Soviet 'Plans War in 1954'
WASHIINGTON, May 24.—A.A.P.—The Soviet planned an all-out war in Europe next year, a witness told the House of Representatives Un-American Activities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1953
565 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 29
'War Lead' to Atom Bombers
NEW YORK, May 24. A.A.P.—U.S. atomic bombers could penetrate the best defences the Soviet Union could devise and destroy the basic support for the Soviet war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two War Orphans
These two Korean children, orphaned by the war, gave a cheerful greeting to R.A.A.F. L.A.C. R. Newton, of Brisbane, when he visited a United Nations orphange in Korea with other Australians…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"The Newcastle Sun" Letter Box Soldier Settlement
Despite serious curtailment of finance for soldier settlement forced on the State Government by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Intrudes On Young Life
An informal glimpse of the Queen, with the Duke of Edinburgh…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Rommel On The Art Of War
Of the millions of words already written about the soldiers and the battles of World War II, none makes more fascinating reading than the diaries and descriptions written on a hundred battlefields by Field Marshal Erwin…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mission To The Nation Dinner War Widows' Guild
The leader of the Methodist Mission to the Nation, Rev. Alan Walker, was the guest speaker at a Citizenship Dinner in Newcastle last night. 1. (Left to right) Messrs. G. Booth, M.L.A., L. Saddington, M.L.C., K. Butler, K. Winn and Rev. W. Green, who attended the dinner. 2. The annual meeting of the War Widows' Guild was held in the City Hall. Pictured (left to right) are the Newcastle president (Mrs. N. Watson), State president (Mrs. L. Watkins), secretary (Mrs. M. Fielding), and the guest speaker (Mr. Ian McKenzie)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Drama
Claudette Colbert, co-starred with Jack Hawkins in "The Planter's Wife" (Strand, tomorrow)…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →This Week War Widows Buy Their First Home
A long-standing ambition of the war widows in this State was realised this week when the Guild in Sydney signed the purchase agreement for a house at Drummoyne, costing £6000, which will give a permanent home to elderly, homeless war widows…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Nazi War Criminals Find It Easy To Hide
FRANKFURT: Hunted war criminals, neo-Nazis and ex-Wehrmacht generals are finding it a simple business to hide in West Germany or to escape from the country, according to evidence collected here…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Soldiers' Voices On Record
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —The voices of men serving in Korea are being recorded for friends and relatives in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seaham Soldier Decorated
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Lance Corporal Gavin Ralston, of Seaham, N.S.W., has been awarded the Military…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Settlers
SYDNEY, Thursday—Nearly 400,000 acres in Western New South Wales will be thrown open for soldier settlement on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →750,000 Migrants Since War
SYDNEY, Friday.—Since the war, 750,000 migrants had come to Australia, the Acting Minister for Immigration (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Causes Diamond Boom
LONDON.—The increased demand for engagement rings in America, due to the Korea war, is one…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →War Heroine On Peace Mission
A woman who saved thousands of lives during World War II and was decorated by both Holland and Belgium visited Newcastle his week with the International Moral Rearmament The Lady Mayoress (Mrs. Purdue), ... greeting international delegates, Miss Eleanor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Eisenhower Says War Unlikely
WASHINGTON, June 4. A.A.P.—"There is going to be no risk of a general war," said President Eisenhower. He added that there would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hot Jazz To Ease Cold War
NEW YORK, June 4. A.A.P.—The latest suggestion for casing the cold war—"use hot…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Free 31 War Criminals
TOKYO, June 5. A.A.P.— The Sugamo Prison authorities released to-day 31 Japan. ware criminals whose…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →England's Bowling Best Since War
LONDON, June 8, A.A.P.—England's team for the first Test match to start at Trent Bridge on Thursday has the best bowling pack Australian has faced since cricket was resumed after the war…
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