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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

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Grim Fight Is on to Decide Korean War Outskirts of Taegu Shelled

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Friday (AAP-Reuter)—North Korean troops shelled the outskirts of Taegu early today in support of their menacing new offensive, now less than 20 miles north of this provisional capital of…

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Bellingen Doctors Do Shift Work Waiting for Quads To Be Born to War Bride

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 4

BELLINGEN, Friday: Four doctors are at the bedside of 29-year-old war bride, Mrs. Percy Sara, at the Bellingen hospital,…

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'Furphies' From the Soldiers' Club BOWLS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 1

It is a well known adage that there is no single person in this world that cannot be replaced. In this regard the star of fame of…

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War Criminals Freed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1950 · page 1

DUSSELDORF, Fri.: Twelve more war criminals were released yesterday from the fortress of Landsberg in Bavaria under the…

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Sheep Blocks for War Service Land Settlement

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) announced at the weekend that two sheep blocks, one at Walcha and the other at…

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U.s. Seeking War Reserve of Australian Wool?

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 7

The United States is believed to be seeking large supplies of Australian wool to build up a war reserve. A Washington report says that…

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Two Soldiers Convicted at Secret Trial

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): Two British soldiers have been found guilty of an undisclosed charge after a two-day trial by…

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R.A.A.F. Busy Building—up In Case of War

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: The R.A.A.F. was undertaking a major build-up to prepare in case of war, the Minister for…

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Australian-Made Shells for Korean War

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 1

AMMUNITION from a naval lighter being loaded on to the Yunnan at Woolloomooloo this week. The Yunnan, which came direct to Sydney from Hong Kong, is shipping war supplies to the Australian troops in Japan, with the ultimate…

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Randolph Churchill Wounded in Korea

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday—Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill's son, received an ugly wound in the right leg when he…

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Work of War Veterans

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 2

At the State Congress of the RSI, held in Sydney on 15th August appre[?] was expressed of the work of the directors of the War…

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War Service Land Settlement . Commonwealth To Decide Suitability of Dairy Farms

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Lands (Mr Renshaw) said he had directed that in future all dairy farms with a potential butter production of over…

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Britain's Top War Time Secrets. Revealed in Film Being Shown in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

A plunging Western action spectacle, filmed in Cinecolour, will be the main attraction tonight (Wednesday) at the Broad…

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Turning Point of the Korean War Reached U.s. Troops Batter Desperate Thrust on Taegu

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday—American troops battered North Korean vanguards to a standstill before the gates of Taegu yesterday. Somo enemy troops had penetrated to within…

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WAR On Argentine Ants

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 6

Commonwealth and State cutom[?] logists are in Heary Street, Lidcoun[?] preparing for the last skir[?] of their coming battle with the…

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Decisive Stage of Korean War "Drawing Near"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 1

TOKYO, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter): The decisive stage of the Korean war is rapidly drawing near, writes Julian Valentine, A.A.P.-Reuter correspondent with the American Eighth Army. Within a matter of weeks, the war will be either lost or won by United…

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Soldiers' Land Application Rejected by Equity Court

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday; Mr. Justice Roper, in the Equity Court today, rejected an application by R. J. Pye, R. A. Pye, and H. W. Pye for an injunction to restrain the State Government from gazetting the…

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'Furphies' From the Soldiers' Club BOWLS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 1

The annual meeting of bowlers was held on the 19th instant. There was a good attendance and the following office-bearers were elected for the…

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800 Applications for New Land. Soldiers From Fiji Want Settlers' Blocks

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 4

Over 800 applications have been received from intending soldier settlers wishing to participate in the ballot for nine blocks of…

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Stalin Pledges Soviet to War

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 August 1950 · page 4

Stalin, in an article published recently in the magazine Bolshevik, has reaffirmed his prewar view that so long as capitalism…

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