Must Be Ready for War, Says Attlee
LONDON, March 7. A.A.P.—"We are all earnestly working for peace and earnestly hoping there will not be another…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1948
559 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 28
Looking at the World War Fears In Europe
Opinion in the highest places is sharply divided on the chances of war. Since it is universally agreed and has been publicly stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forsees New Civil War In America "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, March 8.—The passage of President Truman's civil rights legislation might lead to bloodshed between North and…
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 9. A.A.P.—It is learned that the Secretary for Defence (Mr. James Forrestal) and his three sub-Cabinet…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—One Housing Commission home will be provided each month to a member of the Totally and Permanently…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Mr. Falstein (Lab. N.S.W.) claimed in the House of Representatives to-day that his war record as a member of…
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WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): If China goes "red" America will have to decide whether to engage in a third World War or retire to the defence of the American Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Compensate Soldier Settler For "Injustice"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An injustice to a soldier named Carter with five years' oversea service in that last war, who won a block of…
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It is pleasing to read that the Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women in Newcastle and Hunter district is asking State headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arabs Prepare War Defences
LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.): British travellers for Haifa report that Arabs have built 100 miles of roadblocks and other defences in Northern Palestine. They have erected a concrete wall around Nabius where they…
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LONDON. — Brigadier-General E. J. Phipps-Hornby, Boer War V.C., and one-time A.D.C. to Lord Roberts, has died at…
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MOSCOW, Mar. 12. A.A.P.—The Historical Institute of the Soviet Academy of Science has completed the first volume of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Atomic Bomb Not Decisive War Winner" "Herald" Service
LONDON, March 12.—"The atom bomb cannot be regarded as a decisive war winner," says the President of the Atomic Scientists'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Bridges As Postwar Homes
Components from emergency bridges which spanned the River Thames during the war are now being used in housing schemes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fear Of War Will Not Keep The Peace
President Truman voiced a truism when he said that the world could not stand the self-destruction of another war. In the mind…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jap War Criminal Hanged For Murder
HONGKONG, Tues. (A.A.P.).—First Japanese war criminal sentenced to death by an Australian court here was hanged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Main War Risk Is Disarmament
The soundest advice given the American people, who have swung from apathy about foreign affairs to a state of nervous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Congress May Debate War Preparedness "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, March 15.—There is a strong probability that a new military preparedness programme will be presented to…
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CANBERRA: Cables received by Australia from overseas Governments were "very troubled" in tone, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said today, but Mr. Chifley himself sees no immediate danger of war. He believes that no nation can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snowball 'War' In Jerusalem
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Pedestrians in Jerusalem scattered for shelter when Arabs "opened fire" with snowballs across barbed-wire separating Arab and Jewish quarters yesterday…
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