Korean war forecast to end on June 25
PAN MUN JOM, Tues.; The main truce delegations will meet tomorrow at Pan Mun Jom in what could be the decisive meeting prior to an armistice in Korea. The war is tripped to end…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
489 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 25
Wounded man thrashed alleged attacker
DARWIN, Thurs. : A man who had been shot in the stomach had chased and caught his alleged attacker, Darwin Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World’s Worst Air Disaster 120 Soldiers Die in Crash
TOKIO, Thurs.: One hundred and twenty-seven persons died, of whom 120 were American soldiers, when a giant double-decker Golbe-master transport crashed and burned near Tokio…
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MELBOURNE, Fri. : Four wounded Victorians who returned from Korea today were agreed that “nobody likes Rhee”…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More U.S. aid in Indo-China war
PARIS, Sun.: General John O’Daniel, the U.S. Army Commander in the Pacific, arrived at Saigon yesterday at the head…
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SYDNEY.. Mon.; A 25-year-old soldier was acquitted of manslaughter by a Quarter Sessions jury today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Settlers, Note !
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) has issued a reminder to men on war service land settlement farms who want to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Corriedale Rams for Soldier Settlers
SYDNEY, Tues.: Applications to receive 160 Corriedale rams donated by the Australian Corriedale Association for men on war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council doing a good job for soldier settlers (By a Staff Reporter)
There is ho doubt Holbrook Shire Council is doing all it can to help soldier settlers at Coppabella, Yarara and other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Supplied Liquor on Unlicensed Premises Wakool Returned Men Fined
Police Inspector A. W. Wright with Sergeant G. J. Barnes (Deniliquin) and Senior-Constable H. Smith (relieving at Barham) raided the Wakool District Services Memorial Club on Saturday, May 30. As a result Edwin G. Wood, Alan R. Martin,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible legacy of Korean war
LONDON, Fri. : Between 30,000 and 40.000 lost or Phaned children are still living wild in the deserted…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: The 108,000th war service home to be provided by the War Service Homes Division has been…
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PARIS, Sun.: French troops have been rushed to protect 500 French residents in Pnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, as…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Truman warns defence cuts could involve United States in third big war
PHILADELPHIA, Sun.: Former President Harry Truman said last night that cuts in defence spending by the Eisenhower Administration could involve the United States in a third world war. Mr. Truman said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Memorial Building to Be Erected
The sixth Annual General meeting of the Jerilderie and District War Memorial Committee was held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Applications Invited for War Service Blocks
Applications for the seven war service land settlement blocks on "Piedmont", in the Barraba district, would close…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indo-China war might last another 3 years
DARWIN, Wed.: Former commanding general of the French Air Force in Indo-China (General L. M. Chassin) said tonight he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. rejects Rhee’s ‘continue war’ demand
SEOUL, Thurs. : America has rejected a South Korean proposal to continue the war if the post-truce political conference could not reach an agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Secret shift of 9000 anti-Communist prisoners of war
PUSAN, Sun.: In a swift secret operation the United Nations Command has removed all remaining North Korean prisoners of war to the mainland and concentrated them in two camps under powerful American guards…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →America in the grip of war jitters: amazing precautions are taken
LONDON, Sun.: The United States has taken extraordinary measures to prevent another Pearl Harbor, says the “Sunday Express.” One of them provides that American authorities…
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