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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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Girls Turn in Best Anzac Theme Essays

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

St. Patrick's College girls have won first three places in the Dubbo RSL Anzac essay competition…

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War Jitters Grip Europe As Communists Put Pressure on West Germany People Feeling From The East In Fear Of New Soviet Moves LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 1

As war jitters again grip Europe following the Communist sealing off of East Germany, United States officials say that they believe that the Soviet does not want war…

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Soviet Fighter Planes Use Live Ammunition on Patrol and Fire Rockets [?]erve War Starts In Berlin Corridor As East Reviles West LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 1

Western civil airline pilots in Germany have reported that Soviet night fighters are carrying out exercises with live ammunition on both sides of the Berlin air corridor…

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Opportunity for Soldier Settlement Applicants

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 8

Ex-servicemen, seeking soldier settlement farms, whose applications for Qualification Certificates were refused could…

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More About Anzac Day "Orgies"

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

Metropolitan press reports of "drunken orgies" in Byney on Anzac Day have been [?] the RSL President Mr…

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Opposition To Any Change In Anzac Day Observances

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

Delegates at the RSL Western Conference objected to any change in the holding of Anzac Day commemoration services in the morning, with service re[?]uious in the afternoon and evening…

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Dubbo Soldiers' Club Makes Profit of £1315

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 2

A met profit of £1351—an increase of £14 over the previous year—was made by the Dubbo Soldiers' Club during the year…

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Another War 6-4 on Says Bertrand Russell London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 3

The odds of another world war breaking out were 6 to 4 on, philosopher Bertrand Russell said yesterday…

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More Men Now Eligible for Soldiers' Farms Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 2

Ex-servicemen, seeking soldier settlement farms, whose applications for qualification certificates had been refused, in…

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New Weapons May Wipe Out Both Sides in a War New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 1

Both sides might destroy I themselves in another war, the Air Secretary (Mr. T. Finletter) said yesterday…

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Elsenhower Has No Solution to Korea War New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

"I do not have any prescription for bringing the Korean war to and end," General Eisenhower, former…

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"Soldiers Three"

The Western Herald · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

Rudyard Kipling's laughable, rogues come to riotous life in M-G-M's heroic, hilarious new motion picture, "Soldiers…

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Soldiers Qualification Certificates

The Western Herald · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 8

Ex-servicemen, seeking soldier settlement farms, whose applications for Qualification Certificates…

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Bridge Vital In War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 1

The strategic importance of the bridge over the Macquarie River at Dubbo in time of war necessitated its being kept in…

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No Move by Un to Widen War in Korea New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 3

General Mark Clark's statement on "no holds barred" retaliation if the Communists used all-out air power against…

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Living Allowance War Service Land Settlement

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 2

Mr., L. J. Failes M.P. for Lawson speaking in the House of Representatives on the States Grant (War Service…

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Council Move for War Service HOMESs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 1

Dubbo Council will make representations to the authorities to have more War Service homes built in Dubbo.s…

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U.S. Threat to Bomb Red Manchuria Bases If All Out Air War Started U.N. Forces Could Repulse Any Ground Attacks, Say Army Chiefs New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 1

The joint Chiefs of Staff in America have asked General Mark Clark, Supreme Allied Commander in Korea, to give them a transcript of his "no holds barred" remarks on the…

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Scientist Ridicules Germ War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 3

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, of Melbourne, a world authority on virus and infectious diseases has…

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War Service Homes

The Western Herald · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 3

Under the Menzies-Fadden Government, the building of War Service Homes will establish an all-time record this…

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