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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Germ War Confessions Inexcusable WASHINGTON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 3

US Defence Secretary Charles Wilson said today that there was no excuse for a Korean prisoner of war making a false…

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Another War Horror New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 1

Both the United States and Soviet Russia possess a deadly nerve-gas capable of killing anyone exposed to it within four…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 5

Four hundred thousand acres of grazing land in the western division opened this week in thirteen…

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War Memorial Unveiling at Parkes

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 3

At 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon Lieut. General H. Gordon Bennett will officially unveil the Parkes War Memorial on…

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Atomic Weapons in Next War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 3

In another war atomic, weapons would be used on the ground as well as in the air. said the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Field Marshal, Sir John Harding) at a press conference at which this photograph was taken…

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Flying Saucers Real, Says War Office London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 1

Britain's War Office has officially recognised flying saucers. A War Office report says…

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Passing the Buck Soldier Settlement Grievance

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 2

The RSL would have to approach State Members of Parliament with any request that the State…

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Money for Soldiers' Club to the Editor

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 6

Sir,—At a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Club Building Committee held recently the matter…

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Yeoval Soldier Settlers win rams

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 1

Two solider settlers at Yeoval were successful in a ballot for one hundred Merryville lambs held at the Department…

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Threat of Open War Between C.P. and Liberals Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 1

The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has described as "quite false" a report of a statement that Sir Arthur Fadden might refuse to appear on the same platform with him in the Gwydir by-election…

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War On Rabbits Will Be Stepped Up Soon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 7

Mosquitoes will help to kill off thousands of rabbits again this summer by spreading myxomatosis. "About 1000 doses of myxomatosis had been…

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Tried Of Being "Cold War" Wife LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 2

Russian wife of William Rickitts, a former British Embassy employee in Moscow, has obtained a divorce in Russia…

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Yeoval soldier settler's holding declared forfeited by Land Board

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 9

A Yeoval soldier settler, whose holding was declared forfeit by Molong Land Board, is expected to lodge an apeal with the Minister for Lands. He is Harold Thomas Richards, a holder of portion of the Wandoo Wandong Estate, portion of which was allocated for soldier settlement…

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Killed First Nazi in War Paris

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 3

Paul Bonzon, who killed the first German soldier in World War I, has died at Champagnole (Eastern…

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Soldier Settlement

The Western Herald · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 4

Applications for 13 Western Divison soldier settlement grazing blocks close in Sydney on Friday, December 11. The…

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First Visit Since War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 2

The man who was Japanese Ambassador to the United States when the Japs, attacked Pearl Harbour, Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, now a businessman in Japan, looks thoughtful during an Armistice Day ceremony in Washington. He was…

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Big Dubbo Meeting to Discuss War on Hoppers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 2

A conference on the formation of "grasshopper brigades" to deal with future grasshopper plagues in the North-West will be held in Dubbo on December 18…

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War Baby

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 4

Little Susan Ann Noah, 3½, (daughter of former United States servicemen, Wendell A. Noah, and his Japanese…

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Pope Warns Of "War" On Faith ROME

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 1

The Pope, in a broadcast speech yesterday, warned the world against "an appalling plan to rout out the faith of…

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Russian Slates Eisenhower for 'Threatening' Atomic War Red Answer To President's Speech Shocks U.S. New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 1

Moscow radio last night accused President Eisenhower of threatening atomic warfare and espousing a policy of force in his dramatic call for world control of atomic…

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