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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

1,377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 55 of 69

Miner Shot Dead Gun Exploded at Soldier's Point Outstanding Soccer Player

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

Rox Stevenson, 23, of Church-street, Cessnock, a miner and prominent State League Soccer player, was killed when a double-barrelled shot-gun exploded on…

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Motor Vehicles and War

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 10

Attention to the part that motor vehicles will play in the warfare of the future has been drawn in recent weeks by the crisis in Europe…

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Pacifists Who Want War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 4

Sir,—There seems to be a great deal of disappointment among peace campaigners and unionists in general because Britain has not yet been brought into a…

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Exile of Doorn Watches War Maps

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 6

A PRINCE of the House of Hohenzollern, son of the former German Crown Prince, gives here an intimate, close-up picture of his grandfather, ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, who will soon have passed twenty…

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War Precautions Still Being Observed in Britain Normal Conditions Will be Resumed Gradually (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 9

Though legitimate precautions are still being observed, Britain and France are taking gradual steps to resume normal conditions of existence…

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Loyalist Spain Parliament Holds Secret Meeting Exhausting War Necessity for Eliminating Foreign Aid (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 8

The Parliament of Loyalist Spain met under conditions of the greatest secrecy at the week-end, and discussed the necessity for…

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Soldier-statesman's Death Bucharest, October 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 11

The death is announced of Marshal Averescu, a former Rumanian Premier, at the age of 70 years. He was Minister for War in 1907. Chief of Staff in 1911…

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How Nazis Feed Soldiers London, Sept. 17

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 8

With a German army surpassing in numbers the Kaiser's forces before the Great War, it is the boast of the Nazi…

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Who Prevented War?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 10

Sir,—Who stopped the war? Is it that Mr. Chamberlain's efforts have been crowned by success? Every attempt has been made to delude us into thinking so,…

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Firearm Explodes In Sydney Bank; Clerk Wounded SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 1

A shot rang out to-day in the Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place. Harold Bowden, 27, a cashier, of Beecroft, was found lying on the floor…

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Women's Work in China's War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 6

WHILE in Europe millions of women are praying and hoping that their homes and loved ones may be spared the horrors of war on a new, colossal scale, it is interesting and…

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Merchant Ship Tonnage Decreases Since Great War

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 6

Although the tonnages of both the British and German merchant marine have declined since 1914, both countries were building during the 12 months ended on…

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Chamberlain's "Miracles" Conference Instead of World War Baldwin On Fulfilment Of Nation's Prayers LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 8

"Miracle-worker," was a phrase applied in the House of Commons to-day to Mr. Chamberlain, in view of his success in averting war when it seemed inevitable…

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COST. £150,000,000 War That Did Not Come Mobilisation by Major Powers (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 8

The recent threat of war that never began, is estimated to have cost Britain France, and Italy a total, of more than £150,000,000…

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Returned Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 9

After hearing addresses from Messrs. J. E. Pullar and E. Minchell, of the South Maitland Coalfields District Assembly of the Labour party, on the operation of the…

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Unshrinkable Wool U.S. War Department's Discovery WASHINGTON, October 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 10

The War Department has patented a process for making wool unshrinkable, for which it makes the strongest claims. The wool is immersed in liquid tertiary…

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Carving Up Czechoslovakia New Government to Favor Germany? War Supplies Pouring Into Sudetenland LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 11

The Ambassadors' Commission, according to Reuter's Berlin representative, agreed that the predominantly German area of Czechoslovakia which is to be occupied by the Germans by October 10 shall be…

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Welcomes Guests of England Diplomatic Soldier—Host Spends £45,000 A Year

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 12

This year England will spend £45,000 on entertaining distinguished foreign visitors to Britain. One man is responsible for spending the money. Technically, for Parliamentary' purposes, he is Sir…

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For More Interest in Poppy Day Move by Soldiers at Muswellbrook Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook branch of the Returned Soldiers' Club, it was stated that as an appropriate expression of thanksgiving…

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Better Relations Between Britain, France and Spain Diplomatic Moves Withdrawal of Volunteers From War Zone (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 10

Improved relations between Britain, France and Italy are expected, to result from diplomatic moves now under way It is suggested that the recognition of…

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