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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

5,598 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

Berserk Soldier Kills Three

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 January 1950 · page 1

TOKYO, Dec. 31 (A.A.P.). —An American soldier went berserk in Tokyo last night, shooting dead two Japanese…

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Crazy soldier kills 2 Japs, then suicides TOKIO

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1950 · page 5

AFTER killing two Japanese in a berserk fury an American soldier took His own life in Tokio last night. The soldier, whose name was withheld by MacArthur's…

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Jail for "Germ" Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--A Soviet tribunal sentenced to 25 years' jail yesterday four Japanese…

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Egypt's First Post-war Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

Egyptian elections, in which the British have a special interest, have never done justice to democracy. Nor is…

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No war if U.S. firm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sun. -- There was no prospect Whatever of war this year if the United States stood…

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Joan Comes Back From The War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 1 (A.A.P.). —Joan was a schoolgirl of 12 when the war broke out. Her patents who lived on the…

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Germ war 'suppression'

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.). -- The Moscow newspaper Pravda today said the United States had…

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Editorial End Delay in War Trials

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 3

The revelation that approximately 100 Japanese war prisoners have been held captive by Australia for more than four yearswithout charge or trial, must shock all believers in…

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Australian War Memorial in London. Competition Announced

Construction · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

A competition for designs for an Australian War Memorial to be erected outside Australia House, London, has been announced by the Australian Battlefields Memorial Committee to cost £25,000…

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U.S. forces test post-war weapons

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.).--Eighty thousand U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force men will engage in gigantic land, sea, and air mock warfare in the Caribbean late…

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Mock War in Caribbean Ils. Exercise For 80,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (A.A.P.).—Eighty thousand American soldiers, sailors, and airmen will use weapons and…

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People to Pay Twice Land Values and Soldier Settlement Unearned Increment for Landlords

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4

An important principle in land values and in the definition of a fair price is involved in the High Court's majority ruling invalidating the Commonwealth-State agreement…

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"Terrifying" War Costs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 3

BONN, Thursday. -- The German people will be presented this year with a "terrifying" bill for the…

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"Terrifying" War Costs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 3

BONN, Thursday. -- The German people will be presented this year with a 'terrifying" bill for the…

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NO Respites In Cold War

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 5

BERLIN.— Communists in the Soviet Zone of Germany have no intention of relaxing their "cold war on…

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Punishment For Jewish War Criminals

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 8

TEL AVIV, Dec. 26.—Dr. M. Nurock, member of the World Jewish Congress Executive, has brought up in the Knesset the question of the enactment of a…

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Indians Warned of Indo-pakistan War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 11

BOMBAY, Thursday.--Deputy Indian, Prime Minister Sardar Patel warned a crowd of 30,000 people last night that relations between India and Pakistan had become so strained and bitter that the situation was "capable of provoking war."…

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Mother Finds Baby Lost During War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 11

PARIS. -- It was early summer in 1940. The Panzer divisions were sweeping through France…

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Indians Warned of Indo-pakistan War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 11

BOMBAY, Thursday.--Deputy Indian Prime Minister Sardar Patel warned a crowd of 30,000 people last night that relations between India and Pakistan had become so strained and bitter that the situation was "capable of provoking war."…

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Indians Warned of Indo-pakistan War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 9

BOMBAY, Thursday.--Deputy Indian Prime Minister Sardar Patel warned a crowd of 30,000 people last night that relations between India and Pakistan had become so strained and bitter that the situation was "capable of provoking war."…

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