Ex-Soldiers Threaten Reprisals For Vandals
SYDNEY: Unknown vandals struck for the third time at Fairfield's Memorial Drive last night, breaking with a hammer five plaques dedicated to men who died in the last war…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1952
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 31
Truman's Fear Of World War
WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.) — A book published today records President Truman's secret fears of world war breaking out on two occasions in recent years…
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The Maitland R.S.L. sub-branch last night invited the city council aldermen and Town Clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia Moving War Plants "Herald" Service
LONDON, March 18 —Russia has begun moving all her important war industries across the Ural Mountains into Asia, according to Berlin reports…
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Gene Du Buque, American Indian wrestler, who will open the Newcastle wrestling season on Tuesday at Newcastle…
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KEY WEST (Florida), Wednesday (A.A.P.): The chairman of the Democratic Party (Mr. Frank McKinney) said today that Mr. Truman…
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Officers of the Elsbeth Wiards, first German ship to visit Newcastle since the war, in a cabin of the ship yesterday. They are:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hush-Hush Talks On Air War
LONDON, March 24. A.A.P. —Western and Commonwealth Air Force chiefs began secret talks at a base in Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle In War "First Target For A-Bombs"
Newcastle would be the first Australian city to be atom-bombed if war broke out, the Director-General of Recruiting (Lieut-General Sir Horace…
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CANBERRA, Monday.— The Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) to-day announced the award of a bar…
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Combat-equipped United States soldiers march to waiting transport planes at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germ War Challenge To Peking
TOKYO, March 25. A.A.P. —A United Nations Command broadcast to-day said the Communists faced the choice of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anzac Day Services
Arrangements for the Anzac dawn service in Civic Park would make it the largest held in…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.— The Australian High Commissioner in London (Sir Thomas White) and Lieut.-General Sir…
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VIENNA: Squads of men in gas masks, using special poison gas, are waging full-scale war against…
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NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.) — Russia to-day rejected an American proposal that alleged germ warfare in Korea be investigated by the Red Cross…
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NEW YORK, March 26. A.A.P.— The United Nations forces in Korea were losing the war in the air, said Commander Paul Gray…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waratah R.S.L. Anzac Services
Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L. in conjunction with the Shortland sub-branch will conduct its annual Service…
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Early details of Anzac Day commemorations in the suburbs—including the first parade of ex-servicemen at Nelson's Bay and the Sandgate War Cemetery service—have been announced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters To the Editor War And Schools
"TEACHER" ("N.M.H.," 24/3/52) displays the much too common substitution of emotion for hard…
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