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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 43

Soldiers' New Kitchen Drill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 3

FRANKFURT, Aug. 1. A.A.P.-Reuter. —United States servicemen in Europe will learn to cook with the aid of two modern…

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"Cashing In" On War In Us

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Wed. (AAP). —Speculators in farm and food products were accused today by the Secretary of Agriculture…

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Red Cross Busy In War, Peace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 5

Annual meetings of the 654 country and suburban branches of the Australian Red Cross, Society were held throughout New South Wales in July…

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Best-Seller In Britain Now Is Booklet On Atom War Fred Peterson's London Diary

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

LONDON, Thurs.: The bestseller in England this week was a 61-page blue-covered booklet called "Manual of Basic Training, volume two — Atomic Warfare."…

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Girl Enlisting To 'Set Men Example'

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: An attractive, 18-year-old Sydney girl wants to join the Women's Royal Naval…

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Richard Hughes reports On Japan Dead Soldiers 'Delay' Planes £50 Fee For A Murder

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 10

In the brief articles below "The Newcastle Sun's" Tokio correspondent, RICHARD HUGHES, gives a splendid picture of "democratised" Japan as it is today. THE ruling Tokio fee for…

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Pusan, Vital War Supply Port

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 1

The vital American supply port in South Korea, the city of Pusan, showing the harbour and the foreshores of the city…

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Accused In War Crimes Court 'Tender Hearted'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 3

LOS NEGROS, Aug. 3. A.A.P.-Reuter.— A War Crimes Court witness to-day described, as "tender hearted" a former Japanese naval…

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Soldiers Get Bullock Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 1

A bullock that escaped from a truck in Broadmeadow railway yards yesterday morning and ran into a concrete drain near District Park was hauled out abut 10 o'clock last night…

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Planes Aid In War On Dingoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 5

THAT Australia's wild dog, the dingo, is still a serious menace to pastoral industries, despite the use of aeroplanes for…

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Free Nations Of World Must Prepare For War, Says Menzies

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—The free nations must prepare for war, the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) told American bankers and industrialists today. Mr. Menzies was addressing…

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Stop Press War Crimes Sentence

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 12

LOS NEGROS. — A former Japanese Warrant Officer Kyusuk[?] Yamashita was sentenced by the Australian War Crimes Court today…

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Tragic War Scene: Plea By Refugees

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

On the Naktong River (Korea), Mon.: Yesterday I saw a scene so tragic that noothing I can write will ever convey it. Nothing I shall ever see again will erase it from memory. For three days on the far[?]…

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U.N. Force "Could Bring War"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The United Nations would lead the world to war, not peace, if it lessened its grappling with fundamental…

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Softening-up For Next World War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Minister for National Development (Mr. Casey) said Communism intended that World War III should come…

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Toronto War Memorial To Be Moved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

The Toronto Memorial in Victory-parade is to be moved, because it causes traffic congestion. The Acting President of Lake…

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U.n. Chief Sees World War Drift

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, August 6. A.A.P.—Nothing less than bold, enlightened acts of statesmanship would halt the further deterioration toward another world war, said the…

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Soldier Laid Out Captor With Own Gun

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Sun. (O.S.R.): A 21-year-old American soldier taken prisoner in North Korea, dodged a bullet as his captor tried to shoot him, wrenched the rifle from his hand, laid him out with…

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Lull In Enlistments For Korean Force

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 3

A lull has developed in enlistments at the main centres in Newcastle following the rush of applications which began when recruiting opened 10 days ago. Some centres, however, are…

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Bride Called Up For War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 6

Mr. and Mrs. John Bergund, seen after their marriage at St. Stanislans Church, Kansas City, United States, had planned their wedding for October 15, but moved the date forward after the bride was called up for active duty with the U.S. Marines. Staff…

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