Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Sydney · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1941

18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

The War, Day by Day. Staff Talks With Turks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 10

In view of the marked accentuation of the German threat to Bulgaria, the holding of staff talks between Britain and Turkey becomes a matter of…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Australia Urged to Send War Mission to Britain London

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 6

The urgent need for Australia to send to Britain a special observation mission to investigate the effect of the blitzkrieg, and the British counter- measures, was emphasised by Squadron-Leader W…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

War Drums in Abyssinia. London, Jan. 14. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 11

"The time is not far distant when I shall cross the boxder and lead an army of patriots against the Italians," declared Haill Sellassle, the dispossessed…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Parachute War on Ireland U.S. Expects Invasion WASHINGTON

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 1

Well-informed sources at Washington expect that Britain will have to meet terrific attacks during the next 90 days, beginning with an invasion of Ireland…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Plan to Enrol Ulster Women As War Workers London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 3

Ulster women will be mobilised for war work, says a Belfast message. The Cardiff (Wales) regional administrator of the British…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Letters. Strikes in War-time. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 8

Sir,—The current political strife and industrial unrest will weaken the economic life of teh country, for production cannot be efficiently carreid on amid this…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

FOR Worker Women a Year of War An Evacuated Mother's Experiences

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 5

THE hearts of all mothers in Australia will feel for their sisters in Britain who are experiencing all the horrors of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War Powers New Regulations Opposed. Protest by Labour. Mr. Menzies's Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 11

Labour leaders protested strongly yesterday against the drastic new powers taken by the Federal Ministry under the National Security Act…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Japanese Fear U.S. BILL Forecast Entry Into War New York

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 3

The Tokio newspaper Asahi predicting the passage of President Roosevelt's Aid Britain Bill,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Japanese Fear U.S. Entry Into War. Tokyo, Jan. 14. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 11

The Japanese newspaper "Asahi," in a leading article predicts that the Aid Bill will be passed by Congress and that the United States will enter the war…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Problem of U.S. War Planes. Quality or Quantity. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 12

The chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, Mr. Carl Vinson, said yesterday that the goal of 50,000 war planes a…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Behind the Nazi Facade. 1—People's Fear of a Long War. Decline of National Morale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 10

Formerly Berlin Correspondent of the "New York Times." Despite spectacular victories in the World War, Imperial Germany was finally stopped at the Marne; and though it continued to win spectacular military and diplomatic victories in the East, which took its…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

U.S. War Aid Bill. Republican Move. Limits Sought. From Our Own Correspondent. Washington, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 11

President Roosevelt arrived at the White House from Hyde Park this morning to lead the fight for speedy passage of the Aid for the…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Nazis Turn to Japan. Hope of War Help. New Promises. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 11

The hope expressed in Singapore by the Australian Minister for the Army, Mr. Spender, that Japan would realise that it was in her interest to maintain…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Big Shipbuilding Scheme Soon Cabinet May Accept War Council Plan Menzies To Discuss Move With British Cabinet

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 4

Cabinet will probably soon accept a recommendation from the War Council that an expert shipbuilding committee be set up to supervise the establishment in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Soldier Grateful To Comforts Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 7

In a letter to his wife, Private H. O. Pauling, 1st Company, 16th Battalion, A.I.F., says the Australian Comforts Fund is doing "a great job."…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Local & General. Granville Soldier Wounded

The Biz · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

Pte. Tom Sweeney, of A'Beckett Street. Granville, was seriously wounded in the fighting at Bardia. His relatives received word to this effect…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

India, War Arsenal

The Biz · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

India is rapidly becoming a great war arsenal. She can now supply the whole war area from Singapore to Suez. She cap meet the whole steel demands of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

New War Powers

The Biz · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hugher in, explainins the need for the new [?] powers, said that there were [?] elements In Australia who were [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

War Items, 1915

The Broadcaster · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

A 17-year-old girl from Kurri Kurri stowed away in a soldier's uniform, so as she might get to the front, see her brother, and help in the war. She was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →