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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

641 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 33

Reds Against War, Commission Is Told

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE: A pamphlet issued by the Central Committee of the Australian Communist Party, condemning the last war, was produced at the Victorian Royal Commission on Communist activities today by Sydney journalist, Malcolm Henry Ellis…

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"War Does Not Pay" Says General

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 1

LONDON, June 26. A.A.P.—The retiring French Military Governor in Germany (General Pierre Koenig) last night called on…

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Govt. Settles Down To 'War Of Attrition'

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA: There is still no sign of any definite action by the Commonwealth Government on the coal strike. The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) is…

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War Cemetery Dedicated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 1

LABUAN (North Borneo), June 27.—Hundreds of Malays and Chinese as well as European residents of Labuan Island attended…

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"Class War" in Rumanian Sport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 1

BUCHAREST, June 27. A.A.P.—A plan to "carry on the fight against bourgeois elements still in sports" has been drawn up by the…

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Clerics Speak Of Need For Religion To Stop Class War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 6

The man who underpaid his employees and exploited the public was as immoral as the adulterer, said the Rev. Father T. L. Dunphy C.SS.R. in Newcastle last night. Father Dunphy was speaking…

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India's Food Put On War Footing

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 2

NEW DELHI, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—The Indian Prime Minister (Pandit Nehru) declared in a broadcast yesterday that his…

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Chinese War Holds Ship In Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 4

A ship which has been tied up in Newcastle for about three years is being further delayed by the civil war in China…

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U.S. "Has Atom Bombs For Major War"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON.—June 30. A.A.P.—The United States has enough atom bombs to fight a major war and all-out production…

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Soldiers' Tenancy Bill Passed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Landlord and Tenant War Service Bill passed through all stages in the Legislative Assembly to-night…

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Communists and War New Policy On Soviet's Entry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—How the Communist Party had changed its policy after Russia entered the war was explained to-day by Cec 1 Herbert Sharpley, former Communist leader, to the Royal Commission…

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Communist Civil War Belief

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Communist Party during the war did not rule out the possibility of using "an imperialist war to create civil war as the prerequisite to establish a dictatorship of the…

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Soviet Troops "Wounded In Korean Battle"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 8

SEOUL, July 6. A.A.P.— Eight Russian soldiers had been injured in recent fighting on Angjin Peninsula, the Korean Ministry of…

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Americans to Adopt War Orphan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1949 · page 6

Aun, aged 6, a Chinese war orphan, meets Frank J. Chisari and his wife, Antoinette, who will adopt her, Chisari, an American…

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Japanese War Prisoners Died Of Malnutrition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1949 · page 7

TOKYO, July 8. A.A.P.— Four or five Japanese prisoners of war died each night at the Krasnoyarsk prison camp, in Siberia, in the…

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No Duty On Cargo From War Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1949 · page 3

DARWIN, Friday.—After negotiating over three years, C. E. Atkinson, Darwin diver, has been granted permission by the Minister…

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Working Bee For Soldier's Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 5

A working bee will be organised by members of Adamstown sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League to help a member…

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Soldier To Be Sentenced On Wounding Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 6

After a 15-minute retirement a jury at Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday found Clarence James Hartcher, 26, soldier, of East…

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War Widow's Furniture Lost in Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1949 · page 5

A war widow's furniture and household effects, stored overnight on a truck in a garage while being moved to her new home, were…

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Soldier Gaoled For 18 Months; Wounding Count

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1949 · page 5

Clarence James Hartcher, 26, soldier, of East Maitland, was sentenced by Judge Nield at Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday to 18…

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