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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
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WASHINGTON, Sun. (A.A.P.): The U.S. and most other World War II enemies of the Nazis are preparing to join soon in concerted action to terminate formally their state of war with Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Jan. 1.—German pacifism, inspired by fear of civil war between Eastern and Western Germany, is a serious obstacle to German participation in the defence of Western…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.) : The Prime Ministers' conference was not to prepare for war, but to solidify the links between Commonwealth nations for the preservation of peace the Canadian Prime Minister (Mr. Louis St. Laurent) said on arrival here yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SABRE JETS PRAISED: Four F-86 Sabre jets, fly a tight formation in a training flight over the Californian desert. Four planes of the same type won the praise of Allied airmen with a victory over four Russian-built Jets in a five-minute…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SINGAPORE, Jan 3. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Twenty-four wounded Turks, from Korea, arrived in Singapore by an R.A.F. Hastings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PARIS, Thurs. (O.S.R.-Reuter): The French film industry is warming up for a fight against Hollywood. Owing to the marked rise in the standard of European films since the war—above all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Refugees in South Korea are streaming away from advancing Communist forces. Korean youngsters in the foreground smile as a new adventure beckons, but their elders are grim as they await removal from Hungnam. They are part of 100,000 civilians brought out along with the Tenth United States Corps…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soviet Russia's second Note to United States, Great Britain and France reveals little of the spirit of compromise or conciliation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.): Commonwealth Prime Ministers were in agreement at the opening of their 10-days' conference yesterday that war was not inevitable. Individual Prime Ministers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—More than 400 men had inquired about enlistment in the Services since New Year's Day, the Acting Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Jan. 5. A.A.P.—Despite all talk of a general war in Western Europe in 1951, the United States Government was not basing its rearmament or strategic plans on that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SINGAPORE Jan. 5 A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Government of Siam announced a final agreement to pay The Governments of Britain,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Fri. (O.S.R.).: Israel presented a seven-point plan for dealing with the Korean crisis to the United…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Sat. (A.A.P.)—Award of the first Victoria Cross in Korea was announced by the "London Gazette" yesterday. It was awarded posthumously to Major…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Naval and Military Veterans' Association had had its most successful year in 1950, the President (Mr. John Evans) told…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Monday.—Industries essential to war production will, it is planned, receive priority for expansion under the new capital issues control…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Monday.—War graves in Australia and the Pacific Islands compared well with war cemeteries in Europe and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Two farms in the Tumbarumba district were available under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CANBERRA, Monday.—The administration of the War Service Homes Department has been transferred from the portfolio of Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The picture indicates the type of country in which French troops operate in the war in Indo-China. Transport is impossible. The men must carry their own supplies and equipment. A French force of 63,000 is engaged. France has suffered 19,000 casualties since…
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