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The wars & local soldiers, 1939

6,728 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

An Officers' Training School. Why Public School Cadets Do Not Enlist. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 8

Sir,—May I be allowed to endorse your leading article in Thursday's "Herald," concerning the present condition of the public school cadet corps? Mr. Robson is assuredly…

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Come War!

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

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War Plane Output Begins

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The first Wirraway warplane to be manufactured at the Fishermen's Bend aircraft factory is expected to be ready within a…

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War Reserve of Electric Gear London

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 5

Provision of a national reserve of switch gear, transformers and other electrical equipment under the administration of the Central Electricity…

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The War in China Japan's Peace Proposals Rejected

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 14

NOTWITHSTANDING their admittedly very heavy losses, China steadfastly refuses to bow to the yoke which Japan seeks to put upon her…

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Politics in War. Pressure on Franco. Mussolini's Haste. BARCELONA, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 13

The Republican Ministry of Defence describes the present conflict in Catalonia as the hardest battle of the war. Statements by captured Italian…

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Buying War Supplies Italian Stunt For Chamberlain Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 3

ROME, Tues.--Feverish buying of military and navy supplies yesterday indicated diplomatic squalls in the next few weeks. The greater proportion of the £12,000,000…

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Climax of Spanish War. Franco's Bid For Victory. Officers Jealous of Italians

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 12

If General Franco had received the rights of a belligerent, as requested, in return for the withdrawal of 10,000 volunteers, he would have been presented with a victory which he had been unable to obtain by arms. The right of belligerent mean nothing more nor less than a…

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Soldiers As Far As the Eye Can See in Stuttgart, Germany

Construction · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 7

At the Annual Congress of The Organisations of Germans Living Abroad, Germans are expected…

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Returned Men As War Reserve Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 3

The committee which will inquire into the possibility of making extended use of the services of returned soldiers as a war reserve will include…

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Welcome Home to Mr. J. Marsh, Town Clerk

Liverpool News · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

At Liverpool Town Hall on Thursday evening, December 22, a welcome home social was tendered to Mr. J. Marsh (town clerk), who has been on seven…

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The Truth About the War in Spain

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 20

THE present fighting on the Catalan front in Spain, where the Nationalists have launched a new, and apparently victorious offensive—which our daily papers untruthfully describe as "a gamble" and "Franco's last efforts"—gives considerable interest to a recent letter which appeared in the London…

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Canada's Part in Empire War Ottawa

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

In a farewell speech to army, navy and air officers at Calgary, the ex-Prime Minister (Mr. R. B. Bennett), who has retired from politics owing…

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"China Winning the War." Mr. J. Pomeroy's View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

Mr John Pomeroy, who during the Great War, received £25 000 from the British Government for the lights of an antt-Zeppelin explosive bullet which…

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N.S.W. Jewish War Memorial Sunday, January 8— Talkies (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.) Sydney Musical Society

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 7

Rehearsal will definitely commence at 2.30 p.m. [?] coming Sunday, January 8, and members who fail to attend win not be included in the show…

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"War Not the Only Means."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 9

"Where freedom of religion has been attacked the attack has come from sources opposed to Democracy," declared President Roosevelt in one of the most…

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The Propagandist in PEACE and WAR

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

Australians and English-speaking peoples generally have an uneasy feeling about information or proposals that smack of propaganda. Indeed, with us, it rarely requires more to…

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'Australian Women Should Organise For War'

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 10

AUSTRALIAN women should be organised into an Emergency Corps to take men's place in transport work in case of war. This is the view of Miss A. D…

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U S. Stand Only Talk As Yet Hughes Sees War In Sanctions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

"President Roosevelt has not done anything yet," said the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Hughes) yesterday…

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Bombs Blast Refugee Trains, Killing 50 3 British Ships Struck War-Torn Towns Resisting Still LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 3

FIFTY were killed and 30 were wounded when Spanish rebel warplanes twice bombed refugee…

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