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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

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Australian Forces Has Leave Been Cancelled? Balance Believed to Be Against War Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 4

Reports that leave had been stopped in the Royal Australian Navy were current in Canberra to-night; but Mr. Lyons nor the Minister for Defence…

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Coolamon Returned Soldiers’ League Reapprisement for Soldier Settlers Cr. L. M. Redgrave. Delegate to Newcastle Congress

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 4

At a well attended and enthusiastic meeting of the Coolamon sub-branch of the Refused Sailors and Soldiers’ Imperial League on Wednesday night…

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Is a Warrant to Be Issued for Henlein's Arrest? Is His Proclamation High Treason? Grave Position in Sudeten Area Lloyds Terminate War Risk Contracts PRAGUE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 1

The District Prosecutor's Office at Eger has been ordered to institute proceedings against Henlein, and to issue a warrant for his arrest according to reports here. The Government it is stated decided to put the question…

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Germany Buying Corn in Preparation for War? Montreal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1938 · page 1

Grain circles estimate that a million tons of American corn has been moved to Germany from St. Lawrence ports recently, supposedly in anticipation of…

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Far East War Japan to Prepare for Long Conflict Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1938 · page 8

The Prime Minister (Prince Konoye) announces that he is not certain that hostilities in China will cease with the capture of Hankow. Therefore Japan…

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Ex-soldiers Discharged From Government Arms Factory R.S.L. Wants Explanation Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1938 · page 4

Alleging placed that non-soldiers had replace them, 34 returned soldiers who have been discharged from the Government Small Arms Factory at…

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War Not Inevitable!

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 3

Mr, Merizies does not believe in the inevitability of war, nor in the conflict between dictatorships and democracy. "It is wrong. he says, "to…

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On the War Brink

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 2

There is no denying the fact that all the efforts to avoid a battle in Central Europe may yet prove in vain. The situation is delicate, indeed. Herr…

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'Some Way Out Without War"

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 3

Discussing the International situation, the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Hughes) sold he considered it most hopeful that Mr. Chamberlain…

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War Unlikely! American Society's Claim Milwaukee (Wisconsin)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 1

—Declaring that it had been shown that the German and Italian claims for self-sufficiency were idle, the American Chemical Society at its conference…

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China War Japanese Take Town After Naval Bombardment TOKIO

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 4

Under the protection of a bombardment from warships and aircraft, a large Japanese force occupied the stragetic town of Wusueh, 100 miles…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers Minister Denies Allegation Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 2

A denial that non-returned soldiers had displaced 35 returned soldiers on special work in the small arms factory at Footscray was given to-day by the…

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Japan's War Budget Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

[?] extraordinary military budget for Japan absorbs £50,000,000…

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War Memorial Hall (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 4

Sir—May I again be Permitted , through the courtesy of the "Irrigator," to refer to that all-important matter, the war Memorial Hall. At…

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"Greater Evil Than War" Surrender with Dishonor Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 4

A greater evil than war was surrender with dishonor to a Power whose concepts were anti-Christian, said Mr. Donal O'Sullivan, leader of the…

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Chinese Fasting to Help Hungry Soldiers London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

[?]ese in London fasted all day to-day in observance of the anniversary of Japan's first action in Manchuria, in order to share the soldiers' hunger…

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Effort to End Czech Crisis Britain and France Agree on Scheme Sudeten Areas to be Ceded to Germany? Czechoslovakia Opposes Plebiscite Frontier Towns Full of Soldiers LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that the plan which Britain and France will submit to Czechoslovakia and Herr Hitler will comprise the following:— (1) The cession of parts of Sudeten German…

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Returned Soldiers Post-Mortem Medical Examinations In Cases of Ex-Servicemen and Women

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

THE State Executive of the R.S. and S.I.L. of A., at a meeting held on the 25th August, 1938, resolved as follows:—…

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Europe Through Australian Eyes a Voyage in the Mediterranean Germany's Aims "Perhaps There Will Be No War at All" LONDON, August 8

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 6

Miss Alpen begins the present article with a delightful resume of a cruise in the Mediterranean on the P. and O. luxury liner Stratheden, and follows, as usual, with interesting comments on the European situation, especially…

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War Insurance Rates Increased London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 1

A schedule of minimum war insurance rates issued by Lloyds, shows general increases from Great Britain to Australia and New Zealand via Suez.,…

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