Soldier Hurt In Jeep Crash
BRISBANE, Thursday. — Private H. Lorenti, of No. 1 Ordinance Depot, Wallangarra, was badly injured when…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1954
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 31
Drop In Danish Air Enlistments
COPENHAGEN: Only a quarter of the previous number of air cadets presented themselves this…
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A view of port Stephens taken from Soldiers' Point. Across the placid waters of the port, the heights of…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—The N.Z. gun that "shoots around comers" has been rejected by the British War…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Four Newcastle district products are in the Australian team to meet England in the first Rugby League Test at Sydney Cricket Ground next Saturday. They are the full-back Clive Churchill, the wingers, Noel…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Sir John Teasdale) will go overseas next week to study wheat marketing conditions…
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Chief War Cloud who wrestles the brilliant negro Don Kindred at Newcastle Stadium next Tuesday…
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JUST THE RIGHT SIZE, says 17-month-old Robert Baker, who tried his hand at anchor man in the tug-o'-war team at Walsall, Staffordshire sports meeting recently. Robert wandered away from dad LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.) : If war breaks out within three years, the allies will use atomic weapons, General Gruenther said last night…
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HONGKONG: A British judge sentenced a 20-year-old British soldier to eight strokes of the cane and…
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SYDNEY.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. F. H. Hawkins) has called for a report from his department…
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Chief War Cloud, who wrestles Don Kindred at Newcastle Stadium on Tuesday night, was reared…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →New Belsen Horror Story Of Fiendish Nazi War Butchery
PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.) Another Belsen horror story is being unfolded at Metz (France) at the trial of 16 Nazis for a part in the murder of 10,000 Allied nationals…
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NEW YORK, June 14. —The long-suffering citizens of Greenville, South Carolina, called in the…
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WELLINGTON (New Zealand), Tuesday.—New Zealand's new approach to the prevention of traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.S. Industry Makes Plans For A-War
WASHINGTON (O.S.R.)—If motor plants at Detroit were wiped out by an atomic attack, production to meet military needs would begin elsewhere next day. An atomic attack on tyre…
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Hamilton R.S.L. last night decided to ask the District R.S.L. Council to change the venue of the Anzac Day service from King Edward Park to Civic Park as it was…
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HANOI, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—The French Army today began the release of 575 Vietminh (rebel) wounded…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. (O.S.R.). — The American Legion favors an all-out atomic war if the United…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Cold War Hits U.K. Taxpayers
LONDON, June 16. A.A.P. —The breakdown of the Geneva talks had repercussions in the House of Commons debate…
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Wallsend sub-branch of the R.S.L. last night opposed a move to erect a war memorial in Newcastle…
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