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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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Against War Labor Congress Move Democratic Army Control "Repudiate Commitments" Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 5

The Australian Council of Trades Unions' Congress to-day carried a resolution to the effect that the masses be organised against war, thereby…

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Far East Outlook Improves Truce in China Pending a Settlement War Shipments Stopped Railway Traffic Resumed London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 5

Japanese and Chinese armies arc still standing in North China within striking distance, and the British and American residents of Peiping have…

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West of Madrid Fighting in the Heat Tanks Are Like Furnaces Soldiers Stripped to Waist London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 5

Attacks and counter-attacks continue to the west of Madrid, with the thermometer at 104 degrees. Soldiers are fighting, stripped to…

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War Memorial to Be Unveiled by the King? Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 July 1937 · page 4

The Gallipoli League of Anzacs hopes that the King will unveil the memorial lo missing Australian soldiers at Villers Bretonneux while a pilgrimage…

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Labor Congress "War Policy" Criticised "Communist Influence." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 5

Claiming that the Communists had influenced delegates to the recent Australian Congress of Trades Unions the secretary of the New South Wales…

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"War Criminal" Dies In Poverty Invented Flame Thrower. Budapest

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 5

Captain Gabriel Szakats, inventor of the flammenwerfer or flame thrower, has died, poverty-stricken. He made a fortune out of his…

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Brunete Blood-drenched Village Centre Of Fierce Struggle in Spanish Civil War London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 5

Brunete is the centre of a blood drenched, fire-scorched, no man's land. says "The Times" Barcelona correspondent. The village was…

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Birdwood at Perth Anzac Commander. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 4

Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood who commanded the Anzacs at Gallipoli arrived here to-day, on a short visit to his daughter, Mrs. Colin Craig…

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Labor and War "Australia Should Keep Out" -- Federal Leader's Views. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 5

The wise policy for Australia to pursue in regard to European affairs was not to be embroiled in her disputes, said the Federal Leader of the…

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Japan Abandons Peace Hopes Storm of Shells Rained on Peiping Japs' Punitive Measure War Loan of £5,600,000 LONDON

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 5

A full scale attack on Peiping is now being made by the Japanese. The troops are attacking the city from three sides. simultaneously,…

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Stop Civil War Appeal To League Suggested in House of Lords. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 5

Lord Cecil appealed to the Government in the House of Lords to endeavor to stop the Spanish war through the League of Nations…

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Ghastly Work in Civil War Grim Task Burning the Dead On Spanish Battlefield Both Sides Cease Fire Madrid

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 July 1937 · page 5

There is a complete cessation of flighting on the western front. Stretcher-bearers from both sides, accompanied by doctors and nurses…

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ABYSSINIA Italy's War Preparations University Extension Lecture

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 3

Lecturing before the Grafton W.E.A. last Wednesday, Mr. Rowley continued his survey of Mussolini's foreign policy, dealing with the events immediately…

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North China Corridor Japan's Aim to Reach Soviet Border Military Party's Plans War Enthusiasm in Tokio London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 5

"The Times" Shanghai correspondent declares that the Japanese military party has assumed full control of the political situation, irrespective…

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Origin of War "Amazing Revelations" Bavarian Legation Documents How Russia Planned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 9

The following clipping from the cable page of an Australian newspaper, bearing on the origin of the Great War, has been forwarded by…

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Atrocities in Sino-jap War Japanese "Hopei Govt." Moved to Peiping Tientsin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 August 1937 · page 5

The autonomous Government of East Hopei, which was established under Japanese. auspices after the occupation of Jehol, has transferred…

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Woman Charged With Razor Slashing Man's Face Wounded. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

Bail of £60 was allowed Lydia Bagley, 33, domestic, at the Central Court to-day, when she was remanded on a charge of having maliciously inflicted…

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War Graves 200,000 Visitors From England. Arras

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

Over 200,000 people from Britain visited war graves during the holiday season. Last year nearly 3000 more bodies of…

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North China Tension Is Dangerous "Major Clash Inevitable" Japan's War Budget Nanking

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

Dangerous Sino-Japanese tension continues, but troops sent north by the Chinese Central Government and the Japanese forces there have not…

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War Tanks Ten for Australia Machine Gun Factory Estimated to Cost £250,000 MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 5

It was announced to-day that in the estimates to be presented to Parliament this month, provision has been made for the establishment, of…

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