U.K. War Minister Found Jungle Fighting Tough
SINGAPORE, May 31. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The British War Minister (Mr. Strachey) went in the Pahang jungle to-day hunting Chinese Communist guerillas with a rifle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1950
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 43
Manus War Trials Begin
LOS NEGROS (Admiralty Islands), June 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Manus Island war trials, to begin on Monday, will not be held on Manus Island. The Court will convene for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →EDITORIAL Declaring War Against "Officialese"
LIFE would be easier and pleasanter for great numbers of ordinary people if something could be done to get simpler language into official communications…
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WELLINGTON, June 1. A.A.P. Reuter.—The National Executive of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union has announced that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australia War Base, Says Moscow Paper
MOSCOW, June 2. A.A.P.—Britain and the United States, have chosen Australia to lead the imperialistic offensive in South-east…
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VATICAN CITY, June 4. A.A.P.—The Pope last night issued a warning that "the ruinous 'cold war' threatens to burst into an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Withdrawal From War Court
LOS NEGROS, June 4. A.A.P.-Reuter.—An Australian Army Officer has asked to be relieved of duty as a member of the War Crimes Court, which will begin the trial of 95 Japanese…
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MANUS ISLAND, Mon. (A.A.P.—Reuter and O.S.R.): In a huge former U.S. Army hut, decorated with Australian and British flags and a photograph…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red For Peace Green For War On Soviet Map "Herald" Service
LONDON, June 4.—Australia is coloured light-green, like the other "warmongers," in the official Communist map issued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Trial "Thrill" For Women
LOS NEGROS, June 5.—Ten white women who attended the opening of the trial of the first of 95 Japanese on war crimes charges here to-day said it was the "biggest thrill of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Delay War Trial Hold Hopes Of Reprieve
LOS NEGROS, June 5.—Japanese defence counsel adopted "stonewalling" tactics when the trial of 95 Japanese on war crimes charges opened to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Can Be Won Or Lost In Day, Says General
WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.): Air Force General George Kenney said today that the decisive phase of a new war would be fought on the day it broke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Film Makes Heroine Cry
LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.).— Mrs. Odette Churchill, the George Cross heroine of the French Maquis, does not want…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Everyman's Guide To Third World War
The announcement by the U.S. Army's Chemical Warfare section that a new "nerve gas" has been developed for use if ever America is confronted by a third World War is a statement refreshingly unusual in the terrifying story of secret weapons for World War III…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Question In House On War Crime Hangman
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—If a hangman had been appointed to execute Japanese sentenced to death at the Manus Island wt…
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NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): Three U.S. high defence authorities spoke from separate forums today on the cold war and of the prospects of defeating the Communists if a hot war came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.A.A.F. Force In Malaya "War Prospect"
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The dispatch of eight R.A.A.F. transport squadrons to Malaya might involve Australia in war, Senator Morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.N.O. Chief Tells Nations "War Can Be Avoided"
NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): The Secretary-General of U.N.O. (M. Trygve Lie) today launched what he called a '20 years' programme for peace…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Air Force "Pleased" With Newcastle Enlistments
The number of men being recruited into the R.A.A.F. from Newcastle and district was "very satisfactory," said Flight-Lieut. Dobson, of Air Force Recruiting Headquarters, Sydney, when he arrived in Newcastle today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Training For Undersea War
Training for underwater warfare in Britain. Three Royal Navy frogmen examine a "limper" mine which is attached to the bottom of ships in enemy harbours…
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