Plan To Exchange War Prisoners
SAIGON, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Plans for an exchange of war prisoners with the VietMinh rebel government in…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 43
Enlistments For Army Slackening
Recruiting in Newcastle for the Special Expeditionary Force had slackened off today after the steady stream of inquiries and applications since recruiting opened…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Shell-shocked ex-servicemen were deeply distressed and 30 persons, mostly women, fainted during a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Gear for War"—menzies
OTTAWA, August 9. A.A.P.—The free world was living in the shadow of the threat of war, and must prepare for it, the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japs Try To Cash In On War In Korea
TOKIO, Thurs. (O.S.R.): With shrewd detachment and a keen eye for the main chance, Japanese financiers and exporters are trying to work out a trade debit and credit account for the Korean war. On the debit side, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War with China by U.S. "POSSIBLE" "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
WASHINGTON, August 9.—When the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) visits Japan next week, General MacArthur is expected to inform him that war between the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Signposts Soldier's Point
THIS HOLIDAY resort is said to have derived its name from a singular set of circumstances that are a reminder of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Crime Blamed On Signal
LOS NEGROS, Aug. 10. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A former Japanese naval sub-lieutenant told the War Crimes Court to-day that he ordered the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Radar's Uses In War And Peace
Radar was no recent discovery, as many people were inclined to believe, Mr. J. Ryan said in an address to Cessnock Rotary Club…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LETTERS To the Editor War Prevention
MR. LONGWORTH, in concluding his letter, says that, to prevent wars, we must have total disarmament…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Winning Plan; "Soak Everybody" "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, August 11.—The sound financing of the Korean war and subsequent rearmament would mean "soaking the poor as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. At War With Soviet, Says Wallace
NEW YORK, August 11. A.A.P. —Henry Wallace said last night that the United States actually was at war with Russia in fighting in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wounded Korean Girl Led Ambushed G.I.'s To Safety
KOREAN FRONT, Monday (O.S.R.).—A pretty Korean girl led a group of ambushed Americans to Pohang airstrip yesterday and was machine-gunned by snipers on the way. The girl, aged about 20, collapsed in the first American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Memorial To Church's War Dead
The congregation of St. Philip's Presbyterian Church, Newcastle, gathered outside the church after the morning service yesterday for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japan Given Big War Orders
TOKYO, Aug. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter. —From the outbreak of the Korean war to the end of July, occupation forces in Japan have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Claims Two More Journalists
SOUTH KOREA Aug. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Two British war correspondents and the Indian delegate on the United Nations Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cominform In 'Confusion' On 'Shooting War'
LONDON, Aug. 13. A.A.P. —Cominform talks in Karlsbad broke up in confusion because Russia refused to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Okey": Never Cut Out To Be A Soldier
With the end of World War II five years away to-morrow, I think of a small patrol of nine men pushing its way into the jungle of Southern Bougainville. I think of a young man—"I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood S.m.) Soldiers Charged
Alter three soldiers had been arrested at a dance at Maitland Town Hall and taken to the police station on Saturday night, two of their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death For War Crime
LOS NEGROS, August 14. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Sentence of death by hanging was to-day passed on Sub-lieut. Yutaki Suzuki, 45, by the…
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