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WASHINGTON, Tues (A.A.P.) : President Truman's action in ordering U.S. sea and air forces to fight in Korea leaves it to Russia to decide between war and the practically certain defeat of North Korea n Red forces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Some American combat troops in Japan have been alerted for action in South Korea "at a moment's notice." Authoritative sources said that the deteriorating military situation in South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, June 29. A.A.P. —In the midst of anxiety over the Korean situation the British Parliament to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.) : The United Nations' Security Council will meet tomorrow at the specific request of India and Egypt. He said he had no doubt that South Korea's independence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MOSCOW, Fri, (A.A.P.): Russia claims that events in Korea were provoked by an attack by South Korean troops on the border areas of North Korea. This statement is made in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, June 30. A.A.P.—President Elpidio Quirino has placed the Philippines armed forces on a war footing. He has ordered the National…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The Federal Executive of the Labour Party will meet in Sydney on Wednesday to determine the party's policy on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Sunday.—An announcement of the Government's intention on war pensions would be made as early as possible, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOKIO, July 2. A.A.P.—Planes with Russian markings have appeared over the South Korean front for the first time. Four of 10 Yak fighters which strafed Suwon airfield…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →JOKYO, July 3. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Rocket-carrying fighters to-day hit the American forces shortly after their deployment in South Korea, inflicting the first casualties suffered by American ground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The invasion of South Korea had brought actual physical conflict appreciably nearer to Australia and has raised a ghastly possibility that a third world war might be imminent, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Wednesday, (A.A.P.): Winston Churchill said last night that a third world war would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, July 4. A.A.P.—The United States Government had committed hostile acts against peace, and was dragging the country into war, the Soviet Senior Deputy Foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA: Labor is expected to endorse fully the Government's support of U.N.O. on the Korean Situation. Parliament tomorrow is ex-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The secretary of Newcastle Trades Hall Council (Mr. A. Dowling) and the president of Newcastle Peace Council (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Mr. Menzies is expected to tell the special assembly of the House of Representatives to-morrow that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—B.C.O.F. troops are keen to fight in Korea, according to members of the force who arrived from Japan by Qantas Lancastrian today. Some of the men returned on leave. Others have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—A boy aged 14 returned home to-day and found his mother in a bedroom with a bullet wound near her heart…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOKYO, July 6. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Forty North Korean tanks and a numerically superior infantry force yesterday afternoon swamped the American positions two miles north of Kosan, forcing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.—Reuter) : American wounded left behind in the battle north of Osan were machine-gunned by North Koreans, according to a…
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