Comments Of Readers the Soldiers' Memorial
To the Editor. Sir.— On Anzac Day last,I, in common with many other mothers and wives who have been deprived of their sons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1939
392 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 20
War Time Production Plans Needed SYDNEY
Mr. E. W. Holden. M.L.C., ot South Australia, chairman of directors of General MotorsHoldens Ltd., who is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Outbreak of War Less Likely Effect Of U.S. President's Address LONDON, February 2
DIPLOMATIC circles in London and Paris regard President Roosevelt's statement about assisting Great Britain and France against aggressors as far more important than the speech thSat Herr Hitler delivered to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Before The War Germany Was Our Best Customer' Lord Halifax on Hitler (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, February 3
IN a speech' at Hull this evening the Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) commented at some length on Herr Hitler's speech to the Reichstag on Monday. Referring to Hitler's statement that Germany must…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Scheme To Speed Up Supplies In Time Of War Mobilisation of Industry Three Points Stressed By Mr. Lyons DEVONPORT (Tas.)
IMPORTANT and extensive plans have been completed by the Commonwealth Government to ensure the prompt delivery of defence supplies and the immediate mobilisation of industry in the case of an emergency,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spanish Civil War in Final British Govt. in Close Touch (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, February 6
THE situation on the Spanish front is reported to be in the final stages of disintegration. Loyalist troops in large numbers are crossing the French frontier, where they are being disarmed and interned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peace Or Continued War In Spain? Refugees Pouring Into France Republican Split (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, February 6
PEACE or continued war in Spain hangs in the balance. The Rebels' demand, for unconditional surrender hampers peace efforts. With the collapse of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Times of War Australian Help SYDNEY
What assistance Australia may give to Great Britain in time of war is entirely a matter for Australia itself to determine, according…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rebels Seek Surrender Ending Spanish Civil War Britain's Part (Special to"The Miner.")
BRITAIN and France are becoming increasingly active in seeking to promote a settlement in Spain. A British warship has already conveyed General Franco's representative from Majorca to Minorca, where he will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s. War Department Plans Mass Production
The U.S.A. Assistant Secretary of War. (Mr. L. Johnson) and one of the chief advisers to the President on the prospective American…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →European Peoples Against War Airways Head On Trend Of Affairs DARWIN
"The feeling in Europe is that we will go through 1939 without war," Mr. Hudson Fysh, mangaging director of Qantas Empire Airways, said on his return from Great Britain by the Empire flying boat after having been abroad for three months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fought In Spain's War
AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE returning from Spain. Back row (from left)—C. Riley, J. McNeil, C. Mcllroy, C. Walters (Adelaide). In front are J. Franklin and J. Carter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scientific War On Cancer Scourge Radium Beam Therapy Progresses Fast
THIS article describes the latest methods used by science in England in the attack on cancer-methods that are yielding very encouraging results when the disease is tackled in its early stages…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Bruce TalksOn Franco "Not Menace Some Think" Spain's War Of "Isms" ADELAIDE
AUSTRALIA'S High Commissioner in London (Mr. Bruce) told members of the Commonwealth Club at a luncheon in the Adelaide Town Hall that General Franco's victory in the war of the "Isms" in Spain—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Unlikely, Says Car Chief m
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. W. Ladyard Mitchell, vice-president of the Chrysler Corporation, who has just arrived in Sydney from overseas,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tubercular Soldiers Aid Appeal
The South Australian branch of the Tubercular Soldiers' Aid Society will hold its annual appeal for funds next month. The token to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Danger In Red Sea
LONDON, March 1.—A warning that Anglo-French naval co-operation might be necessary in the Red Sea to avert a general European war was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U S.A. War Secrets Published Fighting Planes Among The World's Best Huge Production (Special to "The Miner.") WASHINGTON, March 1
MORE surprises about America's military planes were revealed when the testimony of Major-General Arnold, chief of the Army Air Corps, given to the War Department Appropriation Sub-Committee at secret…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-Local Soldiers May Visit N.Z.
As Broken Hill comes under the Fourth Military District, which is controlled by the South Australian Returned Sailors and Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Food Plans In Event Of War (Special to "The. Miner.") LONDON, March 8
SIR Henry French, the food director Under Britain's defence plan, declared at Manchester that rationing and control of food supplies would…
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