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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

674 stories in New England's papers · page 14 of 34

City Council and the Far East War a Correspondent's Query

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 4

Cecil J. Watson, 162 Markham-st., writes to the Editor: "Sir,—As a result of past happenings in our Municipal Council, the…

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Spanish War Horrors Recounted by New Zealand Nurse Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

Sister Sharpies, a New Zealand nurse, who arrived in Sydney to-day en route to her homeland, after spending a considerable time in the…

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Government Challenged Ban on Export of War Materials Unions Hold Mass Meetings Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

A mass meeting of union delegates, representing approximately 30,000 unionists, at the Trades Hall last night challenged the…

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Count Von Luckner Arrives In Sydney Harbour War Incidents Recalled "Never Took a Life" Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

The auxiliary yacht, "Seeteufel," in charge of Count Felix Von Luckner, entered Sydney Heads shortly after…

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Anzac Day Queensland Observance BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 1

Delegates to the Queensland A.I.F. [?]s' Council meeting said there should be no alteration in the Queensland method of Anzac Day…

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The War In China Japanese Trap Fails Chinese, Claim Successes Shanghai

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 4

Evidence is accumulating that the Japanese, owing to the efficiency of their opponents' rearguard action, have completely failed to…

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Border Clash Soviet Soldiers Cross Frontier Tukio

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 4

Fighting is reported to hove. broken out on the border of Manchukuo mid Soviet Russia. it is sfuted that the Soviet…

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Tense Situation Develops In Europe Czechoslovakia Special Meeting of British Cabinet Called Official Circles Admit That Situation Is Critical France Denies Threat of "Automatic War" London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 1

A special meeting of the British Cabinet has been called together this afternoon to receive latest reports on the Czechoslovakian situation. Official circles in London do not conceal the view that the situation is critical, but it is stated that information reaching Whitehall in the past 24 hours…

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Guyra Shooting Sixteen-year-old Girl Wounded Bricklayer Before Court Evidence Given of Alleged Threats Guyra

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 4

The barrels and stock of a double-barrelled shotgun, empty cartridge cases, pellets of shot and splinters of glass were exhibits in the Guyra Police Court this morning when Joseph Fraser (48) was…

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War Supplies Britain Prepared Question of Control London

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 1

Machinery for controlling war supplies is in existence, and it would only need the pressing of a button to set it in motion, said…

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Spanish War Great Aerial Battle 200 'Planes Participate BARCELONA

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 1

In the greatest aerial battle of the war the Italians are said to have lost seventeen machines. which fell in the Loyalist lines…

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The Far Eastern War City Council Attitude Supported A Correspondent's Comments

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 3

"Wesleyite" (Uralla) writes to the Editor: "Sir,—At a Methodist conference held in February of this year—the year of the celebration of the…

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Sino-Japanese War Chinese Casualties 200,000 60,000 Killed TOKYO

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 1

A communique from Imperial Army headquarters says investigations suggest that the Chinese had 200,000 casualties in the…

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MAN o' War's Twenty-first Birthday

The Uralla Times · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 2

On March 29 America's wonderhorse Man o' War celebrated his 21st birthday, when between 700 and 800 persons journeyed to Faraway Farms,…

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3,500,000 New Houses Since The War

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 9

The number of houses built in Britain since the war is now 3,500,000, an increase of 40 per cent, on the number in existence in 1914…

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Canada's Foreign Policy Her Position in Event of War OTTAWA

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 1

During a six-hour foreign affairs debate in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, defining the Canadian policy…

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Spanish War Horrors Bombing Alicante, 300 Deaths Bodies Buried Without Ceremony British Steamer Sunk MADRID, Thursday. the Death Roll, As a Result of a Rebel Bomb Attack on Alicante Has Now Reached 300

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 1

Two hundred mutilated bodies were buried without ceremony. The extrication of corpses continues. Rebel bombers attacked Barcelona again to-day, and the British steamer Thorpe Hall was struck. The first officer and an…

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Not Likely to Push for a War Lecturer's View of Germany

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 3

That he did not think that Germany was likely to push a situation which might lead to war in the next few months was an…

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Hitler Does Not Want War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 8

The "Sunday Graphic" gives prominence to an interview Herr Hitler gave before the Czech crisis blew up last week. "It is a lie to say I want…

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Christ's Return Prophesied No War Until Then Welsh Parson's Vision (By Air Mail) London, May 14

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 3

The return to earth of Christ in 27 years is prophesied as the result of a vision by the Rev. Rees Howells, founder and director of…

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