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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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DISCOUNTED Possibility Of War Blum Tells Socialists. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 5

"I possess information regarding the Italian and German international situation discounting the possibility of war," said M. Blum, addressing a…

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Request for 125,000 Men Gen. Franco Secret Document Losses At Bilbao 20,000 Killed and Wounded London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" states that he has received ''from a reliable source" a summary of the secret…

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23 WOUNDED Strikers And Police Battle at Maryville. Maryville (Tennessee)

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

Nineteen strikers and four policemen were wounded in a gun battle following the dispersal of a picket line when the American Aluminium Company's…

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War Service Homes Interesting Figures

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 13

More than a quarter of the returned soldiers who were provided with homes under the War Service Homes Act now own them. This statement was…

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"There Will Be No War." Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1937 · page 5

Dr. Hans Luther, a former German Chancellor, who reached Auckland to-day, stated that while there was talk of war in most European…

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Salvation Army Caring For Basque Child Victims of Spanish Civil War

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1937 · page 4

An important share is being taken by the Salvation Army in Great Britain in the humanitarian work made necessary by the plight of hundreds of women and…

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Weapons of War Shot And Shell Four Modern Types

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 12

Continuing their series of articles on weapons of war the publicity department of the Byron Regiment deals with projectiles, chiefly those…

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Plain Speaking From Japan Grave Position Japanese in China "War Chances Are 50-50" "Second Manchuria Wanted" London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 5

The Chinese Embassy in London describes the situation in North China as extremely grave. The Embassy declares that the Japanese action at…

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Preference Act Returned Soldiers Maclean Prosecution Case Part Heard. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 9

Claiming that he had not been given preference in employment as a returned soldier, Kenneth McKay, of Maclean, proceeded against…

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Peace Offer Chinese Proposals Apology And Punishment "Acceptable to Japan" But War Preparations Continue. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 5

With the war fever burning fiercely in China and Japan and the armies of both nations drawing closer to Peking, hopes of averting a…

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Weapons of War High Explosive Shells Used in Modern Warfare

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 3

Continuing their series of articles on arms used by the infantry in time of war, the Publicity Department of the 41st Battalion gives brief details of two…

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The Salvation Army Caring for Basque Child Victims of Spanish Civil War

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 6

An important share is being taken by the Salvation Army in Great Britain in the humanitarian work made necessary by the plight of hundreds…

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Sino-japanese Tension Grows War Looming Chinese Warning "Unless Powers Mediate" Major Conflict with Japan London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 5

The Chinese Ambassador in Paris. Mr. Wellington Koo, states that unless the Powers mediate, there will be a major conflict between Japan…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 4

At a meeting of parishioners of Grafton held recently it was decided to place a Soldiers' Memorial in Christ Church Cathedral, such memorial to…

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Preference Act Employers Reasonable Board's Annual Report Case for Returned Men Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 5

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Employment Board, in the annual report to the Minister for Labor and Industry, slates that the Act has…

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Strike Cloud Hangs Over Darwin Soldiers Unload Marella Unions Allege a Lock-out Darwin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 5

A strike cloud is hanging over Darwin. This morning, the authorities, anticipating that union laborers would refuse to handle the cargo of…

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Husband Seeker Wanted Australian Soldier Letter to Coronation Contingent Mr. Kin[?] Addresses Rotary Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 7

"Could you please put me in touch with an Australian soldier? I saw in the advertisement in the paper. Don't quite know if it only fun. But you…

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Truce Follows Jap Bombardment "We Seek Peace" "But Not at Any Cost" China Replies To Japan War Threat Grows Worse London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 5

The situation in the Far East is rapidly getting worse. Chinese counter proposals are not acceptable to Japan, and the official Domei…

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War Insurance Property Owners' Plan Grows Like a Snowball Experiment in England. London, July 3

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 5

Faced with the fact that insurance companies refuse to insure war risks, property owners in Britain have in augurated their own scheme for…

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War Pensions Increased Expenditure. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 5

Although the detailed estimates will not be known until the Budget is submitted to Parliament, there is likely to be a considerable increase in…

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