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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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“Ike” Hears MacARTHUR’S Plan to End the Korean War

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: General Eisenhower’s meeting with General Douglas MacArthur has produced cheers from Republican Congressmen and sighs of relief from diplomatic circles, says United Press. Administration officials, taking their cue from the White House, had a uniform…

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Soldier on Three Charges

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 15

Walter Kelly, 24, soldier, of Bandiana, was remanded until February 2, after, an application by Mr. H. Flood…

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Ex-soldier on £800 theft charge

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 December 1952 · page 15

SYDNEY, Fri.: Police tonight charged a former soldier with stealing £800 from a safe at Ingleburn Army camp…

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Soldier on £300 Bail

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 December 1952 · page 20

SYDNEY, Fri.: A 20-year-old soldier charged with assaulting a woman with intent to rape and with maliciously causing…

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War’s terrific toll in North Korea

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 December 1952 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun.: Thousands of North Korean civilians are starving to death and as a result the war devastated country may…

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17 gift bulls for soldier settlers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Seventeen 100 guinea Aberdeen-Angus stud bulls, donated by members of the Aberdeen-Airbus Society of…

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Doesn’t expect “hot war” in Europe

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: Germans believed Russia would not start a “hot war” but would foster civil war in Germany, a young…

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Gromyko hurls amazing charges at America Alleges mass murder of war prisoners

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 3

MEW YORK, Mon.: The United Italians General Assembly today rejected by an overwhelming majority a charge by the Soviet Union that the United States had committed mass murder against Communist prisoners of war. The vote was taken after an unprecedented and gruelling all-night…

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Thrills quest cost soldier his life

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 December 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs.: A teenage Marine, seeking excitement on his Christmas leave, set off two flaming phosphorous…

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Russian Soldiers Kill German Policeman

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 December 1952 · page 5

BERLIN, Thurs.: Soviet soldiers shot dead a West Berlin policeman in the French sector today. West German police said the…

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Girl badly wounded

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 December 1952 · page 12

GEELONG. Fri.: A 13-year-old girl is in Geelong Hospital with about 40 square inches of her hip damaged by heavy shot…

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15 million war veterans crippled, survey says

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 December 1952 · page 12

LONDON, Fri.: About 15,000,000 war veterans are disabled according to a survey compiled by the World Veterans’ Federation, rehabilitation division. Seven million were…

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Stalin may become peacemaker in the Korean War

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 December 1952 · page 1

HEW YORK, Fri.: Premier Stalin may well be putting his into the role of actual mediator in the Korean negotiations, Harrison Salisbury said in a Moscow dispatch to the New York “Times” today. The correspondent was…

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Eisenhower to Step Up War Tempo in Far East

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 December 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON Sun.: Officials of the Eisenhower Adiminstration intend to perfect in the next few months a master strategy against Communism throughout the Far Wast. The…

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Soldier May Have Been Eaten by Pet

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 December 1952 · page 7

SAIGON, Sun.: The police are investigating their most mysterious and macabre find of the year—a dead crocodile left in a city…

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Soldier on Slaying Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 December 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.: Bail was refused Allan Matthew Robinson, 31, soldier, of Ingleburn camp, when he was remanded to…

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Guerrilla War Threat to British

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 December 1952 · page 10

CAIRO, Tues.: A threat of a resumption of guerrilla warfare against the British forces if they were not soon evacuated from…

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