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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Anzac's Views "Must Australia Fight?" Ion Idriess' Latest Work a Book Australians Should Read

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 4

"If Australia were, at war what should we do?" asks Ion L. Idriess in opening the first chapter of his latest book, "Must Australia Fight?,"…

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Petrol and Oils Nations Preparing for War Emergencies

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 8

With world-wide military preparations being rushed ahead at a colossal dost, the work of furnishing, one of the most vital essentials to military…

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Britain's Soldier Sons How The New Armies Are Being Put Into Uniform Milestone in British Industrial Expansion

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 6

July 1, the date when the first of Britain's 200,000 militiamen are to be called up for army service, will mark a milestone in British industrial…

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Bomb Deaths Eighteen Arabs Killed Many Wounded in Haifa. Haifa

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 5

Eighteen Arabs are at present known to have been killed and 24 injured, as the result of the simultaneous explosion of two bombs in the market…

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War-trained Clergy to Reach Wounded in Air Raid

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

Clergy should equip themselves for war conditions, said the Archbishop of York, Temple, in his presidential address to Convocation of York…

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Crash in Sussex High Speed War Plane. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 5

A single seater Hurricane Fight crashed in a thunderstorm in Sussex. It hit the ground at a speed of 400 m.p.h. and the engine was buried forty…

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Ordered for R.A.A.F. Powerful British War Planes. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 5

The Minister for Defence, Mr. Street, announced to-day that the Federal Government had placed an order in the United Kingdom for a number…

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Neutrality Bill Request By Roosevelt KEEPING U.S.A. Out of War. Washington

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 5

President Roosevelt told the press to-day that he did not want Congress to adjourn before enacting the new neutrality legislation…

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Soldier Missing In Bush Near Darwin Unsuccessful Search. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 5

Anxiety is being felt for the safety of Gunner P. J. Harris, a member of the Darwin mobile force, who has been missing in dense forest since…

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Drove Home After Being Wounded

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 4

While handling a pea-rifle at his office in Montague street, Goulburn, on Thursday morning Mr. Aubrey McShane, a well-known resident of…

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Bowser War Ends

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 8

The vexed question of whether kerbside bowsers should be permitted to remain at Young was settled at last meeting of the municipal council,…

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Wool Tor Japan New Trade Agreement No Minimum Quotas Fixed War Affects Purchases Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 5

No minimum import or export quotas are fixed in the new trade agreement which has been concluded between the Australian and Japanese…

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Wife Wounded Husband on Attempted Murder Charge. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 5

When Gordon Malcolm Field Roberts, 33, came before the Police Court today, on a charge of attempted murder, it was stated that the defendant's wife,…

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Grave Risk But War Not Inevitable View of Mr. Menzies. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, addressing members of the Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures to-day, declared that war was not inevitable…

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Dangerous Days July to September War In Europe Possible Germany's Threat to Poland London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 5

"We must all consider July, August and September as the months in which tension in Europe will become most severe. I am in entire accord…

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War in China Japs Lose Yuhwan Island. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1939 · page 5

Large supplies of fresh foodstuffs entered Tientsin after only short delays at the barrier, states "The Times" Shanghai correspondent…

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Famous War Ace Major "Jerry" Pentland Cant Fly Since Crash Now Gold Mining in New Guinea

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 July 1939 · page 5

Distinguished Australian wartime flying ace, with a "bag" of about 30 enemy aircraft to his credit: a pioneer of commercial flying between State…

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"All in It" If War Comes! Industry Not Fully Prepared. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 5

The conviction that if war came everything and everybody would be in it was expressed to-day by the managing director, of General Motors…

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Returned Soldier Found Dead

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 4

Edwin Thomas Mallet (60), a returned soldier, who fought, in two wars was found dead in a paint room at the Lismore Base Hospital shortly before…

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Lottery Win Recalled War Experience

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 July 1939 · page 4

Five members of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's staff at Lismore - won £50 in State lottery No. 603. The secretary of the syndicate was…

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