiers for Korea

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 1

PRETORIA, Fri.: The South African Cabinet at a special meeting yesterday decided it would be “unpractical and unrealistic”…

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Top Jap War Criminal Dead

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 8

TOKIO, Sun: Shingenorj Togo[?] a former Japanese Foreign Minister, who was serving a 20-year- sentences for war crimes died of…

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Dutch War- Ships in Action Against Reds

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday : A Navy spokesman disclosed yesterday that a Dutch warship had gone into action with…

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No Early End to Korean War Likely Tokio

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 3

In Washington today a senior Defence Department official gave a warning that it might be mid-autumn or even spring before United States forces could mount a major offensive in Korea…

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Army Needs Young Men Enlist Now.-- Minister’s Call Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 2

The steady deterioration in the international situation boldly emphasised the need for urgency in the preparation of the armed…

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Blackfellows’ War Weapons At the Council Table

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

When the mayor placed numerous blackfellows’ war weapons (something like those in the accompanying picture)…

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“Americans Facing a Near ‘Dunkirk’ in Korean War” LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 2

“Not since Dunkirk has a great power been in such a predicament as the United States is in Korea,” declares Mr Ward Price, the London “Daily Mail” correspondent in a despatch from Tokio. He adds : “By her…

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Soldier Settlement to Go On

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Man.: Belief that soldier settlement would end shortly was unfounded, the Minister for Lands (Mr Renshaw)…

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