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The wars & local soldiers, 1948

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Bets on war were nil FACT'S London Bureau

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 7

Although many Americans are fearful of war with Russia, nobody in London is betting with…

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World Preparations for Atomic War Colossal Spending Urged In America Canberra Calls for Scientists

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.—A bill, calling for the expenditure of £1,000,000,000 sterling to prepare the United States Air Force for possible atomic war, was introduced in the…

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Brighton Wins for Returned Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 11

A syndicate of six young returned servicemen won its first race when Brighton succeeded in the Rosehill Two-Year-Old Handicap yesterday…

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War Unlikely, Says Chifley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

BATHURST, Sunday. —The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, at Bathurst to-day scouted the…

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Slavs' Fear of War

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 5

Many of the Yugoslavs returning to their homeland by the Partizanka from Sydney…

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Home For War Orphans

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 5

GERMAN MIGRANTS Margaret (9) and Robert (8) Gerlach, with their foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Miller, of Double Bay. The two children, who are war orphans, arrived in Sydney yesterday…

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War Orphans Find Refuge in Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

Two German war orphans, Robert Gerlach, 8, and his sister Margaret, 9, reached Sydney by Pan-American Clipper yesterday. More than 18 months of…

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Sth. Coast beer war is tense

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

Vital moment has arrived in the Greater Wollongong "beer war." Today is the. first hot day…

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Weather Aid to Boycott Coast Beer War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

The cool weather had been an unexpected ally to Port Kembla-Wollongong unionists in the "beer war,"…

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U.S. Mediterranean Strength "As Many As During War"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday.--The U.S. Navy had as many ships in the Mediterranean as it did during the war, Admiral Richard Conolly said…

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War Service Homes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

Sir,—With reference to housing statistics and the misleading figures quoted by the N.S.W. State Housing Commission, I…

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War Savings Being Spent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.— The "average man" in New South Wales has started to spend his war-time savings…

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War risk in trade policies

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Monday. --Australian Reconstruction Minister Dedman warned today that the world was…

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Jews, Arabs Smuggling in Weapons Preparing For Full-Scale War

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Jews and Arabs are engaged in a feverish race to build up stocks of war material, says the British United Press…

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Yugoslavs Warned Of War In Two Years By a Special Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

WAR! War by 1950! I read these words at the head of a manifesto (printed in Yugoslav) shown me yesterday by a…

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"War Unlikely."

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

Mr. Chifley scouts the possibility of another war soon…

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Scuttling of War Veteran

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 5

The hull of the 35 -years- old Medusa, once one of the most "hush hush" ships of the Royal Navy, was…

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Scuttling of War Veteran

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 5

The hull of the 35 -years- old Medusa, once one of the most "hush hush" ships of the Royal Navy, was…

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Arabs Defy Threat 500 Raid Settlement 14 Jews Die 23 WOUNDED

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

JERUSALEM, Wednesday. -- Despite the Jewish threat to massacre Jaffa's Arab population, 500 Arabs swept on the Yehiam Jewish settlement…

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Arabs Defy Threat 500 Raid Settlement 14 Jews Die, 23 WOUNDED

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

JERUSALEM, Wednesday. -- Despite the Jewish threat to massacre Jaffa's Arab population, 500 Arabs swept on the Yehiam Jewish settlement…

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