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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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War Brides Lend-lease Plan

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 11

NEW YORK, Wed.: Australian war brides have launched a nnique “lend-lease” plan to give themselves a four months’…

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Land for Ex-soldiers‘

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 9

The Minister for Lands (Mr Renshaw) yesterday issued reminder to ex-servicemen applications for admission to the ballot for…

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Payment of War Gratuities

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 4

The payment of War Gratuities will be made on March 3. 1951 and ex-servicemen who have not yet made application should do so now to save…

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Soviet to Wage Cold War Against India

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK. Thurs.: The Soviet Union will begin a cold war against India and India's neighbours after establishing military bases in…

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First Wounded Home

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Three wounded Australian soldiers who returned from Korea by plane today, said the Korean…

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Jap. War, Criminals to See Films

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 3

TOKIO, Friday : Japanese war criminals serving sentences on Manus Island will be able to see the latest…

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End the Push War Push Begins Tokio, Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 1

One hundred thousand United Nations troops, covered by a massive air umbrella, crunched steadily forward as much as 10 miles today through “No Man’s Land” in north-west…

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C.M.F. to be Sent Overseas Only to Big War Assurance Given by the Prime Minister Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 3

An assurance that the Government would not pick up any battalion or brigade of Citizens’ Military Forces and send them off willy nilly as such to localised campaigns like Korea was given by the Prime Minister, Mr Menzies, in a broadcast tonight…

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Shots Near Dance; Four Mien Wounded

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 10

GUYRA, Sunday : Four men were wounded when eight shots were fired outside a [?] hall at Ben Lomond, near Gayra,…

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War Hater’s Abusive Letter

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Sun.: Detectives are seeking the author of an abusive letter sent to the widowed mother of an Australian solider killed in…

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U. K. to Move to End War Drift London

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 3

A strong British move to secure o new meeting between the West and Russia to end the war drift is imminent, political circles here believed today…

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War Unlikely

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 15

AUCKLAND, Tues: There was not likely to be war but that was only his personal feeling and hope, the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr…

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“Soviet Holds Key to Peace or War” Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 3

Whether the world was to be permitted to devote the talents of mankind to the pursuit of peace and happiness depended almost wholly upon one nation—Soviet Russia, the Minister…

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MacARTHUR on Chinese Intervention “We Face an Entirely New War” Tokio

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 3

More than 200,000 Chinese Communist troops are now arrayed against United Nations forces in Korea, General Douglas MacArthur said in a personal communique today…

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Soldier Who was “Killed” Has Relatives Here

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 15

Mr. C. J. Harrold of 550 Stanley at Albury is a cousin of Pte Kevin Williams Newtown Sydney, who arrived in Australia on Monday…

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860 Airwoman to Be Enlisted

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.: Total establishment of 30 officers and 832 airwomen had been approved for the Women’s Royal Australian Air…

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Two Jap War Criminals Gaoled

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 16

LOS NEGROS, Thurs. : The War Crimes Court today sentenced Captain Kaneki Kagiyama to 14 years’ imprisonment and…

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Korean War, Rearmament Hitting Our Development CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 11

Events in Korea and the rapidly mounting tempo of demands by ot-her countries upon overseas supplies of materials for rearmament are having a serious effect on Australian…

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“Chinese Can Start, Prevent World War” London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 19

The British Foreign Secretary (Mr Bevin) to-day threw the Chinese Communist Government the responsibility of avoiding a world war. He told the House of Commons that he did…

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Soldier on Serious Charge

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 18

SYDNEY, Thursday.: [?] prosecutor (Sgt Martin) [?] in Redforn Court today that a 19-year-old soldier had tried…

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