Menzies Warns On Effects Of Korean War
MELBOURNE, Friday.—If the Chinese Communists were involved in the Korean war, and it was not yet perfectly clear that they were,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1950
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Youth For Christ Speaker Saw War In Korea
A Swedish-American clergyman who had been in Korea during the hostilities will be guest speaker at Newcastle…
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A Swedish-American clergyman who had been in Korea during the hostilities will be guest speaker at Newcastle…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Loose talk about war being inevitable was dangerous, the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Spender) said in…
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But for the still vivid memories of the appalling suffering of Korea, I would be tempted to write that official war could…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—All sorts of self-appointed bodies had assumed the right to speak for, advise and dictate to war widows, the…
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NEW YORK, Nov. 20. A.A.P.—The United States has concluded that the basis of Soviet policy is the belief that was against non-communist countries is just and virtuous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To The Editor First Tanks in War
TANKS were not used for the first time in the Battle of Cambria on November 20, 1917, as claimed in the "Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stories From the Classics a Civil War Begins
THE American Civil War began in 1861—not so very long ago —when a gun was fired at Fort Sumter at Charleston, South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Air Lift" Holiday Plan For Australian War Brides
NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): Australian war brides have launched an "air-lift" plan to give themselves a four-months' holiday in Australia, while their relatives spend a similar period in the United States. Forty-four brides from East…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two hundred and twenty-five men enlisted in the permanent Navy, Army and Air Force in the week ended…
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Anzac dawn services would be held in future in Civic Park, the R.S.L. District Council decided last night…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Pension increases totalling £5,800,000 are provided for in the Repatriation Bill introduced into the Senate…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The fact that only four out of 1500 war service land settlement scheme farmers had lost their…
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SYDNEY: "They won't get me away from Australia again," said a wounded Australian soldier…
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NEW YORK, Nov. 23. A.A.P.—The Soviet Union would begin a cold war against India and India's neighbours after establishing military bases in Western Tibet, Robert Trumbull,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Macarthur Launches Drive "To End War"
TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—As rumors of imminent peace talks swept Tokio today, General MacArthur personally opened an offensive in north-west…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Communist Party Dissolution Act was far more drastic than any wartime Commonwealth powers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disabled Soldiers' Button Day
Newcastle and Northern Districts sub-branch of the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association will hold a button day…
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Mrs. Jessie Street's speech at the Warsaw "World Peace Conference" would have made sense as a defence of Great Britain…
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