Jap Police Can Arrest Soldiers
TOKIO, Mon. (A.A.P.). — British camps in Japan have posted notices informing servicemen of their liability to arrest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1951
681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 35
Letters To The Editor War Pensioners
WHILE appreciating the merit of the £1/15 a week increase to war pensioners in the totally and permanently incapacitated…
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LONDON, Oct. 19. A.A.P.—Mrs. Irene Rickitts, 29-year-old war bride of a Briton, who was reported yesterday to have been kidnapped in Moscow, said last night that she was staying with her ailing mother…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appeal For Recruits For Korean War
SYDNEY: More recruits are urgently wanted for the Special Korean Force, the Acting Deputy-Director of Recruiting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burial Wish Of U.S. Soldier Husband Given
BRISBANE, Friday.—Mrs. Vivian Finkelsen cried softly this morning as she followed the coffin of her American soldier husband…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. War Leader May Be Envoy To Vatican
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. A.A.P.—President Truman yesterday nominated General Mark W. Clark as United States Ambassador to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →H.m.a.s. Anzac Back From Korea
SYDNEY. — With 250 officers and ratings aboard the battle class destroyer H.M.A.S. Anzac has returned to Sydney after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First World War Shell Kills Man
VERDUN, Oct. 22. A.A.P.—Two men lit a fire to cook their lunch—and exploded a shell on the First World War battlefield of Verdun…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Egypt Moving to War Footing Mobilisation May Be Approved
CAIRO, Oct. 22. A.A.P.—Egypt to-day moved toward general mobilisation on a war footing. It alleged that the British had acted as if they were moving to conquer the country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Pensions Rise
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Increases in war pensions under the Repatriation Bill at present before Parliament would take effect from…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Men in Korea wounded twice seriously enough to need evacuation on both occasions will not be returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Princess Adds To Treasures Of War Widow
LONDON: Three photographs of her husband's grave in Malta have just been added to the treasures kept by a war widow…
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TOKIO, Thurs. (A.A.P.): More than 150 Soviet-built jet fighters swarmed up from their Manchurian sanctuary yesterday and chased outnumbered U.S. and Australian planes across the width of Korea. Reporting this, United Press…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seized Liquor May Go To Soldiers' Clubs
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Government would consider handing over to returned soldiers’ clubs beer confiscated by police in recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquiry Sought On Leeds War Graves
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Mr. Watkins (Lab., N.S.W.) asked the Government in the House of Representatives to inquire into the cars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Soldiers Want princess Margaret As Pin-up Queen
TOKIO, Sat. (A.A.P.-Reuter): A group of U.S. soldiers in Korea, who asked Princess Margaret to be their "Queen of Mortars," have received an acknowledgment. They had written Princess Margaret saying they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Matthew Halton Says: Soviet Is Not Ready Yet For All-Out War
Recently U.S. experts announced that Russia had exploded another atomic bomb and was ready to wage all-out war But is she? In case of war, could Russia ever hope to match…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World War III "No Garden Party"
If World War III came to Australia it would not be a "prosperous garden party" for thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Wrote Book On War Crimes Trials
Japanese counsel sent by their Government to defend their nationals at the war crimes trials in the East Indies expressed surprise at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wounded in Korea
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A casuaity list issued by the Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) contains the name of a New South Wales…
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