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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1948
Page
7
A Melbourne engineer unveils automatic irrigation using a thermostatic controller to turn sprays on and off by soil moisture, offering frost protection and liquid fertilizer application. The system promises labor savings, reduced erosion, and lower costs, potentially transforming water use for Australian farms.
The item links tendentious showbiz chatter with real names such as Bette Davis Deborah Kerr Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sirnam as a taxi driver scene in London brings a police officer who is also an actor into the tale. The playful notes mix Paris plans, expected baby names and backstage gossip from film life.
Venezuelan malaria workers in green uniforms spray huts as DDT drives malaria down. In two years 260000 houses have been sprayed and a third of the nation largely malaria free. Maracay proved the program, with 100000 children examined and over 3 million home visits.
Arnoldo Gabaldon, aged 39, receives national thanks at Central University in Caracas. He stands with six cabinet ministers and pledges that Venezuela will dominate the plague and likely become the first tropical country to defeat the disease.
South African Wool Beard plans bursaries for wool research. An amount is set aside on estimates and the Board consults with prominent agricultural and sheep experts. The specific wool research branch to receive the bursaries is not yet decided.
Showcard South Africa plans a poster campaign at all railway stations and distribute show cards to businesses nationwide to promote the virtues of wool for every occasion.
In Dansville New York hunter Les Moffat wounded a deer and pursued it to a creek where he wrestled it into the water and drowned it. The incident details the chilling escape and the fatal outcome of the pursuit.
The New York State Labor Relations Board vetoed R. H. Macy and Co's pledge to pay triple wages to 3000 employees who crossed a labor picket line. The ruling bars fulfillment of the promised bonus as an unfair labor practice.
Western sheep-grazing regions may host wool scouring and topmaking plants along with y products industries like lanolin and potassium salts. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming support the plan, with Cheyenne, Wyoming eyed as the initial plant site.
US Army Quartermaster Corps reports a loaf that stays fresh for two years using a new formula and laminated packaging. Canned bread with extended shelf life has been developed. Colonel Charles A Lawrence notes WWII rations are obsolete and that research now prioritizes nutrition and palatability across ration types.
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