Blockade Effects Apparent Clothing of German Soldiers
LONDON, Tuesday:--The Minister for Economic Warfare (Dr. Hugh Dalton) said in a speech that the German soldiers in Russia…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1942
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President Roosevelt Outlines U.S. War Plans American Forces to Be Used Anywhere 60,000 Planes, 45,000 Tanks To Be Produced This Year
WASHINGTON, Tuesday:--President Roosevelt in his address to congress outlined a tremendous production plan for 125,000 planes, 75,000 tanks, 35,000 anti-aircraft guns and 10,000,000 tons of shipping by 1943. This year would see the production of 60,000 planes, 45,000 tanks. 20.000 anti-aircraft guns and…
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Somewhere in the Fleet Air Arm is a young lieutenant who, although a flyer and not a sailor, has the makings of a Nelson in…
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On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning a few Japanese bombers flew over. Darwin, and dropped bombs which damaged five aircraft but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parcels for Prisoners-of-war
Three types of parcels can be sent to prisoners-of-war. They are classified as Red Cross parcels, next-of-kin parcels, and permit parcels. This information was conveyed to a meeting of the Kyogle branch of the Red Cross Society this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Improved Conditions For War Prisoners
GENEVA (AP)—The lot of civilians interned in enemy lands has been better in this war than it was in 1914-1918, International Red Cross officials report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canada's War Output to Be Expanded
OTTAWA, Wednesday: -- The Minister of Munitions (Mr. Howe) stated to-day that Canada's wartime production will be expanded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Novel Use in War Factory Canteens
Britain is using glass to save steel. It is translucent, toughened glass which can now take the place of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Increase In India's War Output
LONDON, Wednesday: The Delhi correspondent of "The Times" says that vast increases in munitions production have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Luftwaffe Failed In Three-Front War
LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—The failure of the German air force to achieve superiority on the Russian and Libyan fronts is regarded in London as the consequence of the attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Policy Talks in Sth. America
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).—The Under-Secretary for State (Mr. Sumner Welles) and his corps of a chasers are leaving on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British War Prisoners Study by Post
LONDON, Wednesday:-- Two thousand British prisoners of war are studying by post for matriculation degree examinations under the guidance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Conference To Determine American War Policies
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: -- The Under Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) and his corps of advisers are leaving on Thursday for Rio de…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tremendous U.S. War Programme Believed Possible
WASHINGTON, Wednesday:-- The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times," weighing the possibilities realised by President Roosevelt's tremendous programme, says that the best informed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany's Total War Output Has Fallen Slightly
LONDON, Wednesday:-- Reports reaching the Ministry of Economic Warfare from various sources' show that the overall production of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"U.S. War Entry Strengthens Resistance To Germany"
WASHINGTON, Thursday:-- French and Spanish resistance to German pressure seems strengthened by the United States entry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blueprints Go White and Help Women War Workers
The engineer's prints, without which Britain could not produce a single battleship, tank, or aeroplane or even the smallest nut or bolt,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post-War Plan This Part of Primary Production
Allowing that all undertaking must play a secondary role in the war effort, there still should be thought and time and money for approved schemes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War Savings Sales Competition Comment on Murwillumbah's Percentage
Murwillumbah was 27th on the list with £2187 per head among class two towns in the recent competition among country towns in the sale of War…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Earle Page: "United War Policy Needed For Empire"
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—"We must protect and preserve Singapore and our position in the Far East, no matter what the cost. During the past few weeks the position has been steadily improving in…
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