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The wars & local soldiers, 1934

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Shots Exchanged Barcelona Gunman Killed; Another Wounded

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 6

LONDON, Monday:-- The "Chronicle's" Barcelona correspondent Bays the Civic Guard exchanged shots with gunmen attempting to hold-up the…

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Anzac's Death Carried Bullet in Lung For 18 Years

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday:--Wounded on, Gallipoli in 1915, George,Gibson (48)of St. Hilda West, carried a bullet in his lung for 18 years. It…

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"Failed Country in War"

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--The "Daily Telegraph's." Brussels correspondent says a politcial crisis threatened, as result of the Government's decision…

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The Death Car. Trail of War, Destruction

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 7

The death of Field Marshal Oskar von Potiorek recalls the legend of the red "devilcar" of Europe (writes H. M. in the Brisbane "Courier-Mail.")…

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Ludendorff Foresees World War in 1941 LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

"Just as in 1912 I foresaw 1914, so I now see a second world war coming with giant strides," said General…

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Most Elaborate Since War New Year Revels Brilliant' Scenes in London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 3

LONDON, Monday:-- The New Tear was ushered in on the most elaborate scale since the war. Brilliant scenes were witnessed in…

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"On the Brink of War" RUSSIA & JAPAN Will America Take Sides?

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday:--The news papers stress the gravity of the Rurso-Japanese situation, the "News of the World" declaring…

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Resignation Demanded Ex-Belgian Soldiers Revile Ministry

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

BRUSSELS, Sunday:-- Breaking through a police cordon, 8,000 ex-service men assembled at the Royal Palace reviled the Ministry and…

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"Like War in Mexico" Nobody Hurt Film War in Australia

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday:- Mr. Joseph S. Hummel, general foreign sales manager of Warner Bros., New York, arrived in Brisbane by…

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War Pension "Very Good Bargain," Says Coroner

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

How a man drew a 100 per cent. war pension of £2 a week after only six days' war service at Boulogne was revealed at the inquest on Frederick…

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Was Mistaken For Burglar Shopkeeper Wounded by Constable

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

PERTH, Wednesday:--A storekeeper named Oswald Wearne, of Wembley, who called the police to arrest burglar at his shop after…

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Paraguyan Nurses' Ordeal Horrors of South American War

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

How she and seven other nurses struggled through miles of tropical jungle to reach the Gran Chaco front, where Paraguayan and Bolivian armies…

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War Memorial Erection of First Section £80,000 to be Expended CANBERRA

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

This year about £80,000 will be spent on the erection of the first section of the War Memorial. Tenders close on January 25 and…

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Assassinated Premier Buried Soldiers Line Streets of Bucharest

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

BUCHAREST, Tuesday:--Thousands crowded soldier-lined streets to witness the funeral of M. Duca, (Premier), was was assassinated…

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Now a Bandit Story of Anzac Officer

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

The Angora correspondent of "The People" states that a former Anzac lieutenant, who was found wandering at Gallipoli, suffering from…

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Emden Bell Restored to War Museum

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. The Emden Bell, which was stolen from the War Museum in April last and was found on the outskirts of Melbourne last week,…

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Preparing for War with Soviet? Japan Building Aerodromes and Military Roads

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 4

PEIPING, Wednesday. The real significance of the recent Japanese thrust south ward to Dolonor becomes clear as plans, aimed evidently at the…

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Make War on Rebels Chinese Government Britishers Warned to Seek Safety

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday:- The Chinese Government, having decided to take warlike action to suppress the rebellion in the province…

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No Help From America "Would Leave Us to Our Fate" Dean Inge Sums Up Our War Prospects Social Problems Probed

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday:- Dean Inge (Dean of St. Paul's since 1911), in the revised edition of his book, "England," asserts that the United States Government seriously contemplated anti-British action [?]n the early stages of the War,…

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Memorial in France Returned Soldier's View. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 4

Mr. Robb (president of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League), says it is time the Federal Government erected a…

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