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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

1,985 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 100

War Summary Finland Hits Back Aid For Small Air Force Blockade Is Succeeding Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 5

Finland has again surprised the world by the vigor and courage of her resistance to the Soviet invasion. During the week renewed Russian…

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COLLISION Motor Car and Motor Cycle Soldier and Girl Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

A member of the 2nd A.I.F., Reg Gillard, 27, of Newcastle, and Miss Joan Hawkins, 18, of Newtown, were seriously injured in a collision between…

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Wild Brawl in Sydney Street Soldiers And Civilians Five Diggers in Hospital Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

More than 50 soldiers and 250 civilians fought in Campbell street last night, in Sydney's fiercest brawl for years…

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"Abandon Russia" "Draw Italy Into War" Goering's New Policy. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

Marshal Goering, Herr Hess and Herr Frick are fighting the Von Ribbentrop group, with the object of abandoning Russia and doing their utmost to draw…

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HOMESICK England's Tennis Exiles Caught in America by War. London, January 13

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 7

The outbreak of war found England's Wightman Cup team of lawn tennis players in America. Kay Stammers staggered her family and her friends…

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War Commentary Balkans Play Safe Position In Near East People Favor Allies Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

As predicted, the meeting of the Balkan Entente tailed to result in a stronger, more closely knit union of the Powers represented…

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Mass Murders Throughout Poland Shock German Soldiers Nazi Extermination Puns Copenhagen

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

The newspaper, "Politiken," describes how German soldiers, re-, turning to the homeland from Polnnd, confess the relief felt after leaving the horrors they witnessed and shared…

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Soldiers Sentenced Stole Military Clothes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

Kenneth Frederick Tunbridge and William Lauder Carruthers, both members of the A.I.F., were sentenced to one month's gaol by the Magistrate,…

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War Council Meets In France Questions of Supply. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 5

It is officially announced that the fifth meeting of the Supreme War Council assembled this morning and afternoon. In addition to the French…

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Spring Push Preparing Germany "Sacrifice A Million" Germany's War Destiny London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 5

Messages regarding, the German preparations for a great spring offensive are reaching Paris constantly. Neutral correspondents in Berlin…

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Migration Post-war Proposal Rural Areas Expansion Federal Government Plans Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 4

The resumption of migration on a larger scale than any previous scheme will probably be considered by the Federal Cabinet shortly among the…

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Diary of a Soldier

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 3

(Who, having enlisted in the 2nd A.I.F. as a private, is now a heutenant.) FEBRUARY 2, 1940. First Day: The march through the…

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"Disregard War Rumors." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

The Minister for the Army, Mr. ?Street, again urged Australians to disregard war rumors. He stressed that in the past few weeks a certain rumor…

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War Policy Queensland Labor Premier's Statement

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 5

COOLANGATTA, Wednesday. "We never will end our duties to destroy Nazism and all it stands for, but we are also out to win peace. I…

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"Cataclysmic Changes" After the War. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

"There will be cataclysmic changes after the war and one of the greatest reforms will be in education," said the Acting Federal Treasurer (Mr. Spender)…

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May Be Dropped Australian Car Schema "Uneconomic War Industry." Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 4

Reporth have been submitted to the Federal Government by its economic advisers, opposing the establishment of the motor car industry in Australia, or…

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Nazi Onslaught on Oliver Stanley Viceroy And Mr. Gandhi War Supplies for China

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1940 · page 5

(Daily war commentary issued by the Department of Information.) MELBOURNE, Wednesday. The first speech by Mr. Oliver…

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Air Power May Win War. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 5

"There will be few who will disagree with me when I say that in this war air power may turn out to be the determining factor." said the Director of…

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The War, Day by Day Germany's Oil Problem

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 6

Even if Nazi Germany succeeded in transporting the whole of Rumania's oil output into her domestic reservoirs, it would be only a small…

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Post-war Plans Larger Population Agricultural Conference. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay), speaking to-day at the Australian Agricultural Council Conference, indicated that Australia's post-war…

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