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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1944
Page
3
A poem describes bombers returning on giant wings to protect a fragile northern shore. It portrays the aircraft as saviors in a fledgling nation facing tyranny, urging brave, hard strikes to defend freedom as a new sun brings light. The piece blends war rhetoric with hopeful imagery of conquest and return.
A joint meeting of the Wheat and Wool Growers Union and the Primary Producers Association heard leaders call for a united front to reform marketing postwar. They urged immediate steps toward an interdominion conference with Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand, and backed royal inquiry into current costs.
The United States begins dehydrating whale meat for human use off the Pacific coast though not all catch is processed. Daily output rises from 12,000 to 30,000 pounds as shipments move from San Francisco in refrigerator cars.
Complaints indicate sausages and small goods are hard to come by as Master Butchers Federation officials explain no margin for sausage meat and strict coupon limits. Cutting trim meat to make sausage would push butchers toward coupon insolvency over ten weeks. Smallgoods manufacturers report quotas below demand, with casings scarce due to import bans and reduced local supply.
In postwar wartime tales Olga, a 20 year old Yugoslav peasant girl, and another 18 year old, fought with partisans for two years. Olga, driven by her family murder and home burn, specialized in grenade throwing and helped capture enemy freight. Also reporting large refugee flows: about 2,000 Greeks and 33,000 Poles routed to dispersal centres across East Africa, Cyprus, Syria, and other regions.
Kruttschnitt of New Guinea Goldfields Ltd says the board has been reliably informed that gold from New Guinea is being illicitly brought to Australia and sold by military members. He accuses the army of not taking steps to stop trafficking in gold.
Experiments in the mid west indicate pigeons may aid paratroopers as couriers and scouts. Pigeons survive a drop from planes at 200 mph from 14 000 feet and navigate to portable cages. They endure tossing, unfold feathers to reduce speed, descend, and then dive to deliver messages. Carrier pigeons have a range of 600 miles.
Farmers note kurrajongs as valuable fodder and exceptional shade trees for erosion prone land. They grow large in reliable rainfall, thrive near coastlines, and easily transplantable, with Richmond New South Wales hosting a famed old kurrajong shaping stock gatherings.
The Emergency Food Plants and Poisonous Plants of the Islands of the Pacific, by Dr. E O Merrill of Harvard, is a WWII manual guiding service members to edible tropical plants. It notes poison in the rose and bean families, lists edible palms and ferns, and advises on safe preparation and avoidance of irritants while foraging.
Post war aviation optimism centers on autogiros and helicopters as practical services for the public. Engineers note unresolved design problems despite wartime progress and urge continued effort to advance rotary wing craft for passenger and cargo use.
Mr G M Garro Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Production, warned at Liverpool that postwar Britain faces danger if US production expands exports beyond home and world markets. He cautioned against nationalist sentiment in the United States and urged proactive safeguards as peace approaches, noting rivals and allies must restrain a deluge of exports to prevent imbalance.
Dr. Arvid Fredborg, Berling correspondent for Svensk Dagbladet, reports from Berlin that German people favor Allied terms short of unconditional surrender while Nazis might seek pact with Russia. Hitler reportedly vowed not to concede to the British and would fight to aid Bolshevik advances, potentially collapsing Europe if defeated. The claim cites late autumn 1942 discussions via Manchester Guardian stockhelm correspondent.
A garbled ad claims tiredness and nervous fatigue come from anaemia and bloodlessness. It touts Williams Pink Pills and Iron Tonic as a remedy that supposedly enriches red blood, restores strength, and alleviates weakness.
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