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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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Spanish War Three, More Steamers Attacked by Unknown Vessels Istanbul (Turkey)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 1

Three more attacks on Spanish Government steamers by unknown aggressors Were reported to-day. The steamer Armuru, on its way to Spain with…

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Woman's Will £100,000 for Soldiers Next of Kin May Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 11

The will of Mrs. "Elizabeth Kirby, who died in 1034, leaving an estate of £177,000, was before Mr. Justice Nicholas in the Equity Court, Sydney,…

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Detective Attacked Man Later Found Wounded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 1

Felling a detective who was question him in Stanmore to-day, a man snatched his revolver and took refuge in the cellar of a house in…

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German Youth Alarming Menace of War. Dr. Dengler’s Address

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 2

Germany’s desperate, need for raw materials, such as iron, coal, and foodstuffs, and the vital necessity for an outlet for her surplas population…

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Furious Fighting Raged All Day in War-Shattered City! Grim Fighting Continues Shanghai

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 1

While the military position to-night is almost static, and activity in various sections had quietened down with the sunset, furious righting raged all day in the war-shattered city…

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Spanish War Turkey Concerned Shelling of Ships in Aegean Sea Is Italy Responsible? Constanza

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 1

The President of Turkey, (Kemal At[?]) and his Minister have abandoned the army manocuvres in Eastern Thrace and have hastened…

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Soldier Settlers To Protest Against Southern Europeans SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 1

The Soldier Settlers' Conference, to be held on September 21, and later the State Congress of the Returned Soldiers' League, will consider…

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Uneasiness at Tokio Soviet Activities in Outer Mongolia War 'Planes, Guns and Pilots London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 1

The Tokio correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" writes that the newly arrived Soviet Ambassador virtually confirmed the report that…

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Alien Immigrants Ex-soldiers to Discuss Position Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 1

The State Congress of the Returned Soldiers' League will meet shortly and will discuss motions relating to the migration of Southern Europeans…

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Spanish War Nationalists Close in on Santander Aided by Italians Plight of Defenders LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 1

Aided by Italians and supported by tanks, the Nationalists are closing in on Santander. Fifty thousand Government troops may be trapped…

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Sino-japanese War (Continued from page 1). Stubborn Resistance Both Sides Claim Successes Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 10

The Chinese are resisting stubbornly along a line running from the north station to the Shanghai-Woosung railway, to the international settlement…

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Spanish War (Continued from page 1). Bodies of 3000 Moors Pound When Lake Is Drained Madrid

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 10

Loyalists draining the Lake Castdecampo sector of the city report that in the mud they have found the bodies of 3000 Moors, who apparently…

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Fiji Kingdom Experiment of 1871 "War Lord of Mbau"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 5

Memories of the three years when the Fiji Islands were an independent Kingdom, with a Parliament and Courts of Justice modelled exactly on…

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Spanish War Massacre or Surrender Faces Defenders at Santander LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 1

There is no hope of anything but massacre or surrender for the Spanish Government forces defending Santander…

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Spanish War. London, 28th Aug

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

Three delegates from Santander. including the leader of Government shock troops, were led [?] through the insurgent lines shortly…

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Fears of War Upset World Markets London, Aug. 12

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

“Not since the sanctions crisis of September, 1935 have markets taken the threat of undeclared war so seriously,” declares the London…

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Wounded Ambassador Reported Slightly Better London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 6

A bulletin issued in Shanghai on Friday morning stated that the British Ambassador had passed a reasonably satisfactory night, and was slightly…

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War Zone Japanese Successes in North Explanation of Blockade Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 1

While artillery and aircraft were quieter at Shanghai to-day, engagements took place at several points in North China. The Japanese, in…

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Many Civilians Killed and Wounded Shanghai

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

Over 900 civilians were killed and two thousands wounded in two Japanese raids on South Station to-day. In the first raid over 600 were killed and 1200 wounded, when Japanese 'planes dropped tremendous bombs, and an area…

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French Catholic Seminary Looted Priests Wounded and Taken Prisoner SHANGHAI

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

Several thousand Chinese irregular troops have seized and looted the French Catholic seminary at Heishankow, 12 miles from Peiping. They shot and seriously wounded the director, Father Francois, and carried off eleven European priests and 12…

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