Two young soldiers riding motor cycle
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Two young soldiers were killed instantly last night when their motor cycle crashed into ah electric light pole in Pascoe Vale rd., Pascoe Voile…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
576 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 29
“No World War”
NEW YORK, Mon: Expressing the belief that an all-out wail would be deferred, the Direction of Defence Mobilisation (Mr Ed]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pope Warns of Danger of Another War
ROME, Mon.: Christianity was now exposed to the danger of another bloody world conflict, the Pope said,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia Will Be Geared for War, Conference Decides “Clash with Russia Within Three Years”
CANBERRA, Mon.: Basic principles for gearing the industrial and primary production of Australia for war were outlined at a top level conference here today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Reds to be extended
WASHINGTON, Tues.: New Federal prosecutions of Communists in the United States are foreshadowed following a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.z. War Hero Created Baron
LONDON, Wed.: New Zealand’s Governor-General and war hero, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg, V.C., is among the barons created by the King in the United Kingdom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Probe Into Soldiers’ Allegations
CANBERRA, Wed.: Minister for the Army (Mr Francis) said today that allegations attributed to members of the 3rd Battarion RAA…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Point Plan to End Korean War
New York, Fri.: The 16 nations fighting in Korea under the United Nations flag are understood to be agreed on five basic aims…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accuses Soviet of wanting war
MEDFORD (Massachusetts), Mon.: The Soviet Union was growing “more reckless, more impatient, and less subtle” in preparations for aggression, a State Department spokesman said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Reds to continue Korean war
TAIPEI, Wed. : China’s Communist military leaders have decided to continue the Korean war, according to Nationalist Chinese intelligence reports…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sabotage suspected HMS Glory out of war
LONDON, Wed.: HMS Glory, Britain’s only operational aircraft carrier off Korea, has been withdrawn from service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket Board insures against war
MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Australian Cricket Board of Control has taken out an insurance policy against a possible loss in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Senator accuses U.S. War Chief of siding with the Soviet Union
WASHINGTON, Fri.: In a bitter attack in the United States Senate on Defence Secretary (General George Marshall), Senator Joseph McCarthy said that President Truman was a “loyal American,” but was not master in his own house…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap navy man who spent 6 years on island now war convinced the war is over!
GUAM, Sun.: A Japanese naval petty officer has been convinced after nearly six years that the war is over! He is Junji, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mathoura News War Memorial Fund Expected to Exceed £3900
By the end of Jane, when all monies raised by the Popular Girls will be in hand, the Murray Shire War Memorial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Cross Comforts for Soldiers in Korea
Since September last year, the Australian Red Cross has sent 57 tons of comforts, including 410,000 cigarettes, to sick and wounded soldiers in Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Soldier Survived Six Years Entombment
WARSAW, Mon.: The amazing discovery of a 32-year-old German soldier who survived six years’ entombment in an underground Nazi army supply depot, was announced by the authorities yesterday. He said the soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“It Is a Hard, Filthy War”
MELBOURNE, Tues.: “It’s a hard, filthy war. And all the time we had the feeling that the people down here haven’t…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →They’re Out of the Korean War
Some of the thousands of Chinese prisoners taken by the United Nations forces in a prisoner-of-war camp in Pusan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier shoots watchman
HAVANA (Cuba); Tues.: An American Marine guard and a Cuban watchman were shot dead, at the US Embassy here today…
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