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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

1,108 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 56

Trade Slump in Japan Effects of War

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 18

Mr. W. Dodwell, a buyer in the East, for a firm of importers in Melbourne, who returned to Sydney from a business visit to Japan, said that he would…

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They Settled a War with a Beano

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 14

History proves that even in centuries gone by they had sensible ideas about settling wars, and an historian has just discovered how King Louis…

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Great Anzac March in Sydney Thrilling Spectacle Seven Miles Procession Witnessed by Nearly Million People

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 12

Diggers from all parts of Australia and New Zealand congregated in Sydney on Monday for the biggest Anzac Day celebration ever held. Altogether some 43,000 returned soldiers marched…

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Country Observances Service at Albury War Memorial Inspiring Address

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 12

Anzac Day in Albury was celebrated in traditional fashion. Returned men, the 40th Battery, and other units, assembled in Dean-street, and marched…

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Food in War Time. a British Assurance. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

The report of the Government, food defence plans, to be issued to-night, says that if war breaks out the Government will immediately purchase…

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Aeronautical Storm War Planes for Britain London, April 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 37

An aeronautical storm raging in Parliament next week over the muddles and delays which it is claimed are wrecking Britain's air rearmament…

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Anzac Commemoration Simple but Impressive Ceremony in Henty School of Arts "We Must Fight for Peace." Speakers Impress Message of Example Set by Australians at Gallipoli

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 1

An atmosphere of impressive simplicity characterised the annual Anzac Day commemoration, held in the Henty School of Arts on Monday morning. Twenty-three years have passed since the Aus-tralians and New Zealanders wrote a new page of history in their…

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France's Unknown Soldier Paris, April 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 13

The death of Major Louis Lespinasse, the only person knowing the identity of France's unknown soldier, seals for all time the secret of the…

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Anzac Day

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 2

Anzac Day was quietly commemorated in Balranald on Monday last in the usual manner. During the morning flags were flown at half-must as…

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Correspondence Hawking on Anzac Day (To the Editor.)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 10

Sir.—I would like to know in what sort of memory our Anzacs are held some of our local housewives. Whilst a portion of the residents…

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Australia Prepares for Next War More Committees Appointed. Announcement Yesterday Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 2

Six committees have been appointed by the Commonwealth Government to advise upon all aspects of universal co-ordination of the new defence…

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27 Escapees Sought Wanted For London Reunion War-time Episode Recalled London, April 28

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 10

A world-wide search has be[?] for 27 British ex-officers who participated in a most spectacular [?] from a prison camp…

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Feeding the People in Time of War Preparations in Britain Food Rationing Plans Broad Outline of the Scheme LONDON, April 28

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 1

Broad outline of the preparations being made for feeding the nation in time of war is given in a report issued by the Food Defence Department of the Board of Trade. The report says that to ensure that…

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Boy Critically Wounded Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 2

Erie Weymark, 16, of Edensor Pork, was accidentally shot in the stomach to-day, and is in hospital in a serious condition. It appears that…

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German War Prison Escapee Living in W.A. PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 2

West Australia claims one of the British ex-officers who escaped in spectacular fashion from a prison camp in Helzminden. Germany,…

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Anzac Day 1940 New Zealand Celebrations Applications Already In Hand SYDNEY

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 3

The State Secretary of the Returned Soldiers League (Mr. Black) said to-day that headquarters had been inundated with applications from…

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Diggers Anxious to Go to N.Z. FOR 1940 Anzac Day Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 4

The Stale secretary of the Returned Soldiers’ League (Mr. Black) said today that headquarters had already been overwhelmed With applications…

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Church and War “State May Demand Sacrifices” Conscientious Objectors Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 8

The right of governments to demand from citizens such sacrifices as are necessary for the “preservation of the lives and liberties of…

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War on S.P. MEN May be Intensified Big Operators First Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 4

The first meeting of the reconstructed Cabinet sub-committee, which was appointed to investigate the gaming laws of N.S.W.. has been convened…

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The Greater Claim (All Rights Reserved.) a Fascinating Story of Love and War. Part 7

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 4

Violet gave a sigh of resignation. "Ralph, you're a brick. I suppose I shall have a bad time because I can't explain, that is to say if father…

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