Might Mean War U.S. Embargo Against Japan WASHINGTON, February 2
Senator A. H. Vandenberg, of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, said to-day that an embargo by the United States against Japan might be…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1940
4,844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 243
Brain Trust in Britain Charged With Execution of War LONDON, February 2
The working of Britain's "Brain Trust" for the direction of the war was explained in a written reply by the Prime Minister (Mr. Nevile Chamberlain) to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Free Intellects of Britain Devising New Ways Of Waging War LONDON, January 4
The Battle-Beetle and the Kite-that-Flies-under-Water—the two great inventions of the last war—were devised by Britain. The tank was the new and enormously powerful weapon of attack on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →From High Speed to Opposite Extreme Nations Now Seek Ultra-slow War Planes
IN SCIENTIFIC development progress sometimes swings from one extreme to the other. The latest example is seen in the production of aircraft for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-kaiser Wants War to End Smash Russia Instead New York, February 2
The "New York Times" prints the ex-Kaiser's uncensored letter to Poultney Bigelow, his friend and biographer, in which he gives the opinion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hitler's Air and Sea Setbacks a Contrast in War Losses No British Fighter Yet Destroyed Amazing Story London
German set-backs, by sea and air, are the subject of striking statistics made available to the British public to-day. After five months of war, it is revealed, Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Export Council in Britain Advance Economic War Will Take Over Former German Trade (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 2
To advance England's economic warfare against Germany the Government intends to set up an export council immediately, the Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Enlistment Plans Empire Air Scheme No Recruits Under 18 MELBOURNE
Details of enlistment plans under the Empire air scheme were made available to-day. The ranks to be couferred on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Poor Attendance at First Meeting Merewether Committee to Farewell Soldiers
The meeting called by the members of the Merewether Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League to form a welfare committee to send off and welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War News Flashes
The proposal of Senator. Key Pittman, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate for an export embargo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Money's Part in War Effort
AUSTRALIA in her war effort faces a vast process of national reorganisation, and finance must be the principal means to that end. The problem is one of real resources, represented by money — which does not in itself constitute resource…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Correspondents Had Lucky Escape London
Foreign war correspondents narrowly escaped being killed when. Russian bombers made a direct hit on their hotel In Viborg (Finland), to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Franco Casualties in Civil War Madrid
The newspaper A.B.C. estimates that 600,000 Francoist soldiers were wounded during the civil war, and adds that 6000 are still in hospitals…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Status for India After War Calcutta, February 4
The "Star of India" says that the Viceroy (Lord Linlithgow) when he meets Gandhi will offer Dominion status after the war. Britain will retain control…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japanese Tiring of War Altered Policy Predicted LONDON
Important changes in the Japanese outlook as a result of war weariness are likely to result in the appointment of a political…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Issue Expected in March War Savings Certificates SYDNEY
It is expected that the Commonwealth will be ready to issue War Savings Certificates in denominations of £1, £5 and £10 at banks and post-offices…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Minister Heckled Fascist Interjectors Thrown Out LONDON, February 4
Making his first public speech since his appointment as Secretary for War, in succession to Mr. Hore-Belisha, Mr. Oliver Stanley was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canada's Blows in Economic War "Army" Of 11,000,000
Economically speaking, Canada is pulling no punches to the present war. The Dominion has 11,000,000 soldiers in a powerful force in which there is little excitement and no glory—an "economic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tragedy of War M.H.R. Tells Service Veterans
Though there were many glorious deeds in war it meant for the world only death and destruction, said Mr. D. O. Watkins, M.H.R., speaking at the annual smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Keep War From the Balkans Decisions Of Historic Conference LONDON
The four nations comprising the Balkan Entente have ended their historic conference with a decision to keep war out of the Balkans and to help one another in trade. They renewed the Balkan pact for seven years and instructed…
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