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The wars & local soldiers, 1951

4,891 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 245

Paths of War Led to Suicide's Grave for Noted French Soldier Daily Mirror Special Feature

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 15

AS a young French Revolutionary sergeant of grenadiers finished writing a despatch before the smoking walls of beleagured Toulon, which had been occupied in 1793 by the British at the beginning of the revolutionary wars, a…

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Aussies at war "poor relations"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 7

The Australian force in Korea was treated as the "poor relation" of the U.N…

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Youth Revolts Against Korean War

Tribune · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 5

PARIS.—Youth in many countries are opposing being dragooned into General Douglas MacArthur’s armies, the…

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War Policy Hits British Pockets

Tribune · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 5

LONDON.—As a result of the armaments drive and the Attlee Government’s guns before butter policy, prices have steeply risen in…

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War fear is No. 1 worry

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 28

Threat of war--a full scale world war--is the chief source of worry to most Australians today. A Gallup Poll shows that the high cost of living is "Worry No 2," and that…

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US Budget Shows Who Wants War

Tribune · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

shows who wants war-721 Truman’s budget calling for [?] per cent of the total be spent on war and…

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More War Burdens At Aust. Aluminium

Tribune · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 7

LATEST firm to “celebrate” Jubilee Year with an attack on conditions is Australian Aluminium factory at Clyde where ironworkers,…

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America Taking Over Dirty French War Against Vietnam

Tribune · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 5

PARIS.—The United States has ordered its diplomatic, military and economic officials in Indochina to “prepare a thorough review of the situation there” in order to “reassess” the whole problem. THIS means less than that…

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Reds Criticise U.N. PLAN End-war Call 'Hypocritical'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (A.A.P.).— Peiping Radio and the Moscow Press have referred for the first time to the U.N. plan for a cease-fire in Korea…

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Co-operation In Menzies’ War Plan Is Betrayal, Say Unions

Tribune · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

It would be betrayal of the interests of labor for trade unions to co-operate with the Menzies Government which “is organising for war and transforming our country into an American war base.”…

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French Premier to see President Truman Concern Over War in Indo-china May seek more aid

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wed.--The French Premier (M. Pleven) will leave Paris soon for America to discuss with President Truman the Communist threat…

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Austrlian Soldiers on Way to Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

A group of Australian soldiers wounded in Korea wait in an Army ambulance at Mascot before leaving for Concord Military Hospital. They were amongst 13 wounded Australians who returned from Korea yesterday. Seen in the picture are Private L. Osborne, of Perth (left), Private G. Whelan, of Melbourne (front, right), and Private R. Montgomery, of Brisbane (second, right). Most of the men had shrapnel wounds and frostbite…

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U.S. rush to enlist

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.).--Because of the rush of volunteers the U.S. Air Force has…

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The West Can Win The Cold War-- ln Russia The blue print Tor a pyschological war that will help the Russian people shake off Communist control By Constantine W. Boldyreff with O K. Armstrong (Constantine W. Boldyreff is professor of Russian in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Musu Pastoge = Our Haven · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

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Race Meeting on Anzac Day

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 23

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The first race meeting ever to be held in N.S.W. on Anzac Day is listed for Broadmeadow…

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Race Meeting on Anzac Day

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The first race meeting ever to be held in N.S.W. on Anzac Day is listed for Broadmeadow…

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Race Meeting on Anzac Day

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 23

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The first race meeting ever to be held in N.S.W. on Anzac Day is listed for Broadmeadow…

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Natives talked of soldiers and civil war

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 9

DARWIN. Friday. -- Threats of "civil war" and use of "soldiers" between Darwin town aborigines…

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Mosquitoes Help In Rabbit War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 11

DENILIQUIN, Thursday. — Mosquitoes are assisting to keep down rabbit numbers along the Murray River. Recently, field officers of…

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War Brides to Go "Home to Mother"

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

BLOOMINGTON (Illinois).--Three English war brides who formed a club to win cheaper travel for brides…

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