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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Korea’s All Nations War Is Tough !

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

The rugged Korean countryside makes fighting a war tough going. Here infantrymen of the Royal Australian Regiment are seen climbing make-shift ladders to cross a partially wrecked bridge as they push towards the Communist lines…

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“Soviet' Didn’t Lead China Into Korean War”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Fri.: Communist China’s attacks in Korea had nothing to do with dictation from Russia, Sir Senegal Rau, chief…

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Pictures Civil War Saga Is Grand Scale Melodrama

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

Grand scale melodrama comes to the Majestic Theatre screen next Saturday and Monday when "Tap Roots", a technicolor saga of a famous…

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War Veterans’ £30,000 Lottery

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.;. Chairman of the War Veterans’ Home Board (Dr William Wood) announced today that his board had accepted a…

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Completed 100 missions in Korean war

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tues.: Two Australian pilots of No. 77 Mustang Fighter Squadron had completed 100 combat missions, each in…

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“American P.O.W. Protest on Korean War”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.: Moscow Radio today issued what it described as a “joint statement” by a group of more than 400…

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Rom Soldier’s Thigh

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

The bomb, seven and a half inches long, hit Paries during an action against the Vietminh rebels…

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USA “could prevent war”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: President Truman yesterday said that the United States through its rearmament programme was…

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Pictures Soldiers Make Merry to Make Bright Film

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 2

One of 1951's most eagerly anticipated comedies will be screened at the Majestic Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday when the merry Army…

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Soldiers on leave to bosk in luxury

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 15

CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Minister for the Army (Mr Francis) today announced that United Nations forces were now…

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Americans Release More War Criminals

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 11

HEIDELBERG, Sun: American authorities yesterday released three more war criminals from Lands berg Prison, Bavaria, making…

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Victoria, NSW Tas at “war”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 2

From our correspondent aboard HMAS Sydney, flagship of the Commonwealth fleet at Sunday: “Operation Hostile” began off the NSW coast yesterday when “war” was declared…

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Korean War Sidelight “Northerners went United Notions protection”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 2

LAKE SUCCESS, Sun.: General Douglas MacArthur informed the United Nations yesterday that practically the entire North Korean people had shown “their complete aversion to…

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Seek “No War Pact”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Mon.: The World Peace Council meeting at East Berlin launched an appeal aimed to get the United States,…

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Famous Northern Property for Soldier Settlement

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 4

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) has announced that about 18,000 acres of Goonoo Goonoo Station in the Tamworth…

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£52 Million in War Gratuities on March 3

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.: War gratuities now authorised for payment on March 3 next total £52,791,[?]6, Treasurer (Mr…

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Minister Wants War on [?] Drivers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 7

CANBERRA , Thurs.; Drunken drivers were [?] cold much more than [?] be naughty boys,” the Minister for Air (Mr…

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Famous Northern Station for Soldier Settlement

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 4

About 18,150 acres of Goonoo Goonoo station in the Tamworth district is to be purchased for soldier settlement under an…

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Wool Tax Applies to Soldier Settlers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

Soldier settlers Under the war service land settlement scheme and ex-servicemen being financially assisted in other ways to…

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Children’s Sanctuary in Midst of War

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Fri.: The black circle rings the island of Chayaku Ko on the war maps of the United…

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