The "Anzac Area"
While dangers in the Pacific area have appreciably increased in the past week, political developments abroad have markedly clarified the…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
2,843 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 143
Earlier War News
Wednesday's cables stated that Washington had announced the repulse of another Japanese attack in the Phillipines, while the Batavia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress of the War
The war in the Pacific continues to be of the most immediate importance to Australia and with the withdrawal of the Imperial forces to the island fortress of Singapore comes news of the artillery and aerial action in that vicinity. Reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Savings Certificates Being Cashed
Cashing of War Savings Certificates, which in recent months is understood to have increased to 20 per cent, of new sales, is known to be causing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Loans Certificates. Sydney
Sales of war savings certificates now total £30.106,677. The state totals are: N.S.W. £11,235,862: Victoria £8,880,718: Queensland, £4,619.613: South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motherhood in Germany “A War Duty”
Chief of the German secret police Herr Himmler. is reported to have said recently: “Pure-blooded German girls have a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Direction of War Policy. London. Feb. [?]
It is authoritatively understood that Sir Earle Page, representative of the Australian Government in London, has been exercising the right to be heard in the formulation of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Visit of War Loan Organiser 'Lend Now; Lend Generously' Henty Congratulated on War Effort
On Monday last Mr. E. Leeson, Victorian War Loan Organiser, visited Henty at mid-day, and met members of the local Patriotic Committee and others for the purpose of discussing organisation in connection with the forthcoming…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Volunteer Defence Corps Members Will be Required to Enlist to Give Them Status As Soldiers
Under regulations just issued, all members of the Volunteer Defence Corps will be required to enlist, said the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) this week…
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Admiral Nintz in a speech to the United States on Tuesday, said: "Every ship and every man in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, afloat or ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest War News Hong Kong Bombing OTTAWA--Thursday
The Defence Minister (Mr. Ralston) told the House of Commons that casualities of the entire British force in Hong Kong, including Canadians,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Voice in British. War Cabinet LONDON
Mr. Churchill, in the House of Commons, referring to Dominion representatives on the War Cabinet, said Sir Earl Page had for some time,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Statistics of War Deaths. New York, Feb 4
Life assurance statisticians, on the basis of international private information, estimate the total war Send of all belligerents in 1941 were 1,000,000, mostly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America Speeding Up War-Time Production WASHINGTON, Feb. [?]
Reporting to the nation, on the progress of the American war effort [?] days after the Po[?] Harbor attack, Mr. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, disclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Cable News Our Representation in In[?]lal War Cabinet London, Feb. 5
In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Churchill referred to Dominos representation in the War Cabinet and declared that the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Soldier Killed
Mr. and Mrs. P. Howard, of Albury, have received word that their son, Sergt. Jack Howard, has been killed in action in Malaya. Sergt. Howard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Soldier in Action
A Chinese soldier mounts his sub-machine gun, and does his bit towards speeding the Japanese retreat from Changsha…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tobacco for Soldiers
Additional donations for Mr. R. Preston’s tobacco fund are: Mrs. Vin Lyons (Echuca), 5/; Les Laker, 5/…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Figures Up War Given Credit MELBOURNE
Railway rescue has jumped according to returns to-day. From all branches there was an improvement of £112,123 in the 10. days ended January…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News U.S. War Production. Washington, Feb. [?]
The Secretary to the president (Mr Earle) today announced that Mr. Roosevelt was [?] by reports from his a[?] that the huge war…
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