Soviet War Council Meets
Reports from Riga state that an important meeting of the Soviet War Council at the Kremlin decided not to postpone the Finnish offensive…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
2,452 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 123
War Pigeons Have Ultra-Violet Baths Luxury Homes in Warwickshire -By Air Mail.) LONDON, December 16
At a secret depot in Warwickshire, some of England's most precious pigeons are being trained for important war work. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Finns Have Smashing Victory 18,000 Russians Destroyed, Claims Communique Huge Quantities of War Material Taken LONDON
The Finns had a smashing victory on a 150-mile front from Suorussalmi to Komittuask, in Finland's "bottleneck,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Austrian Army Will Revolt Former Leader's Statement 600,000 Soldiers Await Signal -By Air Mail.) LONDON, December 16
Germany's Austrian army, consisting of 600,000 men, will revolt as soon as Britain includes the independence of Austria in its war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Yesterday's News
Several beats were sank dinning the week-end with the loss of [?]. An explosion sank the steamer Boxhill [?] tons in the North Sea Twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Rumours Europe Entangled Threat to India
The Italian press declares that Russia has massed 800,000 men on the Afghan frontier and, that England and France are organising an expeditionary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amazing Names Crimean War Influence Others Taken From Bible
I often wonder at some of the names which parents give their Children. I know of the Surrey husband and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labor and War Mr. Curtin's Broadcast Resistance to Aggressor
"The Australian Labour Party and indeed, the whole Australian nation is not only against Germany, but is inflexibly ana unequivocally on the side…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CURLS-CORSETS End is Prophesied If War Goes On
Lecturing on "Fashions and War." Mr. James Later, assistant keeper of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, prophested that corsets and curls…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Politics in the New Year War Issues For Electors COUNTRY party willing to Play Part
The new year finds Australia at the cross-roads. After four months of comparative calm and apparent security, due to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claimed to Be Almost 1,500,000 Japan's Losses in War With China Agriculture Reduced One-Third CHUNKING
According to a Chinese Army spokesman, Japan's losses for two and a half years of the war are 1,464,400 men, of whom 585,860…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War-time Courier Service Planned by London Architect He Must Beware of Spies By Air Mail.) LONDON, December 16
Mr. A. B. Houehin, a London architect, is planning a, war-lime courTer service. lie ran one during the last war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Red Army Hammering at Mannerheim Line Concentration of 200,000 Soldiers LONDON
The Red Army has renewed its attack on the Mannerheim line and heavy artillery, which can be heard 20 miles away, has been in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gland Injection For Nazi Soldiers Marshall Goering's Plan
The careers of Wolverhampton Wanderers and Portsmouth, this year's English Cup football finalists, were closely followed by Goring. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Youths Enlist to Get Food And Clothing" SYDNEY
A statement made by the Apprenticeship Commissioner (Mr. Mclntyre) has been described by the secretary of the Legion of Christian Youth (Mr. A. J. Dalziel) as "the tragic truth." Mr. Mclnfyre said that mass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Comforts for Soldiers Forwarded From Women's Voluntary Services
The Armidale and District War and Patriotic Fund committee to-day forwarded 56 pairs of sox and eight scarves to the Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War German Threat
The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of America states that Germany has issued a warning that she might enter the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Finns Abe Fighting
LONDON, Thursday.—Every Russian operation Finland has igneminlously failed. Finland's battalions have reconquered the greater part of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dominions' War Effort Praised London
The Australian High Commissioner, Mr. S. M. Bruce, in an Empire broad-cast, emphasised the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Why Are Great Britain and France in War?
LONDON, Sept 6.—It is of course the duty of civilized men everywhere to try to understand the nature of this conflict if only because all…
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