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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

559 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 28

War Magnates In Germany 'Back In Power'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—The Sunday newspaper "The People" said in a front-page story: "The Ruhr steel magnates who helped…

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Britons Leave China For Aust. To Escape Perils Of Civil War

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: Britons who have fled from China arrived in Sydney today on the Change, bringing with them everything they could carry. First Britons to come to Australia to settle since the Civil…

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Soldier Injured In Truck Mishap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 1

Thomas Hall, 19, a soldier stationed at Greta Camp, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital with concussion and shock suffered when…

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Won Anzac House Design Contest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Bunning and Madden, of Wynyard Square, Sydney, won the Anzac House architectural competition…

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The Indonesian War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 2

It is unfortunate the Netherlands Government has assumed the role of aggressor by attacking the Indonesian Republic in…

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EDITORIAL Post-War Ferment In Asia

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 6

INSTEAD of ebbing, postwar ferment in Asia still rises toward full tide. It stirs half the population of the earth. All nations, East and West, recognise that the colonial…

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Jap. War Criminals To Hang; U.S. Court Won't Intervene

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.): The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the sentences of the International Military Tribunal, which has condemned the former Japanese Premier Tojo and six other war leaders to death By six votes to one the court…

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U.s. Soldier to Hang for Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 1

TOKYO, Dec. 20. A.A.P.—An American Army private, Albert Morales, of Los Angeles, has been sentenced to hang, by General…

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"War Will Come," Says Smuts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Dec. 22. A.A.P.—"I do not think we are through with war." Field-Marshal Smuts said in Pretoria in an interview…

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Could 'Use War's Entire Force' In Atomic Raid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Dec. 22. A.A.P.—The United States Air Force, in one atomic raid, could hit Russia with as much explosive force as…

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U.S. Soldiers Get "Life" For Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 3

TOKYO, Dec. 22.—A.A.P.-Reuter.—Two American soldiers received sentence of imprisonment for life to-day for the murder of Akira…

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Money No Object To Festive Soldiers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 7

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—In clear, crisp weather today all shopping streets were packed with record…

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Christmas Of Peace, War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 December 1948 · page 1

This is how the world celebrated Christmas with peace and plenty, battle and hunger.—THE King and Queen spent Christmas in London for the first…

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Child Asks That There Be No War

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 December 1948 · page 5

LONDON.—Five-year-old Margaret Cousins, of South' Woodiord, sent the Lord Mayor of London 2s 3d for…

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Kangaroo Hunter Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 December 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Monday.—Donald Leslie Heys, 21, of ninth-avenue, Maylands, was accidentally shot in the back of the head when he was…

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War Prize Becomes Harbour Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 1

An Australian war prize, the motorship Reynelia, is proving a problem in Newcastle. She has been tied up in the harbour for…

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Nazi War Secrets Will Boost Aust. Production

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 7

CANBERRA: Scientific and technical data secured by the Commonwealth Government under German reparations agreements will be of great value to Australian industry…

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BLONDIE— Paper War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 4

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Court Closed; Soldier Charged Over Documents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Dec. 30. A.A.P.—Evidence about secret British documents said to refer to "individuals in foreign countries," was taken in…

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