Wild Scenes at Shanghai Three Wounded SHANGHAI, January 23
THERE were wild scenes in which Mr. W. J. Keswick, British chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, and two Japanese councillors were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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Fewer On Sick List Since War
Nights at work or in air raid shelters might be expected to undermine the health if not the morale of the people of Britain, but statistics show…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soviet Determined to Keep Out of War Policy Widely Broadcast LONDON, January 24
"RUSSIA'S determination to keep out of the war was reiterated from all Soviet radio stations on the 17th anniversary of Lenin's death. The secretary of the Moscow Communist Party declared that the Soviet was pursuing a strict policy of peace and neutrality…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →France To Mediate In Thai War (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 23
FRANCE has accepted the Japanese offer to mediate in the dispute between Indo-China and Thailand, it is officially announced at Vichy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Eire and the War
LONDON.—There are still people in Eire who act as if the war were on another planet instead of within sight of Irish shores, declared the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Facts Withheld Says Mr. Beasley
SYDNEY, Monday.—The charge that the Federal Government was withholding information about the war effort was made today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How Spending Affects The War Effort
THE effectiveness of a nation's war effort depends just as much upon the skill of its finsncial and economic leaders and those who do their bidding in the ranks of industry, as upon the efficiency of its military leaders and the fighting forces under their command…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Franco-Thai War Truce Is Reported A.A.P., TOKIO, January 25
France end Thailand have both accepted Japanese proposals for a truce and an offer to mediate, the Foreign Office announced last night. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Contacts U.S. War Department A.A.P., WASHINGTON, January 24
The War Department announces that it has awarded a 48,000,000 dollar (£A16,000,000) contract to the munition-making firm of Dupont to equip a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in Africa Enemy Contacted Near Derna Italians Claim Success Against Navy LONDON, January 25
Air reconnaissance shows that the Italians left Malta before British patrols Approached the town, states the British United Press correspondent in Cairo. The General Headquarters communique states that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan And War A.A.P., HONGKONG, Jan. 27
Japan does not want war and will do her best to avoid it unless some precipate action by armed forces of Indo China or elsewhere creates a situation from which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the War Fronts Analysis Of Internal Situations MELBOURNE, January 26
The latest reported instance of German pressure upon the Vichy Government is said to have involved a demand for the use of Tunisia as a German air…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Senators Want War Aims Defined A.A.P., WASHINGTON, January 26
Senators Nye and Wheeler intend introducing a resolution in the Senate seeking to force Mr. Roosevelt to request all belligerents to define their war aims,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thai War to Cease Japan Mediates (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, January 27
TT was officially announced in Vichy today that hostilities between Thailand and French Indo-China will cease tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eire and the War Warning By Minister (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, January 26
"THERE are still people in Eire who act as if the war were on another planet instead of within sight of Irish shores,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hitler Lost War in June, 1940 Lord Halifax's Confidence A.A.P., WASHINGTON, January 25
"Hitler lost the war in June, 1949. when he failed to take advantage of the French collapse." declared the British Ambassador, Lord Halifax, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fascist Party Unpopular Nazis Likely To Step In (Daily War Commentary Issued by the Dept. of Information) MELBOURNE
THE American press has published during the last few days reports of rioting in Milan and other cities in northern Italy, but however much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Air War Against Ice Science Seeks To Solve A Mew Problem Freezing Mist May Be As Deadly As a Direct Hit
The worst enemy the Royal Air Force has to face—next to the Luftwaffe—is ice. All the year round, that foe is lurking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Cutlasses Strange British War Export
A curious type of agricultural "armament" which has never been seen on an English farm has been made in a British steel factory for well over 100 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merle Oberon Aids War Fund A.A.P. Los Angeles. Jan 27
The him star. Merle Oberon, has contributed 1,000 dollars to the Pacific Coast branch of the Anzae War Relief Fund. established at a meeting of Australians…
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