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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 43

War In Korea Described As 'Phoney'

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter): The undeclared war between Communist China and the United Nations has now apparently become a phoney war, observers in Tokio said last night…

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The Cold War Will Go On, Intensified, Embittered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd George once remarked that the greatest nuisance in the House of Commons was the M.P. who had been to Bulgaria in the recess. "There he is," said L.G., his…

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Third World War Warning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday.—Australia was certain to be involved in a third world war unless she was prepared, the Director-General of…

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Yugoslav Anti-War Plan Backed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Nov. 10. A.A.P.— A Yugoslav plan to halt any war immediately after its outbreak was overwhelmingly approved by the…

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Wounded Woman Wanders Street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three men last night took Mrs. Nita Bennett, 27, of Bourke-street, Surry Hills, to St. Vincent's Hospital after they…

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Wounded "Well Cared For"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 1

DARWIN, Sunday.—Air evacuation of Australian wounded from Korea to Japan was excellent, the Director of Medical…

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Britain Pays Homage To War Dead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 12. A.A.P.— Britain paid tribute to the dead of two world wars at Remembrance Day ceremonies in all parts of the…

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Judge Seeks Advice On War In Korea

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: The question whether Australia is at war in Korea and Malaya has an important bearing on the appeal of William Fardon Burns, publisher of the Communist newspaper "Tribune," against his gaol sentence of nine months for sedition, Judge Berne said today…

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War May Not End At Border

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 1

TOKYO, Nov. 13. A.A.P.- Reuter.—The South Korean President (Dr, Syngman Rhee) to-day told a Press…

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Enemy Confers in Manchuria Planning Korean War Strategy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 13. A.A.P.—The Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-Tung, was conferring in Manchuria with North Korea's Communist Premier, Kim II Sen, according to Nationalist Chinese Intelligence sources in Formosa…

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Streets Named After Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 3

PORT Stephens Shire Council will name seven new streets in Raymond Terrace after men killed in World…

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Legion Plans Korean Honour Roll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 4

A roll of honour for members of Newcastle branch of the Legion of Ex-servicemen who had served in Korea will be placed in Legion…

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War Preparation "Keeps Peace"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 6

To maintain peace, peace-loving countries must be prepared for war, Mrs. R. Regala, wife of Judge Regala, Minister of the Philippines, said at a World Fellowship afternoon at the Y. W.C.A. yesterday…

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Russia 'Too Scared Of Bomb' To Start War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Russia was not yet involved in a third world war because of her fear of the atom bomb, the Minister for…

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High Figure Of Rejection In Enlistments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Recruiting in Victoria and South Australia had not improved, the Assistant Director-General of…

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Wounded Treated On Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

Top: An Australian member of the Field Ambulance Section applies a first field dressing to a thigh wound suffered by an…

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"Peace" Planes In War Test

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

FRANKFURT, Friday, (A.A.P.): Planes carrying delegates from England to the Warsaw "peace…

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War Veterans Art Union To Resume

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY.—Secretary of the War Veterans Art Union (Mr. F. W. Taylor) said today that it was hoped that Art Union…

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Truman Accuses China Of Conducting Hit-Run War

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter): President Truman said today that U.N.O. forces in Korea were now being attacked "from the safety of a…

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Same War; But Pay Differs "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 17.—The Minister of Defence (Mr. Shinwell) was making "two British social classes in the foxholes of Korea," the…

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