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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

3,484 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 175

War on Metho Drinking Scottish Police Act 10 Die After 'Hooch' Party

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 14

LONDON, Thursday. — Glasgow's police force has declared war on "hooch" drinking, which resulted in the deaths of 10 people attending parties in the New Year…

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Soviet Aim "New War"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.). -- The Politburo is making feverish preparations for a third…

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Landlords' Rent War in America

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

NEW YORK, Friday.--More than 20,000 families face possible eviction from their homes because…

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New Life For War Mutilated Children

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 11

RESULTS being achisted by the International Red Cross to rehabilitate the war mutilated children of Europe,…

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Russian Says Soviet Preparing for War

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Lt.-Col. Georgi Tokaeff told the British Institute for Political Research last night that the…

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UNO Only Safeguard Against Third World War

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

But for the work of the United Nations Odganisation, a third world war would be inevitable, Australia’s External Affairs…

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Soviet Plan for War "Atom Bomb By 1953"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 27 (A.A.P.).—A Russian colonel who escaped to Britain says Russia will have an atom…

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Soldier Pension Rate Discussed

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--Discussions on returned soldiers' pensions took place today between the Prime Minister (Mr…

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Soldier Pension Rate Discussed

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--Discussions on returned soldiers' pensions took place today between the Prime Minister (Mr…

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Soldier Pension Rate Discussed

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--Discussions on returned soldiers' pensions took place today between the Prime Minister (Mr…

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World's News Review A war against war

The World's News · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 17

KINDLY, witty, 72-year-old Dr. Charles V. Vickrey has set out to make Americans generous by appealing to their selfishness. Founder…

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Govt. to Review War Pensions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 7

CANBERRA, Fri. -- The Government would consider increasing the total disability pension for ex-servicemen from…

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Atom War Plotters Behind ‘Trial’ Of American Communists

Tribune · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 8

The trial of the leaders of the Communist Party of the United States must be seen against the background of the drive of American imperialism for world domination…

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Threat, Counter-Threat In Sunday Papers’ Cold War

Tribune · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 3

Threats of legal action involving three Sydney newspaper companies are the latest moves in a sensational cold war for Sunday newspaper circulation.. Opening shot in the cold war was the Herald’s circular to all newsagents…

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Even the wounded were butchered

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 15

NAOUSA was an important textile town 90 miles west of Salonika whose pre-war population of 12,000 had been more than doubled by refugees…

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Jeep Damages War Memorial

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 7

Hunter's Hill war memorial was badly damaged when a jeep crashed into it last night. Pieces of the memorial were…

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Fine climax in new war movie

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 35

NIGEL Balchin's study in frustration, The Small Back Room, has been turned into a most…

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The Sunday Book Club a War Novel Grips America

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 11

THERE are two ways of writing a war book. There is the "bird's eye" way, which consists of telling a broad…

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Sydney Discoveries Giving Impetus To Wider War Against Race Dope All States Moving

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 18

The A.J.C.'s anti-doping drive will become an Australia-wide campaign and is the biggest move ever made in the Commonwealth to…

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Co-operate with the A.J.C. Owners And Trainers Move Dope War Support

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1949 · page 14

Following hysterical outbursts over the Australian Jockey Club's campaign against doping it was refreshing to find the Owners and Trainers' Association…

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