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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 43
America has plenty of tanks—but in store. This vast parking area at Red River arsenal, Texas, is filled with vehicles returned to America after World War II. They may be reconditioned and used under the Mutual Defence Assistance Programme…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WASHINGTON, July 26. A.A.P.—A global war was "a distinct possibility at any time," the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee (Mr. Carl Vinson) told the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LOS NEGROS, July 26. A.A.P. —None of the four Japanese ex-soldiers convicted of murder of Allied prisoners-of-war by the War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOKYO, July 26. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Thirty North Korean soldiers who fought in the Chinese Communist Army in Manchuria were among…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Government is planning for the expansion of the defence forces to the strength that would be required upon mobilisation if another world…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MONTE CARLO, (O.S.R.): Any doubts that the summer season on the Riviera would be knocked flat by war nerves, were dispelled when Rita Hayworth, Elizabeth Taylor and other celebrities swept…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Australia would have to be prepared for total war, the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beale) said in Melbourne yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Full Court to-day unanimously upheld the validity of the New South Wales Government's War Service Land…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Australian force enlisted from men who served in the last war could be ready to fight in Korea within three months, Sir Stanley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.) : The Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today that he thought the prompt action by the United Nations in Korea would con fine the conflict to that country. Combined action by the Unit-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HEEDELBURG. Sat. (A.A.P.). —United States Army Headquarters announced yesterday that all American troops in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOP: Pusan, United States main supply base in Korea, through which troops and supplies are being sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →CANBERRA, Friday.—A Regular Army recruiting drive to provide other ranks to staff administrative and training units for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—In the past four days 709 men have applied at Victoria Barracks for service in Korea. To-day 45 prospective…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—A soldier who said he had had afe w drinks with fellow officers because they enlisted for Korea was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MOSCOW, Mon. (A.A.P.).—"Pravda" and othar Moscow papers claim that General MacArthur is enlisting former…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TOKIO, Tues. (O.S.R.): Japan's stockmarket is going on a wild spree as industrialists and speculators scent fat profits from the Korean war. Stocks in shipbuilding, machinery, building materials,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW YORK, July 31.—The thousands of millions of dollars about to be poured out in war spending may produce such a wave of inflation that the American Government may have to impose sweeping and rigid controls…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Mon. (O.S.R.).—American troops escaping from North Koreans in the fighting before Taejon threw away their clothes so that they could run faster. "It is surprising how much wind resistance a shirt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →If war conies, the small lime-washed village of Wodgina, shimmering in a white-hot hell of 120 degrees in the far west of Western Australia, 80 miles from Marble Bar, will suddenly become the heart of…
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