War About To Enter a New Phase (Department of Information—Official.) MELBOURNE
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 7
Many indications are present that the war is about to enter a new phase. With the coming of spring, further activity would naturally be expected, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Memory of Lincoln 131st Birthday Of War Leader New York, March 14
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 8
Historic New Salem, where Abraham Lincoln grew from a £2 10s a month flat-boat hand to a gangling country lawyer and legislator, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nazis Roused by Decisions Allied Supreme War Council "Rights of Neutrals to Be Disregarded" London, March 29
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 9
It is generally believed that yesterday's meeting of the Supreme War Council in London marks a turning point of the war. In Sweden, it is assumed that the Council decided on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Soviet to Keep Out Doesn't Want to Be Involved in the "Big War" Allies' Moves London
The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 1
As Russia's Foreign Commissar (M. Molotov) was to-day affirming once more the policy of the Soviet to keep out of the "big war," a sensational report from Rumania focussed Europe's attention on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Hurt in Collision Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 11
Three Second A.I.F. soldiers from the North Coast were injured when the truck in which they were being taken to the Ingleburn Camp collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War News Flashes
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 1
Survivors of the Dutch trawler Protinus, were rescued in a deplorable state by the British submarine Unity, after six days in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Art Outlasts War Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 3
At the opening of the annual exhibition of the Australian Academy of Art yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) praised the work of artists,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War 25 Years Ago
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 6
THE ADMIRALTY has sent a telegram to the Labour leaders pointing out the injury to national interests by the stoppage of work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →May Result in Long War Churchill Criticises Neutrals Supplying Nazis with War Materials (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 31
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 7
The fact that many smaller States in Europe are terrorised by Nazi violence and brutality into supplying Germany with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Legacy Clubs Want Fund for War Widows Launceston
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 3
A conference of Legacy Clubs in Australian yesterday decided to approach patriotic fund controllers in each State on the possibility of creating a trust…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allies' Huge Order for U.S. War Planes New York, March 30
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 9
Orders for 3500 war planes, t[?] cost 200,000,000 dollars (£62,500,000 Australian) have been placed by the Anglo-French purchasing commission, states the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nazi Air Losses Latest War News R.A.F. Has a Big Week London
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 6
The Nazis have lost at least seven and probably eight planes in the last two days, compared with the loss of one British plane,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FEDERAL A.L.P. and War Special Conference Is Called to Review Official Attitude of Party Sydney
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 6
A Federal conference of the A.L.P. to discuss war policy has been called by the Secretary (Mr, D. McNamara) at the request of the Tasmanian branch. IT WILL BE HELD at an early, date…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Returned Soldiers at Carrington
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 7
The Carrington branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, which has taken possession of the local Council Chambers, intends sending a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Returned Soldiers at West Wallsend
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 7
At the annual meeting of the West Wallsend branch of the Returned Soldiers' League the Secretary (Mr. D. Marshall) reported a credit balance of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destitute Soldier's Death
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 7
"The Newcastle Sun" report on March 25 of the death of the penniless returned soldier. Percy Kelly, in the Newcastle Hospital, quickly reached…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extend Blockade to Black Sea Move to Cut Nazis' Oil Supplies Allies Review Russia's War Aid to Germany (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 31
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 7
The spotlight of world diplomacy now rests on the Black Sea. Mr. Winston Churchill's forecast of an intensification of the war is interpreted, firstly, as a decisive tightening…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Legion's Anzac Service
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4
British Ex-Service Legion.—The British Ex-service Legion, Newcastle district, will attend the Anzac Church parade on April 20. The President (Mr. F. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Navy to March in Newcastle Anzac Parade
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 5
Naval forces will march in the Anzac Day parade through Newcastle, on April 25, the secretary of the Newcastle sub-branch of the R.S.L. (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War News Flashes
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1
Britain is not deceived by propaganda from Russia and Germany, suggesting that there is a growing coldness between them…
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