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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

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Late War News. Germany's Aims. Red Army's Advance

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 2

A German official broadcast declared that, with the redrafting of Poland's frontiers, the Reich had accomplished its war aims, and that…

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The War Day by Day Week-end News—

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 1

The Moscow radio announces that all the Soviet forces mobilised since September 7 will remain with the Colours unTil further notice "because…

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Children of Soldiers. Exemption from Payment of Examination Fees

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, has decided to continue this year the exemption of the children of deceased soldiers, or totally…

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Safeguarding Soldiers' Economic Rights. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 4

The Returnel Soldiers' League has written to the Federal and State Governments urging legislative action to safeguard the economic interests of…

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Recruits for the A.i.f. Enlistment Invited

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 4

In a telephone message received this afternoon from Sydney from Captain S. B. Lacey, Area and Recruiting Officer for the…

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Rumination - Review - Reminiscence. the Partition of Poland-- Rival Gangsters Unite in a Common Criminal Purpose-- Why Have the Democracies Not Declared War on Russia?-- What Is the Alternative?-- Japan's Reactions to European Happenings of Interest to Australia-- Mussolini in the Limelight Again with a Loaded Peace Proposal-- There Has Been No Italian Declaration of Neutrality Despite Diplomatic Assertion

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 3

Now that the greater part of Poland has fallen to the German attack and the no less aggressive thrust by the Russians from the East and…

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War Incidents

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 September 1939 · page 2

A French diplomatic writer that M. Stalin, before he signed the Russo-German non-aggression pact last month, warned, a Bulgarian…

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Australia's Part Mr. Menzies on the War Contribution of Producers

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 September 1939 · page 4

"Australia, is in this war. She is in it of her own free will. She is in it to the utmost that she lias," declared the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), in…

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The War Warsaw in Ruins German Motor Works Bombed Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 September 1939 · page 2

London: An official communique from Warsaw states that not it single building in the city is intact. Most of the houses and public buildings are in…

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Latest War News. Dispute Over Spoils Reported. Russia and Germany. New York, Sept. 22

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 September 1939 · page 2

Foreign military attaches in Moscow believer that difficulties have arisen between the German and Soviet forces concerning the line to which…

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Taree Red Cross Knitting for Soldiers

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 September 1939 · page 2

A special meeting of the Taree Red Cross Society was held at the council chambers, on Friday, 22nd September. Despite the cold weather, there was a…

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War and Taxation

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 4

It can certainly be said that the people of Australia are at the present time confronted with all the taxation they require. Those who want any…

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The War. Freighter Sunk

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 4

London: The Swedish freighter Nyland has been torpedoed off the south-west coast of Norway. The crew has been rescued…

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The War Day by Day Wednesday—

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 1

Heavy losses of submarines by Germany were announced by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, in the House of…

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War Loan. Unlikely Before December. Savings Certificate Plan

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 6

The Commonwealth Government will probably not approach the loan market until next December. At the same time, it is expected, a system…

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War Time Is Caution Time on the Road

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 3

The Government has issued a plea to the, public that they carry on their duties as though there were no war. While most people are…

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Late War News. German Peace Offensive. Surrender of Warsaw

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 2

While the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Ribbentrop, is busy in Moscow, political tension in European capitals is acute in expectation…

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Aggressor Nations to Make Peace Threat to Democracies. War to a Finish to Acceptance Is the Alternative Estonia Agrees to Concede Russian Demands Upon Her Sovereign Rights. "Germany to Organise Full Scale Attack" If Peace Proposals Rejected. Berlin, 28939

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 4

The High Command claims that an air squadron attacked a heavy British cruiser off the Isle of May, at the mouth of the Firth of…

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Rumination - Review - Reminiscence. Partition of Poland--germany and Galicia--why the Deprivation of the Oilfields Province Was Approved--rumania and a Common Frontier with the Reich--hungary Represents a Highroad to Realisation--the Magyars and Their Derivation--post-war Hungary and Its Vicissitudes and Government Traversed

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 3

There has been considerable press and political discussion relative to the manner in which Germany and Russia have agreed to divide the…

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Latest War News. From All Fronts

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 September 1939 · page 6

The British Ministry of Agriculture in England states that the harvest was one of the best in the country's history, being 2,740,000 tons…

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