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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

3,694 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 185

Soldiers Refused To Fight

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 3

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (A.A.P.). — The Eighth Army said to-day that 87 men and one officer of the…

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War power for Egypt

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 3

CAIRO, Monday.-- The Egyptian Government has published a decree under which it…

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War Over Farms in Red Zone

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 4

BERLIN, (B.U.P.). --Reports reaching Berlin say that German farmers fought…

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Stalin Wary Of War, Harriman Says

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (A.A.P.).—One of America's foremost foreign affairs experts, Mr. Averell Harriman, to-day said the Soviet Premier, Mr. Stalin, would not deliberately invite a war with the West unless he thought it was going to…

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War Over Farms in Red Zone

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 4

BERLIN, (B.U.P.). --Reports reaching Berlin say that German farmers fought…

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War Crimes "Puzzle" Indian Minister Seeks Definition

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Mon.(Extel).--"The Indian Minister of Education (Dr. MauBana Abul Kalan Azad) said here: "U is difficult to say what is the definition of a war crime. "When German bombers…

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War Crimes "Puzzle" Indian Minister Seeks Definition

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Mon. (Extel). --The Indian Minister of Education (Dr. Maulana Abul Abul Azad) said here: "It is difficult to say what is the definition of a war crime. "When German bombers…

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LETTERETTES 50-50 in Fifty Words Women's war

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 11

Women say they could rule the world better than men, and prevent war. But if…

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War spears fly in blood -thirsty clash of natives

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

DARWIN, Monday.-- One of the most savage native fights for many years broke out at Catfish aboriginal settlement, on the fringe of the…

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Egyptian War Law

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 4

CAIRO, Mon. -- The Egyptian Government yesterday published a decree under which it can…

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Bomb-Wounded Former Star Film Star Faces Espionage Allegation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

BONN, Tues, (A.P., B.U.P.). --A formerly beautiful German stage and film star. whose career was ruined by wartime Allied air raid wounds, was wheeled into court in Bonn 4 yesterday for the opening of West Germany's…

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Bomb- Wounded Former German Film Star Faces Espionage Allegation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

BONN, Tues. (A.P., B.U.P.). --A formerly beautiful German stage and film, star, whose career was ruined by wartime Allied air raid bounds, was wheeled into court in Bonn yesterday for the opening of West Germahy's…

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No Blackout For U.N. Troopship In Korean War Zone

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 7

TOKIO, Tues. --Allied soldiers on their way to war, in Korea come within 150 miles of the Communist port of Shanghai, but they travel without escort…

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No Blackout For U.N. Troopship In Korean War Zone

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 7

TOKIO, Tues. --Allied soldiers on their way to war in Korea come within 150 miles of the Communist port of Shanghai, but they travel without escort…

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'Doubled for Brother at War' Amazing Story By Trainee In Court

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

How one brother bad allegedly done three months' National Service training in Australia in the name of a younger brother who had gone away in…

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Back-slaps by Jap, 2 Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 6

A Japanese leaving Sydney for home yesterday said Australia was wonderful. Two Australian soldiers, returning home, praised Japan…

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'Invited Guests' See Soldiers Killed in Theatrical Attack Report Shocks High Officials

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tues. --Reports have been received in Washington that a United Nations attack in Korea on Saturday was staged "with all the trappings of a theatrical performance."…

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Germ War Confirmation

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 9

Defence Department summary issued in Washington. American casualties were 126,845 killed, wounded, missing or…

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Best Year Since War

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- For most industries in Newcastle, 1952, was the best since the end of the…

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Japan prepares for war

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 9

TOKIO.—Moves are under way to revise the Japanese Constitution to allow rearmament to speed up. Premier Yoshida has assigned Jiro Hoshijima and Tabao Kuraishi— who represented Japan at the signing of the “Peace Pact” in San Francisco…

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