Monks Trained Taught About Bombs While Praying Against War. London, June 25
Monks of the Order of St. Benedict, praying daily that war will never come are taking intensive training in air raid precautions. The first two…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1938
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Fugitive General Talks Of M. Stalin "Preparing for War." Tokio
In an interview with the Australian Associated Press, General Lushckov, chief of the Siberian O.G.P.U., who took refuge in Manchukuo and then…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Resignation Rumor British War Minister. London
Discussing the Secrets Act proceedings the "Daily Mail's" political correspondent states that there are rumors in the lobbies about the future of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Olympic Games Vetoed By Japan Money Needed for War. Tokio
The Ministry for Public Welfare has vetoed the decisions to hold the 1940 Olympic Games in Tokio. Although the Games have not been formally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King's Car Stoned Letter Inside Glove Woman Agitator's Action "No More War" Campaign. London, June 25
A glove weighted with stones was thrown at the Royal car as the King drove along the front at Weymouth this week after his visit to the fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Spanish War German Aid for Rebels. London
The "News-Chronicle" alleges that reinforcements from Germany to rebel Spain are increasing. The Air Legion, directed by German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Minister Sensational Rumors Official Secrets Case "Matter Without Precedent" London
The lobbies of the House of Commons were buzzing with renewed rumors regarding the future of the War Minister (Mr. Hore Belisha),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shooting Charge Man Wounded in Leg. Sydney
John Henry McBurnie (24) laborer, was remanded at the Central Court to-day, charged with having shot at Thomas Hilder, with intent to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spain Beflagged War Anniversary Rebels Celebrate. London
Rebel Spain was beflagged to-day with red and gold in celebration in the first of three national holidays to commemorate the second anniversary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →25 AUSTRALIANS Killed In Spanish War Fighting Against Rebels. Sydney
The secretary of the Spanish Relief Committee. Mr. P. T. Thorne, stated to-day that 25 of 46 Australians who have taken part in the Spanish civil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Shot By Soviet Soldiers "Not Considered Serious." Tokio
A Japanese gendarme was killed while investigating the Soviet occupation of Chang Kufeng, a military hill at Possiet Bay, but the Foreign Office…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spanish War Heroic Defence. London
History will immortalise the battle for Sagunto as an example of Spanish stubbornness in defence, says "The Times" Hendaye correspondent. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →VILLERS-BRETONNEUX National War Memorial Australians' Battle
The Australian National War Memorial stands on interesting ground. The entrance gate on the Corbie-Villers Bretonneux road is at, or within a few…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Graphic Story War Raiding Parties MR. H. Preston's Address. Ulmarra
There was one of the largest and most enthusiastic attendances for some months at the Presbyterian Men's League tea on Sunday night, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ship Returns with Wounded Cook
Shortly after the Dilga left Newcastle at 4.52 p.m. on Friday, for Melbourne, a wireless message was received by the agents that the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →VILLERS-BRETONNEUX National War Memorial Repelling the Germans the Interval, April 4-24. (Continued from yesterday.)
But on that occasion the Germans farther south had driven so far towards Amiens that the flank there was greatly exposed, and this offered a perpetual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Documents of War Locked in Safe: Key Lost
Wartime documents locked in a special safe, the key of which has been lost, will shortly be recovered and examined in Canberra. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bonus for Danger Spanish War Benefits Fortune for British Shipowners. London, July 2
Some British shipowners, unwilling to run the risk, have refused to send their ships to Spain. Others have seized the opportunity to pile up huge…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →VILLERS-BBETONNEUX National War Memorial the Battle of August, 8 Somme Region Crowded with Memories. (Continued from yesterday's issue.)
The foothold kept on these heights was extended bit by bit during the summer by the Australian Corps until the line stood almost where it had been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wild Scene Returned Soldiers' Conference the Preference Question. Melbourne
A wild scene occurred at the annual conference of the returned soldiers this afternoon, when a delegate mentioned a press report in which the minister…
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