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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1947
Page
9
Dr Raymond Gilmore of the Fish and Wildlife Service reports for the Smithsonian that sperm whales are polygamous with 1 or 2 males mating with multiple females. Some bulls are left without mates and may wander to the Antarctic and sulk until other nations intervene.
In Tavercargill New Zealand a 3 month old baby faced eight difficulties nursing but improved after receiving a brand new set of false teeth.
Lawrence Liberty was struck by his own power lawnmower which ran him down near his Rumford Maine home and he was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
The article highlights how demand for individuality drives 40 dynamos, 38 starters, 68 distributors and more, creating high production costs. It cites a survey showing 6 dynamos, 4 starters, 5 coils and other mismatches would satisfy Britain’s needs, urging broader standardisation to lower costs and ease parts replacement for veteran cars. It notes progress in tyre standardisation, reducing from over 90 sizes to six, though 88 makes with 20+ year histories keep many sizes in use.
Charles Camp, keeper at Taronga Zoo, adores Skipper the 10 ft grey nurse shark. He says the shark is well behaved if fed daily on dead salmon and mullet and has lived at the zoo almost a decade. Camp notes Skipper sometimes probes out of the water but never attacks people.
Ron Randall struggles to connect with Hollywood leading ladies as mom warned him about glamor girls. A spy car chase reveals a Hotchkiss used by Germans in Snowbound, traced from Guernsey after a week. Phyllis Calvert passes time on set while Nora Macklin eyed as Britain expands film production. Jerry Fairbanks' animal love life tale adds comic notes.
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