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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1944
Page
2
Turf notes praise White Tip for recent form after a long spell of poor performances. Just Agrion also improves, winning multiple races and shown as a strong Railway Stakes candidate, with both horses rising to top form in mid July.
Since January 4, the United Nations War Crime Commission in London has met weekly to hear and record evidence of Nazi atrocities. The commission now tallies nearly 15,000 named victims and keeps most member names secret to protect relatives from Nazi retaliation.
A firm asks a snobbish old major to recommend a candidate. The major praises Mr Blank as an excellent young man, citing lineage to Major Blank, General Blank, Sir Henry Blank, and Lord Blank, noting he is otherwise well re flect. The firm replies that they require clerical work, not breeding, purposes.
The Belmont card lists races including SCUTATE SIR NEIL FLAMITA MAIDEN HANDICAP over ten furlongs and TRIAL HANDICAP at six furlongs. JOVIAL JOSS or RUBY RIVIAN contest OREDANUS in PURSE HANDICAP (1) six furlongs, with PURSE HANDICAP (2) and WELTER HANDICAP events featuring BUNDAMBA, LYMPIAN, AMATO and JUST AGRION among others.
The article outlines referendum results and wartime notes, detailing French disintegration after recent Tanitine advances and civilian deaths at Caen estimated at 7500. It notes Russian onslaughts on the eastern front, British food supply concerns, and Australian production declines amid policy shifts affecting land use and manpower. Claremont asylum staffing and propaganda directions are also discussed, with fault placed on the State Government rather than the manpower directorate.
A fragmentary tale describes a Golden Mile safe deposit scene with a hidden stash behind a broken opal gag and a vault leak. A waiter witnesses the suspect’s routine as the narrator recalls a cavernous ruby room and a study, hinting at concealed gold and a daring nightly heist.
A United States factory makes German uniforms for officers interned in the U S. The garments use green nonrationed material cut to German specifications and carry no rank insignia. Officials say the aim is to boost morale of prisoners under Geneva Conventions.
Fragmentary OCR note discusses pay and rising production needs. Mentions delays and a plan to increase output. References to workers and holidays, with incomplete phrases and names missing.
The State Government faces criticism over Claremont Asylum conditions that imperil nurse and staff welfare. Venting anger at public blame, the piece argues for better amenities and pay, warns of staff collapse after years of strain, and cites mining strikes as reflections on government responsibility and industrial unrest.
Flying Officer Greg Jones writes from Hollandia Dutch New Guinea to his father Roscoe S. Jones describing cigarettes issued to servicemen as part of routine stories. He notes nearly intact parts of planes and other items, adds the line Try them if you like they are quite hygienic.
The Anza Club in New York marks its second anniversary this July at 100 West Fifty sixth Street. Since opening, more than twenty five thousand servicemen and women have been welcomed, with the headquarters housed in a building donated by the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
The United States News notes Turkey's reluctance to join either side, citing Britain and the U S refusal to guarantee postwar noninternationalisation of the Dardanelles as key. It suggests Turkey may face pressure to cede control of the straits to ensure Russia an outlet to the Mediterranean.
A New York Journal of Commerce assessment argues wartime wage inflation undermined price controls, boosting labor costs and risking postwar higher manufactured goods prices. If unions push for more pay after the war, inflationary spirals and deflationary pressures may follow, depressing the economy.
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