War Trials To Be Held At Manus
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth would proceed in February with outstanding trials of suspected Japanese war criminals,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 43
Soldier Fatally Stabbed In Canteen Brawl
A soldier was fatally stabbed and another soldier injured in a canteen brawl at Moorebank Crimp, near Liverpool, late last night…
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BERLIN, Jan. 12. A.A.P.—Crippled German ex-soldiers flung their crutches and chairs at the bricklayer, Ernst Remer, once…
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SYDNEY: A tousled-haired, powerfully-built, 23-year-old Pole denied in Liverpool Court to-day that he had stabbed to death an Australian soldier at Moore-bank military camp last night…
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Above—Ultimo branch of the Commonwealth Bank, at the corner of Harris and William Henry Streets, Pyrmont, which…
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BERLIN.—The Evangelic Relief Society, founded in Berlin in 1945, owes its existence to American kindness and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Big Three" Of Communist Regime Ran War In China
Communist China's Big Three have worked together through astonishing vicissitudes for 27 years, been imprisoned, threatened with death, evaded capture when huge rewards were placed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girl Alleges Attack By Soldier On Train
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 13-year-old girl told police that an attempt to assault her had been made by a soldier as the Goulburn-Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ex-Soldier Seeks Home Ballot
A Wallsend ex-serviceman from World War II told Wallsend Ex-Servicemen's Legion yesterday that he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Letters To The Editor War Pensions
EX-SERVICEMEN'S organisations will assuredly urge the Federal Government to eliminate from Social Services legislation the…
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WASHINGTON.—The U.S. Government has spent nearly 25,000-million dollars in grants and credits to aid foreign…
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HONGKONG, Jan. 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—An unidentified British soldier to-day drove a jeep across the Hongkong border into China…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The National Military Service scheme would be put into operation as soon as possible, and the…
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BERLIN, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Drastic staff and pay cuts are proposed at Spandau Prison, where seven top Nazi war…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'War Goes On' If Korea Is Invaded
WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.).—"If Russia walks in to take South Korea, the third world war is on," declared a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →United States To Stage Mock War In Caribbean Sea
WASHINGTON, Thurs. (O.S.R.): The "mock war" which America will stage in the Caribbean in February and March will centre on submarine warfare. America has borrowed heav-…
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BERLIN, Fri. (A.A.P): Several British soldiers, including one major, a British woman and American and French soldiers are interned in the Soviet concentration camps of Sachsenausen and Buchenwald—former Nazi horror camps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civic Park Anzac Service Move
The Newcastle Council of Ex-service organisations decided last night to suggest that the Newcastle Anzac Day service be held in Civic Park. Some members said the march…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£60,000 in War Memorial Fund
At October 31 the Cultural Centre had accumulated funds and assets totalling £56,213. In addition, £3000 was promised. Since October an additional £1000 has been invested in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Memorial Site In Question Again
Suitability of the Laman-street site for the Newcastle War Memorial Cultural Centre was questioned last night by members of…
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