War Widows' Guild Gets More Members
THIRTY-SIX members attended the meeting of Newcastle branch of the War Widows' Guild last night, a big…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1951
681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 35
Anzac Night Dog Meeting Sought
An application to Newcastle Jockey Club for permission to hold a dog coursing meeting on Anzac night next year, subject to the…
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Newcastle District Council of the R.S.L. decided last night to control all Anzac Day ceremonies in the Newcastle district…
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After long discussion Newcastle District R.S.L. Council last night adopted a motion by Hamilton sub-branch that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Threat Seen In Treaty
TOKYO, Aug. 22. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Disregard of Russia and China in the Japanese peace treaty would mean that Japan declared war on both countries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No War In Europe This Year Says Beverley Baxter, M.P.
Unless every portent lies there will be no war in Europe this year. When 1951 was born it seemed a cursed child, but as it approaches the Autumn of its life the ugly creature is…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—There was grave danger of war and the critical period would come in the autumn of 1953, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Unseen Scars" Of Prisoners Of War
WASHINGTON, Fri. (A.A.P.): Hidden effects of brutal treatment are catching up on Americans who survived Japanese wartime imprisonment. Claims commissioner, Myron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Round-up, by Rohan Rivett Less Anxiety About War
Despite the tension at Kaesong and Teheran and over Kashmir, there is less anxiety about the international situation now than during any recent summer races of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →230 War Criminals Gaoled in Tokyo
TOKYO, Aug. 27. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Two hundred and thirty Japanese war criminals arrived at Yokhama to-day from Singapore,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World War Casualties 40 Million "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, August 27.—World War II. caused 40 million casualties, mostly civilians, a report issued by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →13 Die, 3104 Injured In War Games "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, August 27.—The United States Army made two weeks of war exercises no realistic that there were 3104 casualties,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New U.S. War Weapons
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. A.A.P.—American scientists were opening a "new doorway on scientific warfare," Senator Joseph O'Mahoney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Senator Says War Inevitable
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28. A.A.P.—All-out war with the Soviet Union was inevitable. Senator Pat McCarran said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nelson Bay People Thought War Had Broken Out
Residents of Nelson Bay thought an "inter-Services war" had broken out last Tuesday when an R.A.A.F. Mustang fired a burst from its machine guns near a Navy frigate anchored in the Bay. And for a few anxious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Design For London War Memorial
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Kent Hughes) to-day announced the results of the competition for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Comics Save Turpin From Nerve-War
NEW YORK, Thurs.—It is just as well Randolph Turpin, new world middleweight boxing champion, prefers comics to sports columns. Turpin is being subjected to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cemetery Bars Soldier's Body
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. A.A.P.—President Truman yesterday offered a hero's burial in Arlington National Cemetery for an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Return Of Soldier's Kit Urged
Newcastle-Hunter District Council of the Legion of Ex-servicemen decided yesterday to ask the Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Services Enlistments Now Total 9694
SYDNEY—Permanent forces enlistment last week totalled 232, the Deputy Recruiting irector (Mr. C. F. Lewis)…
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