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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

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America May Take Us Into War in South-east Asia Significant statements on eve of military talks

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Mon.: The Republican leader in the Senate (Senator Knowland) said yesterday that South-East Asia would be lost to the Communists if “some of our Allies” waited much longer before joining a united front…

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Rams for Soldier Settlers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, has announced that 80 merino rams have been donated for men on war service land…

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Soldier Rescued After 15 Days

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 3

FAIRBANKS (Alaska), Mon.: A rescue party yesterday reached George Argus, a 25-year-old soldier, who had been stranded…

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British soldier brutally murdered

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

ISMAILIA, Mon. : A crowd of Egyptians brutally murdered a British soldier on the outskirts of Ismailia, a…

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Governor to Open War Memorial Saturday, October 23

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 5

A meeting of the Jerilderie War Memorial Committee was held in the Council Chambers last Thursday…

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Gift Rams for Soldier Sttlers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, announced today that eighty merino rams have been donated for men on war…

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350 Soldiers Have “Sleeping ’Flu”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 15

BRISBANE, Thurs.: More than 350 soldiers were being treated for “sleeping ’flu” in three Army centres today…

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Agreement reached on U.S. intervention in war

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.: Virtual agreement between France and the United States on conditions for American intervention in Indo-China in the event of a breakdown at Geneva has been reached, according to the Paris…

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Casey to return to Geneva: grave view of Indo-China war

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.: Federal Cabinet today decided that the Minister tor External Attain, Mr. Casey, should return to Geneva immediately to lake part in vital talks on a cease-fire in…

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"Brqughshane" Acquired for Soldier Settlement

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 5

The State Government has announced that it has acquired the property Broughshane, between Jerilderie and…

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“ U.S. near to war on two occasions”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: Tennessee Democrat Estes Kefauver claimed in the Senate yesterday that the United States had twice, within recent weeks, been “within a hair's breadth” of…

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France May Quit War

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 22

WASHINGTON. Fri. : France had secretly told the United it could not carry on the Indo-China fighting much longer with…

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£28 Million Spent on Soldier Settlement

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 24

SYDNEY Fri.: “By the end of this month the NSW Government will have spent £28 million on soldier settlement,” said the…

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America Ready to Enter War in Indo-china

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sun.: The latest conditions laid down by Mr. Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, for American intervention in Indo-China could be fulfilled almost overnight, Washington…

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“Leave City If War Comes”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 3

MADRID, Mon.: General Alfredo Kindalan. former head of the Spanish Air Force, said in an article in “ABC,” a Madrid daily…

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Lock of money holds up completion of U.S. war memorial at Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 11

CANBERRA, Mon.: Work on the Australian national war memorial to America has not yet been completed, because of lack of finance. According to the…

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Lid lifted on Nazi war-time Hell Camp 10,000 Inmates Butchered Night and Day Slaughter

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 1

METZ (France), Mon.: A grisly tale of Nazi butchery and bestiality will be unfolded here tomorrow when 16 of the men who ran the notorious Struthof concentration camp in Alsace, where 10,000 Allied nationals perished in World War II, will face trial…

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Western Allies warned of Reds’ war potential

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Tues.: General Alfred Gruenther, a Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, told Congress yesterday that “time may be beginning to run out” against the West in the battle against Communist…

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War Memorial Continued from Over-leaf

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 4

Campbell on behalf of the Country Women's Association said that her organisation could not as a body…

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Flood of applications for war medals

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 14

CANBERRA, Wed.: A rush by ex-servicemen to claim war medals has overtaxed the Army’s medal section in…

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