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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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Maclean Diggers Canon Rowe Farewelled Observance of Anzac Day. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 2

"He has been a wonderful friend of the Digger," said Mr. E. E. Phillis, president of the Maclean sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, when…

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Japan's Terms German Mediation? Fresh Offer Of Peace War Indemnities Included Moscow

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

According to the Tass Agency messages from Hankow, Japan has consented to Germany making a new attempt to mediate between China and…

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Paris Strike Division In Cabinet Soldiers Standing By. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" says the position in the Paris strike is that whereas the Seine Council, employing only a few thousand men, is prepared to grant the…

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Chiang Kai Shek Concentrating on War Duties. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

It is reported from Hankow that Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, to enable his entire devotion to the duties of Generalissimo, has handed over the Premiership…

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War Boom Prosperity in Japan Depression Will Follow Casualties Are Light. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

The munitions boom, which helped to make last year prosperous, will become a full war boom, says the Tokio correspondent of "The Times."…

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Ether War Britain's Arabic Broadcasts Feeling in Italy. Rome

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

Arabic speaking stenographers of the Italian Government will listen in to Britain's first Arabic broadcast today, and will transcribe it for Signor…

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Turns to Hatred Jap Friendship For Germany War Materials for China. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

Enthusiastic friendship towards Germany, which swept Japan when [?]ostilities with China started has almost disappeared, and has been…

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Food Supplies in War Time

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

Cable news from London last week that Great Britain had secured an option over the Canadian wheat crop as a food measure in war time was almost immediately scotched by an official denial. There has been no denial, however, of an earlier cable that the Government is considering the…

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War Talk Against Great Britain Jap Minister's "Warning" "General Conflagration" Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

"The white yuke in Asia must go," is among sensational statements attributed to Admiral Suetsugu, Japanese Minister for the Interior,…

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War with Britain No Challenge From Japan Admiral Suetsugu Interviewed Foreign Office Explains. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 5

The Foreign Office spokesman stated that Admiral Suetsugu, Minister for Internal Affairs, in an interview with the magazine, "Kaizo."…

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Shots Fired at Wedding Party One Man Wounded Police Make an Arrest Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 5

Returning home from a wedding late on Saturday night a party of two men and two women were fired at by a young man, one of the men…

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Relic of War Buried German Treasure Search at Ballina Fails. Ballina

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 6

Another attempt to find the supposed "treasure trove" relic of the early World War days, on the beach near Ballina, has ended in failure…

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Japan Plans for Four Years War Sacrifices Ahead Economist Warns Nation Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 5

On the assumption that the war will last four years, the Premier, Prince Konoye, has submitted to the Japanese Cabinet a four-year plan…

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S. Grafton Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4

An advertisement in another column notifies that a meeting of returned soldiers of South Grafton and district will be held at the Shire Office, South…

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Anzac March City Will Be Crowded Free Rail Trip for Diggers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

Officials of the R.S. League anticipate that the Anzac Day march this year will be the greatest on record. Apart from the special contingent…

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War Referendum U.S.A. Rejects Suggestion. Washington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

The House of Representatives rejjected by 209 votes to 188 a proposal to take up the amendment by Mr. Ludlow providing that any suggestion…

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War to Continue Peace Hope Abandoned Decision in Japan. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

The Japanese Cabinet reaffirmed the decision to pursue a vigorous policy in China, "unless the Chiang Kai Shek administration manifests…

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Speed in War Motors And Mobility American Demonstration Suggestion for Australia

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 8

Recent happenings in Japan and Spain have served to emphasise the fact that, in modern warfare. speed is a decisive factor, and to-day, all…

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Explosion Disaster in Madrid War Munitions Blow Up Stored in Railway Tunnel London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

"The Times" says that news received in London from a trustworthy source states that the mysterious explosion yesterday, which severed…

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Anzac Range Shoot £10,000 Prize Meeting Unusually Large Entries. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

Entries so far received for the National Rifle Association's £10,000 prize meeting, commencing at Anzac Range on February 5, total 1690, and only 140…

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