Why Byrd [?] Fleet to [?] The Byrd Expedition now in the Antarctic is no peaceful voyage of exploration. It is backed by every dollar in the US Treasury, and its official title, "Operation High Jump", brands it as a military operation of tremendous size and importance. The US Navy is operating 12 ships in the frozen south, the US Army Air Force has contributed squadrons of aircraft, and there is a big Army unit included in the 4000 men serving under Admiral Byrd. "Operation High Jump" is seeking uranium to feed the US atomic-bomb stockpiles, a slice of the Antarctic mainland on which to plant the American flag, and "information" on waging war in sub-zero temperatures
The World's News · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 3
THE US War Department has never been more secretive in peacetime than it has been over the despatch and purpose of this…
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Truth · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 23
ANTHONY CAVE-BROWN-CAVE (71), veteran of five wars, foeman of the Zulu, recipient of the D.C.M. from Kitchener in the Sudan, a better man possibly than Gungha Din, breezed once again last…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Transfer War on the Soccer Front
Truth · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 11
There's a battle royal looming in Soccer. Baits allegedly held out to Reg Date, of Canterbury, to .play in Newcastle have Sydneysiders piping hot. The Sydney clubs cannot and do not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Canberra invasion planned in wage war tactics
The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 2
FEDERAL Public Service delegates will converge on Canberra tomorrow and Tuesday from all parts of New South Wales in a pressure campaign for wage increases…
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The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 3
IF the United States followed its present imperialistic trend, Canada would be the Belgium of next war, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The marks on the minds of 3 soldiers
The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 6
[?] By CAPTAIN LESLIE GREENER, intelligence officer HQ, staff, 8th Division. IT was February 13, 1942,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A soldier-diplomat left them dumb
The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1947 · page 2
Washington newsmen were a bit nervous about new Secretary of State Marshall, fearing that as an old Army man he would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civil War in China Communists Fall Back
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (A.A.P.). —Chinese Nationalist troops yesterday captured Ichow (Linyi), the Communist base in southern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Policy To Avoid War But Stay On Guard
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2
"TRUST in UNO and keep your powder dry" is the version of the Cromwellian quip on which a British defence White Paper just published is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fourteenth Instalment of the "Heralds" Prize War Story the Winds Are Still
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 6
CLARE and Vasilios and Marika came to the cave at ten o'clock that night. The sky was without a cloud…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Gratuity
The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 4
I think it is time something' was done by the Federal Treasurer regarding elderly ex-servicemen's gratuities. At present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Switched From War Peace
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2
MR. ARTHUR JONES assembling nanacuffs at the Lithgow, Small Arms Factory yesterday. The factory, which has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Switched From War to Peace
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2
MR. ARTHUR JONES assembling handcuffs at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory yesterday. The factory, which has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Switched From War to Peace
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2
MR. ARTHUR JONES assembling handcuffs at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory yesterday. The factory, which has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Switched From War to Peace
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2
MR. ARTHUR JONES assembling handcuffs at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory yesterday. The factory, which has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Switched From War to Peace
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2
MR. ARTHUR JONES assembling handcuffs at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory yesterday. The factory, which has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Switched From War to Peace
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2
MR. ARTHUR JONES assembling handcuffs at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory yesterday. The factory, which has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Third Baby War Popular Actress
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 4
HOLLYWOOD, Tuesday. -- Film stars Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan arc expecting their third child in August, according to Hollywood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Switched From War to Peace
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2
MR. ARTHUR JONES assembling handcuffs at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory yesterday. The factory, which has now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fear of War a 'Madman's Dream'
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 1
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Fear of war between the big Powers in this generation was nothing but a madman's dream, said the…
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