Feared Mock War Real
BENARES (India), Fri. (A.A.P.): Frightened citizens besieged newspaper offices…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1954
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 31
France Warned Risk Of Atom War In Asia
Paris, Fri. (A.A.P.): France was warned yestered that if the Indo-China fighting were not quickly settled it could develop into an inter- national war "perhaps an atomic war."…
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FRANKFURT: The U.S. Army acquired land here to put up 103 blocks of flats for servicemen and…
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Residents of Newcastle, the Hunter Valley and points south to Sydney to-day and to-morrow will hear the drone of "attacking" and "defending" aircraft in…
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MARRAKESH (French Morocco), June 20. A.A.P.— General d'Hauteville, commander of the Marrakesh…
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LONDON, June 20. A.A.P.—The Soviet's policy of expansion "might at any time overstep the mark and unleash a general war," Labour Party leaders…
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NEW YORK, June 22.—A Chicago laundryman, Stanko Masic, a 67-year-old immigrant from Yugoslavia, who is a quiet and humble fellow, has become an issue [?] the cold war now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Army To Try U.S. Soldier
SAN ANTONIO (Texas), June 22. A.A.P.—The Army announced last night that Corporal Claude Batchelor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →40,000 War Refugees Settle In New Home
KOREA (Reuter) — About 40,000 North Korean war refugees are moving into 2000 square miles of new territory north of the 38th parallel. This is the territory the…
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NEW YORK, June 24. A.A.P.—The Guatemalan war entered its seventh day with most of the fighting still apparently raging over the propaganda air waves and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fallen Remembered At Anzac Ball
Newcastle ex-servicemen paid homage to their fallen comrades at the Newcastle R.S.L. annual Anzac Ball at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Phantom War in Guatemala
NEW YORK, June 25. A.A.P.—The Guatemalan War remained a riddle to-day as both sides claimed to be near victory and spoke of "bloody fighting" inside the…
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WASHINGTON, June 27. A.A.P.—Sir Winston Churchill, commenting whimsically on the current Anglo-American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ultimatum by Rebels Seek Swift End To War
TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras), June 27. A.A.P.—The rebel radio to-day appealed to the Guatemalan Army to seize president Arbenz and…
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CANBERRA. — Two awards for Australian soldiers serving in Malaya i were announced today by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ready-To-War Models Rushed By Paris
Best-sellers in Paris this season are ready-to-wear models in lightweight wool produced by a group of French wholesalers known as "The Three Swallows."…
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ROME, Wed. (A.A.P.).— Lorry loads of soldiers yesterday went into the strike-bound Po River…
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SEOUL (A.A.P.-Reuter)—The South Korean Government plans to erect monuments in South…
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Only 34 per cent, of World War II medals had been claimed, said the Minister for the Army…
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LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.): The Ealing studio's reputation for comedy is so high that it is sometimes forgotten that serious pictures of quality, like "The Cruel Sea" and "Scott…
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