R.s.l. Warns on War
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Relations between the democratic and Communist worlds were so strained that a spark could set off war, the State President of the R.S.L. (Mr. Yeo) said…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1952
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 31
U.S. Women Reject Germ-War Charge
SMrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and two other distinguished American women reject as a "fraud" Communist charges that the United Nations have engaged in germ warfare in Korea, says a United Nations bulletin…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A young soldier was killed to-night when he fell from a city bound electric train near…
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MANILA, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Six Philippine soldiers and 42 Moros (Mohammedan Filipinos) were killed in a two-day Government operation against Moro outlaws on Jolo, southern-most island in the Philippines…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three soldiers were sentenced to-day to four years' gaol for what Judge Curlewis described…
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Delegates, co-delegates and visitors from the 30 R.S.L. Women's Auxiliaries in the Newcastle District are…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — A gift by F. S. Falkiner and Sons Pty. Ltd. of 100 "Boonoke" merino rams for soldier…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The R.S.L. annual conference to-day defeated a move to ban commercialised sport on Anzac Day…
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TOKYO, Aug. 15. A.A.P.—Japanese Government sources to-day said Japan had asked the United States, France,…
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. A.A.P.—The State Department said that Communist Yugoslavia, standing defiant on the…
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. A.A.P.—The United States has promised Japan she will give early consideration to the…
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SEOUL, Aug. 18. A.A.P.—A typhoon, with winds up to 100 miles an hour, hit Korea to-day, halting most ground and air fighting…
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LONDON, Tues.—Barry Blake, 19, and Joseph O'Brien, 25, have left Worcestershire Army Barracks not knowing whether they are soldiers or civilians. Both had joined the…
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IPOH (Malaya).—Seven soldiers were injured when ripe coconuts rained on their heads after their lorry…
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March for a blitzkrieg, August for a war which may last longer; these are the classic months for war-making in Europe. Since citizen armies came…
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LITHGOW.—Ronald George Lett, 21, was treated at the Lithgow Hospital for a bullet wound in…
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An Australian Army signaller, Pte. Alfred White, 23, who won the Military Medal…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday,—The Minister for External Affair (Mr. Casey) said in the House of Representatives…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—An ex-serviceman back from Korea had to pawn his watch and coat, Mr. Curtin (Lab., N.S.W.) said to-day…
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NEW YORK, August 21. A.A.P.—The chief Soviet delegate to U.N., Mr. Malik, yesterday repeated his charges…
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