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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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War Correspondents Killed In Spain Saragossa

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

An American journalist, Edward Neil, died of injuries which he suffered when a loyalist shell struck a car in which he and a number of other…

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Spanish War French Consul Sensational Arrest HENDAYE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

The F[?] Consul M du Cor[?] and [?] consular employees have been [?] and are not allowed to [?] with anybody…

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Waging War in Comfort

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 10

"The Wazirforce"— the official designation of the troops operating on the N.W. Frontier in Wazirislan—has earned great credit for the manner in…

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Surgery in War Remarkable Progress

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 6

Battlefield surgery has advanced enormously since tne days of the war. In Spain there is a mobile medical service much superior to anything…

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Spanish War Teruel Losses MADRID

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

Insurgent losses in the Teruel battle are estimated at 3000 killed on between 5000 and 6000 wounded…

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"Love War" Sailors v. Airmen Waged at Weymouth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 9

A "love war" has been waging at Weymouth, England, between sailors of the Home Fleet and Royal Air Force men at the new camp at…

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War in Spain French Vessel Bombed Insurgent Losses at Teruel Marseilles

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

The French cargo steamer, J, Guaruja, wirelessed that she was bombed by a rebel aeroplane, and was drifting helplessly…

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The Propaganda War Breaks Out

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4

Cables in the last few days tell of the opening of a new high-powered British radio station designed to broadcast news and propaganda in the vernacular to the Islamic peoples and others in Africa and Asia. It is Great Britain's reply to the…

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Japan Requires Colossal Sum for War in China 100 Children Killed Toll of War in Spain MADRID

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1

One hundred children taking refuge in cellars beneath Santa Clare Convent at Teruel, were killed by the explosion of a…

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Sino-Japanese War British Insults Further Successes Priests Killed and Wounded SHANGHAI

The Inverell Times · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 1

The Japanese army spokesman declared that Sergeant Turner, who complained of being manhandled by the…

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Spanish War Intense Fighting Teruel Disappointing TERUEL

The Inverell Times · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 1

The captive Bishop of Teruel Don Anselmo Fonseeca sent a message to the Loyalist commander expressing gratitude for courtesy…

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Japs. Complain British Insults—rabaul 'Quake-spanish War Brutal Assault Man Attacks Girl Timely Rescue Effected ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 1

A housemaid, aged 20, was brutally attacked by a man in a lonely park leading though lower Mitcham shortly before midnight on…

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Spanish War Destroying Basques Franco's Policy LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 1

Further ex[?] of General Franco's plan to exterma[?] Basque culture and break the Basques nat[?] pride is provided in…

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Peace In China Still A Possibility Japan Hopeful Big Drive Planned If Overtures Rejected Navy Desires Formal Declaration Of War Determination to Overthrow Chiang Kaishek Britain and Russia Accused of Secretly Supporting China Tokio

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 1

There is an impression, according to the British United Press correspondent, that peace negotiations, through German intermediaries, may yet be successful. A big, new Japanese drive is expected…

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War Planes Coming to Australia

The Uralla Times · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 3

Australians may welcome before June not only the winner of the world's long-distance aeroplane record but also the arrival of [?] of…

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War Is Costly Ammunition Expensive

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

The cost of war has gone up—along with a lot of other things—since nations made up their accounts in 1918. If the Great War cost an estimated…

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Sino-japanese War Yesterday's News

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

According to the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman, 30,000,000 Chinese are destitute between Shanghai, Hangchow and Wuhu…

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The Motor in War Americas Mobility Test Remarkable Result Achieved

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Recent happenings in Japan and Spain have served to emphasise the fact that, in modern warfare, speed is a decisive factor,…

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[?] Visit of Country Vice-President Penskins and Soldier Settlement

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

On Saturday night last the members of the Inverell Sub-branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A. were addressed by the Country…

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Soldiers' Preference Act Declared a Farce Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

A former president of the Railways' and Tramways Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Association told the annual conference that the Preference to…

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