16 Japanese Cited For War Crimes
LOS NEGROS, Feb. 19. A.A.P.-Reuter.-Sixteen former members of the Japanese Navy appeared before the War Crimes Court to-day on…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1951
681 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 35
Two Veterans Of U.S. Civil War Die
NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): Two veterans of the American Civil War died yesterday, both aged more than 100…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Hopeful On War
SYDNEY: "I am certain that United Nations forces can stay in Korea if they want to,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£30,000 Lottery For War Veterans
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Prizes valued at £30,000, including houses worth about £20,000, are to be offered in a special 10/ War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protest Against Change Of Anzac Service
The proposal to change the Anzac dawn service from Gregson Park, Hamilton, to Civic Park, would be opposed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S. Soon Able To Prevent War—Truman
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. A.A.P.—The United States, through its rearmament programme, was gradually approaching a position in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on Locusts
NEW DELHI, Feb. 25. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Two thousand armed police and volunteers are fighting millions of locusts swarming on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peacetime's Greatest Naval "War"
ON BOARD H.M.A.S. SYDNEY, Sunday.—"Operation hostile" began off the New South Wales coast to-day when "war" was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anzac Ceremony For Wallsend
Wallsend Legion of Ex-servicemen decided yesterday to hold an Anzac ceremony on April 25 at 11 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"No War" Pact Move
LONDON, Feb. 26. A.A.P.—The World Peace Council, which is meeting in Eastern Berlin, yesterday launched an appeal aimed at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese May Quit Korea War Soon
NEW YORK, Mon. (O.S.R.): Red China soon will Quietly pull out of the Korean War, says British journalist, Arthur Moore, just back from a visit to Peking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers Unloading N.Z. Ships
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tues.: The New Zealand Government today ordered troops to unload…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Execution Of War Criminals Delayed
WASHINGTON, Tuesday. (A.A.P.).—The State Department today ordered that the execution of seven German war…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Gratuities Expected To Lift Household Goods Sales
A sharp rise in the sale of household goods in Newcastle is expected to follow the release of war gratuity money to ex-servicemen and women on Saturday. The president of the New-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Soldiers Dent Red Line
TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.): A handful of Australian infantrymen yesterday clawed their way to the summit of a hill to dent the new Chinese mountain line north-east of Chipyong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac Day Service Move Fails
An attempt to have the Anzac Day Dawn Service held in Gregson Park, instead of Civic Park, failed by 10 votes to nine at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Sleep Cost 35/- For Soldier "Herald" Service
LONDON, Feb. 28.—A conscientious young soldier who fell asleep in a train, was over-carried, and walked 17 miles back along the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tito Sees War Danger
[?]ADE, Mar. 1. A.A.P.—A world war was possible soon, the Yugoslavia prime Minister (Marshal Tito) said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Honour Guard Planned At War Ceremony
Members of Newcastle C.M.F. Units will form a guard of honour when the Governor (Lieut.-General Sir John Northcott),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tyre Shortage Is Worst Since War
According to distributors, the present tyre shortage in Newcastle is worse than at any time since the end of the war. Demand for tyres by vehicle…
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