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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

1,108 stories in Murray's papers · page 25 of 56

Card Evenings in Soldiers’ Club Rooms

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 1

The R.S.S.I.L.A. announces that it will conduct euchre tournaments each Tuesday night, commencing on June, 7. These evenings proved very popular last…

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Czech Situation Eases Though Danger Not Over Planes Ordered From Frontier Poland Might Not Aid France in War LONDON, May 25

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 4

It is reported by the Prague correspondent. of “The Times” that the Ministry of Defence has ordered aircraft to keep three miles from the frontier, and it is introducing a system of signals to warn planes off the prohibited areas. Nevertheless, it does not admit the correctness of the…

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War on Wild Dogs

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 6

Mr. E. J. Pemberton, of the Crown Lands Department, speaking at the North-Eastern and Goulburn Council Development Association Conference…

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War in Spain. Huge Nationalist Army on Move

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 2

Two Nationalist army corpus arc working their way towards Valencia from Teruel and Castellon. Six days of frenzied fighting by…

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The Greater Claim (All Rights Reserved.) a Fascinating Story of Love and War. Part 11. Chapter Xv

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 4

But shame overwhelmed Violet as well as disappointment. To have mistaken any man, a stranger, for George! Had she been married two…

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Britain Believed to Have Decided on Conscription in Time of War London, May 30

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 3

Labor members were alarmed in the House of Commons to-night when Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for Defence and Co-ordination, said that in the event of war there was certain to be a competent authority to allocate a suitable position for each individual…

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Will Nations Agree? Withdrawal of Volunteers Hitler Anxious for Spanish War to Continue LONDON, May 30

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 3

Six British Army officers have been chosen as leaders of the six international commissions that will go to Spain to supervise the…

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Germans and One Czech in Cafe Melee Two of Former Wounded Prague, June 1

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 8

During an altercation in a cafe at Egen, a Czech non-commissioned officer. who was allegedly menaced by 35 Sudeten Germans, fired his revolver…

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S.P. Betting “War” Sequel Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 7

Applications By Martin Denis Shanny, licensee of the Hurstville Motel. Hurstville, for a renewal of his licence and an additional bar permit, were…

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Wounded Sudetens Screaming of German Press Prague and Other Capitals Warned London, June 2

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

Reports from the Berlin correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” state that great indignation has been aroused by the wounding of…

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War in Spain. An Air Battle. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

A big air fight took place to-day on the Teruel front in Spain. The Loyalists lost five planes and the Rebels 12. Loyalist planes were…

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Australians in England. Would be Conscripted if War Came. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

The Associated Press political correspondent says that if war breaks out, whereupon conscription is virtually certain, it is expected that all…

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Conscription Certain in Great Britain If War Breaks Out London, June 1

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 1

A statement by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons to-day in reply to questions prompted by the allusion by Sir Thomas Inskip in the debate on Monday night to plans for the allocation of individuals to services in time of war, which was interpreted as implying conscription in the…

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If War Comes Conscription in Britain Parliament to Determine London, May 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 3

Conscription will be submitted to Parliament for instant introduction immediately war occurs—this is the actual meaning of Sir Thomas Inskip's…

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Futility of War Herr Hitler's Views an Advocate for Peace London, May 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 14

The "Sunday Graphic" gives prominence to an "Interview Herr Hitler gave before the (Czech crisis blew up last week…

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Wreck After War Man's Remarkable Recovery How He Regained Health What Ancient Egyptians Knew

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 45

After the war he was a physical wreck, and his life was despaired of To-day he is tall and radiantly happy. How he was rejuvenated is told in the…

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War in Spain. (Continued from Country Edition) Five Hundred Killed in Air Raid BARCELONA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

Over 500 are reported to have been killed in a rebel air raid on Granollors, which is crowded with refugees…

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Germany's "Bloodless Triumphs" Veteran French Soldier's Opinion Paris, May 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 23

"France has now lost the advantage gained by victory in the Great War, and Germany is to-day at least as strong as it was in 1914," said…

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Returned Soldiers' Preference Unemployed Complain at Lockhart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 19

At a meeting of the Urban Committee at Lockhart dissatisfaction was stated to exist among the unemployed owing to the preference given to…

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Vitally Interested in War

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 6

The EMPEROR OF JAPAN—HIRO HITO. Senior Japanese statesman, MR. HIROTA, whose advice is readily…

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