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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

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Acheson Says Extension of War Would Aid Russia

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Russia's leaders were using satellite troops for aggression in Korea and keeping their own forces in reserve, the U.S. Secretary of State (Mr. Dean Acheson) said…

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Anzac Day Ceremony at School

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 4

Anzac Day was celebrated at the Tumbarumba Central School on Tuesday, April 24, as the following day was a public holiday…

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Anzac Day Re-union Dinner Attended by More Than 100 EX-SERVICEMEN

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 4

The supper room of the Memo- ial Hall was not large enough to accommodate the crowd of ex- servicemen who attended the an-…

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Another War on Heavy Fighting on Israel-Syrian Border

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—Fighting flared up on the Israel-Syrian border, yesterday, a few hours before the Security…

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"Anzacs Wrote Name of Australia in Golden Letters on Scroll of Nationhood" Speakers' Warnings at Anzac Day Ceremonies

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 6

"THE PRICE OF PEACE IS BEING ARMED TO THE TEETH, FOR THE CUNNING ENEMY WILL ONLY STRIKE WHEN THE OPPOSITION IS WEAK," SAID REV. FR. J. BYRNE AT THE ANZAC DAY SERVICE IN THE MEMO-…

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Credit Of £7,746 In War Memorial Fund Move For Control By Ex-Servicemen Fails

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

A move made at the annual meeting of the Gundagai District War Memorial Committee, to have the control of the memorial given to Ex-Servicemen only, failed. Another move to have the…

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THE N.Z. STRIKE Thousands of Volunteers Enlist to Keep Order

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Tuesday.—More than eight thousand volunteers enlisted yesterday to…

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More Blocks for Soldier Settlement

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — The Legislative Assembly agreed to the acquisition of 39 blocks Iron lour estates for soldier…

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Leeton Soldiers' Club Tennis

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

A mixed American tournament will be held on the club courts on Sunday next play commencing at 10 a.m. Enter with partner. Entries close at the…

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70 Aust. Troops Have Lost Lives in Korean War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: Seventy Australian troops have lost their lives in Korea since they went into action on October 7, 1950, the…

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Welcome Home to Gundagai’s Rector Rev. G. E. Morris Arrives Back Next

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 1

THE Rector of St. John’s Rev. G. E. Morris, who has been absent from his parish for some months, arrives…

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Took Snake Into Hotel Bar Anzac Day Drinkers Scatterd At Parkes

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 3

Toasting and conversation was at its height on Anzac Day in the saloon bar of the Royal Hotel at Parkes…

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Russian Colonel Flees to West with 'War Plans'

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): Colonel Boris Shaposhnikov, 42-year-old son of the Soviet Marshal, has fled to the…

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Terrorists Kill Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Six Gurkha soldiers and two Malay police were killed and four Gurkha soldiers wounded…

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"Cannot Stop War by Arms Alone"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Mr. Aneurin Bevan, former Labor Minister, said yesterday that a third world war could not be…

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"MacARTHUR Would Risk All-out War" Gen. Marshall's Statement

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.— The Secretary for Defence, Gen. George Marshall, slid yesterday that there had been "no…

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39 More Farms for Ex-Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Four properties approved by the State Government for resumption by agreement with their owners…

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Macarthur's War Plans Denounced by President Truman "Likely to Cause Bigger War, with A-bomb Attacks on U.s."

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): President Truman at night denounced on military as well as political grounds general Mac Arthur's plans for winning and ending quickly [?]e Korean War…

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Allied Planes in Biggest Air-Raid of Korean War

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Wednesday: (A.A.P.-Reuter): United Nations warplanes today made the biggest air strike of the Korean war against more than 100 grounded enemy jet-fighters, airstrips and supply routes…

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Allied Planes in Biggest Raid of War Enemy Build-up Blasted

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, (A.A.P. Rceter), Thursday. — Allred planes, which blasted the aerial build-up at Sinuiju yesterday, may have beaten the enemy to tho punch…

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