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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

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Payment Delay Obstacle to Farms for Soldiers

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

LISMORE. Thursday: Ballina R.S.L. Sub-Branch decided tonight to support the move for a reduction in the production…

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War Tension May Last for Years

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Friday (AAP).— War was not imminent but was at least a possibility, the Secretary to the Army, Mr. Kenneth Royall said…

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore Saturday, January 29, Soldier Settlers At Dead End

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 4

IT IS UNUSUAL in this Far North Coast district to find influential public opinion and the expressed views of a Labour…

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Germans Dodge War Payments?

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 6

LONDON -- Warnings about German evasions in the payment of reparations, and fears that Germany may regain…

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No Further War Savings Certificates

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Sales of war savings certificates would end tomorrow, the Commonwealth…

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War Crim Trials End Seen

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Sunday: General MacArthur's Headquarters hope to wind up the last case against Japanese war criminals by July 1…

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Jap War Trials Over by July 1

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Sunday (AAP).—General Mac Arthur's headquarters hopes to wind up the last case against Japanese war criminals by July 1…

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5 U.s. Soldiers Die in Fire

Northern Star · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Sunday (AAP).—Five American soldiers are dead, 10 missing and five seriously injured following a disastrous fire which swept…

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King Leopold's War Attitude Endorsed

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

BRUSSELS, Thursday: King Leopold's Secretariat announced that representatives of the former Belgian resistance workers…

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Mackay Opens War on Mosquitoes

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

MACKAY, Thursday: Mackay's campaign against mosquitoes opened yesterday, when DDT flown from Brisbane on Tuesday…

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Un May Mediate in China War

Northern Star · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 4

SHANGHAI, Thursday (AAPReuter).—It is understood that Un has given a favourable reply to the Chinese Government's appeal for…

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Book Was Part of Campaign for War

Northern Star · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 5

PARIS, Thursday (AAP)—Victor Kravchenko's book "I Chose Freedom" was part of a campaign for war against Russia, according to the British Labour M.P., Mr, Zilliacus…

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AWU Attack Time for War on Reds

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Unions loyal to the Australian Labor Party should be completely isolated from…

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Man Wounded at House Party

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A man was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital with a bullet wound in the stomach last night. His condition…

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Debate on War Service Homes

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 5

PERTH, Sunday.—The extension of eligibility for war service homes to All who served in the armed forces will be discussed at…

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Aid Middle East If War Ended

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP). —United States is considering economic help for the Middle East if genuine peace can be established…

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Alleges Dutch Breach in Indies War

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sunday. — Despite the Security Council resolution, the Dutch are continuing the colonial war in Sumatra and Java, Dr…

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Evatt Sees No Early War Risk

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: There was no immediate likelihood of a third world war, the Minister for External Affairs, Dr Evatt, is…

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Duty May be Waived For Rabbit War

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) told Dame Enid Lyons in the House of Representatives to-day that he…

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Few Atomic Bombs "Will Not Win a War"

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Professor P. M. S. Blackett, atomic physicist and Nobel prizewinner, told an audience of under-graduates at Cambridge that any attempt to bring matters to…

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