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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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German Demand for Colonies Hitler's Speech To Reichstag "Not Warlike, But Not Afraid of War"

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--In a speech to the Reichstag deputies which lasted for just on three hours, Herr Hitler to-day set forth the history of Germany since the taking over of the Reich by the Nazis and dealt with numbers of aspects…

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Anzac Day in Sydney Free Trains Diggers Should Apply Immediately

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 3

Ex-servicemen who desire to take advantage of the free travel facilities offering in connection with the Anzac Day celebrations…

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Forms Available Rail Passes for Anzac Celebrations

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 12

The executive of the Lismore branch of the Returned Soldiers' League advises that the necessary forms for the free trip to Sydney, sponsored by the…

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Spanish Civil War Fantastic Desolation at Teruel London

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 7

The Spanish insurgents pushed on three miles south of Teruel, threatening the main Valenciaroad…

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Over 150 May Go Anzac Day Service in Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

Indications are that over 150 returned soldiers from various parts of the Kyogle district will visit Sydney for the Anzac Day…

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Czechoslovakia Prepared "Aware of Possibility of War"

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

PRAGUE, Thursday:--A communique issued by the Chief of the General Staff (General Krejci) slates: "The General Staff is aware…

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Preparing for War in Czechoslovakia Prague

Northern Star · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 9

A communique issued by the Chief of the General Staff (General Krejci) states that the General Staff is aware of the possibility of war against the…

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What If War Came? an American View

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 7

General Johnson, Roosevelt's right hand man for some years past, puts the position as he sees it:— The whole situation is very different…

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"Labor Daily" War Lang to Start New Sunday Paper

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

A special meeting of shareholders of the "Labor Daily" has, by an overwhelming majority, elected two more anti-Lang nominees to the board of…

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Sino-jap War Japanese Women And Children Die In Raids Chinese Airmen in New Role London

Northern Star · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 9

THE spectacular Chinese air raid on Formosa, carried out by twelve Russian 'planes, indicates the development of the Chinese Air Force, the significance of which is not lost on the Japanese, says the…

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China War Enemy 'Plane Over Tokyo Hankow

Northern Star · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 9

Elated by the success at the air raid on Formosa, a Chinese scout flew over Tokyo without detection, in order to report on the possibility of…

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British Soldier's Gallantry in Palestine Threw Live Bomb Out of Cafe

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday:--The gallant action of Private J. E. Molt, of the First "Battalion, Fssex Regiment, in picking up a live bomb…

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Southern Europeans In North Returned Men Perturbed[?]

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 4

INNISFAIL, Sunday:--At the annual conference of the Far Northern District of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial…

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Japan's War Budget

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 3

TOKIO, Saturday:--The Domei Newsagency reports that all but £13,000.000 of Japan's war budget of £283,000,000 has been raised by means…

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Spanish' War "Loyalists Will Win the War" Barcelona

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 7

The Premier (Senor Negrin), broadcasting, declared that the war continued in Spain because European Powers desired it to continue…

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Democracies Attacked Continued War in Spain

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 5

BARCELONA, Sunday:-- The Prime Minister (Senor Negrin), broadcasting, declared that war continued in Spain because the…

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ANTI - War Gas Suit Fireman's Experience

Tweed Daily · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday:--Looking like a creature from a nightmare land, a Sydney fireman, wearing the first imported anti-war gas suit, provided the…

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Villers Brettoneux War Memorial

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 4

[?]MIENS, Sunday:--Colonel Forbes [?]Mr. R. W. Murphy, representing [?] M. Bruce (Australian High [?]oner in London) conferred…

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Final Volume Of War History Nearly Ready

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 2

The last of the 12 volumes of the Australian War History, edited by Dr. C. E. W. Bean, will be published this year. It will be volume six,…

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Spanish War Rebels Continue Advance Lisbon

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 7

The Rebels advancing south of Teruel reached Villastar. General Franco, contrary to expectations, ordered the concentration of…

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