Beaufort War Planes to Be Assembled in Australia. Sydney
The capabilities of every plant to supply parts for manufacture of Beaufort war planes would be down on paper soon, said the Minister for…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
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War Materials Big Contracts Let. Canberra
Steady progress of the Australian defence programme is indicated by the increasing numbers of contracts for defence equipment which are being let by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Modern Cars Compared With Pre-War Product Advance in Efficiency
Only those motorists who were driving cars in pre-war days are really able to appraise the modern motor car at its true worth. Certainly it is easy to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War This Year Odds Are 5 TO 1 AGAINST German Roads And Crops American Newspaperman's Views London, August 5
Prominent among recent visitors to Germany is Joseph Medill Patterson, proprietor of the "New York Daily News."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in China Bombing of British Ships. Shanghai
The Japanese army spokesman has refused to accept the responsibility for the bombing of the two British ships, the Kiang Wo and the Chia Wo, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More "Jitter" Tactics in Europe? War of Nerves Uneasiness in Europe Serious Border Clashes Britain Remains Calm London
The London and British public are not perturbed by the growing European tension, but reports from the Continent state that the war of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peace Front Will Prevent War America's Aid Needed. Goulburn
Speaking at a gathering of Rotarians at Goulburn, the Bishop of Goulburn, the Rt. Rev. E. H. Burgmann. said that the British Empire had been through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →If War Comes Belief in America U.S.A. Will Be Involved Public Opinion Poll New York
Seventy-six per cent, of Americans now believe that the United States will be drawn into war against Germany and Italy, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chemists and War
The chemist and the engineer had transformed war so completely that to-day the word had a totally different meaning from what it had in the past,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Petrol Supplies Restriction In War Time Australian Arrangements. Canberra
The Commonwealth Government is keeping secret its plans for the storage and distribution of petrol in the event of emergency, the Minister for Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orara Valley News. National Emergency Services Coff's Harbor Campaign Special Drive for Enlistments. Coff's Harbor
At a special public meeting, called last night by the warden of the Dorrigo shire, Mr. Ray E. Smith, arrangements in connection with the national…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany and Russia Non-aggression Pact to Be Signed in Day or So Startling Development in Crisis Fear of War Increased But Poland Remains Calm London
Consternation was caused throughout Europe by the official announcement from Berlin that Russia and Germany had agreed to conclude a non-aggression pact. The German Foreign Minister, Herr Von Ribbentrop, it was stated,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Keep Calm" Premier And Crisis "War Not Inevitable." Sydney
Despite acute tension, war was not inevitable, said the Premier (Mr. Mair) to-day. "The immense strength of Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Unhesitating" Co-operation of C'wealth "Britain Will Not Go Alone" If War Forced Upon Her Canberra
Australia's support of Great Britain was reaffirmed by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, in an Important statement on the international crisis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Army Ready to March Britain and France Will Stand Solidly by Poland "Determined to Fulfil Obligations" Parliament to Meet To-day Emergency Powers Legislation Britain Taking Every Precaution France on a War Footing London
The conclusion of the impending Russo-German non-aggression pact would in no way affect the British Government's obligations to Poland, which Britain is determined to fulfil, it was unhesitatingly declared after a meeting of the British Cabinet to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Dawn Patrol" Saga of War Airmen
It is an established fact now that the English flying arm during the first two years of the Great War was far inferior to that of Germany. Germany,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Speeding Up Preparations in France "War Almost Certain" Before the Week-end. London
Paris remains calm, but the Associated Press of Great Britain says France woke up believing that a second world war was almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. SUPPORT "United And Solid" in Event of War. Wellington (N.z.)
In so far as New Zealand support of the Empire in the grave position with which it is now faced, is concerned, party politics are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian View Hopes to Avoid War. London
In Rome there are still hopes that war will be avoided. "Popolo di Rome" says Poland still has time to resume contact with the Reich. The way to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moscow Reactions War Threat Ignored New German Friendship. Moscow
The Moscow press continues to ignore the war threat, and is concentrating on the Germano-Soviet pact. The British and French missions…
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