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The wars & local soldiers, 1953

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Eastern Radios, Papers Shift Stress on Class War

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 4

London—(W.J.A.). A Special Correspondent writes: If policy leading to the Moscow case of Jewish doctors is to be judged from Soviet sources, such as broadcasts from Moscow and countries in the Soviet sphere of…

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General hits at apathy to war in Korea

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 7

Many people were not showing a "live interest" in army recruiting for Korea as they…

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U.S. Generals Talk In Tokyo On Korea War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 (A.A.P.).—Three of America's leading Generals—General Lawton Collins, Lieut.-General Maxwell Taylor, and General Mark Clark—met in Tokyo…

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Red China Unco-Operative In War Upon Girl Slavery

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.P.).--The Chinese Communist Government will not co-operate with Britain to stamp out a slave trade in young Chinese girls, British sources revealed last night…

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Red China Unco-Operative In War Upon Girl Slavery

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.P.).-- The Chinese Government will not cooperate with Britain to stamp out a slave trade in young Chinese girls, British sources revealed last night…

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Red China Unco-Operative In War Upon Girl Slavery

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.P.).--The Chinese Government will not co-operate with Britain to stamp out a slave trade in young Chinese girls, British sources revealed last night…

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Red China Unco-Operative In War Upon Girl Slavery

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.P.).--The Chinese Communist Government will not co-operate with Britain to stamp out a slave trade in young Chinese girls, British sources revealed last night…

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U.S. soldier killed in Koje prison

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

TOKIO, Saturday. -- Three North Korean prisoners beat a US soldier to death in a camp…

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Wounded At Home

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sat— John Thornton (46), railwayman, was shot in the stomach tonight at…

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Prison Warders' Boer War Rifles

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 5

Prison warders in New South Wales are using Boer War rifles which the Prisons Department bought from the Army in 1945 as "modernising…

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Round the Shows: This week's new programs War and Horses, with Comedy, Too

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 50

WAR--on land, sea and in the air--is the theme of many of this week's pictures. But there's a comedy and a thriller to vary them. WE'RE NOT…

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Virtual State Of War Follows Clashes Between Jews, Arabs From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 4

LONDON, Jan. 31.—The "Daily Express" correspondent in Beirut says that troops on either side of the Jordan-Israel border are virtually in a state of war…

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Tense hunt for ship saboteurs LONDON, Saturday. War security in U.K. ports follows mystery liner fires

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 1

SECURITY men are making one of most sensational hunts in history for a ring of ship saboteurs seeking to strike a blow at Britain's sea power. The search intensified yesterday…

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Threat to deport famous anti-fascist The Immigration Department has threatened with deportation an Italian responsible for the saving of hundreds of Allied lives during The war; an Italian with an incredible record of war-time anti-fascist activity

Il Risveglio = The Awakening · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 4

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A day in the life of a soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sat.--Robert Horne, 26, joined the Army on January 19, 1951…

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Warning by War Writer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 7

Australia and Britain might not have another chance to recover if they failed to profit from the lessons of the Pacific war…

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World War Blunders Recalled

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 18

The second World War was an unnecessary war, Major-Gen. S. W. Kirby said when speaking last…

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D.T. cable round-up Threats to kill wounded detective

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 4

LONDON, Sun.--Anonymous phone-callers and letter-writers have threatened to kill a detective for having arrested a youth since hanged. The detective is…

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World. War Blunders Recalled

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 4

The second World War was an unnecessary wax, Major-Gen. S. W. Kirby said when sneaking last…

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World War Blunders Recalled

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 18

The second World War was an unnecessary war, Major-Gen. S. W. Kirby said when speaking last…

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