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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

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The War Day by Day. Australia's Fine Munition Effort

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 2

Due to the wholehearted efforts in the entire field of engineering, machine tools for munitions and aircraft production covering a most…

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8th Garrison Battalion More Returned Soldiers Wanted

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 2

Colonel Dunbar. and Major [?]. J. Meagher, of Newcastle, visited Gloucester on Saturday seeking recruits for the 8th Garrison Battalion,…

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War Talk

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 5

To-day it is not inappropriate to Tecall what M. Leon Gambetta, the French statesman who established the French Republic after the defeat…

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War and the Churches. Impulse to Unity

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 3

No evil afflicts the world without some compensatory good. That is what R. W. Emerson meant when he said "All things are double: tit for…

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The War British Offensive in Eritrea. London, Saturday. (A.A.P.)

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

Britain's motorised units have severed the 15-mile road linking Agordat and Barentu in Eritren. Two divisions retreating from Kassala…

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War News. Slaughter by Greeks in New Victory. ATHENS, Sunday (A.A.P.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

Italian attempts at a major counter attack on the Albanian front have been defeated with desperate losses. It is estimated that in the counter…

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Honoring a Soldier Function at Mount George

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 3

Driver C. T. Thane was tendered a public send-off in the Mount George Hall on Friday night, 24th January, after being on leave with Mr…

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Honor Roll Pte. Archie Baker, Killed in Action

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 2

News, that Pte. Archie Baker, Signal Corps, of Nambucca Heads, had been killed in action brought the war to our little village on Monday…

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If War Comes

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

In the event of war in the Pacific, there will be need for the Federal Government to take over inland traffic in the interests of uniformity, said…

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Anzac Buffet Art Union. Free Meals for Men in Uniform

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 7

Among the many organisations working for the comfort of the fighting forces there is no keener or harder working body than that which…

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The War and the Macleay

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 5

Aircraftsmen Noel Manning, Ken Carroll and Leo Henry are home on leave. Aircraftsman Clarrie Fischer, of…

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War Chest Fund. Ladies' Auxiliary

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 2

The Hon. Secretaries report as follows:—At the monthly meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary a letter was…

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Latest War News. Washington, 6241

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 5

Colonel Lindberg, addressing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reiterated his opposition to President Roosevelt's Lend or Lease Bill…

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The War. (Australian Associated Press)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

WASHINGTON, THURSDAY: COLONEL LINDBERGH, ADDRESSING THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE,…

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War Savings Campaign Even Greater Effort Needed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 2

To stimulate still further the interest in Australia's war savings campaign a Commonwealth-wide publicity drive will soon be launched…

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War News in Brief. March to Benghazi

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 3

General Wavell's Imperial Army of the Nile continues its sweeping advances on four fronts in Mussolini's African Empire…

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Fodder Storage Plan. Last War Effort. Minimum Price Guaranteed

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 3

Mr. Campbell Carmichael, at one time a member of the New South Wales Cabinet, recalls a successful experiment in fodder conservation…

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War Badges. Wives and Mothers are Eligible. Conditions of Issue

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, states that badges for people engaged in war service, rejected volunteers and female relatives of…

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"The Man From Dakota" an Epic of the American Civil War

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 3

For once a new angle is discovered to the Civil War in "The Man From Dakota," which opens at the Mayfair Theatre to-night without the…

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"Tragedy May Be Imminent." Warning by Mr. Beasley. Big War Effort Needed

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

"Selfish, or subversive interests, in any section of the community, must be compelled to stand aside," said the leader of the Non-Communist…

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