Trials of Japanese on war crimes charges are nearing the end
LOS NEGROS, Tues.: Trials of alleged Japanese war criminals by the Australian War Crimes Court will end within a week The final trial, which…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
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Korean War U.n. Forces Advance Methodically
TOKIO, Wed. (AAP-Reuter) : United Nations forces continued their methodical advance generally along the whole Korean front today and met only irresolute resistance…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Australia had less than two years to prepare for an Inevitable third world war, the Minister for the…
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TOKIO, Thurs.: A warning to Australian servicemen against allowing Australia ever being turned into a battlefield was given…
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Declaring that .“non-Chinese” troops were assembling in Manchuria, Mr. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said that the United States faced “a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meeting Decides Order Of Service For Anzac Day At Albury
Albury Anzac Day ceremonies will be observed this year, as in the past, with a civic service on Monument Hill preceded by a march—on Wednesday. This was decided by a large public meeting at the…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Sydney industrialists have been warned of the danger of the Communist “cold war” by the…
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SAIGON. Sun.: Vietminh leade Dr Ho Chi-Minh and Commander-in-chief General Nguyen Gia[?] announced in separate broadcasts…
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TOKIO, Sun.: There was no end in sight to Korean war under present military conditions unless there was a political settlement, Lieut.-General Ridgway said today…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: The body of a young soldier, cut in half by a train, was found on the railway track near the Broadmeadows…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Bar[?]g war, the Olympic Games [?] be held in Melbourne in [?] 51,Mr. E. Tanner said today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last of Japs Tried by War Crimes Court
LOS NEGROS Monday.—Trials of Japanese war criminals by the Australian War Crimes Court ended to-day. The courts’s final action was to acquit a former Japanese navy seaman of a charge of having murdered an Australian p.o.w at Koepang…
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Anzac Day arrangements in Wodonga will be similar to last year. Ministers’ Fraternal will conduct a morning service and the…
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WASHINGTON, Tues.: The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr Sam Rayburn), following his conference with…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: The Minister for External Affairs (Mr Spender) said today that Australian was striving to end the war in Korea. Since the attack made on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buy a Tin Hat on Anzac Day
"As a prelude to Anzac Day, the United Returned Soldiers' Fund is distributing miniature Tin Hats, which will be sold to help those…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Russia Ready for War’ Mr. Harrison’s Warning
SYDNEY, Wed.: Russia was ready for war with 4,000,000 men under [?] and 175 divisions of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Memorial Ladies’ Committee
A meeting of the war Memorial Ladiesâ Committee was held in the Council Chambers on Saturday when 12…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Red Cross at Service of Humanity in War and Peace
Wherever its banner is unfurled, Red Cross becomes synonymous with honour, kindness and devotion. Its services are accepted with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Macarthur May Have Caused a Third World War” Truman tells world why he dismissed the general
WASHINGTON, Thursday.—President Truman explained to the world last night that he dismissed General Douglas MacArthur from his command in the Far East because the far Eastern commander’s policies carried “a very grave risk” of starting a Third Would War…
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