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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1944
Page
3
An old advertisement describes middle aged fatigue and nerve weakness. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to enrich blood and restore energy, promising brighter mood and renewed interest with every use. The copy urges readers to buy through chemists and stores.
Instructions on grape packing stressing cool picking and stalk handling. Also notes on water charges in Yilgarn district and dairy colostrum use for calves. Advice on stacking straw and thatching for long storage. Roasting meat tips and a plea for reader topics in Perth notices window. Local business address included.
American columnist Leon Derien argues that after liberation, peoples must decide their own future while warning against prearranged purges or fixed plebiscites. He cautions Allies not to misjudge Serbs Chetniks and Tito aligned groups, urging vigilance against manipulative propaganda and puppet governments.
A notable figure, Dr P L Henderson, chief engineer at Monsanto Australia, ascends to the Victorian Bar. He holds a Cambridge Doctorate, Sydney Master of Engineering, and Diploma of Science, with leadership roles in medical engineering bodies and Australian engineering institutes. He entered Cambridge in 1950 as a pioneering engineering scholar. He contributed to Sydney harbour bridge projects and railway coach design, later studying law at the Middle Temple between 1936 and 1990.
In a Washington report the note cites Sweden's reports on conditions and a similar Germany picture with rain and unsettled weather. The piece mentions Britain and the appeal by W. P. Thradshaw of Perth accepting responsibility, tying state election matters to the issue.
A Sydney report notes Australia has released over 2,000 cream separators and other farm machinery after shifting to food production. State and Federal governments prioritise rural power, machinery, and transport, with thousands of tractors, engines, windmills, irrigation plants, and milking equipment now available, though tillage gear and tractors remain in demand.
In a critique of Hitler’s last broadcast the writer argues the ex‑leader appears puppetlike and unintelligent, while Mussolini is shown as a twin puppet. The piece suggests deliberate ridicule to erode Hitler worship and foretell a push for power by military and non‑Hitler factions amid a German political divide.
Commerce Minister Scully reported successful experiments with paw paw juice eliminating the irritating quality in wool worn next to the skin. He noted advances in woollen fabrics now yield materials that are light soft shining and smooth, indistinguishable from silk.
Among 200 questioned from 577 evacuated children now in Australia three years after transfer, 44 percent wish to return home while 30 percent want to stay in Australia. Eleven are employed in the Commonwealth and ten have joined the forces. Foster parents have declined to take money donated by parents, now held in trust in savings accounts totaling about £3500. The Children's Oversea Reception Board in London oversees these arrangements.
A Chicago Tribune report says Churchill and Stalin approved America’s claim to islands once under Japanese mandate. It urges the US government to press for possession of additional bases to secure naval communications with the Philippines, Australia, and the Asiatic mainland, and to defend the continent from overseas attack.
A reflective line from R L Stevenson on moral duty to please others, pondering happiness and obligation. The brief aphorism invites readers to consider how far personal effort should extend to making someone else content.
London controlled Mt Magnet Gold Minus in Western Australia reveals a loss of £6384 for two years ending March. The board expects winding up resolutions to be submitted later as shareholders face a wrecked outlook. The 1942 mine shutdown led to plant sale to the Government for £25000, with Great Boulder Prop still holding 414000 shares in Great Boulder Mining and Finance, now written down.
Reports from neutral countries reveal a fierce dispute among top Nazi leaders and the Reichswehr over war policy. Hitler pushes for continued sacrifice while the General Staff fears ruin, threatening further crisis as Western espionage intensifies.
Vogue Magazine highlights the New York Infirmary for Women and Children as run exclusively by women staff. Founded in 1857 by Elizabeth Blackwell, it stands among few North American hospitals with women in full charge. The piece notes broader gender disparities in medicine, with 8,000 women and 175,000 men doctors in the U.S. and compares infant mortality and operative death rates at the infirmary to city figures.
In an interview with a Times of Argentina representative, Canada’s minister in Argentina, Wm. F. A. Turgeon, recalled his 1923 and 1936 grain inquiries. He argued Europe cannot sustain wheat production as land and labor shift to higher paid work, and that Asis will buy food from Canada and Argentina as world grain markets stay assured.
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