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The wars & local soldiers, 1936

363 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 19

Spanish Civil War Christmas Truce Ignored Negotiated Peace Unlikely London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1936 · page 2

The only echo to the Christmas truce suggestions is the thunder of the Spanish rebels' shells falling in Madrid, while the…

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Girl Shot Dead Lad Found Critically Wounded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 31

After she had returned from a Christmas tree party, Marie Jean Kept, 16, was shot dead through the window at the home of her uncle, Ralph Wilson…

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Mussolini: "War is Eternally Bound to the Human Race"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 18

In the same issue of the paper in which Mr. Churchill writes, Signor Mussolini, Italy's disturbing leader, states that war is eternally bound to…

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What War Would Mean Would Extinguish Civilisation, Says Winston Churchill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 18

Another great war would, extinguish what is left of the civilisation of the world, and the glory of Europe would sink for countless generations into the…

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