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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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Summary. Oversea News. Spanish War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 1

According to a Paris newspaper the commander-in-chief of the Germany Navy (ViceAdmiral Forster) has resigned becuase he "cannot allow German worships to be…

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German Fascism—the Chief Instigator of War

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2

IN August, 1935, the Seventh World Congress of the Communist International characterised German fascism as the chief instigator of war in the world of today. The months which have elapsed since then have brought fresh evidence to prove…

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Australian Tells of Civil War Noted Author’s Experiences In Spain

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Dec. 24.—Over 500 people were present in Transport House last night to listen to a firsthand account of the position in…

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Woman to Defy War Danger Trip To Spain To Recover Medals

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 8

DEFYING the dangers of the war zone in Spain, Mrs. Jane Morrison will attempt to recover medals awarded her for war…

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Man Wounded in Side Bullet Fired in Street Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 5

With four companions. Joseph Page, a young man, was walking past a garage in the course of construction about 3 a.m. to-day, in…

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Grooming for the War

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

A soldier of the Spanish Government forces has his head shaved by a friend during a lull in the fighting around Madrid.--Air Mail…

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Winter Holds Up the Spanish Civil War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 11

REBEL SOLDIERS FIRING from snow-covered trenches in the Novecerrada region, near Madrid. The intense cold has helped to check the rebel advance…

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SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. Mr. H. Robbins is Recommended. Meritorious War Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 10

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Sir Daniel Levy) has recommended the appointment of Mr. H. Robbins, of the Parliamentary staff, to the position of…

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Soldier Prince Is Now General London

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 3

The Duke of Gloucester, who is Colonel-in-Chief of the Gloucester Regiment and the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, and who…

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Spanish Soldiers Pray Before Leaving for Front

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 3

VOLUNTEERS OF THE REBEL army of General Franco at devotions in a Salamanca church…

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Lest We Forget! 250,000 War Pensions Active in Australia

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 5

During the year ended June 30, 1936, 250,000 war pensions cost the Commonwealth Government…

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Hundreds Of Dogs Are Disqualified War for Control Begins Trotting Club Scores First Hit Dog Men in Dilemma

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 9

HUNDREDS of dogs were automatically disqualified yesterday and last night from competing at Harold Park or any other track affiliated with the N.S.W.T.C. as a result of their racing at tracks not connected with the…

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A Delirious Italy Hails Mussolini As Nation Prepares For First-class War Feverish Plan to Make Industries Self-sufficient London

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 2

The idea with which Mussolini is obsessed, that Italy may be called upon to stand the test of a first-class war, dominates national policy, states a special article by the Rome correspondent of "The Times,"…

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These Are The Figures Who Dominate All China To-day Marshal, Girl, Australian Fallen War-lord and 430,000,000 LONDON, December 16

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 7

A tall, bald-headed man in an ill-fitting uniform who controls the lives of 430 millions-- A graceful, sloe-eyed Chinese girl with an American accent who wants to teach manners to 430 millions--…

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Australian Attack Wrecks England's Team U.S.A. Verging on Labor War Ships Dispute Aggravated by Fresh Strikes on Two Fronts Loss in 64 Days Estimated at £100,000,000 VANCOUVER

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 1

General opinion is that returning prosperity in the New Year will bring with it the worst labor war in the industrial history of the United…

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Girl's Murderer? Man Wounded, Then Died in Lake Maidservant Shot at Ballarat Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 7

THE body of a man was to-day found in Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, by police investigating the murder…

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Official of War Museum Dead Note to Former Wife

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Edwin Marsden Wright, 49, Assistant Director of the Australian War Museum, and a former A.I.F. captain, was found dead…

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The Spanish War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 6

Sir,—The article from the London "Observer" quoted by your correspondent, B.G., in your issue of last Wednesday was interesting chiefly, I fear, as an illustration of the…

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Faith in Infantry. General de Bono's Views. Abyssinian War Commander

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 11

The infantry will play the principal and decisive role in the war of the future, as it has in the past, according to the views of General de Bono (Mussolini's first…

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No Big War Says G. B. SHAW (Copyright to Daily Telegraph) LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 3

"THERE will not be any general European war in 1937," says Mr. George Bernard Shaw, in a New Year…

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