War History Political Crisis Of '39-41
Between September, 1939, when World War II broke out, and the end of 1941, when Pearl Harbour brought the war to our doorstep, the Commonwealth…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1953
565 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 29
War Threat In Atom Secrecy
WASHINGTON, June 29. A.A.P. — Mr. Gordon Dean, the retiring chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission,…
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WUPPERTAL. — The Protestant community here, one of the most active in West Germany, is building…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday. —After 10 months' duty in Korean waters, the R.A.N. destroyer Anzac will arrive at…
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LONDON.—The Ministry of Pensions has cut its estimate of expenditure for the next financial year by…
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LONDON, June 30. A.A.P.—Tension is increasing in Pnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, over the independence issue…
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Merewether R.S.L. last night decided to ask the District R.S.L. Council what progress had been…
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Frank George William Allder, 53, of Hazeldene, three miles from Denman, was found unconscious in a well…
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NEW YORK, July 2. A.A.P.—The Korean war had taught three lesson which needed re-emphasising, said Hanson Baldwin in the "New York Times."…
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BERLIN, July 2. A.A.P. — Eighteen Russian soldiers died in front of Soviet…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— More than 400 people welcomed H.M.A.S. Anzac on its return from service in Korea to-day…
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BALTIMORE (Maryland), Sun. (A.A.P.).—President Elpidio Quirino, of The Philippines…
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AIX-EN-PROVENCE {France), Tues. (A.A.P.): Colonel) Lindsay George Watson (50), Franco-British hero of two world wars, was alleged to have been the main "tip-off" for a gang charged with robbing the Begum Aga Khan of about £200,000 worth of…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Taxation Department would not hesitate to prosecute would-be tax evaders, Mr. E…
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The Young Women's Christian Association had stated in London in 1855 when women followed Florence…
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The real heroes of the war in Korea are the Korean people themselves. For three years they have experienced all the horrible…
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LONDON, July 12. A.A.P. —A British soldier died in hospital at Moascar (Suez Canal Zone) early to-day,…
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BONN, July 13. A.A.P.—Former Colonel-General Nicolaus von Falkenhorst, 68, had been released from the…
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There is likely to be a general war on "litterbugs" throughout the area controlled by Newcastle Council. The blitz will not be confined to any particular…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday. —More soldiers are taking advantage of the educational facilities offered them to gain…
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