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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

3,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 163

Incapacitated Soldiers Need £10,000 Quickly

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4

Special precautions for a "one hour safety lag" to allow crippled members to escape in case of fire are…

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Incapacitated Soldiers Need £10,000 Quickly

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 6

Special precautions for a "one hour safety lag" to allow crippled members to escape in case of fire are…

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BIG U.S. Defence Plan Committee Urges War Precaution

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday.--U.S. Senators yesterday asked for record peacetime defence expenditure to protect America against possible war with…

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Two More Estates for Soldier Settlement; 27 Leasehold Farms

The Land · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 3

IT was announced this week by the Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheehan) that applications were being invited from ex-servicemen for 27 farms on Yarrowitch and Bobundara Estates which were being made available for soldier settlement…

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America's oil future trembled when a U.S. sergeant spanked the heir to Arabia if war came, America would be short of oil. Her future safety lies in the vast oilfields of Saudi Arabia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 8

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Shortage of oil in the U.S. is so acute that the Commerce Committee…

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American Ban on Palestine War

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 5

JERUSALEM, Saturday.--The United States Government has instructed the Consulate General to withdraw the…

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Australian Soldiers Still Face Death

The World's News · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 6

THE 10 Australian Bomb Disposal Platoon was formed at Bathurst, NSW, in January, 1946. This month, almost two years to…

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Police Search for Missing War Veteran

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 5

Police are searching for a 54-years-old city bank employee who has been missing since last…

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Russia "Ready For U.S. War"

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 3

MIAMI (Florida), Saturday.—Russia was preparing for war against the United States and the United States…

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Sunday March, Anzac Day

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

Anzac Day this year falls on a Sunday, but the following Monday, April 26, will be proclaimed a public holiday,…

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Other Cable Items: War Trials a "Farce" Moscow Paper's Criticism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 1 (A.A.P.).—Moscow newspaper "New Times" criticises the War Crimes…

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Ex Soldiers' £10,000 Bid

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

Noise from a clothing factory directly above Sydney's only club for warcrippled Diggers is often…

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Ex Soldiers' £10,000 Bid

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

Noise from a clothing factory directly above Sydney's only club for war crippled Diggers is often…

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Ex Soldiers' £10,000 Bid

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

Noise from a clothing factory directly above Sydney's only club for war crippled Diggers is often…

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Ex Soldiers' £10,000 Bid

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

Noise from a clothing factory directly above Sydney's only club for war- crippled Diggers is often…

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22 killed, wounded in Palestine fights

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 8

JERUSALEM, Tuesday. -- Twenty-two people were killed or wounded between dawn and midday in Palestine yesterday. Gunfire killed four Jews…

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War Gas Used In Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- For the first time in Australia, diluted injections of nitrogen mustard, a war gas, are being…

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Time fuse of war in Manchuria

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 6

NEW YORK, Monday.--"The time-- fuse of World War III is now burning in Manchuria," Major-General…

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War pensions till 2100 A.D.

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 4

It looks as though we'll be paying out pensions for the recent war up till the 22nd century. Startled statisticians of America's War Veterans Administration have worked it out that the last surviving…

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US Intervention In China War Urged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 8

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--United States intervention in Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's war against Communism was urged by Major-General Chennault in an article in the New York World…

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