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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

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Shots Fired Girl's Father Wounded Young Man Arrested. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 1

Bail was refused Norman Stanley Gordon Smith, 25, laborer, at Redfern Court to-day, when he was remanded on a charge of having shot at Joseph…

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Constable Shot Wounded In Forehead While Chasing Hoodlums. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

Whilst chasing a gang of hoodlums in Chalmers street, near the Central Railway Station to-night, Constable Jack Turbett, attached to the Darlinghurst…

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Best Since the War England's Merriest Xmas Back to Prosperity More Money in Circulation. London, December 14

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 3

This is going to be the brightest and best Christmas since the war. More money than ever will be in circulation. The Bank of England has…

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On Red Cross Italian Air Raid 30 Killed, 52 Wounded Swedish Doctors Injured London

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

In an official message from Addis Ababa it is announced that two Swedish doctors were injured, 30 Abyssinians killed and 50 Abyssinians…

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Word "Anzac" Claimed to Be Invention of N.z. Clerk

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 7

A new version of the circumstances attending the coining of the word. "Anzac" has been put forward, following publication of a report that Major…

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Mark Twain's War Prayer Timely--though 30 Years Old

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

In giving new currency to Mark Twain's famous "War Prayer" at a time when war clouds lower and threaten to spill bloody wrath over a…

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Woman Fatally Wounded Running to Shoot Snake

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

Miss Mary Condon, 28, of Broger's Creek, Kangaroo Valley, was fatally wounded on Sunday, when she slipped and fell and a shotgun which she was…

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World War America's Participation J. P. Morgan's Statement. Washington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 5

The Senate munitions investigating committee which has extended the scope of its inquiry into the causes of America's participation in the world…

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Cross of War for Swedish Red Cross Doctors London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 5

A message from Addis Ababa states that the Emperor has conferred the Cross of War on the Swedes, Dr. Hylander and his companion, Dr…

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PROUD J. P. Morgan And War Allies Valued Assistance. Washington

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 5

Mr. J. P. Morgan to-day informed the Senate Munitions Investigating Committee that his great banking house had "turned loose" with loans to the…

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Mutiny in Italian Forces in Tyrol Men Curse War Officers Shoot Privates Soldiers Refuse Foreign Service London

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 5

Reliable information from Merano, in Southern Tyrol, says the Innsbruck correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," indicates that mutinous…

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Instigator of War Mark Twain's Logic

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

In connection with the Mark Twain centenary celebration in November last in the United States, a writer recalls that Mart Twain, who for a…

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War Supplies Morgan's Huge Purchase for the Allies. Washington

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 5

Evidence that companies in which J. P. Morgan and Company were interested sold to the Allies 363 million dollars worth of goods before the United…

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Italian Captives "Wish War Had Never Started" Courage of Abyssinians. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 5

The Dessye correspondent of the "News -Chronicle" says that an Italian doctor, mechanic and machine gunner, attached to the tank corns. who were…

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War Finance Morgan Company's Aid Loans in 1915-17. WASHINGTON

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

Figures submitted to the Senate Munitions Investigation Committee today showed that the J. P. Morgan Company handled 1,544,000,000 dollars…

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Pope's Views on War Regards It As Stupid and Unreasonable. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 5

Cardinal Verdier, broadcasting on his return from Rome, said the Pope regarded the war as stupid and unreasonable, as it could not avenge, or…

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In Gabba Battle 474 Abyssinians Killed Five Hundred Wounded. Asmara

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

The Italian Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Badoglia, announced to-day that 474 Abyyssinians were killed and 500 wounded in the encounter of…

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War Secrets Deciphering Code Messages How Fremantle Was Saved

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 2

Codes and cyphers! Secret messages and invisible ink! The spy and counterspy i The 'stolen secret! The frantic effort to get the message through!…

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Relic of Boer War Bottle Found on W.A. Coast

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

Believed to have been thrown overboard 35 years ago from a troopship near Albany by an Australian Light. Horseman from Melbourne, on his…

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MUSSOLINI Has Lost The War German General Staff's View. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

The "News-Chronicle" says that trustworthy sources indicate growing Italian uneasiness at the immobility of the armies and the difficulty of…

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