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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Air Force Must Be Fully Manned When War Starts

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — "The Air Force must be fully manned, trained and equipped at the commencement of a future war, or it…

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War Service Land Certificates

Northern Star · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) to-night said that the time for. applying for qualification certificates for…

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War Danger Has Increased P.m. Warns

Northern Star · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The dangers of war had considerably increased, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) told the House of Representatives in a statement on foreign affairs…

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Rejected Suitor, Police Wounded in Gun Battle

Northern Star · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).— Three policemen were wounded in a gun battle in Indianapolis with a rejected suitor who had been barred…

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Australian Strikers "Tools in Cold War"

Northern Star · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—Australian strikers were being "used as tools in the cold war", the "Times" said in an editorial. Australian and New Zealand…

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Cease Fire Preferred to Costly Korea War

Northern Star · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday (AAP).—The general feeling among UN diplomats now is that any attempt to drive the Chinese Communists out of Korea would be too costly, if not impossible…

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"World War Already Tragic Fact"

Northern Star · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 5

OTTAWA, Friday (AAP).— General D. D. Crerer, former commander of the First Canadian Army, in a speech hene, declared…

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War Threat Looms in Middle East

Northern Star · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (AAP). —Assassination of Persian Prime Minister, General Ali Razmara. may well be the…

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War Service Land Settlement Q.C. Time Unaltered

Northern Star · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The only extension of time granted for applyirg for Qualification Cedtificates for war service land settlement was…

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Wounded in Korea

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 4

Army headquarters in Melbourne has advised Mr. and Mrs. A. Newell, of Bangalow, that their son, Lance Corporal Peter Newell, has been…

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Russians Would Be Fools to Declare War Now — Eisenhower

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Monday (AAP). — General Eisenhower told two Senate committees in secret testimony recently that the Russians would be "really folls" if they declared war now, reports the United Press…

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The Northern Star Tuesday, March 13, 1951. Hydro Aid for War Effort

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 4

WITHOUT MINIMISING the national urgency for the Gorge hydro-electric scheme to be commenced as…

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Soviet "Bans" War Propaganda

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—A law "banning" war propaganda as a grave crime against humanity, and declaring that anyone guilty of…

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Playground on Ballina War Memorial Site

Northern Star · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 8

BALLINA, Wednesday.—A request by Ballina Rotary Club for a portion of the War Memorial building site on which to build a…

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Blood Donation by West Germans to Korea Wounded

Northern Star · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 5

TOKIO, Thursday (AAP-Reuter). General MacArthur has thanked several West Germans who made a token blood donation to United…

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We Are at War Now, Says Recruiting Chief

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Making an urgent call to all men in the 19 to 25 years old age groups to volunteer for the C.M.F., the Director General of Recruiting, Sir Edmund Herring, said to-day: "I believe we are at war now and it is damned silliness to…

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Soldier to Face Arson Charges

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 10

SYDNEY, Monday.—Frank Ernest Wallace, 22, soldier, was remanded at Central Court today on three charges of arson…

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Byron Bay Aero Club Subsidy Sought For Training of R.A.A.F. Enlistees

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 7

The Minister for Air (Mr. White) has advised Bjron Bay Aero Club that he was having a report prepared on whether area clubs other…

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Truce Talks in Commons "War"

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Truce talks were last night offered to the Conservative Opposition on its "attrition war" designed to oust…

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British Training Proved Beneficial in Korea War

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

TOKIO, Tuesday (AAP).—The British system of long route marches in full kit, bayonet drill, and learning to fight off the roads has…

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