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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

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Industry's War Boom in Canada Ottawa

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 2

Industrial production, already the highest in the history of Canada, will be increased during 1941 until it is 70 per cent. above the peak of the last…

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Engines in the War of the Air

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 6

BRITAIN leads in aerial combat primarily because she leads in engine design. Cables have accustomed us to regard the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters as the dashing cavalry of this war of the air,…

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Roosevelt's Speech. "Declaration of War on Nazism."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 15

Speaking at Temple Emanuel last night, Rabbi Max Schenk said that as an American citizen he hailed President Roosevelt's recent speech as a forthright, outspoken…

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War Is Now a Young Man's Job

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 3

WAR is a young man's business. "Smith's" has emphasised that fact for many months past. Every veteran of the 1914-18 war is now 22 years older than when he played his part in that flare-up…

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The War, Day by Day. Help for Italy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 12

It would be unwise to assume that the despatch of German air squadrons to Italy will necessarily mean any respite for Britain at home. Although…

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They Fatten on Blood More War: More Profit

Tribune · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 7

Following are quotations from recent company reports:— Alfred Lawrence and Co.. Ltd. (wholesale and manufacturing…

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First Impressions a Real pocket raider: War taxation

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 10

EXITALY? NAZI salute: One hand raised. Italian salute: Two hands raised. British…

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Tiny Ships Join in U-boat War London

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 2

Production is now in full swing in Britain and the Dominions of a new type of small warship for…

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"The Nation Is Not Mobilised" Our War Effort Lags

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 5

TWO wartime Christmases have come and gone, thousands of Australian seamen have been on active service for more than a…

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Indian Move To Back War CALCUTTA, Friday (A.A.P.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 3

Formation of an anti-Nazi front and the mobilisation of Indian public opinion to help the war effort are advocated by the…

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O Life Where Is Thy Sting? Bees, Goats, and War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 9

Duncan MacRae and I sat watching the sun go westering down behind a long low line of hills. We sat in comfortable folding…

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Radio Progress. War Stimulated Big Advance in 1940. Scope of Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 7

So far as Australia is concerned, 1940 has been the most significant year in the history of wireless Stimulated by the war, the…

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What Will 1941 Mean to You? Effect of War Efforts Increasing Momentum Rising Levels All Round

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 4

WHAT will 1941 mean to you? Obviously this will vary with circumstances. It should mean increased effort. It will probably mean reduced standards…

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35,000 JOINED R.A.A.F. IN 1940. Reversals Swell Enlistments. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 15

More than 35,000 recruits were accepted by the R.A.A.F. in 1940.During the week the Germans reached Paris and Italy entered the war, 10,519 recruits applied for enlistment—…

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Pledge to A.I.F. "Will Not Want." Mr. Spender in Palestine. From the Acting Commonwealth Official War Correspondent. Jerusalem, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 14

"I am armed now with first-hand information, and Australian troops will not want," said the Minister for the Army, Mr. Spender, after he had…

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Looking Back for a Clear View of the Present How Australia Made War Last Year Recrimination Has Its Uses This Was The Old Order

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 5

DISTINGUISHED research worker and historian, the author was commissioned by "Smith's" to review the acts of Government in Australia since the war, and to…

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Desert War on Screen

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 5

Captain Frank Hurley's historic films of the victorious advance into Libya of the British Army of the Nile and the capture of thousands of…

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Sunday Telegraph Map Showing Sinews of War Crucible of War

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 4

THE long-term mes[?]sure of military striking-power in World War II is the power to produce, and production is on the side of the nations with the heaviest…

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'Nazi War Soon on Eire' London

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 4

"Hitler means war against Eire; bombs are a foretaste of it," declares the "Daily Express."…

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Germany Juggles With War Figures LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 2

Germany claims to have sunk 3,900,000 tons of British and Allied shipping in six months. This is approximately 2,100,000 tons…

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