Mark Twain's War Prayer Timely—Though 30 Years' Old
In giving new currency to Mark Twain's famous "War Prayer" at a time when war clouds lower and threaten to spill bloody wrath over a…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1936
621 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 32
Youth at the Helm Mr. Eden, Soldier and Diplomat LONDON, Dec. 28
Mr. Anthony Eden is the youngest British Foreign Secretary for 84 years. He is 38½ years old—two months younger than Lord Rosebery when he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anzac's Death Model For Cenotaph
Thousands of people who have looked upon the Cenotaph in Martin Place have admired the upright solidierly figure that seems to typify the very spirit…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War Yesterday's News
A British newspaper's investigations confirm the recent mutiny in the Tyrol and the wholesale desertions of German-speaking Italian troops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan Leaves Naval Conference—london Wool Sales Up Latest War News Poison Gas Charges. Church Bombed; Some Worshippers Killed. Mussolini's Son in Danger; Result of Sanctions. London
The Abyssinians, says the Addis Ababa correspondent of the "Times," are repeating their accusations of incendiarism and employment of gas bombs by the Italians. They allege that the Italians fired Sakota after its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bullet in Lung Young Woman Wounded SYDNEY
While Jean MeKenzie, aged 19, daughter of Police-Sergeant McKensie, was shooting at some rats with a pea-rifle at her home at Willoughby…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Who Never Sleeps Victim of War Wounds
A man who has not slept for 17 years has set the greatest doctors in he world a problem they cannot solve. He is Paul Kern, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Yesterday's News
In a minor action in southern Abyssima, General Graziana is reported to have caused the flight of Ras Desta's army. The Abyssinians resisted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News More Red Cross Bombings Italian Denials Geneva Council Indignant Incendiary Bombs Dropped; Bagdolio Not Recalled London
Three Italian aeroplanes are reported to have bombed the Abyssinian Red Cross United Ambulance, commanded by a Briton, Major Burgoyne, at Waldia, midway between Dessir and Lake Ashangis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Soldiers Like Machines
The framework of the Gorman army, the rigid part which holds the whole together, is the body of noncommissioned officers. The German…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Writing on the Wall In War-time Internment Camp
A block of 28 concrete cells at the back of Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Is to make way for a tennis court. Some vivid war-time "literature" will…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The War Yesterday's News Contradictory Statements
An Italian advance in Abyssinia and the capture of Negelli, the principal town in the Borani region, are claimed by General Graziani, Signor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers' Mourning
The hon. secretary of the Inverell sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. has received the following copy of a telegram to the State President from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Returned Men Review Successful Year League Sub-branch's Record Membership Fine Service Rendered
The members of the Glen Innes Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia have achieved their objective — the Sub-branch is now in the forefront of local organisations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Battle Both Sides Claim Success Thousands Killed and Wounded "Crisis Approaching" London
Both Italians and Abyssinians claim success in a big battle between the forces of Ras Kassa and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The War Yesterday's News Great Fighting
The Abyssinians are contesting Italy's claim to a complete success in a battle with Ras Kassa on the northern front. The Italians claim the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War Italian Difficulties Both Sides Exhausted ASMARA
Askari columns, assisted by irregulars, are carrying out the difficult enterprise of mopping up the Temdien ranges which are honeycombed with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dame Clara Butt Death of Famous Singer War Services Recalled
The death of Dame Clara Bull [?] London [?] Thursday removes an outstanding personality form the ranks of British singers. she was held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legacy of the War Miltary medallist story of Life and Death
Seventeen yearss ago the name of private Thomas Shea, military medallist was called in vain at Wickham park. A modest hero, he had sent his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Fatally Wounded MELBOURNE
With a bullet wound in his chest and a discharged pea rifle near him, Allen Tally, aged about 24, of Cheltenham, was found in a detached shed at…
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