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The wars & local soldiers, 1949

3,484 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 175

Fare "War" Alleged by British Airline

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.—British Overseas Airways Corporation is protesting to the International Air Transport Association against alleged "piracy" by its big rival, Pan-American Airways, says the…

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Atom War Speech on Bbc Attacks British Scientist

Tribune · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 5

LATEST recruit to the warmongers in Britain is Sir John Anderson, who was Home Secretary in Neville…

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Australia's Voice at Uno Soldier, Scholar and Diplomat

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 8

Colonel Hodgson, Who has been representing Australia at the United Nations Security' Council meetings…

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973 Soldiers Given Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 9

The State Labor Government had spent £6,019,201 on land for soldier settlement, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan)…

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Israel Accuses Britain "Preparing For War"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).--Israel would present evidence to the U.N.O. Security Council that Britain was preparing to take part in the Palestine…

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Peace Endangered in 1949 "What can the average Catholic do to prevent war, secure peace?'—Cardinals, a King, Statesmen contribute their suggestions

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 1

"WHAT can the individual Catholic, through public opinion, do to encourage his national leaders to work for a just and lasting peace, and to support those leaders in such an effort?" As the New Year dawned, this question, ashed by correspondents all over the world, was answered…

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Man must find an outlet for his stone age ferocity Philosopher Bertrand Russell says: Before the world can live as one united family without war

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 8

Bertrand Russell, the English scientist and philosopher, is delivering a series of talks for the B.B.C. on "Authority and the Individual." So far he has given two of these talks, and cables have briefly…

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'War' Against Capitalism

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.)--The Czech Communist Government has declared war against the…

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U.K. Move Reported Palestine War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

LONDON, January 6 (A.A.P.). — The Diplomatic Correspondent of "The Times"' says that the…

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973 Soldiers Land-Settled Federal Interference Attacked By Minister

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 4

UP to the end of 1948 the N.S.W. Lands Department had placed 973 returned servicemen directly on the land, said the Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) yesterday…

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The Secret Papers Of Harry T. Hopkins--7 Angry Stalin taunts Churchill that British soldiers feared the Germans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 3

EVEN after Hopkins, Marshall, and King returned from London on July 27,…

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War Opened On Timber Borers

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 2

Under the combined attack of the C.S.I.R., the N.S.W. and Queensland forestry services and the N.S.W. Government, the reign of the powder-post borer is drawing to a close. MILLIONS of super feet of…

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Labor MP Denounces “War Fever” Policy

Tribune · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 7

LONDON.—The “war fever” foreign policy of the British Libor Government must be changed to one of peace, declared Labor MP K. [?]illiacus…

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World's News Russia stockpiles rubber for war

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 3

SOVIET Russia is buying huge quantities of imported rubber in a drive to boost her stores of strategic and critical materials…

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War Memorial Hospital Records Placed on the Minutes at the Annual Meeting of the Council, 16th DECEMBER, 1948

The Methodist · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 2

This Council regretfully receives notice of the deaths of Rev. James Green, C.M.G., V.D., on the 6th November, 1948, and that of Matron Elizabeth Hunter, M.B.E., on 7th December, 1948, and now…

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Man Wounded By Thugs With Knife

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 2

Accosted by three thugs in Allen St., Leichhardt, last night, a 45-years-old man fought with them for several minutes and was viciously stabbed in the back with a knife…

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Soldiers hide 4 years after war is finished

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 1

TWO Japanese soldiers surrendered this week after having hidden since before VP Day. They had lived for nearly four years in a cave on the…

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War hero fined for tram scaling

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 5

WHEN Angelo Anastassopoulos, 19, was fined this week for scaling a ride on a tram he produced a letter from Field Marshal Alexander. The letter said the…

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Jap War Criminal Dies From Cancer

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 40

TOKIO, Saturday.—General Umezu, who was serving a life sentence as a war criminal, died today of cancer. Umezu…

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China seeks mediation in civil war NANKING

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 2

THE Chinese Government has asked America, Britain and France to attempt to…

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