One-Man War Against 'Flu
MADRID, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—A factory owner in Madrid is waging a one-man campaign against influenza, says Reuters…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 35
Five Australians Posted As Missing In Korea War
TOKIO, Tues. (O.S.R.): The posting of five men as missing has cast gloom over the Australian battalion in Korea. The missing men were members of a patrol which dis-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →W. Germany Considers War Threat
BONN, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—The West German Chancellor (Dr. Adenauer) called an emergency meeting of the West German…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Malaya Makes War Jitters Pay
Korea has turned Malaya into a gambler's paradise with commodity prices soaring and shares almost at a standstill. The only ingredients required to accumulate a bulging purse…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Korean War Scenes Snow...And Bombs
Top: United States infantrymen move up a hill in snow covered country. They were fighting on the Wonju front in Korea as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Firepower Versus Manpower In Korea War
NEW YORK (O.S.R.): Various correspondents are pointing out that the Korean war is a battle between two nations each with a mass-production theory of warfare—American firepower and Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hongkong Is Cheerful Under Shadow Of War
HONGKONG, Thurs. (O.S.R.): Only four weeks ago some uneasy but still cheerful residents of Hongkong and Kowloon—the British strip on the Chinese mainland off Victoria Island—were designing and posting macabre black and white Christmas cards. The Central motif was a grinning human skull…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bataan Has Respite From War
HONGKONG, Feb. 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Australian destroyer Bataan arrived at Hongkong to-day after an unbroken period of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Americans Think War Unlikely "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, February 1.—America's top leaders do not expect war with Russia this year. This statement was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shotgun Pellets Hit Girl, Soldier
LONDON. — A twenty-year-old Royal Signals lance corporal and his girl companion, aged 16, were slightly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. Soldiers Wed Japanese Girls
TOKIO, Sat. (O.S.R.).—G.I.'s in Japan are rushing to marry their Japanese girl friends before a special U.S. law expires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newsprint Sought as War Material
OTTAWA, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—The French Premier (M. Pleven) yesterday urged the North Atlantic Pact nations to classify newsprint…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Danger "Greatest In Europe"
OTTAWA, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—The free world was in the "greatest possible danger" from Communist aggression, the Canadian Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Good Year For War Veterans
The Naval and Military Veterans' Association reported its most successful year, at the annual reunion on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broadcasts By Soldiers In Korea
SYDNEY: Every major commercial station in Australia to-night will begin broadcasting a series of recordings of "on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Land Conversion At Soldier's Point
A promise by the Acting Minister for the Interior (Mr. Anthony) to convert about 10 square miles of Crown land at Soldier's Point to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police In Japan "Soldiers" "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Strongly influenced by General MacArthur and by events in neighbouring Korea, Japan is training a police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Officer Saw Start Of Korean War
SYDNEY: One of a team of United Nations military observers on the 38th parllel when the Korean war broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Tribute To Chinese Soldier "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Official United States intelligence reports explode misconceptions about the Chinese soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helicopters Save Allied Wounded
TOKIO, Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter). — Two helicopters landed on a hill in Korea yesterday under a barrage of bullets and…
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