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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 31

Key To U.S. War Planning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. A.A.P.—Admiral Arthur Radford, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said…

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Russia "Missed War Chance" In 1949

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 7

If Russia had intended to start a global war, she missed her chance in 1949, Wing Commander W. L. Brill said yesterday. Wing Commander Brill,…

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No War Pledge in Draft Asian Pact

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 1

MANILA, August 31. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The American draft of an Anzus-type S.E.A.T.O. agreement would, it was stated to-day, pledge signatory nations to a watered…

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Squads In War On Moonshine "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 9

NEW YORK, August 31.—"Revenooers" front the Washington headquarters of the Internal Revenue Bureau are spreading an elaborate dragnet…

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50 p.c. Rebate On War Home Insurances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 10

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A rebate of 50 per cent. on insurance premiums for occupiers of war service homes will…

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Civil War Averted In Brazil

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sept. 1. A.A.P.—Brazil had been on the road to civil war when President Getulio Vargas…

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War Dead To Be Exchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 8

PANMUNJON, September 1. A.A.P.-Reuter. — A 30-day exchange of bodies of Allied and Communist soldiers who…

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War Gave Australia 'A Policy'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 16

Australians had few problems of foreign policy till the last war, Dr. Andrews, of the University of Sydney, told…

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Car In Flood; Soldier's Body Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. — Corporal Harold Alexander Jory, 25, of Windsor, a Regular Army soldier, was…

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Shipping 'War' By Jap. Line

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R.): Seventeen big western shipping companies are "gunning" for a Japanese line in a sharp price war. Weapons in the fight are…

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War Homes Plan To Be Extended

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 8

CANBERRA. — Returned servicemen living in Papua, New Guinea and Norfolk Island soon will become…

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War Settlement Progress 'Slow'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Pelly (Lib., Wollondilly) criticised the State Government to-day for "painfully slow…

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Armidale's War Memorial Library

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 3

ARMIDALE: The Governor (Lieut.-General Sir John Northcott) will lay the foundation stone of…

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No Quick 'War' Warning

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 13

LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.) —The West could not be sure of having the same interval between a…

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Soldier Brings Forbidden Bride Home

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 8

FORBIDDEN BRIDF: British Army Sergeant John Anderson (22) looked happy when he…

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War on Noise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 3

PARIS. Sept. 8. A.A.P.— Paris motorists must have silencers on their cars within the next 12 months…

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War Service Homes Benefits To Extend

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 12

CANBERRA.—A bill will shortly be brought before Parliament to extend war service homes benefits to…

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N.Z. "War" On Teenage Drinking

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 25

WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Thurs. (O.S.R.)—Open war is being waged on girls and boys under 21 found in…

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New Type War By Africa's "Danny Kaye"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 10

NAIROBI: A 21-yeor-old native has emerged as Africa's "Danny Kaye" to fight the Mau Mau. He is Kipango…

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Council Buys Soldiers' Point Area

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 2

Port Stephens Shire Council has acquired an area of more than 2000 acres, embracing the township of Soldiers'…

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