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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 31

Realities Of The Korea War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 2

One effect of the Commonwealth Government's refusal to facilitate the attendance of Australians at the…

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New Fence For War Cemetery

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 3

Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L., custodians for the Sandgate War Memorial cemetery last night received…

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Russians Free U.K. Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 September 1952 · page 1

BERLIN, Sept. 11. A.A.P—Two British officers arrested in East Berlin on Tuesday were handed back to the…

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Court Martial Convicts N.S.W. Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1952 · page 1

TOKYO, Sept. 12. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A British Court-martial to-day found an Australian soldier guilty of…

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Woman Shot Dead, Man Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. — A woman was shot dead with a sawn-off rifle and a man was seriously wounded in the…

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Germ War "Confirmed," Say Chinese Reds

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 2

TOKIO, Mon. (A.A.P.)—Peking Radio yesterday asserted that a six-man international scientific commission, including one Russian, had "confirmed" that the U.S. used germ warfare in Korea and North-East China…

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Scone Soldier Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Sergeant Cecil James Eveleigh, of Scone, wounded in action, was named in a casualty list…

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Uproar On Soldier Settlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Mr. Bate (Lib., N.S.W.) caused uproar in the House of Representatives to-night when he…

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Wounded Men Angered At Treatment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Some wounded Australian soldiers in Korea had been forced to make up in extra…

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George Medal Winner In Korean War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Warrant Officer Tom Murray, 29, of Walcha, Australia's only George Medal winner in…

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Finns Celebrate End Of War Payments To Soviet

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 13

HELSINKI: Finland completes her £101-million reparations deliveries to the Soviet next month. This settles a war bill which, Finnish economists…

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Direct Hit At 150-Mile Range First Guided Missiles Fired In Korea War

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): A guided missile has been fired against a Communist target in North Korea from the U.S. carrier Boxer, 150 miles away, it was…

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"Push-Button" War Opens Robot Aircraft in Korea America's First Of 1800

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 1

TOKYO, September 18, A.A.P.—The United States has 1800 guided missile planes—some capable of carrying an atom bomb — ready for action, an American Navy missile expert said to-day…

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Wauchope Man Wounded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.—A Korean casualty list names Lance-corporal Keith Henry Marvin, of Wauchope (N.S.W.)…

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Knives, Axes Seized In Teenage War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Police who broke up a school-boy war last night seized 30 knives, eight clubs, three…

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X-Ray In War Against Wheat Weevil

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

BALTIMORE (Maryland), Sept. 21. A.A.P.—A new scientific method of detecting the destructive wheat weevil in…

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Rocket "War" On Hailstorms

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 7

BRISBANE: Queensland orchardists plan to use rockets to break up hailstorm before they fall, a Queensland Applegrowers' Association report states…

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Germans On War Crimes Released

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 4

BONN. Tues. (A.A.P.).—British authorities have released nine Germans serving war crimes sentences at the north…

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U.S. Demands Germ War Prohibition

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 5

WASHINGTON: The United States believes that prohibition of germ warfare must be an essential part of any broad and balanced disarmament programme…

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3000 Die In Party Guerilla War "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Three thousand people have been killed in guerilla warfare in Colombia this year. Government and Opposition…

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