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Editorial – Time To Strip

7 March 1942
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Saturday 07 March 1942 Time To Strip The Allies continue to wage unequal war in the Pacific. The scene changes to Java...

Editorial – The Next Round

21 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 21 March 1942 The Next Round Mr. Roosevelt has answered Mr. Curtin's appeal with an expeditionary force for Australia under...

Editorial – Australia

28 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Australia The queer squabble over the appointment of Mr. Casey to Cairo is symptomatic of the strain...

Editorial – Malta

28 March 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 28 March 1942 Malta Heroic Malta is gain passing through a period of storm. This devoted outpost is braving and...

Golden Wedding – Mr & Mrs Walton

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942 Golden Wedding. At Wath Parish Church on April 18th, 1892, the wedding took place of Miss Sarah Mori...

Soldiers – Butler, Son & Father – Father’s Second War

April 1942
South Yorkshire Times, April 25, 1942 Father's Second War Pte. G. Butler has been in the Army for three years and was a regular soldier. He is...

Editorial – India: Why Now?

4 April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 04 April 1942 India: Why Now? The fanfare accompanying the offer of Dominion self-government to India is part of a...

Editorial – War Commentary

11 April 1942
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 11th 1942 War Commentary Whatever we do with India after the war we have to hold it now, with or without...

Editorial – Spendthrift

18 April 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 18 April 1942 Spendthrift The Budget is a present for a good boy. Those who are already putting their earnings into...

Editorial – Second Front

25 April 1942
South Yorkshire Times, April 25, 1942 Second Front The demand for the opening by the United Nations of a second front in Europe is not now...