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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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UK Wants Korean War Ended

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Fri.: Winding up the foreign affairs debate in the House of Commons last night, the Prime Minister (Mr Attlee)said…

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Austrians Selling War Materials to China

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 8

LONDON, Friday: Australian firms are selling war material to China, says “The Daily Express” The first consignment of 70 tons…

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Chinese Accused of Burking Wounded Americans Alive Tokio

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 5

American survivors of a Communist ambush on the north-east front in Korea said that fanatical Chinese Communists had burned wounded American prisoners alive and danced…

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Wants War with China Washington

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

The United Stoles should hove a showdown With its Allies to find out if they ore going to participate in a war…

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U.S. Seamen Fear Outbreak of War

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 6

HONG KONG, Sun: American crewmen of the Isbrantsen Shipping Co’s freighter Flying Clipper now at Hong Kong, have…

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Nehru Has Plan to End the Korean War LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 8

“Reynolds News” lead story today said the Indian Premier (Mr Nehru) had prepared a plan to end the Korean war and bring about a Far Eastern settlement…

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Chinese Terms to End War

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 5

LAKE SUCCESS, Mon.: Sources close to the Soviet Union revealed today that the Chinese People’s Republic might be…

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Peace or War Talks Attlee Flies to America; London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 3

The British Prime Minister (Mr Attlee) left by Stratocruiser for the United States late last night to hold his momentous discussions with President Truman. Among those who accompanied…

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More Wounded Arriving from Korea

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday : A special plane, carrying 12 soldiers wounded in Korea, is due to arrive at Mascot at 8 a.m. tomorrow…

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Senator talks War

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Tues.: Fresh from a visit to Korea, Senator William Knowland (Republican) yesterday called on the United…

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Truman Assails Red Leaders of China “Caused Risk of Big War ” WASHINGTON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 1

Chinese Communist leaders had deliberately caused a grove risk of a general war by invading Korea, President Truman said today. He was addressing a…

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Enlistment Rate Dropping

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The fall in the rate of enlistments for the Army, Navy and Air Force is attributed to the approach of the…

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Koraen War Relief

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 6

The Presbyterian Church of Australia, having had a Mission in Korea for some 50 years, is in a favourable position to organise…

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30,000 Men to Be Enlisted for Overseas Service Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced to-day that recruiting would be stepped up shortly to enlist 30,000 men in the Citizen Military Forces for service anywhere in the world…

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Soldier Settlement Scheme Extension

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 December 1950 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday.—A plea for the further extension of the Returned Soldier Land Settlement Scheme was made in the House…

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Australia Leads Attack on Soviet Over War Prisoners Lake Success

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 December 1950 · page 15

Australia fold the UNO Social Committee yesterday there was evidence that five years after the last war large numbers of prisoners of war had not returned home or were otherwise unaccounted for by the Soviet Union…

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“Dunkirk” for Civilians, Wounded

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday : The Admiralty announced yesterday a successful sea evacuation of 7000 civilian refugees and…

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War Fever in China

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 3

HONG KONG, Sun.: Special correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” here says a dangerous war fever is being stirred up…

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WAR - Wining Bomb Is Missing Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Supply (Mr Beale) said tonight he had ordered tin inquiry into the reported disappearance of a German-made guided missile…

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Chinese Expect U.S. to “Start” War in Europe LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 5

The Peking “Current Affairs Journal” of last Tuesday that when the United States started “a world war, Western Europe will soon be liberated,” the New York “Times” reported…

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