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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
11
The North American branch of the International Wool Secretariat plans to televise a 13 minute full color film series in US cities with wool piece goods patterns. The project aims to educate home sewers and connect department stores with TV stations to boost pattern sales and home sewing.
Quienna, Eskimo beauty from Cape Prince of Wales Alaska, wins an Eskimo beauty contest and lands a role in Universal's Arctic Manhunt. Margaret Lockwood is in The Madness of the Heart with secret leading man Monsieur X. Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal arrive in London for The Hasty Heart with Warner Bros. Jane Russell rises in popularity after Paleface and Montana Belle following her Outlaw hype.
M David Wood, Clackmannan County Sanitary Inspector, supervised as two council employees battled to remove bats from a Clackmannan attic. After two mornings of work they killed 600 bats. The householder, a Cricketer, told Wood the counts before sleep, and after a quiet night he reported the outcome to the sanitary office: Sit hundred all out.
A Hungarian ruling barred the so called fattest German of his era, Herr Robert Roggendorf, from boarding trains or public vehicles to ensure general security and passenger comfort. The decision, citing excessive seating needs, imposed a 65 shilling charge and highlighted measures for traveler accommodations before the war.
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