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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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£282,000,000 Japan's New War Budget. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 5

The Finance Ministry fixed the supplementary army and navy budget at £282,000,000, according to the newspaper "Asahi."…

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Europe Is Alarmed Hitlerisation of Central Europe Action By Britain Would Lead to War London

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 5

Sufficient has emerged to indicate that the situation that has arisen in Central Europe is almost precisely as the Imperial Conference feared…

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War Debts Roosevelt's Plan Coldly Received. Washington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 5

President Roosevelt had a secret conference with the Secretary of State, (Mr, Hull), the Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Morganthau), and also…

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War Unlikely Time On Side Of Peace Lord Halifax's View. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 5

"I do not believe, and never have believed, in the imminence of war. I believe time is on the side of peace," declared Lord Halifax, Lord President…

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Man Wounded Shots Fired From Taxi Surry Hills Shooting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 5

Henry George Baker, 45, was shot in the abdomen, allegedly from a taxicab, early this morning, when he was about to enter his home in Lansdowne…

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Returned Soldiers Anzac Day March

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 1

Information supplied by the head office of the. R.S.S.I.L.A. will be of interest to ex-service men in the district who intend to take advantage of…

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150 Warships and 500 War Planes Demonstration In Pacific by American Fleet Washington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 5

The Navy Board announced that the march manoeuvres of the fleet would cover eleven to twelve million square miles in the Pacific,…

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA "Aware Of War Threat" General Staff's Announcement. Prague

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

A communique issued by the Chief of the General Staff, General Krejoi, states that the Czecho-Slovakian general staff was aware of the…

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War in the Air "Debunked" Bombing Raids an American Viewpoint Spain And. Abyssinia

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 13

The aspect of the next war that alarms civilians most is the rumored war in the air. Ever since the last war Sunday newspapers have…

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State Elections March 26 "Vicious Circle" Extricating the World British Foreign Policy War Not Inevitable London

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

The Government had the choice of accepting the fatalistic view that war was inevitable or that it would do its utmost to extricate the world from…

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"I Detest War"

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 5

Lord Hailsham, Acting Foreign Minister, whose speech was a feature of the debate in the House of Lords, on Britain's new foreign policy…

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'Not Afraid of War' New Policy Hope, Not Fear Debate In Lords Support for Prime Minister London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 5

"The Government's policy is not dictated by fear, but is inspired by hope. I am not the least afraid of Italy, or any other Power in the…

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Anzac Day Special Trains for Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 4

Two hundred and forty special trains will be travelling to Sydney for the benefit of returned soldiers, sailors and nurses, who wish to be present at the…

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MR. B. T. BARNES Honored By Returned Soldiers Grafton Sub-branch Valedictory "An Energetic Citizen."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 1

The sterling qualities of "Digger" Barnes, both as a member of the League and as a citizen of the town, were praised at the Returned Soldiers'…

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Railway Warrants for Returned Soldiers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 4

Railway warrants for returned soldiers who intend visiting Sydney on the special trains which will leave Grafton for Sydney on April 19 and…

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Japanese Soldier Attack on German Doctor. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 5

A Japanese soldier, who was presumed to be drunk, attacked Dr. Birt, one of the most prominent German residents, and slashed his head and face…

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Ready for War American Organisation Troops and Industry. Washington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 5

The Government is understood to have completed plans for the quick mobilisation of man-power and industry to place 1,250,000 troops in the field…

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Distressing Case Blind War Nurse Sydney Magistrate's Comment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 5

Lydia Evans, 44, who appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of vagrancy, said she was a nursing sister with the British Army during the…

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Sino-jap War Jap Casualties 7500 Daily. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

Jpaanese columns in the Shansi province are striking in every direction with the aim of annihilating as many Chinese as possible, says "The Times"…

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German Air Force "Sharp Instrument for War." Berlin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

"The German Air Force is not merely a force for peace-time parades, but a very sharp instrument for war," said Marshal Goering, addressing officers at…

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