War, And Its Lessons "Through the Fog of War," by Liddell Hart: Faber and Faber, London
WHETHER the world has learned anything from the Great War that can be applied to the grave task of the moment of preserving peace…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1939
6,728 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
New Year Aim To Eradicate Causes Of War LONDON
Removal of the underlying causes of war will be the task of the British Government in 1939, said the Air Minister (Sir Kingsley Wood)…
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JAZZ caps and novelties were distributed among the guests as they arrived last night at the State Assembly for the New Year's Eve revel,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hitler's War Program for 1939
Hitler begins 1939 with another threat to civilisation. His agenda is one of undisguised aggression. It is based on a straight-out war program. Hitler described 1938 as the richest "harvest" year in German…
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SOME few months back a Darwin hotelkeeper placed 80 barrels containing 1,440 gallons of beer in a shed for storage. Later on he discovered that white-ants had eaten the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Are United in War
Convinced that after a year of war, the Chinese people are more united than ever against the Japanese, Mr. Jim Ing Tong, a young…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Fall Ends Boys' War Game
Kenneth Stephenson, 12, of Ocean Street, Clovelly, fell 40 feet over the cliffs at Clovelly to his death on Saturday. The boy was "playing soldiers" with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Falls Over Cliff. Sequel to War Game
Kenneth Thomas Stevenson, 12, of Ocean Street, Clovelly, fell from the military reserve at North Clovelly to the rocks below on Saturday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Losses of Gold. Equalisation Fund. War Fears the Cause. From Our Special Representative. London, Jan. 1
Revelations that Britain's Exchange Equalisation Account lost £145,000,000 worth of gold between March and September, 1938, due mostly to fear of war,…
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All friends of peace will welcome Matt Hoggarth back to Sydney. Mat has been a “guest” of…
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The Young Chinese National Salvation Association staged a war play in Sydney last night. On the tiny stage in the Kuomintang…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China Pictured After War
A vivid picture of what may be the immediate future of victorious China after the conclusion of the war against Japanese aggression…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Correspondent Married. London, Jan. 2
An Australian journalist, Mr. Noel Monks, who is at present a foreign correspondent for the "Evening Standard," has been married to Miss Mary Welsh, an American-born foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →War Brings Japan Near Abyss London
Japan is approaching an economic and financial crisis which she cannot escape unless the China war is speedily ended. This assertion is made by the Far…
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The Minister for Finance, Mr. Ikeda, in a New Year statement, said that the Government was planning the issue of more national bonds, and increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Conscription Demanded Highland Chief On War Path
Conscription is the only thing the president of the Highland Society, Captain J. Patrick, can suggest as a means of defending Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Year of War London, Monday. Our Own Cable Service
A STATEMENT by General France at Burgos caused [?] ation among his supporters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →China Still Firm. War to Go On. Minister's Arrest Ordered. SHANGHAI, Jan. 2
It is reported that General Chiang Kai-shek, ordered the arrest of the Minister of Communications, Peng Hsueh-pei, for providing an aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Warning to U.S.A. New Arms Plan. "War Inevitable." WASHINGTON, Jan. 2
Asserting that the American people believe that war is inevitable, Senator Walsh, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, to-night urged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mussolini's Plans. Spanish War. Mr. Chamberlain's Visit. From Our Special Representative. London, Jan. 2
The haste with which Italy has published the elaborate details of a programme for Mr. Chamberlain's visit to Rome is believed to be due to…
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