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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Was Drunk on Bicycle Bandiana Soldier Fined

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 8

First case of its kind to come before Albury Court for a long time was heard yesterday when John Clifford Cunnane, 19 years,…

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Us. War Chiefs Look West Washington

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 3

THE U.S. chiefs of staff have come to the conclusion that the main emphasis of U.S. global strategy should be shifted from Europe to Asia. According to diplomatic sources…

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Minister Defends - Federal Control of Soldier Settlement

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA. Tues.: The Minister for the Interior (Mr. McBride). said today that arrangements under which the…

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Outlaw War; Turn to Life—Council of Churches SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 3

“PEACE will not be coerced through the hydrogen bomb, nor any other weapon,” the Australian Council for the World Council of Churches said in a final statement today after the conclusion of its annual conference…

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War Memorial—sports Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

AT its next meeting the Hay War Memorial Committee will consider the programme for a sports meeting to be staged in aid of its funds on King's Birthday, 12th June. The committee is divided on the…

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War Bride Shot Herself

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thurs.. Mrs. Virginia Garrett, 32, an Australian war bride, committed suicide at her home in Martinsville (West…

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Mo[?] Jap War Criminals to Be Released

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

TOKIO, Thursday : About 100 more Japanese war criminals will be released from Sugamo prison this week. General…

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Soldier Settlers Break Records

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY. Thurs: Minister for Lands. Mr Sheahan. announced tonight that soldier settlers had broken the previous month’s record…

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Most Decorated Soldier May Lose Actress Wife

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 2

HOLLYWOOD, Friday: Actress Wanda Hendrix announced that she would file a divorce suite today against Audie Mupphy—most…

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“Turn From War and Live”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun : In an address from Station 2KY last night Dr H. V. Evatt, deputy Leader of the Opposition, said one of…

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War’s Bombs “In Few Days” Now

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 7

Lieut-General Curtis Le May, commanding general of the U.S. Strategic Air Command, said recently that if atomic…

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Aboriginal Collection of War Weapons

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

Mr. H. M. Eastman's offer of a collection of aboriginal war weapons and other implements has been accepted by…

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U.S. State Dept. Official Says War With Russia Is Not Inevitable

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 5

A U.S.-Russian war, while possible, is by no means inevitable and indeed not even probably if America keeps militarily strong and…

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Soldier Settlers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Lands announced on Friday last that soldier settlers had broken the previous month's record repayment of their…

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Britain Now at War London

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Morgan, the Chief of General Eisenhower’s Joint Staff, yesterday told the London Publicity Club that Britain was now at war with an enemy far more formidable than Germany or Japan could…

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Soldier Gets 20 Years’ Gaol

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

WETZIAR (Germany), Tues: An American military court today found Private Joseph W. Bailey, 19, guilty of murdering a divinity…

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Peasant Run Amok:—killed Fiancee, Two Neighbors, Wounded 23 Others Ancona, Wed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

After killing his fiancee and two neighbors and wounding 23 other people in five hours of wild shooting Cetuillio Lillini, a 23-year-old peasant, today held the whole village of Filottrano, near Ancona, in…

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Victoria’s De-control Move Could Lead to Prices War---Hollway MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

Victorian Premier, Mr. Hollway, admitted today that the State’s decision to decontrol prices could lead to “price wars,” but declared that prices would then find their true level. The policy of decontrol would apply to nationally-distributed goods, as well as to goods of…

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Help for Returned Men

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4

The Berrigan Post-War Assistance Fund, since its formation, has assisted some ten returned servicemen of the district, very little aid being…

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War Nurses’ Memorial centre Opened

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

Last Sunday the War Nurses’ Memorial Centre was opened in Melbourne by His Excellency, the Governor of Victoria, Sir…

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