War Orphan Weeps At Airport
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An eight-year-old Greek war orphan wept at Kingsford Smith Airport this morning when he separated from a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 43
Evatt Criticises Cynicism Of "Accepting" War
"It is cynicism to accept each succeeding war as inevitable," said the Deputy-Leader of the Federal Opposition (Dr. H. V. Evatt) at the opening last night of Religion and life Week…
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The world faced the possibility of a third war which, if it came, might see the eclipse of civilisation, Rev. D. J. Flockhart said last night. Mr. Flockhart, of St. John's…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Australia was still at war technically with one or two countries, Mr. Menzies said in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →28,000 N. Korean Prisoners Of War
TOKIO, Thurs. (O.S.R.): United Nations forces now hold 28,000 North Korean war prisoners. As regards manpower remaining to the enemy there were…
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The history of the world showed a succession of wars with a breathing space to reorganise against the time for hostilities to resume, the Rev. D. J. Flockhart said at the Religion and Life session last…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →200,000 Flock To Enlist In Japanese "Army"
TOKIO: Old Japanese soldiers are eagerly flocking to enlist in the new Japanese national police force of 75,000 men—regarded here as the nucleus of the new Japanese army. This new force will be under…
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WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS: Women of the Republic of Korea have organised a Women's Army Corps to assist their army and United Nations forces. Here Is a group of women receiving instructions. TAKING NO RISKS. With their hands in the air. these civilians take no risks as they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.S. Women Preparing For War Work
NEW YORK, Fri. (S.S.): With the Korean war the day of Rosie the Riveter seems to be coming back in the United States. One aircraft parts factory…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War 1 Widows Not Protected By Tenant Act
SYDNEY, Friday.—The State Full Court ruled to-day that widows or dependants of men killed in action in World War I were not…
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LOS NEGROS, Mon.: The former Japanese Vice Minister of War (General Masataka Yamawaki) was charged before the War Crimes Court today with the murder of three Australian war prisoners in Borneo in 1944. The prosecuting officer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Military Expert Sums Up On War With Russia
How strong is the Red Army? What are the possibilities of war with the U.S.S.R.? These are two questions which are disturbing not only military leaders of the Western Powers but all humanity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatally Wounded At Sports Meeting
WELLINGTON, Oct. 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A youth was fatally shot in the chest with a starting pistol at a sports meeting at Otane on…
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NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.). —Mr. Kenneth Younger, the British Minister of State, said tonight he did not think the…
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TOKIO: It is time to say openly that, since the outbreak of the Korean war, support for the creation of a Japanese army and for the opening of a so-called "preventive" war against the Soviet is growing…
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LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.) : Ninety merchant ships and 829 merchant seamen were lost to German air or submarine attacks in carrying £428,000,000 worth of supplies round the North Cape to Russia during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germ War "Worse Than A-Bombs"
NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.). —Germ warfare was a more potent weapon than even the best atomic weapons, Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last Battle of Korean War Near
TOKYO, October 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The United Nations forces have driven the jaws of their mighty pincers to less than 40 miles from Pyongyang, and are striving to seize the…
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FRENCH LEGIONAIRES bring in a Vietminh prisoner during their drive north on Thainguyen, in Indo-China. Later it was reported from Indo-China that the French were surrounded by Vietminh forces, who swarmed from the jungle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japanese Freed At War Trial
LOS NEGROS, October 18. A.A.P.—The War Crimes Court dramatically ended the murder trial of General Masataka Yamawaki, former Japanese Vice War Minister, to-day without…
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