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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Greece Hits Back In Radio "Cold War"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 12

ATHENS (Reuter) : Greece, with the help of the U.S., has now joined battle with Iron Curtain countries which have been waging a radio cold war on her. From a 5800-ton "radio…

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Enlistment Figure Disappoints

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

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Director-General of Recruiting (Lieut.-General Sir Horace Robertson) said to-day…

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America 'Propped By War'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Oct. 3. A.A.P.—For years America's economy had been propped up by "war and the threat of war,"…

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Soviet To "Hot Up" Cold War "Herald" Service and A.A.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Oct. 3.—If Stalin believes what he says in his latest statement of Communist doctrine the world may expect Russia to intensify the cold war…

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Man Wounded in Shoulder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 2

A young man from Marks Point was taken to Royal Newcastle Hospital yesterday with a wound in the right…

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Distribution to War Prisoners

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 8

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.) —Britons who were prisoners of the Japanese in World War II will get about…

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Truth To Fight 'Cold War'

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 6

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.). —The "cold" war could be won only by getting the truth to the enslaved…

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Montgomery's Plea Joint Action In "Cold" War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 7. A.A.P. — Field Marshal Lord Montgomery last night suggested a two-point plan to win the "cold" war…

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'Cold Shoulder' War On G.I's In Italy "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Italian Communist leaders have declared a "cold shoulder" war against Americans in Italy. Party members have been ordered to be discourteous…

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135 Names For Honour Roll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 4

Tighe's Hill P. and C. Association has collected 135 names of ex-servicemen, for inscription on a new war…

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War Pensions Cost Millions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 19

CANBERRA: Cost of war pensions paid to 502,627 veterans of both world wars during the year ended June 30, 1951, was £27,754,580, latest report of the Repatriation…

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More Visitors For War Criminals

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 4

BERLIN, Thurs. (A.A.P.) —Russia has agreed to let the seven top Nazi war criminals in the…

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Great Soviet Output for War "Herald" Service and A.A.P.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Oct. 8.—Russia's armed forces and the armament industries supplying them constitute the most "formidable war machine the world has…

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Britain's Headaches Have Increased Since War

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 5

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Eight per cent. of Britain's population suffer from severe headache, compared with four per cent. before the war, according to doctors in Britain's only headache cline…

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Parade Ground Soldiers Cavemen For Pageant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 7

Members of 16 Company, R.A.A.S.C. will appear as cavemen and Red Indians in a signals pageant at Shortland Camp on Monday night. The pageant, designed to…

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'Snooping' On War Widows To Be Stopped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. —The "snooping" clause on war widows in the Repatriation Act is to be deleted…

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Fighter Planes Win Air "War"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 12. A.A.P — British fighters successfully intercepted and broke up three mass "atom-bomber raids" on Britain in an exercise yesterday…

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King Norodom Goes Forth To War "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 1

SAIGON, Oct. 13. — King Norodom Sihanouk, of Cambodia, intends to lead his troops to battle in the proper Agincourt fashion…

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Seamen's War Pension Rates Higher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 8

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Pensions for mariners and certain of their dependants are substantially increased under…

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Horror Will Avery War, Says Churchill

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 4

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): A third world war was unlikely because it would be accompanied by horrors previously unknown by human beings, the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) said yesterday…

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