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The wars & local soldiers, 1938

3,524 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 177

No War in Austria, Says Nazi London

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

Despite the symptoms of civil war in Styria, Dr. Seyss von Inquart, Nazi Minister of the Interior, sees…

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Darwin Chinese. Contributions to War Chest DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 11

The Chinese of Darwin are voluntarily contributing 21 per cent. of their wages towards China's war chest. Every Chinese in the town has agreed to the levy, and stores…

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Spanish War Mine Blasts Rebel Post LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 3

REPUBLICAN troops exploded a mine which destroyed Spanish rebel fortifications in the Garabanchel zone of the…

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N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial. Maccabean institute. Vice-President

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 6

The name of Mr. S. J. Guss, was un-advertently omitted from the report of the N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial list of Vice-presidents…

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Victims of Great War. Three Hundred Nuns. Paris, February 8

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 19

Three hundred nuns were among the 600 Ked Cross nurses who were killed during the Great War. They belonged to various Congregations…

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Trade Talk With U.S. Hailed As The Best Step Since War

The Sun · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 3

The results of a reciprocal trade agreement between the British Empire and the United States would create a ladder between Australia and America which would be of vast significance in…

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"State of War" Between Producers and Consumers Lottery Tickets Preferred to Good Fruit

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 6

ARRESTING evidence was given to the Commissioner (Mr. McCulloch, S.M.) inquiring into the fruit industry, during sittings at…

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Costly War in China. Japan's Losses. Dogged Defence. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 12

The Chinese are resisting strongly in Shansi province, according to the Shanghai correspondent of "The Times," and the fighting there is…

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Forbes Returned Soldiers. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 9

At the annual meeting of the local subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Captain J. J. Collingwood, who is leaving the district, resigned. The following officers were…

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D'ANNUNZIO. Soldier-Poet Dies. Collapse at Desk. Rome, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 11

The death has occurred of Gabriele D'Annunzio, Duke of Monte Nevoso, the Italian writer and Nationalist, at the age of 74…

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Soldier-poet Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 12

Gabriele D'Annunzio, Duke of Monte Nevoso, the Italian writer and Nationalist, who died suddenly on Tuesday, at the age of 74…

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Road Bandits Were Soldiers. Arrest After Motor Crash. LONDON, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 12

The two bandits responsible for a series of daring escapades on Monday night, beginning with the theft of a police car, at revolver point, are now revealed to have been two…

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Anzac Night Tattoo

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 11

According to the New South Wales branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, the combined services tattoo to be held at the Royal Show…

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Famous War Trophies

The St George Call · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 6

During the war the 13th Battery. A.I.F. In various competitions overseas, won “five cups, and when they returned to Australia the trophies were brought…

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'Rehearsing a Great War' London

The Sun · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 5

"If the war lasts through the summer, a European conflict, started by Italy and Germany, is inevitable," declared the Spanish Premier…

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Spanish War 12 Killed On Rebel Ship, Govt. Claims Child Victims in Bombed Cities London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 3

TWELVE of the crew of the Spanish rebel cruiser, Admiral Cervera, were killed when the ship was bombed by…

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Chunking, China’s New Capital Will be Heart and Brain of Defence New Base for Long War

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 2

Chungking is the new capital of the Chinese Republic. Formerly the capital of the province of Szechwan, this queer old town is now the centre of the Central Chinese government's stand against the Japanese in China’s war of independence…

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Soldier Settlers' Holdings

The Land · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 5

At the annual general meeting of the West Wyalong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association it was decided to ask that provision…

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Punched a Doctor Disliked Remark Old Soldier's Story

The Sun · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 3

When a doctor to whom he had been sent by an insurance company told him there was nothing wrong…

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War Service Pensions

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 12

Pensions in proportion to that received by the husband, are now being paid for the wives and children of incapacitated war…

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