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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

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War Damage

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 4

ROME, Friday (A.A.P.): The little State of San Marino, 10 miles inland from Rimini, on Italy's Adriatic…

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Soldier charged with Broken Hill murder

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A soldier who is charged with the murder of a 11-year-old girl on June 1 was today remanded…

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Nehru Criticises Yalu River Bombings Russian Intervention Could Start Third World War

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 1

NEW DELHI (India) Monday—Prime Minister Jawararlal Nehru forecast yesterday that if the Korean war extended to…

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A Soldier—his Prayer

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 6

Stay with me, God. The night is dark, The night is cold: my little spark Of courage dies. The night is long; Be with me, God, and make me strong…

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The Future of Soldier Settlement

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday—War Service land settlement in New South Wales would practically cease this year, the N.S.W…

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Our Mailbag Soldier Settlement Farms

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

Eight farms on "Banoon" Estate, near Barraba, are open for application for soldier settlement, the Minister for Lands, Mr…

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Concern about soldiers farms

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: War service land settlement in N.S.W. would practically cease this year, the N.S.W. Premier (Mr. Cahill) said to-night He said this was because of the amount of…

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Young soldier charged Inquest on Broken Hill Murder

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Monday: A girl who was outraged and strangled went to her death unsuspectingly with a man she knew and trusted, Detective-Sergeant Aldridge, of Sydney C.I.B., said in the Coroner's Court today…

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Germ war a fact—'Red Dean'

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP): Facts concerning germ warfare in Korea were "conclusive" and [?] the "Red…

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Soviet and close of war Macarthur's Bitter Criticism

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 1

CHICAGO, Tuesday (A.A.P.): General MacArthur, a supporter of Senator Robert Taft for die Republican Presidential nomination, last night bitterly criticised the Allies' decision on the Soviet position after the war, when General Eisenhower was Allied Supreme Commander in Europe…

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Australian Soldier Wants to Be Jap. Citizen

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sergt. S. H. Coulter, who arrived from Japan today after six years in Kure base with the Australian…

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Broken Hill Murder: Soldier's Alleged Admissions

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday: A young soldier accused of the murder of a 17-year-old Broken Hill girl said in a statement he had been in her company on the night of the alleged murder and she had collapsed, a detective said in the Coroner's Court today. Detective - Sergeant…

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Soldiers fined for theft

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 2

Three soldiers were fined £5 each at yesterday's Court of Petty Sessions find ordered to pay compensation amounting to £2/1/2 after they had been convicted of stealing two cartons…

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Anzac Park Ready For Saturday Maher Cup Fixture Against Junee

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 8

After a fortnight's constant work and preparation, the Anzac Park football oval, which was inundated during the recent floods, will again be used this coming week end when Junee will challenge the Tigers…

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Soldier for Trial: Broken Hill Murder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Gilbert Ryan, 23, soldier, was today committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Thelma Dal Pozzo, 17, at Broken Hill, on June 1…

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"Reds planning germ war"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 4

Rear Admiral Elli[?] Zachaarias, who headed the U.S. Naval…

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The Korean War Fatal for Britain to Pull Out

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—Britain's withdrawal from the Korean was now would be fatal to British…

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Mosquitoes' myxo. war with the rabbits

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: A mosquito which lurks in rabbit burrows is carrying on the work of spreading myxomatosis during the winter by biting the rabbits when they are underground…

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R.s.l Complaint Old Soldier "Kicked Out of Hospital

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 2

A member of the Wagga R.S.L., Mc Jackton. declared at last night's month [?]ing of the sub-branch that "aged and Diggers were locked out of hospital to…

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Progress in Jet Planes Since War Experience Benefits Civil Flying

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 7

The gas-turbine aircraft engines now being build by United Kingdom manufacturers, only eleven years after…

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