21st month of the Korea War TOKYO, Mob. (A.A.P.): The 21st month or the Korean War began today
There was virtually no fighting to mark the anniversary, the American Associated Press reported from Seoul…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1952
631 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 32
The Indo China War Disastrous French Defeats
PARIS, Wednesday—Franco may be forced to abandon all of northern Indo China to rebel Vietminn troops as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Montreal Theatre Attractions "At War with the Army"
Paramount's "At War With the Army," which opens at the Montreal Theatre, Tumut, tonight, is a riotous tale of army…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Applications for enlistment in the permanent defence forces from N.S.W. during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FURPHIES from Soldiers' Club Bowls Pennant Matches
Pennant matches played on Sunday last resulted as follows: No. 1 pennant, Leeton Soldiers 70 d. Barellan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broke Evert Rule in the Army Great Soldiers, But Hard To Put Up With
Capturing much of the drama and comedy as told in the writings of Rudyard Kipling "Soldiers Three" will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Ships Pay Big Part in Korean War
LONDON, Monday—Small ships of the Allied naval forces in Korean waters, by preventing the Communists supplying their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germ War Again Claimed in Korea
TOKYO, Tuesday (A.A.P.Reuter): Communist China's propaganda voice, the Peking radio, last night reported that "enormous quantities" of anti bubonic plague serum were being rushed to North Korea. Preparations were under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glut at City Markets Prices at Pre-War Levels
SYDNEY, Wednesday—Some vegetables at the City Markets today sold at pre-war prices as a result of the tremendous glut…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War hero fined for theft
BRISBANE, Wednesday: A man who was stated to have been acclaimed throughout Australia for an action which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brothers Meet After 30 YEARS An Anzac episode recalled
Mr. Cecil Lord, accompanied by his wife, was in Leeton on Wednesday, having come up from Sydney, to see his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Savings Certificates and Savings Certificates
When War Savings Certificates began to mature in 1947 the then Treasurer announced that, if holders of maturing Certificates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crisis Over Govt's War Service Homes Policy
CANBERRA, Thursday: The Federal Cabinet decision today not to increase the overall [?]dgetary allocation for War Service Homes [?]ought to a head the crisis over the threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap. Contracts for Korean War U.S. Has Spent About £20 Million
NEW YORK, Friday—Japan sold at least 566,625,000 dollars (about £20,831,500) worth or supplies to the United states…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Off to Korea Local Soldier Farewelled
On Saturday last members of the Yanco Soldiers' Club gathered to bid farewell to private Ken O'Connor, prior to his departure…
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It is hard to understand why the Federal Government should persist in unfair and unpopular policies in the face of public opposition. On two items alone, taxation and war service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. General's diary about new war
WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.): The Army disclosed today that a person, believed to be a Soviet agent, stole and photographed the secret diary of an American general in Germany last year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Savings Certificates and Savings Certificates
When war savings certificates began to mature in 1947 the then Treasurer announced that, if holders of maturing certificates deferred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Jap. War Criminals Out
TOKYO, Monday: Eleven more Japanese war criminals will be released from Tokyo's Sugamo prison on parole…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Savings Certificates and Savings Certificates
When War Savings Certificates began to mature in 1947 the then Treasurer announced that, if holders of…
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