German Soldiers Dissatisfied LONDON, September 24
A statement that enthusiasm for war among German soldiers on the Western Front has been completely dampened was broadcast by the secret…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
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From The War Zone
TOP-Wreckage of a bridge blown up by the Poles as they retreated during the German attack on Bromberg. CENTRE-The following German caption appeared on this picture-"To the great and pleasant surprise of his soldiers, Herr Hitler, the leader and supreme…
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NEW YORK.—The "New York Times" correspondent in Paris thinks that Germany may attempt a short cut through Swiss…
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ATHENS.—The Greeks learned for the first time and from a news reel that the Government has constructed a "Maginot line" along the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News In Brief Ship's Crew Wants War Risk Bonus
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Nine of the crew of a ship loading at Port Kembla yesterday refused to work. Last week a number of Dutchmen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Plane Attacks Dutch Liner (Special to "The Miner.")
LONDON. September 27.—A warplane, believed to be German, attacked a Royal Dutch airliner 70 miles north-west of Heligoland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner Thursday, September 29, 1939. a War of Resources
FIGHTING on the Western Front is progressively becoming more intense, and although it has not yet reached the enormous proportions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stocks for War U.S. President on Sales (Special to "The Miner.") WASHINGTON, September 26
EXPORTS to foreign, authorities buying stocks of war materials had impeded the Government's efforts to acquire reserve supplies of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tax Rate of 7/- in Pound British War Time Budget (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, September 27
THE war made the most devastating attack on the home front so far when Britain this afternoon heard its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Control Of Food Australia Not Represented War Leadership Indignation (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, September 27
COMPLAINTS about Australia's war leadership in London are likely to be aired when the Agents-General meet the High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) on Friday. They will ask him why Australia is practically unrepresented on the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Soldier Of The Reich-Hitler BERLIN, September 27
On his return to Berlin from Poland today Herr Hitler conferred with Field-Marshal Goering and other Nazi leaders…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier of Genius Leads General Gamelin Comes From Military Family
NEARLY 50 years ago a young Parisian student at St. Cyr passed out of that famous. French military academy France's Sandhurst, which lies off on the right of the road from Paris to Chartres top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Mine R" Motor Section. Te pical Motoring Conducted by "Transmission." Effect Of War On The Motorist No Change at Present
THAT the war will ultimately affect the Australian motorist cannot be deniedi4but'from exhaustive inquiries made in official circles, I can assure you that there will be very little to worry about for some considerable…
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PERTH, Saturday—"The one fear I have in my heart is that we. might raise a peace without Hitlerism being crushed," said the president of the…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday—Mr. F. G. Shedden, secretary of the Defence Department, has been appointed secretary of the, War Cabinet, the Prime…
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ABOVE-Great clouds of smoke rising from burning flats and houses at Dirschau, Poland, after German planes had bombed the…
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LONDON, September 29— Lord Denham in the House of Lords said that the country was better off today than in the last war because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Flashes (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, September 28
German planes attempted to raid Scotland yesterday, says the "Daily Telegraph." None got past the defending squadrons which, immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Cabinet Decisions Sir T. Blamey To Lead New Force MELBOURNE
The War Cabinet today appointed Major General Sir Thomas Blamey to command the 6th Division of 20,000 troops to be raised for service in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Three-year War Will Australian Bill Of 450 Million CANBERRA
FULL participation by Australia in a three-year war would cost the Commonwealth something like. £450,000,000. This figure is arrived at by examining the expenditure of Australia in the last three years of the…
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