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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
12
The report describes a mirror based tailoring system where customers stand before mirrors to be photographed with a flash. The device promises automatic measurements of body curves using war developed map devices and projected half size plates for precise suit fitting.
Will Tour rural shows across Western Australia with Chief Poultry Adviser E Lovegrove. He will present candling grading and packing demonstrations at Dalwallinu Domalling Wyalkatchem Won Gun Hills Corrigin Lake Grace Wickepin Narrogin Kukerin Wagin Kojonup Katanning. Experts from the Western Australian Egg Marketing Board supply trained candlers and graders for the event.
Three hundred members of the Tall Clubs gathered in Chicago to press for longer Pullman berths and higher telephone booths. Marie van Leuren, 6 ft 4 in, was crowned Queen of Height, 1948.
A Russian ship Pobeda faced fumigation for rats in New York harbor prompting a potential near engagement when inspectors pressed for cleaning. Four Soviet officials intervened to calm the captain as gas-pipe teams moved below deck. Concurrently a Glen Cove Long Island estate’s overflowing septic tank, leased by the Russian government for UN delegates, drew sensational headlines before fading.
Henry Dorroh of Kuttawa Kentucky owns a two legged billygoat that walks on its front legs after recovering from severe leg injuries. The goat now moves with body upright like a gymnast appearing as the family pet.
Report from Anuradhapura Ceylon notes the sacred Bo Tree, linked to Buddha's enlightenment, is withering after 2400 years. Pilgrims, among Buddha's vast following, anoint the trunk with milk in hopes of revival.
New York Post columnist Earl Wilson attended a nudist convention at Sunshine New Jersey. He wrote about women and made remarks describing his observations with candid, provocative phrasing.
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