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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 31

War Bride Now Squaw "Herald" London Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 5

A FORMER hotel maid at the sedate holiday resort of Bognor Regis has become a Red Indian squaw…

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War Record Saved Him From Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

LONDON.—Fined £75 disqualified for a year for driving dangerously while under the influence of…

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U.S. Strategy Prolonged War, Book Claims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 20. A.A.P.—British strategy in Europe in World War II was superior to America's, Chester' Wilmot's book "The Struggle for Europe" claims. British Press articles…

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War Book Literary Sensation

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday (O,S.R.): "The biggest literary sensation since the war"…

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Medal For Newcastle Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 5

PROUD. Six-year-old Jeffery James, of Newcastle, was more pleased than his sergeant father when his dad received a British Empire Medal (military division) from the Governor-General, Sir William McKell, at Admiralty House…

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Soldier Fined Heavily For Using Car

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 2

A youth who took a car from Newcastle without the owner's consent and went on a 1500-mile tour round…

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Reds "Foolish" To Plan War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

PARIS, Wed. (A.A.P.): General Eisenhower said yesterday it would be a very foolish policy for Russia to contemplate a global war…

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Soviet View on New War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

MOSCOW, Jan. 22. A.A.P.—Marshal Stalin and other Soviet Government leaders yesterday heard one of their leading spokesmen declare that a third world war might…

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Home War Memorial To Animals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 2

Newcastle branch of the R.S.P.C.A. decided last night that the home it is to build should be called the…

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Truman's 'No-War Budget' "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—President Truman's 1952-53 Budget is based on the assumption that there will be…

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369 In Week Seek To Enlist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Applications from 369 men for the permanent defence forces have been received in New…

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Soldiers Sent To Tunisia

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 4

TUNIS, Fri (A.A.P.). — France is sending troop reinforcements to Tunis to check rioting, which killed…

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Heaviest Beach Night Since War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Beach Inspector T. Young described the crowd on Newcastle Beach last night as the biggest of any night since the war. He estimated the crowd there at more than…

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Director Of War Memorial Dies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday. —The Director of the Australian National War Memorial (Lieut.-Colonel John…

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62 Australians Blinded In War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday. —The Minister for Repatriation (Senator Cooper) said to-day that there were 62 war-blinded…

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U.K. War Chiefs Called In

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 28. A.A.P. —Britain's three Chiefs of Staff were summoned to an emergency Cabinet meeting…

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50 Soldier Settles Hit By Bushfires

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 2

WAGGA.—Holdings of about 50 soldier settlers in the rich southern Riverina area are threatened by a bush fire sweeping towards Humula, about 30 miles south-east of Wagga…

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50 Soldier Settlers Hit By Bushfires

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 9

WAGGA.—Holdings of about 50 soldier settlers in the rich southern Riverina area are threatened by a bushfire sweeping towards Humula, about 30 miles south-east of Wagga…

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Alexander Says War Unlikely

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

OTTAWA, Thurs. (AAP)—Field-Marshal Viscount Alexander does not think there will be war with…

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U.S. Accused: Building War Bases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1952 · page 3

MOSCOW, Feb. 1. A.A.P. —"Red Fleet," the official newspaper of the Soviet Navy, has charged the United States…

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