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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
9
A demonstration at Stone Hertfordshire showcased a mobile and stationary grass and grain drying machine. Four workers prepare the unit in about 30 minutes, with output of 300 to 400 cwt per hour based on grass type, potentially rising with wilting. Burners burn 11 gallons per hour in fuel.
Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers reportedly recovered a missing darning needle after a doctor located it by X ray and surgically removed it from the seat injury he sustained while sitting.
Massachusetts chemist John C. Brown touts a concrete disc called the master cell that allegedly charges water with radiated energy to boost egg laying, crop yields, and animal fertility. Farmers rent the discs for 3 pounds 6 shillings yearly, with reports of hens sprouting feathers and increased vigor.
Stubs of cigars smoked by Mr Winston Churchill on his last European visit are being sold in The Hague and Amsterdam at £9 10s each. The venture honors the project and profits are a consideration, with buyers realizing Churchill could not have smoked all the represented cigars.
British film industry pivots to international shoots with Margaret Lockwood heading Elizabeth of Austria in color in Austria. Dana Andrews arrives to star with Pauline O’Hara in Britannia Mews while Ingrid Bergman eyes Saint Joan for Shaw. Tyrone Power plans a Rome visit for Prince of Foxes as Italy lures stars and studios explore wide locations.
Doctors in military uniform told AMA physicians that civilian blood banks should be organized and joined to civil defense. They suggested light clothing for atomic blasts and argued that sterility from radiation was unlikely. most damage would come from blasts and burns rather than radiation. An exhibit showed a method to stop haemorrhage in radiation patients.
Doctors used Toluidine blue tissue stain and protamine sulfate protein compound to treat victims exposed to X rays. The drugs appeared to help dogs with fatal doses and extended lives up to 26 days, suggesting potential use on human victims from the radiation sickness case near the border.
About 1500 physicians and surgeons watched delicate operations as the American Medical Association met in Chicago. A method-television program aired a heart defect repair that normalizes a "blue baby" condition. It is not yet proposed to involve relatives, though that may come later.
A whispered report notes a method to mold speech by placing a small bit between the lower teeth and tongue. It recalls Demosthenes who allegedly cured stuttering with a pebble in the mouth. A quoted speaker declares resolve to speak freely while another exclaims quiet at last.
Melbourne musician Murray Parker and fellow creator Graeme Bentley are awaiting patent approval for a wooden then steel music typing machine. The device, about a yard square, features two keyboards and can type in multiple directions and sizes. It reads music and text from simple tunes to Liszt and Bach, aiding church choirs and productions. Parker, a 31 year old ABC librarian, credits infantile paralysis for his reading emphasis and mathematical approach.
A cryptic OCR snippet hints at a准备er worded line about a relative's severe illness and the Theil Tower scene. The legible elements name an ill family member and a tower context, suggesting a brief local note on a health crisis affecting a preparer linked to a building or institution.
A cheerful Scottish conductor was bequeathed £1000 by Mrs Wink after she traveled on his bus. A woman listener admired a Swedish radio announcer and gave him her entire fortune in gratitude for a Good Night sign-off.
A jumble of trivia questions asks about autobiography translation vernal meaning stipend Trappists and more. It includes a corrupted string of extra characters and misaligned text that obscures several items and requires reconstruction.
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