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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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Purpose Of China's Eight Year War

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 5

NANKING, Thursday (AAP-Reuter).-- "The purpose of our eight-year war was to safeguard our national independence and freedom," said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in a New Year broadcast to the Chinese…

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U.n.o. Barrier to War

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS (New York), Thursday: The Secretary-General of the United Nations (M. Trygve…

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Horse Upsets Theory in Tug-of-war

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 3

Scientific theories were upset at Waterloo, Oregon, when a plough horse weighing 1900lb. won a tug-of-war against an Irishman…

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Only Censorship in War Zone "Fair Play" Appeal

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 5

NANKING, Thursday (AAP-Reuter).-- "China has no censorship except that imposed at Mukden, where military hostilities are in…

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It Happened 60 Years Ago (Extracts from the "Northern Star" file of 1887, from December 26, 1887, to January 2, 1888.) No Fear of War

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 4

Lord Salisbury says there is no ground to fear an immediate war on the Continent, as it was only a battle of newspapers, and all the…

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A Third World War?

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 4

JUDGING by the cables, the man-in-the-street in the United States has already reached the conclusion that,…

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Japs. Believe War Forced on Country

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

TOKIO, Sunday (AAP-Reuter).-- "A majority of young men still believe the war, as General Tojo declared in an affidavit, was forced…

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Long Bay Escapee was Daring Soldier

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: Long Bay goal escapee Crofton Edward Barnes, who has been at large…

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Soldiers Murdered By Arabs

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Sunday (AAP).--An unknown gunman shot dead a British Army corporal who was manning a roadblock between Jaffa…

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Tojo Knew Axis Link War Risk

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 6

TOKIO, Monday: Japan knew that her alliance with Germany and Italy might lead to war with the United States and…

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Near War Tension in India: May Be Invasion of Pakistan

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday (AAP).--Pandit Nehru's declaration that India, in self-defence, might be compelled to enter Pakistan has created something approaching the eve of war tension in Lahore. This is reported by the Lahore correspondent of…

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Jap Soldiers Still Fighting in Parts of Asia

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday: Japanese soldiers and nationals who have not been repatriated are a source of trouble in many parts of Asia and have been used by one side or another in various struggles since the war ended…

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Committee Praised on Efforts for Returned Men

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.-- Approximately £22,000 had been handled by the Mullumbimby Repatriation Committee in its work of…

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"War Booty Went to Chinese Reds"

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 5

TOKIO, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter).-- Considerable amounts of arms and other war materials captured by the Russians from the Kwantung Army…

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Tojo Admits Urging War to Hirohito

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

TOKIO, Wednesday: General Hideki Tojo, Japanese war-time Premier, stepped down from the witness stand at the International Military Tribunal of the Far East after…

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Tojo Sole Survivor of War Advocates

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 1

TOKIO, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter).-- Hideki Tojo stepped down from the witness stand at the International Tribunal for the Far East to-day after admitting that he was the only living Japanese who advised…

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Retribution Still Follows Jap War Criminals

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 9

Retribution continues to follow Japanese war criminals who committed atrocities against Australian and Allied prisoners of war…

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U.s. War Dead Going Home

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 6

HONIARA (Guadalcanal), Thursday: The bodies of 6000 American war dead are now concentrated at Kukum, port of…

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No War in Our Time Says Minister

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.--"I do not think there will be another war in our time," the Minister for the Army (Mr. Chambers) said today…

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Army Minister Sees No War In Our Lifetime

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday: "I do not think there will be another war in our time," the Minister for the…

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