Poland Is Defiant "We Are Ready for War" London, March 26
"We are ready for war with the strongest of our antagonists," states the Polish War Office Journal…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
1,566 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 79
Soldier Fined Constable Assaulted NEWCASTLE
For assaulting Constable George Edward Godfrey while in the execution of his duty, Keith Vivian Warren (29), a soldier, was fined £2, in the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Discouraging Enlistments Condemnation of Employers
Strong condemnation of employers who placed obstacles in the way of militia trainees instead of co-operating with the Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poland Ready for War
Although at present unwilling to sign any declaration against aggression, Poland is making ready to defend herself against attack from any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Veterans' Home Appeal
The first section of the War Veterans' Home, which is being justly sponsored by the R.S. and S.I.L. (New South Wales Branch) and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Defence—oil and the Farmer If War Comes Oil's Part in Primary Production
VITAL to the army, navy and air force for defence, oil also plays an important part for the man on the land. Without it modern agricultural methods would be impossible, necessitating back-breaking manual labor and undeveloped land holdings;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ready for War Polish Moves No Inferiority Complex Reservists Called Up London, March 26
Although at present unwilling to sign any declaration against aggression, Poland is making ready to defend herself against attack from any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War in the Air View of Missionary
"Air raids cannot break a nation, materially or in morale," said Mr George W. Shepherd, an American missionary from China,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wirraway Plane Made in Australia First War Machine in Successful Flight
Watched by hundreds of employees and thousands of spectators on nearby roads, the first warplane to be made in Australia, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Franco's Appeal to Enemy Soldiers Madrid
General Franco in an earlier broadcast appeal to the Provincial Republican Army called on the soldiers to surrender and so avoid bloodshed. He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Duff-cooper Calls for Swift Action. London, Tuesday. "War can still be avoided, but only by swift, resolute and united action."
Mr Duff-Cooper, who resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty after the Munich conference, said that in a speech to his constituents last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →China War' Heavy Fighting Reported SHANGHAI, March 29
Fighting in the Kiangsi Province centres round Laentang, 10 miles south of Nanchang the Japanese are attempting to cut the railway between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Territorial Army at War Strength London, March 29
The British Government has decided to raise the territorial army immediately to the war strength of 340,000 men, double its existing strength. Thirty-two division will now be available for service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Franco's Victory Now Complete War in Spain Is Over All Republican Strongholds Surrender LONDON, March 29
A broadcast from Spain picked up by the Lisbon station at 2.30 p.m. announced that the war in Spain had ended. All over the country troops and towns are surrendering to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home to Father Davoren
Father P. J. Davoren, of Cessnock, has just arrived back in Australia after spending the best part of a year in Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Territorial Field Army Expansion to Double War Strength
The British territorial field army is to be brought at once up to war establishment, and the war establishment is to be doubled, making 32 divisions available for service overseas, in place of the 19 announced by the War Minis ter (Mr L. Hore-Belisha) three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canada's Stand on War Responsibility Statement by the Prime Minister. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) OTTAWA
"As Prime Minister, I am not prepared to engage or lead Canada into a war," said Mr Mackenzie King in the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DENMAN Soldiers' Sub-Branch Annual Meeting
Reports presented at the annual meeting of the Denman subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League indicated that the past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canada and War Ottawa, March 31
The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. MacKenzie King, said in Parliament that. If n European war broke out, Parliament would decide whether…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"War Is Over" The Last Communique BARCELONA, April 2
The Newspaper, "Van Guastia," publishes in 2-inch letters a final war communique, "National troops obtained their final military objects. War…
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