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The wars & local soldiers, 1950

5,598 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Tin Div. Awaits War Claim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 6

Satupulo N.L. has postponed payment of dividend until the Siam Government assesses the claim for £stg 170,000 war…

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Cold War on Ohio Fur Front

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 20

CANTON (Ohio). -- Russia shipped enough skins to the United States during the "cold war" to keep a large segment…

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New Clue May Solve War Death of Novelist

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 11

PARIS, Thursday.-- Captured German Air Force documents in Washington are believed to hold the key to the mysterious disappearance of Antoine de…

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A German priest would never forget the he said in a war-threatened barn

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

"SURSUM corda!" (Lift up your hearts!) The priest at the emergency altar set up in a barn near Elsen in the diocese of Paderborn, Westphalia, was saying Mass. It was Easter Sunday, 1945…

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Hopes for End of Cold War Churchill's Offer From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, February 15. — Mr. Winston Churchill told the British people last night that he might approach Stalin personally in an…

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Churches Appeal to People Challenge To "Atomic Massacre" The Australian Council of the World Council o! Churches in a statement issued declared: "We challenge the false beliefs now so widely held that war is inevitable, that atomic massacre is justified and cannot be avoided and the tragic world trust in armed might."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 2

The council issued its statement at the conclusion of its annual conference, which began on Monday…

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5 wounded in strike clash PITTSBURGH

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

Five men were shot and wounded today in a clash between 100 pickets and nonunion miners at Junior (West…

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Tough old soldiers pass on their knowledge Young Australians learn art of war

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 8

IN the old Armored Division camp at Singleton about 1000 alert young…

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Increase Sought War Widows' Pensions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

The Federal president of the War Widows' Guild of Australia, Mrs. G. A. Vasey, said yesterday that an…

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Bigamy Booms in Post-war Uk

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 11

LONDON, Friday.-- Investigations show that bigamous marriages are more common in Britain than any other European country--and undiscovered bigamy cases are estimated…

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Bigamy Booms in Post-war Uk

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 11

LONDON, Friday.-- Investigations show that bigamous marriages are more common in Britain than any other European country-- and undiscovered bigamy cases are estimated…

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Talks on S. Asia war peril

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

BANGKOK, Thurs.--U.S. Far East envoys at their conference today…

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May Escape Tax On War Wool Profit

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 17

AUSTRALIAN wool growers may escape payment of taxation on a £25,000,000 interim distribution from Joint…

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War Prison Allowance Move By R.S.L.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The Returned Servicemen's League Federal Council meeting in Adelaide to-day decided to ask the…

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New limbs for Greek war orphans Demonstration for Sharkey at Court

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 5

SMILING PATHETICALLY and gratefully, these emaciated Greek orphans, aged between six and 12, arrived in England recently for artificial limbs and treatment. Of the nine girls and 10 boys--none of whom had any…

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Federal Minister Replies To State Criticism Of Soldier Settlers Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

ARRANGEMENTS under which the Commonwealth and State had conducted war service land settlement were not a serious handicap to the settlement on ex-Servicemen on the land, said the Minister for the Interior (Mr. P. A…

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Soldier Settler Success Story

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 12

A SOLDIER settler who obtained a Parkes farm under the promotion scheme in August, 1948. now owns the farming plant and alack outright and…

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Shooting at Paddington wounded youth in hospital

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

Peter Pearson of Underwood Street, Paddington, was admitted to Si. Vincent's Hospital today suffering from a bullet wound in the buttock. Police say Pearson, 18, was wot in a house in Cambridge…

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Policeman Shoots Man at Factory Victim Reported Badly Wounded

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

A police sergeant shot and seriously wounded a young man at Paddington this afternoon. The man had just previously been seen climbing through the window of the factory of Rubtex Elastics, Cambridge Lane…

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Policeman Shoots Man at Factory Victim Reported Badly Wounded

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

A policeman shot and seriously wounded a mon at Paddington this afternoon. The man had just previously been seen climbing through the window of the factory of Rubtex Elastics, off Cambridge…

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