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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 29, 1948
Page
9
The circus shows trainer Frederick Schafer lifting three ton elephant Eily by the head, suspended in her mouth. A reporter notes the act is deemed not dangerous by the trainer as Eily’s teeth stay back and the risk of biting hair is considered minimal.
Fairfield Osborn, president of the New York Zoological Society, warns in Our Plundered Planet that global population growth will outpace Earth's ability to feed billions. He cites rapid population increases since 1630, depleted arable land, soil erosion, and desertification, urging better organization and farming methods to delay, but not avoid, a looming starvation point.
Dr Charles Duguid flew toward the Musgrave Ranges in South Australia with peni cillin sulphanilamide and cough syrup to aid the Ernabella Mission where a measles epidemic threatened 300 Pitjantjara natives. The 64-year-old Scots physician left an Adelaide practice as the lonely flying doctor over 100000 square miles, aiming to curb infection among communities mixing freely and naked at times.
American Airlines lost and found at La Guardia searched for owners of a case of beer a stray string of beads a jacket and unusual items amid a jumble of recovered belongings including three blue type strings and a straightjacket components.
In Catanzaro Italy Communist Carmelo Bongiorno received a four year prison term for ending a political dispute by biting off his opponent's nose. The act in broad daylight shocked witnesses and drew widespread condemnation.
In San Francisco a Southern Pacific Railroad bulletin board announced the dismissal of a Red Sea porter accused of shooting and killing his wife. The notice cited Rule 801: employees who are vicious will not be retained in service.
A 175 lb bride rushed her 110 lb groom to a hospital in Miami after he fell while carrying her across their threshold and broke a leg.
For 15 years mail reaches Coen and Cape York Peninsula towns via postman Jim MacDowall who travels 135680 miles on horseback over 5000 saddle days. He now rides 8 to 10 hours daily with one day off every fortnight and rarely misses deliveries except during floods. He credits his horse for much of the service.
A radio announcer notes Sardine Sonar once used against Nazi submarines is now applied to locate Sardine fishing off the American coast. The method relies on phosphorescent flashes of fish at night and may work in daylight. Uncertainty remains if atomic pressure was used to compress the sardines into tins.
A penguin voyage from Antarctica to London marked a historic moment as a first successful flight experiment. A second penguin test followed, continuing the bold journey via a 38 hour Pan American route from Montevideo to the United States. The birds reached the destination safely with unruffled feathers, and coverage notes they may be the first penguins insured for aviation.
Gene Tierney hosts flowers in Ottawa while on The Iron Curtain location. Jimmy Stewart linked to Rita Hayworth and Helen Walker amid romance rumors during Call Northside 777. Europe gears for Olympic film reels as The Overlanders and Bush Christmas premiere thrill Vienna. Mark Stevens pursues Paris study with wife and son, while Vanessa Brown and Ann Blythe progress in Hollywood.
An advertisement extols the Fifth Security Loan with high interest rates and bond guarantees from the Commonwealth. It claims ready cash in emergencies, negotiable bonds, and inflation defense, urging Australians to save and support price control.
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