Switch To War Production Could Be Swift
SYDNEY: A switch-over to war production by Australian industry could be made with no great delay, the Secretary of the N.S.W. Chamber of Manufactures (Mr. C. R. Hall) said today…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 43
Korean War Refugee
DESTINATION UNKNOWN: Barefooted and bowed beneath a tremendous load of personal effects carried in a crude wooden sling, this young refugee trudges grimly back through portion of South Korea still left in friendly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anniversary of End of War
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—More than 3000 men and women crowded near the Cenotaph in Martin Place to-day to commemorate the…
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MADRID, August 15. A.A.P.- Reuter.—Problems created by the longer lives Spanairds are living now compared to the pre 1936 civil…
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GRIM MIEN: The grim lines of Lieut.-General Walton Walker's face reflect the gravity of the situation as the American Eighth Army Commander discusses operations with his joint Chiefs of Staff in a command post near the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Bomb Moscow To Stop War" "Herald" Service
LONDON, August 15.—Should Russia be atom-bombed as a method of preserving world peace and averting a third world war? This question arises out of an…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Australian industry could be geared to war production without any great delay, the Secretary of the N.S.W…
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SYDNEY: Dozens of young men without previous war service, and ineligible for the volunteer expeditionary force for Korea, applied today to join the Regular Army…
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TOKYO, August 16. A.A.P.-Reuter. —The United States Army authorities have made their first attempt to define military security for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Booms Wedding Costs In U.S.
NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R.).—The Korean war has sent up the cost of marriage in America to terrific heights…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Congress of the Returned Servicemen's League decided to-day to ask the Commonwealth Government to ass'st war widows in the purchase of homes…
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DUSSELDORF, Fri. (A.A.P.)—Twelve more war criminals were released yesterday from the fortress of Landsberg…
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TOKYO, Aug. 17. A.A.P.-Reuter.—U.S. fighter bombers of the Fifth Air Force are now using a powerful new type aerial rocket against North Korean tanks with devastating results…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—One of the good things to emerge from an ugly situation in Korea was the demonstration that countries of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Switch To War Economy In U.K.
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—The Minister for Economic Affairs (Mr. Hugh Gaitskell) told employers and trade union…
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SIR Edmund Herring, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., E.D., was Commander of the Sixth Australian…
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PERTH, Thursday.—Tom Starvecich, who won the Victoria Cross in British North Borneo in the last war, enlisted in the 11-44th Militia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foot Soldier Still "War Winner" "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, August 18.— Men and machines have met once again on the Korean battlefields, and once more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prisoners of War Hold Reunion
Former prisoners of war held a reunion at Hamilton Anzac House last night, commencing with a march from Anzac…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Booms Jap Textile Trade
TOKIO, Sat. (O.S.R.): Japan's export trade, especially textiles, continues to expand under the influence of the Korean war boom. World demand is increasing…
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