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The wars & local soldiers, 1940

4,844 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 243

Want War Aims Stated Newcastle Pacifists Seek Conference Approach to Hitler Favoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10

A conference of Newcastle pacifists, called by the Newcastle Peace Pledge Union, last night carried resolutions which sought the calling of a peace…

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Time and Power with Allies Review Of War In The Air LONDON, January 15

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 9

The shadow that fell on our cities and towns at the outbreak of war has, to a certain extent, been relieved by the air strategy…

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Allies and Russia-ominous Reports Italians Fear War Soon Middle East Clash Is Forecast London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 1

imminent extension ot the war, involving the Allies and Russia, is forecast, by Italian newspapers. "London threatens the Kremlin with war," says one journal…

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U.S. Entry Into Great War Mr. Lansing's Secret Papers Is History Repeating Itself? Washington, February 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 9

The first volume of the secret papers of Mr. Robert Lansing, who was United States Secretary of State during the Great War, has…

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Thousands Join Up War Fears in Balkans Rumania Calls Up Reservists (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, February 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10

From Greece's olive groves to the Rumanian wheatfields, hundreds of thousands of men are leaving their daily toil and answering the call to arms in…

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A Line of Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 5

WHO IS Lord Gort? A soldier and the descendant of soldiers. His ancestor, Maurice, Lord…

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Soldier on Bigamy Charge Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 9

Bail in £5 was allowed to-day when Charles James Ellis, 29, a member of the Second A.I.F., was committed for trial at Paddington Police Court on a…

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Comforts for Soldiers Lysaght's Welfare Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 12

Lysaght's Welfare Club has handed into the Victoria League and to Queensland soldiers 130 pairs of socks and numerous scarves…

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War News Flashes

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 1

"While Australians are virile enough not to rely on the United States, they do not believe that the American would sit down quietly and see them…

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Victoria League War Work

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 9

Officials of the Newcastle Victoria League to-day expressed gratitude for the generosity of the large number of Newcastle firms and individuals who…

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Gift to War Fund

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 7

The Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) to-day received a cheque for £5 5s for the War and Patriotic Fund from Stewarts and Lloyds (Aust.) Pty. Ltd…

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The War 25 Years Ago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 6

THE GENEVA correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that one of Germany's newest and biggest guns was bombarding Thann when it exploded,…

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Australian Timbers' Uses in War

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 2

Following the outbreak of war, the Division of Forest Products reviewed its programme of research and modified its activities in…

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Empire Timber Supply for War Needs

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 2

APART from steel, the most indispensable product in time of war is timber. This applies particularly to the softwoods of northern latitudes. Great Britain's requirements are gigantic, but the…

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War and Social Services Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 6

New Zealand's social service legislation, which is being proceeded with despite the war, is being watched with interest by…

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War Efforts Impress Marquis Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 7

The intense loyalty of the people of Australia and New Zealand and their big war efforts had greatly impressed him, said the Marquis of Willingdon…

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Kitchener's Trumpeter Goes to War Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 9

Private Frank Inman, who was Kitchener's trumpeter in 1915, is with the Second A.I.F. in Palestine. Here he is on one of the transport during the voyage…

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Women's Sacrifices in War LONDON, February 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 3

"I feel sometimes that we do not think enough of our women, or sufficiently realise how they are dedicating themselves in this country to the winning…

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Heal War Wounds Quickly Copenhagen, February 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 7

Dr. Tdbert Fischer claims to have discovered a substance called epicuteng, which heals wounds in half the time hitherto required. The discovery is the…

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Washington Has Its War Problems Washington, January 20

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 6

DESPITE her neutrality, the United States is feeling the twinge of internal war difficulties. Problems of shipping and activities of American war veterans seeking more generous pension and…

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