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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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War Fears Grow Overseas League Not "Done," Says Professor

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

"There is increasing disquiet abroad regarding the danger of another war," said Professor Kenneth E. Bailey, Professor of…

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Council of Youth Better Against War-mongering Nations. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

The first actual Australian Council of youth Congress, which ended at Thornleigh last night, carried a resolution viewing with alarm the tremendous…

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Refuse to Load Materials of War for Japan British Dockers Urge Embargo

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday:— Dockers met at Cannington to support the action of dockers at Middles borough in refusing to load the…

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Canada Retires Last Tax-free War Bonds

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 5

OTTAWA, Canada:—The last of Canada's tax-free war bonds, an issue of 5½ per cent bonds to the amount of 122,000,000 dollars, was retired…

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"Pacifist for Ever" Australian Nurse Tells of War in Spain

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday:—Miss Agnes Hodgson, one of the Australian nurses who a year ago joined the nursing service of the Spanish…

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Discontent Shows Out In Nazi Regime War Minister's Secret Wedding Causes Stir Govt. Criticised From Many Angles London

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 7

REPORTS from Berlin indicate that high Nazi circles are perturbed regarding the dissatisfaction in the Army, while conflict within the Government is growing concerning the trouble…

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British Soldiers Killed In Skirmish With Arabs JERUSALEM

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 7

Two soldiers of the Royal Ulsters were killed and two were wounded in a skirmish with Arabs near Jenin…

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Canada's Ban Shipments of War Materials to Japan OTTAWA

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 7

A former Prime Minister (Mr. Bennett), in the House of Commons, charged the Government with inactivity regarding Japan…

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Two British Soldiers Killed in Palestine Arabs Suffer Heavy Casualties

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 8

JERUSALEM, Tuesday:— Two men of the Royal Ulster Regiment were killed and two wounded in a fight with Arabs near…

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French Loan To Repair War Damage

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: -- It is reported that the French Government is floating a new loan of nearly. £7,000,000 to facilitate the restoration…

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Spanish War Live Issue in Ulster Elections

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday's: -- The "Daily Telegraph's" Belfast correspondent says: The Spanish war is providing a live issue in the Ulster elections. The…

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Spanish War. Rebels Seize British Coalers London

Northern Star · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 9

According to the Barcelona correspondent of the British United Press, it is reliably reported that insurgent warships seized two coal…

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Nazi Crisis War Minister Resigns: Army Seeks Changes LONDON

Northern Star · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 9

All available information in Berlin confirms that the Minister for War (Field-Marshal von Blomberg) resigned before going to Italy on…

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Plan to Stop War Giant Boomerangs To Ward Off Planes Advocate's Story

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

A man who attempted to stop the Great War and who has spent 39 years in the east during which he taught Burmans how to row in…

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District News BILLINUDGEL Returned Soldiers Conduct Annual Meeting

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 9

The annual meeting of Billinudgel Sub- Branch, R.S.S.I.L.A., recently was held. The President (Mr. W. H. Flowers jnr.), who presided, reported…

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Returned Soldiers Two Floats For Procession

Northern Star · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 12

The committee of the Lismore branch of the Returned Soldiers' League met at the Soldiers' Club last night and decided to arrange two floats…

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War Is Costly

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 3

The cost of war has gone up -- along with a lot of other things -- since nations made up their accounts in 1918. If the Great War cost an estimated…

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War Zone Draws Near British Territory

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 7

HONG KONG, the great part of southern China, is British territory. Much may depend, in the days to come, on whether Britain's neutrality in the Sino -Japanese conflict is respected by the Japanese, who already have landed large contingents of…

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Woman Wounded Gardener Acquitted

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 8

Umberto Mar[?]ani. 36, market gardener, at Parrama[?]ta Quarter Sersions, was acquitted of a charge of maliciously wounding Pearl Payne, at Bosley…

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War in Spain Bombing of Open Towns Salamanca

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 7

A semi-official commentator scorned the Anglo-French proposals to avoid air raids on open towns, declaring that the Government raids on the…

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