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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 69

When Love Meant War Romantic New Serial

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 3

WHEN two sisters fall in love with the same man the stage is set for tense and dramatic scenes. The situation is enthrallingly…

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New Commissars for Soviet's War Machines Moscow

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 1

Far-reaching chances in the Soviet's war machine include the abandonment of single control for all services. There will be separate commissars…

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Supplies of Oil in War Time Problem Is Urgent Empire Experts' Discussion London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

The problem of assuring to the Empire vital supplies of oil fuel in time of war is still discussed by experts and is suggested as one…

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Record of Busy Year Returned Soldiers' League Work Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

The New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League closed with 25,000 members and 412 sub-branches, a successful…

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Important Changes Soviet's War Machine MOSCOW, January 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 6

Far reaching changes in the Soviet's war machine include the abandonment of single control for all services. There will be separate commissars for…

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Lord Birdwood Anzac Leader Honoured by King Gracie Fields, C.B.E. Lord Nuffield Made Viscount (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 6

Field-Marshal Sir William Bird-wood. General Officer Commanding the Australian and New Zealand forces in the Great War, has been…

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FOR U.S. ARMY New War 'Plane Tested Los Angeles, January 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

The Lookhood Company to-day announced the delivery to the U.S. Army of a new 'plane which was tested at 350 miles an hour and at an altitude of 10,000…

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B.B.C. GOVERNOR Quaker Woman Chosen Noted War Worker London, January 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

The King has approved the appointment of Miss Sara Margery Fry to be a Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation for the next five years,…

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Guns and Voice of Democracy Real War Not Wanted By Dictatorships LONDON, December 3

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 7

The best comment yet made on this side of the Atlantic up the Anglo-French meeting in London comes from Italy. Certainly inspired and probably written by…

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Square of Death Two War Correspondents Killed Shell Wrecks Car Were on Way to Teruel Area (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

Mr. E. R. S. Sheepshanks, special correspondent of Reuters with the Spanish insurgents, and Mr. A. Johnson, an American…

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Peace Terms Rejected Chinese Dictator Resigns Premiership Concentration on War Counter Offensives Begun: Good Progress Reported (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

Reports from Hankow announce that the Chinese Dictator (General Chiang (Kai-Shek) instantly rejected the Japanese peace terms. In order to devote the whole of his time to the duties…

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Submarines and Next War Admiral Warns LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 10

"Whether or not the submarine will still be a danger depends not only on the technical and tactical elements that…

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May Slacken Japanese Purchases of Wool War Economy Campaign Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 6

The economy campaign in Japan occasioned by the war might result in a serious falling off in the Japanese demand at the forthcoming wool sales, said a…

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Nazi Party New Anti-Jewish Laws War Veterans to Suffer London, January 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

"The Nazi Party is preparing new and more restrictive anti-Jewish measures, which will apply even to Jewish war veterans and to the widows and children…

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2000 N.Z. War Veterans Coming to N.S.W. Big Anzac Dinner SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 9

The prelude to the Anzac Day celebrations in Sydney will be a dinner at which there will be 3000 guests, including 2000 members of the New Zealand contingent of war veterans…

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Japan's War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

Sir,—There are thousands of children in China without homes or parents because of the bloodthirsty Japanese, whose great delight is to kill and rob not only…

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War-time Food Danger of Delay in Britain London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7

"Except for a shadow distributing organisation, nothing has been done to safeguard our food," writes Mr. A. P…

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New Zealand Ex-servicemen's Anzac March

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5

The hope that New Zealand ex-servicemen living in the Newcastle district would be able to join with their compatriots in the Anzac Day march…

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Admiral Warns Against Building Battleships Recalls Lessons of the Great War New Naval Building Race About to Begin London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 11

A warming against a trend toward big heavily-armed battleships is sounded by Admiral Mark Kerr, one of the flying pioneers, in a letter to the "Daily Telegraph." "Navies," he states, "exist only for war communications…

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War Indicted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 3

"They Gave Him a Gun" may be a propaganda film, but it is also a fine dramatic offering. Often a propaganda film exists only to glorify everything…

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