Designer's War On Seams In Dresses
Georgette Renal, well-known designer and vice-president of the Chambre Syndicate de la Couture (Parisian Couture Syndicate), has declared war on seams in frocks…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1950
844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 43
No War Hysteria In Russia, Writer Declares
NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R.): There is no general conviction in Russia that war with the West is imminent or inevitable, says the Moscow correspondent of the New York "Times" (Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sharp Rise In R.A.A.F. Enlistment
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Air Force enlistments have jumped sharply since the recruiting drive began officially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enlistment In W.A.A.F. "Delayed"
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Treasury problems had temporarily held up the enlistment of Women's Australian Air Force personnel, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merewether R.S.L. May Entertain Blinded Soldiers
Merewether R.S.L. is considering a proposal to entertain members of the Sydney Blinded Soldiers' Club at cricket and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Britain's Part In Korean War
Top left: British troops in Korea. With a machine gunner mounted on the front of their tank, men of the Middlesex Regiment move up during an attacK on the Korean front under cover of an American tank. Centre top: British troops in action in Korea holding a vital flank to enable the Americans' mechanised…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women Want War Films Banned
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 19. A.A.P. Reuter.—The country women of 23 nations are to start a campaign to have war films banned from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →War Book Officer To Take Command
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Commander J. Plunkett-Cole, R.A.N., War Book Officer at the Navy Office, Melbourne, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Red Menace In France's War In Indo-China In
PARIS, Fri. (A.A.P.): France in Indo-China was fighting the advance forces of a big movement aimed at dominating South-East Asia, the Premier (M. Rene Pleven) told the National Assembly last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers For Trial On Arson Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Allan George Wilcox, 22, and Robert William de Prestik Staples, 23, soldiers of North Head military camp,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →2183 Apply to Enlist
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Deputy Director of Recruiting (Mr. C. F. Lewis) said to-day that 2183 applications for enlistment had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Errors On War Deaths
NEW YORK, Friday, (O.S.R.): Several American families have been advised that husbands or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Torture In War Outlawed
GENEVA, Sat. (A.A.P.)—The taking of hostages, murder, torture, mutilation and medical "experiments" during wartime…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Red Army Man's Own War Story
"I WAS a Red Army Soldier" will begin in serial form in "The Newcastle Morning Herald" on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in Indo-china Top General Tours Forts
SAIGON, October 20. A.A.P.-Reuter.—France's top war strategist, General Alphonse Juin, is touring key points in the Tonkin delta area of northern Indo-China held by the French…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bitter Lessons Learnt From War In Korea
TOKIO: Two months of bloody fighting and need-less casualties in Korea could have been averted if the United Nations had been able to muster then the three fresh divisions which General MacArthur was at last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I Was a Red Army Soldier
There are days when one wishes to give oneself up to reminiscence of the past, looking back to it with the eyes of a stranger—to see our life like a film where we…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I Was A Red Army Soldier
It was probably noticed by others, too, because I heard this conversation:— First man: "Why are our brother-Slavs so surly?"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed War Prisoner With Sword
LOS NEGROS, Oct 24. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A former petty officer of the Japanese Navy, Kikuichi Noguchi, described in the War Crimes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incapacity Pension For First War
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Government intended to provide for certain dependants of incapacitated ex-servicemen of World War I., the…
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